New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1927, Page 6

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Thie Insures pro- tection against fruud in newspaper tribution figures to both oational local advertisers. and The Herald is on sale dally tn Nes York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Schultz's Newsstands, Entrance nd Central, 42nd Street. — Flaming youth has changed flying youth—and high-fivers that. at - Florida is getting normal The cheapest thing down that way gain. is optimism e Keeplng track of the flights is gefting to be like ing the doings in China. The days of schooners across the watch- har are gone, but one can still find pretzels here and there. why Another Coolidge chooses not to run again is reason that he wishes a real vacation. What the King of the House David scems to be trying to prove is that he was no modern King Solo- of mon. The fact that ceiving 200 letters a day m cate that his female admirers have ndy is still re- plenty of time. One reason we don't sit in fh the York Stock bleachers on New, Exchange is because the last avail- | ahle seat sold for $222,600 The Dearborn Independent, zather from what Mr. Ford says, is only a house organ in future we 1o be —an organ with one tune, the Ford quickstep. What automobile tourists need is not more hotels, tourists’ but free parking where checks can space, he ca ro questions asked. At the church conference held at Geneva 50 diff guages are being spoken. Which pre- nt vents many of the orators from he- ing reminded of grammatical errors. The honor and reputation of Con- necticut's constabulary—city and rural—will not be what it ¥ the three side-road automobile s operating caught. until | cabouts Some people think inventors al-| ways make a barrcl of money. Fifty years ago yvesterday Thomas A. Ask he son invented the phonograph. the genlal Thomas how much t make out of i By this time it is self-evident 11 il the President ¢ 1dge’s sorry members of cabinet—or nearly all—are | the President chooses not to | un again. The solitary be S exception | may retary Hoov On the n when Vanzetti were to be electrocuted but vere not a large was seen In the skies. Its ind i a town prison. meteor aim was bad, however harl of hitting the it dropped in Connecti- We respectf el or the fact th automobile d who made sport of tinally capturcd, ally patd was only ail, 16 years of The Charle program director w rranged talk by insane ylum inm ever which has sinee hee Brit years ago and was billed for air, cancelled, spoke in New tirn engagement when he signed up with a radio station. He gave the loca) to | aviation President | | excuse | through a dozen valleys | dletown impression here of having an im-! aginative mind, but few suspected he would ever think of using an in- sanity ward as a radio studio. THE GAS MAIN PROJECT The project of the Connecticut Light & Power company to lay gas | mains through the clty, part of the way along West Main street, from Corbin avenue to the Plainville | town line, needs to be given serious attention by city officials. The city, as we understand it, has | jurisdiction over the laying of these mains along Corbin avenue! from Berlin to West Main street; while the state has jurisdiction from there ¢ Plainville town line—this be- that thoroughfare is part of highway. to cause 1 state Th is not to pipe this Britain in order company through | to serve this city—except when call- New ed upon in case of an emergency— but 1s linking up its gas business in Middletown, Meriden and Bristol. | To attain this purpose the pipe line is coming through this city. City Engineer Williams appears | to be of the opinfon that not much | of the pavement along West Main street will need to be ripped up in order to lay down the malns; that se can be planted, for the most part, along the side of the highway. This at least is an optimistic hope; but even at best, some of the pave- ment will have to be torn up, and when it comes to a showdown more of it probably will be ruined than is cheerfully conceded at present. Once an improved pavement is lald down it should stay undisturb- The ripping up of an improved | pavement usually results in weak- nesses which lead to depressions later. The West Maln street pave- ment is one of the most serviceable | e in the city; it is along the most pop- ular route through the city. To lay gas mains under it, or alongside of it where possible, will at best bring about interferences with heavy traf- 1s torn up the outlook is dubious for a satisfactory realignment of the surfice upon the weakened sub-soil, It Is said the Corbin { West Main street route through the | city has been chosen because it is the shortest and best avaflable. There can be no doubt of this; but | there are other routes, fic, and where the pavement avenue- surely possible one of them is longer, necessitating higher and because any | why the risk of permanent damage to a good highway should be forced upon New | costs for the company, 1s no excuse i | Britain, It is said that other routes would not he as geographically desirable; that it would be necessary to lay the mains down into