New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1928, Page 6

favorite son business—serious to Hoover—is that the delegates, after they get discouraged at the chances ot their favorites, will be more In- clined to jump on a Coolidge band- wagon than on the Hoover caravan. They will be virtually uninstructed |after they get through strumming the pralees of sons, and if anybody can begin “drafting Coolidge” they will lend a willing ear. Then there are minor chords in the political symphony. S8ome writers claim big business is behind Hoover; others say parts of big business are against Hoover. Some say Hoover is unpopular with the farmers; others | say the farmers regard him as a cap- | able administrator, lately proven to their entire satisfaction during the Mississipp! flood. The way Hoover has tackled the pretensions of Senator Willis of Ohto, who considers himself a re- markably favorite son in Ohio, is enervating. If there i one man in public life whose bubble needs | pricking it is Senator Willis, the pet of the Anti-Saloon league and one who thinks in terms of prohibition and in nothing else. The Republican {party with a man like Willis at its The Havana conference is running | head would present a weakened con- dition indeed. It would be very form usually adopted by ol e e | gratitying to everyone if Hoover d rences. Another *“deadlock.” S !could smash this recrudescence of the Ohio gang “here and now."” From the start of the political | fracas during this presidential year we pinned our faith on the expecta- tion that Hoover would be the Re- publican candidate and Al Emith the eandidate of the Democrats. That would provide a political battle “as is _one,” and we strongly favor snappy elections. More than 50 per cent eof the pecople would vote, and it would be a hot time all around. It we've got to have presidential elec- tions every four years they may as well be “heated.” and the public | will have the satisfaction of know- ing that no matter which gentleman is elected of these two, the next president will be a ecredit to his country, his party and the people. NERALD PUBLISHING COMPANT S oy : "—&ufu ne e 2 Three Moathe Ve & R { .00 Moath. Entered 8¢ the Post Ofice st New Brit. sin a8 Seeend Ciaes Mall Matter, k table advertistng medium 1n” the "ty Ciroulation. Swoks &84 precs rooms always opsa to ad Mombes of the Assesioted Press The Associated Press 13 exclusively en- title@ to the use for re-publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper snd also local newa published thereln. Member Asdit Buresm of Clreulation The A B. G 10 & mationsl organisation which fwrsishes newspapers and adver- tisere with & strictly honest aualysle of irculation. Our circulation statistics are Tusad Gpon this sudit. This taeures pro- inst fraud In Dewspaper die- e wion Toqures G0 both dational aad he Herald 1s on sale @ally in New YD’SK. at Hotaling’s Newssand, Times Square; Schults’s = Newsstands, Eatrance Grand Osatral, 4fud Strest. ————————————————— Hoover says he is going to carry torward Coelidge's policies. That ought to please the Coolidge clan. But what are the policies? A New York dally informs read- ers that fresh eggs are coming in trom the south. Another item re- lates to the withdrawals of storage <ggs from the plauts in Chicago. The safe plan is to ask for ‘natives;" and even then there appears no way of proving they originated in the Connecticut valley. \ It used to be possible to judge the uge of & horse by an. examination of its teeth, but the only way to Judge the age of an automobile is hiow it runs, and that depends some- what on the weather and the condi- tion of the highways. THE MUSICAL SEASON A citizen told us recently that this city, from a musical standpoint, is a resid uite ir- | r,::‘:‘ l:z u::.m:v::e:e:_p:ve“ | perfect desert. He had especial ref- 'm b ertiicies the administration’s | FONC® 10 conditions this season. Up ::w:ln "h';‘:'m' AR {0 this year, he dectared, there had N e o e, the President | PooR RN, iooncerts ln hls olty; W idior, 10 tbe Presiqent||ticse IRy Anpazantly entrely. dle- 4 m'e of e mendmggapmrea this year, except for one pul tiona he no doubt would know | scheduled to take place with the Wennerberg chorus later. The New eno ast] itical occa- ek Bl A €2 | Britatn Musical club, for years stonally. sponsoring an artists scries, has gone out of the business this year. The New Britain Choral Society, | mindful of past results, has not yet vear on record. Come to think of it | permitted its plans to be known. ths gverage individunl only caught | And 9@ on. R vas aaal | However, the desert is not as dry Y. 2 as it scems. The past week, for in- stance, ‘has been fairly notable, It began with an organ recital. On | Tuesday a singer from the Metro- | politan sang before a large audience composed of members and guests of the Woman's club. On Friday night |there was a concert by one of the | most outstanding jazz