New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1927, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAIL Y IIFRALD, between any two points is slow and | 1s expected to accommodate & large that he could save the public's time | New Britain Hel’ald gathering; most of the auditoriums | HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY by installing a ter service simply isn't allowed. The cu state is to let the public suffe we have had accommodate consider- ably fewer persons than the thea- in we have one which is before known ters. Now larger than (Bunday Bxcepted) ‘ this city. | | Tesued Dally . 1 Church Btreet. At Herald BIg, in pay. There ure many points in the between which the existing transpo: improved, any The Tabs are to be congratulated SUBSCRIPTION RATES e | upon adding such a large auditori- $2.00 Thres Montha | 76c. » Month. | building. | tation could be both as to rates charged and time | in getting Dbetween the | with inconvenient Transpor- vastly um to their splendidly equipped new consumed poin “waits” at junction point tation service between some of the | WHY AND WHEREFORE OF TAX INCREASE | Councilman Zapatka Fntered at the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mall Matter. points in Connecticut is a generation | behind the s 0 bad that a large percentage of the public pre- fers to go to the trouble of getting out of the | han bother | " Yet un- | h is a part of the TELEPHON Business Office Editorial Rooms | know why It was necessary to in- In he was of the opinion an in- 1l re ta crease the tax truth, rate this year. | crease was not ssary; the private automobile uld be s 10whe money avold garage, even in winter, with the so-called * The only profitable advertising medivm City. Clrculation books and press ways open o advertieers. toubt ervi | he voiced the or der the policy wh ¥ \inery such a type of who e to pay X islative ma Member of the Associated Pre Conside Associatel Prese la exciusively en- itled to the use for re-pubiication of all news credited to it or mot otherwiee ‘redited in thia paper and aleo local \ews published therein. is allowed to continue merely | servic The £ $110.00 shutt independent con- which gives a promise of lower rvice. out a economy which has becn char o inancing for rates or faster se The existing transportation inter- csts as a result are encouraged in of giving no | better service than Is absolutely | ember Andit Burean of Circulation. A. B. C. s & national organizatior which furnishes newspapers and adver- iisore with s strictly honest anaivel circulation. Our clrculation —etatistice are based upon this audit. This ineures protection agalnrt fraud in newepaper lstribution figuw.2e to both patioual and acal advertisers. | their present system necessary to be in business -at all, | and at rates as high as the traffic | will bear. | Protectign is a fine theory—but | there is such a thing as protecting the public as well as the bloated ion Interests. This, how- | being done, | | reased be- 1voidable ve that if the T s on eale daliy In New York &t Hotaling'’s Newsstand, Times Square; Schultz's Newsat Entrance ;rand Central, 42nd Street. Herald as YOUTH Within the past week two “mock | between youthful | —Increasing the sala nspectors who will be appointed in | marriages"” | coup courts. | rey mature ¢ { Annulments were sought in both | s it is being played. The d g i | g | and electrical inspecte : this year v | cases the couples had gons | he satisfied with th e places of those r have figured in t} Jlumbin| o & ady to retire a batch of has st be r through marrlage ‘just for fun"—and then found it | was binding. | e e S During the same period there | el 11 cases of high school | iy | it ist be paid for and the firemen | and college students {‘Omml’(mu“ i t be paid. Tnereascd expenses are | suicide. A western school, after a | all distributed te of pupils had been answered, announc- | ed that a majority of the student body had at one time or another contemnplated suicide, To which the ceremony paper for h th re- ceived school ai fire station has been opened up; | o due valus in new he building co g | s and other city property. A nspe will get r ke a long e been rviceal A ble questionnaire along all e civie line. among | ones were, The whe [ thers are sounds like a put-up job from s % s that the c to fulfill been this want that; al y can hich o finish