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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1925.
New Britain Herald
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tised with a etrlrtly hotieat anolyela of
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protection acftlnat fraud in nevapaper
distribution fla;u,ee to both national and
local advertteera.
Tlia Herald la on r.t!e dully In Now
Tork at Hotnilrig'a Ntw Stand. Tlmea
Square; 8oliu!tz"a Newa Ftand. Entrance
Grand Central. !nd street.
A I. TO FATALITIES
Fatal automobile accidents In and
near New Britain last year were
among the lowest in the state; it
la unfortunate that the same record
apparently will not bo possible this
year. The past few months have
produced too many of such fatali
ties. The second such fatality within a
week in or near New Britain oc
curred yesterday, as the Herald's
news columns portrayed. Both ac
cidents wore of an unusual sort, one
. woman In Berlin being killed while
standing upon the sidewalk; and
In the case of yesterday a child be-
. Ing killed while playing with an
other upon the private driveway
leading through a schoolyard. In J
the latter case the driver, an IS !
year old youth, was stated by police
to have lacked an operator's license,
although employed as driver of a
( truck.
About a month ago a woman and
' her daughter died as the result of
Injuries received when struck by an
automobile on West Main street.
Sometime previous to that time a
' child was killed on Arch street, the
automobile driver who was adjudg
ed blameless, having had a license
although being only 1
rest; but arrests hav become leas
numerous as drivers have cultivated
a moi'O intelligent regan) tor ui
amenities of downtown travel.
The approach of a woman trund
ling a baby carrlago usually Is a
sign for all high g'-udts tratlic cops
to talta particular notice, When
such women, or the aged and In
firm want to cross the strict Iritllic
is halted with a vengeance. This,
of course, is as it should bo. I0eiy
tratlic custodian is affected with
somti decree of sentiment under
such clrcumslaces, and the innocent
baby gets all thu rights whilo the
fond parent rushes the progeny be
tween the curbs. Not a moment bo
fore the baby cab Is safely ensconc
ed upon the sidewalk again are tho
Impatient motors permitted to
proceed.
Than; is u strain about truthc
coping that the general public
sometimes fails to appreciate; at
least, I he strain is as severe as mo
toring ill rough thu downtown
streets. But when as thu motorist
does not remain where the tratlic is
thickest, the hardworking tralfic
boss is in the thick of it all day.
Watching human nature from such
a point of vantage must be unite
uplifting or the reverse. One can
not help wondering what a trallic
cop thinks about, provided he has
any time for thinking.
SSl'XDAY MEATS
Mayor Taonessa. is of the opinion
been paid, total Hi. 8 miles In thu
stale, Theso 60,8 miles will cost
more than $1,000,0(10. Indicating
forcefully how thu cost of con
strueltng roads hits udvunced In tho
slate since tho earlier 81.8 miles or
"federul roads" were built,
Thcro are no new projects In Con
necticut approved for construction,
the stale sharing this distinction
wilh Maine, the only oilier statu
that has not projected more federal
aid roads. Thcro Is a bulauco of
ft, 427, 481. Su available to Connecti
cut from Ihe federal aid fund.
These figures are taken from the
latest report of the lederul burear
of public roads, which gives a
splendid bird's eye view of federal
road construction In conjunction
niih the stales thu country over.
The chief federal aid roads In
Connecticut, comprise the so-called
military road from New London to
Glastonbury and the shoro road
from New London to Branford, a
small portion of which is still under
construction. The road from Dan
bury to Bridgeport also was mostly
constructed by federal aid. The
road up the Housatonic valley, only
partly completed, is such a high
way. A road from Coventry to
Abington Is projected. Several miles
of tho otherwise state highway
from Farmlngton to New Haven was
also built by government aid.
The champion state for having
Its hands In the federal road-build
ing till has been and
than 3.S00 miles of roads have been
Facts and Fancies
Bx IIOIIKKT MUIU.CN
Evolution: (1) Ruled by classes;
(!) ruled by masses; (S) ruled by
lasses.
Never yet has there been a statue
erected to a man who felt tho need
of a precedent
About all some men are good for
Is lo serve as arguments In favor
of birth control.
Doesn't the word "Detroit" look
odd In print without the prefixed
"f. o. b.?"
UanassjeBBgnessSSanausavsi
Masoimx
uAiiJism
Tall! of drowning sorrows Is all
bosh, anyway. You can't really
drown a neighbor's saxophone,
Explanation of C3 awful taste
of bootleg: Perhaps It really Is rum,
as the reformers say.
Aj
Tongue: An Implement used to
guide a wugon or a husband.
