New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1927, Page 6

New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY fssued Dally (Bunday Excepted) At Herald Bidg., §7 Church Btrest. SUBSCRIPTION RATEE $5.00 & Year. $3.00 Three Months. I c. a Month. Entered at the Post Office at New Britaln as Second Clase Mafl Matter. Businesa Office Editortal Room wm | The only profitable advertising medinm | {n the City. Oirculation books and press | room always open to edvertisers | z of the Associated 8. m"i’f.'?fm.a Prese 8 exclusively en: titled to the use for re-publication of | all_news credited to it or not otherwire redited in thia paper and also local mewa published therein. Audit Bureau of Circalation. e A0 ks @ matlonal organization which furnishes newspapers and adver. | tisers with s strictly honest analy: o elrculation. Our circulation etatistice \neures re based upon thie audit. This ;mtec(lon against fraud in vewspaper Rlatribution figm.es to both national an: Jocal advertisers. 14 1 on sale dally U Yu";\}:' r.:afll'lo(llm"n Newsstand, Times Bquare; Schultz's Newsstands, Entran: Grand Central, éInd Street. —Plainville, with lts problems and its troubles ~where the Connecticut company ¢ should bide their time between trips, | is acting more metropolitan day. dicates that many a man is 1 to be a millionaire until when ‘the. inventory of discloses the monetary the facts werc greatly exaggerated. —Somebody has offered Senator Bingham a $150 radio stt‘ | for $5, with the explanation that the to sell | confusion in the air makes the worthless. This f‘*‘lfzw near one of the electrlc transforming s must live ions. we went to guess- In these was —Ot cours ing school. terday the opinion that the Nicaraguan rebels had ob- | tained their arms in the United | States. On page one was printed a| dispatch, Teceived hours after the | this colum express ed was written, that exactly has taken place. So we repe ness is business. , busi- | —Don't blame Massachusetis for that said to un- derlie 500 sq far down under the rocks and houlders it happens to be located is not stat- | ed; but perhaps the Harvard pro- fessors can find a way to bore down looking around for extensive coal field in the > miles. How a few miles and bring the coal to | the surface at a cost no less than | what the coal ba of Pen vania and the railroads charge bringing the coal to town. rons syl- for ~—The paper the other day noted the feat of a man in New Orleans, | who ate enough raw oysters at one “meal” to overload an elephant. No that a man in Min- ational coffee comes news nesota has won the * drinking championship” by swa lowing 85 cups of the These foolish persons are not to he of beverage. taken as examples by persons Both seriously im- | common sense. | paired their health, although they may not have felt imynediate bad ef- focts. REPAIRING THE WASHBOARD 1] ws in the was a good item of n B it really has New Britain essed it; the rlin column of this news: much to B item was per; as with as with hat th be r spring. At led paired or rebuiit , the appeara thorougt amiliarly known pike,” has been €0l though tiguous section nobody ne a thing to do or t The cue has the st 10 it wait unt its du The has been a long co being patient wit temper The asked for prised Know bui liners be to th nyone improvems in prosy 1 spring around | [ | know just where a fire has broken | stant n_ New | | company | | grana list in all probability cannot | | be | the principle of water diversion in { Berlin this year. Much as the peo- ple in general hate torn-up roads and the accompanying detours, here is one that will be doubly welcome. The highway commission is expec- ted to make good in this vicinity upon this project. If it doesn’t every pair of broken springs due to the hard traveling over the wash- to the | board should be charged state. A NOBLE IDEA The scheme of Fire Chief Noble to have fire boxes in the schools and in the theaters is a good one and ought to be put into practice. The cost would be stight, and the benefits so self-evident th ly any discussion is needed. As the chiet points out, It is an dvantage to the fire department to out, and an alarm rung from a box in a school or in a theater would in- ¢ tell the required information. Not only th ut saving of propert o saving of lives likewd d be furthered. The Noble idea should be adopted | without ¢ lowest | 000 to New Britain is th of 13 cities in class of 100,000 population; but as an anti- dote to the satisfaction engendered by the report of a municipal organ- ization to this effect is nt by Mayor Weld that growing | city expenses undoubtedly will announce- Te- t in a higher rate for the next| 1 year. naturally cannot eq with the necessary adjuncts ¢ modern municipal functioning, in- cluding the construction of schools, taking to provide sufficlent funds, without means It the tax rate is to be retained at its present level cutting will have It will | be remembered that the last budget | to take place somewhere, was slashed to the bone} a better job | in all probability cannot be done | this