New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1930, Page 6

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The Herald fs on male dally in York at Hotaling's Newestand, Times Bquare; Schultz's Newsastand, Entrance Grand Cestral, 42nd Street. — QUIGLLEY'S VICTORY IN THE PRIMARY lose victory of Mr Republican primary is indi- cative of his political strength and is a harbinger of The in the hotly contested clection campaign between the Re- publican bt Donou andidate and Me- h. Mr. Quigley's large lead the first ward and the disappointing to- tal given Mr. Bartlett in the third ward, the remaining wards Vielding fair leads to Mr. Quigley, tells the result of the in with scramble for the Republican nomination. The result means definitely that so far as the rank and file of Re- publicans is the hard- Mr, fines: concerned, they prefer knocking independence of Quigley to the organization of Mr. Bartlett. Much us the Republican organiza- | tion may proclaim that it will back the nominated Republican candidate, it still remains a question whether this will be done in a half-hearted manner or whether it will be sub- limated lip scrvice. Mr. Quigley solely has been operating upon his own personality, record and knowledge of public af- fairs. He has shown quite effective- ly that the Republican organization .in this city is not as powerful as it has been thought to be. He will be grateful for its support in the en- suing clection campaign, of course, but even without it he will be able lo put forward a strong battle for mayoraity. Democrats will, when they are frank, admit as much. It is significant that in the third ward, where the Republicans are reputed to have the strength of a mountain, Mr. Bartlett failed to ob- tain anything like the total expected. This must mean that of the army of Republican voters in this ward there is a feeling of indcpendence this year; or that a goodly portion of them are not so sure whether they care to Dbe numbered within the tepublican ranks this spring. Upon the general supposition that a citi- zen does mot wish to vote in a primary if undecided as to whether he will support the primary winner, _the result in the third ward would indicate a sterling enhancement of _independent political thought. The Republican primary contest was well fought, except that the two leading contenders did not bring forward the best platform argu- ments until near its very finich, probably too late to ' swing many Republican votes from an already preconceived choice. Citizens now- adays make up their minds consid- crably in advance of the closing days of a campaign, and there tle doubt that can be lit- they will do the same thing during the election cam- paign now starting. The now faces one of the wnost spirited local history. Now clections that Mr. Bartlet has been pushed aside, Mr. Quigley will have the opporty long sougzht y that h My has and McDonoug! a virile, straigl dence forward, confi- inspiring candidate, will have to keep step wit rival, most COLONEL AND HIS THOMPSON PARTY Ot the many telephone calls re garding the primary results which tlowed the Herald office las night, few inquirers failed to ask how Colonel Thompson had fared. Shortly rding the had been weli into news reg re m alty distributed nominec Ny ha Colonel Thompson. That = Judging by vir or scveral hours with ust the nething. comfortable lead over his rivals attained by the vener- able town clerk it would it is the opinion of Mr. the Republican citizenry that Thompson sery Wi s vindication colonel witl sublican voter lout nade ind h T nounceme this clection ) ent was d 1 Thompson campaisn resting itel ipon a platform | vindication against the auditor Quigley | in its | energetic | ppear that | who criticized his methods recently. Human nature decided his stand- ing in the Republican party. They voted for Colonel Thompson in droves because they didn't like the auditors. Just as the general public heartily dislikes the alleged effi- ciency systems one reads about, so they dislike auditors, The political situation regarding the town clerk’s office now sizes up in a most interesting fashion. Demo- crats, too, suffer from human nature. THE TAX RATE “PROPOLITIO! An argument over taxation in- evitably leads to statistics and a study of political cconomy contain- ing fractions, cquations, radicands and unknown quantities. The general public, having for- gotten all about its algebra, being shaky on handling fractions, and knowing no more about equations except that too much liberty is apt to equal license, sits back and takes too much for granted. A step in the dircction of throw- ing the Einstein theory into local