New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1928, Page 6

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Times :s:\l:n; Schults's Newsstaods, Eatraace Gresd Ceatral, ¢3ud Sirest. ———————————— his The Herald 1 Asking somebody to clarify dry views does not sound so well it emphasia is placed on the adjec- tivea —_— We note with mingled satisfac- tion and amusement that one of the “wish you were here” cards pictur- ing s busy scene in New Britain the Main street crossing of the railroad s marked by an elevated structure. It takes & picture postal card to be 30 years ahead of the times, _— Gene Tunney intends to take a walking tour of Europe. Here's hop- ing be wil meet many an accommo- dsting motorist, provided he is not mistdken for a dangerous tramp. Dawea has the right idea. He has set himself & “moral limit’ of trout & day.. A pew kind of daily do'un,b i you can get it. Another sign of the times is the ‘announcement by British railroads . that all week-end rates will be re- .duced to & fare and a third of the vegular rates, with a hint of more reductions to come. This should have been done before the motor coaches developed to such huge pioportions, not before. The same thing will have to be done in this country i, the railroads care to re- tain the bulk of their passenger traffic. Nothing appears more ridiculous 1o a sensitive man than to read the statement of & parson in poli- tics that mo other churchman should have the same privilege. Best thing for the country would be to have all them out of politics, in- cliding those who aid and abet the Anti-Baloon League. Some of the politicos are attempt- ing %o gét Andy Mellon wrapped up in’ the prohibition Blanket. That's samething that can’t be done long as the distillery trade remains "'IWICE A DAY CONGESTION “Some streets in the city are quict and pesceful most of the time, 4 turn Into a bedlam of traffic twice a day. Buch an artery s Park street, just off Elm. The time of its troubles, of course, is at noon and “in the afternoon when the factories djsgorge their workers, There s room for five Mnes of tratfic along this part street. But there is parking on each slde of the street, and that elim- ipates. two lines. Then there car track in the center; aad @t noon and ia the evening, when trade ‘brisk, ‘a trolley car comes along and parks in the block while wait- ing. for patrons. * Many of the workers scoot along in autos, most of them walk, others take the trolley. It Is no use in scribing the situation as ft exists for & short time twice a day. Words s of Park a eimply’ fail. "It 1s a_job for the traffic drpart- ment of the police. Let them miake sonre Tules and regulations that will ease up this situation; and gimilar situations that crop up under sim- parts of the ilar conditions in other j AIR VIKINGS to THE routs Europe being The air taken by the ford, M, Parker Cran Hass, most logical yet mapped ont it iy not a no - posscsses the ty, with a maximum of | than water under the p The route roughly gows northeast L to and Bert of the True, but it gafe- vikings from o , impresces us as one stop route, cticalitites of rather across Ontario and brador Christlansaab, Greenlan the lower tip the distance. This town is not on of Green- land, but west considerable The ter hop of conscquence needed is up coast a only wa- arrive there is across Davis strait The trip from Iceland aleo is more Christiansaab to over land than water, Greenland being wide at this point; and Denmark strait between Greenland and Iccland is across €0 | less of a water hop than going | across Greenland is a hop over land. The chief hop over water, of ceurse, is betwcen Iceland and Europe. This is the route that the origin- al Vikings traveled in the opposite direction requiring months. It is fitting but in this twentieth century two of their descendants should traverse the same path in less than a week. THE GLIDERS | Necessity, it is said, is the mother jof nvention. Thus, according to the | ! peace treaties, Geormany is barred { from manufacturing too Jut many air- | planes, dirigibles. |treaty framers knew nothing about gliders, Who would have thought at that ti arcund in t has rem on a glider, the peace anybody could glide without a motor? e latest is that ved in the air eight hours mo or torless plane, is, these nd. said to possess acro-dynamic qualities and promised gliders as a ascend One of the machines was “m capture the altitude records. | 'hree hundred glider at Wasscrkuppe for a | “meet” of the air artist Be it admitted, of course, that air W= think it has | enormous possibilities as a sport, too. | But it isn't more definite than just No glider experts are assembled