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New Britain herald., 1925-07-14
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Mrs. Ross says that she and her husband never quarrel" "Of course they don't quarrel. They don't even speak to each other"
 -Mrs. Harold Biornson.
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The only profitable alyeftl4Hg medium in the Cty. Circulation books and prsss room always open to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

Put: Verb; meaning to place a thing where you want it. Putt: Noun; a vain effort to do as above
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14
tBee" Stinrsl

When first he met fair Beatrice He thought no sweeter maid
 could be. They soon were wedi he finds he's
 stung,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

Among the government depart ments that have contrived only to make a mess" of things is the weather bureau.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

The rolling stone may gather no moss, but the traveller collects a lot of fine hotel towels.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

4 philosopher is an old soak who reflects that al last whiskey costs as much as 1t is worth.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

How odd 1t seems 10 hear a pur- ist call the slugger who whams the pill a batsman.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

Nearly all of the great by-prod- ucts are being utilized now except the discarded safety razor blades.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

The Herald 's on sale daily in New York at Hotalng's New Stand. Times Square; schuuz's NeHs Stand. Entrance Grand Central. 42nd street.
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The Holy Estate

The HOly EState GA reply to "The Happy EstateD
 By Don K. Mendoza Gee, but I'm glad I'm married' My life is simply great A mans fool to live alone When he can have mate When l come home from work at
 night It is very pretty sight To find the wife and kids all right. And know they are my own, Gee, but it is a blessing I'd have the whole world know, To have a wife who takes my socks And darns the heel and toe. The single man may wear swell
 hose; Well, he can have 'em, goodness
 knows For once through them he pokes
 his toes He needs another box! Gee whiz, but l am happy! I'm glad I've got a wife This is the burden of my piece; I'll stick to her through life. For government statistics show That single men are first to go; While they're above -- or down be-
 low I'll be here, slick as grease,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

Americanism. Act I; Hes a darned failure; snub him. Act II: Now he's a success. Throw brick at him"
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

IL night be worse, No magazine really is as naughty as the cover design indicates
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

Slowly mans inyentiyeness will knock everybody out of a job eX- cept the reformer.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14
Sarcastic

Wilson: How on earth did you lose your front teeth?"
 Powers; Tt was an accident, Ny tooth powder exploded"
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

The ladies are lucky, as usual. The man who barbers them has no excuse to pull their noses,
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14

Most of the coaches are now off the street and on the sporting page
New Britain herald., 1925-07-14
Italian enjoys sitting on the fence,

Every man Is capable ot orglnat- ing the ideas he has the capacity 10 comprehend.
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So now he calls her simply Bee. "
 Fred Cruse,
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"Wly should Bridgeport have on4 al $G5o0 a year when no u'har city in the state has such .n omaat" In every city the ,arrurauou counsel or the city .tarnry. as ho may be called, a,ts for inc municipality in tax .. 70 II a4 o'hrr matters.
 nat ttr ripper bill conceived by Tax Commissioner HIodEott and iu, 'lrmzh 'ho L"GisIatnre by 'u Roulnok machine also lnmul.G for special attorney 'o n4n3I fax matters.
 %a'nrr Bridgeport nor any o.h,r city las any more need oi zr,ctM fov attorney than deg 1as ,or an extra tain'
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wh, roa,on for the appointment of ,a, -1r ,.tI fax attorney in Bridge r,r' WIS entirely due to the desire ol rhc state organization 10 provide a fat job for a ta>orite; and the rac that the salary Of S7,5oo was attached 10 tue job closely proves fine contention.
 Tax Commissioner Howard $. Challenger, appointed 10 the job by th, state organization, has been a senator from Bridgeport, an ardent uoraIac}ian, and an opponent ot ,n, kmg faction Of the party in that cu, He has simply been rewarded for his loyalty to the Roraback or ranizaton. Such rewards are not nev-they arc part Of the pork of rolitics. Few politicians would stultify themselves so much il it were not for the possibility of enjoying
Evening star., 1925-06-25
No Wooden Schools!

A report that the public school at
Langdon is a dangerous fire hazard
has caused a sharp discussion in the
Board Of Education and a member
Of the board has been commissioned
to conduct an inquiry into condi-
tions. This particular school is two
story frame structure, heated by a
furnace and. according to report, in
a decrepit condition. That it should
be in question at all Is a reflection
There should be no school building in
this District that is not absolutely
safe.
In the program for new school con-
structions the first step should be to
replace all structures that are in any
degree in doubt as to security. The
Langdon School should without cues.
ton be eliminated. No public school
classes should be held in a frame
building. 1t requires no report from
the fire marshal and no special in
quiry by the Board Of Education to
prompt and insure its replacement by
a f1reproof, modern, safe schoolhouse.
Evening star., 1925-06-25
Rain.

