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This insures pro- tection against traud in mewspaper dis- tribution figures to both national and local sdvertisers ot Circulation The Herald is on sale daily In New York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Schultz's Newsstands, Entrance Grand Central, ¢2nd Strest. ——————————————————— What's become of Mabel Walker ‘Willebrandt? Her campaign speeches suddenly have failed to be featured in‘the papers. Perhapa she isn’t mak- ing any more, which would be re- markable considering the emotional fervor with which she spoke several weeks ago, Or perhaps she is back in Washington to earn her salary. Or, again perhaps, she has been called off by her superiors, seeing that she was making votes for the Democrats. No matter which “per- haps” happens to fit, the lady will not soon be forgotten. HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUMS Construction of high schools with- out auditoriums large enough to ac- commodate the student body is prac- | tically unknown ot this late day in human progress. Those who, Oppos- iog the plan to enlarge the present high achool, also oppose the plan for | an auditorium of sufficlent size, seem to us to be straining at gnats. | When the high school is recon- structed it will not be for the present only but one to last for generations. Foresight is necessary, and not so much “present sight.” Suppose, instead of enlarging the | present high school at a cost of $540,000, a high school were con- structed elsewhere at a cost far in excess of a million dollars? Has any- one yet aroused himself to remark that the new $1,000,000 plus high school would be one without an auditorium? No one to our knowl- edge has yet made such a suggestion. This auditorium hullabaloo s merely a little extra dust that is be- ing acattered about. A high school without an adequate auditorium is the exception; if there are any re- | cently built high schools without an | auditorium the cities owning them | are not proud of them and most | likely are sorry for the penny-wise- | pound-foolish policy. i ‘When New Britain present high school, or adopts the | alternative of constructing a new high school at twice the cost, let | there be no more foolish talk about “saving” money by eliminating the auditorium. If that were done the coming generation would never cease laughing at the amazing parsi- mony and lack of foresight exhibit- ed by the present administration, GETTING OUT THE VOTE In vain have we waited the ar- rival of propaganda from the get. out-the-vote organizations. In 1924 there was a pile of it. According to the view widely held at the time, the nation would go to the dogs if more citizens didn’t vote. Only half of them voted, it was declared with emphasis and with one hand on the book filled with statistics. Then when the 1924 election was over and a new crop of statistics was at hand it was discovered that in spite of all the propaganda and the calls to £ave the country from-the vile attacks of the absentee voters the percentages Lad not materially 'prospects, and perhaps a few other “Passengers, changed. Half the voters continued to remain away from the voting m chines. i This year, however, despite the lack of propaganda, there is evidence aplenty that all the records for vot- ing strength will be broken. It is a dead town indeed that cannot show an amazing increase in the total registration strength. Instead of 2 000,000 people going to the polls in these grand United States, the out- look is for 40.000,000. This is an “intriguing outlook; last Americans seem to be taking their duties seriously. Why is it that they suddenly have been,converted to the advisability of voting? The secret must be located in the Ppersonality of Governor Smith and the issues he has put before the peo- ple. It is impossible to believe that had the Democratic party nominated anyone else that there would have been this widespread interest in the election. Governor Smith has inject- ed issues that run decp in the public conscience. The increased registra- tion represents sentiment for and egainst him and all he stands for; ’ A | matically constructed, whether the party stands to gain or |speculation and has falled. The bulls lose through the increased registra- |have the bit in the teeth and seem | tion, of course, will not be known until the votes are ocounted. But there can be no denying that the nomination of Smith has aroused the electorate to do or dare to an ex- tent hitherto unknown. The lesson is obvious. To “get out the vote” only requires a live candi- date and no side-stepping of issues. When half the people remain at home during an election it means they resent the useless politics and issues involved and it is their way of saying that it makes no differ- ence who wins. That manifestly is not the case this year. People on both sides of the political fence closely resemble fanatics in their al- legiance. They are studying the candidates and the issues and the | statements made by the candidates and thejr aides as mever before. Whether many will change their votes once they get started in the | particular groove they like to travel |in is a question. But there can be no doubt that the electorate fis aroused, inspired and ready for ac- tion. THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT The noble experiment seems to We do not remember