politics was taken when Mr. Quig- ley, during his last speech prior to the primary, referred to decreased valuc of dollars during one of his administrations—if not during all of them—to expl the tax rate, Mr. Quigley, it will be remember- cd, did not come to this until Mr. Bartlett had forced him into it by criticizing the Quigiey tax rates. It reminds one of how the Shad, the treasurer in Kingfish's lodge, ex- plained where the money went when Amos 'n Andy were on a visit of financial investigation. Whenever he got a dollar of lodge mon the Shad esplained, the finance committee found it out and made a call. Of every dollar, 99 3-4 per cent went to the finance com- mittee, 67 1-2 per cent of the re- | mainder went to members of the finance committse who did not ac- company the first delegation, and 37 1-4 per cent of the remainder went for current expenses, result- ing in 1-2 of 1 per cent remainjng to pay the salary of the Shad, of which 51 1-2 per cent remained un- paid. If you can figure that out you will have no trouble at all in follow- ing the tax rate discussions of the candidates. e increase in | | MORE ON HECKLERS We don't like this idea of candi- dates threatening to put the law on so-called hecklers at a public meet- Ing. Of course, it i3 against the law for anyone to disturb a meeting, but the intent of the law manitestly is to safeguard church gatherings, school gatherings, Sunday school affairs and such like from the un- ruly tongues of hecklers. Who ever heard of politicians being particu- lar about who asked them questions, provided they were in a position to answer them? And what candidate, in his right senses, would risk losing scads of votes by clamping the law on a questioner? Of course, a citizen asking a ques- tion from the person on the plat- form should have one or two in point, and not attempt to utilize the opportunity to spill propaganda for some pet idea of his own. That is the mistake a Communist made the other day; but then, Communists are always making mistakes. Let nothing but dignity and statis- tics be in attendancc at a political meeting and where is the audlence? Citizens who devote their spare time to attend such events are entitled to more than dignity and statistics. Unquestionably, at least so far as we can judge, the most unpopular editorial we printed during the past year was the one which saw print recen tended to en- courage hecklers if they had any- thing substantial to heckle about; and which Iw mean unpop | dates. That being nothing at all to | worry about, however, we rush into | with the candi- | | Southerners who | trary | print with another on the same regardless of the |against heckling. The law, No. 6540 | of the gencral statistics, cited by | Mr. McDonough, r subject, law fers only to per- | sons who “wilfully interrupt or dis | turb” a meeting, which a heckler | does not necessarily need to do. The gentlemanly modus operandi is (o ask “a fe candidate Juh(:\\n permission to W | questions.” Then, if the | knows his onions, he will “welcome | any questions,” although in his heart | he may feel like having the citizen | arrested on a charge ot mayhem and | distigurement ot the atmosphere. The candldate is in a “ticklish position’ at such a moment. If he | refuses to permit the citizen to ask | his questions the audience concludes | he fears the questions; and when he | smilingly grants permission he may find himself chin to jowl with sorae item or issuc that he would prefer et ) oo | The only publicity worth a frazze of type regarding the recent primary | “rallfes,” according to city cditors, | was that provided by a the way hecklers, “ho i were decidedly be- nd in rel: cxponents not 1 the would 1 hea {appe ‘0 us. ave been smaller ‘ype most of Some of these candidat he plethora of “managers, a | forcing | conspicuous of the laws that in prac. | | | | den | with | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930. managers and assistants to. the as- sistant managers,” are not up {o the fine points of politres, They should hire a few hecklers to attend the meetings and have them ask ques- tions they can readily answer, In this manner the answers would not only be ready—part of good show- manship—but they waquld be force- fully put and provide resounding victories for the candidates over the hecklers. There is no char gestion, * ¢ for the sug- THE OATH OF OFFICE Dry cditors in the state, com- menting upon the recent case of Mayor Batterson of Hartford, make much of the fact that when the Mayor took the oath of office he necessarily swore to uphold all the laws, which by inference the prohibition law. included For this reason, it is Mayor