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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1925
New Britain Herald
HERALD PUBLISHING COM PAN I
I tamed Patty (Sunday Ece,(it
I At HaraU Bl.tf., 7 Cliurt-h Stioat
uBcniPTioN hates
' 11.00 a Tear.
13.00 Thro Mmtha.
75a. ft Mouth.
Mired a th Peat C'lTk at New Britain
acoa4 Claw tltll Matur.
TELEPHONIC C 1.18
taminov titTica
Ediiomi Htiom .... a:o
Th "' profitable advartlain n'e.Hlini
III th City. Circulation nook, and
Sraia room elwav open to a.lierttsei-a. I
MrmSof of th Aaaociatnl r-rre.
The Aaaec-latl Prfae la es'-luatculr en
titled to III1' Vise for re-iutla ainn of,
ll newa rr,tlicl In tt or not o'liorwlee
ere.1lted In tlt! paper ana alio local ,
nowe pub; shed tu-eln. j
Member Audit Outran of I Ircolntlon.
The A. B. C. la a notional 01 KtlizaMea
which fiirnlariea tiewopapere an. I a lver- :
tlaora with a etrtetly honest analyst! of I
circulation. Our etn-u'ati.-.n atntietl'-e
ara baani urn hi audit. T'j insure
protarSMen aalnt fraud m newanaper 1
rlietrlbutkon flavnee to both national and
local adventure. ,
The Kerala la on eala ilellv In Nw
Torlc at Hotallnt'a Kew S and. Tlin"a
Iciuaro; svhultie Sr siana. Entrance
Grand Centra!, 4Ind street.
as ixtparti Atj rnoK
OF Qt INN'S CI1ARUF.S
Inves'ijra'ion of the charge of
John r. Quinn ihat h wo a ilis
erlmlnated against by the city and
refused employment because of his
labor affiliation Is quite proper. If
his ttatement Is true, the condition
UnM rtLmfMeA If tn chSrCC
uv""
la fals It should be proven so -with-
eut ae"7' 1 Dr. if. rt. Hart of the Russell
Labor organizations which re Sase Fo,ln ia,0n then arose ,nd cor
taken up th matter showed a dis- ro,,oratcil ,he statements of flic two
position to be fair in The s... re, ton
cf the committee. James Mon'gom-
ery la not a politician, nor has he
aspired to public office, .'antes W.
Jfanning is a Democrat and a con-
table. Since the present adimnls-
tration is Democratic and the board
against which discrimination Is '
charged by Mr. Quinn is headed by a ,
Democrat, Frank I.. Conion. and
composed of a majority of Demo
crats, It is evident there is no desire
to infuse polities into the discussion.
Mayor Paonessa has shown the
same unpartisan disposition in the
selection of the city's committee.
Commissioner John Fagan la not an
employer of labor and cannot be
materially interested in questions
sometimes at issue. Commissioner
John Ohlson is an employer of
union labor.
It is apparent that an impartial
probe will result.
A BAD l'Ri;CF.DKNT IN
A GOOD CAtSF-
Passaee bv both housep o
the
Legislature last week of the Bridge
port "rirper" bill in all probability
was but a beginning of state inter
ference in ioeal affairs on a large r
scale. Legislative observers say
such interference has been gaining
momentum for several sessions and
the Bridgeport bill was but the cul
mination of this tendency.
Admittedly there were two sides
to the question: this paper has no
Intention of claiming there were no
.i.i,. mnnA .rarumenta favoring in-
terference In midgeport. The chief
contention justifying the movement
was that the Bridgeport city council
was "las. easy and indu gent" in its
custom of abating taxes. Senator
Cronin put the contention In a
pungent light when he said that
al-
though the people of
Bridgeport
mav have "nothing to say under
under
the bill, they never did have any-
thing to say under the Bridgeport
vstem
This was the contention of those
who passed the bill, it must be re
membered, a contention who a the
governor is expected to support by
yielding his Signature.
Although conditions in Bridgeport
may have been highly obnoxious to
many people, r was doubtful
whether the aeti'm of t,m Legislator.,
would en'ail all good and no ha h
It, was a serious pre relent and m
bodied a principle ihHt ought to re
main inviolate unl'-r all circum
stances the priueiph "i hoin- rm-
It was difficult to ie li'O. had
the people of Bridgeport n made
well aware of the conditions com
plained of. th:t th'-y 'miii r;-
frained from purifvinz ll
government. If may naw
longer, but it could havj be
Publicitv would have bcon
r city
ta ken
done.
as ef-
f eetiv e a medicine as legislative
law-making and would have a-. c.d-d
forming a dangerous pre.c-d.nt to
dangle over other (owns and ci'ks
In the state.
