New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1929, Page 6

ue e u“ “u«. o Month st New Britain o M Metter. o2 Becoad Clam wpen te aduertisers. reom dlweys the Aseciated Press The A-mn Press is eaclusively on titled to the wes for re-publication of | Al mows credited te it er not otherwise credited {n this paper and aleo lucal uews published thereis. Borees of tiwrs @ith 3 ot cireulation. Our circulation statistice are haged wpom this audit. This |llll'. pro- Sesinst trend ia pewepape figures to both ‘Ill.lll al advertimre * Ragare: Grand Contral, Btreet. B ————— “ Il llld that U. 8. Clhmet mak- crs can earn $20 a day; and just now all of them are helping Hoover. 1t is getting clearer every day that cigirettes cure everything but cigar- etth smoking. An optimist is somebody- who be- | lieves no liquor will ever be tran: ported ever the bridge between De- troit_and Canada. An official of the geological survex announces that he followed a Jack | rabpit in an automobile for a mile, | and that the jack rabbit covered the | distance at the rate of 35 miles an hour. Perhaps the anintal really was a deer and was going so fast it looked like a rabbit. W. “will be full) satisfied with the | Hoover cabinet s long as it _ia not advertised to contain the- nnllonlr master minds. In spite of all the road maps, wall maps and other Kinds of maps that | enlighten ‘those who = roll on tires, how s it that® whenever a drive wants te find the.way to a town he hasn't been In'for a yéar he must pester somebedy who_is in a hurry | to get somewhere else? PASSING THE CRUISER BILL As-has been its custon for a 1o} the Senate did not support the suggestion of ' President Coolidge that ¢ timo limit he not inclnded in the donstructfon of 15 cruisers’ and | passcd the bilt with that ‘proviso n- tact, Now, it is:indicatéd from the White House, thére il b¢ no veto becayse of this failure to-carry out lho policy of \tlo chlef executive, Yet: that remaina to, "be ‘sern; prior | reports trom “suthorifative sources™ regarding the. Presdont's attitade may be in error. : Tals measure.. which authorizes | the. construction af 15, 14,000-ton cruisers and an airplame caerier at | a fotal cost of $214.000,000; speci- bettering the previous record by mere than half an hour. Thirty min- utes may not look like much—but to | 160 miles. - Even 0. the trip was not as fast as 1t had been anticipated. for! before noon Had the' weather been better would have succeeded i his ambi- tion. | The science of aviation need not {advance balf as rapidly within the next decade as it has done in the| [ast 10 bring the fiving time from | coant to coast to ten hours. We may | never hope to make the trip that | fast, but thire will be plenty of dar- {ing souls who will do it. yesterday. ENGINEERING PROJECTS UNDER HOOVER 1t is scarcely surprising to learn that President-elect Hoover has {more than practicing | White House on March 4. By profes- ]uon an engincer, he doubtiess be |lieves there remains much construc: non work to be ' country—intand | control, clectric power development. tirrigation and so on. Although these fwill cost millions—if not more than a billion—of dollars, they ultimate- done in this waterways, lly add to the natienal wealth and' l“‘e nation's prosperity. 1f they are | worth doing. why wait? If this is to be the Hoover watchword his ad- | ministration is likely to be {vast constructive achievements. | In addition, there is the St. |rence waterway and the Nicaraguan canal. These probably will appeal to Law- his engineering mind. There has been | ia plethora of talk about the need for these achievements and much | disagreement as to ways and micans. | such ultimately | brings back two: and regardless of {wheéther this consistently cventuates, [Mr. Hoover must share the beli {of his colleagues. Certaln it is that at few times in | {the history of the nation have there |been so many “projects” under con- lsideration. The Voulder Dam plan, alrcady disposed of so far as Con- {The cngincering profession as a an improvement ";m. is concerned and awaiting a | | unification of purpose between the | I seven states involved, will be the first to gain a start. Muscle 8hoals must | stin be permanently settled, after the | presidentiat