New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1926, Page 12

12 Young Folks Look Life In Face, Are Honest, Frank, “Y”’ Man Says Boys and Girls of Today Better Than Those of Yesterday, Braddon Tells Kiwanians. | Young people today are growing Letter instead of wors: are m 1 and mor those of pr iry X, M. nis club a spoke of 1 Ki ot His ad “It s a ung nward t yo com promotion g prof lir Such onal program ote Ldership 1gencics Boys' ch au, Y. M. C doir \ vement bure cd movem “In ord nderly it v 5. of A boy's life is ded into several periods, i fering greatly from the other. hoy ten years old is at the question- nd self-thinking age be- g of adol is time he is not capa team games, as this is the el ill b hoyol each S period of rom ten to twelve needs a director. From fifteen years is termed e cenct d the hoy needs a supervi- sor. He resen tempt to di- rect him in the sense of a director. This is the restless, ever changing perfod, when the boy needs lots of sympathy and understanding. changes his mind often hard to keep up with him. “Middle adolescence includes from sixteen to eighteen is usually the high school sorely needs an advisor, one who can help him with his complex problems. Most of his decisions for lite are made during this period. Here, then, is the time to mold the clay before it sets. ghteen to twen adolescence, and one must comrade, a pal to him. “In promoting wor is fundamental that w ¢ changing periods i A few years ago place for the ten to twelve y in the minds and programs of workers with boys. At the present time we realize that this is the per- od in which to start our modeling. is fresh and casy to mold. program based on develop- boy into perfect manhood, should be rted at this time, P\ a boy mands a pro- n in which he may be achieving, ng greater laurels. Here the is ripe for u graded advance- ment progi Scouts, Junior Achleveme by clubs, with boy mind. was ev no 1o: > boy is either of home hese boys sixt n high sc conditic ould be srning groups, character-buildir this n year o0l, or cmplo wnized because into self-gove a rogram 15 sponso; These 1ker is sec groups r red who s compe tareet to bri age of i boys on boys m ling pie oup (¢ ying | part in the promotion of this work. | “There is also the physical side of a boy to take into consideration. His exer and recreation should | be ated and studied so that he may develop normally. Men in charge of our departments of phy- education are constantly ving the needs of the boy, and to climinate what is harmful. | Through games boys are taught | sel sportsmar and A boy f ith the | sports and pl ¢ the m; may be counted on to come | the game f | control, juare, of problems faces wo with boys to- eliminating the duplication A b has just so much time. Twenty or years ag the average boy was faced with tha m of using to good advan mount of leisure ies, together with his not sufficient to keep him He spent this time i selt directed re m kinds. There were enough boys who | spent this free time on street cor- | nd har to create a rious problem hat day of effort is prob v lar His homs school work, were on of in t pt to pro- under safe m this n from | gave boys' di- oys' other Woi the | extra | time for ma hoy. has brou ivitics into the schoois. | t the public school with the department of including com- It has | clubs and de- | 1 into ed fra- ing how s were began to in- vities into programs; ho are ir ch have ual school sch all thi ve gymnasium gymnasinm ¢ th tion dramatic and hool t The cl mid-we M. C. mid-week so has usher: in the troduce their Y » in th lule, n in hool having three or free time cach day, he finds that many free hours in a week. A boy doesn't complain, but his parents do. “With the employed boy the case serious. 1t we are to follow the vice of Professor however, and turn every em- boy we ch into some form here won't be he time cmployed boy of is s¢ 5 lours of is lucky is not quite so much cither. “In t apt to be asie. This r all, It solution for this organizations doing boys to get together and make a 1dy along these lin How much time spare for our activities? that time be put to b How can we arran {50 as to avoid dupl “Another problem eadership. It is impos an to spread himselt hip of these various groups, and do right. I every man had the st of at heart, he would be volunteering his services as a lead- an boys really Tlow can advantage? e our program ation of cffort? we face is It boys has become a leader of a group of hoy usual answer & man gives roached as a prospective wder of a boys' group is: ‘T n't time,' or, ‘I am not capable,’ Tt is ab- solutely no excuse. We should make time and every man can become & ca der through the use of the weal naterial dealing with boy leadership. far, we have only considered the school time, or school part of the boy's year. The tion period in the summer offers the greatest op- portunity for providing wholesome vecreation and real character build- ing through a boys’ camp. In camp a boy comes close to God in nature. He is sily approached. He is uvay W of R rom There he ¢ in period for self-reliance. mot he p by 2 ¢h and of one s boy w ather. ad no time to he was, him k seen sum- y. A good e to ha ¥ bo; ms rough spo this | roblem, “w-“ NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1926, contact with, his sex inquisitiveness had risen, resulting