New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1929, Page 8

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Times Square; Schultz's Newsstanda, Entrance Grand Central 42nd Street It is now generally understood that a portable schoolhouse is not made out of galvanized iron. 1t looks as if the West End will get that fire station, paying for it in five installments, so as to ease the cost. We are forced to wonder whether there will be an argument as to the proper site. If so, and the weather inclining toward torridity. we trust it will be cut short. The 15,000 bees manufacturing . honey in the rear of the Herald office lust night can be said to have come to town for their honeymoon. That Philadelphia pawnshop rob- bery reads as if it occurred In Chi- cago; or anyway, it reads as if it were done in Chi 0 style. The Chamber of to move into quarters on Main street will be 1n a position to watch and appreciate how the railroad blocks the Main street crossing. What good ,that will do, however, we do nc ~know. Commerce, The public has had occasion to notice with dismay that whenever a prohibition agent kills somebody there is a remarkable diversity ot " statement as to just how it occurred. With the government automatically taking the word of the prohibition agents. Passenger air service across the British channel hus been held up as a specles of model for air transpor- tation elsewhere. An accident such that which occurred yesterday. entailing the loss of seven lives, will _have the tendency of causing it to be regarded as less than a model than in the past. MORE LADYLIKE GUNPLAY It is to be hoped that the most ‘recent order of Seymour Lowman. assistant secretary of the treasury. banning the promiscuous use of firearms by prohibition agents along " the Canadian border, will be pro- ductive of results—the prevention of unaecessary killings, either by de- wgn or accident. Under this order sawed-off shot- guns are not permitted, and patrol- ‘men can retain the use of their serv- ice revolvers only. Although the use of revolvers makes of a patrolman u formidable antagonist in a gun fight, their use requires more de- Jiberation and aim. The claim that Dr. Doran, commissioner of prohibition, inspired the border terrorism by threats to discharge dry agents un- l288 they showed more activity leads %o the assumption that Dr. Doran is rather poorly equipped for his job. He may possess a rather thankless task, but that is no reason for not exercising good judgment. Govern- ment officials should never be en- couraged to engage in promiscuous shooting and the display of fire- James M. arms in order to make an impres- | sion. The bad aim of prohibition en- forcers continues to force its way to public notice. The latest instance was in Grorgia, where a constable shot at the tire of an automobile “which failed to stop and, as usual killed 2 man in the And at Plattsburg. N. Y. a rum-runner. fleeing across a field, was mysteri- ously killed by a bullst accidentally fired when a pursuing officer of the law stumbled during the chase. 1f these minions of the law don't aim at a person they usually hit him. if car. they did aim probably they wouldn't be so dangerous TARIFF A LA CARTE The dream of led & would conutent President Hoover when he that Con with tariff revision only where ‘ah the special session itself solutel necded the board. and msicad have a tariff adjustment that takes seems like.v to go »w we will ware of industry as well as agricul ure. Thus the and ress, nation's industrial lead ors, their spokesmen in Con take abundant advantage MI an opportunity as it presented it- self. The President’s ideas are re- garded as idealistic, a thing that re- flects well in the preas; but for prac- tical purposes the tariff will be tinkered with quite thorougniy. Only the most sanguine believers that human nature is more perfect than it used to be thought other- wise. THE LIFE OF A CHILD What superhuman efforts are made on occasion to save the life of a child. There is the case of & Chicago youngster of 16 months, for instance, who has been kept |alive for tive days by members of | the fire department pumping oxygen inte his lungs. 