New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1930, Page 6

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This insures pro- tection against fraud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both national and local advertisera n_New Times Entrance The Ferald 1a on mle dally York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Square; Schultz's Newsstand, Grand Central, 42nd Street. Traftie yesterday reminded the jmaginative of a merry-go-round. Those who didn't ride but prefer- ved to hike got sore feet from the tight new shoes they were wearing, | Scems the Easter parades now- | adays are mostly in automobiles. THE LINDBERGHS' RECORD YLIGHT In flying across the continent in epproximately 14 hours, Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh set a new mark in cross-country speed. Even with on stop midway, the Lindberghs sur- passed the previous non-stop record of Hawks, established last year. The intrepid colonel made an cs- pecially noteworthy contribution to aviation when he rode above the bad weather extending over Illinois and the Mississippi Valley. Undeter- red by adverse weather reports when landing for fucl at Wichita, the Colonel Jecided to ride over the storm high above the clouds. A lit- tle decision like that is nothing in the Colonel's life. There is & considerable difference between Coloncl Lindbbrgh and even the ordinary good fliers. The Colonel seems to have something that born in him. He is more than an ex- pert. He is a genius of the air. BETTER TIMES DUE IN BUILDING INDUSTRY Building construction the United States normally amounts to $8,000,000,000 a year. This is more than the gross oper- ating revenue of ail thg railroads in the country and approximately twice the value of automobile production. When the building industry lags business feels it immediately. Tt lag- ged last year—partly due to high financing costs when the stock market was eating up surplus capital at high interest rates—and the ulli- mate result is well known. | A large share of the relatively large output of the building indust is given over to wages and many other industries are dependent upon | the prosperity of building. It was| not without reason that the Adminis- tration seized upon the building in- dustry as the cornerstone of renew- ed prosperity. Reports on building first quarter of 1930 show a steady | increase 1n contracts since January 1. But compared the months last in during the with same January, I'ebru- ary and March were behind to the | tune of 21, 12 and 5 per cent respectively. The decreased percent- age of March indicates that April may be fully as active in a building vear, scnse as the same month last year, The d t during the was due to line in construction ¢ of the year in resi- dential housi building It happens. that residential building normally accounts for third of all co about one- ruction; yet in the rter of almost 50 per cent 10 below that o same quarter in 1929, which, too. bad one ¥ was a residential struction. the fact con- s partly due to construction was ten-vear period after the v The in tions to a po; with the record at this t increase buildir it quite in me means that the foundatio perity are being T.et an eight billion constr doilar perly the & begin functionin, is little doubt about fect. THLE FLAMES OF IN INDIA way India i3 18 interested only peh around th exci to was hizhly posscssion of th happens in Tndia olonial | to their own | guide contined to one little part of it, or in | one city, or were sporadic, there would be little need for alarm. But the disturbances have taken place in | cities 1,000 miles apart. All ob- ‘servers agree that an underlying | | feeling of resentment against Brit- | ain percolates almost the entire In- { dian colony. { Although Nehru and other Indian | Nationalist leaders have been arrest- ed as a result of the disorders, there has been no interference with Mo- handas Karamchand Gandhi, the ;.n knowledged leader of the move- | ment. The British are wary. An ar- rest of Gandhi may do more harm prestige than letting Aft. pisode the him procee r the trifling sa making y nullified much of the effect among Indians by in- quiring, *“What e British When in next?" | have experience to 19 he pleaded guilty and them was brought to trial himself suggested six years' impri- increased his prestige | sonment, he throughout India. Humanitar motives caused his v se in 19 an operation fc 1869 of appendicitis. Born family which aghered which subseri in a school of Hinduism doctrine o love | to the s to the d even non-injury, which places higher n wisdom, he was Dbetrothed at married at and cigl i vas already a father when, at he left India London. | to study law in Turning to a record of his record | as a practitioner of law: