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New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
WoMEN's STYLES LIKE
IN 1878

Women's styles appear to be back where they were in 1676--one hun dreds years before the birth of this great and glorious nation.
 We learn this from an article re- printed from the Manchester Guard ian which quoted the words of a French ambassador writing from England In that giddy year. And here is what he wrote.
 There is nothing so dainty as the English woman's chassure: their shoes fit them with great nicety; their skirts are short, and their silk stockings very clean and tidy. Eng fish ladies do not mind showing a great deal of'their legs. Green stock. ings arc most in vogue, with black velvet garters, fastened above the knee by diamond buckles"
 This French ambassador appear, to have had a keen eye for minute observations, perhaps comparing tayorably with more modern la, ambassadors masquerading behind the protective envelope of cigare smoke along Main street.
 The only difference between 192I and 1676 appears to be that ther are fewer diamond buckles worn.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

Tn these days Of swift automobile riding q war veteran prefers to hike across the. continent with a dog. When he started he weighed 14S pounds: now, after two trips, he weighs 173 and carries luggage weighing 65 pounds strapped to'his back Had he used a fiivver he would have weighed just as much but would not have been half as healthy Still, when We travel across the con- tinent we won't follow his example although it might be healthier thar talking about 1t.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

clare himself unequivocally and pub lieIy upon the issue. Whether the candidates will consent to be quoted Is another matter
 In this attempt they would be only doing what the Anti-Saoon league has done for years, The league generally knows how candi- dates stand on tho question and is credited with pulling the wire ac- cordingly, In the matter of organi- zation. the drys have had vastly the better of it since prohibition ar- rived, It seems that the vets will now attempt also to follow such methods. How much good 1t will do is doubtful.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

Once in a while railroad crossing is eliminated. The news from Mld- dIetown is that the New Haven rail- road will eliminate the Bridge street crossing in that town. The bridge will cost $116,072. The crossing IS regarded as one of extreme danger and the cost of the improvement is slight compared with the benefits to both the railroad and the public Rv next winter New Britain autoists who 20 to Middletown occasionally will have less to worry about bu' that won't help the situation thh summer.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

By Dale c. Harrison Lets 20 to place where they
 daac, ., ay dine" Said I~ wife and the lady cried, "Finei I know Just tne place; It IS not very
 large, And, best of all, Joe. there Is no
 cover charge" That sounded as pretty sweet tidings
 to Joe; He saw here a chance both to save
 himself dough And show his wife how much he
 really did love her. And all without spending One Fifty
 per cover. The wife, all enthused by the plan
 said: T guess I'd better run downtown and pur'
 chase a dress; I must look my best, must be stylish
 and gay When I go with Joe to swell
 cabaret  The rest of the story Is quite quick!
 told; The dress cost our hero one hundred bucks. cold. 'T had the dress charged" said thu
 wife, all aglow; "You can't dodge a cover charge.'
 muttered poor Joe.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
ANOTHER IMPROVED"
 TIME TABLE

The game of guessing on what trains the public cares to travel-the time of day when 1t prefers to start on its travel and the time of day 1t prefers to return to the home base receives its semi-annual sHemplifica- tion in the new railroad time rable= which go into effect on the 26th. This species of indoor golf is played by the railroad managers twice a year and if they guess wrong as to changes made in the time tables, 1t is not long before they hear about it: and in a practical manner, as a mistaken guess frequently results in a train being run at loss for six months.
 The New Haven railroad, in com mon with the other carriers of the country, blesses this territory with another new and improved" time table on that date. Every time table necessarily is termed an improved document over the one preceding Railroads have been issuing time tables since they were established and each has been termed an i'm provement." One can therefore readily realize how good they mus 1 be.
 The public is hard customer t' deal with, however. Few time table ever suit its convenience in ever. particular.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
Observations On The Weather

Washington, April 2$,-Forecast for southern New England; Far and cooler tonight and Frlday' Fresh northwest and north winds
 Forecast for Eastern New fork' Generally fair tonight and Friday; cooler Friday and in interior to- night; fresh west shifting to horth and northeast winds.
 Conditions: The western dls- turbance is central this morning over North Dakota. Il is causing unsettled showery weather De- tween the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi river It will move sliv1y eastward. The temperature is rising in' the central and eastern .dLstricts and is now above normal in the lake region and New England.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature folloyed by increas' ing cloudines5.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
By CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer .


