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New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

available In legitimate channels A law that would have permitted in' diyiduals 10 scan Income tax lists In revenue offices but would have pre- vented publication Of such lists in ucwspaprrs, maui(estly would have placed the righS of indiyidu- als who wont to the trouble of per sonal investigation above the rights of indlylduals who did not 30 to such trouble but preferred to read the lists in the public prints Such a law would be like one permitting the posting Of notices in & court house corridor but preventing news papers from publishing them, Mani- fcsUy such law would be uncon- stituuoual iu auy state, lt is small wonder that the argument Of gov rrnment attorneys before the Su- prcmc Court received short shritt The half-bakcd law was an attempt of Congress 10 shift the burden of blame over on the court; congress men. with tongues in their cheek, can now Say that the court went further than they wanted 10 go' Many citizens will believe this linguistic tomfoolary.
 The law remains an example of congressional folly and should be repealed. When the income tax law was originally passed the assump- | ton went with 1t that the contents of each individual return would be kept secret: any other contention would have convinced the people that the government attempted un- warranted interference in the per sonal affairs Of citizens. No one dreamed that a tu'ure LonsI'So would go so far as to nuIlify the implied promise Of the Congress which passed the original law. This is a fact which cannot be gatnsaid by the minority which favors the publicity provision of the income tax amendment There is no logical reason why the government, once it makes a promise. directly or indi- rectly. should not keep 1t, Under the present law, however, the original promise has been violated.
 The publicity provision should be
 repealed. Congress can maK' amends by retracing its steps.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Diary ~; a Typewriter

Jan. {. Well. I've left the factory and am sure anxious to get busy. A business man came and took me away today.
 Jan. $. So this is what they call a stenographer! l don't mind be- ing hammered, but I wish she wouldn't park her chewing gum on me during the lunch hour.
 Jan. Is. A week of this, and it's terrible. never will be able to spell decently after this girl gets through with me.
 Feb. 10. A new "steno" today. l wonder how she'll treat me.
 Feb. il. Heavens She has an eye for color. The sweet thing has tied a pink bow around each one of my keys Feb. oS. MY SHIFT KEY IS STUCK AND CAN'T WRITE ANYTHING BUT CAPITALS.
 March 5. Well, they've whipped me into shape again, but I'm not what l used to be, Hear they arc going to sell me. Oh. well. March ls. They've sold me to doctor. My life ought to be easy now.
 March %. Ye gods. Hes using me to write his prescriptions.
 March 21. Guaco. Influenza! Jab orandi. Acetanilid roliomyelitt' and Housemaid's Knee. I'll go mac at this rate. In week I won't b able to write English, and I'm s-s-s stuttering already.
 March 2s. Well, I'm sold again l I wonder who will be foolish enougl to buy me now.
 March 80. Am being rebuilt Thought I'd need something lik this.
 April 29. Well at last someon has bought me. A poet May 2. Oh, deah! I think I'll hk this.
 May 3. T'heayens sake! Mush i the Moonlight! Star Drippings' T Celestis, I'll 80 mad if this thin keeps on. May IS. I'm going mad - IT going - dughti4Scn, o84$&bn&" { HUBBA"&C&-- :?;.;''",- Awk- blubb5s6-!!! pink
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
WHEN 4 WOMAN GOES ON TRIAL

f there was any element Of sur prise in the action Of the jury in the Macri murder trial which came to head yesterday 1t was that the twelve good men and true lis3greo1 even by such narrow margin Of @ II. The general public, passing is judgment upon precedent, was more or less Of the opinion that an acquittal would be handed in and 1t was nearly right.
 The story was a sorlid one, even more so than usual; one of betrayal under particularly distressing cir cumstanccs with the desire Of the betrayed to take the life Of the other She was successful in this desire. choosing a dramatic moment indeed to achieve her purpose. No difficulty was experienced in bring ins her 10 trial, she was evidently a willing to face the music after her act.
 > Followed the trial with its wom- ans story told before jury of men. Sympathy for q woman is easily aroused under such circumstances even when the jurors are honestly trying 10 do their duty. There is something in the heart of every man which leads him 10 condone with one Of the opposite sex who has been caused to suffer by inc ac- lions of a male. He cannot be too severe with a mother and 1t is per hsps as well that he has this ln- stinct, inherited, no doubt, from an- ccs,ors of many generations. The ..rrrritten law" intangible as 1t may be, played great part m the trial We are inclined 10 be sur nrise1 that even one man ItSagrc"H with the other elevon,though hs might have been entirely right in his wish to see a conviction judging from a bare review Of the evidence and ignoring the sentimental eqna. ton.
 It would have been interesting tf zee the outcome of the trial had boen possible to try the accused be fore a jury composed entirely 0 women They probably reac. to snc' ,,oric, in 2 different manner 'ha' men. Sentiment certainly plays il mart in the female makeup as vel as the males but woman respond ,o different sentimental lmpu'ss than man. It is our beIi"1 however that a female jury would also fa IA con,ict anI VIC question yer mucb. should tho accused b brought 10 trial again, whether 'heF will ever be founl a maic lur} Th'e vii, agr,s for murder in any d'grs
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
ryRIICTTY PROVISION SHOULD BE REPEALED