in his trouble with the police. Here was a boy who needed instruction, and just a good, plain heart to heart talk. He is now a member of the ‘Y’ and | spends what leisure time ho has in | the company of good assoclates. “Then a high school boy stopped in and wished to know the right thing to do and right way to act when with his girl friends. “In closing I say this—we must | know the boy: believe in the boy; | present big and difficult tasks for the boy. “Building boys, to my mind, better than mending men. A breach of faith was turned into an object lesson wWith a touch of comedy by President J. M. Ward and Arthur E. Berg. Clarence Meade a visitor from Maine, had agreed to be at the mecting today ind give a program of harmonica mu Mr. Meade followed the ex- ample of some performers hooked it a previous date and failed to sow up without any explanation. In commenting upon this carly in the meeting President Ward called attention to the fact that the speaker had not vet appeared and he feared the club would be doubly disappointed. Mr. Berg was in- tructed to “go outside and get & speaker—anybody, but don't come | back without some one.” The recruiting agent for speakers reappeared in a few moments With an recognized as Oscar Erick- Boy Scout executive, whom he found outside the hotel. Mr. n expressed his regret and it impossible to epeak at such short notice. Mr. Berg was sent out gain, with instructions not to tell he next fellow what was wanted | but just bring him in. Ralph H. son, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was led in by the arm Mr. Benson protested that he should have been allowed to enjoy a quiet smoke In the hotel lobby after | lunch, and declined to make a epeech without further opportunity for preparation. The third time Mr. Berg was in- structed to “bring in someone” he canie fn with Carlos D. Smith, man- er of the hotel. Mr. Smith learncd for the first time that one of his numerous duties is to fill in at dinners and luncheons when a speaker fails to appear, Mr. Smith | was unconvinced and departed with- | | making a epeech. Mr. Berg's fourth trip out to the' | “highways and byways" resulted in | his finding a young man he did not; know, but who was recognized by President Ward as Mr. Braddon, the | regularly scheduled speaker. Mr, Braddon apologized for being Iate by saying the club had been dis-| appointed so many times by per- formers he wondered how the men | would react if a speaker failed to {appear. Miss Peggy Gorman, of the Stan- ley Rule and Level Girls' Ukuleie club, who will take part in the Lions' Frolic, January 10, 11 and 12, was present and delighted the men with several snappy songs for which she has achieved a local reputation. President Ward announced that John Hannon, assistant superintend- | ent of the Connecticut Li Power Co., had been sele the new secretary for nmext year. AD HERALD C SIFTED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS is Erick: HARTFORD 1Y 'Woman’s Face Is Cut City Items Dr. B. R. Curran has returned to the city after completing a ,post 'FORMER BRITISHER Unity Rebekah lodge, No. 54, I.! 0. 0. I, will hold a Christmas party for children of the members, Friday | afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at 1. O. O. | F. hall. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Parker and | Mr. and Mrs. James B. Parsons are attending a banquet of the Hartford agency of the New England Life In- surance Co. at Hartford. Thomas Ki ney, superintendent in the department of public works, is confined to his home by illness Th~ work of snow removal is being supervised in his absence by John Burns, o foreman in the depart- ment. Miss Catherine A, Kenney of St ley street is entertaining Miss Cat erine E. Daly of Bridgeport. While here, Miss Daly will attend the tford chapter of the College of New Rochelle dance and Miss Ken- ney will return to Bridgeport with Miss Daly to attend the Bridgeport chapter, Misses Kenney and Daly are senjor students at the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, N. Said to Be in Employ of German Espionage System Paris, Dec. 29 (P—Vivian Strand- a former British officer under here, has admitted, the po- that for the last year he acted as a spy for the German espionage service. anders was apprehended last week as he was about to leave Parls for Germany. He is said to have 1thorities visited the pital seven times in the 12 months, carrying important information back to Berlin. France also ‘ad a spy case last December, when three Englishmen nd a girl, Marthe Moreull, Marcelle Monscuil, artists’ model and parachute jumper, were arrested. was charged that they, too, were after French avlation secrets. Ot the men, John Henry Leather, chief representatives in Paris of a ke : British radio firm, was sentenced to that is 12 year old son wak bitten | (5 S0 T80 T O O franca: on the leg by a dog owned by Dom- | 500 Tynest Oliver Phillips, his inick Wallick of 267 Oak street. 