New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1928, Page 6

] New Britain Herald lasued Delly (Sunday Ezcepted) At Hersld Bldg, 67 Church Btrest . SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 & Year o $3.00 Three Monthe e » Month Tutered at the Post Office at New Britain a8 Becond Class Mall Matter, TELEPHONB CALLS Business Office 28 Editoria} Rooms The oniy profitable advertising mediuc: in the City. Circulstion books and pres voom always open te advertisers. Membes of the Amucisted Prese The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for re-publication of all news ciedited to it or mot etherwise credited fn this paper and also “local news published thereln. Momber Audit Bureas of Circulation The 4. B. C. is & national organization which furnishes newspapers aud adve:- tisers with & strictly honest analysis of circulation. Our circulation statistics are based upon this audit. This insure tection against fraud in mewspaper die- tribution agures to both national and local advertisers. The Herald fs om sale datly ta_New York at_Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Schults's Newsstands, Estrance Grand Central, 42nd Street. ——— PARKS AND RECREATION It has been brought to the at- tention of the park board that in a American cities the park boards and have majority of functions of the the recreation commissions been combined. The suggestion ac- cordingly has been made that the same thing be done in this city. The recreation commission has been functioning satisfactorily. So has the park board. To combine the two does not absolute necessity in this city, yet it may have some good points. It will not be an fssue, however, over which there will be widespread agitation. 1f the two boards are willing to combine and can guarantee the public as good service as is being given at present, and city hall looks upon the merger with favor, it might be done. , however, that seem an The claim is made, @ combined b uld be able to wive the ctiy inggfoved, service. Per- | haps the exp##iences of some of the cities where this has been done might be investigated. A few letters directed to such cities would bring out the desired information. SKATING FACILITIES For years the complaint has been common that the city lacks skating facilities in the winter time. This was particularly truc up to last y when the lake in Stanley Quarter park formed enjoyable mecea for ice skaters. The unbounded suc- cess achicved there has brought about demands for such facilities in other parts of the city, so that this vear will find a skating rink in Wil- low Brook park. Superintendent of Parks Clyde Ellingwood declares that the proposed rink will be 320 b an feet long and 160 feet wi No sport is more healthful than 1t L combines muscular exercise, fre: and sociability. 'hough cities, like New Britain, be industry ite skating. air immersed with and com- merce they cannot neglect somethng that health advantages as ice skating. 1t is gratifying indeed that the supply of such facilities are to approximate the demand for them. That kind of important than provides such undisputed pProgress is some other read about. more kinds we continually MONOXIDE DANGERS It is gratifying to learn that steps heing taken to water heater require gas connections with pipes, of intends to he chimney flues or cvoid the poisoning. reasonable about it, the plan being to give property owners s0 dangers monoxide The city a comply with this humanitarian ef- fort to lessen the dangers of death to citizens who may thoughtlessly manipulate such appliances. More such deaths oconr in gariges I pipes of closed than in homes, howey 1dly tumas from utomobiles er. the cmitted exhaust in wrested life heedless onditions a clos from many the garage have an autoist of danger Under such d gar- age is a death trap. Some means of wutomatically combating the pos- sibilities combats the ingenuity of tors PHILIEP HA I 1] Amer- was born ir the nerations v musical er 1344 wis admitted bar P 1 1o abroad to several study music, and it to jearn under 1test returied ma of his the n his day. i to United played churches prominent writer, edited being took to 1 wrjting. He merous on erudite musi publishing houses, wrot the new rs and magazin ind in 1501 took to being the ing of analytical notes on the ams of the hestra, which Be still.continues has been music critie of i tury, music critic in Bostor same time beéginning the ton rald the sine dawn of with simila 11 of stature in bim striplings N loing war York as to | year to | States, | loston Sympliony Or- | e | In Boston Hale and the drama are regarded