New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 6

nder if After & windy nigh the acrial is still there? It is not yet a safe time to loan anybody the family umbrella. i The West Main street entrance to | S the park is blocked during paving operations, greatly to the relief of hikers who pass that way. To note how much superior & trattic cop is to & traffic light, just | watch one. As & friend of headline writers, : we protest against the Nutmeg meth- ‘ 94 of spelling it “borough,” when ! “bore” would satisfy. Fancy whn. “Middleborough” would 100k like. 3t's “bero” all over Massachusetts and New Jersey, but New York and Connecticut stick to the longer | form. But there is no law about it. | Jt there were, all independent citl- | zens no doubt would begin spelling ' it exactly the opposite way to the one specified by the law. THE BOULEVARD EXPERIMENT . Progress is linked with experi- | fnents. The particular experiment that confronts the city, and which may lead to progress, is the boule- | vard tratifc system alon} West Main ; street, and such other streets as the police commission may designate. After six months we will be that much richer in e‘\p:rlence. Whe(hcri we will retain the system or wheth- ‘er we ure to diacaryl it depends upon | the nagure of the I:Wmnpe. As we waderstand it, cars frem the aide Streets are to come to & full stop before entering or crossing West Main street. When traffic is heavy along the boul:vard our that some of the cars on the inter- ecting rtreets will remain parked for some time. guess is | PLAYGROUNDS We stand for playgrounds and plenty of them. We stand for per- | manent playgrounds and such addi- tional playgrounds as it is possible to acquire. The Municipal Recreation Commission in ts annual report frowns upon the practice of utilizing achesl lsnds for playgrounds with the un@erstanding that the play- grounds must be given up when the | time comes to utilize the land for school purposes. Permanent grounds are mere desirable, it is stated. Which is true; but it is logical to euppose that most of the school playgrounds will no be needed (arl bulldings for many years. It will by well, of course. to look around now for land to utilize as playgrounds, 80 that when the inevitable pinch comes it cannot be said that the city. lscked foresight at a time when land was ‘emsy to acquire. Furnish- ing playgrounds for the children of the city is one of the finest of services to citizens. Nearly 140.000 utilized the eight playgrounds last year, and despite the costs of new | equipment, the city only spent $7,000. The returns on the invest- ment have been immense. More playgrounds are needed. There are no objsctions to acquiring them, The young must be served and served well. GASOLINE AND LUNCH The Standard Oil Company seems to possess no end of experience in knowing how to attain its enas. Even ‘whén there is opposition 6 tne con- struction of such & minor enterpris as a gasoline filling station within a zoned district it has learned how 1o fit its tactics to the circumstances. A brilliant example is found in th: manner 1n which it has circumvent- ed the oppesition to its plan in Franklin square. For two years its effort te construct a filling station there has been unavailing. To the aversge individual it looked as if the gaseline company was permanenily stumped. But the Standard knows its oniens. Ultimately the situation came | to the attention of the best minds in the erganisation hereadouts and they theught of ‘a scheme which for | subtiety and effectiveness commands | unstinted attention, it not -amm.| tion. If the contiguous objectors to the gasoline station insist upon not having it in the vicinity, then the land will be leased to a lunch cart an preprietor. As the locality is an in- dustrial sone there is no legal way to stop a lunch cart. “What'll you have,” in effect the 8tandard then asks the startied ob- Jectors; “Will it be the filling sta- tion or the lunch cart?” The three churches which bha been opposing the filling station still dislike the idea of a gasoline dis- pensary in the vicinity, with the noise of automobiles calling for fuel on Sundays. But they dislike the idea of a lunch cart considerably more. A lunch cart is even more un- sightly than a gasoline station, and there is a disposition to believe that the odors from a lunch cart are more distressing to sensitive nostrils than the odors from a gasoline tion. Placed in this predicament, the objectors are not hesitant in declar- ing that if one or the other is bound to come, they prefer the gasoline station. And that no doubt is what the wily Standard knew from