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This ineures pro- tection against fraud In newspaper a tribution’ figures to both national and local advertisers. eay in_New tand, Timee s, Entrance The Herald ta om York at_Hotaling’s Ne Square; Bchultz's News: Grand Central, 42nd Street. The winter sport industry something that used to be. SR A politician 13 somebody Who can {ell a farmer what's ailing him. The difference between dog a fight and a street brawl is ten dol- | lars and cos The real reason checkers is mort is because popular than chess checker player moves while a chess player think: One-fifth of the state’s popula tion is expected to drive anfomebiles in 1928, and they will try to concen- trate on one-tenth of the highways. All we have to say about a mobilization of the mnational guard is that it must feel like being all dressed up but no place to go. All the news stories say Coolidge got a warm reception C'uba, the correspondents proving it by doffing their coats. President In New York the Interborough Rapid Transit is adding more sub- way cars in order to accommodate the population now #ding in taxi- cabs. The President of Cuba made speech over the radio to this coun- try yesterday and the only man in the land who understood it was Sen- ator Bingham. 8 “The expansion of Hartford and New Britain is recognized,” says the Middletown Press. Just now we are hoping that something out of Mid- dletown doesn't expand too much in this direction. 1t is not quite clear whether Wa- terbury is entitled to congratulations | or sympathy over losing its minor league baseball franchise. The town evidently thinks it requires too much brass to stay in the league. COURAGEOUS FLYERS Interest has been at a high pitch regarding the attempt of Clarence D. Chamberlin and Roger Q. Williams to eet up & new air endurance rec- @pd. If telephone calls to a news- Peper office are any criterion of in- terest, then the Chamberlin-Wil- liams attempt showed up as well as | many of the long-distance flight at tempts of the past, for Saturday aft ermoon, when the second flight had been made, this office was flooded with calls regarding Chamberlin's effort, The three trys have been import ant to aviation, more so than sor of the attempted ocean flights. They | have proven that possess certain disabilities changed to major faults b conditions, especially during winter The experiences of Chamberlin and Willlams readily indicate that ocean flying during unpropitious seasons is foolhardy. Had the pair attempted ocean flight instead of zooming over Roosevelt field they would have been among the list of appeared aviators, The three endurance attenipts really “advanced aviation” than an oceanic stunt flight at scason of the year could have done More such flights, which bring out the weaknesses of winter flying in cold climates without time faking toll of the experiment- will “till airplanes in air weather dis- niore this at the same ers, advance hie science more, VOTING ON THE FARLEL Y If the administration than a toe had more a hold control upon the upon Senate it would have made a better showing in the voting the McMaster resolution. This resolution put the Senate of a redu duties, without on record in favor “excessive’ ng ion of which that of course. specifs particular duties tion. The were in classi votr wae merely an expression o tarift e opinion as ion can But nden originate in House Senate mfine zrese vote will have a f he lomer hrapch tives reaily don't Lnow fo do about th ronted with tarif, beir indignant squals from the is |1 al in | tariff agrarian element in the west while being told to go easy by the manu- facturing interests of the east. ’ The Senate vote—54 to 34 for re- duced duties—was rather surprising. It wasn't even close. The fact that 12 Republicans supported the reso- lution shows how tenuous the’ ad-| winistration hold is upon so-called | western Republicans. | What the western fellows want is | i high dutics on agriculturd products | —which would increase the cost of s—and low duties products—w hich the living in the cit on would manufactured injure the prosperity of cities and enable farm cheap manufactures from abroad. The plan is manifestly tllogical. The | prospered ex- | have not farmers ceptionally well under postwar de- Lut they certainly could not prosper any better markets regardless flation, with shattered how much their own of they were obtaining for products Resid is no time for il tinkering. BOASTING ABOUT POSTAL RECEIPTYS Numerous cities in New Lnj boasting wve been given 1o about their postal receipts. The