New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1929, Page 6

ew Britain Heral sesed Patty (Gundas Buceptedy TR Bieg. 1 Chered Sree —— SURSORIPTION RATED 000 & Tear & i wlt » Meath — the Post Ofice ot New Briate et o Cam Mall Watter. Amesieted Prese % e Siciwiely o8 for re-publicstica ef T e T ey eredited 1n this papar and 0iee loce sews published therein. Woresn ot Clreslation The A& I-.(.:-‘nh ationa) ergauization whieh foratshes mewepaiers d Wrictly honest tisgre with 8 A eale datly tn_New Newste: The Worsid to on o Nen Additional veting districts are al- lowed—possibly in preparedness for the time Al Smith runs again. Query: Does the ceed when severe storms prevail? air mail pro- One never reads of the abandonment | of air mail flights due to inclement | weather, but that doesn't prove any- thing. The gentlemen operating the air mail may merely keep such aban- | doncd trips from becoming lvwd for the press wires. In Middletown an order has been iseued that the streets must be kept free from litter. Does that include parked automobiles? Or is there to, be less litter in order to provide more room for the parked automo- biles? The other day we read where Mr. Soandso’s faverite tunes would be played over the air. That is our idea of nothing to get excited about, es- pecially when it was a matter of common knowledge that Mr. Soand- %0 never claimed to be a musical connoisseur. Maybe he didn't know about the favorite tunes being play- | ed, or maybe he merely let the broadcasting magnates go through with the scheme for the sake of pub- licity; or maybe he was paid to have a few favorite tunes to be played in that manner. The long suffering pub- lic 18 not given credit for knowing much by some of the gentlemen who are fn a position to put over what they happen to think about, Here is what a railroad man says: “Traveling by automobile used to be regarded as a luxury. Now, with qrowded 10ads and the inevitable tir- ed feeling at the end of a long motor journey, it is an ordeal. Traveling by train has become the luxury.” Which may be true enough in spots; but it depends upon where onc happens to be going. SPELL PFICUL In winning the spelling match ) Teresa Chiaravallotti defeated a fleld of as brillignt youthful aspirants as ever assembled in this city to de- cide an intellectual championship. Ahe won the contest through a com- hination of ability, keen-wit. repose, restraint and those other subtle qualities that nullify the effects of severe strain—mentally tionally. Words were missed by the youth- ful spellers last night which would | have been mastered under ordinary circumstances. But being on a plat- form in front of a large audience, and in possession of the knowledge that the lcast slip means disaster, are not ordinary circumstances. Qualities of mind and tempera- ment of a high order are necessary 10 be the victor over such an ordeal. Many a good speller fails under such | circumstances, privacy of the might “know whereas in the home he or she every word in the spelling book.” Many of those who were bowled over Ty really could pell were not howled over by the words but by the demon of scl{-consciousness which under- mined their ability to think quickly and accurately Simple, reaxonable rules govern- od the contest. They were part of it The first mistake that some of the contestants made was not to pay The rules were enough attention contest began when the read. not when tlhe to the rules, spelling began. One simple rule hrought d at least one that when the spelling of 4 word le- ster to contestant—the rule gan the spelling must not be started all over again. Any other system naturally would lead to disputes. But there was no rule against spellers waiting & few moments until their thoughts were sufficienily collected to proceed without hesitation was no limit at all. in fact time elapsing before a liegan enunciating the let was a test that repose and confidence before utter- ing the fateful letters. These part of the contest. Without them a There 1o the contestant rs. Here included restraint, were contestant could not win. The cight hoys made a better | called the Smoot-Hawley bill, and emo- | words they ! showing than usual. On the basis of the number of girl entrants the chances were more than two te ene that one of the girls would win the championship. Beys are not as dili- gent students as girls; of a more ad- processes are not as a rule concen trated so much upen books. The average boy dislikes spelling, bellev- ing he can pick it up as he goes along rather than expending valuable energy in trying to learn the words at one clip. The girls, toe, are more developed i the trend toward maturity than the boys. Considering all these things, one is inclined to feel that the boys did better than previous expectations warranted. Occasionally a boy wins such a championship, but not oflen. The boys are more inclined to tn.