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Q. S8hould the cage of a parrot be covered at night to prevent drafts? A. Yes. If the parrots are kep! in cages in living rooms the cages should be warmly covered at night and the rooms should not be allowed ‘to become very cool. Do not throw the windows open to chilly morning alr; let changes in temperature be small and gradual and exclude all drafts. Q. If the light of the sun was suddenly extinguished how long would it be before the earth became dark? * A. Tt takes approximately eight minutes for light from the sun to reach the earth; consequently if the sun's radiance was suddenly ex- tinguished, the light wculd l)fl on the earth eight minutes later. Q. 1Is Pat O'Malley the real name of the actor? A. Patrick O'Malley is his real name. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. Q. What is a “Texas Leaguer” in ‘baseball ? A. It is a looping drive which lands in the outfield behind the in- fielders and in front . of the out- 2l fielders. Q. If a baseball player makes one hit and is given three bases on balls. in four times at bat what would his batting average for the game be? | A 1,000 Q. How do cats make the pur- ring sound? A. It is made by throwing the vocal cords into vibration, meas- ! Atlantic City ured and regulated by the respira-|Boston ....... Do you thipk it raised her tempor- ature? Harold: “T don't know, 'but it got an awful rise out of her mether!"” + —Winifred Sheehy . Colors! realions Oa The Weather — Washington, Jan. 5.—Forecast for Southern New England: Fair to- night. Friday partly cloudy, slowly (vising temperature. Fresh westerly winds diminishing. Forecast for Eastern New York: Generally fair tonight and Friday, except cloudy with snow in extremc north portion; not quite so cold in extreme northwest portion; slightly colder in east eentral portion to- night; rising temperature Friday: fresh westerly winds becoming moderate southwest . Conditions: Three centers of storm action are noted along the northern border, one over the lower 8t. Lawrence valley, another over Manitoba and the thihrd over the Canadian Rocky mountain region. Two areas of high pressure domi- nate the weather conditions throughout country this morning. The eastern area centers over the southern Appalachian region, Knox- ville, Tenn,, 30.68 inches. Tem- peratures are rising slowly in all portions of the country, the coldest temperature reported this morning at 8 o'clock being 8 degrces above zero at Duluth, Minn. Conditions favor for this vicinity | partly cloudy weather with slowly rising temperature. Temperatures yesterday: High 28 Of course, the board of finance | car succeeds in knocking out what and taxation will meet the moral | used to be one of the most important obligation involved. The bleachers | clectric branch ilnes on the New were built in pursuance to a wide- [ Haven system. And with its death &pread pubiic demand, and the asso- | East Berlin goes back to oil lamps. clation was formed rather hurriedly in order to meet an emergency; had the bleachers not been built when they were the recent important in- ter-city* football game could not have been played in this city. Now that the association has done its patriotic best to uphold the prestige | of the city in this respect the board | of finance and taxation can do noth- |ing more popular than to appropri- | ate enough money to buy the bleach- | ers, thus giving the city full comtrol | of city property. Everything in the | parks should be the froperty of the | city, Facts and Fancies Most of the scorning of common people is done by authors who slept in their underwear until they were srown. the Towued Dally (Sunday Excepted) “James Velt is some At Herald Bidg., 67 Church Btreet SUBSCRIPTION RATES 3800 & Yoar. $2.00 Three Montha 1 5. & Month. Catherine: Kkisser.” Theresa: “Does he kiss the blues away?" Catherine: “Does he? That boy ruins your blues, rouge, mascara, and all the other colors you've got!' —Walter J. Goldsmith HEARST'S EXPLANATION W. R. Hearst is to be congratu- lated upon not disputing the find- ings of his own hanAwriting experts, i who have informed him that their | verdict in the so-called Mexican documents, published recently with | lamboyant yellowness by his news- papers, arz spurious. Mr. Hearst is likewise to be con- gratulated upon tendering the ver- dict of his own handwriting experts to the Scnate investigating commit- tee, although his attorney was not disposed to add words by way of an explanation. What is more difficult to under- stand is why handwriting experts,| were not employed upon decipher- ing such allegedly important docu- published Political boss:: A man who runu‘ things because he is shrewd and un- scrupulous and the people don't give a