1t is on contemplating | such heroic measures that one gets a true estimate of the value of life. Yet what effort are made to pre- vent children being Killed along the city highways? The toll of such tragedies—the “slaughter of the in- nocents,” it has been termed—is a terrible indictment of modern civili- zation. | THE SPORT OF ESTIMATING A CITY'S POPULATION One of the nation’s most attract- ive indoor sports, needing only a swivel chair, a pad of paper and a lead pencil, is that of estimating a city's population between census years. { In such games the post master is lone of the chief antagonists, ready |and willing to meet all comers who haye ideas on the subject; especially the U. 8. census bureau. The postmaster, too, has a decided advantage. His department is in a | position to judge the population by the number of residences in the city and can come to a pretty thorough estimate of the number of persons living in each abode. Everybody doesn’t get a letter every day, but virtually every adult gets one occa- sionally. This much figured out, there are only the children to take into consideration; and the post as everyone else, knows that families in some sections of New Britain are slightly in excess of the average. The U. 8. Census bureau bases its tlculation on biuined at the source. All it does is to look at the last census, figure the supposed percentage of growth, and let it go at that. Manifestly, such a master, as well calculation makes no allowance for | @ more rapid growth in one decade than in the previous decade. That being the case, why worry about the census estimates? Such an estimate can be made by anybody at any time. The postmaster says the popula- tion is 83.000. The census estimate has it as 74,486. One or the other may be right; or t‘vo(h may be wrong | That is why this species of estimat- ing is so much of a sport. THE OHIO MURDER MYSTERY Murders are more common in the | United States than civilized land. Contrary to what sundry critics of the newspapers think, the majority of them gain a minimum of publicity and none at all in newspapers distant from the scene. It is only whun prominent in any other persons are concerned, or the ele- ' ment of mystery is great, - the crime is done by prohibition agents. and so on, that nationwide interest evolves. Every newspaper man that a “common ordinary under most conventional possesses no value 400 miles away, except perhaps in the town where knows murder” circumstances relatives or was a native. The murder mystery in Columbus. | Ohio, is one possessing the elements of widespread interest because of the character of the people involva One does not expect a college cu-ed to 'make trysts with a professor in a | rooming house; and one does not ex- pect a professor to make love in this manner with a co-cd. Added to this is the mystery of the girl's death. and the attempt of the county prose- cutor to lodge a charge of first de. gree murder against the professor. Should this ensue the case is bound "to be one of the celebrated murder trials of the decade. DAW | Our new s AND M'DONALD ambassador to Great Britain, Charles G. Dawes, has seiz- ed his latest opportunity for accom plishment with an avidity that bodes well for the future pleasant relations between that nation and the United States certain, following the sparse but telling information that trickled out after the confer- ence between the It seems ambassador and MacDonald, that |the two men found no trouble at ail Premier Ramsay in agreeing upon the relative naval strength of the two powers. Thus a stumbling block that and was created maintained by the Baldwin government appears likely to be re- moved with an alacrity that will be creditable to the “rnment. While this qua new British gov- -official agreement is accelerated in England, the news comes from Italy that the Mussolini government is prepared to expend $100.000.000 upon a fleet of 43 new destined 1f completed to make Ttaly as strong as France in the ships of various kinds, Mediterranean sea Austen Chamberlain used to have a periodic conversation with Mr. Mus- no such knowledge | news | the victim had | solini and at that time Italian naval desires were shelved, possibly due to the understanding with England. As soon as the MacDonald party gained the upper hand in England the Italian government began announc- ing naval plans. It is probable; how- ever, that the acheme will not go through, as Italy will be invited, and can scarcely refuse to attend, the forthcoming naval conference that is being suggested in Washington. The main consideration in the international naval situation remains the relations between England and America. If these are brought to an amicable status the other problems will be solved by time. NATIONAL ORIGINS IMMIGRATION BASI On July 1 the national origins basis for immigration quotas will go into effect. Although there is only a difference of 11,000 between the present quota law and the national origins system, there is a wide dif- ference between the distribution al- lowed from the various foreign na- tionalities. The present law, admit- ting 2 per cent of the total number of persons living here on the basis of the census of 1890, will be switched to the first census of the republic in 1760, at which time a census of na- i tionalities was not included. President Hoover, opposing the national origins plan, is helpless to . prevent its app'ication in view of the | attitude of a maajority in Congress. "The law as passed and twice post- poned, will automatically go into force on July 1. The complete change in the quota restrictions, according to national origins, is as follows: Gain or Loss Present Origins Quota Quota. England and Northern Ireland . Germany ... Irish Frce State ..... 