New Britain herald., 1925-02-28

tremulously, SaXophonist, practice up Sour most awful sob. We are now going to tuno in on Dead March from Saul.
 violets, don't dare push thy heads above the blades of grass; birds, stay south; children, smile not and still thy shrill little voices. There shall not be joy from one end of the city to the other, neither music nor laughter Nothing shall exist but void of silent meditation on the sins and wickedness of man kind. @l-. Every day shall the city chemist cause to be issued a certificate as- suring the public that the supply of drinking water Is pure and undefil- cd and that 1t containeth not the slightest atom of intoxicating in- gredient, for be it known that in- toxicants sap the mind, put the wind on the bum and make the knees to wobble.
 From off the hillside shall the grape be stripped and a bounty shall I be offered to the dauntless hunters who bring In wild vines which seek to prepatuate their kind in the fast nesses of the forests.
 r Attempt not to cross the public highways in front of approaching automobiles for fear of leaving thy self open to charge of gambling. Dance not, nor bend thine ear toward the seductive strains of musicians. Toss the graphophone out the windows and nail down the four corners of the rugs.
 So order thy life that it shall con form with the precepts of those who regulate the habits and customs of men and violate not their edict at the risk of being sent to gaol.
 Burn thy deck of cards for fear ol being tempted to indulge in a wild orgy of "Old Maid" for such conduc' would shock Those Who Rule.
 Throw away all frivolous reading material and exercise thy craving toi print through the medium of Sun day school tracts.
 Don't speak.
 Don't think.
 Don't breathe
 The Silly Safety League is loos' again.
 He was basketball captain onl, because he was the sole surHiNin; Imember of last years squad, ou he didn't realize that. Instead, h' assumed an air of such suporiorit, that you either felt utterly worth less or you wanted to lay him cold If you had two tries from the tou line and made one of them, he'' tell you that you were rotten t have missed the other. If he did tn 9 same, that other one had "bounde out Every time he missed bas ket, he had been fouled. Every tim :: he made one, he got the reporter to call it sensational shot. If yo made a better one, you were luck, r You know the type of chap.
 The team had good year an
 went into the final game wit
 Whatsis Tech with a fine chance ( r winning the state championship
 Whatsis led during the first half, s
 the referee was crooked. Our her /, had a bad night on the floor, so h.
 supper hadn't set well, Howeve 1.-the team rallied and, due to tn
 bull shots" of his teammates, was 6ne point behind with about tW a seconds to go. Then he got the ba
 on q pass and flung it on lir h toward the basket. A guard, rushir d in, flung up an arm and d'
 flected the ball toward the ceilir
 at terrific speed. Then the timer
 whistle blew and the referee put h m own whistle in his mouth. Befol
 he could sound it. the bail, desccn' Ting again, struck him on the hef
 and knocked it from his mout ,e then bounded against the bacI
 board and-into the basket. I "pla
 ed it that way" he said. "l had 1t
 figured out before the game"
 And the sport writers will prob
 bly, wonder why this years capta
 won't make next years team. le
 n If cleanliness is next to godline av New Britain is headed fast and f or riousy for the pit where burn fer q and inextinguislabl fires, if info ,d nation which has been brought if. the Observer can be depended
 All this because people have ,st glected their back yards and piles n- ashes and heaps of paper lie arou as waiting for the gales of March re pick them up and blow them il
 the next country.
 ho man whose business takes h n- about more or less during the q v- reports that the condition of ba of wards, especially those in the cen ,e- of city. is the worst he has ever l Iso ticed. Unsightly heaps of rubbish Inf cumulated during the winter
 present as grim reminders that if property owners care not whit mi the respect of the public at lar pg And this in spite of the fact thai
 has been an open winter.
 In other years when heavy SD
 fell. it was impossible to keep D'