New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1930, Page 6

6 New Britain Herald HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY New Britain, Connecticut Iseued Dafly (Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg., 67 Church Strest SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 a Year 32.00 Three Months 76c. & Month Entersd at the Post Office at New Britatn a8 Becond Class Mail Matte: TELUPHONN CALLS Business Office Editorial Rooms . »: 26 The only profitable sdvertising mediam fn the City. Circulation books and pres room slways open to advertisera. Member of the Associated Press The Amociated Press s exclusively en- [ to the use for re-publication of s credited to it or not otherwise credited fn this paper and also local tews published therein. Member Audit Bureaa of Cireulation The A. B. C. i» & national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with & strictly bomest analysis ef circulation. Qur circulation statistics are based upon this sudit. This insures pro- tection against fraud in newspaper dis- tribution figures to both national and local advertisers. The Herald ts on mle dally tn New York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Bquare; Schults's Newsstand, Katrance Grand Central. 43ud Street. MORE BOULEVARDS Making boulevards of streets in the city comes after the previous experiments have been successful and satistactory. The first boulevard system, put into operation along West Main street, was in the nature of an experiment but quick- Iy proved its value. This being the case, there is no two more reason why im- portant through streets should not be similarly turned into boulevards. 1t is, or should be, gratifying to mo- torists that the hazards of accidents at important interesections are thus reduced. The traffic department un- der the leadership of Sergeant King is to be commended for its part in the improved system. THE NURSES Many a man has fallen in love with his nurse and has married her after he got well. But that doesn't happen often to mance in the truth, a profession service; and nobody cnough inject It 1s, in| hard public | appreciates a kind and sympathetic nurse so much as the person who is Il and depends upon her to help bring back health | and happiness. The Graduate Nurses' Assoclation, which held fall meeting in New Britain, did not come here for a frolic. Their object was an inter- change of views with the object of improving themselves. They heard addresses from men and women who possessed the ability to impart knowledge and whose advice reach- ro- profession. of 1s, ed fertile soil. Few professions have progressed switter since the turn of the century than that of nursing. Standards have been raised to a very high level and | betterment all along the line con- tinues with unabated vigor. The fall mecting held here, and the topics discussed, abundant evidence of the continued trend of the pro- fession. gave “ONE CROP CUBA” AND ITS TROUBLE Cuba of country the globe. Raw sugar normally com- | prises from 75 to 90 per cent of her total exports, with tobacco account- 1s more of a ‘“one crop | than any other nation on | ing for most of the remainder. i Large sugar plantations dot l‘lx\nfll' they American corporations. percenta, of the Cuban tion is employed by When the price or high. ous, But evitably —and are mostly owned by | | A large popula- “foreigners.” of sugar is what such prosperity means is that the Amer fcan corporations entrenched in the | imately islands obtain the major portion of the profits, while the native Cubans | 'nited States and about 8 per cent obtain “work” and wages ‘When the —the other the sugar from Cuba fell below a cent i no day price of raw a pound at New York—there profit tn producing sugar and thou- | sands of Cubans have no work and no wages. The other day there Cuba. They b Senator W Massachusetts were n expected alsh of a week or so t Ings were going to happen. He was The ling the rioting to Cuban immediately assured t the riots were due to As a matter of fact uniy better d dents, educated majority and constit ing leaders in Cuban the Red were the vanguard of They were not They simply th Cuban conditions were governmer reali wort nmer way the They the only understand Press criticisin is 1ot permitted ir onc Hava As « matter of fact, ne Cuba supp N riot I since the The Smoot-Hawley creased the 1.7648 cent per w in- 1gar o duty on from cents a pound ase about . On Hoover one-fourth o Jay nre President the dir | “uba is accounted prosper- | in- | price of sugar is low | riots in | | called. | fously, said bad | czechoslovakia 1, control- | there siu- | portion | Uni that I discussing n | can tained their ob- | lc- | their | of the American unionists to approx- bill, Cuban sugar was'quoted in New York at 1.57 cents. On June 18, the day the act became. effective, the price fell to 1.26 cents, a decline of almost one-third of a cent. This would indicate.that the tariff