New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1927, Page 10

‘THANK YOU TRADE ATTHEDRUG STORE Gostly Service Witbout Profit Given in Many Casas R-r-r-ring—the bell on the drug- gisUs cash register tinkled as the! clerk pressed the button. One more customor had purchased a bottle of paregoric for | baby's colic. “I'll bet you think you've got the finest job in the world” said the re- porter, ordering up a second choco- | late soda which he let the druggist | pay for. “Well, it's not so bad. hut we get a lot of funny customers™ replied the druggist, putling his cigarette case back into his pocket and closing up the cigar box before the reporter had time to reach across the| counter. “Wadda® ye-mean ars, this a cash looks like big profits “Say, listen to me, young man. Maybe this looks like ready money to you scribes, but I've got ounts on my books, and I'm supposed to he running a cash busine that 1'll never be able to liquidate. “Well, anyhow, you make enough | profit on what you sell to make up ! vour losses, Just think of 50 cents for a two ounce bottle of medicine. “Yes, just think of it. I put upa *5 eent bottle of medicine last night for a man who called me out of bed to fill it for him. The order came n by telephore and T paid a taxi cents to deliver it. That's just i funny custom- ! business and it 1 always thought a drug was just that much velvet.” " dryly commented the drug- gist after e had wrapped up a tooth brush for a woman who wanted to cateh a car in a hurry and gave him L %20 bill out of which he took cents. The Thank You Customer “Don’t you know.,” he continued, ‘that one of the largest refail drug houses in Chicago recently that 40 per cent, almost half, of the Aruggist's customers were of the ‘thank you' type?™ “What kind are they? “The kind that take nse vour service, and tor “Tell me about some.” fang around and watch happens.” A few minutes later an expensive sedan rolled up and stopped in front of the drug store. A middle aged woman hurried in, seemingly in great haste. “Can I have some writing paper pleage, I'm in an awful hurry and forgot to send a note to my mother telling her we would drive over to see her next Monday? “Why, certainly.” vour time, pay nothing . what Smilingly the druggist, thinking he had made o) sale, got several boxes of expens high grade, perfumed writing paper from oft the shelves. “Oh, T just want one sheet. enough for a not The druggist continued to smile, but the smile scemed to have lost its enthusiasm. He whisked another box from under the counter and re- moved a sheet of white paper. “Thank you. How much is it?" “One cent will do.” The woman opencd a hand bag, took out a small purse, closed the hand bag, opened the small purse, took out a $10 bill and gave it to the druggist, opened her hand bag ~nd put back the purse. Later re- peating the performance when the druggist returned with $9.99. 1.1 wonder if I could borrow a pen or pencil, my fountain won't work.” Again the obliging druggist came to the rescue and the customer was escorted to his office, where she was permitted to use his private desk, Dblotters, ink, pen and anything she needed. Hastily scribbling a nors, she returned to the front of the drug store and Interrupted the sale of a hox of chocolates to another cus- tomer to purchase an envelope for which she pald two cents. She re- turned to the desk, addressed the anvelope, came out, purchased a twe cent stamp, repeated that she was in & hurry and departed after leav- ing the letter with the druggist with the request “please ask one of your clerks to drop this in the box for me. The druggist was left with a sweet smile as a reward as the limousine drove off. Emerging from his da the reporter demanded: “Do you get that kind very often “That's just a sample of get every day.” said the calling one of his clerks ove “Bill, this newspaperman thinks all our customers are paying, cash cus- tomers. Tell him hi Return “Bridge The story told by the clerk cnough to wring tears from volk of a hard boiled egg “One of our frequent sources of irritation, by hoth men and women is the winner of the at bridge the night hefore. They play cards, win the prize and come in Lere the next day and ask us to o them credit on their acconnt for of the prize. We take 1l they get the credit and we sa'e, wa thought we hod day hefore. Yes, the bad as the women. W¢ a fellow bring in a carton o ettes the other day and ask for the price in exchange “Then we have prople 200ds they say they ot to keep, which neve chasad in this sto Just wi druggi t we t. cigar- them bring in decided pur They swe stated | We examined it and found a pin hole in it. She finally admitted she had wrapped it in flannel and then stuck a pin through to keep it in shape. Another sale lost. “The customer who wants things delivered sometimes is a nuisance. Many times we have paid messenger cents to deliver 15 cent Where is our profit said it leaked. Deliver Package of Cough Drops “Not long