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New Britain herald., 1923-12-03
AMERICAN SINGERS
 PLEASE AUDIENCES
Opera HonOrS Being Wrested From Germans and Italians

New York. Dec. 3.--American sing CTS arc beginning to vie seriously with Italians and Germans for hoaor> on the operatic stage, according to musical critics who declare that Americans have won spurs of star dom not only with opera companies abroad. hut also with the Metropolitan Opera company which for many years has been stronghold Of foreign taI- tnt.
 Five American singers are making their dahuts this year al the Metro politan. which recently began it's for ticth season of grand opera al the famous Broadway opera house which has heard the finest vocal efforts of Caruso. Mclba. Calve. Scottt and many other internationally famous foreign singers.
 Youngest sopranos
 Miss NdDettc GuilfOrd. I years old. or New York who made her debut in a part in Rigoletto. iS one of the youngest sopranos eyer 10 come 10 the Metropolitan. Two other Ameri- can sopranos are Miss Louis Hunter. ot MiddIetoNu. Ohio. who studied in Cincinnati, and Mrs, Phardic Wills who sang various operatic roles while teaching music in the State Teachers college at kirskvlle, Mo.
 Other American newcomers are Miss Merle AIcock. also ot Missouri. and Lawrence Tihbett. Of Bakersvile. Cal. who made his concert debut in Los Angeles and won a prize at the San Francisco exposition in 1915. Miss Alcock is a solo contralto and Mr. Tibbett a baritone.
 Americans On stage The presence on the boards Of the Neropolitar's stage of Americans W ho have joined the company during tho past few years. evoked memories whou Europe held undisrulol sway there. Veteran opera -Goors recalled tho | first opening night of tho Metropolis . tan October 22, 1883, when Christine | Nilsson sang the principal rolc in 1 Faust, and Adelina Patti was singing downtown at Academy Of Music. Prom . then until the early nincties German opera and German singers held sway. During that decade artists whose rames were 10 become household rames throughout the world sang -Melha. Calve, Flames, Nordiea, Scalchi. the brothers dc Reszko. An cona. Planron. Nignas, Customary, Somhrich Homer, Reiss Scotti, Jour ney. Tremstad and others.
 And then in 1908 Caruso. tho in camc and swept all ho- toro him and shortly afterward Far TAT joined tho ranks.
 Twin stars
 These twin stars twinkled brightly in tho ansratic Armament for many years. and then came the lamentch , death nr raruso and tho retirement or rnrrur from the Metropolitan to iha courort stage. The public has not .,rlaimed their successnrs Tho roles ma,ir famous by Caruso- ghadanes, ltnu Jose ravardossi--are now being .rpg by Marineli and GiElj, whii" artar's Tosca Is being sung by J ,iiGa.
 The cost ot presenting an opera to fnr aHdieure or the Metropolitan : Opera House is almost one-third , greater ihis year than fl was the sea son before the great war. and if is nearly twice what it was two decades Bgo.
 Cost of Performances Each performance during the 24 U oelgs' season of opera this fall and
, 1923-01-07

Now that you know the anne of
the now italian cabinet, what do you
think about it?-Charlotte Observer.
, 1923-01-07
Shifting Gears
SAVING Of GAS
Don't Wait Till Last Minute on
Hill. Advise of Auto
Experts.

Here is n suggestion to motorists
Tor tho saving of gasoline. which may
be small in quantity for a single
days drive. but which will be worth
While in a years driving.
The common practice of waiting to
hift gears on hills until the car has
almost come to a stop is one OF the
aus Of waste OF small OF
gasoline each time. According to the
bureau OF public roads, this fact ia
SHOWN by tests conducted by Prof. T.
R. Age. of Iowa State college. in co.
operation with the bureau under tho
ausp ees OF the National Research
council.
The tests were made primarily 20
discover the effect of vafious kinds
OF highway ~surfac'ng material and
different grades on gasoline consump-
ton. The CONCLUSION with reference
to faulty driving Is merely incidental
to the tests. but It Is one which will
mean a small saving to every man
who drives a car IL the advice Of the
bureau is needed.
The vehicles used IN the tests were
equipped with an ingenious device
which makes n continuous record Of
the gasoline consumed as the vehicle
moves over the road, and another
which makes n simultaneous record
OF the speed at every instant. The
specially equipped vehicles. both
trucks and lighter automobiles. were
driven over the various sections. TAX.
ing the gasoline consumption records
and tho speed records. The bureau
offers this advice:
I'm ascending a hill don't walt I'M
til the last second to shift to a lower
gear. If YOU do, you will not only
lose speed ard overtsx your engine,
but YOU will also consume more Easo.
line"
With more knowledge coneernins
economic DIR wing, n considerable re-.
duct.on can be made in the 1000. 900.
600 gallons of gsooline consumed Zach
year. it is pointed out.
, 1923-01-07
'HUP PRICE REDUCTION IS
THIRD ANNOUNCED BY Co.
WITHIN YEARS ERIOD

