New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1927, Page 10

LIFE OF A HOBO ONE SWEET SONG-..: Gosts Him Nothmg and Easy| Public Pays the Freight Any “good” story can make from $12 to $15 a day, at the practice of his own pro- fession. That is W B. Bailey, formerly with the faculty of Yale and now cconomist for the |yo o the | totary ! Travelers’ Insurance Co., told members of the New Bril club last Thursday cvening Der mecting. in or mfio learn Professor B &s a hobo und for 10 year hobo lodging house. He said he cumulated @ wonderful fund of in- tormation. " holo int #ane things that gthe terested in,” he said. ference is in the way the subject. ing, sleeping getting a smoke @ din- in the > in- is e approac or then. “Thanks to the sullibility of American housewife, the thing a tramp does is eat. objection he has to the housewife is that she insists on feed- ing him cake and pie when he the casiest doesn’t want it. What he wants are | two large slices of bread, with but- ter spread liberally on onc side, and a good substantial picce of meat between. One om his troubles is that he often must ‘throw his feet.’ He never walks, he ‘throws his feet’ around to the back door where he is handed a lot of advice. It would be a wonderful thing if people would only put up signs on their front doors ‘hoboes fed here’ or ‘No hoboes fed here’ It would save a lot of trouble. There ought to be a Blue Book for hoboes so they would know the best places to go. “There is a tramp map. It consists of a sketchy drawing on a piece of brown paper, showing the main street of a village With cross marks indicating the best stopping places. I had such a map once but I lost it —1I loaned it to a minister and never got it back. Signs on Gate Posts “The tramp can’t carry a map of every place in the country so he has worked out a system of putting marks on the gate posts. On a dark post he puts a white mark; on a white post he puts a black or red mark. The sign may be a cross dog sign, it may be a ‘sawbuck’ sign or it may be a food sign. “Whatever it is he puts it on and another hobo can walk through a village street and read the whole record of the people by the signs on the gate posts. “Getting food is extremely simple for the tramp. Getting a good place to sleep is extremely difficult. He can’t sle2p in a haymow because the " farmer will root him out with a pitchfork. He can't sleep outside un- der a haystack because it might rain or snow, or it might be too cold. So many times he has to turn to the village lockup. In the morn- ing he gets bread and water which he despises. “A tramp never siecps, he ‘flops,’ ‘pounds his ear’ or ‘dosses.’ A ‘doss house’ is where he sleeps. He usual- 1ly spend five or ten cents to sleep. Professor Bailey at this point gave & humorous description of the Bis- marck hotel, a hobo lodging house in New York. “You take an elevated train to Chatham square, get off and walk through Chinatown. Go over Mott street and turn down a dark, blind alley at the end of which you see a sign ‘Bismarck hotel.” You go up a flight of stairs to a heavy wooden door. A man inside will pull open a little slide and give you the once over. If you look disreputable enough he will open the door. Then you go over to a book and sign the name you have selected for the eve- ning, and you pay vour five or ten cents according to your resources for a hed. If you are wise you pay five cents. Sleeping de Luxe “You are shown into a room up two more flights where you find one of the old fashioned swell- bodied stoves. The heds are made of ®as pipes in berths or bunks, three high. Over these gas pipe frames is stretched cheap cotton ticking. That 1 your bed. If you are a gentleman you will remove your hat, coat,vest and shoes. You wrap up your shoe in your vest and that is your pillow. You cover yourself with yvour coat. You slcep with your feet toward the stove and keep warm. When the room is fairly well fill- ed you get the id that a window ought to be open. Some one opens ft. Some one notices the change in the air and demands that it be shut. *Then the argument starts. Finally a ‘bouncer’ comes up, says a few well chosen words and slams the shut and the argument is over. The air there is worse in winter than it i3 in summer. Jt's also wo! in summer than it is in winter. time you go it is the worst “Some of those fellows most eloquent slecpe heard. When one tunes in, you ought Generally about the fellow gets going, some up and starts the great