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New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
\ MODERN SURVIVAL OF 4 PRIMITIVE CUSTOM

How far beyond the aboriginal customs of the primitive red men We are is nearly forgotten until a story Of the burying alive of an in- fant with its mother after the latter had died, pops up in the public press.
 Coming so soon after the news papers carried stories of the murder of girl babies in the frozen north, the story from Colorado added an additional shock to a frequently too complacent civilization.
 The systematic and cruel elimina- ton of unwanted girl babies was part of the rites and customs Of barbarous mankind the world over We hold up our hands in horror but the ancestors of the white races 20 or 30 or 40 thousand years agt were doing this horrible thing witl sickening regularity.
 But civilized mankind has reached a better day, and he has eradicatet infanticiae from the domestic curri eula of natives wherever he ha been in contact with them. It is fo this reason that such an occurrence in continental United States at sucl a late day creates such consterna tion.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
25 Years Ago Today
From Paper of That Date

George Crowley, who is studying veterinary surgery, read in last nights Herald of the birth and death of freak calf in Windsor and went there this morning, se- curing the body from its owner, Oliver Antrim. MT. Crowley will have it stuffed and will present It to a school at Toronto. The animal had a bulldogs head.
 Looking like a veteran in the business, Chief Rawlings made his first capture today. It was three- year-old girl whom the chief found wandering about in Central park The child's parents were notified and took her home from the police station, whither the new chief had carried her.
 l.. D. Penfield is in Boston attend ing the convention of the Pilgrim Fathers.
 Ex-state Councillor Thompson and number from New Britain lodge visited Unity council, o. U. A. M. in southington last night.
 It is stated that l.. S. Reynal ot the American Paper Goods Co. ha: purchased the Samuel Harper
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
Observations On The Weather

Washington. April 2.-Forecast for southern New England: Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and Friday Little change in temperature, moder- ate northeast and north winds.
 Forecast for eastern New York: Cloudy on the coast and partly cloudy in the interior tonight and probably Friday; not much change in temperatures; moderate northeast and north winds.
 Conditions: A slight disturbance central over Virginia is causing cloudy weather with light. local showers on the middle and north Atlantic coasts. 4 well defined storm area central over western Kansas is causing general rains from 1 Colorado eastward to Missouri. Plesant weather prevails in the upper Mississippi valley and west portion of the lake region. The l temperature is about normal in the northern districts. Frosts were re. ported as far south as Tennessee.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity unsettled weather and not mucf change in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

ton of such lines. Repercussions In the Legislature therefore are scarec- ly to be avoided. It is believed probable that the Reddin bill will not get very far in the Legislature, but the incident should be one in- dicatlng to the P, U. c. that more liberal interpretation of the law is most desirable. especially where applications arc made to establish more direct and shorter lines be- tween points
 When permission to establish a moro direct and quicker line Is re- fused, it is in effect denial Of tho welfare and convenience Of the pub lie. ono of the very things that the law interpreted by the r. r. C. is expected to conserve.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
A DISASTROUS BUILDING
 PROJECT

Summary action of Building h. spector Hennessy in ordering the tearing down of a three-story brick apartment house on Church street when it foundations were under mined by water relieves him of further responsibility as to what may happen.
 Construction of houses believed in danger of topping over cannot be permitted, that is certain. The office of building inspector exists for the very purpose of guarding against such possibility.
 If conditions are as serious as claimed the building inspectors ac- ton appears sound.
 It is rcgrettable that such a large building operation has such an un- usual turn of ill-luck. The monetary loss will undoubtedly be serious but loss of life must be avoided at all costs.
 It is q case where condolences to the builder are in order. There probably was no intentional negli- gence shown anywhere, simply a lack of foresight as to the under mining effects of water It is no un- common thing to have water gather about a newly built wall or in a eel lar But it just happened in his case the result has been disastrous.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
property on Grove hill.