valleys and up . etc. This seems to us no fit to avoid such routes, as it is a law of nature that gas flows in any direction, up or down, when in main. Mains could be constructed and over hills along the route hetween Mid- and Bristol and it would not make a whit of difference to the flow of the gas. It is evident that the Connecticut Light & Power company hopes to push through New Sritain regardless of local veniences or damage to the Main street pavement. The city should be emphatic giving its views. The company, with J. Henry Roraback at its head, no doubt can get anything it wants from the state; it can get permis- sion to plow through West Main But it cannot get to West ! Main street from Berlin it the eity permission to the bed a its gas mains incon- West in strect. denies use of Corhin avenue, ARMINGTON BLUES town of Farmington omohbile regulations seriously. Tn THE The takes is it is somewhat different than towns. Law {s law in Farm- on; regulations are to regulate; old-faghioned notion fs | there that constables the exist force law That L r Fart with is wh pute found most towns easy. Speed old stuff in get ut being stopped it must he fast be Farmington. in autoist o through the n with is going o on autos throug on must be ng first class cond must hen the a able to wor constable lozen or st be strictly rmington. Ome v to tomobile laws, s is to motor to where the constabularg alding school at so much a les- payable to the jud t like Well, if we don i what th 1 stick Drisiol or Toing ir we ingtor PIE POPULATION RACE depart of Waterbury no more than fhat W rhu ter- The vl dignity of has opar it and the oty seems, | entitled to know hing had to be done about ft. The Waterbury Chamber of Com- merce, ever eager to justify its ex- istence as a live-wire booster, has come forward with the announce- ment that the city still has 116,000 population. The estimate for New Britain is 73,000—at least, shat is one esti- mate. Another estimate, quite a: rational, gives 80,000. It s evident that the population race between New Britain and Wa- terbury is growing more Intense every year; and as Waterbury fis not growing as swiftly as New Brit- ain it is only a question of time before Waterbury will be the fifth city of the state and New Britain the fourth. But what difference will that make to the people of either city? The only substantial gains incident to rapld population increase are those connected with real estate. A fast population increase means more unearned increment for realty, more speculation in realty, higher prices for realty, highef rents. There is more business done in a city of larger population, but there are also more firms to share the business. 50,000 KILLED This headline, it it appeared in any newspaper, was not prominent. { We doubt whether it appeared any of them. Yet such a happening took place 12 weeks ago. At that time the most powerful earthquake shock ever known took place in western China—in an in- accessible reglon where communi- cation and transportation remains primitive. To this day all we know is that a vast territory was shaken down as the earth did a black bottom. And the most accurate estimates we have are from missionaries. The various Chang generals China were not interested. in in A BUS TERMINAL Contracts for the operation of 500 busses from one terminal in New York, where the busses are operat- ed with a staff similar to those found in railroad terminals, indicate that the terminal idea for local} transportation is attaining satisfac- tory development. There now two great bus terminals in York, and several bus stations from which single lines ra- are New terminal diate. Such terminals In New York were made necessary by a police ruling that suburban and long distance busses cannot operate from in front of hotels owing to traffic congestion, and that they must use terminals. The same principal should hold | good in other cities and trolleys clutter where busses up valuable downtown space. THE OCEAN AIR FLIGHTS Transatlantic and transpacific air flights still maintain a high level of public interest, but they are not as exciting as before Colonel Lind- | bergh made his flight. The time may come when they will have the relative position in the news of swims across the English channel. It you wish to test how important channel swimming is try to give the name of the last person who made the swim. And as you fail to re- member you might recall that it only happencd a week or so ago. As a postscript we might add that we, too, do not remember the gen- tleman’s. name; but could speedily look it up if we thought it was im- portant enough to do so. A FAIR REQUEST The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, telegraphing President Coolidge re- garding the Sacco-Vanzetti case, makes the request that the records of the U. S. Department of Justice be opened to determine the relation of this arm of the government with that in the mooted questions have arisen, Governor Fuller and his advisory commission announced they did not “helieve” the archives of the De- partment of Justice contained any- thing of value upon the case. Such a “belief” is not