the moment the lunch cart idea was de- vised by the big minds running the company in New England. An oil concern, we have noticed, usually gets what it wants. TRANSPORTING PUPILS One of the state’s most interesting rural problems has been under sur- vey under the gilded dome of the capital the past few days, one which possesses more than ordinary inter. est for city dwellers because of the clean-cut nature of the issue. As everyone is aware, the “little red scnoolhouse” has been disap- pearing throughout the country dis- tricts. Instead having a one- room achool serving the children from a restricted district, the ten- dency has been to construct “first class schools” in the towns, to which children for, many miles around come each day. These new- fangled town schools often are as of up-to-date as the schools in the cities. But what the brethren in the country want to know is sithply this: Who is to pay for the trans- portation? The rural argument runs that if the state educational authorities en- courage the elimination of the little two-by-four schools at the cross ro two-by-four schools at the cross | roads in favor of the larger build- ings six to ten miles distant, more Must be done Ly the state to defray the expene of transporting the pupils. over fairly long distances eats up considerable of the tax revenue of the small towns. There is the typical case of Watertown, for Representative Hungerford of that town stated that out of every dollar Watertown raises, on the achools, while out of every dollar that the state raises, 20 cents ‘is spent on schools. This he termed “unjust situation.” It was because of this feeling by the dirt road members of the House that it passed a measure for state aid In transporting school children over the adverse report of the ap- propriations committee. The teinpet of the country cousins in the Legis- lature was well displayed by the vote, which was overwhelming. True, in order to obtain support in the Senate, the $400,000 appropriation was trimmed down to $280,000; but even tie latter sum will transport considerable pupils considering it would be an addition to the present ' costs. s The support of the Senate, how- ever, failed rather ignominiously. The gentlemen connected with the state organization, and the senators from the populous countiex see no valid reason why the people in the cities should contribute more for the transportation of country pupila. Pupils in the cities furnish their own transportation, it can be argued —except that the trolley company ia prevailed upon to issue half-rate tickets for school children—and the country residents are expected to do the same. This marks the second time that ithe country legislators, who usually support the state organization rather valiantly, have been defeated by the organization when they attempted to put over something for their own benefit. The first instance was the dirt road bill, which fatled because too many country gentlemen were induced to waver. Now the school isgue, successful in the House, is downed in the Benate. If the small town representatives do not return home rather restive and with some- hing to think about they are more ractable than they ought to be. The issue was valuable to the en- tire state by bringing up an angle | of our educational system that can bear further discussion for probable action two years hence. RAILINGS ON VERANDAS It is distressing indeed to read every so often all about how a child has falen of a tenement veranda and dropped two or three stories to the sidewalk. To those who love children—and who possibly can fail to do so—the shock incident to learning of such an occurrence pene- trates to the marrows, The latest happening of this na- ture fortunately seems to have re- sulted in ne permanent injuries to the child. How a child can fall from the third story to the sidewalk with- instance, ! 70 cents is spent | out being serlously injured or Lilled in itself is a miracle, which appar- ently sometimes happen. The bullding department has sent out 150 notices 0 veranda repairs that are needed, and this is good work. It has not been possible to in- spect all of them throughout the city, hewever, and it is to be hoped that the work progreases swiftly and thoroughly. It is also to be hoped that when notices of needed repairs and improvements are made, that the authorities diligently see to it that they are carried out. Yet why should it be necessary for the bullding department or the city to act in matters that it should be self-evident require constant atten- tion? Why should any property own- €r be willing to possess a tenement that is not