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New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
SOUTHINGTON NEWS

The four nights bazar being giv- en in the town hall by the United Catholic societies opened last night. A street parade by Shanley's Fife and Drum corps preceded the bazar. The A. o. H. ladies auxiliary pre- sented short sketch entitled, "Dou- ble Crossed" The Children of Mary will furnish the entertainment this evening. There will be dancing every night.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
MELONS SIMMER uo>,p

Washington, April 24.-Secretary Mellon has leased an estate near Southampton, Long Island. and will go there during the months wher official business permits.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
PROMINENT WOMAN
 CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. w. s. Insraham SuccumbS
 to Attack of Appendicitis
ACTIVE IN CIVIC LIFE

Meadow Street-Final Dividend of
 Bristol Drapcry and Rug Co. De-
 clared.
 Mrs. Grace Seymour Ingraham of Summer street, 69 years old, and wife of Fire Commissioner William s. lngraham, treasurer of the E. h. graham Co.,, died last night at the Bristol hospital after a short illness with appendicitis. She was op- orated on 10 days ago but failed to rally from the shock.
 Mrs. Ingraham was born in this city on July 13, 1856, the daughter of Albert and Electa Churchill Sey- mour. After attendance at the To- cal schools, she entered the Hartford public high school from which insti- tuition she was graduated in 1875. She taught school for several years in East Orange. N. J., and on Oc- tober II, 1881, she was married to MT. Ingraham in this city.
 Besides her husband, she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Morton Treadway, two sons, Edward 1ngraham and Dudley s. Ingraham, and ten grand children, all of this city; 8 sister, Mrs, Miles Lewis Peck of this city and brother. George D. Seymour of New Haven.
 Mrs. Ingraham was active in civic affairs throughout her life and In addition 10 serving as a director of the local chapter of the American Red Cross, was director in the Bristol Welfare association, the Visiting Nurse association and the Women's Civic club. She was also a member of the Alpha Reading club, the Hartford Musical club, Katherine Gaylord chapter. D. A. R., and the Colonial Danes of America. She was lifelong member of the First Congregational church and took deep interest in its affairs
 The funeral will be held on Sum- day afternoon at 2;30 o'clock, day light saving time, at her home on Summer street. where services will be conducted by Rev. Ernest l.. Wlsmer, pastor of the First Congre- gational church. Burial will take place in the West cemetery.
 Mrs. Louis Dimco
 Mrs, Congetta Dimeo. widow of Louis Dimeo, died at her home at AS Meadow street yesterday after a short illness. She was born in Italy but came to this country when a young girl and settled in New Ha- ven, where she was married to MT. Dimeo 39 years ago. She moved to this city with her husband 27 years ago and has since made her home here.
 She leaves two sons, James Dimeo of New York city and Michael Dimeo of Chicago; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Visconti and Mrs. Anna Plungis of this city: five brothers, Joseph FiorilIo of New Haven, An thony Fiorillo of Niagara Falls, and Albert, John and Harry Fiorillo of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Lambert and Mrs. Filomena Fucci of New Haven and Miss Matilda Fiorillo of this city
 The funeral arrangements have not been completed.
 Final Dividend Declared
 The final and only dividend in the bankrupt estate of the Bristol Drapery and Rug Co.,, of this city was declared in the bankruptcy
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

The Lewis high school baseball team will play Windsor hig hat the Sand Hill grounds here tomorrow afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

Funeral services for Edward Hem- inway were held at his late home in Cheshire and at the Bradley Memo rial chapel this afternoon. Inter- ment was in Oak Hill.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

The supper scheduled to bs given this evening by the Ladies Aid so- ciety of the Grace M. F, church has been postponed until next Friday evening.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

Funeral services for F. L. Thorpe will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at his late residence in Milldale. Rev. MacH. Wallace, pas tor of the Plantsville Congregational church, officiating. Trumbull Post. G. A. R., will be in charge of the services at the grave. Burial will be made in Quinnipiac cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
East Berlin Items

