New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1928, Page 6

. fewed Dally (Swnday Ezcepted) A Hersid Big. 67 Church @reet B RATES 95.00 & Yoar. $3.09 Tnres Meaths 7hc. @ Month. Eatered at the Post Office at New Brit- oin a9 Second Clame Mail Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Busines Office Editorfal Rooms The only prefitable advertising medtum in the City. Circulas books and press room always open to advertisers. Nember of the Assuciated Prose The Associated Press 1o exclusively en- eitled to the use for re-publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local newse published thereln. Momber Awdit Burean of Circulation The A. B. C is a matfonal organization which furnishes newspapers and adver tisers with a strictly honest anmaly: circulation. Our circulation statletic tased mpon this audit, This ineures pro- tection in: tribution “fgures to both mational local advertisers. ally tn New stund, Times Newsstands, Estrance Grazd Central, ¢2nd Stres | o — President Coolidge cxercised some | of Lis reputed Vermont dryness of humor when he told his opinion about the churning words in Washington by certain high digni- taries. The President merely said “glarming charges often are made when appropriations are sought in (ongress.”” It is a truth that isn’t often recognized. ot i UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Neighborly well-wishing prompts | us to take due notice of the change of ownership of the Hartford Times, | and we take the opportunity to ex- 4 the hand of welcome to Frank E. Gannett and his assoclates of | Rochester, N. Y., the new owners of the newspaper. The Times since tinguished iteelf in journalism. Its independence been consistent, its success unques- | 1817 has dis- | Connecticut has tionable. 5 i The mew owners have pledged themselves to continue the news- paper as a Connecticut institution, the only difference being ownership elsewhere. They have promised also to eontinue it as a journal of high ideals and independence, That this is the aim of Mr. Gan- nett is gratifying. For years the Times and the Herald have labored side by side on most of the import- ant public Issues confronting the commonwealth, and this newspaper devoutly hopes this mutual rela- tionship will eontinue. | The Herald wishes for the 'nmu“ a continuance of the spirit that has made it a great state mewspaper, and to the new owners extends fra- ternal wishes of the most sincerc | paintings that could be produced by use mest mr..wnh this money on hand it will require but a little more than $2,000,000 additional to com- plete the work as eutlined. The project being considered ia of considerable magnitude. It may. be posaible to prune it a bit, and per- haps it may cost more than antici- pated. At any rate the city bas thfil facts. The water board has dose its duty in calling attention to the needs. The city cannot afford to risk the posyibility of its water supply be- coming inadequate and the only feasible way to avoid this dire diffi- culty is to increase the plant to meet the consumption needs as thef'm-x PAINTINGS FOR THE LIBRARY It will gratify citizens generally tbat the New Britain Institute is to be the permanent home of the two best paintings exhibited there dur- ing the last two weeks. Although exact figures were not given out, it is believed the purchase price was $1,200 each. All things considered; this price, it it is correct, was not high. There scems to be an impression regarding the market price of paintings, Tt is rare, of course, to find even the smallest of oil pantings selling for a small fi-’ gure. Art in oil, in popular thought, runs into money. When one analyzes the subject, however, one finds that the skill and effort represented in a good oil painting does net bring unreasonable figures. This, of course, refers to the not to the comparatively erroneous average, | few masterpieces which run in price [ even would necd a presidentlal elec- into five or six figures. Take a paint ing costing $1,000. Examine the etudy, knowledge, technic and natur- al aptitude of the artist that was required to produce it. And combining all these factors, consid- er the hours of patient toil required. Few ordinary mortals would or| could do the same amount of work | for the same pay. And when, $n ad- | dition, one considers the restricted market for art in oil, a market that in no sense absorbs all the good competent artists, the financial stimulation that might come to the aid of artists is reduced to a low ebb, 4 It Is for this reason, perhaps, that approximately four-fifths of the art students tend toward com- mercial work—the production of pictures for advertising purposes. Mundapne commercialism, often knocked on the head by captious critics and belabored by those who are out of tune with the tempo of | modern life, has been supporting | fully ninety per