darn, - & Satersd at the Post Office at New Drit i a9 Second Clase -Mail Matter. Britain Herald, and your Some Heat! will be forwarded to New York. Rufus: “Wheah yo' goin,’ Late?" Lafayette: “To de dentist, to hab two new gold crowns put in."” Rufus: “Somebody walloped yo' in de face, eh Lafayette: “Naw. I dun kissed Mandy Scott las’ night, an’ her kisa- es wuz 50 hot dey melted my sy crowns!" Perhaps that kind of a man is |called a crab because a crab is so arranged by Nature that he can't TELEPHONE g0 forward. Business Office .. Editorial Rooms The enly profitable advertist: in the City. Circulation books and press Toom always open to advertisers. CALLS 225 926 s Gay-Viation Year! Last year was aviation's own, Come on, Folks, let's make this one known For Gay-viation—one that places —_— Grins on all the wide world’s People may have been more pious faces! in the old days; but they wore & patches, and one seldom saw Slipped One Over! patched knees, | Uncle Tom: “So ye jest got back from the city? They tell me them fellers is certaimy slickers down there,” Uncle Ned: “Huh! I put one over on ‘em at the hotel where I In stopped.” 1 Uncte Tom: “Says how?” { Uncle Ned: “They charged me five | % a day for a room and a Times change, and people may yet use snakebite as an antidote for li- quor. Momber of the Associated Press The Assoclated Press is excluslvely en- titied te the use for re-publication of all news credited to it or not otherwize IMPROVING THE POST OFFICE credited In this paper and also local | news publisied thereln. <2l While Hartford is still wrangling | with the government ovér the need | oz and Water- bury is not a bit pleased at the prob. providing its virtually every —Edmund Ryers (Copyright, 1928, Reprdduetion - Forbidden) Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Tue A. B. C. is a natlonal organlzation which furs newspapers and adv tisers with tetly honest analy circulation. Our clrculation statistics are based upon this audit. This insures pro- teotion agatnst fraud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both national end local sdvertisers. a new post offic ments before they were | broadcast throughout the land. such matters hindsight is not o8 drlay needs, and while. | other city in Connecticut is.finding | good as foresight. tault with the slow-moving federal| When a congressman Mr. Hes ; | EE . 1. | ©One reason why there were fewer moguls who can't sce the need f | was a remarkably weak brother. Tre | 00 FURGE RIS o T SRR T breaking a leg in hurrying—well, is just as weak now as he was then. | women just took in washing and | while all this is going on the checr- [ But at the head of-ihe vast Hearst |made the best of things. | ful news comes to New Britain once | chain of newspapers he has more | in that it is down on the first | power than a congicssman in his| When you gossip; you give vour- |tion. This vibration. is strong Chicago ;._g‘l f‘ o .’ bt ’ld\“L a 19 think of If away; for people always gossip |enough to make the whole larynx |Cincinnati | year's building program and that, wildest dreams could think of por- Lo Ve (U TEE | tremblo so that it may be felt " of | Detroit » | the first $100,000 worth of work on and for this reason he | Z seen trom the outside, Hattoras !« post office extension will be avail- commensurately It may not be significant, but the ' Q. Is Kriss Kringle the same as | Kansas City a |divorce evil and peanut butter de- Santa Claus? Los Angeles . bility of in st Uncle Nod: “And, durn ‘em, T took two bashs!™ | Low 20 2z 12 18 20 28 24 The Herald fs on sale da York at Hotaling's Newsst Square; Schultz's New Grand Central, ¢nd Strect. . NAVY GAINS Among those who were set to eriticise the navy's alleged negli- sessing; should exercise _ life, even with the best of care, as gence in connection with the submarine disaster was Representa- | tive LaGuardia of New York. The congressman had a speech prepared which he was to deliver in Congres: 1t was a hot attack upon the navy. But he-wished to exercise caution and faivness, and paid a visit to Provincetown, where gated the situation Then he tore up his speech, saying that he had become convinced the navy had done all in its power to save the doomed 1men. The action is creditable Guardia. No congressman should at- | tack an institution after he has be- come convinced that the attacf® is unjustified. It sometime be done for vote-getting pt it shouldn't happen often. The congressman's action, how- ' ever, will have no effect upon lhci | he “investi- at first hand.” | to L may H poses; but investigation ordered under way. As 18 usual, there probably will be two | or three such investigations, all act- | ing more or less independent of the other. It the navy steers through all | of them without