New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1926, Page 8

stand, it may be easier to squelch|it a costly adventure. i e G A B T B i S !M‘,r\‘lce to $42. Andrew Turnbull's | salary as sanitary inspector was in- New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Dally (Sunday Excepted) Tesusd t Herald Bldg. §7 Church Btreet SUBSCRIPTION RATE® 15.00 a Year. $2.00 Three Months. 78c. a Month. Entered at the Post Office at New Brituln as Second Class Mail Matter. TELEPHOND CALLS office . 928 B Editorial Roome . 926 [he only profitable advertising medium in the City. Clrculation booka and prees oot alwase open to advertirers. t the Associated Pres xclunive ublication of to it or not otherwiee credited im this paper and alwo local naws published therein. Me Ve Assuclated Prees 1a Member Audit Bureaun et Circ o A. B. C. fs & patlonal o which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with & strictly honest analysia of clrculation. Our circulation statistice are based upon this mudit. This ineures protection agalust fraud o newepaper tetribution figu e to botb pational and ocal sdvertisers. Tork at %8 nd, Times Square; Bchultz's Newsstands, Entrance Giand Centra), 42nd Street. e e S ——When a “still”” is in operation, & o is it really still? Everything seems to be in- creasing in Bristol except pessi- mists. Smith will Insull's —Senator Frank I now get & run with Sam money. ——The rough riders Common Council know their mounts in the are not lambs any more. —The real for rent speaks estate column eloquentiy—much more so than two years ago. The western cold wave didn't hit New England because we have become experts at dodging the ls- sue. ———Our idea of a place in which to get plenty of action is to be a coast guardsman chasing rum run- }Elk Hills naval oil reserve, and lt[ It Browningfs thesis about the went against Doheny and Fall with | courts stimulating blackmail has any E This decision was before the Fed- | eral District Court at Los Ange | made “in fraud and conspiracy,” re- | tunity to do their stuff. | storing the ofl reserve to the gov-| | ernment. This decision was upheld the $100,000 bribery charge with the The severe punishment being {$100,000,000 defense. meted out to Browning serves as a | It should not be overlooked that| warning to all men, especially those | there has been a previous court de- j with enough shekels to make a love | clslon regarding the Doheny-Fall | suit worth while. | basts in fact it is self-evident to all men that the safest way to do is not s, to give the courts and the jurles and was | the ambitious w lawyers an oppor- a bang. and the verdict was the lease RADIO OF VALUE 1 by the U. S. Court of appeals and IN THE SCHOOLS | s now pending before the Supreme | aparatively new | Court of the United & | development in the realm of educa- | Every item which the jury in| tion, the: naturally doubt in | Washington whitewashed was | well-informed circles to its smeared with black paint by. the | value in conjunction with the pub- | Los Angeles court. The one decision | lic school A suggestion is just as good as the other; but that| made that set be purchased for | use in the Nathan Hale h ates, is as system. in Los Angeles’is more in line with public sentiment. s approval, yet gained the ear of a majority of the school com- may be diffjgult to| Mittee to the extent that the Mml | prove conspiracy to defraud but it| Was handed to the finance com- | isn't difficult to arrive at a reason.| Mittee With power. “Thus at least, | | able conclusion. What this is in the | S0me progress is registered. The next minds of the punlin step undoubtedly will be the There is a higher moral law than the rule of thumb of legalistic tech- | nicalities. Tt there can be | Junior | b school did not receive unani-| pur- | creased by $100. ‘President Abbe has appointed W. L. Hatch, S. J. Bergstromeand M. P. Leghorn a committee to arrange for the banquet of the Business- men's association. The judges at the Y. M. C. A. debate last evening were W. E. Att wood, J. H. Kirkham, =nd H. B. Humason. C. E Steele and John P. L. Wheeler