absolutely safe in this respect? A building that is danger- ous to adults is rare; and adults usually recognize such dangers and avoid them. A building that posses- sees a veranda with a railing that is unsafe for childhood is doubly dangerous to human life in that children lack the prudence to protect themselves against harm while at play. Let every veranda be made safe for childhood. And let there be no delay about it. SOONER OR LATER It is no secret that there is an un- ending feud between the state Re- publican organization and State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of Hart- {ford county. Having weathered the attempt which came through the governor's proposal of some time ugo that the state’s attorneys be brought under the jurisdiction of the attorney genecal—an effort that seems to have been dropped because of the coldness with which it was received on capitol hill—along comes (an effort that has made a bid to be more successful. The House this week passed a bill that would give the state board of finance and con- trol jurisdiction over the salaries of state’s attorneys and their assistants, of prosecuting attorneys and their assistants in the courts of common pleas. Although this bill applies to all state’s attorneys and to all prose. {cutors, no one is in the dark as to which particular state’s attorney | would first feel the brunt of the bill (1t passed into law. The Waterbury Republican comes Iforward with the statement that the state board of finance and contrel is a political body, and as such oughh 'not to have control over such sal- aries. Such control, it avers, would | be tantamount power to force an official who does !not play marbles with the political machine to resign. If it be true thet the state board of finance and control is funda- mentally a political machine then the contention of the Waterbury edi- tor is correct. Nobody in connection | with the state machine would be | willing to admit the state finance !board is primarily a political ma- ‘(hlne, however. When it was formed |the idea was to make it a super- tinancial machine rather than a po- !litical machlne; its object was to “cut down expenses” and ‘save the state $3,000,000.” It has saved the state some money, and in that re- spect its record undeubtedly powses- #es good political talking points for the organization which sponsored it. ‘As its name would imply, the state board of finance and control wishes {to control everything in sight hav- ing a bearing upon the state's fi- nances. Manifestly the salaries of officials come under this category; anyway, that is the way the thing 'is reasoned out in Hartford. Sooner or later the state political organization will shear the wool from the lambs and the hide from the bulls. If there is a fight between the Republican organization and |certain officlals the safest way to gamblz would be to pla one's money on the organization. The only 'way to change the outlook would be gw elect the rival political organiza- tion in the state; and as Senator Pcasley, majority leader, stated the oher day, there is no such possibili- !ty in sight. This is primarily due to the fact that the critics and editors I\‘.ho lambast the state political ma- jchine between elections invariably ihelp it during the campaign. If the multitude of critics would remember what they criticized about when the election campaign starts perhaps the !state machine would not “overplay ,its hand” so frequently. The time to \change the deck is during an elec- tion campaign, not between elec- {tionl. CIVILIZED NEW HAVEN Somchow we had always thought that the civil administration in New | Haven was a little less than civilized. How we got this notion we do not ! know. Perhaps it has been due to the belief, inculcated early, that if 'it were not for Yale, the city of New !Haven would be nothing much te boast about, even for those who in | that event would censent to reside In the town. Or perhaps it is the way ,the city has maltreated its harbor and made it a place to be avoided by 1all posscssors of a good sense of smell that has inculcated our sup- position about New Haven. Gladly are we inclined to hedge a little along the premise. It is learned |!rcam no less an authority than the to possessing the | New Haven Register that the eity last year built feur shelters for trol- ley patrons aleng the amall park aleng Broadway. Now there is & meve on foot to construct mere ef them, It New Haven is & city where trol. ley shelters can be bullt by the city, it is not so ‘far gone as we had thought. It may even be superior in some respects to Waterbury. But if New Haven is & city where