in- crease was. being absorbed by the producers of Cuban sugar. The Smoot-Hawley tariff, there- fore,- has accentuated bad economic conditions in Cuba, and.this in an effort to aid the beet sugar growers in the West. In doing this a blow was:struck at American investments in Cuba, which far exceed the.value .of the beet sugar industry .in the. United States. The Department of Commerce estimated in 1927 that the value of United States investments in Cuba totalled $1,500,000,000, more than one-half being invested in the sugar industry. Orestes Ferrera. Cuban anibassa- dor to the United States, estimated last January that the depression in Cuba—since then intensitied by the new American tariff—had cut the value of United States investments there by at least one-half. And in the first six months of this year ex- ports from the United States to Cuba were 20 per cent lower in value than the exports for the first six months of 1929. Even so they were much higher than Cuban conditions would seem to justify. Even during so-called prosperous years conditions of the common people in Cuba were far trom ideal. The trouble always has and that the profils been, remains so today, from its lcading two industries goes to others than Cubans. All is perform mostly they do, or have done. the work of production. The “Pearl of the Antilles” it is Much could be said in disfavor of the peculiar government existing in Cuba, the type of politicians in pow- er, and seemingly ruthless methods against political opponents. | The actual Reds In the Moscow gov- ernment, if all the reports are justi- no more ruthless. Such conditions naturally It in Cuba cannot continue in- definitely in its present economic strait-jacket, which we through | the new tariff helped to tighten. their fied, are Tes trouble. UNIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD Considering that the 50th annual | convention of the American Federa- tion of Labor will open in Boston Monday, it is interesting perhaps to note the growth of labor unions in the United States and, compare union strength in this country with | labor combinations in other lands.| Union labor, at lcast that part of it which s affiliated with the A. F. of L., is not present time as it has been in the past. Its highest membership was in 1920, when there were more than | four million members; in two years later the membership had slumped nearly a million names. Since mzs.: however, the membership has gained | and today is close to 3,000,000 dues paying members. The figures since | 1910 are as follow as numerous at the 1910 1914 1917 33,545 2,961,096 The Committee on Recent Eco- nomic Changes estimated that there are about 1,100,000 trade unionists outside the A. F. of L. OFf these more than one-half are in the four brotherhoods and in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. These would bring a paper strength railway This is about 4 per cent of the population of the 4,000,000, of the population gainfully employ- ed. According to the estimates of the International Labor Office the total trade union membership of some of the industrial nations of Europe Is as follows: Per Cent of Population 13 10 12 3 14 9% Union Members 8,217,923 908,000 696,897 218,260 Ge Gre many Britain IFrance il Austria Belgium tzerland 762,856 974 | given why | Various reasons are larger pro- | in the | are is a considerably of trade unionists in these industry than Most, positions; and every man has an on on the subject in conform- with nis prejudices, depending on | of the fence he happs n States. of | to be Europcan trade unions, 0o, exert | powerful political influence, ¢ United States unionists usual while voting as they please and the dictates of | ontinu ording 1o whor leaders, ‘ommunism reared its head labor unionists have and there, regarded as quite con- they . are mmunism, come to b sery cidentally, strongly opposed to and in this struggle join hands with mployers. It said might be ! this irrespective of |to that NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1930. Communism much more fervently than unionism, and .to the best ot anyone's knowledge are thankful to accept theiald of unions in combat- ting the so-called Red menace. THE CORBIN AVENUE SHORT ROUTE TO_ BERLIN 1t is reported more or less reliably that city officials favor the construc- tion of the Monroe-Ells street cut- off rather than the Improvement of the Corbin. avenue-Berlin roud at this time because the former would probably enhance the value of some city real estate for taxation purposes. Beyond|the neighborhood of Doerr's pond the Corbin avenueroad is in the town of Berlin. At some time or other the state is supposed to im- prove the highway, but it is under- stood thut until the city is through with its own ‘cut-off pian no . de- termined push will be given fo have the Corbin road improved, although nobody would actually object if it were done by the state in the early spring. There already is