orchestras of i ORGAN e the country in the Stanley Arena. It was as unkind blow by fate |The event .qualified as a concert (hat so seriously damaged, or com. | SNIPIY because jazz done in finc style ity destroyea; the lu"e i "_.Ju American art. Yesterday there olsttly setivvased organ fn the South was & concert in First Lutheran Congregatiopal church, | church, In which choirs from nearby Erhin)oredn) na' o the largest i | Cite8 verticipated, and st which N mlm.; (oE nov Cai Y A i there also was organ music, Last \ikiing in “" maximum usefulness | MIEBt there was a remarkable con- and power because of extensive re- | °rt Of early music glven by an in- vairs necossary. Recently $15,000 |Ptrumental quartet in Trinity Metho- was expended to make these repairs, | ! dist church, and for months the congregational | 11 Musical events of the week, to accompanied witl In spite of the vast diversity in the weather, 1927 is said by the statis- ticians to have been the healthiest In handling oil scandal witnesses without gloves the Senate is showing the world it is not afraid of soiling its hands or feeling faint from the obnexious fumes engendered. And it likewise 15 meeting with vast public approval. - T EeN ", |pe sure, did not include celebrities; plaio, only. The repairs were cm”.‘n relied upon music rather than the Dleted o fow wecls ugo and one re. | PUVIIE Droclivity to pay from $1.50 cital on the rebullt instrument had |10 $4 for circus performers in the boem given. Now, as a result of the |TClM Of commerclalized music. fife, & community asset is again |FOF thers is not & scintilla of doubt stilled, that the musical celebrity business Citizens of all creeds will is thoroughly commercialized; its injextending sincere sympathy to the | 12nAEers are fond of calling it an congregation that has sustained such anil we exall Conslabily. a severe loss. There is a silver lining to the cloud, however; the Corbin memorial organ will again be re- built, and though this will take siderable time, the final reeult no doubt will be as attractive an instru- ment as that which has been do- services were unite 4 “industry,” of the amount of money Americans spend in this industry. Every dollar- chasing musician from the far con. | Corners of the world is in this coun- try at least part of his time, and if musical appreciation depended upon how much money is spent for artist recitals we would he the most musi- cal nation in the world. There is enough inherent musical BOOM enough staunch tlerbert Hoover i faced peculiar political situation within his own party, but gives every evidence of belng prepared to face it four- square and try to satisfy both fac- ability in this cify. supportets of various oreanizations 10 keep the at a lively with a identified with the art roster of musical events puce., T at this is not a § it's not even a $1.50 has been shown by experience tions. There i6 the third-t working assiduously under cover and refusing to accept onc defeat another as final. They do mnot lack love for Hoover, hut for Coolidge and a third term is even greater. They first and Hoover next; and they hope and pray the national convention will draft Coolidge and ditch Hoover. The other faction has the favorite | son eomplex. Every state that thinks it has a favorite son of enough prominence to make a noise that ex- | tends further than the boundaries of | tlie home bailiwick. and every favor- | ite som who thinks he is one or ought 10 be one, I8 lincd up in this proces- sion. AN are enemies of Hoover, con- sidering him the most pronounced opponent In sight. The serious 10 a seat eity: city. A red at a fair and that g0 el inclined at atter I crowd can be gat) concert and at u fair i« our limit, rities we their love suchi of u fv elsewhere, to know how every celebrity looks are for Coolidg: and acts, at least once. In such cases the myusic is of sccondary import- ance A LINCOLN Lid D “If T ever get a ¢ that thing, I'll h Al “with quis 1 while on a trip “down river” from It was Abraham Lincoln speaking, ring lips and choking voice.” was 2 rs of age, and his native Illinois he spent a month in New Orleans, where he victted the feature about the slave ma ( their favorite state | quet committee has recelved accept- ances from 65 lcezl members of the | Business Men's association. There will also be quite’a number of out- of-town people, including the gov- crnor and the officers of the state and of several local associations of the state. The Tontines and Senecas played There has been one authority for the quotation, John Hanks, who talked considerably~ about the eplsode years later. That is how it got into_ currency, and for genera- tions no reference to the career of Lincoln has been complete without a reference to the prophetic words. |5 9 to 9 tie at the Casino last night, We note with dismay that such a |the crowd demanding that the game |chaste and conservative newspaper |Pe played off