cent of our artists | for years; and they must aliow their talents to be used in this manner through the force of circumstances. The blame, if there can be any, need not rest upon commerce, but upon then, | kind. | the failure of an adequate market | tor pure art. Indeed, the best mar- | OUTLOOK FOR WATER For several years the water de»i partment of New Britain has been letting .us know that we are in for extensive enlargements, repairs and & bigger and better water system generslly. Préllminlry surveys, en- | gineering work and much cogitation | have alreadf\ been expended on the projects. The fime approaches when there will be definite action; which ie another way of saying that the day is near whep large sums of money will be expended. A whift of what this will mean stood out in large type yesterday; the trifle of $2,790,- 000 is asked to provide the watery essentials of & growing city. Progressive cities cannot afford to be delinquent regarding the supply of water, not dnly for the present but for the future. Plans of neces- sity must be made decades ahead; in no other civic enterprise i= pre- paredness for the future such a vital necessity. Water works enlarge- | ket for pure art is provided by the captaine of commerce who place oil paintings in their homes or buy them for public display. CARING FOR AN:E“‘ Humane considerations dictate that animals, even when on the way to being slaughtered for food, have rights, and the laws and the courts zealously maintain them. The. inci- dent in this city, resulting in the fine of several cattle dealers for wise: Had the bridge been a con- crete structuré, and had there been & wall of concrete instead of an ordi- nary railing, would the automobile have gons into the river? We think not. Perhape there would have been a dent in the concrete, but seven lives would have been saved and | there would have been merely & lawsuit instead of funerals. It is a ‘matter of importance that bridge railings be strong enough to prevent machines from falling into the water. The only kind of railings strong enough are those as thick as the average wall of a house. The ordinary wooden or metal railing— puny things compared with the mo- mentum and horsepower of heavy automobiles—are worthleas. Most of such bridges are little better from the standpoint of safety, than had they o railings at all. SECESSION IN STAMFORD The common council of Stamford having voted in favor of a divorce by Connecticut from the United | States, on account of the prohibition ! taw, one shudders at the prospect if this custom become popular and finally succeeds. Connecticut would have to main- tain its own army and navy. It would have to maintain a capital— | and this might just as well be at a | central point, like New Britain. It could erect tariff walls against the remainder of the United States. We |'woul be having a fine time all | around, and really would be more j‘impurunt than we now are. We state There évery illol\ ever so often, and the | would be uniformly wet, | might even be a saloon on corner. But this possibility was settled years ago, when the federal union got started. What was done at that time was quite effectively confirmed in the '60's. In other wordas, there will be no independent and sovereign Connecticut, except as”a atate of these United States. ‘The Stamford councilmen and aldermen could have done better to pick on zome other subject for a foolish vote. BUILDING OPERATIONS Comparatively mild winter weath- er during December, rather than a startling new, building boom, must be credited with the substantial in- crease in bullding operations throughout New England last month compared with the same month the previous year, The weather during December was of a type scarcely fn- terfering with building operations; and even most of January saw sim- ilar weather. It will have been no- ticed in New Britain, for instance, | that on the two major building op- erations in the city there have been only a few days of {idleness this month; the same condition holds good for the greater portion of in- Lite lasts such a little while, It is like @ flash of light—a breath—a treasury surplus. ¥ The two_ things -that sanction a. kiss are mistletoe and a mother-in- law. s Mistletoe is a parasite, et Metals are rather well distributed. America has the geld, Britain the tin and France the brass. Cynit: . A hard-boiled doubting Thomas who doesn't repost complete faith in anybody except Ris boot- legger. Warfare: Sending & lot of men out to kill one another becanse th other diplomat acts too independefit and sassy. In the qucer old days, closed book | cases were used to keep the dirt out instead of in, / Houston may.show delegates how to threw strees, but ft will learn something about throwing the bull. i All praise and no blame seems to be Lindy’s portion forever. But of | course he may get