a way to get to Berlin from Monroe strect by fol- lowing the improved South Main street route, so that the contemplat- ed Ellis street improvement is virtu- | ally a strecet improvement for that section of the city rather than a! necessary improvement to facilitate tratfic to Berlin over a smooth high- way from that section. The rbin road would be something improvement else entirely. It there is logic In attempting to im- prove the shortest highways between any two points then the Corbin road plan has everything in its favor From Corbin avenue and West Main street, for Instance, to the under- pass at Berlin the road is virtually a8 straight as a ruler. It was intend- ed to be the main highway between Berlin and the westerr’ part of the city. Like the Cat Hole road, only the fmprovement of other highways | detracted from its apparent import- ance; but the latent importance re- mained, only awaitihg a realization of its value as a direct road need- ing improvement Almost everybody now knows the advantages of not forcing every touring ‘automobile or long distance truck to. wend its way through the | center of cities. They merely aggra- vate traffic problems and injure rather than help business. The state, recognizing the situation, has just put into use a new stretch of high- way near Meriden' which nicely avoids the center of the city, greatly to the satisfaction of motorists. The Corbin highway should be improved, through the state aid, sys- tem, at the earliest opportunity, nnd“ what the city does along the Monroe-Ellis project. | POWER HOUSE REMOVAL WOULD PLEASE GITY Forty or so years ago, whéen the so-called “‘power house” was placed | at Corbin avenue, there were not many objections on the score that it was too close to the city. Anyway, it probably was felt that it would take the city a lohg time to build out vicinity, and when it did there would be time-to move the power house and its power lines further into the distance. The power house s still there, and the city is building up around and beyond it. Ask anyone in that section of the city and they will say they would like nothing better than to see the power house moved several miles away. The power lines leading to the building from the southwest are a detriment to the development of that section of the city. The power lines cross Steele street about mid- way between the Lincoln school and Barnesdale, and this is a disadvan- tage to the development of the scc- tion between the two points men- tioned. The city fathers more satisfactory to a large num- ber of citizens than to confer with the Connecticut Light & Power com- pany regarding the possibilities of house further can do nothing moving the power from the city. 25 Years Ago Today at 10 hurt due A man was serlously North & Judd today and | some mistake it was 45 minutes be- fore an ambulance arrived. The N. Y., N. H. & H. is planning to establish freight station at Plainville. Now that the new charter has lLicen adopted it is presumed that the council will take up the matter railroad a new |of compiling the ordinances which [ will go into effect the same time us the charter. Postmaster Hicks Is seeking per- mission from Washington to get two more letter carriers because of the increased business at the local post office. There were cases of typhoid fever in the city during the month of September. The semi-annual 13 report of the {clerk of the police and city courts howa that 32302.88 was taken in during the past six months. Due to the bad condition of many of the streets, the coal dealers feir that they will experience trouble in delivering orders when the snow comes, PARTY FOR DANIEL WOSILUS Danicl Wosilus of 451 Park street wag surprised by a number of his friends at a birthday party at his home last night. A buffet lunch- eon was served. Wosllus is a New | today that employers as a class fear Britaln high school football player. | man, Factsand Fancies By Robert Quillen Isn't it pleasant to attend a sound picture in which the hero is a dog that can’t burst into song at inter- vais. T The government army in China is easy to recognize. It confiscates property, while the:other oneloots. A nut tree is much:like a family tree. The nuts appear on the new growth. Be as cheerful as you can. . Why put the boss to the unnecessary ex- pense of auditing your accounts? to solye - all decent instead of How. easy it will be great problems . when people fight roftenness one another. Blessed are the poor! ' They can listen to. a- friend's 'praise. without wondering how’ much ‘hé wants to borrow. Lesson for today:, When a wifc inherits money, should she lend it to her husband or strike a match and have the fun of watching it disappear. Why all the argument about per- mitting the states to decide how wet they shall be? They are doing that now, aren’t they? When a prominent wet announces that he i3 wet, you can't tell whether he has decided to be wetter or just decided to be honest. Americanism: _ Offering money at 2 per cent to stock gamblers who don’t want it; keeplng the little fellow's hands tied by refusing him loans at any figure. Autos wouldn't bg safe, either, if the best drivers had to act the fool to entertain crowds. Hard times:* A period when people can negotiate the four blocks to the drug store without cranking up the sedan. Colgate is trying to find the best way to promote sound sieep. One good way is to saunter along be- tween plow handles from sun to sun. But there's still room for a tooth paste that' will offer vitabins to be absorbed through the gums. If you don’t know the population of a town, you can guess it by the sum required to make a man use that kind of telephone voice. In a little while all nations will have tariff walls, and then they can all get rich by charging themselves too much. It ‘he steals a dollar, he's a thief; If he steals fifty thousand, he's an embezzler; if he steals a million, he's acquitted. Co-operation offers the only hope, as all great men agree. ~ For in- stance, What does it profit a state to retire a freak senator if a neigh- boring state elects onc like him? Correct this sentence: * have made a fortune,” s, I said the “but I don’t feel competent to advise other people or the govern- ment.” (Copyright 1930, - Publishers / Syndicate) Observations On The Weather Washington, Oct. 4.—Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday; not much change in temperature. Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunda not much change in temperature. Conditions: The disturbance that was southwest of Bermuda Friday morning I8 advancing northeastward. 1t is probably of considerable in- tensity and caution has been advised to vessels in the region of its path., High pressure prevails over On- tario, the Lake region, the Ohio valley and the middle and north At- lantic states. The outlook is for mostly fair weather Saturday and Sunday with- out materfal change in temperaturc in the Washington forecast district. COMMUNICATED , You Arc Right Mr. Heller Editor N. B. Herald, Dear Sir: May I have the privi- lege of making a _(slight) correc- tion of an article in your issue of Oct. 1st setting forth my comple- tion of 30 years of regular service as a letter carrier in the New Britatn Post office. I have gained great publicity and received a lot of good natured joshing, which T can well stand. Evidently some one's pencil can travel faster than my legs are given credit for. g A conservative figure would be 00 miles and three times around the world. As to the number of stops, pleces of mail and milcage of me, T have no comment to make. suffice to say I feel sure it was safely dellvered and you can place a safe bet, that if ;T parked two minutes on each door step, I would not have stayed on Uncle Sam’'s pay- roll for 33 years. Now let's all have a good lzugh at somec one’s mis- calculations and let it go at that. ‘Thanking you for the courtesy of your columns T remain, respectfully years, PAUL W. HELLER. Electrician’s Widow Given Compensation Compensation amounting to $429.- 32, which includes payment of $200 in funeral expenses and payments for 312 weeks or six years, will be received by Mrs. Emily S. Rakowski o¢ 51 Fairview street, widow of Charles J. Rakowski, who was killed while in the employ of the Stanley ‘Works about two weeks ago. Death ! was the result of contact with an electric wire. The widow will receive $200 for burial expenses and $13.11 a week tor six years, according to the rul- ing of the compensation commis- sioner, —THE 0B im« Death of W. J. Hennessey Causes Citywide Grief One test of manhood and charac- ter is the ability to smile when trouble.and illness make smiling difticult. William J. Hennessey of the Her- ald” advertising staff, who was called by his Maker last Thursday morn- ing, passed that test. For nearly a year Bill Hennessey had not'béenin good health but his spirit remained’ cheerful and only a ihg about his daily duties, he seldom disclosed. hfs “worries. to tell'a’ joke or listen to one. Whil: he .was afflicted ‘with pain, his dis position reflected an inner sunshin> which beamed, out and beyond thc troubles of life. He was alway welcome in stores and busines places ‘he visited because his' pres ence made itself felt. to his friends and that indefinable something sets men apart from their fellow As an advertising counselor, was guided by common sense ba: acquaintances he Ject absorbed through years of ex- perfence in acting as a means of communication between the _mer- chant and the public. He was a close student of advertising’ and sincer: In preaching the gospel of publici When all that was mortal of Bill Hennessey was laid at rest beneath the greensward of a Springfieid cemetery today, the New Britain business world lost a real friend, the Herald lost a loyal and diligent em- ploye. Democrats Are Slow In Producing Candidates While the republican party New Britain is generally well fixed