as the last word in authority, and rightly s0. He is an artistic person in an- other drection, being a painter of stinction, whose efforts have been en public exhibition in the art academies. Truly he is a man with a marvelous mind. The other day he discussed jazz. It was upon the occasion of the concert of FPaul Whiteman's or- Ichl‘s(rl in Boston. His statement on this controversial subject was note- worthy. Unlike some foolish musical critics who like to pose as knowing a great deal, which precludes knowing anything at all about the most American of musical develop- ments, he showed his usual keen perception of the possibilities of jazz. Here, in part, is what he did to startle the smug believer that good jazz is not worth considering seri- ously: Tt might be thought impertinent at this late day to dwell upon Mr. Whiteman's control of his admirable musicians, *‘virtuo: one should say, or to praisc again the remark- able precision, rhythm and quick response to ecvery indication of a nuance indicated by the conductor. There are few conductors who have both this authority and this magnet- ism; few conductors who are so fortunate in their players. Does any one say, “Yes, but these men play only jazz"” How many of {our symphony orchestras could play jazz so well? There is good jazz as well bad jazz. as there are good symphonies and poor ones. There's no use in defiying the influence of jazz on many contemporaneous composers of symphonic works, who have thus learned rhythmic and in- strumental effects that were before unknown to them. Nor is the “frenzy™ of jazz to be despised: it {cheers the spirit, provokes joy, lets loose the primitive instincts that are {in us all. sfrips off the masks from smug, orthodox citizens, and re- als them as human beings after The pity of it is that ene hears [100 much jazz of a poor quality; im- [ pertinant jazzing of classic works: or tunes of a mawkish sentimental- jism jazzed none too dexterously. {One cannof, unfortunately, hear Mr. Whiteman's band every day. There arc not many Loefflers, Krencks, Stravinsky's, Debussys, Ravels, Gershwins, Grofes, Hilly who have recognized successfully {the possibilities of being truly musical in this form, And composers in the so-called classic forms might horrow instru- ents for their works from a j band. The percussion section for symplionic employment has been in- ercased in number and variety with- in the last dozen years. Who would not like to hear a saxophone played in a symphony or Bymphonic pocm [ With the beautiful haunting tone and brilliant technic displayed by Mr. Hazlett yesterday? Why should there not be a set of saxophones in | symphonic orchestras? 1t is seldom one hears in our concerts the jm- pressive though subdued effects i from the trombones that we card terday. William Wallace wrote a I hook some years ago entitled “Th | Threshold of Music,” arguing that [the world of music had not yet been thoroughly explored: that the art was only in its childhood. May not |this be said of instrumental effects that at present are heard only from azz" hand HIE GREATEST LAWSU IN HISTORY" lawsuit of great historic through the (fomes under a name that nobody Dt would Principles | | Many u significance runs law a lawyer recognize. thus decided are gone into at length, are spread over many | weary pages, and as often as not, : the suit is referred to lin a foot note. Historians of the the name of future, delving {into the weird product of our times, imu hover with professional glee at | the lawsuit to go down In histors the 8t & "O'Fallon . {which a member of the Tnterstate | Commerce Tonis « Comiission has already deseribed as the eatest lawsuit in history.” Perhaps that may ation. But the potency of the case n be gathe fact that upon its determination will rest the c.C 1 exagger ed from the basis upon which the [ the inevitable result will ap- Py valuation of the will be refleect. cd in the rates these can charge to the public Pnited States. the entire “et throughout The Viotors case s for argument of the Supreme Conrt on the United States January | A producs 1929, | summary of the law which has this cause In propose I Congress in 1 clebre fx not out of v words as possible, G passed sponsored we to give it. railroad v act Tt w Follotte, that the over- tion was by by pator 1 prevalent A was vast provided for an in- all the railroads, and follo lines | [met last Curtin Captain the cost to d reproduction of |and the players then chose The cost of reproduction less ion The original cost of all lunds, s of way, and terminals, separ- iprovements: and Separatel er values an sution for