sufficient. The President can do the government and the public a service by order- ing the record of the Department of | Justice in this case to be published. There should be nothing to hide. If it is an honorable record it will react favorably toward that depart- ment of the 1 it public is government; 1s a dishonorable record the it AN IRISH CHANGE The threat to the Cosgrave gov- State wonders why thought of by Valera before. Tt is simplicity it- 45 party—which ernment in the Irish Free is rather sudden, the De One scheme was not members of the the the is ra party—added votes and some than the to lahor others, totals niore The government votes. be government, probably dominated by D All of this possible merely because the De Valera mem- bers of the Dail deecided oath to the King and thus are permitted to take actual part in the result would a coalition Valera. is to accept the government Another funny point is that the Cosgrave government made the De Yalera party accept the oath or face climination as a political factor through the operation of the pub- ! program. { presentative. It is known that early {in the summer Representative W. P E. ltc safety hill Nelther side in Ireland seems to have foreseen the political possi- bilities. Factsand Fancies Liquor improves with age but the jokes about it do not. A new hat is a woman's favorite intoxicant. Every one she takes goes right to her head. Mansions and palaces are full of men that have taken long chances, but the cemeteries are a darnsite fuller. Gone, alas, are good old days when the radlo fiend wore a head- but the cemeteries are a durnsite The chief qualification for social success is the ability to yawn with- out opening your mouth. Note to clerks: If he folds dollar bills carefully in a leather holder, he can afford silk socks but will buy cotton ones at 35 cents. Thirteen at a table is unlucky. Especially for the one who gets the check. A gasoline shortage is predicted for the year 2,000, but by that time the cars will be so thick they can't move anyhow, so it doesn't matter. Who remembers the old-fashion- ed hick who felt real wicked and devilish while watching the Bloom- er Girls play baseball? Americanism: Howling because the guilty go free; dodging jury service. A hushand Is a person who never knows what he wants for dinner but howls like sixty it he doesn't get it. It's a sad story when a man has a sheik complex and a bald spot. The cause of most connubial un- happiness is the fact that people get about what they deserve. Somehow it's always easy to tune out the station that has the better Tet us hope historians won't judge people of today by the num- her of laws made to keep them decent. useful. Fool drivers use of better tele- rything i encourage the phone poles. As every school teacher knows, the proper way to train a child is to begin with the parents. Silence is the only argument that can't be answered, but most peo- ple would rather talk than win an argument. Copyright. 1927, Publishers Syndicate 25 Years Ago Today There has been little discussion as vet regarding nominecs for state re- Attwood blushingly —announced that “Barkis” was willing for a re- nomination. Tt is certain that O. T Curtis can have the nomination if he desires it, and Judge Cooper has been metioned as an aceeptable can- didate for the other berth. Other candidates are likely to crop up la- ter. Fire Marshall Andrew Trumbull this morning investigated the fire in the Winter street Kolodney house last evening, and he found suspi- cious clrcumstances. The second floor apartment was locked and the woman had gone down to collect her insurance. The firc had started in a partition, but there was no way of getting into this from the first floor. Yet Mr. Trumbull found a burnt match near the place and kept it as evidence, ¥e cannot ferret out why the match was not wholly burnt. In regard to preventing the rail- road from stringing overhead wires, Mr. Curtis said this morning he did not propose to allow the railroad an inch that did not helong to it. He said that he had learned the Con- solidated had now resumed puiting wires over Ellis street and that that | showed the attitude of the railroad | toward the city. F. L. Wilcox has sold a_lot Wilcox street to Patsy Scalise. Ex-Lieut. George Mycroft and George W. Traut have been visiting friends at the Niantic camp. Richard Schaefer of this city, na- tional secretary of the German of der of the Sons of Herrmann, ar rived in New Haven yesterday with his family. They have engaged a part of a cot at Savin Rocl where they will spend several weeks. Tom Brown's Troubadours at the open air theater at Lake Com- pounce ali this week. Wednesday night, grand display of fireworks. The public schools will open on September 9. This grammar school annex will be ready by then, and the seventh, cighth, and ninth grades will be placed there. No steps have hee taken yet toward gencral vac- cination. The Terry McGovern-Young Cor- bett fight has met with o much op- position in New London that the lo- cale has heen removed to Louisville Ky. Char Clark gone to Sachem’'s Mis. A, D, Cady Mrs. Sadie Haywood Chief wlings