trolley shelters atay put after they are erected it isin a class quite by itself. Or perhaps the small boys whe ruin trolley shelters elsewhere are kept busy preparing for Yale and have no opportunity to ruin these evidences of civic righteougness and progress. We don't know; we only stand 'aghast. HURRAH FOR NUTMEGGIA! The following fulsome appreval of things roadwise as they are done in Connecticut reached our observing eyes through the media of the Middletown Press: There s ample testimony in all directions to the effect that the Connecticut aystem of highway cen- struction and maintenance is the Dbest in the United States. Attend any of the national conventions of those engaged in highway bullding, main- tenance or supervision and, if you are from this steady, well governed commonwealth you will feel & awell- ing pride as the true merit of Con- necticut, in this direction, is recog- nized, Until something better is de- ' vised—and this state is more likely | to find it out first than any other— | why change? There is no successful answer to this. Only one reasonable objection to this can be offered: Why not include the world, instead of merely the United States? Can it be that any other nation has a state, 1 province, la department, a section, or & what not that can surpass Connecticut? We don’t know, but we refuse to be- lieve it. Facts and Fancies Another good reducing slogan, ir ! you are a boarder: “Don't reach.” Simile for today: As superier as the one sober man feels at a druni party. Another need of the times is a| Junior model lawn nower with a steering wheel instead of handles. | The best example of human futil- ity is an old bachelor with his hllr‘ :uombed over his bald spot. Il Lloyd George: A Welshman who iseems great because he is always about to pull a rabbit out of the hat. | Yet the wise man and the foo! function in the same wi in the presence of one who says: “You aie |50 wonderful.” i There are two kinds of yom!‘ {lawyers: those who will prosper, and {those who dream of swaying juries. ' You can tell the rich In a small | town. They dress much like the poor. 1 i but they have only one dog. Eve always knew when Adam was | tired. He began with the words: “It | jit hadn't been for you.” 1 | ¢y, Americanism: An Uneasy feeling ‘ that Government is crooked; & phil- | osophical refiection that it docm'tl matter much so long as your busi- ness is good. Never yet have the people scorned a good, wise and just law. And now the magnates will dis- cover stary by hearing them coo: “The line is bizvy " The worst thing about an orator p is that he gets the habit and orates when you are his only listener. Precedence at dinner isn't s0 im- portant. But it would be nice if you were important enough te butt in ahead of the line at the ticket win- dow. The three unattainable goals of man suggested by spring in his three periods of life: A certain maiden's heart; a certain old trout; ‘par. The idea of Ccrolina textile work- ers ctriking in these prosperous times. They get an average wage of $15.46, and wild blackberries are free. The ¢zar of the movies asks for divorce on the ground of incompat. ibllity. It isn’t easy to be compatible with a csar. Correct this sentence: “And what's more,” said the son-in-law, “if the oid hen gives me any more lip, I'll tell her to get out.” Copyright 1929, Publishers Syndicate Observations On The Weather Washington, May 4.—Forecast for ®outhern New FEngland: Mostly fair Saturday and Sunday; little change in temperature. Forecast for Eastern New York: Mostly fair Saturday and Sunday; |slowly rising temperature Saturday in south portion. = Conditions: The storm that was |central over western New York Thursday night is ,now advancing |northward over Ontario and western Quebec with diminishing intensity. Pressure is high over the Hudson Straits region, | There will be considerable cloudi- ness over the Washington forecast | district during the next two days. The temperature will rise slowly Baturday ever much ef the distri and it will not change materially during Sunday. Making 5 Clean Swesp! Why not pack in meth balls teo Spring celds, agents, rhubard stew,’ Everything that gets our geats Along with winter evercoats! Booster Better Babies! Advertising Manager: “We've got a new baby at eur house.” Friend: ¢ you got & name fo it yet? Advertising Manage! nothing! We want & slogan —Mrs, C. W. Douney “Nam Sclence “Boulevard Strects” Werthy of Fair Trial New Britain motorists are about te take anether course in their edu- cation. ’ Certain streets on which trafic is heavy will be designated “beule- vards” and drivers turning into those streets