 Washington, April 'e3.-~So selfish are the railroads that they want agricultural prosperity more than anybody else, except the farmers, and at least as much as the farmers do. So B. r. Yoakum says.
 As one of the conntry's oldest railroad presidents. he, ought to know.
 Personally. he's so selfish that he organized the Farmer-to-Con- sumer league, of which he's head.
 "The farmers" he explains. have got to prosper or we railroad men can't live"
 B. F. YoalSum is very hard- boiled old railroad man first, a farmer second. He knows it. He didn't want to discuss the farm problem from the railroad angle.
 If do," he objected, "every- bodyll say, Yeah, that's all he cares about the farmers.-one word fol them and two for the roads"
 made a remark about the era of railroad building and the break ing blow in the west. His eye lit.
 "Yes," he exclaimed in new tone, as to a fellow. member of hi' own fraternity of the past I'll our day that's the way it was" Ant he warmed right up. There are ad yantages in being as old as any body else.
 B. r. Yoalum's plan, packet small, is: Direct delivery from farm CT to consumer and direct paymen by consumer to farmer, eliminating numerous middlemen who nov pocket all such transactions profit and more, too. How effect this di rect exchange? By cooperative dis tribution and marketing on na tional scale, but without govern ment control. supervision or inter ference, which would be worse tha needless but for which nearly a proposed laws provide.
 Thus, says B. F. Yoakum, agr' culture will get what's coming 1t and there won't be all this kickin , about freight rates, which natural , seem high to the farmers nov l though they're low to the railroad . considering what it costs them
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

Right after the last election II was widely predicted tremendons' boom was ahead, A
 l dropped in 10 ask Secretary of Commerce Hoover what he thought about 1t, expecting him 10 say, You bet there'll be, boom," as most public and business men used to do when asked, What do times look like?"
 Instead he began picking flaws in tho situation, pointing out that prospects were less favorable than some folk thought,
 "The stock markets bullish.S he admitted sadly. but" brightening underlying condition aren't So good"
 Then he explained Rooms would be all right if 1t weren't for slumps' But whenever there's boom there's slump. We don't want booms be- cause VIC don't want slumps."
 Well, the boom hasn't material ized. Business has been pretty fair but not on boom basis. The com merce department Is all smiles. De lation of over-optimism" is how President W. E. Knox of the Ameri. can Bankers association describes what has been going on.
 Chairman Bessie Barker Bruegge man of the United States employees compensation commission no sooner had announced that dry agents are "engaged in the most hazardous civil employment under the government than dozens of scofflaws rose to re- mark; "Of course-with the present quality of hooch." Elf
 Which just shows how untrust' worthy scofflaws are, dry agents be. ing able to pick and choose. as com. mon folk cant. &
 / The Washington Letter takes credit, anyway, for not saying q word when Comptroller General McCarl ruled that naval officer transferred from one job to another z job somewhere else, isn't entitled to include in his expense account the cost of taking his mother-in-iaw along. ....-
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
THE ANTI-SALOON LEA"I IL
 AND POLITICS

In the battle to modify the Nol- .toad ac,. charges are being made i, Now York state that the first ef- fort necessary is to disrupt the al ,oved working agreement between inc Anti Saloon league and the Re- publican party.
 Anu-volsteadites say that as long B, the Anti-saloon league influences tho no,icies of the Republican party the road to a modification of the fedora, dry act will be difficult
 We do not know if the Republican cartv is influenced by the Anti saloon league; but it . suspected tnat large proportion o' p.nuh,iean congressman in the North. with the exception of sueh .ta,.s as Massachusetts and Connec- ,tcut, where wet sentiment pre- dominates, are dry III 'ile
 ,, course. all representatives are arv-and nearly all representatives are Democratic. |,
 Senator wadsworth of Ne" lorf who is influential in Repuolica' ranks, is relied upon by dry Ia" modifcationists to bring about cleavage between the Ant'-SaioO. % league and his party if a WorNn' m agreement exists If Senator Waas worth cannot do it, the vets will s %' tempt to force every candidate '0 ssnzrsssionai office la ls2s to de
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
The Tough Imp

