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New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
CULTIvATING NATIVE
GRAPES

Ibere Is no way or telilnR what ldnd Of an editorial Is going 10 cause comment, elicit letters from readers or gain more attention than tho average. An editorial writer is pretty much In the same fix as NIT. Box, for a long time the very suc- cessful editor Of the Ladies Home Journal. Asked what In his opinion women liked to read, he replied he did not know, that he merely guess cd at it. Perhaps he was good guesser. A few months ago we wrote one on rattlesnakes in Con- necticut.
 Which is by way Of noting a somewhat similar episode up on the Boston Herald. One Of its editors the other day took up the bucollc subject Of grapes-not sour grapes such as editors sometimes give the impression they ate, but New Eng land grapes. He lamented the fact that native New England grapes seem to have disappeared from the fruit stands In favor of the Cali forhia variety. Where were the Isa- bella, the Concord, the Salems the Niagara, the Sage and go on. The editor rashly ventured the opinion -one of those rash statements that occasionally slip from the type swrlter-that there is no Isabella vine left in New England.
 Now the subject of grapes Is not as important as the Locarno con- ference, French finances, White House opinions or the world series just closed. But nothing the Bos- ton paper printed In year elicited so much comment. Letters from grape connoisseurs began pouring into the office and one day col umn was devoted to these epistles of grape vine opinion,
 Sundry owners of Isabella and other New England grapes arose to tell the world the native vines were not yet dead and gone. Some of ! them were aged and decrept, but still producing. But the agreement was well nigh perfect that native i grapes no longer made their way in the face of competition from Cali fornia.
 Why California grapes have made such headway is a question open to debate, although no amount of dis cussion will ease the realization that facts are facts. Native grapes un- doubtedly are of better quality than the California kind, but the hard feshed western varieties seem 10 be cheaper even when shipped 5000 miles. That may be at the bottom of the story.
 1 Connecticut grapes this year seem to be holding their own; production Is said to have been satisfactory and the quality good. But we do not tint thcm in the commercial marts tc any extent. They are being used, al right, but not on the fruit stands The native varieties are going most ly to the wine press.
 There are large numbers of thrif ty foreigners In Connccticut-an' close by and in New Britain, too to whom grape culture comes a easy and natural as a pond to duck. Many grape vines seem t' prosper in back yards in this cit. and some of the back yards look lik slopes of hills in Italy or southcri France. We imagine that some 0 the native New England grapes ar being assiduously saved from ex tinction by natives of other lands
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

on Sunday and not during the week. State police are busy direct Ing traHlc on the Berlin pike on Sundays and there arc many auto lsts who are ready to swear that the Berlin pike on Sunday has no more dangerous points that at some spots of this city.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
Observation On The Weather

Washington. Oct. i7.-Forecast: For eastern New York: Rain Satur- day, cooler Saturday night; Sunday fair and cooler in south and Satur- day in north portion. For New Eng land: Rain Saturday, cooler Satur- Gay night; Sunday fair and cooler.
 The temperature is still consider ably above normal in the eastern states.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
WALLY THE MYSTIC

He'll Answer Your Questions As long ns men and woman wed There will be groans. tears will be shed; If you have troubles Of this kind Let Mystic WaIly ease your mind. Heads or Tails, You Lose Dear Wally:
 Sir, I think you can Make me a most contented man If you'll say it's all right to wed.
 Yours very truly,
 CAUTIOUS FRED. Dear Cautious Fred:
 The marriage game Treats all the fellows just the same; A cautious guy fares no whit better Than he who's a pell mell go getter! Rolling Pins Too Mild Dear Wally:
 Will you be real kind And tell how to make hubby mind He umpires for living, so You sec I've got some job.
 Yours,
 FLO Dear Flo:
 The public long ago Discovered one thing you should Umpires will never see the light Until pop bottles hit 'em right
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
"TESs" PLEAsEs MRS. HARDY

London. Oct. r tPl - Thomas Hardy was unable to come to Lon don for the first presentation in England of his dramatization of his novel, "Tess of the n'Urbcr- villes," but Mrs. Hardy made the trip 10 London and after seeing the play expressed her approval of the portrayal of Tess by Miss Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies. Mrs Hardy said her husband Is only slightly indis- posed and is ordinarily enjoying good health in spite of his s5 years
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Member Audit Bureau Of Circulation. The A. B. c. is a natiopal organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with a strictly honest analysis of circulation. Our circulation statistics gre based upon this audit. This 'nsures protection against fraud in newspaper distribution figures to both national and local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
The Coward

