New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1928, Page 8

Watored ot the Past Office st New Brit- aln a8 Seecad Class Mall Matter. Assccisted Press 18 excluaively en- re-publication of to it or not otherwise | peper and also local thereln. DBuress of Circulation | 1s » pationa) organisation newsmpapers and adver- strictly honest sualyale of Our circulation statistics are upon this sudit This insures pro- fom against treud in newapaper dle- Oguree to both pational aad vertisers. C . 4 ts on sale dally iz New estand, Times nds, Eatrance e The Meral York st Hotaling's Square; Schults's New: Grend Central, ¢3nd Btr THE VACANT CHAIR Ameong the 23 senators who voted for Frank L. Smith ot Illinols were | McLean and Bingham of Connecti- | cut. In spite of the libraries of | vitriolic denunciation against the plas to bar Smith which has ap- peared in the state's rights news- | papers of late, the lllinoisan lost supporters in the Senate as the finish was reached. Only the most deeply dyed Republicans of state's rights gahist whose duty it is to give pub- lic recitals—had in view the cul- tural advancement of the people; and in Philadelphia Mr. Curtis is | following the same principle, as John Wanamaker did before him in both Philadelphia and New York. It is a credit to New Britaip that it possessed a citizen with the same urge to provide great organ music. When the South church organ re- pairs are completed in February and the weekly recitals are started and continued with even regularity it will be found that the public re- sponse will gradually accelerate, and sooner or later a momentum of ap- preclation will be achieved that will make of the recitals a local insti- | tution. Guest organists of note could very well be employed to assist in the awakening of this appreciation, and in this connection we have not far to go to obtain the guest organ- ista. A city possessing such a beauti- ful instrument {s fortunate, but to make its influence felt throughout the city, an influence that is elevat- ing and uplifting, religious in nature and touching the higher attributes of the mind, the organ must be heard. Catering to a clientele that is already musical would not be the objective, or at least only part of it; the recurring recitals will gradually draw parts of the population which will find it a pleasure to revel in the sonorous tones of the pipes. The city is justified in anticipat- ing large benefits from the con- templated recitals. UNSAFE BUILDINGS proclivities stood by Smith. Even | Sepator Curtis, Republican leader, and Jones of Washington, the ma- Jority whip, helped swell the 61 who closed the door. | Once again McLean and Bingham were on the losing side of the vot- ing. ‘They have convictions and; stand by them, and thelr convictions being what they are it is not strange ‘nu they so frequenly are found listed with the minority. McLean and Bingham belleve that | ‘where the money comes from is not the Senate’s business. Maybe it isn't; in which case the Nutmeggers are right. Maybe it is; in which the Senate is right. But constitutionally the Semate is the judge of the qualifications of its own member- ship, and that ought to settle it. DISPLAY IT HERE It is time to emit & sqawk. The new-fangled, bigh-power, ultra- modern, last-word, greatest-and-best locomotive that the New York, New Haven & Hartford rallroad has been diaplaying in various cities along the lines so far bas given the go-by to New Britain. It has been displayed in Boston, Providence, Hartford, and even Waterbury. By this time it is being displayed at other cities ‘The modus operandi was to place the new machine alongside the rail- road station and allow the public to ezamine it. The younger generation eapecially has gone into ecstatic de- 1ights when clambering into the cab, sitting at the engineer's armchair— or whatever they have to sit on— pulling the bell rope, making the whistle blow, and at close range peering at the multitudinous ma- chinery. Some of the older boys, grown men, aleo go into fits and imagine they are youngsters again. ‘The New Haven's free show in the form of its locomotive display ought to be given in New Britain. The Lion's Frolic, the dally turns of the vaudevilllans, the flickers of the meovies and the church socials may be all right for entertainment; but the biggest thrill in the young lives of our oncoming future presidents will arrive with the New Haven's locomotive. Let's have the “monster locomo- tive” parked where we can give it the careful scrutiny it demands. New Britain’s youngsters, having become expert at playing with toy locomotives, dearly want the oppor- tunity to play with a real one. This tip to the rafiroad should be suffi- cient. ORGAN RECITALS It was with