New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1928, Page 8

| woe to the hindmost, such as blind |and orphaned children. Let private ! citizens and various well-meaning ot- them 38 slogan, or motto, or idea. Th needs of the unfortu- for the New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY ions take care of Towued Dally (3ui At Herald Bldg. y Excepted) Church S social BUBSCRIPTION RATES important enough $3.00 & Year 32.00 Three Months 8 Month 1o oulder s cven if the ap- a little r slaces tions w1 are Batered st the Post Ofce at > aln s Second Cliss Mail Ma n individ bhin flint & TELEPHONE CALLS Businces Ofice Editorial Roo vacuum oz better advertist room elways open to sdvertiscis Member of the The Assoclated I'ress led to the use for news credited to it credited 1n pa pews publi theretn, Member Audit Burcan of Cir A B. C s a sationa SURPLUS OF GARAGES i ry auto adatio: for two place, the cost of garage for two greater than the cost o ars was An autor . the driver, « o and for car E builder ally felt the urge gar job right and construct a reasor that ace could 1 10 ith a car bu that ti rente no garage a worked but the ortage of for awt lik; or automobiles rapidly d: 1thood of a d. Now we are where we are | mpty garage space galore. Obviously, there is nothing to be jone about it. We only make men- on of the phenomenon of too much space in response to a desire | to call attention to how thoroughly any. Self-control tation rectory 1o see to look finish a thing once we get start- dress are correetl Four or five when veurs ago, was a fonw shortage of Back relative rubber-ti: but when the possession of various kinds o omobiles was incr at os; nowadnys arvelou more permits to 14 gars were obtained in most ties than permits for the construc- tion of homes. Th made it look as it th were regarded as more important. Later the tempo, love lean boys with b ling automobiles easiest il For a short arags construction of homes predominated: and as fow we wer storm, bu nature of a fall rain bit deep falls, ol it turn to ow homes are constructed these It this seems that days 1ouble a remen T all rain without a garage—usually a barelled onc—the surplus of motor spread * &mall wender that the owner of a twin e e has become wide- housing Washington Politicians, clsewhere are going out of their n cd any ara witl only one side of it occupied with his own car, is half lined to buy another car and thus The try- nd in familics is 1o prove they ne the Sinclair bonds to adm a body caves i any of the tak ike up all the available &p: m: ing to tel]l us th thres city automobile ufacturers are the day of two car ownership One of workers the in to clection was that is true, then would result Tarages may But not for awhile THE FLEVATOR PIL a 1t Hart NGE ord *no. told us th hands do ars tl in CARING It basis of logic ti tribute larger s stitution as the for the Blind 15 criminally with the the Gra tion at FOR ¥ is difficult t levator company in that city, erious injurles to many of t tima. A would the be or for passengers.” the us 1in T ituated in . not wis celings, was probable that 1id not know "'t} freight cla- id pection 3 av dis- it is also of course, for even inspectors wtimes incompetent or here was no in- made an vona was supposcd to vators occasionally vators st mortem 1 that orrectly; on the brake that acquainted nder of 1 that rake shoes had istment of th here 18 tho them do unto you. It was a touching tribute paid to Mayor Weld by the Democrats in the Common Council when they larose, foilowing a neat speech by Boyle, to prove to the 3 thoroughly they had appreciated the warm courtesy and fairness shown to the minority party during the reign of the mayor. Coun- n Boyle gratefully recalled a made b; Councilm w omise the mayor when took office—o: that he would at the Democrats with every de- of fairness. The two years of have now the run their course, and it w proper moment to inounce appreciation held by faith inority regarding how the promise had been kept. | The happlest people are these who think well of th ‘lves and thus make it unanimous. Tho speed record most frequently broken is the rccord for a quick demi Bankrupte legal process that provxides a hick town with its social It wil be cheaper Hoover. It won't be necessary 1o spend 5o much explaining who he 1s. One thing that enables Mussolin to hoss without arousing the ire o© | the prolgtariat is possession of wife who has 1o gocial