New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 8

' NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1927, pu New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING OMPANY st | tn Tw (Sunday Excepted) fssued Dally €7 Chuich Btrest At Heraid Bldg. SUBSCRIPTIOX RATEE $3.00 & Year. $2.00 Three Months. 8c. » Month to | fin re Entered at the Post Office at New Britain | as Second Class Mall Matter, i TELEPHONE CALLS Rusineas Office . 926 Editoral Rooms . 926 I'he only profitable advertising medium n the City. Circulation books and prest ool miways open to advertirers. ™ Member of the Associated Press. he Assoclated Press is exciusively en- titied to the use for re-publication of all news credited to it or not otherwize credited n this paper snd also local news published therefn. re. exp Member Audit Bureau of Circalation. Lie A. B. C. 1a a natlonal organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with & strictly honest analysis of circulation. Our circulation etatistice | are based upon this mudit. Thia Ineures protection against fraud in newspapel distribution figu.es to both pational and tocal advertizers. tn_New | Times Entrance The Herald is on sale York st Hotaling's Newest Square; 8chul Newsatands, Grand Central, 42nd Street. ~The Lions may have their frolic in New Britain; the aching for a frolic in Wall strect but Bears m | Our benevolent Nicaragua tervention every day looks more like active or agent seems to be some- | ¢ one who makes a dry remark when U caught with the goods. P —Question for domestic debate: | ec whether it is best to use the late, Christmas tree to start fires with or to throw it in the Lack yard. Vermont a el g front with an observance of its ses- just quicentennial. exposition; speeches. Next? o —Being an electrician Britain clearly requires as much of = let in New New something intangibly mysterious as the ability to build a first radio set. class | to things in favor of ~—Among the ta 0 is it has given the average man ra something to talk about besides the | ' v that What-do-you-call-it-Lizie | 't has been acting lately. —A device without for opening a train window aking an arm|! s been invented. A device to wash the windows more regularly would be just as practicable. th f insists on — Mussolini getting | st seven hours sleep a night; Poincare 5 a. m. Nobody knows | gets up at § how long the king of or how early he gets up; dignity|o torbids the publicity. and sleeps | | an m « !1“ 15t sn't sell the until after —It the city ds Burritt school site sl Main street is pushed thro to \ it bring a much higher price. a tip as well as a warning. s hington street, it probably will| th xcitement is nece about that rallroad strike vote, The | new arbitration system between the men and the roads will merely get a gevere test, and probably will be sue- cessful, —The sheriff’s home, that $400 caracul coat, lady in who g by lezed exploit lent piquan day’s fur coat ads; in which a caracul coat does ne sarily cost that mucl that the 0 passed prevent from publishing al tails in dive longer Times will of ent mediun rt hard-hoiled spap ournalists W r offices. We of e again T only a attorney part-time full-tir BETAINING ASSESSING B-MEN BOALD ommi propaganda railed becat (he ht When n enumeratit of Attorney G 1 soveral cities sessor, ar opinfonating ess likely to be ay b trolled “f when a bad \dea to chesk uy ¢ a0 mueh | man was no way knell tigate the contain gardec f tax Y ro: The opportunities for clever plan- [» A to \blic—from that time on the death | | ning in this city are enormou | lary of the one-man plan was © part of the city, especiall devold of congested ruck. Mayor Weld fortunately had shift- J the north, is to | habits the tion. Take a sideroad through the the 1 from Lis earlier attachme; It is clear that| stretch from 1 time to inves- extending of end to northernmost limits of the and it is for all the world one-man plan. hen the mayor h fringe the west advocates of | probabilities he was ready city the | boundary like A good b one- L ! through drop the poker. The mayor nish was one of the traveling through Texas. taining the present status quo. wning has been made to sget the main thoroughfares This newspaper opposed the these sections conforming | The minor | streets so far do not appear to exist, being for still rules supreme. an idea from the first. Any onc nd wise | with