pocket veto. Comes also {the Columbia river project in the | Northwest and. the Umatillo project | in the same region—two which are | receiving the unstinted approval of |that entire scction of the nation. New ingland, secms 1o e the only di Ision of the country without a pet If economy means a refusal to Lengage in “constructive enterprises’ then Mr. Hoover will have none of 1 outlays that might be needed, | Mr. Hoover will adopt it. Taxpayers ‘e\'erywhert will join in paying for |the kind ef construction Mr. Hoov- | er belteves in; be grumbling it is undeniable, in| an pond, it is impossible to main- er than some ulmcluu work, the |tain this station as we would like t0 |fim industry woull have. little to. Famous Actress: *“Bah! T get more than that from my ex-hus- bands!" an airplane it means approximately | he doubtiess cconomy in | {mind after he takes his seat in the | flood | one of | whole belicves that a dollar spent in Lproject for the government to finish. | = it. If ecopomy means “constructive | ‘nro-wrlly." regardless of the initlal | then | (have it maintained.” We are glad Mr. Bennett wrote this letter because it brings up a subject that does mnot reflect much ! credit upon that portion of the pub- | other shelte for the trolley shelters, or rs | that are comstructed \enience of the public. The same expericnce was had at {the shelter house at Sunset Rock. This, erstwhile an attractive bullding, | finally has been ruined by marauders of various sorts. 1t remains but a shell of itsclf, and were it not for the | fact that the walls are of stone per- hups these also long ago would have disappeared. It is to be hoped that the state, when it constructs a new | shelter, will be able to guard it or | construct it of such material that i( “defics the onslaughts of the unthink- | ing. The shelters along a trolley line is that result of demolishing public the company and private il\di\'iduull wary wubout reconstructing | such property. The natural conclu- sion is that if the public thinks so litle of such conveniences that it 'can do without. That attitude un- | fortunately is somewhat evident. The | become larger portion of the public which would not think of smashing private ing about 99 per cent of the people —is inconvenienced by the actions of the one per cent, W ENGLAND the booster spirit has ine | undated New England, and when even Secretary ses 1o tell a Boston audience that of Commerce Whiting the situation for this tier of states | {vemaing “hopeful;” when certain | New England states have put on ad- vertising and es have followed suit; INew England reams of publicity campaigns, certain Council sends out bout the pros- possibilitics of this charmed section of the land—in |addition to all this along comes Dr. |Jutius Klein, n( foreign and domestic commerce, nd wants 10 know why New Eng land doesn't raise its own wool. pects and That makes us pucker an cycbrow. needs no . agricultural expert to Ansonia Sentinel's It agree with the farm expert when he penned the fol- lowing comment upon Dr. suggestion: | | raising country. Wool raising here | was profitable when the market at. | tractions werc not nearly as great s now. There is proof that we can | raise good grades, e here. Except for our long winters | which require barn feeding, New | | England is well located sing. It has dapted for tilling. but well adapted for shecp grazing. Pr. Kl |say it, but we need sheep to keep down the growing bushes on thou- !sands of untilled New England res., Finally, here in New England |are the greatest woolen mills of the country. Here. right at hand, is the narket for the wool. What shall | make the farmers of New England 1sce this? nd though therc may | | Sounds like a revived industry s con- | when the | Klein's | New England is historically a wool | n fancy grades, | for sheep | much territory not | n does not | fear regardieas of the court decisions. |COWROYS AND THE FRESIDENT | The President of the United States s the only man in the country whe Hawks expected to reach New York lic which makes kindling wood of ¢an make the secretary of state and {other high government officials cool their heela on a railroad station |platform while he finishes watching ,a western movie thriller set up in a | Pullman car. This happened when ithe President arrived from the South in Union station, Washington. The picture was not over so the | President remained in his seat until !the last cowboy rode home on his trusty pony. Which lets all of us understand that President Coolidge allows no | movie critics to influence his tastes. | He knows what he likes in the flick- {ering drama and cowboys, Indfans | land a daring rescue or two suit his taste exactly. 