ago I paid a boy a quarter to deliver a five cent medi- cine dropper and just the next day we hired another messenger hoy to deliver a package of cough drops. Sometimes they call us out of bed t night for an order th don’t even use until the next day. “Is your telephone service abused much in this way?" “Not any more, since we put in pay stations. Now all they do is ask us to change a bill so they can get a nickel. Defore we put in pay stations we were annoved a lot by people using our telephones to hold long conversations. We fixed that howsver. We had the telephone upany put in plugs so we could detach the wi At cortain ttmes of the day we dets rd and there would be no response. When omer complained, we would 1. the blamed thing must bs out of order a, Darn that tele- vice anyhow.' The cu t out, giving Ted McAu- hail columbia and we were 1 the annoyance. Ted doesn't mind it, it's part of his job. the cust say: W nhone tomer we ““I.ots tory v they and ta bers for them. Others sl we know whe So and 1ot us look up the addres: Linfrequently they but in on | to buy a two cent stamp. $10 hill 1 cent_stamp. or phone book. ave forgotten their glass us for them do ask us to call a taxi | Several times a day we Many of them tr pric saying they can I cheaper at another store. suggest that it mi ness to buy it where it is cheaper, they say, ‘Yes, b A woman recently told get any.’ | for 35 cents that we sold for 350 That's where she overstepped hel self. Tt cost 40 cents wholesale, She dropped the price too much “Occasiol we have come in and sa pocketbook ack and the bills. they don't. Recently a borrowed $10 from one of my clerks. a collector. She fin: stable $5 and a few w the other $3. “T'll tell you, there profitable and less [ kinds of husiness than business.” “Yes, T guess you're right.” 7 » helping himself are more the the reporte he went out. London Woman Owner London, May 14 (®—Mrs. Israel Davis, cinema magnat: of people come in to sco our Then | our time looking up num- if . and Many & have changed for a two “You'd be surprised at the num-| ber of people who come in here and that. to beat down our it When we ht be good busi- they haven't got s | she could huy a certain commodity | v ey b ot st | fraudulent or misleading advertis- Sometimes they come Somotimes woman 1t took the clerk a month to get it| back, and required several trips h_\'i Iy gave a con- | s later paid xasperating drug | eed | to fl,‘ nple of bylk candy on display, as of Theaters Retires will retire B a5 gt ST o NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927. | BER the water supply of tenants unable to pay their rent has been declared by the courts of Danzig to be a form of extortion and therefore punishable by law. A precedent was established at the trial of a shoemaker, Herr Stechow, who had shut off the wa- ter supply of some of his tenants. lhe tenants were in arrears be- | cause almost their entire income | had been attached by the court for | other outstanding debts. The prose- cuting attorney described Stechow's procedure as “a most reprehensible form of blackmail.” and the court sentenced the landlord to a fine of 100 gulden or two weeks jail. | | Castle Sad Scene For Mindenburg As long as Field Marshal von Hindenburg is president of the Ger- man reputlic, the offer of Wilhelm- shoehe Castle by the city of Uassel, as a summer “White House” is un- likely to be accepted This was emphatically stated by a person qualified by years of in- timate acquaintance with the sol- dier-president. “I regard the project as imprae- ticable for pyschological reasons,” this person said. Wilhelmshoehe is the scene of von Hindenburg's | greatest disappointments, of his bit- terest memories, “When the Kalser left for Hol- a4 in November, 1918, his last ucst to the ficld marshal was that he bring the troops back from | the front in ordered fashion. This von Hindenburg did. He dismissed | them at Wilhelmshoehe. It was a tragic moment for the aged leader | —the outward manifestation that a lost war had been fought.” It was at Wilhelmshoehe that von | Hindenburg received American Newspaper correspondents for the first time after the war. | | | Imprisonment Urged For Misleading Ads Jail sentences are being urged by the Retail Dry Goods Association | indulge in i 5 G| » | for shopkeepers who ing to attract trade, The action 1s directed especially against those stores which are per- | petually “going out of business” | or “moving to larger quarters,” or | being “slightly damaged by fir: | Existing federal statutes cover- ing false advertising have never | Leen enforced, the assoclation as- ts, and the hot sales methods of | umerous small shops are begin- ning to reflect descredit on the whole dry goods trade. News- papers are urged to refuse adver- tising from unreliable stores. ol 86 | | rmany No Longer If-Sustaining The rapid industrialization of ! | supply discussion of the country's defen- ! whiskey consumption LIN Shutting Off Water