New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1928, Page 6

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Isgued Dally (Sunday Ezcepted) At Hersld Bidg., 67 Church Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES 35.00 & Year $2.00 Three Monthe 75c. & Month Entered at the Post Ofce at New Britain as Becond Class Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Editorial Roome The only profitable advertising medium the City. C! on books and prese ye open to advertisers * Member of the Astociated Press Ihe Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for re-pubiication of all news credited to it or not ptherwise od! in this paper and elso local news published therein. Member Audit Rareas of Clrcalation The A. B. C. 1s a national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver tisers with & etrictly honest aalysis of ctrculation. Our circulation statistics @ based upon this audit. This insures pro- tection agatnst fraud in newspaper dls- ution _dgures to both nationsl and local adve The Herald s on sale dally n_New York at Hotaling's Newsstand. Times Square; Schults's Newsstands, Estrance Grand Central, 42pd Street. PE—————-- There still is hope for Boston. An | audience laughed when “Bossy" Gillts made a stage appearance. An yrovided anybody can find cheap land. One way not to get the land cheap is to let it be known ahead o time what it is wanted for. Several new night clubs have been raided in New York; but on glimpsing the list finds they were among the which were padlocked a few months ugo. A padlock in New York is merely a pad with the lock lacking. one One can always tell when Congress has steam up by reading about ap- propriation bills. STREET IMPROVEMENTS While have been reading about sewer assessments totalling around $80,000 not having been paid, and are told that the sum of such unpaid assessments may reach the neighborhood of $100,000, one is confronted with another little peculiarity in the city’s business that has not obtained much attention. That has to do with street im- provement jobs which have not been completed and the assessments for which therefore need not be paid until completed, although the notices therefore are sent out. There are 15 such jobs, and the total of money due the city in pay- ments is § 2.73. One such job, on Farmington avenue, has been hanging firc since 1915—or 13 years ago. Tt s hard to imagine an uncom- pleted street improvement job 13 years of age; but such is the record. When the tax collector sends out asscssments on uncompleted jobs he has a special rubber stamp for the we oceasion, which reads; There will be mno interest arged on this assessment until such time as the work has been completed. Another notice will be mailed at that time, This means there is no coming in until the city completes the job. If the city does not com- pletes the job the thing simply hangs fire, Fifteen such jobs are be- tween the devil and the deep blue sca, and one, as stated, has had time enough to grow 13 years old. When the jobs are completed the tax collector gets a written notice tfom the city engineer to that effect “and out goes another notice, Meanwhile the city had an op. portunity to collect nearly $20,000 if it had finished what it started, money RESTING ON LA The burs ‘hamber of mercantile Commerce seems to some vigorous sugges- tions, which will a vote of the directors of,the C. of C. L t hecome settled policy. For ye :01d shoulder toward plans to attract The oppor- great plant of the General Electric compan have made requirs fore rs the city gave rather more industries here, ity 1o obtain the now is still fresh in the Opposition to n tries in a city is old-fashioned; a m many. v indus ever logic th stand that would compete in the labor market with may have been in the new industries stablished industries no longer The who drive obtains myriads of workmen to their work have s to many places for employment be- sides the city in which they happen dustrics policy 18 1s0 a detriment to the merchants, Thesc 1 as large a buying They dopt lic t modern 15 possivle to the C. prosper. of C. to methods and are full ified i1 <hing that SAVINGS AND POVERTY c day there is a story in the er th family in dire want s iscovered; the husband out of work r months, the nd cold «milar a wife T ases continually irport for the city is all right, | same two dozen and children | Then one reads that the per capita deposits of New Englanders in savings banks has gained $36 for the year and now tops the country with $560. In New York certain newspapers are running campaigns to bring Christmas