New Britain herald., 1924-08-09

their eyes in another diTseIien, But ss fear art students never set ems bsTTssssd,
 Band concerts in the parki Il Is g Wednesday evening. BaHdsmen defy the hot westheri keep coats eHi bles horns like slassblewsTs. Director swings baton like seusa. Effect, how ever, is not quite the same, Music IS good, thought people keep time 10 1t and talk lsss-bnt continue talking, All kinds and conditions of listeners speeehifying and leEemaking Is In g languages Kids run about but are discouraged from getting tee near the bshdstand by . hunjy ean-=aii cops on duty are burly, when they are st home with wives around they are meek, Band plays popular tunes; immense applause, Band plays Italian opera still immense applause. folks applaud on general principles, Crowd sprawls around on grass or stands up-nothing else to do, as bandsiand has no rows of seats around ii, as handstand ought 10 have, Wonder where the handsmen practice on their instruments without being jailed for disturbing the peace.
 On West Main. eity's main speed way. Autos race intermittsntiy. close behind one another. Come down hills at "breakneck" spesd--that is. some of them. Thirty miles an hour com mon; forty not unknown. Grumbling by careful drivers: they wonder why speed laws are not enforced In city. Believe police court could shake down a pretty penny by shaking down West Main street speeders
 Public library in summer is right on the job. Plenty of folks seen heading toward and from 1t with books under arms. Youth is in ma jority. Library is we'll managed plenty of books and efficiently kept before the public through publicity in Herald. All good new issues find places on the shelves. Library build ing is one of prettiest in the state for a city this size: and Is enhanced by an location.
 Hubby goes shopping with wife; he | is taken along 10 look after youngster. | He is accustomed to playing nurse. | Grabs youngsters hand and starts | forth cheerfully Wife dives into de- partment store in search of what the | Id described the day before. Tries 10 locate department desired. but sets up a howl; kid doesn't | want to move an inch until daddy | ouys toy cart hanging nearby. Daddy md Mamma hate public scenes; hreaten offspring with corporal cor .ection if he isn't good; youngster loesn't mind threat, has heard them before. Continues yelling for cart. Daddy promises to buy it later, on way out. Youngster scents trickery ind continues to shout. Saleslady hinks it funny and laughs; so do ome others. Daddy feels embar- 'ased; he wonders If he once was like hat, or whether such obstinacy was from his better half; con- ludes the better half to blame. famma moves forwards: so does dad y, dragging youngster and finally icks him up. Young hopeful ceases then sees tricycle.; ,ants 1t; immediately howls some nore then daddy resolutely passes it y. Finally arrive at department ma Ia was looking for. She inquires of Jerk regarding article she wanted. Jerk is wrapping up the last one in tock for lady standing nearby. who
 minute before had purchased 1t. lama turns to daddy and says if 1t T adn't been for the delay caused by tile Jimmy's yells she would have cen in time to get the last one in -ock Lady overhears it and smiles, you see," nearby lady says. T left ! ,y hubby and child at home"
  Housewife in an outlying section f rites an Important" letter at ' p. m. ! els hubby it should be mailed that ight. Hubby is wise to the postal f rstem and informs her mail isn't col \ ,cted from the letter box on the cor c CT at night.
 Wife Is sadly peeved, but doesn't e elieve hubby. as usual. Sends e ,ughter Maude to the letter box to il scertain hours of collection. Maude II turns, saying the box says mail is il ,llected at 9:30 a. m. and 3:s0 p. m. d o collection on Sunday and an af- c rnoon collection on holidays. And is happened to be Saturday night. e "Put that letter in the box and 1t " ont get out of town and on it's way o ltil Monday" chirps the "1-told- U ,u-so" hubby. He gets frown for s psins Letter is addressed to F ainville, wife says. "1t won't get Il