The regular meeting Of inc Boy Scouts will be held at Berlin this evening and the members from this place will attend.
 Miss Sally Glea;on, the field sec retary Of the League Of Women
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
Boy Scout Meeting

A meeting of the Berlin troop of Boy Scouts will be held tonight at 7:3o o'clock in the scout room of the Berlin Congregational church. Rev. Samuel A. Fiske, the scout master, will be in charge.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
Final Dividend Declared

The final and only dividend in the bankrupt estate of the Bristol Drapery and Rug Co.,, of this city was declared in the bankruptcy
New Britain herald., 1925-04-24

The Commercial Trust company Of New Britain, through its attorney. B. F. Gaffney. has brought suit for judgment and foreclosure of mort gagged premises in inc name of the
 'osel Manufacturing company Of
Evening star., 1925-09-14
Will Hylan BoItf

Tomorrow New York votes in a pri-
mary election to determine the candi-
dates for the. nayoralty and other
municipal ofices. There is general
expectation that Tammany's candf-
date for the Democratic nomination,
Senator Walker, will defeat Mayor
Hylan, who aspires to a third term
in that. Office. Indeed. so strong are
the Indications Of Hylan's defeat to-
morrow at the polls that there is little
betting, and such as there is in evil
dence is at wide odds favoring Walker.
But there is nevertheless keen in
terest, not especially in the result but
in the consequences of the primary.
The question will Hylan bolt?' Is on
al lips. Yesterday for the. sixteenth
successive day Candidate Walker for
nnally called upon his opponent to de-
clare whether or not he would support
the Democratic. ticket if defeated for
the nomination. No response was
made, and none is really expected In
advance Of tonnorrow's voting. Much,
IL would ssenn, depends upon the size
Of the ballot. II Hylan is overwheln'
Evening star., 1925-09-14
Untimely Remembering.

One still occasionally hears of per-
sons suffering from propaganda
hangover who refuse to buy goods
made in Germany. That Germany also
has cases OF like sort we may gather
from the announcement that Roald
Amundsen's former publishers in Mu-
nich have declined his latest book be-
cause "he severed all connection with
the German nation when, during the
war, he returned his German decora-
tions and resigned his honorary mem.
bership in German societies" Not un.
til he has made proper amends for
his Offensive behavior, says the pub
fishers, will they consent to publish
more Of his works.
These are short sighted publishers,
indeed No doubt Amundsen is heartily
ashamed of his action by now; the
fact that he is scheduled to deliver q
series of lectures in Berlin before COM
ing to this country next month sus-
gests that he retains none OF the
propaganda-bred feeling that caused
IT,, His former publishers might have
helped in the restoration of sanity by
continuing relations with him as II
nothing had, happened. They reopen
the wound by demanding that he
apologize-for that seernE to be what
they expect. 1t is. better that every
one of us, realizing to what depths OF
folly we were carried by war propas
searfda, should refrain from uncover
ing Ike feliy In othsrs.-w Waterbury
H00tfh ihoDlD ,.ss = -. y
Evening star., 1925-09-14
Restore Near-Side Stops!

Traffic Director Eldridge states
that he will recommend to the Public
Utilities Commission certain changes
in the routing of the street railways
uf the District, and also in their
operation. One thing which he will
urge is the substitution OF the near
Gde" for the far side" car stops on
Connecticut avenue beyond Rock
Creek, with an early extension of
this system to the entire District
During the heavy congestion in
Washington due to the war the Com.
nissioners sought the advice of q
traffic expert, who proposed and adopt.
ed many changes, calculated to- re.
lieve the pressure at certain points
and to facilitate the movements OF
street cars. One Of these was the
establishment Of the "skip-stop' sys.
tenn, involving the planting OF signs
on the curbs indicat ting the points at
which cars would come to "a halt. 1t
took the people long time to adjust
to ti,is innovation, and just as they
did SO other changes were ordered,
SO that the community was kept
guessing for a number Of years.
To return to the corner-by corner
system Of car stops would be an ad-
vantage to the riding public. and
1t would, furthermore, be helpful IL a
fixed system of stops were adopted
such as that now proposed by Di-
rector Eldridge. The car-stop targets
now in use are hard to hnd after dark.
One who is 4 stranger in a neishber
Evening star., 1925-09-14