The Hupmobile price reduction. an
nounced January /. or all models. is
the second that tho Hupp Motor Car
Corporation has made in the last six
months. and the third within a year.
The latest reductions range from S35
on the touring car, roadster. recently
announced special touring and spe-
cial roadster. to 800 on the coupe and
$40 on the sedan.
An official statement issued by the
corporation last week declares that
he price Is beir5 lowered In the face
Of rising costa many items entering
Into automobile manufacturing and Is
only possible because OF the assur.
nnce Of an oven greater Hupmobiie
business in 1923 than in 1922. when
domestic sales more than doubled
those Of any previous year.
The cost of both raw and partially
manufactured materials has Increased
steadily the last few months" the
statement says. Iron. steel and sew
eral other metals. as well as some OF
the textile products that motor car
manufacturers require. have no only
increased in cost. but Indications are
h a they VIII go still higher rather
than lower.
I'VE have perfected certain econ.
omles IN manufacturing, It is true.
but these have no. equalleI IL d,
ward trend 81 material cos.s N
Tho January / reduction makes
, 1923-01-07
INCREASE SALES,
GARDNER URGES
Profits Must Be Found in In.
creased Business. Auto
Man Ayers.

Pricing automobiles at the approx.
mate cost OF producing n marketing
n specified humble and taking profits
from the volume of business in excess
OF this quantity is a sure a to
force manufacturing economies and
larger returns. declares Russell E.
Gardner, Jr, vice president and d-
rector of sales Of tho Gardner Motor
company. Inc, st. Louis. He further
predicts that this method Of establish.
ing prices VIII be universally adopted
some day.
Sales Must Be Increased.
The automobile industry is now
well into h stage reached by every
industry, sooner or later, when costs
can not be lowered nor profit main
tained without increasing the sales
volume" Gardner asserts. every
healthy business Is built on progress
sire increases in volume. II is axio.
matte hat a business can not stand
stu; 1t either goes ahead or goes back
ward.
When h buggy and wagon bust.
ness reached the highly competitive
stage the Gardner company found
that the secret Of making profit vas
by increasing volume. In establish.
ing prices we figured the estimated
cost OF producing a certain number
OF vehicles which could be taken as
a minimum output for the new year.
This cost figure included sales. adver.
Using and administrative expense.
As in Vehicle Business.
when we entered h automobile
business we fixed prices exactly as
we did in the vehicle business. We
have made u profit solely by in
creaslng production each year. In
pricing the Gardner -Four for 1923 we
took our cost figures for this year,
made such revisions as were called
for by changed conditions and fig
ured the actual cost of producing the
same quality Of cars in 1923. This
was taken as our new price.
"our sales quota, however, is about
so e cent higher and IL we reach
this mark We shall mako a satIsfac-
tory profit out of the savings effect
ed by large volume. And we are con.
fident that we can do this"
, 1923-01-07
DENVER TIRE MAN SAYS
1928 PROMISES TO Be
GREAT YEAR FOR TRADE

M. Smith. ranch manager for
Reliy'springfield Tire company visit.
ed Casper from Denver a few days
ago. Mr.. Smith says:
An indications for 1923 point to an
exceptionally prosperous year for the
automotive trade and its allied lines.
There r now about eleven mil.
lion cars registered, and this car mar
ket Will be added to by next years.
production. which will probably ex.
coed all previous records.
The automotive industry Is now in
a generally strong financial position
and car-makers everywhere are plan.
ming to build to the limit OF their pro
duction possibilities.
Tho present congestion OF traffic.
not only in the cities but on he high
ways, has led to an extensive pro
gram for new roads in practically ell
states. with hard surface road. cars
may be used the whole year around
instead OF seasonably and with this in
mind, car builders are turning out
more closed Jobs than ever before.
"Ail this means additional trade for
h tire manufacturer whose business
will also DO distributed throughout
the twelve months instead of half
that period
w have ended the year with the
greatest volume OF business in the
history of the company. This increase
Is both In dollars n in units: so far
as the latter is concerned. the in
crease is over 100 per cent.
I'VE confidently look forward to a
substantial gain this year over that
OF 1922 and we have planned both u
sales and advertising campaigns &C
cordingly.
, 1923-01-07