Batterson had no “breaking the law” by purchasing liquor from a boetlegger through an intermediary, as such nived with fracture of Ly the bootlegger. Which is true enough, in theor; argued, Dbusiness a the law But in practice there is no such in- hibition that the ordinary individual | can notce. What is meant in prac- | tice, when an official takes the oath | of office, is that he will maintain the laws in a general way, mental- Iy reserving the right to take a| drink if he is inclined to want onc, There s no doubt that Mayor Baiterson is just as zealous at upholding laws as his mayoral colleagues in other cities, There is Mayor Walker of New York, for instance. Who ever alles- cd that he docsn't uphold law and | order? Although it is said he has tasted liquor since becoming Mayor —-at least once or ts at all ce. Or, coming closer home, there is the Mayor of New Britain, who at least is no fanatical dry; whether he would take a drink if offered one we do not know, never having of- fered him any. Or there was the Governor of In- | diana a year ago, who broke the law of his bone dry state in order to obtain a flask of whiskey for his | son critically ill, and who rlxhuyi maintained that when the life of his son was in the balance all the laws in the world did not matter., It is held that if the Mayor of Hartford had the right to protect his bootlegger then any police officer has the same right; and if so, then there is nothing standing in the way | of the bootlegger purchasing such protection. Well, there have been a few offi- | cers of the New Britain force who | on rare occasions have partaken of were found (o liquor while on duty, if aot while off duty. It scems | that, though properly punished, no- body paused to ask them where they got it. The truth of the matter is that from a | practical standpoint the | prohibition law is not considered in the same category with most other | laws. Just as in the old slave-holding | days a large number of persons in the North deliberately violated the law by giving aid and comfort to escaping slaves, taking pride in maintaining an underground rail- way to enable flceing Ethiopians to reach Canada and lberty. In the slave days Mayors, Gov- ernors and public officials in the North, sworn to maintain all laws, did not mentally subscribe to laws against helping slaves to escape. These were helped at every oppor- tunity, vastly to the indignation of claimed that all laws are of cqual merit, and con- of to the spirit the U. 8 | | Supreme Court decision that slaves remained their master's Wherever they might property flee in this than aided to escape. The claim that * valuable 11 simply will work. When public officials take tic oath of office to mair there are laws" are cqually ain “all laws” plenty tutg books which under no con- sideration would they assist in issue were made volving mply hapy vohibition law most tice does enforcement, not receive 1 There per others, cent are nearly forgotten, which by common | consent nobody imagines are mean to be enforced, even when the of 1t cials inferentially include all of them when they take their oaths of office. HEALTH AT THE BOYS' SCHOOL It is nearly beyond belief that public institution such as the Meii- School Boys should have had such & decrepit medical depart- ment report as the latest of the state's health board would indicate. | That medicine the had years, ¢ some of drugs in the cabinet been ther than § smallpox va for morc innate w n expiration dat s brous attention. But what about 1 vious 1 cover this manifest malfcasance of action con- | | keeps Congress from saving c not | old-timers on the | tunate boys? The state unguestionably has been stem of supervision of In addition to re- Meriden institution let mmprovement in the manner in which the state oversces public institutions, lax in its | such institutions, 2258880008 habilitating the there also be THE WA [OWN HOLD-UP The unfortunate thing about an incident such as the successful rob- 1 Watertows: trust company “young bandits” is bery of of $16,000 by may harbor the thought that to do likewise is an casy and quick road to wealth. Nothing is further from the truth. bandits” usually are Suce ful successful only a small fraction of the Like gamblers, they can't stop once they begin, | More room is needed in the peni- time, )hnl\uriN. and such fellows are the | candidates to occupy the additjonal space. Factsand Fancies By Lobert Quillen | What does it profit a rid of his horses if a him? prince to got mosquito can throw He is a uniqu only Byrd that is coming bac the South to get warm. character — the from e can't expect perfect officials, but surely it is possible to find {some who won't nced “fixing” so often. | Let's be fair. The only thing that | cry- body isthe ct that it docsn't know how. All that's necessary cotton planter is to countries quit growing bales a year. to enrich the make other 12 million The land of the brave! Some million having night sweats bec: 6000 Communists make considerable | neisc! 