African ir dustry of seratching. That's so Job, too. If the Bismarck hotel burn- down temorrow at high noon the loss of life probably would go up into the millions. Yet it is home to those fellows and they love it. Youw'll find them there anytime from the first week in November to the last week in January $12 10 813 “Any hobo with are the you another to hear them, time the last one wakes s ever, after a Day L good hard luck story can carn from $12 to $15 a ivery has his hard luck It 13 built 10 per cent on his own experience and the balance on what some friend has told him or what he reads in o hook. He tells this story 50 often he gets to believ- ing it and sympathizes with himself. He watches his victim while he is telling it, and if he sces any part of the speech is getting under the vie- tim’s skin, he bears on that part un- til he gets him. “One of his stoiics man and show some change and say;” ‘I've got 17 cents, If T had three cents more I'd have 20 Xwenty cents will take me to the " . 5 is to &top & him window Every § hobo with a hard luck | ood. | chew at Professor W.! He is interested in eat- | a| drink, and a little travel now aum The only | American | | I next town where there is a job waiting.” They figure it is a pretty pom— kin1 of a man who will refuse fellow three cents to get a job. “Or they might say ‘I've got 17 = nts, If 1 had cight cents more I'd quarter. A quarter will pay a prescription filled for my sick wife. :ven gocs 8o far as to pull a dog eared prescription out of his pocket to prove that he has a sick w \ re thro ,“, z lobo can throw a fit or i arm out of joint he is All he has to do is to slip a soap into his mouth and it real well. Then he throws on o sidewalk near a crowd that looks like good spenders. When the crowd is rge enough he comes aggers 10 his feet feebly and appears to be ashamed. He apolo- gizes and says he doesn't know what is the matter. He never did that be- “fore. Then in a half ashamed man- | ner he it probably is because n anything for two | wugh the mmediately starts around | with a hat. A good fit is good for {35 anywhere at any time, especially on any “In January bilsl hegin comi K mon 3 | picce of when the 1 Lo people the 1 has a hard time getting much y. Then they gather around a somewhere and discuss condi- Some people go to the moun- «nm\ some go to Florida, some go to the shore. The tramps meet and scriously discuss the best jails to go! to. Then they discuss the best 90 day o It must be 90 days. A 30 day offense would throw them outdoors in the middle of February and that is not so good. A six months' sentence would cause them to miss the beautiful spring. So it must be 90 days. “Those fellows know a lot about law, too. You'd be surprised at the {amount of law those fellows know. Easy To Get Clothes “Then there is the question of clothing. Getting clothing is the simplest thing in the world for a tramp. 1f 1 wanted to get shoes TI'd put on the oldest pair T could find, with the toes sticking out, and then I'd tell my bard luck stor: After I'd collected a few dozen pairs I'd select the best for myself and sell the others. The same thing works with clothes. I'd put on an old coat with the elbows out, es- pecially if it were a chilly day. When I had clothes enough I'd keep ahout three coats and vests and sell the rest. “The hobo loves to flit. He never travels, he flits. I've seen crowds of them waiting at railroad crossings to take the first train that came along. Tt didn't make any differ- ence where they went. It might be back to where they came from. That doesn’t make any difference, they must be on the move. “Ifor a while they also traveled by auto trucks, but the insurance companies with their liability rules permitted no more truck drivers to pick up tramps so they went back to the rallroads. “They usually travel on passenger trains rather than freight trains and always at night. The modern pas- senger train is a good deal longer than the average village station. Near the front between the head- light from the engine and the glare from the fire box is the darkest place in the world. They will stand here until the train is ready to go. then swing on the second express car and stand in the little niche of a door which is never opened. It must be the second car because on some of the long mountain trains 1(}\!', engine scoops up water while moving and they don’t always know |v«hvn they have enough. Also if Ithoy stood on the front car they would be in