any | or uts h analysis of employd nees | cxoing quottic Tt deft the 1 most prodizio the 6 tory. Bric 5 | consia views on music |duction costs. Then—should rates|country at the suggestion of be based on the former or the lat- ter? After five years of effort the Commission handed down two cou- trolling cases—the Texas Midland, and the Winston-Salem Southbound. The Commission used average costs for 5, 10 and even 20 years ending in 1914. It admitted that costs of reproduction had risen substantially and that “corrective” figures would be necessary to arrive at a fair pres- ent value. Meanwhile repeated court deci- sions were to the effect that it is the fair present value, not the original cost of railroad property, of which owners may base their rate struc- 50 as not to’be deprived of ture In 1920 the Transportation Act was passed, with its recapture clause. This provided that one-half of any income in excess of 6 per cent on the fair value of a property | should be recaptured from the rail- road earning it and paid into the U. §. treasury. Which further com- plicated an already complicated situation. The St. Louis & O'Fallon arises out of this recapture provi- sion, Obviously, value for recapture cannot be determined one way, and value for ratc-making purposes an- other way. It method used in this case to deter- case sustaincd, lay the basis of arriving at value for all purposes. that over-copitalization cxisted in the railroad industry apparently has vestigation leads to the reverse con- | ception; that even on a pre-war | the railroads showed | property valued at $28,000,000,000, | against a total capitalization of about $21,000,000,000, of which only {about $18,000,000,000 were in the | hands of the public. Following this the great { prices due to the war. The L. C. C. itsclf has changed in { persounel since the La Follette law | was passed, and is now inclined to |adopt & *prudent investment” | theory for rate-making. Tn the St. Louis' & O'lallon. case it frankly stateds | price basis discovery came rise in The value of the property for rate-making purposes * * * ap- proaches more nearly the rea- sonable and necessary inv. ment in the property than the cost of reproducing it at a particular time. Still, the L. C. C.'s concept of “prudent investment” far less | than -the present cost of reproduc- | tioh. ‘and "8 also sunstantially loss | thaf¥he, giiginal cost of the record- | ed invostment. This was well illus- trated in the of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The tenta- tive valuation of this railroad for rate-making purpose: 1918 by the Commi 646,611, whereas the rallroad showed an $1 of working capital and materials and supplics. The Court some decisions that suggest pre: [eedents, Tn the Consolidated Gas s in 1909 it held, fair is ise S was given in ion investurent of 504,398, exclusive Supreme | has given © There must he 1 return upon the value of property being used for the public * * * de- termined as of the the inquiry reasonable time when is made regarding In the Minnesota rate 1812 the court held that the just return for the property involves the | recognitign of its fair value if it be {morc than its cost.” Other | decided somewhat ; the rates. case in act investment w not limit ation, “a tuse of the ation ases similarly Bell Tele- the Indianapolis were Southwestern and ny phone casc | Water comy | ! 25 Vears Ago Today railroads, and | | The annual mecting of the Chris !tian Endeavor Union of New Britain was held in the Trinity M. E. church last evening, It was fthe hest attended in the vear and there was a great deal of interest shown. There were S7 present the host church having the largest number, 25. Miss Bertha L. Bancroft was clected president; Buel B. Bassette, viee president, and Charles F. Scott, secretary and treasurer. A notice has been sent out to a | iumber of leading citizens of the city to meet at the New Britain stitute for the purpose of consider- ing the erection of a monument to Elihu Burritt. The P Congress will meet in this country next vear, w0 that the time would be especially appropriate and New Britain would be brought to the attention of the | orld if steps were taken. | The High school foothall night captain Curtin, players and re-elected John for another season. however, de Ja Flannery on t ho has played am for three years and who i at grou will 1 000 m E. 0. Kilbourne Osgood avenue Building visited several en a gr 2 erial next fall sold Jand on toski Turnbull backyards about the center today and found much fault with their condition. He erdercd the owners to clean them up, und if they do not he will report them fo the fire marshal. Clinton 1. Morse Tias been [ master of Plainwlle Grange Smith is assistant <teward L. Attwood, W. L. Hatel, 4 M. Jarvis ar committes ap- pointed by the N Biritain Business Men's association with com mittees appointed the olectod Pearl o throughout aet property without due process of ldw. is claimed that the mine recapturable earnings must, if | The notion of the clder La Follette ! not been sustained. The I. C. C. in- | as $121.