Arch 1ol day and said his examination that he believed the objectionable smell was caused by smoke and not | by bologna. He doubts if raising the chimney will help matt A man with a rifle w the police station last asked Captain Lee if he ¢ tice rifle shooting in the captain told him he must permit and asked why he shoot. The man said on family have He has guest rbury. ed the factory yester-! street after ked night into and hav wanted to e belonged to jof a reader of any other daily paper | This is the old hay-fever time | Would spurn the sceptre of a king [ to save the world after commence- | ing Simon" Slad: a revolutionary overthrow the wanted practice marked that hughouse, and tracks. society aiming fo government and he The eaptain re- it was a case for the the man made Send all communications t0 Fun Shop Editor, care of the New | Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. Those Rare Book Sales, Folks! Why will folks fling their cash | away For dull pray? The Fun Shop Book’s, by our ad- vice, One first edition worth the price! old “first editions,” Would Soon Tommy: “Been fishin’, Catch anyt'ing?” Bobby: “Naw, I ain't been home yet!" huh? —Eleanor Lombardi THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY The Golf Champ: Bobby Jones It isn't strange a guy named Jones Should be a marvel of the age— | It simply stands to reason, friends, | It's just the law of average! o e e Crimis The modern policeman, we read, keeps his uniform as carefully pressed as his citizen's suit. Nothing looks worse than being run in by a man whose trousers bag at the knees! | o o . Home/ Economy These are the gay vacation days When workers turn to jovial sport And father wears his pocketbook To match with mother's tresses— short! e Achievement The thirteen-year old son of a reader of this paper has written a poem about a boiled egg. Could the thirteen-year old son have done this. Medical When many folks who walk this sod | Because it is a golden-rod! An Old Habit! Violinist: “But there on your nose, sir."” Orchestra Leader: “I don't care if there was! You had no business | hitting at it with your violin-bow. Violinist: “It was the bow's fault, not mine. A ho you know, is made of a horse's tai —Mirlam W. Holloway was a fly The young man who was going ment a few weeks ago is now find- | it difficult even to save his | salary! TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM (A Fun Shop Drama) In Three Acts Beatrice G. Schafer Act One The tavern of “Honest The Stranger enters.) Stranger: “Give me a double chocolate malted with two eggs.” Simon: “Stranger, we don't han-| dle none of them sissy drinks. They rust the mortal coil. Stranger: “You are a danger to the community. You are selling oi- son. Any doctor knows that liquor is harmful.” Simon: “T don’t know much about chemistry, but I've noticed there's more old drunkards than there is cld doctors.” Act Two (Scene: The same. Son rushes in.) Squire’s Son: glass of brandy run over.” (simon quickly pours a genercus glass of hrandy. The Squire’s Son pours it down his throat.) Squire’s Son: “Thanks. It always upsets me to see a woman get run over.” Ry (Scene: The Squire's “Quick, Simon, a A woman was just Act Three (Scene: The same. Five years later. Things have gone to rack and ruin. Old Simon wears a dismal look. The Stranger and The | Squire’s Son_are drinking absinthc frappe.) Stranger: “I think Tl have a chot of gin for my wife's mother.” Squire’s Son: “What makes Old Simon look so wry Stranger: “Someone hit him with a rock last night.” = Squire’ Son: “Oh=~1 and wry!” see. Rock 7 A “"Now HENRY ~YoU VAT ! oW ToR HEM NAFALA 1 ToG Bak AN’ SY oA PLEET STORME-IM WEAR- ING My NEW HAT—DETRR \. R THE TGP WP-Tap! * © S \ I S The New Back Seat Driver BRRR! Richard: “These hot terrible: Haven't you tric fan?" Vincent: soing to buy Lulbs! nights are got an elec- 0. but some tomorrow I'm frosted light | buildings, or part of them, {excited old Beantown —THE 0B SERVER— Makes Random Observations On_the City and Its People Some fertile minded individual with a farseeing interest in the wel- fare of the city has thought of a scheme indeed, a scheme to “beauti- fy” our center and save room in City hall—by tearing down the east and west wings of the building. A com- mittee approached the mayor, dur- ing the week, with arguments that such a move should be made. Whether the members conceived the idea themselves, or borrowed it from someone else cannot be posi- tively stated, but they are the sur- face proponents at any rate. Just what their arguments were we cannot say positively, as we did not attend the conference, but there was Some talk about room saved and some about creating a beauty spot at the center. And nobody laughed. It is too bad that this beauty spot was not thought of when the board of public works removed two large trees from near the curb line on West Main street, between City hall and Washington street, presumably at the request of some property owners. Those trees were probably over a hundred years old and they formed a very fitting arch of green- ery over the street. They probably would have stood but a few years longer