New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1927, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1927. New Britain Heral HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Tesued Daily (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg. 67 Church Btreet SUBECRIPTION RATES $8.00 a Year. $2.00 Thres Months 75c. & Month, Entered at the Post OMce at New Brit ain as Second Class Mail Matter, PHONE CALL cas Office Rooms . The on in the C! room always of profitable advertising mediur ulation books and pr n to advertisers, Member of the Associated Press Assoclated Presa Is exclusively to the use for re-publication The titled of ail news credited to it or not oth credited a in_this also local hed paper thereln. tu with a strictly ho ulatlon. Our circulation atatl 4 upon this audit. This in action. & traud in newspa tribution figures to both nation: local advertiseis. Shlch of The Merald fs on aals da ASTONISHING REPORT ON CONSTRUCTION WORK Just at a time when general bus- | tness had been feeling the effects of | unecasonable weather and welcomed along the prospect 6f colder day comes & report by the building in- spector that the weather has en- abled a record-breaking amount of construction work throughout the that never has there been more cellar-digging, and elce- trical work, and similar enterprises en construction work plumbing under way. on new buildings has shown a mark- | ed advance, despite the general be- lief that the building boom has been slipping. It is hard to understand the build- ing situation. One day one comes upon a report that the city has come to the point where there are an overplus of tenements, apartments | and hous: a report that there are 50 per cent more jobs in process of construction | ; the next day one reads than this time last year. This is good news, doubt—to all except the owners of | It is clear that when the old- without & empty apartments. the day 18 soon her er houses will be at a distinct dis- advantage with the new in the competition for tenants. A falr percentage of the improve- ments under ot course, is by t resident therein wlen everyone with property scem- ple and willing to put it in way, e owners of These are days ingly is a apple ple ovder. 21-HOUR SERVIC AT THIS CROSSIN 1t is with satisaction that dents of Ne motor ing public at large Publie Ut a 24-hour ervic nter grade cros paper wae swift vington and the learned that the s Commission ordercd at the Newlington ing. This to suggest s newe- hoa service following the tragedy there on Thanksgivin, pointing out that uccldents taking place shortly after the departure of crossing tenders at 11 p. m. hereabouts were hecoming of startling frequency and that con- sidering the increasing night travel continuous service at such crossings become 1 public necessity. C. follow- The finding of the P. U. ing the hearing ms so en without a ten no er a crossing, fied In hy antoist is ju t in view of the e train another ing Had there becn a tender at the rossing, ove automobile would have n warn ¢d of the approich of other . It is too much to expect hn man na to be 100 per cent per. t all t measure m tols of the way for ilroad to avoid this extra ¢ pe 13 to be w to eliminat more of the d + crossings, TH THiSE CITIES MAY HAVE TITLE Rivalry he N Haven anl bury as to which {5 the wr e 1 the sia here pol it th of Naugat y entitlod to in the state that fed tds in ibly located To which the Waterbury lican acidly replies that this is no criterion, hinting it may oe possiblc for the offending lawbreakers to b tipped off In time. This 1s not saying who does the tipping-off, remember it just says that &omebody may b in the position to Dbe an : liaison officer. Such things have occurred; and Waterbury is eaid to give way to no town in the w of smart tricks. In New Haven the situation is dif- [ terent | sertion his city is the wettest in the state, and he clalms he has all | kinds of evidence to prove it. presumably Choosing between Waterbury and New Haven, both honors. There may be other wet cities in the states, but they get along with less advertising. may have equal \the White House. VICTORY IN CAF Pu congratulated upon maintain- its previous stand in relation to incidental finance concerning merger of the Plainville Electric Middletown Gas Light company with the Connecticut | Light & Power company. imission does not object to rger, but will not permit 1t the proposed capltalization Involved reduced by nearly llion dollar: the pointed out at hearing, e FOR SANITY ALIZATION Commission is lic Utility ing the company and the The co the me unlese Is half am As chs time of the mission dirman the cessive capltalization in- variably is pald for by the consum- ers through highier charges than ssary. » commission has sct a good nt for itself and fcr the com- A LARGE GAS TANK FOR PLAINVILLE There s conversation aplenty in Plainville *over the prospect of posscesing a large gasoline storage tank down at the center, A whole- sale distributor of the fluld has oh.