He practiced law in Bombay with scant success. In 1803, he went on | legal business to South Africa, where | 150,000 Tndians had been settled | several v previously. They were | being oppressed by civil and eco- | | | nomic_disabilities, Gandhi, a Hindu | of high race, had been wont to mat | only courtesy and consideration, and | in South Africa encountered for the | first time extreme personal animosity because of his color. He began to champion the cause of the Indians in | South Africa, then practically with- {out legal help: and consistently | fought their cause in the courts and | before Government tribunals. While | | considering their situation, he de- | veloped his civil philosophy of re- | sisting evil without violence and his | perkonal creed of asceticism. He has | | testified that he was influenced not | only by the ancient Hindu literature | and precepts, but also by the New Testament, and by Tolstoi, Ruskin, and Thoreau. | Gandhi finally surrendered the | | lucrative legal practice which he | had built up at Johannesburg, and | | founded on the principles of nen- | | violence a cooperative colony which | enlisted the interest and support of Tolstoi. Although frequently arrest- ed and imprisoned, he ultimately | wrung many concessions from the | government headed by General Smuts, When in 1914 he returned to | India as a larger field, he was cele- |brated throughout the East, al-| | though still practically unknown in | | Europe and America. When the World war. broke out, Gandhi offered to organize an am. | bulance corps of Indians, and did not | loppose the service of native Indian | | troops during the War. He came out | in open. although non-violent, oppo- sition to British rule in India only | after the war, when he considered that Great Byitain had broken her war-time pledges to India and was | | nroclaiming martial law legislation | lin Tndia withont justification. Tak- ing the leadership in preaching bo cotts of government posts and | schools, and of foreign goods, he be- | came known as Mahatma, “the great soul.” i The crus of the situation, there- | fore, is “broken promises.” Nations, | like individuals, sometimes are too | prone to make promises ard slow to perform them, Men and nations can save themselves much trouble by not making too that bout it many promises; but like preaching we leave that for others W then, sounds Meanwhile, tch India. History may be in the making. or the cntire Gandhi movement may be just an- other incident. THE THEME SONG INDUSTRY IN HOLLYWOOD Who would ever the have thou that time would come when an- nouncement of the possibility “big sonh song o turning Hol ywood's theme industrs would send moving pict ocks W reet; or rumors that cigarctie-smoking piano pounders in the California tin pan alley were having ‘difficuity in grinding out iterial would depress moving pic- rs may have their effcct <; but nothing tones up the the niovie concerns so urrent belief that somec it new that smashing succe s of Iiroadway ht. and a hum- nanded s, the had return engager the photozr: hiis et discover- | duction cost all | rates in the greater city already are | discovered that, regardless of the “power” of the movies to give tunes nationwide distribution in a hurry, “anything” won't do, and that the product must ring the bell of the public taste and that without fail. The big boys, or the “Execs,” as Varicty calls them, are running the song’ racket with care. The begin- ning, with the talkies was aided by | their novelty and almost anything | | went over. Discovery that millions are tied up with the tunes has set Wall street to whistling one of its own. WHEN THE PRESID BEGINS TO DOURT President Hoover's attitude ward prohibition has been commonly regarded as akin to that of a bone dry citizen who cannot see anything but good in the law. He has been Dbone dry President. but -evidence is be- regarded as a Perhaps he is; ginning to shape up that the Presi- dent has some doubts about the pos enforcement. This de- the President's atti- sibilities of velopment in tude, when duly confirmed, will be heartbreaking to many a drygwho has regarded the President as onc of he Verduns of the prohibition line. Far from being set in his ways about. prohibition, the President prefers In this manner to have an open mind about it. ! he is no different than millions Of‘ other citizens, who are neither radically dry nor radically wet, but | who have been watching the noble | experiment with an unbiased atti- tude. Ultimately s these who will decide what to do about the law, and not the outstanding drys and is it wets. MAS 'ONSUMPTION 1IN THE PHONE INDUSTRY In almost every industry there is an often-repeated axiom that the greater the consumption the greater the production to meet it, and