- | hooks of the | at the time it is the | of‘ the New York Chamber of Commerce to lead in the agitation for an im- proved merchant marine. Frank H. Smith has been electetd regent of New Britain Council, Royal Arcanum, and George H. Dyson vice-regent. E. A. Moore is orator, Fred Elliott chaplain, Charles Scott, secretary, and A. J. Sigper representative to the grand council. Fe cts and Fancies About the only thing that is fool proof is success. The hardest part of a good will i tour is to keep people from noticing either the battle ship or the sample case. Writing modern drama Is easy. When the action drags, just insert a few cuss words. Proof that man has conquered the air consits in his survival to do it {all over tomorrow. In the old days, also, orders were the reward of successful diplomacy; but they were worn, not filled. ! An antique is a picce of furniture | you wouldn’t have if nobody else twanted it. | ! “Sce the ill-bred hiel i that's the great genius.” *“Why, so it is. (Isn’t he charmingly original!" Yet if the great conversationalists "nf old held forth toda the crowd would yawn and mutter: “Blah.” | | Comparative analysis is the art of | {proving that your football team de- serves the championship becuase it {could have licked the tcams it did- Wt play. Americanism: Shooting to kill the flecing criminal; voting to let him off with 6 months after he is ! caught. % A college town coupe isn't just like a sardine can. The sardine can has no rumble seat. | Good loscr: A rotten sport who Kills your joy by pretending he did- | 't care enough to try very hard. | ! Maybe the ola poets spired by liquor, and seemed inspired jreaders had liquor, were mayhe because in- they the 0. USE MAT (S50 sk gt We still wait for a tooth paste ad. howing the portrait of a bhald old- timer whosc teeth the paste has pre- served | The trouble about making hotels home-like is that they are made to Iresemble homes made to resemble hotels, shoriage of great men will ssing 10 posterity, 1t couldn't vl preserve a lot of maternity greed that people prosperity. but no two m (o agree as o (he proper way to stand it g Tt i gencrally an't stand 1 a hright side. Santa Claus can’t come down i modern chimne but neither can the Lin sneak in that way later, There colloctors 55 | men BoOssip,” logical | Correct this sontenee: all worship he L “because of her keen mind.” “The the and | (Copyright 1925, Publishers Syndi- 10) Observations Cn The Weather Washington “for Southern tonight and change in northerly Forec Dee. 15— Tooreey Vngland: Fair | not much modetate New Sund temperature; Winds Lecoming variable, ; for Iiastern New York [ Fair with lightly colder in extreme I south portion tonight: Sunday part- Iy cloudy with =omewhat warmer in north portion; moderate northerly winds, | Conditions: The disturbance that was centeral over northeastern Mis- sourl Thursday evening has dissi- pated over the southern Lake region but a secondary disturbance has formed on the North Carolina coast, Pressure is 1ow cast - of Newfound. | st The i the tndications north Atlar nd Saturday night. New England the weather will be generally fair Saturday and Sunday. | Temperature changes will be un. | important. e for 15t rain on aturday Ilsewhere in CLASSIE I RESULSS GIYE A KODAK THIS YEAR KODAKS IN COLOR KODAKS 10K EVERYONE at JCHNSON’S | PHOTO SERVICE | Coinera Shop™ Opp. Sonth Cline RIEAD | | 67 Archo St ! not only Impressive hecauss. ‘of thie n Who's Lost the One He Got Last Year! One thing that Christmas does do, fellas, It's certain as creation To put a lot of gift umbrellas In active circulation! Classifying It! iend: “I've been married only nd I'm very happy.” Movie Actress: “Beginner's luck!” —Mrs. D. G. Jones THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY Social “What is the hest thing to do when one has spilled wine on a valu- able table cloth?" asks a reader. The average husband just sits still and listens! « v e Military Toy soldiers, it is pointed out, do not enable children to realize the horrors of war, ‘We oursclves should hesitate to tell the little ones about the first scrgeant! e Sports During