‘ 4 permission from town and authoritics to install an under- ground Some residents do not think the downtown section is the recoptacle. proper place for @ wholesale | gas tank, one by its nature would be considerably larger than the | tanks which are part of the equip- ment of the ordinary gasoiine fRling | conflagration it perhaps would not add safety. Also, lightning is no respecter of safe, or fe, gasoline tanks. to the general STROY ARM IN RADIO REMO federal The Radio commission, announcing that court decistons late- Iy have abundantly shown its full | powers under the law, has given the | property who are | most important decision of its It intends radio stations from the air. ex- istence. to remove 300 According to the announced plan, this will come about by February 1, in the midst of “good winter re- ception.” It is further announced that as 250 new stations came into being since 1926, that it is logical that the newe getting the This action is sure tended omers will be the or axe. to lcad to ex- Some of the radio stations claim they have some sort of vested right to continue operating once they managed to git d. The through Congress has contended that no in- lierent right to operate a radio sta- tion such a right i« vilege obtained through the government; a government court action. government exists—that P nsing by w HHee and which has the it to extend a license also has the right to withhold license once it ex- pir q it s. Such a point, however, will not r some moneyed st tion owner from contesting with the commission hefore the bar of justice, although it seoms hopeless to o power of government to regulate interstate Recently the rs. U. 8 Supreme court a decision In which it was stat- that Eave ed r antoists at all upon the strects; ate upon them by license, which the st had the power to curtail at tima, This decision has some upon broadeasting, too, as the rate solely by the lic itions ey 1l nee of government. Having is not the a licens 1o operate thing as poss n inherent r Sajoon- one day found that 00 radio eta- hows rern: o went into the broad asting firld come tc conciusion it is too expensi an am t con- t pise of 1 of s will entail DAWES BEFUSES TO LNTER PACE OR PRUSIDENCY It have been noted that V ANt Diwoesth he for the presiden- been noticed al words; saying "1 do not said "I am NO'T candids <h That's plain Ene . Mayor Mills sticks to the as- : | The | automobtle owners were the proper ! | persons to pay that money. | cents a gallon. | ciple has come in aé a handy method | | one, either, | | nectteut of | the avi | the gasoline business. _municipal outsiders who ! had no inherent | that | driver of this they were mercly privileged to oper- | And it will have been noticed, 100, that he made his announcement favor the nomination of Frank 0. Lowden while at the White | Housc. The vice-president evidently had ’mghl elected DB. 1. Gaffney as ad- no reason ta think President Cool- idge would take exception to his‘ presidential choice. 1f the Vice-President thought that President Coolidge actually were in | the field for renomination courtesy would have dictated the making of | his declaration elsewhere than at | The dispatches did not say Pres- ident Coolidge frritated cither. The President acemed to be pleused with the thought that the Vice-President accepted “choose™ as meaning “not"—according to the | Vermont language. was |how to m walking skirt with clrcular flounce. HO! G THE TAX ON GASOLINE The legislature of New Hampshire ccen-wittcd and has good eye- —which means it can &ce a ance to bring fn revenue without half trying. The recent New England flood did considerable damage and bridges. to highways Money was needed to | repair the damage. At a Epecial sca- ston it was voted to authorize a bond issue of $3,000,000, A bond issue payments, of course. ture Liad a deep requires interest nd the legisla- aversion to paying |interest ana providing for a sinking fund to meet the amortization ments. You've guessed it by simply his time. legislature declded So the | tax on gasoline was raised to !our! New Hampshire is not the only | state in which the gasoline tax prin- | of raising funds. It won't be the last | i Tais year there was talk in Con- tssuing $19,000,000 in | bonds. that gone | Had schemo TRYING TO CURDB MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE ‘ 1 | formed by The U. 8 Supreme court, which has been handing down more than age of important decisions | | lately, has another under way fol- ! lowing the attempt of the Standard 1 0il company to prevent the city of Lincoln, Neb., from continuing in ! 