and showed that party allegiance in politics was pre- ferable to independent action. Howard LaField of Plainville is working in New Britain this week. Charles M. Oquist'’s store at the corner of Fast Main and Elm strects was entered by means of a skeleton key last night and was robbed of $3.50 in small change. FactsandFancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN The rea! white man's burden is a soc of loot from some ‘‘unde- veloped” country. A war isn't over until the last two survivors have for the last time icalled one another Iars, | If It's just a case of nerves, a G chass of radlo equipment for the chool. A knowledge of radio, 1t works, how to operate one to the The decision of the Los A how court fully bears out wl n t the pub- lie thinks about the Doheny-Fall oil best advantage—all about it, in fact —is part of a practical education. It is the boast of modern schools that they are inclined to give more ©of a practical education than schools did in a former day. Why is it that there should be doubt about a prac- tical knowledge L CORPORATION YINALLY ACTS Nothing In relation to the stock market has been the source of so| much speculation as when the U. S. | Steel e Corporation would disburse radlo among of its accumulations in the| of a soms school pupils? ot CeElen. The . rith Here is something that is injected have agitated Wall street for a year 2 of the population. 1t is something appreciate, something or more, until sort of fixed idea that there would be no melon-cutting | Judge Gary had a say, finally it became a casily so long as to their interest in the world about as he was| against it. | Now from a clear sky, after the them; something which whets an in- | reputed to be unalterab s terest in art, ences, public speak- , and in all those things which Much of it ay be trivial, but much of it is of It speculators, investors and chaps generally had begun to shc {a lack of ticker | “come over the radio.” interest in the ever re- ghest educational value, might Lold: Thi. : direct province of education to edu- | lolders. This amounts to a dividend T a dividend | .40 anout the values of that which of 40 The melon is the : S floats through the air, stimulating | ‘"f_m it sl g listeners to dial for the best rather about -a quarter current rumo the $200,000,000 | | hing, it he within stock bonus is voted to 86,000 shar per cent. Steel, since its inception than ninety per cent entertainment. Tn addition to this, the state edu-| cational authorities have begun of a century ago, has been the world's largest corpor- ation and it has been well and pru- little applesauce will keep the doc- | tor awpy. | e | “stills are harder to locate | Mere sniffing won't lead a revenue | man iright when the whola country | smells that w: | An honest man Is one who says | he missed the other seven birds in- {stead of saying he saw only this { one. | into the dally lives of a large portion | that appeals to their imagination, Thank Heaven! When traveling is done in the alr, the billboards will be on the roifs How does a lost adventurer who an réad headlines know when he has got back to clvilization? Well, well, Stomach, don't worr: Just a big fecd at Christmas and then you get a yest. The thing about China that vexes other nations is that she has the nerve to think outsiders are aliens. Americanism: Follewing the crowd; scolding because the place is Stephen_defeated A. H. Godard and | Send all communicatfons to Fun | | Shop Editor, care of the New Britatp Herald, and your letter | wil) be forwarded to New York. A Hint in Time! We've plenty of ash-trays our life through, It's cash-trays we're cash for 'em, too! Of course we're not hinting, and yet, Folks, if we Found some in our stocking, happy we'd bel to last needing and how Er-Y Real Estate Dealer: breakfast room.” Stone: “I never eat breakfast.” Real Estate Dealer: “This is the billard room, and that is the “This is the Stone: “I don't play billlards and | I don't read.” | Real Estate Dea | the bathroom.” : “Stone: “I don't —er—nlee, lsn't 17" ~—Sunny “And this is Right About Face! ! (By