~k that when they grow up they wii dictate the letters and let the stenographers worry about the spelling. The spelling contest, we are pleas- ed to note, created city wide . wter- est. It unquestionably stimulated a better knowledge of the intricacies of the English language among the youth of the city, To win the scholar- ship is well worth while, Miss Chigra- { vallotti will never forget her trip to Washington and it assuredly will prove to be a landmark in her life, | The congratulations of all the others will go with her. | e 1: JOKING WITH THE TARIFF The administration tariff bill is { one of those peculiar excrescences of human nature that bob up on occa- !sion to plague the thoughtful and upset the equilibrium of the com- ! placent. 1t was Mr. Hoover who during the {campaign lauded the American | home. The new tariff bill does more; !it attempts to throw a briek through the window. Things going into the home, lum- | ber, shingles, bricks, cement, foods and sugar, are loaded up with more tariff—and inevitably higher prices. Cotton goods, woolen goods, and 5o on, get the uplift. The higher rates proposed for sugar complete the de- termined assault upon the Ameris can home. The farmer, of course, is fooled once more. Rates are raised on stuff !supposed to compete with his pro- | ducts—except that he exports a ma- jority of the products “protected,” rather than suffering from imports. Buch protection he receives is more than balanced by the higher prices exacted for what he buys for his home and in his business. Canada gets a resounding whack: and probably will reciprocate in | kind, injuring those who do business with our best foreign customer. Ar- gentina, wooed into lovely good will | by the recent Hoover trip to South America, finds itself treated as a commercial enemy; and Argentina, 1100, will know what te do about it. he bill does not please the West and it does not please the East. It | pleases the wool growers, of course, of whom Senator Smoot is the lead- ing champion; and it pleases the beet growern, of which he likewise ia {a champion. The bill, by the way. s Mr. Hawley being the from Oregon who got shingles and [Tumber well treated. | Of doubtrul utility is the plan to change the ‘Tariff Commission. Tt gives the President power to appoint !ing the Tariff Commission up to ita collective ears in politics | Opposition s in the offing. The tariff bill as it is written is destined to have a stormy ! passage through Congress WITH THE AID OF DEMOCRATS Political observers throughout the I’r‘llAl" are discussing one of the recent developmenis in the Legislature with {fers, of course, to the manner in which the Democratic senators in | the upper house came to the aid of organization in the drive of the small towns 1o procure a large slice of money from the state for education- al purposes. The state aid education- al bill went through the House with flying colors. larzely through the de- termination of tie country House members to “get somecthing” despite | the ohjections of the state Republi- can organization. Tn the Senate, how- bill the the sundry ever, the went aid on rocks f Demo- through of scnators who suw no good in Now the R sking publican country centlemen ave how is it that the Democrats, who continuaily com- plain of lacking support in the rural dis of the said rural districts in the out- of failed to come 1o the aid standing «ffort Republican organization wrists 1t is likely ¢ Republican the session to smack the upon th hat the aid tendered by Democratic senators will not readily be forgotten tors from th the organization Democratic sen citics, o but it course, voted on principle happened that they heiped the Republican organi- zation out of a most 4 ssing po- litical situation me time, The efiect will be that the country the future as in the past. hat the way te Ation is through districts will vo th ¢ usnally have done They will conclude ‘,.'m-m the orzan venturous disposition, their