The contention that i was li'-ee.s-sary
for the Legislature la "purity"
local tai matters in Bndp- port had
pleasant tinkling sound, but the
facts were that had there not been a
vigorous anti-organization political
faction in Bridgeport there, would
have been no such bill. If Bridge
port's politician had remained up
on the reservation and not tdT r- ,1 so
snuch cantankerous opposition to the
Hartford ring nobody in the state
capital would have car-d a be!'
buckle what kind of a tax system
was employed in Bridgepor'.
Scratch under the surfs'- o: al
two everything done in th
Urure now ads: s sui en usually
limit at leiwt the annua of politic,
partisan or lactioual.
MIIY NOT MISSIONARIES
I ROM AFRICA?
"Among ih" unenlightened ami
barbarous pagan tribe of that Afri
can jungles, tritvulers tell us, lliu
children arc protected Iruui ex
ploitation. 'I'll 'y :ivo a happy, liino-
I vi nt life. even i lie orphan being
! cared fur ,in, s.ifoniurdcl liy the co
! iii.'i'uiii i' .-.pint r" t in- native com.
muni'i'S. I"; pot N-nd Id theae
tribes tor H f. w inlssionnii. a I ur tho
( "lit: .1 S'at-s?"--Boston ttlnr-c.
H -sli word:
v , o 1 1 1 in i u :
wipten ill.
The natio'a
e'lh j Uiia
Iff. . I : l V s ,-..
, these, ..t II IS Will II
. w hut ci used tli-ni to
,'. w pee i h. Ir pom',
i! i-onff ronce iiion
In l 1 In New Vork a
I! T Sll' (Hit Mlllf 1111-
paia'iilili' fa.'t.-j vv ;i
H'T:U'oil to bo
w '! ful,sl n r i;i: oO.
M-. II' niu tl Srr.ilh. doh gate from
! vi, repotted tha thoiisaiuls of
oh. 'Inn I. aiD Inon Mhtppod from
t'Miiiilling 1ioiih'.h in Now Voiui to
Tosas. A "tun" was placed on each
"hi'., coulaimn;; tic nam of the.
"prospective rnrttit." The ItL'.tcr
"ndopt' d" tho ciii'.d upon nniial and
oou'd ilo lie or she nantod
with ! lie ehi'iil usually putting the
boy or girl to work at heavy farm
ini'or from davligat to dark.
Then aro.-c the delegate from fpo
;ane, Washington. She suij agents
'rom fa-ming regions in he north
west wont to the east to arrange Jor j
shipments of orphan children. Those j
-re put t0 work on the farms, and '
the Ulega! "adopllon" enabled the
"parent
to keep the chill from
.0,11011 a,lu,j,ng t0 tUe records of
wha. tl)8 Koandation had dlscoverd i
alolfi. simliar )lllf,8i He pngentlyj
(.hil,ron ..gre dls. ,
powf(, of ke chlckcns an4 puppy !
lJog5 .
No (1 dont dQ uke tha, jn (he j
Afrlcan junglfcf. The benighted j
M S ac,ua,.iy think an orphan
.... . .. ,ni4pp VMr, should be i
child in its tender years sh
allowed to play and not work.
MARK IMLMNT. STAMPS
DO THKIH PITY
j A postage stamp is a mode' of
i stick-to-it-iv ene.ss; when started on
its career on a letter or pucuagc u
sticks to the job until it gets there, j
And if it doesn't get there It is,
no fault of the stamp, but the writ-j
! er who wrote the address on the j
j letter or packag-t and neglected to j
place his own address In the upper
left hand corner.
This is by way of Imparting the
information that : 1 .000.ih.i0 letters
found their way to tie, dead letter
office in Washington last year. A .
goodly proportion of this number
wore "important. up
some cf the pecuniary
in-livHun"? hirg- i.
But that Isn't a:': :
v,.; n,,0 par. '1? "i
dead letter orSoe :as. :
I of these were x-rt W
; After the government hi
pen w hieh '
are
of
tl'.in
: to the
Many
valuab.c
them on
: hand for the legal limit, they wf
sold for a "sonc" in the .arger p
office throughout the country. T
, oniv fortunate inell' idua is wi'h t.i'
S"3,"i"i parcels were tnose n nu
bought them st such times. As for
he senders and supposed r-cipiems,
they evident :y consoled themselves
by haranguing against post cilice
"inefficiency."
Of the :i.O"'".ei"-i let'ers v inch
.f.nt to the (tov.rrtnKnt grave yard
. a9t
. ast rear, many contaui'-l mo.i".
contained i:,""0.iO9 In
, They
postage stamps. ?.,,""." n " j
rheeks, drafts or money orders, and
$:,f..0o0 in cash. In addition to this,
Uncle stem coll eted SO-.'"1" in post-
ase for tho return o.
postag" from the d' ad
after iliscov eriui; the r
.riders by opx-ning
tho years
M!nr office
ddresfeS of
the b-lters.
