New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1929, Page 6

. New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY lesued Dally (Sunday Exceptedy At Herald Bidg., 67 Church treet SUBSCRIPTION RATES 00 & Year $2.00 Three Months 78c. o Month | ere4 at the Post Office at New Briwain as Second Class Mail Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Bumn 44 the Associated Pre 1s exclusively Memer of .o r Audit ot B. C Bareas Newestanc: «20d Street to remain high LINDY'S STUNTS As a st fly 1 158 by hos pr plane this poi Mexico ( He handled ing to the on his again, put t Iy all the aviation. flew upsid perpe thrilled ators with took This “atranger gue then, w to I sed wrong our Lindy? We hop colonc! Miss Mor has some with 1} and that iceecds in persuading him down now that he bilities of married life. is to take on the responsi- THE NEW YORK VICTORY FOR FIVE CENT FARES Despite the lavish employcment of legal talent, the Interborough Rapid Transit company of New York fail- ed to convince the U. 8 court that it is entitled to a seven- the subways and in Supreme cent fare upon elevated lines of the present five-cent fare. Yorkers, who regard the five-cent fare as a sacred cow of metropolitan lite. today are congratulating them- it operates, place ew selves upon having won a great vic- tory. The U. 8. Supreme Court did not decide the issue upon a basis of cconomics—although that entered { was stated that the subway cd lines are not to be uni- making purposcé—but erborough lawyers for cding along the proper s. Proper steps in the state ou not taken. The Inter- boro was 100 eager 10 ms, of ider legal conton- 1 with ne point stands but the is the ob- orough to have the nied tran: portation ppens i o be ene A o JUSTIFIED WARNING MENICAN AIRPLANES Hoover nee pati Mexican warnings cadings seem with Mexican are unable to dts- o Grande or are un- mbs at enemy poor aim as op several miles to itral territo not an act of war hips have the right has the on its ns lies frer due as bee probablc Mex Onee et an SINCLAIR GOEN TO 15t Joophole to make a fool i osed, Harry petroleum n days in ody f to the pa he goes to er questions 1 tiveness of the That For this cont« Ame he npt of the Sen- where made a ©s where he will arise each 30 and get food 90 dars will There man in good physi- prove Sin- health is nothing so a tion t as going to bed ca he morning “d on 1ough food to keep the king. The worth many experien ought to thousands of dollars to Sinelair. It should prove » him tha 1 scientific living. such as prisons, is conducive longevity. Not many ving long sente &t their oy no c gra eth courts have 1 i d million doliars in given ta s. not oft perhaps ppens, LESS TRUANCY AN . EDUCATIONAL TRIUMPH T time was a n the ing of the of the young when play from school was on popular of amusements. will remember the days when cd hookey” and perhaps mbrances of t happe rd. Nothing ns to have changed so definitely ncy among the young th Th depended upor less vigor. ho o okes to help them out when led are. Th ays that the truancy joke has been forced to ex- cise = so0 little truanc nowa lost much of its point | What has changed the outlook of |the young toward school has been | due to the more interesting methods |of imparting the rudiments of an is little left in modern methods of ‘tvar,bmg. The main thought has been to keep the subjects interesting. to a spice of play for the younger pupils, 1o put something of the na- into the studies for “They teach us | education. ery |ture of a game {the older pupils | while we play.”” many a small chap has explained to interested parents. Johnny and Mary as a reswit have o1q- ! NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929. | become eager to attend school, not | soing there with leaden feet nor as to a mill for hard work | To put play into what once baifled mind of childhood has been a | definite accomplishment of modern | pedagogy. The result is shown in the the | figures of the truancy officer, who re- ! ports a steadily decreasing total of truancy cases. These o when the figures talk |louder than { more convincing words. v are even larger school population is considered. | 1t may also be that the improved school buildings have Children have a sense of pride about | like to school them and beautiful building. The 100l buildings modern I splendid which have in this city within ent years have no mor unch adm; than pupi In rers \emselies and their parents addition to the new school en materially improv- | Each sum nts. Pupils at such buildings also arc in the pride of attendance. Let it be added that, despite what hears and reads about the mod- generation, the youngsters secm take their schooling more scrious- than many of their critics did PENSIONS FOR THE AG A GROWING MOVEMENT v added during number e states were March to the enacted old-age pension laws. These