New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1929, Page 8

New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Tesued Dafly (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg.. 61 Church Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 & Year 32.00 Three Months 75¢. & Month Entered at the Post Office at New Rritatn | as Becond Class Mall Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Business Office ..... ¥25 Editorial Rooms ... 26 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, It has been said by politicians in | play in the street in front of the the know that Mr. Bartlett really |truck. It seems logical to assume made run ngnu‘\sl Mr. | that anyone passing the spot and | Paonessa in 1925; that in this city it | seeing a child playing in such I'should not have been difficult for a | gangerous place would pick her up |and at least place her upon the a weak Republican candidate to defeat the then ex-mayor in his Such politteal pointed out, exceedingly rare and difficult of accomplishment. Had Mr. Bartlett been the “right” candi- come-back. ! : it interested witness nearby, seeing the | child— nssumu& that such things are | not too common to go unnoticed— the attention of come-backs, is are would have called | date, it is claimed, he might have had | the driver to the child before or as difficulty mayor. But that, after all, is a matter | he mounted the seat of the truck. things were done, in defeating the present None of these | however, and the city again was hor- rificd at one of those things which | of opinion; and is what the moguls whisper among themselves when the The only profitable advartising medium In the City. Circulation buoks and press room always open to advertisers. Member of the Associated Press i The Assoclated Prems lo exciusively en- | titled to the use for re-puulication 1»(‘ all news credited to it or Dot otherwise credited in this paper end Alse news published therein. local Member Audit Bureau ot Circulation | The A B. C. Is & natlonal organization which turnishes oewspapers and aduer: | tisers with & strictly honest amalysis of clrculation. Our elrculation statietics are sed upon this audit This insures pro tection sgainst fraud 1n pewspaper dis tribution figures to both uational aud local advertisers. in New imes Entrance aie daily Newsstand, auds, s on lng's rhe Aeral York at ot Bquare; Schuitz's Grand Ce THE WEST MAIN 1 stop betore turr into do otl lice This will be from past there will not be 1 of a differ ence, Motori ral time have been unable wriots into We¢ without a and consid- strect pause erable hesitancy nicd by n had the from an intersectin “the right of W ted them pr a lull rvousr Iriver a turn he had but f al right to m vay.” in fact; in. upon their rights, most of ferring to wait until there came in tratfic, just like pedestrians 'he present boulevard system will make it compulsory by law to stop on intersecting streets, just like | it was compulsory to be previo through caution. It remains seen wath attitude the courts take toward driv who do not obey the police sign injunctions and figure in to the police not obey the accidents. According belief, those who do stop signs nothing coming to them” by way of damages. Most cer- “have tainly, the burden of proof will be upon their shoulders It must be confessed that boule- vard streets are becoming increasing- | ly in vogue. Motorists who this sum- | mer have wended their way into | many towns while touring testify as to their prominence In| this city, of e, West Main street | elsewhere. co! boulevard For a | is a logical treet. have bowled | long time autosists along it as if motorists coming from Intersecting str rights. | The differentiate ets had no present s will sharply the respective rights of the boulevard drivers and those on the intersecting streets, as is the ob- ject of the boulevard system else- where. The main idea i order to avoid possibility of mistakes, bad | judgment | the stop Autoists are forced to become ac- | customed They every day. and resulting accidents, g drivers are asked to proceeding. | to stop signs, are meeting more of them BARTLETT'S ABDICATION Although A ong time regarded as the logica for mayor | on t Donald L. | Bartlett third they ing fe 1ot ; ayor, remain- ting from this time it is 1 for citizens 8 whole to come onclusior ipoint of a man Paone eiderati who sa he st con- o1 nayoralty led recently, was reg until fairly | o discussion veers around the name of | “just happen.” | Norfolk, | Portland, \}shh:\\'alk Or this not done, any dis- | - EEan 6 1929. Nantucket ............ 