Supply to Force Tenants to Pay Rent xtortion, Berlin, May 14. UP—The practice Germany is making the country in- of many landlords of shutting off | creasingly unfit to wage war alone, ! in' the opinion of military experts. Ministry of Commerce re- ports Germany is more dependent for her food in The other nations than ever before, and upon sive th opinion might into submission. More than 52 per cent of the 35, 000,000 German workers are em ployed in industry, including min ing, an increase since 1914, responding decrease in the numbe of farmers, an occupation pOWers cxperts express that of the working population. Since a back-to-the-land paign has had little effect, effort is being made to raise th productivity of farms by a wide use of chinery and farming methods. cam Horizontal Landing Bars Sport Flying Until the problem landing of airplanes solved, flying cannot ot has become automobiling or motor cycling, the opinion Rasche, the only woman stunt fly: er in Germany. “Flying today is hampered by the she and I feel sure that the landing will That will problem of a vertical be solved before long. greatly increase the mafety of fly ing, too, for most accidents occu: as the plane starts or attempts to land.’ Fraulein Rasche considers fo {the most formidable enemy of the “We are absolutely help- air pilot. less in face of it,”” she says, rman Whiskey Price Steadied The price of German whiskey s about the one thing which isn't go- ing up. The financial Federal Economic jected a proposal excise tax on $17 to feared committee of th council has re to increase th mich a big falling off urn from a higher tax would b lower than the present. ¥ cil reported, is high enough to mak moonshining profitable, no German distilleries ceeded in imitating have suc retails from $7 to $9 high tariff while Scotch se of the r bottle of English gin sells for $6 and up. b pen | was ! the and turn her large interests over to her four sons, She had her first ex- perience as an amusement house di- rector when her husband, a builder, constructed a theater at Highgate in 1909 and turned the management over to ner. Since 1913 she has been an important figure in the British | moving-picture world. Marble Arch Pavilion, Shepherd's| Bush Pavilion, Lavender Hill Pa- vilion and the Avenue Pavilion in | aftsbury avenue, London, all have been under her ownership-manage- ment. Mrs. Davis never permitted | any picture to be showa in her houses which she had not seen per- | sonally, and she turned down many box-office successes hecause she dis- approved the tone of the pictures. Recently Mrs. Davis ccnsumma ed a business deal which dispose of the interest in these en- {terprises for £500,000 to a new com- pany already controlling 3§ cinemas and negotiating for four cther Brit- lish distributing companies. Although |she and her husband are retiring, Mrs. Davis’ sons will be active in the new amalgamation, m | ‘ Wesleyan Chemistry Laboratory Dedication | Middletown, May 14 #—The Hall Laboratory of chemistry at Wes- |~ levan university will be dedicated at exercises to be held today. Festivities in connection with the dedication opened at the faculty club last night attending the annual dinner of the Atws club members. This was fol- lowed by the ann opening meet- the club when an illustrated on adventure n ' was en by Dr. Arthur W, Lrowne, profossor of chumistry in Cornell un The pro; o'clock when m vi an ro- il opened at 10 reunion g of alumni advanced students in chemistr held in Hall laboratory. Motion pictures re- ug to chen shown. A buffet Tuncheo! served at 30 at Chi Psi lod 1y nformal and was a wers will e Musical Comedy Actress Is Awarded Judgment York, May 14 (® — FElaine musical comedy actress, of 87 15 hur J. Lar produc I supreme court, in ireach of contract, New Gholson, b { tr AeCli they bought them from us, point out the clerk who made sale. We ex Zoods find the trad compe on the Knge. omctimes they buy amage then n hack and say the articl good. One woman rece a rubler hot next she brow: smeared mess and s the bottle full of w to heat and we gave her to heat the water the old one awa “Wiy did you take tin 1 and tor and bring them wias oods no The Ladly had put roon the s at it hottl loc now L 1 fivst, and threy We find it pays to keep | them tisfied Anoth b. sught back a hot water bottle and Y owomar wll, | s, who s the wifs of | serer tor. said she st roducer i con- 1, for had traet ¥ calling thie . m n |French War Medal for | Heroine of War Days! A § 1 The Honor Modame Jour- war S lads and conduct I the 11 i Ly Guaeral Goura — |mentor of the ihowever, vetoed the plan, and a finger-bowl. pract of some of these morsels is with the fingers, French Think Sports bieyele ited to the disciples of Moscow have brought new enthusiasm into the red' camp. litical tenets applaud efforts as the best cure for commun- | jism. dull ! Sport, they say, will teach the young idea an independence that will not brook too much red rule, and a joy lin life