pany is known as the one
which did not fail to pay a single divi-
dend on both m and preferre,l
stock. since the formation of the com.
pany in 1915. The balance sheet
shows that quick assets are sixteen
times as largo as fixed Investment
a new application of the sixteen to
one" phrase.
The officers and directors were all
re elected. Directors: NJ. o'NelI.
VIM. o'Eeil. W. Z. Fouse, T. r,
o'Neil, G. F. B~urkhardt, j. A. Die.
boldt and W. L. Becl1ey. Officers; NJ.
o'Neil, president; VIM. Omen. vice
president and general w.
f.. Fouse, secretary; w. j. Cahnl. as.
sistant secretary; Charles Herberich,
treasurer.
The General Tire & Rubber com.
pany is known as the largest Of the
independents" When It's half yearly
statement OF sales and earnings was
made. a number OF the financial ma.
.pers of the country referred to Gen.
eral as the "~Studebaker of tho Tire
Industry" Tho annual meeting eyi.
IDENTIFY cllnches the title. General
makes only pneumatic castings and
tubes, accepts no manufacturers
business for Original equipment y
and sells all of its product through
dealers scattered among tho larger
cities OF the country.
, 1923-01-07

A fact not generally known Is that
an A. A A. club contributed the fret
$4,000 for the promotion of federal
aid of highways. this contribution be-
ing made in 1908. about the time the
first agitation for federal aid was
started. Since that the A A. a. has
worked consistently for the federal
It'd n the fruition of its plans and
hopes in this connection is most graf.
flying.
The Federal Highway Act of 1879
carried an authorization OF 165 900 900
for Federal AID to highways for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. A
clause In the Agricultural Appropria-
ton Bin recently passed by the house
of representatives carries a cash ap-
preparation of $2e, 800. coo for 1924 and
obligates the government to provide
an additional ss5. 700 900 which may
be placed under contract before the
end of the fiscal year 1924 and which
may be paid out Of the treasury In the
three years following. Thuss $50 .ooo.-
900 is provided for the current fiscal
year and Ss5. 200. 900 for the fiscal
year 1924.
These sums have been recommend.
ed by the budget commissioner and
consequently have the approval of the
president and the administration.
In November 1922. congress auth
orized an appropriation of s75 900 900
for the fiscal year 1925. This amount
will not be appropriated until next
year.
, 1923-01-07
GENERAL TIRE
REPORTS GOOD
Year BALANCE

At the annual meeting of the Gen.
eral Tire and Rubber company, lust
held at Akron. Ohio, the balance sheet
and report of General Manager
O'Neil showed n condition rather un.
usual among rubber companies at
this time. because of the hard sled,
ding they have had since the col
lapse OF tho postwar boom.
For 1922, General shows earnings
Of &l.o21,7s on a sales volume of 81.
800 900. Sales were about $4,000. 900
for 1922. so that the increase in dol.
lars means a very substantial In,
crease in unit sales the difference to
be accounted for by the reductions
in prices that have been announced
from time to time through the year.
In 1929 the company's surplus was
built up from 5000. 900 to s1.121 1889.
Two years ago" said General Man,
sger O'Neil in his report. I'VE had TO
write off what were really losses due
TO the purchase of high priced ma.
terisi. on which prices declined after
we had made our contracts. All suct
materials have been used DIP, Ions
ago. Despite the fact that the price
OF crude rubber and cotton have 10
Gently mora than doubled. we are wei
covered for the advances. though we
cannot write on profits We will make
because of our buying. to compensate
for our writing off losses due to buy.
ing in the furry.
Our business has expanded remark.
ably in the past year. and our faith
In what is before us is shown by the
fact that we are now building three
factory additions that viii enable us
to practically double our output In q
month or two"
Tho General Tire & Rubber com
, 1923-01-07
FOR HEALTHY MARRIAGES

BERLIN By Mall to United Press
Germany Will take steps to avoid
physical and mental degeneration by
means of hysenic examinations before
marriage IL proposals of the Welfare
ministry are adopted. In a report
presented to the Landtag, the min.
istry points out that Germany must
take steps to insure its p~osterlty a
healthy body n mind by ieE.slatinR
proper marriage standards along hy.
gienic lines.
, 1923-01-07
Oil :: Markets !" Editorial :. Church News !. Autos ): Theaters :: ca
THE WORLD DOES MOVE
News Item Of
September 18th, 1908.