Rain has repaired some crop dam
age due to drought and a large
acreage near Washington, with
favorable weather for the rest of
the growing season, may give a
normal yield. Garden vegetables,
cereals, forage plants and tobacco
were in distress and rain came
too late for some fields to do their
best. but gardeners and farmers are
giving thanks for Natures tardy IA
vor. Another week of drought and
crop losses near Washington would
have been much worse. Through
parts Of our territory numerous
brooks and springs were dry and
water In wells was low. No one can
count the grass plots and patches Of
corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans and
cabbage In the District and nearby
sections which have been refreshed.
The parched leaves and grass have
had a bracer and are holding them
selves proud today. The landscape
will wear gayer green.
Evening star., 1925-06-25

| was driven against a group Of waiting
persons. In neither case, though
months have elapsed and indictments
| have been returned, has trial been
| had.
= These delays, and in many cases the
Yailure of justice when trial Is had,
cause a public apprehension. They
put premium upon recklessness in
the streets, whereas the law forbids 1t
under severe penalties.
The bootleggers who crashed into
the machine the other morning and
caused the death of a nun thought
without doubt that they could get
away from their pursuers, or that If
caught they would be released on
bonds and would have a long period
Of liberty with a good chance Of es-
cape from any penalty. Certainly
there was little in the record of court
actions and penalties to deter them
from their mad flight.
What is needed here In Washington
is the stiffest kind of demonstration
that the law is vital and effective:
that the penalties attaching to viola
tions will be imposed promptly; that
court congestion. jury sympathy or
administrative negligence will not pro-
tect violators, especially those who
take lives in their recklessness.
In placing the blame for the acct-
dent of the other morning 1t is futile
and unfair to lay it in any degree
upon the officers of the law who were
seeking to make an arrest. Rather
should it be put upon the ineffective
judicial process that has in so large
degree for a long time failed to func-
ton to insure the punishment of those
whom the police do capture.
Evening star., 1925-06-25
Police Not to Blame
for Death of Sister
To the Editor OF The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Why the hysterical condemnation Of
the police officers for the tragic death
of Sister Cephas by the mad attempt
of bootleggers to escape detection in
the violation Of law? One would think
from the scathing denunciation Of the
officers that they, themselves, ran
down and killed the innocent nun.
From the accounts first published Of
the distressing tragedy the attention
OF the police officers was first attracted
to the lawbreakers by the reckless
speed at which they were driving. 1t
was the sworn duty Of the officers to
do their utmost to apprehend the law.
breakers. Are we to give our police
men to understand that they must not
drive faster than % miles an hour in
pursuit Of criminals, regardless Of the
crime? If so, every criminal who can
drive q car Is given immunity against
arrest. There Is no way Of arresting
faster than the criminal drives. Fur
thermore, the enforcement Of law very
often, and unavoidably, endangers the
lives of innocent persons.
Instead of pouring vitriol upon the
heads of the faithful officers, and prac-
tically holding them up as responsible
for the deplorable death Of the good
nun, let the blame be placed where it
belongs, namely. upon the criminals
who. in reckless disregard Of law and
Of the lives of others, were driving 60
miles an hour in q frenzied attempt to
escape from the officers Of the law
and from the penalty Of their mis-
deeds. Let them be speedily indicted,
brought to trial and sentenced to the
severest penalties permitted by the
statutes. w. d. MABRY.
Evening star., 1925-06-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Q. How much does the precipita-
ton of snow and rain amount to-
w. J. II.
A. The world average is 16 900 900
tons a second.
@. What was the name of the tale
in which two men occupy the same
room, one sleeping in daytime and
one at night, without knowing of
each other?-B. T.. A.
A. BOX and Cox" was a popular
farce by John NJ. Morton, in which
the two characters, Box and Cox,
rent the same room from a Mrs.
Bouncer and remain ignorant of each
other until a holiday reveals the sit
uation.
@. How was the theater where
Lincoln was shot nghted?-J. J.
A. An authority on Abraham Lin
coin and the Ford Theater says that
this theater during Lincoln's time
was lighted by gas.
Q. What is the difference in the
cost of living now and in 1879
R. E. McC.
A Per cent increase from 1913
average to December, 1924: Food,
Sis; clothing, 71.3; housing. 68.2;
house furnishing goods. 116; fuel and
light. sos; miscellaneous, 10I7; all
items, 1875.
@. How much coal is being used
as fuel?-A. c. E.
A. Although it is only about 100
years that coal has been used extern
sively as a fuel, the annual consump-
ton Is about $50. 900 tons.
lz-x,z l,aIso
called?-H. E. F.
A. It is named for Col. James Bowie
who introduced it in Texas. According
to one account, Col. Bowie had occa
sion TO fight with a broken sword and
found it so effective that he equipped
his men with long, dagger shaped
knives. They were, however, sharp
on one edge only. Since knives quite
similar in design were in use in Mex
leo it is probable that the idea was
gained from them.
Q. Are the black snake and the blue
racer the same?-G. F. H.
A. The black snake, black racer, and
the green and blue racer are the same
Snakes of this species found in the
West and Southwest represent a dis
tinct color variety, hence the name
blue racer is applied to the black
snake in some parts Of this country.
Q. How far is the name broadway
used for this thoroughfare in New
York;. A. B.
A. Broadway begins at Bowling
Green, at the southern extremity OF
Manhattan Island. runs north through
the city, and comedies with the old
post road, being known as Broadway
all the way to Albany.
Q. Are the tuna fish and horse mack
erel the same?-H. G. F.
A. The great tune CThunnus thun
nus) and the albacore tGermo alalun
ga) are both in the Scombroid or mack
Evening star., 1925-06-25