Helen: 50 Lester didn't marry you?"
 Ethel: "No. He said he would go through fire and water for me, would face death and thousand times worse with me, but he didn't have the nerve to ask papa"
 Mrs. H. H. Baran.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
NEED FOR SL NDAN TRAFFIC POLICE

The lack of traffiC officers in New Britain on Sunday has been noted by many autoists who have been sst to wondering why. The lack is particularly noteworthy considering that sems smaller cities have them
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
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The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use toi republication Of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published herein.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
The Half Has Only Been Told


 (By c. N. Barlow) King Solomon Is said to be The wisest of all men; It's based upon the fact that he Would jot down. now and then. The wise remarks that he would hear And those that he would think, And so he's noted far and near As quite clever gink. It may be just as well to let His record stand as Is: Regarding married life, you bet He surely knew his biz, For many, many wives he had. Three thousand. some folks say; It is & question If the lad Was wise to live that way. Among the wise remarks he thre W This Is the gist of one: There's nothing any more that's new Beneath the well-known sun. If Solomon had stuck around And had not died too soon, He'd know that new, queer things
 abound Beneath the well-known moon!
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
The Truth This Time

When Marie reported that she had lost her pearls, the other girls in the dressing room laughed at her, Think we're going to believe that yarn again? ?" asked Helen. "I don't care" said Marie. "The story in the papers Is true. I've lost my pearls again."
 That's the fifth time," said Helen. We know that story was written by press-agent every time"
 Anyhow" answered Marie, "this time Its true. had 10 give the pearls to the press agent before he'd write the story for me"
 Fillmore Moser.
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News Item

If the price of rubber keeps on soaring 8 pair of rubber oyershoes will take all of our rainy day money. B. C. Bigelr.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Jury: A little prejudice mixed with conflicting testimony and a desire to get through with the darned thing.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Enough money is the exact sum required to win respect without arousing any envy.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

., Asking damages for allenated affections frequently indicates that the source of income was alien ated.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
Soldl

Mrs, Fielder: I'm afraid this dog won't do. want lap dog"
 Dealer: Then this Is just the dog you want, maam. You ought to see him lap milk"
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
Forget Elm.

Any worries hangin' on you folks There bright October days? Just shed 'em like the Autumn
 leaves And sec how we'll It pays.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

The Herald Is on ssis daily in New York at Hotaling'a Newsstand. Times Square; sehultz's Newsstands. Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

A born cake-eater Is one who thinks the girl is referring to the car when she says stop"
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

In order that a better ,acouain- Gnce with their native city of Bris tol may be had, President Joseph F, button Of the Bristol club has ar ranged for a series of talks by well known citizens conversant with tho history of the busting city on the Pequabuck. The first of the series was delivered last week when Judge Epaphroditus Peck, one of the best informed historians of Bristol, spoke on the growth of the municipality. His address proved of immense en- llghtcnmcnt 10 many in the audience. who thought that they knew all there was to know about Bristol. The diversity of manufacturing in- forests in the city and their inception were Interestingly described by the judge, who has made a special study of all things relating to Bristol. With the development from a hamlet to q village. then to an industrious town and later the broadening out into one of the states most active com munities the city had brought to it. self many people from other places to whom the narrative proved most Impressive.
 The success of the plan was read | fly apparent and President Dutton announced that further sidclights on the Belltown would soon be forth coming.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

The foreman on the job Is one of the seventy-two loafers watch ing the excavators.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

If only tho state of mind that is called remorse would dominate us before the blister is formed.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

At any rate it gives you a safe feeling to discover that all branches of the service enjoy a good fight.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
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New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
"NATERAL MONOPOLY IS NOT WANTED