We had an ump in our game last
 week;
 0 Baby, that guy was. tough! And the way he called the good ones
 balls"
 And the bum ones strikes" was
 rough. So I said to myself as l went to the
 plate,
 Now we're going to have some
 fun,' N just then ball so high flew An that ump yelled out, STRIKE
 ONE" Then I walked right up and stuck
 out my chin An I looked as tough as could be As I said, Strike WHAT" an he said, STRIKE ONE" An he struck, and the ONE was ME. -Roguish Rollo
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

Thc figures made public at Rut- gers university that non-fraternity men are more able students than fraternity members, and that mem- hers of the varsity football team are the poorest students of all, is about what one would have expected But the data will not prevent the annual accumulation of the usual number oi candidates for the football squad A university originally was a place TOT study.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
 NICKEL PLATE MERGE FIR AND OTHERS

The Nickel Plate merger IS the | first to have come before the Inter- states Commerce Commission since the enactment of the Esch- -Cummins transportation law in 1920, when Congress made it little short Of mandatory for the railroads to form mergers.
 The I. C. C. itself laid out the first plans for mergers, after de- voting much work to the process The Nickel Plate plan is voluntary and does not follow important de- tails of the plan for 20 systems which had been worked out by the commission; but it is a merger pIan' and appears rather welcome to con- eressmen who have been endeaVor- ing to bring about lager railroad units in the public interest
 The railroad systems are pelNs rapidly turned into long-haul propo- sitions. It is said by persons who have investigated that scarcely any ono realizes the extent to which the motor trucks and automobiles nave p.tcn into the short haul freight and messenger business, But for lohs b.u1s the railroads remain supreme Short haul railroads, therefore, are at a distinct advantage i'll the oa'te 1 for fair returns. To make gooo nrofts nowadays railroads nave u he long-haul propositions.
 Tn New England this condition docs not obtain-our railroads are ! short and find themselves unable to ohtain maximum benefits from the ,.uoa total of traffic originating along their lines.
 Yet the proposal to include NC" England lines in tentative trunk lii'' consultations has met with Vigor' ous objections, The suppos'tioh Una ,, such A case the lines could o'
 .,.oro+od to benefit other secuon
 os tho country, or to the injury o >,. E,gland. seems widespread al
 though 1t is difficult to find FS'''
 reason for it.
 The state of Ohio, an impor'a"
 .,a,,s+r;a, and commercial common
 aa1+b apparently is not injured
 tho least merely because the ra'' .ood lines traversing it are most e ,,rnk lines originating and manage - elsewhere. The Pennsylvania Bat . r,oro X Ohio and New York Centr' n lines completely dominate the ra' a road situation in the state, but nc
 bod,, in if has claimed that as d' g .orron+ to the states welfare. TT 8 same could be said of numero' 7, other states, including, in fact IT e entire Middle West, which is large served by trunk lines,
 n There may be something of loc l. rr,de in the contention that the Ne q Haven or the Boston X Maine shou ot mt be identified with trunk Iil le iron, elsewhere; and there may h other reasons. But so far as inJu 2- ing tbis tier of states is eoncerne B. it is hard, to understand how tn h. would come about. Certainly re iniurv due to trunk line co es solicitations could be more pol
 nant than the injuries that ha K been done in the past "ltho Ln consultations with trunk lines Hi W inc New Haven been part of a trul line system 20 years ago 'the VII 'n eyed grabbing Of trolley lines a lg inc. virtual financial wrecking of | s. road would not have taken pia' t. In order to Justify itself, sectior or management must be better in e. truak Enc management
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New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
"YOUTHFUL BANDITS" UNDERGO CURE

In these days when it Is often re- peated that bandits do not get their | uniform just deserts, it is duty, If not pleasure, to recapitulate few instances in the last few days when sundry youths who calculated that careers of banditry would be sources Of ready money, came to grief in the courts. One Thomas Conrad, 19 years old --note the age-had asked a New Haven autoist for ride at Wester- ly, R. l. The New Haven man took him aboard and was rewarded by being shot in the neck, two other shots being dcflected from his breast by an order book in the mans breast pocket. The youthful bandit ad- mitted intent to rob and kill and re- ceived 70 years in prison at hard labor. His mother was in court to
 