gliding is a sport. ta sport. can glide from | Berlin to London, or to Paris, The | I'sport is best in favored climes, with the right kind of wind. But all the | same, how these things work is hard !for a layman to undarstand, espe- | cially as the of gravitation { seems to be enforced as unerringly as ever, law MORALS OF THE PRESS Ben Hecht and Charles MacArth- |ur, two former Chicago newspaper | star men, concocted a play |called “The Front Page,” which is upposed to depict journalism in Chicago with amazing fidelity, In | reading an account of the produc- | the | enormous amount of profanity util- | ized in the play. In fact, according | to the authors, all the Chicago | newspaper men do when they jro’ playing poker or drinking gin is to cuss and cu We have met newsy have | tion we have been struck by are and cuss. aper men who | could cuss better than an army | cotonel, of course; or at least as artistically as a business man when a slump. But pencil pusher who Indecd, most of business is in we haven't met a cussed all the time | them we have met can eusily frisked at poker, while those who drink gin or cven grohibition beer while on duty usually get informed they den’'t necd to show up at the office next day; nor next week; ever, The “The Iront Page” conclude that all wild a sct as is depicted. They are certain to overlook the fact that the be emphatic, is to exaggerate greatly. The that in future will be looked upon with suspicion, merely on the | strength of how the reflects lift in the city room of Chicago. who will naturally thousands will reporters are stage, n order to linelined dismal outlook is every news hound show THE. CORN BELT Managers of the Hoover campaign are said to be confident that the |corn belt will roll up a majority for the the stress in the wide open spac | of falling & |are optimitic. What they hope for is |that the farmers will vote Republi- habit. epublican party. In spite of all and strain of insurgency <, and in spite % the managers n pri can through | Maybe they will. Strange things Ihappen in politics. t justices and have threatened dire re- de- Now is the time For four yeirs e farmers have Lellowed about in- venge upon politicians i their mands were not met |10 even the score, and from what the Hoover ma 15 sy, there §s noth- ing to it but the usual Repubitcan majoritics in the west, Of course, they And corn b v b Hoover carries every ms mistaken. even if state the outlook is that a first class crowd of insurgents are likely to be elected to Congress along with the Hoover majoritics. The out- a look s for as large crop of ‘progressive-independents” in Con- gress as cver before, and the m bloc will function as effectively as usual of carrying the In view of Republican confidence corn belt the tactics of the Smith managers at least is The Smith - nothing in the Al Swmith is nteresting. forces con- out for some o west to the publicans, of the after it farm vote and in 18 going out What significant than the fact a subtle manner, | can be mors | that Governor Smith is conterring | with recognized farm leaders before | writing the farm scction of his ac- | sech | ceptance All signs point to the probability that the Smith | gesture toward the farmers will go much further the Hoover I eestuite. Haw tuct govd it will 6o } but the knowledge after the leave no one in than nobody knows; that Smith s going vote should out farm doubt that he thinks a slice of it can be obtained. 1f Smith should come out in favor of the equalization fee— favored by some of advisers—the situation with mere uncertainty than ever. The sofi-tiller would be faced with influential the dilemma of his lifetime—loyalty | cuting Agent Kirkham to the G. O. P. and an urge to sup- | Cider saloons are not forced to port the party promising what he e _ d they are failing to o i srve the rules goverr then. has been demanding. It s possible Cider is cheaper than ot! that this is the dilemma the Smith qualit managers intend to put him in. |s0 it is becoming a favortte dr | even among mere boys. | The N intimates. and the Britain Barter Hartford scball game at Rentschl esterday afternoon, 19 to ch> and Whitslinger wer nning batte Mike Lam center field knocked out a f catchmg a fi DOMESTIC POLITICS WITHIN THE FAMILY married to a | Because a man is woman is no reasen why the good like the hushand. tnnocent hubbies wife should vote Innumerable are tinding that out. Women are independent; vou bet | Frank Shirtles nt, shot Mrs. s landlady, at her stsect, this afternoon, kill He then fired a b corge om expert observers who clainm the 19th Amen they are. that nent | stantly into Herr Kornfeld | { hubby and wifey would teem | mercly has