New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1927, Page 6

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The Herald 1s on sale dally in_ New fork at Hotaling ewsstand, Times Square; Bchultz’s Newsatands, Eotrance d Central, ¢2nd Street. Juding from the public prints. every blizzard nowadays is a howl- | ing success, hout crossin ¢ be ever so numer, hing dents: The vet they always get front page | —One space in the city of origin. department way of ex-| —Having a is fire in- vestigation a new tinguishing the smouldering on the in heaps —Belgium and Sweden have pledged ettrnal peace, with nothing | between them but many miles of sea and land. square | —Yes, it is easy to “reduce.”” All that is needed is to eat very little, oxercise twice as much, and feel ravenously hungry all the time. The | first two months are the hardest;| after that one feels that matters. —Those civic fathers whose terms expire in April at least have the sat- istaction of knowing they can run again if they are still looking for | trouble, worry and more discussions | with their wives over ‘“city hall | work." —If the bloe combination farm | fails to get the McNary-Haugen bill | © signed it will foment a drive npon the tariff at the next session of Congress, is the threat being made. Considering that the boys control Congress the threat has potent strength, —The French-German steel com- binatien now finds it has not main- | ¢ tained prices, which of course is the chiet object of a trust. The mext! move will be to fix minimum prices. One good way to decrease consump- tion of anything is to increase the cost. —The ‘birth rate in Philadelphia has declined so enormously that it | with the | scarcely holds its own bachelor | Owners of | politics {"could find a w 15 | up and no pl I hrought this inevitable consequence | nothing | ¥ | thus concerned following the recent |ahead and remove: mortality rate. But the rate no doubt has increased to proportions. The bach as- tonish girl rate also must be This may be qui a rtom. Economics has a more vital beari upon such matters than biolog, much w wrd —A thout = the crude ago nefarious British Dutch ru necessity of grow rediey pri not ply it we would be tortion. ¢ that time dropped about the v Sir we r growing our own supply. Per considering that s and Florida aps seem rything but rubbes upon to di ITALY'S NEGATIVE REPLY It is hard Pr naval or death for Italy, nse sition In the cent ranean s Armament Italy's naval st strength of cvery ot upon the “competing” nations. An made by all leaves them pends naval s as strong That is th not as when they ol sarily only other alterna. is & free-for- N or | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1927 T all naval race, in which Italy, one would think, does not possess the re: stully. | of sourc With both ends of t s to Great compete succl Britain in control e Mediterranean it matters little what is in the| center CONTROLLING RADIO ha the ¢ popular demand into without Congress has shown country is strong enough action with dial sion lasting | it can get rem legislation a dis- cu L dozen ¥ the nfronting the country of course, to cmergency cc to the “radio situation.” at in regard receiving sets, angry s activities of a multi- of hroadcasting station: nit in dema ng that something lone about it. Congressu Te- ived more letters about this topic | 11 o he bill put before the \er issues combined. | President | but inability is a compromise meast re- gardless of t I sires of all vident to | s a bill consonant with the de- facti there can be no xpectation other than that the | chaos the in th is to be past. a thing | of bills calls for a | commission to last for a year; after | of the rules that period the secretary com- merce is to administer and regulations set down. Some comment has been caused v the fact that another government | possibility commission is thus to created. | ne w the of i cynics enterin, the of heard; possible “favor- was bruited. berths itism" But if anyone ¥ to solve the pr lem without & commission was welcome to give his views. Hither a commission or one-man power; the latter is more obnoxious than ting stations to make such ary. of th shortsighted owners will now be pre- done their best legislation nee have Som eir Some 18,000 licenses | including those | pared to weep. re to be revoked, adcasting stations. Som of ions will be