property on Grove hill.
 William Middlemaes brought bac, a string of 26 trout as the resul of several hours fishing in Povert! Hollow brook yesterday. He seen to have had the best luck of an local nirnrod. for many. who names are omitted by request, cal home with baskets empty.
 Chaunoey Olcott will play at u Russwin Lyceum this evening in h! new play, "A Romance of Athlone. H will sing his new songs, Man, Years Ago." wen Down 1t in th' Bowl" "Olcott's Lullaby" "Th' Irish Swell" and My Wild Irlsl Rose.",
 Charles Bradley, N. B. H. S., 'o2 has left school to take a position with the Central Railway and Flee tric Co. In Bradley the sophomore lose their class treasurer and bas ketball captain.
 The high school baseball teau lineup is expected to be as fol lows: Price catcher, Smith Capt. pitcher. Prindle or Molumphy frs base, Upson second base, Arer' third base, Sahrbacher shortsto' Brady center field, McEnroe lc field. Prior right field. Richard Schaefer has resigned teacher at the German scho' Mrs. Jacob Maumgaertner has bN elected to succeed him.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
WHERE BUS AND TROLLEY
 COMPANIES JOIN

Established bus lines do not want unregulated competition any more than the Connecticut company. This became apparent at the hear ing in Hartford on Senator Reddin's bill to forbid the Pubic Utilities Commission to deny a certificate of public convenience to motor busses when an existing transportation line already exists.
 To get at the bottom of the req son why the Legislature in the first place ever passed a law protecting the Connecticut company from bus competition, we need only 10 listen 10 Attorney E. M Day for the com pany. The Legislature realized that numerous cities and towns depend ed upon the trolley company and that the welfare Of these communi- ties demanded that the trolley com pany be guarded from competition that might prevent it from serving such communities. If the company suffered, the communities would
 suffer, he said. The law, he said
 was based on the principle that
 where capital Is invested in a rail.
 road others should not be permitted
 to compete with it unless public
 convenience and necessity demand
 ed it. To have permitted such com
 petition, he said, would have pu
 the trolley company out of business
 and hurt the communities served.
 Attorney H. R. Jones, represent
 ing the Connecticut Bus association
 agreed with Mr. Day regarding th'
 Roddin bill 10 permit establishment I Of more jttn"y lines, claiming
 would hurt the bus companies a
 much as the Connecticut company
 The Manufacturers association, rep resented by c. L, Ineeon, also op
 posed the bill on the ground would permit "fy by night" bu lines.
 It is clear that the Bridgepor , senator presented his bill as an an tidote for numerous decisions c the Public Utilities Commission de } nying the establishment of 6us line [ that were petitioned for by repu [ table citizens. One of the most re l cent was the refusal to permit tn = extension of the Simsbury-Bristt t bus line to Sound resorts so as | give the public more direct an ] quicker service to the Sound. Pull a lie opinion. undoubtedly has bee | inclined to regard the r. L. C.
 ovssaoing the right to deny ope-j
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
Dcl,orlcI

By R. F. Alexander I'm bad, l am - don't git too
 near.
 I'm hydrophoby when I bite! It was me piled tn Rockies Up I'll mebby take 'em down t'night, Y see tn notches in that gun Ev'ry week another one! "Ain't there no raw meat in
 house?
 This steak Is cooked {:
 away! Bring somethin on tn hoof
 Bells; eat it bloody! Hip! Hoora Coffee - f'r me! Gimme that r;... O gasoline. Me - I'm a man. Jus watch me grab tn Panhandle N swing ol' Texas! Tip. Yipee! Grizzly crossed with rattlesnake, w more'n half mustang - that's me!
 I'll ride twister fir y - Now! Lightnin' tickles me--Yee-ow! "rm wild Ouch! Mother, don't do that! Aw, mother. can't y take a joke? Honest, never done thing I'll pay f'r anything I broke. Ow! That's my ear y got. I know! I'm goin' right away! Le' go!"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
4 SOLOMON SENTENCES A CROUCH TO SMILE