But on ih
O' U'U
lii.i.iirp
band, it cos: Lncie
to look up the ad-
, niisdireet. ,1 mail. Tour
m .-lshinprton also had
,,,.,,,, , r,,, letters in try
r:, rrtn up th- woeS of
,-ii.r v ri'irs, In one city
, ,,.tH 1 mi $.'.'".' a day to
v i- !, misdirected b-f'TS
in N"w- 1 ovk.
, u, ,,n so forgetful
pro
le.V'ly
omc of
dump
tt.-ri; 111 the
mail -vith-
-,( in w ha -
,, such b't
E to p''er
mit any ad-lr' s.-"' s upon
,.vr.-. F.ve ry year 1
tors are thrown in box
t he pevst -,",- .
Many of the .'l."".'.1'
, ar that re-.-.i h th- '
toe am ir formation
personal nature. TU" f
r ot
of the most
v,re- l'rr-l--,s
kin and
that wouid
,ada!" if
would hin'i-
sou. vvri'in? a Wt to
, ontalcmg information
h,: in the nature of
r.ad by anothvr person
onda.iz'- 1 if 'he !' t-
S, If be d
ter w. r,
one els---i.-.ppt
ns
op-T.c l ai d t
Yet that is
lui'y in ti e
,1 by soii-.e-xac'.iy
what
.. ad letter
ope ne t and
offic- T!.-. I'f'-rs ar
i-.c 1 tie r- a
wi.i.-ii wall uai.h
of fnling
vern-
men: to lo'a'e tl
oua tin: of e IV
n h-rs.
le't' :
.fllee :
In only
; opened
suc h a
has di-
ampaign
w. . V.
in t nt
d
clue, found.
post mast,
rert'd that
,- i ondm
in Juiit io
T tl- UTAl New
:m m:.-isie
hieii? 'he ii
liK'Jica'-" b'-tt
prni-tloi by th pulillo, The drain
upon til) govcrnimnt and lite ex
pi n attached 1 cottlng o onerous
that mmcthlng him to be done
about It. Th diiiln upon the pub.
lie I Jual nil eiinujinoiiK, iiu'on
M'lih life and thwarted Intcntloua
t'onsblerifd.
All tho trouble could lp avoided
If the letter writer cultivated the.
habit of placln their names mid
a.l.lr.'.st.a on thf upper left bund
part of IrttiT. or on the rrveras
aide; and a almtlur rule would hold
eood for pneUasf. This is tho prac
t'.ci that the poat olfli-e dipailnicnt
uialiea lo ie b-'eonin unlvornal. It
slreidy ih unherii;il nniong hiialneaa
llinia and aearoely any of tho 21,
eii.ii.vi loiters which go Into the
K)eninii'iit discard are from bul
neaa
firms ac a result. Misdirected 1
... . i
tors for the most part constitute
the Intimate, personal correspond- ;
neo of private persona, who fall-
d to plno
thelr address,s upon the i
uppr left hand corner after being j
enrelesa in writing the directing ad-
dresses. t
After President Coolilge's recent ; Kvcry time poor Heinle shows
, , ., ., , ,, , 1 signs of repentance SMtiiebody finds
ilov.ii.il ion that there should be no , c . ,,
another gun on him.
political talk during the summer by
members of the administration In I Kvolujlon; A low-brow dad mak
reg'i landing it Is hard to under- , i"P onough money to support a
stand why Vice-resident Pawes In- I "ou" intellectual son,
sists on scheduling himself for one i rrol,,bltlon la tightening up.
speech a month. J Keen a ,iry otl'icer can't carry a
i quart without explaining.
Anti.divorco agitation has been
Qn for ywl 0n(, of ie
riti so(.m8 ,0 have hoen that
Hh)d, T-iand became a naradlse for
"matrimony busters'" at 12.000 a
divorce, while I'hlladelphia, grind
ing out 200 divorces a month, got
the name of being "a second TariB."
Reno has not yet been heard from.
.
At this distance, that "1-4" beer
in Ontario gives the impression it is
nrare bu, Bti near-
A thousand persons could identify
Kield Marshal Trench by his earlier
"tie to one who knew the "Earl of
Ypres" was the same person. We
prefer to remember him as tlie re-
doubtable field marshal, and not as
an earl In fact, an earl by some
other name sounds sweeter.
