New Britain herald., 1920-03-13
THE OBSERVER
 MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.

| over fixed charges of more than a mill lion dollars. Fortyfour fell below the l line and 19 of these had deficits that l exceeded a million" The New York E New Haven and Hartford railroad l was one of those with a large deficit at 1 the end of last year, matter of great ! importance to every person in the ! state.
 1 The morning after the vote on the 1 municipal tax rate one citizen ap- l preached another on Main street and l inquired: How did the election come 1 out?' What election" 2" asked the ! other. That was just about the case ; with hundreds of other citizens. They i didn't even know that there was an ; election" Of course. the hencb--
 men of P. $. McMahon weres.on deck 1 with their followers and, as was to l be expected, they swept the polls No | one was surprised. A few, those l who have the real interest of the city l at heart, were dis. 3rointcd.
 In connection Win the election 1 attention is invited to the fact that l It was not conducted by secret ball. ! lot as all .well-regulated elections in ] lhls country are supposed to be. i Those at the polls were well aware
 
 ] cause there were only two ballots to 1 select from and election officials knew what ballot went into the box This l condition should not be allowed to 1 continue. Arran genrents should be 1 made to permit voters to cast their i ballots in secret at future tests of I | public sentiment. The fact that such 1 proceedings were impossible probab- i ly kept many away from the polls. < m n jS T. 1 not be expected to advertise what he | is doing.
 Manufacturers and owners of i stocks in industrial enterprises were 1 clated with the decision of the United i States Supreme Court that stock divi- i dends are not taxable under the i'm i come tax law. This is reflected in 1 the advance of prices on the market, 1 those listed as "locals' including ! Hartford and other surrounding 1 cities and towns having increased in 1 value by several points since the de- 1 ciSion of the court was made public ] New Britain manufacturing con-
 cerns are we'll off, so far as surpluses,
 are concerned, and it would not be i surprising if some of them distribut- cd their surpluses in the form of stock dividends now that it has been | established in law that such distri- buttons would not be taxable Not a single factory in New Britain failed
 to be benefited by the war The government practically took over all i companies that could be>o use ands l consequently the treaSuries are we'll : stocked. Several have already in- |, creased their capital and with the news from Washington it is expect 1 ed that others may do the same. l As the operator went out for his ] 10 o'clock plate of beans last Satur- . day we left Hortense struggling in the sinking airship with Eclaire, her i hero and sweetheart Felix being -aboard Ia ship owned by the King of l the North Pole. Hortense has a toe ] hold on Eclaires left eye. Eclaire l rids himself of some terrible shrieks i which bring the entire ships com | pany tum bling on deck They rescue ] their boss who orders Hortense { thrown overheard. As she drops into 1 the water, a whale comes up for air. ] She grabs him by the tail. Now this whale was 3 bashful sort of thing. He didn't like to be tickled by the { girls, so he dives down 100 fathoms deep, Hortense still clinging desper- ately to his stern. She is forced to let go, and when she rises to the surface she finds herself alongside the ship carrying the King of the [ North Pole to Cuba. Felix Poop sees her stru Sgling in the water dives overheard and brings her to the deck. As she slowly opens her
 eyes she is overcome with emotion. Sobbng, she says: Felix, Felix. an swer me one question: Yes, dear est'' replies Felix. Felix, Felix, for
 heavens sake. where did you get that face?" Then she faints again.
 By the time Hortense is resuscitat-
 ed the ship has docked at Havana
 and the guns at Morro Castle fire twenty-one shots to salute the King. Eclaire, having swum ashore and
 having gone to Morro Castle, is peer ing through binoculars at the craft.
 He recognizes Felix. slips one of the
 gunners a Connecticut cigar and di- -rects that solid shot be fred at the
 hero. This is done and Felix finds
 him bounced once more into the
 ocean. He has a horrible wrestling
 match with the shell but finally gets
 it off his chest and managed to come
 up again. They all go ashore. Felix
 appeals to the Cheese of Police who
 has Eclaire thrown into d dungeon / The King of he North Pole starts to
 investigate the potentiality of Ameri-
 can cocktails and drinks himself to death. The servant who threatened
 Felix cuts his throat. Everyone is
 having q perfectly lovely time. Felix
 and Hortense stroll in the moonlight
 while d band plays in the park. x They decide to be married at once