New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1928, Page 8

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Lssued Dally (Sunday Esxcepted) At Hersld Bidg. 61 Church Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 & Year 3200 Thres Monthe 75c, 8 Month Ertered at the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mall Matter, TELEPHONE CALLS Business Office 926 Editorlal Rooms .... 926 anly profitable advert Circulation books eys open to advertisers Member of the Assaciated Press The Associated Press 1o exclusively en medium d prese Member Audit Bareau of Circulation The A B. C. 1s ® national organization ch tu a sers with a strictly b ation. Our circul 3 upon this audit. This insures pro lon against traud tn newspaper die- ution Jgures to both zational and cal advertisers. Ihe Herald 18 on LOCAL GOVERNM! What we read about in the cost of government runs something like this: The cost of the national gov- srnment has steadily decreased dur- ing the past few years, but the cost of local government has increased. Therefore the propaganda has it government is | ihat the national vastly more efficient than the local governments. deral local Sounds easy, doesn't it? F government costs go down, government costs go up. Therefore | the former is good and the latter What is overlooked in citing the figures is that during the war t cost of the national went up amazingly—vastly faster than the exigencles of carrying on the war demanded, in the opinion of many people. The costs of local gov- ernment at that time stood still. Tt government avas the local governments which at that time were economical, holding up needed improvements until the war and its aftermath of the past. There was no criticism of the fed- ! cral government at the time, though there was considerable of it after- wards. Now, when the local govern- ments have been forced to catch up with their needs, the critics hold up their hands in dismay. Will someone tell any municipali- ty how it is going to build schools, for instance, without spending Thoney? Will some experts tell us how to purify city water without spending money? Will they be so kind as to inform us how to meet 'layed” in the committee, which was /freight business is enormous the requirements of sewage dis- posal without expending mone: Will they be so kind as to inform :Senntor James A. Reed asked for & 'anq Jersey Central lincs, while the | us how reads are to be built with- | further delay, and senatorial cour- Jersey Central owns the most valu- out getting rid of money in the process? Facts are, all the potent big bus- iness magnates are fond of educa- tion, good proper sewage disposal, well streets, and go0od highways. Here are figures propagandized by the U. §: Chamber of Commerce In 1913 taxes for local government; amounted to $12 per capita; in 1926 they amounted to $35 per capita, an increass of 191 per cent. Tn 1913 the bonded tedness of local covernments was less than $2,000.- 000,000, or $30 per capit; in 1925 it was $75.10 per capita, or a total of more than $8,500,00 00, Well, what of it? Begin to analyze e situation a bit. How about the difference in t cost of things In 1913 and 1926 That in itself accounts for a great . The remain- water, paved iny th deal of the differenc der is acounted for by the nation and its in- The C. of C. its increased ased derands of the creased prosperity. turally will admit perity. s there will be argument about this point. point to local S0 we g & main nether the g in not money 1 productive municipal e said taxation look rather broad | ar PR dizzy THE COST OF DF net effect of the school he senior high loss to the city o appointed two has ade 21 was a thing | truthfully | gating committees; he tried to hold up the plans of the Board of Edu- cation; the matter was threshed out in Common Council, vetoed, and passed over his veto. Much discus- sion meanwhile inundated the popu- lace and the intelligent citizenry had an opportunity to educate them- selves on school affairs—especially the high school puzzle—as never before. Education in this, as in other things, comes high. It cost $10,120; and whether this price Imuch or too little will depend upon individual opinion. was too REVIVING THE DRAMA Performances of three one-act plays on two successive evenings given by the newly formed Drama League of this city appear to have not only given general satisfaction, but were times superior to what even the most optimistic ex- | pected. The League is fortunate in having talent far above the amateur average at its disposal. These gave many productions high grade and succeed- <d in bounteous manner. started so suc- cesstully that it is reasonable to hope it will continue to provjde such outstanding events in the cultural life of ‘the city. On two nights it drew full houses to Camp hall More plays of such merit and given with such artistry and the League need to look for larger quarters. Wiliam C. French, prime mover in |the cause of good drama in this city, is to be congratulated. We know very well that it was he who got this |thing going after several vain ef- forts to link up focal drama with lother activities with which it would "not hitch, At last he and others of the