New Britain herald., 1921-09-03

begun today, and continued week after l week. But, as has been pointed out, :be most powerful deterrent that reckless drivers will find is stern jus tice. You can stop more recklessness | with vinegar than you can with mo- lasSes.
 The vacancy in the office of build ing inspector has caused the greatest furore in months in political circles. There is a determination on the part | of a number of candidates to win the
 post which will probably pay a salary
 of $2,500 a year, after Mayor Curtis
 completes his pairing process. Acting Inspector Arthur N. Ruther-
 ford has not announced the date on
 which he will relinquish the post but
 this is not interfering with the activi-
 ty of those who are seeking the office. 1 Whenever the building inspectorship
 Is open the name of August Berg
 strom is always brought up. August
 may not be perpetual candidate for the job, but he never overlooks
 chance to get it if possible. It will be
 recalled that Mayor Curtis was consid- l VI ms Aul. d pTOUdulS
 appointee to the fire commission re- gently, but at the last minute changed
 his mind, much to the disappointment
 Of Mr. Bergstrom, it is said. Whether
 MT. BergStrom waxed wroth and said | things to the mayor that would pre-
 judice that official against him may | be determined later when it is seen
 whether MT. Bergstrom gets the post
 or is numbered with those who were
 nj receptive mood''
 | Among the builders whose friends
 are working for the position are Ed
 ward J. Hennessey, Walter Kingsbury
 and John Gilchreest, as we'll as Mr. Bergstrom.
 | Announcement of the committee on
 tickets which will canvass for the suc- lceSS of the Third Ward sheen roast at Lake Compounce on September 10
 reveals the fact that a number of
 women have been engaged to par
 take in the proceedings. It is also an lnounced that the attendance of women
 at the outing is expected to be large Because of these two facts, the sheen roast will probably take on a new as pect this year. It was once said by a
 sage who had been there that Lake
 Compounce was the best place in the world to drink a sheep bake" But | those days are over and it is an as- sured thing that the outing this year l will be as inocuous as a baby picnic, l out of respect for the fair sex. = es. "eah wmstw yiareon psbIesmwk Although Downing street has been
 a name in the public thoughts, 50 | far as the Observer has read no ex- | planation has ever been given in the
 press how it got it's name, so we took
 up the trail and learned that it was
 named after George Downing, a dis | tinguished Englishman of many years ago. Downing was a graduate of Harvard College, at Cambridge, Mass. | according to an authority. After his
 graduation he returned to England
 and was later occupant of several very | important diplomatic posts. In appre- | citation of his services to the King, le | was presented with a large tract of | lang in London, and part of that land l is now known as Downing street, where the prime minister of the em- pire has his official residence. | School bells will ring Monday. To be true to tradition we should say that prim little girls and nice little boys
 with clean blouses will skip to their
 classes with smiles upon their faces, happy at the prospect of seeing their , , teachers again and mingling with their | little friends. That's a pretty picture, but perhaps taken from fiction instead of real life.
 | Instead of the foregoing, this is
 what will probably happen. Time: FOO a. m., next Tuesday. Bobby, aren't you ever going to get up?"
 Unintelligible sounds from the bed
 room. Five minutes later: Bobby, won't speak to you again. l Get right up. Do you want to be late the first day of school? Come now, I've got to get you dressed and have a nice breakfast all ready for you" Five minutes later Bobby emerges
 with-s1eep still in his eyes. Fond mother declaimS thusly: Won't is be perfectly wonderful!
 You're going into a higher grade. Mother is proud of her little man. Pretty soon he'll grow right up and
 run away from her. What a nice
 morning to go to school, too. Aren't you glad?"
 with scorn: Glad? Gee, I wisht every
 school house in the whole country'd
 burn down."
 The first hundred children are the
 hardest. So cheer up.
 M H0ME