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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-16

Lots vote on IT," said old Mis-.
ter Corn Dodgor.
mo, sir" said tho Littlc.Dog-
That. Laughed you don't catch
me voting again. I'll never forget
how | got NIL mixed UP on my
eyes and noses. feel all cross.
eyed yet"
Mister Dodger laughed. IAN right
then wen not VOC. have
nothing to say except that wo can't
play very much longer and we arc
Just losing time. I had II letter
from the Fairy Queen and ! have
to tnlto the Twins home"
Lets play botn games" suggest
cd Nick.
why certainly So" said tho
Mnn.in.tho.M Moon. III myself must
bo returning, ! just camo down
TO see about getting some now kind
Of gold paint TO cover up tho dark
spots OH the moon The Dreams
Maker. Man IN running things for
mo while I'm gone"
SO II was decided, and they got
some chalk and drew squares GA
tho pavement and played hop,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-16
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will, IN some way. manage TO spoil
the entire visit. MIR. prcscottH
mother docs not Ike the moving
picture actress az all and that Is
why | do not want her 20 know
when she makes her cali
Now. Hannah. I want you TO be
careful 10 keep NIL havo written
YOU to yourself, or course, !
hope TO get home before Miss
pcricr completes her picture, which
B TO be filmed, as you know at
Mr. Proscott's steel plant, | am,
however. writing this so that YOU
may tako my place in making Miss
poricr quito at home in my house,
especially IN tho nursery.
Mr.. Prescott promised mo before
left TINT he would try 10 get
his mother to mako visit some.
where while was gone. but you
know how queer shc IN. She win
probably think that IL ia necessary
for her TO stay at her sons house
while his wife Va away. whatever
she does except 10 interfere with
the chldren-bo sure and keep tho
peace with her and write mo often,
so that | know how things arc go-
ing.
know, my dear Hannah. that
for my sako you will do what
havo asked you, no matter how
hard II may be for YOU, for you
have always Justified my faith in
you. Most sincerely.
LESLIE HAMILTON PRESCOTT.
Copyright, 1925, The Seattle starr
TOMOKROW--Lctter from Sally
Aiherton to Leslie Prescott
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-16

But again her largo family shout.
cd after her tho Same song.
Whose children aro your" asked
Nancy for tho third time.
"Yours'" they all shrlckcd, start.
ing to run.
Nancy chased thcm as hard as
she could and caught two. hut tho
two naughty grandchildren sho had
caught turned out to he Nick and
Mister Corn Dodger,
And what do YOU think! A very
queer thing happened just then.
The little Dutch clothes and Dutch
shocs suddenly disappeared. Even
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-16
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BY MARTIN
BY BLOSSER
BY TAYLOR

the magic green slipp.' M
been on their feet un ''',,, ii
wooden shoes all tho ''
appeared ,.u.l
And wonder OF wonu s.sr,
Corn Dodgcr had dlsa WV, /
And instead OF High 'n =. M
there was tho bare con- !, ri
tho brown corn shocks a., i
little puff OF smoke v" c0rpI
near tho top OF q ,,st,r
could 1t be that , "
Dodgcr, the eornfield NV"
homo thcrcY ,,.,,a,l
ITO he Con'l,TT
tcopuisht. 1855, N. ~"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-16

sweet. tongue pink and skin rosy.
Nothing else cleans, swcetens and
refreshes the entire system like
pleasant, harmless candy.like Gas
carets." They never grippe overact
or sicken. Directions for men, WON.
On, children on each box-drug stores.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-16

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-16

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"All right. Wait till Rock comes
back and ask him"
ITO lie Continned,l
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-16

your Wei. no isn't And you're
not better than am. either. for
that matter You've got n nerve TO
put on airs Cod How hate you
and your superior ways.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
WHERE "QUASI-JUDICIAL"
 DOESN'T APPEAL,

Making no attempt to disguise what it thinks Of the Public Utii- ties Commission of Massachusetts. "quasi- judicial" body like the one existing in Connecticut, the Motor Truck Club of Massachusetts, Inc, advertises on the front pages of the Boston papers in bold type, 10 wit;
 Motor truck owners. Do you want Public Utilities Commission (the railroad board 10 control your rates, routes and right 10 contirue in business on any public street, May rule you unnecessary. You may lose your business" Then followed an injunction 10 attend a public hearing in tho state house to let the "railroad board" know what the truck owners are thinking about.
 Designating the P, L. C. Of the Bay state as the "railroad board has a ring about it that suggests even more than it's says. Such bland statements would be regarded as subversive to law and order, etc. in Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19