28, France . Ttaly . Poland . Belgium . Denmark | Norway . ! Fintand Sweden A Netherlands . Austri.. Czechoslo- vakla .... Greece .. Rumania Russia ..... Yugoslavia . . Lithuania ! Hungary . . 34,007 51.227 65,721 25,957 —25,278 17,858 3,086 5,802 6,524 1.304 1,181 2377 569 3.314 3,153 1413 + —10,709 868 1,948 542 792 1,608 4,076 10 6,247 1,505 628 199 207 308 536 174 42 396 121 2,874 307 +A+++ 1+ During the four years in which immigration quotas have been based upon the census of foreign born in 1890, immigrants from northern and 39.9 per cent of the total number ad- | mitted, as compared with 13.4 per | cent in 1914, |southern and eastern pre-war year. consideration of the percentage of lunused quotas of the various na- tionalities during the four years of the quota year. The widely current | belief that Europeans were |scrambling to get to the United States is not borne out, scarcely a nation overseas having filled fits quotas. Great Britain and Northern large quota increase under origins, | provided an average of 31,196 immi- grants for each of the four years of the quota law, whereas they were send 34,007 to the unused quota repre- | Ireland, which gain a national privileged to country. The sented 8.3 per cent. | privileged to send 51,227, |average of 48.618, representing an unused quota of 5.1 per cent. The Irish Free State had an unused sent an 'quota of 2.2 per cent, Italy 7.6 per | ' cent, Poland 2.4 per cent. and so on. The only countries which practically broke even with their quotas—vir- tually sending all that were permit- ted to come—were Belgium, Austria and Rumania, but their quotas are less than 1,000 each. | Except for increases in the case of | England and Northern Treland, and |the decrease for Germany, and the Irish Free State, the increases and decreases for the other nations are Both Ttaly and Poland en- but the figures are small in comparison with fmmi- gration figures in 1914, Ttaly in that neglible. joy slight increases, year sending 283,738 persons to this Poland in that year, of did not exist, Polish immi- included in those Russia, Austria and country. | course, grants being credited from Germany. The national origins plan at first made little appeal in the House of Representatives, where it was first brought forward by the late John Jacob Rogers, Republican, of Massa- chusetts, he offered it as an amendment in April. 1924, to the bill then pending. It was twice rejected without a rofl when call, and when ap- proved hased the quotas on the 1590 census. The final victory of the na- tional origins provision was due to of Senator David A. of Pennsylvania, who offered the activity Reed it as an amendment to take effect the Hou three jments of a ycar cach ensued, and re- after bill had been oper- ative years. Two postpone- +31,714 western Europe have represented | Tmmigrants from | Europe have | represented 10.9 per cent of the total }!L‘r\'ed defeat. The idea of finishing against 73.4 per cent in the Iul‘ But a more enlightening angle of | this controversy is elicited from a | Germany. | cently, when another postponement was sought, Senator Reed as spokes- man for those battling for national origins won his victory by dint of persuasive oratory and a fiery per- sonality in favor of his pet idea. Where s many interesting figures are involved we have re- frained from editorializing, prefer- ring to provide complete information on which each reader can base his own mental editorial. After all, nothing can be dene about it. Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN Education will increase earning capacity. Just look at rich college professors. your our The President’'s commission is getting advice concerning all crimes except that of offering gratuitous advice to public officials. It every day will be Sunday bye and bye, why sing “Heaven is my home"? There won't be any need of a home. Just to see whether these things really have anv effect, why not try an ‘“‘Obey-the-law week"? If a night club hostess doesn’t know liquor is sold, what does she think it is that makes men sillv enough to pay 82 for ginger ale? 8till, think how many more street car accidents there might be if somebody hugged the motorman. If you use the right paste, yeur teeth will be nice and clean when at the age of forty-five you have the last snags puiled. It Mr. Edison can't find a new vegetable source of rubber, he might experiment with lobster. American men spend 50 million a year for cosmetics, and those who wonder