resulted in doubling the votes and that the wives invariably vote ands do are all just like their hus Wiy they Wrong. s don't. vote let about that. simply how darn please, nobody make a mistake Another supposition that necds to be blasted is that the all for Hoover. We have women who are for Smith and they women ar: met some didn't care who knew about it. They didn't care who their hubbi for, cithe 1t t Smith will elick . Hoover will garner 1t that th is f many ily with le vote wh the majority of the m female vote, sounds reasonable, although nobo | can count the votes of November in August, If this helief is mately correct it naturally that many a stalwart sorter of Smith have his nullifiea by a better half who stands up just for Hoover. Yes, it's A man't vote used to now out | approxi- mean: . will vote as stalwartly a queer world to something; tinding amount of them many that if make are they and their wives an agreement to remain away from t polls the result will not be a‘e $:d in the leas 3ut such eenti s are not 100 per cent patriotic. both vote, even i The they crab h other's efforts. experience is worth somcthing is all over the when it bound to have one laugh on the other, LLNESS AT VARI- 'S AGES United States Public cat The Health rvi recently concluded an interesting designed to determine the individuals of various ag the results of which hav made public by the Surgeon General, H. In experiment causes of illness in . some of just been ummings. the Hagerstown, order to make carvful the Maryland was ¢ study town of lected 25 a repre- sentative Amcrican small town and thie entire white population of nearly 5000 persons was kept under con- tinuous observation for nearly two Thi au, th and a haif W ord- ing to the Bu its kind ever mad Determinations arrived at indicate that the viduals of years 2 firse suudy of period in which indi- cither sex is from sickneas is hetween ) and years, In infancy and childhood the liability to iliness is great percentage of sickness drops to a minimun, thereafter gradually riscs until another maximum is reached in old age, One of that responsible of ilincases at any age, these troubles the striking conclusions respiratory troubles are for one-half the number was consisting largely of the “eold.” Also it tound that ill- nesses other than colds among chil- chiefly to the com- measles forth as common wus dren due a cough municable es such whooping and so Il as unnatural conditions of the and to digorde skin, ears, eyes and teeth nervous and digestive Among the elders sickness, other than colds, are largely grouped un- so-called ifl- cation, those of the circulatory eys- and kidneys. der the “organic” cla tem, nervous system Young adults and adolescents arc free from the childhood troubles or those incidental to age, After the statistics compari with your may trouhle you reading and g them ily age to what you determine arc most vulnerable, The chanees ure you are going to have a cold if you are il at all, at any agc if you likely to youngsters' troubles and suffer from an organic discase periments of the kind recently com- pleted are always interestin are under 20 you arc most from some of the 25 th Lx- suffer over most of d health statistics with fn- terest. In the long run euch experi- ments are undoubtedly a benefit to us v humanity in the increase of wdge of human frailtics and how to meet them . The birth-rate in France 18 on the increase. Tt was 197,220 for the first three months of this year, com- pared with 189,575 for the first quar- ter of 1427, 3 25 Years Ago Today Mayor Bassett has asked for can did for 1he wicket team which will meet Bristol during Old Home Week there As City Auditor Curtis was Camp Chamberlin attending to his duty as lientenant of Co. E today, the fire department drivers did not their bi-weekly pay, The new driver, James Sleath, has not re- ceived any money since he went to | work July 1. i There will probably be a drive on the cider business this fall, Prose. { at ot Let and | of them is | most frec | knowl- | his own head @ the floor Leside her, drink eraz pavilion netzen Jast 10 A oot ng gallery and ladic park were night. Tt been inc roup ot Litl place durir left and iroyed by fire 18 ary in had day Doerr s e place | no | Rifle | though to h origin, been ot the ut alt had rad closed up tor the tlam discover was destroyed because th ailable, The G Letub is alre planning It will n 5 o'clock F. M. Zimmerman's offic J. H. Kirkham led the first medal play at sterday afternoon, having 152 net Marcus White ith 101, 81, Mr. White, v the last medal tournament, sasted that his prize money b |10 that to be awarded in the | competition. This m: amount to be