New Britain herald., 1921-08-13
THE OBSERVER MAKES
 RANDOM o 3SERVATIONS
MAKES
THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
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the people, WHO arg unOlnS plenty or use for it under present conditions.
 With the majority of wage earners getting slim envelopes every week, the price of food works a direct hardship on many families. Tasty menus arc denied them and they arc forced to mako vegetables the. piece os resis- tance instead of the good old fash toned roast beef running over with juice
 Unless stepa arc taken to stop the tide of raising food prices the winter may have another unpleasant aspect in forcible limitation of diets. The cost of food in conjunction with the cost of coal which seems to be firmly entrenched, will present a problem which many will be unable to solve. According to reports from the big cloth markets, prices for next spring will not be lowered. Cotton goods are being sold for future delivery without any reduction in price and the same can be said of other mill products. Com mmutors between New Britain and Hartford watch with interest the spectacle of Young America" enjoy | ing that almost extinct institution the "oI swimmin' hole'' located short distance this side of Clayton crossing. The pool is neither wide nor deep but 1t has been seized upon eagerly by the boys in the eastern section of the city who have patronized 1t Hberally during the summer.
 They are of all sizes. There is the little shaver who is afraid to get his hair wet because his mother will know that he has disobeyed her again by going swimming. Then there are the older boys whose antics are watched with awe by the younger hero worshippers.
 l The latest style in bathing suits does not seem to bother these lads. 1 Tn fact, some of them apparently lneyer seem to have heard of a bath ling suit but appear in the same 1 clothes they wore when the doctor turned around and said "It's boy" The writer understands that there is
 objection in some quarters to the Iyoungsters appearing so near the
 tracks without being properly clad.
 But that is prudery carried to the
 extreme. The .remonstrants should hark back a few years and see If they can think of the time they did the same. What do you say about that,
 Old Timer?
 timely warning against careless
 ness in addressing and stamping mail appeared in the public press a day or two ago, a warning to which most of us could pay heed with profit. On the other hand. the state
 ment coming from the Hartford post office: opens the way to discussion of the mail service between this city and Hartford and vice versa.
 Business men complain that it fre- quently requires a longer time to send a first class letter from Hartford to New Britain than it does to send one to New York. The same is also true of parcel post packages, even those
 with special delivery stamps affixed Ito them.
 ! This situation is not caused by care llessness or lack. of supervision, but
 the system seems to be at fault. A plan. should be mapped out by Iauthorities at. both offices by which 1.-the service would be improved
 This statement is not made in the spirit of criticism but simply as a |suggestion which, we know from past |exeprience, will be gladly received at the local ohice, which was shown lcommendable cooperation with those who depend on the mails.
 The. present unemployment situa- tion is reflected strongly by the de- crease in the. patronage of the l"dinky'' lines. The crowds which wait flor trains at the local railroad station
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