mental representative | and, remove the members of the com- ' mission at will, This would be plac- | | more than usual interest. This re- | the Republican ticket and not through an alliance with the city Democrats. Being human they will take to ne other conclusion. The Demaocratic senators who there on the Al 8mith wave, how- ever, tell the world they voted ex- ctly in accerdance with principle .lfld justice—two things that do not always win votes. A WEST END FIRE STATION It now being proposed to erect a west end fire station in Barnesdale. | the question naturally arises, just | {how much of an addition \"ill that be to the fire protectivfl n that 'uther large expanse of the city | known as the west énd? Suppose the fire station is erect. ed at Barnesdale, And then a fire starts .at the Lincoln achool, or in that neighborhood. Would the Barnesdale fire equipment be ex- | pected to take the most direct route to the scene eof the blaze—which would be the Wooster-Steele street route—or would it be expected tn take the alternate route through Weat Main street, Corbin avenue, and thence to Steele street? Facts and Fancies Recipe for making a great man: First writs your headlines. Demosthenes held pebbles in his mouth to improve his erstory, Luekies not being available at that time, You can’t destroy u class gystem in a land where everybody hepes to belong to the upper class next year. Mexico will find prohibition an economy. It should take only four officers to arrest a sober American. Every town has at least one prom- inent citizen wha learned to clean his nails after the town grew up around him and made him rich. And yet any other town weuld seem just as narrow-minded if it c:ught you doing the same thing. Why pity the farmer? There are appropriations to fight the pests that treuble him. but the eity must fight ite own. One reasen why criminals defy government auccessfully s because they do their utmost. Americanism: A frenzied affection This is not an argument against the Barnesdale site. It is not an argument fer or against any site, so {1ong as the firehouse is modern and posseases efficient apparatus. Tt can be construed, however, as an argu- ment for a highway sufciently med. ern to enable fire equipment to pass (over it. The Waeoster-Steele street highway, leading from Barnesdale to the vicinity of Slsele street, {s de- cidedly not such a highway. It is a dirt road of the most impassable nature during part of the year. It the fire station is constructed in Barnesdale, the next move—if not a | |simultaneous undertaking—should be the improvement of the Wooster- Steele street highway. At present ](m- street passes through what amounts te acreage, which brings up the problem whether the wark eught to be done. But just as the post of- fice department refuses to deliver mail along streets not possessing adequate sidewalks, so the city should sce to it, when conatructing fire houscs, that all the logical routes for the fire equipment are in reasen. able condition for fast travel when the emergency arises. FACING BOTH WAYS One point about the Savin Rock state-allowed gambling law needs a little emphasis. Here the state, in permitting legalized gambling for one town which is not allowed in the other 168 towns, has turned abeut !face on its previous attitude regard- ing race track gambling. | 1t was comparatively early in the | session when a bill was brought up | to permit betting on horse races un- | der one of the systems prevailing in | | Maryland, Kentucky and perhaps a | few other states. A gargantuan hue | nd cry went up, the burden of | which was that it would plaes the | state In league with the gambling | fraternity. | At Savin Rock, however, the same | ,condition prevalls and the state is . most thoroughly in leagie with it. Some are fish and some are foul. THE DEBENTURE VOTE { It is being taken for granted that |the Senate vote on the debenture | principle of the farm rellet plan will | be close. Bome observers claim it may | Win by a few votes. Of those said to favor the plan, twelve are Republi- |can. The first major difference be- tween the President and the Senate | is at hand. Should the Senate vote | 1o retain the debenture clause of the | farm bill, and should it be retained | lin the bill which eventually will come _before the Preaident for his signa- ' (ture, it is likely that the McNary. | Haugen fiasco will be repeated all | |over again. The