New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1927, Page 6

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York st Hotaling's Newsstand, Tim: Square; Schultz's Newssands, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Street. —— TWO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS The College club of New Britain is to be highly commended for its action in awarding two scholarships to two New Britain high school sraduates, scholarship, character and need being the determining factors. This noble work by the College club, which has been car- ried on since 1916, indicates a vital | interest in the encouragement of others through practical mea Those receiving the scholarships | bask in the honor thus obtained, | are stimulated to renewed efforts, and will help themselves to further an early attainment of the goal to- ward which they have set their faces. In awarding these scholar- | ships the College club is doing a practical work of much signiticance and value. PLAN FOR \ION One of the objccts of having an adequate fire department is to en- joy the financial benefits of the lowest possible insurance rates. New Britain has consistently been adding to its expenditures in the fire departmnt, which is now upon a substantially higher plane than ever before in its history; but a low- ering of the fire insurance rates is still nowhere in sight. Chief Noble, in his annual report, again recommended the establish- ment of a fire station in the west end. The plan in the past has been to construct this new station in the vicinity of Jerome street, and per- haps it would have been done be- fore now except for the cost. But before this added expenditure is undertaken the city ought to learn definitely from the New Eng- land Fire Underwriters Exchange whether this would actually lead up to a reduction in insurance rates. So far the project has been *“en- dorsed” by the underwriters— which means practically nothing, as they naturally would endorse more fire stations and equipment in every city. The point that counts is, will the new fire station, if constructed, result in a reduction of rates. DEATH OF B. A. HAWLEY The death this morning of B. A. Hawley, vice-president of the Hardware Corporation, came as a severe shock to his legion of friends and acquaintances. His public spirit, particularly with re- spect to the development of the city's park system, was widely recognized; and after a term on the park board itwas he who made it possible for the city to find the money for certain needed develop- ments by loaning a substantial sum of money without interest. This act, which® recefved wide public acclaim it the time, was typical of the man, who believed the parks were es- sentfal to the welfare of this city and that nothing should be permit- ted to stand in the way of their American i sity! | state dletown, via Berlin. The establishment of such a bus line would tend to diminish the franchise value of the existing routes, it was said, and would re- duce the service—upon the present lines. In all probability that would be the case, unless twice as many people began o travel between Mid- dletown and New Britain. The pres- ent service, necessitating a change at Berlin, is not through service and cannot be sald to between the two cities; a bus line would be through service, and in all probability would stimulate | travel. Here is another of those cases in which an independent firm is willing to establish an improved service, but finds opposition because it would compete with the present more in- efficient service—this considering the route between the two larger cities, not necessarily from Berlin. For Berlin gets New Britain or to Middletown with- out the necessity of making a change. “Public convenience neces- " is a phrase upon which many an argument can be hung. Direct service without change between New Britain and Middletown would come under the category of public convenience and necessity unless the present established system of trans- portation were to be improved suf- ficiently to become through servic What is needed is more direct service. This section of the country is honeycombed with waiting sta- tions at exchange points. There are and too many and they are a nuisance | to the public, which is stimulated to avoid them by providing its own transportation by automobiles. If the established lines could eliminate some of these exchange points it would be to their advantage. The objection to the Middlotown- New Britain bus line seems to be sufficiently pronounced to influence the Public Service Commission {against it; that, at least, was evi- dent from the remarks by R. T. Higgins, the commissioner, who