plain view of the fire- men, and some firemen have a play- ful habit of amusing thcmselves by throwing lumps of coal. Freight Cars Dangerous ometimes they ride the freight trans-side door pullmans. But this is inconvenient and dangerous. Freight cars may be sealed and side- tracked and tramps freeze or starve to death. The best place {s the cattle car. Or they can ride the trucks underneath the cars. That also is dangerous. The president of one railroad told me they dug 225 graves in one year for nameless hoboes who had lost their grip while riding the rods. They fell asleep. They must keep their eyes shut be- cause of the dust and cinders, and the everlastingly monotonous click of the rails lulls them to sleep and to thelr death. If you are inclined to go to sleep don't try this.” A group of French songs and a group of English songs were given by Miss Barbara Hillard of New York, accompanied by Theron W. Miss Hillard's rendition was nd distinet and according to who {s an authority on 1l subjects her technique was . She gave her program and then Ly request sang “The Water of Minnetonka,” an Indian love song, by Licurance, by request. As a ges- fure of courtesy which pleased the arians she sang Mr. Hart's com- position ““Ashes of Roses” which she A seen for the first time in the aft- fire ions. enses, {ernoon. 1t was the last meeting of the present Rotary year and was the last meeting over which A. F. Corbin presided during his present term as president. In opening the meeting Mr. Corhin referred to the Rotary convention now in session at Os- Delginm, and said it was em- phasizing the sixth principle of Rot- v which stands for universal peace and good will. He referred to Colenel Charles AA. Lindbergh as The man who has done more promote nd good will than any other medium.” Tt was lies' Night” and the members were accompanied hy their wives and daughters. Dancing fol- lowed the program. tend, m Kew for Quality Bee for Bakers some boob in | Christmas | | star to | | I NEW BRITAI BIGGEST U. . FLAG WILL BE UNFURLED Bamner 74x31 Feet Owned by Post Office Department EORGE H. MANNING Tureau of (o N. K. Herald) | 300 is Officer John O'Brien of the | (v, "1 hington, D. C., June 11.— » Sam owns the largest Ameri- | can flag in the world and the mosH extensive collection of state flags known to exi argest edition of the Stars| ripes and the flags of all the | states except two hang in the tre- | mendous court of the post office de | partment. Al 48 states except {vada and Kansas have flags. he giant flag, 71 fect long by 37 feet high, was made for the po: officc department in 1920 and cost $300. Tt is made of the finest wool and the stripes are but+1 3-4 of an inch less than a full.yard wid blue field is 28 by 20 feet. is 30 inches across. The flag weighs 40 pounds. In anticipation of the celebration of Flag Day on Tuesday next, this huge American flag was taken down for the first time a few wecks ago and given a cleaning, the first it had since it was originally suspended in the court of the post office depart- ment. A special dry cleaning prep- aration was used as it would be re- garded as a desecration of any American flag were it to be given a liquid bath. Several days were con- sumed in the cleaning process and y the emblem and its colors of red, white and blue, shine resplend- ent in preparation for the fes !'ties connected with the natal day of | “01d Glory. In 1908 the post office department inaugurated with the other executive departments at Washington the cele- bration of June 14, the birthday of | the flag. day has been observed with appro- | priate ceremonies. A musical pro- gram is rendered in the court of the | department building which is decor- ated as effectively as possible for the occasion. Such grand opera stars as Madame Schumann-Heink, the noted contralto, and others have given their services free in celebration of Flag Day at the post office depart- ment. This year a number of local soloists, assisted by the United States army band, will furnish the enter- tainment for the occasion. Flag Day Is the only one in the whole year on which the mammoth | Stars and Stripes hanging in the post office department court is furl- ed. In the course of the exercises it is once more unfurled. VETERAN GROGER GAZES BACKWARD John O'Brien Witness to New Britain's Progress “I wouldn't advise any young business man to go into politics, be- cause like oil and water, they do not mix,” John O'Brien, oldest grocer and one of the