New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1928, Page 8

‘EERALD PUBLISHING COMPANT ! Dally (Gsnday Kzcepted) At Nersld Bldg. 67 Cburch Strest Dispatches sald that when Pres- ident Cosgrave of the Irish Free State got mixed up in that train wreck in Canada he was riding in a | day coach. But then, maybe he | For permanent pavements, which does not come under the regular board of public works appropriation, only $30,000 is asked—a low enough sum considering the unity in dc-! sought to hide how his knot was tied. The fact that he was married { by a Catholic priest would indicate Ye has liberal ideas about religion. And if Hoover and Smith are the merely wanted to see how these for- | ON_ RATES s Your. $3.00 Three Months { ! 6c. & Month. The far-flung cold wave docsn’t i s seem as cold as advertised; or per- | the Post Ofice at New Brit- £ -‘m‘:&a % OPMal Matter, | haps we are getting used to winter. TELEPHONB CALLS Business Office .2k Editorial Rooms 26 eign day coaches looked like. £ 1t Motor Commussioner Stocckel | had any marines at his disposal 1"-; ey iy | T sENG Lo to Falflield eoutly, | i the City, Circulatien books and press | But he lacks the marines and down | reom lweye cpen to advertisers. |in Fairfield they know their inter- | manding new street pavements. The | respective nominees of ‘the grand old fire department, needing another | party and Democrats the argument, buflding, needs more than the po- ' =0 far as Hoover is concerned, ‘will lice department. | not be about religion. In such an The health department iy #iding | event he probably will exert his in- hard. 1ts budget of $212,265 includes | fluence against the argument by an incinerator and isolation hospital i others in his behalf. fund. Although Hall said some time | [l Facts and Fancies Member of the Asmociated Press | national Jaw. The Associsted Press 1s exclusively en- | titied to the.use for re-publication of | = | sll_mews credited to it or mot otherwise THE S-3 edied in this paper and also local| mpa jost has been found. Gobs on news published thereln. — ! the 8-3 no doubt went through their Puresu of Clrculation | experience of being lost from view ?:r‘- °.’:;“,'§va",’3 | without a tenth of the fear that con- | tisera with & of | vulsed the nation—and the navy| cireulation. Our circulation statistics are | o el Buuuupol this sudit, This insures pro- officials—while they were \raflllng‘ Pertien sgainst fraud fn mewspaper dis- | (ha high seas that accompanisd a | tributien figures to both national and < i local sdvertisers. [istere | | A plg wind continued today: but The Hufi!l [ 28 sule autly o New its roar was not entirely due to the | York at Hotellng's Newsstand, Times 3 | Square; Bchultr's Newsstands, Eptrance €ather. Part of it was the great Grand Central, ¢2nd Strest. [slgn of velief that accompanicd in the lost e e | formation that had been The export surplus of France in found | 1927 exceeded imports by more than | % two billion francs. From this it can | TAPS FOR HALG { be judged that Paris gonns and cos: | metica run into as much money as the family check-payers usually esti- mate. An appropriate heading to the French export surplus “The price of beauty.” Slowly the giant figures ot the | world war pass out. Mangin, French | have crossed the Styx; Kitehener de- | parted during the To the short list conflict no man | knows how. {is added the British field mander in might be now of Tarl Haig, and name coni- | the empire’s | | farces on tha tront from 1315 to the end of the conflict. There has been some dispute as to | marshal There was no ‘“child psychology” chief of when we were young, but we grew up all the same; and our parenfs| had just that much less to worry about. ‘Ihvz'.- capabilities. western Lloyd George's | | war government was frequently at| Sandino eeems to haye improved |0dds with the commander and | vastly on the Mindenburg line. | planned to subordinafe him occa- | Seems that the only line he knows sionally, but feared public criticism; | anything about i5 when he gors | for in the hearts of Britons general- | fishing whers the marines don't | Iy Haig was held in high esteem. happen to be guarding the mountain | This confidence dated from the early lakes. |days of the war, when he i | tinguished himself as an able d Yhen the mayor looks at the | fense fighter. Later in the war heavy | ibudgets of the city departments and ‘ losses came to his forces, but they | _then at the tax rate he naturally | Vere as much due to inadequatc loses that perpetual smile momen. | SUPPOTt from London as from any tarify, other cause. In 1218, in the midst | of the final serious German drive, | | his famous words that the Allies | were fighting with their backs to the wall had an electrifying effect throughout the Allicd nations and spurred them to the enormous | activities that later resulted in vic- | tory. | Halg had qualitics that are pe- | cullarly British. He was personified | bulldog tenacity. His courage never | | wavered. As a strategist he did not | shine; but he believed in hard knocks and attribution—which finally won the war. When the war The Connecticut company makes |ended he was British commander- an appropriation for snow removal | in-chief. His fame in British history purposes every year, and some think | i8 secure; he upheld the traditions of the money represents a heavy addi- | the army, fought hard on the field | tional expenditure. As a matter of | While there was muddling at home, | faet, mothing aids the company so |and finally deserved and received | much as & heavy fall of snow, as|the grateful acclaim of his nation. that is the only thing which now- adays can induce autoists and pedes- trians to prefer the trolleys. Mild winter weather spells a loss to the campany, not a saving in snow re- moval costs. 1t 41an’t look to us that it requir ed much coaxing to get “Bossy” | Gillis to talk over the radio in his | two ether appearances. Business may be punk in Newburyport, but it is fine at the mayor's gasoline sta- tion. It is said that Mayor Walker has not had a drink since last fall; which must be additional proof that the night clubs are not what they used to be. FACE TO FACE WITH EXPANDING BUDGETS One's sympathy naturally goes out to Edward . Hall, chairman of the board of finance and taxation. With | a furrowed brow he glanced at rows | of figures last night; with deter- mination he began figuring; words that accompanied the statistical rit- The “grand list” 1s & first class | ' contraction for an otherwise bulky mouthful, to wit: “The total of tax- ,Able property.” Sounds like a head- “line writer invented the term. ual were as pointed as his lead pen- | | eil d | | eit. ! | | : Possessing & well-earned repufa- 1o beautify and develop numerous ;of public officials were hombed by ago an incinerator is needed, he also | said it could not be considered’ this BY ROBERT QUILLEN year. Nothing seems more certain | Grippe: A bad cold plus than that it can't be allowed. The park system is costing more Jike calling a flivver “my car.” every year. The city is proud of its parks and appreciates them mightily in the summer time. The park com- The three things for which chil- dren are whipped most are.lying, im- pudence and mother's headache. Henry didn't get Muscle Shoals. | Maybe he would bid on the spare | water of the Mississippi. miesion has doubled its budget over last year, hoping to improve the | reads through some of the parks, | Walnut Hill especially; and it plans emall parks and pay its share of the | “bleacher money. It canmot be| it " | Marine he will make. needs all tha money requested, buf there is no doubt it needs consider- ably more than it has had it it is| If revenge has nothing to do with it, then every argument in favor of capital punishment is an argument in favor of killing the insane, also. to function satisfactorily. the | income is lees than $76.000 greater And if the water | cs through with its plan to | the its equipment With all this facing the cit The cover charge is the price you pay for the privilege of eafing in a room with people who pay to cat in a room with you. than last year. b enlarge voard city's water supply and the bonded get considerably ligher, with increased interest and sinking fund payments to meet. | Faced with thix prospect, the | hearings before the finance hoard, o improve = Luropean guides who handle American tourists doubtless are pro- geny of the alchemists who spent their lives trying to transmute brass into gold. indebtedness will Selling gas on Sunday is wicked in South Carolina. It's no virtue on any considering the price in continue the forepart of this week, no doubt will yield much public in- formation of importance. The pros- pect of these expenditures, needed as many of them undoubtedly are, is sufficient to make the civic fathers nervous. The finish no douht will be as nice a job of pruning as the city | ever saw. A specialist says | crazy on some subject. apparently, is craziness. everybody s His subject, | i | Americanism: Searching the earth | for new plants; importing them with their jnsect pests: deriving $8,000,- | 000 profit from the plant crops: spending $80,000,080 to eradicate the bugs. WAR IN CHICAGO One day last weck word came out of Chicago that a 42-story opera house would be constructed. Pic- tures, also, were printed. Wonder(ul New Ford jok “I1 have no de- sire to eliminate any competitor.” The world gives you back your own reflection. The right kind of people don't have rotten neighbors. enterprise, that. It was a blow to New York, too, where the plan to construct a new Metropolitan opera house has all but failed. Chicago did | not fail to compare its enterprise with that of New York, either. But then, down in New York grand opera hasn't got a Sam Insull to hoost it along. The opera magnates in New York are far more con- ecrvative than the western utility magnate. A “coupla million” more or less makes no difference at all to | A pessimist {s a man who looks at sawdust and understands why America’s furniture and breakfast food come from the same region, We defy any man to denounce short skirts after spending an hour with the old family album. Farmers enjoy a specch concern- ing their poverty. Frequently they drive their cars 40 or 50 miles to hear it, Death frequently is caused by man’s lack of interest in what hap- | pens to another. In this respect, also, death and taxes are similar. Sam; the man who can make such | heavy contributions to a senatorial primary campaign as to stir the | country doesn’t need to worry about a new grand opera house. Another day last week-—shortly after the opera story got going, | came additional information out of Chicago indicating that the war to end wars had not yet resulted in complete victory for peace. It seems that the police had been closing up some gambling dens and the propri- etors began objecting. Several homes | Bandits who read history will find no comfort in the news that Persh- ing has been made a bank director. So congress wants a simplified system of taxation. Why not just finish taking it all and appropriate money for a universal dole? Correct this sentence: “She is a sensiblo mother,” said the gossip, “but her flapper daughters don't think her a spoil-sport.” indignant bomb-throwers, Now comes additional CCopyright 1928, Publishers Syndicate 25 Y;ar: Ago i'oday (From Paper of That Date) informa- tion. The Thompson administration, | finally having succeeded in ousting | the “stool pigeon of King George.” has looked about and decided the | gangsters had gone far enough. The police are actually beginning to fight back. Gang headquarters have been raided, and the threat has been ¥rinds of consolidation have been | informed that the registrars are en-| deavoring to arouse a feeling of op- Will the park budget be pruned to such an extent' that the main highways through Walnut Hill park cannot be made smooth? We hope by eager department heads—he was not. We have rid oursclves of one confronted with even a worse tas washhoard pike (to Berlin) and it would be bad indeed if we were to develop another right in fhe park. |colummns the ominous fact that it fi- . To a certain extent nance board allows all the budgets there. s they stand the tax rate would be tion as a pruncr of budget estimates | —those soft-soap bubbles which are sent up every year around this time | | than in previous years. Perhaps that evening he had read in these it already is The Boston Herald says New F land 32.2 mills, compared with the pres- ent W consent o a mills weather is “double-cdged.” o ever hieard of Hall giving his That's putting it mildly. would be more accurate. Six edzed <even mills in one year? And this an e et e tion year. too. The anthracite industry ix in had shape this year. according to reporte The fuel oil businees booming, and coal dealers are cup plying machinery to help the o1l Something has zot fo give Hall b to use ihe claesic y the budget estimates cas depart 1se a way however, is | Of makir i, g0 wa rather think some it feads will he even disappomted i el One thing 1= cert - of prined. The ta dovelnp bus—beg pardon, mofar how the figures are cosch—lines ara operating byses or | ETouth of the city meotor eoaches hefween * New York And a war has devcioped, and Boston and Ment < A mare tapel antlay an the inerease in sables, The whicl o list has been steadily increas of the distant day railroads 414 the bue rate ¢n two of the comp when con £ bt the pevenme the ess therefrom does sanie 1 not provids entinls of a prog ressive community that can réason- now 83, and may go to be expected 1o go with the in [YRERT: philanthropista rinnir admit that it costs t1 tance of t yort cach pascenger i citie: coy ents mean in i indieated Now 14 there is going 1o be a war School departiment sehools, let it start now,” remarked one of have built and still if the proprictore; the pock hirls sounds a reprogent Cnormons pubiic is going 1o t5 of the In HIK A bt th s hilding wport™ lank tion of “New Fort contracted the nam tair ool are an the | to “Newbritai ¢ desire | additional suir tn op th save Epace cwyork”™ The board of publie warks neually Keeping the tax rate steady Ia & complaints If it proses itsel? nnable bard job In etormy weather. (o meet reasonable rrquirements. jmp of nearly | position against the new charter, as- | signing various reasons, but in real- lity because their compensation will | 1t true. that is hetter than build- | apparently be lesscned. Mr. Hateh, | ing a 42-story opera house, although | who is a member of the committce {nothing will prevent the windy [On consolidation, said last cvening L tvine e e | L R et RSO RE S : : laction on the part of the registrai first year or 5o isn't found t00 en- |jje helieves the outlook for conso; | grossingly diflicult. | dation is bright and that all the | We would like to Tay a bet on the |controversial problems have been | | | disposed of. No opposition is ex-| pected in the Jegislature. | | Co. 1 was called to Waterbury late heen | last evening to do strike duty. About 30 o'clock in the afternoon Col. tried to reach 1 y s and then Caplain chasing what the administration v got Lient nt Traut on is pl ed to call a handit. 