120 use At 20 she thinks a man should outrank his mother; at 60 she thinks his mother should come | firsf The plain people could get much as lobbyists do if they would be as specific instead of howling | “Gimme!" as | Men laboring to women dissat- have nothing to | Amerlcanism: make womeil happ; isfied because they do. The old things destroyed in the | White House fire evidently didn't include Mr. Wilson's watchful — | waiting policy ! A writer is really famous until he can make the folks back hom« pay for the nice advertising he gives a winter resort. Greeee also had difficulty in en- | forcing her laws. Else why was that | old fellow so cager to find an hon- est man, Cizarette lighters make life mors pleasant for the house-holder, Ther: are no match streaks on the plaster | in the guest room. | All our life we've heard of Mrs, Grundy's criticisms, and it's a| s pleasure to sce a member of the family getting paid back. of singing if Perhaps the new wa wouldn't scem so objectionable they wouldn't call it singing. At times you have some hope for the race, and then comes the reflec- tion that somewhere a dance mara- thon is in progre The rich don't get with it. ""he Farm Doard with millions can't break the ply and demand. Wways away | its | law of sup- Correct this sentencs b | country.and must be returned rather | you're famous,” said the maga “but a big can’ £ in my publication.” | eaitor, name | bum st | Copyright. 1930. Publishers | Syndicate il 25 Years Ago Today The New Britain Handicap |ciation will hold a handicap | Rentsehler's park on Good o stockholders of the American | Hardware corporation received word | today that the concern had declarcd la dividend of four per ¢ The Commercial cated the Grammar school Walnut Hill park yest ernoon, the score being § Mayor-clect 1 Toresters and the is it colleg de- f team at day | assett joir e the I, during ompson appears mayor is after | trifle worricd tfough t his record. the Y. ( completed anniyersary ccl on April 30, | vesterday, plans w i bratior | be held | There will the committee April 5 cndments of be a on hearing citics a | oughs on Proposec old char decided with a am the lers has to « day Al s on 1l ot important n He play n vallrond New bill Britair larg observanc | sary | sary vill May 24 celebration ¢ of in its | by party was beginning to get rough. Bartlett and Quigley were handi- not [ lappara | Reflec Licpubl Afte publica last night and the result tucked ers. N prefere vho w Denough, tions on the lican Primary r a mild campa an primary came away in the m ow that is sprint the ence, it ill citizens that other weak-minded youngsters | with the party have expressed their | course, definitely known | (€T3 against I’ . democratic public trust over tie Mves of unfor- !;&M:M&,emwuo,suMubmom»w»&ubbm»uouu‘ —THE OBSERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People B L T the re- a clos: | already | of voi- gistercd | gl : to inds % Me- | nomine:, in the biennial political Derb: Candidates Rartlett were s low to get into and Quigley action. Thay callied along until the last moment, | hesitat would sisted would candidates gently pgeked other, and th the fo iste Mr. Qi reduce vas m the shaft doi capped sue wa pealed latter hamme and a rate if issues were whad the boys newspaper were a moribund that the men which contest difficulty of carrying on without a two co ccrned. that t dates have in running is to get in- lags. to offi Both drives with spectacular attempts to get out the eq by ganizat his he fighting a persond him, h admire was a a cloud of carbon monoxide. Future P Perh that th offer s hithert lesh competition is also within the realm ceonomics, | plays i of cities 1 gard avoid 1 duced merely for big cit tion and their rising as high ing to offend say t anyth othe | temptation was too strong to be re and not be gainsa patience d Fhen they beca cir parting repar rm of grapeshot Mr. Bartlett yen uigley would not the taxes becau ayor he tide. s that Mr. Qu wi Mr. I ng so, he could 1 tha The by the fact at stake. on a adopted familia ering at alleged ¢ promise to redu clected, But neit call stimular offi wrtificial wvored Andrc ther of the *no That part of takes no active for office, little of The line nte of cleay nts can ha The proleta ie only purpose and interest candidates