a recent storm in Chicago a station master's hat was blown off onto the rafls, We understand, however, that the signalman, with great presence - of riind, switched ioto a siding, where it was recovered! s s a Voreign War films are to be _barred Haly. The natives are so cxcitable that they go home and stab the spaghetti d of winding it 'round the in. vewspaper have been arguing whether an ae- tor is entitled to describe himself as an artist, We should say that it depends on his ability to draw Internal Decorations! Baxter: “So you saw the ding? They say the bride more orange blossoms could handle. Any wed- carried than she other decora. “Yes, and the groomn was carrying more ‘gin daisies’ than he could hundle!™ —Irwin Ciner ome folks claim.” says Clem Hawkins, “that 1 hain't no appre- ciation of hut T notice that T'm mighty fond of the picture of | an cagle — when it's on to a gold | coin!” Lrom Our Children's Garden of Curses? My little girl was frantically | thumbing the pages of an encycre- pedia when the children's librarian approached her and asked, “What | re you looking for, M \e looked up quickly and sara, seriousiy: “Useless Grant,” and con- tinued her search. —\ rgaret Hickman THE WAY TO LEARN!? By A. C. Brown The words of the famous Writer left a lasting impresson on me. She was givitg advice to those who red to write, ler worde were fact that she is one of the greatest writers of today, hut also hecause of the fact that she Is young and heau- tiful T will always remember her em- phatie enunciation of that age-old advice fo would-be writers, that the only way fo learn to write is by| writing, That is the whole curr- cnlum of the would-he writer: The only way to learn to write is by writing. er in the evening it was my good fortune to be left alone with the famous Author, and in our youthful heart we drifted away from thoughts of writing. T placed my | kood right arm around her, and | tried to place a kiss npon her lips. “Why, Mr. Brown, how yon!" she exclaimed. Why not, little e4: “TI'm only following advice. “How dare you fo insult me? Pray, tell me when 1 told yoif to Kiss m “Oh. 1 didn't say that vou did. 1 was thinking of your advice of this dare | your own | thereby |for higher wages being allow one? 1 answer. | —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City ano Its People Nightmere Season Begins for Committee On Salaries Comes the time of the year when salary committee members spend sleepless nights and wish they were appointed to the raiiroad committee, which meets about twice a year, in- stead of the group which must listen to the arguments advanced in behalf of 200 or more city employes and then say_ either “yes" or “no." At Wednesday night's meeting of the common council all on the muni- cipal payroll who are hopeful of having their pay jeacked up, must have a petition before the aldermen and the counciimen. More than 100 men and women are concegned in the applications already placed on file and there will be a great many more to be referred to the commit- tee on salaries Wednesday night. Although those whose requests will be denied may be of opposite mind, the gentlemen who compose the sal- ary committee must be given the benefit of all doubt as to what mo- tivates their action. They will be ac- cused of favoritism and of having po- litical grievances to settle, but it must be remembered that it is far casier to make increasea than it is to turn down the applications of men and women and it probably requires less courage to take the former step. The annual adjustment of salaries brings to the foreground the numer- ous questions of governmental pro- cedure, the two most important of which have to do with the problem of which the several agencies in the organization of government is best fitted to cope with salary adjusting, and just what are the respective ob- ligations of commissions and the sal- ary committee. Several ycars ago there was an unsuccessful attempt to have salary adjusting taken entirely out of the hands of the council and given to an appointive commission or the board of finance and taxation. The move had strong backing, but there were sufficient numbers of common council members who saw no im- provement in prospect or too little to bother with. The argument was made that the salary committee com- pletely ighores the question until the month of December when, in a few nights, it attempts to arrive at what compensation is due several hundred employes whom they seldom, if ever, saw at work, and about whose Juties they have none but the most meager | information. This was answered with the claim that