pioneer set- tlers of the north end of the city de- clared when asked to give his ideas gained through years of experience in the business world. It he con- tinues in business until next March he will have been a grocer in this city for 50 years. Mr. O'Brien has given 28§ years to the service of the city. He has been councilman, alderman, park com- missioner, and public works com- missioner. He has represented the gixth ward in the common council and in that position he has accom- plished much for his ward and for the workingman. It was Mr. O'Brien who fathered the movement for a Saturday half holiday for city laborers, it is said. He brought about the movement when a Saturday half holiday was unknown in this city. The factories aid not have a rule to that effect and at that time it was a radical change. Mr. O'Brien vividly recalls the days when there were neither streets nor houses betwee :xton and Elm streets, when all the first settlers in the northern section of the city were in homes on Reaver and Sexton streets. The northwest- ern section where the large Polish population lives at present was nothing but a woods with no houses between Clinton and Grove streets. ¥rom the north end of East strect to the section near the Stan- dard Oil Co. headquarters there were only 10 houses, Mr. O'Brien said. When he first came to this city in 1865 there were about 10 brick houses. The following are those which came under his ob- servation: The building which houses the day nursery, Dickinson's drug store building, Storrs drug store block, Strickland House (Bron- son hotel), Morgan & Kingsley building, which was recently razed, two buildings on Beaver street and a small brick place which occupied the place where the Vega block now stands on Arch street. At that time a pond occupied the spot in the neighborhood of North street and Hartford avenue and from North street north to Stanley Quarter was a forest. The only nationalities represented in the population were Americans, Germans and Irish. The Americans were republicans and the Irish were democrats and whichever way the Germans voted the election went. New Britain did not always pro- gress as it has in recent years, Mr. O'Brien said. Tn 1870 the popula- tion was 9,000, In 1380 it was 14,0 1 in 1890 it was 19,000, In 1896 the grand list was only $11,- 000,600, The veteran grocer husiness on North street since he became a business man, His pres- ent place is at 128 North street hut when he first entered upon his career he owned a store at the cor- ner of North and Lawlor streets. Mr. O'Brien was one of the fore- most grocers of the town in the old days and he nsed to drive a grocery team to every section of the city. Although he is the oldest grocer. his concern is the second oldest. The Francis Dobson Co. ia the concern but it is not being conduct- has had a Since then each year the | oldest | N DAILY HERALD, Francis Dobson, who is now deceased. Mr. O'Brien was born in Ircland and came to this country at an early age. He went to school for a time and then entered a local fac- tory where he was made foreman at the age of 19 years. He resigned to work in a grocery store in Meri- | den and later at the age of 21 he| went into business for himself. | Asked if he would advise a young | man to enter into the business to | which he gave his life, Mr. O'Brien | said he certainly would not. His | led by the original owner, | New Britain police department. CIRCUS CONTINUES | T0 PROVIDE THRILL ;But Recepliou to “Bulfalo Bill”| ' Was Day of Days One Amcrican institution whic n‘ survives the ravages of time, | though it has changed fn many im- { portant features, is the circus. Iloys | of eight or eighty look forward with asant anticipations to *“circus | v of them will never | outgrow the habit of staying up late | at night to wateh the show unload. Most of the great circuses of the | country have played New Dritain. | The old Bartum & Bailey show brought its stellar attraction, Jum- bo here. Among others which have | played here are Vorepaugh & Sel i Is-Floto, Christie Bros., and W (ter L. Main. And of the Wild W | attractions, the two largest used to | stop here almost annually, These were the Buffalo Bill outfit and 101 Ranch of the Miller Brothers, which was here last year. The fir: circus lot in city was at Walnut { Hill. This was when that large tract was private property., Since it has | | become a city park its use for shows | has been forbidden, the only excep- tions in recent