year. Depending upon an increasing | | keep step with the advancing costs | of the city department lafter inc and the | se is due entirely to the and increased growth demands of | | We cannot avoid expressing a| hope, however, that the tax rate ed. The 23 3-4 mill| rate, while low, is sufficiently is not iner high | to 'wa ant the hope that everything possible will be done to maintain it. | RIV Diversion of R DIVERSION 200,000,000 gallons | water a day from the watersh of the upper Connecticut river is ¢ | The : 2 | metropolitan district of Boston, in tirely too much to overlook, or more water, is prepared $65,000,000 in the dive and Ware water from this wa sion of the Swift riv so that the shed would flow east instead of into the Connecticut. The plan cannot See] permitted to eventuate by Con- | ne the Cc cticut, which must see o it that | cctient river is maintained | at its present level. As the Springficld Republican | the Supreme Court of d States will have to decide the case due to come hefore it af- fecting Chicago’s diversion of water the Great Lakes, however, | | \ | I from In the| navigation | : | or the use of waters for industrial | Chicago case, purposes is not primarily involved, | as the is the case in connection with Connecticut river. 80 { contention is the use of s waters for drainage purposes and navigation along the | drainage canal and the Miss chusetts | public proclivity to run after a cele- | national, though | elephant, not specif | see i in { who got into “that REDS IN MEXICO The charge made by Secretary of State Kellogg that Mexico is the basis of communist activity on this side of the ocean in all probability has some truth in it. Yet what is to be done about it? The secretary has'been at pains to keep all communistic visitors out- side the portals of the golden gates of American ports, and doubtless there is efficient system of keeping out undesirables along the Mexican border. The secretary scarcely expects us to that Mexico prescribe rules and regula- citizens who have an insist tions for such failed to keep the economic faith. When Mexico was recognized all | things seemed well in the republie. For some reason there seems to have been a sudden turn for the worse. Would that Mr. Hughes had re- mained secretary of state. THE BARNUM STYLE STILL, WITH US It was P. T. Barnum, we think, ! | who was the first to analyze the that | it made no difference how the cele- Barnum perfectly brity got celebrated. Barnum sensed the “psycholo the situation,” | s showmen would say | gy of nowadays, and knew that anyone whose name | got on the first pages of the mews- papers fairly regularly would he | good game to hold up as a great | public attraction. the first When had something unusual to show the | Barnum also was manufacture celebrit. he world he first piqued curiosity tike | a press agent; his methods were ar- { not crude -grabbing at- | m Thumb a diminutive, hero tempts. He made of T he played upon the public gullibility | with respect to possessing a white | g whether the | animal was glven regular coats of | whitewash; a fat man in Barnum's circus wis not an ordinary fat man, but a man with a remarkable his- the thin was the missing link. tory; likely as not, When he American | auditorium | man, brought Jemny Lind to shores he crowded the with people who were as anxious o the Swedish nightingale as to | hear her sing. | The “psychology of the situation” | still though Mr. Parnum remains about the same, al- entered the category of those referred to as “the | late.” we read that Here Aimee Semple McPherson, the woman pas- | tor of Los Angeles, who has figured pri a great is heginning a lecturs tour th the public nts deal, t will take her into all the large cities, and | great many of the smaller ones. Crowds will flock to see her. Mos of the flock regarding what she has to tell them. | They will wish to si s will care very little up the woman jam out west,"” | in which presumably a radio oper- | ator figured, and which w of suffic deemed | nt importance to spread | over the public prints weeks on end. | Don't blame Aimee. She is merely | cashing In on her reputation, her | It Bar- living he no douls personality, her publicity. num were still would have signed her up for the greatest show on earth. | carried medicines Observation On The Weather ' Hanna block and the followed by b winds. For tern New York: Rain in the south and rain or snow | in north and ntral portions to- night and Friday; warmer except in ing through with its watershed di- | ¢ i ha be the nation’s high- may ve to t court on that canal case. a different principle n involved the Chicago In an in drainage event, Connecticut should be prepared to t for its on 1long the Connes no matter battle lead LANDIS' DECISION d Chicago in 1creasing | i turbance of yesterday northeastward and morning over Missor trough shaped depr southwestward to and northeastward 1t is producing snow from northern Miss ward over the lak from southern Mis: to the Gult pres southwest dis- has advanced centers this i with a lon over and some