1¢ the court decision turns out to favor the oil company, a veritable upheaval will be caused in | the civic munity. Supreme ndeavors of many a com- | It would mean that legally could engage in any that promises profit, no city enter- prise i with some other csta the of which i to provide commodities of any kind hed enter- prise, or purpose to the public at a lower price than private enterprise can do. The issue in Lincoln involves the | city's gasoline stations, which were | ablished for the public purpose of reducing the price of gasoline. The Standard alleges the action s tak- ing property without due process | of law and Invokes the U. & Con- stitution. It also alleges the operation is for a private purpose, thus vio- ,lating the amendment requiringsthat | tars can be levied only improvements, for pubite Considering the large number of public markets that are maintalned the nation-—markets competa with private business; and the throuzhout that certainly rge number of concerns in the public utility field, It would appear that a victory for the S ndard before the Supreme Court would have a serfous influence upon the legality of much such municipal enterprise, BARNESDALE RESIDENTS AND THEIR COMPLAINTS One of the counts made rnesdale by roxi- dents of property owners in their ¢ ment negle 1 thv wrges of civie improve- ct includes one that City gincer Williame gave representa- of that section ption at city hall a rather cool rec it is charged with belng sare Mayor Weld, residents say, however, the the © of courtesy when appealed to. so nesdale was en We were not present at the time the city engineer 18 sald to have n discourtnous, bhut note there hag been no denial to the charges of the Barnesdale residents, No civic servant is patd for Leing discourteous to taxpa Courtesy part of every civi 17 Barnesdale needs the elvie im- nents #d that section shiould have them, regardiess of th budg this true if ti tion is endangercd s grown remarkably ade; its trim homes It to city ‘o the eye, is part rvie: « 25 Years Ago Today The trolley car that left Hartford 3 o'clock y ¥ afternoon ar- rived here at © o'cloc It was held p by a broken wheel on funeral car, by a burnt wi by a power breakdown. Thi a special and is he- lieved to be a record for lengthy | trips from Hartford. Carmody Council, XK. of C., 1 | wife is away on | vocate. The fire department horses had a | this morning to Adolph | street, hard run Puppel’s house at 55 Kels where fire originating in a closet did $400 damage. Before you start the furnace fire, don't cateh cold. Use a gas radia tor. $1.50 to $4 Any one o | them will heat g room in 20 minutes. The New Britain Gas Light Co. The Wesleyan Glee and Mandolin " i | | | club will render a concert at the [shop Editor, care of the New n school tomorrow evening Britain Herald, your letter T. W. Timbrell is on the ladics’ | will be forwarded to New York. night committee of the Y. M. C. A. | M as representative of the South e = church. On the reception commit- AND HE USED TO HAVE IT ALL ce {8 Miss E. Gertrude Rogers. The Datly Fashién Service > a ladies’ five tell gored The pattern is for waist measure ments from 22 to 32 material. The co-operative trad the Germa the following dire. {Paul Meyn, G. Wessells, FEdward Wiegand, Gottlieb Lorch, P. Leu pold, Richard Schacfer, Rich | Vogel and Charles Firnhaber. has succeeded fiicer Hellberg cer Johnson as day policeman. ceral striking changes will be S made in the bicycles for 1903, leading feature will be a two-spee gear, and the front fork will better. Charles Diggle and Harry Hart of Plainville wound up their season by returning from Thomasto with 12 partridkes and eight quail Facts and Fanczes The state called William Driver, a Gown §7 0; frock, $24.75; dress | $9.08, That critic who says no Americans | doesn't | have the grand manner . know any villags bankers. 