the lower the price to the ultimate con- sumer. In the telephone industry this rule seems to be set aside. Phone officials tell us, especially when there is thought of raising the rates, that the telephone business is different from any other industry and that the more telephones are needed in a city the greater the cost of meeting the de- mand, and the higher the rates, Th nation’s biggest telephone in- is centered in New York City, where in the metropolis and its environs more than 6,000,000 people need to be served, quite a percentage of whom are telephone subscribers. L. February theNew York tele- phone company got a raise in rates, after much acrid discussion on both sides; now asks another Cost of plant cxtensions, interest on investment, depreciation and repro- enter in the com- pany's contentions, which have been placed before the New York Pub:! Service Commission for considera- tion. Manifestly, if the telephone indus- try’s contentions are correct, then onc shudders indeed as to what the telephone rates in New York will| be when and if the metropolitan dis- trict of New York ever reaches the | dustry it raise. ,000,000 population mark. The| than elsewhere by higher a con- said to| siderable margin, due it i the large population that nceds to be served; and if the rates progres- | sively increase with the increase of | “objectionable as is this tariff bill 3t | population the future may see tele- phones that somthing for business concerns not convenience for the average run of familie; in city alone, and a Through its for more moncy the New York Tele- | consistent demands | phone company has made itself quite as unpopuiar as the Interborough Rapid Transit Company; and that is | Y considerable, Factsand Fancies n Iobert apit ising Anol arnoving i adve Men in They can about a cign ol Russio are free at la “ple is for- v what they sovernment that past Yo both hope of osperous something ion't know histo America of vic proves you b and proves Will Havs forbidden the ovies to show torture of suspeets by the pol'ce. hut he offers no plan | preserve faith in Santa Clau has nsus taker's her annoying it neighbor questions are you've never smal it a ' One you 1 policy has hooch of art of Asscrting that you to- | t is likely that| are more just and righteous than | your neighbor; burning his barn and filling him with birdshot in order to prove your case. All France necds to gain rank us | a great naval power is the consent, | ot other nations and some ships. The nations may humanize war in some respects, but there is noth- ing you can do for canned Willie. But there is no record of any | sinning done by Adam after he | lest his soft snap and went to work. | Another way to get educated 1is to suspect that a fair dame's green eyes mean go ahead. another town might { prove more refined and cultured, | but even there you would again | associate with your own clase. | Of course | 0. 0. McIntyre is & lucky guy. | He wrote: “I am a generous tip- | per.” And the linotype let it go that | way instead of slippingin an “L” A little liquor enlivens the par- ty, but why nct select friends that | have sense enough to entertain one | another without getting drunk? Little things a lot of people don' know: All eels are hatched in the | v.aters of the West Indies and cross | the occan to reach inland streams. Correct this sentence: en | when we have company,” said he, | “my wife never cooks more than | twice as much as we can cat.” Copyright, 1930, Publishers | ‘ndicate 25 Ye_;rs Ago Today George A. Quigley reports that his | election expenses amounted to $6.50 | of which $5 went to the town com- | mittee and $1.50 for printing. At the meeting of the council | Wednesday cvening, a hearing will | be given the Central Labor union | on the petition that the council re- consider its approval of building the new sewage system by contract. | The hearing will be a lively one. Easter proved to be a strenuous week-end for many of the factory empldyes. The percentage of ab- sentces was heavy today. In one of the largest concerns, 700 employes were missing. 1t is stated that Chairman Lee of the committee on cities and boroughs has said that a favorable report will be made on the charter providing for the consolidation of the town and city of New Britain and that the people will have a chance to vote on it at the polls. The street department, with its present appropriation, will have to | do some hard pulling to make ends ‘ml’?