baskets to needy families. In two weeks men have died leaving fortunes approximately $200,000,000 each. Prosperity, like everything seems to be one-sided. else, THE MARCH OF INFLUENZA Ominous news comes from the west. An cpidemic of influenza scems to be spreading. Reports are it is of a mild variety. Several col- loges, playing safe, have closed doors, Dispatches indicate the epi- |demic started from California, where it has been rampant in Los | Angeles and vicinity for weeks. But !that is not actually where it start- lea. Several months ago appeared in the newspapers that a ship in mid-Pacific had influenza a dispatch the ship's physicans. Ultimately the ship had to land, and it was head- ed for America. At the time it was said that nobody from aboard ship would be allowed to land until com- | pletely cured of the scourge. But the epidemic got started on the Pacific coast, and it has worked its trail east as far as Tennessee, How to combat it is comparative- ly casy, according to physicians. ice as much caution as usual against the enervating effects of colds i3 necessary; twice as much !attention as customary needs to be given to hygiene; twice as much care must be exercised to obtain sufficient sleep and keep the body's resistance 100 per cent perfect. THE PRINCE'S FAST TRIP Had the Prince of Wales cared to risk his life in an aeroplane while traveling from Africa to London he undoubtedly could have made faster time; but not caring for air risks, {he chose more conmservative methods. No man ever traveled from well nigh the heart of Africa to London in quicker time. His presence at the bedside of the king will ald the monarch in his | grim battle for life. A WORTHY FIGHT ‘or Paonessa has a construc- tive idea under his hat in connec- tion with civil service for the fire and police departments. He will have another opportunity to push his idea through the Common win. Civil service is not perfect; it is open to abuses. But it is closer to being perfect than the present sys- tem, That is why it should be adopted; or re-adopted. PRECINCTS The move to provide two precinets port from the beginning. It has the {support of the public, we are sure. Anyone who has been forced to wait in a long line on election day—in- 'has value despite the opinions of | some mere men—will agree that the plan to make voting quicker and casier has nothing but merit. NO EFFECT ON BUSINESS Professors of economics are now attempting to figure out what ef- will have on Christmas trade. Secre- tary of Commerce Whiting, though professing no knowledge at all of the inner workings of the stock market. comes to their ussistance with the traightforward cement that rre of the stock trade will | be better than it was last year. annou what Christmas pective The secretary probably is right. that the s which | Available statist total of Christmas will be unloaded by the banks to their holders this year cent more than last year; ,total of divid | this ¥ | s show that the s payable ris 15 per cent more ti last year. Somebody the money. and it is safe to assuwe Sunta Claus will get virtuafly the and 30 per cent of the Decemt dend payme The sto Christmas saivngs nts, arket any is no barometer ? busines: more, Stocks h | | fluctuated amazingly when business s stabilized; b 5 gone up ting worse; the when business was improving. Ther re 50 many inner wheels connected with the stock market that as the years pass it has ceased to reflect zeneral business. Pools, tors, A1l ha and none professional bul had a share prices in business generally, Cal money brokers' loans and such like have had more of flucnce than general business. Why be interfered h by what the stock ticker does? hould business, th ‘ TRYING TO BE | ©One thing that conv he R FAIR s us that ug to 1 hlow dio Comur r is that i o sion i has d tady and the v York C aboard, which got beyond control of | Council and this time he ought to' in some of the wards had our sup- ' cluding women whose time at home | fect the trend of the stock market | is going to get nin- | eral Electrie station | Both are forced to divide time— the former after 10 p. m., the latter most of the time. Both have appeal- decision is procured both can have their own way for the present. * If the court decision goes against the Radio Commission, however, it ‘may as well go out of business pronto, If a commission's decisions are not apheld by the courts it may as well not exist. It the radio business is thrown back into chaos it will not be the fault of the commission. NO MORE WOODEN FENCES Gone goes another choice Con- necticutism. Announcement by the State