in- dicated it must be shown without a doubt that the bus line was essen- tial. From that we gather that the P. U. C. will be thumbs down on the proposal. Now that the question has been brought up, why doesn’t the New Haven or the Connecticut company put in a direct service between the two cities? That would effectually meet the main objection to the preeent system. THE POLITICAL S OF CONNECTICUT In weighing Governor Trumbull's recent statement that a more even balance between the political par- ties in Connecticut would be good for the state, and that when one party dominates a situation too de- cisively it is apt to be detrimental to the state, the Bridgeport Post thinks the governor's idea a capital one but pauses to ask how this de- desirable situation is to be brought about. There is no answer; silence reigns supreme. Unless something radical happens politically, the present status quo is likely to remain for some time. The Democrats in this are by no means inconse- quential in number, but they hap- pen to live mostly in the cities, and are not represented in the Legisla- ture in proportion to their numbers. So long as the country towns dom- inate the Legislature how are the Democrats going to get enough man-power into the Assembly to act as foil to the overabundance of Re- publicans ensconced there? “The legislative system in this state is an oligarchy, not a democ- cxplodes the Bridgeport edi- ‘A strong and popular gov- ernor might win the backing of two-thirds of all the people of the state, and hold it year in and year out, and yet at the same time find himself defied, blocked, snubbed and checkmated by the Legislature, In the end the Legislature would win because the people would get tired of supporting the man without the ptaronage and would return from the source of which good things ly the legisiative com- . It is upon this m that a tremendons political machine has been reared. one hand the Legislature controls proper develgpment. Among his associates and in the | circle of friends where often seen he was personality, ideals, he was most a man of genial well liked for his high admired for his attainments. He was a good citizen who' was known by vill b his works and as such long remembered_ in this comr | such as B. A. regard for the live evince ity needs men | Hawley , men whose | in which they public work: and a willingness to for- itself in self-deni; ward its i A PROPO: S LINE AND THE OPPOSITION Theoretically, th, e public is not in- nchise to terested in who ! transport passe two given points; its main concern is to get there time, n the least possible But to un established line, the iranchise is pre-eminent, Thus we heard the word mentioned with fre- quency during the hearing concern- Ing the propos tween this city. and Mid- | A establishment of a | bus line ‘independence in the st | ernme | way. the entire state administration and on the other hand it reaches into the cities and if it eannot defeat its opposition at the polls. it tinkers and jockeys with the charter until it can attain its ends in . Ts there enough real Do the people of Connecticut really care a straw abor > principles of gov- ¢ willing to fight perfeetly con- rule under fflr them, or are t tent with the oligarc which the state is no Frankly and cynically, th choid pears to be the po,ruhr one." That's one query answerad, any. The people are satisfied to be governed, instead of being 100 par- ticular about having a hand 1in guiding the government. Tt is for this reason, perhaps. that they take a decrescendo attitude in the gov- ernment, voting in t eevry clection, throwing aside the “issucs” patterned out for them, let- “politics go what ting evil hang.” It is an can be expected it the ¢ are virtnally stack The Denoerats in Connecticut in the position of being as innocu- ous as the Socialists. The party has numbers the representation is not proportional are but stimulate travel | service to either | On the ! at man- | man \»d" | fewere numbers | 1 a7 | 1 1f the governor is sincere about the desirability of having more Democrats in the Legislature, i merely to give the Republicans | there more of a run for their glory, ! let him advocate changing the state constitution to permit more propor- tional representation, based on population instead of acreage. Let him seize the idea and drive it to a successful finish in much the same way he forced the creation of Senator Mall's new finaneial board. The new-fangled, cork centered— or is it rubber?