14 Nashville New Haven ... New Orleans .. New York ... Va. . Northfield, Vt. Pittsburgh Me. covnnee Tioulss ot oy Washington Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN Any town is a bum town to the man who hates the meddling gos sips. Mr. Bartlett and the next mayoralty race. | Mr. Bartlett is said to | claim, and with some degree of logic, { yvielding a thought t be wrong with the years, during for | FELLED BY LITERARY JAZZ | the passing of without | But what One cannot note Youth's Companion is that the moguls should better the | can be no ques- political that something have helped him to become < s en known and in city's tion t more prominent a publication of 102 it containing the butions airs. There c carned reputation “solid reading . which a at a man aspiring to become i » man aspiring to s mayor of the city must be something % tor young and enjoying contri- in the nature of a household word. Mr. Bartlett the from many of the 1and's calized this more after |, ;0 citizens, is forced to leave election than previously, it is the scene. Coming closely after the said. Conscquently some time ago, at his Century, following a long life as one ! when th the opportunity came to be most monthlies, | d ; L | avarterty. it 1e woul i 5 decided change in reading tastes un- | e well and hetter known as a parf _ | ler way. With such institutions of of our attractive head of the town committee, : announced that it will turn into a friends thought it a good chance to would seem there is a put the third warder where intcllect while a giving 2zzed-up uccess, it is cl groun periodicals | tine ion, ML not Leforest growidizzy withie ear as that and has shown evidence of | passed for | in spring water what certain degree of inde- ure solid information do “other- no longer receives | ate from | more than th popular m of the party leaders. For | tavor today. iinst the About the most difficul rprise square times is to publi a high stand dog voted con- | periodical” and make it pay. against the West ed is a startling change when cor statior the with a bygone period when ! the latt riodi rovided a fair grade 1 vote-losing thing in his own bailiwick. | financial return for their owners, No alderman, it was felt by the in- their circulations, according . would have done this had he AR e seen confident of honors to come. It 1y small. | all the for Ameri ression Iderman | har most writers writing on the carly ina, whose poems ¥, |and essays now form part of school s not encouraged to contributed to the old s of standing cultural e was the opposi- 1oy a Bryant rson | a in But our e Johnson and the |or a Longfellow. bheing feat mily magazines of 1die arions and h he has been identi- heard today. persistently our I Weraito such like. the the party Although only a rumor, its existence at ey the but oralty cand carn more moncy naweck tl year, somehow their stuff doesn't stick. Johnson bloec would bolt d-timers earned in a least indicated the The Youth's Companion, when it the At- turned extent of the strained re And tions could not tions in political circles, | came under the control of it at least lantic Monthly Company, wi sted that elec- | be won under such |into a quarterly. This didn't look any | conditions. too good, and with now the it has been | Boy. for years Mr. Bartlett, of course, is a busy | nersed” American man; more so now than ever before, | 1 P¢ Living Age. which oo i b Bl went it alone and the vmbworal Haha: then became the been forced to miss important meet- | PFOPerty of Atlantic Monthly, City duties ot | was operated “at a loss,” we are in- | | ings Hall on account of in- formed, and eventually was sold to another concern which has enlarged i otherwise “modernized” it, greatly to the dis- tress of some old-timers garded the old format good enough for distinctige contents. The sed with the Works, and the future indicates he | will have even less present. Stanley g added pictures, and This of course is a logical reason for stepping who re- out of politics; but many a very busy man has re- 25 mained 1 politics if the outlook R O Century goes into a quarterly with | the explanation that there are many other monthly magazines which have taken up the field satisfactory to their readers, and hinting that the seemed prefer- ment. After all, the possibility of be- coming mayor of the city is no small | honor; and most mayors in their | private affairs have not lac need for being on the move. Mr, man