New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1929, Page 6

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C. is on sale daily in New Newsstaud, res Entrance The Herald York at_Hotaling's Square; Schultz's Newsstands, Grand Central, 42nd Street. e e e In trying to solve the death of the Harvard junior at Windsor we have about concluded to read “The Bishop Murder Case.” | Down in Pennsylvania, a book on witcheraft is one of the thiee best sellers. Perhaps that is a state in which Connecticut ~Yankees might still find a market for the famous wooden nutme, THE MASONIC TEMP! Masonry today will dedicate new temple on West Main street. | Architectually the building is one of | the most impressive in the city. To members of the order it is a monu- | ment which fitly indicates the | solidity and substantial qualities of the fraternity. KFor many years | Masons of New Britain have dream- ; ed of a temple in conformity with the spirit and progress of their af- filiation. Today that true, its | dream comes | In eities throughout the world | local temples of the Masonic fr: ternity are among the most beau- tiful. The order, as its name would fmply, suggests the art and science of the builder, and it comes natural under the circumstances to construct | in such fashion as to correspond with the noble motives imbedded in the tenets of the fraternity. So it is gratifying indeed that the Masons of New Britain and vicinity have united here to erect a temple worthily in keeping with the precepts and idcals of the crait. The beginning everyone is aware, is shrouded in the mysteries of history. Long before it was the custom for mankind to put dowq In writing more than the most important elements of dynastic reigns or religious dogma the craft of masonry prospered, and to this | day the handiwork of some of their | most important work remains. It is believed that the skilled artisans who had in their keeping the con- struction of the monster buildings of stone and cement during antiquity always had a guild of craftsmen, and that these perhaps were the progeni- tors of the order which today girds the world with its places of meeting. One widely prevalent belief is that operative Masonry was established at the construction of Solomon's temple, the guild stonemasons and 1 learned writers have contributed | volumes of deductions upon early | Masonic history. books which usually are found of interest to Masons only. | | of Masonry, as | | | comprising the | architects. Many | sor Einstein NEW BRITAIN A RAREFIED ECLIPSE Of all the efforts that have ac- companied the darkening of the sfin to learn more about this universe of ours and the mysteries of space sur- rounding it, the eclipse of the gun this week peovided scientists with the best cpportunity they have had since the Einstein theory was pro- mulgated. Representatives learned societies went to the Far East; Joaded with instruments they primed themselves in these sections of the Philippine I1slands where to- tality lasted longest; and they went a; and some of them were perched upon the eminences of the Malay States. While the natives in these hinterlands feared |the end of the world, the scientists heroically of numerous primitive worked during the five iminutes of total darkness to pro- duce ‘plates” that will be studied with minute care in laboratories all over the world. In due course learn- ed tomes will be written about them, and some of the best pictures of the {eclipse will find their way into the {popular treatises of astronomy to be published in the years to come. Something out of the ordinary is | likely to come from this week’s mon- sz | | ster effort to record one of nature's most astounding free shows. Profes- producing calculations that the intent upon proving or disproving them. Some of the disciples of has been such deep* world's scientists are scientific data, perched tpon mountains a mile above sea level in the Far East, pro- s 10 have had an opportunity such forced ow from All told, it was the most delightful observation as cannot come 10 scientists 10 photograph a sola less rarefied atmosphere: of an eclipse in 300 years, and if the cientists do not provide themselves with a store of new knowledge un- der such circumstances it must be the fawt of their instruments, and not due to their professional and artistic manipulation. Or, as in the Mulay States, it was the fault of the | clouds, which insisted upon partially | darkening