married. You haven't time for jury service? Well, you may serve a coroner's jury-as a topic of conversation, Amiericanism: Using a thousand | safeguards to keep as healthy as! other races that don’t know about germs. The only two things that endure forever are the mercy of the Lord | and’ the patience of crime-ridden America. | = i Don't cuss congressman.. A man | can't sit on a fence with his ear to the ground and keep his nose on a | grindstone. | Little King Michael may see a new | era of peace in the Balkans unless | some other country gets & King Patrick. One reason for divorce is that it's hard to keep on loving pretty ankles after you discover they can't cook worth a darn. The ¢heory that angles are fem- inine is bunk. It is scldom that mediums can get anybody from the other world to talk. Scientist: A man who won't de- cide pro or con -without a demon- stration and yet rejects religion without trying it. There is one disturbing thought. Kings wouldn't have lasted as long | a8 they did if they had behaved as dictators do. dustrial New England. Yet with these etimulations at hand, building operatioas might well have taken a decline rather than an increase. That December made such & remarkable showing is indicative of the advancement throughout the northeastern commonwealths. In epite of everything—competition in the south and west regardless—we are moving forward rather than backward. not feeding or giving drinking wa- ter to animals at the slaughter house | over Sunday, indicates that such | things are being looked after in New | Britaln, even if ft requires the ef- | forts of a private organization to | call attention to conditions. There i8 no public sympathy for cattle dealers or butchers who fafl to treat animals under their care with humane confiderations. They are not entitled to sympathy. As it | vas emphasized in police court, cat- DOOCTOR RAPP In the death of Dr. L. W. Rapp this morning one of the tragedies of life was enacted, such tragedies as give us pause occasionally® in this hurried existence to measure the achievements of those who have passed on and perhaps to balgnce them against ours as we ask our- selves “what shall we leave behind us when our turn comes.” Dr. Rapp had no civic record to which one can point. His public ments are under way in virtually every eity that feels growing pains, | and though they are confronted with | huge problems to obtain sufficient | water, going far afield in this en- | d!lvor, such problems are heing uni- formly solved with the expenditure of sufficient money. Indeed, one of | the major difficulifes in New Fng- | Jand at the present moment is the dispute betwren Connectieut and Massachusetts over the endeavors of Boston to ohtuin supply by inferforing with the Swift | and Ware rivers, thus threatening to reduce the ersived the Connecticut river. | The problem confronting New Rritain is slight in comparison with some of the others. The expenditure of approximately 3 sibly more before the ed—looks larg: one time. It however, that the provements will bring the water s tem up to date for scveral deca and the expenditure.justly should be | considered in this light. 1t is like | when & man builds a house: he may | spend $10.060 11 < built, | but the structur: nded to last | at least 15 yes 1 increaged water flowing into 000,000 -—pos- | work is finish- | ause it comes at be d, | contemplated im- must consid car it is in re. 8o it is with the water improvements. The f water de- | partment Lave Leen uniformly good | in the past. Only this month it was | announcd that they i pended balance of department e turned | over to the city March 31, with the | raquest that it e roanpropriated for | ’ p the is an unex- | 750600 in the | which will 1 spiritedness took another turn, one which caused no focussing of the tle men have been found delinquent, from time to time and seem to take | their duties lightly in some cases, | publicity limelight upon his person, regarding the law as an unnecessary.| one which gave to him no personal hardship, probablg. If it requires | §lory, his name was on few tongues. fines to instill a higher consldera- | But it meant much to those who tion of their duties this means of | knew it. Mothers of ailing children education naturally will be followed | Were familiar with it and probably consistently, as it ought to be. ‘duly blessed the accident of birth Judge Roche, in criticising the | and the desire to achleve in his city for failure to provide drinking | Profession which placed him in the water facilities at the slaughter | Midst of this little community of lhouse on Sundays, really did the |ours. He sought to excel in the | treatment of morsels of humanity B | 1atfly joining us from the beyond, ROAD AND BRIDGE RAILINGS |and, from what we can learn, There are railings along the main | realized in his search. His life was