New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1927, Page 6

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The Herald is on sale dally in Nes Tork at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Schults's Newsstands, Entrance Grand -Central, 43nd Street. — e PROSPECTIVE LIFE OF STATE HIGHWAYS The last 1926 report of the state highway commissioner contains & map purporting to show how long the state roads, and some other roads, are expected to last before reconstruction is necessary. They are listed all the way from 0.1 years of life to “10 or more,” Wwith those in between the extremes ap- parently well represented. The dif- ference, of course, is due to the time they were: built, some having been constructed comparatively re- cently, others years ago. The state roads around New Brit- ain seem to have better prospects than some others elsewhere, the road to Plainville being listed as & “10 or more” thoroughfare, as is the Toad between Farmington to Southington and beyond—all the way to Hamden, in fact. From there to New Haven this road descends to the 6.9 years of prospective life. The route to New Haven and the “shore” most traveled by New Brit- ainites, however, is not so well placed. This highway, the state road from Hartford to New Haven, through Berlin and Meriden, can be said to have a checkered future. «From Hartford to north of Meri- den it has a future of 6.9 years; from there to Wallingford it has a tuture of 2.3 years; from there to ! New Haven it has a future of 4.5 years. It may be easy for those us- ing the highway frequently to note this difference in longevity pros- pects. \ The roads between New Britain and Hartford also differ in their outlooks, Part of the routes are in the 4.5-year class; a considerable stretch, along the West Hartford route, is in the “10 or more” class, A small stretch, on the east high- way between Newington and Hart- ford, i8 in the “0.1" class, which means it is very poor, but is mot used much, perhaps for this reason. Some points about the commis- sioner’s map are hard to under- stand. For inatance: The road from New Britain to Maple Hill is given as having a.life of 4.5 years. But it is heing reconstructed at present; The road-from Newington to West Hartford, passing at the Newington depot, 18 also listed as having a life of 4.5 years; but at present is be- ing reconstructed, Evidently the 4.5 year designation in these cases didn't exactly mean that. The road frém Plainville to Bris- tol is another 4.5-year prospect, but from Bristol to. Thomaston the go- ing gets worse, and the highway is given odly a 2.3-year rating. The road which seems to hold up best in the state is that between Hartford and New London, which théugh built by the government during the war, is still rated as a “10 or more” prospect. Uncle Sam knows how to build roads; con- tractors who peck away at this busifiess can well learn something from the federal government system of bullding roads. This .being a week-end, the fore- going may be hot reading for those who discuss highways with the fifency of motor-car experts. “CONTEMPT OF COURT” AND NEWSPAPERS It appears that Harry W. Ander- son, managing editor of the Toron- to Globe, and Murdock MacDonald, city editor of the Toronto Mail and Empire, were haled before Justice Logle in a Toronto court upon com- pldint of lawyers that they had practiced .a bit of ‘contempt of court” in ‘publishing a hecad- lige and a news story. editors,” began the judge. After this 'been a subject of comment; they momentous beginning, the judge i have been inordinately high cog: gave the following sterling advice | pared with the soft coal rates from which all editors and court officials, | flelds much further distant. The a3 well as the public generally, can ! governor's aims will be highly ap- read with an eye toward being in- | preciated throughout the state. This structed about what really consti- {is an effort entirely worth while, tutes “contempt of court.” ? THE WORK OF VANDALS It is difticult to fathom the minds of vandals who. caused $5,000 dam- age to the old Catholic cemetery by | the overturning and smashing of gravestones. The theory that mis- chievous boys were responsible may be correct; yet it staggers the imagination to fathom why evenl boys bent on foolishness would have such infinitesimal sense as to dese- crate a cemetery. It is this type of youngsters who are in the way of growing up into worthless citizens; or if older persons were the vandals, hey already are in that class. “It is only in very extreme cases, that the extraordinary Jjurisdiction of the court to fine or commit a newspaper editor for contempt {is resorted to. Here in the Globe's case I think the headi ‘Brooks Flippant After Ruth’s Death, is perhaps a statement, as it {is in the headlines, which should not have been made. It is true a witness said that, but