first amendment to the Constitution
specifies that Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof" The Constitution
also declares that mo religious test
shall ever be required as a qualifica.
ton to any office or public trust un.
der the United States"
The Supreme Court of the United
States, 1t Is expected, will eventually
be asked to pass upon the constitu-
tionality of the laws prohibiting the
teaching Of the theory Of evolution,
nor could the matter be left In better
hands for q final decision.
Evening star., 1925-06-25
All-Night Parking.

In the course of the survey of local
transportation facilities now in prog
ress policemen will in the early hours
of tomorrow morning make count
of motor cars parked overnight in
front of private residences. This is.
presumably, to determine the number
Of machines that are used for the
daily transport Of persons. 1t will.
however, be an inconclusive enumera.
ton, as it will not compass the cars
similarly used for daily transport but
sheltered in garages. 1t would not
appear to be a matter of particular
consequence from the transportation
point of view whether the private ve-
hicles used for the carriage Of the peo.
pie in daily movements are sheltered
or unsheltered at night.
This survey, however, may be turn.
ed to account in the study Of the traf-
f1c situation. The parking of cars
overnight in front Of dwellings and
apartment houses is a serious public
nuisance, adding materially to the
dangers in the city streets. On many
blocks in the northwestern part of
Washington the curbs are almost SOL
idly lined on both sides night after
night with machines for which there
is no garage space, or the owners of
which will not pay garage rent. These
parked cars leave barely room in the
middle of the street for two lines of
traffic. The driving Of cars in these
quently occur because of the narrow
margin left by the all-night parkers.
1t will be interesting to learn the
number Of motor cars thus stored at
night in the streets. The report of
this survey, in addition to the infor-
nation it may furnish in the study of
the transportation question, should be
considered by the traffic director and
the Commissioners with reference to
the possibility Of adoption Of rules for.
bidding the storage of cars in the
streets.
There is a possible connection be-
tween the transportation and the traf-
f1c questions in this respect. If the
District permits free storage OF cars
in the streets at night it encourages
the maintenance Of comparatively
cheap private transport at the ex-
pense Of the street railway and bus
lines of the District. The owner of a
motor car who pays no garage rent
and no tax for the use of the public
space for the storage Of his car when
not in use at night has a financial
advantage which reacts against the
corporations that maintain costly sys-
pay heavy taxes on all their property.
Evening star., 1925-06-25
Responsibility for Street Staying!

A coroner's jury has held for trial
the two occupants of the motor car
that crashed into another machine the
other morning and caused the death
of a sister of mercy in this city. If
now this case is treated with equal
promptness by the courts and proper
punishment is administered much will
have been gained toward law enforce
ment and public security in Washing
ton.
Court delays are unmistakably re.
sponsible for much Of the lawlessness
and criminal recklessness in the use
of the streets here. Cases are allowed
to lag for months without trial and
final action. There are now pending
two such cases of reckless driving re.
sulting in the death Of innocent per.
sons. In each case a street car load
ing space was invaded by wildly
driven car. In one of them loadNs
platform was mounted and the -az
Evening star., 1925-06-25