fnereases liave been remarkable all to won inerease uling som Ny down the line, l¢ whether they 1 are an ac- curate criterion of civie prospe I b that many a city has registered high s era of high postage rates hus | with us for several years, so | S with 1o relatively larger I when the | total of mail handled will be in- conten- put high | teresting to note, plated reductions in rate through, whether some of the flvers will not drop in proportion. Then there is the question whether | in many cases (he postal increases are not due to the increased volume af cirenlar matter sent through the mails. If a city or fown has a few institutions within it which make a of sending out large quan- | such matler the result na- turally will be shown in the post of- fice receipts | About a der cnr- | ade ago Chic passed New York in postal receipts, | v on account of 1he character eral business institutions in | | ince that time New York also has faken to sending out more | wan | A Tt's a poor \business t cirenlars. who doesn’t Fis dozen or from the metropolis every day; if Tie is a specially efficient business man he knows how to handle them | without putting in much time pon- | dering their contents. GER RATES The high paseenger { have been maintained upon the rail- | | roads of the country are not dus to |1ast forever, and when the fraveling | | public is given relief it probably will | |be due in considerable measure up- on the competition of motor coaches and automobiles. When passenger rates went up €o | high that gasoline hicles found it easy to compete with the rails on a basis of cost the rail-| roads found that passenger fraffi | was rapidly receding; it has been re- ceding steadily every year, and the | railroad managements have been in- | clined to blame jt upon everything rates which propelled ve but their high rates | The Pennsylvania and the Phila- | delphia and Reading have been the | first to discover the real | | These two lines serve for reason. | Jersey acoast, and several t const | s years it | has been cheaper to | | Philadelphia the than by train. Not only el much avel from | fo by bns| | aper, but | cheaper the | Consequently | buses have been getting a large slice | | of the husine particularly since Dalaware of the river | elphia regain Pas '”Efr‘ that dis-| en foreed o clash their | some of their vanishi business the railroads in trict have he os radically, and 1f that does not be rad 0-da; ween al other tine limit tickets 1 Nobody has er mine low much mor s a railroad to transport a j a return trip ten Jay ivs his round trip ticket rns the see ond day. or on thr st railroads more Mea ger 1 | they run the It dropped to advant same tr ery day roada, is just a custom th 5 D ihrongh stimnlatic travel, and the public Th Yo motor couchi popular yearly and pete with the railroad business on a fare basis—an to javers o isn't javer isn to more money this amount A STATE OF STATK DIANA 1o obtain | {er | ones, have been indi as such Atlanta: the present governor, Ld Jackson, s indicted on the charge of having attempted to bribe the former governor, McCray; Clyde Walb, chairman of the Republican state committee, has been indicted in"connection with the failure of a bank. George V. Cotfin, of the Marlon chairman county (Indianapo- lis) Kepublican committec, has been indicted on a bribery charge. John L. Duval, Indianapois, wus convicted of corrupt practices and thrown out of office; among the other indicted politicians the controller, purchasing market ma president o the board of works, and six of the ity councilmen; not to over- look the state Lanking commissions Luther 1% Symons, and his deputy, Thomas D. Barr, charged with the Ora J. Davies, of § a former state {reasurer, mayor of are former city ent, nine negligence in connection with failure of a trust company. One | campaign | cnator Itebinson, and in- receiving a erstwhile manager was > of deposits. Altogeth- public officials, mostly high d in the state. dicted on a char rakeoff on st The rde party political outlook. therefore, is as bad for the grand ola That the long suffering peo- ple have becom= indignant was evi- | denced when Indiarapolis voted for {he adopticn of the city by manager of government a score, of 10 to 1. Senator from the »ower in polities, and | Vatson lowever, is a of the Washin Marry state, one GoOo P standbys | Postmaster — General | . who hails feud and it things from In- | diana, settle Wi has a to with son is a terrible affair, | Mr. of course, is going (o s into the elec- RO, fion In his nafive state, greatly fo | the disgust