all dressed | have ce to go. They upon themselves through their sup position that nobody had any rights | except themselves, What the radio fan is interested deal. He does nt to be driven frantic by find- ing the air jammed with broadcast- 's having no regard to | lengths, location, time when othe e on the air, and such necessary adjuncts to satis ing. All licenses on the ba in is a square not rs ctory broadcast- are to be awarded of public interest, con- venience and necessity. That sounds reasonable. As té public ownership of the| dis men, | cther, which originally v a by there i academical congr no such thing so long as it requires apparatus to take advan- take of the ether. Public control | of broadcasting means practical con- rol of the cther. | The President’s signature of the| dio bill will please everybody who | is interested in law and order in the { NOW REMOVAL | While Hattford is faced with the of to remove the lowest possible cost—or at least, was | annual problem how snow from the city streets at outhful blizzard—New Britain steps now from some | downtown streets by machinery. | The the traption— | city may not own con- as yet. But it is getting the Along it the A s up t lLenefit of i comes, humn; aking noise a dozen airplanes 1 1 make wheel in front hilloc them led wnd is dumped Both the lis- Th ined runy apps - inc snow is up ay L truck s o1 ove 1 THE WOR! IAT MEN holarly n en in this 1 | wrot ) poctey—but of z (uality abundance. {them for daily | upper | birth s a critical ¢ [ were smothered His literary afflatus was amateurish, of a dilletante character. ‘It indeed that he was as poor at verses that he had no ambition to become an epic poet. Character, had in Though died carly, his mother, Mary Ball, gave him a careful trainin was fortun: however, he his father He ran across “50 rules of behavior,” and copied | He gained a reputation for sobricty and guidance early privdenc The strongest characteristic, acted until ment of prudence was his He circumstance never every was well weighed. In his private life, as liead of the Revolutionary army, as the first President, this quality was most. With prudence he com- | bined intrepidity when once a deci- | sion was madefl The combination was irresistible, qualities that gave the ation birth under his ieade Today ship. is the anniversary of his an annual time for the renewed consideration of his greatness. This nd it is nable, even among morons, to Hence it became inevitable that a few attempts have to belittle the life the of his it is said, 1 sophisticate sprung up and achievements of “father country,” belated efforts to paint him as a very ord | ry opportunist, one possessing vices and the most com- t Unfortunately of minds which mon of s there are an abundance believe the worst of little pleased to every good p man; the mental people who best, - who sec have that which in ; liar complex ! would bring everyone of undisputed eminence down to their-own puny | level, | 1 have had blem- | Even the great made mistakes; in short, | To exaggerate these, string them out as if they were im- were human. portant, is sport for envious minds. | What Napoleon may have said to'a | valet when his sword: was misplaced might form interesting reading, but | it should be of no importance for | posterity. And so it is with W not thetsmart, clever writers, delving in mud and dealing in shock, deceive us. Why Washington was chosen to lead the war for independence, why he was the commanding figure at its | close, why he was chosen as the first | President—these were well enough known to all his contemporaries. The lustre of his fame will not be dim- | med at this late day; his achieve ments will not be disclaimed in favor of the cynic's lean conclusions. The greatest of the world's great | 2" Quite Why shouldn’t the founder of the world's greatest nation have ? men likely. this title? FORECASTING THE WEATHER A Boston newspaper got quite kick out of the recent blizzard and | | | a| all because it relied upon the gov- ernment weather forecast that the | city would he missed by the storn | which was heading toward the A lantic coast. The headline read that it may snow “a bit,” but that the weath would be “fair and warmer tomor- oW, Explaining the situation 1 newspaper stated a reporter ted the weather bureau on D floor of the post office building, | | r the had | | the | rand there