hood is often left stranded while cars
50 buzzing past. There is no method
Of illuminating these signs, and in
the average street of Washington the
lighting is inadequate to bring them
into view. II the cars were to ston
always at the near side of each inter
section there would be no confusion.
Washington has been getting back
from the "Beeler system OF several
years ago, which, In the opinion OF
many people, contributed to rather
than solved the confusion and con
sestion Of that abnormal time. 1t is
surely time now TO return fully to the
principle of systematic near.corner
stops on the theory that public
vehicles are operated for the con.
Nenience Of the people.
Evening star., 1925-09-14
A Crisis i'm Affairs.

There's a time of subtle sorrow for the
ordinary man
That the poets. somehow never
paused to note.
A mist of melancholy gathers DER this
earthly plan
throat
When fortune, always tickle, has been
more than ever rude,
+ And the study of your wardrobe
brings disnay.
AS you take an inventory and reluc.
family conclude
You must wear your Sunday clothes
for every day.
Oh, the latter past all trimming and
the shine that won't come off,
And the break that now defies the
needles art
Confront you with picture that's
pathetically grim;
A picture of old friends compelled
to part.
The tailor, as you seek his shop and
carelessly walk through
Has nothing that's encourag ging to
say,
And you know that he is thinking of
that little balance due
You must wear your Sunday clothes
for every day.
This gala raiment, once the garb Of
laughter and OF song.
Becomes q mournful uniform at
last .:...
Oh, better far were 5ackcloth and the
penitential thong
Than this mockery 30 sleek Of pleas
ures past.
All, what will be the next relief when
this has had its prime.
And seam by seam 1t finally gives
way? |
You know that fate's tohoSgan has
you scheduled for climb
When you wear your Sunday clothes
fer every day..
Evening star., 1925-09-14
HOW UNCLE SAM SAVES
BY WILLIAM, P. HELM, JR.

From January. 10 March. inclusive.
OF the current year. says Col. Smither,
more than 1000 900 words thus di-
verted We're handled over the Army
wires alone at saving estimated at
40.000. That was for the War De-
partment. During the same time the
Veterans Bureau saved $5.375 in the
same way. the Labor Department
$1,000 and the Attorney General
81 700.
Further. under a system of c3assi-
f1cation not permitted on the privately
owned lines, the most importa mt
messages are given the right Of way
over those Of ordinary routine. And
no message is held over till the next
day. When quitting time comes, the
desks must be clear. II too much
business Is offered the Government
lines. that which 1t cannot handle is
diverted to private compa nies.
To facilitate deliveries. the Signal
Corps has provided a messenger serv.
ice at :, Washington operating not
slower than every 45 minutes.
Having accomplished this, the
money savers turned to the common.
place of routine. BY way of con.
trast, the next saving recorded con-
Germs the deportation of aliens The
| money savers found that these unde.
sirables were being sent back to
their respective origins by foreign
vessels.
Sent on American Ships.
THE Government owns a mercha mt
marine; why not send them back on
American ships?" they asked the
| immigration authorities There was
| no reason why: simply nobody had
thought about it before. So now all
- 1~ 80
American nag wherever that flag en-.
ters a foreign port
Then there was the little thing of
discounting bills. Here is the fndict.
ment presented by one of the money.
savers against the Federal Govern.
| ment in that particular:
1T was found that many Govern.
ment agencies did not look with ia.
vor upon, the adoption of a general
| policy requiring a uniform request
on all dealers for offers of discounts
| Tor prompt payment" One wonders
Why; and reads on
When such offers of discount are
| made, the General Accounting Office
| requires explanation for failure to
take advantage of them. This makes
| 1t necessary to pay the bill promptly
or to explain failure to do SO.
Prompt payment of bills in MANY
bureaus has never been made and
| it Is difficult to do so because the
fiscal, administrative and accounting
systems are such that they do not
J lend themselves to such action.
| ANY ARA angement to pay bills
more promptly disturbs the ONCE
routine OF long years standing. The
| establishment OF effective fiscal con.
troll systems which would enable
bills to De paid promptly, while pro.
| viding greater business sfYiciency
would also result in reducing per
sonnel. ss<s...l Et
Here the age-old conflict between
the individual worker and eeiciency
methodx places itself directly across
the road OF progress, and, so far, not
much has been accomplished -e...
| Wait--iust wait-till Mr.. Coolidge
finds that out. One can imagine the
/ sort of thing he Is going to say when
he hears that the Government isn't
discounting its bills because If, it did
so some OF the clerks would lose
their jobs,
tcopyriEht. 1929
Evening star., 1925-09-14