contested for. Fects and Fancies BY ROBERT QUIL N ve s wer and water n to e to: 5 v at ot sht in zolfers in Hill 42 gross was third who won | 18 in- added resent | | Simile for a political ye sular as a boarding ar oust menu.” There's ite | but whai | eat. one born eve of it? Gold diz words that go are “T lov please.” The most harge man into the and | v it, 't everythir ired-pounder t scems th cars need is a so the lady who can't place a gat of your neck. two-hu ant, th it Wh arive lift t rear for against ing to stay at n, but not li finding his wif home am - and Both eandidates being scornful of faked pictures, the White House lawn can again be used for sheep. If New Orleans is determined to stop gambling, she might put in ele- vated street crossings, Another good way to your t the t od tell is to cks and things you have up. when count pick- s are oo soft Americanism: Fizuring out a to take something clse on the stallment plan. Won't it be r President reads matic messag cables in reply: way in- then the | freshing when our a solemn diplo- from Kurope and Jolog The question s, will the college hoy who bums a ride expect som: body to give him a ride all through 1 life? Vacation: A rest period when a | ma his feet and stomach | harder and pumps in twice as much smoke as usual, | If he clears his throat before each sentence, wears a white shirt on a fishing rip and expects his wife to call him *“Mister.” something. igh to make ¢ a straw 1f vou | hat Therr always there's brecze eno cool, you must ch, two blocks farthcr, The candi won't kiss babies this time, <o the poor little things must get all their germs from maid- en aunts, | lat An educatio understands just why Al's friends make the Republicans little more uneasy than usual, | | man is one who vich a We fmpor have 1t no officials who as Mussolini, but our | tloorwaikers run him a close second. | | Correct this sentence: “The mn- | usual thing about our silver anni- said she, ‘was that not a wis duplicated.” [ versary, single gift Copyrizht, 1928, Publishers Srndicate Observations Cn The Weather Washington, Aug. for Southern New England: preceded by showers | day partly cloudy. | Forecast for Eastern New York [ Cloudy, preceded by showers in ex- treme south portion; slightly cooler in extreme north portion Saturday; i 8unday partly cloudy. Conditions: The outlook s for |showers on Saturday along the At- |lantie coast from New Jersey to | Southern New England. Elsewhere the weather will be fair Saturday and Sunday. It will be slightly cooler Saturday in the ‘interior of northern New England. 18.—Forecast Cloudy, aturday; Sun- | paid big money to | i e e look as | | {3 all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britaln Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. d 1ts Open ANl Year? Fun Shop winter days winds blow forty Aren't You Gl We necd | s and surely | But, Folks, in Summer most of 11! Ins Henning: “How was the Chamber of Commeree banquet last month?” Richards: “Same as usual. We a speaker liked our to catch B and tell us how then leave we carly come town an the first train out J. Petersen THE FUN SHOP NEWS WELKLY Information awberries ar growing on th certain sections of | Central rairoad line. Passengers are requested pick them while the train motion! reported to nkment in v York be e cinb the not is to in o« v Topical At vory smart scaside re- soris nowadays they have a sccond row of bathing huts, where bathers, | before the water, can hing costumes for swim in! entering their b to thing cha som . & A girl, her wdmother all tournament . e mital | her at a | Mon- mother, and won prizes held in l | ncerely sympathise with her o .. Social A Mexican agprested by New York wWas found the police in to be un- s enough to ar Ouse Any po- . Movics Chicago heat- pavement A report that during tl cg dropy was tried in the We shonld ha ) veg to explode states an and frem recent th ¢ 1 " d on pted a Chi- and kil some- The 3 Me “What did you do n your buddy claimed exclusive t to that sccond Moth: shirt? I entered a suit!” Atwood the way to mark! make a mark is to to The Younzer stat The other morning my 1 and got some splinters arm. While T was extracting them was in tears, so | szid, “Don't be a little soldicr.” Jut Johnny thought “I'd rather a bus-drive said, little in boy his he s ery, differently. e Mrs, - H. 1 ity "HES WIZARD OF WALL STREL By Danicl F. Innes The broker had hircd a new sistant, a young man not very fa- miliar with mysterics of the stock market. So, when the broker was called away on a business tr'p, he left instructior s, When any big break occurs,” he ordercd, “let me know at once, by wire. Everything will now depend on you, for if a sudden turn comes in Yhe market we may wiped out.” A few days later the broker re- turned. “Clifferd,” h the sun did you as- said. “Why under nd me that tele- cram informing me that the office 1boy had dropped the inkwell?” “I thought vou said to let you Inow in case of a big break, so 1 well, let that go. You'll learn. Now, Clifford, did you obey the orders T wired you? I sent you a message reading ‘Buy Corn.’ Did you a | rn Ves, Mr. man. I did. es, Blake,” said the Youll find three sacks | of on your desk—all freshly | And 1 got a bag of hot| peanuts, tool” young ) pop Remember? Richard: “Will you marry me?” Ellin: “Certainly not! I was mar- ried to you once before, if I remem- Iber rightly!” —Irma G. Manlius En Passant! Two old horses were the police news your | newspape 1 “The | lision ¢ increase. | discussing in favorite reckless driving and col- es scem to be on the —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City ana Its People Elegtion interest which for the|fications lead along many trails even past several wecks has been confin- |into the limbo of church suppers ¢d to national affairs returned to and such events. From the latier | local politics during the week with | mentioned affairs on up ta vast gath- a gencral expectation that the cam- | erings, staged for political purposes paign will witness a senatorial fight | the fact is that they are not attend- Letween William H. Judd, republi- |ed as they used to be, amd it is not can, and Thomas F. McDonough, because of lessened transportation democrat. | facilities, though the use of the radio Although ncither has made a for- | May kecp attendance at such affairs | that he prefers not to ay 1ot | cilmun in | of eedu | internal | expression | decline | big public gatherings, unless th lerowded the movies or the boxing ring | mal declaration of candidacy, party activitizs are being shaped in the republican camp with the idea of a legislative tickcet headed by Alder- man Judd. In democratic circl McDonough wiil probably be given the nomination without the for- mality of a primary centest, and it is gencrally regarded that any such contest would ke more in the nature of formality, due to the fact that Altorney McDonough has strength with all grou 5 Judd and McDonough are cand dates of opposite types. The prob- ble republican selection is an o anization man, having been chai man of the republican town com- mitice for al years and one of those whoe has molded and carried through the policies of republican- ism here, He is not a campaigner in the usually accepted sense in pear on the speakers platform, His valuc to the arty in other lines has been recog- nized and the major portion of Lis contribution to the work of an ection has becn detail and organ- ization, McDonough, on the other hand, an accomplished campaign speak- During the mayor campaign of se message to thousands who reet corner rallics and presenta- tions of the Political Follics. His ability along this line has won for him state recognition as it dcmon- strated by the fact that he was in- vited to share the speakers platform with Charles G. Morris, probable gubernaiorial candidate, last week. He has spoken in several other cities and towns and will continue to fulfill a schequle prepared for Bim by the speakers burcau until the local campaign gets under way, ut which time he will be excused to dcvote his entire time to the lo- cal situation. An unusual situation prevails this v with reference to the demo- cratic ticket, Attorney McDonough bas been a Mmember of “the party of Jefferson and Cleveland and Wil- son” less thar a year, having switch ©d from the republican ranks prior city election. He was onc of republican nominees for coun- the sixth ward several v « years ago. Alderman Judd has the advantage two years of legislature service, He was eclected to the lower hous: in 1926, Edward I, Hall going to senate. Senator Hall will not a candilate to succeed himselt of his entry into state office as finance director for Connccticut, I*. 