It takes three generations to ac
cumulate money enough to estab
lish cake-caters as gentlemen.
The
l hat certain meat stores should be
permitted to remain open Sunday j completed with tho federal aid In
forenoon In order to permit poor j the Lone Star stale, which cost the
people -who do not own refrigera- i tidy sum of $53,000,000, half of
tors to purchase meats for their which the government disbursed.
grandstand has dlsadvan-
. ..... (aires. Fans cant throw Domes
icxas. MUI e I
tnrougn mo wire scree".
Well, Americans would be hard
to "subdue" if some other people
began to covet their natural re
sources.
Sunday dinner. He says that unless
this is done there is no way for the
refrigeratorless population to keep
! meat over Saturday night,
j The mayor does not trouble hlm
! self as to Inconveniences caused to
j storekeepers selling meat; the idea
i apparently is that they can work
j and are willing to work half the
day Sunday to satisfy the demanu
for meat on Sunday mornings.
There Is such a thing as over
doing the "serving the public'' busi
ness. Storekeepers are human beings
and,, should not be expected to be
open all the time. Many small shops
in tho outlying sections are open
from early morning until late at
night and all day Sunday, but it ap-
I pears that few meat shops aro
among their number. One wonders
1 when storekeepers ever get time for
i an hour's relaxation from their bus-
years of age. i
This is no attempt lo fix blame in j
regard to the accident yesterday,
nor to reflect an opinion regarding
the others. The authorities are sup
posed to look after such things. The
fact that they occurred, however,
should bring about a tightening of
safeguards al! along the line, among
all citizens alike. Quiney, Mass., had
a record of no fatal accidents
throughout an entire year by simply
Inculcating an intensive spirit of
carefulness among all cifizens, and
' the same result could be brought
about here. The fact that youths
under age can operate automobiles
by merely obtaining a license, and
that youths operate them without
having a license, indicates clearly
that the safety spirit in the city lias
not been fully developed. This spirit
of course also Includes pedestrians
and the inculcation of safety princi
ples among children.
mess.
Of course, the mayor's contention
that relrigeiatorless citizens ought
to be able to obtain meat tor the
Sunday dimn r is sound. Some of
them, tho mayor indicates, although
possibly being able lo afford the
purchase ot refrigerators, could not
afford to keep them stocked with
expensive ice. There have been
tumors, however, that some such
citizens ure able to operate and
But not satistied with the "flno
showing," Texas has 1,470.3 miles j r,
still under construction, which win
cost the trifle of nearly $21,000,000;
and 205. S miles of additional roads
have been "approved" for construc
tion by the federal government.
No other state compares with
Texas in Its annexation of federal
road money. Those states which
have high federal mileage are
Georgia, Iowa. Minnesota, North
Dakota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
It will bo noted that these states
usually are regarded as "progres
sive" from the standpoint of being
prepared to disburse money for
highways at least meeting the
goerment &0-60.
New Tork, the Empire state,
which is given a little to boasting
of its wealth, hasn't been too uppish
to accept federal aid. It lias 738
miles of fed- rul-aid roads, with t.S
, in. (J
miles under construction, ami
projected. The government has
handed $13.0t'0,i'i'0 to the state.
which means the roads cost, twice
that much; the gov rnnicnt will pay
more than Sin.vuo.ooo for the roads
under construction there, and more
"th;m OiiO. 0o for those projected.
Tins would appear to bo a pretty
I good record tor thin state and rath
I ,.r harms the claim that money is
Of course the Eifflans are an In
rior people. They want liberty and
their methods of killing are primitive.
Tlvy have found platinum, near
the diamond mines in Africa. Now
nil they need Is a factory to make
boudoir capB.
Ho never 'went to chopping wood
Or splitting rocks, like many men,
But he proved ho was pretty good
At making wise cracks now and
then.
Progress
Belle: "What has become of the
old parlor aofa?"
Eugene: "They have put four
wheels under It and call It a coupe
now."
Raiding the Treasury!
By K. E. Alexander
"Say, Mom, sew this button ooT
Aw Mom, let th' pockets bel
I guess that was a fishln'-wormj
I f'rgot, 'n' It died on me.
That's my fishln'-hook Gee whir,
It anything Is good that Isl
"That knife is some good It's got
One blade's hardly broke at all
There ought V be sixteen marbles
Y' sure y' didn't let one fall?
I bet y' that's th frog's hind-leg
I thought I'd lost! That's a wren'a
egg.
"My goodness, don't y' know a
horse
Chestnut's good f'r rheumatlcks?
I'll say that that watch Is some use;
Jus1 shake It harder; now It
ticks.