a time when s0 many liquor cascs have figured in | the local police court. The tining of |a young girl for selling liquor seems to have been a climax. The threat of the prosccutor to indulge in pad- lock procecdings gives an inkling of the effort being made to ennoble the experiment still further. The noble experiment Is one that | produces much lawing. It seems to be no trick to find a plenitude of | victims, and the only disconcerting feature is that the supply is inex- haustible. The efforts put forth to ennoble the noble experiment cannot do other- wise than have a political effect, | too. One can guess the effect if one | tries hard enough. The political cam- mon with the efforts being made to enforce prohibition; but the latter has a political effect, all the same. | This it would be useless to deny. Raids and arrests galore give satis- faction to the prohibition party in politics, but they also have a po- |litical repercussion in another direc- tion. More need not be sald. Let the raids during the campaign continue. They may be more effective than political rallies. Unless there is a change made in the kind of prohibition we have there will never be an cnd to | what we sce and read about. It muy |be a noble experiment—if one's {imagination is good enough to war- rant use of the adjective—but it will never be a successful one, CORRECT ENGLISH A correct English class having been started In the city we hereby do our bit to help along the cause. Here is Rule No. 1: Don’t use words you are not sure about. Rule No. 2: Don't use words you can’t spell. RuleNo. Don't even mention words you can't pronounce.- Rule No. 4: Be enlarges the |careful how you use the remainder. | Rule No. 5: Don’t be too lazy to thumb the pages of the dictionary. Rule No. 6: Don't permit correct words, properly spelled and gram- to take the idead forcefully ex- 7: If you haven't write, don't place of sane | pressed. Rule No. |anything to say or waste time, SCHOOL POLITICS School teachers are take part in politics during school hours. If any there are who suffer | from political emotionalism let them consider this: That if they use their positions for political propaganda among their charges they are wast- ing their time, as school children | can't vote, And they are courting | (trouble with their superiors and the public. THE VALUE OF STOCKS What should determine the value frenzied | of a stock? Economists used to have | a notion that the value should be based on earning power, future minor ingredients, But that doesn't appear to be the yardstick nowadays. As someone in Wall street facetious- ly remarked ' the other day, the value of stocks nowadays is based it is good weather they turn up a few points; had on the weather—when hen it weather they also advance John J ob, who ought to more than the average of stock information, was knowled quoted the other day as saying that cannot possibly son present or potential present stock val carning power. Me gave the impres- sion that the frenzied market is quite a myst ry to a conscrvative | It is very ni man, however, to own sec es and uriti them go up and up for mo apparent reason. But the sufe-and-sanc portion of the com- munity never loses si t of the fact that during an era whe astonishingly flexibl being coupled to earning power, the possibility for contraction flso lurks in the background. For months the stocks are with prices not federal govern- ment has been trying to curb undue § have made notable progress in New | Britain during the past few weeks. | | paign, of course, has nothing in com- | not paid to to be in the world's biggest china shop. ADD AND SUBTRAOCT There are two ways to figure an election result. One way is to total the electoral votes of the candidates | —the ultimate and simple way. But when we discuss how a state 'is likely to go in the election one should not lose sight of the fact that the potentialities are like a double- edged sword. Take New York, for instance. Its 45 electoral votes are no more no less. But if the Republicans land them it means 45 for the Republicans and 45 less for the Democrats. If the Democrats get them it means 45 for Smit® and the same figure less for Hoover. | The actual contention, so far as the parties are concerned, is for 90 votes, and not for 45. It is the same with the majority in any city. We are accustomed to say a city was carried by a candidate by, say, 2,000 votes. On the surface that | looks like 2,000, but autually it { would only require a change of 1,000 voters to the other side to wipe out the 2,000 majority. Which is one of those things about politics that add to the uncertainty and increase the frenzy of the work- ers, NAILING LIES The governor of Mississippi, who | in a speech declared Herbert Hoover had danced with a Negro woman, is | being credited with having enuncl- |ated the worst canard of the cam- | paign. Much as one is disposed to {lament such a rediculous lle as the jone the Mississippi governor | enunciated, we are certain it is not the worst lie of the campaign. After |all, dancing with a Negro woman is |not an indictable offense, and it lmust be confessed that it looks more |terrible in Louisiana than in some |other states. No presidential candi- date does much dancing—if any— | during a political campaign; and it {is certain Mr. Hoover has been no exception. The worst lie in the cam- ! paign cannot be credited