—ball is in action in the American and National base- Lall leagues and all records for home-run hitting are likely to be | smashed this year. This is no time to be a pitcher. The 192 eball that of 1926; that for 1926 w livelier than for 1923. If the cres cendo continues it will become ut- terly impossible for a batter to bunt, those doing so being threaten- ed with a home-run instead. This {8 one way to “please the fans.” Cash customers arc supposed to like heavy hitting—although actually it may not be a bit heavier than in former the ball merely bouncing further. However, when home-runs be- come as common as they have been of late we get the notion they don’t amount to so much as they used to do. Back in 1893, when Dan Brouthers or his ilk smashed the ball over the fence it amounted to something; nowadays, when a dozen players a day do it, the fellow who can lay down a first class artistic bunt seems to be b is livelier than years, baseball intelligentsia. Anyhow, that's the way we feel about it. DIVORCES AND PUBLICITY ‘When the British parliament some time ago passed a law gagging the newspapers in the publication of divorce trial testimony the act was hailed as advancing public morals. The public was not justified in wishing to read the details of such cases. It must be explained that the British newspapers are privileged to print much greater detail than American newspapers— in truth, the sky was the limit. There was no British law barring the circulation of newspapers carry- ing such divorce filth from passing through the mails, as in the United States, Everything was printed; a spade was called a spade, and not an implement. This is no more, and newspapers can scarcely print more than the names of litigants. Great has been the victory for moral reform. However— Divorces have enormously in- creased. The number of persons who are willing to shed the bonds of matrimony now that publicity is dead is indeed surprising. The Right Honorable Sir Gordon Hewart, Baron Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England, let fly the fol- lowing bon mot about it in open court: “The the chancellor of the ex- chequer really desires an additional source of revenue, he might con- sider {ssulng a new sort of postage stamp which husbands and wives could stick upon each other and automatically become divorced . . . . . The rush to obtain divorces since newspaper publicity was pro- hibited has been so great that in one day 17 cases of this nature have been presented before me. . . . . Some new and ingenious sys- tem such as the postage stamp di- vorce simply must be devised to help us keep the dockets clear.” ‘Which is best: Few divorces and much publicity; or no publicity and many divorces? 25 Years Ago Today I New BPBritain will honor with a military service, tomorrow two of | the Philippines, and whose bodie after two years’ delay, have been re- to their friends. They are Louis B. Palmer and Samuel Davis, chums. Tyrelean concert at Wahrenberger's cafe tonight. afternoon the bid of O. F. Curtis for the erection of the grammar school addition was accepted. John Lamb ha: been league. anxious over their crops today. the frost last night freezing the buds on Meadow districts. Interviewed today about his sug- ion for a sergeant, Chief Raw- lings said he wanted this man in | addition to the present number of men on the force. The sergeant and the captain and cheif for the same period cach, giving all-day service. It the conversation on the street is any criterion, there is a demand pnow leaves the turnout at 10:40, |and it is generally conceded that at 1:30 there are quite a few people on the strects who \mnm take the {car home if there were one to Mr. Curtis said in the council Jast uncil approved alaries of city would bring the matter 1 town meeting and showed a statute which gave him the right to do so. The volume of husiness transact- #d at council mectings has grown so that it now takes the city clerk half an hour to read the minutes. Many hefore g half | more of a hero in the eyes of the | her young sons who fell fighting in | turned by a considerate government | | Conrad | At the school board mecting this | elected | treasurer of the Plainville Epworth | Fruit growers in this vicinity are | the trees in the Berlin and Shuttle | uld do desk duty for eight hours! for a later car at night. The last car | . | Kansas City . S 42 | members grow tired and are anx- ious to go homa, so do not pay as strict attention o the business as ! they should. Principal Whipple of the gram- mar school has announced that Thomas Feeney and Edward Ander- son, members of the graduating class, have won by competition the honor of taking part in the program of the graduation exercises. The girls in the spool room of | the New Britain Knitting Co. went on strike this morning as a protest against a reduction in wages. At the | office of the company it was said that there was no strike. Factsand Fancies A village is a place where Central will answer® after ten more strokes of her nail file, The objection to a double-header s that so few people can hold that many peanuts, Yowll notice, please, that Ger- many, without an army or navy, isn't’ being jumped on by anybody. 