before they died for lack of air and moisture, but while were, by no means a menace to life and limb. There will never be an- other tree there, unless the perman- ent pavings and sidewalks are ripped from West Main street, giving a chance for moisture to percolate into the soil. Trees were cut down along South Main street to give more room for the Connecticut company Jjitney busses to run and poles were left standing in the street, although it is said these are to be removed. This was done sometime after Arbor Day, when *“plant a tree” was the slogan. And nobody laughed. Numerous projects have been launched, at various times; aimed at taking away a part of Central park, at least, and giving it over to wider highway purpos: We have been assured that, though some of the big trees might have to be removed, small planting would grow. And obody laughed. This newspaper favors all that can be done to beautify New Britain, every bit of greencry in and about the center tends to do so and it all should be protected zealously every citizen with the b interest of the city at heart. But when it is proposed to tear down existing and build a park under the flimsy excuse that it would tend to beautify the cent o1 create more room for city offic it is time to laugh. And after laugh- ing it is time to sce no action is taken. One wing of the structure is now cecupied by tl Fitch-Jones com- on the ground floor with the yors' offive. on the next and G. A. R. hall above. On the other side the Probate court and the city clerk offices occupy the two stories of the cast wing. In both of these offices there are vault spaces, built at a great expense, which would have to be replaced if the wing came down And the proposal to move the two somewhere upstairs, rebuilding the vault, presumabl Which, of course, would make more room_ for city offices, wouldn't it? Do we hear anyone laugh? And then—oh and then, you aes: thetes who picture splashing foun tains and blooming g the right and left of the seat of our government, flanking our noble City hall—just consider what we could do with the few square feet we have gained. Mayhap a marble Roman hath wherein noble city fathers could disport in idle moments, mucl as the children at the top of Walnut Hill park are wont to do. Gosh, wouldn’t they look sweet? We could dress them about to the tinkle of soft music, playing vari-colored lights upon them the while they smoked their political cigars the aroma from which would blend with the scented breezes and the smoke from which would reflect the colored lights aforesald. That's a picture which was not painted at the conference. But it surely was not because the committee of proponents lacked the imagination to conjure it to mind. Surely not. They have given ple of indicatlon of their imagination as it The truth of the matter is that we shall soon have a bare unatiractive plot on each side of City hall if the wings are torn down, a spot which somebody will be trying to acquire for a parking space hefore very long. 1t is a pity the proponents did not think of that as an argument. It has & darned sight more merit than theirs. If we need more room for city offices let's build up on the wing instead of removing them. Several | stories gould be gained in this way and we are certain the foundation would stand the strain, as would the rurse of the public This week we were planning to send you on a trip to Boston, but what with the danger of Sacco-Van- zetti bomb outrages and the Red Sox playing winning bascball we figured might be in 100 much Hub-bub and be & dangerous place for Therefore we will give you ¢ New Britain—not first, but at last, anywa Starting out from Central square it the red lights ever let us, we pro- ceed north on Main street and jolt of a Dear Mrs, Pillar: My little davgh- ter has a distressing habit of stick- ling out her tongue at people. How | can I keep her from doing this? Mrs. Willa Sprague Dear Mrs. Sprague: Buy four or tive pounds of caramels and give them to her! . Pillar: T am a basebali and do not wear a cap. Nat- urally, T am in a quandry when a lady speaks to me, as I have no hat to tip. What shall T do? . e Dear Mrs. playe —Doris J. Rust BE GRACIOUS AT ALL TIME (If in a quandry, why not write The Charm Shop?) Fred Griffith Dear Griffith: Why not tip your mitt? (Copyright, 1927, Reproduction Forbidden) they | stood they were attractive, and they | by | nsward to | them up in Roman togas and pnx’udci ! over the rallroad crossing. On the left, down Finnegan's alley, is Elihu Burritt's home, but we won't risk your tires among the nails in the alley. Pass on and come back when East Main street is cut through. Turning down East Main and up Elm, we come to Smalley park—or Paradise park, as the name still per- sists. Here is the site of the first sét up when the town was very, very young but which drew as many worshippers as a church does today. On up Stanley street we come to North End park. Passing over the Hawley memorial bridge, we note a sign limiting the speed of cars in warning is needless. After dark the speed limit, by common custom, is absolute zero. Returning to the center, we go out