to the | Mississippl governor because there ih“' been lies uttered in this cam- ! paign which are so low down that [they cannot see public print. Be- sides, a lie which merely refers to a | candidate dancing with a colored | woman is by no means as mean & |lte as one saying a candidate has been drunk. One good way to get the | best of the lies is to constantly be- licve nothing of the sort. The man |who spreads a political lie is not lonly using a low brand of intelli- gence while he is so occupied, but he s insulting the intelligence of the public. HAULING FREIGHT ‘Three items of news from separ- ated sources can be lumped togeth- er with profit: The railroads of the country have increased the average freight trains since the first of the year. 8uch increases have been regu- {larly reported for wmeveral years. Freight trains are getting constant- ily longer and the limit has not yet been reached. Fewer locomotives have needed repairs during the first six months this yecar than has ever been the case in the history of American railroading. Bankers meeting in convention talked about the necessity of higher rates for the railroads. It isn't necessary to look far afield to note the remarkable increase in the length of freight trains. Those running through on the branch line !give the impression the New Haven isn't lagging in this respect. On the main line they are even longer. All }ox which spells economy in opera- tion. The fact that fewer locomotives need repairs indicates fewer are necessary when the trains are more elongated; and those that are in use are of a more powerful character and less likely to get out of repair. But the higher rate agitation will not fit well with the shippers. These have becn arguing for lower rates. too, have been “rumbling at the rates. | 1In the opinion of many-—perhaps not the bankers—higher rates would not really benefit the railroads. There is too much truck competition; also motor coach competition. One reason why motor coaches have been able to cat into rail traffic has been due to the high railroad rates. The inter-state bus lines- d there are plenty of them—advertise their rates in bold type, indicating that is their best talking point. Let the railroad rates be advanced and the buses will do even more business. Motor trucks likewise are eating into freight bus- iness, especially the short haul bus And it is surprising the dis- tance covered by ome of the freight trucks, Railroads no longer have a monopoly of transportation, cither passenger or freight. Automobiles, buses and motor trucks have changed the outlook. In the opinion of many unbiased observers, the railroads cannot afford to raise { their rates. On the other hand. the bankers are certain they cannot af- | ford to continue indefinitely at the .1 year-cld horse to improve his health length of | present rates. No industry in the land is contronted with a more dell- | cate problem. BY ROBERT QUILLEN Unless human nature has changed, | Eve soon convinced herself she was | blameless because the snake took ad- vantage of her sex. X You aren’t & “bad Influence.” Some knave who 1s determined to be crooked just uscs you as an alibi, Man may be a superior animal, | but the others don't scheme and la- ! bor to make their world fool-proof. ‘This country never will get en- thusiastic about dirigibles until | somebody invents a short and catchy name for them. A man of 64, playing golf for his | health, dropped dead. Race a 20- and the 8. P. C. A. would get you. Example of useless suffering: Host ond guest yawning, each afraid it |isn't good manners to suggest going to bed. You can tell the real issues in the campaign, They are the ones that prompt egg-throwing. ‘Who expected to see the time when the magazines would use pic- | tures of pretty girls and cake-eaters Ito advertise salts? It's still possible to find pay dirt. Little Willie gets a nickel for wash- | ing his neck. Americanism: A scornful indiffer- ence to the great man who was de- feated; an awed and respectful def- crence to the less able man who was elected. . If you make an ass of yourself to- day, that is called folly, if you keep {1t up for weeks, it is called a mara- thon, Nobody is really as sophisticated las a girl geels the first time she | chokes a cigarette buit in her coffee | cup. The prize for something goes to the scventh-grade product who stands up with the old grads when the band plays the college song. Steam shovel: A mechanical de- vice that make 38 business men for- get they were in a hurry, Podunk Center hascaught up with the march of progress. The Sew- ing Circle discusses blood pressure instead of operations. Eventually the radio will let you see the performers, but even that won't kill public entertainments. No radio can let the audience see your new clothes. Another good way to keep on your toes 8 to assure yourself you would have all of your teeth fixed if you had time, The best cure for the vanity of a prominent citizen is to visit the old home town where the people think him less important than themselves. Correct this sentence: “And now,"” said she, “there’s not another thing in the world I want for my Kkitchen.” Copyright 1928, Publishers Syndicate 25 Vears fio Today A special town meeting was held |1ast night in Turner hall to take ac- | tion on the town deficit. Mr. Gaffney | introduced a resolution authorizing | the sclectmen to