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il hat the Polish'sltuatton
ed at a cabinet meeting tho
.U which President WIIk
koranvcr It 1 further auid
atlona have been Wnlcred
n thta country and Kuro
mmenta to tha end tha
Viy help in solving the alt
hea, of course, tha altuu-
would not t a difficult
aa negotiation go, were
Btatea a member of tha
Katlatm. Opponent of the
Id nay that the rrenldcnt.
Kould ba bound to call a
on of Congren to author
ling of American to aid
i their distress. And thta
terrible thin Juet now.
f tha league would nay
ituatlon could not have
tha United Slate been
and tha moral aupport
ed Statea against Soviet
taken for granted.
Id ceme tha argument
would never have taken
t again! Russia tn tho
tha United State' In-
thrown, with tha Allies
nrra, and had the League
n a real thing me-
ot be, many believe. with-
klclpation of the United
ltuatlona are 'extremely
Bay. We have , before ua
unnlng pro-league and
resent form of Che cove
. Would ybu'aa a voter,
V In tha league or would
U a concrete example
w far would our parttcl-
V league have prevented
tha prevent situation
T And, ahould a almllar
In the future, with the
a member of the league.
Vould our influence all
Ilka content without
L, WHY NOT?
it of the cook county
the pace. He allow
era to "enjoy a quiet
rom one to profens fa-
the women who are
of sojourning for brief
la Chicago Institution,
account they must ho
are especially fond of
would scarcely be fair
lelr love for the cigar
a morphine victim'
til drug. But the two
degree. And a woman
enough aa doea a man.
ded torment of the un
g for tobacco,
who are Bent to this
aver to have a spokes
gua that they are Just
led to their "amokea"
uihtonable women of
hew Tork. In both
by women la permitted
ha "smartest restau-
ht In our jatla?
emphaalaed that Jua
lona unfortunate worn
no argument here In
Id smoking by women.
d-faahloned enouah to
practice generally, or
that on certain oc-
prtvacy perhaps, there
rm In It. The matter
hem that If tha women
are allowed to grow
y-arette, and In aome
to tha extent of cul
for them, the unfor-
hhould not b made to
iJnal punlahment oth-
i meted out to her by
lone for tha crime or
Jhe haa committed.
puta It briefly: -We
n age of "Women's
U' good for the men
for tha women."
were reported to be out of employ
ment one day recently In New Eng
land whe.e aome textile mill have
closed. The closing of many automo
bile concorna threw more out of
work. The time haa not come yet.
however, when a man who wanta to
work haa any dlfTlculty In llndlng a
Job.
All thla tenda to a lowering of
wage, and with lower wage. ay
economist, will come lower price.
Iibor 1 fighting to hold Its ground.
Secretary Morrluon. of The Federa
tion of Labor, asserts employera aro
raising a $5,000,000 fund to fight for
tho open nhop In the hope of re
ducing wages.
There con be no question but that
labor Is more plentiful, which must
mean the approach of lower wages
and lower prices. Lower wages would
be Inconceivable In most cases were
It not for the accompanying lower
prices. In many cases a man would
be physically unable to work at all
efficiently were his pay to be re
duced. It la pretty hard as things
are today.
It Is believed that neither the
workman non the employer will suf
fer when the final adjustment Is
reached. And the public generally
certainly will be benefited.
FA Hi IX WAOES.
ent department re
to lower waea.
bra point waa reached.
r times and directly
were scarce,. They
Industry more than
hey could command
employment la noted.
if enough to cauae
"rely an Indication of
Aoout 0009 men
FKANCi: I'HOtillKSSING.
Kranklln Roosevelt said the other
day that we will find we cannot be
In the world and not of It. Regard
less of tha application he made to
the saying. It truth I growing more
evident every day.
Tho prosperity of one country af
feet' Others more today than ever
before. It affect others materially
as well as spiritually. The prosper
ity of more countries of course means
greater prosperity In the world, and
It results are seen everywhere.