pleasure that many citizens of New Britain learned a few days ago that the magnificent | organ in the South Congregational church would be repaired at a cost of $15,000 and that when it has been returned to its pristine state as one of the greates organs in New Enz- land, if not in States, a series of weckly organ ro- | citals would be given upon the in- strument. | A great organ, well played, Is elevating to hear. Every city cannot have symphony orchestra concerts, and not even every city has organs of such dimensions as is found in | South church. Being fortunate in having the organ, provided by the far-sighted munificence of the late the entire United Philip Corbin, it is logical that the | far greater than that of the Con-| o zarba instrument should maximum of use for the artistic | betterment of the commurity. It is equally logical to assume that the | donor of this fine instrument had | this in view as one of the objects of making the gift. One need only to reflect that Cyrus Curtis of Philadel- | phia. in giving his native city of Portland, Me, a municipal organ— | the city providing a municipal or- be given the In the opinion of some persons a building is “safe” until it begins to | fall apart. That does not appear to be the opinion of the city building department, which has just institut- ed a campaign to rid the city of “old and dilapidated” structures, either through removal or repair. Five barns and one old dwelling felt the gaze of official displeasure | the first day of the campaign. Pos- sibly some of these were landmarks of a sort. Sentiment would withhold official condemnation from many a landmark, but civic safety sometimes | [takes a different view. As most old structures are of little value their owners usually are not inclined to discuss their rights in such a matter, more than likely taking the oppor- tunity to put up & new building. Dilapidated structures being fire risks of a grave nature the city naturally has extensive powers in ordering their removal. It is safe to forecast that for every such building | removed during the “drive” a new one will be erccted In less than a year, HEFLIN, TROUBLEMAKER At a time when the Democratic party machinery was running along mbre smoothly than since the days of Wileon, and it seemed likely that the Houston convention would be a love feast compared with the Madi- son Square Garden fiasco of four years ago, along comes Senator Heflin and throws a brick. His aim may have been poor, but his action was bad. Senate Democrats backing the leadership of Senator Robinson of Arkansas naturally came to the aid of the minority leader following the tiff with Heflin. would not do otherwise, for Heflin's religlous intolerance and high- pitched speeches have been anathema to well-wishers of the party for years. Hard as it may be to quiet the Alabama eecnator something worth- while could be achieved it it were generally understood that he speaks for but an insignificant portion of bis party, and that he is ridiculed in his native state as pointedly as else- where. - His offense against party politics is that his main bent is the injection of religious bias into his partisan- ship. He does not seem able to un- derstand the rights of citizenship and office granted hy the Consti- tution, and which neither he nor the Ku Klux Kian, for which he is the | naps with that done the tax may be spokesman, can obliterate, ANOTHER POWER RESOURCE The creation of artificial lakes for power purposes has reached am ing proportions. The Conowingo {1ake, which has been allowed 10 fill | avery primary, from the Susquehanna river in Maryland, s made possible a huge dam which has taken years fo Although the in Maryland power from the construct. lake and dam is site will he sent over high tension wires to Philadelphia. The of Conowi years old, is obliterated by the acre artificial Jake. village For purpose of n it might be added that he greatest hydro-cleetric project in compa Connecticut, which includes the cre- ation of a lake in the Rocky River valley, will T submerge 6,000 acres. ost of the Conowingo project is necticut Light & Power The Connecticut project, wivoiving com, any. the erection of two dams at Lanes- ville and two at Danbury, in addi- tion to the mair mouth of the many delicate « power dam at the Rocky river, entails ering problems. The Conow! power project 18 merely on a larger scale, These vast power enterprises are sponsored by companies twhich They could and | possess & community of interest, which work hand in glove with one another and in time will form one st country-wide power monopoly. How well they are working together was indicated only the other day | when power from a big plant in | Boston was linked with high-tension wires