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New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
MALONE JUMPS ON
 COUNCIL SYSTEM
Severely CriticiZes Assessment
 Of Benefits and Damages
STREET LINES CAUSE ROW
Frank (. Garfield Dies at Age of 13-Elks Going 10 Thomaston-- Teachers Association Has Spring
 Social--Odd Fellows Ladies Night

Cructzing the system used by the city councils street committee in determining inc assessment Of brnc-
 fits and damages where street lines are established, Judge William J..
 Malone subjected the members or | the street committee 10 q searching cross examination al the council session last night. Judge Malone appeared in the interests of William J. Fries, around whom the building controversy on the street has cen tered since he began preparations for the erection of building at tho corner Of Goodwin street and the now thOroughfare to the new hos pitaI. When protiles had been set i up and work ready 10 start, along came th" council meetings, relative 10 the establishment of the building Ines and i 5 foot line was decided upon This line was tempered somewhat for the owners Of corner lots as 1t has been the city custom 10 favor lot owners as they have l been affected on two streets by the
 establishment of the building lines, according 10 the general rule. The
 facts appeared in the case of Mir. ] Fries that the 1j foot line or the 1 tempcring of the line to t2 feet
 would affect his building plans se- riously and while he favored q six
 foot line, the l5-foot line was d
 damage 10 him, so he thought. | Accordingly Judge Malone ap- i paarcd for Mir. Fries and asked for an explanation of tho decision in the ] assessment Of benefits and damages and invariably one amount balanced
 the other, This questioning set off d store Of fireworks on both sides 1 with Judge Malone decidedly get i ting the better of the argument as he demonstrated that the council l committo was none too sure of its ground and it finally had 10 call upon City Engineer C. l.. Buell. for help. ] The judge continued to delyo for 1 knowledge into the basis of the as sessment amount, which showed that a rate of S1 a front foot had i been charged for benefits and also for damages against lhe affected
 property oWnors. Councilman Frank ! ". Dutton, chairman of the street , committee, attempted to answer
 Judge Malone but seemed d trify
 hay on some points. Councilman
 Frank W. Graves, also of the street committee, volunteered that q front foot basis was used.
 Thorcupon Judge Malone declared 1 that the method employed was uN- i lawful and so had been decided by tho supreme court He uss,rtod that he would ho htarl from in an appeal by Mir Fries from the coun- Cil assessment.
 City Engineer C. W. Buon then said tha, thc council had been work ing on q pro rata basis. making all Of the assessments as equal as pos sible.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
High school Notes

During the early part of last week th" preliminary elimination trials for the freshman speaking contests at the PIainviIe high school were carried out The class was divided into three groups from each of which two girls and two boys were chosen for the final contest Those selected by tn" judges were: Girls Mildred Woodruff, Lucy Rogers Elizabeth Stanley, Virginia Conforti Marjorie Rutland and Helen Ost- nan; boys, Howard Purdy, Will liam Weber, Charles Mills, Victor Hurtado, Edmund Ton and George Backman. An announcement of the final speaking date will be an nOunced later.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
Ihc Judgc Again

Center street building lines again . brOugh. Judge Malone before inc council, when hn appeared 10 rep resent William J. phelan and Jo- seph T. Donovan. well known real estate men, The judge questioned the council severely on it's method of asse ssment because the one dollar assessment was again applied tho benefits and damages arising from the establishment of the building line from Summer to Goodwin streets and all accounts balanced. As the street committee was meet ing heavy seas in the attempt 10 1nswor the scorching examination of tho judgo little information was being obtained and finally Judge Malone asked if tho committee know tho basis for tho assessment and if so 10 stare it.
 City Engineer Buou tried 10 gt a word in but was promptly asked by Judge Malone iF he was a mon- h"r of the council and as quickly as hc volunteered. he subsidcd.
 Councilman Dutton, the street conrmittvo chairman, bore the hrunt of th" questioning and informed Judge Malour that th" committee had discussed tho street lines al meetings and referred all technical points 'o tho city engineer. When Judgo Malone criticized, saving tha, iI appeared that 'h" committee had rest"i mainly on 1he engineer for 'hr results tho councilman rcpicd that tho engineer had worked uud,r instructions Of the conncil
 That th" comoil method IaI h'on almost one of random prvs1. ure seemed 10 cmanatc from ,No
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
Church SupJpr