Up to the date of this writing
sixteen Buick cars have been
shipped and orders for eleven
more r now on the books.
The Buick car is one of the pure
ly American type of moderately
priced touring cars, and is a large,
roomy h~ighpowered vehicle. the
extreme length over the spring
ends being 100 inches.
, 1923-01-07

day. 1t is the last word IN ambu-
lances and is equipped with every
modern appliance fer medical atten-
ton and service. The machine viii
be in use "a hours of the day.
The name Is obtained from the tele'
phone number $50 which is the num-
, 1923-01-07
FACTS I'M FIGURES
OF the Automobile Industry for
1922

by
Alfred Reeves, General Manager
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
PRODUCTION
, 1923-01-07

today's Hupmobiie tho greatest value
we have ever offered.
Since January 1. 1921. when Hup.
mobiles were at their highest price,
reductions varying from 1870 on the
touring a and roadster TO $1016 on
the sedan have been made. In tho
Intervening two years. prices have
been lowered six other times"
, 1923-01-07
NE HUDSON
Am
FOR CASPER

A new modern. up-to-date ambulance
has been added TO the hospital equip.
ment of DR.. I. n. Frost. local ply
stefan and urgeo
The car, which is a Hudson on Il
Super-Six chassis, is said to be the
last word in comfort for the sick. Ii
was purchased recently from the T..
N, Van SAINT Agency. Casper Hudson
dealers.
, 1923-01-07
News Item Of
November 9th, 1922.

The Buick story. eliminating IN
the merchandising output of SIX.
ty-One thousand cars in the last
three months, is one of the amaz-
ing successes In the history of In.
dustrIal America.
Didn't you read about Buick
building nearly 10000 airs in 90.
tober1" the old Flint resident
asked.
, 1923-01-07
AMBULANCE AND X-RAY
ADDED TO EQUIPMENT
OF CASPER PHYSICIAN

One Of the most attractive motor
vehicles to appear on the streets OF
Casper is tlss new 1850 Ambulance
Service car. h property OF DR.. I. N.
Frost, which went into operation Fri
, 1923-01-07
A. A. A. OFFICIALS PLEASED At
FEDERAL ROAD APPROPRIATION
Fifty Million Fund for Highway Construction In
Guided in Deficiency Appropriation Bill; Or
ganization Made First Contribution.

Officials Of the American Automobile association are high
~ grathed at the action of congress in assuring federal aid
for highways for the next two years. The appropriation of
S~60,OOO,0O0 authorized by congress in November for the ifs
cal year of 1928 has been included in the deficiency appro-
priation bill recently adopted by the house Of renresentatives
New Britain herald., 1923-12-06

for MT. Sutton, manager of the crim- son basketball team.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-06
MERIT SYSTEM FOR
 GOVT. SELECTIONS
Coolidge Urged to Eradicate the : 'SpOils Policy"

Washington, Dec. 6. = President Coolidge and congress were called upon in a report of the council Of the National Civil Service Reform league, submitted to the forty-third annual convention of the league to- day, to eliminate the patronage bur dens by providing for an extension of the merit system of appointments throughout the entire government service.
 The enormous pressure of office seekers" was said by the report to have contributed to shortening the lives of half dozen presidents, in- cluding President Harding. No single measure, it was declared, could more effectively tighten the labors of the chief executive, than one which would give relief from these impor- tunities by providing other means for the selection of those in the service of the government"
 The report said that the progress of the competitive system during previous administrations was followed by "a period of comparative retrogres-
New Britain herald., 1923-12-06
"Twinsy Wbo,,e Never d.roun

Brighton, Eng.-F'or more than ten years young woman has been wheel ing her twins along the front here daily. Neighbors wondered why they never grew up. Now the secret is out. They are dolls. And they sat- lsfy. in some measure. the young woman's longing for Riddles of her own. Every day she washes their dainty dresses. Every meal, they sit in high chairs at her table. Once she was engaged to be married. She broke off her engagement when she remem- bercd VOW to remain with her widowed mother. The desire for chill dren presisted. however. and she bought tho dolls. Ever since she has lavished a mothers care upon them.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-06

