New Britain herald., 1915-06-23

Main street, stopped in front of the
City hall, and asked to be directed to
the Chamber or Commerce. The
first person he met did not know
| where that Organization held forth.
Nor did the second person, nor the
third, nor the fourth, and SO on down
| the line to the eighteenth person.
| But the eighteenth man did know
something about the city Of New Brit
ain. AT least he knew man whom
he was sure could set the stranger on
the right track. in search of his
] quest. And the nineteenth man, who
| supposedly carried the desired infor-
nation was just at that moment hur-
| rying across Main street to the CEN
/ ter. So Number Eighteen yelled to
him Hey Mr.. Th-son!''
Mr.. Th--son halted. He came back
to where the stranger and Man num-
Der eighteen stood.
''Mr. Th-son,' went on Number
| Eighteen, here is a man who wants
| to find the Chamber Of Commerce;
will you tell him where it is?.'
Mr.. Th-son pondered. reflected.
thought. He looked around him. He
turned his gaze toward the City hall
He fumbled with his watchfob. He
thrust his hands in his pockets. Evil
IDENTIFY he was bewildered
well. bless me- calculated Mr..
Thson. ~ should know where it is,
Pm a member,-but for the life Of
me I cannot tell YOU Let's see. It
must be around here somewhere.
Have you tried the City hall?"
s. The stranger had. and told Mr..
Th-son Of other places he had tried.
Mr. Th-son was then kind enough
to turn him over to another citizen
who could not give the information
sought. And so the merry whirligig
went round. and round and round.
The stranger in our midst was passed
along from one. inhabitant to another
until some thirty-eight had handled
him. And not one could answer the
strangers question. Worse than that,
the stranger was in terrific hurry
to get to his destination. He wanted
something of interest to everybody
In New Britain. The speaker of the
evening was going to throw out a few
hints to those interested In the city.
Yet the voice Of the city was silenced,
and no one knew where the scene Of
action was to be staged.
Finally, as all things must end, the
stranger met bright young man.
who. with beaming countenance,
readily answered the perplexing
question. Further he led the stranger
to q building but one block away,
from the city hall and there, over the.
entrance door, In large gilded let
tiers where all WHO would might read,
were the words Chamber of Com
merce." And the stranger lived hap
PLY ever after. But he did not de-
part without remarking in phil
osophic way,-'.1 wonder II they
know where the city hall is located ~
Such an occurrence as the afore-de-
scribed is not out of the ordinary. It
is d CRYING shame that such things
should be the order of things. how
ever, for every man, woman and
child should take pride in their home
town affairs. Until that day comes,
the people Of New Britain may rest
assured they are not full-fleged cit
liens.
There is no more interest
ing city in the state of Con-
necticut than our own New
Britain There are so many places,
so many hooks and crannies. that es-
cape attention Of the casual observer,
| that something should be done to re-
new attention along these lines The
is related merely to show a state, or
| condition of things watch is likely to
result If precaution Is not taken.
Every man, woman and child In
New brltaln ssnould know where are
located the things of interest. Boys
should. deem it an honor to direct
strangers to places of public interest.
This service is more than leading the
blind, it is showing the wonderplaces
| of the city We would think it
strange if = man in his own home
could not tell us where MS. parlor was
situated Yet the. city of New Brit