running all the way to Flor- ida, via Chicago. It was only sn ex- periment, it was announced. “Only" perhaps is a subtle word in this con- | nection. The power inquiry instituted by | Senator Walsh in Congress may | bring nothing to the eurface except | interesting facts; but even so, it will | be very much worth while, CONNECTICUT CROP PRICES City dwellers in Connecticut | haven't paid much attention to the | crop prices in the state, this having | nothing in common with the price | of gasoline or the reductions in the | price of automobiles. But along the | highways and byways there is talk | about crop prices, particularly in view of a slump of four per cent in | the total values of the state’s agri- | cultural output during 1927, The figures have just been made public | by the U. S. department of agricul- ture. Seems that everything went fairly well except with potatoes and apples. |Although there was an increased | |acreage in potatoes, the yields were {poor. while the apple crop was only about half as large as the year be- fore. The slight decreases in the values of other fruit, corn and to- bacco were balanced by a good in- |crease in the price of hay. Feed crops had a splendid year, These outline the facts. Comparing | them with other New England states one finds that the gross crop | income in Connecticut remains com- | paratively the same as in preceding years. Maine still leads by a wide ! margin, followed by Maasachusetts, | Vermont and then the Nutmeg state. It s worthy of note that Connecti- cut's crop income is approximately twice the agricultural income of New Hampshire, which ought to do as well as Vermont if it had the same spirit, To the square mile agricultural | blooms well in Connecticut and throughout most of New England, | Facts and Fancies Think how insulted the ' bride mother would be if ‘the' groom's parents wept. The ofice cynic's wife has found a book on child. pesychology very helpful. She used it as & paddle. Religion was dark in the Dark Ages Bo was_everybody else. Re- ligion reflects the times. As man grows, religion growa to fit Mm. “Give me liberty!” eries the slave, He gets it. “Now,” says he, “ I won- der where I can capture a man-to work for me.” Note to ambitious ladies: If you want a permanent placé in the headlines, forget the Channel and negotiate the soclal awim. Modesty is the quality that en- ables a girl to sit stil two minutes without thinking of her knees nd trying to pull down her skirt. A successful man's friends de- sert one by one—not because they dislike him, but because ita easiev to degert than to pay back the loans. Marriages might i longer 1f it was the custom not to give the dia- mond ring until the fitth anniver- sary. Contentment is an impossibility, even for the rich. No house is big enough to hold all things the maga- zine ads make you want. ' " Amerjeanism: Thinking you could run the country; wishing you could | run your own affairs a little more #uccessfully, “America has no.lelsure class,” The writer should come down to the shop and watch the young man who is related to the chief’s wife. Every great man is an inspiration. You see him and say: “If that mut can succeed, there's no reason why 1 shouldn’t.” One reason why a vegetable diet helps you is because you must hustle like thunder to pay for it at this particularly in the value of crops. But there is not enough square mileage to make a great showing. The entire gross crop income fin New England, approximately $26,- 000,000, just about tops the similar income in Indiana alone, is about $30,000,000 less than Pennsylvania, | or Michigan, or Nebraska. Compared | with the 695,000,000 produced in crops in Texas—the nation’s leader | —the entire production in New Eng- land seems small. The production n Towa is nearly twice as much; and even in Illinols it is $429,000,000. But New England is not a “granary,” and it Is not a producer of cotton or other staples that bring in money; and in mileage, just look at the map of Texas! The annual statistics once again, however, knock out the idea that .Connecflcnt. or New England, is a | region of abandoned farms. A emall | state like Connecticut, no larger | than a few counties in some western states, which is about to produce | more than $30,000,000 in crops, or a gross of nearly §40,000,000, cannot contain many abandoned farms. AN EYE ON GREEN | Several contemporaries in Con- | necticut have taken heart in conse- | quence of a news item from lowa |that one Milton B. Pitt, a former state legislator has announced he would contest with Representative William R. Green, chairman of the | ways, and means committee of the | lower house in Congress, for the re- | nomination as the Republican can- didate. Representative Green is