1t is seif- phone and gave him the or- evident “hat the marines are more |ders. The non-commissioned officers i saen | zot their mquads together and had | gua. them ready in the prescribed time, made to “fight | finish.” the gangsters to a | police, but are not too eager about {it considering war against the un- | derworld in Chicago [ started—and { Down in has 1 stopped—nbefore this. | Nicaragna the marines fare in Chicago than in Nicara labout 50 men gathering at the armory. The men entramed in th FYening. the news had spread | «n throngh the city that it was with difficuity that Chief wlings and a squad of police succoeded in keep ing an avenue open anchester, Hartford. and Rockville companics were on the same traim. A voung man who was not a mem- her of the company hut who was al lowed fo accompany it was expellea from the Somerset clul for his ac- tion, this club expressing s sym- pathy for the Waterbury strikers, A special fown meeting will be held tonight, and it is expected that 14-mill tax rate will be fixed. The following have bid for the Lyren 7. anch 1. Clande nes of Water- Engel of Middlctown 1d Jennings & Graves of the Hart- ford Opera Housc. The annual meeting of the holders of the New Britain Gas thisz afternoan and dir elected: H G, M N A. 3 No other was transaeted al strike are directly for the denudation of . of wondland Recange the residents have ent partienlarly in the Mountain View Aistrict. Here the former woodland | nominea candidate has at no time prospect from the rocky ledges bas HOOVER'S MARRIAGH and The marriage between Herbert Hoover, a Quaker, and Mre Hoover an Episcopalian, by & Catholic priest, naturally has aroused a deal When 1erald of comment s ness dtem appeared in 1 conment 10 marry two I'rotesial and that the matter no donbt wonld be investigated. The investigation, if such 1t may be called, has gone far cnough to determine that the pricst iret zot the consent of s bishop. To most of s, There a marriage i Vrringe cortain religions | forms about W in the Catholie church the rule is that one of the contracting should e | Von Wy AL rallawing o. the partic o menmber of that el was held Zives consond to b ars wers sl Vande entirely a matter tor th nley and Slaper pparently ther hugine The <ponsible thansands ¥ conl allaw a change in the Te- it may he rare acres The Kn Klnx Kia a1d 10 have | aronna Plainyitle of heen Syt at’ e Ak of e "reatly Hoover announcetitent. The secpe. 071 tomy tary of commerca and presidential to the station.| been ruined by people cutting away all the trees and leaving only the bushes, It is unfortunate that Selectman Prior was unsuccemsful last summer in his efforts to have this section reserved as & public park. We're Not Shedding Tears That It's Over, Are You? With bills and exams, folks, and fi- nancial jams, folks, This mpnth is the longest seen! Here's hoping the next will not keep us perplexed For the long we need most, “long green! we've the Just the Girl! ‘an you tie a bow tie?" “Yes. Why?" “Never mind. marry me?” Will you ‘Worse Off! Easton: “How are you and your wife gettihg along?"” Ballard: “Terrible.” Faston: *“Does she lead you & dogs life?" Ballard: “Worse. She lets the dog out oftener than she does me!’ —Ann W. Jadwin. | == | Yours till the pupils in my eyes play on the drums in my ears! Litde Balloon‘ Roger was thin and Bobhy was fat, but in spite of the difference in their little figures Bobby, who was two years the younger, simply had to wear out Roger's out-grown clothes. Sometimes they were made over, but usually Bobby just grew inte them One d: soon after the little boys first made the acquaintance of toy balloons, Roger was helping Bobby into one of his own cast-off suits and found it a very tight fit for his chubby little brother' When it came to the belt—whew.—Roger pulled and tugged but he could not make the ends meet. At last, when the faccs of both the little fellows were red from their efforts, Roger stopped and stood looking at Bobby. “Well, brother,” he said, “I guess 'l have to stick a pin in your middle and let some of the air out.” —G. F. Randolph. Rah, Rah, Rah! A hundred spouts of water, Shot upwad fom the sea, The skipper and the bosun And the first mate hollered, “Whee"" The skippe up and told them: “I know that sign full well! It’s just a school of spouting whales Giving their collegs yell!” —Gace Stadell. Help! Salesman: “A rug? Something in a warm color?” Mrs. Parker: “Yes, the warmest| you have. There isn’t a lump of coal left in the house . —G. L. McKenzie. | Don't be 100 severe on the flapper of 16. Twenty years from mnow, when she's a mature woman of 26, she will have outgrown it! That's Using the Old Head Jenkins,” said the boss, “it has come to my attention that Bilkens doesn’t brag about his three year old child as much as he used to, and, upon inquiry, I find that there is & general impression in the oy fice that you cured him. Is that true?