d the | auarterly field in this country is less | crowded. Perhaps the something Bartlett has been a business |, “0 T e Remothine 0 this thesis L ri B e i sis, considering that there are some Britis arterlies whi there is little doubt in the minds of | 276 30Me British quarterlies which anyone that, if he could have been nominated and elected amount to considerable in restricted cirel and which might be dupli- | in this country vantage, under 4 mayor, he | would have given a good account of But are cated to some ad- | himself while in office ; 3ut consider the re 1inde: ¢ present conditions there many | I e emor e ficld in this land of steady progress. | Most w’ the magaz a preponderating hurdles between the man the aspiration for office and e etaal -not all, but | enjoyment majority—reflect go through | {an training in subsidiary offices | temperament and thus become thoroughly conver- | | periodicals ; and then he must play politics, toady to the in- thereof. A must astonishing superficiality Most much readers of the seem to sant with city busine: e | ment rather than edification. That is | not exactly a good thing, but scems | a sign of the times. siders, and try to become a public character and known to everyone as a he-man of political activity for the | All of which is | | Observations ; ' On The Weather A CHILD IN THE STREF Rarely g 200d of the public. something of a large was th automobile | Washington, Aug. 14.—Forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy with showers tonight; Thursday fair and cooler; moderate winds becom- ing west and northwest Thursday. Forecast for New Haven and Showers tonight; Thurs- and slightly cooler. The area of low h was central over the upper Mississippi vesterday morning has moved eastward and is now central Ontario. It is causing showery weather in the portions of the Lake region and the northern portions of New England An over accident in this city which arousea death of ar old girl who a3 run over by a truck whilc the 1s much of a shock as the the one and a half y play- in street in front home child, it ing close to the on Oak street. | vicinity day clearin Cor pre he seems, b the play- front of AR itions sure e truck whil drive W did the g dos valle ing business in a stor he T ned to his vehi . over child wheels not see the T ron e unsettied castern and Obvlously, no one could claim in- nt upon the rea of high South Dakota pleasant weather mountains The all part of the tru did 1 walked pressure central is producing k driv- child truck He simply ot see the play as he to his and temperature the Conditions f unsettled by f Mississippi river. continues cool In northern districts, nobody called his he was one ttention to e before started it wor for this vicinity followed That, indeed, the v showery i and mperat weather liar points about the accident. When d ound who absolved ghtly cooler lisinteres s yesterday High Low Atlanta Atlantic Roston | Ruttalo Chicago Cincinnati . Denver Duluth Hatteras Los Angeles | Miami Minneapolis wssumed they saw City k yell or a warn- ayed the hand of wheel, but vas forthcoming. onishing vas allowed to was ¢ fact that the child | sem | millior of | ¢ entertain- | stween the Rocky | The happy people you envy just that way because they haven't time to feel sorry for themselves. How nice to live In Canada man can feel free without ing mean liquor in August. whers a drink Tip: A small gratuity. Evidence that charity is expected to take the lace of decent wages. the present rate America should have a network of concrete hig the time everybody takes At of progress, complete by ir 1ways to the Tortunately, daughter late without disrupting the house- hold’s plans. She doesn't mind driv- ing the car two blocks to get a nut sundae for breakfast. can sleep ae A ntist is a man wl amine a skull buried in 1650 reconstruct the ape-man it to §30,000 years B. C. have religion that toleran § ot the wick follow- orn- ed ers good, made ils and 1 2 rimony don't lasi but think how ment bonds last. long now long im- pro Am man in Keeping an accused months; paying him nothing fo time when he is at last acquitted; wondering why some people hate the government ricanism jail six lost You can tell when a man is really g 10 the 18-day diet. Members of his family dodge when he comes near., sticki to land you can't ex- bird of months But to It takes many a ire in jail lawyers in a w the size pect that pick a or two. becoming know what UldF olsg m cone, popular; mer- Mergers are and if you don’ you sl with an