New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1927, Page 8

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C fs a pational organization which furnishes newspapers and or- tisers with @ strictly honest analysis of circulation. _ Our clrculation tatist are based upon this sudit. protection againrt fraud In epaper distribution figu.es to both Dational and local advertisers. 1s on sale dally in New e R ilags Newsetand, Times Every year a committee of the Common Council discusses salaries of civic servants. The “investigation” lasts a few weeks; then for the re- mainder of the year no thought is given to the matter. All the commit- tee knows about the salaries and the men earning them is obtained in the few short weeks during which they are discussed. The suggestion that there be a permanent salary commission seems a good one. Such a commission would be able to keep in constant touch with elvic servants the year round and would not be forced to study up on a question in a few weeks. WANTON SHOOTING OF DOGS Owners of valuable dogs which have been wantonly shot within the past few weeks are justified in ex- pressing their wrath and indigna- tion. They are also to be commended for their determination to spare no effort in running down the persons who are indulging in this form of cruelty toward dumb animals. Unless dogs are damaging proper- ty they should not be open to at- tack. Unwelcome canines which make & practice of trespa¥sing can be identified by the license tag on the collar and their owners notified. But it seems to be an outrage on all | human instincts to use a rifle on a | dog that is eausing no annoyance or damage, In all the cases reported, it is said that rifles have been used. The police have been enlisted in an effort to discover gullty parties and dog lovers are hopeful that they will | be suceessful. PLAINVILLE'S “LIST” The grand list of Plainville, we | discover, has increased 25 per cent | in the last two years. Part of this! increase is due to increased valua- | tions. In spite of tha, however, so many improvements are contemplat- ed in the town that there s trouble | in obtaining sufficient funds to take | care of the work. Lack of appropri- | ations has been a famillar story in Plainville. parte statements, hook, line and sinker. BINGHAM'S ASCENDANCY Senator Hiram Bingham, give him credit, is getting to be known as the scholar of the Senate. The Connecti- cut junior senator is not inclined to dodge the honor, either; and if any- one wishes to make sure of his standing he need only glimpse the Bingham autoblography in the Con- gressional manual. There it is writ, in letters not even a child would misapprehend. The junior senator of the state is also out to be regarded as the ad- ministration’s spokesman in the Senate. Everything the administra- tion favors, except in a few minor exceptions due to the leanings of his constituents, Senator Bingham also tavors, even if it requires him chang- ing his previous views. As a battler for state's rights he 1s pre-eminent. No southern Demo- crat ever said more touching things in favor of state's rights than Sena- tor Bingham has uttered within re- cent months. He now is a staunch supporter of the Monroe Doctrine; the book against it which he formerly wrote took the wrong slant. The senator admits it. There are crities who say, however, he would still be opposed to the Monroe Doctrine but for the accident he was elected to the Sen- | ate. Being an in instead of an out | makes a ditference. Not to be overlooked is the fact that the senator is the Scnate's { great Spanish scholar. He can trans- late Spantsh Into English, and there | is nobody in the Senate able to prove | the translation isn't eminently cor- rect. He can quote Spanish scholars in the original Spanish without re- | ferring to any books; and when he arises to speak a few apt quotations | from that language, or Greel, Latin, Italian, French, German and Rus- n, they are always well received. | With this, of course, goes a high- | hat, cultural attitude which some re- gard as befits a scholar-Senator trom New England. Now that Lodge | | is gone Senator Bingham is present | {to take up the torch of learning | where Lodge dropped it. 1t is only when thoughtless char- acters like Borah, Reed of Missouri | and others enter into a verbal contest with the Connecticut