Helen F. McHenry) ! We danced, and clung, and sneaked away— It was a costume hall— We lingered for a little while Behind the garden wall; Long, long, his lips lay warm on | mine— | He held my heart in thrall. {1 wish I'd never seen his face! That spolled it all! | Got Her Guessing “Nan is all excited.” Harric “What about?" Grace arlie called on her| the other day and measured her fin- | ger and now she don't know whether for Chrisimas he's going to buy her an engagement ring or a finger | bowl.” | | | | Grace —Lewis Jamieson If the worst comes to the worst, vou can keep warm in January by burning the bills Very ¥Familjar Sometires the answers pupils give in classes seem incredible. Yet the Ifollowing happened in my class a ! few weeks ago: i The subject had been about | mous music composers. “What do you mean by speaking | of Dick Wagner, Ludi Beethoven. | | Charlie Gounod. Gus YVerdi, and | Freddie Handel?” 1 sternly de- [white onea? Cast ’l‘h; Bread Upon the Waters— One of the younger Intelligensia, while speaking to a minister, ex- pressed some doubt as to the au- thenticity of the Bible. “I don’t believe in things I have not eeen,” ‘he said. The minister looked at him quizzi- cally a moment, and remarked: “Then thee does nuot believe in things thee has not seen?"” *No sir; I do not.” “Did thee ever see thy brains?” “No." “Does thee belisve thee has any?” asked the minister, all smiles. —Walter T. Shields. (Copyright, 1926, Reproduction Forbidden) Chinese genius for self-govern- ment_{is all that saves China from complete chaos during the revolu- tionary ups and downs of the coun. try, 4ald A. H. George, British gov- ernment commercial agent in Shang- hal. STORE OPEN Here you'll find beautifi turers, and priced in the Wi WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22 WORDS THAT .HAVE MADE HISTORY Who sald, “Don't give up the ship?* What occasion brought forth the words, “Yow may fire when ready, Grid- toy1™. What does the expression, “To victors belong the spolls” mean? To neariy all of us there comes a time when we half remember some ¢ phrass & prophetic declaration, an eplgram or maxim, that has gone unding through history, but when we try to quote it, the exact words glude ua’or, recalling the phrassology, our memory fails us on the au- or. In this bulletin, our Washington Bureau has attempted to supply these omissions of memory by giving a list of some of the mora trenchant phrases in history, with their authorship. It is a highly Interesting and informative compllation. Send for it, by filling out the coupon below: === ——— CLIP COUPON HERB HISTORY EDITOR, Washington Bureau, New Britaln Herald, 1323 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin, WORDS THAT - HAVE MADE HIS- TORY, and enclose® herewith five cents in loose, uncancelled, U. B. | postage stampa or coln for same: l NAMB ADDRESS Ty reader of the HERALD. EVENINGS, SATURDAY, DEC. 18— THURSDAY, DEC. 23 Free Phone Service From New Britain—4082 Silverware as Gifts ul Silverware in great variety from the leading manufac~ ise-Smith way. P ‘A splendid assortment of pieces: Butler, Bright or Hammered Finish Including Fruit Bowls Sandwich Trays Cake Plates Water Pitchers Vegetable Dishes and ner: { broadeasting programs for school | SO crowded. ners. | v managed. The present melon | d makes a tremendous use. Thfs is in an experimental { manded of Owen. | “Well,” he replied, “you told me “What's the sense Center Pieces 3 % o is big 4 Average man: —A councilmanic committee but should & city's electrician enough to to get familiar with all the great compose! | | —G. H. F. @ ot lorg remain |y % gine my money to buy me things an experiment. That It possesses the | T don't want?” potentialigies ot cducattonal value eannot be doubted. It depends splash in the financial world becau: will Investigate t but it was held back for so leng a period. | The Steel deemed 1hls . The fac time is examinations, not much $4.95 Silverplated Candlesticks These make especially appropriate glft sets. Hammered candlesticks in various handsome designs, with candles and put up in appropriate