Now England railroads , are re
garded as being at a disadvantage
i because of small hauls. But hauls
on the New Jesey Central are even
smaller, yet the gain In net income
on that railroad during 1924 was
$o.6C;,4;S. these earnings amount
ing to j::.55 a share. The reason
was the railroad hauled a heavy coal
tonnage; in passenger travel it
diin't shine grea''y. It ts hauling
freight, and ret passengers, that
makes railroals ray. And. freight
doesn't require f passenger sta
tions and expensive speed marvels.
Bir Ksm-e Howard, British ambas
sador to the United States, says it
does not rcei'iire a high-class math
ematician to ligure out that unless
Groat Britain sells her wares she
cannot continue to pay her debt. He
thinks most of the wares will have
to be sold in the United States.
Th-n what do we want, the goods or
the debt payments? Where are the
high-class mathematicians to give
the answer?
When N
or reoejie-
York brokers earn
-large sums people think
hai a a clns they are highly
prosperous. But two of them com
mitted suicide last week.
Wn'-n it got dark Saturday morn
ing daylight saving 'time evidently
didn't save any daylight.
Caillaux has sponsored a sort or j
-ripper" Mil in France by 'hicnja8 fMlin(r a.j this was ousted
taxes will be increased 1,500, f'CO.OdO U,y a long engagement, list, including
frar.rs a year. If 'his keeps up,
T ccle Sam may be able to get a
little refunding. Mvanwhlle Pre
nm r Pair.levr is pained at the costs
of the warfare in North Africa,
There is always something In the
air to worry Kr. nch statesmen. The
"int-rp--nation" in the Chamber of
iK.p,,..fs today would be called
"heok'i-eg" iii this country.
Tt:.' British medical mar
who
cianm-d s.ik stockings gave women,
iiiiek ar.k'ts. due to the cold air,
rud. nt.y was under the impression j
,,r. s- ro -oav SKiris i'.uich - -
li'Ory li.IW.eri
ankles.
the knees and the
M BIUIH.s AT HOSPITAL.
S'X blr'h.s were recorded at the
N.'w Brrain g. m ml hospital during
w---- k-end. Sons were born to
Mr. and M"-s. Walter Popilearz of 67
Proa ! ior.- ( and Mr. and Mrs. Balph
Spencer of S3" Has1 stre- t. Datigh-tr-s
ver horn to Mr. and Mrs. Wal
t.r Mettey of 4 Union street. Mr.
an Mrs. William J. Donohuc of '.'
r;ard-n s're-t. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Maftin of Hartford road and Mr.
tnd Mrs. David Syohln of 19
i'.. nue.
City
SUNDAY WDKK STOPPUD.
M. -ti doing carpenter work on a
idling on Washington street yes
rdav aM.rnoon were ordered to
b'
i stop ti.eir labor by Motorcycle Po-
i:e-m,i-i William p. Hayes when n-
irr. ' iga' I a complaint receiv ed at
police hen Iquaiteis.
Itailroail ( ollegea
N--.V
I: . i'.v a v
York. The Bureau of least of the Korky mountains,
Leanoui.re' reports that o" Frost.s were report.-) as far south
o' the .-nd.i v ment of 3 as Missouri .and K'-niueky.
iii- i, 1 in rail- I'oivii'ions faior f'.r HiW .i.nitv-llll-s
The total is II"" - lwsttlel wither probably follow"
bj clearing tonigh'. with (rosu
: fi 1
Facts and Fancies
iiv ittiiiKiti Diii i -rs
Tlifl evidence of clvllUiitlon artma
to lit) liuft'ly clrrumMiiiitlnl,
The mills nf tho no.ls grliiil slow
ly, which proe that they aren't
gin mills.
The mnM difficult 1'Ibc.l' to
port tho franc in on the end
bayonet.
sup.
of a
The nap ri'- In spring. In spring
poeiry he rlseg to heights of ab
surdity. T'on't scold people tor worrying.
To small rroat urea, very small
thlnss seein enormous.
Perhaps Kurope. calls Americana
i"- iccKs neoausc incy aro irjing to
liikc "if n n.
Tt is easier to Mil behind a
I woman's petticoats now. They are
! on a hook in the closet.
Prosperous times are those tn
which you get more montvy to give
to those, who demand mora money.
Borrowing a lawn mower has dis
advantages. You can't keep it and
call it u "political debt."
We are an inefficient people, and
unions our diplomats there isn't a
single trained bill collector.
Some of the idiots who can't find
room in asylums are very comfort
able In high-powered cars.
Once America grows her own
rubber, she won't import any ne-cessi-y
exeept the raw material for
chewing gum.
Three Missouri towns are now
run bv women, but in other states
the men understand without being
shown.
Germany borrows American gold
to make steel to underbid Ameri
can engine makers. She uses her
own brass.