senator | | that all is not as well as it ought to | be. But truth to tell, Senator Bing- | ham is one of those rara avis sort ofi | characters who never knows when | | he is licked. This, too, is something | in the nature of Lodge. RADIO D CITIL 1t is astonishing to learn that the | radio, which admittedly is such a| noble innovation to bring the advan- tages of the big places to the people living in the small i | towns and the country, is by no means enjoying the | expected popularity in those places. The vast majority of radio receiv- | ing sets, it appears, are owned in the | cities, where there already is a| plenitude of opportunity for amuse- | ment. How to get the radio upon the farms, and into the smaller cities, is | a preblem confronting the radio in- dustry. The 1s enormous; that the people in the smaller places | are well able to own radios is evi- denced by the fact that the owner- | ship of automobiles ‘ highest in these places. | market 1s uniformly pending further investigation of his financial campaign. Action of the Senate yesterday was somewhat in the nature of a pre- liminary movement to get at the bottom of this Sam Insull, public utility fund primary election cam- paign in Illinols. The Prairie state senator-elect will have his day in court when a hearing is given, but before that time he cannot take his seat. So particular is the Benate that a “duly elected” member is con- sidered guilty of a charge until proven innocent. Every avenue of contamination is obstructed until the high-minded senators have had a full opportunity to welgh every item of evidence pro and con. Senator McLean, who voted with the minority, er with Senator Bing- ham, goes on record as thinking a state has the right to its senators, rather than the Senate. He is just as practical a proponent of state's rights as the junior senator, except that he talks less about it. The Smith senatorlal matter is doubly important in that the result of his effort to get into the Senate will have a bearing upon the chances of Vare in Pennsylvania. It Smith ‘ultimately is denied his seat there is even less chance that Vare will be seated. MERGER IDEA I BUS CONCERNS The mergeritis fever is rapidly af- fecting the erstwhile {independent inter-city bus lines. They are being gobbled up in fairly rapid fashlon by large concerns which see a future in the bus business. This is true all over the country, not only in New England; independent bus lines in New England are not as extensive, dhd not owned by as large concerns, | as the lines in some other sections of the country. But the day when one comparatively small independent bus owner owned a line traversing 30 miles or so, and another owned the next small line, and so on, is passing. | The lines have been merged to such an extent that each company for the most part owns hundreds of miles of franchises. : This history is the same as the raliroads. Originally, when traveling ed on the shins too much. It the Russians really are better off than othor peoples, what do they stay mad aboul With the world’s cannon-fodder fed-up, you have one guess as to whether Germany will remain dis- armed as the treaty requires. Americanism: Feeling confident to handle the whole country; wonder- ing desperately how to handle the children. The trouble about saving money on cruisers is that the money may be pald to somebody as an indemnity. The funniest joke yet told about Intelligence tests is that they give criminals a high rating. The hig job Hornsby has to face now is to divide the glory that was Ruth's. The new drug that abolishes sleep can't be much worse than a neigh- {bor with his f st radio set. Another. great need of Europe is some way to vaccinate against the spy mania. The brotherly feeling in the Lea- {gue doesn't keep one nation from re- | joleing in another's trouble. In the queer old days a man didn’t feel law-abiding unless he obeyed all the laws. | No wonder the Chinese think reas- : sign of weakness. They've never before scen a power | show any of it. sentence: “They've year,” said the gos- ife hasn't a diamond Correct this been rich for a sip, “and his or an antique.” | Copyright 1927, Publishers Syndicate Observation On The Weather Washington, Jan. 21.