the heavens, and not due to the fault of the mosquitoes, which nearly ruined the expedition of 1868, during which eclipse the grandfather of the present king of Siam caught cold watching the terrifying sight and died from the effects, The scientists at Cebu, Philippine Islands, it appears, made a regret- table mistake when they misfiudged totality by two-fifths of a second. Those of us who do not carry stop verlook We could un- derstand this better if we m.wed a train by two-fifths of & secouu, but if it were bound to Waterbury even that probably worry us much, watches around with us wi such a slight error. wouldn't ECONOMY AT CITY HALL One would have thought that all the possible cconomy possible of prac- tice would have taken place ,unn; the Coolidge administration,” when there was much talk of it and when municipalities and cities were af- fected, more or less, with the desire 1o “save money” in order to reduce tax rates. How troublesome the effort was we all kndbw; and how the tax rate was not materially reduced in the cities, and certainly not here- abouts, also was evident. Now we dis- cover with amazement that economy actually is possible where the will to cconomize is sufficiently developed. The latest demonstration of what can be done when the civie fathers set shoulders to the wheel was shown in really their the saving of £33 in the publication of the Muni- cipal Recorfl, Thirty money as to arouse five dollars is not so much neral jubila- stay good; fewer of them would be found ‘“unconstitutional;” greater public confidence would be en- gendered toward a subject where the best minds in the legal fraternity— when no fees are in prospect—agree it is needed. A VICTORY I'OR CONSCIENCE ‘What causes a youth to adopt the desperate course of becoming a hold- up man will remain a mystery. This short cut to the penitentiary or the electric chair need have no glamors for those with reasonable scnse. Yet ever and anon some foolish person | &oes into this nefarious business. One \'lu(‘ll fellow in this city went so far as to hold up a barber, and changed his mind at the last moment. His sudden change of sentiment was the acme of wisdom. It was not a case of losing nerve; it was a case of the mind suddenly to nor- maley. Miletti, the North street barber, who looked into the brandished gun without the flicker of an eyelash, is an inoffensive married man who is too vatuable an asset to his cus- tomers to be done an evil by some hair-brained youth. Between the astute barber, who looked his des- perate untagonist straight in the eye, and the youth whose hand shook like the proverbial aspen leaf as he forc- ed himself to go through the motions {of a wild bad man, there was a difference of courage in the face of {an extreme emergency. One remain- ,ed calm, the other realized he had {embarked upon an errand of fool- ishness. We wish (o congratulate the youth who gave up his crazy endeavor in the nick of time. There is now time to reform, to chase all thoughts of evil-doing from his mind. By in- returning 1 he can, in the course of a reason- "able total of years, reach reasonable running the risk of the penitentiary. Let him throw the river, or smash 4t in any of a dozen ways, and decide to be the man he has shown himsclf capable of be- ing. He has shown that it is never too late to turn from the path ef evil to that which s good; so that there is hope for better days in com- pany with a good conscience. affluence without his weapon into Connecticut { Observations On The Weather Washington, May 11.—Torecast for Southern New England: Fair with rising temperature in the in- terior Saturday; Sunday cloudy, showers Sunday afternoon or night. Itorecast for Kastern New Yorl 1"air and warmer faturday; Sunday. mostly cloudy, showers with mild temperature by Sunday afternoon or night. Conditions: Pressure is low from Iceland and Greenland southwest- ward over the Hudson Straits and ! Saskatchewan, Mostly fuir weather will prevail in the Washingion forecast district Saturday, bit a southwestern di turbance will move northeastward and cause much cloudiness during Runday wita showers in the north Atlantic states Sunday afternoon or night. The temperature will rise Saturday and it will continue mild Sunday. ]:I'wé Queens of the Carolinas Suflice it to say. there is no end of |tion; but it shows the proper spirit. i literature upon this worldwide insti- | tution. How, and vast order started can be these. Today