0. Racklitfe, New Britain's other representative, is gotting out of poli- ties this year, leaving Judd the logical candidate. Both partics the L ave more or less trouble to contend with this year. The republicans having lost the city to the democrats in a presidential year are somewhat dis- appointed and a weakening of mor- ale has resulted. Without the or- canization that comes with a suc- cess in the mayoralty contest, it will be difticult to bolster the party up to full strength, On the other hand, the democrats a factional fight on. The town committee and its adherents very few of whom receiv- ed appointments under the present administration is not entircly pleas- ed. The younger element of the party, to whom Paonessa attributes haps you are not enthusiastic about in | the prospect, but we can tell you the | the major portion of his succes: April and who he has rewarded ence is gicater than the committee id has refused as are broadcasted down. Herbert Hoover's notification serv- ices were well attended, a large crowd gathered in the stadium to hear him talk. Probably Al Smith's turn to talk will be as eagerly listened to by those present and over the radio. But all in all various ral- lies and affairs of political parties are not rallic all any more, they » simply small gatherings staged for publicity purposes as much as anything else. Time was when the candidate for a job as low as state representative had the pleasure of attracting many | folk from his district to partake in a feed and possibly a couple of kegs of ale. He could attract them with the ale again, doubtedlessly, but one could g days at every street corner. formed, red fire burned, and every- body went down to the town hall every time the clarion call of rally was spread throughout the land. political ecampaign was an event, not a matter of passing moment. The Third Ward Republican club outing at Compounce will probably attract many of the faithful, but this is an exception. Interest in it is parily built up by supersalesman- ship on the part of the officials et ale thoge food—could the beer flow fre eve exceptions would turn out. Virtual- Iy every other rally held by either party in times recently past has been practically ignored by the voters, the ime will probably be true this campaign. A short fime ago when the mon- ument to the veterans of the Spanish | low War, in V Brook park. wa dedicated, very small crowd turned out, decpite the preliminary publicity and the fact that therc are | many people in this city relatad to or interested in Spanish War veter- ans. . There was a sizeable parade, but mighty few remained for the dedication services at the park. an affair of this kind bevn held years ago the whole countryside would have turned out and stayed the whole thing through. Despite the fact that the population of the city has at least doubled In that time there would have been three or four times the number of people on the grounds to Liear the speakers. The same thing laying of the cornerstone for the World War monument, It threat- ened rain the afternoon of the cere- mony, but vot sufficiently long he- fore it to scare people off. There were few there ‘ We sincerely hope that conditions will be somewhat different upon the day the monument is to be dedi- cated, though the matter of at- tendanc has Dbeen given thought, and been attended s01m WOrry. In September will come the opportunity to show ven- eration for the soldiers and dead of the most recent war, sincerely liope that New Britain folk will do we know they feel it Did you g0 eanocing on a threatening v which finally devel- eped a rain storm? You really should, It's all the rage this sum- mer, ior there never was such op- portunity in the past. No one can | call himself (or hér sclf) a scasoned vacationist until he has made | east one canoe trip in a shower and altempted to preserve a few dry pots on a limply damp lunch. Pe some with Wi ever arious joys you wold encounter, and ation and by proxy perhaps the A: point-blank to|sociation of Outdoor Boobs will al- | rorn pecrerable to Marching clubs were | Al in! last April he carricd the democratic charge of the tickets, a wish to show | attended | 1ovalty by politicans and possibly the | male in town with one or two | was true of the Iket and surplus clothes into a tent. They make a passably watertight | cever, and youwifeel quije pleased With your ingenuity as wou sink back in thie bottom of the canoe to | rest znd give your dough, food the leng digestive period it 1jst have. But another disaster emalhg you out of your false security. The rain ac- cumulating in the bettom of the canoe has now beceme dg¢ep and 1comldem enough to g prowling and it comes trickling in und¢r your | tent, wetting you and your iclothing as you lie there. ¥ This is the last straw. You're deme for the day. You throw off yeur {mmprovised tent, one sweater ' |into the lake. You reach for | raincoat you had put over youf he@d and find that you have had - side uppermost, so it is com useless as garment, The only to do is make a run for it and you won't absorb cnough watem: |sink the canoe. Paddling rapidige | or paddling at all—or just being—3n wet garm is no fun, and you de | nat make any too much progress, while your wet hands begin to in- form you that there are . blisters coming. Still, you finally do get