1f the movie sophistl- v(e’ demand drawing room acenca !and subtleties let them have it; the | President takes his movie drama in {the rough. | Perhaps he also torics or mystery tal Facts and Fancies | The new cabinet will be interest- ing, if only as a revelation of Mr. Hoover's standard of perfection. | reads detective property in this manner—compris- | The doctors say any swelling may |become a cancer, but you secldom seec a cancer above the ears. Yet getting a divorce in six months for want of love is like cut. ting corn in thrce weeks because 1t isn't ripe. The Bal in new guise, but recent history in: dicates there’s no more salvation in democracy than there is in an army (o marry him for his money seldom has over $75.000 — which fsn't cnough to justify marrying a fels low like that. director of the bureau | The hand -that rocks the eradle doesn't show any nicotine stain: ' Alienists aren't ‘necessary in: the |south. The jury can sec the fellow's | skin is_black. Churches report & new interest in {their work, so the recent shake- {down in Wall street did some gopd. Preparcdness will provent war, | they say. You've noticed ~Thpw | peaceable gangs are since they got machine guns. Americanism: A hick town, with six homicides annually among 25.- 000 population, feeling shocked be- cause Chicago has three to each 25,000 Next time poison - gas will get back to the generals and states- men, and then it will be too wicked to use, With $24,000,000 at his disposal. a president could pay dry Agents well and meet every raisc of the tion Army will' live on | The chap who thinks girls. want —Otto Hanfeldt (Copyright, 1929, Reproduction Forbidden) Fidltar. care of the New Rritaln Herald, and yowr letter will be furwarded to’ New Vork. Don't You Agree? Those terrible pets who months ago Sang out “But it isn't the heat, you koow! | If only we'd chocked the life out of them then We wouldn’'t hear “Cold enough for you again! Interested! . { Excited Passenger (in London | subway): “Conductor, I've lost ten pounds:” Fat American Tourist: you mind tell me what system you | use?" . THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE ' By Walter J. Goldsmith (Scene: Hall in King Arthur's| g wus John Adams sworn villa. All the knights seated abou! |.q vice president before Washington the Itound Table. It is the butler's | \us inaugurated as president? '_’"\"'"-":' 80 Queen Guinevere is| 4 1, 1759 there was difficulty in gy | getting the machinery of the new Ring Asthur:. Well. :o\orngmvnt under. the: Canstiinion goes it g | to operate. Th® House of Repre- A Knight (parking™ his tankard), | (0 BFEE L e & quorum ‘Pretty fair. T suppose you have | ,.ij March 30th, the scnate none heard what happened to lLancelot™ |, gprit 6th. A day or two be- King Arthur: “No, T didn't. Speak. | rore George Washington's arrival in | (anpelnt ; | New York, John Adams fook the Lancelot. “It was this way. While! o1, ag vice president. The inau- { T mounted on ny dappled palfrey | pypuion of the president was d #nd jogging down the road to Cam- | vog o few days after Washington lan, T'chanced acroms a heautons | iia) hecause Ong. MWane maiden wandering along the high |, .omplete. On April 30th he took ‘”IV‘ oath, @ 18 the cardinal alled red bird? A, Ye and the name red bird Just six i QI.I'.b‘l'IOhb ANSWERED You can get an answer (o any question of fact or information by writing 1o the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps “Would | for reply. Medical, 1egal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- isonal reply. sot be answeicd. All letters are con- fidential.