whether the dead know what is going on here might ok- serve whether Daniel Boone has turned over. Americanism: Guffawing over a magazine joke about an English- man; Thinking the English are trying to start a war because their magazines joke Americans. If he says money isn't the meas- ure of success, he has no money and his vanity demands another yardstick that will prove him a win- ner. The scarcity of seven-passenger sedans indicates nothing, except that the man who needs one that size hasn’t that muck money. Future collectors of antique drug store tables can recognize ‘heir authenticity by the layers of gum underneath. Girls need more wisdom now. In the old days they could tell a mar- rled man because he, didn't shave except on Baturday. Afherican idealism never goes quite so far as to vote for the bet- ter manif the other party promises ! ter man if the other party promises | The Liberal party in England de- a campaign with unspont money ou hand. No defense against airplane at- tack? Men armed only with spears thought the same thing when the ,other side first used arcows. commission must | make a ‘“courageous” report. That | |implies that it will be ten:pted to conceal a disagreeable truth. Just what disagreeable truth, Mr. Presi- jdent? | 8o the crime Correct this sentence: “Girls of sixteen squeal and giggle in pub- lic,” said the critic, “but they don't do it to attract attention.” Copyright, 1929, Publishers Syndicate - A= 8r Harny - VURRTER R Hae yo heard this one P AND CHEAPER TOO! 1 was passing along Union Street, | Aberdeen, one day this summer |when I heard a little boy go up to his father and ask for a penny to buy ice cream. “Why do you cream, laddie?" want to buy ice asked the father " NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929, D Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York. NOTHING'S EVER WA! Those haii-ribbons of yestery: From cobwebbed attics They've found a use for that's To doll up this year's men's straw hats! ppear, ‘em and FAIR, PLAY! “Mug” Higgins: “Lady, is there any reward if 1 find your lost dog?"” Mrs. Schuyler: “Yecu will get your reward in Heaven.” “Mug"” Higgins: “Then you can g0 to the other place and find your dog! SWEET SADNESS By Leonard Zissner O ladies in adjacent scats To mine, where movie art ap- pears, Who to the actors’ tragic feats Pay tribute of ecstatic tears, I would enjoy the picture, t00 If I could weep as much aa you. The heroine, bereft of job, Is led into a life of crime, Whereat you lachrymosely sob, And have a most delightful time. Your tears fall hotly on my neck And leave my shirt a sodden wreck. You likewise cry through scenes of Joy, And sniffle at the shrine of bliss; Your eyes are moist when girl and boy Melt in the throes of love's first Kies, And t descend At the pre-nuptial happy ena. like April showers Sweet ladies, if my optic springs Could gush as brightly, flow as fre: I never would say caustic things Of cinema-photography— Teach me whatever I should know, And let me share your happy woe!! ATWLETIC COP—B00D RACE THAT THEY MUST BR TRAVELING TEN SECONDS FLAT! In Keeping! Correspondence 8chool Grad.: “I sce by our Alumni Bulletin that the big endowment drive for dear old Correspondence College is going great.” Friend: “It it?" C. 8. G.: “Yes. They just got an- other endowment of $10 worth ot postage stamps!” —Willis B. Dost When you tell a man that you understand him thoroughly, he be- comes interested. ' Tell a womaa the same thing and she becomes suspicious! “YOU'D BE WILD ABOUT HER IF YOU ONLY KNEW HER"!! Overheard By Ellen Neeahr Edith: “I can’t understand why you don't like her. She'n really ter- ribly brilliant and uwfully amusing.” Alvin: “Is she? Somehow I've |never gotten along with her.” Edith: “Well, you ought to get to know her, because I know you'd tdore her if you really knew her. She's really an awfully sweet girl.” } Alvin: “Well, I've heard other people say o, too! I've probably been mistaken ahout her. I'll take your advice and try to know her better.” Edith: “Of course she's pecullar. sort of. I mean you mustn’'t mind the unconventinnal sort of things she says and does sometimes.” Alvin: “I don't think I would.” Edith: “No, 1 don't think you would, because you're broadminded |and everything but 1 know heaps of people who abominate her because vs such awful things some- times and docs the wildest sort of querulously. adding, “When I was a wee loonie I never got ice cream.” | “It's so hot faither, 1 would like a glass of ice cream to cool ma blood. t that's a' want, ma son.” d the father, ‘just wait until we t hame an’ I'll tell ye a ghost tory that will make your blood run cold!"” Koy (o Hartford Woman Quits i Over Flag Exercises Hartford, June 18 (UP)—Be- cause the Hartford Woman's club voted to omit the salute to the flag at its