that will smile at the tale of |tribulation dally tells. Colored Umbrellas an umbrella maker who tried to sell them colored rain sticks ized But “Be Good Ne Paris Le | lior tenels of tue 'PARIS, President of France Can't Eat Fish Stew and Retain His Dignity. I Paris, May 14 (A—Gaston Dou-' mergue, president of France, is 5o gossip, make it Tetmmed in with regulations that even eat what he likes. social rules and he can't always | He comes from the south and her !likes the famous “Boulllabaisse,” a ! riods. rich fish stes As a humorous in- ! tive for several of his ministers onial trip the president promised {them they would have at least one | dinner on bouillabaisse at a place here it may be had at its best. | Becq de Fouquieres, the social presidential palace, napkin | Besides large cces of lobster there are good- a crayfish in it and the only al way to get the full benefit Bouillabaisse reequires a Ito nunism port is one thing on which com- unists and their critics agrce. | Sport is being fostered by Bolshe- k leaders here and cross-country races organized by and lim- | 1 Opponents of the communists' po-, the sporting | They remark that health exer- | se i3 much better than listening to | specches in fll-smelling halls. the communist organ rrisians Talk At | Light pink and vivid purple hats canght on with certain vivacious ele- ents of Paris’ male population but bhad his ouble for his pains. No one bought nd he is having a large supply dyed {10 a sober black. Early season prediction that Lril- | it coloring would mark male othing for the year have been re only in part ardine blu rather bright eifect, and several ' ore or less infensive browns and found & good many buyers. w persons indulged in the vurples or other more vivid T ) hbory sue Urges new society, “The I Neighbor,” is nonition to “Love thyself,” in the Lougue of trying out thy neigh- hum-drum A {of Tire woman factory superintendent i the group to take some of off crowded apartment poorer quarters. The Good Neighbors' are f- to in the i thei an enemy blockade be able to starve Germany of 30 per cent There has been a cor- which ! now employs less than 25 per cent an modern agricultural ma- vertical been a | popular sport in the same sense as | in of Frauleln Thea “Brantwein” from $24 a gallon, because it/ in that the net ven the existing tax, the Coun- although Scotch, Irish or American whiskey. A bottle of be- Old Witticisms of Past Are London (M—Cclebrities of lh\:; past penned wise sayings in the; guest book of the Pall Mall Res- | taurant, Haymarket, which make this volume & priceless echo of the | past. | Its pages are a battle of wit. Pat- tal wrote: “A beautiful voice is a gift of God.” Yvette Guilbert wrote on the next page: “An ugly voice is the gift of God."” Rider Haggard fol- lowed with: “But the greatest gift| of God is silence.” | Aftr a performance of “Camille” | tcrnhardt came into the restaurant {while very nervous and wrote some. (thing in long, sloping letters that | nobody has ever been able to read. | i Perhaps she intended it should not| be read. George Edwards, the theatrical manager, immediately after Ada| Reeve had obtained a divorce from him, wrote in the book: “England, with all thy faults, I love thee still.” | { On the next page Miss Reeve wrote: “George, ditto, ditto ditt Edward Morton, who was another | ;par(y in the divorce action, wrote: “And I love them both.” e | r e r | Cost Dearly To Re | Railroad “Gentleman” | Patrons of British railways who iride first-class are compelled to pay | | the government 5 per cent tax on| | their tickets for the privilege of be- |ing rated as “ladies and gentlemen.” | Britidh railways tried to get| Churchill to abolish this tax in the current budget, but he refused to do 80, as he needed the lalf million pounds it yields annually. The tax on a first-class traveler | from London to Edinburgh is four shillings. and another shilnag is added if the passenger takes . sitep- | er. s b 4 'Queen Mary Knows Her Antique Shops There are few, if any, antique stores in London which Queen Mary | has not visited or does not know about. | The Queen is a collector of bric- a-brac as well as old furniture and | |gces from onc shop to another in | | search of what she wants. The Queen Is a systematic secker | of antiques. She has London laid out in areas on a small map she carries | lin her purse on shopping expedi- | tions. The Queen takes one district | |after another, checking them off as she goes. Not long ago, with the Queen of Spain, she was making excursions into Kensington. Then afterward she searched the north sid> of Hyde | Park. Prince George, younger son, brought the Queen many Oriental | antiques when he returned from two years' service in the navy, and she has been making purchases to correspond With these, & e e o |——[LONDON | ! Chronicled in the Pall Mall Record. Hyde Park Bird Census Is Made Bird life in Hyde Park and Ken- sington Gardens, London fluctuates with the