aspiration. That the mayor was overwhelmed | n at trhe high tribute paid coll ague was nority of surprsing. It was so unexpect zingly appropriate’ th ame svor atefully bouquets of oratory In kindly eviden: treating ide he ntatives of the minor ations th regarded the to the Commion by 1 mayor gave them be as repres had = at yielding ¥ e was doing 2 thousans of citi- zen their representative 1, will be glad to have s well as s in the Coun had nhis pleasing actions so properly phasized; they will be glad to note t 1 re can be gentlemanly con- duct In political life when tached to it remain true to their better natures. WHY THE DAM BROKE When 3 tragic accident t is only the beginning of th story. The later developments ma take the form of a gerial narrative and frequently, tired of the s occurs after the public has jal, the net result of the “investigations” is a comfortable whitewash for all. Such an ignoble dignation end to public in- is not oceurring in Cali- fornia, however. The loss of 400 lives when the Et. Francis dam broke is citizens who | to | v represented. These citicens, | | thinking a man a Alas! Lven the longe Lier won't hang over the side of it d a s Kecp ashes out of your eyes, Doubtless you! noticed that every girl who isn't quite pretty cul- | [ tivates a homaly girl friend to scrve | as contrast, ice 1sn't without mercy s lite sentenee for other or wou't be long. 1 Mexico plans the confiscation of oil wells, it's a dirty trick to pull while America is busy with 2 Ams icanism: Scorning favorite hokum; son be- cause he says he is. Why allocate radio stations on a basis of population? Cotton acreage would ge allocated only among states that can produce cotton. Lots of people think they are charitabl> when they are just spend- ing a a benevolent | feeling. a little too serious to gloss over with | a whitewash brush. The amazing claim made the other day that somc- | hody dynamlited the dam has been | thoroughly dispclled; no such enc- my of the public caused the disaster. | What we now know is that the dam | was improperly constructed. | by hobbed hair has in No written specifications; no con- | |trol of the type of concrete used; it 'was not reinforced—no dam in the | entire Lo Angeles water works &ys- tem is thus constructed. The only ‘tors present built gineers, This w Los insp ¥ were the interested en s a municipal undertaking indicted titude i the struction of its dams in the Anecles stands astonishing ine con- hinter- land. Ths proud city of southern California has endeavored to make by damagrs; amends recing to pay all the such 3 t cannot bring back but a 1ere the liv women and child REVIVING Completion result- | of the Sou Provi points to P railroad, from hode lsiand . Wil not down, despite the licd of e railron New England 'A bill in the Rhode Island legisla- th of n opposition interests in New ture calls fc North con crvation Ameri ilroa > the the Terminal wany, which would comple k. which was begun before war by the Grand Trunk railroad of Canada and abandoned after 82,000, 1d b “ut upon the project. behind the orizinates in Rhode Is fe completion irdnstry would wefited by a Albany, con Beston & Maine in important industriz would obtain a dircet line w st nortl. somcthing that it now especially toward Ime s not completed ; th investe will har Eighity per cent of the s bridgs Vi plers have been ind the for tracks and mors work road will be ready equipment. Prospects for the road are bound up v the la freight prodnue- tion plants in Rhoda Tsland. Withont h 10 Justification | would amount Central Ver- from Palmer to New Lon- terests are tired bankrupt onth It and | steam; they new com- to take over the = route and v appear to be company but have the old new raflroads is a confidenee tlon usually associated with 1ons of the country; there Eng peculiar with | " minded to the capital, it when the dam | the | been graded and | we frien: awes whil 15 for Hoover, As un their plan i3 to the boys are lay /) It {s estimated that the time gav four yea cnabled American women to sev two buttons more than usual. | | a country 1 sends its feebl- | uld be | vium When certain that they get into th instead of the legislature, 1f you wish to learn the faults of | verybody in a community, find a | woman whose own life or family 4 bitter disappoinment to her. No opportunity? Bless you! The hoas is searching cagerly for some- | body who fsn't interested solely in | quitting time, The only man who