Don't throw that string away
that's f'r
My kite. Uh-huh, that picture's
Her!
"What's In that bottle? Why, them's
fleas.
J' race 'em, 'n' that big one -
there.
Is the champeen don't throw
them out!
Aw, Mom, now you ain't ptayln'
fair!
I jus' said sew a button on
'N' everything I got Is gone!"
-THE OBSERVER-
Makes Random Observations
On the City and Its People
iiumtttttti
Life Is a one way journey for
which only one way tickets are Is
sued, , .,
Once having passed a moment on
the clock ot Time you cannot retrace
your footsteps.
Every act loaves an Indelible Im
print. What Is done cannot be un
done. Words that are spoken aro
set In perpetual type and the proofs
cannot be corrected.
On the Journey there are many
delightful sldetrlps which bring en
joyment to the eye and heart There
are many alleys with lotus nowers
set tbere as lures. The alleys are
easily entered but onoe within their
labyrlnthlan confines exit la not
easy.
Temptations beset the right ot
way. It is a sare tnmg to remain
on the train and cling, to the tickets
sold by the passenger agent Some
times It seems that the journey is
beset with storms but those are part
ot the scenery which make the ar-
rival In a sunclad country all tna
brighter.
There are certain certincates tne
conductor will demand to see en
route. Before you climb aboard, a
birth certificate is Issued. Then you
will need a certificate before attend
ing school. Upon leaving school to
work, your prospective employer will
require a certificate from the proper
authorities. If you continue to pur
sue your studies, diplomas soon
come your way. , Before wedding
bells chime, you must obtain a certi
ficate from the town clerk or other
authorized person. And Anally, as
your friends crowd around your bier
and remark upon your repose, a
gentleman with a tall silk hat and
black gloves and wearing a funereal
air will fill out your burial certificate
and you will be laid at rest at the
end of the Journey.
coming back," -
The driver again: "But you can
use them on the trolley too.' '
The orutay ones "I'm not coming
back here I tell you, I'm going to
Now Haven,"-
The driver: "Xou. can use mem
there."
The crusty one: "1 tell you once
and tor all I don't want any ot your
tokens."
And that's that
Grass quickly obliterates the
sears of battle and all trace of the
labor you did on the lawn last week.
It must be tine to get into society
and be bored by a better set of people.
"Morale" usually means your
I duty to lei somebody else have the
soft jobs and not kick about doing
the dirty work.
The vacuum system is cheapest
and best, so it isn't probable that
street cleaners will adopt It for
seven thousand years.
To Slake Both Ends Meet
Ring master: "Whero Is Twister,
the contortionist? It's Jime for his
act."
Twister's understudy: "I'm doub
ling, for htm today."
Gertrude.
A Fair Warning
Mrs. Hesse: "Dearie, I've decided
to have my face, lifted."
Hesse: "You can do as you like,
but you'd better not ask me for the
jack.' "
J. G. C.
It Is a queer world, and there are
great and successful people who
couldn't name a mere half-dozen
tilrn stars.
A ,Lcsson Learned
"No," said I'ncle Ike, "I ain't
never tried to work one of these
crossword puzzles. Years ago, when
the 'fifteen puzzle' was all the rage,
I spent so much time on It that an
other fellow stole my best girl be
fore I knew what was goln' on.
Since then, I ain't takln' any
chances."
navigate flivvers aud buy the ncccs- )k1 lalt(!n from New York in huge
tlVB
tho
sarv easollne, but that, like Messrs.
' Potasli & I'erlmuttcr would say, "is
i something else again."
j There ought to be more neigh
I borllncss among Hie refrigcralor
I less and the refrigerator owners.
I Why couldn't the latter permit thu
: use of a small space in the family
! refrigerator on Saturday night for
a few neighbors who luck tlese
modern appurtenances' .Ylayijc 4
regular business could be done by
charging a few cents for the boiv-
THAl'MC TF.C'HMC jc,.. This would help to pay for
.- , u -(,,! irffi ,.,ins are ac- ! l.-n nn.l at the same time aid
cumulating a techuic that, if it neighborhood uplift. It is assumed,
doesn't inspire awe, at least stlmu- j ot course, that just as much meal
lts admiration. '! would be taken out on Sunday
Time was when tratlic cops, new j morning as was placed in
nl as crviit. the nte lit before;
Charlie Chaplin doing a shuffle j words, that there would be honesty
with No. li s. Their hands had the ! among neighbors where such re
motion of a man during the early j frig.-rator communism existed,
hours of the morning after the night ! The mayor also seems 1o assume
before. Occasionally they used I that many people eat meat duiit.g
strong language when some dumb- the hot weather. Kverxbody to his
K.n H.r or tictrilkd pedestrian tostc, of course some tolks simply
forgot the tulcs. -don't seem lo do without tbctr
But the situation has changed, be-fsteak csp-cially on Sunday.
