New Britain herald., 1923-11-12
TEMPERANCE.

est single asset to those people wh
 have something to soil. Tho pres
 agent is rampant in the land. He
 the hane of every newspaper office
 he resorts to every subterfugc to lam
 his story in the public print. Any
 thing to got tho public to read hi
 junk and become familiar with hi
 product vhoroupon he sells" hi
 idca. his goods ur his principles
 Automoh'. mmWacturcrs politici
 clans, ~oou.r~t~ rranks, drosss sakors all try 10 "Sr,l" their goods ar them
 selves through attracting as mucl publicity as they can from tho pross
 Notoricty at any price is their rule Prominent politicians keep themselve
 before the public in engaging in tilt
 over the Darwinian theory witt someone who believes in if by maxim: stirring remarks about the proposi ton that man is descended from th' monkey. Another politician exchanges hats with still another, and both mel are prominently displayed in pictures Another gives a big. outlandish bar bccue on the day Of his election tC public office and makes n so different from anything in the past that thr newspapers print columns about il and the public enjoys reading it. An. other causes 10 be sent out rcams oi matter to, the newspapers concerning his friendly relations with a laborinf man--thorcby branding himself 3 good fellow" And SO forth and st on. nd indnitum. In tho last few cases mentioned the individuals whc gained the front pages did so to "self cmselres-nothing else.
 But we have those who try 10 sell co-sc'e and ribbons and the De Luxe line of ladies' underwear and sus. peudcrs and shoes and lie insurance and moving pictarrs-but why mcn- tion them all. They are too familiar 10 an nowspapermcn and many read CTS Occasionally they sponsor story that is too good to throw into the usual receptacle beside tho editors desk d largo and capacious waste basket and the effort is printed.
 We are quite ready 10 admit that tho public today has become a curi- osity seeking mob; that it will quickly turn its attention to inc best press agent. whatever inc virtue Of his wares. There is much interest among thcater- roers in the actress in the cast who has insured her legs for si60. ehh. whether she has or not. a mob Of frcnzied fans will yell thcm- seltcs hoarsc over baseball player who is rrputed 10 have cost the club which owns him a half million dol lars though there may b" three or four other players on the team who are just as good. High salaries arc paid to men and women te appear in public. after they have figured in some sensatioual event that has filled inc front pages of newspapers for some time past II is ali part Of the game as it is played today.
 Men arc bound to try and sell themselves and their goods by pub iicity methods. by going to extremes to word cf mouth action. or dress te attract attention. but 1T is time to cali halt when religion is sold Is ihis method, in our humbfe opinion.
 Yesterday. in this rity a local l1iH- isfcr who has gained much publicity in this paper as reI as others -f,e- cause Of his radical utteranccs on many subjects, with some nf whirh wc agree. with some or which wc do uot-went stiH further in his re- marks. which aiH bo found printed sis,.ul4cre b,caHsr thay da mako good story" We wonder whether be vas trying Co acIl religion or hfru- s~lf IT tHa nrst is thc case-in orr humble opinion-he is making a trav- esty of religion by turing to bis church many people who are more interested tn who or what he is-goine 10 taekie wTt than they are inclined to show due ana rsop,r revcrence to their God and ths God or tHs speaker. He was right qHJk right ff . some of his re1narks-othefs were as and sas overdraWn as VIC might expect from Che barker Of a -heap side nov in county fair. they are tbc oHss that pIH lttract publicity Without the pub icity that he has gained in the past md the consequent notoFfsty he las achieved the minister's reputation you'd have besn that of others og his .srch. lie is n.skz7s fftak show