Highway Department that it will construct no more of the familiar white-painted wooden fences along the state roads, will shock the artistic souls hereabouts who have been pointing with pride to the white fences whenever they have had strangers from the cow country in their cars. One reason given is that the quali- ty of the lumber available is poor. This naturally will surprise the lumber dealers. We'll bet the real reason is that the lumber of good quality costs too much. Instead of the white wooden fences the department is to con- struct iron cable these will be an improvement we do not know. The lumber, however, probably came from the state of Washington; while the cable fences can be manu- factured right in Connecticut. Per- haps that had something to do with Ithe change. fences. PASSES Another grand old man of Con- {necticut journalism has passed In the person of James M. Emerson, publisher of the Ansonia Evening Sentinel. Mr. Emerson was the dean of the profession in Connecticut, having been in active service in the |state’s galaxy ‘of journalism for 52 THE DEAN | years. The Sentinel has for years come regularly to the Herald's desk, and we have looked upon it as one of |the most creditable of the state's newspapers. The publisher had high ideals and lived up to them. One by one the men who estab- lished the newspapers of Connecti- cut as we know them have been passing to their rewards. Their pub- lications, moulded to the ideals Ihn‘ they established, live on. AST WORD 1IN INHUMANITY of an infant of THE Finding four ! Where it evidently had been placed by its parents to “get rid of it,” was the last word in inhumanity, an ‘L‘\'idence of the utter depravity and crueity to which can sink. the human race So long as such things can hap- pen—and the many other things we read about—our civili- zation is nothing to brag about. The other day a Boston editorial writer referred to “the blight of clvilization;” and strange to say, was commended fulsomely by a number of thinking readers. Much of our civilization seems to be just a little polish over the im- pulses of savagery. cruel DISCARDING THE OLD There are those who worry about what becomes of razors, but what nobody stops to in- |auire about is what becomes of dis- rded batteries. Automobile and radio batterics must come to some ignoble finish. | ,The mystery was solved by us the other day when we peered around the premises of an automobile and battery station. Tons of once per- fectly good batteries were piled up L#nd when the pile got too large they would be sold at so much a pound— just like old iron. | whis observation is mot very ir portant—except to go with a gen- eral knowledge of what ultimate happens to zil the pretty new shiny | cars e cluttering up the park- ing rything ultimately goes to the kens in this world. orge K. Wahrenberg- New Britain Journey iation hardly “ting 1o order last sor Union hall when the nded and a line of awaiting the adver- cuts to be given in tion of ten | Tiristol soon d « fraud, but it thos iard to convines tonsorial work Al the barbers had to ck door and dcwn initiat finally K out t arcad: be finisne while att find out Herald. D. MeMillan covering tomo | on s under will Jay in the city wirday evening th L “Chris shoot” C. A. The ten winners will recei prizes shich will b in . stocking: Fung on t mant and none Fnow what his intil opens his stockine Robert Middlemass ted commander of N Knights of 1} The members of t is w Britain Maccabecs New Britain | “l ed to the courts and until a court : Whether | months in a manhole in Brooklyn, discarded safety ' bar gave a farewell banquet to Judge Burr last evening at the Russ- win. H. 8. Mitchell was toastmaster. Those present included W. C. Hung- erford, James E. Cooper, B. F. Gaffuney, John H. Kirkham, F. B. Hungerford, A. W. Upson, and whief Rawlings. A man was electrocuted in Berlin yesterday when he stepped on the third rail tracks near Donnelley’s brickyard. F. cts and Fancies Maybe the tourists who weep in the shell-torn area of France are jiust homesick for the detours back home, | Ah, well; the man with little cnough pride to marry money probably has little enough to enjoy saying: “Please, ma'am.” A “refinement” in an automobile seems to be $1.85 worth of nickel !that makes your old model look like | | Fido. Of course education pays. What uneducated boy could make himself a hero by carrying a little ball 40 ards? Poor farmers! For the next three months they must get up at 4 a. m. lin order to get an early start woie ing for bedtime, Another need of the times is a phonograph record full of cuss words for the