the system is not at fault, and that a similar condition might arise with reference to a sal- ary commission, with the additional objection that those men, being ap- pointive officials and not dircctly an- swerable to the elcctorate, would have no check whatsoever. Salary committees in the past have complained that commissioners do not give the council group the cooperation that should be given, and that'recommendations for in- creases are often made when the commissions do not belicve they should be granted, but that the uck is passed” to the common comeil to reject the application clearing the commission and placing the blame on the coun- cillors. Some of the commissios made the reply, excepting in where it is clearly evident that no more compensation that is allowed should be paid, the petition shoull he forwarded to the council. B charter grant, the council is consti tuted as the salary agency, a power that It jealously guards, this heing indicated by their unwillingness to continue a system which gives it on- Iy the right to accept ject rec- ommendations of hoards with re- spect to salari City employes are awary of this condition and prefer to rest their casez in the hands of the council frequently complaining that hoards are overstepping their bouwds when they block salary increase petitions, giving them 10 opportur to be heard before the council committec. That the commisioners are happy to follow this line of reasoning is shown by the fact that, to date, there has not been a petition turned down by any board, al of those who asked 1 to g0 (o the council with their request. Girls Will be Girls, Style f'orecasters Say Hereafter girls will be girls, not boys, according to the latest atyle forecast. The “hoyish girl” will soon become a matter of history, if these prognosticators of what-the-well- dressed-woman-will-wear are core ) ve o8 afternoon—the only way fo fearn fo | write is by writing. It that helds £0od in the writing gamne it should | I good in ofher things. Why not the only way to learn love is hy |SPOrtswear and those loving” and cvening use, and Later in the evening she admitred | Practically all of the that it was fine advice! show the modernistic features of the Palm cast today by stylists industry. Gone arc the “boyish clothes” de- rect. Styles more distinetion hetween feminine, a weaves for afternoon the fact that new designs tendency are Reach in the cotton marked of the country Hazel: “Well, T never way in public!” gt that - Edwin Gray | Damning The teller's eye from their sockets. “The cashier went out to more than three minutes azo < turned.” he gaspea. The president turned ashy but retained his composure ficiently to spe “Notify the police!” he said. —Margaret D. Fradd vidence! were starting Tunch and Modern Crusader Gordon: “Miss Bradford comes | from very distinguished ancestors.” Jea How so0?" Gordon: “She s were in three Crusades, | Jeanne: ‘She's right father was in the “Swat the Fly- | erusade, hor father in the ‘Anfi | Sunday Bl crusade. and Tier imother was in the ‘Anti-Liquor® movement her Her grand- family Rain e Not That Kind of a Girl Senator Townsend: “How is the public sentinent out in your part — Tugene Flectra (Copyright. 1925 Iteproduction Forbidden) fore- | clares the style advisory board of the National Association of Cottop Manufacturers in its monthly re- port. :Hair is being allowed to grow long; and flat heels are no longer considered smart. All lingerie is be- ing trimmed with lace, and lace in profusion, mannish gloves are no longer in demand and the wearing of jewelry has become a necessity. Fabrics for sportswear will be heavy and loosely woven. Those for afternoon wear will be sheer, more filmy and airy than ever before in the history of the industry. The designs on the heavier cloths will be larger, the colors more in- tense, Large, heavy patterns are most effective against the green background of outdoor recreations. The sheer fabrics will show a mark- ed blending of pattern and design and soft colors. This daintiness of color and line lends itself to tlers and flounces and gives the airiness which is quite in the feminine mode. With this perfect blending of col- ors, sheer cottons, georgette and chiffon will be almost indistinguish- ble, As the cardigan suit holds fts popularity through the season the logical answer to this lies in the heavier weights of cotton, pique, lin- en finish and another weave which has outgrown its shyness, garbar- dine. The latter fabric is a soft twill that follows the lines of the figure in a flattering manner. It comes in all the soft pastel shades which will