— Editor. fellers, how Indeed ** er on the quest for | a chivalrous exploit I reined my nag | to; a balt, dismounted. and had # |is aiso applied to the summer ta chat with the young lady. Sire. &he | cop or summer redbird. was yttired entirely in golden mail." It helunali King Arthur: “In golden mail? Rt Tell ns more.” . tow long can he s Lancelot (modestly): losing his Americ: zenship? sight of hér wandering Two rs, if registered at nyv tourhed . my heart. Such beauty! rest American consulz Those cyes, that lips! 1 threw her| . Wehat is the value across.my saddle and now she's Up | States dime dated 1 stairs In the guest reem.” A. 10 to 20 cen King Arthur: “Such gallantry | (. Who ix prov shall ‘be rewarded. None of my|of the Republic of Lcuador’ i knights shall perform worthy ‘deeds | was he elected ? without ‘reward. The irl was in| A, Dr, Isidro Ayora, who was golden mail, you say?" | elected provisional president of Lancelot: “Attired from head 10 constituent | faet, - Bire. 3 1928 by a vote of | King Arthur: “You shall have, Q. Who is directing your reward .directly. Guine | the motion picture of negro life? | (His wife steps up. to the fable.) G A, King Vidor. | ut Info the: kitchen and get a ean- | Q. Who is the leading won opener. Glve it to our brave Lance- the motion picture eefwin lot!" . other prominent parts b Ameri native countr: v there without there alane of a United When By Harry W. Markoe leoting |1t must be terrible to he The king of maa they call a “I | A man who'd ratier fight than | And doern’t have to cook his m Ta whom a mitlion women cling; | Who's not afraid of anything; Whose * breadth and brawn strength and sizo Demind continual® exercise: Who rises every day at five | Andl feels it's ‘good to be alive. and she pl n-the-Cloud n did Portugal cnter the world war A Portugal de: a4 war Germany November 22, 1914, and| Q. What is the address of | Guggenheim Fund for the tion of Aviation? A. 598 Madison York City. Q. _Tn what year did Montzomery t appear in on avenue, New Personall, T prefer To be a guy who hates to stir; Who couldn’t get upon a horse With pulleys, ladder, threats force; Who hasu't brains enough to care About the foulness of the air, And doesn’t know. that oxygen Is breathed by all red-blooded men or Wi h.n cities besi 1ve bheen. the capitals of the *d States? w York 1789-90; Philadel- December 6, 1790 to May 14, ‘Washington, since October Q. ton Un phia, 1800; i Unsigned requests can- | in sometimes | the | the | Promo- | third now hanging in the beltry. The ringing of the latter one has been broadcast. Q. What is the negro- and the Indian population of the United States? & ‘The negro population is 10,463,131 and the Indian popula- tion is 350,940, Q. How many freight cars, pas- menger cars and steam locomotives were there in use in tite United States in 19287 A.. There were 2,287,735 freight| cars in service December 1, 1928, 49 passenger cars October | The number of steam | locomotives in service on November |1, was 59,371 Q. Is there a quota for Mexican immigrants to the United States? A. No. but they are subject ‘to {the usual immigration restrictions, i regarding health and financial re- | sponsibility. Q. Is Aquila a masculine or feminine name? A. It is-a man’s name from the Latin and means “an eagte”. Q. Which state has the negro population? A. Georgia, where according to the |last census there were 1,206.365 negroes. Mississippi has the largest proportion of negroes to whites, the | percentage being 52.2 negroes, Q. llow wide is the Amazon river? A. Between one and two miles where it enters Brazil, and gradually increasing in breadth, to a width of 50 miles at its main mouth; where it enters the sea the di across it, from headland to land, is fully 150 miles. Q. What was the date of the an Francisco earthqquake and fire? A, April 18, 1906, largest ance head- Observations On The Weather I'eb. 6.—Torecast for Southern New ILngland: Cloudy vith rain or snow tonight and ho not so cold in western husetts tonight; fresh north- winds possibly increasing Washington, ‘orecast for Bastern New York: Cloudy with snow or rain tonight land possibly on the coast Thursday morning; not so cold tonight in cast_central portion; fresh northeast winds, Conditions: Pressure decreased in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and temperatures have moderated in | the north Atlantic states. This con- brought unsettled weather Arcas of high e prevail over the east Gulf cola, Florida, 28.72 and over the far southwest, Utah, 2 inches. area of high pressure over the northern Plains states is increasing | Tt cansed a sharp drop ' in intensit in temperature Rocky mountains. fall of Just ast of the Denver reported Conditions favor for this vicinity unsettled weather with light snow or rain. Temperatures yesterda High Low | Atlanta . 