British minister of foreign affairs, revealed the Coolidge "conversa- tions" in the House of Commons,
 Why 1t Is necessary to he se- crctive about sucs u matter is moro than most people will be able 10 grasp, Thanks, However, 10 Mir. Chamberlain's public remarks re. garding this important matter, the great plan Is pulled out from behind the bushel.
 The proposal of the Coolidge ad- mlnlstration Is to discuss restrictions In the construction of such auxiliary craft as were not covered by the Washington arms treaty: aircraft limitations may be included, but a limitation of land ornaments is not yet upon the agenda, it Is said.
 Tho proposal comes at a propi- tious time. it is believed,
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
TRITH Is KNOWN ABOUT TEXTILES

The election being safely in the past, all about the textile industry is not available, via the American Woolen company,
 The great New England textile in- stitution had the worst year in its history, and the textile business had the worst year since the Civil War according to the annual report of the American Woolen company. The company in 1924 had deficit of sl1,969,S37-compared with a profit the year before of s9,S26,62S.
 Why the textile business should be in the dumps to such an extent in spite of a first class tariff is hard to determine.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
INSURANCE RATES ON AUTOMOBILES

After having worked up public agitation in Massachusetts to the point where judges he criticized are handing out terribly onerous sen tences to automobile bandits. au- tomobile thieves and such gentry, Frank A. Goodwin, registrar of mo- tor vehicles, has gone off on a new tack-and another sensation.
 The new enemy on the horizon arousing the wrath of this energetic and strenous public servant com prise the liability insurance com panies "operating in Massachusetts Whether they include those with headouarters in Connecticut we arc not aware, but have some suspl- cions upon the subject.
 T Mir. Goodwin put it this way; In the five years from 1919 to 1923, in elusive, the insurance companies collected in Massachusetts $61,SO4,- O72 in premiums on liability proper ty damage and fire and theft, ana in the same period paid only $25'- s1s,S95 in losses, leaving $35,98o, ,1i' to pay for the overhead expenses of the companies and their profits
 If the companies don't cut down on the figures. Mr. Goodwin said the state should go into the insur- ance business.
 Massachusetts collected only $2S'' 59s,G94 in motor fees during tho same period, sum only one-thir' as large as that collected by the in surance companies, Mr. Goodwin said.
 It can he suspected that tn, insurance companies regard Mir Goodwin as a pestiferous nuisance the idea of a man blasting sucl figures right out in public,
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19

theaters of the country Is heard by more people than music under any other circumstance. Millions see the films every day, and every one of them hear good music, frequent ly exceedingly well played music, at the same time. The theater has changed nightly in the last few decades in its relation to the masses; the legitimate speaking stage has been crowded nearly exclusively into the larger cities. Travelling troupes who give good plays in the smaller cities nowadays are rare; in some parts of the country they are nearly unknown. But the film theater exists everywhere; and whereas in the travelling troupes, music was some thing 10 hear between the acts, in tho film theaters 1t Is heard all the time. except for the short interval when the players take a rest. The result Is that the masses have be- come better acquainted with music in its good phases-as well as in some of its worst phases. The good is surviving and growing, because 1t contains the essence of beauty which cannot be eliminated or submerged.
 In the largest film theaters in New York the orchestras number upwards of so performers-a far larger aggregation of musicians than were ever possible in the Legitimate" theaters. The music 1 played is of symphonic excellence. | The best theaters in the smaller cities have been following suit to the best advantage that local con ditions afford. The result is that throughout the entire breath of the land acceptable music is being con- stantly heard in these places Of amusement.
 When to this great increase of music in our lives is added the in- Aucnce of the radio and the phono- graph, the dsduction is logical that never before in the history Of the human race has the concord oi harmony and the sinuous outline oi melody been such a prominent fea- ture of our lives.
 Good music uplifts; the uses tc which bad music is frequently placed
 has a degrading tendency. A musl-
 cal census probably would show tha'
 the upIift variety is in tthe ascend ant.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
FORD STARTING
 HIS OWN MUSEUM
Buys Many Of EdisOn's Historic
 Tools