highways in Connecticut, and they | actually given to this service, he usually are painted white—which is | laid it down as a result of his un- by way of saying their visibilityis | ceasing work in his profession, work £00d, both day and night. The jdea, | done when he probably realized that of course, is to call the attention of | it meant the burning out of life's city a serviee, automobile drivers to the limits of an automiobile from plunging into a field of hay or weeds should the autoist lose control. The railings, of course, arc usually composed of wood, and we have yet to learn of a case where they pre- vented an automobile from getting diglocated from the highway when things wont wrong. The usual result is that the fence is smashed. The san many b type of railings arc on 2 I'he accidgnt at Nor- wich. resulting in the death of an entire fanily, resulted when the au- tomobile nlunged through the rail- ings and went into the water. W oone s set to wondering this / candle. He was a doctor and he i the highway, and perchance prevent | must have known his own condition while he was working for others. There are fewer sayings of greater | truth than that uttered concerning | Christ himeelf, greater love hath no | man than he lay down his life for a | friend. Dr. Rapp's friends were wee morsels, unable to even realize what he was doing for Them. much less appreciate it tangibly by word of mouth or action. He laid down his life, unselfiehly indeed. for them. May he rest in the pe 50 richly deserves. 2 which he On, sure! Let's build two hun- dred battleships. Then we can offer to junk ten every time other tions junk one. na- | Correct this sentence: I believe,” | said the prosecuting attorney, “that the witnesses for both sides have told the truth.” t the orange blossoms bloom o they can send us snow-bound Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to. New York. Folks don’t go South this ‘time or year just for their health, not they! They hie 'em to the regions where folks the postal cards that say: the sunahine indicates my “Bet you'd énjoy here — cross room!" Lots of Coal? Visitor: “Whew! Do you always keep the temperature in here at 85 degrees?” Mrs. Richmond: “Yes, we can ats ford it, you knowi" 'WAY DOWN EAST! By Anne C. Holmsen 'Twas a bitter night, a winter's night, And how the wind did roar! Khe came all sad and all forlorn And cried Yefore his door. Her sad voice crept into his sleep And rouscd him from his dreama, Ah. well he knew—the dirty cad!— The meaning of her lcrzamll He opened up the door a bit— Zook=! How the wind did roar! He coldly said, %I didn’t think To see you any more.” She cast herself against his legs, Her eyes begsed, “Let me inl™ He saw that she was trembling-cola And soaked clear to the skin. Oh, how the wind did night Around thag little shack! He raised his voice and said, “Hey, Nanl» The darn old cat came back!" ' roar that A Rare Edition! Saunders: “And what is this de- hightful old tapestry with these hun- dreds of drawings on it?" Monroe: “That's not a tapestry. That's my son's slicker he wears at college!” —Mrs. Rhoda IKoehl It takes cold cash to Keep warm these freezing days! MRS. JACOBSON EXAMINES AN APARTMENT! (Overheard By ILeonard Bessman) Mrs. Jacobson: “I weesh to spick to de agent from de rental I should rent it maybe a apottment.” Sulzber, “I could make de ar- rangements, moddom."” Mrs. Jacobson: “Hmmm." Rizzon- ibble is de rent?" ¥ Sulzberger: “One hundred dollars de mont.” Mrs. Jacobson: “Yi, yi, y1! Rocke- faMer witt Connegle witt do United | Stetts 8till Cupporation I should be iI should pay it sotch a rent! Nu, wott makes it de price so ateef?" Bulzber “De jennitor solvice, moddom, is haxcellent.” Mrs, Jacobson: “S8o, You got ft de good jennitor, hey?” Buizbery “Haxcellent, moddom, haxcelient (Copyright 1928, Publishers’ Syndicate 25 Years Ago Today (From Paper of That Date) At its last meeting the common | council voted to allow the strect committee to repair its Springfield road roller at an expense of not more | than $1,160. Now Corporation Coun- sel Hungerford has ruled that the street department has no money on hand and therefore connot make the | repairs, the council not having the right to provide expense which it cannot meet with the money on | hand. 2 There was'a discussion over the | need of an ambulance last night at | the meeting of the hospital execu- tive committce, and the matter was given quite & hoom when it was an- | {nounced that the Traut family had |given. $300 and Mr. and Mrs. F. G. | Platt another $100. This leaves but ' $200 to be raised | The Masonic hall association met | last evening and elccted the follow- ing officers: president, Julius H. iPease; vice-president, C. H. Beaton : secretary-treasure, J. O. Deming; executive committce, Horace Eddy, | John Hemingway, and L. D. Penfield The superintendent of schools