It is clear from the journalistic attempts 10 justify the New Haven's effort 10 recover absolute control over the Connecticut company and the trolley lines in Massachusetts 1t owned before the federal disso- Iution decree Of l9l4. that the rail- road has more friends in New Eng land than it had II years ago.
 For instance, the Waterbury Re- publican, regarded as one of the most liberal organs in Connecticut says the "eIcvon years Of separation certainly have done nothing to stimulate competition" This having been the case, the editor urges, 1t Is logical that the trolley lines be re- turned 10 the railroad company. Getting thus far. inc editor goes the remainder of the distance by de- claring
 Tt is now recognized, a7 it
 vas not II years ago, that the
 transportation business can
 furnish the best service 10 the
 people se a natural monopoly.
 's" In consequence Of the
 new conception Of transporIa-
 ton and the new power of con-
 trol we see the government &C.,
 tually urging the consolidation
 of competitive railroad lines"
 Here is inc monopoly idea straight from the shoulder. The Connecticut company, if owned and operated by the New Haven railroad, is expected to give better service because tho two combined would form a natural monopoly"
 How this natural monopoly and its fine service works has been H. lusirated quite clearly right in New Britain by both the railroad and the trolley company It has been appsr- snt that. having . monopoly here
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Cucumber is that pale green sliced thing you eat forty minutes before the doctor gets there.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Organizations and individuals who wax fat upon creating religious dis ssntion and keeping alive the fires of intolerance will do well to give New Britain a wide berth, They'll starve to death here.
 Proof that this is d phladelphian community Is found in the campaign for the Home for the Aged which closed this week. It is a non-sec- tartan institution but 1t is being built by Catholic parish and It's destinies will be guided by the Catholic church. In spite Of this, the success of the campaign to raise S25,0o0 to pay for its com- pletion is due almost entirely b Charles r. Smith and F. Raymond Gilpatric, both of whom are non- Catholic but who accepted their posts as director and manager, re- spectively, of the drive with as much zeal as if they had been mem- bers of the Sacred Heart parish where the home has been erected. At the closing banquet Thursday night those who were present were of several nationalities, including old stock Yankee. and of many re- ligious beliefs. This did not inter- fere with the pleasures Of the ban uueters nor was any restraint shown by those of different religions.
 It was also remarked that the gathering was unusual In another respect. Some of those who were present have riches which place them forever beyond the reach Of want. They can afford 10 have any material thing which money can buy. Others who attended are in moderate circumstances, some per haps being barely able to keep their heads above water in this era of high costs. Yet there was an air of camaraderie which was not at all forced. There was general feel ing of good will toward all men.
 When you consider the foregoing facts, it Is possible 10 reach only one conclusion, that New Britain is a city where a man is judged by his manhood rather than by his rating in Bradstreet's or his manher of worshipping the Almighty. It Is a place to dwell in amity, respecting the views of neighbors on those sub ,l l,, st,I,I I1h rlnea tn all hearts, a place where harmony pre- vails
 These things are so close to our eyes that we fail to see them. Yet when the history of New Britain is lanalyzed 1t is found that there has been comparatively little discord due 10 religious intolerance. There have been periods when mems minds have been swayed by passion and when discrimination against cer- fain peoples was exhibited but their term of life was briefs and the ef- fects soon wore away. Today those residents who would subscribe to any movement conceived for the purpose of restricting the rights of certain sects Is very small. They are the ignorant and bigoted few who do not count, whose achieve ments on earth are so insignificant that no one really knows they are living or will grieve at their de- parture. New Britain is a city of tranquility founded on. the belief that method and manner of worship should be decided by the individual
 Protestants carried through tc success campaign for a Catholic
 institution. The largest part of the receipts were from non-C Catholic
 pockctbooks. New Britain should
 sleep well O nights. It's conscience
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

One of the younger members of the city's official. family had his dignity severely jolted recently in the elevator of one of our Main street office buildings The cab had de- scendcd and as tho messengers left the young man operating the eleva- tor also stepped out on an errand Our youthful statesman stepped in and took place by the side of the cab. Presently other passengers boarded until the elevator was near ly filled. The operator meanwhile had not arrived. Then. in stepred one of those youths commonly clas- sitied as "heavy collegiate" Clad In Oxford balloon trousers, with a rather heavy topcoat and no hat to cover his flowing locks. he con- descended to- rub elbows with the hoi polloi for q moment. Then, with head dropping slightly side wise, eyes about. half closed and with an expression of ennul he turned his gaze 10 our young Patrick Henry and droned out: "Fourth floor, please"
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Lawmakers might be a little more careful If they had the job Of enforcing the laws they make.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
FactSondFancieS
 BY RUBER1 CULLEN

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New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

After having been missing for 6 week, Delmore ]. Kendall. boy prodigy. has retusned to his home at Mangum. Okla, and refuses to explain his mysterious disappear ance. When years old he was able to operate a typewriter and when IS became a freshman at Northwestern university. He had started for this school when he disappeared.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

\ fine" car Is one you must keep 10 avoid sacrifice when 1t be- gins 10 look like thunder.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

We have no deposed monarchs in this country. but a ball player always looks that way out of unl- form,
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Among the things that increase desire are education and the in- stalment plan.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
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 Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Correct this sentence: My wife tries 10 tell me bits of gossip at times" said he, but I never lis- ten."
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New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

If he folds bills carefully, you may assume that he spends care fully.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
The Fireman

Inc TIFtInHH Bernice: What does your sweetie do for a living?" Ruth: Hes a fireman on bat tleship." Bnrnice: "A fireman?" Ruth: "Yes. He lights the matches for the officers cigars"
 Herman Gordon.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