it has blo the mists of past conturies to the dignity of a civilizing force par ex- cellence, imbedded | wielding a vast power for the and good works of mankind. where the left to med from when inideals and | uplift Masonry in Conneciicut derived its organic life from the grand lodge in Massachusetts, the which Paul Reve the grand master. The first charter grented was to Hiram lodge at New Haven, in 1750. By 1787 seventeen lodges had been formed in the state the 17th having been Frelicich lodge st of | | subscquently was | Johu's, at Farmington. In addition. the army lodge. “American Union,” formed at Doston at the beginning of the war for independence, frequently met in Connecticut. In 1789 the grand lodge of Connecticul was or- present ganized, 12 lodges beinz represent- ed. By 1800 the Conneciicut lodges had increased to 44. with 3,000 mem- In 1826 the grand lodge the state made an appropriation of $500 for a AVashingion, Mason and Father of his Country bers. monument to Georz an esteemed follow- Thus it i smeen that from the carliest days of the American Re- public. Masonry has been active in Connectient; and that leaders of heth and e e state nation have afiiliated. fine lodges In New Britain is the lates evidenee of Been that prozress which fr the earliest days has been identified with this instiution throughout the state It indicates to all citizens that some- thing can he done when the boys get aroused to the point where action surpasses words. It the same spirit prevails long enough the next sav- e i ing may one next may be $3.500; then one may be made of worn out [ of $350; then the | 000; and so on until the Ciphers on-the trusiy 1ypewriter DAILY NERALD, SATURDAY, Facts and Fancies If you wonder how good your im* agination is, try to imagine President Gil talking rough to Calles. Perhaps Tammany has turned a scornful back on Al, but it's too late to do him any good. 8till, maybe your wife would be as wonderful as that ene in the mo\'le: it she had a husband as wonderful as that one in the movie. They Come High! “As welcome as the flowers in Ma From florists’ prices, Folks, we'd say Another sinile's as true: “As dear as flowers in May are, teo!” Tongh Enough Job! Merton: “Ah, I wich there was some monster, as in the old days, that T could fight to prove my love for yon." Helene: “Go ask Papa if you can marry me! —Mrs. Bernard Jones Brisbane says there is no inatall- ment plan in Heaven, which has the sound of a dirty dig at collectors. Happy thought! Maybe drivers would slow down and avoid collision if locomotives were camouflaged to resemble cows. A wreck in the country is less ex. pensive. Those who assemble know one another, and nobody feels frev te steal the tire “Long-faced men are prone to baldness.” Nonsense. Calling u smooth area face doesn't change the fact that it's scalp. THE F SHOP NEWS WEEKLY Medical A man who was given up by the Another need of the times is a doctors when he was 50 has just hand motion that will mean: “I'm |died at the age of 96. dustry and perseverance in saving | morry, but you're out,” instead of, “You're out, d—— you."” Always and everywhere, the chief cause of evil ia the reasonable hope of getting away with it. Americanism: Scorning those who believe in miracles; believing a new pill a cure for baldness if it's called a “scieutific discovery. ‘There's small choice. A summer vacation is just as cheap as staying at home and entertaining relatives who are on vacation. Appointing good men, regardless want support of & party measure re- gardless of personal opinion, Partisans should remember the priest who said to the rabbi: “When will you be broad-minded enough to eat pork?” and the rabbi answered: “At your wedding.” It fsn’t true that the rich man’s lot is harder than of yore. Thirly years ago a rich man couldn’t wear a comfortable colla Why crime? Well, you can't make all the Kids behave by devoting all your cnergy to heating one. There can be no peace fin the world where the press says: “Italy demands larger navy,” when the truth is only one bald, ambitious man demands it. Fortunately, Scots are lean by na- ture and thus avoid the agony of raying board while trying to reduce. | Description: “He has traveled 0 much he can’t leave the dining table | at home without slipping a fork in ' his pocket.” | e i Correct this sentence: know what causes your rheuma- | tiem,” said the specialist, “‘and T wouldn't sacrifice my teeth if I were