faith solved the puzzle by form- ing an independent Drama League and to the astonishment of those who didn't think it could be done it has been accomplished with amazing | success. We look for a loug life to the Drama League. Long may it wave! The League has DELAYING THE PACT Taking time by the forelock is an art that is less cultivated in the Senate than perhaps anywhere else in the known universe. Especially is this so when some public measure gets choked Into committee, It specific evidence is required one needs to go no further than a con- sidcration of the Kellogg peace pact in the Foreign Relations Commit- tee. Senator Borah, chairman, has been willing to send it to the floor lof the Scnate virtually as written. But senatorial runs ‘rampant in the committee and be- {cause one of the committee mem- bers claimed to be not fecling so {well the pact was “temporarily de- courtesy allowed to adjourn until the sick member's headache left him. Then |tesy again triumphed. The committee expects to reach a vote By Friday. This provided no- body on the committee gets another headache by that time. Meanwhile it is interesting to note that Bolivia—mad for war with Paraguay—is one of the na- {tions which officially announced it would adhere to the Kellogg peace ipact, while Paraguay has given no such assurance. WHY THEY WOULD FIGHT 1t is the population in Bolivia, not arily the governmental offi- who are hankering for war with Paraguay. The people just itch to jump at little Paraguay. The ofi- counsel moderation war-cager in Bolivia would 80 anxious to hattle for and national honor if neee: 1s, | jus- they thought Paraguay might put up a !hard fight and defeat Bolivia. The trouble with the i tice Boliviaj P | believe they can lick ! about three weeks. It someboc that Parag land on top brave Bolivians would be and nothing else but. y might | | for | «INsaN doesn't picacity to ag | Walter Scott Perry, INT spoke MODERN ART require excepti = with Professor Brooklyn, at t of who on art ) of this city. Prof s quoted as saying mod- “absolutely insane:" and him as one but r this we commend 1o Las convictions to not only announce 2 lingo. distingu visitor stated, there d for originality; but art anEe d 1 10 thro nodern and oid stuff uable heap canvas call original the note y for the fu ality of oniook shoddy ar en ultra-modern | instinct. A person with ind a clear mind does not 4 as to what art and wha sensationalisi. from th. m g00d Woman's ed authori of their time and effort to make the | ¢ could convince themn | them ! men and women who provoke nundl thinking on subjects that mdke life | |worth living. Each time it happens | several hundred women obtain a jueeper insight into matters of b |tural value. The club is holding a high torch in the city; to commend | it comes natura RAILROAD ¥ Announcement Rchmg railroad that it will electrify its serv ice in the environs of Philadelphia | recently followed announcement by [the Pennsylvania that it would elec- trify its line between Manhattan | Tranfer and Wilmington, and would | follow this with electrification of the | suburban lines at Pittsburgh. Which leads one to surmise that a race for 1s | by the the electrification of railroads dawning. Railroad are cconomics in electri i I thiough for about ten years many of them were of a re opinion. cetrification of itself does not pro- | more passengers or freight; the cost of ipstalling the | clectrical wiring is high and the | st of electrical equipment of trains | and the purchase of electrical loco- | !motives also mounts amazingly. An | clectrical locomotive, though small- ler than a steam locomotive of corre- managers belicve there ation, al- erse duce more o ponding power, costs many times as much. The New Haven railroad, |with an electrified line from New |York to New Haven, probably does Inot haul a dollar's worth of addi- |tional traffic over the line than | would be the case were it not elec- trified. This, however, is due to the |fact that the New Haven along this | Istretch does not suffer from com- | petition; it gets all the traffic there is regardless of how it is hauled, The situation between the Penn- sylvania and the Reading is differ- |ent. These are competitive lines be- | {tween New York and Philadelphia, | ‘and it is unlikely that if the Penn- |sylvania electrifies the line that the Reading will fail to meet this com- petitive thrust. The Reading las | constructed & beautiful new auxiliary station in Philadelphia, | land in conjunction with the Balti- more & Ohio—which with the New York Central owns half the Read- ing stock—it has or will construct a . vast freight terminal. The | Reading, the Central of New Jersey, {the New York Central and the Balti- | more & Ohio form a quartet working /in liarmony that will take no licking lying down from the Pennsylvania, and if the Pennsy electrifies ex- t so will the competing lines | [be electrified. It may be said, of that the Pennsy has the |cream of the through passenger traf- {fic south of New York; but that is {only part of the business. Suburban |traffic on the other lines is heavy, |the terminals are crowded, and the Much of the hard coal coming into New | England originates on the Reading new ivel