the official in charge ex- | Libited his maps and lucidly ¢ plained the impossibility of a great | blizzard hitting Boston. “Whatever doubts the reporter may have had | by expert to happen,” the newspaper explained. What actually happened was that rd hit the town amidships, the newspaper look foolish. in fact, was why it went to length of a column in explain- | not the that weather bureau had | newspap: gh b on the occasion to point out other - mista weather and | howler every- use re are weather re- majority of the | It asts are corract, however, is the minority of wrong fore t canse the correct prognosti o be forgotten, | rewspaper headline writer > in writing . Her 1 weath- “Hot Today | May Fall t Snow or Isn't Fa Is Cold ¥ to cover any possible tly take | ire, | | said she, will city ervice Wit hou He the con lire P et com- ng | rs which out I com wit rows o in common council, irtis states, P city Tist Avenue hotel in N was destroyed along wi reet last nigh opt led When ac as Charles York armory them i it when and W8 T appr Harr sion, Parsons, {although they had lost some clothes. | | made | duced somewhat | described by natives as | hara tim for | \ t Clifford to be news came Merwin staying there. of the death Burdette of Hartford, fears were increased and the He ald took the matter up through the Associated Press, finally learn- ing that all were safe. At 11 o'clock Clifford telephoned the Merwin home; he said that the three young men had come down in the clevator and were all right, Hart and R. understood When the of Colonel were All railroad and trolley lines| we blocked this morning as the worst storm since the blizzard of 1558 held the city in its grip. Snow was still falling as the Herald went to press. The letter carriers cut work at noon and were exhausted- ly thankful that Washington had a birthday The of the rehearse abs’ cast tion, ate,” will row afternoon. The snowplow ran into car at Molntain View, t night. Roadmaster as shaken up in the collision. Chairman Boyle of the fire de- partment ordered extra Torse to be sent to the fire houses and to have all apparatus go out with [ extra animals on each piece. No. | 1 has been ordered to take out the ladder truck and let H. R. Walker take care of the engine. The Ulster County ( lished at T N. :Y, uel Freer and son, under Jamuary 4, 1800, contained count of the death of Washington. A copy of this is now owned by George E. of this city. It has been Yo C chultz's ar final score Rev. H. a financial ement regarding the fine new organ recently installed at Mark's church, It cost $ 36 Large contributions by Charles 1. Smith, George P. Cooley gene J ter and W. I twood. presenta- tomor- trolley cite, pub- by Sam- date of an ac- corgo paper Dunny gston, the W the announced that team defeated E. ay at the Casino, being 25 to 10 I Dr. Por- BY ROBERT QUILL The vantage. unsocial man -has one He gets fewer germs. Example of hyprocite: Ona wl is winning in China. ! Whilc The proper way to judge a man is by the size of the things he is prejudiced about, | It will be interesting when Amer- | ica discovers the first man great | cnough for a third term. | The real trouble-maker is the one who lives beyond his means. a Old-fashion house t1 der whose j 1 kids talked ack built; moder ck built it. of the won- | | Very few human failures equal that of trying to look dignified in a rumble seat. i i | You can't judge:by headline ere are millions in America v don’t even deserve to be in jail. drink Tost Amer you don't believe you nism: il want to aren't ed a fleet. have to import al of chewing guni. king make Aid. a the We n we'd te In case of war | the raw American policy in China: Wateh- | Tall, broad ing Britain and waiting to sce which way the cat jumps. | Porters | 15 you go [ ourselves, Bodley has compiled | { $2.