the lead- er in Congress for retention of the federal inheritance With Pitt contesting his renomination it may be possible to | monster from the picture, and per- tax. remove the green annihilated—at Jeast, that is the 1anner of reasoning. We seo nothing to gef excited bout becanse &omebody decides to | enter a primary contest with an of- fice holder. It happens in nearly and 1s one of the reasons for holding primaries. More than half the time the fellow who hecome prominent in Washington politics usually s renominated, prestige and local pride in the pos- | sessor thereof being an important | factor. Tn Green's case we rather think he will beat Pitt hands down. There is a vast difference in the point of view befween Republicans | in Towa and Connecticut. Mr a dog catcher's the Connecticut, if traneplanted to Towa, ould not be clected 1o the Whereas Green could not be elected for joh in Connecticut average Republican politician in position e collector. 1 This, figur- atively speaking, | POSTMASTER GENERAL SICR ‘Washington, Jan. 20 (#—Postn; ter General New is confined to bed at his home with a leg nerve in- fection 1t was aid at his office that while diseage i3 not dangerous, it was ery painfnl and 1t was thought Mr. | New would have to remain in bed season, D - 1t daughter needs some ,place to “work off surplus energy, good place is the upper broom handle. Bouth America has monuments to “liberators” who once did what 8an- dino is trying to do now. The chief cause of crime, usually overlooked, is the fact that certain people are too rotten mean: to g0 straight. : But {s it safe to nominate Hoov- er? A landslide is a kind of disas- ter, and he might prevent it just from forco of habit. You wonder why marriages fail? Well, did you ever hear a small boy whine: “I ain’t gonna play if can't bat?” “T will al- every Correct this sentence: low you,” sid the salesman, cent your old car is worth. Copyright 1928 Publishers Syndicate 25 Years Ago Today (From Paper of That Date) The petition submitted to the common council with regard to the alleged low character of the shows lat the Opera House had its effect {today when the license commission | revoked its license. The petition soriginally sent in_ by the priests of St. Mary's church. Chair- man Sternberg conferred today with Corporation Counsel Hungerfard and agreed that the management had been warned sufficiently al- ready. The license was thereby re- voked and naotice to this effect served by City Clerk Thompson. The management intends to ight the order and will conduct a show this evening. The annual reception of Esther Stanley Chaptetr, D. A. R., took place this evening at the heme of Mrs. James §. North on Franklin Square with about 160 persons pres- ent. Governor and Mrs. Chamber- {1ain were present and received in- formally. H. €. Gussman was sppointed prosecuting attorney to succeed G. W. Klett at the mecting of the common council last evening. Al- derman Curtis buried the hatchet and voted for his old enemy. A. J. Sloper is in Bridgeport to- day as a delegate from the' New Britain Business Men's association to the state meeting. | Tomorrow evening at the Russwin | Lyceum, the annual engagement of Thomas' master work, “Arizona”. The largest crowd of the season was present at the armory last evening as Co. 1 finally broke its jinx and defeated the Foot Guard by 16-7 at indoor baseball. | Not in this city at all events has | there heen a whist party on so large a scale as was held under the | auspices of the Senior Sodality of St. Mary's church in the Casino last evening. ry night of the burning of the church. The proceeds were for re. equipment of the church. There were in all about 70 tables of several days longer His physician | has ordered complete rest. whist and probably 1.000 games were played. ONE THING AT A TIME! There seed catalogue in our mail as a rule, But put our minds on ‘em can't! While we owe for the karats we bought at the Yule We can’t think of the carrots you plant! we AND HOW! Newlywed; “Is this beet Butcher: “Fresh? I'll say so. Say lady, this animal stuck out tongue at the superintendent of the stock yards before it was slaugh- —A. E. M. WHEN BLACK I8 READ GREEN ROOM BLUES A very mean man, a horrid old brute, Was. wedded to Isabel Patterson | Moyer; 8he promptly divorced him and went on the stage— She jumped from the frying pan into the foyer! —C. L. Story T You may not think, to look at me, That I've got sex appeal; You hardly know the half of it, I've got it—and it's real! It never fails to put me pext To all the nicest janes— You know it must be sex-appeal, It couldn't be my brains! It gets me more than fellows get With flowers, sweets, and verse— Part of it's parked out at the curb, Part of it's in