course, lable waterfront railroad property in iNew York harbor of any line. These | * ! subsidiary lines south of New York |have money, and the only reason ‘lhf')’ do mnot construct a tunnelized ‘~valion on Mahattan 1Island is be- ;Hmw‘ they don't think the passenger | traffic would pay for the investment. ‘Thr' ¥ public service; snnsy did it, and it was a great but nobedy iders whether the increased financial returns will ever for the huge borings. The railroad companies like to be knows cxcept a few in important passenger carriers: it adds {to prestige in the public mind., But | lit is the haulage of freight which | pays the deficit of run- | i ck passenger trains.” The | Pennsy Tiauls more freight than any | other 1ir it lines, frequently —as the ads say—Dbecause is bigz Some of the minor ! Tiowever, haul ant | of road. | gnificant that the Pennsy | never considered electrification until its officials took to belirving that it more fr per mils | | Ttis s [would nelp freight tra Observations Cn The Weather n, Dec, thern New England: tand 3 in temper: e for Eastern ght Friday in ; not gentle | i | s ariz Fors Cloudy shows much ch mostly Conditions Atlantic northeastward to coast regions. ng North The dis- west moved this ce of istward and is over southwest morning te produci storms over r Mississippi northward castward ov Another d districts, tavor for this vicinity foliowed by increasing sterddy: }lhw woods, and after-dinner speak- | Henry, lowly rising tem- | Cincinnati Denver . Detroit Duluth Hatteras . Kansas City .. Los Angeles . Miami Minneapolis ntucket New Haven Norfolk, Va. Northfield, Vi Pittsburgh . Yortland Me. . St. Louis . Washington F. sts and Fancies Social evolution: Twin; beds, Man's cgo is functioning at its best when he draws the line in the matter of locking up the foolish. So live that you can lawyer who isn't crooked. prefer a If his suit seems seven years old and he seems meek and harmless, the community calls him “Dad". If the solid North is broken, it will be the work of bulls. The final “s” makes this case different. 29 It's only a matter of time until some crooked dry agent uses con- tainers shaped like padlocks. Matrimony isn’t like football. Tt's | interference that keeps a husband from making gain: Mr. Hoover's greatness is more apparent when you view his accom- | plishments and remember that in- | timates call him “Bertie". Giving the lady the inside of the walk is an ancient custom, indi- cating that primitive charioteers new the joy of zipping through mud puddles. Americanism: Scolding the police don't stop law-br growling because the cop wouldn't let you ignore the traffic light. A normal dad is one who picks out for Junior the mechanical toy he will enjoy most himself. It isn’t the job that muk agents crooked. Opportunity a washed sow return to her but being a sow is the cause. primary | Science secms to be able anything, except invent a stocking | that won't show polkadots on { rainy day. to do Orators of long ago practiced in re a good argument for the crvation of our forests. The eternal feminine: as she does because it is taking full credit becanse pens also to be sensible. The beginning of philosophy acceptance of the inevitable, and | there was more than mere cofn- cidence in the baldness of Socrates. pr Dressin stylish it hap- | 1 s | Alas! By the time a man has sense enough to enjoy ladies with- out getting hooked, he no longer can enjoy them. The late clection changed many minds in the South, but you'll notice it didn't open up any market for | washing machir Correct this sentetnes “We'll carn the money.” said daughter, “instead of making dad pay for his own Christmas presents.” (Copyright 1928, Publishers Syndicatet) 25 Years Ago Today The local drlegate XM « U A. has five in Parkc Harry Wess: red Langdon. Business men in ti ceiving lotters were among the recent contest an send $1 They are er Parker, Caley, and < cily are that they vinners in a it they will ive letters also tures of the 1 10 the surprise One of them to- 1wk a letter sayving that houlid <0 much 1 o the sig- 1 the desired re- e aner day mailed the firm red tape holist T for crely Morris S station ye Rawling threater Schu 1144 at police told Chief a licking. ssaulted and hi 1 to carry a olver. He did The Herald's 1 was shipped f fore yesterda Thom e ordained i hood at Eri will then report fo 1 ill say Plainville s press Chicago da ¥y be- s Rooney of Plainville will Catholic pricst- STRICKEN WITH 1N} Ottawa, Dec. 13 (P—Word Detroit | eived today stricken with Grosvenor, Claney A Flliott and hockey club | 1itt Junior. con- | ed a letter | Lach Year We Get This Bright 1dea? The thing we wish with all might Is this: if people wouldn't write On Christmas cards they send us, wen The darned again! our things could be used One Shall Be Born! Traffic Policeman: *“Hey, pull over to the curb! Muritl: “No indeed. If you want to take a ride in my car climb in 1ight here!