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New Britain herald., 1923-12-31

is selling. He is wise in this. Some
 thing that may look very attractive
 may prove to be a white elephant"
 when it comes to selling it. Every one admits that it looks good" but few are willing to buy. So. in consid- ering the zoning proposition, it is well tried it like it and whether or not people are seizing upon the idea as a good one and are adopting the sys- tenn.
 Reports come to those in charge of this matter in this city, and public reports come as well. that cities which have adopted the zoning system arg enthusiastic over it. And there comes the news on the second part of the discussion that in months 54 cities have passed regulatory ordinances. More than 22 millions of people. com prising 40 per cent of the urban pop ulation of the United States-nearly half-live in lS3 zoned cities, towns, and villages. In the first months of this year 54 municipalities, with more than six and half million pop ulation, have passed zoning ordi- nances, which indicates the greatest progress in zoning that has ever been made in similar period. More than two-Jhirds of the 1S2 zoned cities have been zoned since Sept ember, 1921. The zoning idea is sold" The tremendous increase in building ac- tivities has inspired much zoning ac- tivity. Without zoning a city is at the mercy of those who would seek tenn porary profit for themselves without thought of loyalty to city. without thought of the value of property of others and without thought of sound values, Zoning is becoming an eco- homie necessity as the country grows, just as, to New Britain. it is now necessity, this city being Rt the point in it's growth when if needs zoning as it has never needed it and as il must have it in the future.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
Observations on Tie Weather

Washington. Dec. 31.-Forecast for eastern New York. Rain tonight. warmer in cast and extreme north portion; Tue siay rain changing to snow and colder. much colder Tues day night: frssh shifting winds be- coming strong west and northwest.
 Forerast.for southern New England.
 Rain and slightly warmer tonight; Tuesday rain CT snow and colder; much colder Tuesday night: fresh to strong east and southeast winds shift ing 10 Westerly Tuesday.
 Conn: Rain and slightly warmer tonight: Tuesday rain Or snow and colder: fresh 10 strong cast and southeast winds sbining 10 westerly Tuesday.
 Conditions:
 \ well defBed storm area central over Lake Huron is causing unsettled weather with rain or snow in the lake region and New England. The temp erature is between 90 and 70 below zero in Montana. North Dakota and Minnesota and zero temperatures ex- tend as far south as Oklahoma.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity cloudy and rainy weather probsbIv followed by clearing and colder late tonight
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
g Fears Ago Today
(Taken from Herald of that da'

Dudley T. Holmes will go to Stam. ford Thursday of this week to raise up the chiefs of the Indian council there.
 Among the names. of the candidates who have successfully passed theil examinations before the Connecticut board of pharmacists is that of John J. McBriarty of New Britain.
 The Q. w. c. whist club met last evening with Mir. and Mrs. Ernest b Humphrey of Seymour street.
 A graphophone that didn't graph was the source of great disap- pointment to a large audience at the Swedish Lutheran church last eve ming. It was reported that sermons from all former clergy at the church would be reproduced, but when the time came for the machine to start, all that was heard was an unintel- ligible whirring. A polo team has been organized at Engine Co. No station which de- sires to challenge any fire station in the city, No. 3 preferred. The chal- lenging team is made up of the fol- lowing: Dick Forsythe and Patrick Ahearn, rushes, P. Began, center; Thomas Cavanaugh, half back and Patrick Tobin, goal. The substitutes are William Forsythe and James Crowe.
 The fire department will be paid off this evening between the hours of 5 and o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31

better as the milk that will be sold here will be better than in the past although it is believed that New Britain has been remarkably free from impure milk.
 With the bringing to successful fruition of every good cause, prac- tical as this one is. there comes new incentive to get back of such good causes Those who take pride in the city take pride in every forward look ing move that is made. The point is emphasized because, as the years pass, there will be many chances for like improvements, and those who foster them are entitled to credit for their foresight The Germans passive re- sistance" was no more ineffective than is the New Britainites passive re- sistance." There is tremendous sat isfaction in giving a push. where a push points good thing toward sue cess.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
R. F. l.. SAVER TO SPEAK.
Head of American Bar Association to
 Address Conn. Lawyers.