 hear sentence pronounced. ,s ...
 One noy Arnold, r years old note the age-was found guilty in a Texas town of attacking the escort of a girl with & pistol, assaulting the young woman and attempting to make off with the mans automobile. Texas juries don't think youth is insane when he acts that way, and in spite of the fact that the boy plead ed guilty and threw himself upon the mercy of the court, the jury treated him like an ordinary horse thief in the old days and sentenced him to die. The sentence may ap- pear harsh, especially as an older man who escaped was equally guilty But Texas chivalry where girl IS concerned matches Texas justice.
 Out in Indiana, where the old state "Horse Thief Association' nc longer functions properly in this age of automobiles, a new law Wa& enacted making it hard for an au' tomobile bandit if he got caught One of the first to feel the fang' of 4he new law was an automobile banditress-a 20 year old girl sh' was handled with customary HoosleI severity and will have from 10 to 2' wears in which to repent. Her youth ful boy accomplicc was given similar sentence. IL seems that Il Indiana a person who uses an au tomobile in robbery operations IS de cidad,v worse off than if he didn' use the machinc-which is a goo idea and ought to be adopted every where.
 These cases indicate that 'yout and crime" is being satisfactorli handled in some states by the haro hearted law officers not permittin a criminals youth to be deter mining factor in tapping the lea ducts of sympathy. or letting theI TO free under the mischieYous abus of suspended sentences" The da Of youthful crime will come to
 speedy termination when the Ia s forgcts they are youths and m
 hard and often.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
prH FIR SALES

Seattle, April 23.--Between S2so'- 900 and $500, GOO worth of furs were sold here yesterday at the annual auction of the Seattle Fur Exchange, l ]. E. Agnew, auetioneer, and general manager announced last night.
 "Beavers, silver foxes and Kam- ehatka sable maintained high prices," said Agnew. "Ermine de- ciined 10 per cent. No interest was shown in marten or blue fox skins. i Alaskan furs maintained their stan dard prices" ..-.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

dream isn't normal. No siree!
 And all of lis have had . secret desire to know what certain dreams signiied. Marriagc7 DeathY Lots of money?
 Recently Prof. I. c. lit arrived in this country from Tokio and, while we are not permitted. because of postal regulations, to make mention of his address. we told the Professor we should be delighted to have his mall come to Us.
 He was so overcome by our gen- erosity that he offered to interpret the dreams of FUN SHOP custom CTS! Wasn't that wonderful?
 We jumped at the chance, and this week we offer his first dream interpretations. If you Have any you want enlightenment on, address The Editor. THE FUN SHOP, at- tention Dr. I. c. Tt.
 Confessions
 Mae: What I want is a just man." s.
 Marion; What l want Is just a man." Priscilla Adkins
 "And they call them dressing rooms" said Uncle Hiram on hts first visit to the city; Hooks to me more like undressing rooms"
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

The current issue of the Harvard 1,ampoon is in danger of being bar red from the mails. The issue un- doubtedIy is the most sought after publication in America just now Let paper be "suppressed' or "barred from the mails" and every body wants it. The future prosperi- ty of the university publication ap- parently is assured.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
MAKES NEW REeohD
French Aviator Remains Aloft Wi'h
 Passenger in Motorless Plane

Passenger in Motoriess fiahe
 1stres, France, April 2S.-heuteh- ant Thoret, French flyer, made a new record in a flight with a pas senger in a motorless plane when he remained in the air three hours and three minutes, today, The TOT mer record, which Thoret also mace was two hours and a6 minutes in a flight at the 1stres aviation school January 2S. dn August 1924 Thoret made a motorless glide of nine hours ana four minutes with regulation ar rlane with motors stopped, estao' 1 fishing a worlds record for such flight without passengers
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
The Fun shop Dream Book

(By special arrangement with Dr. I. c, lit, the famous Tokio Dream Doctor, we are permitted to give the explanation of dreams for our FUN SHOP customers. Send in your dreams and the Doctor will tell you what they mean.-Editor) Dream you're an angel flying high, Maybe you'll be one bye and bye. Dream that you're paying out money
 in bills. Inside week you will take liver
 pills. Dream of a cat with an elephants
 trunk,
 The stuff that your sweetie Is telling
 Is bunk. Dream you are bitten by mad gold
 fishes,
 You'll drop one of your wife's best dishes
 Dream at wedding they served you fried liver | That means the bride will not like what you give her. Dream of Hot Dog that shtes al
 the mustard.
 Youll meet a girl and she'll get yo,
 all fiustered.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
THE SPORTING GOODS COUNTER
 Ghn Tc AmayaH