™ there, YES, EVEN MURDER WILL OUT! By Al Graham It was while I was traveling through those oft-mentioned Wide Open Spices that I was eventually found out. Until that time I had managed to hide my secret from all —even my wife. By a mere coincidence, the detec- tion occurred in a town called Cas- tana, in lowa. Sitting opposite me in the little lunch room was a man whae steady gaze 1 was unable to avoid. Something told me the jig was admit a thing without a battle. I hurried my meal, and was actually leaving the place when a heavy hand was laid on my shouldei T know you,” a gruff voice spoke into my ear, know you, try though you did to fool me. But T vou and I know WHO YOU " T replied without looking 2round at my captor, “who am 17 d the voice with a strain ant s action. “You're ‘Responsible Witness' who stands by with a pad and pencil while some celebrity takes the great Agrecable Subject? “Do you care for talk about hooks?" Vivian: “Sure. When they talk hout hooks you can get them talk- ing about love in no time!” —Donald R. Griffen men Once the world scemed large, but we were equal to it. Now it scems all, but it is too much for us! Logical? Mother was trying upon her younger son, the importance of “Iadies One Saturday night Jerry, the young hopeful, sister Perry to ma they proceeded to load up his little wagon with necessarics for the morrow. On the way home, mother s “Jerry, you pull the wagon and was astonished to hear say, “But mother, ‘Ladies firs —N\irs. William Murphy to impr zed four, Presents of Mind! 1 WET! Iy David K. Rodenbach ‘s to good old beer, drink dow, drink it down. Viere's to good old beer, drink | down. | Here's to good old heer, that makes i all feel queer, | to good- old heer, down. it it drink it (010 Classic) | | There was an old quette, A jolly old ale-quaffing wet. Said he, “T focl quecr ut bring me more beer For 've room for a keg yet.” man of Mar- i or As wet It was the rum ship He That sailed the wintry s To keep him company: His ey were bloodshot Bt 1d was laug to it, lads!™ downed his mug of beer. from His T Jut he ting queer, And he A wet sheet and a flowing bowl: Attend, all ye who list to hear Our nohie “thirst-quench” praise. T tell of the thrie mous stuff We bought in pre-war da When that great drink, invincible, Made all the topers queer, richest blend of malt hops, The stoutest brand of bLeer, As wet as South Chiny typhoon: Sixteen me ! chest, | Yo, 1o, ho, \ hottie Whiskey and gin had done | But the n on the and of heer. for rest folt most | Manager Gy queer up, but T determined that I wouldn't | two The skipper he had brought his still the ed and cried, “Here's Through the in-flu-ence of the keg of beer! o0 (Dry up!—Editor.) Two Negatives Make an Afirmative John: “Will you marry me?" Bessie: “No! No!" ‘Hooray! I'm engaged!” ~—McKee Thompson Duty! The immigrant girl had been careful to provide herself with a | false beard, but the quick eye of the Customs inspector penetrated her aisguise. “You intend going into domestic * he asked. said A Gretchen, percelving that telling falsehoods was useless. “You know how to-bake bread and you want only one afternoon off a wgek?" answered Gretchen, “Then you are a jewel and must pay duty accordingly,” said the in- spector, Going Up! “How's the stock market “She's higher today." women's dresses. They make a new high every day!" —Reginald Belcher (Copyright, 1928, Reproduction Forbidden) QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Questicz Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Burean. 1322 New York avenue, Washington. D. C., encio:ing two centa in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questionr will recelve a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are con- fidential.—T.ditor. Q. Who was chief counsel for the State of Tennessee in the Scopes evolution trial? A, William Jennings Bryan. Q. Ts it true that in the United States a person can only be tried once for a crime? A. A person can be many times as he has committed offenses civil or criminal. But he { can not be tried twice for the same tried as acquitted or found guilty, in the case of a criminal offense, Q. What is the meaning of the name Dexter? Al is from the Tatin and nieans “right handed”, skillful. Q. What relation is a child of my father's brother to me? A, Your first cousin. Q. When two men and a girl are walking together where should the men walk? When a man is walking with two girls should he walk on the outside, and not be- tween them. A. When two men are walking with one woman both men should walk on the outside. When a man is walking with two . women should walk on the outside and not between them, Q. Who is the Chinese ambas- sador to Washington? As M. Alfred Sze. Q. When did Clara Bow make her first appearance in the movies? A. She made her first con- | spicuous screen appearance in 1923 when she played the part of the stowaway in “Down to the Sea In Ship: She had already appeared in a few small parts. Q. What is the subscription price of the Congressional Record? A. It is $1.50 a month or $8.00 for a long n and $4.00 for a | High Finance and dead man's the ungodly ense of which he has either been | he! short session of congreas, Q. What is the egg-laying ca- pacity of an average hen? A. An average hen, according to census figures, lays 65 eggs per year. Many hens, "however, lay from 100 to 150 eggw per year. Q. What kind of wood is used to construct pontoons, struts, rafts, shipping containers, and articles re- quiring a