will be required to bring their cars to a complete step before preceeding farther. During the experimental period complaints will be heard, no doubt, frem many sources. This world Is lled with people who are unwilling to try anything new. If their lfe streams are diverted ever ao little from the course which they have bloeks. It is recalled that veciferous denunciation followed the installa- —THE OBSERVER-. Makes Random Obssrvations - (hlbe(!blpnltl People been awakened from sceing the lights en deserted, thought his comrades responded to what he thought the fire bell, and he lost no time reaching the apparatus floor. " on Stage Actors Ranks Casting for the legit shows of Broadway, dramatic and musical, is weekly becoming more ditficult than predicted. Raids made by the talk- ers upon the best stage talent is rapidly narrowing down the es- tablished field of the legit. A producer with six scripts in view for next season is said to have THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY |pursued thelr walls can be heard for | temporarily abandoned his plana the past week, not seeing an available list of choice players for the roles An Italian scientist says he solves tion of one-way trafic around Cen- |Of the first two. The musical com- the most complicated problems whils | tral park in the hesrt of the city. [¢dY end is fast going toward the eating. If a man can unravel spaghetti he should be able to solve anything! |nowled until they were hoarse. But |9 Stage show are blamed, despite ° e Quite a few citisens sneered covertly t the regulatiens while others it s difficult to believe that even these who protested most vigorously “Lambs,” save the writer of &0 |would care to return to conditions article on hepherd's work, connected in on meadows.' He says nothing about mint! . . Politics A Congressional candidate de- [pecause they have contributed to |®0Urce of stage supply fast moving clares that an election contest pro-|gatety and have reduced the hazard the | which vides more excitement than most attractive sensational drama. And he may find it even mOre thoge who use them and require a difficult to get a 1 . Scandal “Was Shakespeare a speculator?” asks the writer of an article o Bard. Anyway, it can't be denied that his works contain a large numbsr of stock quotationa! L Fact A clown attacked by a lion at s |§9ne With the hoopskirt era bnckl circus sustained no personal injury but had all his clothes torn off. It would seem that the craze for the “comic strip” is spreading to the animal world! ‘Wife Did 1t! First Ball Player: “Boy, you sure was rotten yesterday.” Second Player: “I know it." First Ball Player: * “You thrown out four times.” Becond Player: 1 got home!" were —Thomas Scott ’ A Well-Trainod Child! EXERCISE! By Frances Merriam Mr. Amos Portly strongly resents the charge that men who attend baseball games are paying eighteen athletes to tuke their exercise for them. Mr, Portly, who is an ardent nsf that he names no proxies for his daily dozen. He states he leaves the office and rides out to the bail game soon after luncheon. Even if the cars were not crowded, he would be sure to stand up after eating. He makes it even more strenuous by taking seats and siving them up to ladies as often as they stand directly in front of him and give him dirty looks. At the gate, he stands in then jogs easily to his seat. Don’t think for a minute he lolis i~ that seat. He favors a tense Position on the edge of it, ne gets that excited. Then he s always doing & knee- bend exercise, up and down, up and down, especially after the first half of the seventh inning. He does not negiect deep breathing but draws air into his lungs and exhales it loudly in the form of criticism of the umpire or somo members of the visiting team. His fingers get & good workout, for he keeps the cemplete box score. He clamps snd unclamps his jaws en a cigat. And yeu should see the way he stamps his feet! . < Perhaps the best exercise of all are the peanut calesthenics. Mr. Portly invariably consumes & bag er %0 of peanuts during & game, as de the fans behind him. That exercise he performs practically “by the numbers:” 1. Brush from head and rhoulders peanut shells seattered by those behind. 