common sense. enough to be| an may be good cnc 1 and only efficient there no demand e i yer em. “Acre Within th )0 the assessor in a city | such humans are rare t was our opir the charter more congested parts business spe such | ¢ city the commission is co fronted with existing problems that lic off need amelioration. To classify all of them perhaps would require REFERENDUM column. Some of these brain tea: A NECH IN CHARTE SITY v city chart are quite beyond solving, private nd no money being on hand ng in the way o large Tha prope rovision for popular | extent, fer it is soug to do the straightening process on a grand s The the peog e, how- It own a plan and Irpose must planning commission, is only an advisory body. has 1o power to lay must be followed, The board ; and | Lt that if a plan its recom- say it d public works has the powe behind th is with h a provision. 1t is a sity. No body of men, from the t the Common Coun i or should have reasona however, | la up the city non Council down, power to expend sum | commission studies | , or lo nencations should carry weight with | ith bonded indebtedn those who excreise the power to con- the he a heavy Jut receiving permission of | form or reject. lere are certain street improve- ents that will become sterling pub- ority of citizens whose oney is being expended Too much centralization in civic | lic Issues this year. They may not be g0 absolutely T to get along, obnoxious as the rnment ot ry but they will si Iy b about essive centralization in ify that planning stat u ing done, not merely | The fight enabling over in the for a arter, the citizens to vote|{ So far we have had more talk son bond issues or other heavy ex- | then action. plan, A NEAT QUESTION Should nditurss, should Those | the severe ho oppo if any, are urtis ropular disfavor, a man who has been an ensive ties become owner of uti of the Inter Commission? That question arising from the nomination | of C E. Woods by TANING principle HE BUSSES that membe Com- The inter merd is the , as well as those operating ex- usively within the state, must help | rus President 1y to a| been | for the highways used Coolidge. This is the gentleman from Penn- | sylvania who was sclected by the Tresident after Senator Reed of that tent, seems to have omside accelerated by the de- sion of the constitutiona Haven. Because ourt in | state threatened to become a sort of insurgent if Pennsylvania were not | “represented” upon the I. C. C. | What Penn- | Ivania or any other state had to be | represented upon the I. C. C. was| not made clear except it is presumed | s travels between | s, rather than confining itselr | within the state's boundaries, of | particular business Jurse does not signify that it does | damage to the highways. The | X upon intrastate and interstate the Keystone state has a large rail- road mileage. ses naturally must be the same. only by In the minds of most 1l means of a techni- ity that people no state has any business ex- D Some e interstate busscs| 1 to avoid paying the tax. pecting special — consideration from the developing, it | a national commission. This Mr. Woods was also a torney for a large Pennsy] ye when bus | iness first began thought by friends of the rail- that the e fewer would materialize as com- | Th ipposition is no longer very tenal TH ss of The by i more they were taxed | COmpany; in truth, as a corporation | lawyer he has been quite a remark- able success. o titors of the steam carriers. | ming to he 1, de- al notions favoring | corporations or any other | ve a free mi e busses are here to stay regard- | Void of spec ax. railroad latest line announced is one | corporations, this gentleman thinks | 1500 miles, between Dallas, Tex., | I is qualified to be 2 member of the | nd T.os Angeles, Calif. Already the | commission, It will have been noted ileage of the inter-cily busscs ex. | perhaps, that when he wa ked | the whether he had had At eds that snce No, T have | of railroads. IFor any tort hauls, demanding frequent making, he said rvice to accommodate the public, . L ought to qualify Lim! ‘Why is the President al ey have found an ideal place in @ transportation business, and wise | st ilroads have ceased fighting them, this type of citizen for mem- the supplementary bership in important posts? The W Charles Warren, it have adopted principle of | re Woon-tire for instance, | TE service, iy # about its