Holiday boxes. Per Set i oo Alas, when kids are raised to take | things easy, too often they.are other | people’s things, g Corporation directors Mary's Little Lamb As Written by the Movie Subtitle Writers (Imagined by Grace H. Rocpke) With eyes widening with horror, Mary diccovers that she is not alone | {in the cabin . . . A wild lamb, with dripping jaws, and snow white fleece, leaps at her . . . Late . That night . . . As night folds its sable winds about the lonely cabin in the foothills . . She attempts to | escape But eve here that i Mary gocs, the lamb, with hideous when kindergartens were un- roars, follow . Take that, mon- known; when it was not thought es-| Fable: Once thers was a he-man | ster! . . . And stumbling over the sential to teach more then the three who cou'd make introductions with- | dead body of the jamb he takes her tering of a few other | Out the slightest embarrassment. | in his strong arms . . . Finis. it was thought nobody| “(ne reason why the Mexican prl-! of an education than |vate cost little is be- touch a live wir the wiser and safer| altogeiZur upon how the school authorities co-operate. local -—A big traction line in Chicago cou that they agr a to - the o d the arsment | Now if Chicago were locatetd an ocean, think what a mis- Very Special! A splendid assortment of pleces in guaranteed quality Silverware, including Bread Trays, Fruit Bowls, Cake Baskets, Flower Vases and Dishes Salt and Pepper Shakers A generous variety of neat and novel pieces. Many shapes and all desirable ripe for a New Drifdin, justly proud of its! rew schools, should be in the into the hands of reccivers th help e ¢ natu v leads N auadals wonit sumption he van- the Corporation sees nothing but a continuation of its prosperi parking problem guard of such co-operation, and not discussing the value of something experts have already discussed and | found of value. ~—1t will have been noticed that {he English langnage has been im- ‘Holdup” is now | stole the 'MAS TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS prettier than proved once mort The There was a time when school | one word. robbers auditoriums were not deemed neces- T ug is outdoor . Christmas trees—on lawns, vacant plots of ground here and the of the method ——1f it be true that science may yet make it possible to see the per- son at the other end of a telephone Sterling Silver, Candlesticks Hammered and Engraved r has come spre cer is in order. r's y: a when Chr! il of items; | | Just a Pup! : needed wire' the practice of having phones Tag Doatérs ‘S5 Yo antite Hhs P or in bed rooms would rapidly cease. 'is a plentiful supply of colorcd in- plenty former Secretary of candescent lights in the cit 1t th Navy Daniels which to print his opinion of the verdiet, ¢ and profession: needs and the asbestos upon S pecies of goodeheer ia str Vall-Doheny acquittal wilt| t year there were around 150 <ome kind-hearted soul please tell such outdoor Christmas trees in the him to inscribe his views on a thea nted a beautiul ter curtain? grade sehools unless it were the An oric ideas have gone by Th children of twealthy parents. such pre the board. objection to radio will go the THI I}\II/RO.\I) FUTURLE Railroad transportation remains | cause the h left for r: Itions when the gold braid is paid for. | = | Alas! There never yet has been | a strong central government tHat| conld give help without giving or- | ders. Exit state rights. i =ty What's the fun in a corn-huseking | ay Oscar Grubby a hound? A hound ? | JONES HAS JUST ARRWED HOME WITH A BOX OF CANDY. IF HIS WIFE 1S IN BAD HUMOR SHE —That who turn avoid driver of a pie truck he left to who z his rply to down children were coastin vehicle and the vehicle, is en tion from his boss. Con- known all the Loss-control- over the worst the Uni led Pl t e and the bosses have sucee best r governme It was Walt Cinneinnati speaking thus far in the of J.Millard And conn of the of that lsn't Washingtor all would a him a third torn th Al Sinit indidat yuld be a w lecid 1l of a K han 50 per cer torate voling COMPARING TWO VURDICTS IN DOHENY-FALL CASE