8till, civilization isn't considered news. There would't be any enemies is because the only we really hate are our superiors. A cheerful loser port who acts cheerful 1o rob you of the pleasure you got him., J hington ahility to lie Yet George W have longed for the “Had a rotten time W the back seat how lonely man of ma v n gets a visit i, rang a when his You can finish a hoy by him in the head with a hammer Another good way is to promise him a fortune when dad A hick, in big town or man who s small, {; s or disiikes people hecause they aren’t just like him. - i It's a strange se of “person- 1l liberty” to take a drink you don't { want from a host who offers it only because he thinks you expect it A womaw can love a man she' i ashamed of, hut no man can love | woman unloss he's proud of her. ] Correct 1l “The lead- ‘ rof the equal rights move he- | gan her itement n was an THE POINT “Will you give me the you?" | Mavbe. WHI you give me | + to call you ‘Hubby'" i 7 —Jon 16 Zook. | i == 5 GO TO THE EAD OF THE CLASS & One afiernoon a teacher friend of -‘ mine asked her class to write a composition. In it they weve to in- fl clude religion, nobility, modesty ? brovity. Watch For Particulars in the Newspapers Next Week e inches, and the | skirt requires 4% yards of 42 inch The be hunting hopeless while crime is unusual enough to ho need for res- | people is just a rotten by lcking must | & ] little when he had 1o tell the hostess dio on knocking OO IN GCLD “““'1 oft my l‘“‘».’ TO HIMSELF! | The sky' full of acroplanes Who's going to clear the traffic lanes S and his rei <0 deer when set under way again! - KINDRED JOBS! “What are ton hoys doing?" “One of them is a housc r In New York and the other in Hollywood!"” WHEN Ill ACK IS READ o the two | The Yellow Cur! “He swore that he would treat me white, Sobbed Mrs. Peddigrue; ‘And now I find he's color blind! | He treats me black and blue!” r -—George Colman, | o . 1 . Petty Ann Lntertains Grandn “Your grandmother's childish,” sail Mrs. Willlam Hill; \\ he n €he returned, old g laughing fit to kill. | ndma at HAVE you done to grandma \n give r such a stir? merely read her FUN SHOP— You said I should HUMOR her Norma Talmadge. PR 1t's An T Wind— o 8 b | Well, ‘Elmer Gantry' has done | some good d Charles McNaughton Shelmer, “It will stop a lot of unkind folks from naming their children | Elmer!"” | Paul V. Bullard. i | i stations. | through it i6 doliars to mills that | ene homes if every girl had a dad | APPROPRIATE | There arc laws governing such | somebody would have thought of a | WOrthy to be her hero. | Nelson: “The bride is usually | PRI dressed in white.” matters o | brilllant metho d the dress g & | 18 Aol ik 18 10 Be pretumad ) d to find the money | qyo o women have more | Wilmot: “Thats for purity | the Plainville concern intends to to mect the interest and provide a fyrecks than men is because seven | Nelson: “And the groom is in | comply with the regulations made nking fund. That method would |men in ten let their wives do the | black.” | and provided. The tank may be |have been to raise the gasoline tax. | driving. Wiimot: “That's hecause he's -3 | mourning for his liberty.” | | perfectly safe. But in the case of Nelson: “Put why does the bride’s | father usually dress in blu rebuked! ed. and I was not After that, | my doom was s | Chapter Four | A Three. { | When T was 24, T commit my| Q. What became of the dog that | first crime = that the bank was | carried the diphtheria scrum to ! cmpty. 1 stole in, stole some cash, | Nome? stole out, znd stole homq A, Balto wa sthe lead dog in |77 aid 1t because my wife had been | the team belonging to Kasson nagging me for twvo months to buy | that participated in the “mush to her a new fur mui and stole. Nome" with diphtheria serum in | Chapter Tive Pebruary 1925. Kasson brought Just last night T renounced my | the serum into Nome after great lite of erime forever. | difficulties and credits Balto with I shall never steal another thing. | the feat. Balto died of frosen lungs My wife caught me trying to steal |and a monument has been erected | a Kiss from the maid! to his memory In Central Park, SUGGESTED ARTISTIC RADIO I!H‘MS | i | | 1 o | ing them to tak the atternoon, Imuch surprised when i one little boy that he was fin Siie told him to rcad it to the ¢ | lic responded with this ? (tod!" said the Cou ake your of —~ - H. | THE LIMIT! | Doyle: “Is Prof. Goodwin rcally ro absent-minded? “Lither that or he's a fox. Yesterday 1 saw him with a nice- tooking woman with a ba Doyle: “What did he de Conrad. ? ? | other questions will | dential.