ice ger s, ve a smail boy ere A front by e you the cuss| motion just befo made him, The path of glory leads but to the grave; and as soon as a Democrat begins to get somewhere, they want | him to accept the nomination for the presidency. | Well, if Mr. Hoover is to reduce | military expenscs by eliminating un- | essential thir now would be a good time shirt. to buy a stuffed Tuilding cruisers just for v]r\(r‘netfl" Let's raise fighting cocks to defend us against any man who thinks his | ers can lick our He loved her” is a plain state of fact. “He loved 1" is American humor. “This bim- hn shure was nut abonut the phrail” is brilliant modern wit. ent done s the don't traffic Correct this sentence: care who you are," said cop; "I treat ‘em all alike. (Copyright 192 Syndic Publishers ate) S Harny- LAUDER -~ FUNNIER Hae ye heard this one ? MURELY LOOKING Here are a few “guid” ones from Aberdeen. A dering about the streets of the city with a suit of clothes over his arm. After he had kept this up for biggest part of the morning, he was hailed by a policeman, who thres ened to arrest him for peddling without a license. The Jew, howev- er, pointing to the suit which he carried, explained that he was mere- ly looking for the “Aberdecn Iree Contrary to public opinion, short skirts were not originated in Paris but in Aberdeen. The girls discover- cd that the saved a lot of “claith.” An Aberdonian, ordering suit from his tailor remark, “Can ye no fit tae the new 18 they | a new was heard the old They're to poc- as kots > guid suit ever were." WARREN FUNERAL FRIDAY New York, Aug. 14 (UP)—The funcral of Joseph A. Warren, fort police of New York held Friday morning at Burial will commissioner will be St. Agr church Holy Name ¢ Warren died ye aged 47 city. be in City terday at Greenwich, ——— EYESIGHT EXAMINATIONS ——————— " TATIONS | HENRY F. REDDELL OPTOMETRIST RAPHAEL BUILDING 99 West Main ST ELEVATOR sERvice Yy B "work without | ATTE | Jew was observed wan- | the | Mae: “That's lip-stick.” | Lee: “And what a wonderful eye- | brows. Mae Lee: They're penciled. “Such charming cheeks.” It's rouge.” ‘And a lovely tan.” : “It's specially applied.” Lee: (bewildered): “Say, is any Send all communications to Fun | Part of you YOU?” Shop lulltor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letier will he forwarded to New York —Nat Fietsch. (Copyright 1929, Reproduction Forbidden.) i 1 OUR SUMMER RDEN HINT! | Humus makes the roses grow, estions | And just as surely folks we know | In these thought-garden plots of | ours | | | Judge was born May 25,1894 and It's Humor grows the brightest flowers! | MUSTARD ON THEM! | | Mother: “Did you take that mu: tard bath I told you to take for that cold of yours?” Junior: “No, but I did something just as good. I ate five hot dogs!" UP CULTURE'S HILL! | Confession of a Club Lady) | By Mrs. Elma W. Munch | The path of Culture's Hill is steep, And weary is the way, With very little time for sleep And none-at all for play | | WERED | ou can get an answer to any | question of fact or fnformation by | writing to the Question ditor, New | Britain Herald, Washington Bureau | 1322 New York avenue, Washimgton. I D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps reply. Medical, legal and marital advise cannot be given, nor tended rescarch w5 undertaken. All |othes questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests cane not be answered. All letters are confldential. -~ ditor. Q. How often do A terva e QUESTIO that this toilsome task Must never bat an eye, But keep her firm, unw I'orever fixed on high. 8h essays ering gaze Al = I've been but a short time the road, My courage still is stro Yot often have 1 felt the That hurries me a on crabs change alans They do not molt or scasons, but exigenc their B they are at fixed according growth, th great fre- very young. Irom animals | to the inferred that the somotimes worn vears. n- over Tbsen 1o Rembrandt rocks, tierce Debussy bumps, I Nietzsche knocks mbled humps 5 er ro. 5 S0 quency being when rely in mollusks times s ma age. other adhering advanced the and found it the and I cannot rest— b for more. vied hy I'm wayworr calture ti Yet still I cl footsore. goms covering i number of Are girl jockeys employed on race tracks? ' same for a Q any t oh, when all is done and Upon some manly breast I'd like my tired head And take a good long res said, to lay A. We know of no race tracks in the United States where girl jockeys ire employed regularly. At T Juana, Mexico, they frequently have especially