Fort Myers, Fla. Feb. 19.-Henry Ford today bought the old tools and laboratory equipment of Thomas A. Edison and will ship to Detroit for display in Ford museum the mater ials with which MT. Edison experi- mented and brought to perfection many of the worlds most wonderful inventions.
 MT Ford purchased the material from w. P. Ross, a blacksmith, who bought the priceless junk" from MT. Edison six or seven years ago. Ross has made good use of virtually every piece of the Edison equip H'cnt in his blacksmith shop but in buying it, knew that some day he would be able to realize on it. In his museum in Detroit MT. Ford is gathering relics of pioneer inventions. It is ilis wish to set aside one room for the works of MT. Edison, who, to Ford, is more than the worlds greatest inventor. The two arc close friends and neighbors on Calosahatchee bay, mile from Fort Myers.
 It was in Fort Myers that Mr. Edison worked out a substitute for the old carbon filament then used in electric light bulbs. Here he also perfected the modern incandescent lamp. The production of the hu- man voice through the photograph was brought to perfection here and the quiet workroom under the palms has seen numbers of other inventions progress to reality.
 Ross has worked in the Edison 1 laboratories here at intervals for the past 12 years. During that time he has never known what Mr. Edi- son was working on, so closely guarded have been the secrets of the wizard. It is understood that none of his workmen ever knew what Mir Edison was experimenting on. F The equipment which Mir. Ford purchased narrowly escaped destruc- ton twice. Shortly before it came
 into Ross hands MT. Edison was or the verge of throwing it into the bay because the buildings in which ii was stored had to be torn down fol n new structure. Finally he decided to sell it so that some other ust might he made of it.
 In July, 1923, 1t came nearly beint destroyed in fire which burned thu shop.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
Observations On Tie Weather

Washington, D. C., Feb. 19.- Forecast for southern New England: Cloudy tonight, Friday fair and colder. fresh to strong southwest shifting to west and northwest winds.
 Forecast for eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, probably snow flurrios in extreme north portion; colder Friday; and in extreme west portion tonight; fresh 10 strong southwest shifting to northwest winds,
 Conditions: The western dis turhance has moved northcastward during the last 24 hours and is now central over Ontario. It will probably pass out the St. Lawrence valley tonight or Friday. It is causing snow flurries in the northern portion of the lake region. Pleas ant weather prevails in other sec tions east of the Rocky mountains The temperature is rising slowly in the eastern districts.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather and not much pchange in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
NEW YORK SETTING PRETTY,
 AS POETS GO

The New York Times has conii- Ience in the port of New York to best all other port aspirants, dif- fercntial or no differcntal. Com mcnting upon the hectic argumenta- ton between the port of Boston against those of Philadelphia and Baltimore over the fact that the railroads long ago ended disastrous competition for foreign shipments by agreeing upon lower rate for the southern ports, the Times says;
 New York is in a happy
 position of neutrality, for 1t Is
 easily first under either equal
 ization or the diflerential syS-
 tenn. It may rest secure in it's
 primacy while the outports rage
 in their rivalry. The precise dis
 tribution of the traffic which
 cannot be taken from New York
 is comparatively matter of in
 difference to New York;
 New Haven and New London, ambitious ports, will Of course take notice - if not umbragc.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
 VASTLY POPULAR

The annual budget of the city government of New Britain, passed by the Common Council last night and now going to the City Meeting board for approval, differs from the budget of last year in one main particuIar-approyimately twice as much is to be expended for lm- proving streets.
 There has been no objection to street proyements; there was no objection in the Common Council and none is expected in the City Meeting board.
 The reason for this attitude re- garding the city streets is that a large portion of them need to be modernized in conformity with the demands of the automobile age.
 Nowadays nothing irritates the people more than poor streets or poor roads,
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
Education
By Kid Boots