umpire to use In Keeping fit during the winter. Tt"s harder for the old timers to believe in evolution when they are asked to believe the new generation an improvement, Why can't the car makers provide something like a steering wheel for passengers to bump with their tum- mies instead of diving? We are an innocent people, and despite attempted sophistication and Volstead violation, we still sound the “cog” in cognac and the “e” in absinthe. Americanism: Purring with de- light because the service is so good; wondering what makes them charge $4.95 for a $2.00 article. An airplane motor's life Is, say. 200 hours, which can be exhausted in 10 days or 365 days, depending on the use made of it. Ask your doctor about that. Russia’s scheme of making the farmer sell his wheat at 40 cents; then selling it abroad at 90 cents and keeping the 50 cents profit to enrich the cities, Is original only in its frankness, The handsome movie hero isn't the only one whose career is ruined by his voice. ‘Think of the poor mule. | An ideal wife is one who can steer a man clear of follies and make him think he's doing it Few people can profit by cutting their best friend, but the boclloggurl does. Times change, and now the par- ent who provides spending money and doesn’t interfere is called a good scout instead of a fool. And now the man who makes two biades of grass grow where one srew hefore is merely transforming a4 good pasture into golf greens, Correct this sentence: “I will leave !insurance enough to care for my wife,” saild he, “but T don't care how soon she marries again.’ Copyright 1928 Publishers Syndicate PLAN T0 WEASURE STORM WINDS SOON Will Be Great Aid to Aviators Navy Says Washington, Dee. 13 (P—The | | measurement of storm winds for the | | protection of the aviator is the ob- {ject of superaccurate instruments and devices now being constructed at the naval obscrvatory here. New evidence of the growing “air mindedness” of the American gov- ernment and people was afforded by the program of cooperation with the | bureau of acronautics for the devel- lopment of acrological tnstruments | described today in the annual report {of the obscrvatory by its superinten- €. Greeman, iling of three special nits to be used in the cction of a suitable lighter-than- air base on the fest coast was re- ported as one of the outstanding vements of the year. or static storm 1 perfected by the during the asserted, and com- nding panel is | coming year. A compass was also which are to be the next six ents with the have also been scic the repor on of ! year, W type of loped, 0 of completed during ths. Klight « inductor com carried on A special study of the gyro-com- T was made in relation to fts tdaption for use in the control of gunfire on battleships as well as fn navigation. The repor! recommend- | ~d the institut of a course in | Byro-compass “cring for naval lofficers at the aduate €chool o We're Great on the “Pick-Up” Now! Our strength i8 “as the strength of ten.” Now Christmas again, Lamps, book-troughs, trunks we lug with ease Who once bought “Send it, please!" 0ld Story! Morrisey: “You can't divorce your wife just because of a little spat like that.” Hopkins: *No, but there are many other wrangles to be considered!" shopping’s on thread with Serf Bathing! THE FUN SHOP MINSTRELS (Overheard by Hammer C. Dowd) | Interlocutor: ““Well, Florian, how do you feel tonight?” Florian: “Ah feel hot-house." Interlocutor: “How's that?" Florian: “Full ob panes.” Interlocutor: “Did you take any- thing for it Florlan: “Yeah, Al took a chick- en.’” Interlocutor: “By the way, how is your brother Dewey?” Florian: “He's all riot. He married a cullod gal las' night, a octarina.” | Interlocutor: ou mean an octo- roon.” Rastus: narian.” Interlocutor: “Why, old?" Rastus: “Ebry Monday mohnin’ she rubs her wash on de wrinkles in her face an’ sabes de price ob a washboard.” Florian: “Yo, shut yo' mouf. Ah tole yo' dat woman is an octarina.” interlocutor: “No, Florlan, an oc- tarina s a musical instrument — something you blow.” Florian: “Dat's it. Dat's jes' what Ah say. Ah's been blowin’ her to candy an’ sodas all year.” Interlocutor: “1 suppose in your courting days whenever you and your girl sat in the parlor you were likey two bears hugging all the time.” Florian: “We were more pair ob giraffes. We had necks.” Interlocutor that you have heard bell.” Florlan: “Dat wuzn't a wedding bell, dat wuz de gong on de police patrol. We had a honcymoon fight.” Interlocutor: “What ahout?" Florian: “Well, she wanted to go to Bermuda.” Interlocutor: ““Wi to go to Bermuda?” Florian: “She knows her