The Apollos at the crossings nowa- Doctors tell us not to each much
days operate with the automatic meat during the hot w. ather, but
perfection of machinery. An arm ' 90m.; of us don't pay much attention
goes up and the palms are extend- , to advice.
,d- or there is a vigorous jerk of If the mayor started an agitation
the thumb-and all Is well at the to have the prices of
"cross hero" territory. There is a ( reduced and the cost ot ice about
ves it's "nonchalance" - I cut in half, perhaps there would not
nomencla-I be many rcirigfiaiui ik-
the cops nrovided he could
of non- I through the agitation
to
amounts
stales.
Massai
ing back
federal aid
"federi
miles under
projected.
I',.sid"iit.
cized the f
is
iitnld
roads in other
not been hold- ;
Observing Ihe girls Hash by at
sixty miles, it is hard to believe that
a horse once had to be "so gentle
a woman could drive It."
uuK-tts has
very much in accepting
It has miit'B
r T
oais" complied, na
ion aim n.J
construct
criU-
CooMuge recently
K-ral aid law. Bu' 'here
,10 likelihood ot it liemg r"i"-'-this
account.
Correct I his sentence: "I don't
believe in evolution," said he, "and
I've read the whole of Darwin's
Origin of Species.' "
trrolectvd 'by Associated Editors,
Inc.)
There's a HeaMin
"Don't you ever go to the movies
any more?"
"No; my girl has a new porch
swing."
Frank M. Midkift.
Sarc
Mother: "Don't throw yourself at
that young man, Kittens."
Daughter: "Why. mother, you
know he's a good catch."
Mrs. H. G. Vogel.
25 Years Ago Today
ttaui I'auei ol That Date
Observations
On The Weather
tli'J cool
iu other
Kor aitern New York: 1'avt.y cjoudy
ond sonniMtat warmer Saturday,
rlhably local thunder shower b. H
, ff rnoot! or night in north
d west Part, Sunday showers, cool-
, r iii northwest poiu
iinrtll-rn New
1
Knglanl: in-
... . i., .- ilW-
,,int; cloudin'-ss ftaiuiuo .-
i rs Saturday iiis.ni
anm-r in tnieiiiM.
England: ra"1 -""
Saturday; bun-jay
i-d by show
Fun-lay
Kr.iKh'-rn New
(.lightly warmer
SIMlW'
phac-
(o be doubted. Both the ret'rigera-
akers and sellers and the luru-
ha-e
tor ma
n-rtinr. nerspiring ice
l0 make a profit r-sardlcss.
It is a tight little quest ioi
to be noted clearly, howev
the mayor tfn't running r
h..,-,- if he did h- migh
sleep of a Sunday morning,
to church.
which is the appropriate
ture in this connection;
sxercise tho quintessence
-.Balance in doing their duty. They j
ire so accustomed to raising their j
lrmsfirst on- and then the other '
that some of them must acl that ;
way in their sleep. The bargello on j
Commercial street must feci greatly j
pleased upon noting ihe military,
machine-like movements of his
mlnlous.
The day ot astringent language
coming from traffic cops likewise Is j
no more. It no longer seems neces-
gary to "cuss" at a driver who fails
te step when the whirling sign and
the cops motion Indicate such ac
tion Is necessary.' A gentlemanly
heh" and a suave, languid com
mand to "back' up" comprise the
customary extent of th highway
luminary's utterance. In aggravat
ed instances Kinething like "Where
Jsthinkysgoitig" may reverberate
from the leathery lungs of the
.ii.n amrel, but not often. Oc
casionally. t course, Uer Is an ar- j tot suich oucbtrs
cieal
..... ., r,. Indicated for
all sec ions east ol Uio -
.t:.. 7HXl 45
hours TV' v.- R'lrr will remain gen-
middle an 1 north Atlantic Hates. Ihe
temper.!, ur, will con inue to rise
in th Atlantic
nor'hward and somewhat
. ,. ...V.I.. in tllO
rat ure is P1""" ,
and the Ohio and mid-
l',,1 1hw 1 'lit: -
......
sunuay.
vilizeiis.
results
th-al!
Ha: up!