2. Shell and eat pea- nuts. 3. Scatter shredded shells on heads and shoulders of those in front. And repeat. In spite of all his exertions, how- ever, Mr. Portly has neticed reluct- antly that his girth is steadily in- creasing. That has led him to ex- press the conviction that exercise at his time of life is ne use! line; Professional Question? ‘Whiteman: “Rufe, you should have seen that new man in that opening baseball game. He played 2 slashing game, cut off two men at stab I ever saw.” Man, what kind ob razor was dat boy usin’?" —C. E. Mayer Detinition Average Man—The fellow who can “Five. Once after' mind with 8pring |way edict when no man' tand buttercups and daisy-strewn | fenders were safe. he | censtul in this city. ‘cslmetlct. along with exposure to ro | prior to the enforcement of the one. | KNOWn as “the Broadway group” of neck or “Boulevard streets” have been experimented with in other cem. wunities. After a trial period they have been adopted with enthusiasm lurki every intersection. They make for quicker travel for greater degrse of caution from others coming out of communicating thoroughfares. There is no reason to suppose that they will not be suc- Deep Tan Com) Now Popular With Women Shades of Belshazsar, the day of the lily white skin seems to have to oblivien. ‘The Observer had ecca. sion recently to glance through a fashion magazine, not through cu- riosity but for lack of sometthing riore interesting to do. The lady on the cover smiled at him from a countenance of deep tan, the color | acquired by a season’s .lolling in | the bright sunlight. As he glanced through the pages he was more than surprised to find that the artists had given not one but all of the ladies the same sunburnt complexion. Even the little children were not free. They too looked like citizens of In- dia all dressed up in American clothing. “The artist must have had a surplus of brown ink on hand and used it up thusly,” thought ye Ob- server. But on further perusal, he discovered an article which cleared Jp whatever doubts he may have had on the subject. The article di- vulged the secret of the tan com- plexions. ‘The new tan complexion is quite | 2 fad among the ladies. Not 8o much | in the North as yet. ‘because it is supposed to resemble s close as possible, that hue which formerly could be attained only by much ex- jposure to the sunlight. There are on the market now creams and 1powders which give te the skin the much desired coating of tan. These the sun for a certain length of time, bring about the results the artists have pictured in the magasines. Of {course the neckline is bound to show when milady dons her gsheer or backless gowns for winter functions ‘Lut Dame Fashion has taken care of this matter also. 8he has decreed | heme and made the greatest one-. that the neckline be cut very low |in back and seme of the bathing suits have no backs to speak of. What a picnic ground for the sand- fiies and mosquitoes. The Observer cannet help remem- ber the days when the ladies covered up as much of the My white epi- dermis as possible so that the cruel sun's rays could not put in their work of burning and tanning. And if. perchance, milady's complexion did become tanned through expo- sure, she spent considerable time and expense on hleaches and creams to bring back that schoolgirl ap-: pearance. How the ladies do change with the years. Miss 1929 spends time and money for something which Miss 1899 sought to lose. And |nioney for admission, they expect ‘o same situation. Broadway producers of cach type the talkers’ demands. The stage drama producers have held unre- lentingly for years to what has been legits lcads and actors. Seldom was & new face permitted to break in. No new talent meantime has been developed for the drama. With the sudden inroads of the Hollywood casters, the legit men find their westward, It is claimed that if the legit plays proceed to production for next season, their producers will have to draw upon the hinterland, mostly from those who have played in atock companies, for complete casts, S8im- ilarly, musical comedy producers may have to take chances upon un- knowns, : One of the talking picture offices in New York, which has centracted for & large number of actors so far, says it will more than double the present consignment before July 1, retaining all, Another report is that the de- mand for the legit actors has grown %0 acute on the coast studios that their casters east are accepting peo- ple upon recommendation of experi- enced agents, allowing the tests to do the rest. That is unprecedented in talker engagements, Sound and Sound Clash At Theater Entertainments Now we know why they are called sound pictures. The truth dawned on us the other evening while attending a show in a lccal theater. Seated in the row be. hind was a group which included two women. Then ensued a battle to see whether they could make more noise than the sound apparatus. While the hero was being taken to Sing Bing. or some other prison, the women proceeded to discuss other things, occasionally