New Haven, Dec. 31.-Robert l.. Lee Saner. president of the American Bar association, has accepted an invi- tation to address the Connecticut Bar association at its dinner in Bridge port January 21, it was announced by the dinner committee today. Judge A. F. Ells of Waterbury will be an- other speaker. At business session the committee on requirements for admission to the bar, E, NJ. Day of Hartford. chairman, will report on the suggestion that applicants be required to show certificates of two years col- lege training in addition to their law school courses.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
BRIDGEPORT MAN
 HELD AS SLAYER
Said to Have Murdered His Wife
 in New Jersey

Garfield, N. J., Dec. 31.-Frank Madej, of Bridgeport, Conn, who last night shot and killed his wife Joseph inc, yesterday was arraigned on a first degree murder charge and held with out bail in the county jail at Hack ensack. Constantly Gromadzki, also of Bridgeport, with whom police charge Mrs. Madej lived, Since December 19, was held as a material witness.
 The staying occurred just outside the house in which Mrs. Madej lived with her four children. Lying in wait for nearly an hour, Madej poured five bullets, all that his gun contained, into his wife's body. Death was all most instantaneous.
 Gromadzki, who had emerged from the house wit.i Mrs. Madej, fed when the first shot was fired.
 Shortly after noon yesterday Ma dei appeared at Passaic police head quarters with letter from the Bridgeport police stating that he was seeking his wife and children who had disappeared from Bridgeport, on December 19. They were located finally, in Garfield.
 According to Madej's confession, he returned to Passaic to buy gun, af- ter he saw Gromadzki in the room with Mrs. Madej. Madej was arrested in the house where his wife had been living. Less than an hour after the murder, Captain Boyle of the Gar field police, stepped into the room just as Madej was saying goodbye to his children.
 Mrs. Madej's body is being held while police endeavor to locate rela- tives in Newark and Philadelphia. The county poormaster has taken charge of the children.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
ANOTHER ACHmy1.NrEST

When Dr Fred Lee was superin- 'endent or health Of this city he worked for pure milk. After pr. Puilen succeeded him hc. in turn. gave his efforts to facilitating the go- ing into effec; Of the ordinance of the common council that would insure pure milk for the people Of New Britain. Often did Dr. Lee feel dis couraged over the outlook; it seemed that this might never come. as in tho case of other improve ments looking to bettrring beath conditions in the city.
 And an the time The Herald has been working to the same end. Now. on January |. tomorrow. the pure milk ordinance adopted by the com- mon council will be in effect. Moth ing but pasteurized milk or milk which mas come from fuDcrc1liu frst- cd COWS may bp sold legally in this city. This is another achievement by everyone who had hand in bringing ihis situation about-the superiHiend- ents Of health and the other officials including fhe members of ths com mon council who voted 10 pass the resolution. and others who. in form ing and expressing public opinion gave the movement the momentum necessary to carry fl through. New Britain people. especially the children. viii reap the benefit and it may be predicted safely that the health of the people of the city wiH be as much
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
KILLED IN LEAP Denver Woman Jumps From Third story to Escape Flames.

Denver Colo. Dec. 31.--Miss Bea- trice Jones. 3s, school teacher. was killed and two others were injured when they leaped from the third story of a burning apartment house here today.
 Miss Ena Kramer was burned 10 death and three more persons were injured in another apartment house fire. Both fires started from over heated furnaces
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
Caught in stolen Automobile.