 Education is the best way to make people stop being ign0rent, aven if they would jest as leaf keep on not stopping.
 If you never went to skool and was intcrduced to educated per sin, all you could do would be to ask him how he felt and start to taWk about the weather, and if he started 10 mention fracshuns or the exports of China you woudcnt even Dc able 10 contcrdict him.
 Some people go 10 skool for yeers without lerning how to spell cor rcckly, the result being they would rather receive letters than rite them. History is the part of education that tells us about diffrent battles and things that happened before anybody was born.
 If it wasent for the names and the dates history would be mutch easier.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
 >@ LI.-k fun chOb M4xsoN EaxKaI, JtnNx
seconds

Seconds
 By R. E. Alexander "Doggone it all! got t wait Again --- it's Uncle Win this time, 7, N Aunt 'Em, n dozen kids W one chicken! tell y I'm . Tired of 1t --- want t eat! I want some O the white meat! Its always; Now, Ted, you c'n
 wait. ..... We'll save some stuffin' f'r y,"l Gee! Last time 1t was a wing they
 saved-- They left one piece O cake fir me! They didn't leave no gravy, Say, If there was comp'ny ev'ry day! IN there was lemon pie tn day Tn minister was here. n he When Nom says: Have another
 piece - (An' there was one piece left---f'r
 me) Says: Thank you - yes.' N that
 was gone W me a Heather from then on! "Someday I'm goin' t git there
 first While there's enough of every
 thing!
 They're always tellin' me: 'You'll
 burst!'
 I don't care-I won't leave wing, N after I've licked ev'ry plate, I'll call 'em inn let 'em waitv
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
25 Tears Ago Today
 From Paper of That Date

The committee on licenses will meet this evening to examine those issued during the past year. This is in accordance with the motion made by Alderman o. F. Curtis. The re- ceipts from this source were smaller the year before, but those unpaid for are to be held by persons whose money can be obtained any time.
 Miss Sarah Porter, founder of the famous school in Pennington, died at midnight Saturday at her home. She was SC years old and was proud of her school, which has done more than anything else to maintain the name and fame of the town of Pennington.
 The American Hosiery Co.,, is fix ing up an elaborate display for the Paris exposition.
 It was reported that a slot ma chine was in operation on Arch street Saturday night, but though the police searched for it. no trace could be found,
 The Turner society at its meeting yesterday elected F. o. Haase, Paul G. Leupold, George Froeba, George Vessel, Rcinhold Giersch, Robert Kunzc. Gustav A. Holz and Charles Hipp delegates 10 the convention to be held at Holyoke on March IS.
 Frank S. Caldwell, secretary of the Io,,I I,oo,J of ,,oet oFfico examiners has received the returns from Wash ington, and the following are in line for appointments: Clerks, Frederick (. Coon, Joseph G. Woods, Annie C. Norlander, Lillian r. Jackson: car riers, Louis I.ehr, Thomas r. Crean.
 In an exhibition atthc Y. NJ, (. A, Hast evening, F. C. Merwin made a high jump of feet inches while William Ogle attained the same height in the high dive.
 Among the patronessos of inc opera Priscilla" 10 be presented fol the benefit of the New Britain hos. pital are Mrs. F. G. Platt, Mrs, W E. Atwood. Mrs. Robert J. Vance Mrs. Marcus White. Mrs Herbert C Mills, Mrs. Frank Porter, Mrs James E. Cooper, Mrs George Rape lye, Mrs. William c. Hungerford ant Mrs A. ]. Sloper,
 The members of tho parish vii tender a reception to Rev. H. I Rodley and Mrs. Bodley next Tues [ day evening.
 Gen. o. o. Howard delivered a pa triotic address at the Center churcl yesterday afternoon.
 The Russwin-Lyceum present. Charles Goghlan's great play an, company in "The Royal Box" witt lcomplcte stage accessories.
 The r. H. Allis Co. advrrtiscs ru coats at si6 and ulslers at sS am 'sl0,
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
MallY inc Mystic