President, it is said, | cannot do otherwice than veto such a | 3 | subsidy. The spectacle will be amazing. Here is a Congress ostensibly calied to provide farm relicf. and— i Well, maybe the debenture thing ' will not get through, i ?25 Years Ago Today —_ i The Liquor Dealers' association Id a meeting vestarday and there | 13 some plain falk against the em- | oyment of spofters. It is said that ¢ spolters are even watching drug- | orchestral concert will be | given hy the New Britain Genera) | liospital on Tussday for the purpore ! raising funds for heds, Various rumors have bheen going about town concerning the deaths of two well-known people. It is said jthat they died from the “spotted™ ifever. This was net verified by the health depariment. C‘omplaints were made today con- {ecrning the poor conditions existing {in front of the Monroe street school. | One man said that the achool front i\'u- A diegrace to the town and the i neighborhood | Dr. E. B. Lyon's team caused von- {siderable excitement on Main sireat | when his horse ran away and dash- ied down Chureh stre Although the strects were crowded. no one was hurt. A meeting of the selectmen will be held in 1he near future to act on the achool board's request for an ap- propriation of $6.600 te school at Osgood Hill. | erect a Well. i he that exaiteth not him- "Chicago .. | Nortnfiela, fpitation will vaniah, | munn'e Gas T for the player who is lucky; a bittey scorn for him when he mimes & hard chance. He isn't a true radical unless he thinks you an enemy when you sug- gest being reasonable. If only the dry agent had a sense of duty in his head instead of his trigger finger. o) &l communicotioms to Fun Mop Kditwe, care of the New Writain flerald, and guus leltes will he forwarded o New Vork, fipeeding Up Production Ag incubators hatch out chicks Why can’t some really wise guy fix A fun-cubator for us, Folks, Te hatch out Jokes and Jokes; and Jokes! No Rotarian! Dr. Ruggles: “You should brush your teeth with a rotary moli'e_l o Patient: “I can't, I'm a Kiwan- VERY SINCERELY. By C. T. London I had a little tale to tell. In sixty thousand words I told it. And then I had a tale to sell (I haven't sold it). A publisher T nceded now And so to Smithwick Jones brought it. He simply could not tell me how Sublime ne thought it! Indeed he found the book divine But yet alas! he must refuse it. *Twas not exactly in his line; He couldn't use it. “But try McTigue and Clark,” he said} “It's just the handle. sort of thing they Einstein {an't the first. Many an ancient prophet got by because no- body could prove he was wrong. Radio: A racket in the corner while the familv reads or plays cards in complete detachment. 8till, the Leviathan is dry half of the time—and that's pretty good, considering the length of time she’ away from heme. English voters think Lloyd George will provide a job for everybody. A similar faith has elected presidents in this country. An English woman paid $10,000 to sllence a witneas. If the accused over here has that much money, the wit- neases don't matter. Father's Day will soon be here, and the old dear should be given thanks and affection and—er—a vear's subscription to this publica- tion. Correct th isn't yellow doesn’t enjoy supporting team.” Copyright, 1929, Publishers Syndicate Obseroations On The Weather Wa “Our town “It just a losing ington, May 8.—fair to- night; Thursday increasing cloudi ness; probably shewers Thursday | night and in Connecticut Thursday afterneon; continued cool, possibly light frost inlexposed places tonight; diminishing northwest and west winds, becoming easterly Thursday. Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair tonight; probably light frost in exposed places in interior; Thursday increasing cloudiness; probably showers Thursday afterneen in south portion; continued cool; di- minishing northwest, shifting to northeast and east winds. Conditions: The ridge of high pressure overspreads the Atlantic es, the Lake region and the Plains states with center of 30.42 inches over Ohio and 30.53 at 8heridan, Wyoming. Frosts were reported over the upper Ohio valley, Michigan and the extreme upper Misxissippi valley and temperatures below freezing were | reported from the Dakotas, Wyom- ! ing and Montana. A disturbance in the far south- west s central near Santa Fe, N. 29.90 inches but its influence hi vanced to Missouri and Arl where thunder showers occurred during