New Britain herald., 1923-02-05
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 abreast or the times? The person whs
 can truthfully reply in the affirmative
 to these questions must make use oi
 every waking moment. New subjects
 for discussion spring ID every day. No
 sooner have we scratched the surfaee
 Of one than a new problem appears
 demanding consideration. To para
 phrase popular quotation, if busi'
 ness interferes with our reading VIC
 must throw business overheard.
 Tutankhamen is all the rage. Tu- tankhamen was an Egyptian king who reigned three thousand years ago when Egypt was an up and coming country with a bright future instead of land whose glory Is dimmed and whose chief business is to lure dollars, pounds sterling. francs and lire out of gaping tourists. After lying in peace and security for thirty centuries Tu- | tankhamen is about to be brought forth from the silence of his tomb. We wonder what he would say if he could breath again and observe the transformation which nature and the mind of man have wrought. We won- der what he would say about rail- roads. modern steamships. engines of ,,,,f,, 40 n r frn wireless, George Harvey, the modern drama and a host of other things. ists to lead the way back to his vault and seal the door. Great results are Egyptian monarch's sepulchre.
 Tutankhamen was an interesting chap and the era in which he lived is of interest. You should read about him and it.
 Are you keeping up" on your Freud? He has just issued two more books, "Reflections'' and Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego" Tn this day when everyone is discussing complexes, repressions, the subconscious, etc, no one dare stroll into the smoking compartment unless he is fortified with knowledge of psychoanalysis. In the good old days all man needed was the latest news on the price of hogs on the hoof in Chicago, but times have changed. A man simply must have a speaking &C., quaintance with Freud or remain in the background.
 Nearly every patriot has, by now, formed his opinion on the British debt-funding plan. True, the great financiers and authorities on interna- tional matters have not digested it yet, but that need not interfere with men, tai processes of the rank and file of pa triots who, at this moment, are march ing up and down the highways and by ways of this throbbing land declaring that it is an English scheme to get that it is a good arrangement. That is the advantage of living in republic ment. It helps the mind to function. No problem staggers us. We read of coma pau, dayaIoop,ept in ,bo ,,ou.e paper on our way home from work in the evening and before we toss our galoshes into the back hall closet- right on top of the basket of clean clothes--we have made up our minds either for or against it. Regardless of the fact that many of us find it difficult at times to pay the landlord and the bootlegger, mere matter of international finance can be decided at one reading.
 Are you getting better and better every day in every way? M. Coue continues to be topic of conversation. If you want to keep up with the Joneses" don't overlook autosugges- tion. No drawing room discussion is complete without it. It's remarkable l how our sub-debs have mastered it so quickly. Any one of them can explain | it in the time it takes her to adjust a | shoulder strap. Smart? There's noth- | ing can beat our young girls. Of course 1 some of them cannot bake bread, but, | pshaw, that's cruel thought Why | bake bread when the corner store | sells such perfectly lovely cream pusfs!
 The Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant | seems to be stirring things up. His recent statement in which he question: ed the divinity Of Christ brought a | hornets nest down about his ears. Even theologians are at odds. His at- titude has caused the greatest sensa- ton of the day and the debate in- creases in intensity.
 Birth control forms the subject for another interesting dispute. There is