with pneumoniccus or krcbBloefler bacilli. You may take those germs into your system when you handle food later in the day Then you may have pneumonia or diphthcria.
 We have no idea that handshating can be abolished now. However, some day We may get the public aroused 10 the point where Americans will adopt the Chinese system anu shake their own hands instead Of the other fellows"
 Some day, Dr. Crumbine predicts. presidents and other men prominent in public life will be relieved of standing and shaking hands for hours with admirers. Then, he says, presidents may 1.-Two longer.
 And the next step after reforming the handshake, Dr. Curumbine pays. may be the abolition Of door knobs, farorite lurking place Of disease germs.
 ''rhe door knobs" he declares may become, as we grow more in- telligent in manners Of health. as ex- tinct as the dodo bird"
New Britain herald., 1923-12-06

auum
 Football Safely-Hecause He Uses
 A BROOKS APPLIANCE
 Just because you are unfortunate in being ruptured is no good reason why you should not freely engage in every form of athletic sport, dancing, skat- ing and all amusements.
 A Brooks Appliance will hold firmly yet with perfect comfort at all times and under all conditions. There are no hard pads nor springs of any kind about a Brooks Appliance. 4 soit, pllable rubber air cushion is so shaped as to firmly cling to the body and hold the rupture back just as you would do with the pressure Of your hand.
 The percentage of permanent cures that the Brooks Appliance makes IS astonishingly great Over 21,o00 pea- -ple--all ages, men, women and chl- dren, new cases and old-have given written testimony of cures.
 A FREE TRIAL Is always allowed. Do not be deceived hy commercials and so-called Brooks Model" Look always for the trade mark and sigma. ture of c. E. Brooks in gold upon every genuine Appliance.
 The success of the Brooks is due to a secret that truss makers have never discovered, so shun limitations if you expect satisfaction.
 Fill out coupon and mail TODAY. Tomorrow will do, but today is better.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-06
BIG FREIGHT IDADINGS. Million Cars a Week h Record Since
 March 10.

Washington. Dec. 6.--Loading of revenue freight has averaged more than a million cars a week since March 10, totalling 3s,0oS,533 between that date and November 24, and the car service division of the American Railway association estimated today that the 1928 total would exceed 5O,- 6O0.000 cars and establish a new high record.
 Loadings for the week whoch end- ed November 2i totalled 99o,el7 cars an increase of 43.5T5 over the cor responding week last year, and of sie,752 over tho corresponding week fin 1921. The weeks total. however, was l,52S cars less than loaded in the preceding week.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-06

sion under President Wilson'S and that the retrograde movement was not fully arrested when President Harding assumed office" The prac- tice of the post office department, un- der both administrations, Of submit ting eligible lists established by the civil service commission for postmas- ters to members of congress and local politicians for recommen- dations as to whom among the first three should be selected for appoint mcnt" was severely condemned.
 The SpoiIs system
 Under the provisions of statutes passed by the congress during the previous administration, the report continued. wholesale appointments have been made on a strictly spells basis in various departments and bureaus. Tn the internal revenue service and certain branches of the customs service, in the vetera es bu- reau, in the shipping board and es- pecially in the prohibition enforce ment bureau, politics has played an important and injurious part.
 1feSl0enl tOOlidge mas rare Op- portunity to eradicate once and for all the vicious and degrading influence of partisan nolitics from the admin istration of all the bureaus and dv- partment5 under his control, excepting where statutory exemptions are in force He has told us that he is in thorough sympathy with our aims and objects; that he finds the existence of our organization most encouraging and that he regards Us as the police of the civil service system. We trust that he will take adequate steps to correct many of the existing evils and we pledge him our wholehes'ted sup port in the undertaking
 Renewed Criticisms
 Tho report renewed the leagues criticisms of the bureau Of engraving and printing dismigsais under the Harding administration, and it's de- mands for explanations. Secretary Work was condemned for removal Of A. P. Davis as director of reclamation, which the report said demonstrated MT. Works utter disregard of the merit system and the letter and spirit Of the civil service law"
 The federal personnel classification
New Britain herald., 1923-12-06
Kansas City, Mo.--If

Kansas City. Mo.--If you MUST shake hands
 Be careful to wash them before eat. ing.
 This is the advice of Dr. $. ]. Crum. bine, former secretary Of the Kansas state board Of health, and now head Of a national campaign by the Amerl. can Child Health association to pre- vent the spread of disease by hand shaking.
 The campaign is not 10 be directed against handshaking itself. That would be too muchc to expect from the American public-iust yet. But doc tors say they can and will educate tho public to the point where persons will wash their hands after the customary American greeting-at least before meals.
 Disease Germs
 When you shake hands with an- other person." says Dr. Crumbine, who won fame through his campaigns against the public drinking cups, roll CT towels and swat the fly" propa- ganda, "his hands may be covered