0 ger and William Flscher, born °d Gucken of 64 South Burriit in Poland but a naturalized English- street reported to the police at 7:20 [man, wer . given two years and fined this morning tha hi tomoblie nobie | 2,000 francs each. Mils. Moreuil struek a fence near the New Britain- and Mile. Andree Lefebre, who was Plainville city line, damaging it. brought into the case during the in- The police were notified today of vestigation, were given six months the return of the operator's license | each. of Nathan Buchalter of 17 Foxon | I place and the suspension of the right to operate, in the case of Jo'.n Rupp of 98 Dooth street. Martin Rizzi of 242 Oak street complained to the police yesterday it they were merely after business secrets, Tt was shown that Mile. Moreuil had been paid monthly, ac- cording to the information she was able o give Leather concerning the French radio and airplane secrets. The British forelgn office denied all knowledge of their activities, and French aerial experts ridiculed the alleged plot, pointing out that the British air attache in Paris and the neh attache In London were ac- In Row; Hushand Held Adolph Guida of 130 Washington street was arrested today by Officer Alfred Tanguay on irges of breach of the peace and ulting :::\w‘:”nih“ht‘;n,ii;‘w .U:’l"v"lrj‘l ';.”N:Vho.v’A cordodths Sulls podelie facllitiey T e cossitating medical atten- |0 Obtain information concerning the Guida denied having used a PTOSTess of aerlal in each : country on in the seuffle. : geant O'Mara and Officers Hayes and Strolls were sent to the Guida home on receipt of the report of the troubls had 107t before the police arrived and Offi guay located him near St school on T JR. ACHI The annual meeting and ¢l e ol selence No Political Clauses In Ttalo-German Pact Berlin, Dee. 20 (B) — The newly- Wi an-German treaty of conciliation and arbitration, sched- uled for signature today, contains no political clauses and conforms strictly with the spirit of the league of nations with which it will be of officers of the Bddy-Glover Post, y.gisternd shortly, a spokesman for American Legion Junlor Achieve- (1o German foreign office said to- ment club held at the Lagion gy home last night. The following of- | The fleers were elected: President, Vin- tion and cent Jackman; vice - president. lof virtually Michael Lentini; treasurer, Jos which ma rise between Germany Kosterga, The office of sec and Ttaly and follows closely the was not filled hy election, ttern for such treaties already taken care of temporarily by otiated by Germany with eight club leader, ations including Switzerland, The clul voted Denmark and various | organization into two consisting of 12 yes of and older and the other of | younger members of the clut A Christmas party will be for the hoys by the Legion Thursday night at 7 as treaty provides arbitra- the amic 1justment all ¢ disput for e to sub-divide the group herlands, ic states differs that it one ge the treatie bitr fra- hoye from pre-war both ustment cing juric under in combines tion ture and pute, micable ad thereby embr non-juridical given Post cages dis- 0 o'clock. 32nd Annual January Fur Sale the first stone in the foundation of on French aviation | allas | | to East Berlin reported progress. It | » accused stuck to their story ! (P. J. GAFFNEY NAMED TRAFFIC BUREAU HEAD | | Fafnir ‘ an Named Chairman of Traffic Bearing Co. | ‘ Organization | Patrick J. Gaffney was | chairman of the New Britain Traffic Bureau last evening at a mceting in the Burritt hotel. Mr. Gaffney suc- ceeds Walter L. Bell, | expired. It was voted to send a delegation to Boston February 1, when there will be a hearing on a proposed | movement to increase freight rates on iron and steel. New Britain, de- pending as it does almost entirely on | hardware manufacture, the iron and | | price of raw materials ceming into the city but also finished products going out. Local factories are vital- ly interested and a strenuous effort | will be made to oppose the increase. The committee appointed to seek | an extension of the Berlin bus line | Complaint was made that manu- facturers and merchants have dif culty getting trucks up to the load- ing platforms at the frelght station |after a snow storm. The matter will be taken up with local freight offi- cials. Millions of Dollars in Gems to Be Liquidated | Moscow, Dec. 29 (B — fet government convert its $250,000,000 collection of czarist crowns, sceptres, coro- nets, necklaces, and other begemmed articles into bilit tries to American and British the government yesterday sent sev- | eral million dollars’ and other gems to Berlin posal ther The con many pieces collection, will be Sw Berlin, who it is understood, been instructed to accept payment cither in cash, machinery or goods. ENGINEERING GOVT, for dis- nment, which outside the imperial sold 1 Hope to Supply Scientific Methods to City Administrations | Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 29 () — | A division of municipal and indus- | trial rescarch which will seek to apply engineering knowledeg to problems of government, industry and commerce in the interest of | social and economic growth and | progress, was announced today by | President Samuel W. Stratton of the Massachusetts Institute of | Technology | The new division, said to be the | first of its kind in an educational institution, was founded through the-| generosity of John E. Aldred, New York banker. JAP EMPRESS TLL Dec. 29 (P)—Empress Na- gako is slightly ill from a cold and s zone into retirement for several | QOur first sale way back in 1896 was the bullding of Meshken's Fur Reliability. fur leadership in New Britain. customers get what they want in way of Quality and Value? CToday, Meshken holds undisputed, the QWouldn't that seem to indicate that our the CThe name “Meshken” on furs has al- ways afforded the buyer absolute pro- tection. MESHKEN FUR 22nd Succe 1 ssful Fur Season QOur greatest sale is now in progress. 