uhotAh Io SMtiAE
 Ever since Solomon made his famous decisions which have rever- berated down the corridors of time as the quintessence of judicial and sympathetic understanding Of hu. man nature, less famous judges have attempted to emulate him,
 They rarely succeed; but the judge in New York who ordered grouchy prisoner to smile three times a day in future - morning, noon and night so that he would become q it companion to his wife and infant son, is entitled 10 a wreath from the garland of Solo mon.
 This grouchy individual who has been ordered to smile and stay young, unfortunately is not the only grouch who needs such advice. It Is remarkable to note the total of grouChiness in the world; it is not exaggcrating to say that the lament able grouch Is found in every block in every city. Why this should be go in the goth century, in which the average man lives with greater conveniences than kings did at the time of Solomon, is hard to under stand.
 Here is man who had wife and infant son. What man but one with a boll-weevil mind can be a grouch in the presence of an infant son? Usually that is the supreme time in a mans life, when he is any thing but a grouch, for If by na' ture inclined to be this way the in clination at least temporarily glve' way to inordinate parental pride Perhaps this man had to walk tho floor at night with the infant, anc thereby cultivated grouch; but even this Is something that tho average fond father regards as sacrifice in a good cause.
 There is nothing as cheap as smile and nothing that pays suci big dividends to both giver and re ceiver. The store clerk who pre- sides behind the counter of her bos and cultivates the stony, icy starr as customers hand over their hard earned money is heavy liability t' the establishment employing her @ him; the merchant who fails t' smile when a customer speaks hi mind about a fancied or real grieV ance will lose the customer In tn future, whereas a smile and an em broidery of persifage will smootl over the wrinkles and retain goo' will and the customer.
 The man who grunts a greeting when meeting a friend, instead 0 indulging in the elixir of con tagious smile, need not be sur prised if the friend gradually be comes a Mere acquaintance,
 A good smile, on tap all the time is the keynote of a pleasant per sonaltty. And very few of us ca get very far in this world-especial lv in the estimation of people wort knowing and whose friendship worth having without the per sonality that radiatcs cheerfunes' helpfuIness and happiness,
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
Fun shop Movies
Souls Of Steel

Reel l
 A busy street corner in great city. Tom Fletcher. face little drawn. is searching his pockets with the hopeless expression of one who already knows the worst. He apologetically approaches John Morganfeller fur-coated in his limousine.
 Reel
 Fletcher: Beg pardon, Sir but could you"
 Morganfeller: "All my charity must go through the regular chan neis, Apply 10 my chief disburser' Room 1i6, National Bank build ing. and if your case is worthy-not another word. please" Reel 3
 A pawnshop. With trembling hands Fletcher purchases a revol' yer
 Reel 4 l Comes night, with its flickerinl shadows. J. P. Astorbilt finds him. self looking into the wavering mug gle of Fletcher's A.
 Fletcher: stick 'em up!" Aytorbilt: They're up. hav' very little money on me. T."
 Fletcher: Shut up! All day I'v' tried to ask little favor of yot heartless cliff dwellers, but not on' so far has even heard me out. Nov you've got to come across. Gimm' a match, darn you."
 "A. H. Hughes.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
PINCHOT TO BATTLE KEYSTONE MACHINE