for girl jockeys, but | they do not ride in competition with male Jockeys. Q e race Where the world? A. The largest England. The Bronx Zoo, New 700, nd the Park in Washington, Q. What is the origin of knock- ' : on wood to avoid had Inck? A. The custom of knocking on wood appears to have originated in the custom of touching wood upon | every cceasion of happiness or good | fortune, in gratitude to Christ who died upon a wooden cross. Through some notion of the mass mind the custom of touching or knocking on ! wood came to be looked upon as & means of warding off ill-luck. Q. Who was included in main cast of “Humoresque?” | A Frances Marion had the lead- ing part. Vera Gordon was the | Jewish mother; Dore Davidson was her husband. Bobby Connelly was the son and Sydney Carlvle took the part of the imbecile. There wv‘r“‘ many others in the cast including Alma Rubens and Gaston Glass. How long dons it take apnle near, plnm and peach trees to start bearing? A. With the general run of varl eties and ordinary care, apple tress will bear in 5 or § years (some va- | rieities do not hear until they are | from 12 to 14 years old), others abont 7 or 8§ years: pears from & [to 7 years; plums from 3 to & years and peaches from 3 to 4 years. | Q. Can yau estimate the age of | rattle snake that is six feet long? | A. The growth of a snake de-| pends largely upon the plentiful- | i ness of its food supply. Tt is impos- reby |Sible to say how old a six-foot rat- of [fler wonld be—it might be a dozen | yenrs old, or more. i Q. What are the largest snakes? | AT reticulated pythons | frund in the Philinnine Ialands. ‘ They measure 30 feet in length and |15 inches in diameter. is the largest Zoo in in Tondon largest s St. Louis ological is second York City. National D. C. are next the e voru Just a little hot chocolate CORRECT! Eficiency Expert: “Keep this light turned off. You can do just as much it Office Boy: “Yes, and you can do just as much work without your pants but yet you wear them!" | —Rev. J. E. Carne on the imagi A critic is a stowaway flight of somcone tion! % 1se’s GO POLICE! | Milhan TION, CHI By Dorothy S. 465x54a will please check and fill in na | 1 (prisoner's name) ... confess that 1 killed (name corpse) with a (paper cutter) (letter opener), (razor), (revolver). (rifle). (shotgun), (machine gun) (Big Bertha), (strychnine), (car holic acid), (wood alcohol) on (give date) because (he), (she). stole my (wife), (sweetheart), (hus-| a Form (Prisoners cor- rect answers ral Q. What is the address of the Central Branch of fhe Young Men's Christian Association? A. 610 Lexington Avenue, York City. Q. How old are Walter Johnson and Joe Judge of the Washington | Baseball club, and when did they enter the Major leagues? A. Walter Johnson was born No- vember 6, 1887 and began his ma- jor league career in 1907. Joe New made his first appearance wKh a Major, League club in 1914. Q. How many bones are there in the skeleton of a monkey? A. With the exception of the tail, the monkey would have essen- tially the same number of bones as| that of a man, 214, with perhaps a slight variation. Q. Are earthquakes more num- erous now than ten or twenty years ago? A. According to the Internation- Summary approximately 460 carthquakes were recorded during the year 1910. Of these 139 were definitely located and 45 were se- vere enough to be recorded in all parts of the world. In 1920 ther: were approximately 630 earthquakes. | 58 were definitely located and 13 were severe enough in all parts of the world ures for 1927 have not compiled yet. From the the office of the U. S. Coast ani Geodetle Survey it i roughly esti- mated that approximately 700 ear! The fig- been fully records at quakes were recorded for that year.| (‘nrflm\mhm:i While recorded some ments in seismographs and methods of operating {hem. Q. What is the mileage of the circumference of the earth? A. The equatorial circumference is 24,902 miles; the meridinal cir- cumference is 24,560 miles. Q. What is the name of the American Consul at Homburg, Ger- many? T 5% Q. Who wrote Three Musketeer A. Alexander Dumas. Q. What states have 7 specific laws against hitch-hiking? A. Maine, Massachusctts Jerscy, and the District of bia Q. How many United States? A. On June 30, 1928 there were 6,213 banks reporting to the Comp of the Currency. the number of varles from year to year, s the Talbot 8mith. the book “The New banks are in the troller 25 Years Ago Today A policeman was sent around all the stores and saloons in the city yesterday to find