In‘the general assembly, well in ad- vance’ of the primaries, the demo- crats seldom know who will carry their banner until well nigh the last moment, and the situation this year Is°no different than in the past. There will be no endorsement of republican candidates by the demo- crats, according to - party leaders, even'if it becomes necessary to call on the town committee to fill out the ticket. It is a long time since New Britain has had a democratic senator and longer since the repre- sentatives were clected by the min- ority party, but that fact will not stand in the way of the determina- tion to go into the lists and make a fight of it. Attorney Willlam E. Hagearty, prominent in political affairs of late, ‘and Harry E. Morton, police commissioner, are mentioned in connection with the nomination for senator ‘since Judge B. F. Gaffney let:it be known a few weeks ago he would not consider being a can- didate. For representatives, the few intipiate frichds realized that he | was sufféring jn bedy. and mind. Go- | | Broadway favorite and home town | He preferrod)| He brought | which | on a broad knowledge of the sub- | in | as regards to candidates for places | 5558 555 54 6656000556604 SERVER— . Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People mflmmto«: names of Councilman Lucian Ma- cora, Registrar Thomas J. Smith and othcrs have been mentioned, but nothing in the way of definite an- nouncement is as yet forthcom- ing, with the exception of the can- didacy of Attorney Samuel Googel for one of the places, J)I.ny Mourn Death of Jack Donahue. The Grim Reaper, inconsiderate and determined, claimed another of the great entertainers of the era this week, cutting’ down Jack Donahue, idol, when the world of the | could ill afford to lose him. stage Lon | Chaney died a few weeks ago, foi-| | lowed by Milton Sills. Both wer ;smrs of the screen, popular through- !land, real artists in their chosen calling. Jack Donahue was more than an | actor and although he had never appeared in New Britain, so far as is known, news of his death shock- ed many in this city who always went to see him when he was in New York. He had become an in- stitution, and the sad part of his death was that the future was beck- oning to him probably more bright- be his lot. Had he lived to middle age the blow might have been soft- | cned. not only for his immediate family, but for the legion of admir- ers who followed his career before the footlights. Donahue was rated the oustand- and the wonder of it is that his tal- ent was self-developed. Never hav- | ing taken a dancing lesson, it was surprising that he could have gone | from small roles to stardom in less time than it takes the average per- son in other lines of endeavor to at- taken of whatever efforts are be- !ing put forth. He had personality, grace, and talent to spare, combined with ambition and the will to go ahead. Other feet will twinkle in the daz- 2ling rhythm of the dance numbers for the show must go on, but the | passing of Jack Donahue will not | soon cease to- be talked about in "hushs‘d tones wherever are assem- | bled admirers of the clever enter- | tainer. Three Tenement Dwellings Go the Way of Horse and Buggy Unnoticed by the general public except in particular sections where conditions force themselves upon observers, the three-tenement housc {in New Britain has ceased to re- tain the important place it once had in the structural make-up of the city's expansion. According to Build- ing Inspector Rutherford, it has be- (tary permit for one having been is- sued in a year. New York, Oct. 4 — Harlem's Black Belt has evolved a style con- sciousness all its bright particular own. Sometimes savage, usually col- arful, it is always arresting. The sepia = strutters above 125th street are as different in dress from down town New York as Tunis from To- peka. There are tailors in the area who do their own deslgning. distinctly for the ebony Brummels of their clientele. Broadway, Fifth avenue Bond street or the Prince of Wales exercise no influence whatever on Lenox avenue or its Pomander Walk, known as Striver's Row-— *for those who strive.” The potpourri of fashion erupt: lava of riotous color effects. dutumn the main. ofiering consi of splenderous overcoats, with hugs airplane wing choulders, broad vel- vet collars, slashed pockets ahd flap- ping bottoms that fall within an inch of the ground. o There are belts set high and ranging from 6 to 12 inches in width. The spirit of minstrelsy in Darkest Gotham is evidenced in large bright buttons from pearl to robin red: The derbies range from milk white to dark purple. In type it may sound grotesque but therc is a barbaric beauty about it all. Coats to suits are cut hip short with enormously ballooning shoul- ders. The trousers may be mile- wide or as tight as tights on a cir- cus skeleton. Shoes are needle pointed patent leather with flam- boyant cloth taps all colors of the spectrum L his for suits