years having been the “Old Home Week” carnival and the | annual Chautouqua. New grounds were found on South Main street, {and later the circuses made their | home on Shuttle Meadow avenue. Roth of these fields have been com- pletely covered with residences, and the shows have retreated to Vib- berts lot on Stanley street, where they are onc: again being crowded into smaller compass each year. One of the local men who has al- ways had a rassport into the inner- most secrets of the circuses is Fred | €. Monier, Sr. Mr. Monler, through Liis conncction with the North & Judd Mfg. Co., came to know most of the circus owners, since his firm sold them saddlery fittings and oth- er hardware. His husiness relations were usually expanded into personal friendships, and Buffalo Bill, Paw nee Bill, and the Miller Rrothers al- ways visited him when thelr shows came to town and fnvited him on hunting expeditions with them in the West, The late H. C. Nobleof the same firm was another clése friend of the showmen. One of the great circus days in New Britain was when the Buffalo Bill show appeared here in 1902, The whole town was athrill. The schools closed for the day. The fac- torles did likewise, the men working until 8 o'clock at night for a weck beforchand in order to make up for the time which would be lost. De- spite the fact that the show was rated as second-class, the excitement and celebration attending the day were 80 great that newspapers called attention to the fact that the holiday was observed much more generally and whole-heartedly than Memorial Day had been. Despite the fact that for once the show actuully got into New Britain on scheduled time, long before dawn, several hundred people were at the station to se> it arrive. By 6 o'clock the canvas was up on the South Main street grounds and local resi dents were mingling with the strange Chinese, Cossacks, cockney inglish, Mexicans, Indians, Boers, and others who were with the show. One of the performers almost got himselt mobhed by asking “wot th’ nyme of the bloody town might be. The parade attracted almost everybody in town and must have been worth it. The feature was a detachment of the famous Tenth cavalry the Negro regiment which had just chased Geronimo across Arizona, while a troop from the Sixth cavalry (white) was also fn line. A float contained a group of life savers and their boat, and there were the usual cowboys, Indians, and all the rest. Mr. Noble rode with { Buffalo Bill in the parade. | ight. lone of his associal | government had led |fore him and asked for advice and | | ertson |brother, | Lambert, |st. | years. Gl M AT DS SR T A e S e £ S LINDBERGH MADE UP HINDIN FALL Started Planning Ocean Trip Many Months Ago MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY Press Staff Correspondent) (Copyright, 1927, by the United Press.) CHAPTER ELEV Charles A. Lindbergh's decision lO fly to Paris was made sometime last fall while he was still carrying |the night mail between St. Lovuis | nd Chicago. At least, it was then | that he began to talk of such al | | AN signed to Lindbergh's plane. | navigation. SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1927 ranged with a group of friends lo call the number and ask for | Adolph.” It was well along in the| morning before Edwards finally de- cided he was trying to sleep beneath « telephone barrage and he aban- | doned the room for the flDIancnt of a friend. A dinner was given for Lindbergh, | attended by many army and navy! tliers. A blackboard was erected and on it were airplanes sketches including one of Lindbergh's plane on the wings of which were the let- ters “N. Y, P.", the letters then as. Someonc wrote under these letters “Nervy Young Pilot.” Nervy Young Pllot Lindbergh was telling of his fi plans when he noticed the inscrip- Llon “That's right,” he said. {tainly feel like a nervy young pilot telling you veteran navigators about [ | “I cer-| | l To many people such a pro- ject then sounded foolhardy but it \“as typical of the confidence Lind- K\\du,hln;, the h's friends had in him that the unlols immediately took the idca seriously. “We knew t aordinarily we ‘Slim’ was ex- | fitted for the job." :s said in telling . “We knew also that not content himsclf very ng. nged from of those d a he would long with air mail f| In December he r the air-mail service telling his friends that he proposed to fly to| Paris. U was at that time that he | was credited with saying that the | spoiled the sport | night