of Senator Watson. Will Hays, moving picture v, likewise a Hoosier, 15 cager (o be a delegate from his native state to the Repub- | lican n every national convention. this parlons state, where is for limself and the Anti-Saloon League has a little score politician the devil take the hindmost, to settle with the politicians, helping Dr. . Schumaker, etate superintendent to frame the picture in black S of the league, was sent to jail, and hesvants to know why the polificians allowed it after his league was so active in helping the grand old party. Indiana may remain in the Repub- lican column in but it Democrats the presidential doubtful. The strong man groomed to run for governor, and it is no trick 1o believe he will be elected. He is Frank Dailey, former U, §. attorney for the state. Along with him will come a Demo- cratic administration for the state. election, is have a The Republicane in Indiana have | dug their own grave. The party may not have heen responsible for the depredations of one or two of its of- ficials, but in a state of such unex- ampled rottenness there is nothing Ise left but to blame the party. GREAT BRITAIN PAYS “Perfidious Albion” ghe is called. That is the title that is current on the continent, or in some circles on the continent Henee ing to the critical gentry to discover the following among the writings of William Allen White, the detached and 1 pen ug for the Emporia Gazette, in the wheat country. To wit it is somewhat disconcert fair-minded editor! speaki Our Yate red-coated sors and still later khaki-elad noble allies, the British, have iust completed another payment on their war debt—a staggering payment on a stupendons suni, when considers the re- sources and economin conditions of the mother island Of all the principal European nations, Brifain is the only one which is paving it honestly and —that is to =ay, out of her own tayes oppres one present saqna pay ing it an1ed not from mon -y Lorrowed from us for the purpos: “Britain pays what remarked Stanley B cral years ago when | this country debt-funding And out of all discu:- European debts, of all palaverings as o ustice, as to whether 1o cancel “he owes, 1dwi » came to sy on mission, sions of out their t cancel, fact like tuating s and we oug or not to stands this one Gibraltar in 1 of pap: parchnent Britain pays! ranit i proi O10 John Bl Sodz 1 Loverneight and a grombler! on the lated time he oy stipi- steps up to the his stuff 1 to pay us and mut- 1. he us BATTLY Haver TO DRAW 17 (A—Ge o1h of N Doy Jan. o hout night « to £ 4 professio which dre " ; 2 | the thermometer on your back porch by the fact that he quite naturally L v AR 1t's just as cheap to raise a large family. A sedan doesn’'t cost uny more than a sport coupe. How pleasant life would be'if all jobs were as easy as the other fei- low’s job looks. Very few habits are bad habit They just seem that way because of the company they keep. Patriotism: The conviction that is the only one that tells the truth. If your boy doesn't believe in fairy tales, don’t worry. He may never be a good idealist, byt at least he won't be an -~ Vanity is the quality that enables a man who has grown bald to feel cheated because his wife has grown stout. The young intellectual is just like othier commou-sense, practical peo- ple, except that ne thinks it remark- able to bo that way. Happy thought. 1If there's any- thing in evolution, pedestrians will t hard enough to crumple fenders, 1w then drivers will dodge them. “Awmcricans are scornful of the law’s provisions.” Huh. What about the mother provided by law — the one called a mother-in-law? Americanism: Feeling fortunate to have what you have, until you see somebody else with something bet- ter. The reformer's zeal is explained thinks vou are as mean as he was Lefore he reformed. Douhtless the American property needing protection in Nicaragua in- cludes several undertaking establish- | ments. | Don't ¢ ibout an employee's dmmbness; if he wasn't dumb, he'd have a job like yours and not be working for you The world grows better. We can remember when bare feet gathered carpet tacks for several days each time the family moved. “There was a crooked man and he had a crooked leg.” Early ex- ample of allegory. Refers to a cap- tain of industry and the lawyer he | uges, New York doesn't seem &0 won- derful when the radio brings you a punk program Uy the “stars’ New York regards as wonders. Well, if a life of easy luxury de- stroys nations, perhaps it is a kind- ness to leave the war debt undi- minished for posterity. 