Tonight the Ladies' Aid society Of inc Plainvill" M F, church will serve supper in the church parIors from 6 o'clock on, Following the supper social evening will bc en- joy"d with games and music filling thc nrncrnm.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
PlainNillC Briefs

Amorigo "Reggie" CoIIcla is re- cuporating from recent serious ill., ness.
 Mrs. William Hopworth of Hough street has purchased new six room bungalow at Bay View heights, Milford, where she will spend part of the summer.
 The Woman's Missionary society of the Advent church will meet with Mrs. M Roberts at Tarts corner to- morrow afternoon at o'clock.
 George Case of Tomlinson avenue was taken to the New Britain Gen. "ral hospital yostcriayy suffering from Illness.
 Special this wook. . gals. Ford oil s2.ao. Hamm's Garago, F.. Main St. --adyt.
 For rrnt-Small tenement. h. quire Mrs, L. A. Francis, 1S3 West Main St. Tel. 12S-4.-ad>t
 Stoves and furniture for sale, f7 Nnpi" st., afternoons.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
Visiting Legislature
Grange Notes

An Evening of Nusic' was cu loy"1 by in" members or Plainyillc Grange who attended the meeting last evening in Grange hall on ii"rH" street. A pleasing program Of selections was rendered. l. was as follows Niotrola selection: paper on music hv Mrs. H. L. Ncwol: piano solo. Mrs Josephine Day: vo- cal duct, Mrs. E"ssi" Hart and Tj- ward Lack"y; mandolin solo, Verne Wyman and Instrumental selections, piano and sayophono. 3lr. Dodge.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
Boy scout, To Dance

Troop j, Boy Scouts of America.
 of Kcnsington, is planning 10 hold a dance on Friday evening, May 29. at Grange hall Arrangements have 1 not hocn completed. but ii is "N-
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
John Mullen

The funeral of John Mullen, who died at his home in Kensington yesterday morning, will be held to- morrow morning at g o'clock from Sf. Paul's church. kcnsington. Rev. John c. Brennan, pastor of the church, will offiCiate and burial will he in St, Mary's cemetery, New Britain
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20

The next meeting which will be held on Tuesday evening, June 2, will be memorial meeting at which all departed members Of the Grange will be remembered.
 W. (. T. |. Meeting
 Tho PlainNllo W. C. T. l., held q very enjoyable meeting yesterday afternoon al the home Of Mrs. l.. A. Francis on West Main street, Mrs. Kcndrick of Hartford, superintend. .. cnt of the citizenship department, gave an inspiring lecture showing the necessity of being wide awake citizens as direct aid to child wol- fare work. It was reported that Plainvtlle has received banner from the county convention for hay. ing the largest percentage In increase in membership during the year.
 The union wishes 10 express its thanks to all those who donated gifts or wearing apparel and othcl goods for the tornado sufferers in Illinois. A great number of people responded 10 the appeal for help anu many donations were received.
 Fathers and Mothers Banquet
 The annual banquet of the fath- CTS and mothers will he. held tomor. row noon at 1@:S0 o'clock in the Congregational church parlors.
 In thc evening at 7;3O o'clock, inc evening group of the Womau's Fed cration will meet at the home Of Mrs, Stanicy <. Gw!nim on Farm ington avenue. All those who are interested in the work arc cordially invited to attend.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20
Worthington CIub Dance

The Warrington club orchestra will hold a May dance at the Grange
 hall on Friday evening of this week lat s o'clock. The orchestra has re- 'ceiyed a large number Of new or .chestrations which will be offered for the approval of the dancers on that evening. It is expected that .thcre will be a large attendance.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-20