northeast- slee west co: pressure ail o FIGHTS WITH BANDIT Chicopee Man is Winner in Bloody Bout With Robber Who Wields Wicked Gun, wnich post offi small store, I city line. Lerner s assailant FactsandFancies By Robert’ Quillen Alas! As nations recover they re- cover their appetites. New Kipling: On the road to Flor- where the mirgd-up flivvers stay. ‘ i-day, Modern “I'm going home to “Blah! Your mother ain’t never at home.” AN, well; much of the tax is for interest on war bonds, paid by us to It may be a virture to be open- minded, but that kind of people get drawn for jury service. Wy The only ‘“‘mechanical music” that delights the true artists is the kind | made by a cash register. It's all right for the Powers to let Chin to feel virtuow bhout it. When sweetles kiss again after five minutes, all it a family reunion. Funny language. Mayor Walker tells naughty Gotham shows to clean up and they alone have been clean- g up. Amerfcanism: An urge to make vbody as good as you are, by |such means as may be necessary. All you can say for war is that it relieves the congestion of population that causes war. There are alien hold-up men Ameri but they don’t call it a for- cign policy as in China. State rig and a plea for Fed- eral aid! Much like a silk hat held out to heg pennies, In all seriousne won't have long to wait for the armored pedes- trian. we alone, but it takes a lot of gall | the germs doubtless | | Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care Of the New | Britain Herald, and your letter | will be forwarded to New York. e —— e = It’s Our Favorite State, FOlks! It's off to Florida for some, When January blizzards come, But here in Funada, let's stick it, A merry heart’s the only ticket! Hard to Say “Come over quick, Doc! twins is sick!"” Dr. Pearson: “Which one?" Perkins: “Well, you know the one that looks like the other one? Well, it's the other one.” Perkins: One of the REASONS WHY I DIDN'T MARRY! Barney My mellow love for Barney had One solid month endurance; I couldn’t help but like the lad He had such self-assurance, Our loving lute has sprung a rift— I've put him on the shelf. | ) | | in | Piety is no handicap in a row. The | think of just as many mean | s the we e's to be no appropriation why awithorize” forty cruiser and make it a really good bluff? not It you think Hollywond given to vice, try looking pretty the morning after the night befor nment doesn’t poison drink sle don’t poison dogs They just poison meat, and it's the log's fault if he eats it. So Gove Te tells man, nd 0 or three Correct this s a joke wel doesn't repeat the time id the point tw Copyright s 25 I;e;fsAAéTT oday Another case of smallpox, In the same house as the others, broke out vesterday. Chief Rawlings was in ihe vicinity twice during the day and and other things needed, The old Russell & Erwin bléck on Fast Main street next to the stone hought today by John I He also took over all the sct property between the sera house, including the old stone house which has been a landmark of the district for years, The Landers, Frary & Clark cut- lery works resumed operations this morning. Tifteen fork finishers have »een laid off because of the sub- tution of a fork made of bright )1 style for for and absen tk Rad- . or ta the Plainville dur term, Father Coppens made his z port to members of St. Peter's urch last night. There are now 500 souls in the parish. The income for the year was $4,000, which al- lowed a great reduction of the debt. The town and c ferred today on t demic. B, I 1 adviser, bility in the m schools s small-pox epi Gaffney, the town's d that the responsi- ter rested with the fals, primarily with Dr Dr. Bunnell agreed that should be est uthorities wil a house for such a purpose. ¢ George Dyson of the local Clark and ousc secure nst tribe ors of the Mec clude L. A, Vi M. C bberts, W. Swift, ¥, L. Wilcox, Platt. The directors of the ain National bank J. Sloper. Walter Seymour has { moned for jury duty in the common ple New Brit- include 3ull will attend the New how next week. He Can Support Wife, Doing So 73 Strington, Yorkshire, En enty three Poulter, a farmhand of th ran away with a nelghbo s TI thought he not support wife on pay of about $40 But nle his meagc a year, ind hearty despite had a party to e of their n sons over orsary we o4 W re s the young h hanics i elected yesterday in- sum- court of did, and recently the cou- and | | | | | | | | ¥ in | last | annual | | s | sald, “Well, I'm going to o He gave me, for a birthday gift, A photo of himself! —Geraldine H. Tormey Donna Oh, Donna was a little peach With laughing eyes and skin; I might have married Donna, if Her mother hadn't called her in! —TRyron J. Marshman silken Fay I used to have a case on Fay But now, alas, that love is gone. ane turned out to be the kind | at cannot be depended on. Th | T tried to steal a little kiss (The whole affair is like a dream) i F g 1 you | stop!'