Connecticut western news., 1916-02-24
SOME. CANAAN SLOGANS.

The slogan contest of the Canaan Rxsiness Mems Association is attract. 9xsg distinguished attention. from vari. eszes quarters ill and out of the state, Mp&rt from the suggestions sent to Secretary Creevey according to the rxfes of the contest, which, of course, ara under seal and pigeonholed away, m remain, iEyiolate, until the judg- @snt day, March 10. The slogans" which have appeared ill The News, ssmee the contest started, have been in Ehee nature of burlesque joshery, never submitted through the secretary, never aaigned for competition, nor intended &s be brought U the attention of the Indges of the contest as bona fide sug sesGtions. tThis much for the informal Rnn of some who have affected to be xznndalized by the "premature publica- hIxF' of the legitimate suggestions Among the latest suggestions of this a&&racter is this one, from Walter Kkichard Eaton, the we'll known , dramatic critic, author and essayist. mad'until recently publisher of "Stock- hxsdge:'
 "Almost in Berkshire.' ;
 While we are fully alive to the ex- xkfation and exultation of civic pride Esata animates the patriotic dweller in "-she Beautiful Berkshires,'' and in e,grdial sympathy with the splendid gk&riotism that inspires that pride, we me perforce compelled to recognize the kuxne sentiment of loyalty that brooks ms rivalry and acknowledges neither Mgeriority nor equality of natural, sexiaf or moral loveliness, and which wnnld be disposed to interpret the mhowe Eatonian slogan thuswise:
 "A Narrow Escape" or, "A Miss is z Good as Mile.'
 1t may be simply competition in aeuceit, but what else is civic pride, mfter all ? And where else is that con- aadt so well and so fully justified as in Eanaan and Berkshire?
 Ln this connection we cheerfully Hxlnt these slogans, sent to The News wsth the assurance from the authoress Fat they are "entirely out of the run. mang, " so far as the prize and competi. ESsn are concerne1, and for the reason sfrnt '1they bespeak the altogether and mObody in-particular spirit:
 'tWe boost for no one man;
 We boost for All Canaan.
 NAll boom! All boost! Let voters rule the Canaan roost. Canaan, Canaan, always humming Canaan people, up and coming"
 '4Boom Canaan; that's the plan;
 Canaan stands for every man."
 Canaan, fair or stormy weather;
 Everybody pull together. '
 Here's a graceful one, and-thougl zsedesty revolts-it is admittedly a jus sRne, from the Bristol Press:
 Canaan people desire a striking slogan and are coaxing phrase
 makers to invent telling one. We confess surprise. Canaan now has
 slogan that ought to fill it with
 
 merit of brevity in name, too. It runs thus; "Connecticut Western
 News. y What more can be de.
 sired The News is a whole lot more than slogan in addition.
 It is recognized the country over as
 an institution, as an exponent of
 that which is best ill life, as Q lusty
 champion of its town. locality and
 State. A great many people would
 never know thing about Canaan
 except for its bright and admirable
 newspaper. No new slogan could
 possibly advertise that town in the
 effective, favorable and intelligent
 manner that it's own "Connecticut
 Western News has done and is
 doing all the time.