He'll Answer Your Questions,
 Somehow To help the poor, untutored mind A way through life's dark maze to find, Seems to be why l am on earth; So ask away for all you're worth! To Toonk or not to TOonk Dear Wally:
 Help, for goodness sake. Is it all right to toonk my cake? This means to souse. oh Mystic Man, My cake in tea or wine.
 Yours,
 Nan. Dear Nan:
 It's 0. K. when you dine, To souse your cake in tea or wine. A word of warning though, dear Nan: It's always wrong to toonk a man. Something to Worry About Dear Wally
 Of the Mystic Mind: Your depth of wisdom few can
 boast. Pray tell me, if you'll be so kind, What noise annoys an oyster. Most. Dear Most: How long have you been dead ? Or hid in some secluded cloister! For have you never heard it said A noisy noise annoys an oyster?
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19

by tho companies in such service.
 The measure also would authorls the city to establish and promoi' steamship orr other marine servic' between this port and other domcsti' or foreign ports and to acquire''ant operate or have operated such Tves sels as city council may deem nsces sary to provide adequate shipping It Is sponsored by the director O the department of wharves, dock' and ferries and leading business men. tf
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
NEW NAVAL CONFERENCE
 BECOMES PUBLIC

The new naval conference on auxiliary ships, which President Coolidge has been Attempting to bring about. would have remained a dark secret until such time as the Washington authorities were con tent to make an official announce ment. had not Auss- Chamberlain,
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19

The high cost of married life las no torrors for film stars. They 60 not pause to consider whether it really is true that two can live as chcaply as one.' They usually seem to have enough left over to nay the landlord or buy the entire apartment building. Lou Tellegen' however, hits the high spots both ways. In addition to being able to cash in on his 'rop' at a figure that would make the average busl- ness man turn purple with envy, he allows himself to fall in love with New Jersey heircss at the same time. They were secretly married more than a year ago. How Geral- dine Farrar feels about it is not stated. Another film marriage E i that of Roscoe C'Fatty") Arbuckler recently divorced, who will wed again next week.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
Phila. Mayor Anxious to
 Promote Marine Service

Philadelphia. Fob, 1s.--Mayor Kendrick announced today that he had prepared a bill for introddction in the state legislature designed to permit the city of Philadelphia to enter into contracts with steamship companies for the promotion of marine service to foreign ports and providing for guarantee by the municipality against losses incurred
New Britain herald., 1925-02-19
MUSIC WITH THE FILMS: NJ,W TEMPERATURE"

There is a Literature" of music for the films, and it is quite as dis tinctive for it's purpose as that Of piano music, violin music, symphony orchestra music, organ music or the literature" of other instruments. It is growing faster, too, than the literature applying to any other di- vision of music, although it is the youngest in the field,
 This is an enormous amount oi music being written and arranged for no other purpose than to furnish "atmospherc" for the presentation of films. This music today is being nubIished by nearly every music publisher in the country; half dcc- ade ago but few publishers en- deavorcd to fill the demand for cinema accompaniment.
 The market is enormous There are thousands of moving picture theaters in the country and all ot them require music; most of them have orchcstras; some have orches- tras and organs, and minority have only organs. Those possessing merely pianos-as was the case with the early development of the 'nickelodeons'-are nearly extinct but still seem to exist in some Of the smaller towns.
 Although at first the music played with pictures was drawn from all sources. it soon became evident to the moving picture people that It was difficult to get the right piece at the right time demanded by the multitudinous scenes of hIm' This need was the foundation oi tho rcu schnol of film music, which includes everything from 'SIo" ,,,sicr adaptcd to the quiet scene to inc storm and tempest of the DE c,inax To find word in a dic' tionarv is complicated ondeaIoI comnared with instantly finding 'h'
 lac. kind of music to go with m" festival film fire fighting, the de- niction of horror, hnmor' lmpa ,iorca lulIabies. etc. The literature of music going with film presen'a ,ion nowadays is tndcXcd, numbered ,rd-dIed, and there is no difficult! in skipping from one to the othc at a few moments notice,
 Music in the presentation of film Is unioue necessity \ nIm is a flat as a pancake withoH' music; tn on,ooker may be "so iNts:2sted' Il inc film as not to notice he music
 
 hut if he saw the same film withou tbe music he would dosperot'ly ms it Those who have srsn sp"'ia performances of films wi;hoat mus realize the depressing effect w''hc" inc harmony of swset sonnls to cm nbasize the emotions depi2tcd upo the screen. The actors in the dram , even need the dulcct tones of th strings to help them sense tn , moods of the scenes while produc ing the pictures, Niolinists in lioI lywuod are as common Is iirrctor' , Music as IL Is piaSsa H ih