being scared it will be quite an important victory. AN AUTO PRICE WAR The automobile have been assuring each other that nothing has been further from their thoughts this year thdan a price war. Cut-throat price-slashing, they have pointed out, is foolish cerhed, 8ome of them have indicated that in the long run not even the public benefits. But despite thelr language, their deeds have not been of g piece with their language. The | price war in the automobile field seems to be the most desperate war in which the industry has cver en- gaged, and naturally enlists the at- tention of millions of automobile owners. = It is also some indication that the fabled “saturation point” is nearer. During the years when demand for automobiles was more of an auto- matie process emphasis upon price | ntial. Now the manufacturers to all con- soft-soap was not a prime es point has been reached where one | of the mainstays of the automobile industry is the m for replacement purposes. It i for this industry wifacture of cars cl important motor cars do not have as long & | uumerous other essentials of civili- zation. Wi ed, there is a market for about 5,- h 20,000,000 cars operat- 600,000 replace units every year. ! company famous—has | York, New Haven & Hartford r able nest spring. Then, when the $100,000 is spent, nother $130,000 will be budgeted. 'here is little doubt that the see- cnd sum will quickly follol the first, as it isu't customary to start some- | thing and then not finish it. Not even the that oy vernment can do bus New Britain post office de- partment has been falling behind the needs of the city; that is to say, tHe city has been growing so swift- 1y that the post office has been har pressed to keep step. It was only a few years ago that the mew parcel post sub station was built on Court street, but whatever advantage that step brought it has more than been matched by the vast increase of par- cels out to the world by the local factories. The present post office, a comparatively new structure, has a fine appearance, a credit to the city 2nd the government. That an exten- sion is needed indicates the rapid growth of the postal business in the ears ago in the nt city also city. It was not so many that the entire postal busine city was done in the pri hall buildi; ace was oc- cupied” by the government's depart- ment, é ~ The post office every cit refleets the where *sj department and town quite accurately business growth, With ian incrcase of population personal letters also increase, of course; but what has caused the New Britain post office to gasp for room is the vast se in its manufacturing and business life. incre VICTORY OF OIL OVER ELECTRICITY The comron, old-style, old-fash- ioned kerosene lamp—the sort that helped to make the Standard On won a notable victory in Connecticut. The Connecticut Light & Power company, which manufacture- and sells electricity wholesale and retail, must be gravely nonplussed, if not completely flabb The victory of oil has been over electricity. One foremost Connecticut institution—no less than the ail- road company—has found it more £atisfactory to use oil lamps in sta- tions than electric lamps. 1des of Tom Edison, the We and the G Such things do happen. 1ghouse ral Elcctric The reason may be simple—to the T THE HIGH ball in the BASEBALL Referring to bas ter smacks of th a peasnre to n days when the the summer are memories, that the noble American national saved for the school. Exactly win- It is cold stove . , even in these diamond doings of game is Ne W Britain high how this ms predicated primarily nances, in which the monetury sport ineident to the the upon fi- construction of formed the c G ic park bleachers morsel of dis that this scen overcom 1ssion ng di 18 1 ol's and share in “carrying’ : fin- had continued provement is less than been estimated, baseball will he as 1 major sport. The next move in e there are som: who used to be good ba ers, good foothall pla good marble shooters; ol game of finance tax men o) it is possible that the propriate enough i bicachers Britain Athlct a sort of holdi city takes hold the board does not = saoney, pursuant to the understanding, .or W’ is said to exist in the premises. the high school can continue to provide i, share of the money. 