0dd mortals! A general who kill- ed thousands has a statue; the cook who invented lemon pie is forgotten. There were $2,643 beries last vear, not sale of antique daylight rob- counting the i If it's a ncighbor that has the cornet, not all of the brass is in the instrument. 1 Still, it army cooks were better, the men might never get mad enough to fight. The pendulum swings, and by 1960 boys may be reciting: “The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine."” Now if the Spokesman should be strong and silent, that would be news. kids you the things Americanism: Cussing for doing openly the once did on the sly. T The horrors of war are about for- gotten except in those cities that have daylight saving time. The whole sober truth is that no- body enjoys a taste that is two- thirds cosmetics and one-third girl. No city 1s entitled to the demo- cratic convention unless its hotels ofter special rates by the month. No man is really as important as one feels after doing some odd job around the house. i Prohibition has taught us one thing. You can't really talk any- thing to death. “He can't stand prosperity,” usually means: le's spending as much as I would if I had it.” It isn't just that the whisky is vile, old chap. Nothing else tastes as good as it did ten years ago. America might be interested enough to guard against fnture Mississippi floods if the rivar were in Armenia or somewhere like that. Correct this sentene, Ha's our regular doctor,” sald she, “hut we concede that others may be just as) good.” Copyright 1927 Publishers Syndicate Observations On The Weather Washington, May 11.—Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight. Thurs- day fair and cooler. Fresh south- hifting to west and northwest Forecast for Eastern New York: Mostly cloudy and cooler; probably ! showers in north portion tonight; Thursday fair; cooler in southeast portion; fresh west and northwest winds. Conditions: The storm that passed over this section last night | is traveling seaward by way of the . Lawrence valley. It produced | showers and thunder storms in the | Lake region. middle Atlantic and New England states. Cloudy and unsettled conditions prevail west- ward to the Mississippi valley but clearing conditions obtain over the plains states and west of the Mis- sissippi river where the pressure is Tempe a belt extending shington. D. C., northwest- ward to northern Vermont and are | lower over the lake region and | throughout the Ohio valley. Frost iled this morning in Conditions ravor for this | cloudy weather followed by rain and not much change in temperature, Temperatures yesterday were: High Low Atlanta ... S50) 66 Atlantic City . b2 56 Joston ...... . &8 43 Buitalo ... H 44 Chicago ...sviss .5 46 Cinolnnatiie s iy 8 43 Denver ..... : 50 Detroit 5 5 43 Duluth ShE Hatteras . - 7 ksonville 3 vicinity I'Los Angeles ... . 66 50 | sliami : @ | Minneapolis % 3s Nantuc ot 2 New Haven ; W Orleans ... ... ; 76 Yorkitn it 60 orfolk ........ A 65 itures remain rela- | Sond all communications 0 Fun| Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded o New York. Can You Blame ’Em, Folks? We'll bet the preachers who peruse “Elmer Gantry” hope the pews Come In for their innings, too, Before the famed 8. L. gets through! Any Man Hubbard: “Wouldn't you like to be a leader of your people?” Wilson: “Yes, but I certainly will never be a leader of my wife's peo- plet’ TAKING AN AUDIT By Alan C. Koch Little girls and poodle furs; Calories and vitamines; Dames with runners in their hose; Restaurant no-smoking sighs; Guys who write, “Wish you weré here; Having fun. Guess who. Ha, ha!" Highbrow books and income tay— Blah! Guys who own a private stock: Pretty girls in bathing suits; Men whose wives know how to Chorus glrls, and other beauts; Girls that dance and girls that neck, Girls that have a way with them: sirls that—Well, in fact, just girls!! Ahem Legacics from distant kin; Chicken, tender, luscious, fried!