New Britain herald., 1921-11-19


 forget that there is such a thing as work. The truth is that there are advantages on both silcs and hard ships on both sides,
 Meetings like those plonucl hy the New Britain Industrial Comlcil win give the foromcn an opportunity 10 poke with curious fingers at the iobS of executives and to see what makes tho wheels go round, IS well uS ENinE them a more intelligent understnnd- Ing of what men in highly responsible positions must contend with in order to keep the wheels going, Within every human mind there is Il thing called inquisitiyon"sa, 2 desire | to know what our neighbors are doing and thinking. This inqulsi;ivcness comes to the surface in the interest which we all show for what is going on around us. worker nt q bench is usually interested in what the man at the next bench is doing and how he does it. To the majority of fac tory workers methods in vogue in cN- ccutiNc offices are a deep mystery. They like to hear the mystery eN- plained and the more clearly it is eN- plained to them the better workers they become because they thus gain general ideal Of the entire business of manufacturing and selling instead of revolving in their own small worlds.
 If the names of the speakers chosen for the Industrial Council meetings are to be taken as d criterion, II is safe to predict that foromen in New Britain factories are going to be bet ter foremen by the time spring ar rives.
 If the state police will continue their good work and clear the state of automobile thieves they will earn the everlasting gratitude of all who have invested their savings in ma chimes. It is believed that statistics will show that Connecticut stands fairly well in the small number of automobiles stolen in comparison with | other states, although it is known as a safe place to harbor the ill-gotten | gains Of thieves plying their trade near our borders
 Two cases which especially attract
 
 been the rounding-up of the Rich | ardson gang and the PlainVille gang | both of which may be taken as a hint by thieves that the state police mean business. When men who make d | living by running off with automobiles left at the curb come to realize that . Connecticut is unhealthy for law breakers, it will be a better state to live in. The state police are bending their efforts to making it so.
 
 Father was seated at the dinner table the other day when his chief pride, a rugged youngster, came bounding into the room his face abeam with pride, and announced that Gee, 1 got an A this month on my report card.' He was congratu lated with warmth that left no doubt in his mind of the importance of his statement. The dinner being finished, the subject was brought up again and the boy was asked to produce the card. He drew it from underneath his slip-on and this is what the fath- CT read:
 ArithnletiC-D.
 Speling-D. l..
 History--D.
 Singing-E.
 Heath--A.
 The next scene is laid in the wood- shed, but we must mercifully ring down the curtain.
 On a certain go-as- you please trol- ley line running to one of MasSa- chuSetts' shore resorts, trolley crews made a practice of stopping at a "turn-out' half way between termin- als and climbing a tree from which they picked choice apples Naturally, : the passengers were annoyed, partc- ularly because the trolley men de- clined to share their plunder, but : even more so because their journey : was delayed.
 An incident on the Arch street bus line recently compares favorably with the nonchalance of the trollcymen above. A chauffeur sue ceedcd in emptying his bus of pas sengers before reaching his home, which is on his route, and then { calmly parking his machine, he went into the house and ate his dinner.
 It is not on record what patrons of the line said when they learned that the usual service was interrupted.
 
 Meriden republicans have had their first experience with the primary sys- tenn and report that it accomplished its end-the nomination of candidates with as little confusion as possible
 Acr0rGino o n | fifty per cent of the registered re- publican vote turned out to cast bal lots and advocates of the primary system are genuinely eated as they are confident that in future years there will be even greater response.
 New Britain republicans have found that the primary system works well. The chief advantage is that it gives certain few control that they would not otherwise enjoy. On the other hand, it promotes harmony be- cause candidates whose chances of winning are small are usually per Suaded to withdraw their petitions, thus having d psychological effect to- ward harmony that might be lacking on election day if the resentment of de'eat on the part of the losers caus- ed indifference toward the winners.
 Sports in New Britain enjoyed T rise above par during the past week week that proved beyond question that the Hardware City has a goodDy number of athletes proficient in several lines. To begin with, the High school football team disposed ol the question so far as the present season is concerned whether il is su-