New Britain herald., 1923-08-11
THE OBSER YER
Makes Random Observations
On the City and Its People

On counting one, two with the arm
held straight, swing forward slowly Q
that the weight of your body is grad
ually but not violently brought t
bear upon the patient. This actiol
takes from two to three seconds. Keel
the patient warm and do not give an,
liquids until he is fully recovered
consciousness.
But If person in the water keep
his or her presence Of mind and Il
not Jcramped up. there is no neSd o
sinking at all. If anyone in the waite
will keep the lungs full of air, breath
ing as infrequently as possible, ant
then only at rare intervals and yer,
quickly. such persons can float as Ions
as he or she wishes. That is the
secret of floating. and keeping thu
lungs full OF air helps the person
learning to swim. The principle II
clear-make an air balloon of your.
self and you won't sink, using the
water, II necessary, as you would use
a table or chair to support yourself
by pushing on the water. Only, OF
course, as the water is not as solid
as the chair or table, you have to
keep pushing on 1t over and over
again. And, in floating, never try to
stick your head and shoulders UP out
of the water. Just lie down in II
with chest thrown upward and ex-
banded by air--you cant sink.
You cannot be a big balloon
That's not the way you're made,
But you can fill your lungs with air
And lie back, unafraid.
AS long as that small nose of yours
Sticks upward from the deep.
You're quite as safe from drown
ing as
You'd be in bed. asleep. e
Two men were sitting in the sr1nok-
ing car one was a resident of New
York city, evidently; the other a citi-
zen of New Britain. They were dis
cussing whether New York or New
Britain was the better place to live in.
They sat directly behind the Observer
and as the conversation was not per-
sonal there would seem to be no i'm
propriety in summarizing the result
of their discussion. Moreover they
were apparently typical of the ordi-
nary good citizen" Neither was at
the top or the bottom of lifes ladder;
neither very wealthy or very poor, and
both seemed to be democratic In their
ideas. They were working men" In
the sense that each had his daily
duties to perform; each had to live
on what he himself made. 1t was a
between moderate men.
each having his opinion, but each
willing to hear the arguments of the
other. Although the statements made
by each did not emphasize the points
which struck the Observer, and al
though neither might recognize the
following summary of their discus
sion, this is what the argument de-
The New Yorker worked for
large concern. He had never seen, in
his years of labor, the person who was
the real head of the corporation. He
knew nothing of what sort of man he
was. He liked his work and was sat
isfied with his pay. For his pleasure
and the pleasure of his family there
we're SO many attractions that 1t was
hard to remain at home especially In
The summer; and it was difficult to
decide which place of entertainment
% go to. He did not know the loca-
ion of the homes Of any of the people
who worked with him, and he had
little chance to see any of them out
side the company building. Yet he
praised New York as so much was
going on" there. The stores he and
lis family patronized catered to people
ike himself, and he had never been
n the shops in which, he supposed,
lis employer traded. Going to and
rom work he saw only those who
vent to work at his hour, and he had
10 time to spend looking 'em over"
Lfter working hours, for they moved |
n part of the city he never visited.
The New Britain man knew per-
onally every man with whom he |
worked. and he and his family often |
dropped in" at their homes and |
hey dropped in" upon him and his
amily. He saw the head of his cor
'oration practically every day, if not
n the building, at least on the street