New Britain herald., 1924-10-04
Can somebody toll us when--

will be relievedf
 The Hartford High school will stop raising cries of foul play upon being beaten by the team from N. B. H. s.?
 Comedians on Hartford vaude. ville stages will stop "razzing" thi, lefty?
 Barber shops will be patronized D, linen only?
 Restaurant chefs viii put chicken in the chicken" soups?
 Static will be eliminated?
 The old folks will stop banning the young uns?
 Something will be done about the Main street railroad crossing?
 Imbecile drivers will stop trying to beat trains to the crossings?
 They'll decide whether or not communication was established with Mars?
 Long dresses are coming back?
 The Prince of Wales is going to get married? +>
 Gasoline will sell for 10 cents . gallon?
 The oil scandal will be settled? Jay walkers will snap out of 1t? Drunken drivers will ditto? Then, and only then, will the millenium have arrived. You know, the lamb and lion stuff.
 That same songs never grow old is more than mere saying, is proven by a monthly catalog issued by a prominent concern which makes talking machine records.
 The list issued for October 1, 1S2L among the latest song hits also in- cludes many that were popular in earlier generations. That old time thriller "The mad scene from Lucia Di Lammermoor," again comes into popularity. The old time violin fav- orites Flower Song" and Hearts and Flowers" again are found on the shelves as are the famous marches American Patrol" Up the Street." Washington Post March," while a new selection contains a strain from Sally in Our Alley"
 Mid the Green Fields of yir- ginia," and "The Girl Loved in Sunny Tennessee" favorites of a generation ago, the latter selection by the same composer as After the Ball." again have made their ap- pearance.
 Two waltzes popular for years are listed, "Estudiantina," and Car mena." Among the religious selec- tions one finds God Will Take Care of You" T Would be Like Jesus" Lead Kindly Light" 70 Come, All Ye Faithful" Come, Thou AL mighty King" Holy, Holy, Holy"
 This is the day of the politician. There are tall politicians and short ones thin and fat, all shapes, sizes and colors. There is the big politi- clans with a voice like a peanut whistle and the little shriveled up politician whose tones are like a broadside from a battleship. There are politicians who think politicians who think they think and politicians who think the people think they think. There are politicians whose facts are as scarce as plums in a plum pudding made in commercial quantities. There are politicians who have no facts at all. Then there are those who can quote facts like machine gun bullets, so many that the audience loses 99 per cent of them. There are politicians who tell the truth and politicians who favor your opponent. There is the handshaking politician with a grip like a wise and the conservative, dif- ferent novice who passes out some- thing which feels like a dead fish and calls 1t a hearty greeting. There are Republican politicians shouting 1 for La Toilette and Demo ocratic poll ticians who will vote for Coolidge and independent politicians who will vote for Davis.
 This is the day of the politician and the night, too.
 While many miles removed from l the scene, the Observer heartily lends whatever small influence he has to the appeal of the Bristol fre- men for the adoption of a two- platoon system fin that city. A glance back over this column will convince the reader that this is no new attitude, because the Observer spoke openly in favor of introduc- ing the system in New Britain seV- eral years ago.
 Judging solely from externals, the life of a fireman consists mainly of sitting down playing cards and re- spending to an alarm occasionally. But this picture does not tell half the story. A fireman Is entitled to live as other people live. If he is married, he should be permitted to spend part of his time with his wife and children. If he is not married, he should be allowed regular time for indulging in those restful and recreative activities in which young men indulge. In other words, he should have time for work and time for play, as other human beings nave. Slavery ended with the close of the Civil War.
 The people of Bristol must realize that they are backward in not in- stRlling a two-platoon system before this. The Bristol fire department is manned by competent men, who will not shrink from the duty of smash. ing their way through smoke and flame when human life or property are at stake. They are loyal to their calling and a pride to the city in whose employ they are.
 The Bristol fire commission favorv the two-platoon system. The respon.