— Dollar bills in cast off vests; Friends that say, “Oh, let it slide;” Girls that enough, Let's find somewhere cozy now" ¢ blonds and frank bru- say, “We've stepped Harder Still Mack: “It's a good man who ean keep his mouth shut.” Clarke: “It's a better man who can keep other people’s shut™ Hamilton have decreased but money still gets Phohibition intoxication, tight! Mr. Douglas Interviews Herman Yonkel, The New Floorwalker (Overheard by Banjo Bob) Douglas: “I should like to pur- chase some stationery—" Herman: “Tstationery we got it from de books witt hart depottment tsecond haisle witt a left toin. Douglas: *No, no. You don't un- derstand. T don’t want writing pa- per. I want a stationary tub.” ) Herman: “Hmmm. You vunt it vet a tub vot you should vash it de hold letters you could use de writink paper again, s0?"” Dougl No, no. That's absurd. ‘That’s impossible.” Herman: “Sure. You couldn't do it. Better you should buy some new writink paper which we got it in de books witt de hart depottment, tsecond haisle witt a left toin.” Dougla But that isn't what 1 want at all. What I want is not stationery, but a stationary tub.” Herma “Maybe you'll gonna try what you should kid me I should believe dey make it yet tubs from writink paper vou should vash hout de shoits in it! Yi, y}! Hice erimm T seen it soived yet in paper plates, but tubs from writing paper made it wouldn't be prectical.” Douglas: “I would have a paper tub in the house if it practical.” Herman: “No, why should you vet T should tsell you vun? Maybe you are yet one from dese collitch boys dey should play it prencks witt jucks witt hinitiat- jons.” i Douglas: “No. T want a station- ary tub. A tub that can't be moved; that ean't be turned over.” Herman: “Yo, ¥, It a tub Your face before?” T asked. “I don’t know,” Bhe sald; “I'm sure I've always Hagd it.” I could bave walked Under her instep ‘With a high hat on! —Henry H. Peedle Do Go Easy Midred: “Harold, darling, may I sit on your lap Harold: “Yes, if you'll promise not to lean back. The doctor sald sweet stuff was ruining my stom- ach!” —Paul A. Bowers (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbidden) QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can gel an answ r to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. enclosing two cents !n stampa for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be glven, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will recelve a personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answared. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Q. What is the weight of the average human brain? A. The average male brain weighs about 50 ounces; female 44 ounces. Q. What does Annabelle mean? A. It is from the Hebrew and means ‘“gracefully beautiful”. Q. What is the difference be- tween red and pink salmon? Al Red salmon is the sockeye species and pink salmon is the hump-back salmon. The difference is chiefly in the color—the food value being practically the same, ex- cept that red salmon contains more oil. The red is more popular and consequently more expensive. Q. What was the first empire in the world? A. H. G. Wells in the “Outline of History” says that the first of all known empires was founded by the high priest of the god of the Sumerian city of Erech. Tt reached, says an inscription at Nippur, from the lower (Persian Gulf) to the Upper Mediterranean or Red Sea. Of existing countries it is believed that Mesopotamia is the more an- cient, and Egypt was formed a few centurles later. All of this part of the earth was divided into more or less settled communities as far back as 6,000 to 10,000 B. C. The Chinese seems to have made their civilization unassisted and no one knows how far back it extends. Chinese history begins about 2,000 B. C. Q. How many species of animal life are known? A. There are well over 500,000 species of all kinds of animals; the number in each class of the animal kingdom being as follows: 7,000 mammals; 20,000 bird: 5,000 rep- tiles; 2,000 amphibians; 13,000 fish; 60,000 mollusks; 360,000 insects; be- sides a host of lower invertebrates. Q. What was “Seward’s Folly”? A. The sobriquet was given to Alaska because it was supposed to be practically worthless when Wil- liam H. ward, secretary of state under President Johnson, negotiated its purchase from Russia for $7,- 200,000 in 1867. Q. Is cream lighter or heavier than milk? A. Cream is lighter than milk. Milk containing 3 per cent butter fat, weighs 8.62 pounds per gallon; 4 per cent butter fat, 8.61 pounds per gallon; and 5 per cent butter fat 8.6 pounds per gallon, while 40 couldn’t be moved, how vould you get it home? If de moichandise vouldn't toin hgver, ve vouldn't keep {it. Is necessary should be qvick toin-over, witt overhead witt “I want a—what I want is—a stationa v Herman: ationery tsecond haisle witt a left toin, books witt hart depottment—" Douglas: “Grrrrr!” (He tears at his collar and falls down frothing!) \ It Well-Known Tooks Were Tllustrated Hard Ware! was buying a saw for her husband. She was unused to the prices charged for tools and was | arguing its price with the merchant, “It’s all stecl, " he told her. “You've got a nerve to admit iti" she replicd. Mrs. Watkin —Marion E. Burns OH, HENRY! Dear Editor T thought I'd try | Northfield ...... s 52 | Pittsburgh «....o.on... 56 Portland, Me, ......... 