deserves liber- | is the one who wou!d aet just as he does now if there weren't an laws. Correte this ver sces proefty for mine sentence: “John ikles,” said the ren’t nice and he's Hick- | Send all communications to Fun Shop [ditor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. to nominate | SPEAKING OF SPRING i FASHIONS! }Spr:v-; finery costs, Folks, Spring styles do come high, | We have window-shopped too, Folks, | we know how you sigh, |But Spring funnmery: Mirth, Folks, | will do just as well, with Spring smiles, r you dwell! TERRIBLE! Boarding-house Mistress: So on Folks, 1a Jut dinner yeste Butcher was very gooc Bearding-hou, just it. It Madam, that Mistress: |any left to make hash for suppe WHEN BLACK 1S RE. Open Season! Don't you ‘spose the reason why So many write of Spring with rhyme ev'rything? s Ames. Now That's a Thought! “I do not like you now,” she said; “You will,” said Berton Pike, “I like you very much, you know— And like produces like!" —J. B. Atkeson. . . . All Depends! |In one thing he by love was led To change tion; |He drank in cvery word she sald, Though he be ~-Barbara F. Amis. P Drop That H! When Larry hugs me good and tight 1 never may, “And how!" I merely hold my breath and say, 0o, goodness me—and OW! —NRose: Bowman. RATHER OFTEN AT THAT, PROBABLY! | Garrett: “Does igive you a pleasant smi nell: “Only about once in undred jeers!™ —Fred M. Reid. Py Freddy T am a hen. Men think me stupid Just because T start To cross the road n don't. Aha! Little they know. 1 do it because I am a humorist It makes me cackle To motorists Try to gue What T'll Somctimes they Burn their brake-linings, Sometimes they run Into the ditch. Sometimes they can't stop-— And run over me. Then the Cer nly on them, Beeausa my owner s them en times my e, how T eac do next 25 Years Ago Today (rom Paper ot That Date) AlD E. church The Ladies Platnville M. conducting a number of suceess(u affairs and has now purchased the building on Broad street adjoining the church. It has been remodelled 2d is Leing refurnished to provide autractive gqnarters for the ladies' societics, H. C. Brown of the post ofice is in Brooklyn on a visit to bis brother, society of t has beor dircct line | br. Thomas Brown. ‘alimer con- | <pecial Officer Mount reported to Chief Rawlings this morning that the Lody of a ac tloating in Walnut Hill reseryvo The prospect at this stag all those holding position: commissioners will contint though thetr terms expirc. This in cludes J. R. Andrews, chairman of the police board The charter commitiee {s mectin nightly now and is trving to clean cverything up becsuse of the short s of time left. Clerk W. E. Att- wood is preparing a final draft The Camp house on Webster il a big frame structure on the soutl side, was nearly demolished by the rain last nigl 1 the downpour shed out the brick foundations and the house tilted decidedly. The s occupants rushed out 1into the street and, though they Wi the rest of the night. D. McMillan has m | remodeling his Main acade. A new triple | will be created. Gardenars are beeinning to dis cover that the price of sceds gharply this year. No roller skating tonight Britain commandery hts of the Golden Eagle, officers itx Vajiant commander, officer of the guard, captain of the knight i kni ing; knight Roden; knig Thonipson; Hawks min Thon: George Henry M de p strect swinging door No. night Benoit Joseph troop, Charles herald, W. R. preceptor, Ernest Vistorian, W. H. almoner, A. L. precentor, John knight cnsign, Denja- son; knight armorer, Screen; garrison guard, Parsons, trustees, returned, | were rather shaky in their beds for | has | “A Trip I Didn't Enjoy!" XPLAINED! was sent here by the atn otfice. of onr Company cspecial. to try and sell you our goods." Mrs. Paulson: “It's no use. not interested.” ller: “You must be! You hav ordered five big free catalogue trom us in the past two months.” Mre. Paulson: “Oh yes. it much nicer for the pantr: shelves!™ —Mrs. L. E. Wendell. P THE PUNCH BOWL A Free-Verse Limerick was a young man York Who said “I would rather be shot Than to buy me a shave | Even when 1 was broke I\Without tipping the barber juarter! —Nina Senie, Missing Line Competition There was a young girl in a car Who said “You are going too far: But he, smiling, replicd: “You accepted the ride, And besides, your mother s in the nd she can tell us wheth- ave come to your corner, or back scat er we | not: Dorothy Rasch. RIG FEATURE COMING! Mre. Lawrenee: “Tommy skippe M. “1 don'!