1 now hLeld N ch is until the gentleme ver it is New Haven railroad. To > critical public in necd of transpor reason is ition no enough. rai ud’s branch line from lin to Middletown for years wig rated by electricity. The station 15t Berlin was lighted up with “bright and eheerful” electric globes, Retres hined to hme doom of the lights instead of (ectric conches the rail- toad adopted gasoline coaches; and though the trolley wires are . they are not alive now, till ther w rrent, And st Berlin, instead ts, common oil lamps, comimon the 6 railroad being t Westfield is even was a favorite ers cach ction that held that e g hai utives se m on the irt in this dir-ction 14 exec n 0 bave lost confidence in the futurc icity as a pulling power n the lowly gasoline rail in | ¢ and invention com- | greater caution in entering upon | document-printing campaign before | their handwriting was even investi- | gated, before their authenticity was ! | proven. | The publisher says he never be- lieved the “unjust reflections” upon | senators contained in the documents | But millions of his readers got the | impression that some of our sena- | tors were grafters, that they had | had improper dealings with the | | Mexican government, and left with | | the idea that somebody got the mil- lions of moncy the documents light- | Iy referred to. Now that the big splurge is end- ed the Hearst editors doubtless will | console thems:lves with the accepted | heliet that the public will quickly | forget the startling documents. Hope will remain, perhaps, that the same public will gobble up the implica- tions, innuendos and hints of the next splurge just as casily. Next time, Jowever, it is probable that the handwriting experts will be employed before and not after the event, LOVE IN NEBRASKA is peculiar. Considering that cveryone is expeeted to marry for | love, and nothing else but that, it appears that Cupid won an astonish- | ing victory in Nebraska, when . four DLrothers married four sisters and then the father of the brothers mar- ried the mother of the The lightning of lo sters. trikes that ay only once in a billion times. This is assuming, of coursc, that love, and not a desire to make a rec- | ord and a page onc story was the | | guilling star in this | mance. family ro- | | e i THE FLAPPER CONDEMNED A race betterment conference nat- | urally must find something to fecl churlish about. If the race were su- permen superwomen there | would be slight need for race better- | {ment. The race, being | | what it is the roce betterment folks | have a spiendid opportunity to view with alarm, 1t was generally thought that hop- ping on the poor flapper had be- e. The female of the spe- that and however, come pa ing under generie | | cies quali | appellation to the point of permitting her hair to grow long again; but flaps, still she gayer and more cheerful and | carefree than ever. ! Thus, when a learned medie in | Battle Creck blames everything that !to live up to them so they won't be i something to drink that would mako | i ‘Camlight 1928, Publishers Syndicate | as been hounded almost | veloped at about the same time - I A million dollars eouldn’t buy four Scnators, but a $4.30 breakfast has been known to turn the trick. Americanism: Scolding the child- ren for being what they are; trying hamed of you. “Not guilty” is the shorter way. but in some instances the jury might as well say: “We find the ac- cused innocent of poverty, i} Happy thought! You needn’t even lock your car if you'll drive a nail in a tire when you park. i He isn't a real capitalist unless he lves in a cold sweat unfil the presidential candidates are nomin- A friend is one who ean offer you vou hopping mad Il an enemy wished it on you. 014 Dobbin had ] faults, but he didn’t wrap himsclf around a tele- phone pole when the driver tried to kiss somebody. Milk is mostly water in any case, hut our milk man doesn’t seem able to nequire the cow’s knack of mix- ing it. ¥unny world. Most of the people who'are hurrying to get somewhere aren’t going to do much of anything when they get there. Fortunately, none of the world Dig jobs are held by men who have their photographs made with their chins in their hand Correct this sentence: “John and T | read cvery evening,” sald she, “but neither ever annoys the other by reading passages aloud.” 25 Years Ago Today (From Paper of That Date) The High school baeketball team 1 Middletown in’ that city . The game ended with a tle, cach side making points. The attendance at the town meet- ing in Turner hall last evening was limited only by the capacity of the huilding. Mayor Bassett presided. W. ] | is bad upon the reign of the flap- per every righteous and justice-lov- ling m | | ker de fense, The v that ghe | lapper is not 8o had as she s paint- j ed—or 0 had as she paints herself, whichever way one According to this medical pessi- | mist, the flapper wears so little that | 21l manner of her. deous diseases are | wooi Undernourishment, o 1\:‘, to develop a hoyish figur “too much night life @ making Lier ptible to everything measles to sunburn, e dir and re stse from one gnthers t1 declarations, 1it not been for the fact that medics have new hod of not wear too many clothes have told us that this mod raiment is more