weather. Normally, there are 3,980 birds in the parks, it is reckoned by E. M. Nicholson, an Oxford student, who is the first person to complete a bird census in these tracts. Nicholson, encouraged by his suc- cess here, has begun a census at Oxford. The Hyde Park-Kensington Gar- dens birds were counted four imes. According to the census the birds consisted of 2,665 spar- rows, 473 starlings, 289 black head- ed scagulls, 241 waad pigeons, 240 mallards, 43 titmice, and 26 little | moor hens. icliolson began his census in November. Two.months afterward, when another census . was taken, after a spell of cold weather, the | number was cight less. But after a month of wet weather, it fell by 1,800. When the weather improved { the original number was restored. Nicholson says years will he re- quired to complete the bird census in Oxford and vieinity. London School Girls’ Uniformis Changed School girls attending most of the higher grade schools have success- fully revolted agajnst the sombre “uniform” of dark blue or green which they have had to wear for years despite the general trend of fashion towards prettier dresses for girls when not in school. At one big London school repeat- ed suggestions for alteration in dress resulted in a round table con- ference which the head mistress, the staff and delegates from each class attended. Jt was decided after good-humored arguments that the new summer uniforms should con- | sist of washing frocks in blue, rose, | mauve and green with detachabls collar and stuffs of plain white washing material. Now that most girls are bobbed or shingled the old fashioned hard straw hat with wide brim is found to be unsuitable, and the summer chapeau will be of light straw with a shaped brim which becomes nar- 10w at the back. Bridge Craze Drives Wonien To Toan Sharks The lure and fascination of bridge for women has recently sent mar victims into the Hands of money lenders, One club manager says there is a type of plausible rogue who frequents the mixed clubs, He fs usually attractive and plays an expert game. He finds little difficulty in Inring some women to play on until they get into such financial straits they are only too willing to borrow money to square up. Then the money-lender ap- pears and makes his “killing.” | NEW BRITAIN NEAR MANY PLAY SPOTS Fortunately Located lor Those intended to take the sting out of easy to borrow e cup of sugar and arrange for the cxchange of courtesies, People in France occupy the same living quarters for long pe- The normal lease is for nine years subject to cancellation every three years. Therefore when to accompany him on a recent cere- | neighhors quarrel, feuds develop. Aged French Marquise Knew Louis XV's Crony The acquaintance of a small girl with an old man spans a century and a half of history. The venerable Marquise de Cas- tellane, mother of Count Boni de Castellane, was the little girl. Years ago she was acquainted with | the Marquis of Laigle, who died in 1860 at the age of 102. Once at a garden party the child, “When you are old don’t forget that you met a man who hunted and played cards with Louis the Fifteenth.” Louis XV died in 1 the American Revolution, day in Paris salons the Marquise de Castellone is sometimes heard to remark, “A friend of once told me so and s he sail before but to- French Fencers Want To Teach The World French swordsmen as masters for the whole world is the drcam of Roger Ducret, one of France’s best biades, recently put in charge of the French Fencing Federation's tournanient services. Ttaly's school for fencing mas- ters at Rome, says Ducret, sends Ttalians throughout the world to take charge of fencing schools and | { clubs. He thinks France should do that, The Pont, army echool at Joinville-le- outside Paris, once had a Rreat reputation in fencing, but it lagged hehind in methods, though army instructors graduated frequently show great abili- ty. At any r it is limited to military students. French Are Tosing Distrust Of Chexl The cautious Fre is g=tting slowly to the point where he regards the bLank cheek as a + means of {ransferring mon recent report of the Bank of shows that 76 per cent of transactions in setilement ounts are by check where & W years 1go only cash was ex- changed Despite the government encour- cment of the use of checks, thou sands of Freneh business hous refused for many years to issue or them government’s rampaign, aid ed by the large hanks and new regulations adding to the safety o cheek exchanges, have gradually Lrought about a change. I husiness man Louis XV ! fencing | al- | of | Who Seek Shore or Lake Summer Is well on the way and it won't be long before New Britain iresidents wiil be leaving the cares of {daily life each week-end, to go to lthe seashore, lake or mountain re- {sorts. The Connecticut shore resorts {are, and always have been, extreme- | Iy popular. New Britain iy well situated for any of the three types of resorts. | Because of the fact that the shore | |resorts are