Utah Only the former is some which states were Minnesota and Wyon what of an industrial state, and tha | largely in connection with the flour But growing total of and foodstuffs industry three additions to the states which see an advantage in [this type of social a notahle achievement welfare tion compris: The American Associ- s in this cause. ation for Old Ea n curity and the ch have been rthering this legisla- Age Order of Eagles, wt foremost fu {tion. are justified at being elated at the progress now are nine tory of Alaska having old-age pension laws. Before the legislatures close their present sessions the prospects are that th 1 be still further ir has been tude it curiously toward thi The e appointed to study the mept in its atti- hun slation suggestion that a ormitte situation as summarily turned fown, as if the ot were un- worthy of st dy conelt any othe ion than that there ified minds in the ire a lot of a Legislature necticnt surely is ot so m 1§ r off so far as the cconomic condition of the masses of s concerncd as to waive propo: parties are did what do: 1t created the York. whe evenly ission to study sut backed ogent reasons for or Rooseyvelt strongly 1 and ga his position What nor Itoosevelt said on e subj necds re- ating. v point in e disc (idcas of We can e old m sway i w social social 1o long od of cor litions bring new sponsibility r be satisfied tting the itions v of sel with abandoned so principle of titutior for poor adopted method of hely b n homes, Sit made fo should | lack of a mere by-prod trial life. An a imber of aged pe ing depende © the ir own be in old age ither as a sult of Usually it is t of modern indu on should alg not b or ift or er alar y increasing rsons are becom- outside help for { bare maintena While improved medical science has increased man's span of life, the rapid pace of mod- rn industry has proportionately in- cased the nber of years du h he is an unsought employe. the worker of today on the may 100k forward to a long- than did his grandfather, he must necessarily count on a shorter period of industrial availability. No greater trage in modern tion t ged. wornout | worker who after a life of ceaseless | effort and useful productivity must look forward for his declining years 10 a poorhous:. A more modern =ocial consciousness demands a more | humane whi ht 125 Years Ago Today The 4 democrats met i caucus sino night and named Patrick Mc( for alder- man by a vote of 310 to 200 over Thomas C. Smith, J E. O'Brien of Local 166 was nominated for councilman over Michael J. Kenney, {and John J. Higging got the other | place by acclamation. George Landers wil oppose McGuire, The ssary time clapsed, the ballot hox used in the Berlin clection last fall was re opened yesterday in the town clerk’s office. Two unopened envelopes were |found in which there license votes, while it was discovered that five other license votes had been thrown out because they were en- closed with school consolidation ballots As the town went no license by only ten votes, these would have cut this to thrae. and the further discovery of 23 empty envelopes has led the license faction te apecula tions and regrets. 1.. J. Muller, local cigar manufac jturer, has closed a Meriden saloon ast necs having were | n a factor, | | the ner sees such improve- | have | legisia- L aged | #nd eficient arrangement.” | M. | by suing to collect an unpaid bill. Captain. Willam Brady of the | High echool baseball nine has the candidates practicing daily at Wal- Inut Hil park. There are a number |of candidates, but no pitcher is |available. George W. Ward has been elected | high priest of Giddings chapter No. |25, ROA. M. At the W. C. T. U. meeting yester- day afternoon reports on the annual country conventien were given by Mrs. S. H. Wood and others. The main discussion was on school sav- ings banks, which were fully treated in a paper. B. F. Gaffney has so far recov- | ercd from his recent illness that he ible to be out a short time each be enrolled in a | Principal Marcus White has re- turned for the reopening of school !and says that it is likely a new room or kindergartners will be opened in the annex. The democrats changed their minds last night and endorsed the candidacy of A. L. Thompson for {town clerk. The fire hoard met last night and | carefully went over Councilman Hal- loran's plan for reorganization, which would involve a $2,600 budget |increase. They favor having per- | manent men but do not want to re- |vert to the sub- driver plan, They prefer a perthanent chief. Send all communicetions to Fus hop Editor, care of the New Uritain Herald, and your lettes will be forwarded to New Vork. It's Safer to Follow the Lights Than the Muse! The cuffs our modern poets lack On which to write immortal lines The cops'll give 'em on the back For dreaming on past traffic signs! Made Her Sick! Romantic Ellen: “Ah, beautitul Spring is here. The crocus is coming up.” Unromantic Bob: “Well, shouldn't have eaten it!" you | | | | \Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN It's a case of true love if she quits 4 £ood job to wash dishes and say: Gimme." | Political machines in the old days re had enough, but they weren't operated by a irigger. vears of evolution, re- in a race that erects most efficient A milhon sulting at last statres of its ers In the old days debt was a dis arace. Now people wonder why the | credit man turned you down if you |aren’t in debt Ten't is many utiful strange that so . vomen got that way by 1sing parficular dope that has an appropriation for endorsements? alee to be so impor- polite without seem- the 1t must he 1ant vou can be ling a nobody. American journalist says aren’t wanted down a lot of them down there back home vays a trick in it. They | car or a phonograph on then demand cash for cords. A Americ there wan South Ru are «d sell you a credit, and | gas and dance r & happy 1 nalty heavy 1m. obviously. is a gh to scare the | criminal and enough to keep | the jury from bringing in an ac- uittal Il cannot come to | Americanism: Throwing circulars | in the waste basket; spending money for ci to fill the other fel-| on's sket. ars b A man is sure enough down if he's | ver out of excuses ery fown has one man, possess- cd of ric ot without work, cf {whom people say: “He knows more than a lawyer." T | Another good way to open the| [ pores betore a mas is to hoid | \the face 14 inches hot dish jvater | | | | The talkics aren't very annoving i10 regular movie fans ! {trained themselves to ignore gab. | above who have | | Nature takes away a faculty that {ien't_used, says the scientist. But | !you know man would have kept on | | using his tail. - | M butch- | I'm keen on horseback riding. (Now see here, you needn’t scoff!)— [ may not be an epert, But I've tried it ON and OFF? Rolling Up Dirt! Civie Worker: “Now the Com- munity Spirit is ‘All for one, and one for 2ll’ Do you know what that means?” Unrle Eben: Wi community towel at our house vears!" “'Sure, ve had a for —Zoe Leroy TO THAT DEVASTATING RED- HEAD! By Lon Marquis 1 Plunge thaded eyes adown the flam- ing past And lamp the locks that world afire:— wig that touched off Troy! Dido's pyre, Where flame was flame at last! O love that lashed Uly n What time the red-head smote the lyer! O simps that used to simmer perspire When Mary full blast! set the ) o given hack to s 1o the Siren's | g and Stuart's furnace ran | cond Wife often | say . “There’s nothing—nothing—I can do with it Just after it's been welladay! Sometimes I've thought 'twas almost wrong fo hit A woman hard to you Merely in would very washe Ah, . T mention this pensive remini " There iy a freckie just below thine ear ! lTha! might have been a theme for It must be | for ancestors who made in world and discover leo make anything clse Job cursed the day he was horn | “My friends were surprised.” he later {\rote in a testimonial, “to hear me |speak such Hebrew their mark th “And when didn't I Correct this sentence: well.” said i good resolutions 1 fget th made." i Copyright 1 ublishers Syndicate QUARTERLY REPORT FILED " BY PROBATION OFFICER E. C. Connolly Collects and Dishurses 31 for Benefit of Pro- bationers' Families. report of Probation Officer E. Connolly for the quarter ending March 21, shows that 97 men, 3 | women, 22 bovs and 5 girls were | brought over on probation from the | previous quarter and 67 men 5 wom- en, 15 boys and 1 girl were placed on probation during the qua Fifty-one men, 2 wome and 1 , 12 boys girl observed the terms and | were released, while 22 men, and 2 | girls violated the terms and were | rearrested. At the end of the quar. {ter there were 91 men, 6 women, 25 !boys and 3 girls, a total of 125 re. maining on probation, | Sixty cases were settled | court after investigation. | Wages collected and expended for the benefit of probationers' [familles totalled $3734.13. and | costs collected by the probation of- ficers totalled $1325.20. out of READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS OANDRUFF GOES WHEN ODORLESS ZEMO IS USED 1f you have dandruff, apply cool- inf, soothing Zemo to the scalp. This amazing antiseptic liquid, which is invisible and odorless, will quickly cleanse the head. It also brings re- lief from itching ‘skin, pimple and Eczema. It clears the skin, as noth- ing else can. Get a bottle of Zemo today. Keep it always on hand. All druggists, 35c, 60c and $1.00, I embarrassing to hunt |e | Shakespeare's art {A fieck of gold heart, A stain that mahes thy stainlessness |Tossed by thy tidal blood as flot- | sam here {In its warm voyage lonely part Hang Shakespeare, Sue! let freckles start! st ag lief sce optics blear out of thy golden | through every And don't rd with a | Your hait’s your one best bet. Hold | on to that | My Eighth Wife freckle notion soaked the poor girl iotion much that presently she away . - never had been very strong nor fat B These dear dead welladay had that silly in a vat of So pined | women, Sue! Ah, | astus: “Big boy, does ) membah when us hobnobbed France durin’ de wah " Rufus: “Brothuh, yo' “H'JIL\'AII,I;]Il = means us —(onstance Pane CASH AND CARRY By Sylvan Ostrand Since its inception, the Cash and arry Idea has been making rapld progress. It has made a great hit {with the politician. Almost every | politician knows that the cash is at | the Capitol, and he is perfectly will- ing to carry it home. | The churches should adopt the Cash and Carry idea. It is & crying need of the people, and would be the savious of religion. That is the |great trouble with the world today. Many go to church, but very few ®f them carry the religion home with {them. | Of course, lovers were among the first to adopt the new idea. If you have the cash you can carry me home, is the slogan of our dear little girls. The boys also are great he- lievers in the help yourself idea. Finally we come to the automo- bile. The automobile saw the po- tential possibilities of the idca, but they adopted this one: Crash and Hurry. Crash and Bury was consid- ered, but was discarded as too dan- gerous. A cop might arrive. That is a short history of the Cash and Carry ldea, and it you dont’ like the way it is written. you have my permission to carry it to the waste basket! Thoroughly Deadorized! Lewi: ‘How was the Bradley divorce suit Graham: Lewi! Graham: “They washed their dirty linen in public and then aired it in court!" «—Christopher Kelly Louise Would Not Wait! So tenderly he loved Louise! If she would but plight her troth, he said he would go forth and battle | with the cruel world, and when his fortune was made he would come and lay it at her feet. He would hustle—oh! how he would hustle, ft she would but wait! | political parties organized jof the United States? { be ratified by the State Legislatures But Louise would not. “B-but Marshall,” she said, bash- tully, “I will marry you now—and then you will have to hustle! (Copyright, 1929. Reproduction Forbidden) Questions and ¥ U Tovo T, QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive & per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests cau- not be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Q. What do the names Patricia and Mario mean? A. Patricia “noble;” Mario “great victor.” Q. How did Jersey ratify the and when? A. By vote of the state ture in March, 192 Q. Are lilies-of-the-valley grown? A Yo (Gaelic) (Latin) means | means state of New amendment, the 15th | legisla- easily | They require no special | attention, and are adapted for plant- | ing around shrubbery, porches or | shady places, where they come up every season and bring an abun. dance of beautiful flowers. Q. Will salt water freeze? A. The freczing point for sea water of average salinity, is 25.6 degrees Fahrenheit, which is also the point of maximum densi If a natural horn citizen of the United States of Italian parent- | age should go on a visit to Ital would be he sunject to the Italian | governmen | According to Halian law, emi- | gration and the assumption of a| | antiquity, especialy the Romans. | for Southern | cloudy, lested in this country for more than three years, he is no longer subject to deportation, according to a deci sion handed down March 21, 192 by Federal Juige William Bondy. Q. What 18 the meaning of the surname Beverly? A. It is an English name mean- ing beaver lea or beaver meadow. Q. When did the great fires in London, England, and Baltimore, Md., occur? A. A great fire in London, start- ed September 6, 1666, and burned four days, swceping 436 acres, de- stroying 13,200 houses, many public buildings and 90 churches, includ- ing St. Paul's cathedral. Property loss was estimated at between 8,000,- 000 and 12,000,000 pounds sterling, an enormous sum considering th: low values of that time. The great tire in Baltimore, Maryland, oc- curred February 8 and 9, 1904. The approximate loss was $60,000,000. | Q. When and how did the busi-| ness of fire insurance originate? A. Certain forms of protection | against fire losses existed even among the commercial peoples of | In ita present form fire insurance de- by wave is still as strong as yesterday in Southern New England. Showers and cooler temperatures however, reported in portions of northern New England, upper New York state, the Ohio valley and thence southwestward to Eastern Texas. The area of high pressurt over the south Atlantic states cone tinues to diminish. Two storm centers prevail in the central and western disturbance area, one near Little Rock, 29.74 inches and the other near Sait Lake City 29.56 inches. An area of high pressure attended by lower teme peratures, overspreads much of the Lake region, upper M ippi valley and the Canadian northwest, Win- nipeg 30.40 inches. Temperatures are below freezing this morning over {northern states from Lake Superior westward to eastern Washington, thence southward into Nevada and Utah. Conditions faver for this vicinity, cloudy and cooler weather, followed howers. Temperatures yesterday: High . 