out where cigar- ettes are being sold. A drive is to made against the sale of the “coffin 1ils” to minors, The rural free delivery carriers in this city have recelved word from Washington stating that they must stay in their positions until successors are appointed. The local men sent in their resignations when informed that they could not ac- cept tips from persons whom they delivered mail. to | this_city to be recorded | {Break Through Blockade and increase is due to improve- | Colum- | A wedding has been in progress. in a house on Elm street for two days and two nights. The neigh- bors are beginning to get Testless and police action may be taken. The state A. O. H. convention opens this evening in Derby. M. J. Kenney will represent the New Britain division. He will be accom- | panied by Thomas Egan, James H. O'Connell, James Butler and John McInerney The new to be constructed cost $10,000. The Y. M. T. A. & B. society has applied for a permit to build a two- story addition to its present build- ing on Beaver street. Philip Bardeck has purchased the Mountain Grove property of Her- man Doerr, according to a report made today. Reports of a typhoid epidemic in were proven false today by Health Officer Bunnell, who stated that there are only three cases in the city. Greek Catholic church in this city will 1J0UOR SHUGGLERS FOOL COAST GUARD Land Daylight Load Windsor, Ont., Aug. 14 Press)—Rum runners broke through the U. S. (Canadian coast guard blockade ves- ful In land- of liquor in road daylight at the Detroit docks. The waited until a coast guard patrol boat had passed out 6t sight below the Ambassador bridg=. and then transferred 40 cases of whiskey from a speedboat to an automobile. procedure requir- ed just three minutes, witnesses of the transfer The liquor was handled by five runners, two of whom wore revolvers in holsters. U. 8. authorities have been notl- fied that several trips of this natura were made after coast guard vessels had passed out of sight either up or down stream. y and were succ ing several erd ng cargoes runners Callouses and Burning Soles Dr. Scholl's Zino- pads for Callouses end pain in one minute and avoid all danger of blood poisoning which cutting of your cal- louses invites. They remove the friction and pressure of shoes and are soothing, healing, guarantced safe, sure. Won't come cff while bathing. At all Drug, Shoe and Dept. stores — 35¢ box. Dz Schoils Zino-pads Put one on—the pain is gonc! MO K The lifeblood of human exchange is money. 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STREET AND NUMBER cITY the United States, descrites the United States in detail; tells about the new reduced-size U. currency may be .IP COUPON HERE —— -— — — and where it coinage, is coined, tells how the paper 5. interesting STATES, | or looso, uncancelled, U. 8. handling costs: varlous kinds of redeemed and other send for this bulletin: D: C) coin, T am a reader of the NEW BRITAIN HERALD. e s R band), (lover), (whisky shipment), | | (beer consignment), (virtue). | | I further state that T killed him | (in self-defense) (after he had veached for his gun), (like a dog.| |and I'm glad 1 did it). Everything got (red) (black), I (pulled my own pistol) (wrested his pistol away from him), and I remember (that T point- led it at him and pulled the trigger) (nothing more). ( Note to Applicant: have requested that you | following. Thank you.) T left my mother's knee when 1 was ....years old. She isnow a ... haired old woman with cheelks, but she knows her (boy) (girl) conld do no wrong. I have asked the father of the slain (man) (woman) for forgiveness and he is (praying for my soul) (looking for me with | shotgun). Signed mporary Family Stuff ewspapers fill in the City of | Guest of the Chicago i MORE EXERTION? Visitor: “I should think lows would tire of playing all the time. Why don't dominoes Store Loafer you fel- checkers you play “They're heavier to —Oswald Caskie. PRETTY DREADFUL! T never had such a tough time in my life. First T got pectoris, followed by arteriosclerosis, | Just as T was recovering I got tuberculosis, pneumonia and phthisis. gave me hypodermic:s followed angina from double Then they these | Appendictis was by a | tonsillotomy. | T know I | indigestion, gastritis, rheu- { matism, lumbago, and neuritis. I don't know how T pulled through It was the hardest spelling bee ‘ve ever seen! had besides diabetes and acute A SLNTHETIC MISS! “What a beautiful mouth you (ZFontaine Fox. HAD MOTHER MYSTIFIED WHEN HE OFFEREP To RUN THE CARPET S