to make a head- line of it is probably a mistake. “And as to the Mail and Em- pire the publication of the ante mortem statement of Ruth Dembner and the fact that it would be contested, as the mat- ter has not been in court, is quite improper, because might prejudice a fair trial. do not think either of those statements has in fact prejudic- ed this trial. I do not think they arc extreme cases which should be dealt with in a puni- tive way by this court, but I trust, gentlemen, knowing the high standard with which both of you conduct your papers that perhaps some additional super- vision will be had over your re- porters, so that the complaint may not arise that a fair trial has not been had by these two men.” So much for the stage scenery; now for the milk in the cocoanut' about “‘contempt of court.” “That is the gist of contempt of court, not contempt of the judge or anything of that kind, but interference with the pro- per administration of justice. “Of course, after a trial, when everything is over, judges and juries and courts are sub- Ject to the freest criticism and that is part of our system. If, after a trial, any newspaper thinks there has been a miscar- riage of justice it is perfectly free to say so, but only because it does not prejudice the man on his trial. You see the point? “That is all I require of you, gentlemen. I hope you will look after your subordinates so that for the rest of this trial state- ments are not published which can prejudice these two men.” That is one reason why Judge Thayer of Massachusetts is not “contempting” any of his legion of critics. The trial is over; most of us are convinced there will be a miscarriage of justice unless Sacco and Vanzetti are given another trial to make certain that all the evidence has been properly heard. Judge Thayer has nothing to com- plain about. The newspapers de- manding a new trial are endeavor- ing to do a public service. SUMMER AND THE TROLLEYS Trolley business, so far as the smaller cities of Connecticut are concerned, has come to be a profit- able enterprise for only about four months in the year. Just as soon as April 1 arrives patronage drops; and continues to drop. By the middle of May the trolleys are half empty most of the time. - Manifestly a business that only shows & profit four months of the year is sick. If the Connecticut| company, for instance, could earn half as much in profit during the eight months of poor business as it earns during the four months of good business, it Would be able to pay its owner, the New Haven rail- road, quite fancy Teturns on the $40,000,000 value, water and all. There are many economic and in- dustrial engineers floating about the country, and no doubt they have tackled the street car business from time to time, But in the street car business they are confronted with a nut they cannot crack. The cars have to continue running re- gardless of the dearth of custo- mers; there is no such thing aes quitting service merely because passengers are few. The public, even the few, must be served. Some day there may be a change. This may come about through the abandonment of sundry poorly pay- ing lines, retaining only those which pay their way; or their change into bus lines, provided these can be run more economically than the trolleys. But according to the complaints of some of the independent bus line operators, the profits in these en- terprises have not been up to ex- pectations, either. All these transportation troubles are laid at the door of the automo- bile {ndustry, which has made it possible for large sections of the public to do without street car or bus service for eight months of the year, CHEAPER COAL RAT Cheaper rates on anthracite coal, now in prospect, will mean some- thing definite to the Heretofore the emphasis has been consumer. “Contempt of court” is some- thing of a bogle to most newspaper editors, and where there is none in sight, and where it begins, is some- times one of those mooted points which cause considerable trepida- tion among the craft. Justice Logie proceeded to lay down the law, which does not materially differ in countries, being upon the English English-speaking based primarily common law. “I would like to speak to you two laid entirely upon the rates for soft coal, which has shown in Connecticut is not used by householders except in emergencies. Now the rates on anthracite are un- der revision, two railroads appar- ently desirous of co-operating with the governor's plan. Tf this eventu- experience ates the other hard coal carriers will have to fall in line or lose their share of the business. The rail rates on hard coal from the Pennsylvania fields has long vt 1 | | A LARGER HIGH SCHOOL It is quite likely that Principal | Louls P. Slade’s plan for an en- llnrged high school building and .equipment will not be precipitately cted upon in the near future. His :mlin service lies in calling attention to conditions, perhaps paving the !way for their practical consideration ;later. Citizens are aware that the i per capita cost per pupil of con- ducting the New Britain high school remains very high compared with the per capita cost in other Con- necticut cities and this means tiat a large expendfture of capital cost |in connection with the plant will | 'not meet with instantaneous ap- | " proval, desirable as the plan may be. Ultimately, of course, these im- provements will result. THE MODEL HAWLEY WILL If the old saying is true, that one | can judge a person by the company | he keeps, 80 it must be equally true (that one can judge a person by the {will he makes. Particularly is this | considerable estate for distribution. Thus one can read the kindly,; benevolent, loving character of the late Benjamin A. Hawley in the lines of the last will and testament |M‘ death released to the publc. iSuch a judicious distribution of { funds to institutions furthering the | needs of child life has rarely been seen; and the tendering of large sums to other institutions catering | to the cultural life of the commun- ity, notably the library and the park system, surely reflected the mind of a righteously-inclined man. THE WATERBURY RIPPER AND HOME RULE Just as, during the 1925 session of the Legislature the Bridgeport ripper bill was the chief battering ram against civic independence en- acted, so in 1927 the Waterbury ripper bill was the most indefensible act performed. The difference in principle, be- tween the two ripper bills was slight, although the objects varied. The 1927 Waterbury ripper was purely a political measure, one cal- culated to enable the embattled minority of Republicans in Water- bury to put over something in the Legislature relativa to their city which they could not attain in Waterbury. The Waterbury ripper, in short, is one whereby the Waterbury po- lice department is managed from Hartford, instead, of from Water- bury. The harassed grand old party clique in Waterbury, unable to get its way in that Democratic city, traded upon its allegiance to the state machine to get what it wanted in Waterbury. What can the result be? Judging by the universal anger in Water- bury, Senator Goss, the Republican sub-boss in Waterbury, will have a much more difflcult_time show- ing results in the next campaign. Citizens of Waterbury have rightly | denied the whip-hand to this disci- ple of political machinery and will continue to place tacks on his chair. The state machine may have a firmer grip upon the Waterbury police department, but it will have a lesser chance if inducing the angered citizenry to worship at the | shrine of Rorabackism. The Waterbury newspapers, all of them, have heen accused by Representative Peasely of Chesh- ire, of being *‘un-Republican.” This, in the mind of the Cheshire oracle, may be the next thing to calling them Representa- tive Peasley was once a stalwart! kicker against the machinations of | the state machine, but has flopped to the bosom of the powers-that-be | in order to do things, for himself particularly. He is now a first-class organization man. The Waterbury newspapers give every indication of continuing to re- main loyal to the real interests of their readers; and in doing so, they | necessarily must oppose what has, transpired. they have | given notice that they will continue to oppose what is wrong. in politics, regardless of the iIndignation of Representative Peasley and Senator | Goss. Who ever heard of a news- paper worth its salt which could | swallow all that is handed down | from the organization. In addition | to the Waterbury school of critical political journalism, we have the papers of Now Haven in the same “un-American."” Moreover, able opposers; even Hartford papers without exception ~ have become caustically critical of late; while in New London, where there is suffer- ing from an amendment to the city wmanager form of government de- signed to eliminate its non-partisan character, there is heated indigna- tion. As the Springfield Republican pointedly stated the other day, the first real indications of revolt against the grand old party meth- ods in Connecticut are evident in attitude of the press in the state's larger cities. The only 100-per cent supporters of the organization are found in the small towns, which as yet are not being touched by the organization’s tactics. When their turn comes they may not be so en- thusastic. Send all communications to Fus Sbhop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. Some Consolation In It, Folks! “For O, it is not always May,” We're glad the old song's true, we'll say, Spring clothes and bridal showers eat in Upon these "rolls” of ours like sin! Those Were the Days! Lawyer: “It's the best. I could o Mrs. Hiller: “Well, I'll make it do, but it isn’t like the alimony | that mother used to get!" —Bertha G. Stock FactsandFancies , Miny great men are born in thc' sticks. But they never develop greatness there. THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY ‘Travel The European Rush is on, The tourists leave with fret and fuss; v Rich and poor are much alike. The man who fails wouldn't tell reporters the true reason, either. We respected our parents. And doubtless the younger generation would respect them if they were alive. have No operations to discuss! ) Historical —THE OBSERVER— - Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People- Withdrawal of the city’s appeal tossing horns of the brute and as in the Masoni¢ Temple dispute is a|one man said who was thrown from sad but seemingly unavoidable blow | the perilous perch by a quick toss to New Britain's system of property|of the beast's horns, ‘“Clest Ia restriction since it léaves the board | gusrre, mon ami, c'est Ia* guerre,” of adjustment “high and dry” as far | His slight shrug and the nonchalant as interpretation of the ordinances|manner in which he climbed out of on special exemptions is concerned. | the water tank was simply superb. As matters now stand, the board But we digress. It is apt to get must proceed along whatever lines| cold on a station platform in Bel- 1t deems best Without the advantage | lona Hollow in early spring. At of a supreme court adjudication of | midnight we sneezed for the 13th its powers and privileggs. That was| time and gave it up. We were driven the objective of the appeal. The|to Pine Hall Jct. via horse and city, naturally, had no interest in|buggy, safe and insane. whether or not a particular appli- Now we are under constant care cant was allowed to build a certain | of the oculist, suffering from a bad type of building in & restricted dis-|case of asterisks and daggers and trict, but it was very important that | stars and gadgets before the eyes. the tribunal in a position to do so| Every once in a while, it you'll might lay down an approved policy. | stick around our house at about Since its inception the board had, up to the time of the Masonic Tem- ple dispute, considered it had the right to pick from any zone & par- ticular plot and allow the erection of non-conforming building provided no “unnecessary hardship” would result. Judge Jennings of the su- midnight, you'll hear wild shrieks of “Dally except Sunday on signal only summit lakp discharge pass- engers ready for occupancy write for particulars parlor cars dining car and coaches!” That's us. 7 ‘We are thinking of starting a new perfor court made it clear that no such power was vested in the board. vised as to how far they might go, A ‘“slow and easy” policy has been in vogue awaiting hearing before press syndicate to disseminate the Such trips are fine for folks Who |yt the commissioners were not ad- | news in more fanciful fashion than the present large groups do. We have no fault to find with them, but Wwe feel' that there is & call for The enerhies of all good move- ments are inertia and the lunatics | who hang on the edge. Henry Ford is buying up all the old violins he can find. the supreme court at which time it [something different. Some difficulty was expected all moot questions|is being encountered in the selection would be determined. of a name, but after reading the two samples of our news printed be- 1t ho would like to make himselt [ “on S go CRNTIMI o e or- real popular he might do the same | yorg to bulld their temple elsewhere with saxophone: .. Modistic Skirts will be full—says now, And Paris has a pull. With so much girl, and so © skirt They can’t help being full! s e e It's easy to pick a rich man. He alone, of all Americans, feels rever- ential awe of a very, very rich man, Parls Don't blame the traffic cop for little looking sour. Try smiling for four hours and see how darned tired your face gets. Dietary A contemporary paper mentions a circus sword-swallower who has been ‘ill owing to overwork. It is sald that the doctors have Organ recital: What happens at the bridge club when somebody ! mentions operations. defeated the plan to go to Connecti- cut's highest court. The city, not being an interested party would not have much consideration from the high court, it was made clear. Un- til an appeal is taken and carried through the courts by an original party, the board of adjustment must remain more or less “in the dark,” it now appears. ‘You must drop in to see us one of these days. You'll find us propped lup in bed between pillows and trained nurses in attendance. It low you will no doubt belleve them products of the Wine Press: New York, May 14—A ghastly trail of bloody murders was uncov- ered today by the arrest of James Hatchett, millionaire sand and grav- el king, and the discovery of a huge tank of blood in the basement of his home on Umpty-Umph street. When put through