— | Tanguay? should be served in cups. panies A Rev. William Booth of Not- | | tingham, England. Q. Does the constitution of the of home runs Lou Gehrig hit in one day during the 1927 baseball season? ‘l itzsimmons? | they fight? Bob Fitzsimmons. | kissed her!” —Mrs. H. H. Becker. (Copyright, 1927. Reproduction Forbldllcn) QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by | ang Glodvs Brockwell. writing to the Question Editor, New | Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, | 1322 New York avenue, Washington, | D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, |advice cannot be given, nor can ex- | tended research be undertaken. All recclve a per- sonal reply. Unsigned rcquests can- not be anawered. All Jetters are con- 2ditor. Q. What is the address of Eva | A. 124 Pleasant street, Holyoke, Mass, Q. When should soup be served | in o cup? A. At luncheon or supper it At din- ner it is served in a plate. Q. How many oll producing com- are there in the United States? A. The number s roughly eati- mated at 40,000, Q. What are the Cook Islands? Al An archipelago of small Islandg in Polynesia, Pacific ocean is called Cook Islands or Hervey group. | Tho more important ones are Baro- tonga, Manga Atiu, Aitutaki, Mauke, Mitiaro, and Hervey Islands. Of these, Rarotonga, the largest, has a population of 3,303 and an area of 26 square miles. There are no cities on these islands. Q. What is the value of a United States onec-dollar gold plece dated 18742 A, $1.50 to $2.50. Q. By whom was the Salvation Army founded? | Republic of Argentina require the | | president to be a Roman Catholic? w York city, Q. Did John L. Sullivan lose the vyweight championship to Bob At what weight did John L. Sulllvan never fought | Sullivan lost the A legal and marital | od across a w: or the like, serving for the passage | of persons, animals, or vehicles or | | us a means of support and transition, | i | heavywelght champlonship to Jim Corbett by & knockout and Fita- simmons won it by knocking out Corbett. Fitzsimmons® fighting weight was about 166 pounds and Sullivan’s was about 196 pounds. Q. When displaying wedding presents should the donors' cards be removed? A. There is no leaving them on. impropreety in Q. Who played the part of Will| | Banion in the picture “The Covered | Wagon,” and who played opposite him? . A, J. Warren Kerrigan played the part of Will Banion and Lois Wilson of Molly Wingate. Q. Should a man wait for a | woman to speak to him or should | west on Saturday. he speak first? A. Tt is a woman's privilege to| speak firat. Q. Who were the three players in Oliver Twist? A, Jackie Coogan, leading Q. What are the d|§(lngu\n}||ng characteristics of a bridge, a via-| duct and an aqueduet? A bridge is a structure erect- | erway, ravine, road as for a water main. A viaduct is| | & bridge-like structure, especlally a | large one of arched masonry, to | carry a roadway or the like over a| | valley or ravine or across another roadway. An aqueduct is ordinar- ly of masonry, arched over and sometimes forms a foot They are frequently earried across | wide valleys and streams or through tunnels. Q. on an army the marking A Yon discharge better than “very good?" Observations On The Weather Lon Chaney ‘ bridge. | Is the marking of “excellent” | Los Angeles It Miami ..... 78 Minneapolis ... 12 Nantucket . .. New Haven ., New Orleans . New York . Norfolk Northfleld ... Pittsburgh . Portland, Me. . St. Louis .. { \\aahlnglon SIR WATER S SI]I]TT POEMISPRESENTED \Hitberto Unyablished Yerse Revealed by “Hub” Library Boston, Dec. 2 (UP)—A hitherto | unpublished pocn of Sir Walter Scott appears in tle November bul- letin of the Bostor publie library. The pocm was srought here in 1 1847 by Alexander Vattermare, one | of the founders of the library, and | appeared in Scott’s <wn handwriting | in an album which Vattemore owr | ed. Scott, in his poen, pai¢ fr.bute !'to Vattemare's maty accomplish- | ments, especlally to lis abflity as & ventriloquist. The pem reads: To Monsieur AMexandre “Ot yore, in old Eigland, it was not thought good carry two visager under one hood: What would folks say to you who have faces such plenty, That from under one hyod you last night showed us twenty? | | To Stand forth, arch deelver, and | tell us in truth, | Are you handsome or ugly? In age or in youth? Man, woman or child? Or dog or a mouse? | Or are you at once each live thing Washington, Dec. 2.—Torecast for | Southern New England: Rain to- in tha housc? ‘ night and possibly Saturday morn-| Each live thing did I as,k. EBach Ing; colder Saturday in western dead implement, too? Massachusetts; strong east winds|A Workshop in your person, saw, and gales tonight, shifting to north- Forecast for Lastern New Yor Rain this afternoon and tonight; slightly colder tonight; partly cloudy; colder jn central and north portions; strong east, shifting to northwest winds. Conditions: The maritime provinces has passed out over the ocean and an area of high Maine, the Saturday | storm of the; St | chizzle and acrew. Above all, are you one indivdual? 