| illu ulSClafGlllb llreAfills. lie Was
 fined s5 and costs and given a GO day
 jail sentence on these charges. | Caught in stolen Automobile. 1 LaFlamme was arrested yesterday morning while headed towards Wa | terbury in stolen automobile. He ad . | mitted to Captain of Detectives Will ! liam F. Kecgan of the Waterbury | police department, on his way to Wa l terbury, that he was one of the mask .eG men who held up and robbed l Frederick Ladd, proprietor of tho ro- freshment stand at the Milldale trol- ley station on Christmas eve.
 The youth is said by the Water bury authorities 10 have admitted that he was a member of the party of four who fired several shots in re- sponse to several discharged at the robbers machine by I.add. G.aE'lamme and Cirella were held at the request Of the Hartford police who will take them on charges of breaking, enter ing and stealing an automobile. The two youths admitted. the police say, that they forced their way into pri- yate garage owned by Charles Will Hams Of 126 Pleasant street at Hart ford Saturday and stole an automo- bile.
 According to their confession. they planned to hold up the proprietors of the two moving picture houses in Tor rington Saturday night at closing time but when they reached that town both thcatcrs had closed and they started for Waterbury. Their at- tempt to break open gas station on the outskirts of the city aroused tho owner. who sent in a call for the police, who stopped their machine.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31

In the old days, when parents knew nothing of child psychology, they just licked them and turned them into good citizens.
 And SO many or the doctors di- plomas are fakes. Well. so are many of the ailments they are called 10 cure.
 Dull books may improve your mind. but Of what use is an improved mind after you are bored to death?
 4 sufficient commentary on mortals Is the fact that the knocker always has larger audience than one who throws bouquets.
 Correct this sentence: Hen be six years old" she said to the conductor, Ion his next birthday"
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
ARE BOOSTING McADoo.
Knoxville, Where He Was Educated,
 Getting Behind Move.

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec, Sl.-This city, where is located the University of Tennessee, in which William Gibbs McAdoo received his B. A. degree and started his law studies, and where his father was a professor for many years, is getting behind the move ment for his choice as the demo- cratic nominee for president.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
AITOIST IS HELD.

New Haven, Dec. 31.-Richsrd Kaiser. whose machine killed Fred erick A. North of Shelton on the Derby turnpike intta collision at a street intersection today. was held in s1,560 bonds for a superior court trial in the West Haven court. He pleaded not guilty. The coroner had found him responsible.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
Facts andFancies
 BY ROBERT CULLEN.

No. 1924. Due at 12 midnight. On time.
 The remarkable quality about most of the candidates is their optimism.
 A free country is one in which every man is privileged 10 feel superior 10 his betters.
 About the only way to attend a naughty play with clear conscience is to be an investigator.
 4 man isn't fit for self government if he feels offended when the traffic sign says stop"
 England is funny country. It takes only one election to repudiate a policy over there.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
O,HAIR IS CANDIDATE.

Paris Ill.. Dee. 3l.-Former Con- gressman Frank T. O'Hair today an- nounced his candidacy for the demo- cratic nomination for governor of Iili- nois. Mir. O'IIair defeated Uncle Joe" Cannon in 1912. ..
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31

\ cake-eater is just the trailer be- hind an ovcrgrown cigarette holder.
 It won't be such a hard winter after all There is very little ''sheik' litera ture in sight
 A peaceful country is one in which the army of iobholdcrs is GAS times the size of the regular army,
 A green congressman is one who proposes a scheme that would cost the country less than ten million.
 Ii may be that girls go to the devil because they go to Hollywood. and then it may be the other way about.
 It isn't the untruth of ii that makes a woman see rcd when Friend Illus band intimates Chat she proposed to him.
 When a small boys says he has learned to like arithmetic. he means that he has fallen in love with the teacher.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
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\ cake-eater is just the trailer be, hind an ovorgrown cigarette holder.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31

The remarkable quality about most of the candidates is their optimism.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
LA FLAMME ADMITS
 CHESHIRE HOLD.UP
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and discharging firearms. He was fined s5 and costs and given GO day jail sentence on these charges.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-31
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Evening star., 1923-07-08
Miss Orioles Concert.