the night. Conditions faver .ar this vicinity fair and continued cold. Temperatures yesterday: Atlanta P Atlantic City . Roston Ruffalo Cincinna openings. Better go right in o the head; His pame is Crandall. I walked right In en Bill, who fook A glance at pages two and fifty, Opining atter one brief look The book was nifty. And just the thing that John Cassatt. Was looking for. Sure, Crandall knew him. Tell him that Crandall sent me — that would get me to him. Gentlemen, for each helping hand With this reward may 1 present you? Go to my friend the Devil and Tell him T aent you!. “Dey calls me Mercury — ‘cause sometimes I'se hot aw’ sometimes don't know what his initials were!” —Henry M. Toock ) Another Version Ireland must be heaven because | my wife isn't there! Only an Amateur! “My little boy can't tell Mother boasted to her visitor. Reeing her son's thoughtful pression, she added, “Can you dear?” “Not as good as you can,” was the reply. a lie,” ex- —Mrs. George W. Dick HOW TO BE PROFESSIONAL Au Actress' Advice By B. 8. When the phone rings announce languidly, preferably in darkey dia- lect, “Miss C—'s apartment.” Then, “This is her maid. I'll see it she's Cultivate a %tritic and attend the Usher at cvery benefit. Denver Duluth Hattaras T.os Angeles . Miami . 50 Pittaburgh Portland. Me. Washington No More Gas In Stomach and Bowels a8 38 4 " of gan in somach mann'e Gas Tablets, which D especially for stomach gas and sll the a4 effccta resulting fiom gew pressure. That empty, gnawing fasling at t Pit of the stomach will disappear: that anxious. nervous feeling with Leart pa and vou will a le alle io take a deep breath without discomfort That drowey. sleepy feeli ner will hs replaced hy a tertaiument. Bloating will cease.’ Your limba., arms and fingers will no longer feel <old and “go 1o sleep” because Banl- nd bowel after din- or e ot the genuine. in the yellow package, at any ocd drug more. Price $1 Always on hand at « 17 shall he exa'ted, the future is | yrosy for Mr. Gann. CITY DRUG Co. {every agent's office. This is o vish te be permanenily relieved | Send photographs to vvery icv\_'t-!r\' store. (The correct size for silver frames.) Have a photo on the of very bed—prefer- town, wall easy if chummily ably “Te the nest agent in | With undying love. Never be seen without |cach indiyudal contestant {words—worda ;equally disconcerting idiosyncrasics one of them gets meney enough to —David Hartley There's a Reasom! T go with a beautiful girl. I've been going with her for a long time new. I gn here. there and every- whera with her. I'm geing to keep on going with her. When a fellow §oes places with a girl, there must be a reason. When 1 go with this girl there's a reason. I go with her because I couldn’t trust her to go alone! Hereditary Trait! Jennings: “Our baby certainly has a mania for matches.” Mrs. Jennings: “Well, he comes by it honestly, Look at yourself. Jennings: “Me Mrs. Jennings: “Yes, you always liked bright lights!” —Janet Desser (Copyright, 1929, Reproduction ¥orbidden) COMMUNICATED Remarks On the Spelling Bee Fditor Herald: 1 beg your permission to submit a few remarks in the nature of criti- cism upon ths eonditions prevaling at the spelling contest which was held last (Tuesday) evening in the auditorium of the Central Junior High school building. As an inter- ested auditer occupying a seat on the main floor well toward the front and to the left of the dais, I was unahle to hear more than one-half of the words pronounced by Mr. Slade and a considerably lesser proportion of them as spelled by the contest- ants. . This statement is not jneant te re- flect upon Jr. Slade's enunciation— though I believe that gentleman could have spoken more loudly without too much effort—nor upen that of the contestants themselves, who can readily be forgiven if, ar- rayed conspicuously before & large and presumably critical gathering of strangers they failed to respond as clearly and as confidently as they weuld have done in the familiar sur- roundings of their respective school- vooms. Rather is my reproach di- rected against an audience many members of which scemed to look upon the contest as a sort of light entertainment instead of a serious business preposition. Indeed, its seriousness to the contestants can hardly be exaggerated: I was one of them myself forty-odd years ago, and T know. The applause as cach row of the contestants sat down was as out of | place in