good sense in hav- | 1o beet sugar magnate, who failed | to be confirmed as attorney general; e en railroad, in one into the bus business. So | and Thomas 1. Woodlock, financial Factsand Fancies | their stage half-way between silk shirts | | suspicious. | that worries candidate recognize religious training. The I, T. simply do mot believe in religion, and the rest is camouflage. An hour off weekly for religious training Las been in vogue in New Britain for morethan a year. There | is no compulsion. But so well do a great many parents think of the plan that the system has been an qualified s able to note, un- . So far as we are | cees the church and state remotely united Send afl communications (0 Fun | | shop Editor. care of the New | | Britatn Herald, and yoar letter | will be forwarded to N | m————— has not been even by the practice. Never mind the snow-fla ing on the scencs, nd cheer and laughter, these | are evergreens, It only people could “serve” with | Keep the drifts of fun-flak hearts and hands, without| . I8 Folks, and see. hrusting their noses in. | What a merry winter yours i ours will be! v Came acher (old maid): ‘L am beautiful'>" Rusty: “Pretense.” { Mirth BY ROBERT QUIL swirl- and | Normalc America, is that | Down “What te and the breadline. T G T A (T sophisticated when they are merely | 11" YOU HAVE TEARS, I'Kl’?l'.\RlIi TO— rd by Willard G. There isn't much to do about the | (Overd Pres cotton situation excent to pass reso- | ; | Hungwy ickle shugali-pwim! i Mustn't thuckem i fum? Satum ey carrot soup Or mamma knockem forum loop! lutions condemning the boll weevil for loafing. There are two class and lowbrows. the classifying. highbrows | The highbrows do | Baddy, baddy, honey-dear! Mustn't chewem puppy's ea Gettum dollin mamma’s goat! | Gettum fleas in ittie froat! o % o Naughty-waughty loveypuff! Pit out grampa’s snuffy-wuft! Mamma taken over knees! Makum epiglottis snerze! . | A fair-minded woman is one who | £ | Gottum 't ‘at can enjoy gossip for an hour and not | 19 FE FANEES AU B SR believe a word of it. |l ellum tock-cved world him tan! . oo man! gran Mamma's big ittie dres t00 | | | of tgn | their It isnt the heat camy but Oh for doodness dwacious sake! Has her gottum tummy-ache? Does her have to twy and toff? { Mustn't lickum cook-stove off! own relative humidity. Perhaps people say ger” paid ‘my bhootlez- use they think they have 1 out enough cash to own him. Henry—Behave! Marjorie was walking along with | fine big whippet attached to a| ash. [ “What a pretty dog {said Menry, a friend, admiringl | meeting her on the avenue. “I'm glad you like him. Don’t you think his thick and glossy fur looks | just like a winter overcoat?” Just then the dog scratched him- This prompted Henry to re- ally: “Yes, a fleas-lined Nofe to radio announce talik so much between musi lers. How can a fellow re Americanism: Subscribing for magazine to get a set of books. you have” Prohibition has now sccond stage, wherein nobody drunk just to prove that he c reached the gets an. A man need not be a cynic to sus- | peet that there will be plenty of parking space in the sweet fields of | Eden, | The more brazen the chap who |y, asks for a loan, the less your chance | getting your mon | ., Ruth Stokos Preferred Stock At— o MUB. T Virgie was a peach. T must grant| v that. Deep melting brown c and hair as brown as an old m { sehaum. We pass courtship. 1t | could ever inte | pi Tt was { through an 1pt our perfect hap- June, and the mock | ing Dbirds were singing in the mag-| | nolias, when we walked blossomy boughs to the ivy-covered | L little church and were 1 cullpd |0 S O LEE | honeymoon .0 0~ She isn't old enough to be “Miss” until she learns not her tube of tooth paste mes T was awakened by a| who share things that, Wise men are those our beliefs neerning can't be prove: | my eyes and saw my bride sitting [up in bed. She was cating erackers! Quel horror! THAT'S where | if you say why T prefer hlondes! —Victor W. Wennis. PN car Mr. Judell: eraldine was a blonde. is a on airs nite." A hick town you're puiting weet” for 1 How conscience-stricken the old- fashioned mother folt if she forgo to worry for an hour or two. s to adjust them, could a magnificent di “swell” joints by the | mond sparkling on the third finger. | ! All this had happened in a short o | time. T had met her at the s o Correct this sentence: “Jolin got | and our