3 ! Correct this sentence: T never let my husbhand see me in the morning,” said she, “until T look as nice as 1 do when 1 fix for a party.” Copyright 1928, Publishers Syndicate * 25 Years Ago Today (¥rom Paper of That Date) There has been more coasting in New Britain this winter than in all the winters of the fist decade, and consequently more accidents. There was a bad mixup on the ood Hill last night, as a result which | | Miss Mary Campbell, a‘ Normal | schoo! student, is laid up at her home on High street. This course is the hest of several about town, {and the rippers go from the school |lionse down Washington street about |2 mile. Miss Campbell. was one of {7 party returning up the hill, and a ripper crashed into it. It |was feared at first that her skuil {was fractured and she was taken hame and examined by Dr. Martin, [t it was found that fthere was {nothing more than a slight concus- jor The fales of famine len cansed by the f in crops have wedes fo rally of second in northers | ilure of the ised the local to the reseue. At Swedish Bethany church Sun- day $120 was collected for relief, ind the Swedish Lutheran chureh has raised $106. The various soci- etics expect to raise the sum of $1,- | 000, and the New Britain Glee club will give a concert in the Lyccum on the 29th, Y. M.C the The 1eesh this A. Debating club will out the following question evening: “Resolved: That <hall not be required tor verdiet by the jury.” P, 1. King jand E. R. Lowe will he the dispu- {tants for the affirmative and C. W. and 1. 1. Vitzsimmons will for the negative. Goveriior and Mrs. Chamberlain {will be guests of honor at the annual reception of Esther Stanley chapter, [ A R, which will be held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James {Stanley North on Iranklin square Wednesday evening. The hostess is of the governor. a fliciul board of the Trinity | for that poet who wrote poems to church held its annual meet- st evening. I M. Burdick was 1 financial secretary and E. man treasurer. B, J. Skinner 15 named on the auditing and cutive com M. D. Stockwell chairm the committee or w Nittees i of d BT 1 s hich togi Gaffney was in- ure today. 1o saloon: it A to be with cond Advent would econtinus Mm.u:a“dlhl:n Britain Herald, your letter will bo forwarded to New York. Tt's All In the Way You Go at 'Em} Let's nrake believe the drifts of snow Are drifts of mirth and cheer, Our shovels jokes and wield em, Folks e With grins from ear to ear! Our Present Crop! Webster: “Our present-day mo- torists all know how té make a left- ! hand and right-hand turn Barnes: “Yes, everything except a kind turn!' JGITIVES FROM JUSTICE Hnm Sweet Hum! When littie household troubles To Bert's attention coms, He doesn’t show much intere He meraly answers, “Hum. Tast night his wife said, “Money! TI'm broke, s0 give me some!" And when he showed no interest That lady made things hum! —W. E. Kirby These Women! “The bracelet that you gave me,” Said Wilfred's girl, Nan Carr, “Reminds me of the last two names Of a famous movie star. “Go on, and try to guess it. You ecan’t? Than yon give in? Tt reminds me of the last names Of the star called Rin-Tin-Tin!" —Lillian Ruter two Tiad? Judge: you this man Patmer: “He zaid he didn't like the shape of my girl's proboscis.” Judge: “Why that means only her nose!™ Palmer: “Yes. but T thought I'd better whip him first and look v up in the dictionary afterwards!™ —Daniel C. Griffin beat up THE TELEPHON (Marjorie Kohn, Teacher) Class: “Oh, teacher, don't you promised to give us the down on telephones today.” Teacher: “Yes, darlings, teacher Lasn't forgotten. The telephene is an instrument that rings at 3 o'clock in the morning when somebody wants some other number.” Class: “Does somebody want some other number?" Teacher: “Oh, no. Not always. Sometimen it is just the operator who wants to practice up on saying ‘Excuseitplease’ in the least possible time. The operator who can ray it the fastest gots a kewpie lamp ar the Telephone Operators’ Picnic.” Class But does the person who owns the telephone ever use it?" Teacher: “Yes. But that's where the party line comes in." Class: “What is a party line?