Therefore the remarka of a bank
ing expert who haa Just returned from
rarls, are pertinent here. He says
that the prospects of the coming
crops In France are excellent and
that the French people are co-oper
atlng aa vljorously In the solution
of their financial problems as they
did In the time of war. "One comes
back from France at thla time with
renewed admiration for the aturdi
ncsa, thrift and patriotism of thla
remarkable people."
When the banker mentiona "sturdl
nana" one cannot but recall, if one
heard a certain French officer speak
In the time of the war. his personifi
cation of that quality. The officer
had been through practically all of
it; told how the soldiers were suf
fering; how they were paid five centa
a day, receiving it without complaint
that the sum was not larger, and
how the one thought that pervaded
man, woman and child waa "France,
beloved France."
It Is not to be wondered that an
investigator found the same spirit In
the industrial life there now aa waa
displayed in every little word spoken
by the French officer. Another ex
ample for all men to follow, and ap
plicable to New Britain as to all the
world.
DRt'NKEX COINCIDENCE
It It an unpleasant coincidence that
at Just about ha same time there ap
peared In two of the newspapers pub
lished nearby the new that six per
sons appeared In police court charged
with Intoxication.
And In New York a . well-known
man haa admitted that he got started
on hla "wild time" which ended in
tlwu serious Injury to another by home
brew.
The opinions on the liquor ques
tion and Its enforcement are varied.
But it seems as though all would
agree that no advance 1 being made
In solving the question to the satis
faction of a majority as long as the
sale, somewhere, of liquor keeps up.
Tho town and city authorities blame
the Federal authorities for not en
forcing the law, and the Federal au
thorities say that the town and city
authorities are a much to blame as
are they -the former being given
power to enforce the law.
It Is difficult to enforce a law in
which the community doea not be
llve. New Kngland haa lawa on her
statute book that are never enforced,
and It would seem folly to do so.
They have passed Into oblivion encased
In time.
The Volstead enforcement law,
however, ia a different matter. It was
enacted to meet present conditions,
and a fair trial should be given to
the eighteenth amendment, through
Its enforcement, that Its working,
advantageous or otherwise, may be
discovered.
When the newspapers tell the police
court happenings similar to ante-pro-hlbltlon
day. It shows that this policy
Is not being followed.
NOVEL. ADVERTISING
Although It will give Arthur Ham
merstein some mora of tha advertis
ing he aeeka for hla new musical
ahow, and although It may drive aome
New Britain people to New York to
witness and possibly partake of soma
of it, on cannot refrain from man-
"JEST nUMIXATTXV
( Robert Russell.)
A feller who's a dreamer an'
is known about as such will
sure procrastinate a lot an"
ne'er amount l much, unless
he pull hime!f up short an'
makes It undetitood that he
can work as well as dream
gets busy" sRWln wood. For
dreams Is things that comes an
goes; the wood-pile stays right
there, an If he don't get busy
he'll ne'er haw no wood to
spare. An after-dinner good
cigar brings dreams that sat
isfy an' makes a feller quite
forget the wood-pile standln'
by. KnouKh's sufficient to a
feast; -prepare for wcathev
told; be moderr.te with that
cigar then go an take a-hold.
That pipe o' mine which prac
tices so far us it can do, the
things It preaches every day
to folk like me an' S"ou. jest
smoulders out, lays quite down
an' says it's smoked enough;
it's hard to quit at times; at
times; it's wise to bar the stuff.
An' all the time be moderate;
Jest savor each day's work
with lots o sawin' wood an'
Jest a little hit o' shirk.
ttoning perhaps the "newest novelty"
ever known.
At the premier of his musical show
last night charming girls of the chorus
passed through the audience singing
"We've got something" and passed out
little souvenirs marked "Carstairs
Whiskey."
And what Is more those who drank
it from the tiny bottles and It Is said
there were many in the theater who
knew the taste of the thing pro
nounced It honest-to-goodnes whis
key. Well, the Prohibition officer la go
ing to investigate and find if Hammer
atein did this thing. What cares Ar
thur? The prohibition man says he
will make it "decidedy unpleasant"
for Arthur. What cares he? The musi
cal comedy, n what happened at its
opening, will never be forgotten. If
there comes prosecution, there will bo
much sympathy for the producer from
those who went, saw and drank.