meetings, Mrs. Andrew W Bryne, president of the National Congr of New England Women, Nas re her membership. Mr I, ne the Hartford club o y" and “unpatriotic.” | 3 tion of the Ic.al c¢lub was cendemned at informal d ring the national conv: Daughters of the American Revolu- tion at Washington, according to [ Mrs. Bryne. ye things, do you know what T mean?" | Alvin: “Really? Well, T don’t sup- | pose she really means any harm by |it, does she?” ' | Edith: “Oh, heavens no, my dear! | Of course not. only it's just that she | makes herself so darned conspicu- | ous that people hate to be with her | because she embarrasses them to !death by these -perfectly frightful things she's always doing and say- ing all the time.” Alvin: don’t wonder.” Edith: “But T don't mean rny- thing against her, my dear, only 1 just wanted to warn you not to be | surprised by anvthing she does be- cause she really doesn't mean a thing by it, my dear. T mean it's just her way and T hope you'll get to know her because she hasn't {hardly any friends on account of | heing o peculiar and all, do you | know what I mean?” Not Surprising! Watson: “Although Judson come back rich, apparently hasn't changed a Bit.* | Goodwin: “He always was good keeping his change in his pock- —Mrs. C. J. Spock { Men and Muzzles! | With her nine-year-old son and (her police dog a lady was walking !down the avenue when she encoun tered two policemen standing at the | corner. has he ot i geologists who have accepted “Where's that dog's muszsle?” de. manded one. The lady was fright- ened but was finally able to reply. none too boldly, “It's up at the de- partment store, sbeing sized; I'm to get it later today.” This, the cops decided, was O. K., and the trio was about to proceed when the little boy, who was not frightened, deliv- ored himself of this Joud remark, “I bet you guys wouldn't have said a word if you hadn't been together. You just wanted to show off. The terrified lady almost broke into a run but slackened when she heard laughter behind her and one of the cops calling, “Maybe you're right, kid. Their Ending! Smith: “Have you still got those jconvertible bonds?" Haines: “No. My wife converted them. . Smith: “Into common stock?” Haines: “No, into a fur coat, a new dress, a diamond ring, and a new car!" . —Rush L. Daffron (Copyright, 1929, Reproduction Forbidden) Questions and, . oo S QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any| question of fact or information by | writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, | 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and martial advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are confidential, —Editor. Q. Would the earth be habitable if there was no internal heat? A. Internal heat is not a factor in the earth’s inhabitability. The sun’s rays are the determining fac- tor. If no volcanic activity occurred on the earth at all; and if there was no surface evidence whatever of in- ternal heat, life would go on just as long as the sun furnished heat and life to the surface. Q. How old is the earth? A. Speculations about the geo- logical age of the earth vary enor- mously. Professor Alfred C. Lane of Tufts college told the geologists at the 65th meeting of the American Assoclation for the Advancement of Science that, previous estimates of the earth's age as 500,000,000 years must be doubted. The error, he ex- plained, was made in the method of computation by means of the amount of salt carried to the oceans by rivers and flood waters. He said the proportion of salt in rivers is greater than in flood waters, and that up to this time it has been as- sumed that the proportion was the same. He sald that the physicists who have estimated the age of the earth at 900,000,000 years, were closer in theis estimates than the the 500,000,000 year theory. Q. What is the difference in al- titude between Mount Everest and Mount McKinley? A. Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. According to the best trigonometrical measure- ments, its altitude is 29,141 feet. Mount McKinley has an altitude of 20,464 feet. Q. How does a Manx cat differ from an ordinary cat? A. The principal difference is that Manx cats have no tails, or only stubby ones that are boneless. Oc- casionally. a genuine Manx cat is born with a tail ten or eleven inches long. The hind legs are propor- tionately longer and heavier, and when these cats run or jump they have somewhat the action of a rabbit. Manx cats vary in color, running to tabbies and mixed colors. White Manx cats are practically un- known, and black ones are extreme- ly rare. The Island of Man is the original home of the breed. | Topsy and George Harris Q. How many immigrants were admitted to the United States in 19287 A, 307255, Q. Who played the leading feminine role in the picture “Beau- tiful But Dumb"? A. Patsy Ruth Miller. Q. Did any well known baseball player ever play as many as 1,000 consecutive baseball games? A. Everett Scott played 1.307 consecutive games. Q. What clas sof food is high in iodine content? 