healthful than the old system of tight corscts and Kirts that ke nt the ks clean, om as that 1s le Cresk more car in N is mot the flappe g and And 1} froczing wtors don't get miueh of their STOPS [ LackyTigerknocks dandruffend k scaip ecsema by kiling the fol- e. Use Whyie { calling for the adoption of the po- n and admirer will spring to | looked in the Jav cares to take it. | € 1. Attwood introduced a resolution HE said he had | s very thoroughly end that there was nothing against t. The proposal was carried with a T. W. Mitchell introduced a | | resoluiion regae vaz the common | | il to set a Mne-foot building line on Arch street, but B ney moved to postpone this indefi- I nitely. J. H. Kirkham scid that it | swould cost the town §10,000 in dam. stablish the line, [ 115 asked why the matter had heen brought before a town mecting when | the council had explicit instructions. A. P. Marsh said that Mr. Cu- is might give some more intormaticn by telling when ne would finish the immar school, Finally, hy a vote hout three to two, the postpone ment was effected. A stranger stole five om in front of N. £ | this afternoon, but policeman and arr ©as putting one of | Principal Marcus ¥ school will de arlmont, Mass ng W held at the Hotel nine to form a ba umong local ciubs to 1o 1} Saturday teams 1o Pastime, clubs lice henefit fund. whoop. i of sweaters Mag's store wi n by just as he on ite of the v @ lecture tomorrow Beloin last ev Ball feadme imin jonal games Somer and Tontine nion of the of licensing ded through eye. shed in a bow | Police Rakl Love Nest of Gay Gaff- | Cur- | | e | Near-Sighted Lady: ‘Young man, | you should be ashamed of yourself, standing on & public thoroughfare in your undcrwear!” THE FUN SHOP COURSE IN EWS WRITING Lesson One Here's What Happened: Tommy Powers swallowed a half dollar, And Here's How To Write The | Item: DOCS SAVE LAD'S LIFE IN "OIN PROBE: SOLVE MONEY CRASH PROBLEM Tommy Powers, age 5, alleged to be the son of J. H. Powers, ru- mored banker, is belleved to be on | the road to recovery teday after an cperation by Dr. William Pierce, fa- mous local surgeon. A coin, claim:d to be a half dol- lar, was removed, nurses say, from the throat of the youngster, accord- ing to internes, at an hour reported | to be nine o'clock last night. “Wow! Baw! Wowie!™ said Tom- my in a statement given to report- ers after the alleged operation. “I'm glad we got the fifty cents | back,” the child’s father is sald to | have told the physician. “It'lIl help pay your bill.” The doctor, accord- ing to bystanders, made the follo ing statement: “It was easy—I #imply used the neckotonsile-ade- noidscope, an instrument invented Ly myself. By it's means I changed the four bits to two quarters, rnd the rest was quite simple.”” . Lesson Two Here's What Happened: A young man had his arm arcund a girl in the park. And Here's How Item: To Write The Romeo During Petting Party Jack Woodman, alias “Darling.” alias “Lover-boy” and Mae Ryan, alias “Sweet Mamma,” were arrested today by a squad of brave police- men when the city park was ralded by order of courageous Police Chief Dudgeon. When arrested, in broad daylight, the two had their urms around cach other, and, officers say, 'Woodinan was whispering what was believed to be sweet nothings in the girl's ear. The man, who is 20 years of age, has a long police record, being ar- rested at the age of 10 for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk and at the age of 13 for matching pennies on {the way to Sunday School. The girl, too, is an old offender, having traffic policeman, ‘Il send 'em to the preacher for | a tife sentence,” stated Police Judge Osborne, “and make an example of them.” This paper congratulates the en- tire riot squad for their extreme | fearlessness in making this daring aid and hopes that deserved promo- tion will come to them at once, ADOPTED BY ACCLAMATIO sdit, cash. Some like o ; Some 1 | 1 like girls | With lots of pash! 1 ~—Grant Borjes THE FOURTH DIMENSION i S & hed The Fun Shop) | 5 “May I kiss you now, dearest Marion: “Wait a while.” Richard: “Why? | Marion: “I was raised in south, big boy, and I'm not used to these sudden changes in fempera- ture yet:"” —M. L. T. (And As Solved By Other \Fun been arrested once for smiling at a | the | QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by 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, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended rescarch be undertaken. All cother questious will receive a per. sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—Editor. Q. How should a sweater be washed to keep it from stretching? A. Brush thoroughly before wet- ting and note the measurements. After washing pull back to the original size before drying. . Be