‘ Yo want any more like you sold me for meat “That's was €0 good that the| boarders ate it all and there wasn't | 8dvice cannot be given, nor can ex. 1| tended research be undertaken. All | Witches, spirit mediums, etc.? 1se the gol-darned word his oft declared posi- «ved in prohibition! 't your wife ever a I'm You see, in New| woodshed and show him some mov- ing pictures!” Mra. Lawrence: tures?" Lawrence: sob-stuff:” “Moving pice “Yes. Slap-stick and —Mae G. Leight. (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) QUESTIONS ANSWERED | question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau. 1323 New York avenue. Washington. D. C., enclosing two cente in stamps | for reply. Medical, legal and marital {other questions will receive a per-i 'lonll reply. Unsigned requests can- | | not be anewered. All letters are con- | fidential.—Editor. | | Q. Whatis | Russia? A, 146,304,931, | | Q. Did President Wilson sign | the p18th (prohibition) amendment to the constitution? A. Resolutions proposing amend- ments to the constitution are not | {signed by the president. The Vol- | stead Act for enforcing the 1Sth amendment was vetoed by President ‘Wilson but Congress passed it over his veto. b Q. What is the nationality of the name Chambers? A. It is an English family name referring to keeper of the chamber (King's or Queen's) from the Nor- man “de la Chambre’. Q. How can parchment hai smoothed after it has become wrinkled? A. Place it face down upon clean blotting paper. Beat up to a clear froth, with a few drops of clove oil,, the whites of several fresh eggs, and with the fingers spread this over the back of the sheet, and rub it in until the parchment hecomes smooth and yielding. Then epread ft out as £mooth as possible, cover with oil &ilk, and press for a day. Then remove the silk and cover with a| |linen cloth and press with a warm iron. Q. What is the address of Pre- | mier Benito Muasoling? A. Palazzo Chigo, Rome, Italy. Q. Did Houdini die under an { operation? A. He died in Detroit, Michigan, October 81, 1026, of peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix. He ! was operated on October 25. | Q. How soon after the United | States entcred the World War did | General Pershing go to Europe? | He arrived in London June &, with part of his staff. The first American troops arrived in France | June 28, 1917, Q. What is the Mix's horse Tony? A, DBrown with some white on | his face and hind legs. Q. What causes short circuit? A. When two wires carrying cur- rent to electrical apparatus are ac- cidentally joined through faulty in. | sulation or otherwise, the current | has been short-eircuited. For in- stance, the two wires which connect | {a floor lamp to the house circuit b | come bared and tonch and the cur- { rent pasees from one to the other | without passing through the langp. | thereby abbroviating or shortening { that particular circuit. Q. What part did Warner Oland play in the picture “The Jazz Sipger”? A. Cantor Rabinowitz. Q. Whiat is the gross area and | population of the United Statets? A. The gross are is 3,026,789 square miles, The 1927 estimatted | poputation 1s 118.625,000. Q. When did the 16th amend- ment granting woman suffrage be- come a law? A. It was passed by the House of Representatives May 21, 191% and the population of color of Tom an electrical . s : | al 1 | gencalogy is glven in Luke 1y can get an answer to any | | Bible warning agiinst consulting West Toonerville News ltem UNCLE PELEG PUTS IN A BID FOR MYRTLE WORTLE'S NEW by the Senate on June 4, 1919, am‘lé temperature Saturday, diminishing on August 26, 1920 the Secretary of | northwest and north winds becominy St8ate proclaimed its adoption by | southerly Saturday. two thirds of the states and it'be-| Forecast for: Eastern New York: came part of the Constitution. Fair tonight and Saturday; slightly Q. Where was Lmil Jannings. | colder on the coast and not so cold the movie star, born? in northwest portion tonight; rising A, In Brooklyn, New York. temperature Saturday, diminishing Q Was Mary, the mother of!northwest and north winda becom- Jesus, a Jew? |ing southerly Saturday. [ A She was a direct descendant| Conditions: The storm of yesters iof the line of King David: the day moved rapidly northeastward 3: 8. { during the night and 18 centered this ! Captain | morning over Nova Scotia. Pressure {in the United States Navy? {is rising in the north Atlantic