Their sympathy will bring sympathy
fopm others.
And while Arthur is getting the ad
vertising, some will be smacking their
Hps In remembrance 'Of an entirely
unexpected blessing, a many un
doubtedly considered It.
MOVIXa AXOXG.
The Common Council requested
that the sanitary inspectors take up
the matters pertaining to tenement
house sanitation. Repairs have been
ordered according to the findings of
the special rent committee. The orders
were to make the houses fit for
occupancy.
Now it becomes the duty of the
Inspectors primarily to see that the
orders are carried out. There should
be no hesitancy, in instituting court
proceedings if there is any failure.
Poor excuses should not be accepted
by the court.
While Governor Holcomb refuses
to consider the housing situation a
"special emergency" calling for a
special session of the legislature.
the city lea Is should at least make
those places of habitation still stand
ing, fit therefor.
Here Is a chance for the adminis
tration to Win a big -white credit
mark to offset some black marks that
might have already appeared upon
its records. The people will remember
the administration's actions fn this
health matter nud in the whole matter
of the health of New Britain people.
and it would be well for the admin
istration to make the most of this
opportunity.
COMMUNICATED
i
MoMjnito Rites.
Editor New Britain Herald:
, The following taken from an old
medical work may be useful:
Ledum Pu lustre (tincture of wild
i rosemary) applied as a lotion is par
' ticularly adapted for the treatment
of mosquito bites, stings of gnats,
wasps, etc., generally at once reliev-
J ing the pain and sensation of heat
in wnicn case tne swelling subsides
quickly.
The lotion should be used in the
proportion of ten drops of the mother
I tincture to an ounce of water.
W. D.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Conan Doyle says he has talked
with eleven dead relatives. Some
people think their dead relatives are
nothing to talk to.
What a wonderful thing it would
be If one only knew what to be
lieve of the report that come out
of Russia.
Dr.' Yen is the new Chinese minis
ter of foreign affairs but he should
have got the treasury portfolio.
Charles Tonzi. who made big prof
its out of little Investments, may go
back to making' little stones out of
big ones.
France's recognition of Baron
Wrangel put a new angle In the Eu
ropean ta igle.
Franklin Roosevelt's strenuous
speech-making tour shows he has a
family trait or so In hla make-up.
Pen plcturea of the political writ-
era convince one that both Harding
and Cox are good to their folks.
A newa item s&ys a Texas hog haa
been inaurred for $5,000. No. not a
landlord.
After Congrearman Caraway had
received 7B.000 rotes , for Senator
from Arkansas, hla rival. Senator
Kirby, con-aeed-ed hi election.
The Bands.
Mr. Editor:
One of the best" displays of the
march to the strain of the fife an:
the drum was given us last Satur
day by a large number of bands.
Execution and technique was per
fect and so it well might be. The
order and deportment was grand. But
all along the line of march the boys
seemed to get no applause, probably
because the compositions played were
terribly ancient.
The Scotch band is very spectacu
lar, but there is no art. When Colonne
was playing selections from Henry
8th bv St. Saens In Paris one Sun
day about 30 years ago his gallery
asked him, with pity in their tones
"Please Coloniie, oh please let us have
some muni ; I was there and I know,
and they knew better than I did.
That opera I suppose long since
scrapped was all choked up with
rubbish like the Miller of the Dee.
etc., etc.
How many years more do we want
to hear. "The Girl I Left Behind Me"?
Very business like air I know but
as the bishop said. We want variety.
At the instigation of the queen, he
had been lecturing Louis XIV. upon
hia dissolute intimacies at the court.
She was jealous and she was not sat
isfied. Louis invited the bishop to
a dinner and he accepted with a vim.
Course after course was served
with chicken at this meal till the
bishop's appetite took a slump and
Louis asked him if his dinner was
no good. "Excellent," he replied, "but
my dear king, there's too much
chicken!" "Just my cose,!' said the
king, "too much queen, my boy, too
much queen."