jealousy. She had never been out of
her own home town. Eleanor went
south every winter with her parents.
clouded over. "Oh, DIR. Owl" she
cried. II cannot afford to go abroad
for study. I've always heard those
foreign masters were terribly high
priced. You know we are poor
Blanche smiled for the first time dur
ing the evening. The Jays were the
richest family in the woods.
had something Eleanor had not.
With all her talents Eleanor could
not get far without money. Blanche
flew off to talk to the other girls.
After all. a beautiful voice wasn't
everything. She would get her father
to let her travel. Wouldn't Eleanor
be jealous if she should go abroad?
She decided she would go.
''Oh, my dear Miss Oriole, you must
not give up your musical education
with a voice like that" DR.. Owl in
sisted. 81 shall see what I can do.
Perhaps i can borrow the money for
you"
Father Blanche asked the next
morning at breakfast, Il would like
to go abroad"
Impossible. daughter" Mr.. Byron
B. Jay shook his head. II can't afford
it just now. l just made loan to
DIR. Owl to educate a musical friend
Of his
Evening star., 1923-07-08
Do You Know How They Make
BASE BALL BATS AND GLOVES?

The base ball bat that scores the hit
Has nothing on the fieIder's mitt!
To make II Is hard work Indeed
You'll find when you this story read.
.NOUR base ball glove was probably
wandering around the plains of
Argentine. three or four months be-
fore you bought 1t, as a part of some
very wild South American COW, for
much of the leather which goes into
making base ball mitts is imported
from South America.
In the making of good base ball
gloves, only very small portion of
a hide can be used, and much of the
leather in the very high priced mitts
is of Wapi elk, a leather which is
difficult to obtain.
Before the crude leather can be
used at all it must go through a
number of processes to soften and
preserve it. The leather goes from
chemical vat to chemical vat and is
finally ready for its start in being
made into a base ball glove.
Skilled men cut the good portions
of the hide into convenient sized
pieces and the pieces are then cut
according to a pattern. There are
twenty-five separate pieces of leather
in the mitt used by one famous big
league first baseman, and each of
these pieces must be cut with great
accuracy and sewed together just so.
Padding a glove successfully also
calls for expert work. and special de-
signers are kept busy inventing new
and better types of pads to be used
in gloves.
Evening star., 1923-07-08
SHORT STORIES
q fLkse4
A Thousand-Dollar Pup.

tie fellow in the blue bathing suit
with the millionaire's son. Suddenly
streak Of brown shot through the
crowd and stopped, yelping. at the
side of the big car. Every one made
way for the millionaire as he jumped
out and followed the little dog across
the beach to where Bill bent over the
boy.
He'll be all right in a little while
now," Bill said, answering the
agonized question in the fathers
eyes, but you shouldn't let such a
little shaver come to the beach
alone" Bill did not recognize the
millionaire.
He ran away. We did not know"
he answered. He took the boy in his
arms. "Id like to reward you" His
hand went in his pocket.
Nope" Old Bill shook his head.
That's just my business"
But you'll take a present. won't
you? You saved the dogs life. too.
I'd like to give him to you. He's a
pretty valuable pup"
II would kind of like to have the
pup" Bill laughed. Hes nice little
cur, and I've a mind l could teach him
to be quite a help in my work"
That night Bills wife met him at
the door Did YOU hear about the
lifeguard that saved the millionaire S
SOM" she asked. Here it is in the
paper. He gave him thousand
dollar dog for a reward"
Gee, some guys have all the luck.
Now look what l got" Bill set the
little brown pup down before his wife.
why. Bill" she gasped. that's the
thousand dollar dog. See, there's
his picture in the paper"
Evening star., 1923-07-08