that gathering ‘as it would be at the end of each clause in the minister's Sunday morning sermon; the extra burst of acclamation as was ro- tired must have been, to say the least, disheartening to the already humiliated misspeller, who might— and probably did—censtrue it as an expression of joy at his discomfit- ure; and its continuance after the judges, through Mr. Slade, "ad 23ked to have it omitted was nothing short of disrespectful to those au- gust personages. I do not think the sponsors of the contest chose too wisely in selecting the list of words to be spelield. There were too many “obvious” the pronouncemsant of which is practically equivalent to spelling them—and too few in which the puzzling and entirely irre- sponsible, “ie” versus “ei” and other are present. There were too many “contractions” (one would have been too mary); combination words in which a misplaced apostrophe spelled disaster to the contestant. There were too many words having misleadingly similar pronunciations | but totally different meanings. To illustrate: The young lady whom I had picked for the winner | went down early in the contest be- cause she spelled “passed” p-a-s-t; obviously a misunderstanding, not a mistake. And she had been spelling with a sure. unhesitating confidence that betokened easy familiarity with the words hat had hitherto fallen to her lot. Likewise, the girl who, upon being given the word ‘“ar- | rangement,” was retired for spelling | (correctly) the much more unusual and difficult word “arraignment.” Surely this is carrying technicality to absurdity. (Right here let me ax- sure you, Mr. Editor, that there is no personal bias in my remarks. I script under your arm. (V' | Get discounts at drug and depart- ment stores. Also at modistes (apt to be a little unreasonable). Always send wires to friends® | openings. You may only get returns {from a tenth of these on your own, but your name looks well on the | wan. Of course go hack stage. 1If the manager's singular inabili- ty to spot talent forces you into an involuntary retirement, imply that you've just returned from Europe. (They won' know the difference anyway.) When the manager prances on top of his mahogany desk demon- strating the part you might play. keep a masklike expression and nod understandingly. If you must come down in salary (and you must), do so with a hurt nd wounded air and imply. “but of | course you would rather- be under {his management than any other!” Have a few phrases like “good {theater.” “smash hi f speaking of any celebrit harming fellow:" 'ete. Oh! And can act! it helps a little if you The Exceptign! Colleze President: “Our graduates g0 10 every corner of the glohe.” Friend: “lsn't it wonderful” President: “Yes, and occasionally did not know even the mame of & single contestant), Lest my oriticlsm be itself open to criticlsm as destructive rether than construotive let me say that in my opinien the bric-a-brac (some of it resembling nothing se much as the pictured carton of Lreakfast co- real upon a Lillboard) sheuld ha been removed from the platform and the contestants aeated In o single row across itswidth in frent with a curtain behind them, The contestants should remain seated at all timqs except the individual to whom & word is given who sheuld then rise to respond. The prenounc- er should stand upen the main floor of the auditorium behind the judges: from which peint ef vantage he would have no difficulty in getting the spellers to face the judges Yer they would at the same time be fac. ing him. Last, but by no means least, those members of the audience whe look upon a spelling contest as & tea party should be provided with the acceasories of a tea party—in » room at the opposite end of the building. Those who come to hear the spellers spell would need ne other incentive to preserve quietness. Lastly, Mr. Editor, why don't somebody start a “spelling bee” for the business men of New Britain: line 'em up and see how many words out of a hundred they can spell wrong without preparation? I don’t mean a contest wherein eaca speller is dismissed as soon as he or she mispells a word, but the goed old-fashioned kind they used to have when 1 was a boy, This is how it was done: On the last day of the school term the teacher would select the two Lest spellers in school to “captain” opposing teams. The captains would then take their respective laces with their backs to opposite walls of the