West Main street and into Wal- {nut Hill park, passing through the remains of the temporary war me- morial, we scale the scale and look at the derrick being used to erect the new one. We also make funny cracks about drowning in the wad- ing pond and then look out over the |city to Hartford, where the dome of {he state capitol reminds us that there are speed laws to observe on |our travels. Then down again tof the broad field which was originally known as |*“The Mall,” and, since the introduc- tion of gixls' baseball, is again com- ing to be called “the maul.” Returning once more to the cen- ter, we again set out, this time in a southerly direction, splitting flatiron corners alternately until we come to the high school. This is the build- |ing, you will remember, which turns out the ineligible basketball teams. Passing this one the right we go |down South Main street, dodging the |telephone poles in the middle of the new pavement, until we come to | Willow Brook park. Here is the |Spanish War monument. Driving |through the park, we come out at |the western entrance and pass north, | | viewing our final sight for the week. | This may not seem worth seeing, but |if the houses continue to build up as {rast as they are now, the place will | soon be a memory, so you had better llcok it over while you can. It is the Bassett street dump. | Come to think of it. we forgot to |teach you how to cook and here it lis nearly a month since we started | |this series of informative articles on |camping. How did you ever live | through it—you look starved. We're awfully sorry and we wouldn't have had it happen for worlds but you cc it was § o'clock when we started nd we hit a bad detour and had trouble and got held up at the | | one way stretch for about a quarter |of an hour so after all, you can't | really blame us can you? | We are submitting a couple of | | veally swell receipes and we hope | ouwll enjoy them and tell us how they tasted; We've been curlous |about them for a long time. | Wigwam Stew: This delicacy | |handed down from the Cliff Dw |lers, goes awfully good when mixed with vermouth. Take two eggs and a strip of lean bacon. Allow to sim- | mer and skim off the top. Simmer [twenty minutes more and skim off the bottom. Open can of peaches and cat with spoon. Allow stew to | simmer some more. Now add gran- ilated sugar and an old section of rubber tubing. Skim off the mid- | dle and serve on rve bread. Aren't you glad you thought of the | peach : | Huntsman Pie: Two quail roasted | face to face. Granish with strips of | milkweed and allow to cool slowly. | Now stuit birds with brass fillings {turn gently. When the brass melts, douse in vinegar and apple cider. | Eat and dic in painful agony. Indian Soup: Buy a can of soup. [Allow to heat gently while emitting !whoops and saying “Ugh” and |“Wah” and snroking Indian tobac- | co. Stick feather in hair and sit on ground cross legged. You sure make one hell of a looking Indian, |if you ask us. | Boone Gravy: Kill eight large elk. Remove any false teeth found and {fry in deep fat. Allow liquor settle six hours, keeping temperature |at about 43 degrees Centrigrade. | Garnish with endives, wheetle weed | or orange marmatade and abandon lye all hope. otes: Porterhouse steak, when served with shoe string potatoes and green peas makes a charming little snack for occasions when the camp | is visited by King Alphonse or Cap- tain Lindbergh. Look at the moss on the north side of the pine trees. To the front lies north while all around you are grouped the other directions in the regular order. Of interest to sports- men lost in the woods. IMPORTANT! In case of fire, walk, DO NOT RUN, to the near- est exit. The Adirondack mountains | can be cleared of its full capacity in quite a short while, no fooling. Boil all water used for drinking purposes. This cannot he made too emphatic. If you have no boiler, roast the water over a bed of hot coal Snozzle birds make excellent eat- ing if caught in November or De- cember. Simply seat yourself in a patch of young pine trees and say “Snozzle, snozzle” until you catch one. Don’t become discouraged after the first two or three hours, keep up a stiff upper lip and don’t weak- en with the “snozzl After seven {and a half hours you may quit and eat pork chops for dinner. Next week: Canoeing and ments of drowning. That old American institution, turday night, has not fallen un- der the feet of progress and i' is fundamentally the same in New Britain, although it is carried on much more extensively than in the old days. The Saturday night shop- ping custom used to he typically American and it still is, although many critics have done away with {it. Not so with New Britain. The crowds are “greater, bigger, better than ever” in the jargon on the circus. The streets are jam- med to the curbs, 8o it can be seen to! treat- church in New Britain, which was! the belief that Saturday night is the best time to shop. In spite of the: fact that efforts have been made to change the shopping night, the stores still do a big business on that evening. While many people go “down town” or “uptown” just to see other folks, most