ce clim: vote. Mr. B: the regular repu ion, had 200 au ck and call. lone game w 1l organization ad 125 machines rs to ihe voting blazing finish, toj of the Drama essing Problem of Present aps it is not friends of wit he th | stage view the constantly increasing chments of the t Not only d pirited o exclusively and blood" ada dran While th n New York and nust charge prices , the 0550 talkies cost was unable straightforward form of ability in public office. T campaign with riat Mr. competition what in which | But t hing r. worn thin At first the at cach bolder was in ame rtee and narked be able 1o while he to stein final did can- | that | nigley’s Jarulett hide it. The t no real is- former ap- plat- ar tactics of stravaganes the tax her of thes in the “hot.” They its for a a kick Volstead, experi- the public part o realizes the ce w ble age between rdly be dis- believes the candi- axed theic arlett, back- iblican or- tomobiles =t Quigley ith only his to suppost to carry his place: 1t pped off in hout. reason e legitimate alking films o the talkies in a field pted to the 1, *hut the ¢ legitim other 1 many re- | order to | not pro- | consump- are | for | mate well to stand on his record because, | | vay to see | will succeed. | standing CTTTTFETIIPNV Cons to un- nationwide consumption. quently the talkies are able dersell the legitimate stage in the large cities and at the same time give a performance that differs from the real thing only in lacking the visual presence of the cast. Of the legitimate stage is bet- but what the public is inte ested in at least to some extent is price of the respective shows. numbers, it scems, are slow ng a top of $5.50 or more the privilege of seeing a flesh and blood drama when they can ob- tain a satisfactory presentation through the medium of screen and words at a top of one-third thos figures, if not less. There, in the last analysis, is where the shoe| pinches. | The signing up of innumerable stars from the legitimate stage to | appear in sound movies is an indi- | cation of the trend of the times. The stars that are lost to Broad- ‘s legitimate drama are gained e nation’s celluloid drama. The gain seems to outweigh the loss. The ratio of failures in the legiti- theater, too, has a bearing | price that the public must the successes. Every scasow sces approximately three failures to one success. Producing | a legitimate drama has becomc more of a gamble than betting on liorses. The producers, many with | years of experience, cannot tell in | advance what particular offering | The commercial man- agers blame all this upon the fickle public; but in recent years the Theater Guild and similar organiza- tions haye come forward with out- successes right under the noses of the commercial managers. Indeed, whatever happens to the | commercial managers of the legiti- mate stages due to the competition offered by the talkies, it is not like- | ly to affect the organizations of | drama lovers who somchow show greater perspicacity in their pro- ductions, and who gain the public favor by not trying to please cvery moron in the big city This high ratio of failures, exist- ing in the commercial legitimate drama, does not exist in the cellu- loid drama. There have been screen plays that have been comparative failures, but their number has been comparatively few. Most screen plays always have made moncy the financial strength and power of the leading film companies abun- dantly testifis, Now the talkies have changed the technique and vastly increased th radius of popular appcal by inject- ing more art into the movic No longer is it necessary to achieve the happy ending in order to please the lowest common denominator of mental assimilation. That is an- other point of competition with the legitimate stage. The time is al- ready practically here when it will 10 longer be possible to say that real drama can only be scen in the flesh and blood theaters; the movie 1agnates ; around the difficulty by manufacturing two edi- tions of Ways, one milk and water edition for such small towns where the real thing would not be success- ful, and another cdition for the centers of sophistication. This scems to be a good idea. In time th upon the as New | gician a num 10t t engag Ire and th bitions Tod the da ences see the Hers dini tempor with h Duvi liaht g Irred 1 fellow a mbled rabbi ind m mysterious later appeared with Tis tricks two-n in a on Broadw same | prestidi of pointec the il com patter, take 1 has 19 steps With ton. 1 con March top York, rides a ber of otal obscurity wave h years sments were at Island ¢ fly by night ¢ Coney it the cross roag v his opulence ¥s when fashio in evening