back te | Where you hircd the canoe and ’QIu]IL‘ in out of the downpour. You now feel inclined to take the {whole affat= philosophically, It | may have been unpleasant, but it | was a memorable, a new experience «nd therefore something to which vou can look back in later years, lavghing at yourself for your early | stupidity, A new experience, yes. But the experience of the following day is by no means new. for you have had nasty colds before. A voman told us the other day | that she is not going to vote in the { presidential election because she cannot understand the issues, doesn’t Itake party propaganda seriously, hasi't time to read up on the issues anyway, and has the conviction that when a person doesn't understand what e or she is voting about, good scnse would dictate that he or she | should refram from voting. Mcst women who vote, as well as ! most men who vote, don't know what )t is all about,” she said decisively, “Why fool ourselves into thinking we are perfectly able to choose the rght candidate to run the country when we don't give any time to | studying the issucs and really don’t | care ahont them so long as we get three squares a day, have enough | clothes to wear, live fairly well and can take an automobile ride occas- lionally. Let those who understand the political situation, who have time to make themselves acquainted with the ins and outs of government, Le the only ones to vote, is my opin- ion. Such a system might reduce the voting lists to next to zero, but the vote at least would be an intelligent expression of that part of the elec- torate capable of settling it.” | It was m vain that we explained I'why every citizen should exercise | his or hers franchise, Her unfailing rebuttal was that it is foolish to vote on something that is not un- derstood. This was an intelligent woman who holds a good fob. It was easy to guess her opinion of those who, |less intelligent and qualified, still insisteG on voting. Her last verbal dig wus that she had voted once, when women first got the opportu- nity to vote, but quickly came to the conclusion she was merely going tiirough an automatic rite with no thougnt behind it and decided she would not again take part in such a “farce.” One naturally is set to wondering whether many citizens remain away | from the polls for such a reason. The percentage of actual voters com- parcd with those eligible has been deercasing in this country for years, degpite all that the get-out-the-vote organizations have been able to do about it. Recently we read a nmiagazine ar- ticle written by an investigator of this subject, and his conclusion was that the theory all persons eligible should vote regardless of whether they knew what they were voting about 1s erroneous and subversive of | the best interests of a democratic | with appointments, feels its influ- | if you suffer hard enough in imagin- | ;overnment. According to his thesis, a democracy is n unintelligent | an intelligent vote ir ke dictation from the leaders of | low you to qualify for membership. [vote; and if the intelligent vote—by other years, This fecling was giv when the Alfred President club E. Smith for ganized and a staff of youthful offi- | to make a day of it on the waler. |y estions. cers elected. Now it is planned to | finance the campaign through the | club if it is possible to do so, ac cepting advice and counsel, but no orders from the town commiittee. Whether this feeling will result in breach harmful 1o the party's interests remamns to be seen. For the nominations for r presen- tative there appear to be no active candidates. On the democratic side, the nomes of Paul Nur commissioner and Harry E. Morton, pol commissioner are being heard. Former Mayor Gardner C. Weld was linked with a nomination for representative in the samne re- vort which foretold the candidacy of Donald 1. Bartlett for mayor. The Darilett feature of the rumors came through. Weld has indicated a desirc 1o remain out of politic and it seems doubtful if he will be swerved from this intent. James Sposato is reported to be canvassing his strength preparatory to going into the race for representative, but to discuss his plans for publication this week. Gone with the dodo the ichthy sanrus and suchwise arc the days of be idol of at- about some latest tracted by curiousity only. The political campaign now being waged and destined to increase in | fury until clcction day in November brings up the thought and its rami- between the driver and the obstacle. Now my master could get as drunk as he liked when he was what he called driving me, and I always got him eafely home.” “Mine t00,” said the other. “How the world must miss us —John