from the brown of autu nal leaf to decp chocolate intersper ed with green and purple. An unholy clash of color is achieved by wearing a yellow hat with a red tie or a brown hat with a pastel pink four-in- hand tucked in the trousers like < shirt tail a la Duke Ellington. H; lem’s Paul Whiteman. Sundays there is a promenade with trailing great coats a feature They are worn in hot weather if the sky is clouded, the threat of rain providing the cxcuse. The dandiacal "sweet men''—or gigolos—are tall end thin and how the dusky bellc adore them! Harlem walking canes deserve at least a snip of a paragraph. They are of wood stained with gold heads. Some arc spangled with chip diamonds and w pin wheel effect. ‘nd spats take in | This. season brown predominates | in gay colors twirled at night give off a glittering Skiddle-de-scow {And cha-cha-cha! The Paramount recently had a jlobby entertainment for faithful | waitees. Meanderlng about, one came across candy machines, an In- dlan chief who chuckles—Verne | Porter dubbed him Laughing Boy— | While sketching you, Hawailans {crooning and thrumming guitars, a |sloe eyed gypsy fortune teller and |always, of course, you could coup a peek at the gorgeous head usher. | X | Many wondered, at least T Ihow George Jean Nathan, |scen squiring about Lillian Gish, | would handle his review of the short lived play in which she starred last season. After eulogizing the play Nathan throbs: “The very excellent company includes—and were it not that I should and unquestionably rightly be accused of prejudice, I'd like elegantly to expatiate—the most lovely Lillian Gish.” It was a {little long winded but quite pretty | withal, | i did, Perhaps most natives know it but only today did I learn that the Eng- lish gave New York name in honor of the Duke of York The same interrogative gentleman who has only lived here four years. wanted to know if I knew the first name the Dutch gave the island. T didn't let on I heard him and look- ed it up at home. It was Mauritius I wish newspapers would quit ad- vertising me as such a New York authority. | A cynic special delivers the blow. ing up of the Maine may have been caused by Spaniards hearing the Stein Song and that had just reach- ed the waste basket until this one was opened: “Ima Drunque is a beautiful file clerk in a Wall street financial house Also zips a rather curt note from my syndicate lords announcing: “Ten returned letters signed by you were addressed to as many princi- pal cities, each being addressed to wrong state. This seems unusually careles I'm a dandy states. on cities but weak on Tifteen years ago T could rattle off the capital of every state and name the presidents in rotation. But the riveting finally got me. (Copyright, 1930, McNaught Syndi- ' cate, Inc.), out the length and breadth of the | ly than he had ever dreamed would | ing dancer before the public today | tain a place where ordinary notice | | come a thing of the past, not a soli- | 80 often | its present | Property owners and builders say the principal reason for the change is-the unwillingness of families who live in rented flats to take up their abode in third floor tenements and the inability of the owners to re- ceive as much rent for second floor flats in three-tenement houses as in two-tenement * houses. Many who prefer the second floor tenement for reasons other than the lower cost of the occupancy, are not at all averse to climbing the attic stairs, but a second flight is something else again and they would rather pay a little more for the convenlence represent- | ed by the saving of a few steps. The fact that third floor flats are less difficult to keep warm, due to the benefit of the heat from the first and second tencment furnaces, seems to [be an inducement only in certain | instances. | Families in which are small chil- I dren are especially loath to occupy third floor tenements, according to property owners conversant with the uation, for reasons which are very apparent. To them there is not only the inconvenience of going up ‘and down the stairs but the danger frém falling is much greater than in the ! lower tenements. | Several years ago the building de- partment was kept bu: suing per- | mits and making inspections in the northwestern — section of the city, Gue to the large number of “three- | deckers” erected there. The ten- dency in recent years, however, has been towards the single family type of house but that there will be & decided increase in the number of i two-tenement buildings when oper- | ! ations are resumed with more brisk- ness than has been noted of late, §s generally expected. Thirsty in Nova Scotia Disappointed at Beer Price It's funny what annoys people in some parts of the world. Read the following from the Halifax Evening Mail: “On the 18th day Of this month, { the change in the Nova Scotia liquos “n\\s will become effective—with the epeal of the Nova Scotia Temper- lance Act and the coming into force |of the Act establishing a system of | Government Control. This follow- ing the result of the plebiscite held last fall and the action of the legi lature at the last session. “The Liquor Commission has pub- |tished its schedule of prices and it | must be said at once that whatever | the experience may be in the long { run, there is a general feeling that e prices, in some instances, -xcessive. This with particular ref- {erence to the price of malt liquors |as compared with the price of spir- lits. There was an expectation, bas- |ed upon what the public took to be assurances from the authorities, that the price of beer would be suff ciently low to induce a greater co sumption of that beverage and a |lesser consumption of ‘hard’ liquors. but with the publication of the rices there is a general feeling that this principle has not been adhers1 to. “The Evening Mail is not suggest- ing that the price of liquors on the average should be low in order to induce a greater total consumption, but it is a reasonable suggestion, iwhich is advanced from many quar- ters, that if the consumption of beer can be promoted and the consump- tion of ‘hard’ liquors materially de- creased, the result would be more beneficial than if a heavier con- sumption of spirits resulted. “Of course, it is perhaps too early to speculate as to what the actual results will be, but it IS a fact that the price of beer, as published, is not as low as the public expecte Isn't that just too quaint for any- thing? Now to Revive Interest In Annual Sport Classic There is great woe on Church street these early October after- noons. 1If one were to judge from the remarks of the fans the Herald Playograph as it presents its reproduction of the world series games, the National league is not up to the standard of the American. In fact, sports writers about the country are beginning to hint at | the same thing. As things stood this ‘noon tha American league had won 14 out of the last 15 series games played with its rival. In 1927 and 1928 the Yankees cleaned up two successiv opponents without tasting the sting of one in even one contest. Last year the Athleti trounced the Cubs right soundly, but the latter team did succeed in capturing onc decision. And now the Philadelphia nine has started with two casy vie- tories over St. Louis again this fall and bids fair to make another sweep or near-sweep. If this keeps on there will be no sense in playing the series eacn year. The public will not pay to see a sure thing confirmed, and when the public isn't paying nobody is going to run off a sporting even:. Something. it would seem, will have to be done to succor the Na- tional leaguers from certain defeat. i ways: : The National entry might be giv- en a handicap of three victories to start with. Then if it achieved the unlikely feat of winning a single game it would automatically end Ithe series, while the American league contestant would have to take its usual four straight. But it appears that even this ons victory might prove too much for the representatives of the senior circuit, so an alternative handicap might be given them in the matt of a few runs each game. With a 6-0 start in cvery contest they might be able to hold off the Ameri- can league batters well enough stagger in ahead once in a while. Or it might be worked in a com- pletely different way by having the National league champions pla. not the American league title win- ners, but some other team in th2 vyounger loop. The odds would not be so terribly overwhelming if they were playing the Senators, Yankees, or Indians. They might even have a fairly GOOD chance against the ted Sox! Why Not Use Firemen On TrafMic, Citizen Asks? Mayor Quigley's dilemma over in front of the city hall, dy brought suggestions that ticularly has alr lights now in operation. While the Lelief is general that the light sys- tem, on which cach auto and pe- destrian registers his presence and desire to pass, through the use of a5l ar: watching | 1t appears to us that there are three | to| traffic conditions at cross walks, par- | more officers be used to replace the | a plate in the roadway or sidewalk, might help considerably in speeding up travel at this point, another sug- gestion also is at least worthy of consideration. First it should be stated that the suggestion is made by a comparative newcomer in the city, who noticed the agitation for the improvement of conditions and offered his plan for what it inay be worth. The Ob- server does not sponsor the - idea, realizes that it ‘may arouse consid- erable opposition in certain quar- ters, and does not necessarily vouch for the fact that it is practicable. The citizen, however, presents this view “New Britain might adopt the auxiliary traffic control sygtem used in numerous cities—in particular, several in New 'York state—making use. of firemen as traffic officers at rush hours. The plan has worked very nicely in a'number-s¢ instances and is still in