but the management {as the Boston Herald waxes a bit L‘(';:’e‘:"n"_"‘_‘e' ;‘;‘:"‘:;“;":m::';; | critical about the authenticity of the | Britain Regulars then played Stam- famous quotation. ford and ‘walloped the y 37-14, the visitors quitting badly that they were told to brace up or they would have to pay their own fares home. Facts and Fancies If he doesn’t hire an alienist, that is prootf he is crazy. “There is one fact that under- mines the foundation to some extent on which the story rests,” says that paper. “John Hanks was not in New Orleans on the occasion in question. He voyaged down river only as far as St. Louis, There had been delays, and Hanks as a man with a family thought it prudent to return home from Bt. Louis. Lincoln himself tells about it in a bit of autobiography which he prepared in 1860. How- ever, it cannot be denied that Hanks might have heard Lincoln speak of the matter, and in his statement of later years Hanks said: ‘I have heard Lincoln say often’ that it was on that trip that he formed his opinion on slavery. The simple fact is that we do not know whether Lincoln uttered the well known words o not.” The February prize for optimism goes to the enthysiast who says Ithree of every five American adults now how to play bridge. Still, it might be possible to get several more sardines in a can by hanging them on straps. In modernizing Shakespeare | it must be shown that the shrew to be tamed has no opportunity to procure a sash weight. Even if it cannot be established beyond a doubt that Lincoln was the author of the striking words credited to him, we like to think he iwas, Thousands, if not millions, of people iwould not believe evidence that he | talled to utter them, so well do they fit in with the character of the great emancipator. ‘What's the use? If you pour ashes on a slick place, you're an old crab who spoils a good place to slide, . ST. VALENTINE'S DAY As every smitten swain in the city | and environs is aware, St. Valen- tine's day “takes place” tomorrow; | that is to say, in case it is deemed necessary to mail something with a heart on it to your best girl, and {you and ehe happen to live within | a day’s mall service, the time to take the trip to the post office or drop the | \pout the only way to he neutral precious missive in a mail box is to- |is to buy a car costing ocer a any, | thousand, The quality and character of St. Valentine's remembrances have vast- ly improved during the present gen- eration. One hears much complaint about the tawdry tendencles of the times, of “tablold minds" and morons. If the type of St, Valentine | missives are any criterion, however, a certain type of mind has all but | disappeared. | Consider what the day meant in! i the Victorian nineties. The windows of innumerable stores for weeks prior to the great day were vlutere-d | with alleged comic valentines, which | people bought and sent to friends | anonymously, It was nothing unus- ual for respectable citizens to re- ceive dozens of such missives through the mail, none of them |signed; but words were inscribed on |them to indicate that the valentines represented exactly what the send- ers thought of the victims. It was an atrocious way to tell the othenyfel- low what he ought to know. Grad- ually, however, the things, raining It she's fifty and a gossip, she is just trying to get a vicarious kick out of sin. The new French uniform will en- courage poetry: Underneath the marble slab lies the boy who wore the drab. But think how frantic Solomon; would have been, with a thousand shrieks of advice coming from the back seat. o mericanism 'What? You need another story to fill the first page? Wgll, put in something about Will Rogers.” The banqucters guffawed and Samson made the temple fall on them. His bobbed hair was growing out, and you know low people talk. You can’t tell much about a boy who won't take orders or follow the leader, except that he will be a democrat, | The unmasking of the clan won't make very much differcnce, except that the sheets will get changed only twice 2 month. | \ How shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New Vork. Let's Celebrate, Follks! Toniorrow's given over to sentiment, you know, / To heartg and darts and cooing doves and Cupid's famous bow, ‘But if we're weak on sentiment, try funtiment, we're betting. | The jokes that fly from humor's boy can pierce the heart of | fretting! 