courting had been done at| a letter in a pink envelope tod: | the dance pavilion and at the beach. | said the wife, *“and I wasn't a Dit | t-colored tre - | tig A stranger in York can | you see the padiocks. Vacation over, we returned to our | curious to know whom it was from.” | respective homes In town, and one| night T asked her to accompany me| (Copyright 19 Publishers Syndi- | to a movie, | some of his |ing, “while turning a corner sharp- |1y I ran over the two shoes of a { man over g | sot 820,000 just because an automobilisf ran over his two calves. question of fact or information by rail system where writing N | Bureau, | Washington, cents in stamps for repl | legal and marital advice cannot be| given, be undertaken. will receive a personal reply. over ten punc- Then 1 saw an auto run sharp nails and not a tire tured!” Bellows: “How was that?” Terrenc “Why, the ten nails| were on my fingers that he had run| oves.'" 2 | —Mrs. Dorothy Grote. | P Quite a Feat | wild Autoist was recalling xploits of the day. “At noon-time today,” he was say- The 1 and never injured his feet.” “That was very fortunate.” “Oh, no; you see the man didn't ve his shoes on!” —Anthony G. Kraft, Pl Compensation : “An automobilist ran| farmer’s cow and the !urmuri who got| t| | | Cowl $10,000.” Lew “T know a man —Horace C. Lisson. (Copyright, 1927. Reproduction Forbidden) | city are operated by the third rail | roads such | tral on cer le | locomotives are | TIONS ANSWERED You can get an answ.r to any, the Question Editor, Herald, Washington | New York avenue.| C., enclosing two/ Medical, | to Britain 1322 D. nor can extended research All other questions| Un-| signed requests cannot be answered. « th r t [ the | 1,299 wool mills {182 jute mil! | fruit cocktail? q] pulp of 6 large oranges. -|the juice of 1 lemon and sweeten |Italian pastry? idyllic | very seemed that nothing | cup. under the | flavor. second morning of our| Wi | peculiar, crunching sound. T opened ) he'll alw: bLrown T will | you will w {in cream you will live in a dream We had plighted our troth, When| Men' put her left hand to her sun-| in men from the | come to New York once or twice a | year and spend a money having a “good time, |v ment insura | phrase All letters are confidential.—Editor. Q. itics Which are the six in the world? TLondon, New (hicago, How Many textile mills are the continent of Europe, Britain and in the United largest | York, na. Berlin, on n Great tes? A. | reat Britain has approxi- mately 1,910 textile mills; the con- | inent of Iiurope around 3,800 and | United States 2,156 cotton mills; | 2,079 eilk mills and G ou give me a recipe for | > | A. Cut In small pieces 1 banana, | large slices of pineapple and the | Mix with Q. Can te. cold. ° Serve in sherbert = cups, Put a cherry in cach | Any combination of fruits, | med or fresh may be used. As| L rule combinations of a sweet and | sour fruit are most piquant in | Q. What are the rhymes about| ade man | marrying in different colo “Marry in white you will al-| s bo right; marry in green | med to be seen; marry in blue ¥s be true; marry in ou will live out of town; | of Al sl marry in yellow ashamed | gray. you| live fiar away; ma h yourself dead; marry What are “Butter and Egg A It is a slang phrase, colned | York to designate wealthy | W | who middle west deal great of | Q. Has the War Risk Insurance | iken out during the war any loan alue? | A. No. Only converted govern- nce has a loan value. What is the meaning of the | Adois hasta habado”? Q. | veying it to the | two books cabinet? Where can we obtain it? A. You will find it in any good encyclopedia under the head of United ~States,— government. A bulletin giytng the information is issued .byWour Washington Bureau and can be obtained for five cents in stamps or- coin. Q. Iy there a medical college to train medical officers of the navy connected with the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis? A. The Navy Medical College is located in Washington, D. C. Offi- cers who attend there must be a graduate of a regular medical col- lege, before they enter the Navy. The college is for further specialized study. Q. When eating prunes should the seed be removed before con- mouth or taken rom the mouth after eating the meat? A, If the seed can be easily re- moved before conveying it to the mouth do so. If not, remove the seed to your spoon as inconspicn- s