[. The universal water meter means | not only a saving to th ecity but a | reduction in the price of water to | the economical consumer. | The Oak Street ball team defeated | the Hartford Avenues Saturday by a | score of 48 to 10. BATILE LOOMS IN REPORT ON TARIFE Democrats Predict Spirited De- bate When Facts Are Issned Washington, April 21 (A—Demo- cratic spokesmen are anticipating a spirited debate on the confetence re- port on the tariff bill. In statements issued today, Sena- tor Wheeler of Montana, and Rep- resentative Garner of Texas, the party leader in the ‘house, asserted that the conference committee was ignoring the farmer and placing the highest possible duty on industrial commodities. In addition, Wheeler said that does not meet with the disapproval of President Hoover.” The chief ex- ecutive, he added, ‘“must have known in advance of its writing that the rcpublican leadership in con- gress would put up to him exactly | the kind of bill to be reported b: the conference committee.” Compelled Acceptance The Montanan went on to say that the republican conference had compelled the acceptance of house rates wherever they happened to be higher than the rates proposed in the senate bill and wherever the senate rates tes latter.” Garner. who {s one of the con- fe said griculture as usual has heen ignored by the triff manip- ulators, who in a few days have undone the work accomplished by the senate coalition in behalf of the farmers and consumers.” He termed the industrial rates ac- cepted by the conference “indefen- sible” and asserted that instead of the limited revision recommended by President Hoover the “represen- tatives of industry were forcing” a general revision through congress. Finished with the rate schedules, except for a half dozen that must be taken back to the house for indi- vidual votes. the conferces today turned to the administrative provi- sions of the bill they substituted were University Strike Over, New President Asserts Harrogate. Tenn., April 21 (A— Dr. H. TRobinson Shipherd, new president of Lincoln Memorial uni- versity, said the “student strike is over” and forecast a return of nor- mal conditions at the institution to- ustice, merc and ightening out the e said. adding it probably would be «ecveral iE the status of 23 ex- pelied students is defined The president, a Harva ueator, took over active charge of the university Satur He is from New York city and was chosen by a committee of trustees made up of Dr. 1. A, Seciberling, kron. Ohio: Ge Hines, Washington; and W, rentz, w York bhefore new d ed- ay. N FOR BEST RESULTS USE. HERALD CLASSIFIED AD: were higher than the | 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, Washing- ton, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under- taken. All other questions will re- ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let- ters are confidential.—Editor. Q. How can mail be sent on tha| Graf Zeppelin to this country in May? What is the postage? “A. Send letters or post the Postmaster, New York, with a money order for $2.60 for each letter, and §1.30 for each single post card. Enclose the let- ters and cards in an envelope with the money order. Mark each letter and card “Via Friedrichshafen and Graf Zeppelin to Lakehurst.” Le ters must reach New York not la ters than April 30. Q. What is the natiohality and meaning of the name Hundermark? A. 1t is a German family name meaning “a hundred mark Q. What is Gary Cooper's latest | picture? A. “Only the Brave.” Q. Is Erich Remarque, author of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” still living? A, Yes. Q. Does the portrait of former President Taft appear on any Unit- ed States stamps? A. No. Q. Do Scotland and Wales use their own postage stamps? A. They use the stamps of Great Britain, and have no distinctive stamps of their own. | Q. Who is the diplomatic repre- sentative of the Republic of Liberia to this country? A. Liberia has no diplomatic representative in this country.’ Q. What does Philathea mean?| A. The word"is of Greek origin and means a “lover of the truth.” Q. How much faster does light travel than sound? A. Sound travels at the rate of 1,126 feet per sound; light at 186,- 284 miles per second. ’ Q. What did the Dbattleshi Maryland and California cost? A. The Maryland cost $23,000,- 600 and the California, $25,000,000. | Q. Can motor cars, boats, loco- motives, ctc.. be controlled in their movements by radio? A. John Hays Hammond, J Fas invented systems by which to pedoes, boats, motor cars and loco- motives are controlled by radio. Hz| has even constructed a metal dog which will follow him about. Mr. Hammond has also built a remote- controlled boat which is so uncanny in its operation—cutting figure cights, coming hecad on to another vessel and quickly swerving in time | to avert collision. His system was employed on the U. s. Towa when it was tunk while under r; dio control by gun fire from the U.