109 Perfect! Grocer: *“Are you honest?" New Boy: “Yes air.” Grocer: “And you won't sass the customers?" New Boy Grocer: New Boy: | break an egg I'll — ROMANCE IN B ESS (Vajgntine Suggestions) By Molly Anderson Haley ‘No, sir." ‘Nor loaf on the job?" “No, sir, And if I lay another one, To the Landiord = . | Oh landigrd of the grasping hand How can T make you understand My heart is rent—and sorely too, Lach time I pay the rent to you! s .. To My Laundress very often, Valentine, my thoughts turn your direction, As often as my laundry comes, all clean and neatly pressed, Some day you will be famous for the | size of your collection Of buttons that my necther gar- ments nced-and once possessed! . .. To My Grocer On Valentine missives the birds bilr and coo, ; if ever a bird had a long bill it's YOU! [] But a robin should be on valentine fos | The way you keep robbin’ me down at your store! i Wel YOUR | The Butcher! Teacher: “We get ham "hog.” A Jorry: “So do we, and yo ought to see what he charge: —R. C. Glennon from a Just | THI: WORM THAT TURNED! | By Dr. Walter E. Traprock Many of my rcaders must have heard the expression, “it is a long worm that has no turning,” but few. | I imagine, have ever witnessed the | actual turning of a worm! In fach| even I, who have scen almost every- | rooms and similar places her arms around Wallace's neck! “¥ou wonderful boy!" Carol eri marry you—right tomorrow, wish!" must have seen something in the pa- per to change her mind. What was 1t? Gosh, I'm stuck! .. Dear Readers: Can't you help out the author? What could Carol have Tread that caused her fp act as she did? We can’t possibly imagine, Can you? o Editor (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Queetion Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bugeau, 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- sona! reply, Unsigned requests can- not be answercd. All letters arc con- fidential.—Editor. Q. How many copies of a book constitute an edition? Y A. There may be only a few copies, in which case it s usually j designated as a “limited edition,” or it may run into the tens of thousand. Thére is no specified number. Q. What does "ibid” mean? A. It is from the Latin meaning “in the same place.” that is, in the arge book which just been cited. It used to avoid needless repetition cf an authority frequently quoted. Q. What is Richard Barthelmes: last picture? A, The Drop Kick. Q. How long does a fly live? A. Under jdeal conditions, dur- ing sunmer, a fly may live for two or three weeks. 1f confined to a hot room without access to food or water it may dic within a day or a i 5, or it may live several s. During the winter, under out- door conditions house flies are kilt- cd about the first cold night. In protected trom winds and partially heated during the winter flies have been kept alive in cages for long periods; thing and then some, have only re- | cently watched this phenomenon! | T had been fishing for the fierce Baracuta, off the island of St, Vitus in the Lesser Antilles. The bait for | these crucl, shark-like fish was the | lava-worm, which is found in the | volcanic deposits of the islands and | { which secm to inherit some of the red-hot nature of their surround- | ings. T had taken with me, as a pro. caution against the daily drenching of the tropical storms, a quart of good old Baccardi. With this in- side, T always felt scornful of any | outside wetting! | We are an idealistic people, and the only real dollar chasers we have are speed cops. upon the populace in overwhelming | numbers, began to lose whatever force they had possessed. Nowadays it is rare indeed for anyone to waste money upon a “comic” valentine. | We seem to go in “strong for the “heart finterest” kind, however, The manufacturers would like everyone to induige in them, of course; hus- bands are even expected to send them to their wives. They are telling us that it we love our wives as we | did the day we married them, why not prove it with a valentine? Well, | we don't want to hurt their businems; | there is no harm done, anyway, pro- | | vided the busy hubby can remember | [the day. 1f the average man has as | |much difficulty “thinking” of St. | Valentine's day as he has remem- | | bering his wife's birthday, or the marriage anniversary, he may be ! | qualified to buy ome of the fancy | heart contraptions and enlist the services of his amiling stenographer | Trow Wins Third P rize in tying it up and afending to the | in Nabisco Sales Race | addressing and mailing. | During the year 19 19 of the — National Biscuit Co, agencies | {1n this section participated in a con- | 25 Yefl" A’fl Today test based on improvement in oper- | ating costs and management of (From Paper of That Date) Niagara Falls might retain its, place as an American Mecca by hir- | ing a few good divorce lawyers. | Example of circumstantial cvi- dence: Chicago is lika she is; she is the only city that has Big Bill for Mayor. Well, it will teach the hoys a les- son. The only safc way is to reserve a senate seat before you go to Washington, England's row about the prayer book might be worse. Suppose they were trying to change the choir leader. Correct this sentence: “There were thirty people in the chorus,” said the critic, “and only two sang through their noses.” (Copyright, 1928, Publishers’ Syndi- cate.) agencies, Inereased sales Were an | important fa¢tor in determining the winner. The National Biscuit com- | pany's general