34 32 Atlantic Toston ity 26 and | | 44 degrees from a maxi- | mum of 44 to zero this morning. Nantucket . New Haven . New Orleans |New York .. Norfolk, Va. | Northfield, Vt. Pittsburgh Portland, Me. St. Louis .. Washington . | |Boy Coaster Injured { By Running Into Auto | Zigmund Nowak. of 162 Grov. |street, was painfully injured abont the face and arms about 6:15 st e¢vening while sliding -from the {driveway in his yard into the street. Charles R. Bryant of 139 Gold street was driving past the house ) a southerly direction and seeing the child on the sled, he applied his brakes. His car skidded to the left {and the right wheel struck the sled and broke it. Reporting the accident to Ser. geant T. J. Feeney, Bryant said h was driving at the approximate rate of 20 miles an hour and did all he could to avoid striking the bay. The latter ran away and Bryant was un. able to Jocate him foryseveral min. utes. His mother told Bryant she would have the boy attended by a physician, Explosion Kills Bride At Close of Honeymoon New York, Keb. 6 —Returning last night to their home in Queens after a wedding trip to California, Mrs. Jessie Van Wickner, 33, was Killed and her hushand, Whitney Van Wickner, 40, was injured by an explosion of illuminating gas. Van Wickner said¢ the explosion occurred when they attempted to light the kitchen range. Both wero buried under wreckage. Van Wick- ner was thrown about ten feet but was not seriously nurt. | 1 MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT The police were notified today of |the return of the right to operate to Vieto Baraezliero of 91 Cherry street’ and Thomas Bartlett of 16 Willow street; return of the licenses of Abraham Baghon of 355 Arch street; suspension of the licenses of Frank Koval, alias Kovalski, of 67 Sexton street; Henry Weiner of 63 Willow street, and Morris Freedman of 17 Hapkins street or 17 Dewey strect, 36| Washington five hundred piled from the these names, an interesting showing the rank in pum ulletin: r family name mean and how did your family get ft? has taken from the directorles of 5l history of how bers of the prin: os and an alphahetically ar igin_and meaning. Fill out the coupon below and send = = == == == =(CLIP COUPON HERE= == == = == {theory as well as in fact. that what possible. But how is it, with all our bootleggers. 1 Builds tip one part of the country re- | worsted plants in New England, so 1800, Q. Has the ringing of "Che wide world over, east and west, fies that construction work on a!l the : And sprouts_in hair upon the ches g 'ORY EDITOR, Washington Bureau, New Britain Herald, cruisers shall be stafted within thiee Liberty l Iy New York Avenue, Was D. C. years st the rate, /9t five cruisérs. a year. Opposition to “the ~bill ‘com- pised only a few len;ton_. fqu Re- publicans having the President against the time clause. This i8 the first action ef the Sen- | ate after ratifying- the multilateral | pact for. the renunciation of war as 2 national policy., Criticism is sure to follow, as it has generated ever since | the cruiser bill was under conmder- ation. But the Scnate itself nugified | the application of the Kellogg pact by specifying that wars of defense were still permitted: and of course. cvery government is quick to claim its: war i one In deferise of some- | thing, if only in defense of morality. The object of the cruiser building is to put the navy upon parity, nearly so. with Great Britain. Th total of battleships being strictly ci cumscribed under the Washington treaty, the attention of the naval powers is concentrated upon the less expensive cruisers; although in fight- ing power there has been such a vast advance made in this class °f ships that experts say they quite equal the : buttleships of a decade or 5o ago. Although there ‘may be divided sentiment throughout the nation