New Britain herald., 1916-07-15


 The Fall of Nineveh." At another time Barnum and Bailey introduced famous spectacle in "The Landing of Columbus" with the Santa Maria and ether features to attract the crowds. IT. those days the audience at circus in New Britain compared most favorably with the bigger cities, but times have changed and now the biggest shows do not bother with New Britain.
 And if the residents of the south
 western section of the city are to be catered to the day is not far off when there will be no ctrcuses here for they object to using these grounds and with this site also gone where is there that a circus can show?
 National politics have now length ened into a routine campaign. The Mexican crisis has ceased to be the sole subject of thought and talk, so ,,nce more local political gossip comes Unto it's own. From present indlca- stons there will not be many contests in the republican party this fall. Hon. George w. Klett will head the repub- lican ticket here for state senator ana indications are that he will be elected. Although there were several men who might have been candidates, they have unanimously withdrawn in favor of Judge Klett. A ranking member
 of the senate judiciary cOmmitaee two years ago, if reelected it is now al l most certain that he will become the chairman of that committee. A posi- tion of no little honor and great re- spOnsibility.
 For time it seemed that there was every likelihood of a spirited con- test for the republican representative nominations but it now appears as though Mayor George A. Quigley and Safety Commissioner Howard M. Steele are the only two men seeking this of fee, although it is not impossible that other aspirants may crop up be- fore fall. At one time this spring Edward F. Hall was prominently men, toned as a candidate and even made the statement that he intended to run, but he has evidently changed his mind for he now declines to be men, toned as a candidate. So, too, does former representa- tive E. w. Schultz, who, some thought might seek re- election.
 
 to be very little doing. Daniel E. O'Keefe and former alderman Michael T. Kerwin are said by some of their friends to have the legislative bee buzzing in their bonnets and may be candidates for representative. MT. O'Keefe is a young lawyer and two years ago he stumped the city for the democracy. MT. Kerwin is prom iY,oy Nv I lo1o tions and it is said that his platform will be to have labor represented in the general assembly.
 Generally speaking the public likes to cooperate with public servants and in this connection a little more thoughtfulness on the part of women shoppers would save an immense amount of unnecessary and tedious work for the young women and men clerks in our stores. Everybody knows that the stores close at regular hours and on Saturday and Monday evenings close at 10 and o'clock re- spectively. Why, then, is it necessary for the shopper to wait until few minutes before closing time before entering store to make a purcha SC |? | The clerks have worked hard all day and are entitled to quit at the ap- pointed hour, yet they must remain as long as do the customers. If the customers would put themselves, in their minds, on the other side of the counter it is safe to say that the lot of the store clerks would be a much easier one.
 People are certainly queer individ- uals. They are never perfectly satis- fled. When one condition exists they yearn for another and having at tained that are still not satisfied. During the long cold winter how many people yearned for the good old summer time! During the chilly and elusive spring how they chafed at the delay of the seasons and ferventlv ex- pressed desire for hot weather. They had had enough of cold weather! They never wanted to see any more cold weather and the summer time even II it was hot, was what they wanted. Now jump to the present week. Their every wish had been gratifed bv na ture and the elements, but they were not satisfied. It was too hot They just couldn't stand the hot weather They certainly liked winter the best anyway and if the hot spell would only break how happy they would be Truly, the human mind is a most pe cul1ar creation. But while we of New Britain are sWeItering under our not summer sun, we should just ta a mental trip to far off Nogales where so many of our young men are work ing and sweating for Uncle Sam under weather conditions that make our seem ideal. Then we will think that old Connecticut is not the worst nlace in the world after all