New Britain herald., 1922-04-01
THE OBSER YER
Makes Random Observations
 On the City and It's People


 Whats the matter with this old
 world?
 Folks don't clap any more when
 the picture of famous man is
 thrown on the screen al the movies.
 It's no longer considered de rigucur
 to exchange blows during q political
 argument.
 The hand that used to rock the
 cradle has been dispossessed by the hand that mixes the mash, i People are too busy nowadays to
 listen 10 q funny story and if they do listen they laugh just to be polite, A man can ride down the street in q Ford without feeling foolish any more.
 In the old days all the girls could quote from the Lives of the Saints" Ask the happers to do it now and they're stuck-but they can tell you the latest stuff from "Whiz Bang" No longer do we hear Friend Wife say: "Oh, Gco-or I can't go they-ah because l haven't single thing to we-ah." She knows she'll be right in style.
 It used to be said Eat, sleep and be merry for tomorrow you die. Some wag has revamped it to read: Drink, and tomorrow you'll die"
 A birthday is just like any other day.
 All Of mankind seems to have been deprived of the faculty of becoming mad, glad or sad.
 C., <~ h1 rpp n1 1,i after another. Now it's just one darned thing
 And nobody seems to care.
 A movement which, if successful, should be reflected in more nearly permanent prosperity for New Britain is now being launched throughout the country. In brief, it is to encourage property owners to ''re-hardwarc' their homes and buildings.
 In spite of all precautions hard ware will deteriorate in proportion to the rate at which the building of | which it is a part deteriorates. Asi new hardware gives a building the touch that spells complete ness, so worn, scratched hardware makes displeasing picture. It is not difficult to imagine that the poet was partly impressed by rusty lock when he wrote: "Still sits the schoolhouse by the
 road,
 A ragged beggar summing Around it still the sumac grows
 And blackberry vines are running
 The "raggedness" of the school house was probably intensified by old hardware which gave it the appear ance of being down at the heels.
 Real estate operators have had their attention attracted by the re idea and are making cap- ital of it. For example, when prop erty is bought, for purposes of specu- lation, among the improvements which the purchasers will make will be to substitute new for old hard ware. This, in connection With the renewal of the woodwork through the liberal use of paint and varnish, will increase it's value many times the original cost of the hardware. In fact it has been estimated that "re-hard- waring" wifi result in a price ten per cent. in excess of what the property would bring if this improvement were overlooked.
 If the practice of "re-hardWaring houses and buildings becomes general it will have a tremendous influence on New Britain's future. There would be such a continuous demand for builders hardware, locks, b o S, knobs, etc, that steady flow of or ders would come to many local fac tories which specialize in these prod ucts Not only would Gre -hardwar- ng' find favor with real estate spec ulators, but it would also appeal to the home owner who would have as much interest in having new hard ware furnishings installed as he would have in buying new rugs or new silver or china for his wife There IS no limit to the possibilities.
 It would seem at this early date hat the movement can be made suc- ,essful if handled by the proper pro- l and sufficiently financed. f
 Democrats interpret the attendance S 1t the ward caucuses Thursday as ,ortending an intense interest in poli- I ics this year by the rank and file or , he party. Ii is true that numerically q he attendance was not so large but I