Fincke Must De Something Else? Friend: “Where is your husband ¢ days?” “He am sick.” “Some occupational dis- Mandy: “Huh, no! Yo' can’t call loafin® an oc~upation!" “Yes,” said the other, “that’s ¥ hat comes of machinery. There's no friendly intermediary any longer —Mary Anne Winkler (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) n | was or- | . finance | Things happen something like this: For a weck or so you have planned t day arrives you are :d to find that the sky Still, it might clear off | miraculously and there isn't any {other day open, so you take a chance and the party sets off with simulated merriment, | Trouble is found immediately ume fon arrivai at the lake, sound, or | other body of water, for nobody wants to rent canocs in such threat- ening weather, Of course, they might let an old one, if you could get along | without cushions and other moisture- absorbing equipment. You agree and make up for this lack by taking [along all the blankets and spar | ciothes you can muster. No sooner is the canoe launched { than a drizzle sets in. You Kid your- | self into hoping it will stop, but you | know better—so does the drizzle. |The only way the drizzle will cease |is by becoming a real rain. | You paddle along with one eye ! looking for possible cloud rifts and | the other cocked upon the slowly dampening equipment. An hour or so of this and the enjoyment— which wasn't very keen in the first place—has gone entirely, so you de- cide to have an early meal and make for home. The nearcst island becomes your goal, and you cruise in under heavy seek 1o escape the drizzle. You open up the various bottles and packages and realize that you made a serious mistake in bringing cold milk instead of hot coffee. But:you soon realize opti- mistically that it doesn't matter, for it is now raining quite hard and whatever you attempted to drink would be merely flavored rain water. For pure drinking the best plan is to lie on your back and open your mouth. Crackers and cookies are so damp that the are oozing like molasscs. Sandwiches are bent and limping like injured war veterans. When you try to lift pickles or olives out of the bottle, raindrops plop in and cplash into your eye. The frosting melts off cake and goes outside your mouth instead of inside. Almost cverything looks, feels and tastes like yeast. You make one last attempt to save the day by erecting your blan- S0 when the ardly surpri lis overcast. | which he mecant a vote that has | take tha time and effort to become | thoroughly acqainted with public is only 40 per cent of the igible vote, notiiing is lost if the | 60 per cent unintelligent vote stays | away from the polls. Not only this, but an unintelligent vote, it was held | by this writer, is the strongest bul- | wark of the political machines and | nosses, who depend upon it to re- | tain their hold upon the public crib | and the public offices by their hench- | men. | %o there are two sides of the | “everybody vote” discussion. We ih(«\'c tried to give the other side for |a change, leaving it to the intellects | of readers to judge what they care I'to think of it. Returning to women and the bal- lot, however, we wish to make it plain that we do not consider the average woman o5 incapable of giv- | ing an intclligent vote. We believe just the contrary, It is our belief, if all must be said about it, that most | women are just as intelligent voters as most men, and that as many men give just as little time, to studying the issucs as there are women who don’t bother. Indeed, we would & hundred times prefer to rely upon the instinct of women in judging & candidote or a party than we would vield to thousands of men who make it a point to vote but who in prac- tice are merely following the dicta- tnon of the bosses, directly or in- direetly. 1f many women are in- terested primarily in the things of © that arc peculiarly a part of vioman's work in the world, it can be said that most men's minds are| just as far removed from giving & thorough study of pelitical matters| }as those of women, Politics are get- ting more complicated every decade,) he who knows what he is votin about is getting rarer and rarer, and the opportunity to fool the ordinary] voter is improving constantly. Thef situation is not in the least h:lped by the knowledge men and women| who give honest and sincere atten- tion to public affairs and are best| qualified to give an opinion through| the ballot are matched or outnym- bered by persons who frequently| scarcely know the meaning of thel most elementary issues confronting| the electorate. But that is how we muddle along and it is what makes| politics so amazingly peculiar and| uncertain,