possible after eating the| Is the third rail system used on street rail ? A. Subway trains in New York system. It is the same system that is used by some of the larger rail- as the Pennsylvania, ntral and Illinois Cen- n parts of their lines, except that in the subways each car in the train is equipped with propelling motors and shoes and the current i controlled from the head ar, while on the railroads electric used. City streot cars could mot use the third rail system without endangering life, but in eome cities a rail is carried in a conduit beneath the track and con- nection with the street car is made by a “plow” that travels in a slot and slides along the buried rail. ome suburban lines use the third the tracks are laid in a private right of way and | at road crossings ther eis a break | in the charged rail across which the | trains are carried by momentum. | Q. What is the Royal Arcanum? A. A fraternal and social insur- ance order organized in 1877. Q. Where was Buster Keaton born? Is he married? What is his real name? A. He was born in Kansas October 4, 1896 and played in th vaudeville stage for 16 years. Ho married Nafalle Talmadge, in 1921 and has two sons, Joseph Talmadge Keaton born August 1922, and Robert Talmadge Keaton, born in | Februry 1924, His real name is Joseph Iran Q. What is the Mix's horse “Tony"? A, Brown with a white face. Q. When one epeaks of “sound- ing” the depth of the ocean what does that imply? | A. Sounding is a nautical term for measuring the depth of water by line and lead, It does not mean that the water is measured by sound. Q. Can you give me the name of | containing recipes for New York | | | | color of Tom A, “The Cook's Decameron” pub- lished by Brentano's, No. 1, 47th street, New York city, written by Mrs. W. G. Waters and “Simple Italian Cookery” by Antonio Isola, published by Harper Brothers, New | York city. Q. Where does this line ocour: crmons in stones, and good in cverythin A In Shakespeare's You o IE It reads as follows: weet are the uses of adversity: Which, like the toad, ugly and As Ti VALUES OF the latest bulletin .complled by a dgest of values of practlcall, States n government and a number of terest to anybody who has a coln on to collectors. Ul out the coupon helo r == = == = CLIP COUPON coINs 13 1TOR, 1 Now Y rk Avenus, Washi I want & copy of the bulletin, VAL! with five cents In looss, uncancelled, NAME STREET AND NoO. every coin ever Washington Bureau, his head: and this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues ‘in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” Observation On The Weather ‘Washington, Jan. “orecast for Southern New England: Fair and continued colder tonight; Satur- day increpsing cloudiness with rising temperature; diminishing northwest winds becoming east and southeast Saturday. Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair and continued cold tonigh* Saturday increasing cloudiness with rising temperature; west, shifting to northwest winds becoming east and southeast Saturday. Conditions: he low over the northeastern portions the country is moving slowli ward over the Maritime provine: s and the lower St. Lawrence valley, An area of high pressure centers over the interior. Pressure is low over the Rocky mountains and th western plaing states. Temperatures are low over 1l upper lake region but are moders ate for the season in other dis tricts. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature, pressure ot vast Boston University Tea Of Debaters Defeated Boston, Jan. () —The Boston Unfversity debating team suffered its first defeat in three years herq last night at e hands of the Unie versity of Australia, Thet visitors, arguing the tive, wonl the unanimous vote of three judges on the question, “Resolved: That the results of the great war have tended toward the peace of the world.” The Sydney team was composed of Dr. John R. Goodsall, Noel Dy MacTntosh, and Sydney H. Heatha wood. Toston University was reprew sented by Arthur L. Brown of Wale tham, John F. O’'Brien of Watera town and William F. Kelly of Somerville, Dr. Str;ton Appears as Supreme Kingdom Knight Macon, Ga., Jan. 7 (A—Dr. Johw Toach Straten, pastor of the Calvary Bapti church of ew York eityy appearad here tods a knight of the supreme kingdom. The king« dom was founded by E. Y. Clarkey one of the organizers of the Ku Klux Klan. Tonight Dr. Straton is to