officcs in New York compiled all data pertaining to the down West Main street to anchor |contest and have just announced in front of tha Rueswin, that Sales Agent 3. Trow who has The North & Judd Mfg. Co, has|charge of the New Britain agency ust secured a liberal order for sad- | has been awarded third prize. Mr. {dlery hardware specially designed | Trow is well pleased with the out- for the usc of the Cuban Rural | come of the confest and attributes Guards or mounted police. Tha su. Much credit to the cooperation he ority of the local concern’s goods | has received {rom his associates at gave it the preference over thos: the local agency. of competing Pritish and German firms, The firm believes in cxpan- sion and a reciprocity treaty swith the new republi The Landlords sort of protest mecting last and will petition the cha revi- sion committee to have the new clidrter throw the burden for clean- ing snow off walks upon the tenants. ordon Bros. rear Main “t. have received five tons of vhich they will sell at once at a ton. . Allen Moore will adress e Mon's Bible classes in the Y. M. (.- A. this evening. His topic will “The Day's Work.” — Mr. Moore's talk transposcd with that of nator Sloper to muit the comven- of the two gentlemen. school girls Lave organ ized a basketball team and icduling a game with the norial am. The air was very springlike tod: and a hand organ grinder cam PREPARE TO OPERATE Rochester, Minn, Feb. 13 (UP)— yo Brothers hospital today pre- pared for an immediate operation upon Edwin Carcwe, moving pleture producer, who was heing brought | iere from Chicago, where he becaie | seriously ill last night. [ The operation, it was understood lwas 1o relieve a muastoid infection, which beeams Iy worse whils Carewe was en route from New York {to Tlollywood. association held | night L | |READ H ALD CLASSIFIED A wa Skins That Attract People hine t not wonderful [ must 0ft and colorful-— not dry or sal- show. Just try rench Process MELLO-GLO. purc—youll rior beautify- hing like #t—get male chorus of hold ite rehearsal the Y wder called M. C. A. this evening. Morey [ Stays on longer—vory will be at the piano and Prof.|be amazed at s | Laubin will direct. ing qualities hairman Johnsion of the L I MELLO-GL 1 \ oic will | 1 had fished for several hours without success, cxcept in reducing my rations, when, in bating my hook, I accidently dropped one of my worms into the neck of my bot- tle of Baccardi. T was able to pull him out, but not befcre he was thoroughly soaked. In this condi- | tion I put him on my hook and| made a cast. Almost fnstantly T felt a torri tug on the line, which I knew could only come from an old Baracuta himself. What a battle followed! Three hours later I dragged the ex- | hausted, monstrous fish alongside. | Imagine my surprise when I dis- covered that I had not hooked him as T supposed, but that the worm, maddcned by his Baccardi baptism. had wrapped himself tightly about the neck of the fish and had actu- ally, strangled him! . | 1 have known many a worm in my day, but never a worm like that! | ey | FEBR! A\RY_IS, 1 | i v 141 wonder if he'll give me a ring?” | Unfair Remark! Myra: “That last boy friend yours had glorious hair, didn't he” Paul‘ne “Yes—the glory that| of Anthony Porteous NTERI@DE John Lawrence Scott eyed Wallace and anger hla black scornfully hier snapping said: “Of cours: [ won't marry you! T wouldn't he | your wife if you were the last man on eart 1 nerve of even askin [me to think of such a thing! ¥ idiot 1" And “hen, as if 10 show i that b 1 him forover from ner mind, ghe picked up the news paper from the library table and | began to read. Suddenly a chang i came cver ber. Her face grew very | hut they never Hved through an cntire winter, ments records of 70 days and 91 days were obtained. No uncaged house flies were found during obe servations covering thesc seasons in unkieated and only partially heated attics, stables, unused rooms, ete. where favorable temperature condi- | tions prevailed. 2. What is thé highest altitude ever reached by ma A. Captain H. C. Gray rose 42, 470 feet in a frce balloon. This s a little over cight miles. Q. Lon CLancey a deaf mute?® A. No, but nis par Q. What are the lar A pine Islands. They m, over thirty feet in length isure a little and 15 a single word? > words “in so far." wus Scotland ealled No, thr Q. When Caledonis A, Until about Q 1Is the Out of Reach”? A. Itisa novel by Margarel Ped- Ier published in 1921 by Geor H. Doran Co. Q. Is Ruth ¥lder a licensed air- plane pilot? A. Yeas, Q. How A. He was 94, Q. Is the movie “The Riders” suppos:d to be the life 258 A. D. old is Babe Rufh? born February 1, Rough of Now what was the matter? Bhe In longevity experl- | Pythons, found in the 1’h|llp~‘ a book called ".