the third degree Mr. Hatchett broke down and confessed to 98 murders. All his victims were healthy persons§ he scorned anemié individuals as useless to his purpose. After killing them, he admitted, he filled the tank in his cellar with school system mtsfactory he will A [ his children to have the very about ‘wants best factlities obtainable and he is' justi- fied if he refuses to move to any city whieh cannot meet his stand. ards. In this respect New Britain ‘ofters’ aii inviting. inducement. T #chool system here is of the finest. Ita teaching personnel is of high character. Its directors are consci-- entious and capable. When you hear acquaintances in other cities speaks \ing disparingly.about New Britaint ask them about their school sy tem and tell them about. yours. New Britain my lack natural advantages, ! it may still be suffering from grow- ing pains—which is a hopeful sign —but its department of edueation takes sacond place to no communi. ty of its population class. ‘When Mr. Siade recommends that an additional building be construc- ted for the high school plant he is not merely expressing his desire for. additional room. He is calling at- tention to a fact as apparent as a bandaged thumb. Mcre elbow room is needed for high school pupils. They'll get it as soon as the board of education can see its way to provide the money because ZNew Britain néver is parsimonious when it comes to extending accommoda~ tions for its boys and girls. Frank Jones, Founder of Grand Union Tea Co., Dies New' York, May 14 P—Frank 8. Jones, 79, founder of the Grand Union Tea company, died here yes. ' terday of pneumonia. He was born. in Stamford, Conn. After leaving the public schools ot Stamford, Mr. Jones entered a business college at Poughkeepsia and a few years later opened his first tea store in Scranton, Pa. Mr. Jones was a trustee of Wes- leyan university. BURBANK'S ESTATE Santa Rosa, Cal, May 14 (A — Luther Burbank, internationally known naturalist, who died here on April 11, 1926, lett an estate amiount- ing to $168,624.22, it was disclosed here today when his will was admit.~ ted to probate. His widow, Elizas beth Burbank, is sole heir and exe-.: cutrix. Reds can’t make converts of peo- true In the case of a man leaving a PI¢ Whose chiet concern s finding | more enjoyable ways to spend idle hours. The Balkans, proper, comprises that region bounded by Middle Europe and Mussolini’s thumb. Americanism: Buying nickel and dime classics to get cultured; fail- ing to read them. put him on a light diet of used safety-razor blades! P Economics The foreign nations want us now To cancel debts—bad, baddy!— They do not want an Uncle Sam, Then want a Sugar Daddy! A Good Plan Woodward (from Chicago): “Yes, Chicago's the best town in the | use of a bullock cart. Bellona Hol- wasn't pneumonia nor yet merely | their blood. When amazed detec- cholera—it was timetables. tives questioned him concerning this You see, we were endeavoring to | he said he had been trying to learn get from Bellona Hollow to Pine | to swim and could not do 8o in wa- Hall, Jct., the other day without the | ter. ‘“And you know,” Mr. Hatch- ett explained, “blood is thicker than low has railroad tracks through it | water.” which look as though they might| Hayseed-on-Dirty-Creek, May 14 have been used at one time shortly | —Henry Ford today purchased the before McClellan gave up command | house of Cyrus Hoskins, Dirty Creek of the Army pt the Potomac, while | farmer, for & price said to be $16,- world!” Mrs. Nevins: “Maybe 5o, but why | don't you take that ‘loop’ you're always talking so much about and You can pick the nobodies in a banquet phonograph. They twist around to get in the picture full- | White Hall, Jct. was a seething me- tropolis of at least 400 souls.’ The particular railroad which had chosen this district to spread fits 000. Because of the inroads of mod- ern plumbing, Hoskins' shack was said to be the last of its kind in nine counties, and Mr. Ford has | awarded next face. Middle age has compensations. Fewer things afford kick enough to make your conscience troublesome. Fable: The second baseman was cheered one minute and booed the next, and he loved the fans, The one thing-every man decides definitely as he grows older is the proper way to fix an egg. A he-man, possibly, is one who feels a sharp pain when somebody Equality wouldn’t afford happi- ness. The more costly the car, the greater the joy of the man who passes it. National method of helping un- developed peoples: Milking the cow with a clear conscience because her calf couldn’t use it all, anyway. Comedy. Act I. Man pays $16 for two quarts to make him feel good. Act II. Howls because his wife pays ! $16 for a hat to give her the same feeling. Correct this sentence: “Eyen though my wife s a beginner,” said the golfer who shoots in the low 80's, “I never mind passing up a good foursome