my purse! —Paul M. Sheridan HER LIPS PARADOXICALLY AN- SWERED THE QUESTION! Emily: “Eleanor sure loves to brag about her gowns, and yet she will not tell anyone where she buys them.” Betty (who lisps): “Yeth, she ith awfully clothe-mouthed!” h T. F. FASSBAUER Divorce suits are pressed with the seamy side out! HANDS ACROSS THE BEA (A Fun Shop Drama) In Three Acts By Dorothy Rasch ACT ONE (Btudios of Ernst and Biddle, commercial artists. Mr. Ernst, re- cently come to this country, holds up & pen and ink drawing he has just completed.) Ernst: “Dot’s goot achtoff.” Biddle; “Don’t say skootched off, say sketched off.” Ernst: “Nein, nein, nein! I don't mean it skootched off, I mean it's goot schtoff.” | — | ACT TWO ! (A billiard room. Ernst and Bid- dle are about to take their noon-day recreation. While they are chalking thelr cues, Wait Hickey, from the country, enters. He glances up at the sign “Billlards” and addresses | the clerk.) Hickey: “Gimme one of them there billlards.” (The clerk mixes up some salt and water and hands it to him. Hickey drinks it.) Hickey: *“Well, sir, it I wasn't an old biHiard-drinker, I'd say that was Just plain salt water.” ACT THREE (The same scene. Ernst and Bid- dle are shooting billiards. Ernst has just made a very complicated shot.) Erni oops! Dot's a dend: Clerk (to Riddle): “That was a wow of a shot.” Biddle: “He ought to be able to shoot difficult shota.” Cler! “How ®o>." Biddle: “He uses broken English!"” Carol Grandma Grandma mean, Carol? Carol: “In my bhook it says, ‘He ! went to the window and threw up | the gash.' "™ "WHY did he eat the sash, “Who? What do you A conservative is a man who is ! getting his under the present sys- tem! PETERSON, INC! his wife. There was nothing new about that. They were just being them- 1t was the anniver-' s to me.” she maid, “that you're always trving to pick a fight “I never picked a fight in my lite.” he answered, “Oh, no. Of course not. What did you do, then?” its | “I just took the first fight that came along!" —M. E. Sater BLOCKED! Saunders (a guest): “Wha became of that homely little Griggs girl, Warren?" Griswold (his host): Griggs? 1 married her.” Saunders: “I—er—I don’t mean Lizsie. I mean the homelier one.” Griswold: “Jessie? Oh, I married her after Lizzie died.” Saunders: “But—er—I—er mean the homeliest one, the long-nosed, mud-faced old tarta Griswold: “She is my present wife, We married after 1 divorced Jes- sie!” “Lizsle —Herbert G. McCarthy 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 cther questious will receive per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answercd. All letters are con- fidential.—Editor. Q. What was the estimated pro- duction of grapes in California for 1924, 1925 and 19267 A. For 1924, 1,535,000 tons; 1925, 1,912,000 tons and 1926 (pre- liminary report) 2,040,000 tons. Q. Who were the inventors of printing and the compass? A. As early as 50 B. C. the Chinese had originated a method of printing with ink and paper. The question of who wwas the first to in- vent or employ movable type has long been in controversy. The origin of the magnetic compass is un- known, but it is supposed to have been brought from China to Europe in the middle of the 13th century. Q. ‘What are the premium values of a United States large cop- per cent dated 1803 and one dated 15142 A. The first is valued at 10 to 25 cents and the latter at 5 to 50 cents. Q. In what year was the cap put on the Washington monument at Washington, D. C.? A. December 6, 1884, Q. When was the corner stone on the original building of the United States capitol at Washington laid? A. The southeast corner stone of the original bullding waws laid Sep- tember 18, 1793, Q. What is the address of Rud- yard Kipling? A. BDatemans Burwash, Sussex, England. How many rounds did the arpentier prize fight last? Dempsey knocked out Georges Carpentier in 4 rounds at Jersey City, July 2, 1921. Q. How many species of animals are there in the world? A. There are well over 500,000 species of all kinds of animals, the numbers in cach class of the animal kingdom being as follows: 7,000 mammals, 20,000 birds, 5,000 rep- tiles, 2,000 amphibians, 13,000 fis! 60,000 mollusks, 360,000 insects be. sides a host of lower invertebrates. Q. What is the difference be- tween an atom and a molecule? A. A molecule is the smallest quantity of matter existing in a state of freedom, whereas an atom is the smallest ponderable quantity of matter of which anything is com- posed. Atom in modern scientific usage 18 the smallest portion into which matter may be divided, even by chemical separation and still pre- serve {ts identity. The molecule may be made of many differing atoms and all the chemical qllllldl'l} of substance are held to depend on