—Forecast | for Southern New England: Cloudy tonight and Saturday; somewhat | warmer in the interior Saturday;| moderate northeast, shifting to east and southeast winds. | Forecast for Eastern New York: from New York to Buffalo, it was | Raln tonight and Saturday; some- necessary to “change cars” three or | What warmer in west portion fo-| four times. Then the perfod of amal- gamation began, finally resulting in one line for the entire distance. Then | the period of amalgamation contin- | ued and finally it was possible to | take a trip to Chicago without | changing cars—a wonderful achieve- | ment at the time. Nowadays we| know Lothing different. | same principle that caused | | southern Michigan, portion | night and in southeast Saturday; moderate northeast, shift- ng to south winds, Conditions: A center of low pres- sure prevails this morning over| northern In- | diana and northwest Ohio with a| trough extending southwestward to | Toxas and then westward over the states of the great basin. This dis- trbution of pressure-in conjunction with three areas of high pressure over the St. Lawrence valley, the | part of the tewn had another coin | | polities is due to the statigtics about The railroads fo amalsamate s at the | North Carolina coast and the central s | and northern plains states and west- of the bus amalgamations. In | Lot PeoF0 TR B0 Bo) (e coast is ten years some “Midland Central Bus | eausing snow in the central plains | ystem” will connote as much big- ;Mws and Rocky ;noumal;n d'{s‘griits i : and rains'eastward over the, Missis- ness in the public mind as the name | 20 F T8 P8 HEC N Pnd the of any of our prominent railroad | north Atlantic states. Low tempera- systems. ture continues in the north Pacific | states, the Rocky mountains and the plains statcs and mild temperatures | castward from the plains state region. | Conditions favor for this viclnity | clondy and rainy weather, Temperatures recorded yesterday: | High Low 54 36| bac THIS TARIFF One reason why the tariff is not | the issue it once was ir American it The full foreign trade figures for | last year are now out, and they indi- cate that in spite of the high tariff rates the increase of imports Was | mastport, Me, . notable, while exports declined. The | Hatteras ........ ! trade balance for the year was cut |Jacksonville . L i s b | Key West ... L i It compared with the former | oY e o 50 Atlanta Atlantic City Charleston Chicago . | Miami | Dear Editor: |in the fact. | me $1,000 to keep from filing suit. Perhape the average farmer, ac-| Tne figures: | -26| Miles City, Mont. Shop Editor, care Of the New | Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. e —— A Safe Rule For January Days Lest tempers slip and fall, we say Shake ashes of good cheer each day On mental sldewalks, funny jokes Will make the going safer, Folks! Proof Keenan: “You're a good worker, Pat, but I'm afraild I'll have to let Maloney go. He is getting very lax.” Pat: “Yure roight, boss; he's after takin’ thim dom laxitives all the tolme.” —Granny Gooseberry. ROUND ROBIN (By Harold Benn Judell) Out in the bare and leafless trees The wintry gale is sobbin’, I think I'll take my pen and write A round robin. I Saying, “With winter's ice and snow We're tire of hob-nobbin’, ‘We hope that soon again you'll come Around, robin. “We hope you'll bring the trees thelr leaves And set our pulses throbbin’, And Dring the joys that winter goes Around robbin"!” We've Worn That Kind! | Clothier: “Why are you returning | this underwear? I told you in the | first place that they were only two- thirds wool. What's wrong?” Fletcher: “The other third seems to be thistles.” | —“Rusty" Rhoads. Economists say our currency should be made more elastic. How about making it a little more adhesive, too? [ IN FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER . Dear Mr. Judell: For ten years I had been trying to complete my coin collection with an 1857 dime. I had not been able to find one. I received a telephone call to the effect that a pawnbroker in a rough 1 was mildly eager to get. So I went to see about it. On the way I was knocked uncon- scious by thugs and robbed. Pre- | sumably by way of a joke, the| held-up men put a tin-cup and some pencils in my hand as I lay uncon- scious. When T came to I found myself thus. I was too dazed to rise when an elderly woman came along, look- | ed pityingly at me, and dropped a | cein into the cup. A few minutes later T was able to stand. I