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New Britain herald., 1923-12-04

fore he had time to dodge Help" little Weekly cried
 RarEe5y Andy was just about to run and help little Weekly escape from the Goblin. but before he could take three steps tho cookie man hit the Goblin so hard with his cookie arm. ii knocked Hookie backwards, head over heels into the spring. Run for the house. the cookie man shout cd. ''bcfOre he climbs out." And this is just what little Wceky. I;aggedy Andy and the Cookie man did. So they were safely inside and had fhe door locked before HyOkie. the Cog In. came running ID inc candy icing valk Open the door. or I'll break 1t in." Hookie cried. but our friends in- side did not answer him et aH.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Two Motorists Die in
 Accident in Springfield

Springfield, Mass. Dec. 4.--John 4. Mcintyre, representative of die casting company. and George Quinn. a salesman. were killed yesterday when the wheels Of an automobile in which they were riding struck an obstruction throwing both men out. The accident was said 10 he due 10 a sudden turn to avoid another car and occurred few miles east Of the city. Mcintyre had been in this city six months. coming from Toronto. Ont.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
WOOL JERSEY FOR SCHOOL

Now is good time to replenish the school girls wardrobe by the ad- .ltion of another practical frock.
 Wool jersey will probably be the naterial. Ii is ideal for school 'resses-warm and durable. Flannel ind serge are alternatives. Navy blue and brown are the favorite colors with bright red decidedly popular.
 The dresses sketched arc made in the two-piece style-sSirts attached to underwaists and hlouses that slip on over ones head or button down tthe front.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04

Doesn't hurt a bit. Drop a little ''Freezone" on an aching corn. in- stantly that corn stops hurting. then shortly you life it right of sith hn- gers. Truly,
 Your druggist sells tiny bottle Of "Freezoner for few cents. sufficient to remove every hard corn. soft corn. or corn between the toes and the cai- fuses, uithoIt soreness or irritation.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
WANT RoMANoFF DATA

Moscow. Dec. 4.-The government has ordered all individuals. institu- tions and government departments to hand over to the state all documents, memoirs, diaries and other man. uscripts having any reference to the Romanoff dynasty in its last two reigns. Some of the most important documents alleged to show the active participation of the Romanoffs in ar ranging the world war. are said to have been secretly sent to Romanof supporters in order to conceal them.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
TO HEiP GERMAN CHILDREN

An entertainment and dance will be held at Macnnerchor Hall Saturday evening under the auspices of the Ladies Reliof Society, the proceeds being used for the starving children of Germany.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
nr. Rraithwsite Sent Ma6ge to
 Sit With Leila