— doggoned seream! cream unless And it she didn't| —R. . Kelliher Changed | Visitor: “I suppose this job of urs is about the same year in and r out.” Museum Attendant: “Oh, mo. Twenty years ago the visitors were rring to have clothes put on the statues, and now the statues are clamoring to have clothes put on —Sunny An effort is being made to dis- cover whether the woman who kill- | {ed her three children in California | was or was not brooding over Mam- | my songs! 'S FAVORITE CHILDREN! KISME Dear Editor: I was walking along, about various things, and not pay ing much attention to street cross- ings, when an automobile struck me in the back. In a flash T remembered an inel- dent of my high school days, a score of ¥ ago. Fearing discoverw by my father, 1 had hid two bottles of rye whiskey swiped from his priva ock in back of a cuphoard in the cellar. After two weeks in the Tospital, 1 returned home. The bottles were still there. The contenfs were in- tact! Boiling beagles! THAT was MY lucky day! B. 1L . thinking | | Reisler Dear Sir My hushand came home unexpect- edly from Topeka, where he had gone to arrange for the sale of our wheat vield. So I directed the book agent to > in a closet off the living room! n minutes later, my Thusband out jackrabbits My living room closet, and shoot shotgun’s isn't it?? And then the cyclone hit us. stering airedales! MY luc a few in th jus! da . H G G Andrew Years Jan. ago, ter and married opposition of her | ia | 70 and v authorities con- | blished, | Changed ~ Hart: “Men change their at- titude after marriage.” Mrs. Ifletche indeed. fore we were married my h used to say, “Give me your lips | Mrs. H And now ?" cher: “Now e me any more of Mrs. ‘Don't give your —\Irs. H. T. Gadilla Apples are suggested as a reduc- ng diet. That's plausible. reduced Adam! They certainly WEATH Not Much Change in Temperature M, A limerick PLEASE wontcha? what you say. ¥ Katherl Dear Kate: Who could re | chance? Here it fs— Dear hout e don't care | stadt, about a mile north There was a young woman named Treap ‘Whose story should cause you to weep; On the first night, you see, Of her honeymoon, she Got up and walked home sleep! in her Dear M. F. J.: My sweetie’s name is Rass, and he's good at shooting the bull or shooting craps. How about a limerick about him? Thelma Karver Dear T. K.: Will this one do? A sporty young fellow named Ross Threw the bones or the bull like a boss; One day the young fool Tried to tackle a mule And for once he was thrown for a loss! (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbidden) QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answ.r to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, | New Britain Herald, Washington New York avenue, | Bureau, 1822 Washington, D. C. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Q. What Cabinet"”? A small coterie of five intimate friends of President Jackson, who were thought to influence him more than the members of his official cabinet. They were Duff Green, the editor of the United States Telegraph; Francis . Blair, the editor of the Washing- ton Globe; and Willlam B. Lewis, Isaac Hill and Amos Kendall,’ who occupled minor positions in the treasury department. They were especially powerful in dirccting the president’s attack against the United States bank. Q. What Blenheim? A. Blenheim is a village in Ba- varia, 23 miles north-northwest of Ausburg. . A great victory, won by Marlborough and Prince FEugene over the French and Bavarians under Tallard, Marsin and the Slector of Bavaria on August 13, 1704, took its name from that vil- lage, although the battle . did not actually occur there, but at a neighboring village called Hoch- of the The Germans call it the Rattle of Hochstadt. The French had massed their forces on their right and left wings, thinking the center sufficientlyy protected by a narrow stream in front. Marl- borough perceived the weak point in their line and, ordering an as- sault on the enemy's wings to hide hie real purpose, he forded the stream with his main army and broke the French center, taking them in the flank and utt de- stroying the enemy. of 6,000 French and Bavarians 14,000 were taken prisoners and 25,000 were killed or drowned in the Danube. The loss to the victors amounted to about 5,000 killed and §,000 wound- ed. Near Blenheim the I'rench de- feated the June 19, 1800, Q. 1 get its name? A. It was named by a Norse- man, “Eric, the Red” who voyaged along ite coasts about 984 A. D, and called it “Greenland’ 'to encourage people to scttle there. Q. How old is Fred actor? A Q. was “The XKitchen was the Battle of Danube. Stone, the Fifty-three. Is Sabatini an Italia L e, He was born in Josi, Central Ttaly. Q. What state has the greatest automobile registration? The nickname was given to a | Fr—————————— ~ New Britain Herald CIRCULATION Advertisers all over the country demand to know first of all, the circulation of a newspaper in which they are considering placing their advertisement: They demand to know, without epuivocation, whether a paper is given away or if it is sold, and in what territory the nmewspaper has its distribution. The Audit Bureau of Circulations, a national organization of which the New Britain Herald is