onions. An® Ah wanted 1o go to de movies. Interlocutor: “Where dia you go?" Florian: “To jail." Interlocutor: *Michael TLevinsky will now sing “What're They Going to Do Down on the Farm i Hoover Don't Relieve 'Em? lak a florist's “He means an octoge- is she so like a long 'So T am glad now the wedding y did she want You can't play truant In school of experience! the A RHYME OF CHRISTMAS FOOLS! By Charles Hanson Towne The man who sends a brilliant lamp To lovers who adore the dark; Or to a “youngster” quite grown up, A variegated Noah's Ark; And one who sends a set of hooks To some poor souls who can't abide ° To read a Hne—these, T declare, These are the fools of Christmas— tide! The school-girl who, ignoring tact, Gives awful landscapes to her friends, Or sachet-powder to her “pa,’ And to THE “friend” her picture sends; The creature who hestows upon His grandmamma, with open pride, A pack of cards — these fools. These tid are the re the fools of Christmas- | The husband who, instead of gems, Gives to his wife a table-spread: The father who should give a deck, And gives us all a frown, instead: The mistress who gives to her cook A set of Shakespeare, and the bride Who gives her darling only hints— These are the fools of Christma tide! On Time Payments! Watson: “My new ecar is here Jan. 1st.” Picree: “Do you think you will get it on time?" Watson: “Sure. we buy to be That's the way lat Annapolis, W. Hillman Their Jobs! Mooney: “What are you doing now?"” Haight: “My brother and I are running a pigs' feet factory."” Mooney: “Yes?" Haight: “He bills the feet and I foot the bills!" —Edgar A. Mosle (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) A. The Buddhist Tlaine in Tibet, which is 17, above sea level. Q. - How many bottles of soft drinks and carbonated beverages are consumed annually in the United States? A. The number is estimated at 11,000,000,000. Q. What makes the holes in cheese? % A. The activity of gas producing bacteria. The gas catches in the rubbery cheese and makes holes in it just as the gas from yeast makes holes in bread. ] Q. What makes a jumping bean Jjump? A. The jumping is due to a worm in the kernel which also de- stroys the germ in the seed, I Q. Are more closed than open automobiles manufactured in the | United States? 000 foet tomobiles manufactured in the United States are of the closed type. Q. Where did Babbitt metal get its name? A. From Izaac Babbitt who in- vented the alloy. QUESTIUNS ANSWERED You can get an ans to any question of fact or information by writing to the Questicz Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, W 1322 New York avenue. wastington.| Op T h D. C., encio:ing two cents in stamps n e M' e' for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex-{ wwaghington, Dec. 12.—Fo tended research be undertaken. Al ro" Sonthirn Now Enslond: - mor other questionr will recelve & Der-|¢onight: Thursday cloudy and some- sonal reply. Unsigned requests CaD- |yt warmer, probably rain in ex- not be answered. All letters are €OD- | ¢reme western portion; gentle fidential.—"dltor. northwest winds becoming variable. Q. What is the comparative Forecast !or.Eutern New York: length of the trunk to man's whole | C10udy tonight; Thursday rain and body? mlmdewhnt warmer; gentle variable winds, A More than one third and less| Conditions: ~ Pressure continues than two fifths of the height. high over the eastern portions of Q. At what temperature is water | the country with crest over Virginia. “warm”, “tepid” and “hot”? Pressure is relatively low over the A. Water is warm at 98 degrees|far southwest, the far Canadian F.; tepid at 87 degrees and hot at!northwest and the north Pacific 105 degrees, ;mn_tem Cloudy and unsettled con- Q. What is the derivation of the | 91tions with light rains prevail ey lovel:, txhe MI;llulppl valley and east- - ward into the lower Ohio valley and v lele tom "{Fl.“‘fl“’t“rf“fi'{!' portions of the east Gulf states, PASIAMA L MeANNgE ol SIOLUNE) Temperatures continue to rise slow- Q. How long does the Poet|; erom const to coast {1“2'?“‘9 of England hold his posi-| ™ congitions- favor for this vicinity ‘°"¢- s, ftlflrd"rcatherl(ollnwed by increasing | Q. When did the last cloudiness with slightly higher tem- | Indian disturbance occur perature, e Temperatures yesterday: A, In October 1898 among the Chippewas at Leech Lake. Q. From what is the word Yid- dish derived? A. Tt is a corruption of the Ger- man word Judisch, which means Jewish. Q. What proportion of the coal consumed in the United States used by the railroads? A, Approximately one third. Q. How much crude petroleum | was produced in the United States: in 19277 A. 90,129,000 barrels. Q. Does the female population of Germany outnumber the male? A. There are 30,000,000 males | and 32,500,000 females. Q. Are there any exact dupli- | cates in leaves or blades of grass? Observations serious in the Low | 42 32 34 38 | 40 36, 34 34 36 | 46, 70 36! 