you.” Cop; “T don’t ght. 1929, Publishers Byndicate {25 ears Ago Today | he Hudson Bay region to northern President William H. Hart of the Stanley Works board of directors twill be given a reception by the {stockholders of the company and !hl! fellow directors on next Mon- day. | Corporation Counsel T, L. Hunger- | ford has tiled his annual report with {the town clerk. He handled 30 cases during the year. Will Carleton, known throughout !the country for his ability as a poet, | spoke at the South church last eve- ning before a good sized audience. Governor Chamberlain has ac- cepted an invitation to be the guest of the city during the cclebration of the holiday of the Saengerfest which opens on June While smoking on the bank eof Andrews' pond in Stanley Quarter last cvening. an unknown man fell in and was saved from drowning by John McCarthy, who wus passing by on a team, Two young boys were picked up by 1!1e New Britain polic yesterday. .l pon questioning them, Captain Lee . discovered that they were nine years of age and had walked here from | Bristol. e City Items | Deputy Sherift Matthew wus appointed receiver of re lterday by Judge Stanley J. ki in the foreclosure suit of nk Papciak n Ti Doctors are usually right in the nd! o o Movies “Why do dogs run after cats?" asks a woman, writing to this newsa- paper. We can only suppose that it is because walking weuld be futile! D) Sports Scientists are trying to devise a way to make edible fish grow larger. The average angler never had any difficulty in doing this! . e his! . Classified “Reduce your Light bills,” says an advertisement. d’ Personally, we should prefer to be shown & way to reduce our heavy | onest An edict has been issued iIn Kandahar prohibiting the shaving of the beard. We are glad to think that a solu- tion of the problem of what to do with old razor-blades has at last been discovered! 5 oo Much! Bennett: “Did you ever get a taste of matrimony " Willlams: “Taste? Doy, mouthful 1 got a —Roger Behn Too much of a good thing! K IT CLEAN! By Marian A. Gilbert Whenever 1 take my dresses 1o the cleaner, T ask him how much they wiil be and when he will have them ready. Sometimes he says one thing and somctimes another. That is what makes him 80 f: nating. There is always the element of sus- pense: and after he has said they will be ready Friday and 1 go in Friday and they are not, sdditional suspense because neither of us really has any idea when the work will be completed. Usually by that time he doesn’t know where the dreeses are. is not is not surpri ing that he can’t tell when I'll them, here was the incident of the en crepe de chine which 1 spe- cifically said must be dry-cleancd and not washed. It was lcft on a ‘fuesday and promised for Satur- . but Saiurday came and went without a sign of the course T stopped in lin. Experience teache We looled through the whole grub- of our there is | get! me nothing® {_THE 0B Small Savings Help Preserve The Budget. Whether the saving in dollars and cents, effected by the reduction in the number of copies of the Munici- pal Recordt to be printed this year, proves to be small or great, it ap- pears that no harm can result, and if it is followed by other departures trom the conventional, cut-and-dried procedure in city business, the net result may be worth while. For years and years the city, it seems, has been printing 1,000 copies of the Municipal Record, but certain members of the common council favor cutting this number to 700, having learned upon inquiry that the demand for the books has fallen off to a considerable extent during the past few years. It is said the committee on supplies and print- ing found 400 copies of the 1928 Municipal Record in city hall, which indcates that only 600 were disposed of. Of course, it does not follow that the entire 400 books would stay in city hall uncalled for. It is sare to assume that some demand will be made for copies, possibly before the end of the present year, but that too many books were published seems incapable of being disputed, and the committee is to be commended for having the courage to upset the un- written rule and incidentally save the city some money, if not more than a few dollars. A few hundred dollars here and there, saved on items which ordi- narily escape inquiry by city fath- ers, would amount to something in a year, although some council mem- bers and city commissioners appar- ently do not think so. The taxpay- ers whose burdens