How pleasant the world would be if ears could close as easily as the mouth opens
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17
THE OBSER YER Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

made a comeback or in more polite language its renaissance was success fully attempted.
 There is no reason why dramas and comedies which are on the road should not consider New Britain as profitable stopping place. The re- ceipts Thursday night were fully up to expectations and the Observer is informed that the audience was sat- isfled with the show. The pros ducers and the Spublic which foots the bill having been pleased, book ing offices should consider the event significant.
 New Britain has a population ot 70,00O, Frequently the remark Is heard that it will not support de- serving theatrical ventures in spite Of that number. Such comment is nonsensical, The people living here are similar to people living every where. They like the same things to eat and wear. They like the same music. They like the same form of entertainment. If show deserving of support can be staged in any manufacturing city with suf- ticient financial return to justify its production, 1t can prosper here. Producers should take into consid- eration report made by a state factory inspector who made sur yey of Connecticuts industrial cen ters. In few words. the report showed that the factories in New Britain during the year past had
 worked longer hours and more con-
 tinuously than those in any other
 part of the state. As business has increased since that report, filed nearly three months ago, the fnnn- cial strength of the average individ- ual in this community is probably greater today.
 There is just one thing for pro- dlcers of drama and comedy to re- n1emher-New Britain will not stand for second rate productions. It will support good ones.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

What can a poor judge do when both parties to the divorce appeal for yody or tho Airedale?
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Supper was served on schedule last night in many homes for the first time in more than week Those who drew their chairs up to the table and tucked their napkins in under their chins sat down like human beings. There was no wild gesticulating with forks. Mother re- marked that it was about time she tackled her house cleaning. Father commented on the impossibility of pleasing his boss. The conversation was along normal lines.
 The world series was over.
 If Mir. McKechnie of Pittsburgh and MT. Harris of Washington be- lieve that all the temporarily de- mented persons in the United States were present at the baseball games they need to be corrected.
 Several thousand conservative businessmen who abhor noise or ex- citement came to the Herald office during the week to stand outside and watch the board on which discs Of metal represented the players, to shout when their favorites scored and to pound their neighbors on the back in token of jubilation.
 Several thousand respectable mar ried women abandoned their house. hold duties while they sat crouched in front of tic radio and "saw" the struggle for the baseball champion, ship. The furniture in the front bedroom might be inferred under ar inch of dust. The insurance mar might pound at the back door unti his knuckles were lacerated ant bleeding. The plants might so with out water. wither and die. Rug could lie sskew. Tue pantry nigh be depleted of its stores. Meal might go hang. The ladies of tn, land spent their hours listening t Mfr. McNamee telling of the progres of the baseball classics, groaning il agony or dancing a fandango. as tn occasion required.
 baSeDali reduces us all TO a com
 mon level--the level Of childhoo when we can forget that we are sup posed to be grown up and dignif1ed II brings ont atavistic tendencies S that we want to kill the umpire Q press a wreath Of laurel on ou hero's brow. It stirs thc blood an ouIckens the pulse. II makes Il
 forget tho cares of life for the mo , ment. Because it lifts men an women outside of tho artificial shell
 which civilization has built aroun them. it Is a great tonic. Even , supper was latc, even If the bos 7 was cross. even though the favorite
 lest. baseball's worth while In tn 5 final analysis.
 Presentation Of 2 drama at th Russwin I.yceum Thursday evenin
 was in the nature of an experimer . to determine whether the public
 still interested in entertainments i
 which living persons appear In in
 nesh.i The answer was In the al
 hrmativss The ''speaking stage
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

Entered at the Post ofries st New Britain
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The accelerstor Is that little thing in the foot of the car that IS stepped on after the second drink
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answer 10 any question Of fact or Information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau, 1929 New York avenue. Washington. D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are confidential.-Editor.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-17

At any rate a felt hat seems to be made 10 6t a human head in- stead of sawed-off telephone pole.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-26
Footballs Popularity Makes
 It Rival of Baseball, Hawaii
fRY Associated Pressl

HONOLULU, Mar. 26.-(AP).- Football has become a close rival to baseball for popularity in Hawaii, according to paid attendance figures for both sports made public by J. Ashman Beaven,' owner of Moiliili Park, Honolulu's shrine of athletics.
 For the short football season 73,- 900 persons paid admission to the park. These included the attendance at the one game played by Occiden- tai College of California against the University of Hawaii and the games of Colorado University against the Pearl Harbor Navy team and the University of Hawaii.
 The total turnout for last years senior league baseball season, with attendance compiled for four times as many games as were counted in arriving at the football attendance, was 7S,000, Beaven announced.