The funeral Of Miss Gcorgianna \. Kelsey, who died at the Middle
 sex hosm'al. NiddlotoHn, early Mon-
 day morning, was held from her lat" home in East Berlin this afternoon al . o'clock. Rev Asa (. Fuller,
 pastor Of the East Berlin Methodist church, officiating Burial was in Wilcox cemetery, East Berlin.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02
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BABY WALLABY WAYS

1--WE heard" said Baby Wallaby to
Billie Brownie, that babies must be
kept very quiet.
I'm fact sometimes people will come
to the ZOO and they will wheel baby
carriage They wheel it along very
gently and sometimes they stop and
sit on a bench and let the baby have
long, quiet rest and sleep.
They are always talking about not
disturbing the baby.
at seems to be a very dull life f0"
baby to lead"
"That makes it a healthy baby"
said Billie Brownie.
"Wel," said Baby Wallaby, that
may be sc, but I'm glad Pm not baby
of that sort then.
I'm thankful Pm a Baby Wallaby."
Billie Brownie thought to himself
that other babies were doubtless very
thankful that they weren't Baby Wal
labies, but he thought he wouldn't say
just that to the Baby Wallaby.
"Oh, maybe very healthy" said
Baby Wallaby again, "but so very dull.
Il am very thankful 1 don't have to
lie in carriage and be kept so quiet.
"I'ye never seen a single mother
go hopping and jumping along with
the baby carriage.
1--WE never seen one leaping and
bounding along at high old speed
mo, they go walking along so slow
ly and they sing in a low tone some
times to the baby.
Nov 1 have some excitement.
when l was very young 1 was very
small, of course, and l stayed in the
comfortable little pouch every mother
Wallaby and every mother Kangaroo
has for. her baby.
81 was so helpless my mother had
to put my food right down my throat
But even then my mother went
jumping and bounding along with me
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

"t'm Thankful Pm a Baby WaIIaby."
riding contentedly In my baby wallaby
carriage.
Then I became a little bigger and
l could see all that was going on about
me just as l noticed babies will often
look about them.
But did Mother Wallaby keep me
quiet even then?
NO she went bounding along with
me just the same as ever.
"She gave gorgeous big leaps and
glorious big jumps and there was I
in my comfortable pouch she has for
me, and just had the best time ever
baby wallaby had.
"Oh, l have said to myself so often
as I've seen babies here in the zoo:
You poor little dears, you don't
know what good time really Is.
There has been excitement among
the Mountain Zebras.
Mother and Father Mountain Zebra
announced to their friends ately that
they had q fine son.
But no sooner had they sent out
this notice than they had another to
send out.
The Baby Colt Zebra was only ten
hours old when he jumped right ever
his mothers back as she was lying
down.
Now you know he is a fine baby
who is able to do that. l couldn't
have done that myself.
HE showed he could do some fine
leaping, and such young baby, too.
Fancy! He had a trick before he
was day old and good trick, too.
"He wasn't quite halliday old.
That's what l call smart.
But poor little real babies are kept
so quiet. 1t seems a shame.
''I feel sorry for the poor little
dears.
"Yes, if any one wants to know
what I think you may tell them that
Baby Wallaby thinks they don't have
much fun"
So Billie Brownie iaughingly prom
ised to deliver the Baby Wallaby's
message.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

who remain; to stimulate men, women
and children to honor home and par
ents. It Is to be observed by acts OF
affection to mother and father; by
services in the churches Of all creeds,
and by wearing a flower emblematic
Of the purity and beauty Of mother
love-
This Twentieth century finds the
life of our modern civilization fast
and strenuous, with avocatiOns as en-
crossing as vocations. The steam
heated apartment, the residential ho-
tel and the restaurant are breaking in
on the old-time home, the hearth and
the family meal. This is a danger
sign, for the American home is the
foundation of our American life and
every good American knows it.
SO it is that organized woman, as
eXemplified by the General Federation
of Women's Clubs, is concentrating her
efforts to rehabilitate the American
home. So it is that the movement for
Better Homes in America is a nation
wide movement of men and women.
SO it is that the second annual May
Day Child Health day has secured ma
tiOn-Wide observance.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