to play with her.” Copyright, 1927, Publishers Syndicate 25 Years Ago Today The health board has sent to the trolley company a sample of the form of signs which will be placed in the street cars, serving notice of the prohibition of spitting. There have been signs to this effect in the Hartford cars’ for some time, It is understood City Clerk Thompson was sworn in today. He delayed taking the oath until his salary was adjusted. The O. E. 8. Whist club met last night and closed up the season. The first prizes were won by Mrs. Sam- uel Hall and A. L. Thompson, and the second prizes went to Mrs. S. R. Munson and J. P. Parsons of Bris- tol. The W. C. T. U. will meet as us- Mrs. E J. votional service The Opera house has been en- gaged for a public meeting of the Economic league tomorrow. Mayor Sullivan of Hartford and Vice- President Landers of the Machin- ists' union will be the speakers. City Engincer Oldershaw is mak- ing surveys for the sewers in Bea er and La Salle to give re- lief from the surface water in that distriet, The contract for the new German Lutheran church in Bristol will be week. Rev. Martin Guudian of this city is pastor of the Bristol congregation. Shirt waists for men are going into the discard. The innovation has not caught on, the garments being derided a3 too “cifeminate” for men to wear. Vinton Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samucl Knight, gave a birth- day party to a number of his friends as spent. It was the lad's seventh summer and he was the recipient of numerous gifts, Tobacco growing under tent will be tried in Plainville this summer. J. M. Burdick was elected super- intendent of the Methodist church J category; those of Bridgeport are o L o G 0 € Sunday school last evening. ’ ual Thursday afternoon at 3 p. m. | inner will lead the de- | last evening and a delightful time | put it around some of those gang- ster's necks?"” —Leroy D. Strauss Items From the Darktown News Edited by Onyx and Florian (Supervised by Paul 8. Miller) Local Happenings Julius Caesar Johnson, who has | been employated as tester for de Acme Parachute Company, = has been dropped from de payrqll — distance 6,000 feets. Funeral Tues- day week, IR Magnolius Sniffy, ob de Darktown Black Bottom Orchestra, had de misfortune to blow a lung inside | out while practicing on his saxo- phone early Sunday morning. While de doctors state dat he is doing as well as could be expectorated Mag- nolius’ accident am quite a blow to de local musical organization, as Beige Jiggy, de trombpne player, am still laid up with a sprained elbow, Dr. Agonius Forcype jerked Harry Fuzzy away from a rear tooth Mon- | day. ! De Wives and Daughters ob de Exalted Order ob Crapshooters held | their monthly election meeting Fri- day, and Mrs. Napoleona Goopey was chosen Grand Mistress ob de Ebony Dice. o Advertisements PUSONAL! Honey boy chile, says which I don’t love you great big jumpin’ double handsful, honey? Honest, T ain’t marrified, and be- sides he's in Alabama. Brown Heaven. s e Notice! We handles de very latest English cut purple trousers. Also pants. Delirlous neckties in all splashes. Gentlemen’s shoes in con- servative yellow, also fancy. Hyster- | ical garters, also plain for married men. Hot shirts with collars beauti- ; ful i painful. Pay us a visitation. | Darktown Haberdashery Palace. PR Card of Thanksgiving. I wish to thank and praise them kind friends what testified and other- wise helped in getting my divorce. Mrs. Asparagus Johnsing. Also would trade washboard for good second hand vanity dresser., The Constant Wife! The Exaggeration Habit Husband of Actress: “I wish to announce that my wife has just given birth te eight children.” Chorus of Reporters: “Eight chil- cinders over had issued a timetable | long negotiated to add it to his col- | shoulders. White of them, in 1916 and had kept silent about the whole state of affairs since then. That was before the war, remem- ber. Are you sure you can remem- ber? Don’t you think you'd better jot it down? The index page in the front of the tolder informed us in & quiet digni- fled way which no one could dis- trust, that Bellona Hollow train schedules could be found on Page 18. After wrestling with the three of four reams of paper that the rail- road company had squandered on every other schedule in the world | but the Bellona Hollow—Pine Hall, Jct., route, we reached Page 18, tired byt still game, to receive the astounding information that we should “SEE SUMMIT LAKE THIS SUMMER. CANOEING, BATHING, FISHING AND ALL OTHER OUT- DOOR SPORTS. WRITE GEN. PASS. AGT. FOR FURTHER PAR- TICULARS.” It would have been just swell if we were frantic for a place to spend the summer. Here was the railroad company just shift- ing one's vacation cares onto its own mighty white—but where was Bellona Hol- low? We turned the announcement around in hope that it was one of : those puzzles where one finds three heads and wins a pony. No heads, no pony and no Bellona Hollow. Stung to the quick but still dog- gedly swapping punches, we. deter- mined to track down that schedule it it took all summer. We found many interesting things. We found that the Sunday train through East Winnup stops on signal only. We found that the gen pass agt's name was Albert T. Root. We found that by rapidly folding and unfolding the timetable we could play the first part of “Sweet Alice Ben Bolt” in | three parts harmony. We found that all paths eventually led to Page 18 and that Summit Lake chatter. There was oply one thing to do after the timetable had left us a shaken wreck on the verge of hys- teria. That was to {implant our- selves on the station platform and to halt any and all trains bound in the general direction of Pine Hall Jet. A handcar went by us about dusk but they were much too busy to heed our hail having gotten past the pumping stage and were now merely hanging on to keep from getting tossed off by the runaway handlebars. The way they fought that bellowing maddened handcar was awe-inspiring. With a seeming ease and grace they clung to the — dren!!” Husband: *Not eight—T beg your pardon. I mean one. You see, I used to be her press agent!” —Helen Comya OBEYING MOTHER Father, At DMother's Instigation, Makes His Letter To Sister's Beau Formal (Found By Herman Fetzer) Wallace Hyde, Esq.: Mr. Samuel Moffat sends his com- pliments to Mr, Wallace” Hyde and begs the honor of his absence from Mr., Samuel Moffat's home on this night and all nights hereafter, until death do us part. Mr. Samuel Moffat further sug- gests that Mr. Wallace Hyde return by parcel post Mr. Samuel Moffat's umbrella which Mr. Wallace Hyde absent-mindedly took along, \nless Mr. Wallace Hyde prefers Mr. Samuel Moffat make a personal call for said umbrella with a sawed-off shotgun. Samuel Moffat R. & V. P. at your own peril. (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forhidden) ! dent that the people heartily endorse |relieved to some extent if the theater |wrong to have shows in the after- lection of old New England places. Hoskins, whom his neighbors term a super-reactionary, refused to part with it until offered the gigantic sum mentioned above. When ques- tioned today by a Wine Press rep- resentative in regard to what he plans to .do with the $10,000, Mr. “I'm going to build Allowing for all the arguments ad- vanced against permitting motion picture shows on Sunday afternoon, local option having been granted by the legislature, it does not seem right that any restriction should be im- posed when the situation in New Britain is discussed by the common council next Wednesday. Motion picture shows are now per- mitted Sunday evenings. Therefore it will not be a violation of the Sab- bath moral regulations to allow them in the afternoon. The cry has been raised that Sunday is being commer- cialized. That is true but apparently it is done with the approval and will of the people, because it ‘the public did not support SBunday commercial enterprises they could not continue to exist. They depend on the pa- tronage of the people and it is evi- their doing business on Sunday. People's ideas are changing contin- ually. Their present viewpoint may not be for the best, but they have established standards, or lowered previous standards, and there the sit- uation remains. Sunday evening shows are well patronjzed, an indication that the people want them. In fact the ca- pacity of the local theaters is not sufficient to accommodate all who would like to attend the perform- ances. Perhaps this situation will be owners are permitted to open their doors Sunday afternoons. If it is noon it is equally as wrong to.hold them in the evening but the latter project has met with popular ap- proval, and there you are. Principal Slade’s reminder to the board of education yesterday that a new building is needed at senior high school to accommodate the pressing tide of youth seeking knowledge and the report of Con- troller Curtis published this week that the city spent $1,815,879 for education last year emphasize, as nothing else can, the growth of New Britain. Citizens who groan whenever school expenses are mentioned should revise their outlook. Here is something of which the city might well be proud. Education is a requisite of any well administered | community. A man with a family | who anticipates moving to another city will inquirc concerning.. the Observations On The Weather ‘Washington, May 14.—Forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy, followed by showers Saturday after= noon or night; probably clearing Sunday morning; not much change in temperature. Forecast for Fastern New York: Showers Saturday; Sunday general- ly fair; cooler in north and central portion. 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