becoming increasingly | | difficult to reach, due to the crowd- {ed condition of roads leading to !them, more and more people are making a practice of visiting the | lakes, Pocotopaug, Bantam, Congo- 1 i mond, Highland and many other of the lakes for which Connceticut is Justly famous, are receiving their share of attention of late. Then there are the many beautl- ful automobile trips. The White Mountains, the Berkshires, the Mo- hawk Trail. the historical towns of Massachusetts, all are visited by New Britainites. Cape Cod is also a favorite spot for local residents and the islands of Martha's Vine- yard and Nantucket have New Brit- ain colonies. Indian Neck, Short Beach, Sound View, Grove Beach and other resorts | lalong the Connecticut shore ar | filled with New Britain people ever, summer. With the opening of the new road through Killingworth a | fow years ago, Grove Beach. Madi- | on and other places in that vicinity | became increasingly wopular with local people. The voung folks |to make trips fo the shore places in {the evening, leaving town about 7 lo'clock and returning after the | dances which are held every night during the summer months at thosc | resorts, The older peopla “down there, to which they go on Saturd day evenings or Monday mornings ! Good roads lead to the resorts and New Britainites do not realize how I fortunate they are, in having such {a wide choice, all within a radius of comparativ few miles, New Britain used to move almost en masse to Indiun Neck; ! popularity of the Ncck is gradually | wbating’ and the youth of 1he town |18 seeking new fields. For that rea- son, the lake resorts had a great ! play last summer and it is expected that the coming scason will see those places crowded city has always been a g | weck-end town” because of | proximity of resorts and the city, some week-ends, s deserted. huge lines of c: returning Sunday evening from everywhere [ under the sun arc made up largely {of New Britain folk and Main st | this city, is jammed with traffic Sunday evening from 7 until lock. | | | the rs ch after | | READ HERALD CLASS FOR YOUR WANTS iD ADS v afternoon, returning Sun- | but the | CHOOSE SPEAKERS FOR MEMORIAL DEDICATION Cong. Tilson and Frank D. Fenton On Program at Willow Brook Park, Congressman John Q. on, who is 2 member of the Unitad Spanish War Veterans, and Frank D. Fen- ton of Willimantic, past department commander of the organization, will speak at the exercises of dedication of the memorial at the entrance to Williow Brook FPark on Saturday, June 25, it announced at a meeting last evening of the commit- tee in charge of the affair. Attorne General Osecar Carlstrom of Ili- nois, who was invited, will be unable tend. It had been planned to have him deliver the principal ad- dress, The dedication plans were dis- cussed at length and it was voted to request the commeon council for an appropriation of $500 towards the cost. A. . Hammond Camp, U. S. W. V., plans to pay for zbout two- thirds of the cxpense. Those at the meeting were Mayor Weld, Alderman Judd, Theodore Johnson, W. W. Bullen, A. H. Gris- wold, Tke T. Hills, Gustave on, Harry Norton, A. W. Piper, John F. Burns, Edward J. Kindeian, A. G. Crusberg President Of South School Assn. -Councilman Arthur G. Crus- lerg was elected president of the levi O, Smith school Parents’ and achers’ association at the annual mecting held in the school auditori- um Thursday evening. Officers serving with him during the next year will be Olaf Ander- son, vice-president, and Clark, secreta An excellent mu- sical program was rendered. feature of the evening was a talk . on religious education in the school ! by William E. Fay whg has cha of this work. have cottages | | CONSIDER !NS\'RA.\'CF hall, Councilman W. D. Boyle presiding, and examined poli- | cies in force in some of the muni- | cipal departments, comparing them with the statements provided by lo- cal agents. The committee had a report from Thomas Linder, ap- | praisal engineer, relative to values of city owned prope this state- { ment Daving heen requested so it {could be us®l in the check-up. The committee will meet Monday evening at 7 o'clock to continue the work, and at a later meeting, school department insurance will be taken np. MAURICE VERY WEAK ewion, Kas., May 14 (P—Maur- ice Mouvet, famous dancer, was still alive but ve w according to a cablegramn reccived today by Mrs, Howard Puckett, mother of Mrs Mouvet. The Mouvets are in Switz- erland, where they have been resting hefore heginning a European dancing engagement. that | Gladys ' The | The special committee on the fire | AMATEUR FIGHTERS { GAIN POPULARITY “Simon Pur¢” Bouts Preferred to Professional Shows Promoters of professional fights have become convinced throughout the state of Connecticut that the amateur fight tournaments have supplanted in popularity and draw- ing power the professional sport with very few exceptions. This belief is borne out by the decline of the professional and