The world feels most sophisti
cated and cynical when it talks and
Hots like a sniart-aleck greenhorn
of sixteen.
Correct thif sentence: "My wife
Is dieting," said he, "but she keeps
on preparing fine meals for me."
(Protected by Associated Editors,
Inc.)
President Recovers
From His Indigestion
Washington! May ID. (AP)
President Coolidge apparently re
covered from an attack of indiges
tion suffered Saturday, returned to
the Whit" House today from a week
end cruise on the Mayflower and
plunged immediately into his daily
routine of work.
The president and Mrs. Coolidge.
with a party of friends and the
White House physicians, left Wash
ington Saturday afternoon. Last
night the Mayflower anchored in the
river near Washington and docked
early today. The party had break
fast aboard, after which Mr. and
Mrs. Coolidge returned to the exe.
eutive mansion.
President Coolidge "as described
many visitors wno wisneu . isuarc
hands with him.
Ml. C( A IS DAM.IJtot 's
Cairo. May 15. (AD The F.gyp
tian government bns issued a com
munique avowing that, after consult
ing various religious bitids, it is un
able to sdvMe Intending pilgrims to
proceed to M'cea. the Mohammedan
Holy "liy, this year, owing to th.
absence of security and facilities.
Observations
On The Weather
Washington. May :.". (AP i The
weather bureau -oday issued 'he
following storm warning:
Advisory northwest storm warning
yrde-re 1 lo.so a. m. Boe'on, Mass.
to Sandy Hook. N J. Disturbance
off North Carolina cast moving
northeastward will iau.e strong
northeast and norih winds, possibly
reaching gale for' e at times this af
ternoon and lonicht."
Forecast for South' ru N'e-v Fng-
land: Unsettled tonight, probably
showers Tuesday. partly cloudy;
not much change In temperature..
Strong northerly winds.
Forecast for F.astern New Tork: !
Partly cloudy tonight, heavy to
killing frost in west portion if :
weather clear; Tmsday fair, not j
much change in temperature; fresh j
to strong northerly winds. j
Conditions Proswure is high in :
the Interior of the country and low
on the south Atlantic coast. Show-
cm were general during the past 14
hours in the ml Idle Atlantic and
; New Kngland state. T-mpemtures
'are lielow the normal for the season
I
fun 'nob
MAxsosFaxKmJujmi
When someone parks on your new
oil oos.
And starts a grouch It's hard to
lose,
It's better far to grin than rant,
tiuppo he'd been an elephant:
No llnil lo It
"Wi-il, wills dear, I'm through
paying the Christmas bills."
"Yea? That' Hue. What about va
cation?" smoked Out
By J. X). Wheeler
smoked tobacco many years,
I'e
'lis true.
But now I'm off the stuff; I'm done;
I'm through!
I never did my imoklnf Just for
fun,
I took the habit up to get a gun.
For in each pack of niakln's that
I bought
There was a little eoupon that I
sought.
I needed just a thousand; then, you
see,
They'd send -that peachy shot-gun
on to me.
I smoked and saved and puffed- and
saved and smoked,
Till with a racking cough I nearly
choked. At length I had nine hundred nine-ty-nlne,
And with th last one went home
feeling An",
And found my wife had sent them
all away
To get herself some goah-darned
lingerie!
Strictly Modern
Pioud mother (angling for com
pliment): "Do you think niy daugh
ter has real enough?"
Absent-minded professor: "Plenty,
madam In frt-cr-a little too
much, I should say, on her Hps and
cheeks."
Fllas Lleberman.
Enjoying Ill-Health
Copley: "How is your wife getting
along now?"
Barne-s: "Well, she feels well
enough to sit. up and tell everybody
how sick she is."
Ii. T. Kendall.
Pun Points
(In Jingle.-Jangle Manner)
Fat's heart went pltty-pat when
Mary frowned; ,
That's why I pittypat when she's
around.
W. II. Halstead.
o
The old saloon he used to think a
boon;
Its absence makes him crazy as
saloon.
Kunlce Flanncry.
Some declared that bucher slow,
Butcher see it was not so.
James Thalhoiin
0
On rich foods Harriet wa set,
But I didn't fare what Harriet.
Bruno C. Mackalh
K-ersc F.iiglitli
Clerk: "Your wife was in while
you were out?"
Boss: "Ha, after money again!
Well, she's out and I'm in, because
she was in when I was out."
D. F. Wetztl.
An Interesting Trio
The teacher of the primary cla.xs
in Sunday school had told the story
of the ark. She mentioned that the
only human passengers aboard wcrt
Noah' and his wife and their three
sons Sheni
Ham, nd Japhet
with their wives.