We regret to report that somewhere
the fellow who wants to know in July
If it is warm enough for you is thaw-
ing ont.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

HI second SUNDAY IN May
is Mothers day this year
and every year. The
date is so fixed in our out
worn and sOon-to-be-re-
vised calendar by no lesser
authority than congress,
The movement which re-
suited in the passage of
this joint resolution of
congress had its origin
with Miss Anna Jarvis in
PhiIa aCIoIDhia In 1908 If
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

The fellow who buys one 11a-cent
stamp probably will have to give the
government the benefit of the other
half cent.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

The Chicago health commissioner
asserts that few people blow their
noses correctly. We've always thought
so. People should carry tuning forks
with them.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

1t is now asserted that human in
teen years After that there is moth
ing left to do but to learn how to
use it.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

The surprising thing about the find
ing of two human skeletons $4,000
years old by Russian scientist is
that there is a scientist left alive in
Russia to make the discovery.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

The observation of scientist that
verified by the owner of corner lot
who lifted considerable Of this winter
off his sidewalks.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02
Made Dragon Do Stunts

Seventeen men riding astride of
mechanical dragon" in a German tilm
production made the animal crawl,
drink water climb tree, spit fire and
finally battle with the hero.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

Unless one wants to lose half cent
by the transaction he will be obliged
to buy two of these new 1h-cent
stamps An eastern editor protests
against tying up all this capital.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

To some persons it seems perfectly
plain that the crossword puzzle was
invented by the rubber trust to pro-
mote the demand for erasers.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

An exchange wants to know the diff
ference between talking and eloquence.
Well, for one thing, there is more of
the former
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

quickly found popular favor.
Now. therefore l, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of Amer
lea, by virtue of the authority in me
vested do hereby direct the
government officials to display the
United States flag on all governme
buildings and do invite the people Of
the United States to display the flag
at their homes or other suitable places,
on the second Sunday in May, as a
public expression Of our love and rev.
erence for the mothers OF our country.
That was the first Mothers day
proclamation ever signed by a Presi-
dent Of the United States. President
Wilson signed it in 1914 and it is said
that as he laid down the pen he turned
to William Jennings Bryan, then his
secretary of state, and said with deep
feeling Bryan, that's the finest
bless the mOthers!''
That was the Sixty-third congress-
And whatever it did or did not do, the
passage Of such a joint resolution was
fine thing for any congress to do.
For, as President Wilson most fitting
A YE; God bless the mothers Amer
4 - lean cities and towns and even
villages have their public squares. And
in these public squares are statues
and monuments in honor of the sons
of those mothers. Why no monuments
to the mothers themselves ITO the
mothers who made possible those me-
MORALS and even those public squares?
Here and there we find the figure Of
woman whose fame has caught the
sculptor's fancy-"Priscilla, the Puri-
tan Maiden" or SacajaWea, who guild
ed Lewis and Clark through the wilder
ness of the Louisiana Purchase Free
dom" surmOunting the Capitol at
Washington, is a woman. But no
statues to mothers as mothers, And
yet, as Herbert Quick most fttingly
says in "The Hawkeye:"
The mothers of the frontiers: They
felt the Oncoming of another day for
their children. No life was so labori-
Gus, no situation so unpropitious, no
poverty deep that they did not,
through q divine gift of prophecy, see
beyond the gloom a better day for
their children.
Doubtless the explanation is obvi-
Gus. No monument made with hands
can be adequate. Marble and bronze
are too material, too cold. The ft-
ting memorials of the mothers must
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

Maybe it was somebody who came
to street intersection with no right
turn and no left turn that thought up
the airplane
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

While there is no fool like an old
fool, one doesn't hear so much about
IT if he has less than a million.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