borrow moncy until the taxes are collected. J. B. Welant thought the resolution was too broad and wanted to know how much money was needed, but it was said to be doubtful if the amount could even be estimated. Of F. Cur- tis said the town report showed & shortage of $6,400 at the end of the fiscal year. Mr. Attwood stated that the selectmen could borrow money even without authorization, The resolution was finally passed. Felix Haney, who played sherift in “Girls Will Be Girls" the Opera House last night, was | happy today. Chlef Rawlings told | him that if the cock fight had lasted a minute longer he would have raid- | ed the show. Haney told the chief | that that was great and wished he |could arrange to have the show | raided in Waterbury toniaht. | Charles Hird purchased the Edward Madcley housc on Broad street, Plainville. The sewer commission ! erect a laboratory on the doezer ficld in Beckley, Tt will he an attractive brick building, with ficld stone trimmings. The A | tacturers, composed of 26 makers including the Corbin Motor Cycle Corp. of this city, has voted In favor ot litization, and the Elcetric Vehi- cle Co. of Hartiord and George B. Selden have sued the Iord Motor Co. for infringement of patents. Selden claims Llanket rights covering fundamental principles of all gaso- llw ne automobil at plans to | | MUSSOLINT DONATES Iome, Oct. 22 (P—Promi lini has donated 106,000 lire 30), which he announced were his royalties from his writings for Ameri papers and magazines, to charitable works of the Fascist 1 the |1 Splette- | ciation of Licensed Manu- And Invite a Lot of ‘Grouches We Know, Foks} Now coming out parties are making a stir, The Fun Shop should open its door, Give one for Miss Humor and intro- duce her To nl:nny who really should know er! Subnormalt Mrs. Wilson: “And how is your little Doris progress‘ng?" Mrs. Kochler: “Not very well Her bright sayings aren't selling half as well as the ones Betty gave me at her age!™ APPEAL TO AN INCENDIARY By S8amuel Harwood “The Venus Insurance (Unlimited) Co.” On reading the legend upon the door 1 crossed the threshold and said; *T know That you're the people I'm look- ing for. o Please write a_policy on my heart From loss by burning, in whole or part.” \ They bristied with questions: ‘The risk was great! Were girls permitted to be about? Had ever the premises burned to date? What means had I to put the fire out? They wrote next day they pleased to state They'd underwrite at the rate, lowest The contract came, but it bears the clause: *“Association with (here's YOUR name!) Will make because We can't insure on a certain claim.” So, Jeanne, with me, Or you will ruin my policy! this instrument void, have nothing to do Traveler's Tale! Bernice :“My, but you must have suffered some terrible hardships in your wanderings.” Jack: “Oh yes, there was one night I was on a desert island and we couldn’t tune in anything but specches!” ~—Ruth Carold Halper Tmpossible! “Did you give your penny to the 8unday echool, Jimmy?" asked m neighbor of her small son. “No, ma; I lost it.” “What? Lost another one? That makes three Sundays straight you've lost your penny.” “Yes, but if I keep it up I'll win 'em all back, That kid’s luck can't last forever!" —Lena Chase Brunn AN ASTOUNDING CASE! By Dudley L. Shoemaker Often I had sat in silent misery through the long operas, through monotonous songs and words, but that night from the time he started Cigoluso held me spellbound. His voice was magical. Never before had I heard such melody from the throat of man. After the opera I sought the great singer. Being led . to his room, T immediately began to ques- tion him about the secret of his great volce. *“Mr. Gigoluso,” I asked him, “tell me the secret of your great voice. Is it due to Lucky Dykes?" “No!” he replied. “I pever smoke.” “Then,’ sir, T suppose it is due to h you use as a mouth 1 never use a mouth wash.” “Then it must be due to Whiff's Cough Pops?” “No; I never use them.” I know you will pardon me, Mr. Gigolyso, but yours is an astonish- ing case. I know of no singer today whose voice is not due to one of the three, Will you tell me your secret?" “Bure, T will tell you. I want you to tell the whole world. I owe my wonderful voice to one thing. I owe it to Hooray Corn Relief!" “Teach ME-OW to love youl” Heredity! Emily: “My father was a tor.” Walter: “Well, you've got a won- derful build!” con- —E. J. Greehl [ jeD A Little Darky (Dark With Nothing Over It! Beatrice: “Oh, how awfully dirty party. The money will be used par- ticularly for vacation colonies of children at the scashore or in the |mountains pext summer, 1) {and muddy those football players jare! T wonder how they will ever get clean.” Muriel; “What do you think they queatfon ‘of fact or information by writing to the Questir= Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1323 New York avenue, Washington, D. G, enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questionr will receive a pei sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—T:ditor. Q. How did Mount Everest, the in highest mountain in the world, ‘ctl its name? A. 1t was named for 8ir George Everest, Surveyor-Genceral of India, Q. What is the area and popula- tion of Fiume? A. It has an area of 11 square miles and a population of 58,000, Q. Who was the first poet-lau- reate of England? A. Goeffrey Chaucer.. ‘Q. What two paintings of