a member, recog- nizes this fact and has organized an iron bound association with the sole aim of giving the advertiser a fair and square statement of circulation claims of the newspaper in question. The Herald advertises copies are printed and distributed daily, and stands ready to throw open the circulation books to sub- staniate this fact. Audit Bureau of Circulations auditors come to the Herald every year and go over the circulation books. The Herald respectfully calls the attention of the local advertisers to the circulation of this paper, over 14,000 printed and distributed daily, and knows well that it is the right of the advertiser to know the facts before placing an ad in any newspaper. The Herald has more than three times the circulation of any newspaper published in its territory. A. New York. tration is 1,625,683, Q. What is the meaning of the name Alexander? A. It is from the German and | means “helper of men'. Q. What is the derivation meaning of the name Gerard? A. It {8 Teutonic in origin and means “strong with the spear’. Q. What was Abraham Lincoln’s plan of ‘*‘compensated emancipa- tion” ! A. Charles Sumner declared that Lincoln had a well-developed plan for paying the South for the slaves, giving them their freedom, and put- | ting them on reservations of land purchased by Congress for that pur- pose. The plan was interrupted by the outbreak of the civil war and was never put before congress. Q. With what opera companies are Gigll and Schipa associated? A. Gig is the leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera company of New York and Schipa is the lead- ing lyric tenor with the Chicago Grand Opera company. Q. When will the Catalina} Channel swimming contest occur? What age the prizes? How long is the course? It will be held January 15, We understand it is open to male or female swimmer and ance fee is required. The is from the coast of Califor- nia to Catalina Island, a distance of 23 miles and the temperature of the water will be about 60 degrees. The prize is $25,000 to the winner, with the provision that if a man finishes first, there will be an additional prize of $15,000 awarded to the first woman who finishes. The total regis- Q. In Samothrace the name of | the sculptor of the famous “Winged | Victory"? A. The name of the sculptor,of ‘Winged Victory of Samothrace is {not known. It is thought to be of the Hellenistic period. The collos- sal winged figure, from which tho head is missing, etands with full drapery blown by the wind, on the prow of a trireme. The original is in the Louvre at Paris, France. Q. Where is the city of Libau? A. In Latvia, a republic in Europe comprising the former Rus- sian province of Courland, the four southern districts of the former Rtus- sian province of Livonia and the three western districts of the former Russian province of Vitehsk. It lies along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea with sthonia on the north and Lithuania on the south. Q. What are the “Lauda”? A. The name was given to early Ttalian religious and spiritual songs, dating from the 13th century. They gradually became more and mora dramatic and thus played an im- portant part in the development of the Italian drama. They were pro- duced in large numbers till the 15th century. Q. Who composed “The Marsell- laise” and how did it get the name? A. It was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de . a4 young engineer officer at Strassburg, in 2. From bheing sung by the volunteers of Marseilles when they entered Paris, and later the storming of the Twilleries, it was designated by the Parisians the “Hymne des Marseill; , and later “La Marseillaise”. Its use was for- bidden during the restored French monarchy and the empire, and VALUES OF OLD COINS In the latest bulletin compiled by our Washington bureau is scheduled digest of values of practically every coin ever fssued by the United States government and a number of colunlal coins. It will prove of in- terest to anybody who has a coin on which he desires to know the valus to collectors. Fill out the coupon below and gend for it: CLIP COUPON OFF HERE = == == w— a COLNS EDITOR, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, New Dritain Herald, D, C. I want @ copy of the bulleyn, VALUES OF COINS, with five cents in loose, uncancelled, U. 8. postage stamps for same: and enclose here- | CITY e NAME STREET AND NO. D N S SR OURE AUR Py i sees STATH Herald, B m a reader of the e STARTS CLEANING OUT ASHES FROM UNDER. FURNACE SL! MUTTERS UNDER HIS BACK N POCKET GLUYAS WICLIANS FEELS SOME LETTERS POCKET QF COAT t / IN DOING 50 GETS COAT BREATH AND PUTS THEM PRETTY ASHY. TRIES TO Bfizsn ASHES OFF WITH HAND (Copyright, 1927, by The Bell Syndicat USH LETTERS LEANS OVER. LETTERS PLUS A TIME- TRBLE AND A RECEIPTED BILL M- MEDIATELY SLIDE OUT SToPS DING FROM INSIDE ~ BACK INTD POCKET FINDS THAT THAT HAS LEANS OVER TO SHUT ASH: MERELY ADDED MORE PIT DODR, ENTIRE CON- ASHES..CLEANS COAT TENTS OF POCKET SLIDIN] WITH DAMPENED HAND- OUT. WIFE HURRIES KERCHIEP DOWN TO SEE WHAT HES CARRYING ON ABOULT Inc.)