mail by lighting Toui ago route and | it of thrills. | Makes First Move mber Lindbergh | his first concrete move to- | organizing his flight. He call- upon Major William B. Robert- son of St. Louis, laid the plan be- | of fly e robbing. ng the De 2 made wards financial assistance. | “He had a clear idea then,” Rob- said, “of the sort of piane he wanted to use and had declded it was best to use a single motor. “We talked it over with my! Lieut. Frank Robertson, | and finally called upon a newspaper reporter for advice.” January 9, 1027, was held and Harry H. Knight, a young broker interested in flying. Albert Bond Lambert, once a bal- loonist and the father of the de- velopment of aviation in St. Louis, | and Harold Bixby, secretary of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, were interested in the project. Knight set out to finance the | flight. He and Bixby singed a note for $15,000 at a bank and that amount was put on deposit to the | credit of Lindbergh and his asso- | clates. Then the note was under- written by subscription. Lindbergh gave $2,000, which was the largest single subscription to the project. Harry F. Knight, father of H. H. Knight, Major Lambert. J. D. W. Earl C. Thompson and the | Globe-Democrat sub- seribed from $300 to $1,000 each. Used Only $13.500 Tt is interesting to note that the! loan from the bank still is in effect and that Lindbergh used only $1 300 of the $15,000 raised for him. The remainder still is on deposit. With the flight financed to his isfaction, although $15,000 seemed a paltry sum when the magnitude of the project is considered and the amounts spent on other like pro- jects are recalled, Lindbergh started out to buy an airplane, He favored a Bellanca monoplane and opened negotiations for the pur- chase of one from the Bellanca in- terests. But he could not come to terms with the New York firm and, with characteristic decisiveness, broke off negotiations and started for California to deal with the I Aireraft company there. a conference Louis B. I. Mahoney, Ryan company, was just turning 26 It didn't take these two youthful spirits long to get together. Mahoney agreed to build the plane which would cost $14,000 to manu- facture. It was specified that the established sale price, allowing for president of would be 825,000 but Mahoney agreed later to sell it to Lindbergh for $10.500. In those negotiations began the friendship between Mahoney and Lindbergh which caused Mahoney to follow Lindbergh to New York to bid him farewell, and then to Paris | the jout | flight he con: |1y 35 hours, to prove that he could | able,” Edwards it with gasoline for the flight to St. | while mechanics prepared his plane Lindbergh | | was just turning 25 years of age and | the | royalties and payment for patents, | Lindbergh spent his days at the Ryan factory or at the flying field, construction of his and planning. When not th-re, he spent most of his time |studying and outlining his flight. i He kept a note book and whenever | he would hear some skeptic advance reason why the flight would fail ' lie would write it down in the book. When he had found an answer to skeptic's argument and worked ! a wi of meeting the difficulty. | e would mark it out. | When his maps, charts and navi- gation books, which lie liad ordered cspecially for the flight, arrived he went into 10 days seclusion He slept but a few hours a night and only appeared out of his room for meals., At the end of that time he had stored away in his mind a | course of study in navigation that | others require years to gain and : had worked out the plan for the na- vigation of the Atlantic from which he never deviated and which never | cven threatened to fail him. ! Trials of Keeping Awake. As tiic time approached for the dered the problem of slecp and engaged in trials of his ability to kecp awake. First he re- mained awake 24, then 30 and final- I plane, testing | | do it. He took longer and longer walks to condition himself physically. At last his plans and his plane were ready. he only sign of nervousness he showed was when he was all set to go and the weather proved unfavor- id. “Then he be- gan getting impatient.” Finally on the morning of May 10 | conditions were reported favorable. Lindbergh went to the field early. His plane was wheeled from the hangar and mechanics began filling | Louis. Time dragged. Lindbergh's impatience grew, but he was buoy- ant and confident. A plane of the Hawlg type, a type Lindbergh had