states. A. The base pay is $4900 talgt is high over the lake region and $6,000. This doca not include rental | southward to the Gulf coast. The iallowances or subsistance allow- | northwestern disturbance has de- |ances. The exact amount reccive loped somewhat in intensity and | depends on the length of service and ' extended its influence through the | whether or not an officer is married ' Rocky mountain districts and the L or single. plains states. Its center, however, Q. What is Irving Berlin’s home js in the far north, Prince Albert, jaddress? Saskatchewan 29.42 inches. Cloudy | A 20 West 46th New | conditions have begun in Texas but | York City. ’ | no precipitation has as yet occurred | Q. What was the last cight year in the interior districts. Aboor- | period between leap years? ! mally high temperatures were again {A. 1896-1804. reported from the plains states and | Q. How can whitewash portions of the Mississippi valley. | moved from walls? Conditions favor for this vicinity | A. Softten the whitewash by | gajr weather followed by increasing Ewtming it liberally and repeatedly cloudiness with ng temperature. with a solution of two pounds 5 o e £ | potash in five gallons of wataetr and | Tempgretursasaslaniay: when softencd, remove with aj oo “’!77"“ scraper. |Atlanta .. . Q.p Is there a passage the | Atlantic City .. . 48 Toston . 46 Buffalo .42 men- | Chicago . 60 1o | Denver 2o 90 The | Detroit . B8 King | Duluth 52 ndor, Hattera 5 Jacksonville . City .. .05 Angeles .. Miami Minneapolis New Haven | New Orleans . New York . { Norfolk Washington, March 23.—Forecast | Northfield . for Southern New England: Fair Pittsburgh . tonight and Saturday. Slightly St. Louis . :“ 58 colder on the coast tonight. Rising | Washington . 66 4" e i Q. What is the pay of street, i be re- Low L) at 30 28 36 42 32 an 45 52 38 54 10 35 56 36 46 114 40 in A, Consulting witches is tioned a number of times in Bible usually with prohibition. classic passage, however, is Kaul's visit to the witeh of | found in 1 Samuel, chapter On The We;llzer Observations 84 64 68 . 62 . 48 4 “ 64 . 40 - b6 POPULAR CARD GAMES Hearts, Twenty-Ona—rules and suggestions ed in our Washington Bureau't Five Mundred, Auction Piteh. for play of thems card games are contain coupon below and mail as directed: -— - —] CARD GAMES. aud encicse S. postage stamps, or chin lateet bulletin, row ready. Till out I 1 want & herewlth five ceats in loo to cover po; and CLIP COUPON HERE AMES EDITOR, ashington Dureau, New aln Herald, 27 New York Avenuc, ashil D. C. 13 etin POPUL el R U. copy of the by T AND NUMBER Printing and Publishing. The printing and publishing industry in Connecticut has au annual production value of approximately $28,000, In 1 the total value er the products in this industry fot Conneetiont was $27,924,35. This was almost four times the 1914 value which was $7. 5. The total value for the United States during 1925 was $2,269,638 250 and during 1914, it was 210,508,000, Connecticuf’s output during 1925 was 1.23% of the fotal and Guring 1214, .9% of the total. Whereas the value for all states nereased 1801507 from 1914 1o 1925, the value of Conneeticut’s output increased 270286 ewspapers and periodicals titute the greatest source o! tncome in this industry in Connecticut. This branch during 1925 had a production valued at $19,916,196. Book and job was valued at $7,097,085. Sheed music made up the | $10,7§1. New York, with an output valued at $ casily led all states in the products in the publishing industry. Illinois was second and Pennsvlvania third; Conneeti- cut ranked seventeentn. Massachusetts, with an output worth £125,176,183, stood fifth. Conncetic '« output was worth mors than the corbined output of the remaining New England states. Connceticnt had an average of 1994 wage earners engaged in publishing newspapers and periodic and 1,714 in hook and job printing work. Wag totaled $3.36 951 and the latter $2,435,157. Matcrials for newspapers and periodicals cost $6,002,731, and for book and job printing, $2,- 635,747, 925 on: vajue of Tomorrow—Thcusands Visit State Psrks. By Fontaine Fox SILK NET HMeOsSE. and and its lark | Parsons and Philiy «~hiool the other afternoon and went ito a movie, his teacher informs me." Lawrence: e 414, 414 he? Well take that young man to the| outl cally | |, The cost of fecding haby 242 rational, stata and | hatet rcar was §261,0 construction of this (CFontane oz, 1928. The Befl Syndicate. Inc)