Virgin
lower tenr
Lake ret'it
ni'
it. It is
i r, that
i meat
want to
or go
dventurous Mexicans
Not Popular at Home
t . Ii-a ",tv. June IS W-P.ecae
lh..y did not fur
from conuriss 1
flag of another r
ixto lta mirez I
cure permission
tight under the
lalion, ucnernm tur
triuo and Juan Mer
lin lr
Mexican citizen-
re, d in their pur
the Spanish forces
li:ibltAI. Ml HO ADS
Connecticut's share in federal aid
for the construction of main high
ways has been airrtmg the low. st in
the I'nion. " federal aid roads" in
the state total only 31. S miles,
which cost a little more than S3.
50ii, oimi, of which the financial aid
extended by ihe government under
the federal aid law totalled
that sum.
Federal aid projects under
struction or partly cumplet I,
have u jet
half
iEO will I
ship if they so
pose of .ioiliiiii:
in Moiorco.
Tluir cases wore brought before
the pernio m m congressional com-mis-ion
when the foreign office for
warded a peiiiii.n from Sotcro San-ch-z
Meji,', a Mexican, resident of
Kl T.iso. Tex:is. lor permission to
tight the Moors. Itainirez Garrido
and Merlgo left Mexico some months
ago for Spain, and the commission
Chairman K. M. Clark of tho
board ot health has received a re
port from Herbert K. Smith,- chemist
at. the Yale Medical school, which
recommends the discontinuance of
tho pump In Central park, as
analysis shows it open to suspicion
of being unfit for drinking purposes.
Charles II. Beaton is sojourning in
Maine. ,
No remonstrance has been sent in
to the pciition lor a flag walk on the
west side of Lincoln street, and a
hearing will be held soon.
The allopathic physicians are up
in arrn.s over. the division of the hos
pital work between them and the
homeopathic doctors. Owing to
their tendency to use the public
press too much in defiance of the
nredical profession's ethics, three
doctors were recently forced to pro
vide dinners for their fellow phy
sicians. The handsome car of the H. J.
Heinz Co. attracted" considerable at
tention on the Tailroad Siding today.
It was filled with high grade vine
gars for local merchants.'
The New Britain Y. M. C. A. plans
to send eight or nine men to tho
Fourth of July meet In Hartford.
The members of the class of
aughty-aught, Normal school, will
hold their class day ezcrclses at tne
Itu&swin hotel this evening. Prin
cipal Marcus White and other mem-
hers of the faculty fxpect to tt
present. The graduating class
numbers 6H.
The cigh'th grade of the Grammar
school defeated the ninth. 13-11, ic
a track mcft at the Berlin grounds
yesterday aftetmoon. The events
were won by the following lads:
Running broad jump. Charles Sloan,
Joseph Kourke, Lavon Kooyumjlan;
running high jump. Kdward Knox,
Charles Sloan, Warren Slater; pole
vault, Kdward Knox, Harry L.
Moore. Kred Hahn; half mile race.
ljavon Kooyuinpian. Inland Gwat
kin: one mile handicap bicycle
race. hcland Gwatkln, Charles
Hamilton (scratch): half mile open.
Charles Hamilton. I heodnre Mooter;
half mile oppn, Daniel Hancock,
The Social Printer
(Commencement Series)
I
Hie President of the School IJoard
This is the man who comes to hand
Di-plom-as lo the hap-py band;
The School Board Pres-l-dent Is he,
But In the day-time you will see
He's just a Plumb-er, P.eal-tor,
Or Own-er of the Hard-ware Store.
He al-ways makes a long ad-dress
That puts his hear-ers In dls-tress!
II
The Class Historian
The. his-to-ry of ev'-ry class
Is w rit-ten by some lad or lass
Who tries to hint, In wit-ty vein,
How they have all raised mer-ry
cane;
And Jiow they ve come, from fresn-
lis green
To Sen-iors wise, a-loof, se-rene.
Each year each class Is al-ways
rat-ed
The best that ev-er grad-u-at-ed!
L. A. Blagden.
Hottom Fell Out
Duncan: "But I thought ho let
you In cn that stock at the rock
bottom price?"
Armstrong: "He did and I've
been on the 'rocks' ever since."
D. G. F.
Having seen America first during
.1,. few weeks, we take our
readers, who no doubt by this time
aro hanging on our words and await
ing our impressions ueiore goms
abroad this summer, on a little trip
through ihe British Isles' via guide
books, novels and movies. All aboard
that's going aboard! Toot! Toot!
We're out of the land of freedom, so
let's have a drink.
London A block of foggy dark
ness punctuated with even blacker
shadows. An ideal spot for blind
man's bluff, as there is a great sav
ing to be effected in handkerchiefs.