y Citiz The news from Wall i school's psychologist appended som appropri rks. | Near New York a youth of 12 is 4 with deliberately murder- < a shopkeeper. What is to be foolish idios up. 1 folly everyone is privileged to think his own editorial. ect that half of the F vomen seéemed to prove ¢ entering lists of inve: hitherto ieard- of numb But timers, who can remember longer than the dapper young I who help to write the news )l(‘mr‘ this always has \ order to be uy 1ld have. Wh of providing a few of th te rem nnsylvania n it is a question | the | m and then u women were ors in y that ¥ begin the piper it is quit such | We give it contemplating such youthful Perhaps that is hu- said about b s we old- things we have it. 1crasies INSURANCE RATES nts Na ributed to members remember fully tha 0 of Leen the case in the Pennsy | railroad. Twenty years ago the com- | pany had a stockholders’ meeting in Philadelphia and more women Were present than m It T in the city w 300 re Un- ania NAVAL GUNNE! tion of naval to they show lit fire gunnery is ecommend a lower gain before members of Congress, e some of whom seem to think the can shoot far i ¢ v the number of ; Uncle Sam's f1 in the company has doubled in : Lot | ¢ st what eral years ago the navy , but so has t last ten ye imed British had | nged thelr gun mounts and in- | creased the range of certain vessels. Later after conside »f men stockholder 1 me cen to re 15t opened fire iich heretofore vear or more have been inau statlon in a ppear to be The New Hav- section of the navy department is on record | as having con: by the railroads a <istently success| was a stant from the other ed its error. | n runs far fewer regular trains on Sunday than on week days, and Sun- stations; it fire equipment, of men, Wha s been adding to its | facts are readily available in Y ington and such congressmen as under the impression th adding to its foree lay excursions are admirable me is there to do th 10 keep as much of the equipment is possible earning money. At th ima time a large number of New ers quibble about? they ought to he have the right | fact probably is that the fire | to call on the navy department for | underwriters don’t want to reduce | all available information. Iinglanders, who are not inclined to | the rates if any possible excuse can | i On this question tha naval edifor | of the Springficld Repu ting infor: g0 traveling” at the r to maintain them at their lican gay ind the \ethod to get somewhere and re- cursions a fine vel. They are in the busi- ; all it will bear few days—and talk | he fire u Another ation: t the most extreme range advantage lies today with American flect. There are | five American battleships which | outrange any British ship now | in commission. On the other hand, at ranges less extreme, vet probab in excess of those it which any naval battle will be decided, the advantage is vith the British fleet, our old- er battleships being in turn similarly outranged. “AD ntly some -end ¢ or riters turn within a bout it ever point mot to be overlooked is that | the eports fi co terward. of amounts to a species There is cor New Engl a rate | monopoly. the but not on 1ese excursions are a fine method tition tween ind compar lon't like the rs hi of competing with week-end auto- Haven primarily the much we The mobiling. revived th c-end excursion trip crwrite .\ wee or use in summer; but it power to specify just how lwen noticed that they o protection. throu t! «ontinued inter, membt lowest possib the id ith fair service. 1l s the entire Amer- ican fleet. Study of the Wash- ington treaty strongly supports the view that the United St will be entirely within its rights i it increases the range of the ol i As a bout 1 In t rs along th tupon! The proof of the j wisecrack- | ultra-prosperity of th treets we happ nge 8 of cC old stuff.” n to r ships. WHY NOT “PROTECT” PUBLIC FOR A CHANGE? marking upon t n b casant w Observation On The Weather 16 (A—The today issued g storm warning: “Advisory: Southweet storm ordercd 11 a m., Nor! Va., to Eastport, Me. Distu ke M ity will stron r we have be: wing so far t winter, consi mperature shington, ury has wooed s bureau ost of the d but. reduc varning is Is the way of \ence. Cynies move northeastward | mark 1} outh and sou tonig rik oal as ather would hav v cold. If you haj rouch with this ‘0= ain rmi partly to be read tonigh % clondy; or 5 = portion A NEW HALT 1 . T ‘ nee has! rior v gath over part of imoun rof | York recent] posite 1 Tl Monta ire the galiery. It r the first fin A hall High ) ymmodate 2 the s ber of people. A theatcr, however l‘]‘i.u;‘u g ou MY T B0SLOn wssistoze imsconimne 42 Nantucket | New York | Portland, St | weren't lectu worth of polish | ators | us | republican candida | vea : Hibern B | ceipts the | § | ! working properly i | | 1t son | their ' 767 pounds. Buffalo Cincinn neapolis e —— Send all communications to Fun | Shop Editor, care 0f the New . Uritaip Herald, and your letter || will he forwarded to New York orfolk 411 And We'd Sit On 'Em Hard Too, 18| Tolks! '+ Courts and their phraseology To us seem queer as queer can be, Louis Washington { They ' on juries—benches, too, ! But not on bandits, like we'd do! Factsand Fancies BY ROBER1 QUILLEN | WONDERFUL JUST THE SAME! Clarence: “I guss I'll have to have a new suit, Dad.” His Father: “You ought buying your own clothe: ALWAYS bought my own rom the very first Clarence: “Gee, dad, I'll bet you | felt cheap walking into a store and asking for a dozen diapers!” Another very good intelligence test is a $20 bill in your pocket. to | Why 1| —— clothes It only we had an overlord of | politics to keep it clean. Poverty has compensations. If you scem hield down, you aren’t held up. ——— WHAT PRICE GLORY! (A Maidenly Musing) Bessie E. Jelk Tonight I'm going to a show; T've labored hard all day. This morning I encased my face In beauty ¢ B | This noon I passed up what T like And ate just what was simple Tor fear indulgence might produce a pimple. London's rubber pavement has possibilities. A pedestrian who sat on a bottle wouldn't break it. | Friendship? People milk a cow while she is fresh and sell her for | bect when she goes dry. Another zood thing for the hate | is to refrain from trying on a derby seven other men have tried. | | This afternoon I spent a V. And yet a lot of people think they | (And money's hard to save) are liberal because they lack the|To get a facial manicure, backbone to have convictions. | And marcel wave And now I've pressed my gown And freshened up the collar With just a little dab of lace (It cost a dollar). S party It tobacco really is good for the ! teeth, it's no wonder the tohacco | worm is equipped to work such | havoc | If there is anything on earth | That makes me deathly sick it's The folks who think it is a That men must buy the tickets!! Modern hooch has one adv: You can't stay with it long to get the bi ntage n: D bandit America hoping the police ouncing crime; | | will escape the Tt Pays to Advertise rtising has cost a pile of | year or two.” X you “Ady | money in the 1 “Why, T didn't much advertising.” but my Ivertisements. A know did it th discussion i3 an effort to ge truth; an argument is j of airing one’s opinions. wife reads others One | sibl lon thin t makes it impos- —Sunny to put with a husband any —— | r is the thought of alimon s bacome of the old 2 woman who tried to get her washing on the line first? | ionea One reason why old-timers were stirred by sermons wa ause they | andal. | THE COW | Class Conducted by Granny Goose- | berry | Class: “Teacher, dear, please tell ! us ahout cows toda |~ Teacher: “Certainly, cents' [ The cow Is an animal with a leg| cents' [ on each corner and horns on her| | hean.” [ : “Are cows intelligent?” cher: “No animal but a cow You can recognize an American ship by the bottles left in the state- rooms. = my deats. apple and Two ecight Fruit-stand worth of apple ( I people had Intelll- | | And yet if | please. | Cheer up your friend with this: | Who knew all his vegetables grand | writing | language consis | is not nece Danny Haynes and Joe Emro Dear Boys: This might give him food for thought: There was a young man named | | O'Dawd | Whose breaks kept the neighbor- | hood awed; His friends nearly died ‘When he said, “Mr. Hyde, I hear that your wife is abroad!” o on Dear Mr. Judell: My chum, Dick Rand lost his job in a grocery be- cause he showed up for work one | morning with a hangover. Make him a limerick for consolation, Joseph Tucker Dear Joe: Grocers are often gro A gracer’s assistant named Rand ‘Went out sand got oiled And his boss said “you're boiled And the next step is simple. You're | canned!” (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbidden) | | | QUESTIONS ANSWERED | You can get an answ r to any| question of fact or information by| to the Question Editor,| New Britain Herald, Washington | Bureaw, 1322 New York avenue.