never flown, was on the field. So for the long flight from San Diego to St. Louis, Lindbergh pled into | the Hawk and soared over the field putting it through a dizzy series of loops and fwists and turns. Lindbergh, waiting to make a h ] hour flight to St. Louis was going out for an airplane ride. At last his monoplane was ready and he sailed away for St. Louf where he arrived. almost unheralded the morning of May 11, setting & new record for non-stop fiying for a one-man plane, and arriving three hours ahead of his schedule. He came so early no one was | there to meet him. That night a re- | coption was given him by his St Touis friends and Harry Knight | asked him to spend the night at his country home. Rut Lindbergh was engaged in the business of flying. He refused the offer and went to the | little frame house, near the flying | ticld, where he had kept hachelor quarters 8o long with the other aviators. | The morning of May 12 he break- | fasted at the field Junch stand and was off for New York. His Memorable Landing. Refore dark he circled over Man. | hattan and made his memorablc landing at Curtiss Field—a smiling, blushing, bashful boy, full of confi- dence, and destined to become the | most popular peace time civillan hero of the century. Tn his pocket he had an order for a ticket home. To that, he added a draft on a | a bhank for some $500, issued on | Fridoy, May 13, Later came letters of introduction which he sought be- Lindbergh remained in San Dic while his plane was being built. During those two months he lived aviation and nothing else. He roomed with Edwards, and ac- Fully 10,000 persons mobbed the tent for the afternoon performance and another 6,000 were present in the evening, an exceptional showing for a city which could boast of on some 20,000 inhabitants. (‘ol. W tiam F. Cody, the redoubtable “Buf- falo Bill,” made his personal appear- | ance on a dashing stead and favore the erowd with a speech ahout the rough riders of the world. The usu- al exhibitions of riding and shooting were carried out in even hetter fash- fon than was anticipated, and then the climax for New Britain came, This was the presentation of a pair of gold spurs to Buffalo Bill by Mr. Noble. The spurs were made by Mr. Monier at the North & Judd factory. Mr. Noble presented them to idol of romancers and Col- onel Cody promptly attached them to his hoots, wearing them for the rest of the day to the huge delight of the large crowds. That was before the circuses had Legun to take stern measures in ridding themselves of crooked-tick- et-sellers and hang -on, and Ne PBritain abandoned its policy of hav- ing only one policernan on duty dur- ing the day. Chief William J. Raw- lings put five more regulars on day duty, while Deputy Sheriff Gibne Deputy Sheriff Cowles, and Con- stable Taylor also hung ahout the cirens grounds to look out for the “fly" preople travelling in the show wa They did pretty well but the pickpockets managed to take a por- tion of their usual grist. One of the semi-humorous affairs connected with the show, but one which had also its quasi-tragle as- pect, was the sale of toy balloons. The men patrolled the route of the parade and did a big busin . Chief Rawlings rounded them up and told them they must pay the usual l- cense fees of 82, They demurred at first but finally had to agree. To get even, they promptly doubled the price of Lhe balloons, he cording to Edwards worked | stantly and with little sleep as his | preparations went on. | “He gave no attention to social | life whatsoever,” said Edwards, “He | never cared for givls. Only onee during the entire time we lived to- gether did he ever have a date with girl and then he made me prom- ise that T wouldn't say anything| | about his proposed flight to Paris, “He always preferred to spend Lis spare time reading and studying or in faking long walks. He was {not & woman hater in any sense of flight. Gentlemauly Habits “I never saw a man who was more of a gentleman or whose per- sopal habits were hetter. His only bad habit was his mania for practi- {cal jokes. He was clean cut and straight-forward as any person I have ever known and a model for the coming generation of American youth in every respect.” In that regard it is a well known fact that Lindhersh never smokes and never uses liquor. Even in Paris the French were reduced to the expedient of making non-alco- holic cocktails for him at his many hunquets, While at San Dicgo Lindbergh of his studies and flight, from