New Britain herald., 1923-01-20
THE OBSER YER
Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

local theater Wednesday evening py two young women, ''kneek 'em over, ii they dont get up. replied her friend. .acan you beat il for nerve r" was the query from the nFst speahei,
 But the question remains, Nhe Was the most ignorants II was within few feet of the end of the picture, Two young women sat in the center Of a row of seats, To thelf Hsht ehe row was empty To theif ieis Ns'e i've seats. all occupied
 They had cultivated the eA.femsls rude and annoying hahit ef leaving their seats and rushing for the alsle, just before the end Of the picture The people 10 the left wanted 10 see inc end of the show, They believed they had the right 10 see the picture, The thoughiless young women dfa not leave by the right where their progress would have been unehsifheted, ha' by inc left, where they expected me nye peopIe to stand up and permit them to mass. Two minutes more and the picture would have ended,
 Did the five people get npT Thes did not, They let the young wom- en (not young enough 10 be nappers' cither) climb out the hest they could Since one nf the women tipped the scales, apparently. at n point where they lowered close to the goo mark this was no easy feat thus the eS- pletIyes They struggled and showed land the fat one easped Tor breath Her face became SO red it could al- most be seen in the dark. So much time did she consume in struggling out that the picture came 10 finish just as she reached the aisle.
 Now tho question is. what did hhe gain. besides infiicting her seihshness and considerable annoyance on oth- CTS? She gave the impression 10 probably % people in the vicinity oi the incident of being rude, ill man nered and lacking good breeding
 'My two boys have never seen movie theater," said mother one evening recently in discussing the new form of service at the South Cohgre- sationa church. T am glad 10 see the South church put in movies so can send the boys to see what moving pictures are," she continued.
 This woman is in most respects sensible mother. That her boys are her chief interest goes without saying. That her one big desire is to make men of her boys as good citizens as their parents, is her worthy amnition. But even the best of mothers can he mistaken. In her zeal for the moral training of her boys the moth- CT has gone just beyond the boundaries of wisdom and has inflicted upon mel sons a form of "Puritanism. The movie theater today stands Tn mucn the same position as the puollc H. brary. The library has not DOCKS at least for public distribution, Whlcn would tend to injure the morals or toe peneration. vet there are books Tn every library which it might not De advisable to give to boys but no mother keeps her boys away from the library because of this.
 True there may be pictures ot hatbing beauties, or other scenes which the overly conscientious moth- ar .yould not like to have her poys see But. to at least a reasonable ex- tent the training of child shouio pc towards cultivating the faculty o judge for itself. Raising a poy or girl in a glass case, figuratively speak ing. shielded from temptation, IS mistake. Once the boy cuts loose from mothers apron strings anu s1,me day he must, he will be the bet for enabled to face life's battle and temntations if he has been taught to think for himself, and not Kept De- hind a high board fence.
 Considerable amusement was ere ated Wednesday evening at the nre al store on Main street. when nre- man made thrilling" rescue. The fire was over, there still was some smoke pouring out of window on the second floor. A fireman came down fire escape and climbed In through the window. "Oh, he's got a woman," gasped some one in the crowd. Hes saving her" cried another hero worshipper. True enough the fireman stepped 10 the window, and out onto a ladder with female form in his arms.
 A gingham house dress. and bou- doir cap were seen through the smoke. The fireman took two steps down the ladder, under the gaze of an admiring throng and stopped.
 The heartless brute cried an other woman. And so 1t seemed ne | was. Taking the feminine figure from under one arm he deliberately threw it back into the smouldering ruins and went on about his work.
 But he was not as heartless as he seemed only having little fun with the crowd. The figure was a dun
 my" used to display women's ciotn- l ing, and the crowd had good laugh
 when the truth was realized.
 | An interesting. although not new, | decision was handed down ln police | court this week, with Justice F. F.
 McDonough on the bench which, to
 the layman, indicates that possession
 of liauor is not an offepse. 4 similar | decision was rendered recently Tn the
 case of an Arch street man who hao
 a large quantity of liquor on hand 1 but who was discharged from custody
 of the court regardless of the fact
 that he was generally suspected oi | engaging in illicit liquor traffic.
 The old question, When has man l enough ?' comes to light with anothei meaning In the old days 1t referred to the capacity of his stomach; today l if refers to his cellar.
 Apparently a man may keep ms cellar stocked to overfiowing with no | danger of falling foul of the law as | long as he does not try to dispose