Leon- ardo de Vinci are most famous? A, “Mona Lisa” which hangs at the Louvre in Paris, and “The Last Supper” in the refectory of Santa Marla delle Grazie in Milan. Q. When was the statue of Wil- liam Penn erected on City Hall Tower in Philalelphia? A. November 28, 1894, Q. Does an electric fan running at low speed consume as much elec- tricity as it does when running at medium or high speed? A. The current consumed by a three speed electric fan is less on the lower specds. Resistance, placed in series with the motor and so ar- ranged that it can be cut in or out at will, regulates the speed of the motor, The reduction in the amount of current consumed, however, is not in proportion to the reduction in useful effect in the motor, because the efficiency of the motor falls off considerably at the lower speeds. Q. When did Joseph Tumulty becoma private secretary to Wood- row Wilson? A. He was Mr. Wilson's private secretary during his term as gover- nor of New Jersey from 1910 to 1912, and served as sccretary to the president from March 5, 1913 until March 4, 1921, Q. How many training schools for nurses are there in the United 8tates? Does evary state have such a school? How many #tudents in these | schools are men? A. Statistic gathered by the United States Bureau of Education show 1,797 nurse training schools in the United te in 1927, Of that number 1,722 are maintained by general hospitals and 75 are oper- ated in connection with hospitals for the insane. 8chools offering such training are reported in every state with the exception of Nevada. Of the 77,768 students-in 1926-27, only 549 were men, Q. How much wire is employed in the telephone systems of the world? A. It has been estimated that it requires 100,000,000 miles of wire to run the world's telephones. Of this about 68,000,009 miles s in Nortn America. Germany 1is second with 10,000,000 miles, and Great Britain is third with 7,000,000 miles, Can- ada, the fourth, has 3,500,000 miles. Q. How did Zeppelin dirigibles get that name? A. They are named for Count von Zeppelin, the inventor of that type of dirigible. Q. What is the difference be- tween a “gale,” “whirlwind,” “tor- nado,” “hurricane,” “typhoon,” “waterspout” and a “cyclone”? A. A gale is a strong, straight (ture, $16.12. water. cyclone is a circular systom of winds covering a great area and including gentle breezes as well as stiff winds, Q. What states produce the larg- est crops of oranberries? 000 barrels. Q. What is the proper pronus- clation of Louis? A. The English pronunciation is Lu-iss. The French is Lu-ee, Both are correct, Q. What countries are included Latin America? A. Latin-America is a name giv- en to those portions of America which are inhabited chiefly by jraces of Latin stock, Including Mex- ico, Central America, South America and parts of the West Indies, Q. What salaries do the Gover- nor of New York State and the Mayor of New York city receive? A. Each receives $25,000 a year, Can a President of the United States declare war? A. Power to declare war rests exclusively with Congress. COMMUNICATED A Correction in Figures and Cost of Governmen t, 118 Linden Street, New Haven, Conn. October 20, 1928. The New Britain Herald, New Britain, Conn, Gentlemen: In view of your extremely courte- ous editorial of October 17th, I feel that I should make a correction in the figures given in my speech of October 15th. Due to an error in my information as to.the population of Conneéticut in 1927, I overstated the per capita cost of government in Connecticut. The actual figures are dagnagin, enough to Governor Trumbull's double claim of New York extravagance and Connecticut economy to explain why the repub- licans did not scize on my error in- stead of leaving it for me to dis- cover and correct. The figures are as follows: New York: Population in 1927 (U. 8. census burcau estimate, page 305 of The World Almanac for 1928), 11,423,000; total state ex- penditures for fiscal year ending June 30, 1927 (governor's message to the legislature, January 16, 1928), $184,183,730.74; per capita expendi- Connecticut: Population In 1927 (World Almanac, page 805), 1,636, 000; total expenditures, (Connecti- g ¥ stk E¥FY Washington, Oct. 33.—Forecast for Bouthern New England: Partly cloudy, warmer tonight except on e Forecast for Eastern New Yorks Partly cloudy follewed by showérs in north portion late tonight er Tueaday; warmer in ocentral and south portions tonight; moderdte south winds. Conditions: A long trough ‘st low pressure prevails this morning over the Minsissippl valley abd rains are progressing eastward inte the lower Ohio valley and Jake regions. Pressure is high the Atlantic coast statos, the states and the Pacific coast tricts but low over the Canadian northwest, Temperatures are ris- ing over the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic states and falling over the plains states and northern Rocky mountain districts. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by inc: cloudiness with slowly rising tem. perature. Temperatures yesterday: High Atlanta, ... e e Atlantic Cigy Boston ... Huffalo Chicago .... Cincinnati 4, ‘Denver ., Detroit +.. Duluth .. Hatteras Kansas City Los Angeles Miami . Minneapolis : Nantucket New Orleans New York Northfleld, Vt. . Pittsburgh . Portland, Me. 1. Bt. Louis Wuhlnfton Blanchard, with Dr. T. E. 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