re- garding the wisdom of engaging in the largest cruiser-building program for & decade, there can be little doubt that the preponderating senti ment is L0 look after the interests of the navy in better fashion than he tofore. “Freedom of the s which was referred to in a provision | of the navy bill-as passed by the Senate, 18 merely @ phrase if the na- tion has 1o appreciable flec the phrase into an actuality. to turn OVERLAND IN 18 HOURS The fastest trains between New York and Chicago nsed fo take 18 hours for the trip. That was before the time was changed to 20 honrs in order to relieve the strain and in- sure & greater of the trains arriving on time. Yet Captain Irank suided his airplanc Angeles to Tioose:cit probability M. Hawks from field, Tos New, hardihood 'to | remain true to the priociples f the | or | bounds ta the prosperity of all ,olher parts, ! 60 YEARS OF LEARNING {in New York the other day. If col- into money he would have been one of the richest men alive. Dr. Kemp yspent 60 years in the | following degrees: D. LLM., * LLB. PhD, E E. E. Mech. E. Phar. !three ae grees of 1. obtaining AM, M Chem. When a youn, him $2 ter an uncle left 00 4 year muined in school in school the Kemp remained remainder of his life 'and died at the uge of 78 with the l-carned title of bring the petual student” of Columbia Univer- sity. His main worry toward the end of his remarkable career was that there might be nothing left for him to learn, no more degrees to get, and he would losc his annual stipend un- der the uncle’s will. The returns scholastic for such prodigious endeavor iy termed by the New York World. learning for its own sake™ is “slender” Yet if et a ied on reuson Dr. Kemp was glowing achicvement, example of mental inner satistaction and ideal living. 1his mental endowmenty 1o begin with perbaps were average: but he proved to the world. at least what 60 years of university training can do for a man. 1 he attained the reductio ad absurdum least showed how it could by PLACING THE BLAME R. 3 sencral manager of the New Haven Writes Benne Connecticut company, of Conn ‘1 have read your cditoriul en- titled “Trolley Shelters” These are apparently two sheitirs on the Plainville line, one at White Oak, which was erected hy this com- pany and onc at White's, which was erceted by other parties. The one at White Oak we hay maintain but on rough element nulsances in the station and other- wise damage the building 11 am informed that count of the shich commit and 18 long as he re- | assistant endeavored to W also skaters tear | many men's clothing shops in Bos- :Ion. our metropoli ‘nw»u the lines that no gentleman William Cullen Bryant Kemp dicd would wear any other kind but the | yost of its fac cal thing direct from London? Per- lege degrees per se could be turned Impi we have often thought. some | lof the !magnates American wool and worsted of New ngland sclves wear English woolens | = SORING TH How high a decision of the courts | CF of Pennsylvania stands in the estima- |tion of other states we do not know. Once upon a time, years ago, Penn- sylvania |the subjects of ridicule. dons frequently were Times may have changed, and today we find the Supreme court of that state | has decided that the state board of censors has the right to censor the | talking portions of a “talkie as the film scenes proper. That this decision, the censors of the state, reely to be | will create confusion is s doubted. advertise the | { genuine imported article, hinting be- | them- | as well | @ if enforced by | Flying won't lessen traffic an- |noyances. When the one in front holds out a hand, you'll have two more chances to guess wrong. ° Who every manly art abhors, And moulders in the Great Indoors. Although a man like that disgraces | His brothers of the Open Space Although his chest is bald and flat, There's is something underncath the hat Of-such a man-—a kind of demon™ “That lets him boss ten thousand he- | men, | Who gallop grandly o'er the plains 0. 