82 . S0 4 Atlanta Atlantic Boston Buffalo . City veloped as an adjunct to the insur- ance of marine risks. As early as 1635 efforts were made in England | to establish it apon a scparate foot- | ing, but none of these seems to| have borne fruit until after the great fire of London, in 1666. Tn| 1667 the first office for the insur- ance of buildings against fire was opened in London by Nicholas Bar- | bon. | Q. Who administered the oath of office to President Harding? A. Chief Justice White. Q. Which city in the United States has the largest Negro popu- | lation? | A Q. What is the population of th: world ? | A. The estimated population 1,748,000,000. Q. Who was the fi executed in New York? A. Mrs. Margaret Houghteling was hanged in Hudson in 1517, six weeks after indictment for killing her child. She swore her innocence, and several years later another wo- man confessed on her death-hed, that she was the murderer and not Mrs. Houghteling. Q. What are some of the theaters in the United States A. Among the largest are Roxy. New York cit ating 5 Hippodrome, New York cit Fox, Detroit, 5.043 and the haum, Philadeiphia; and the cago, Marbo and Uptown, Ch 5,000 | is | woman | ' argest Chi- ago, | | | Obsercations | On The Weather | Washington, April 9.—Forecast ew England: Partly | cooler in Connecticut to- night; Wednesday probably showers; moderate northeast winds Forec; for Eastern N Partly cloudy in north; York foreign citizenship, do not exempt Ttalian-born individuals or their | children horn abroad from perform- | ing military service in Italy | Q. By what party was George | Washinzion elected? | A. He was the unanimous choice | of the clectors, and there were no | in the tes at that time. the Constitution United S Q. Who wrote A. Gouveneur Morris acually med the Constitution, but its exe- cution was due chiefly to James Madison. who is popularly known | as the “Father Jf the Constitution.” Q. Who played opposite Leatrice Joy in “The Wedding Song A Robert Ames. Q. What is the citizenship of a Chinese born in thie country of Chinese parents? A. He is & natural horn Amer- | ican citizen. Q. Does the Jones bill have to before it can be enforced? | A. No, it is u federal law, en-| forced by the Federal prohibition agents, Q. Is an alicn seaman who de- serted his ship in the United States in 1924 subject to deportation? |ana Wedne A. 1t he has been living unmo- probably tonight extreme moderate showers in south portion ; cooler in south portion tonight; nort st winds. Conditions: over all the ecastern of the country continue same as yesterday and conditions porti about the the warm Pressure THE marriage ion. From Marniags and process of evol form of merital relationsh polygan nozam The history of the gion Bureau las HISTORY OF MARF out the coupon bel A New York city. i Chicago Cined Denver Duluth Hatteras Los Angeles Miami ..... Minneapolis ntucket Nashville New Haven New Orleans .. New York Northfield, Pittshurgh Portland, Me, Louis ashington vt W DRIVER WHO HIT POLE FINED $150 IN COURT Howard T. Sherman Pleads Guilty to Intoxication While Oper- ating Automobile. Howard T. Sherman, 64. of 614 West Main street, pleaded guiity in police court today to the charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor and was fined 1 and costs by Judge Stanley J. »ski. Prosecuting Attorney J.G. Woods nolled charges of evading re- sponsihility and reckless driving, and told Judge Traceski that so far 18 he knew, Sherman had never bheem arrested hefore. In his opinion, Sher- man's action in driving away aftee his automobile struck and knocked down a pole near the former en- trance to the Lyceum theater, did not constitnte an evasion of respon- sibility under the statute, for the reason that he did not realize what he was doing Sherman, who was arrested short- Iy before 9 o'clock yesterday morn- ing by Officer Joseph I'. Kennedy after a chase through West Main street had nothing to say and was not represented by counsel, KELLY—WILLIAMS WEDDING The marriage of Miss Mary V. Williams and John J. Kelly of 168 Clark street will take place tomor- row morning at 9 o'clock at St Mary's church. BISTORY OF MARRIAGE have the has E been nkind group marr o= == = e= = CLIP COUPON HERB— == == == o= = I HISTORY ED! York Ave Ton w Wasl S a copy of the bulletin herewith five cents in e mps for postag AT T i s b ot ‘srm;x:r AND NUMBER ceoeencss | crry I am a reader of the NEW (*Pontaine Fox. 1929, The Bell Syndicete, Ine) ¥ OF MAR 1AGE U. & and en- T and handling costs BRITAIN HERALD,