In review she asked: "Who re
members the names of Noah's three,
sons?" to which a small girl piped
up promptly:
"Sam, Ham, and Jam!"
Ida F.stelle Ames.
The Social Primer
(Commencement Serbs)
1
Tho Class Orator
Ttvould be a fatilt-y grad-n-a-tion
With-out some ort of Dec-la-ni.i-
Hon;
j "Ye call me Chief," Aye. there's
j the rub!"
Deep stuff like thai from some
i young cub
Who chucks his chin down in bis
I chest
, And waves his arms and act im
i pressed.
'The thrill he gives to Paw and Maw
Makes them pre-pare him for the
! Law!
! ii
i The Class Prophet
' A-mong the grad-u-a-tion hits
I The Pro-phot ties them in-to 111.
H" v-e., w ith ke n, pro-phot. io eye,
i What's bound to hap-pen bye and
bye;
be
Who will be
great; who
nrh ;
Who'll run the taf
who'll dig
elitch;
But one thing he can-not fore-cast
How- long a do'.-lar bill will last!
Bernice Farrell.
In the Springtime
Torinello (gymnast): "When I
turna da han' spreeng. playa onic?
'teeng in keepeepg wid da per
formance." Obliging orchestra leader: "Pure!
j How about Mendelssohn's
1 ,e0ng?"
Spring
-Jean Bigg r.
The Age of Beauty
Lip rouge
Peroxide
Ma.scaro
Face pow ler
Cosmetics
Boiled stocking.
Shingled hair
P.ubbcr corsets
Painted finger nai!s
Curl paper.
-C. O. Shaw.
Heavenly
Smv i he: "Why do yo
I'.i'ow n an angel- st)-.e
angel;, ! UK."
II Widow!
She do.sn i look
thev ty niit
in hea.tn, snj
riop.r
ruges are
" ii,
made
she's been married ftv limes."
H. J. Con.
Old Stuff
"Thl
her Jar. i ain't nuthln'
new," said Uncle Jke scornfully
"All iia'younf fellers used to play
it whenever 4hro was a wedrtlu'.
Only difference was. wo called It a
shivarce."
(Copyright, 1925, reproduction
Korbldden)
25 Years Ago Today
from Paptt ol That Data
There will ha a total eclipse of
th sun on Monday morning, May
I. Jt will b about sevsn-elghths
vlslblo here.
N Hecoveilng from their defeat by
the Watorbury High school team
yesterday, the local High school
team went out to Wectrlc Field tb.li
afternoon lo meet Bristol. There
were only about 20 spectators pres
ent when the game began. The
score of yesterday' game was 81-9.
Tho New Britain Shrlners arrived
home from Washington last evening.
They are George W. Klett, F.dward
Stebblns, Eugene Porter, George
Cryne and Town Clerk Penfleld.
They brought with them sn exten
sive' collection of badges, including
one from Watertown, N. Y reading:
'1 hall from a town where prefix
I water,
I love not the prefix a much as I
orter,
Now prithee be kind, as you've been
in the past,
Lead me to some place where water
comes last."
A young son of Barnes, the coal
man, heated a piece of Iron In the
Are In the furnace, yesterday until
It was red hot. He then stuck It
through a piece of board, and the
boy's IK tie sister, not knowing It was
hot, Belitcd the end of the Iron and
was badly burned.
W. H. Cadwell and D. V. Edwards
made a fine catch of trout last week
in the Adlrondacks. One of them
weighed eight pounds.
The speakers st the coming semi
centennial celebrailon of the High
school will be President Hadley of
Yale, President Markley of the
school board, K. O. Hibbard. C. 8.
Landers, A. J. Slopr and B. F. Gaff
ney, who are representative citizens
and alumni.
George Kapelye recently sold some
goods to a man, who paid a email
deposit on them. The man then
prepared to move out of town and
take these goods, Including three
stoves, a refrigerator, and some tin
ware, with him. Mr. Kapelye got
wind of tbie and had the good at
tached. The man, however, Is In
Boston, so he will not be prosecuted.
The committee on ice tanks is
made up of Councilmen Parker,
IteynoldB and Patrick. The tank at
the Burritt school will be restored
and the pump in Central park put
in working condition.
The factory league officers have
been elected. They are as follows:
President, A. L. Thompson; vice
president, John A. Kades; secretary,
Everett Hoffman. The teams in the
league are Russell & Erwln, Stanley
Rule. Stanloy Works, Vulcan Iron
Works, Traut & Hlne and Landers,
Frary & Clark,
It will not be long before an au
tomobile can be hired in New
Briiain by the day or hour. It is
intended to have them to rent the
same as a livery stable keeper ha.s
his teams. It Is understood that,
the cost of hiring them will be $10
a day. Automobile are now be
coming common sights on tho
streets; some mpke a peculiar noise
as they go along and frighten more
horses than did the big road roller
used here a while ago. Again,
they are propelled at a speeel which
Is absolutely dangerous on a street
which Is crowded. Some have three
wheels, and one of llnse, which
comes in from Hartford every day,
comes around the corner at the
j Strickland, house t a twelve. mile
clip. Some day it will collide with
something there.