I took good care to keep a respect ful distance from the hospital wait ing room where. Alfred and Dicky awaited Dr. Braithwaitcs pleasure. I had no desire to see picky until l was completely prepared for the disa- Ereeahie interview which was Cer- tain to he the result of his discov- cry that l had mentioned Bess Dean to Dr. Braithwaite, But l would have gwen a good deal to know of what the two men were speaking, Was Dickv warning Alfred concern ing? Or were my conjectures all meonshine? 1 answered the latter question with a decided negatiye---- Dicky's trown had been too real for me to deceive myself.
 Taking ur s station just outside Ieila's door I waited there until nr Praithwaite opened the door and came out. His face, showing the lines of fatigue, frightened into a smile as he saw me.
 Just the person l need" he said, GO to the little lady and stay there awhile. I don't want her to see her husband for several hours yet, not until she's had a good sleep. If you can get her to sleep, do it; if not, after about half an hour, come 10 the door on some pretended errand and signal tho nurse. who will be right here. Don't lei her know the nurse didn't drop in Of her own accord, though"
 To Talk to Alfred
 nodded comprehendinE acqui. essence. and my hrother-in-la with a glance of approval which sent q pleased flush into my cheeks, went on.
 I'm going up now for look at the elder Mrs Durkoc. and think then ru have talk with her son, I'll tell nicky to take him out and keep him until after luncheon, You can lunch here, and this after noon he can meet you-where
 His eyes held the keen look l had noticed in them when Dicky had drowned at me, and l realized that the big surgeons insight into my share Of the angle which involved Ress Dean and Leila was greater than had guessed
 Tell him I'll be at the apartment" l said.
 Very well" he commented. and was moving away when detained him.
 If there's ng--differcnt--- about Mrs. purkee's condition---''
 Not a Promising Prospe,t
 There won't be-" he said conf dently. She isn't out Of the ether yet you know. But. look hero; I'll promise yon this because you're a foolish little kinswoman. If every thing isn't going well m lei you know within five minutes. The old adage Of no news good news will hold true. Does that satisfy you?"
 Entirely" 1 replied
 ''Then--till this evening"" he said. gripping my hand tightly in his biz one. "I shall sleep all the afternoon. but tonight Harriet and I will wish Co see our relatives"
 You will be most welcome" I sent after him, but wondered in sudden panic whether his relatives would be on speaking terms hy eve- ming. That Dicky would be furiously angry at me for mentioning Bnss Dean to pr. Braithwaite. knew. From his masculine standpoint it would b. a gross breach of confidence. Then firmly fixed in my mind there was the long cherished resolution to get at the whole story Of Bess Deans nanoeuyres. including the real truth concerning Alfred's car, a secret
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
plaided Frock.

F'lappers this season are evincing great interest in the straightline frock which has large plsids of bril- liant colors.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Siik Ii,.I,us.

Fichus that attract the most favor. able attention are not necessarily of ace--sometimes they are Of gor- ceonsly figured silk.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
NEW GERMAN LINER
Columbus, Largest That Teutonic Line
 Has Got, Makes Successful Trial

Bremerhaven, Germany, Dec. 4.- The new North German Lloyd liner Columbus, Germany's largest steam ship, is anchored in BremerhaVen Roads after successful trial trip on which her engines and boilers gave complete satisfaction. Her final equip ment has not been placed aboard be- cause of the suspension of deliveries from the Ruhr.
 rnssmuch as Germanys quota un- der the American immigration laws has been filled for the current year officials Of the North German Lloyd line have decided to put the Colum- bus in service at the beginning of the American tourist season next spring. Her first ssiling was originally sched- nled for December i2 but 1t was re- cently cancelled.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Gossip's Corner
Potato Water

Potato water applied on soft cloth Is excellent for clcauinG spoons and knives that have become dis Colored.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Laundry Cabinet

Have laundry cabinet in your laundry and in it keep your starch, soap, blueing javelle water for stains, soap powder, washing soda and sand nnafr
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Ctrshid and Blue.

\ rorgeons evening coak Of hya- cinth.bltie velvet is lined with pink. ish orchid shade and banded with skunk.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04

Tapes Diapepsin'' is the quickest. rurest relief for indigestion. gases. fatugence. heartburn, sourness. fer mentation or stomach distress caused by seidfty. A few tablets Eiee almost immediate relief Correct yaur storH- sch and digestion nov for few cents Druggists sell -1adons of packages.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Non-Chip Inamclware.

In buying enamelware the best quality is the cheapest in the end, for inferior grades chip easily and soon become worthless.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Makes Fine Dessert

Hot ginger 'brcad with whipped cream makes a welcome dessert when the meal has been light
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
No silrar Nnn,lnd

Cook fruits slowly Go bring out their sweetness. This makes it un- necessary to add sugar.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04
Snecl.n,l AIirrnrs.

rors surfaces with whiting mixed to a cream in alcohol.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-04

One small Missouri town welcomed, during one touring season, 23.52O cars carriyng 100000 passengers.
Evening star., 1923-09-04
The Test of Government.