™ “1 think so, sir,”" answered Jen- kins. “Very good. Youwll find a substan- tial raise in your envelope Satur- day. Now tell me how you did it.” ‘I just showed him & newspaper ping.” Sxplain, please.” “Just a newspaper clipping-quot- | ing a professor as saying that bril- liant children generally spring from mediocre parents!” cli Mrs. C. H. Rice. Tovely Ladies! (As sent in to the Fun Shop | Warren: “Let's go for a ride, (honeybuneh.” Julia: “Shall we, pet?” FH K | (And ax viewed other Vun Shop contributer=) Better Yo Donald (at the golf club) you looking for your pufter” Florence: “No, for my petter!” ~ Walter J. Goldsmith o . e Not <o Unusual! | Martin: “There are many freahs being exhibited in the theater these | days, particularly half men and halt women. Gilbert: “That's nothing. T've often acen womens hcads on men's !shouldera:” Asa L. Bijur. Wonderod! “L am in an awful di- . Janssen; femm: Bauer: Janssen: [tege, yon knov coef from him don't know if soon at nights | arounat vot's der matter?” ine boy he's in col- , und yesterday 1 ye- a letter und now 1 he goes to shleop or vedder he goes | mit a coupla floppers.” Baner: “\y. vof is der reason?” Janssen: “Vell, you see in his let ter he writes, ‘T go to pet early.”” Samuel Trving. Reproduction | «opyright. 17 | Vorla 5 den) READ BERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS vAre | QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an anawer 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. Ta the auricle a part of the ear or of the heart? A. The word has several mean- ings, one of which is the outer ear or pinna; another, one of the twe chambers of the heart through which the blood passes. Q. When coffee is servéd with a dinner should a demi-tasse be served after the meal? A. Serve either one or the other, not both. Q. What kind of bird sand should be used in an aquarium? A. Silver or white bird sand. Q. Who was “Blind Tom"? A. He was Thomas Green Be- thune; born blind and a slave near Columbus, Georgia. May 25, 1849, He exhibited unusual talent before he was two vears old, and played the piano when he was four. He was able to imitate birds, rain, thunder, etc., and could immediate- Iy play any selection after hearing it ‘'once. He appeared to his first concert when he was 8 ‘vears old and appeared in many concerts in America and Europe. He died July 3, 1908. Q. Who is the author of the verse beginning “The lives of great men all remind us we must make our lives sublime"? A. Tt is from the Psalm of Life by Henry W. Longfellow. Q. Please defina “communism”, “anarchism’ and “soclalism”? A. Communism is a social sys- ttem in which there is a community of goods. A theory of government and social order, according to which property and the instruments of production are held as a common trust and the profits arising from all labor devoted to the general good; in rare cases involving the abolition of the family as formerly exemplified in the practice of the Wallingford and Oneida communi- ties in the United States. Anar- chism is the theory that all forms of govevrnment are wrong and un- necessary. Socialism is a state of society based on public and collec- tive ownership of the main instru- ments of wealth production; land, means of transportation and com- munication, mines, mills, factories and modern machinery, with demo- cratic management of the industry by the community for the benefit of its members. Q. To whom is Renece Adoree marricd? What is her address? A. She is married to William Gill. Her address is Metro-Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, California. Q. 1las the Army Air Service any airplanes for sale? A. No. Q. Is the gallon mcasure in Canada equal to that of the United States? A. The Tmperial gallon used in Cangda equals 1.2 United States gallons. Q. Who s the author of “Chickens Come Home to Roost”? 'A. 1t is a novel by Mra. Dorothy Carman, published in 1927 by Har- per and Brothers. Q. How many silver dollars were coined in 19042 A. Silver dollars year numbered 8,812, Q. What is a gargoyle? A. A projecting stone spout vsually carved with a grotesque fizure used in medieval architecture | to throw the roof water clear of the | walls. Q. Was Aaron Burr married and divorced? coined that A, Asron Burr married Madame Jumel, the widow of a French mer- chant, who had an estate in the northern part of Manhattan Island and who posseased gome other prop- erty. They were married in 1833 when Burr was 78 years old. Much of Madame Jumel's property was valley and central plains states, also over the northern Rocky Mountain districts. Areas of low pressure prevail over the southern states and the upper Mississippl valley and northern plains states. Ralns were reported from the lower Mississippi valley northeastward to Tennessce and central North Carolina with sleet and snow in the Virginias. Light snows were reported from Take Erie districts and portions of Missouri and light rains in the north Pacific coast states. ’ Temperatures are somewhat warmer in the middle and north At- lantic states and the lake region. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with slowly rising tem- perature followed by unsettled weather. Temperatures yesterday: High 58 . 26, spent by ‘Burr, and the couple separated but were never divorced. Q.. What is methane? A. The simplest hydrocarbon. It is found in coal mines, being a gaseous product of the ' processes which change vegetable matter into coal. It is called “fire damp” by miners. It is also formed in marshy places by the decay of vegetable matter under water and {s often called marsh gas. It is the main constituent of natural gas and forms a large proportion of the illumina- ting gas obtained by heating coal. Q. What part did Richard Bar- thelmess play in “Broken Blos- soms" Who was the leading ‘woman? A. Barthelmess played the part of the Chinaman. Lillian Gish was the leading woman. Q. What color are war vessels painted above and below the water line? A. Light gray above the watter line. Including guns, turret rails and small beats. Relow the water line the color is a brownish red. Q. On what date did Thanksgiv- ing fall in 18887 A. November 29. Observations On The Weather Washington, Jan. for Southern New Englan cloudy tonight. Wednesday cloudy and somewhat warmer, probably spow. Moderate variable winds. Foretast for Eastetrn New York: Partly cloudy tonight, except snow in extreme north portion; Wednes- day cloudy and warmer, probably snow; moderate variable winds. Conditions: Pressure is high over the north Atlantic states, the Ohio Low 48 20 20 12 12 Atlanta Atlantic City Boston . . Buffalo . Chicago . ... Cincinnati .. Denver . . Detroit. Duluth . Hatteras Jacksonville Kansas City ... Los Angeles .. Miami .. Minneapolis .. Nantucket L366re » YEA CAKES AND PARTY PASTRIES Recipes and full directions for making the most delicious arrey of tes cal daintles, pastres and tarts of all kinds to be served at bridge e heons, teas. receptions, late suppers and large and small affairs of A kinds. are contained in our Washington Bureau's latest bullstin. Fll out the coupon below and send for it: CLIP COUPON HERE ENTERTAINING EDITOR, Washington Buresu, New Britsin Herald, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. 1 want & copy of the bulletin TEA CAKE3 AND and enclose herewith five cents in loose, uncan ataps, or coln'to cover postage and handling cosf l NAMB STREET AND NUMBER CITY ceeenees [Trem s PARTY PASTRIES lled, U. 8. posts i ... STATE der of the Daily New Britain Herald. o~ CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Once Principal Occupation. lity of the Connecticut River valley, car- ried by Indians and a few explorers to the Colonists at Plymouth Tivd Toston and thence to England were among the causcs of Tve English colonization of Connecticut, “where agriculturc was {he principal occupation until the middle of the nineteenth cen- turs These firs: settlers of our state found it covered with forests, but land was soon cleared and tillage of the soil hegan. s morc and more colonists came to Connecticut the acreage i farms incrensed. General farming was the rule, the farm supplying the meat, cercals and wool for the family. All farm= e haised about the same variety of crops and sold the surplus. T bor was native-born, and the women of the houschold worked in the field with the men. Agriculture was the principal occu- pation. But the deve + Agriculture Accounts of the ferti lopment of manufacturers in the first half of the 19th century, the competition of the new western states in farm products, and the chunge in the character of the population incident to the growth of cities, caused a change in agriculture in Connecticut after 1860, That year, according to the federal hureau of census, $1.3% of all the land in the state was in farmg, and 73% of the farm Jand was improved. The total acreage of farms that year was 2,504,264. Forty years later (1900) the acreage in farms had decreased to 2,312,083, or 74.9% of the land area of the stats, and of this only 467 was improved land. A still further de- crease in farm acreage was noted during the first quarter of the present century, the 1925 census disclosing that there were only 1,832,110 acres in farms, or 53.5% of the total area of the state. Of this acreage only 34.90, was improved. ‘Tomorrow—Tools; Housc-furnishing Goods; ‘Wool Shoddy. EPPIE MYRTLE WORTLE HAS ABSOLUTELY SERIOUS WHEN SHE ADVISED AUNT “To ADOPT THE KNEE LENGTH SKIRT. Aunt Eppie Hogg, the Fattest Woman in 3 Counties. By Fontaine Fox. INSISTED THAT SHE WAS