The fog Is really the smoke still re
maining from the great fire In 1565,
when William the Conqueror won
the battle ot Blenheim and married
Queen Elizabeth. Contains, many
fine sights: Charing Cross, where the
Romans used to crucify Christians.
Westminster Abbeyq ,a burial edifice
reserved for Kngllsh kings and the
lone-waited Englishman who will
see a Joke. The House of Parlia
ment, wherein Brittons prove that
they have no license to taugn at.
America. The royal palaces, the
homes of King George the fifth and
Queen Mary the other tour-fifths.
Then there is Epsom Downs, where
all gentlemen wear high hats while
watching the derby. (Excuse us,
readers, while we take time out for
tea.) London Is full of unusual
nlaces. such as cinemas, newspaper
kiosks, trams and tho underground,
the first three being native animals,
of course, and the last a cemetery.
London is truly a city to delight the
heart of a devoted Plttshurgher.
Scotland The home of the short
skirt, which was originated at the
battle of Preston Pans, when so
many hlghlanders were kilt. An
I oasis for thirsting Americans, as the
only prohibition the Scots know ot
is the prohibition of prohibition.
The sights Include the klrkt, doons,
and lochs, which aro old Druid
ruins, and the bridge across the
Firth of Forth, this last being built
to enable the Scots to keep away
from Ihe much-dreaded water. Scot
land has produced many fine men,
Including Robert Burns, Harry
Lauder, and the English prime min
isters. Ireland A land of green grass,
green trees and green government.
Ireland has suffered much at the
hands of England, the days of Eng
lish rule being almost as bloody as
I those of home rule. In the old days
I many Irish emigrated to New York,
but now the population is Dublin
A great place for geologists to study
the shamrocks and the real ones.
An Irishman may call a spade
spade, but a snake Is an eel. The
orlneioal sights aro shell holes In
public buildings, the potter's field
near Donnybrook, and the Anglo-
Irish football matches, all of which
should sppeal to the gentle warrior.
Wales Wryzxchhrkjh and a few
other such names put Wales In
minus quantity for the traveler who
would tell of the sights he saw. And
the principal sight, the Prince,
Sitting on our rear veranda last
evening with our favorite book and
our favorite pipe, we were engrossed
In the pages when our attention was
distracted by a familiar noise. At
first it was a faint and almost in
distinct hum. It grew Into a buss
as it came nearer and finally (top
ped as we made a' half olrole swing
with out trusty arm, causing the
book to fall to the floor and hot
ashes Into our lap. Ah, .yes, we
thought, summer la here. Its ad
vance guard, the gentle mosquito,
has announced Its coming.
This morning upon opening our
mall wo discovered a letter from the
Goreas Memorial Institute of Chi
cago regarding measures which may
be taken In any community to pre
vent tho propagation of this summer
nest. The institute la named after
the engineer who cleaned up Pana
ma by exterminating mosquitoes ana
thereby stamping out yellow, fever.
The female of the species, like
Klplln's vampire, Is more deadly
than the male. The mosquito which
bites Is a lady mosquito. , She is the
destroyer. It a mosquito bites you,
you may rest assured that It is not
a gentleman. She thirsts for human
blood, so she injects her proboscis
Into the most convenient person,
says "prosit" and drinks until driven
away. It Is a peculiar thing that
only one mosquito In a million ever
gets a mile away from Its birthplace,
proving that mosqultos around every
home were born in that neighborhood.
Among the suggestions made for
the prevention of mosquito breeding
are the following:
Get rid of water by drainage. If
this cannot be done, spread the sur
face with oil. -
Repair broken or bent roof gut
ters to prevent the forming of pools
in which mosquitoes may breed.
Clean out clogged downspouts for
the same reason.
Cart away tin cans, broken bottles,
and other receptacles which may re
tain water so they cannot become
breeding places for mosquitoes.
In rural districts and auburbs
which depend upon cesspools for
waste disposal, cover the vent with
a tightly fitting screen, not less than
1 8 meshes to the inch, or mosquitoes
wtllbreed In this filth.
Cover drain water barrel tightly
with screen cover, mesh of which Is
1J to the Inch. This is the only way
to keen mosquitoes from breeding
therein.
If you have bird baths in the yard,
they should be cleaned weekly. They
are excellent places for mosquitoes
to lay eggs and for tho eggs to
hatch.
If vour favorite rolf club has
water hazards, have them sprayed
to the mlnd ot the boy or girl but
they could be made much mora at.
tractive tt properly laid out. gradsd
and equipped with playground a
paratus. The land Is at the head ot
High street and could be used by
children Hving In the most thickly
congested section ot the city. i
would serve a large nehborhoad
and would be a godsend to parents
who never know when their little;
ones will be brought home from the
streets maimed by automobiles.