looked at the coin. It was the 1857 dime! Iquatorial greyhounds! THAT was MY lucky day! —>Martin Gilson . | I was on my way to the river to | end it all. My cash assets in the world con- | sisted of 32 cents. Bills totaling a little less than $500 were standing against me. Ruin, | both social and financial, stared me There was no alterna- tive but suicide. Engrossed in bitters thoughts, I did not notice the expensive automo- bile that was coming down the street | when I started to cross. It struck me. The man who owns the car is pay- ing my hospital bill. He has given Vaporized mongrels! That was my lucky day! —H. C. Bilkey Depended Phyllis: “Oh, Mr. Willis, will you QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answ.r to any question of fact or information by writjpg to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be glven, 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 is the value of a con- tederate $100 bill, issue of 1864 with bust of Mrs. Davis? A. $2.00 per hundred notes. Q. Where did the expression “All roads lead to Rome” originate? What does it mean? A. Rome was the focus of the ancient Roman Empire and from that center a network of roads ra- diated. The expression “All roads lead to Rome" has taken its mean- ing from that ancient fact and sig- nifies that for those who have an objective any path of eonduct will inevitably lead them to it in the end. Q. What is the meaning of the name Boyd? A. It s from the Gaellc and means ‘“yellow-halred”. Q. If one should start west from New York and continue going west until he circled the globe would his direction change in the middle of the Paclfic ocean and would he start going east? A. It you start west from New York and maintain the same di- rection, you are going west until you come back to New York, hav- ing circled the globe. In the middle of the Pacific ocean at the 180th parellel of longitude, you gain a day depending on whether you are traveling around the world in af casterly direction or a westerly di- rection. The direction does not change at that parallel of longitude; only time changes. Q. Can I get a Victory button from the War Department to re- place the one I lost? Al The War Department does not supply duplicate Victory but- tons. They can be bought from Bailey, Banks and Biddle, 1218 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania upon presentation of hon- orable discharge popers. Q. How soon after one receives his second citizenship papers does he become a full citizen of . the United States? A. Immediately. Q. How old is Lillie Langtry, the actress? Is she still on the stage? A he was born in Jersey, Eng- land, October 13, 1852. She has re- tired from the stage, and lives at gal Lodge, Kentford, Suffolk, ngland. Q. What is the meaning of tie name Winifred? A. Lover of peace. Q. What is the average length of a railroad passenger coach? A. They range from 70 to 80 feet. Q. After washing a sheepskin cogt how should it be dried in order to keep soft and pliable? A, Wring out the coat, shake it and hang it to dry with the skin side toward the sun, but not when the heat is scorching or the skin will become hard and brittle. While drying, it should be shaken fre- quently and hung first by one end and then by the other. Q. What is a “Paper Blockade"? A. Blockades of a country by sea in time of war which are declared but not enforced and, therefore, exist only on paper. Napoleon de- clared a blockade against the whole were purposes. ‘Missi dominiel » o the special representatives Charles the Great. Q. What were the English Test Acts? 5 A. Numerous acts of the English Parliament imposing religious tests upon persons in public offices. The most famous are the Corporation Act of 1661 and the Test Acts of 1673. Q. How can raw linseed ol be tested for purity? A. Its purity can be determined by taste and smell. Pure linseed oil has a slightly bitter taste and creates a rasping sensation on the tongue, but is net nauveeating unless adulterated with fish oil, rosin oil or mineral oil. A few drops placed between the palms of both hands and rubbed briskly will cause .the oil to heéat, and if adulterated, the odor will reveal the presence of fish oil, rosin oil or mineral oil. Pure raw linseed ofl brushed over a plece of glass in thin film will dry in less than 7 days. Q. what space would be required to store 