36| 30 301 28 26 40! 26 i Atlanta S Atlantic City . Boston . Buffalo .. Chicago Cincinnati . Duluth . 4| Hatteras .... 18| Kansas City .... Tos Angeles . Miami ... Minneapolis Nantucket . t. Pittsburgh .... Portland, Me. . St. Louis . Washington A. Eighty-two per cent of the au- HOP FOR CHILE Lima, Peru, Dec. 12 M—The Na- ' tional Telegraph announced today that the Peruvian airmen, Carlos Martinez De Pinillos and Licutenant Carlos Zegarra, hopped off from Ilo in Southern Peru for Santlago. | Chile, this morning. The men hope | eventually to reach New York after visiting varlous South Amer[can] A. Botanists say that no two blades of grass and no two leaves have ever been found to correspond | exactly. Q. Where is the deepest oil well in the world? A. It is said to be a well at Olinda, California; 8,046 feet deep. The deepest producing well is at| Rosecrans, California; 7,591 feet in| depth. Q. How high do swallows, wild ducks and other birds fiy when traveling long distanc A, Usually from 1, feet. | Q. What is the original meaning’ capitals. 00 to 2,500 dinner afiairs, ~ ADMIRAL RODMAN PRAISES GEDRGE Pays Tribate to King for Deimocracy and Kindliness Washington, Dec. 12 pathy for the king of England's ill- ness and a tribute to his unfailing democracy, kindliness and charm of manner were expressed today by an American naval officer who saw much of him during the World war. Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, re- tired, who commanded the asixth battle squadron as a part of the grand fleet under Admiral 8ir David Beatty, today recalled the king's visits to the American fleet off Scapa Flow and Edinburgh. Several Visits “The king made several official vieits to the fleet and my flagship, the New York,” the admiral said. “While always very dignified, he was extremely democratic and had a most pleasing personality, with a charming, easy, direct manner. *‘On one occasion, when he was in- specting the New York and all the men were mustered, he was kind enough not only to address several of the crew, but selected one of the petty officers who had distinguished himself, shook hands with him and entered into quite an animated con- versation. “Again, he visited every corner of the ship, even the engine room and the fire room. Then when I recalled to him an incident 1 had heard of & fast trip he had once made on a British cruiser out of Halifax, when he had himself shoveled some coal into the furnace, he at once did the same for the New York, and laugh- ingly threw in several shovelsful of coal. Very Cordial “He was always most affable and very cordial and it was always very easy and a great pleasure to talk to him." GIVE A KODAK ‘THIS YEAR~ Kodaks in Color Kodaks For Everyone John;on’s Photo Service “The Camera Shop” 67 Arch St Opp. So. Church COOKING FOR A CROWD In this season of churth suppers, ente rtaining. big partics, lodge and the women’s committee charged with preparing food for & of the word sincere?” It is from two Latin words a' which means “without What is the water content of an orange? A About 87 per cent. Who Invented lace? A. Lace making.was invented in 1561 at 8t. Annaberg, Saxony, by Barbara Uttmann. Q. How much in area of tin foil will one pound of tin make A, One pound of tin can be rolled into 18,000 square inches of | tin foil. Q. Where 15 the highest inhabit- ed place in the world? (CFontaine Pox 1928 The Bell Syn crowd of people is often at & loss for correct proportions and menus While 8 woman may be a competent cook for a snall family, she is often st a loss to know the quantities of Ingredients and methods of cookery for targe company. Our Washington Bureau has a pamphlet ready for you st ing the reclpes and quantities that will suffics to feed units of §0 pe and enable the hostess to provide adequate menus tor most social functio Fill out the coupon lelow and send for it: —— = e e CLIP COUPON HERE == == o= o= o COOKERY EDITOR, Washington Bureau, New Britatn Herald, 1322 New York Avenue. Washington, D. C. \ I T want a copy of the bulletin QUANTITY COOKING. and enclose here- with flve cents in loose, urcancelled, U. S. postage stamps, or coin to cover postage and handling costs, Name STATE ...... LI am a reader of the NEW BRITAIN HERALD. ——— —————— — — ——— — j ofi"‘m rev e 3 1o A,JP icate, Inc)