the rise of the amateur sport in all I parts of the state during the pa two years, Everywhere the same report 15 made that professional fights are meeting with cold shoul- ders while the amateur tournaments are being attended, with very few cxceptions, by capacity audiences. This condition does not exist alone in New Britain, but it applies to almost every center in the state in which interest in the art of hit, dodge and get away produces groups of fight fans. Only in cases where a promoter undertakes to show one of the leading fighters in the country under the attendant heavy expenses, can the clubs which promote fistic sports hope to survive the competition from the amateur ranks. The uncertainties attendant eon professional fighting are so many that both fans and promoters are avoiding cards which produce any- thing but the best for the least money and to satlsfy love of sce- ing mortals in combat, the devotees of the sport have turned to amateur fighting and have found the taste sweet and to their liking. Pros” Not Popular Here. Some of the obstacles which a promoter can run up against have been experienced by Patsy Bridgett, promoter of the Hardware City A. C. which attempted to bring back the professional fight game to this city. In three fights held in this city, mixups in the cards, last min~ ute substitutions and other dis- agreeable occasions arose to disap- point the spectators and to dis- courage the promoter. “New Britain people don't care for professional fighting, T can readily see that,” said Mr. Bridgett following the last and final pro card conducted at the Tabs' hall last week. This is taken as a def- inite statement that the Hardware's City A. C. is decidedly against at- tempting any more pro cards in this eity. Fully 50 per cent of the attendance at the show was counted as being from out-of-town. A search for the reasons why amateur fights are 80 popular doesn’t bring the seeker after in- formation very far. There is very little spontancous fighting in the pro ring because there one sees pald performers working for a stipula- tion and nothing more, In the amateur ring, glory most every case, if one fighter plans to “take it casy” in a bout, he is made to fight whether he wants to or not. rom the first gong, am teur fighters “go at it.” Probably there isn't the science used that is shown in the pro ranks, but fight fans care little for science Where the thuds and wallops are concern- ed. Then, there §s so much action during a night at an amateur tour- nament, that even the most greedy fan is satisfied at the finish that he has had more than the worth of counts more than money and in al- | The promoters have their trou- bles in the amateur ranks also but not anywhere near 80 many as in the professional rank. In the ama- teurs, a boxer submits an applica- tion to appear in a certain class weight. He knows not whom he is to fight but he is paired with an- other entry in his class weight. He is duly examined as to physical fit- ness and he enters the ring withg one idea in his mind, to put his opponent out of the way in as short a time as possible. Most professional fighters do bat- | tle according to the size of the house. First they must get their ]guaramfl\ Then a manager picks an opponent, usually someone not “too tough”. Witness the with- drawal of Sig Keppen of New York from a match with Bige only a short time ago, technically hecause of an overweight on Bige's part, but really because Bige was not- | casy cnough for the amount of money involved. No matchmaker, no promoter or any other human being can be sure of a professional fighter giving his best. A promoter may be the para- gon of honesty in his dealings withs his patrons and he may believe him sclf that he has engaged fighters who will give an honest account of themselves and then find in the ac- tual bout that he is probably paying for a fancy dancing exhibition. iy Professional fighting is a business, No matter how the receipts at the box office come in, a fighter has to get his money. A show is a “flop” and the fighter is asked to take a cut. Does ho do it? Not if he can help it. Nothing matters to the professional except his money. He either gets it or he doesn't Tight, Of course, there are many fighters in the game who always give their best and with rare exceptions, New Britain has seen honest efforts to please, On the other hand, amateur fighters, working for honor and glory, start the minute the fight be< gins and they keep at it until the right is over or the opponent is counted out. Fight fans have come to realize that the best entertain- ment is furnished by the simon pures and not by paid hirelings and for that reason, the amateur figh: are meeting with success while the professional game is slowly expire ing on the rocks of financial fai ures and disinterested public senti= ment. | Howar 'd Peck, Prominent Hartford Lawyer, Dies Hartford, May 14—Howard I.. 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