1,000,000 silver dollars? A. The treasury department es- timates 250 cubic feet. Q. What is the fineness of pure gold? Is it ueed for jewelry? . A. Pure gold is 24 carats. is too soft for ordinary use, there- fore it is mixed with an alloy. The more alloy that is mixed with It the harder the metal; as for example, 10 caret gold has considerably more alloy in it than 18 carat gold, which is only 6 carat weights from being pure gold, Q. How did the “Big Four” rail- road get its name? A. Because it connects the large cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi- cago and St. Louis. ROBBERY MOTIVE IN CAPE MAY TRAGEDY Authorities Belleve Wealthy Spinster ‘Was Slain for Money— Youths Exonerated. Cape May, N. J, Jan. All theories except murder with robbery as the motive have bheen abandoned by officlals investigating the death of Mary S. Clark, elderly spinster, whose frozen body was found on the beach here last Sat- urday night. The authorities have nearly com- pleted the checking of her move- ments since she left an Atlantic City hotel on January 10. They have traced her as far as the station at Cape May, where she arrived from Philadelphia Friday night. “When we learn where Miss Clark 21 (P— |passed Triday night in Cape May,” said Coroner Thompson, “we will have taken the first step to uncover the manner of her death.” Joseph Clark, 18, and Harry Ruth- erford, 15, who had been detained by the Camden police, haye been ab- solyed from any connection with the case. They were brought back here and will face no charge worse than taking a joyride in a borrowed auto- mobile. Alleged Liquor Ring Is Acquitted by Jury New York, Jan. 21 (P—After 24 hours deliheration a federal court jury yesterday acquitted eight de- fendants and disagreed as to six others in the so-called Costello rum ring trial. The acquitted men are: Richard Elljs, Tony Metillo, Michael Doh- ge party. Score cards. ge, mothods of scoring, etiquette bridge teas, Iu tions for bridge cl; 1 tin on the subject prepared herewith five cents in loose, for same: erty, William Pump, C. Huner Car« penter, James O'Connell, Joseph Q'Connell and Frederick B. Miller. The men affected by the disagree- ment are Frank Costello, the Kelly Brothers, Edward and Frank, Phillip J. Coffey. Willlam Bleet and Frederick J. Lewis. These were re- | garded by the government as the leaders of the rum ring. ST. MARY'S CHURCH FIRE 2 YEARS AGO TODAY Catholic House of Worship Destroy ed By Flames—Priests Res- cued Blessed Sacrament. St. Mary's church, which stood near the head of Main street, was completely destroyed by fire 25 years ago today with damage of $175,000. The new parochial resi- dence on the south was also ignited, but the firemen succeeded in pre- venting any damage to it. Officer Johnson was patrolling his beat shortly after midnight when he heard a report from the interior of the church and saw the fire. The flames ate through ipte the church proper but the firemen were prompt in their work and soon believed they had the fire under control. They sent one company home again. Just then a terrific explosion occurred and the entire church was enveloped in flames. All firemen responded to a general alarm and the members of factory companies helped. The city was in confusien. A high wind earried the sparks as far as Grove street, and only a heavy rain pre< vented the buildings west of the church from being swept away by the flames. Horses and mules were dragged out of barns and furniture was piled up on the walks. = Men ran up and down the streets yelling for people to run fer their lives, Rev. Father O'Connor and Rev. Father Early went into the building to rescue the blessed sacrament and the door slammed shut and locked behind them. They were rescued skortly after by firemen who broke through the door. Poor water presw sure handicapped the firemen, and it was well along toward noon be< fore they left the ecene. Many people came to mass in the morning and were astounded at seeing 'the church in ruins; a large number gave way to tears at the sight. 