is belog kept busy finding substitutes to take the place on sick teachers. The toll at present is very heavy Alderman Cashmorc and Coun- cilman McMillan and Farmer will meet this week to lay out the four- foot building line on the west side of Main street. Naval athletic carnival com- mitteo of Hartford has arranged a dual relay race hetween Hartford Public High school and New Bri- tain High school. The race is a one- mile with four men on each team. A silver cup will awarded the winning school. The friends of the enterprising young men comprise the Trumbull Electric Co. are much gratified by the evidences of success shown by the concern, which will*at once in- crease its capital from $5000 to $15,000. The work “manufacturing’ will be inserted in the firm name to Mrs Jacobson: “Is polite, hey. witt hattends etreekly from de biz- ness, witt good bridding witt man- ners?” Sulzberger: “You wouldn’t believe it, moddom, sotch a Beau Brummel he is!” Mrs. Jacobson: ‘Is de jennitor honest, wott he wouldn't atill frem de possels de gruaseries, odder from de wush-line de gomments, odder keep cold de appottment he should sell de coal beck to de diller?” Sulzberger: “It couldn’t happen. Is politer as Bir Walter Rully, 18 honest like Abe Lincoln, de best jennitor wott it gives in de city, moddom, Mrs. Jacobson: . “Hmmm. I'm chommed I ahould hear it. Where is now dis chomming witt haxcellent jennitor?" Sulzberge: dom, dot's me “De jennitor, mod- Fun Shop’s Helpful Hints Domestic Economy! In a Ferment! : ¢ll, what's your name 2" Prisone Mr. Cider, Your Hon- Judge: “What's your kick?” dispel all illusions that the concern in a Jjober. The officers at present are: President, Frank T. Wheeler; secretary, Menry Trumbull; John VH. Trumbill. The young men hav devoted much ability to developing their, line and extending their bus- iness and are 1iring an enviable place in electr manufacturing circles. | Local men back from i report that at the new |show a very practical 1 | demonstrate It i< a buckboard with an engine attacshod 1o the rca axle, New York utomobile hine was | Prisoner (politely): *“I haven't “Well, I'll put you in 1t jug for 30 days and see if you'll develop one!” | —1. R. Kasscjl. fIf the ient mariner were alive T would "be astounded at the pgm- ber of spirit ships on the ocea:' A Littlc Mud-Stinger! Michael Flaherty, a genial son of the “ould s0d,” gleefully related te the following true anccdote at his own expense. ’ Recontly Flaherty became enam- tine ored of a dalnty golden-curied | of five who lives in his neighbor hood and anawers to the name of Mavia, One bright beautitul some months ago, Flaherty came upon Mavis playing in & sand and mud heap near her home, Her dimpled mud-.caked hands were moulding what seemed to be a weird caricature of a man. “Good morning, Mavis” greeted Flaherty, “Whatever are you doing? Making an’ Irisbman?”. r “No,” ‘ruetully answered Mavis with a shake of her curls, “me ain’t got jnuf mud.” —Mary E. O'Callaghan (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) ’ ' QUESTIONS ANSWERKD ‘You can get an answer to any question of fact-or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1382 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, gor can ex- tended research be umdertaken. All other questious will receive & per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answercd, All lotters are con- fidential.—Editor, Q. What state of the United States leads in the production of turkeys? A. Texas produces * about one- ninth of the turkeys ralsed in the United States. Missourd, is sscond with about half as many as Texas. Q. Is a Crzole a person of mix- ed white and negro blood? A. The word Creole as appled tp a person may have one of five different meanings. First and in general, it means @ native of Span- ish America or of the West Indjes, of European (originally French or Spanish) parentage; distingulahed from a negro, aboriginal, or person of mixed blood. Second, in the Unit- ed Btates it may msean a white de- scendant of French or Spanish set- tlers of Loulsiana and the Gulf States, characterized by distinct speech and soclal traits. Third, in Alaska it means the offspring of a Ruasian father and an Egquimo or Indian mother. Fourth, in Loulsi- ana it means (a) a White native who apeaks French, or (b) & native born negro as distinguished from one brought from Africa. In-no case does it mean a person of mixed wijte and negro blood ‘and never has meant that in'any usage. Q. What was the population of Europe in 1810 and what s the present population? A. The estimated mopulation of Furope for 1810 was one hundred and eighty million. The present population of Europe is 476,000, 000, Q. Can a magnet be fnsulated? A. There is no known insulator for a magnet. Q. What is the world production of tungsten and what country pro- duces the most? A. In 1935 world