™ Teacher: “If it is 10:02 and your train leaves at 10:32, and you want to call a taxicab, *hat is prima facls evidence that you have a party line. By the time your train is pulling out, the other subecriber on your party line will have reached the point in her conversation where she says that they have the cutest ted- dies at the Department Store.” Class: “And what would a phone do if it were ruined?” Teacher: “It would immediately appoint a receivor.” :“Has the telephone done any forget low- always tele- good? Teacher: “Oh, ves. Before telephone was invented, ‘nine’ only one syllable. Now it has at least two, and sometimes three or four, and so the world is made safe for democracy Class: “When is a telephone most likely to ring Teacher: “When you're in the bathtub and th> house 15 cold and your wife is likely to come in any minute with four members of her sewing cirele.” Clas hank vou kindly, teacher old dear. You throw a mean lesson.” Teacher: “Littie flatterers! Don't forget, you're always welcome in | the Lad | The Harbors Of Lost Soles! Charles: “Why didn't Sally fall her beauty? - TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928, {Capt. H. C. Gray of the U. § Mrs. Potter (a bridge flend); “Why did you lose your last job as nurse- maid?" Applicant: “I kept the children out too long, ma'am.” Mra. Potter: “That is recommen- dation enough for me. You're en- gaged!” ~—Charles M. Quinn (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) 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 research be undertaken. All other questious will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—Editor. Q. How manyJapancse men and women are in Australia? A. There are 72,224 84,698 women. Q. What is the difference be- tween athletics, calesthenics and symnastics? A. Athletics are games or sports, collectively, that depend wholly or partly on feats of physical strength such as baseball, cricket, rowing and swimming and in a restricted sense feats of strength performed for their own sake and not as an incident of any game. Calesthenics are light gymnastics = designed to promote grace as well as health. Gymnas- tics promote strength and agility. Q. What does “Attaboy” mean? It is slang, a contraction of “that’s the boy" which was popular in the American expeditionary forces dairing the world war. Q. What are the nicknames for New Orleans, Los Angeles, Seattle, Detroit and St. Louls? A, New Orleans is called “The Crescent City™; Los Angeles 'he City of Angels’; Seattle, “The Queen Cit Detroit, “The the Straits” and &t Louis, Mound City". Q. When did Austria republic? A, November 12, 1918. Q. Whose signature is first on the Treaty of Versailles? A. President Wilson was the first to sign the treaty. He affixed his signature at 3:15 p. m. June 28, 1919, Q. What do the nam Adrienne mean? A. Mary is from the Hebrew and means bitter. Adrienne is from the Latin and means “dark”, black". Q. What is the oldest unaltered national flag in the world” A. The flag of Denmark which dates back to A. D. 1219 Q. Should a dinner r only at a formal dinner? 5 With strict. regard _ for etiquette they should be worn only at dinners, bul most women wear them on any dress occasion such as afternoon or evening parties. Q. What nation holds the world altitude record for aeroplane? For balloon ™ A. Renato Donati of Italy re- cently broke the record of 35474 feet. held by Lt. C‘arleton C. Chap- pion, 1. §. Navy) when Donati reached a height 38,802 feet. men and bhecome a Mary and g be worn of reached an altitude of 4 a free balloon on a flight Which re- sulted in hiz death November 4, 1927, Q. What is the value of a V7. §. 50c paper money issue of 1873 with a bust of Stanton, also one with a bust of Lancoln of the same vear? | A. The one with the bust ot Stanton is valued at G0c: with the bust of Lincoln at 70 cents. Q. How is suede pronounced? A NEW HoME ABoUT READY Nancy: “She read the poems and tell for herscif:” —Marie V. Capito. THE MIRTH OF A NATION | QUEEN MARIE SUFFERS FROM Griefs of RouMANJA COFVEE EXPERTS Convene At FODUNK GFORGE V. Ihislike Chicago. NEWS MAKES mwr GIRL DISFLAYS Contempt For Ma GrUNDIE THE VILLAGE HALFWIT HAS MADE HAND CAR WHICH - ; THAN THE TROLLEY AND TTHE A. 18 if it were spelled “swade" with a long “a” as in aid. 3 Q. What is the capital of Aus- tralia? A. Canberra. Q. What is the nationality and meaning of the name Amelia? A. The name is derived from the Greek “Aimulos”, and means “work”, “energetic"”. Tt appears in all the languages of Europe. The Latin is Aemulius, the French Amelie, most of the others have Amelia. Q. What is the salary of the gov- ernor of New York? ‘A, $25,000 a year. Q. What were the charges on which Col. Williaim Mitchell was court-martialed? Was he dismissed from the service? A. The eight charges were (1) conduct in prejudice of good order and military discipline (2) insubor- dination to the administration of the war department; (3) making statements highly contemptuous and disrespectful of the war department; (4) same as three with reference