be 80 much in demand, yellow, apri- cot, soft blues, greens, all the off white shades and an occasional lip- stick red. Sheer cottons of voile, fine mus- lins, new organdies, printed dimities and batistes will play a prominent part next spring and summer as well as for southern wear. Pique will continue to find favor and printed cotton ratines are coming to the fore. The heavier loose or rough woven fabrics such as eponge, cot- ton tweed, will be the last word in chic. Every shade of yellow will be ex- ploited because the variations are complimentary to sunburn com- plexions. In this conncction lettuce green and turquoise will play a prominent part, particularly tur- quoise blue which is a high fash- ion note. ed blues, greyed greens of > reseda genre, mauve browns, peach beige and rose gray Wwill also bid for popular favor. A greater use of the ensemble is predicted with greater ingenuity of combinations, color and fabric. In- creasing popularity for the three or four piece suit is also scen for this tyve of garment has grown to he a necessity and it is not considered a luxury now-a-da: t All-American All-American Football Team Now Wanted The All-American foothall have now heen picked—the whole 250 of them—and now we can sit back and review several unusual features of the sclecting this fall. n the f place, with every coach whose teams won two games and every sporting editor on paper ad by more than 500 souls making an “All-American” selection, we think it is about time someone got down. to business, sifted out thesc teams, and chose an All-American All-American. Again, the ficld now so wide that we wonder if the pickers have ever scen more than one of the men they choose. This is eading to {he setting of narrower lmits and fhe naming of All-Eastern. All-Western, All-New England, All-Little Three, All-Con- necticut-High-Schooly and All-Hart - ford-Connty-Grammar-School ens. We expect soon that ever. nlar on 4 coliege toam will claim he is a member of {he “All-(whatever college it is) eleven.” While the poorest snbstitutes can console themselves after wplection for the All-Substitute or the All-Redheaded or the All-Frecklefaced eleven of their respective schools. Two New Britain boys, Bromberz of Dartmonth and Beloin of Ford- ham, received honoralle mention, which certainly qualifies them for the All-New.Britain-Boys-at-College eleven, The All-American choices are so much alike thit we suspact most of the pickers read the first list printed. stin, it doesn’t malk: teams even or ix a poor plaver who some All-Anierican, With all these feams and so man: players making All-American, should like to call attention to ene | fact. Miss Rella Harrison, actress, has just married Ken Strong, an almost unanimous All-Ameri ction for fulllack. Which surely nounigue oceurrence. Miss Har- | we is for | Tison is the first girl 1o “make” an | | All-American, Retirement Age | Causes Much Taik | Whether or not {he in city and state legislative circles [take action to include in the city charter or ordinances a requirement that members of the police depart- |ment be retired when they attain a cwtain age, mere mention of the possibility of such a move has ed {Ongucs a-wagging in the de ment 10 a greater extent than 3 thing that has been mentioned or | suzgested with relation 10 the wear- ers of the brass butfons in some time. As might he cxpected, the qu tion of w compuisory retirement has more than on and m features, ll of which arc being touched upon in the arguments of | the men directly concerned or event- | ually to be pensioner: e made by Chairman Bannan of the board of police commissioners is to see and ju casy 1o un- d id. and he has been commend- ed on all sides for his frankness, [ even by those who do not agree with |the principle he has exoressed. The chairman believes that police- men wonld he hetter served from {he standpoint of fair p were they to Lnow upon cnfering the department that when they reached a stated they wonld be refired without ther ado. Now, if they do not « to he pensioned or if they are finan- cially unable fo take a pension, they are bound the laws of "human nowers that side ‘we, fur- e [ [ by nature to worry and fret as the years begin to take their toll. Every day, perhaps, some old timer who :has a long period of faithful service behind him, goes about his daily duty with a heart made heavy by worry, not knowing at what time of the week or month he will learn that he is to be obliged to retire. If he knew, years in advance, that the re- tirement day was in the offing just as sure as death and taxes, at least he would not be taken