25 Years Ago Today The following will represent New Britain at the Business Men's cone vention in Hartford tomorrow: Ay H. Abbe, Denis Riordan, C. J. White, W. L. Humason, W. L. Hatch, and A. J. Sloper. The inmates of the smallpox in- fested house were taken to the “pest house” last night in two covered wagons A onc-act drama, “Stand by Flag,” was presented at the Mes chanics' fair in Plainville last George Case and C. Jo were In the cast. Harry Propson of Waterbury, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. D. Cady. Principal Marcus White of the Normal sehool has been secured for the principal address at the Busie ness Men's banquet next month. the Fresh Eggs, 59c. Russell Bros. . —advt, cheons, afternoon partles, this and more is covered in by the bridge expert of our Washington Bureau, Fill out the coupon below and mafl as directed: BRIDGE PARTY -EDITOR, Washington Bureau, I 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. uncancy AUCTION BRIDGE PARTIES \ ‘s practical help and suggestions for the hoste: refreshments, pri who wishes to give for bridge pa evening parti Interesting hy r = = — =— CLIP COUPON OFF HERE = == =— =— New Britain Herald, T want a copy of the bulletin AUCTION BRIDGE PARTIES, and enclose elled, U. S. postage stamps or coin | customed to going to bed with the | With the increased grand list, and | chickens and getting up at daylight, | the possibility that the board of re- | figures he does not want an instru- | of the British Isles, but was unable to send any French warships to sea | =8 39 62| Minneapolis | New Haven . New Orleans . come to our rummage sale?"” i = STREET Willis (absently) laybe. What's AND NO. covsessvensascsrovsessncsns Imports increased $204,500,- to enforce it. 000 to $4,400,000,000, and ex- | (o1t SN A R R BTATE iuvee R T — Jief will not be inclined to make sub- stantial reductions, the outlook for | the future is that more needed im- | provements will be possible. THE CHAPLIN CASE When we made a few harmies: marks a Week ago about the inj tice of our divorce laws, which give to a divorce contestant the right to make all re- sorts of unsubstantiated which if later unproven still may not be eradicated from the public mind, no names were men- tioned. | The references, however, might fill | the present Chaplin case; in fact, they were apropos from the start. | Mrs. Chaplin is | charges, not getting the sympathy she perhaps thought tol ], obtain since she bared the privacy of her life with the cinema actor and told the public stories to wi it was not entitled. If she expected they weuld buttress her divorce o she evidently made a the reverse has been tr from the comments of the 2 press. More privacy in divore essential. The p all sorts of basel of which which merely tend to prejudic public mind; in truth, they us are made public for no othe pose. Mrs. Chaplin $4,000 & week alimony neat sum to land as a st divorce action. Th more can are never proven an has been g | she is out for | be gathered from the | stories printed in conncction with | the inventory of the under way. As previously counsell Chaplin estatc the sensible conclusion in this Chaplin | case is to withhold judgment until the trial is over. A his intelligence it he swallows ex| person i show definitely how ment around the house which would keep him up to midnight, FERGUSON i The first woman elected governor | of any state in the United States has | returned to private life with a reec- ord that women are not pointing to| with pride. | ‘When Governor *“Ma" Ferguson wa d to the governo of | xas a wonderful opportunity was presented for a wo n governor to good a regime she could bring about. Few suspect- at it would be quite ed out. i at the time t d as it t The total of pardons issued by Governor Ferguson has been seanda- . Not content with pardoning on four p | rsons a day the entir, m, termed a | s what can be final To cap the eli the swindlers Norfleet brought to jus- | over the | ed attention in | rding sale attempt at jail deliver; [ | tice by trailing them all world, which attra and r which a| en written, were pardon- > one of them was alleged | ith rheumatism xas a long time to | blight caused by the nd con- ; sore at hin ch his cell be- out of oflice. | SMITH'S FAILURE TO GET HIS SEAT Despite the unet 1s declaration of at even an idiot seat in the U. § the people of a| him, state saw fit t his col- leagues in th )n's upper house saw fit to di to Senator F and denied a seat | Smith ot Illinois | | It's lu S 38 25 54 10} 40 New York .. St. Louis ... | San Antonio | Spokane ‘Washingion . White River, Ont. . Winnipeg 2 ports declined $95,900,000 to $4,810,000,000. Our favorable trade balance for the year was $377,800,000 compared with $651,400,000 in 1925, The tariff is a sort of political | ot remain s0. Tt ¢ 1s ot 10 po swn.