0. Mclntyre says Paris is like | And bring him home their hard- Cacsar's wife—all things to all men. earned gains. | And wasn't it $t. Paul who had to | Men like that, it will be found, |be above suspicion? Generally make the world *round— Make it bright and right and merry, While he-men let their chest grow hai And though they're strong. Iy all radio announcers &re ! They live as healthy twice as long! | they say. Well, a man | | with an affectionate voice like that | couldn’t fail if he really tried. | You can tell a civilized countrs. tories are making | things to please the ladies. | 17 a marriage without love is evil. why isn't one evil when love ends ! &80 | A d [ You see. parking wrong is a worse |crime than speeding because a ked ear is casier to get at with | a summons. i anything but Corrcet this sentence: “I'm 8 | happy.” said the flapper daughter, | because mother has given me two of her old dresses.” | | | | | (Copyright 1929, Publishers’ | Syndicate). Dialog in a film is a continuity, and | | to eliminate phrases and sentences is a far more intricate process i when the films were fruly siles.. The same difficult sents itself in the problem pre- case of censoring film scenes which are accompanied Ly canned music which is a part of the film. Tn the two chief method: ly used. one is to have dixks operated in the and the rear other has a contrivance that runs along with the film. For censors to make cuts in a film means to not al- of happy results. 4 break in the music provocative Film interests have been dreading a court decision such as that in 17 generally applied in ist Pennsylan tes wh censors e inter- is likely, © boards of censors seem to to what minable troubls < 1o tw not g 1 states having ) into a film presentatin. it said in such consors the ohicet is to pro the name of public ould cifare. Now, if take their with this polit} the ecnsors only dutics in conformity York, in 18 hours, 21 minutes, "N-']board: off to make fires at White |Cal 1dval and fail to work any hard- the screen, | especially | should or should | 1ddition that in the | main solitical jobs in | ©d on the old trotting ting street, Plainville was burned with its cont together. It 3. Newton. The nts was destroyed al was owned by Frank The loss was $500. New Britain High school bas- | thall team took pleasure reater oday afternoon in administering tronncing to the term of the Hart.] ford High school. The final sco was 22 to 18. ' Although the city clection is but {2 matter of weeks away the polit cal pot is as cool as the proverbial | cucumber and none of the posstble hooms have heen started. Mr. Cur- tis has not announced himself as a candidate for mayor and so far as ix Luown not intimated that he Adegirous of the nomination, Therd ix some talk of a dark horse to op- pose Mavor Rassctt, who is certa‘n 10 be renominated. Japan has severed diplomatic te- lations with Russia and war ¢ npears to be imminent. The city of Battimore lies in ashes {as the resutt of a destructive, fire which swept the business sectibn today with u lo:s of $200.000.060. New Dritain - has presented its e and it ix now up to Congress- nan Fenry to securc the new post office. | Lonesome Ann: sumpin’ BIG "ud lifet” come Parlor Conversation! Herbert: “Doesn’t ‘the though {that life isn’t worth living come to you in your darker ments " Evelyn: “Well, not if the fellow 18 doing the petting!” —Dore mo righ Reich No Bargain? Dr. Pearson: Famous Act port me in th accustomed Dr. Tearson: “Well, 1 1420,000 a year from my X . dear.” an yon wean gel -rays.” “Oh dear! 1 wish into my ever sup- s to which 1 am 1l ever been broadeast ? i Bell cracked on July —exactly s after it | pealed forth the glad tidings of in- 4 dependence—while tolling for | funeral of Cheif Justice Mars} | who died in Philadelphia two d before. Three bells have hung in { Tndependence hall. First “0Old {Liberty” which cracked and | has ever since been silent; the ond bell which was removed to | rmantown Town hall in 1877; the | the | conts in coin, or loose, uncancelle postage and handling costs: STREET AND NUMBER | crr¥ | | | t! t 'l ' The Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang ington, DR Te =TTy ey treeesssserce STATH T am a reader of the New Britain Horald. |1 want a copy of the bulletin BURNAMES and encloss herewith five d, U. 8. postage etamps, te cever —— e —— —p—r THE TERRIBLE TEMPERED MR BAN& WAS PRETTY smz -THE FIRST TIME ABE PoTTER WENT ouT AND LEFT THE WAITING ROOM DPooR opeEN , BUT WHEN HE DID