\hmn‘ pale, and she jwhped up and threw | Theodore Roossvelt? Who “I was only. fooling—of course I'll it you | | played e phetopir porgeres e phota-play to present the osreer af Roosevelt from the time he was as- sistint secretary of the Navy uatil he_became Colonel of the Rough Riders. Frank Hopper played the part of Roosevelt. Q. What is the world record the pole vault? A. Charles Hoft holds the record at 13 feet 11 3-8 inches, Q. Who was King of France at the time of the French Revolutien? A. Louis XVI Q. What {s the meaning of the name Francis? A. Free, generous, open-hearted. Q. Which is harder to learn, French or Latin? A. Latin is generally considered harder and it is easler to learn French after having studied Latin, Q. 1Is the ground hog or wood chuck good to eat? A. The flesh is usually well fla. vored and that of the young indi- vidual is very good. Q. When do the Third Liberty loan ‘bonds expire? A. September 15, 1928. Observations On The Weathe For Southern New England: Y- creasing cloudiness, not o cold to- night, Tuesday snow, changing to rain and warmer. Fresh cast winds, increasing. Weather forecast for gastern New York: Increasing cloudiness prob- ably followed by snow changing to or rain. “f::‘tfithu: A diat ol e cxtent and energy over- sproads the Mississippl Valley with inches, and the other over Lake Superior, $9.92 inchea, are falling in the Mississippl Valley from Jowa southward to the Guit and from Louisiana eastward to the south Atlantic districts. Preasure is high over the middle and North At- lantic states and the Rocky Moun- talm districts and western plains states. Temperaturea are low but are rising in the north Atiantic states. They are high in the Missis- sippi Valley and falling over the plains states. Conditions Yavor for this vicimity fair weather followed by increasing cloudiness with rising temperatures. Temperatures High Low Atlanta 40 Atlantic City 23 Baston 18 Buffalo 14 Chicago 36 Cineinnatt 32 Denver 18 Detroit 24 Duluth Hatteras .. Jacksonville Kansas City . Los Angeles . Miami -Minneapolis Nantucket New York ‘Washington --e,,—,—,—,——————————_—_————— WHAT THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT DOE§ The Department of the U. B. Government that comes most closely in touch with every mam, woman and child in the U, 8. is the Post Office De. partment. The #tory of the postal service {s as interesting as & movel How It started In colonial days, how it was developed unier the Constitution, when postago stamps were firet usd, liow it got its name, tho story of the “Poay Express;” present Lostage rates, the about postal losses aud irregularities, Universal Postal Unfon, what to do protecting and expediting mall, the air mail service, and cther interesting information s all contalned in our Washington Bureaw's latest bulletin. Fill out the coupon Lelow and send for it: CLIP COUFON HERE rms‘ronv EDITOR, Washington Bureau, New Britain Herad, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D, C. 1 want a copy of the bulletin, THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERV- ICE, and enclose herewith five cents in loose, uncancelled, U. 8. postage stamps or coln to covep postage and handling costs: NAME STREET AND NUMBER CITY l I am a reader of the Merald. STATE ABOUT CUT CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Buttons; Felt Goods; Screw Machine Products. Among all the states, Connecticut stands fourth in the pro- duction of screw machine products, felt goods (wool or hair) and buttons. Screw machine products manufactured during 1925 were valu- cd at $4.273,135. This was 9.79, of the total value for the United Stateg, which was $43,779,284, and nearly 359, more than the value of the 1923 product for Connecticut. Ohio, Michigan, and Tllinois owjranked Connecticut in product value. Nearly 1,000 wage earners were employed chusetts was {ifth. Massa- in 17 Connecticut factories during 1925, thelr wages amounting to $1,091,728. The value of felt goods turned out in Connecticut factories during 1925 was $3,251,0: States. was 6.3¢ of the total for all states. or 7. During 1921 Connecticut’s output, valued at $1,5684,840, 4% of the total for the United New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey, in the order named, preceded Connecticut in the value of this product. Conneeticut, where buttons have becn made for many genera- tions, is falling behind in the relative production valuc of this commodity. During 1900 Connecticut f; ries turned out 14.19, of the total output for the United Stated. The 1825 value of §2,- 762,027 was only 8.4% of the total. The percentage increase in the value of buttons manufactured throighout the United States from 1900 to 1926 was $21.7, whereas the corresponding increase for Connecticut 153. New York led all other states with a product valued at $10,746,676. New Jersey was second and Iowa third. A thousand persons are cngaged in button- making in Connecticut. Y Tomorrow——Connecticut Farmers Are Owners. Disinterested (?) Advice to Sister’s Suitor. By Fontaine Fox. (" Fomaine Fox. 1028, The Bell Syndicate. Inc.