New Britain herald., 1924-08-16
1.-THE OBSER VER-
Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People

The bicycle industry continues i'm.
 porianl, The machines are sold to a
 greater extent in small towns than in
 large ones, according to the trade
 journals, This is due 10 the fact that
 they come in handy for almost all
 kinds of uses in the small towns, the distances not as a rule being too great
 to tire out the pedalers, Thousands of men in the small towns use them
 to go to and from work; when all is
 said and done, they are very con,
 'enlent for this purneS.
 ts
 Stage performances in New Britain are not hlndered in one important particular Girls who earn their sal- aries hy disporting their charms don't have to hide them in old-style tights. Rare legs are entirely proper in this eultnred community; nobody loses their morals hy beholding the classic contour Of beauty between shinbone and hips.
 Strange as 1t may seem. some VII. laees object to this display of the human form. In Boston. for instance, every once in a while the mayor gets into print by denying 10 some girl show the inallenable right to show their stuff, Sounds ridiculous from 'his distance, especially as 1t is gen orally known that the morals Of the Back Bay and other parts of bean town are no higher than the worst in my other well-governed municipality.
 There was q time within the mem- 'ry of local theatergoers when tight ess legs" were entirely unknown on Inc American stage; but they will also ldmit that there were carryings on ermitted--elsewhere are not | illowed today. The old days on the | tage were worse morally than today, | lsepite the fact that the neither ex- | remities were covered with f1lmsy rod | ights-sometimes other colors. but | mostly red.
 The bare-leggcd vogue started fin he Winter Garden, New York, about , or Is years ago, 1t is said in thea rical circles The style rapidly bread, until today bare legs are as much part of shows containing girls s are the back drops 10 the scenery
 We admire the Victor talking ma hine company; not because they are ood advertisers as cynic might aspect, but because they keep right it during the dull summer and give he radio industry something to think bout
 Yet the Victor company, to my nowledge. has not ever directly ad ertised in a manner to indicate it onsidered itself competing with ra- To sets and the manufacturers of ich contraptions. The Victor com- any goes right ahead minding its wn business and calling attention to wares, and as a result maintains monograph music as prominent lctor in the life of the people. For
 is scarcely disputable that without le strong advertising campaign that le Victor people have followed, othing like the present wide use of records would have been kelly; and it is entirely probable that :. ie radio would have been greater :, 'mpetitor in providing home music a ian it really is. - The company has advertised occa- :, onally that with its music one can |, sar any piece one cares for at any u ne; and that is as near as the com- 1 my has come to indicating the periority of the phonograph over e radio It is probable that large :, lmber of people will always regard ,, e photograph favorably from the v, ct that constant repetition of music ', at is liked is possible. We don't u ink there is a ghost of chance for z. e radio to displace the pbonograph; l., l., .houSh that isn't saying anything !" ainst the popularity of radio receiv- '. 2 sets. Both sets and phonogra phs ' II continue to go strong; but the o' int made is that the photograph is u'
 the running and with an aggres- e company like the Victor as the It ckbone of the business, incidentally Cd lping all other phonograph con pi ms indirectly, it will continue to sr Id its own. th Male Pacfists Are Duo-Se Says IA entist." This alluring heading to ls' article from the American Defense UT ,iety was of a sort to induce a care ra
 reading, to wit: be According to Prof. Usam Ercan, ar ,ifism is a subconscous feminine npleX, state of mind arising from 1istaste for the male of the same e. The woman pacifists purpose to tn aken the warlike qualities of the of les so that another race will con- by .r them and afford more agreeable. fic norc dominating, companionship to tn
 pscifist females. He instances pu jan wives contented as the concu- of