Chairman John II. Adams of the re
publican national committee, in a
statement for publication, comments
upon the prompt, orderly and peace
full transition of executive and admin
istrative authority upon the death OF
President Harding and the taking VI
of the reins by President Coolidge
The instance, Mr.. Adams holds, was
demonstration of the strength and
stability of our peculiar form of gov
ernment and the abiding faith Of the
people in our Institutions
Mr.. Adams points out that not since
the assa ssination Of Lincoln has a
President of the United States been
taken so suddenly and with so little
warning as was the case with Presi
dent Harding. Time elapsed between
the shooting of Garfield and Mckinley
and their death sufficient to allow the
nation to adjust itself, if there had
been need, to prospective change ir
office of Chief Executive of the United
States. But with the death of Presi
dent Harding the transition in the Of
flee occurred literally overnight, be
tween sun and SUM-"
Violent and sudden as was this tran
sition of responsibility and power, il
was accomplished without any notice
able evidence of shock or jar to eXecu
tive administration Of the government
The nation was without a President
for only few hours in the still
watches of the night. and millions OF
people were not even aware of the in
termission until the next morning
Once the gap was filled the govern
ment ran as smoothly as before, and
the country itself showed no slowing
down of activities nor apprehension
OF the future.
This condition was a tribute to oui
form of government, and in contrast
with situations which have arisen II
other countries upon occasions o1
sudden change in the executive au
thority. The law fixes the presidential
succession and leaves no loophole for
untoward circumstances to asser,
themselves. The country cannot be
deprived of executive authority save
in the unthinkable simultaneous an
Inhalation of the entire cabinet. 1t is
a good land we live in, and a good
government which exerts and main
tains authority.
Evening star., 1923-09-04

time. because the fort site was &C.
quired that it might eventually be
used as a park.
Supt. Lanham points out that once
the District tree nursery occupied the
site of the Gallinger Hospital. Then
of land at Georgia avenue and Upshur
street, since taken over for school
purposes. The present nursery Is
around the ramparts of Fort Dupont
on the hills above the Eastern branch.
1t is II satisfactory location if suf-
title were vested in the District. There
is another nursery held by temporary
arrangement on low land on the East
ern branch near Boiling Field, but
this is not considered favorable site
for growing hardwood trees such as
oaks and Norway naples.
The District is not only without a
permanent nursery, but it is cramped
for money for raising trees. 1t has
not been able to spend sufficient money
to set out trees on new streets and
replace trees that have been destroyed
by storm and other causes in the older
parts of the city. The report Of the
superintendent is entitled to careful
consideration by the Commissioners.
1t is trite to say that our street trees
are one of the great features of the
Capital, and that those that stand
should be given the best care, that re-
placements should be made as needed
and that tree planting should be ex-
tended to keep pace with the growth
of the city.
Evening star., 1923-09-04
The Growing Horror of Japan.

Steadily the horror of the Japanese
disaster grows, as the details begin to
come and the reckoning of the losses
becomes more complete. Yet even now
it is impossible to measure the catas-
trophe. The count of the dead cannot
possibly be complete, for the end of
the visitation is not yet reached At
the most conservative, the reckoning
appears to be $4,000 lives lost in
Toxic alone, 100, 900 in Yokohama, and
unquestionably tens of thousands in
addition in the smaller places where
the quake and fire and waves took
heavy toll. From Harbin comes a late
dispatch that gives the estimate of
loss in Toxic as 100000. This. it is to
be hoped, is mistake. Perhaps the
grand total of deaths in all Japan
reaches that figure.
But whether the losses are at the
lowest or the highest figure that has
been given in the reports. the disaster
stands as the greatest in modern his
tory, perhaps the most horrible in all
time. Almost complete destruction has
occurred in the two largest cities of
the empire. In the capital at least
100000 houses have been swept away.
True, many of them We're of rela-
lively slight structure, but they We're
homes, and those who have survived
the catastrophe must have shelter. 1t
will take two years, it is stated, to re-
build Toxic.
Though there are few particulars in
the reports thus far it is obvious that
the property damage, apart from the
destruction of dwellings,. must be in
appalling proportion. Japan's indus
trial foundations have been heavily
damaged. Great numbers of mills
have been swept away completely,
buildings and machinery. Railroads
have been wrecked in a manner that
will call for long work in repair. ia
panis need, apart from the instant re-
uuirement Of food and shelter for her
homeless millions, will be urgent for
the requirements necessary to put her
once more in the way of active pro-
duction of goods for export.
1t is idle to attempt to compute this
economic damage to Japan, or to esti-
mate the length of time requisite for
rehabilitation. 1t may be a generation
before the nation has recovered in full
from this blow. Yet again, so remark
able are the capacities of the people,
so Industrious are they, 50 efficient in
their workmanship, so highly ad-
vanced in organization, that they may
emerge from this catastrophe in full
efficiency in a much shorter time.
One thing may be felt in assurance,
that the japanese people will not lack
in spirit and courage and energy in
attacking the problem of the rehabili-
tation. 1t has been so often said that
they are wonderful people" that the
saying has become a commonplace.
Now they may be.expected to demon
strate their ca naCitV
Evening star., 1923-09-04