seldom show a tendency to become lighter undoubt- edly would like to see the discovery of a dozen or so additional ways of rescuing the wayward dollars from promiscuous circulation. Tom Smith Goes West Again But Only For the Fun of It Thomas J. Smith, “warhorse of New Britain's demeocracy,” who sweltered through mest of the 104- round battle of Madison Square Garden, in 1924, which resulted in elimination of Al Smith as a presi- dential possibility at that time, and who went last year to Houston, Texas, to cast a vote for his idol, who ,was to be the nominee of the convention, has again heard the call of the west, “Thomas Jefferson, ocratic colleagues know him, is now jen route to California, accompanied by Mrs. Smith. They plan to visit many of the points of interest along the route, and will be the guests of relations when they reach the Gold- en Gate, Tt is doubtful if Registrar Smith will pick up many points of politicu] ! operations on his trip which would {improve the technique he has de- veloped through long association |with party politics. A convincing speaker, he has long held the plat- Iform as an advocate of the princi- 'ples of democracy. Tom Smith has the faculty, essential to a success- ful political leader, of coming {through spells of party disharmony | without bearing marks of hattle. | Precipitated into the center of the Irow between the “younger demo- crats,” and the “older democrats.” by reason of his election to the {chairmanship of the democratic town committee, generally regarded ;as the agency of the latter groun. Tom rode along on the crest of the troubled waves, standing ‘irmly for the political principles he enunci- ated from the start. but consider- |ate at all times of the views of the younger politicians. Tom has a knack of shunting off isharp thrusts by political opponents. !This he does by telling a story or relating an fincident in his political life. A defeated candidate for a {nomination once approached SWith iand in angry tones accused him of having beefi responsible for his de- feat. Smith replied: “After you and ing. the score was tied. Your friends did the rest.” | Consideration ¥ Others Basis of “Good” Driving There is a great deal of discus- sion just now about czpable motor- ists, especially since the state l¢ islature has passed a bill rewarding good driving and insuran com- panies are knocking ten per cent off |the premiums of those who isafe records hehind them. But what constitutes capable driving? | | iter how skillfully he may Ihis own machine and how adept he /in at worming his way through traf as his dem- | your opponent had voted this morn- | have | SERVER— Un the City anc Its People . ;::nu than pests despite their abil. Y. We don’t refer to those, who pass red traffic lights, who cut in and out of line, or who wobble about the highways while atill mentally stug- gering from the effects of alcohol, We mean those who fail to observo the simple elementals of road cour- tesy. For instance, there is the lad who gives no signal when turning & corner. Worse than this is the bozo who insists upon giving wrong sig- nals. Many a driver calmly poinis to the left ind then spins to the right, driving you up onto the cuth as you try to come up on the right in accordance with hiy signal, For these incorrect pointers, we can only suggest that they be permanently cured by having the pointing finger mangled in a meat chopper. ‘When two cars approach a atrest intersection simultaneously, a good driver will keep on if he sees the other heasitate or, if bath are doubt, he will wave the other man on. But many a punk will stop, start, stop, start, and so on, until your brain is bewildered and your motor stalls under the fast-follow- ing shifts. We'd like to see these fellows condemned to two, years of shifting gears which were connected only with slapatioks. A considerate driver, too, slows up gradually when approaching an ob- structien—a truck, a stalled car, or a red light—ahead and gives a fol- lowing motorist time fo become aware of the situation and slow up accordingly. Yet how many dumb- bells do you see who dash madly up to the obstacle and then slam on their breaks—and then sue for damages if a car hits them from behind? For this type we suggest this; Tie them to poles with long ropes and set them in rapidly mov- ing runabouts, then watch as the rope tightens and jerks them back out of the car. And then there is the palooka who, on a wide