0 A. Shellfish, particularly oysters, clams and lobsters. Q. When water freezes does it expand of contract? A. It expands to an amount of about one-eleventh of its volume; one volume of water forms 1.0908 volumes of ice. Q. Do buzzards build nests on the ground or in trees? A. Usually they build their nests on the ground, near a log, or in the hollow stump o fa tree. It is un- usual for a bLuzzard to build his nest in the trees but it is possible. Q. What were the scores of the exhibition lacrosse matches at Am- sterdam during the 1928 Olympic games? A. Results were as follows: First game—U, 8. 6, Canada 3; second game—U. 8. 6 England 7; third game—Canada 9, England 5. Johns Hopkins (the American team) of- fered to play off the triple tie, but while the Canadians were willing, England refused. A Q. How many silver dollars were minted by the United States in 19272 A Q. 2,982,900, Who played the of the Were parts in movie “Uncle Tom's Cabin”? they white or colored? A. Mona Ray was Topsy and Arthur Carewe acted George Harris. Both are white. Q. Did John Boles and Carlotta King sing in the sound version of “The Desert Song”? A. Yes. Boles was formerly in musical comedy, and Miss King was singing over the radio when dis- covered for her role in “The Desert Song.” Q. How many Japanese are there in the United States” A. According to the last census there were 111,010, Q. Is the United States a mem- ber of the World Court? 0. A N A Observations On The Weather Washington, June 18.—Forecast for Southern New Englan Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Wednesday; light variable 25 Arch Street Phone 207 about 1322 New York Avenue, | to cover postage and handiing cos NAME | ciry CK“EK winds. 3 R Forecast for Eastarn New Yerk: Mostly fair and continued warm to- night and Wedneaday; gentle vari- able winds, mostly north. Conditions: There has been but little change in the area of high preasure over the eastern portions of the country and the heat wave continues with somewhat increased intensity. Temperatures above 90 were reported from a number of stations east of the Rocky moun- tains and showery areas are few and widely scattered. The westera disturbance continues with twe cen. ters, one in the Canadian North« west, at Edmonton and the other in the far southwest, at El Paso, and Amarillo. Conditions faver for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature. Temperatures yesterday: High Low Atlanta 68 Atlantic City . Roston . Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati ....... Denver .... Norfolk, Va. . Northfleld, Vt. ... Pittsburgh Portland, Me. . 8t. Louis .. Washington New Haven . New Orleans New York . Los Angeles 3¢ 8¢ 20 88 20 0 88 88 74 25 Years Ago Today Principal Akers of the high school announced the list of gradue ates today. Graduating exerciscs will be held Thursday afternoon, Twelve people from this city will make the Washington commandery trip to 8an Francisco. The local ball team demonstratad its metal again yesterday by wallop- ing the Unionvilles, 12 to 2. Roche of New Britain fanned 11 batters. The attention of the police has been called to the practice of young men riding their bicycles on the sidewalks. Fire Marshal Turnbull stated today that there have been 18 alarms so far this year. None of the fires were serious. The restaurant at White Oak park was completely destroyed by fire this noon. The fire w caus. ed by an explosion of a gas tauk, John E. Sheehan, the well knowa actor, is visiting his home here, He has just completed a very success- ful season. The mayor ted today that he has his doubts about there being any law which will jermit the en. forcement of the ordinance recom- mending a fine for spitting on the T want a copy of the bulletin MOTION PICTURE STARS, and enclose herewith five cents in coin, or loose, uncancelled, U. l!TREET AND NUMBER 4iececncucncacerencacnsasssnnes STATE I am a reader of the NEW BRITAIN sidewalk and in public places, Summer School JULY 8—AUGUST 16 8:30 to 1 o’Clock WHO ARE THEY? Our Washington Bureau has complled a new directory of motion pie- ture actors and actresscs, alphabetically arrange and contalning brief facts of the principal people of the screen. If you weuld like & copy of this movie directory. fll out the ccupon below and mail as directed: = == == = a= =CLIP COUPON HERE == == = o= o 'HO’I‘ION PICTURE EDITOR. Washington Buieau, New Britain Herald, hington, s D. C. | 8. postage n-mpc' HERALD. AT EITHER ENP OF THAT VERY ROUGH STRETCH oF TRACK BY THE SMITH PLACE THE SKIPPER KEEPS A BUNCH OF COVERS AND -Tops of EVERY SIZE.