to the navy department; (5-8) men- tioning specific statements for pre- vious counts. He.was found guilty on all charges and ordered demoted but not dismissed from the army. He resigned. Q. What is the state rel Denmark? A. The state church is Evange- ic Lutheran but complete re- ligious toleration for other denomi: nations exists. Q. Which has the larger popula- tion, Rome or Naples? A. Rome has 700,000; 698,000, ion in Naples _ Observations On The Weather ‘Washington, Jan. 17 for Southern New Englan Fair and slightly colder tonight; Wed- nesday partly cloudy; diminishing northwest winda. Torecast for Fastern New York: Forecast Fair, ‘slightly colder n extreme south pertion tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy; fresh northerly winds, diminishing, - Condjtions: The disturbance that passed' over this locality advanced northeastward and centers this mgrning over eastern Maine. It produced light ruin and sleet over Southern New England and smows oveg upper New York state and northern New England. Centers of low premure prevail over Arkansas and New Mexico while the pressure i» relatively high elsewhere through- out the country with principal crest centers over the east Gulf states, Kansas and Montana. Tempera- tures are much warmer in the north Atlantic stales and are moderate in all portions of the country except in Montana, where sub-zero tempera- tures prevail. Conditions faver for this vicinity fair weather with slightly lower temperature. Temperatures yesterday: Higl Low 54 38 24 30 Atlan: Atlanti Boston Buifalo Cl Cincinnati Denver Detroit .. Duluth Hatteras Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angcles Miami . . inneapolis .. Nantucket New Haven New Orleans . New York Norfolk . Northfield Pittsburgh .... Portland, Me. . St. Louls . Washington 42 28 30 12 48 54 36 43 18 30 31 58 3z 40 10 36 14 Ll 36 38 68 4 44 o4 76 30 32 31 (1] 34 48 10 58 18 66 36 There are 87 women acientists, including chemists, zoologists, phy- sicists, botanists and pathologists, employed in government depart- ments at Washington. M TEA CAKES AND PARTY PASTRIES Recip cakes, daintien, pastries and luncheons, teas, receptions, late all kinds, ata contalned in and full directions for making the most delicious st tarts o suppers and our Washington of t he merved at bridge affairs _of Ful f all kinds to tatge and small Bureaw's latest bulletin. out the coupon below and send for it: - — - CLIP COUPON HERE | ENTERTAINING EDITOR, Washington Bureau, New Biltain Herald, 1323 T want & copy and enclose herewith New York Avenie, ot the bmiietin five cents in Washington, TFA CAKES AND FARTY FASTRIER, i G, Joose, uncancelled, U. §. postaj stamps, or coin to cover postage and handling costs: NAME 5 STREET AND I am & re: NUMBER B STATR Sl ader of the Daily New Britain Herald. - - —— - N FACTS Co NECT Compiled by the CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — ABOUT ICUT Connecticut Was Prepared In the War for Independence. ant part althoug At {he outoreak of trouble the colony condition for war than any other colony. Perfect It was unnecessary either to reconstruct and in a bette unanimity prevailed. Connecticnt played an import- zh no major battles were waged in her territory. was amply prepared the government, as was done in Massachusetts, or to depose the government as was done in all the other states. Ambng the first volunteers to 1each Boston after the battle of Lexington were 4.000 from Connecticut under Israel Putnam and Benedict Arnold, who later half of Washington's army at New York in Unstintedly Connecticut sent supplies te of Connecticut soldiers. jomned the Rritish. More than 6 was composed the front in all times of need. She constructed ships which har- assed British fleets and her factories turnde out large quantities of munitions. Four isolated British movements were made in Connecticut— against Stonington in 1 1779, and New London in 1781, Danbury in 1777; New Haven in Connecticut furnished about 31,939 men for the Continental army and 9,000 more served in the nnlitia. Connecticut troops were engaged in all the principal Lattles north of the Carolinas. One of the Hale, a native of Coventry, who for Washington, was outstanding patriots of the struggle was Nathaw undertook a dangerous mission ght by the British and hanged as a spy. His last words were, “I regret that 1 have but one life to lose for my country.” Tomorrow—Electrical Machinery in Connecticut., For MurberR ! SKIPPER { The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains. By Fontaine Fox. BLOSSOMED FORTH WITH IS FASTER 1S JUST