deliver the first of sixty addresses in sups port of the supreme kingdom'’s an= notinced intention to bar from pub= lic schools every teacher of tha theory of evolution. The Macon Telegraph says Straton will receive $30.000 for series of addresses. Dr. HONOR “T. R.s” MEMORY New York, Jan. TR —0n eighth anniversary Theodore Roosevelt’s death, 30 of his persa al friends, members of his "t cablnet” and others made their nual pilgrimage yesterday grave at Oyster Bay. They stood w bared and bowed heads while Vi liam Allen White, Emporia, Ko ditor, read a portion President Aue. 1902 a of at Providence, A n » your | venomous, wears a precious ewel in' was no other ceremony. | fellow; marry in black you will wish yourself back marry in Y/ AT T | et e OLD COINS our Washington bureau tssued by colonial colvs. It will prove which he desires to know t w and send for It: ts the OFF HERE = =— == =— = New Britain Herald, ngton, D, C. UES OF COINS, and enclows U. 8. postage stamps for » vead the titles aloud. T T P PP SR ST e Spppeue e writer, on the I. C. C. nsylvania raitroad Now we | as can b ad seen, its al rail- | business has not much | have and conl perhaps, that | ttorney to discuss, sw England is particularly inter- | Woods affair man represents the Ls land was granted preferen- | : busses pre- d in this because prob Such a Pennsy m. vania summer New I | tial railroad rates on coal from West to hr that proje en Dallas coal interests, for inee, will for distance <0 us howeve Virginia, ak the grip nnsylvania coal interests in | | bus line will not | of the P ind. Tt was a close €. The route of ithern vote on case is for re-| ring. One vote | con ion would count | the commission sharply 1se in this in- PEANNING STREFTS children when the parents to thi vhat | Clark tting even a slight | | | 25 Y;;;s- ;4go Today Licutenat Colonel Thompson will attend t ball of « of Rocky Company | n cleeted people’s church st church mem- follows last | Kissewe Fienenamans church com- | Witz col- | Mathes deacon, W. mittee, lector of ushers, W, Sunday school i Bichstaedt William Tl r board, hat the city has pleted an emicable Consolidated railronl proposed pipe line to the sewer hieds can It will ¢ them five lork of this lwell 1 pr morning ically com- | went with whereh, [ oS | the the loy Quarte e tr times i its suit ofe I deck city 1 " in itain s recovered N b t e its ag out ity holdings. the Southern N¢ lephone and the 1t to recover on the hond Workmen purti the 1 st | recital inst the tter did not k ut to W Lingland are "W i at 5 soon 1 oy o i workin the in At tHot M 1 shape ual hanquet of Physi ¥ 1 Russwin W. Malor Loard of cer of ular the Dy 1 to! M evenin, was clect ors and Dr sutive re ¥ commi Prose meet phen Ro f St of Clan Dou 1 vanee will 1 month n decided which has install last noual olsse £t Robert | 20th of t It ha the hous: quarant or mall po Ry ine in wiltin avoided of | danghter's bedroom |1 ocodiles! SWHY T PR A. Tt is Spanish for *“goodbye Saturd or the “Sabbath™, Our class would like some Q. | | information as to the duties of all —Dale Waigand. ve Work i ‘Young man, what Ly . climbing up to window ?'* investigating, marry a girl do my Lawton you an “Just to sir who Clarence: don't want snores.” —Winifred Bariente, HAF BEEN CONVERSING | THAT'S MERELY. MIT YOUR SON.! HE SEEMS FAMIUAR) COLLEGE. MIT DER l! f)‘-A/NG R / ( Accidents 1in THE FUN SHOP 'actory) the Ground (As fou in Joke luly. you just ran over my One in the Car: “Oh, T'm so have One on G 1 lady . e FUN ributors wrots SHOD i ow other on Nails While walking I stumbled and ne once across the members of the president's I am a reader of the Herald, {5 TOLD HE'S PLENTY Bic ENOUGH TO PUT HIMSELP G A BI6 HELP TO MOTHER “Hey | 5 & TRIES TO GET 0UT OF TROUSERS AND WAIST WITHOUT UNBUTTONING (A (AN BE DONE AND HANGS [T ON TIE - T BED NOW AND IT'LL BE RACK, KNOKING ALL. OTHER TIES TO TLCCR 05 UP, TAKES OFF TIE, ROLIS IT UP INTO NiSSES CHAR LIS DOWN TWO BUTIONS GETS ELASS O CAME OFF AND WAIST TORE LEAVING ONE SOCK ON ALTILE WILL SHE MEND BATHROOM RADIATOR THEM. DIFFICULY, BUTIT T 7 LEAVES TROUSERS AKD AND THE OTHER UNDER HELP To MOTHER~ WRIST ON STAIR B STATR FOToT Tor TP P SIRUGELES OUT OF SHIRT, UNTIES SHOES AND KICKS BALL, THEM OFF, ONE GOING AND TOSSES T TO CHAIR., UNDER BED AND THE O ER INTO WASTE - BASKET I WATER CLIMBS INTO BED FEEL- ING QUITE PROUD HE% Bl6 ENOUGH TO BE A GLOYAS WILLY ffns