chine In Pennsylvania had the state copper-rivcted. air-tight, sealed and ready for delivery. When the Bull Moose ran wild behind the leader ship of Colonel Roosevelt the ma chine lost its grip slightly, but sue ceeded in keeping Philadelphia for Taft the only large city to yield majority to the corpulent candi- date. But that slip was only tenn porary; Pennsylvania was one of the first states to return to the folds of first class Republicanism.
 But with Penrose gone, and the Ware machine not what 1t used to be, Pennsylvania politics have be- come decidedly more colorful. If anyone doubts Pennsylvania is con- sderably anti prohibition, he has never been in Philadelphia or Pitts burgh, or Harrisburg, or any of the other Hive towns" that lie in the states multitudinous valleys. Yet the state has Clifford Pinchot as its governor - a bone dry chief execu- tive of vigor and sincerity. And now he is grooming himself to run for the U. s. Senate on a sahara platform, his wife at the same time to run for the lower house of Con- gress on the wings of similar bat tie cry.
 If Governor Pinchot is nominated at the primaries it will be because of a three-cornered fight, the other two corners being Senator George ". Pepper and Representative Will liam s, Ware. Mir. Pepper Is keen to be renominated and reelected, while Mir. Ware, of Ware brothers machine-rule fame, is likewise 
 anxious for the senatorial toga' These contenders are expected to split the machine vote, leaving 10 Governor Pinchot the remainder
 In Pennsylvania, a Republican nomination is as good as being
 e,ected. If Governor Pinchot can keen the machine divided, 1t VIII
 matter nothing whether their com hined vote is larger than his own SD long as the vote of neither IS greater than the Pinchot total.
 If Governor Pinchot runs against
 either Senator Pepper or Repre- sentative Ware alone, he would have
 small chance of winning the nomt-
 because of the opportunity present.
 nation; indeed, he wouldn't run un-
 der such circumstances. It is only
 ed itself by the split in the Republi- can forces that Governor Pinchot will accept the role Of au opportun- ist and ride to the Senate.
 But that isn't all. If Governor Pinchot turns into a senator. his friends say he would be "formid' able" contestant for the Republican 5 nomination as President in 1928 When he rode in the inaugura
 parade in Washington last month he was abreast Of "spiriteG { charger" wore a cowboy hat, anC 2 looked like Roosevelt, Naturally, h' S made big hit with the crowd' n along the route. From this 1t can b' = seen that the willy governor know t how to put himself across. And l : can be safely concluded that am q governor who dresses himself like - cowboy, initiates Roosevelt, an' - rides a spirited charger in n parade has high political ambitions g Toting an old sap bucket or pitch y Ing hay is no particular improve d ment.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

We note from the Boston Herald that someone in Berlin advertises for A translator who can put into Ger man technical translations from English, French, Spanish. Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian Danish, Polish Russian, Hungarian Czecho- -Slovakian. Italian. Indian. Japanese and Chinese. But Elihu Burritt, the lsagned blacksmith, IS dead.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

in getting her class to distinguish between the word "Nlies' and the abbreviation Mrs"
 After explaining the construction of the words carefully, she asked. Now, Jimmy, what is the difference between Miss and Mrs.?"
 "Mr." replied Jimmy. Mary J. Dorsey
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
The Trickey Triolet Counter
The Contractor Speaker

The Contractor Speaker I'll tell the world I loved her lots, That maiden sweet who's now my
 frau; With candy, flowers, and all hots I wooed her, for I loved her lots; I promised her fine clothes and
 yachts, To love her always took a VOW. I'll tell the world loved her lots And I've got buildings on them now. Russell Nelson.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
The E,ditnr,s Gossip Shop

My. what a following Wild Willie Roguish Rollo. and ProvoKins Polly have!
 The greeting our eang got from you was surprising even to us' Popular? Say, Willie says he's 50 inspired he'll show up. Rolla and Polly! But believe us, One girl like Polly can make two fellows Ike Willie and Rollo go some.
 Tn behalf of the gang, we thank you for your reception, and hope youll keep our mailbag filled with mirth quite in the same vein as has been presented and will be present. ed under the titles of Wild Willies, Provoking Polly. and ROguish Rol- 10.
 Scientists are baffled by the problem of how much hRlitosis there is in a bushel of onions.
 4 Classy Answer. The teacher pas having difficulty
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

On whom is. the class in public speaking at the Y. M. c. A. going to practice? Or will it be necessary 10 pay an audience to hear the prac- tice?
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

It's a queer civilization that per fleets amplifiers for sound waves and no mufflers.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

The Massachusetts legislature sug- gests a house cleaning" in the gas oline business. The price in Massa- chusetts is lower than in Connect- cut.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Birds are wise. They build a new house every spring instead of car rying out the furnace ashes.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
He Knew

Dennis: How was the vacuum- cleaner invented?"
 Lawrence: By watching flap per suck soda through a straw" Gertrude.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
FactsandFancies'
 ny ROBERT uuILI.EN

A war isn't, over until the bonds get back to par,
 It isn't really authority that peo- pie respect, but only their own hides. ..s
 Travel may broaden you. but it gets you frightfully mixed about parking rules.
 The World Court won't be need ed If we can have little more world courting. What the world needs is an in- ternational devastated area to re- main as q reminder,
 The chiet objection 10 husbands that leave home Is that they leave little else.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

It is to be hoped that the treaties with South American countries being proposed are better than the erst- while Bryan article.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
COMMUNICATED
An Example on the Use of S.2O.