At sixteen a poor girl would be
glad to buy pair of new shoes every
day. At sixty, rich man would be
happy if his old shoes would hold out
for thirty years longer.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

The treasury says a new dollar bill
lasts only seven months which is a
little tender, even for tender.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

Civilization has it's little ups and
downs, one Of the former being the
utter disappearance of yellow button
Oxfords with bulldog toes.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

A cynic is one who says there are
two sides to every scandal, the truth
and the one everyone repeats.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

What is there about human nature
that makes a man with his lifes saw
ings in bank want to confide in a
stranger?
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

News of Spanish operations in Mo-
rocco would seem to consist largely of
accounts of the casualties suffered as
the Spaniards retreat.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

New faces are needed in the
movies" says critic. That ought not
to be difficult, considering the wealth
of cosmetics.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

There are few things more pathetic
than the space in the cellar that was
filled with fuel last autumn.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

When two women are using the
phone it's no lie about Zine busy"
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

The new safety technique is to look
before, during and after you leap.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

a square mans dearest blunder is
to assume that everybody else is also.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

What makes affections that can be
alienated worth so much
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

Men fight for freedom; then they be-
gin to accumulate laws to take it away
from themselves.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

One of two things is certain. Either
kissing or lipsticks will eventually go
out of use.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

A church announces it has a room
where babies may be checked while
the parents attend service. Thus is
popular alibi doomed.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

Just because one touch Of nature Is
supposed to make the whole world kin
don't imagine that your neighbor wiz
stand for a touch.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

The professor who says that the kiss
is losing its kick is only exposing his
advanced age
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02
be a spiritual thing in the hearts and
souls of the sons.
Hence Mothers day

Hence Mothers day!
NTHISTLER'S Portrait of His
Mother" reproduced herewith,
probably comes as near to being a fit
ting memorial as can any counterfeit
preSentment. In the National gallery
at Washington and elsewhere in Amer
lea are collections Of Whistler's works,
but France owns this Arrangement in
Gray and Black" his masterpiece in
oils. 1t was first shown in the Royal
academy in 1872. In the Salon OF
1884 it was awarded q gold medal 1t
was purchased by France for the Lux
embOurg. The art world assumed that
it was destined for the Louvre and
Whistler died happy in the belief that
his memorial to his mother would be
the first of American works of art to
pass the portals Of the great national
museum on the banks of the Seine.
But today the Louvre is still with
out representation Of the art product
of the North American continent The
great French connOiSSeurs continue to
be a close corporation and the French
government respects their findings.
Last year they again handed down
their opinion that Whistlers painting
sis not yet ready for the Louvre" 1t
would be lonesome there without any
contempOraneous compatriots, they
argue. Therefore It should wait, al
though 1t has served the usual term
of it's nOvitiate in the Luxembourg.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(1S34-19O3) was an audacious and
versatile genius. Born in Massachu-
setts, the son of an American army
officer, he attended West Point for
three years, studied art in Paris for
two years and then proceeded to
startle the international world Of art.
He belonged to no school but his own.
He achieved fame as an etcher and
photographer perhaps even greater
than as a painter in oils. He was a
personality, wit and writer. If you
doubt, read his Gentle Art of Making
Enemies" q890).
Anyway, whatever France may or
may not do with Whistler's Portrait
of His Mother" all the world knows
the picture and it has touched the
heart of all peoples.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02
Arizona State Miner
By H. B. WATSON

A girl is apt to protest if a young
man attempts to kiss her and young
widow is apt to protest if he doesn't.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-02

XK7E CANNOT all have memorials
w of our mothers like Whistler's
Portrait of His Mother" but every
good American should have the equiv
alent in his heart and memory. And
il should not be necessary to instruct
the good American in the most fitting
observance of the day. Fly your flag,
wear white-or red-carnation and
let your affection program the rest.
Mothers day is set apart for special
observance in honor OF the home and
of motherhood. Its purpose is to re-
call the memories of mothers who have
gone; to brighten the lives of those