comment. ing aloud on what was transpiring on the screen. The result was some- thing like this; The Warden: “My boy, you are not as tough as you think you are. See (ho:c two fellows just leaving A Woman: “I think it's so silly to run down to the island just for the week-end . . " The Warden: “We're going to give you a chance to prove that you are a man. You gangsters think . . . A Woman: “Why, there are no maids there and we'd have so much work . ol _The Warden: “After you been with us for a while . . A Woman: “And the expense would hardly be worth it .,."” Later, during the showing of the picture, the writer was informed of what Mra. Soandso had for bridge favors, and a thousand of other trifiing items that didn’t interest him but which he could not avold hear- ing. If people like t6 make speeches in public places they should hire halls for the purpose. The majority of theater addicts like their entertain- ment undlluted with conversation in the audience. Having paid their have be allowed to enjoy the show in peace. Good mapners demand that consideration be shown for others. Dut this leaon, it seems, never will be learned by & few who consider themselves npt bound to respect the 850 the Obmerver's time was not wasted after all, for he learned has been kept a dark secret. Fireman Was On Way To Save Somebody’s Child Reveral of the popular radio pro- grams have adopted distinguishing intreductories and closings. Some open and close with a selection par- |gram. One. broadcast from one of with & series of notes heavy chimes. took place at fire headquarters sev- something which previous 10 now |near them. ticularly applicable to the products |liberty to slip oft when they think l«f the concern sponsoring the pro- [they are not being watched. the several New York studios, closes | Commissioner Propossd played on | For State Trade Schools justifiable desires of persons sitting All too often the offense of talk- ing aloud during the presentation of theater programs is committed by women whose appearance leads to the bellet that they have had the advantages of having been reared in cultured circles. Perhaps their cul- tire is & cloak which they feel st are trying to learn the The bill now before the educaf committee of the assembly for the establishment of & e, department to control and trade achools. It is probable its enactment into law will be opposed by those close to the of education. ¥, by a mireci should pass, the writer suggests Mr. Trinder be designated comm sioner of this department. PP THKES MARY 00T AFLVVERING Aod Sbe Gots 2 Thril s Wl wabg ¢ (Contributed) ' Dear Andy: i 1 woulda called for you last night to keep our talkie date only I flivvering with a regular Mlar'a! stead. Rather than have you peevid because 1 didn’t even let you be'm rear-seat driver I'll explain hew come. The lad I went joy riding with was my Pop. Pop had attend- éd a “Be a Pal to your G&I" lective and was for putting it into practise, Most Daddies would be a pal to their gl it they could stand the pace sad most gals would gladly have them for pals only it cramps their atyle (1 mean the gal's.) i Anyway I'd just fixed a tire which was in more need of fresh wir than & Pullman when Pop surprises me by asking it he can drive the gas wagon. 'This pleases me 30 I tells him ho's welcome providing he doesn't handie it so's we'll take up aviation every time we hits & bump or does sub- marine work into the ypholstery when we lands. Pop laughs saying he can munipulate anything from a hair brush (bow-well I know) to & locomotive, proving it by running oft the driveway into our lawn, over the neighbor's, and missing a tree Ly the length ot & safety pin. The first mile I'm ready to cal) it a day as the bus wasn't any easier fo control than & frightened nag full of wild oats on a down hill grade, with Pop taking corners the same way'a star boarder does the ‘favorite rgck- ing chair, and the .right-of-way 'us though he had a couple of mort- gages on it. “Listen, Pop,” I says, grabbing the back of the sest so I wouldn't be among those missing as the bus straddles a gutter in passe ing a truck on the wrong side, “an- other off-side pass like tha and Mom will be tip-toeing down -the quiet ward to see if her meal tickes, not to rpention the fair daughter, is atill in the unconsciaus state or back in the regular daze.” e “The only time you never handed me advice on running & buggy.” grins Pop, passing a stop-signal as though it wasn't made yet ot was something set up in the other alley, “was back in the days, when I wheeled you in one.” Seeing we wasn't being paged by a whistle from a cop’s vest pocket