HELEN and Gladys were chums.
i You never saw one without the
other. They were so different that
they were good friends.
The other girls called them before
and after" They called them that
when they were not around. They
had soon learned that both Helen and
Gladys were very sensitive to teas
ing on that subject. Their younger
brothers were the only persons that
had no regard for their feelings.
More than anything else in the
world. Helen wanted to get fat
Gladys wanted. just as eagerly, to
get thin. They had stopped in at
Helen's on their way home from
school one day and were looking at
a magazine. 'Oh. look" Gladys
cried. "it tells how you can lose 20
pounds in a month"
We'll. you don't think I'm inter-
ested in that. do you?" Helen shifted
I'D be more interested in knowing
how to gain 20 pounds a MONTH"
Gladys was not listening She was
reading on in the advertisement. ut
says it makes you weigh just what
you should. Maybe you can gain by
the same method. Yes, here it tells
of a woman who gained ten pounds in
twenty days"
Helen pricked up her ears
"Where?" she cried. Let me see it"
The girls pored over the advertise
ment. After the had both read every
word on the page they looked at each
other with shining eyes. Lets do
it" they cried. I'VE can go together
and buy the Course."
1T will take all the money 1 have"
Gladys sighed. but if / lose a pound
it will be worth it,"
The lessons came and Helen and
Gladys set to work every morning
to gain and reduce. Their younger
brothers seemed to take a lot of in
terest in the process. why don't
you get weighed and see what effect
it's having?" they asked every day.
But the girls had made up their
minds that they would wait week
before getting weighed. Finally,
when the week was up, the boys in
sisted upon tagging along to the
grocery scales, to see for themselves
The girls were heartbroken. Gladys.
who already weighed 1870, had gained
five pounds. and Helen. who wanted
to gain, had lost four,
How did you work it?" giggled
Gladys little brother. after the girls
had gone off home. 81 just stuck my
toe on the scales when Gladys wasn't
looking"
''Oh. set the scales to weight light
ka
on enough to make up for it,
Evening star., 1923-07-08

(This is one of series of articles BY
Pierson L. Maxwell, a swimming expert who
has taught sys sss s to .na wm pav.ss
pools. Mr.. Maxwell has been q Hfeguard
and racing swimmer for number Of
when It comes to swimming. Clip these ar
ticies and follow them if you, want to be-
, come a good swimmer.)
no NOT attempt these breathing
- exercises until you have a fairly
easy action with your arms and legs,
Keeping the leg kick fast and the arm
movement slow.
To start the breathing exercise, get
IN the water, take deep breath of
air put your head under the water,
and blow bubbles, forcing the air
out Of the mouth and nose. Do this
until it does not cause any particular
F.. effort-three or four times will prob
ably be enough to get the hang of it.
Now comes the real test. Start the
dead mans float, legs and arms, blow
bubbles under water. Here Is the way
to get a new breath, after the old air
has been blown from the lungs. Just
as the right arm is finishing it's stroke
and is alongside and parallel to the
body and the left arm is just begin
ming it's stroke, turn the head
sharply to the right and grab a
breath of air, through your mouth,
not through the nose.
The only way to keep from ship
ping water in the first several at
tempts at breathing is to have a
powerful leg kick and a smooth arm
Evening star., 1923-07-08
Bill saved a life every day
And didn't think 1t out of the way;
But the prize that he won

But the prize that he won
Thorough the mlIionaire's son
>showed him how braveness could pay.
TT WAS the Fourth of July and
L blistering hot. The beach was
packed with bathers. Through the
crowds the dark-skinned lifeguards
paced up and down, trying to keep
sharp lookout in all directions at
once.
Suddenly Bill. the oldest lifeguard
and the one who held the record for
saving more lives than any guard on
the coast, stopped short. His sharp
eyes had caught sight of n. small fig
.ure, too near a big, devouring wave.
before he could reach the boy the
big wave had wrapped itself around
him and drawn him into it's plunging
depths.
Immediately Bill was in after him,
but he was not any quicker than a
little pup that stood by. The little
dog was not used to the strong
waves. as Bill was. The lifeguard
carried both the limp little form in
the blue bathing suit and the pup
back to the shore in his arms. He
was used to saving lives. 1t was all
in the days work.
No one seemed very much inter-
ested in the little boy whose life had
just been saved. A big gray auto
mobile had drawn up to the edge of
the sand. Its Pierson. the multi
millionaire the bathers whispered.
His boy is lost. Kidnapped. most
likely" Nobody connected the lit