| § 8. Mississippi at Panama, in 1923, | during target practice. | Q. How many persons in Philippine islands can read write? A. The United States Census gives the percentage of literacy in the Philippine Islands as 49.2. It classes as literate all persons over 16 years of age who are able to read and write in English, Spanish or the Filipino dialects. The report of the Woods-I'orbes Commission to the Philippines in October 19 states that the degree of literacy is about 37 per cent. The population of the Philippines is given as 10,- {314,510, | Q. When did |ident Thomas R. A He died in . June 1, 1925 Q. What dors | mean? | | nands. Q. How there in the A. The total number is 8,072, excluding the independent citics of Md. and St. Louis, Mis- | souri and twenty independent cities |in Virginia, cach having the stat of a county Q. What is the Rabbit punch in | boxing? | A A blow neck. 1t is il where boxing i | Q Who | Rice's “All | team for 19297 | A, carideo (N.D) | Glassgow (Towa) half back: Cagle (Army) halfback; Welch (Purdue) fullback: Donchess (Pitt Yend: | Schoonover (Ark.) end; Sleight | (Purdue) tackle: Nagurski (Minn.) tackle: Montgomery (Pitt.) guard; anon (N.D.) guard; B. Ticknor | (Harvard) center. | @ What 1s tne | present Congross A. It is the Tist Congress Q. What is the total arca North and South America? In round figures about | 300,000 ssuare miles. |Child Scalded by Water Is Expected to'Recover Samuel Sagerian, 2 years old, son rds to| . Y., former Vice Pres- Marshall die? Washington, D. ambidextrous Equal kil in using both many counties ave | Raltimore, the back in most permitted composed Grantland America” footballk on of {he al quarterback; number of the of | 106 Willow street, was admitted to New Britain General hospital | terday for trcatment for burns tained Saturday when hot water was | spilled on him. The burns arc on the child's face and left sidey MHi recovery is expected. GUTS 20 CURTAIN CALLS Rome, April 21 ( The Chicago tenor, Attilio Baggiore, received on: of the greatcst ovations ever accord- ed an American born singer in Ttaly at yesterday's performance of La Traviata at the Romie Royal ope He was given 20 curtain calls, | | Island to watch a champion | right the United States? | | New York, April 21.—Diary of a modern Pepys: Up and to Staten horse shoe pitch and found it dull. But on the ferry homeward the fiddler and harpist played “Pop Goes the Weasel,” “Money Musk” and “The ailor's Hornbipe” while I watched the spiraling gulls and day dreamed. . To my lodgings and news from Seattle of receiving the Eichelberg- er Humane Award along with Mr ske, Mrs. H. U. Kibbe, George Arliss, Radclyffe Hall, Irene Castle McLaughlin and Ida Diana Ik- gergh. Also a letter from William Boyd, the cinema player, who has been circling the globe. In the evening with my wife to walk and bubbling with inane prittle-prattle to which she alway listens patiently, albeit must find Lering. To a tea-room on East 53 street and ad a frozen pudding with citron as good as ever I tasted. Sc to the Pdlace and watched the most amazing juggler I ever saw. Juggling, it is said. is becoming one of the lost arts. Same among Crientals ther2 are no new-com- crs. One of the best American jug- glers, W. C. Fields, quit the field to become a stage and screen com- edian. Ficlds practiced for 11 years six hours a day and then aban- doned it all practically over night. He has also worn a ‘‘conjure bag. bought from a voddoo king, for 2 A rumor persists that Park Ave- nue's Gold Coast, citadel of the so- cial creme de la creme, is to be in- vaded by a large department store from below 14th street. A whispered yarn concerns gentleman inquiring of a Park Avenue apartment house superin- tendent: “What rent do you ask for your finest apartments?” He was told $15,000 a year and was asked if he would care to inspect one. “No,” was his reply. “I just wanted to find out if a certain lady was playing the game.” It is said, too, all the photographers, hanging out in front of Park Avenue's cafcs are not bon | fide. One cafe employes “dummies” with empty cameras who pose ar-| iving exquisites with the yen to be snapshotted. New York. | | | The steps of Grant's Tomb are a ret trysting place for many| clandestine lovers after dark. 1t is censidered one of the safest re- treats in the city for those who want to escape pryving eves. Ilo Ziegfeld courted Billie Burke there, Cole Porter postcards from far- away Shanghai that the biggest Chinese restaurant there offers: | “Real American chop suey.” The latest end of the world fore- cast comes from a Jersey astrolo- t, who places the date early th 1. It's a tough racket. If he is e will be no one to cheer. My dog Billy shortly to have a playmate—a Sealyham from th famous private kennels of Ben Ray Meyer, Los Angeles banker. Every- bedy in the household is not only on the qui vive, but just a little bit nuts. There are rumors Berry Wall, the Manhattan fashion plate of the Nincties, exiled in Paris for many years, is to return to New York shortly for a permanent sta Mr. Wall and his chow dog are & Toonerville Folks intelligence | of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sagerian of | Fomaine Fox | Florida. | | | | familiar in Place Vendome as the statue of Napoleon., He clings to’the high wide-winged collar and huge puff tie, never misses afternoon tea at Rumpelmayer's or an aperitif at the Crillon. A Broadway rounder was asked how he happened to marry so sud- denly. “I just sobered up,” he ex- plained, “and therc she was.’ A record for husbands to shoot at: Trving Berlin has sent his wi tlowers every day of their married life. g “¢I am,” writes Columbia Girl , “going to drop around som.e afternoon, grab you by the arm and make you take me places and see things. To be picked up like that at my (Copyright, 1980, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) Observations On The Weather Washington, April 21.—Forecast for Southern New England: Rain tonight and probably Tuesday morn- ing; colder Tuesday and Tuesday night; increasing southeast and south winds, propably becoming strong and shifting to west and northwest Tuesday. Forccast for Eastern New York: Rain tonight and Tuesday, probably changing to snow flurries Tuesday in north and central portions; colder Tuesday and in northwest portion tonight; increasing southeast and south winds, probably becoming strong and shifting to west and northwest Tuesday. Torecast for New Haven and vicinity: Showers tonight; Tuesday clearing and colder. Conditions: High pressure covers the Atlantic coast from Maine to A disturbance of con- siderable intensity is central over Lake Superior with a sccondary de- veloping over northern Indiana, Rains were reported from the Ohio valley and the Lake region. Temperatures are higher in Ohio and western Pennsylvania but are falling decidedly in the upper Mis- souri valley and the upper Lake region. v Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by showers and slightly warmer. Temperatures yesterday: High Low Atlanta 56 SHOWER Atlantic City Boston .. Buffalo . Chicago . Cincinnati » . Denver . Duluth . Hatteras Los Angeles Miami ... Nantucket ». Nashville New Haven w New Orleans weasiepecca New York . .a Norfolk, Va. s Northfield, Vt. « Pittsburgh Portland, Me. & . St. Louis .. Washington ». CONSTRUGTION 0 ASSIST BUSINESS Lamont Cites Increase as Favor- able Note in Nation April 21 (®P—Con- struction contracts totaling more than $303,000,000 awarded during the first three months of the year were interpreted by administration officials today as reflecting\the ap- peal of President Hoover for in- creased building as a means of busi- ness stabilization. The total was announced by Sec- retary Lamont of the commerce de- partment with a statement that it was the highest for that period in five years and an increase of 55 per ceént over the first quarter of 1929. Contracts for public building to- taled $32,337,00 as compared with $24,318,000 in the corresponding period of last year. Lighting systems awarded contracts aggregating $20, 458,000 as againat $5,864,000 in the first quarter of 1329, an increase of 249 per cent. Railroads Show Increasc An increase of 128 per cent was noted in rallroad construction, the figures being $70,648,000 for the first three months of this year and $30,- 973,000 for the same period of last year. Contracts for hospitals and in- stitutional construction moved up- ward from $22,588,000 last year to $39,364,000 this year. Contracts for park development gained 127 per cent, waterfront de- velopment 73 per cent, water supply systems 70 per cent, incinerators 60 per cent and bridges 47 per cent. Decreases og 55 per cent in the construction of railways buildings, 28 per cent in park buildings, 14 per cent in sewerage systems and three per cent in educational buildings were reported. Residential building lagged behind last year by 48 per cent, commercial buildings were 15 per cent off ‘and industrial buildings 17 per cent less than a year ago. ‘Washington, ROYAL FAMILY ON YACHT Genoa, April 21 (®) — The royal yacht Sovoia with King Victor Em- manuel, Queen Helena and Prin- cesses Giovanna and Maria aboard, will leave Gacta for Syracuse, Sic- ily, on Sunday to attend the pere formances of Greek drama in the ancient theater there. They will re- turn on May . PARTIES Showers are becoming more and more popular as a means of present- ing friends with inexpensive and useful gifts. 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I NAME lSTREET AND NUMBER CITY STATE I am a reader of the New" Britain Herald, TOONERVILLE FOLKS THE CENSUS TAKER HAS HAD A TOUGH TIME WITH SOME OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.