very light weight wood? A. Balsa wood, which is the lightest of all woods is often used. Q. Why were Confederate sol- | diers, during the Civil war, called “Johnny Rebs"? A. “Johuny Reb” was a common nickname applied to Confederate | soldiers by the Union army during | the Civil war. The only explanation is that John occurs so frequently as a common name. The work Reb, of course, is a shortened form of “Rebel”. Q. Who originated the idea of wearing amulets, or bits of stone or similar things to ward off evil spirits or as charms or good luck pieces? A. Primitive man wore all sorts of trophies to protect and benefit him. He strung the claws and teeth of the animals he killed and wore them around his neck, partly as a decoration and partly to protect him from other beasts, His body was & mystery to him and he pam- pered it with his treasures—his shells, claws and curious bits of stone, his trophies. These were the first talismans, the first ‘“good luck” chgrms. Q. H3w often did Jack Dempsey fight Luis Firpo? A. Only once. Q. When it is 12 o'clock noon eastern standard time on the Atlan- tic seaboard what time is it in the Pacific coast? A. Nine o'clock in the morning— three hours earlier, Q. Was Frank Merriwell & real character? A. He s a fictitious character, | the hero of a series of stories for | boys by Gilbert Patten who wrote under the pen name of Burt L. Standish. Q. What states are usually in- i cluded in the term “Solid South”? A. The states usually counted are: Virginia, North and South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Ala- bama, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas | and Texas. Tennessee, and some- times Kentucky and Missouri are in- cluded in the loose term *solid south”. Q. What kind TYvette? A. It is a French personal name meaning “an archer”, Q. What is the weight of balsa | wood? A. Tt is the lightest wood known and weighs only seven pounds per | cubic foot. 11 Vet Teachers at Chicago University | Chicago, Dec. 13 (—The death of | Dr. Thomas C. Chamberlin, eminent geologist, has reduced the number ot pionecr professors in the University of Chicago to 11 of the original 9 | who opened the school's doors xn.{ 1892, ‘Twenty-seven of the 98 are living but only 11 are active in academte work. Dr. Chamberlin died just a | vear after he had won the Penrose medal, geology's most coveted hone Among the 11 veterans who after | 27 years remaln active are Prof. A ert A. Michelson, who discover the speed of light; Prof. A. Stagm. coach of 37 Chicago footbal teams, and Prof. Carl D. Buck, chairman | of a name fis | | | | TEN BIG PLANES WILL LINK MIAMI - Regular Routes 1o West Indis Plamned Miami, Fla, Dec. 13 (#—The United States and the West Indies will be linked by regular air pas- senger service January 9 when 10 glant air transports are put into operation between Miami, Havana, Nassau and 8an Juan, The first of the fleet of 0 Fok- Ker planes, christened the “Christo- pher Columbus” by Mrs, Calvin Coolidge in Washington, s sched- uled to arrive here soon for a final survey trip over the new reute. The huge planes are equipped with de luxe passenger cabins de- signed to seat from 12 to 14 per- sons and are powered by three 425- horsepower motors. Furnished as lounge cabins, the planes have full- vision windows, buffet service, com- plete lavatory facilities, running water and special compartments for luggage and U. 8. air mall. The Pan American Airways, op- erator of the new line, is rushing work on a $100,000 alr passenger terminal here which has incorpo- rated all the facilities of large rail stations in its plans. The new sta- tion has accommodations for pas- sengers, offices for immigration and customs officials, post office, restau- rant, lounge rooms and an observa- tory-balcony overlooking the flying fleld. Passengers will board or alight from the airliners on canopied run- ways leading directly to the main waiting room of the terminal. Ac- cording to present plans, passens gers bound for Havana, Nassau or the West Indies will be met at in- coming trains from the north and west with private motor cars and transported to waiting planes of the {airport. The “Havana Afr Limite the plane scheduled to leave at § o'clock cach morning, will make direct con- nections with the “Palmetto Lim- ited” and “Havana Special” from New York, Philadelphia and Wash- ington. The next plane, to be known as the “Havana Air Express,” will leave at 9:15 o'clock each morning, carrying passengers coming in from St. Louis on the *“Flamingo” and from Chicago on the “Dixic Limit- ed” and “Floridan.” The “West Indian Air Limited" will make three trips a week over a section of the route which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh mapped out after his Latin American tour. The air route will make direct connec- tions with all trains for through service to San Juan by way of Hua- vana, Camaguey, Santiago, Port au Prince and Santo Domingo City. ‘The “Nassau Alr Limited,” o ating from Miami to Nassau, Brit- ish resort in the Bahamas, will also make three trips each week. Am- phiblan planes will be used on this section of the route because of tho longer over-water hop. 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