| 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 is the difference tween slang and profanity A. To profane is to regard sacred | things irreverently; to vulgarize; | desccrate; blaspheme. Slang is in-| elegant and unauthorized popular ing of words of low or illiterate origin and a grotesque use of legitimate expressions. Slang rily pro but in its import and expression often borders on the profane. Why does a halloon tire hold a cord tire on icy be- an Because the greater square | area gives it more contact | and the relative softness makes cling to the road. Balloon tires| hold better under all road con- ditions, Q. oath? A. “In the name of God and of Italy, In the name of all those who surface What is the Italian Fascisti | is clever enough to twist its head | around its body from the left to | lick a spot on its right shoulder.” s | “If cows are so clever, why ne in a trained | Now to gence, think would be that all the dry | ould get in one taxicab, but [is it you never s ally only to |animal ac ack in that way, Te It may e wet ones like L have to| to teach | “Because you marter than the cow nge | her any tricks.” nes | Class “Tell us more about t cow's appearance, dear teacher?” Teacher: “The cow has hips like | a hired girl's elbow and when she | runs down a lane 30 feot wide she bumps into the fence on hoth sides.” s: “And what are cov Teacher: “To give mil | vou've got to take it away from S | them. After you've got a bucket full of the beautitul white food, the cow | | thinks it her duty to put her hind | foot in it.” 25 Years Ago Today Cla Do all cows give milk say that H\A‘- new el e e Pit. | cows and cows of masculine | be A seat on the costs a lot, but t vou have at v at your disposal. “Our town nd op : was pac! Correet this sentence put on four nights of g nd the hou v night.” pyright, 1927, Syndicate Publishers | Politicians here law requiring registration of by parties was due to two N ain one in the ird ther a general city werats voted for i the W caucuses, he a cow of masculine Teach t is the one the girl alwa ttempts to milk on tirst visit to the farm.” Clags: “After a cow : or P d city 5 1er | A resident who has applied for a ob as ernumerary policeman said he had been in this country for | o 8 SUIRS T E0 about a vear, was working at 80 [ 5ot day, and had saved about | 7 I GICRC A = | Treacher: “She isn't good for a Lo e er o | thing except to pose with candi- here a shorter time | g, t05 who want to get out the rural ved a dollars | vote. wore than he has. Not cveryone ean | do this, fol a Marcus White said it the Business Men's hanquet, the t gone up in recent t of living h ind th dency is for it still | no is she longer good e $1 who has been imd who ts a Thank you, dear teacher, | | and may we come again, soon?" Teacher: “Don't bother unless you feel like it.” to rise A new hive of Ladies of the Mac- | cabges was formed last evening in | an hall. 1t will be known as | § teen members | { applications | ¢ . Britain hive and W were initiated read Postmaster Judd’s four-year term has run out but his reappointment »d. During his term the re- ave have in creased $18,000, the riers been increased irom 11 to 14 and the clerks from 5 to | Tetter accommodations have got to be se ed in the future wheth- er a public building is built or not. Three he placed in nory. The gas ed but used only whe will t retai ricity is not w arc At s will 1 by 1. O, lestroyed 1 A dwell Clark in fire ab 11 o'clock was occupied by William and family, and furniture new the town m, n & during n of pressi oon to Pearson by g RalanchsRe A being 1 1 fa § ort was hono Hobson i er Richmond eroes produce The Modern Gene “What are you ation reading, Gene- Tis exploit tl ading a mother.” d think you'd be more in mething haven't any children, “I know I havent. I'm checking on you!” book on ‘Child Training,’ ‘I shou i in- ereste else. You ~—Herman Fetzer PRECTOUS GEMS LIMERICK Diamonds In the 'Em To Suit You! ir Editor: In our neighborhood is a young man named O'Dawd who makes the worst con- versational breaks. Can't you write there Boston the is the worl | ve fallen in battle for the great- v, 1 swear to consecr: and unceas 1 What are the bound Great Amerd D rt 'hey can ‘only in a general way The are the Rockics and the ¢ ranges in Ngw Mexico and 1T the st and the Cascade ranges on the west. clu country over miles across in the broadest part and ex- tends from British Columbia to th 1tin as and It in- es 700 | Madame | become a motion picture producer | of Japan? | Priene; Chilon of A. Many specles do not breed in captivity but ring-tailed monkeys do. Q. How does the weight of a| pound of feathers from that of a pound of gold or lead? A, Lead and feathers are weighed by avoirdupois scale with 000 grains to a pound. All precious metals are weighed by troy scale in which a pound contains 0 grains. A pound of gold, there- | fore, is lighter than a pound of feathers or lead. ' Q. How many Chinese students | aer there in the United States? | A. In 1923 there were 646 Chinese students receiving support | from the Peking government out of | funds released by the United States | copper and 5 per cent tin and zinc, the proportion being about four parts of tin to one of zinc. | from the Boxer indemnity and about 1,000 other Chinese students in the ! United States. | Q. What is the address of Ernestine Schumann- Heink? | A. 800 Orange avenue, Coronado, California. Q. Has Maude Adams from the stage? A. She no longer acts New retired | and has She is the inventor of a new color process and has a laboratory at Reukonkama, Long Island, New York. Q. T at the Hartford Do people ever turn to stone? | No. How does the population of the United States compare with that o, A. The 19 estimated pop tion of the United States is 117,135, Prosperi e e ?"’ifi'im.fgmi"“a.f}: Auto Sbow Who were “The Seven Sages | of Greece"? | A. Plato in Protagoras names | the following: Solon, the famous | Jawgiver of Athens; Thales o Mile- | 1 the philosopher; Pittacus of | Mitylene, the delivercr and magis- | trate of his native city; Bias of | parta; Cleobulus, , tyrant of Lindus; Periander, tyrant | of Corinth. i Q. What are the names of “seven hills of Rome”? A. Palatine, Esquiline, Caelian, | Quirinal, Capitoline, Aventine, and| Mons Janiculus. | Q. What proportion of metal in an American penny is copper? | A. Approximately 95 per cent 13} State Armory Capitol Ave. & Broad St. Saturday and All Next Week Auspices of the Hartford Automobile Dealers’ Association “BRING YOUR FRIENDS” | the i e Montreal Excursion $10l0 Round Trip ‘:L $10.0_0 Fare . Special Coach Train Going Friday, Feb. 18 Return Sunday, Feb. 20 Ly. Stamford 8.15 p.m. a Lv. Mohtreal 6.00 p.m. Bridgeport 8.49 p.m. | Due Hartford 3.20 a.m. New Haven 9.20 p.m. Meriden 3.55 a.m. Meriden 9.47 p.m. New Haven 4.26a.m. Hartford + 10.15 p.m. Bridgeport 5.00 a.m. Due Montreal 8.00 a.m. Suml::d . 5.40 u.:. Connecting Trains at Hartford—Leave Waterbury 9.00 p.m., Bristol 9.27 p.m., New Britain 9.47 p.m. Returning—Due New Britain 7.07 a.m., Bristol 7.28 2.m., Waterbury 7.57 a.m. An opportunity for a delightful visit to Montreal, while winter sports arein full swing. Two days bubbling over with fun. See this quaint city wherein one may find many re ders of old Provincial France. Returning train arrives in Connecticut early Monday morning. Limited number of Tickets good only on special conch train, on bove statien ticket effess Z The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. fl|||||||||!||""||||l|||"|l||"||l|||||||"||||||||||||||||||||||l||||||||||l||"|||||||||||"| T ITTHTT H Mexican frontier, where it continucs | southward covering a large scction | of that country. Only part of this large area is actual rid waste me of th n- cor who built Brooklyn Bridge New York? John Augustus Roebling, American engincer, w chief e neer of const prepared the plans ¢ construction, but w work was inju His s umed his father's position supervising engineer and success fully completed it in 1853, He died | July 21, 1 Q. W which A HI appoin at was the flest picture in Alexander appeared? | first part wa £ the little brother in “Iic the World” produced in 1418, Q. Do monkeys breed tivity? of in cap- | SHOWERS, SHOWERS, SHOWERS! showers, showers for “golng wedding anniversary showers Kt ained in our PARTIES. 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WILL SHE TRKE THEM TO THE LAUNDRY, HE ONLY HAS ONE CLEMN ONE LEFT (K ON THE MANTEL. 3 5 SHOUTS HE FORCOT AND - DISAPPEARS ROUND COR- LEFT THE TURNACE DRAW- NER, SILL GIVING DIR - ING. EXPLAINS AT TOP ECTIONS, AND PEACE VOICE HOW 0 LEAVE THE DESCENDS ON THE SUB- DANPERS URBS ONCE MORE 2:16