operatios, - Particu- larly at a time when‘ths city'is try- ing to save money t» rtlieve unem- ployment and at tlLo same time keep * the .fax rate down, it offers distinct possibilities in the present diffi- culty. “One or two firemen {rom near- by stations are assigned -at certain hours of the day to do traffic duty at busy intersections. Some of them are on the job during the noon luncheon rush; others when the fac- tories close and the employes pour out to add another hazard to traf- fic control; still more handle cross- walk work at schools when the children are leaving for home at noon or at the conclusion of the day's sessions. “The assignment of firemen to traffic duty at first seems a danger- ous practice, perhaps, but it has been found that they can be spared eas- ily enough if the location of their | traffic work is carefully mapped out. Naturally, they are sent only a short distance from a conveniently located firchouse, and seldom work more than an hour as traffic directors. “Probably not more than two fire- men from the average station could be spared under any circumstances —perhaps not more than one. Such details remain for the fire board to work out if they care to adopt the plan. The desire, of course, is to leave the fire department a sufficient force to carry on its work with effi- ciency unimpaired. “Of course the question naturally arises of fires which occur while one or more of the members of several fire companies are away from the station directing traffic. In the cities using the system the firemen have always been assigned near cnough to the firehouse to hear the signal and get to their truck before it starts, or have hailed a passing machine and thus obtained immedi- ate transportation to the fire. At the most, no fireman has ever ar- rived at the fire he was supposed to | work on more than five minutes be- | hind his company. “The firemen themselves, at first a little inclined to doubt the wisdom of the plan, have since agreed that it works out excellently. I believe that it is worth a trial in this city.” e By the Associated Press. Newark, N. J. Bill Roper, Princeton coach, is opposed to night football. “Playing football under arc lights,”” he told the State Inter- scholastic Athletic association, *i is getting away from the original pur- pose of the sport. It is hippodroma ing the game and putting the inter- | osts of the spectator far ahead of the welfare of the player.” Mexico City — Two members of the league for the defense of pedes- trians have sbeen expelled as traitors |because they bought autos. The league has been meeting at the Na- tional university with the vice pres- ident presiding. because the presi- dent is laid up. An automobile struck him. There has been much argument at the meeting that Mexi- cans by historic destiny should be pedestrians and not vehiculists. London — Thousands of Britons feel hurt if they receives a letter with their name on the envelops prefixed by “Mr.” Such a prefix is not generally used except in a letter to a servant or the like. The suffix “E: is the thing, and visiting Americans invariably are so ad- dressed. ew York — Mrs. Spencer Cleaver has arrived by liner for a pleasure flight to Los Angeles. Her own plane is coming by another boat. Her father, Hugh M. Pollock, minister of finance in northern Ireland, disliked the idea of her tour, but her hus- band, head of a London department | store, had no objections. Oxford, England — Dean Inge i% | zloomy about the enormous sums spent on pleasure and amusement. In an address in behalf of the na- tional savings movement he said the | amount spent last year on amuse- ment in America was estimated at $21,945,000,000 and “two years of American play would suffice to pay the whole of our national debt.” Parls — Mme. Mary Costes. wite of Dieudonne, the filer, has brown eyes with light brown hair, and most of her clothes match. She has sev- cral nel brown ensembles for her forthcoming trip to the United States to join her husband, also a pale yel- low chiffon evening gown. Valley Stream, N. Y. — The Rev. | Wallace L. Gallup, pastor of the Val- |ley Stream Presbyterian church, is an artist by avocation. An oil paint- |ing of his showing Christ at the sea of Galilee is to be unveiled in the church tomorrow. It is a gift of his to the church in memory of his mother. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. — Sir Philip Sassoon, friend of the Prince of Wales, has brought Hor- ton Smith from New York with him in a private car to play golf. Northport, N. Y. — Minfature golf courses are to be built at the United States Veterans' hospital. Dr. G. F. | Brewster, the director, hopes that by cultivating a mild and good-natured competitive spirit the patients will forget morbid fancies that are pre= venting their recovery. HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS TOR BEST RESULTS ——p————— e RUTH M. HUM Teacher of Piano 1304 Stanley St. Phone 802 Belvidere Section