46 11 . The old favorite, “Where have I seen per cent whipping cream weighs 3.38 pounds per gallon. This ev- plains why cream rises to the top of the bottle of milk. Q. What are “square heads”? A. times applied to Dutch, German or Scandinavian immigrants. Origin- ally it was used to awn.u all free immigrants. Q. When and where was the first excursion train run? A. From Pickering, England in August 1839, Q. How can the sex and age of turtles -be determined? A. Land turtles hibernate each year and grow rings on each scale in the shell. If these rings have not been obliterated by bruises the age can be deterr\i:&d by counting them. In certain turtles the males have a shaped depression on the lower shell. The females have the lower shell flat. Q. What is the greatest amound of cotton picked by one person in a day? <A. There are many factors which enter into cotton picking and it is impossible to make conditions equal in order to judge contestants. Among the factors are the quantity avallable, varlety, size of boll, etc. ‘There are reports showing that 500 to 600 pounds of seed cotton have been picked in a day by one man. Under normal conditions the aver. age is 150 to 200 pounds a day. There is no authentic record of the greatest amount picked. Q. How many zlllopu in a barrel of crude oil? A. There are 42 gallons in a stan- dard barrel. Q. What is the best method to break a dog of gun shyness? A. About the best way is to let him run with a pack of good hunt- ing dogs until he gets accustomed to the sound of shooting. Some gun shy dogs never get over it. Q. How was Villa, the Mexican revolutionist, killed? A. With his sccretary and three members of his escort he was slain by six feudist foes while motoring from Parral to Guanajuanto on the morning of July 21, 1923. The feudists opened fire from ambush on both sides of the road. Q. How can mercury be removed from a gold ring? A. By carefully heating the ring. Temperature should be about 100 degrees F. to start and not over 200 to 300 degrees at the finish. The mercury will volatilize. The fumes should not be inhaled. Q. 1Is a marriage in Brazil valid in the United States? A. A marriage legally performed in Brazil is just as good as if the ceremony was performed {in the United States. i Q. What was the date of death | of the first Mrs. Wilson and the date | of the president’s second ‘marriage? A. Ellen Axson Wilson died at the White House August 6, 1914. The president’s second marriage to Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt Occurred December 18, 1915. | Genuine Orange Blossom Rings | Your abllity to talk inteliigently 1n fund of gencral information. where you rate in the scale of genera | ncries of Ten Mental Te “CAN YOU ANSWEF 1o answers aro To test yourself, your friends, to hava party or home gathering, these tests w the coupon below and send for it. CLIP COUPON ow York Avenue, Washingt I want a copy of the bulletin CA! five cents In loose, uncancelled, U. 8. postage and handling costs. ‘ NAMB STREET AND NO. CITY sevcenecsdones 1 am & reader of the NEW BRITAIN HERALD. THE FAMILY ALBUM — HOME MAIL COMES HOME. ASKS WAS THERE ANY MAIL FER WM TO-DAY ? | SHOUTS WELLT ISN'T ON || THE DESK | WHERE 15 1T, FOR 600DNESS SAKE ‘| THIS MAY BE A VERY IMPORTANT LETTER. WIFE SEEMS T THINK. 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WON'T CLOSE CANAL Washington, May 11 (UP)—Wall Street reports that the government contemplates closing the Panama Canal for repairs were denied on behalf of President Coolidge today. The last report on the canal to reach the White House showed it was in excellent condition, White House officials said. DENTIST Dr. Henry R. Lasch 353 Main St. X-Ray Pyorrhea Treatments KODAKS AND SUPPLIES The great outdoors calls you. Sce our important line of new Kodaks. All reasonably priced Start taking pictures now. 24 Hour Film Service. McBRIARTY Pharmacist Cor. Church and Stanley streets Phone 1384, ANNOUNCEMENT RUDY’S Battery Service Has moved from 170 East Main 186 East Main St. (Rear of Atlantic Filling Sta.) BATTERIES—TIRES—TUBES ACCESSORIES, BRAKE LINING AUTO ELECTRIC SERVICE TEL. 708 ALWAYS. Mr. Coal Dealer Moving Days are Here. Make the New Tenents Ac- quainted with Your Business by Advertising Under Busi- ness Service in the Herald Classified Ads JUST CALL 925. 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