soclutes. At the mechanic was® safe. hoyishness always was coming to the front. He enjoved immensely push- ing over some field attendant a confederate kneeled behind his vietim. One e et aler i e T SaEa Rt RIS hE and incidentally, pinned the name of “Adolph” on Edwards. strain for the upon his field no pranks played flying Edwards' room had bheen listed un- | der the name of Adolph Schmid & former tenant, Lindbergh ar- con- | | the phrase but women did not seem | to have a place in his plans for the | seemed o get his relaxation from the | planning | His | while | night he kept Edwards up an- | The phone in | cause of a tear that he might find no friends in Parls. lien, after taking fn Coney Tsland and the sights of New York, this | amazing lad. who had dreamed through his youth in Little Falls of {the day when he could sear away in the air, rcared out of Roosevelt | Field and 34 hours later the world | was at his feet. T'or Charlie Lindbergh, who used to “ride” a bicyele high np in a tree | at his father's farm and play he was | : who used to wear his cap lackwards; and who drove automo- [ hiles too fast to suit the quiet peo- | ple ot his home town: proved that bis dreams and his daring were not | in vain. 1 had flown to Paris. (The Fnd) ol ! D% 52 % o1 N ‘Q /\I % One of New Britain's old- est and most reliable jewelers offers a complete stock of diamond engage- ment rings and jewelry on the Budget Plan of payment, I sales strict- Iy confidential. Address 32-S., N. B. Herald. DENTIST Dr. A. B. Johnson, D.D.S. Dr. T. R. Johnson, D.DS. ‘RAY, GAS and OXYGEN e | Place has been informed by lage of four with her father. | et school and was employed. 'BRYN MAWR COURSE ' FOR MISS HAGOPIAN ,Fu’sl Local Girl to Take Sum-| mer Term at College Sophie Hagoplan of 30 Erwin the the Mis. ommittee of membership at one of the 100 girls chosen from the United States eligible for enrollment at the sgool. Miss Hagopian will e the tirst girl from this city MISS SOPHIE HAGOP | take advantage of the Bryn Mawr| summer school, for a period of eight weeks slud)’ at the well known institution. Miss Hagopian was born in Asia coming to this country at the attended primary schools in this city and graduated from the local gram- mar school. After one year of study at the New Britain High school she She continued her studies by attending the night classes at a business col- lege. During the day Miss | pian 1s employed at the Russell & | Erwin Mfg. Co. office which has granted her eight weeks leave | absence in order that she may en- joy her well earned privilege, Miss Hagopian has been an active member in the Blue Triangle club to| She | Hago- | of | | at the local Y. W. C. A. It was dur- ing her membership in this organi- zation that she learned of the sum- mer school. She is at present sec- retary of the club and a representa- tive of the field council committee of Camp Prospect region. She 1is a members of the Armenian Apostolic church., The scholarship, which covers board and room, was sponsored by the Industrial Committee of the Y. W. C. A. during the chairmanship of Mrs. Roger Whitman. Baltimore—Three Maryland sters were apprehended recently the act of lifting the cork from whiskey bottle. W. Swepson Earl:. state conservation commissioner, be- lieves that in three or four ycars they would have succeeded. in Adventisement { o o1 . Gasoline Filling Staticn Notice is hereby given that a hett ing will be held in the office of il Board of Public Works at 6:30 . | m, E. 8 T, Monday. Jun: 20l 1927, relative to the application of Frederick Murphy for approval of | application for permit for gasolint filing station to be located at th: uth west corner of Farmington Avenue and Biruta Strect, (present station relocated), in accordanc: with the Public Acts of 11 All persons interestad - quested to Le present at said hear- |ing, if they see cause, and be heard | in relation to the above. GARDNER C. WELD, Mayor. —_— Auto Painting Expert Work Low Prices Spraying or Varuishing FRANKLLN SQ. FILLING STATION F. E. &, Ir Is Your Cottage For Rent? Advertise It in Herald Classified Ads Just Phone 925 ‘Cuticura Baths Best for Children ‘Teach your children to use Cuticura Soap because it is best for their tender skirs. Assisted by occasional applications of Cuticura Ointment to first signs of irn- tation or dandrufl, it keeps the skinand scalp clean 'and healthy. Cuticura Tal- cum is cooling and soothing. 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