careful not to let the weight ef the water stretch the sweater out of carcful not to let the weight of the water stretch the sweater out of shape. Keep it complettely under water while washing and rinsing. Gather it together with one hand underneath when lifting it from the water, Press out water without wringing. Stretch into original shape and size. Lay the garment front up over a cloth on a flat surface. When nearly dry turn it over to dry the back. It should be washed like any other wool in warm soap suds keeping the water at an even tetmperature through all the rinsings. Q. How can white lace be tinged cream color? A. Dip in coffee until it is the shade you want. | Q. What is the proportion of | land to water on the earth? | A. The carth’s surface is 72 per cent water and 28 per cent land. In terms of arca, the earth is about 197,000,000 square miles and has 142,000,000 square miles of water | and 55,000,000 square miles of land. The Pacific ocean is the largest body of water and contains more than half the water arca of the earth. Q. What is the normal number of teeth in a human being? A. A full set of teeth consists of 12 enameled chisel teeth, 8 sharp tools with 2 points . each, and 12 solid molars for grinding. Q. What led to the first oplum war between China and Great Britain? | A. The British had introduced opium intp China carly in the 19th century. They exerted themsclves to stimulate trade in the drug in China because it gave them an out- let for one of the principal products of India. In 1821 Emperor Tao Kwang, finding that the opium habit was becoming alarmingly prevalent among his people, sought to sup- press the trade and this action led to the first opium war China and Great Britain in 1540-42. Shop Contribu |faddish for afternoon dresses in i Lodon this season The Kind of a Risct | Harvey: “So you kissed Edith, ch? S bhetween ¢ A. Tt is the Germanic equivalent for Santa Claus. The name is used both in Germany and Holland. Q: How were nfediaval tourna- ments conducted? A. They were pageants in which two opposing parties or two men in armor contended on horseback with blunted weapons in real or mock Miami .. Minneapolis Nantucket . New Haven New Orlcans .. New York .... Northfield Pittsburgh . Portland, Me. . combat. - Washington ... CHRISTMAS CANDIES AND CAKES Our Washington Burenu has & packet ready for you which containe bulletine telling how to make from tested recipes all kinds of CAKES AND COOKIES, CANDIED FRUITS the Christmas Holiday season. If you below and msil as directed: - r_-— - - NUTS FUDGES AND CHOCOLATES, and HARD CANDIES AND' TAFFI CLIP COUPON HERE AND CARAMELS. FONDANTS, . for, want this packet, fill out the gpupon ! curismaas EDITOR, Washington Bureau, Daily Herald, 1332 I want the packet containing bullet CANDY MAKING AT HOME, and uncancelled, U. 8. postage stamps NAMB ... STREET AND NO, New York Avenue, Washington, D. €. tns on CAKES AND COOKIES, and enclose herewth 15 cents iu loose, tor same: ciry . l T am a veader of the Daily New Britain Merald. - e e - - - - A Hat for Every Head f Among the earliest of manlifactured products in America to ealousy of British manufacturers were hats which were being sent to foreign markets from the Colonies early in the 18th century. It was not until after the Revolution, how- Connecticut entered the industry with the zeal which characterized its entry into other lines of manufacuring, and Which resulted in placing this st ture of fur-felt hats. ate in the lead in the manufac- Danbury became the hat center of the world as other Con- necticut cities took the lead in other industries, but the making of hats today in this state takes field county. in several other towns in Falr- Thirty-eight factories during 1925 turned out hats valued at $30,789,81Y, thus placing Connecticut far ahead of Pennsylvania, its nearest competitor, which produced felt hats valued at $2v,- 549. 38¢, of the country's output. makes a showing in this indust; 1925 cost $16,346,223. Wages amounted to $7,429,167, ew York followed with a value of $16,755,418, with New Jersey, fourth at $9,479,489. for the 48 states was $580,066,390. The value of this commodity Thus Connecticut produces No other New England state ry. The materials used during paild to 5,495 wage earners The value of this industry today in this state is three-times greater than it was in 1914, 1'r ticyt increased from 25 of the 38¢% in 1925, om a percentage basis, Connec- country's production in 1914 to Tomorrow—Connecticut Was Not Always United. The Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang. ~ MR. BANG HAPPENED To RUN ACRoss THAT PARTICULAR CHRISTMAS BliL WHICK MRS. BANG HKAD NoT WANTED HIM -To SEE JUST YET. ("Fontaine Fox. 1928, The Rell Syndicate, Inc ) By Fontaine Fox. AN AR