nd Fall in the District of Co 1t is no credit to the rules c which to woo his Is the It is no cre delayed long transaction. ad of bribery Doheny FFall still the had :1d have 5 This charge, 1t beon pressed first we been casior to prove. As things now glow to m 4, In spite of its s, spreading good cheer | short distances between cities and 4 exquisitely empha- | towns and the facility with which sizing the meaning of the h Thi; idays. | the antomabile, the bus and the mo- | year there should be more | tor truck can he utilized to Householders who th tage their premises contribute to. Homer Loring, chairman comm enjoyment of ston & Maine, has put it t It is true that automo- bile has attracted many formerly traveled by t it is true that the truck is carry- ing a la nount of tonn; particularly in short-haul runs Dut so 1 s New England s ling to the bappin grownups alike, and who city immeasureably a multitude of color- of of the glad. out- ple must be armed by th tant states, and so long as our manufacturers depend for their snpplies of erial and for mark BROWNING AN SERVES AS EXAMPI Al : thefr . the railroads v - Iy indispensable for prompt and cheap handling of quantity trensportation.” Truer words. were never s fly in the ointm ¥ in N 1and do not ex gland In betw P St transpor a ds €} ion cen and distant ris, New store advertises with Claus in “deerless ¢ ® | partly cloudy weather and not much | ted to the A, sam burn ction was made . 1t bein lights which were not burning. increased, party for residence bieing doubled to $24 and single Rty phone rat the | o rvice cipher climinated 1d still make contest now, when vou can kiss a girl without finding a red ear? re wouldn't be any cotton sur- £ thef"d make 2ll pure wnol nkets like the ones we bought. p! ntence , bt T won't try to get he ca FOLLOW PLAINVILLE Parlor stove for sale. 29 Broad Observation On The Weather shington, Dec. 17.— c for Souti N England Rain tonight and Satur- | tonight, colder strong south- fting to northwest winds. ast for ern in north and snow or rain in 1l portion tonight and aturday mornin colder portion tonight and not in ‘me south in nor cold th colder Saturday in central and sonth | fresh to strong southwest, | portion hwest winds. The Ontario passing out the rence 1 with southern edge, heavy snows in the St. Lawrence is St over the southern 4 the upper Mississipp it low over the north Pacific re somewhat + ratures rio Lt Rocky piains etates, itions favor for this vicinity her moun hi in temperature., MUSIC SOOTHES SICK Lo Dee. 17 (A Niusic a soothing ments here showed, Pain-racked hodies in ward of the City Hos their tossing after musicians test program. Religlons Or: announced musicians trained at once for regular to St. Louis hospitals, the fr: had completed Roard of York: | prob- | 0 portion: | dle- Connecticut | It caused lower 1ins has ffect on the sick, experi- | The | ions | he visits | | GETS T, IF NOT | HE HOLDS T FOR | SOME OTHER TIME. | The Reason in the Fun ¥) (As found Shop James: Robert Kknitted tic “is last Chr —F. P. (And what other Fun Shop Con- tributors thought about it) > for Length dooes that bac ; a very long beard? “Ho ripped off the top two buttons of his vest and don't know how to sew them on.” ! —Arthur F. Sullivga A Rule That Don't Work Both Ways Jenkins: “The Smith [ s and what i they manu- ture helps the coughers.” nley: “Yes, but ¢ | beards dom't help coffer their long the barbers ohn L. Soricelll The Sacrifice Mrs. Thomj make him cut off his Mrs. Burnham . find out if he was still wear | tie she gave him last Chri | sie B. Krens ng the mas.” One of the mysteries of the world | is this: Why do white lamdresses always wear white stockings and black laundresses always wear Joke | “Why does Joncs wear a | Brothers | did she | finishes. $1.00 . $3 Coffee Sets Silver Plated Sets, bright finish THE WORLD AT ITS WORST ’ | | TIFTY CENTS ON WOTHER'S Coffee Sugar Bowl, Cream Pitcher and Tray, $5.95 8-inch Size vvu.vu... $ 6. 95 Casseroles Frames are Heavily Sliver Plated. are Pyrex. Pot Linings Cut floral designs on cover $2.95 $4.95 ;% PRESENT