in those 80 sounds, as they float
through the window to waiting ears
backed up by attuned mind, paper and
pencil. At first one finds it difficult tc
note the sound down Immediately he
hears 1t. He lacks the ready response
which will be his in a minute OF
| practice.
Psychologists have found out that
| each one of us has q certain rate OF
| improvement in taking up any new
activity. For instance, If a man
shoots arrows at target, he will i'm
prove rapidly for a time, but finally
reaches his peak performance, after
which he can scarcely better it. Every
| golfer knows about this.
These reactions, once established
are never lost, but can be picked up
even years later, with only a short
| space OF time required to make one
as good as he ever was.
In noting down sounds that come
to one. the listener will find at first
| that he Is so accustomed to hearing all
sorts of noises as an integral part OF
his daily life that he cannot i'm
mediately write the sound down.
why, that was a noise!" he catches
| his mind telling him, after several
seconds delay. Soon, however, he is
able to jot down the name Of the
sound almost at once. He must use
care, of course. not to put the same
sort down twice.
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The various noises noted above di
| vide themselves into those made by
animals, birds and men, and the crea
tionS of men, with several produced
by the action of inanimate things
moved by the wind or other force.
On this afternoon, although it was
hot, there was very good breeze
which did not cool off the city much
but did manage to blow window cur
tains. rattle papers and otherwise
show that the air was in motion.
Air has the most intangible motor
| in the world, If it may be said to have
motion at all. In Wintertime we
prefer it still. and in Summer to be or
| the move. Everything relates to us
and we to it, so that when we are
| hot we want the air cool, and wher
we are cold we want it warm. AnG
when we get either we are hardly
ever satisfied with it.
The sound of the Bluebird, a not-too
frequent visitor to our yard, was a
welcome note. Both the Catbird anG
the Bobwhite struck notes of sad
ness in our particular ears. reminding
us of Jack Spratt, our cat. who haC
wandered away during the week anC
had not returned. The Bob White
seemed to be calling, "Jack-Spratt"
The scissors grinders bell has beer
familiar sound in Washington fol
many. many years. The bell is al
ways the same, and probably never
will change. Who would want i,
other than it is?
There were the sounds OF men and
women talking, various calls for the
dog, the sounds incidental to taking
an automobile out of a garage, an6
several noises made in the construc
ton of building about a block away
Music was not lacking, nor the
sound Of a baby crying. In our neigh
! borhood no day goes by without some
one cutting the grass. At almos,
every hour of every day some one is
running mower over the yards.
Later will come the swish Of run
ming water out of the hose. as some
proud householder "sprinkles" his
lawn. Listening, we feel that the
very birds that fly past the window
ought to make a noise!
Evening star., 1925-06-25
Evolution Issue Spreads.

The evolution question has broken
out in a new direction. In Oklahoma
a free text book law has been re-
pealed, and in that law, it is now
discovered, was a clause prohibiting
the use Of books that teach the
materialistic conception Of history
/. e., the Darwin theory Of creation
versus the Bible account Of creation
Immediately the anti-evolutionists are
up in arms. The repeal OF the text
book law goes into effect juno 26,
unless steps are taken to bring about
a referendum Of the matter to the
people. Petitions for a referendum are
being circulated in an effort to get
the necessary $4,000 signatures.
According to reports from Okla
homa, the churches are taking an
active part in the effort to bring
about the proposed referendum. With
evolution a burning issue in Tennes-
see and now spreading to the great
plains Of the West, who can predict
where the matter will end? Perhaps
Col. William Jennings Bryan, ex.
ponent of the anti.evolution move.
ment, may try to fasten 1t az an
issue to the Democratic party, as he
did prohibition and Government own.
ership of railroads.
When the States undertake to de,
clare what shall and what shall not
be taught in the schools, along re.
ligious lines, they are treading on
dangerous ground. Church and state
have been kept separate and apart in
this country since its inception. The
Evening star., 1925-06-25
Dead Labor Chief Called
Man of Business Genius

his followers" This was not be.
cause he was always ready to com.
promise" explained the Portland Ex.
press. but because he had made the
organization which he led SO powerful
that 1t could obtain almost anything
in reason that it demanded"
"a labor union which owns a bank,
a couple Of coal mines. and e railroad
Will understand the problems with
which the large employer Of labor has
to deal,'' notes the Emporia Daily
Gazette, but adds the thought that
the astuteness and vision which led
Stone to acquire them may die with
Caesar and go down into the grave
with him" The Norfolk Ledger Dis
patch reckons the assets of the
brotherhood as $3.50. 900, ,000," and the
Savannah Press, complimenting Mr.
Stone on having made his labor union
branch out on new lines" says: He
seems to have made a success Of all
of them The New York Herald
Tribune thinks Warren Stone was "a
farsighted pioneer"
The efforts he made for the passage
OF the Adamson eight-hour law are
not forgotten. many Of the papers re.
ferring to this chapter in his life in
similar tone with the Canton News,
Nhich recalls that "Mr. Stone was the
dominating if not the controlling fig
ure in the passage of the Adamson
wage law and this act brought him
into prominence which grew with his
days"
Reaching a high note in its discus.
sion OF the character Of the late pres.
ident of the locomotive engineers
the Lexington Leader finds as It's con.
clusions that "his idealism. radiating
from the man always, his spirit OF rev.
erence, his faith in religion, his frank
confession OF his personal allegiance
to the teaching Of Christ, were even
more important than the constructive
work he did in SO many directions II