cluck and an audible sneer. Men
| have been killed for a great deal less
The little fellow, with his little mind
| had beeh waiting all along for this
very thing 10 happen. and now that
1t happened, was elated beyond mere
| words. -. = - =
He could cluck derisively. however.
and this he proceeded to Do. 1t was
magnificent in its way. q cluckine
such as only a lifetime devoted TO
| scornful thoughts could evolve.
The gentleman. while admiring the
cluck, was riled by 1t, just as you or
| would have been, so succumbed to
the herd instinct and replied, IAN
right, ofncer, j will be glad to move
away from this rat.faced fellow
here, then Immediately felt sorry
Idiot man.
! The gentleman who told me this
everyday adventure also related two
additional anecdotes as take the taste
| out or his mouth" as he said
1t seems that, going down the block
In the quiet residential section in
| which his home is located, he came
across Mary, years old, going on 4.
Mary. the daughter of an Army Of
| ncer. was taken to the West Point
graduation exercises recently, and was
quite interested in 1t all, as Army girls
always are at any age.
VIII the boys like me, mothero''
asked Mary.
Why, what a question:. laughed
her mother. Wait until YOU are
older. then they will be interested in
you"
Don't you think they would like
A nice little girl?" pleaded Mary. with
Tremendous accent on the word
Well, when our friend met Mary
that afternoon she seemed like an
angel from heaven. in contrast TO the
retfaced fellow who had clucked at
him. That was the way he put it,
like a small angel from heaven.
Mary was just donning her first
pair of roller skates. Our friend
watched her struggle to her feet and
stand there expectantly
Nothing happened. of course. and
the man wondered why the child did
not make some effort to begin to
learn how to skate.
Instead Mary remained looking
down at her feet. suddenly bursting
into tears. BOO hoo" she walled.
What's the matter. Mary" oues.
toned the man, hurrying to her side.
She pointed accusingly at her
skates
They won't go" she walled. They
won't go:''
All lingering traces of the venom
of the clucker left the man in the
contemplation of this tragedy of child
hood as he explained 10 the little one
that the skates would not go OF them.
selves, but that she herself must
make them 60
He then proceeded to his own door
step. let himself in and began to read
his paper. While engaged in this
pleasant duty of civilized man he
was interrupted by ring at the door.
Opening it, he found a small COL
ored boy, who asked for a package
that was TO so downtown. Upon re-
turning with it, the man found the
boy rolling his eyes in pleased aston
ishment at the furnishings of the
home. t
They were just ordinary things in
that house-good. but not elaborate
but TO that lad they seemed to repre-
sent unlimited wealth.
Gee" breathed the boy. All bet
you-all got 'lectric iron, too"
Evening star., 1925-09-14
The Kings K Law.