- | You were | FactsandFanciss . . lof a glass of | hegins the | Liogd! shington. et . pretends to give a darn which'side This time of y ! do neighbors™ | Muriel, | eyea blo ia | was | wings Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New pritain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. Let's Live Up to Our History, Folks! celebrate with cherry pie A hers-lad who would not lig, Let's us be heroes too, to match it, (Cut down that grouch with humor’s Hatchet! W Very Appropriatc Mrs. Cushing: “I hear that Washington party tonight? Mrs. Hampton: “Yes, the And what do you think? They have hired a musician that plays a lyre!” N, Riddell —L. THE FUN SHOP WEEKLY NEWS | Chinese i things that they naught but Chinese foods like fighting, too! . . You'd fecl Literary opinion of a well-known is something fascinat- illness. In the doctor there ing about To a no doubt; fut, for re not getting on very ok we are writing en- wnce of Grippe 11 with a b The 1 . i Mirthological plan your two weeks' Iarly this year, old scout ks in March for that's month THE FUN SHOP BOOK leave the comes “ e e Rumor authoritatively stated that Mussolini's breakfast consists milk for the rumor that he day with a bowl of hot signor So much . 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Now who in the class can tell me what he did?” a No answer. Becoming impatient, decided to force an answer. ‘orbes, what did the person ided the sea have?” “A good hewd for arithmetic,” re- plied Alex. “Arithmetic 2" startlingly ejaculat- ed the teacher. es,” replied Alex, “he did long atvisior the teacher “Alex who d —Willard F. Crozier Only before THE FLU SHOP BOOK comes out! (Copyright, 1527, Reproduction orbidden) poor Chinese | QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answ r to any| | question of fact or information by | jogerves writing to the New Britain Herald, Washington | BureaL, 1322 New York avenue. Washington, D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. given, be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. | All letters are confidential.—Editor. | [Wa i 2 of m; What ie the legend ion and Galatea? A. Pygmalion made a beautiful ivory statue of Galatea, and Aphro- dite was so pleased with it that she | gave it life, in answer to Pygmalion’s praye He then married Galatea, |and their child was Paphus. | Q. Who is the author of “When You and I Were Young, Maggie”? | A, J. A. Butterfield. It composed in 18 { Q. What is the origin and | tionality of the name “Sewell"? A, The name is a,survival of an old Anglo- > “Saeweald” meaning . Sometimes it is derived from the Irench | ville”, from a locality name in Bel- Pyg- was na- What arcotic Act come effective A, Alaw to regulate traffic in narcotic drugs. came tive in March, 1915. Q. What is the origin of the proverb “Whom the Gods would de- stroy they first made mad? A, “When a divinity would work | evil to a man, first he deprives him his senses”; uripedes, 450-406 C. Q. When and how was the last pike driven in the trans-continental road? | A, A gold spike was driven { Promentory, Utah on May 10, 186 | by Governor Stanford of Utah (on | the south side) and Vice-President Durant of the Union Pacific railroad (on the north side) when the line completed. Silver sledges were The narrative says that ez the first blow struck the rail instead of th: 5 | while the crowd laughed and Spikes in the last rail w driven by other prominent s, Can you give me recipes for Hot Tamales and other Mexican and ) dishes? A, For Mot Tamales boil a fowl until tender, strip the meat from the bones and chop fine, mince | pound seeded raisins and % cup oned olives with 1 young red pepper chopped excecdingly fine. Mix well together, and stir to a with 2 cups of Indian meal; with ding water, son salt, onion juice and a teaspoon sugar. Add more boiling water until you can stir over the fire for 15 to 20 minutes. Add 6 hard hojled is the Harrison Anti- 1 when did it be- interstate It be- B r offic Q. Spunish [Crown Prince of Austria? | he dis eggs, chopped fine. Lay smooth the soft inner husks of green corn anl tear some into strips lor/lylng; lay upon two of the husks as much of the paste mixture as they will contain, wrap them about it and tie each roll with the stripped husk; drop these rolls into boiling salted water and boil them for one hour. The bulletin on “Foreign Dishes' issued by our Washington Bureau dishes can be obtained cents in dtamps or coin. » Q. What is the value of United States quarter dated 15572 A, With “S” mint mark it for five a is out mint mark, 25 to 30 cents. Q. Who was the wife of Rudolph, ! How did A, Archduke Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria, was the only son of Irancis Joseph 1. He was found dead with his mistress at his hunt- ing lodge at Meyerling, near Baden, in 1889 and the cause and manner of his death has never been officially declared. He married Stephanie, daughter of Leopold II. of Belgium in 