New Britain Conn., April 2. 1925. To the Editor of New Britain Herald Dear Sir
 Seeing no chance for public demonstration, I offer my correction Of the old method and the accuracy of mine.
 AS 3.1416 represents the circum- ference and 1 the diameter, what per cent of the former IS the latter Example:
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
Mcmher of the Assoclntcd Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively en. titled to tho use for republication Of al news credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local Rews published herein.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
The Future NH Tel

Fresh young man (enterlng bar. Der shop with air of importance): |: How long will l. have 10 walt Cor a shaver"
 Barber: From the looks of your face, about two years"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
rcmbcr AuAit nurcnu of Circulation

The A, B. C. is national organization which furnishes newspapers and sdyer- tlsers with strictly honest analysis of circulation. Our circulation statistics are based upon thls audit. This insures protection against fraud In newspaper distribution figures to both national and local advertisers,
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
Provoking Polly

Polly to a lecture went Where a pale. poetic gent Said, "How nice 1t is that love Rhymes so faultlessly with 'dove.'" Yes" she cried. "and, also, .isnk' Makes perfect rhyme with
 bunk"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
THa1s ; ,fun ThOb
 MaXSON hxIfAlL JtUnz
MaxSONh hxHsu Jtusnz

When over head tho clouds arc
 gray, ... #t Don't let your spirits be that way. A bit of laughter or q song Win brighten things the whole day
 long,
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
Round to Show

Wright; "Ah, dear, your eyes re- fleet the iridescent rays of the re- splendent sun! Your" Alice (hastiy): stop, please. You've been doing those cross word puzzles again."
 H. N. Beckwith.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

a. Hot air rises. Oh, well; there should be some clevating influence in politics.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
All Done up About it. Too.

Grey: 50 your goose is cooked, eh?" Taylor; "Yes, ain't 1t tough""
 e. O. Campbell.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Conservatives are content with less interest on investments, not on what they lend.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Young Mr. Wood returned 10 the United States to make money" heading for Wall street Another bear.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Tho Herald Ia on sale daily In New York at Hotaling's New Stand. Times Square: schultz's News Stand. Entrance Grand Central 42nd street.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

With milk down a cent a quart look what we'll save this summer
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

The moving van breaks about everything except the hideoue wage Aunt Lottic gave you.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

In the old days the village clt- up wore football hair. Now he wears a toupee.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Correct this sentence: T have two corns," she confessed, "caused by wearing shoes that were toe loose"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Freedom: An imaginary state en- ioyed by those who are too busy to be conscious of their chains.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Yet few men grow eloquently in- dignant about prohibition until they are half drunk.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

The real difference between "probc" and investigation" Is that Investigation" is too long for a big headline,
 Copyright. 1925, Associated Edi-
 tors, Incl
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
In Forms of Dollars

Clifford: "I wonder why sucf trips as these are called outings?' Holt: Because that's what vol arc"
 III. Y. R. - Copyright, 1925, Reproduction
 Forbidden.)
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Take heart. People never knock unless they envy, and they never envy their interiors
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

The only profitable advertising medium
 in the City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Fresh air is fatal 10 germs" Fiddlesticks. What about the golf bug?
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
,lly, at her morning meal,

Polly, at her morning meal, Felt her youthful blood congeal Ma" she said. don't call me pet And just one. thing don't forget; If you call me 'Pollyana' I'll crown you with this ripe
 banana"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
Francis MoritZ

Polly's Pa, l grieve to state, Came home very, very late. Down the narrow hall he crept, Hoping everybody slept. Polly hailed him. Ma awoke! That" said Polly. was the joke"
 HI. O. Davidson.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

Rusincss office .... 92i
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New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
TELEPHONE CALLS

Entered at the Post office at New Britain
 AS Second Glass Mall Matter,
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02
HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Issued Daily Sunday Exeeptod) At Herald Bldga CT Church, Street
New Britain herald., 1925-04-02

4 Classy Answer. The teacher pas having difficulty