The escape of an inmate from the
Overbrook Asylum in New Jersey,
from which Harrison Noel "eloped' in
July, later to take two lives in a muir
derous escapade, brings to light a
peculiar condition Of Law In New Jer-
sey. Under this law which Is called
the kings X ruling" the guards of
the institution are prohibited from
crossing certain limits in pursuit Of
a prisoner. When this man esca ped
tho other day the guards who chased
him had to give up the pursuit at the
limit of a fixed zone. beyond which
they are forbidden to exercise their
functions. The fugitive apparently
knew this prohibition and remained
within the zone of safety for a time.
but later wandered back into the un-
safe zone and fled a second time when
he was pursued. The police were
notified, but the maniac, who Is ath.
letic and feet, had up to the latest
reports eluded them.
This is a strange state OF law. 1t is
perha ps a relic Of an old English prac.
uce which assures full liberty to any
inmate OF a hospital for the insane
who on escaping can remain at
large for a period of one month.
on the theory that a person who is
capable Of eludinS pursuit and detec-
ton for that length of time cannot be
actually insane. There is, however
little public assurance of safety in the
shrewdness Of fugitive who happens
to know about the kings X rule"
and skips over the line beyond which
his guards cannot go. Relief will be
felt when the longer arm Of the law
reaches him and returns him to Gus
tody.
Evening star., 1925-09-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.


O. What is the cause of the leaves
having a brownish appes ra nee. par
ticularly the sections nearest the
street?-W. G.. A.
A. While no Investigations have
been made 10 determine definitely the
cause OF this. 1t is believed 10 he due
TO the gasoline and exhaust fumes
from automobiles.
@. Are automobile accidents increas-
ing or dscreasins?-A. A. c.
A. During the Ave months Of this
year the number Of automobile accf-
dent fatalities in 143 cities of the
United States was 1.4s7, as compared
with 1,773 for the same period in 1924,
a decrease OF 16 per cent.
@. When did the catcher on ball
team start standing close behind the
batter?-J. 8. Q.
A. During the sea son of 1880 the
catcher was compelled TO go up be-
hind the bat when a batter had two
strikes and the foul-bound-caught ball
was done away with, but 1t was not
until 1901 that the catchers in both
leagues took their places behind the
bat when the game began and re-
mained there during the entire con-
test.
@. Is It true that after bee stings
LIT dies7-D. II. s.
+ A. The bee division Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture says that honey
bees after singing do die, though not
always Immediately. IT is possible for
them TO live several hours.
@. Where did maraschino cherries
80 - r
A. Maraschino cherries are made
from 1narasca cherries, grown chiefly
in Zars, Dalmatia. They are pre-
served in white honey and clear sirup.
This form of preserving has been used
in central and southern Europe from
very early times.
@. When did Mr.. Matheson write 20
Love That VIII Not Let Me Co =
". W. H.
A The clergyman has recorded that
he wrote the<hymn on June 6. 1882.
He believed that the work was COM
pleted in fvt minutes.
O. When was the Victoria cross In
stituted9-H. w.
A 1t dates from January 90, 1886.
G. Please give pronunciation for the
Straits OF "Mackinac," also "Macki
nav" City?-E. P. n.
A They are pronounced the same
as IL spelled "Mackinaw."
@. When was Ulster given It's pres
ent standing in the British Empire?-
H. o.
A. The bill making Ulster q sepa
rate entity of the British Empire
passed it's third reading in the British
Parliament on November IL. 1920, and
the Kings consent was finally OBJ
tained in December.
@. What Is artificial silk. and how
is it n1ade?-H. r. B.
A. Artificial silk is altogether diff
ferent in it's composition and nature
from real silk and is only what may
be called an imitation. There are sew
eral varieties of artificial silks, those
which are known commercially being
composed of matter of vegetable
origin. namely cellulose, usually thai
of cotton, such cellulose having beer
treated chemically and converted
thereby into the form OF a solution
| The best known varieties are pyrox
ylin or colIodion silks. made from q
solution of nitrated cellulose: copper
ammonia silks. made from 2, solution OF
! cellulose in ammoniacal copper oxide
and viscose silks. made from solution
| of thio-carbonate. The viscose process