A member of a fashionable Florida colony was taken to see one of the training season games.
 That's, the catcher" pointed out her escort
 What sizes he wears in gloves" she answered. W. S Adkins
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
1G9s s 7unl;' n''ehob
 MAxs0N RNKau NnUk

When you are pleased don't think It style To show a wan. ingrowing smile; Throw back your head! Laugh
 loud! In sooth, What care your Show your wisdom
 tooth.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
Member or the Associated Pres,

The Associated Press Is exclusively en- titled to tho use for re-publlcRtiUa Of all news credited 10 it or not otherwise credited In thls paper and also local news published herein.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
Real Snnrts

Fay: My doctor says that an interest in athletics is doing more for the present-day girl than any thing else"
 Marjorie: "Tou bet it is. Some of those athletic costumes make a girl look stunning"
 Dorothy Bainter
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
Vulnerable

Melvin: Tom has an athletic heart" James: No wonder. He falls for all the little danes in the sport clothes"
 -Eleanor Hitler
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.

The A. E. c. is e national organization which furnishes newspapers and adyer- tisers with strictly honest analysis of circulation. Our circulation statistics arc based upon this audit. This nsures protection against fraud in newspaper distribution figures to both national and local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
InlnrOycu1enf

Grace: II believe Jack loves you more than he used to-" 1 Evelyn: Well. maybe not more, but at least better" i Mrs. H. c. Miller.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
Great Games

Bob: What do you consider the best of the indoor sports?"
 Roslyn: Holding hands, no mat ter whether you're playing poker or making love"
 Alien Norris
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
Nothing to Be Proud of

kayser: Anyway. no one ever pointed out to me that fool and his money are soon parted" Meyer: "Of course not. They knew you had no money"
 Gertrude
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

The only profitable advertising medium
 In the City. Clr-~IatIon books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
Facts sandFancies
 BY ROBERT uuiLLEN

CSnlc' One Who lost and now con. sofes himself by calling the game crooked. e"''e
 IT sfre marries money, 1t doesn't take her ten minutes to learn to say "o,ns." '"'
 civilization: Armlng in fear of n nation that arms because 1t is afraid of you .-
 The best endorsement of the courts is the class of people that maligns them.
 It is only question of time until the Easter trade will demand new fall hats.
 The village drunkard hasn't dis appeared; he has sobered up and gone into bootlegglng.
 When people suffer in silence, 1t l is the silence that causes most of the suffering.
 There dosen't seem to be any way to fix divorce suit so 1t won't show the seamy side.
 A hick town is one in which a mans wife and his sweetie are the same individual,
 Woman's intuition isn't so impress sive when she is deciding which way to turn in traffic.
 An, well; If the simple life Is best for us, those who tax us may be do' ing it for our good. You can judge each era. iron Nero's time on, by the kind O places raided by the authorities. Political failure need not worr. Rrvar. He has made more in, dir than most politicians make The reason some youngsters pegil | at the bottom Is because they haV reached the bottom of dads purse Men are weak creatures and the can hear jazz orchestra when th static drowns out a sermon. The green things are attractive l snring and even the sophisticate 3 ones seem more charming. I The prize optimist is one who tls
 ures out how much he saves Tn tax
 es bv not making ten thousand
 year.
 |, His head was bumped in flivVe wreck. "Didn't hurt much sa,
 he. It happened in a train wrec'
 "sue 'em for ten thousand said Ill , when a mountaineer can breath
 sgain in ten seconds, he calls
 "purty good kicker" = tConyright, 1925, Asso. Edltofs lle
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

Tho Herald is on sale daily in New York at Hotaliugs New Stand. Times Square: schultz's News Stand. Entrance Grand Central. 42nd street.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

Entered at tho Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Glass Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

THE EDITORS GOSSIP SHOP
 The one who has never mad
New Britain herald., 1925-04-23

His head was bumped in fliyVer wreck. Didn't hurt much' sa,a he, It happened in a train wreck "sua 'em for ten thousand" said he'