Of course we recognize that a
drum and fife band is not a complete
orchestra or a flute band either, but
there are selections for the flute in
many of the grand operas which
should replace the medioorities we
get now year in and year out, and
over and over again.
There is the solo for the flutes in
Lucia de Lam me r moor. The inter
lude to the second act in "Carmen"
for the flutes. Part of the overture in
Robert the Devil" and a splendid
little march in "Carmen" where Don
Jose changes the guard. A specialty
for fifes is such a thing as Les Petits
Oiseaux. (The Little Birds), played
habitually by the Republican Guard
in the gardens of the Tuileries, a
band' which passed amost unnoticed
through New Britain during the war.
This piece is played on the fifes and
calls for an absolute imitation of the
song of the European skylark which
risei singing from the fields, to a
great height till he falls exhausted,
like a stone to the ground.
We ought to look to Europe for
quality in our band music, never to
Britain. Their specialty lays in other
lines. They are a splendid race of
people, but art d6n't know their na
ture, and there never yet was born
the Anglo-Saxon compositor who ever
wrote an opera worth the paper it
was written on.
Well Mr. Editor, I don't want to
keep on w-riting till the last train
leaves for Buffalo so with best thanks
for your courtesy.
Yours truly,
JAKE.
R"nt." and Garbage Collections.
Editor New Britain Herald:
Kindly allow me space in The Her
ald, for a few remarks upon the rent
situation as its exists in this city:
(1) Why the necessity of the
building inspector's office? Is it for
the purpose of making an easy posi
tion for some individual? It appears
to my mind, that If said office func
tioned in its proper channels, there
would be less rent profiteering. To
my personal knowledge there are ten
ements that are nothing but fire traps.
Not a dollar having been laid out on
them in repairs, since being built.
Unlined chimneys, cracked to the
extent, that daylight shows through;
and of a windy day, fire and the gas
fumes are driven back Into the living-
rooms, and in a rainstorm, there will
be from two to three Inches of water
in the cellar. For months there have
been tin pans used to catch the
leakage fro. i the plumbing In the
bathroom. Yet these houses are sold.
sight unseen: and then the tenants'
rent is Jumped $5 more per month.
These are facts. Wrhat are the citi
zens paying these inspectors? Is it
a political came ?
(2) One other observation. The
Health department.
To my personal knowledge, the
garbage container in the rear of my
rent, was not removed for three
weeks. This waa full of vermin, and
in this humid weather, became very
annoying. Not being willing to put
up with this longer, the writer had
an ex-official remove It. (There would
be objections having his remarks ap
pear in print).
In view of the above said facts.
the writer assumes that there must
be a lack of co-operation among the
city officials, at least: the evidence
at hand, leads one to assume such. It
appears to my mind, if factional pol
itics is the cause for this laxity in
co-operation, and the public at large
have to suffer through said lack of
co-operation; it appears to my mind
that the time is opportune to remedy
this evil.
The writer rests this case; nisi.
(tmpus fugit).
Very respectfully yours.
H. E. GARDINER, SR.
Clctssn and Om Bono, of th Shraveport
team of tha Tcxaa Laarua. hava been aold
optional agraament. It hbeen announced. I
JKa
The McMillan Store, Inc. S
"Always Reliable" f
MANUFACTURERS' SALE OF
RICH CUT GLASS
Offering of several hundred pieces of Rich Cut Glass at Special Sale Prices.
Individual Pieces and Sets Priced
25c to $25.00
You Choice of the Following at Worth mile Savings During This Sale:
SUGAR AND CREAMS
FRUIT BOWLS
WATER SETS
VASES
NAPPIES
CANDLE STICKS
OILES
BASKETS
MUSTARDS
PEPPER AND SALTS
BUTTER DISHES
FERN DISHES
SPOON TRAYS
SHERBETS
CHEESE AND CRACKER
SETS
CUT GLASS SALE 3RD FLOOR, TAKE ELEVATOR
Women Who Ate Interested In Embroidery
0
Should see our demonstration of ' the "BROIDERFAST" NEEDLE. When
convenient step in and let the expert instructor show you the three stitches
French knots, chain and cut work.