Besides being equipped tor play
ground purposes, efforts should be
made to convert It into a community
park where adults could gather on
warm afternoons and evenlnge and
enjoy the fresh air which is ao much
appreciated after a day tn the fac
tory. There Is no reason why fath
ers and mothers should find It neces
sary to walk all the way to Walnut
Hill park evenings or on Bundaya In
order to enjoy a respite irom ineir
dally toll. Tha city could change a
large section of the lana now nui
by the school : department into a
splendid sumrter community center
and could erect suitable and deslr-
able buildings for tne purcnase or
refreshments as well as a bandstand
for concerts.
Whether the board ot eoucauon
would be willing to transfer title or
whether this step would be neces
sary is not known. But it is worth
Investigating. A fifth ward park
would bo very desirable. The ex
pense of converting tne tana inio
park would be comparatively light
STRIKE TROUBLES
ARE
Ith oil. or tho mosquitoes w-lll soon
be so thick they wtll chase you off
the greens.
Continuing his peregrinations
around tho fifth ward, the Observer
discovered last night that the board
of education holds title to a vast
stretch of land In the rear of the
Washington school which couiu
easily be converted Into a play
ground for that district which teems
with children. .
There are broad acres which can
t. .,-.itini t.rnof ihnt ncv nave
,he, n F-nhsted under the Spanish flag Frances Dobson; twelve-pound shot
lo 'hike action under Artie!" 17
Fraction II
declare the
of the ronstituiion. and
i expatriates.
cun
but !
More than hall th
output comfcj from
A frica.
world's sold
British South
rut. Ijivon Kooyumjlan. cranes
Sloan: K'O yard dash. Charles Sloan,
Edward Knox.
Iodine exists In sea water only to
the i-xteiit of two rartj to the mil
lion. ...
Urcek lo Joey.
George was 13 years old and. ac
cording to the time-honored He- j
braic custom, was celebrating nis ,
confirmation or Bar Mllsvah party.
A guest at the reception asked
his brother Joey, nine-years old:
When you get older, are you go
ing to be Bar-MttxvahT"
"Aw no," said Joey, 1 m goin to
be a civil engineer.'
Mrs. M. M. Rosner.
"Feeding the Kitty"
By the Poker Kitty Herself
I
A kitty's life Is hard. Indeed . . .
At least, the sort I mean.
The kind whom men sit up to feed,
Around a table green.
They always say: "We'll stop at
ten."
That poker-playing crew.
Alas, they are deceitful men;
They never, never do.
II
"Come, feed the kitty." Is their cry.
"Two white chips, or a red!"
And so. till dawn is In the sky.
I'm fed and fed , . . and fed'.
It's gotten so I dread the night.
Such awful hours I keep:
I may be long on food, all right.
But Gee! I'm short on sleep! ,
The ncasoii
Dorothy: "Why dosn't Marjortc
succeed as a musio teacher I" -'
Is
seldom home, as he prefers Hotten
tots, Zulus, and prancing mares to
tho native Welsh rabbits.
There is a sign prominently dis
played in most street cars to the ef
fect that the men in charge of the
car are the street company's sales
men. And this Is true.
But there are times without num
bc-r even when real salesmen fall and
fail Ignomlniously to "bring home
the hscon." We noted one part leu
lar instance of this this morning.
We boarded a Connecticut Co. bus.
as did a crusty old individual of very
evident Ill-temper.
The bus driver asked him for his
tare, and further asked If he would
have tokena
The reply was succinct and swift:
"I don't want any of your tokena"
The driver then said: "You can
use them coming back."
Tha crusty one replied: "I'm not
Raiding ol Stores Takes Place in
'Nova Scotia ' ;
Glace Bay. N. 6.. June 1J rV
While raiding of retail stores of the
British Empire Steel corporation
continued early today, a special
train was waiting at Toronto to rush
here with the Royal canaaian ara
goons to quell disorders attending
the strike of 12,000 miners in Cape
Breton collerles.
The dragoons, encampea ai ni-
agara-on-the-Lake. will be ordered
out. tho Dominion government Inti
mated, if the 600 Hamax aoiuier.
aud police at Gace Bay cannot han
dle the situation.
Corporation stores at mines 1, z
and 4 near here were raided dur
ing the night by l.buo sinners. j.
company's loss irom .........
rads In the district was aura -
ceed $100,000. ,
Up to the renewal ot tne iouniis
thore were signs that the three
clergymen, who yesterday addressed
the miners, had succeeded In calm
ing the men. The preachers saved
from lynching 24 police, who had
taken refuge in the jail after the
New Waterford power plant battle.