attirc incrediblc 1 the Great, Tl wster illusionist, revival to gor rary is passing anothe nz he st wint I two musical Keating, o snave ndiacal 1 in and out ng hooduses out aking dinguses di andon drawing ro flamhoy va n show for . A supper manner, ur who pic ringside the perfo gatat lifted loot at the type of ma 1 gontee or brusl Mephistopholean manner. wents are perfo niment of He must imself seriously. girls with \ renaissanc n hops cy magic to the that 1 1l dinay sed sixth L opriy ore and featured bewilder again. For ¢ was in al- his only | parties for A6 (R wrnival exhi- Is. compares to nable audi- | flocked to | dermain of Hou- ht a hut sct hrot ma v decline revies and ont ance or high was soupy nanners who rious seenes of the air | sappear with a brief run | club, in the anotlier | ked pockets | bles while | re- | end of rmanc does gician however, sport a thin mustache hair in His | rmed to th sophisticated | it not A show pit dance @ his number little to and strug Tmyers oint Oshlkosh Wit distribut us is onsin, 1t has a depot from which most of the onals are suppl rnishes most of t tus for handcuff Oshkosh o necessary ey kings. land cage vanish | mystifying feats are {and cut The debonaire Keating ustonished Droadway by holding a cage contain- ing a live bird in an outstretched hand to the audience. He explains what he is going to do and & that all watch closely. The in thin air accompaniment of a collective This trick complete costs $9 at tiie magical supply houses, yet it won for Keating innumerable col- umns of speculative wondering in New York new ks bird to the hapers. As an for carnest vears, T have student of 1 noticed the ost invariably the to me hordered was performed Oxford Circus wn front the Tic simplest, One <poolk in a music 1 in London. 8 1 suppose.looking me pockets. T hini a souvenir | Columbian haif dollar, being the type who carried a pocket picce in a snap purse. He tossed it in the | air and it was gone. Later an usher came down the aisle with a basket of lemons, T was asked to select one in halyes. I took onc from | the bottom-—cut it open and there | was my pocket piece. { Shortly before Houdini's death told him of the incident. He pledged mie to secrecy and revealed the It was so simple it | lav There are two chances | in missing fire, trick on the 1t and sappy for some magi- cian asked article in | my gave seeret ablo, 50 of it was worn | and | and | sl Tn other days chiefly by broken psendo counts and “poverty tops.” A f covers that out of a sclected list of 50 stage and screen stars 39 are wearers. The original name was spatterdashes and the first| to on the streets| ng the late spats down actor were known shion expert dis- werc spat appear them was John e hout done,” old : the old run th nything Tom D. «ho insist upon danci oned wallz and nearly their with alonc. ladics o fect those | quick | Let v harm das We don't mean | you waasel { (Copyright. 1930, McNaught | Syndicate, Inc.) | twice. | superficial. We know that city dwell- | aueries” which | we | Need for New Building. sary—when we all become sophisti- cated. The flesh and blood drama, even though it has been confined to the larger cities, is too great an institu- tion to be killed off altogether. Probably this will never happen in spite of the talkies. The great stars can go to Hollywood; but there are always others to take their places, and it is surprising how quickly ome of them begome top-notchers. Shakespeare 3aid that “the play's the thing.” It is too great a thing, in factsto have its future entirely within the keeping of the stars that perform in it. Let the “names” go to Hollywood; there will be other names to take their places. Census Takers Overlook Most Interesting Information The decennial taking of the cen- sus begins on Wednesday, and soon the enumerators will be around to count you and tell you whether you arc one person or two. Judging from the frequent scandals that have been flashed across front pages during re- cent years, it would seem that many persons were leading double lives and should be counted twice. At least However, we supposc the enumerators will not pry too decply into the private affairs of their cli- ents, customers, victims, or whatever vou call them. And this failure to probe decply is. in our opinion, wherc the census will prove a failure. Not that we would criticize the government too Iy, for we have no desire to be communists, but it to t the census is too ers will be asked some 30 quesgons and farmers more than 100, but even so there is nothing in could not be found out without asking. And if it is nc-| cessary to ask some questions, Why | not make them searching