the number, properties and relative positions of their constituent atoms. Q. What Is the most widely The Little Scorpion’s Club spoken language in the world? A. English, Q. Who are some of the greatest astronomers? ® A. The line of great astronomers started with Hipparchus, who lived T labout 140 B. C.; Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Wren, Hooke, Halley, Newton, Euler, D'llembert, La- grange, Laplace, Galileo and Hers- chel belong to any list of great as- tronomers. Q. Who conducts the Calcutta Sweepetakes? How is the money divided and. where can’ tickets be procured in this country? ‘ A. It is conducted by the Cal- cutta Turf club, Calcutta, India. The tickets are obtainable only through members of the club. Forty per cent of the pool goes for the first prize, twenty per cent for the second prize and ten per cent for the third prizse. There are also prizes for starters and original en- tries and the club retains part of the pool for expenses. There is no legal way to secure ticketes in the United States as the Sweepstake f» regarded as a lottery within the meaning of the United Btates statutes mnd tickets can not be re- ceived or transmitted through the mails. Q. Why are swimmers greased before starting a long distance swim? A, cold. Q. What is the pressure of salt ‘water at a depth of 105 feet? AT 6,750 pounds per square foot. Q. How long can divers, without special suits or diving apparatus remain under water? A. Good divers can remain under water three minutes an® pearl div- ers have been known to remain under water 7 minutes. To protect them from the AZIZ GROTTO MEETING The annual meeting of Azig Grot- to, M. O. V. P. E. R, will be held this evening in Grotto hall at which time officers for the coming year will be elected. They will be formal- ly inducted into office later. Plans for the year's activities also will be discussed. Observations On The Weather Washington, Jan. 20.—Forecast for Southern New England: Gener- ally fair tonight and Saturday; much colder tonight; strong westerly winds. Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, except snow in extreme north por- what colder westerly winds. Conditions = The storm of yester- day and last night advanced rapidly northeastward over the middle At- lantic and New England states and is centered this morning’ over the maritime provinces. It produced moderately heavy amounts of rain from the Ohio valley eastward to the coast and snows in upper New York state, portions of the Ohie valley and throughout the Lake region. Much colder weather has overspread the country from the Rocky Mountains eastward to the Appalachian Highlands. Tempera- tures below zero prevail in the bor- der states from the upper lake re- glon westward to Montana. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair and colder. 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T want a copy of the bulletin TEA CAKES AND PARTY PASTRIES and enclose herewith five cents fn loose, uncancelled, U. 8. postage and handling costs: stanps, or coln to cover post NAMB STREET AND NUMBER cry . I em & reader of the Dally New Britsin Herald. -— e - - - - - FACTS— ECT-I—-'ABOUT C ONI Compiled by U Ut CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Silk in Connecticut. Connecticut which boasts the largest silk factory in the world s fourth in the value of production in this industry. While Conneccticui h; increased the actuzl value of manu- faetured silk from $1 8,981 in 1900 to $55,600,718 during 1925, the percentage Increase has fallen far short of the per- centage increase for all states. The value of Connecticut’s out- put increased 3459 during the 25 years, whereas, that for the United States increasced 6457, being $107,256,000 in 1900 and $808,979,899 in 1925. Connecticut's percentage of the country’s output also has de- creased since 1914. That year this state’s silk manufacturers turned out 127%0f the United States total. The 12% was a .5% increase over 1900 when Connecticut produced 11.5% of the to. tal. During 1923 Connecticut silk mills turned out goods valued at $74,674,044, or 9.8¢; of the total. Two years later it was only 6.87%. Massachusetts standing fifth in national rarking had a pro- duct valued at $36,608,014. Rhode Island followed close with an output valued at $34,855,263. Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, in the order named, led Connecticut, the former's goods valued at $329,121,498. Forty factories in Connecticut employed 10.761 persons during 1925 and had a payroll amounting to $14,098,967. The number employed in 1900 was 6,837, and their pay amounted tp $2,796,- 296. The cost of matcrials during 1925 was $30,900,439, and 1900, $7,198,000. Tomorrow—A Substantial Record By Fontaine Fox.