production was 9,981 metric tons. Of this, China produced 6,708 metric tons, Canada was her nearest competitor with 1,080 tons. Q. What {s the value of a Unit- ed Btates small copper cent dated 1909 with Lincoln head on it? Also one with Indian head on it, same date? A. With Lincoln head it is val- ued at from 1'to 2 centa; with In- dian head, proof only, 25 cents. Q. What {s the meaning of Duce as appiied to Muasolint? A. Commander, guide, chief. Q. How many runs were scored in the National Baseball League during the 1927 season? A. 5,651, leader, horses are permitted to run. A. For maies 953 for females 5052, Q. ) M A, died Europe i 19 a5 Phe- ident of from 3876 to 1080 and frem 1884 (0 1311 whea hy ro- signed under premsire . of a ryvelt 1a bary ml:-’ul - 14 Barg'; m'nr for months uati] Madero was elect ‘What is the area of the Dis- t of Columbia? A. 70 square miles : Q. What s the mode of capital punishment in Germany? * A. Deecapitation, Q. What 6 the origin of the word Derhy as applied to a horse race? What are “futurity” and “aweepstake” races? A. The word “Derby” in cone nection with horse racing was first applied to the English Derby, named for the 12th Esrl of Derby, founder of this historic race, It neans a vace for an unususlly large stake: a race of first importange. Sweepstake means a race for the whole stakes. The term “futurity” is usually appliedto a race for a large stake in which only two-year eld Q. Was Johns Hopkins Univers sity in Baltimore; Maryland, found- ed earlier than the University o Pennsylvania? * A. Johns Hopkins Univeraity was founded in 1876¢; the University of Permsylvasia in 1740, ‘Who wis Guy Mannering? A. A fictional character and Rero of Bir Walter cott's baok, Guy Mannering; & retired English officer, wealthy, & widower of aristocratic tastes and prejudices with a turn for astrological studies, Q. Do chaplains in the United States Army.and Navy have to bs trained in any apecial achool .of theology ? A. They can be trained in any school of theology that is acceptable to the denomination to which they belong. Q. Did Gene Tunney knock out Yar 'Eastern Ne mm’ay tonight and Thursday, gmeept probably enow in extreme nerth pertion: much colder tonight and diminishing westerly winds. New Haven.and vicinity—Fair to- night and Thureday; much colder to. night, 4 S v Conditiofs*~The sorm “of last aight moved rapidly nertheastward with greatly dncreased inteasity and centers this morning over northern Maine, Greepville 28:58 inches. It produced rains himost generally east of the Missiasippl river and raps contiue in northern New Eng- land this morning with smows in Ohlo, West Virginia and western Penmsylvania. - : Temperatures ave falling over northern districta frem ‘| the Atlantic voast regions westward to the northern plains states. 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P - o cITY . | T am & pender of ;the Dally New Britaln Herald, - e e e - —— - Ay — ABOUT CONNEGTICY ¢ CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE More and More Hats and Caps. Although leading all states in the manufacture of fur-felt’ hats, Connecticut is second in the production of hat and cap materials. New York with more than four times more fac- tories engaged in this industry thai? Connecticut ranks tirst. " Connecticut's percentage increase in the value of hat and eap materials from 1900 to 1926 was mahy times greater than th: corresponding increase for the United States.” During 190§ Con- necticut factories turaed out 16% of the country's tetal, Twenty- five years later, thirteen Conpecticut factories engaged in pra- ducing hat and cap materials turned out 33.89% of allfsuch ma- torials manufactured in the United States. The total value of the 1900 product was §$3,849,116, Connecti- cut's share being $587,819. Duriag 1914, Connecticut, turned, out 23% of the United States total. A slomp camec duting the next decade, hoggever, for in 1923 the value of this sate’s out- put was only 12% of the United States total. During 1921 it had been 13.7%. s Connecticut regained its 1914 etanding during 1925, produc- ing goods valued at '§6,236,690, which was aimost a feurth of the $22,049,047 which was the value of product {n this $ndustry for all states. The 1925 figure for the United States waa 4447 greater than the 1900 vaiue. Connecticut's increase, however, was 791%. ‘Thus Connecticut's product has increased many times, both relatively and in actual value from 1900. About 600 wage earners received $572,228 in this ndustry in 1925, while 300 earned $101,741 during 1900. , Materials cost $3,495,808 during 1925, and $365.954 in 1960, ‘Tomorrow—Connccticut’s World War Rocord Unsurpaseed. Q. What s the average expecta- tion of life in the United States? Tomboy Taylor A COUPLE OF ToMBOY TAYLOK'S MA KAPPENED ALONG By Fontaine Fox. 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