ones explain: The < blanks. of course, pro- spaces for the names of all res- surname, given name, and | middle initial, it any. But there is no provision for asking why you were named Henry instead of John and recording the valuable information that your Uncle Henry offered vour | parents §10 to name you after him while Uncle Joln's bid was only a spavined horse. And the same fault with the space for cnumerator can see at a glance at | what number en what street you live. But why doesn't he ask, “What | reason do you give your friends for not living in a better neighborhood? | And what is the real rcason®” He might also ask, “Do vou know any other good addresses?” You will also be asked whether you own your home or pay rent, but no opportu- nity will be given for recording how much rent you pay and showing the world that your landlord is a blank- cty-blank old extortioner. You will even be queried as to whether you have a radio set, hut do vou think the enumerator will say, “How's re- ception?” He will not, the benighted beggar. And reception, naturally, is the most important part of radio— next to scraping together the monéy | for the next installment Questions regarding your sex, race, and age (how many “white lies” will be told in reply to this one ) \\1II: also be put to you. but the color of your eyes and hair, whether or not| You are handsome and shapely will be left untouched. although we t this information is of prime import- ance. 1f we should learn, for exam-| ple, that the census showed the girls in Oshkosh or Muscatine were more comely than anywhere else in the United States, do you think you could stop us from moving there? Then they will inquire about your marital condition. They will “Are you divorced?" But t the point. They should ash vou like to be diverced? Lducational advantages be recorded, one of the que ing “Can you read or write?” Worth- less. say we, unless, when answered in the affirmative. the cnumerator then inquires, “Can you spell? Under the section reserved birthplaces of the “customer” and his father and mother, those who prepared the questions have shown one gleam of intelligence, for the census taker is specifically warncd to distinguish between Canada- French and Canada-English, also be- tween Irish Free State and Northern Ircland. And. in New Britain, hc might he advised to differentiate be- tween north and south of the rail- road track. The questions regarding language do not go far cnough. The answering person should not only be quericd regarding ability to speak English but should be made to dem- onstrate how well he can do so. And | he should also be made to tell if he | uses “ain’t,” “those kind." and “I| censu | | | may be found | S| addresses. The say, s not Would \ will also tions he- for native the list of Y | clondy done it.” And. if it develops that the answering person has immigrated to the United States, he should be made to answer this: “Do vou want to go hack to the old country?™ If anyorme replics in the affirmative, he should be mad do so and then | stute for 15 be department L 1o explain his mis- | write the years in an eff taken ideas { Regarding occupational questions, | feel that here also the cxamina-f tion is mercly superficial. The enum- | crator, besides finding in what in-| dustry you work and just what vour part in it is, should also ask, “How many lours a day do you loaf?” and “Why do you think you should got three times your present pay?” Pos- sibly, with the business situation what it is at present, all questions pertaining to employment should be omitted, the final totals may prove em sing. | And, dinally, you will be asked if| you are a war veteran and, if so, of | what war. A pertinent question here, think, would be, “Would you 5o ain 2" All of which proves the total inad- | cquacy of the coming census. And things will never improve, we assert, until new questions are inserted and we are cnabled to get official totals on “Should the ary law be replac- d?" “What do you think of the Binstein theory (if anything) ?’ “Where were vou last Tuesday night § o'clock?” “Did the old man with his wh under th over the she a6 thout. anyway ? M. C.AL Reveals we sleep N she What Patronage ts or ts md Il NG Now that Y. LG AT hil completed its fund for current oper 1 cxpenses, of the city's | philanthropists could contribute a real service community by wetively a campaign for money to ercct a new the | 5 somy to the sponsoring with which Y. The proposal is by no means new, of course, for quiet preparations have long been under way to launch such a campaign cventually. The need was never greater than it is now, however, and the drive for operating expenses brings the situatign to mind again. New Britain's Y is inadequate,in space, nmodern fixtures and many of the other characteristics that go to make up such an institution. Mem- bers of the executive staff have struggled along with what they have to work with, made the best of things, and performed conspicuously good work even under the handicap. The building is so obviously unsuited to present day needs, however, that even the younger boys' department members realize the need of new quarters : The entire top floor of the main building, first of all, no more than accommodates the hand ball enthusi- asts. Home time ago the top floor of the building was remodeled to make four courts available. Tt was about the only space that could be devoted to them. The reception they reccived, was immediate. During the fall and winter months, particularly, the four courts are in heavy demand in the late afternoon and evening More courts could undoubtedly be used, especially at rush hours in the evening. Likewise gymnasium space, with but on basketball floor avail- able, a premium. The swimming pool, admittedly outdated by the growth of the association, almost has to declare “standing room’” at cer- tain times during the day. Other functions are correspondingly crowded. It is generally known that the building, and land on which the M. C. A. is built, are on sale, and that plans for a building fund cam- paign have been considered. While business conditions may not be ticularly auspicious for a camp: just at present, something definite ought to be started as soon improve. The Y. M. C. A. to tackle the job of raising money for a mew home sooner or Considering the fine work it i ing in the city, the sooner the n building is ready, the better it will be for the youth of New Britain in general. GUNS IN DISPUTE Sure Famous Shot Fired at Lexington, Not Concord 29 The Boston, March (Up)y poct Emerson and Mayor James M. at odds today over the question whether that shot which was heard “round the world” was red at Concord bridge or on L ington green. Emerson’s position in the troversy was clearly stated Curley werc con- il the ver “By th the flood, “Their furled, “Here ers stood. “And fired the world. Mayor Curley said the question was fired on green, and he'd stick to it The controversy arosc mayor announced that in tion with Massachusetts’ tercen- tenary celebration this year, he would greet visitors on Lexington green, scens of the firing of (he famous shot. Historians and antiquarian ap- pealed to His Honor, asking that he right the wrong” which he had done to Concord bridge. “Lexington green st S i mayor retorted. ¥I've heard that made an error, it I favor Lexin ton. I never heard when I went to school that this famous shot was fired at Concord bridge.” rude bridge that arched flag to April's bre un- once fhe cmbattled farm- the shot heard round shot in Lexington when the connec- the 1 Observations On The Weather Washington, March for Southern New England: Saturday; Sunday cloudy with sibility not much change tempe —Iorecast Fair, Dos- in of rain, Lture, York Sunday north astern New aturday flurries in rally with air snow land some probability of rain in ex- treme south portion, change in temperaturs Conditions Pressure remains low over Quebee and the Canadian Maritime Provinces, There will ha cloudiness over the the Mississippi river during the next two days and there some probability of oceasional rain in the South Atlantic states and the southern portion of the Middle Atlantic states Saturday, possibly cx- tending northward over the northern portion of the Middle Atlantie states and the North Atlantic states Saturday night or Sunday not much considerable states cast of German Mz;kés: (f;nrdy From Weod Shavings Vienna, March ) (P —TFhey making candy out of sawdugt wood shavings in the labora Friederich Dergiu the chemist who makes gasoline and coal from wood. Dergius turns shayvings into sugar, which he s is gZood enough, wmixed wit per cent of cane or Deet sugar, that it makes candy and artificial honey The candy making experiment iy a development of his process for making wood into sugar for feeding to pi I‘or the animals, the sugar is mixed with potato cdke and bean flour. By the cent. of This is 1he ol 1k and ory of German of coul, synthetic the wood A coars 65 per turncd into yallow powder, used in pig can e process is mec it in and improved CHOOSES BASEBALT Torn with the desire to url (he track team and * to baseball team, Oscar Nelson, University of Towa, finally cast his lot with the diamond can- didates. His avelin throw of 192 feet stands.as a state interschol- astic record, javelin cateh on the