1881, Q. What is the frequently quoted statement by Abraham Lincoln with respect to the importance of | | | | | | | | | | | | g men'’s jat capital a Republican Association of New York formed in 1863 voted Lincoln an honorary member, and sent a com- mittee to Washington to notify him. He received them on March 21, 1864 ‘Working- | and in his address of acceptance he said: “Labor is prior to and inde- pent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never hav existed if labor had not first existec bor is the superior of capital and much the higher con- Question Editor, | sijeration.” Q. Has a 16 inch disc a greater rim speed than a 12 inch dise, at minute? A. A 16 inch disc has the greater rim speed. The circumference of the 16 inch is 26 in. compared to 37.70 in. for the 12 inch dise. Con- sequently at the same number of revolutions the speed of the larger disc is greater since it covers a greater distance. Q. Does the former Germany have to stay Holland now? Could he United States? A. He is not compelled to stay Doorn, but it is whether he would be admitted the United States, since that is Kaiser of in visdt the to a matter for the United States Depurt- | ment of State to decide. Q. What was the cetimate ] lation of the United. States in ! A, The estimate of July was 117,135,817, Q. How many ox-presidents of the United States are living? A William Howard Taft is the only one. Q. What Is the population and area of the Japanese Empire? A. Japan proper has an area of 1 Area of the Japanese 260,738 square miles. tion of Japan proper, according to the census of 1925, was 59, 704 and the total population of the Japanese Empire was 83,454,371, Empire is The popula- 666 is a Prescription for | Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It kills the germs Doorn, | a question | containing many recipes for foreign | valued at from $1.00 to $2.00; with-! April 3, it was i | | | rapidly under the direction of | the same number of revolutions per | to have Medcal, | legal and marital advice cannot be/ nor can extended research| CHORAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT AP 3 Boston Festival Orchestra to Ac- company 130 Voices The New Britain Choral society | will give its annual concert in the Capitol theater on Sunday afternoon, announced today, | A miscellaneous program will be giv- en and the Boston Festival orchestra of 40 pieces will accompany the 150 singers and soloists. Kdwin I Laubin will conduct. Solos and orchestral numbers will be included. The compositions to lie sung by the chorus, as so far d cided, will be the following: “Gallia,” a motet, and “Unfold Yn Portals,” from “The Redemption by Gounod; ‘“Daybreak.” and "Th Miller's Wooing,” by Eaton “The Omnipotence,” by Sch “Habanera,” from “Carni.n, | Bizet; and “O Gladsom. Ligl from “The Golden Legend,” hy | Arthur Sullivan. The society had been rchearsing each Monday night for several wecks |in the Y."W. C. A. building. Follow~ ing several years of offering ora- torios the directors this year decided | to give a mixed program, which hay the advantage of making it possibla to choose highly seasoned composi< tions. The society has been progressing Mr, Laubin and the concert this year is expected to maintain the high stand« ards of the past. Lincoln School Concert The free public concert which was been given by the New Britain Musical club in the auditor« ium of the new Lincoln school om Steele street on March 1 has been) called off Inability to finish tha auditorium in time for the concert was given as the reason. The Parent-Teachers | of the school may agree with tha | Musical' club for a later date. Al« | though the school building is being used parts of it are still under con« | struction. association Observation | ne | 145,756 square miles; but the total | On The Weather Washington. for Southern creasing cloudine lowed by rain la armer to 1 Feb. 22.—Forecast ew England: In= s, probably o tonight and Weid« Wednesday; freshi fresh to strong fole west shifting south winds. Jorecast for Fastern New Yorks Probably rain tonight and Wednes. da rmer touight; fresh, possibly, strong th winds. 3 SHOWERS, SHOWERS, Shower parties for brides, *stork’ away” shower partics, —u Wahington Bureaws mewest bulletin, housewarming showers, que euggestions for shower partles of all UNIQUE SHOWER PARTIES. 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