still thriving, and there is no indica-
tion that we shall go back to pre-war
conditions. There are indications that
the present season of relative quiet in
business will be followed by another
period of highly active trade.
The tax decline to which the COM
missioner of internal revenue calls at
tention has to do only with income
and profits taxes. We are still carry
ing a heavy burden Of national and
local taxes. 1t is believed that we are
also bearing burdensome taxes which
might be classed as ''profiteer taxes"
There seems to be no sign of an early
reduction in federal or local taxes, be-
cause the District is far behind in pub
lie works of every kl.,6, and the eX-
panding activities of the federal gov
ernment call for the collection and ex.
penditure Of vast sums.
Evening star., 1923-09-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE

American sympathy with Japan,
which would have been wholehearted
in any event, is doubly warm because
of the new prestige Japan has won in
the United States since the Washing
ton conference. Nippon has played
the game" She has scrupulously lived
up to every obligation assumed un-
der the conference treaties. They have
been respected not only in letter, but
in spirit. The doubling Thomases
have been put to rout who dismally
and dolefully predicted that Japan
would find ways and means of evad-
ing her covenanted word. Already it
can be foreShadowed with assurance
that foreign aid and relief will be
rendered from no quarter more boun
teously than from the United States.
The Navy'S ,order to Admiral Ander-
ron unreServedly at Japan's disposal
exemplifies the ardor of our desire to
succor Nippon in her appalling hour.
X X X x
Whether and how Japan's American
style steel-construction buildingA of
which both Toxic and Yokohama con-
tanned several modern specim
stood the ordeal of quake, and fire
will probably determine the character
of the rebuilt cities. If the Skeleton"
constructional scheme proved to be
disaster-proof it undoubtedly will be
universally adopted. If western archi-
tectural standards failed to reveal su-
perior stability many Japanese are
likely to renew their ancient faith in
bamboo and paper as building ma
terials. The physiognomy of Toxic
and other leading cities was gradual
iy taking on snnst more s,1. and more Of an
andf traditional veneration for the
things of old may impel Japan to
hark back to her CONSTITUTIONAL ideals
of yeSteryear.
Col. George Harvey, who was a
guest at the White House on the
threshold of his impending departure
for Great Britain. can almost lay
claim to having been an Original
attention there has just been brought
copy of Harvey's Weekly of the
issue of May Is, 1920. 1t appeared
on the eve of the republican national
convention of that year. Gov. Cool
idge had just vetoed the Massachu-
setts 2.75 per cent beer BILL Col.
Harvey quoted the peroration of the
governors veto message. then COM
mented:
Good sense! Sound Judgment!
The more we hear of and from
Calvin Coolidge, the better we like
both his character and his way of
putting things"
X X X
Stories anent President Coolidge's
conversational thrift have become
the country's most widely circulated
anecdotes. Here is pne that has
the unusual merit of foundation in
fact A we'll known Washington
hostess was making the customarily
unsuccessful effort to engage the
then Vice President in dinner-table
small talk. Suddenly she bearded
him with this challenge: Mr. Vice
President do you know that YOU have
Evening star., 1923-09-04
Test for Drivers.