SPEAK AT MERIDEN
Bible Class Officials from New Brit
ain Motor to Silver City to All
Comers' Class.
A delegation of members " and
officer of Kveryman's Bible class of
New Britain motored lo Meriden
yesterday and spoke at a meeting
of the All-Comers Bible class of that
city. The meeting of the Meridf.n
class was turned over to the New"
Britain delegation and the visitors
did all the speaking. Dr. J. K.
; Conger, vice president of the Fetl
leratlon of Men's Bible class, s, acl
I ed as chairman. Among those who
I spoke were Dr. Conger. Walter W.
: fiould, general of the P.ed army;
! V. A. McPaniel, Charles A. it.
t'eoper, former general of the
! White army: James H. Dyer, Bob
jert A'an Tine, Fred J. F.. Fnsnorth.
! William C. Hotchklss, general of the
I White army: filarence C. Palmer.
I ad.tut.ant of the Blue army. B. J.
! Gooby, and Krne st I:. Dechant, gen
eral of the Blue army.
The meeting was in the interests
of a state convention of the Fed
eration of Men' Bible classes,
which will be held in Bridgeport
next fall.
ni'RKITT CHAPKL NOTFS
This is the last week for 'he
preen' contest af the Baby Confer
ence at Burritt Chapel.
The library hour will he held on
Wednesday afternoon this week, In
stead of Friday. The time will be
the same. 4-5 o'clock.
The program for the week fol-
lows:
Tuesday, baby conference, MO
I 4:J0 p. m.
Wednesday, library hour. 4-S p. m.
Wednesday. Boy Scouts, 7 p. m.
Thursday, Girl's Junior Achieve
ment club, 4 p. in.
Friday, Boys' Junior Achievement
Club, " p. m.
Saturday, Little Girl' club, 2:30
p. in.
Sunday, story hour. 3 p. m.
DK. 1.I.MS P1F.S
Taterson. N. J., .May ;.-.. (AD
Tr. It. II Kills em. ritus profescor of
materia md(cnl and therapeutic,
Baltimore Me1i.-al ed'f, d'e.l her-'
' lait nlfht. Me was ill two jra-
mi
Ml f )
joy
The Citizens Coal Co.
Xir C Offloa.
SI nwdght Conrt
Ttl. S79S.
St
By .CHARLRS P. STEWART
NEA Service Writer.
Washington, May 25 A horse cab
was passing. Just to see what it felt
like to ride behind a horse again, I
(lugged it and go in. "Home, James."
I told tho driver, mentioning the ad
d ress.
The cab was of the phaeton pat
tern and no rattle-trap, but spuree
ly kept, with a fat, sleek horse be
tween the shafts and a dignified
white-haired, plug-hatted old darky
on the box. As we Jogged along, he
gave me some informal Ion.
"Dey's eight of us lef in Wah
In'ton." he told me. "out o' a vas'
lnult'uide. In sumnia we does ve'y
well. Num-ous pussons rides with us
j;s' fo' th' expe'lence. like you all's
doin'. An' .ley's fai'ly lib'al mej' gen
ly, seeln', I eal'late, as we's a novel
ty, an' dey reckon as we oughta be
rcwa'ded commensu'atoly.
"But In wfnta things gits tol'able
oleaginous fo' us. IT'et place, ya
caln't heat, dls yeah specie o' vee
hlcles. An' second place, d' faction
o' dis yeah asphalt on a hoss's feet
gits te'ible when it's col' an"
slippy.
"Aln' hossmanshlp ve'y dan
ge'ous, you ast, with all dee yeah
mota call? Well sub. It's a fac'
dey' a certain type o' homogenlet.y
acts tol-able recklefs an' some of
'em I 'pect o' right down m'lig
nancy. But gen'ly speakln", folks
regaluls us as a dyin' genus an'
takes mlddlln' good ca're of us.
"Why don't 1 get me a laxicab-
you all asts me. I.awdy, bosa,
I's too old to degen-ate into no
shoofa. Ko'ty-seven yeah I bin
d ivln' hoss cabs in Wa-shin'lon.
1 reckons I'll keep at Ion I
llnga In dls yeah vale o' synthetic
righteousness."
Who's entitled to credit for dis
covering the airplane? its first dis
Tabs' Minstrel Overture
To Be Given Next Month
James W. Manning is chairman
of a committee of the Y. M. T. A.