street, refuses to edge over to the side street down which he is abgut to turn but in- sists on proceeding straight until abreast of the intersection, then turning madly across traffic and gumming up the whole works. How about giving him a rubber steering wheel connected to nothing in par- ticular and setting him loose in a maze of steam rollers and tractors” But after all, what lack of con- sideration is as complete as that shown by the bird who parks un- der your window about 11 p. m. and toots his horn to attract the atten- tion of someone on the upper fioor? For this crime there can be no punishment short of drawing and quartering—and to anyone who saw us pulling the trick last night we can only say it's a lie, we don't know what you're talking about, anil anyway we had a darn good reason for doing it. Boost New Britain With Descriptive Volume Almost daily, the mailman’ de- posits on the desk at the office of the mayor in City hall, publications of other cities, telling of the history pointing to the advantages enjoyed by them, reciting the deeds of the past year and the plans for the next. It is a form of municipal adver- tising that is bound to accomplish its objective. New Britain, however, has never attempted anything along this line, and unless this great num- ber of municipalities is wasting con- siderable of the taxpayers’ money each year, it would seem that the Hardware City should enter into this field of sclf-advancement, On Wednesday night, Mayor nessa will deliver his annual sage to the common council. mayor's report will tell, in a gen- eral way, what improvements have | been brought about in the past year jand will discuss the numerous pro- | jects before the city government for | consideration or execution in | and succeeding years. Would it not he good advertising, | instead of publishing the message {and departmental reports in cold type, not enlivened by pictures or historical data, to make the munici- | pal record this year a descriptive volume? Ts it not possible that the general distribution of information regarding the products of this city, its financial standing. its parks. playgrounds, public buildings, ectc., mizht have a tendency to direct ad- ditional business here. or even en- courzge mannfacturers looking for sites for new plants to come here and locate? All local industrics employ a species of salesman who is not ex- pected to send long order shets, Pao- me: The and growth of those municipalities, | this of | building of th LAWY AND THE TAW Lawyers are supposed to b keen- | Iy alive in helping 1o arouse respect | for the law, and are expected to be | willing to aid in its enforcement ml all costs. W. 1, T the T 8 Supre; sentiments . chief justice of | Court. uttered | like th before the | American Law | Institute in Wash- ington. Others* “spoke in similar | Ve in.” Which somebody s excellent But corporation is | t around the is employed to achicve when | or seme ger to g AW who | ihis aspira- tion” Nolody on earth except legal talent; the the 1 the leg is emple and dificult it s | 1 fences the niore 1 talent ed nore to hurdi expensive A that in- | variably for the pur- ! post | Given a wllion dollars for the (burposc. and almost any individual | Que or corporation cin “get avound the the b ns o May provided it i not done in 100 o manmer way-i top, of chosen 1o reign ov May Day festivitic votsd the most be raw 4 : 18 i the case of Sin- w0t enly em Colleg: but she #lso wyg: clair Let some of onr most astute and Mionkiewicz against Fred Litke and ! -c}!‘herx. The propcry is located at | the eorner of West Main stree ! Wakitoaroonrts o Vor sale. Cauterbury Bells, gloves. Anchusa Pansies, Dlephin- (ium, Oriental Poppy. Inquire Han. {scn's Perennial Garden, Elm Hill. Tel. 1791-2.—advt. ~Wm. Muller's new Mark Twain cigar. A mild, sweet smoke. All dealers, 10¢.—advt. by collection neighbors’ clothes. No trace of it. 1 gently. he promised 1o look into the matter carcfuliv, and asked if 1 couldn't run in to sce him on Tues- day. T promised. | Fox- and when !been heard from the dres word. We laughed heartily and 1 agreed to come in aguin r & Wednesday. But it wasn't until __The Majestic 8 tube radio for $110 Thursdsy vieit that the |1 llvlnnuflrful value. Come in and | grees showed up. We couldn't sce It at Henry Morans & Sons.