1 know You must be, Company. But I think you're a !roopfnn assemblage, a mob | And that I as the sherift must take up the jobr; And instead i wonders in ve Must read you the riot act and bld 1 at least, Alexandre & of rehearsing your Viimot: “Because he has to eup- | o | pressure overlies Mt adzecetss e WP Ak At Lawrence valley and Nova Seotla. vou disperse. DOSHEIER Q. What fs the name of thel (" pance is centered this morn-| AR AR T Magelman. | parliament of the Irish Free State? | v : | : & | ing over the eastern Gulf region o ngpiat el D e | near Pensacoln, Florida. 1t 15 pro- | Ostend Casino Makes o A‘H’_‘",, l".ll‘r,llllll"«l\” oy e t Of eurrency | 4 cing rains from the Texas coast New Gambling Record TR A »‘]M(“‘M S [ e | castward to Georgia and thence | qona, Delgium, Dsc. 2 () — A Jie-man fs one who can sy “usk | A Reforme gl [ T imerica get ity nOTIhERStvrd fo the Jorsey coRR.|qouyiing receipts al the Ostend Eeieninia Biistbionit ottt Chapter One | | Ancthor disturbance e oter the|casno this sear have broken WIOLEN S A TS SEORaMLE Rive, e g : N on. The temperatures in 5 i bothered with trifles. | When T w little child Iying tn | A From Americus Vespucius, | < TN e ame. | Tecords. Gambling s geohibited by — | my trundle bed, my mother carcless- | who touched the South American | what lower, Prince Albert, Sas-| |law in Belgium but the casino hare If e says his wife docsn't under- |1¥ left the blind up. coast someshere mear Surinam n| @i PR O s eareos be. |TURS most of the year, being raid. stand him. he means she docsn't like Tlay there, T saw the moon- | 1480, The mame was first used in | (€ L7 3 {0 now and then by the police. The to have him get drunk. beams stealing into the room. 1t was | 1509 and appeared on a map made | o Ntiona tayortrar i ottty stale ‘o“,.fls a tax on “hazardous et i [ this tncident which first put the no- [ in Frankfort, Germany, in 1520. mo“d) ARG | sames?" g Politencss 1s just the art of k- | ton of stealing into my head. | Q. Mow many stars are visible| “ORTF U LY e vy | —— Hi e Gl TG s T ) Chapter Two |to the naked eye? I 3 S e TAMMANY'S WARNING more fmportant than you are. Wien T was a little older, T was{ A, The United States Naval Ob-| .o S "s| New York, Dec. & P—A warning e <lextremely fond of baseball. One day | nervatory says it {8 fmpracticable to |\ i G 4 35 |against “any political publication, St it youngsters haven't scnse {1 88w Ty Cobh steal second. fix a precise 1imit to the numbar of | 3 48 16 a» | perfodical. pagennt, entertainment, cnough 10 carry on an interesting | Natur this made it scem to me | stars visible to the naked eye at any | o8 0R " 30 26| ball, reception, baarer. or various conversation, what eclse can they do | | that stealing was a pretty good idew. | one time. Various X Chicago ... 3 18| other forms of puslic satnering pro- except pet? | Chapter Three been made ranging from 2,000 to ohelh o 20 moted on the pretext of collecting o T grew to be a young man. T was 8,000 or more. One authority states | |10 2§ | funds to aid in the nomination of Americanist Trying to be hard- €OUrting a girl. We were sitting on | that abeut 4,000 are visible to the| ;o 30 'Gov. Alfred E. Smith for president boiled to hide the fact that you are [the porch swing when suddenly T|naked eye. The fotal number it is| jrfie o* """ £1|on tue demechaliclicket, was issned et {had an jmpulse” to put my arms | possible to r\hmoc.rn]p(t\” O:\}\Il{:lm‘l lone | sttt 35 | to merchants and professional men —_— FITL e exposurey surpaseosinlie. 0 ie, 000 L e takas Clty, 16 [today by Tammany Hall. The reason it is hard to love our| MY arm stole around her waist| Q. What is the greatest number | | T ey IDING THE GOAT Initiations tito fraternal orzanizations, schno! and collésa fraternities, secret organizations and clubs, and so on, usually consigt o two parts— (he serlous and the frivolous, Tn a bulletin fust complled by our Washing- ton Rureau, are gathered descriptions of a Iarge number of ytunts of the frivolous sort thut ean he used in “nitiation” caremonies f il kinds. Boys and girla contemplating getting up s “ritual” and ‘stunte’ for tnftintions of all kinds will be nterested. Fill out the coupor below and nd for it -—— - SECRET SOCIETY EDITOR, 1322 New York T want & eopy of the herenith five for same: NAME ET Wash! bulle AND NUMBER I am a reader of tus Ilereld. CLIP COUPON HERF Weahingten Bureau, New Britain Heral, ington, 1. . S FOR INITIATIONS anc enclose postage stamips, or coin - - = - - o Preparing the More or Less Perfect Alibi. ? | ? ‘ Peters: “He shook hands with the | baby and took the woman up and (@ Fontaine Fox, 1927, The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By Fontaine Fox.