, & B. society under whose nuspicf-t
i a minstrel overture will be present
led at the Palace theater in the lut
jter part of next month. The show
will be made up of some of the
.leading minstrel entertainers who
l have appeared before the public 1n
ithe last 50 year and will be brought
I up-to-date w ith several of the pi es
lent day blackface entertainer,
j Songsters from several states w ill be
'assembled, including former local
Imen w ho have moved to other cities.
The old lime melodies will be In
terpers'd with modern day inn,
and the show will probably mark
the last public appearance of many
of the "old timers." Rehearsal for
the show will begin next week.
Gold Star Mothers Visit
Cemetery in France
Taris, May 25.--(AP)-A group of
American Gold Star Mothers visited
the Suresne military cemetery to
day, going down the river Slene by
boat from the Concorde bridge.
The parly now is at full strength,
those arriving on 'he steamer George
Washington having joined the dele
gation which made the transatlantic
trip on the Republic.
They are returning to Paris this
afternoon for a reception to be ten
dered at the American embassy by
'Ambassador Herrkk, who plans to
(present them to President Doumer
gue at the Klyaee Palace tomorrow.
I CIUMF W AVr. HITS CITY
Tha blacksmith shop o Mieliie i
j Tomko tn the rur of tit Main
Branch Offleo,
14 Areh St,
Tel. 3:.
rmrMdaskinalbn
covery? Professor Langley? Or tho
Wright brothers? Secretary Waleott
of the Smithsonian Institution claims
It for, the former. Orvllle Wright
claims It for himself and his broth
er, Wilbur. It belongs to neither, ac
cording to friends of Augustus M.
Herring, whose application for a
pateat on a workable heavier-than-alr
flying machine Is on record In the
patent office under date December
11. 189. , . '
K. C. Huffaker, who was Lang
ley's assistant in all his experi
ments. Is authority for the state
ment that the profevsor's machine
which, after his death, proved a
successful flyer, post-dated Her
ring's "by more than a year." The
Wrights did not begin their ex
periment at all until 190.1.
Herring didn't g"t his paten',
however. The examiner refused it.
on the ground that he regarded
the apparatus, as a whole, as In
capable of practical use."
As good an authority as James
V. Miller, world record holder
for airplane efficiency, contends that
it was perfectly practical. The ma
chine flew, at any rate. Many wit
nesses testiry to it. "We have hard
ly been able to improve today," ys
Martin, "upon Herring's disclosure
in bis 18!" patent office application."
Old and ill, Hrring is spending
his la.st years in poverty.
Jarqijofl-Dalero'.o of Paris. Gnoa
and London, expects to visit Amer
ica sorjn. He's ah educator, founder
o: tho ehool of "rythmic expres
sion." which seeks to train mind,
voice and body simultaneously. In
Kurope, where: his method has u
wide vogue, he' a famous man.
Here he isn't known to well, but his
expected visit, on the invitation of
the Maret French School, in Wash
ington, whete his system Is follow. )
may make him so.
street furnished shelter from tin;
: rain to intruders over the week-end
'and also the means, in the shape of
Ian umbrella, to proceed lo their
home with proper proteciion from
jibe heavy downpour. Tomko rcpoii
Jed lo the police ibis morning tha1
1 1 be shop had been broken Into hi''1
! the umbrella stolen.
Thefts Over Week-End
Reported to Police
A sneak thief is believed by the
police to be responsible for the thefl
of $41 In cash from the room of
Abraham Walters at 17 Winter
street, sometime yesterday afternoon
Walters reported the theft to the
I police.
i A gold watch and J!!! in cash weie.
j stolen from the room of Patsy-Bar-hour.
371 Main street, sometime
'Saturday night, according to r
port received by the police.
Thieves succeeded in making nt!
.with M5 in cash after they gained
! entrance to the store of Thomn P.o
idek of 160 West street Saturda-
night, according to a roinplab
made to the police yesterday.
SOf IAI.ISTS FAVOR 4 P.I DIT
Paris, May 15. f.VP) At a enu-
j cu of the Socialist part today, to
idlaeuss the party's attitude tow-aid
i voting credits to continue tlo
j French military campaign agalnft
Abd-KI-Krlm's Invading tribe snvi
I In French Morocco, a Majority o'
! tho Socialists wee- Reported to bav
expressed opposition to voting li
Ithe profioscd credits,
j A delegation from the Socialist
party was sppointeil to confer wit'
I iemier Fatr.leve, In an attempt t
reach nn ar,rcniont r.fore the qii.
lien come up in th Chamber -I'.epuii.s
Mhn it reconvene th
afternoon.
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