Pedestrians will be interested and
perhaps heartened by news that auto
mobile drivers may be required to pass
an intelligence test. In fact, there are
many auto drivers who think well of
their lives and limbs, and who dislike
having their own cars smashed, who
will be interested in the news that a
plan will be sought to keep mental
detectives from operating cars. Auto
mobile experts believe that some form
of an intelligence test preliminary to
obtaining a drivers license would
shorten the daily list of accidents. The
Associated Press has sent a dispatch
from Chicago saying that IAN intel
1igence test for the man or woman
who drives a motor car is a possibil-
ity within the next two or three
years" 1t is said that representatives
Of thirteen middle western states are
to be invited to attend the conference
of motor vehicle administrators repre-
senting state automobile licensing bu-
reaus to be held at Chicago this
month, at which plans will be made
for working out safety.frst laws for
automobilists and pedestrians. The
movement is fostered by the National
Safety Council. One cannot say how
many District drivers will be hard hit
If required to pass an intelligence test
but it is believed that some may have
trouble in getting by the examiners.
Evening star., 1923-09-04
Decrease in Tax Returns.

A preliminary statement by the
commissioner of internal revenue on
the subject of tax returns for the fls.
cal year closed June 80, 1928, shows a
decline in collections in the District of
Columbia. The report says that in
come and profits taxes for the District
for the preceding three years were
$S,054,914 in 1921, s10,521, 1856 in 1922
and s7,7S3,S00 in 1923. 1t was quite
remarkable that the District showed
an increase in 1922 over 1921, all the
states and territories having shown a
decrease in that period.
During the last fiscal year the Dis
trict was in line with the rest Of the
country, nationwide collections from
income and profits taxes in 1928 being
81, $50, III ,409, as compared with s2,-
0S6 ,91S,464 in 1922. There Is nothing
surprising in this. The same condi-
tions noted in all other parts Of the
land prevailed ir the District. Tax col
lections based on incomes and profits
could not indefinitely continue to in
then began to decline. In the District
during the war and the immediate
postwar period there was a sudden
increase in population, a sharp in
crease in the amount of money dis
bursed by the government and great
bulge in private business. There was
an orgie Of spending, and many forms
of business which had plodded along
in a moderately prosperous way
doomed, and Were under the obliga-
ton to pay excess profits taxes. Many
new business enterprises came into
the field and prospered. The ebb tide
set in, and this is reflected in the tax
returns.
One cannot read in the tax figures
any sign that times have become dull,
for the sum paid in income and profits
taxes Is still very large. Business Is
Evening star., 1923-09-04
After Labor Day.

The passing Of Labor day always
marks the beginning Of season. The
holidays are past, the summer wanes.
the stretch of business activities opens
in perspective. Schools are soon to
start anew. People return from their
vacations, not all of them, but the
greater number. They are refreshed
their changes of scene. They make
for their tasks with renewed vigor.
These season changes are not sharp
ly Defined especially in Washington,
where at this period Of the year as a
rule there is no Congress. This year
been without the congressional pres
ence. for months, the longest recess for
years. But the city is not without its
activities. The government functions
as usual and almost in full personnel.
When the departmental half-holi-
days on Saturday have been discon-
tinued, after the 18th of this month,
Washington will be fully re-established
for the autumn. Those summer re-
laxations of the rule OF attendance at
the public service desks mark the
vacation season. But business has re-
sumed its full schedule and is in COM
plete swing once more.
If only those workers who produce
the coal the people need would return
to their picks and shovels, and their
employers would consent to terms
that would induce them to return and
remain at their work, the passing of
Labor day would be marked as a time
Of rejoicing that the activities were
once again in full pulse,