DEMONSTRATION AT ART DEPT. MAIN FLOOR.
25 YEARS AGO
(From The Herald of That rate)
M. J. Koverman left this morning
for Saratoga where he wlll spend his
summer vacation.
There will be a city meeting Thurs
day evening to vote for better roads
about the city.
A daring burglary was committed
last evening at No. 60S North Main
street. The burglar stole a pair of
trousers from a gentleman that was
sleeping and made away with $18.70.
There will be a free excursion to
White Oak tomorrow for the chil
dren's outing.
The engagement of Professor Mar
cus H. White, principal at the Normal
school to Miss Helena D. Cowles of
Bassett street is announced.
George Sheehan has gone to Bos
ton for several days.
PENCIL PUSHERS WIN
Company Have Exciting Bowling Match
on the Kogm Recreation Building Alleys.
Two bowling teams, made up of employes
of the local office of the American Express
Company, had an exciting time of It last
night In the Rogers Recreation Building. 1
The teams were, made up of the drivers
and the clerks of the company and tn the
three gamea rolled the pencil-pushers came
out on top, winning two. H. Carlson was
the chief pln-toppler, getting high single
score of 113 and high total plnfall of 299.
Henry Blank scored high single for the
drivers with 10$. while W. May copped the
high total scoring honors with 280. Scores:
COBB AT NEW HAVEN. . '.
Manager George Weiss, of the New, Havag
Eastern League team, has secured , fh
Detroit Tigers to play his team on ridjiy
afternoon at Weiss Park. It had been ar
ranged to have the New Tork Tankees play,
there Thursday, but postponement f ,the
New York -Cleveland game yesterday. lue to
Ray Chapman's death caused a change In.
plana. Ty Cobb and the regular Tigea
lineup will appear. A league game aleo
will be played between New Haven and
Springfield.
CONNECTICUT TO HAVE ASSOCIATION.
A. A. r. Board of Governor Takes Action
('ranting Application.
New Tork. Aug. IS. The application of
Athletic tTnlon was approved yesterday by
the board of governors of the Amateur 1
Athletic Union. It la expected that at least
20 clubs, colleges, high schools. American 1
Lesions. Knights of Columbus. Y. M. C. A.'s
and Regimental Associations will form the
new association In that state.
A meeting for the purpose of completing ,
organization will be held in the Yale Gym- !
nasium, Friday evening.. September 3.
Drivers.
F. Gussman 97 S4 75 258
H. Blank 74 78 108 20
F. Tormay 88 63 82 333
W. May 95 89 96 2S0
G. Bagg 73 . 89 . 85 247
W. Long 86 78 85 249
513 481 531 1425
NOTHING DOING-AS YET. f
The probability of a bowling match
between Eddie Anderson, the Casino VUlay
star, and Bill Brennecke. f - tha ' Ragari
Recreation Building, does not' seem as avi--dent
as It did a few days ago. Nothing has
been done toward clinching tnis bowling
classic, which, no doubt, would prova a-big
feature for "both alleys. Enthusiaata -still
cherish hope that a match will be arranged
shortly.
Clerks.
JOHNSTON NOW OWNS CUP.
Boston. Aug. 18. William M. Johnston,
of ' San ' Francisco, national lawn .ttnnl''
singles champion, yesterday gained perma
nent possession of the Longwood Singlet
Bowl by defeating N. W. Niles. of Boston.
In the challenge round far the all-comers
tournament. His victory was In straight
sets: 6 4, 6 0, 6 0.
H. Carlson
T. Mixta . .
A. Carlson
C. Neurath
D. Hancock
J. Krawls .
113
90
84
84
93
73
537
92
85
85
104
85
93
94 299
84 IS 9 1
77 246
89 277 i
80 258 '
65 230
543 489 1569 1
GIANTS GET SHEA.
Toronto. Aug. 18. James McCaffery,
president of the Toronto club, has announced
that Pat Shea, a pitcher, has been sold to
the -New York Giants and will report at the
end of the International League season.
THE GREASED PIG