One miner was slain and two score
wounded in the New Waterford en
counter. The power plant was vir
tually wrecked.
Troop trains yesterday were pelted
with rocks in Sydney. The troops,
howevfer. were quartered on . Com
pany property without further Inci
dent. ...
The strike was brought on by tu
United Mine Workers of America 13
weeks ago when negotiations for a
new wage agreement deadlocked be
cause of the company's demand for
a 10 per cent wage reduction and
fho miners' demand for a 10 per
cent increase. Cutting off miners'
credit at the company stores direct
ly precipitated the strike.
Just a "Tummy Ache"
Nlc!. After losing heaVlly at
gambling In the Casino, a woman
opened her purse, took out a couple
of tablets from a botlte and swal
lowed them. Guards rushed her to
a hospital where she explained that
all she had done was to take two
tablets for Indigestion. I
St
ewan
By
Jean:
"She has no class."
Albert Shuler.
Catty
Louise: "You washed your hair
yesterday, didn't you, dear?"
Lois: "Yea How did you guess?"
Louise: "I thought I saw It out
on the Una"
P. 8. P.
(Copyright. I9IS. reproduction
forbidden). ,
CHARLES P. STEWART
NEA Service Writer
Washington, June 13 The presi
dential Job often Is referred to as a
manklller. The vice presidency gen
erally is consldored something of a
sinecure.
It aeems to have occurred to no
body that, with Thomas It. Mar
shall's death, the country has as
many living ex-presidents left as
cx-vice presidents that ia to say,
one of each, respectively Chief Jus
tice Taft and President Coolidge.
This gives rise to the guess, either
that the vice presidency must be
more wearing than was popularly
supposed, or that some deadly qual
ity other than the work Involved
lurks tn both the chief magistracy
and its understudy's post.
The fact ts, though we have had
what we called young presidents
and vice presidents, they were
young only for the high offices they
held. After a term or two. most of
them were pretty well on in this
life and not far from the getting
oft place into the next.
Ex-vice President Marshall was
one of the most popular statesmen
Washington ever has known. He
never took himself too seriously.
Affable and easy of approach, his
circle of friends was enormous.
Hta humor antiseptic but heal.
I,,. Vas delightful. His oft-
auoted remark during the post
war reconstruction perioo, wan
tverybody telling whst the country
needed. "It 'needs a good l-cent
cigar," was typical of him.
Frivolous, as it tell on the ear,
it was packed with meaning on
analysis, a meaning the man in the
street could understand. 1
Marshall wasn't the type of poll
tlclan to wait until he - knew "how
the wind blew" before making up
his mind. He made it up In advance
and regardless or the wind, and tty
vealed it with a frankness whtcrl
horrified his party's more cautious-'
ly Inclined.
He never broke himself ot (his
habit He never tried.
iMdaskinaton
If there must be anti-foreign out
breaks in China, the State Depart
ment hopes for them like this last
one, at such places as Shanghai.
Peking is inland. Surrounded
there by Boxers, the foreigners
were almost overwhelmed before re
lief cut its way through.
Shanghai is only a few miles
from the sea, on a big river. In tt
several warships always He, their
guns ready. Helped by a few land
ing parties, the "settlement's" vol
unteers could stand off enorraoue
odds.
At worst everybody could be
taken off. Property loss Is imagin
able; not a massacre.
A prolonged boycott would be
worse. Foreign suangnai ocpenaa
absolutely on Chinese labor, indus
trial and domestic common and
skilled, manual and clerical. Equal
ly It depends onslhe "hinterland
for supplies.
Cut off, it would be paraiyiea.
Japan experienced a Chinese boy
cott a few yesrs ago. There was a
dispute.
"We can lick you," warned thu
Japanese. "True," tne Chinese
agreed. "We won't fight. Neither
will we trade with you."
Nor would they. Japan forced
some small transactions on a few
communities, but they amounted to
nothing. Her trade fallen flat, Japan
had to make terms. .
a
Chinese resentment st foreign
domination In the "treaty porta"
like Shanghai, is natural. On Chi
nese soil the foreigners have their
own cities, under their own govern
ments; their own courts and thelt
own laws,, udenr which Chinese ar
punished often unjustly. they
consider. ,
In their own country the Chinese
are treated or ill-treated as
an Inferior people. Resisting Inhu
man commercial exploitation, al In
this most recent Instance, they arc
shot down In their own streets by
foreign policemen.
Bolshevlkl!" cries the Shanghai
foreign press. No wonder the Chi
nese don't like It- -