New Britain herald., 1924-01-28
PRACTICAL SENTIMENT

l Two items in tue news suggest com ment, There will bs Il special meet ing of the common council Wednesday evening to act on the mayors veto
 of the action taken on salaries and to discuss the mayors proposed ap- peal in the matter of trolley fare lh-
 crease. This is the first item. The
 second is that there will be meeting
 of former mayors, called at the insti-
 gation of the present incumbent, to
 discuss the sentimental matter of the
 arrangement in his office of the
 photographs of former mayors of New
 Britain.
 The casual person will read the two
 items and separate them immediately
 as a practical matter and a senti-
 mental one. So, too, would the casual
 person conceive the dreams Of the musician out of which comes a bean- tiful song, as sentimental dreams scarcely worth considering. But the reducing of that song to paper, the publishing of it and the receiving Of returns, in cash, from that published song would become, to the casual per son. q practical matter immediately especially were the returns to amount to a sum equal 10 the profits received from "Yos, We Have No Bananas" And this song. incidentally, was not the result of glorious dreams of great musician, but the fact remains that 1t, like many other popular songs, could not come from a mind oblivious to dreams. nevertheless.
 The matters 10 be discussed at this special meeting are. indeed, practical ones. Pare increases affect many Of fine people throughout the state. They are here referred 10, however, only as representing practical matters that come before members uf the common council continually they are practical matters in the decision Of which there should be the sort Of foresight that comes often from con- ditions in the mind not unlike the sentimental dreams Of the composers of great musical masterpieces; that comes from minds which unconscious ly. if you will, are affected by the sentiment that takes an interest in just how the photographs of former mayors of this city should be placed.
 In reading over the names of the living former mayors of this city, the same casual person may feel sdmira- tion for some. esteem: may express praise for their former activities. gshers may smile and insist there was nothing inspiring about them. Ii will be remembered that while great men or fine past were living-and there is no intention here to stamp any or all DT fbe men iHEHil1HSN ds 5i@at the mention of their names. too. did not inspire tremendous emotion. The point is that the practical sentiment which should come from the cOnnec- lion of these two news items. is not reused by fhe names, but rather by the thought that what men who are . living and in official positions do to- day win stamp them for all time. in- deciding practical matters such as this . affair of salaries. or the matter Of trol- i .ey rates. there should be felt and l shown tendency to look ali all sides 1f the questions. a determination to 10 nothing unWise dictated by petit ness: conviction that our officieis' fntr IS to decide the best lining for he people with due considerstion for Inc rights of those whose interests serrn 10 be. at fHf moment opposed a fhe interests nf tFe people
 The most wonderful characteristic