of them have business which takes them to the commer- clal center of the city. Regardless of whether or not the stores are as busy, the crowds are just as large, if not larger, in pro- portion to those of the old days. It will be remembered by many when the farmers used to come into town on aSturday night, hitch their horses to convenient hitching posts. and spend the evening shopping and mingling with the residents of the “Big town.” Those days have long sincge gone. Horses arp a rarity on the streets nowadays and nowa- nights. The last hitching post, of which there were fokmerly several, has been removed from the center of the town. The city is growing. But it is still a small town in that the park to 15 miles an hour. This|it regards its Saturday night very highly. The farmers come to town in their cars now. The streets are jammed with automobfies. Parking places are at a premium. Compara- tively dreamy was the New Britain of even ten years ago on Saturday nights. One wonders where all the automobtles come from. One stands on the strect and wonders if it can be possible that New Britain has a population of only slightly more than 70,000 people. People don't have to come to town on Saturday nights (speaking of those from the rural districts.) They have thelr cars and they can do their shopping almost any time they so desire. It's just that they want to sce all that's going on, want to mingle with the crowds. Times Square has nothing on New Britain when Saturday night comes around. There’'s a hustle and bustle that is truly thrilling at times, But when 9 o'clock’ comes and the stores close the streets clear very quickly. By the time 10 o'clock has arrived New Britain is once again New Britain We love to ask people things. es- pecially strangers. When we are in a station we invariably go up to the train announcer and ask him when our train is due. They are so polite. Train announcers have never been known to actually hit a person who was engaged in making a request for some information. True, they glare a bit, but then, what are a few glares to the thrill that comes with a conversation with the portly men in blue serge and silver buttons? W generally approach that august individual warily, as if expecting him to suddenly shoot out a left to the button. He is invarlably in conver- ation with some other blue clad of- ficial but the wait occasioned by that conference is seldom longer than half an hour. Finally we summon up enough courage to pluck his sleeve. Why do they make train an- nouncers so high? “WELL?" Ow! We feel that we have either just poisoned his faithful dog or have burned down his garage. “We try to look important and self-con- tained. “When does the next train leave for New Haven?" We almost whisper the words— one always docs, for some reason, when one speaks to a train an- nouncer. Perhaps it's because one's throat is always dry from the nerv- ous tension. “WHER ‘The words boom out and reverberate about the marble waiting room. Two or three thou- sand occupants of the room gaze at us curiously and we feel ourselves blushing. We put the question a little louder. “When does the next train leave for New Haven?" He gazes over us in pitiful glance that puts one down on the same level of the ordinary angle worm. “New Haven?" A short tense si- lence as he sncers at us “Train's LEFT!"” “When fs the next one?” “WHAT?" Several thousand more people crane thelr necks to look us over. ‘When's the n-n-next one?" “Four fift:” three!” The tones im- ply that a train announcer's life is a dreary affair where one must an- swer questions put by morons and imbeciles. We sneak away feeling like an escaped forger. We like to ask questions of train announcers. It's good for our su- | periority complex. Vast Libel Suits Hold United Ship At Dock New Orleans, Aug. 13 (@ — United States marshals seized the United Fruit company steamship Abangarez under federal court ad- miralty processes yesterday wupon the arrival of the ship in port from Havana. Libels for $336,583.15 were brought against the vessel and the company by the United States gov- ernment as a result of the sinking of the submarine USS 0-5 in Limon bay, Panama, October 28, 1923, when three members of the sub- marine's crew were Kkilled. Incompetence on the part of the steamer’s officers, failure to main- tain a lookout, negligence, fm- proper conduct and improper navi- gation were charged as causes of the accident. The Abangarez was alleged to crossed the path of the O-5 in man- euvering about, Limon bay without sounding the proper whistle sig- nals. Observations On The Weather tern New York—Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday; probably fol- lowed by local thunderstorms Sun- day. New England—Mostly fair, though overcast at times Saturday and Sun- day; not much change in tempera- ture. Pressure continues relatively low over the St. Lawrence valley. Rela- tively high pressure prevails off the North Atlantic coast. The outlook is for partly overcast weather Saturday and Sunday fn New England. READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS that New Britainites still adher to ADS FOR YOUR WANTS