| W00 PASSENGERS ON | said that we consume a huge quanti- | v of material broveht FOG HIDDEN STEAMER shores In Driven Into Shallow Wa- to these that is 1 which we can- oduce ourselves, but which we fabricate into goods after we get it.‘ ships, Happily | v raw mater! “Creole” ter After Being Struck by i Mysterlous Craft. —New Englanders can mom,,m! New Orleans, Jan. 21 (P—Thick to 011 England this but ¢ 05 shrouding the lower retches of ok o the Mississippi river spread a i AR s early today over of the canny |(he fate of the unidentificd craft that 1t only which rammed the in-bound South- | nt stamp to transport | ¢ Facific steamship Creole, $0 miles solth of New Orleans and |sent her floundering into- shallow | |water, there to remain until the| - vapor rises. | | "Damage to the Creole was slight, FactsandFancies |.22:= o0 1 e ported, and passengers were safe. BY RODERT QUILLEN |He beached the Creole after the — collision and said the ship would | | continue up the river under her| own power after the fog rose. The greatest concern of the { ship’s master was that the 200| | passengers would mot reach herein | |time to make connections with out- going trains The Creole was proceeding slow- | ly up the river when the unidenti- | ¢d - boat rammed her amidships. | e The mming b SWe! 1 away will upset the s in the darkness and disappeared. t upsets the 1 week, economy tier of states most onomists will note takes a tw a letter to dear Old Lunnon. y for Mussolini there’s no wator from Idaho in his country. A | crop in Europe that is n is the tourist crop. Poor Nicaragua! she Her only f: located too close to I is 1 Wi before I LON'S VIEW ON BUILDING hington, Jan. 21 (P —Seere- | y Mellon believes the point of | uration in building construction | | has been reached in only a few localities and he is not alarmed over the general situation. He is of the opinion that the recent re- duction in the surtax rates has re- A he man, probably, is one who |leased considerable funds for public wonders why anybody thinks a |improvements and is one of the marshmallow sundae a decent lunch. [ main causes of a building boom. | M | is very skilled in making coins dis- the age of the rum o —Olga Droogan. TWINKLE, TWINKLE! (As found in THE FUN SHOP Joke Factory). “I hear they have a clever magl- cian at the theater this week.” “Yes, he always has something up his sleeve.” —N. H, G. . e (And how other FUN SHOP con- tributors treated it)— He Got the Mitten ‘Theres: “When Jenkins offered his hand in marriage to that lady magician, she refused him.” Elizabeth. “Slight-of-hand, were,"” as it —Walter Kolbin. PR She’s a Spendthrift Barton: “I know a magiclan who “My wite can do that and I am pretty sure she's no magi- clan.” —V. C. Woodward. v or . Not Complete Enough For Him A magiclan standing on the stage was about to do ons of his great tricks, but needed aid. “Now if some woman will come up on the stage,” he sald, "I will stand her upon that pedestal and make her disapear—" f ye'll await jest a minute, M. Magician,” shouted old Henpeck, as he stood up in his seat, “T'll run home an’ git my old woman.” Paying no attention to the inter- rupter, the magician continued: “I will make the woman disappear and then reappear again.” “Oh, ef that's it,” said Henpeck, “never mind my voman.” —Mrs. G. F. Grohal. (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbidden). 100 HURT IN TALLS Boston, Jan. 21 (UP)—Slippery sidewalks have sent more than 100 persony to hospitals here during the past few days. Hospital ~ authorities reported that this was a record number of Who were the “Missi” and the “Misst Dominici”? A. Missi were officials sent out by the Frankish Kings for special Hillside Creamery Butter, 51c 1b,, 2 lbs, $1.00, Russell Bros.—advi, One troubla with America’s for elgn policy is that it has been kick: patients to be treated for injuries sustained in falls, I am a reader of the NEW BRITAIN HERALD. —_— e e e — e — ——— —— - TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER YOUR HUSBAND REALLY MEANS IT WHEN HE SAYS HE LIKES THE HAT, OR WHETHER HE'S AFRAID YOULL FIND A MORE EXPENSIVE ONE, OR WHETHER HE JUST WANTS TO HURRY UP AND GO HOME GWYRS £2) IS