— | cover where it had been, but —anvt, Peter Onofrio of Plainvill (sometime ago purchased a § dis: one who {rip. Fortunutely it didn’t upset him n G- |at all. He was periectly mond ring from Albren Inc., found |apout it. so we had a very himself dispossessed of it vesterdas ' ime conjecturing as 10 jwhen a constable claimed it for the | iocinitated company for failure to live up 13 qition. 1 will say {tis agreement to pay 35 a week § what it was crusicd and crestfalien i pale. Coutless wrinkles marred former beauty. He assured kind treatment would smooth th and he was the one o ster it. e would iron it withii More langhter! :nts to look |Vile Granted Divorce And Children’s Custody Mervin 8. Vile of this city wasi> granted a divorce from Mildred s Siits Vile of California and the custody | “0 Pch of its life. of two minor children by Judge Ed- | 1 Wade arrans n ward M. Ycomans in superior court . !~ following diy and ok vesterday. The petifioner testified ‘-28 doinz. To Le perfectly frank, that hls wife tired of married life | %S GINGPAIIES e ; wn March 1 1954 They DO saw it. This time 1t was pry fed in 3919, Atiorney Dut mnmistulably &potty. He sce a scemed optimistic. €1 the nest da: ughing | Tuesday {came, there 1 was; but nothing had Not a | over it on missing thing was certais. It had had a hard | had | present delicate con- t looked clean, but and its me that knew » H. Waterhous. rcpresent- (10t whence came the spots. but he but who is to engage in ‘missionary work”, going from one city to an- other, playing new products of the concerns, and discussing the materials which go into them and the methods of manufacture. The object is to keep the prospective purchaser ever mindful of the fact that these products are leaders in their fleld. Would net on attractive book, tellint of New Rritain, skillful mechanics and its great fac- teries have something of the same cffect? .fic and making excellent time on tha | road—no driver. we say. is a good | i unless he is considerate of others. There are many -operatora. {duly possessed of fairly earned M-/ {censes, who. we assert are nothing driver home where it could vass the rest of its Gays in the familiar surroundings of its old closct. { Tt is experiences of this <ort that! have hrought my clerner and me so | close to one anothe Teal-lite Boob! Circus Rider: “So the little duncer f got m i Acrobat: my Postal Roceipts fex @1 Connecticut's Growth The phenomenal develonment of a| Connecticut during the past 100 years, as reflected by the nostal re- | ceints of its citiem, is strikingly - lustrated in an ancient tome, re- cently purchased in an obecure bosk | store in Washington. by Conress- | man Ernest R. Ackerman of Plain- field. N. J., world-famous stamp col- in writing is | lector. keys on the| Tn 1828 the Ac“erman book re- | vealed. the entire Btete of Connecti | cnt collected only $32.846 in postal | reccinte, as contrasted with $9.- | 915.970 1n 1925, The state's receipts a hundred years ago camoared favo=bly with + | 1he totel callections af tha ~entire T heard her|United S'ates of $1.598 194, which loperation was suceessiul.” 33.921 collected <. She marricd “Ah. a circus ro- mance, No, Me was a non-pro- fcssional ( D. €. Rtasch The sceret of snee in hitting the right typewriter! The Terrible Part! loer: “How is Mrs. Downe lone getting | A terrible Mrs. T learned fawyers refuse to contribute their talonts 10 m nif at fors t law smash- ing up to $32 and some good lu s would tend to I wtiful girl on the honors cane ihe v below. of ed the petitioner. The diverce action of TPauline hachuls®i against Thomas Chachul- <kl was placed on the uncontesicd lit for failure of Chachulski to ap- Jcampus. ik of Mary M Hall. €. ¢ [ Mav Queer urvin Mrs. Shaw: “It was. but she still too weak to talk abont it!” - ik Neills (Copyright. 192 rprodultion Forbidden) | ‘l Aaropped in to see if they had de- | | Wioped info a tash. and we held a consnitation over the remains and decided the dress wonld probably ]nmrr be any better. 