saxophons . I breathes easy again like 2 ship's skipper on reaching-the out going 13 mile limit, without loging a corke screw, saying, “Yeah, but I'll bet T made you jam on the brakes every time I kicked off the blanket or dropped a rattle.” Just then a poodle (one of those pet purps that wouldn't ‘be white even if you left it in soak for 3 day») whose only exercise wag, in getting chased by an alley cat or - belug pushed outa some flapper's lap as she reaches for another chocolate, does a loop-the-loop off the curh. Pop proves he ain't. so dumb by stepping on the brake instead of the &8s, stopping so suddenly that my noble cranium raised a lump to fit the dent it made in the dashboard. I snaps outa the daze in time to see.the animsted mop shake the heavy beard from his map so's he could tell whether he was coming or going and disappear under ihe flivver, We tries to get him out from un. der but all we got was solled clothes and a crowd with Pop saying he never saw such a mess since his army days when the cooks dished out 3 of 'em every 80 often. A store keeper finaily comes to the rescue With 2 broom and succeeds in chas- ing the purp outa his free parking space. The only wear and tear was on the poodie's nerves but that didn‘t interfere with his speed as he sl loped down the street through an open deor of a barber shop where I'm hoping he was “next” on a hair- cut or at least & shave as he cer- tainly necedod one, MARY ANN. It the general assembly receives This leads up to an incident which | and passes on a bill now before the education committee to diverce the eral days ago. Some of the firemen |state trade school system from con- had retired while others were listen- ing to a broadcast in the recrea- t room downstairs. The conce: ‘was brought to a close and the radio gong rang out in the usual fashion. At once there was a thump of two feet in the dormitory. a shuffling noise for a minute, and a few sec- onds later the shininz brass pole conveyed a fireman to the apparatus floor. He glanced about for a mo- ment through half-shut eyes, caught the hearty laugh of his associates and then sheepishly made his way upstairs and back to bed. He had guide his car past trucks, pedes- trians, highway, obstructions, street cars, traffic officers, signal lights, etc., without becoming disconcerted by the wagging windshield wiper di- rectly before his eyes, and who miss- es a ten-inch putt because his oppon- jent takes a practice swing behind his back! Lost Out! Warner: “Hew did Jim happen to ;los» out with Miss Robbins?" Betty: “Poor spelling.” Warner: “Nonsense.” Betty: “Fact. Her name was ‘Sue’ and the first time he wrote her he spelled it ‘Zoo.' " P —Frances Shonk trol by the state beard of education, it will have accomplished a task to ‘which many thoughtful citizens have devoted serious attention. Under present conditions the state trade scheols suffer from dictation by the state board which is com- posed for the greater part of persons who lean teward the academic. Their minds being academic minds, they probably have difficulty getting down to brass tacks and realising the great needs of the trade achool aystem. Otherwise they would not have stood meekly by and watehed the state commissioner of education dismiss Frederick J. Trinder last winter from the pest of director of state trade schoels. Mr. Trinder had devoted the greater part of his life to the Connecticut field. He was qualified more than any other individual to appreciate the needs of the system. Through daily contact with teachers and pupils he knew first hand what should be done to improve conditions. But without warning he was discharged from office because, it is suspected, his opinions did net run parallel with those of the cemmissioner. If he wanted 1o be a “yes” man he would have retained his positien. But he preferred to guide his course by his knowledge of conditions and by his interest in the boys and girls whe the Saut-market o' Glasgow one Sat- urday night. Heads had been erack- ed and the local police had heen hard put to it to quell the dis- turbance. On Monday morning the culprita were haled before the Bailie and fined in differsnt sums up to a pound and thirty shillings. The last to appear before his lopdship was the ring-leader, a big powerful nav- vy named Jock McGraw. “They tell me.” said the Magistrate sternly, “that it took sevem police- men to lock you up on Saturday night!” - “‘Maybe, yer honour, maybe,” ad- would be quite enough to let me out this mernin’, sir!" Sven a Scottish Bailie can appre. ciate a good point, well-taken, ana Jock got off ne worse than friends. Plasny (auslee his . ! ’