70 Main St. NEW BRITAIN e e e e e S | GOV, ADAMANT IN | | elected | whose term ' | the NICARAGUA STAND [nsists No Aid Is Intended for Washington, answered critics of its poliey with | | regard to Nicaragua, officials of the Diaz Faction e — —-i |wnters, has set up a censorship there |on outgoing and incoming dispatches. Whether congress will take a hand in the situation after the holida depends to a certain extent on the outcome of a personal inquiry insti- tuted by Chairman Borah of the for- eign relations vommittee, who, des- pite repeated assurances in conver- sation with Secretary Kellogs, Is said to be not entirely satisfied with |the way things have turned out. | Vaca's protest, made public last | night, declared the “practical arrest Dec. 20 (A—Having |of the constitutional ruler of a sov- ereign state, with which the United |States is at peace, is almost without | parallel in the history of interna- Washington government today were itlonal relations, and is unwarranted awaiting with interest counts of the latest the civil imbroglio in the little Cen- official tral American country. | They were content, for the steel rates would affect not only the | heing at least, to rest the adminis- | tration's position on the White Hous pronouncement reiterating landing of the Ameri on N the lives strengthen the | Dia Latin-American quarters. recognized been States, liberal opponent, is looked upon as | Nicaragua's constitutional head co. One of the latest protests against 1mon|n. but that his 56 year old pa- naval itient apparently was offering “good ed by Mex protection ac- |b happenings in time that ‘hcj n naval forces | y any principle of international jlaw.” He also charged that the Sacasa group had been denied by American officers use of the Nicaraguan wire- less station “thus preventing it from " |placing the true situation in Nacar- {agua before the world.” araguan soil merely was for | Fall Now on Road and forces in the state department was presented |danger in a few days, unless come by T. S. Vaca Sacasa's Washington |plications develop. house includes | were t NN N N N N wh presence Having | representative, failed to get loans abroad, the sov- |the occupation has determined to |capital of | American bluejackets unnecessary” and that emblematic globes | been practically “imprisoned”. Whether this communication will | liquid assets with which to reha-|he answered by the state department | at f Gregory | Braggma nidze, soviet financial agent in|an American hardwood concern has [the Puerto € Both ments a Adn 1 or n's Bluff Lumk he S ik of the property and hand of Diaz h by the hile Juan B. Sacasa, of American icaragua to be rec and contended the liberal was into no with Sacasa. spokesman, in of this leader or memb Sacasa his had own by th r compan hezas district, vy al Tatimer, SALE Extraordinary offering prior to the regular National Florsheim Sale. These are all regular stock, only we are some- what broken on sizes and styles. American | not to | President | as has been charged in several | Unite hi: by | that | of Puerto Cabezas, forces by |seems ‘entirely | ph had diplo- The his government' specifically s in | Canada 1l state depart- ling to return ve denied charges that To Complete Recovery El Paso, Tex.. Dec. 29 (A —Albert B. Rall, who has been confined to his home here since Sunday with '} | pneumonta, reported slightly |improved today. The former secre- S ltary of the interior was ‘“resting attendants said. | Dr. H. T. Safford said Fall pro- {bably had contracted influenza pneu. resistance” and should be out ot Fall's temperature and pulse have dropped to nearer normal and ha improved in every way, the ician said. A ARREST U. S. INSPECTOR nt [p A ot ate the country's lagging Indus- |is doubtful, innsmuch as the United | Co Tvestigator Accused of Get | States has entered | Supplementing the rccent sale of |matic relations {some of the Russian crown jewels | White House buyers, | definition policy, however, denied worth of royal |that American forces had interfered | with the liberal of his cabinet, and said his advices | gq)q been given a ting Illegal Affidavit YVancouver, B. C.. Dee. 20 (8) A Swenson, postal inspector at Seattle, faced trial in e court here today on a charge of illegally obtaining an affidavit in British Columbia for the arrest of €. II, Unverza who is wanted in Rufe N. Y. on a mail fraud war- s ra Unverzagt promoted a mining . [project in this province and fled to from Seattle while the | American authorities were attempre him to Buffalo for Extradition of Unverzasu e trial. American jsince has been sought by the Amers naval commander in Nicaraguan |ican government. | % : % Y é Z / % % ’ % T .- Above is shown one of the many styles included in the sale. High, low, black, tan, viei kid, cordovan and Scotch grain. Regular $10.00. | ! 2 | N P N A S S o frocerrrreiia Ahove one of the styles in Oxfords. These consist of all our latest models. Regular $10.00. See the Size Charts in Our Windows. This Sale is for One Week Only. No Exchanges, Refunds or Charges. 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