8o 1 took it ‘ {comnare with $693, is!in 1228, Twiring the past centurv, Rridge- Ll ntg have rieen from $822 to £1,024.624 while Meriden's col- lections rose from $170 in 1828 te 53,043 last year. Itthll New Lenden's cell wl amounted to $1.37¢ in 1828, com- pared with receipts last year of $189.160. In 1828, New Britain either was not in existence, or was considered too amall to merit a post office, since no recerd is mede of thip city in the time-worn volyme. Naw Britain's collections last year were 414,474 The 1828 postal receipts for Cen- necticut cities, revealed in the Ack- erman book, waa transmitted te the 20th congress by the then Post- master General John McLean. Even as far back as 1792, the first: report to congress, which the book contains the pest office de- partment was confronted with diffi- culties similar to those of teday im many instances. In 1792 it appears that there was a considerable deficit in the depart- ment's collections, and Postmaster General Samuel Oagaed eent s re- port to Secrotary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, detailing a plan for improving the department, and enumerating some of the difficulties under which the department was laboring at that time. The report was transmitted to the first congress by Secretary Hamilton, Some of the reasons propeunded by Postmaster General Osgoed for the low revenues in 1792 were: “1st—That theére may be so few letters written that under best regu- lations, it (the revenue) would not amount to anything considerable; and that the dispersed manner of settling the country may operate powerfully against the productiv neas of the post ofiice department. “2nd—The franking of letters may have been extended toe far® “3rd—S8hip letters may not have been properly attended to. “4th—The rate of postage have been too high in some stances, and too low in others. “5th—8tage drivers and private post riders may have been the car- riers of many'letters that ought to have gon in the mail. 6th—The postmasters may have consulted their own interests in preference to that of the public.” may ine New RBritain Becoming State's Convention City 04d Fellows of the atate of Con- necticut are soon te gather here for their state convention, an event which will bring hundreds of men and women here, many of them, perhaps, for the first time, But two weeks ago, Sons and Daughters of Union Veterans came here for their annual meeting, spent a few days here and went away pleased. Next year, the national conven- tion of the Patriotic Order, Sons of America, will be held within our confines and notables from all parts of the United States wiil be here. Fraternal orders too numerous te mention and the trade unions from the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker down the long line of occupations have been here or plan to come soon. Religious organi- zations have sent their delegates to New Britain churches for confer- ences, and political parties have convened here. All of which goes to shew that this is the Convention City of the State of Connecticut, The same wonderment that is ex- pressed at the development of New Britain industries might be express- ed at the coming to the fore of New Britain as a convention city. It is off the main railroad line and travel by train is not too inviting (the oity hasn’t évem an airport, for the more up-to-date delegates), but it must be admitted that travel By automobile to New Britain is pleasant. All highways leeding Into the city are of the best types built. An hospitable city is one which finds organizations anxious to con- vene in its midst. New Britain, it 'we may take seriously the comments | of those who have come here for l conventions, is just such a city. Then there must be points of interest. This city has new schools under construc- Illon most of the time. it has ex- pansive parks, well lald out and developed, and its factories stand in a unique position in the field of | hardware manufacture. Delegates are frequently invited to inspect the shops and they carry away with them interesting stories of how hard- ware is built. Hotel accommodations are now much better than thgy were in past years, and there are meeting halls for large and small sized dele- gations. Summed up, it would seem that the advantages more than offset the disadvantage. Perhaps, in a final analysis, that is what determines Whether a municipality shall come te (l_w foreground as the convention cily of its state, “FIGURL “Why on airth dae ye wint te mairry that young woman, Jess Mc- Grigor?” irately asked a Scottish parent when his son came to him and said be had become engaged. “For one thing, faither, the las- sie's got a lovely figure,” pleaded the son. “Maybe, an’ no a penny piece in the bank!" sniffed the old man. *Noo what aboot Mag Dow? Bhe'n orty if she's a day an' plump up n' doon like a mason's lead-line, but she's got five thousand pounds to her name. That's something like a figur fl"““f éauflt (Copyright throughout the world) (Copyright 1928 by John F. Dille Co.)