by surprise, a fact which should soften the blow in the event that he was obliged to dread it for one reason or another. Some of the younger policemen hesitate to express an opinion on the subject for fear of offending the older men who are directly concern- ed. Others feel that it would be well to make a provision for retirement, excluding those now in the depart. ment or at least those over the age of 50 years. Still others believe there should be no compulsory re. tirement age whatever, but consider- ation, should be given to other features of the pension system, not- ably the widows' pension, and refund of money paid in, to officers leaving the department after a stated period . of service: Talk Is Not Cheap Under Certain Conditions A group of young men stood out- ide a church yesterday and after the remains of a former associate had been carried by, discussion cen- tered on the fact that the deceased man was not known to have an cnemy, Finally one of the group arrived at a conclusion that was accepted by everyone else present: *“He never said enough to make an enemy.” Too many words have made more cnemies for men ard have blocked their progress more than any other single clement, men of experience will adm The Observer has spent much time in police courts—observing. Fre- quently, attorneys, usually the younger ones, will drive point {home, and instead of leaving it as a sparkling gem of argument, will continually burnish it off with long drawn out discussion that does noth- ing but detract from its effectiveness, and finally leaves it almost meaning- less. A man young in politics had oc- casion a few ycars ago 1o be on the | receiving end of an aftack by an- other man in public- life. Smarting under the publicity he received, he wade known his intention of ime mediately addressing a letter to the newspapers to present his dcfense and to give his opponent “what is coming to him.” When be took counsel with a man”of no less ex- perience in public life than Judge Bernard ¥, Gaffney, the veteran counsellor merely quoted fsom an ancient writer: “Wonld that mine encmy would write a book.” Satisfled that the written word cannot be altered, explained or de- tracted from after it is once put down, the youthful solon decided it best to drop his plan. N papermen of the present day have cause to be thankful to the man or men who imposed a sharp line of demarcation between the news columus and the editorial col- umns of newspapers. News columns no longer present the opinions of re- porters; they merely sct down the jacts, allowing the public to draw its own conclusions, and the edi- torial page to set forth opinions. It is believable that this division came coincident with the ending of the day when aggrieved parties shot newspaper reporters. In the annals of police court stor- ies there comes {he one coneerning 1 before the har for speeding. “Fined $25 and costs,” the judge said sharpl “That's casy; T can reach down in my vest pocket for that,” shot back the accused driver with a superior attitude, “And vou react do th i five days juil—let's meo down in your pocket and ded the judge. That is merely a. story, Justr on (o be sure, what words CONSTABULARY IN FLORIDA HOUNTED Bricg Mercy (o Travelers in Mystic Everglades N ¥la., Dec. 15 (F)—The {Canadian northwest mounted police, | with scarlet tunic, are famed in song and story, but few persons have heard of the sosthwest mounted onstabulary, also arlet clad, whose duty is that of bringing mercy to travelers in the mys fastnesscs of the Florida everglades. When the Tamiami trail was com- pleted, connecting the east and west. coasts of Ilorida and running through virgin wilderness, the ex- cellent. roadbed became a tempta- tion fo motorists to speed. As a re- sult many accidents occurred when cars got out of control. Then too, there was the man who failed to fill up the gas tank or who neglected 1o look at the oil or watch the weak tire. Barron G. Collier, New York sticet car advertising magnate, who owns practically the whole of Col- lier county and a good bit of several others in southwest ¥lorida, decided that something should be done to protect the unfortunates, so he or. gani and equipped the mounted police who patrol the road through a land once occupied only by the cminole Indian, the bear, the deer and the panther. Patrol stations were built by the Collier interests at 10 mile intervals along the road und at these stations all requirements of the motorists - can be met. In addition, patrolmen mounted on motorcycles cover the road between each emergency sta- tion once every hour, it - scale, n do. but