schoolroom and proceed to *‘choose sides;” each captain choos. ing alternately until the whole school was lined up in opposing ar. ray. The teacher would then give out the words from Webster's Spelling Book, the dict'onary. the geography, and—perhaps—the Bible (we had Dibles in school in those days), »l- ternating between the sides and fa- vering the spellers of each side in regular rotation, If a speller failcd to spell a word correctly he did nnt‘ sit down. Oh No! The same word | was flung promptly to the next in line of the orposing side, and if by Lim apelled correctly the captain of that side was privileged to *“choom:" any speller (except the captain) from his opponents. When in the exigencies of ortho- graphical warfare some plucky little girl like the winner of last night's contest found herself alone and un. dismayed, facing forty or more hus- ky youths of both sexes, brought {them all gradually over to her sidc (I've geen it done) and finally clinched her victory by outspelling even the captain of the enemy tean —then there was something deing. We may not have learned so much when we were kids, but—believe me —we had just as much fun. Yours truly, Ellsworth Sheldon Most of Mr. Sheldon's remarks ara well t; n. The list of words, how. ever, was similar to one which will be uged in Washington. Catch wordr, with similar sounds and different apelling are liable to appear there. They are not supposed to be de. fined unless the speller asks for it, Which 10 & test of aeitipoweosien &8 -sllu»oluulbl_w- = COMMUNICATED From Graves in Cemeteries Editor of N. B, Herald: 'Will you please find space ip you> Correspondence Column for a few lines in regard to Decoration Day. The different patrietic secisities of the city spend time and mency in the purchasing of flags, petted plants a flowers to put en tho graves of our desr old comrades. Al- S90S I3y JO sJAquaw Y} es relatives and friends try te remem- ber their loved ones on this ene day, And yet we have a class of so called humans that ge to the cometery and steal all they can carry off. In my opinien (and I am not alene in this by any means) it is high time so'ue of our city officials busied them. selves in prov'ding some sort of pro- tection. Some of the articles stolgn could not have been carried off by children, as they were toe heavy. Hoping this will be the means of starting something se that the steal. ing of things frem the cemetery will be reduced to a mimimum, - Respecttully Citizen Comrade James A. Nagron The air mail division of the U. & poatal service has been operating | since May 15, 1018, ye hoord thisone P NO BRIBERY An English traveller had got & very good “line” out of the manager of a big store in Dundee and was anxlous to show his appreciation of the order. 8o he offered the man. ager a box of cigars. “How dare ye try to bribe me, sir?"” protested the angry Scot. “I'm an honest man an’ a member o' the Kirk forbye. I canna tak' yer seeguara!” “Well,” said the traveller realizing that there was not a great deal of sincerity behind the refusal. hall we put it this way—you'll buy the | box of cigars from me for a shilling. That will make the transaction quite in order. “Now you're speakin’ reasonable,” | quickly said the Dundonian, amiling all over. “In fact I'll buy two boxes for & couple of shillinga!™ I Plarny (outlts BY JOVE! You know that you can mcarcely read a paragraph in English er conduct an ordinary conversation that t 1o the classic in & modern newspaper s mythology of Gresce and lias not in it one or more references e? A page of likely to hear names of medern prod- named for some of the gods and geddesses In the pantheon of these ient mations. and informative bulleting which is & briefly about the principal deities, thei it of interest and valve. Fill out the -~ ' MYTHOLOGY EDITOR, Wash 1322 New York Avenue, W 1w herewith five centa in coin, or loer 1o cover postage and handling costs: NAME | BTREET AND X | iy I am a reader of the NEW BRITAIN HERALD. R s e e el ke *Pontains Pox. 1979 - = = = CLIP COUPON t a copy of the hulletin POPULAR MYTHOLOGY, Our Washington Bureau has prepared one of ite intgresting little dictionary of mytholegy and t#lis ir attributes and history, You will find coupon below and serd for It: HERE= == == o= o= n Bureau, New ington, D. C. itain Herald, and enclose e, uncancelled, U. 8. postage atamps. UNCLE OTTo PLAYS A GOOP GAME OF CROQUET BARRING ONE PARTICULAR S$HoT.