The fact that the L. $, supreme ,,o,rt ruled newspapers were rot violating the Jaw when publishing Nat. of income tax payers does not mean such publication last fall was justified in the public interest Th'S n,ner was one of those which did n,, pYb,ish the income tax list be- cause i, regarded such acton as de- cepuys to the public,
 man or firms income any one year may not be a criterion ot ms regular average income the man or A-,, rbo sells realty or stocks or anything else not in line "'n r.gular business, in most eases Will ,,ow s large income for that year. or if such a deal Is carried out al loss. it will reduce the re'urnap'1 income for that year. Only ny com psring such income returns duFlns term of years is fair estimate or the average income possible; nu' there is very little Likelihood o' .n,h comparisons ever being made bv 4 public which reads and easily forgets.
 The courts decision indicated, as so frequently happens that Con. gross in passing it's law might na>' intended to make income ls' pup ueitv dependent upon the will O the individual collectors in each in tsrDal revenue district. 1T this wa conEress's intention it was g ]o' only partly. or very badly, dons' a there was little likelihood that s' collectors would agree upon m method. Such an intention over isek.d constitutional rights Of ns' ssrsl to print intormAtlon mad
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
< SNARE STORY WITH i STING

The receipt at the Bronx Zoo o' 7s rare African snakes, most o' hem the most deadly yipers known including mambas, boomsiangs' rhino and gaboon vipers and cobras which spurted venom 15 feet form od the finest snake s'ory that ap- poarod in The pub'tc prints in years The zoo has been in oAistonce 26 years anI ne,cr before has it housed some Of these varieties, When the curator seyera3 months ago vas ad- ,ised trat l9 mambas were in the consignment 10 he shipped rom Africa he laughed. snpposing h's African scouts had made mistake When .ae consignment arrived how n,er, there was no doubt about the astonishing accretions 10 the zoo cou-ruon.
 Handling such d"a1.y r'ptijes be- fore they are placed behind their glass cages was the highest kind ot .,i,..a labor Curator Raymond l.. prmars had an exciting story 10 tell the reporters afterwards. It vas noticed that, although the Ne" York reuspa pers and inc Associated Press were kept informed of what was De- ing done, not a reporter showed up
 with request he be permitted to
 stand around while he transfer
 from The hardwood boxes to the
 cages was being effected, The in
 ,rcpid gonusmen with he pencils
 comp.,tc.y lost their nerve
 The mamba snakes have beer
 nearly impossible 10 get alive, du'
 10 their vhjplike speed and the in
 ability Of vruo men to locate an
 tran them. rhc reptiles usually re
 nafning dJIIcn up trees and s'rih
 ,ne at thelr ,icums from hranch'
 with the speed of ugh'ning. Nor tdoatbs from Snahnbtt" in Africa ar
 caused by mamhas than from an other snake. It was merely the fac . that the zoos jungle scout go, int ; the good gracos Of certain Africa f chisrains that he was enabled bring such repulian prizes to Am'l [ ics. the chieftalns ordering the 9 tribes to catch some mamhss for tf y good white men. How they did
 even the curator of the zoo doesn $ know.
 . + is evident from the manner e which the curator and his four a .- sistants handled the snake consig f ment in the zoo that prOtecti' l. against snake attacks consist IS wearing high rubber boots, thi' b rubber overcoats, rubber masks wi IS goggles securely fastened, ruhh Il hats and rubber gloves, Eve 70 nu~kie and strap Wss s"rur' r. fastened. so that in '1ra cent "' ta , stepping nothing could cons F Ie don& -.-..--
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Observations On The Weather

Washington, May :6-Fcrecast for southern Nnw England: Fair to- night; possibly light frost in in- terior "Wednesday fair; slightly warmer in northwest portion; mo6 crate north winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York. Fair tonight, possibly light frost ih central and north portions; Weh nesday fair, slightly warmer: moder ate north winds
 Conditions: The weather is fhi in practically all portions of the country this morning. Pressure l. high over the lakes but low ovF' Florida and the plateau districts e the west. Frosts occurred in tn lake region and southward to Ten nessee also in northern portions the middle Atlantic states and N England. Showers were genera ' New England during the paE hours. Temperatures gre higher the interior and eastern distri" tthis morning
 Conditions favor for this vici.' fair weather, warm sunny dAys an cool niEhtA
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26


 AmrrIcans hay habit of attach ing a pungenl phrase to everything under extended discussion. Phrase making is our long suit, and many of .he most trcnchant tHo-or-three word descriptions are given curren- cy ty newspaper headline writers In Tennessee one of them called the anu-e> olution law the monkey law." Now scarcely anyone in the state calls it by any other name In fact. some of the mountaineers mover could remember every sylla- he that goes with "anu-evolution'
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Bisley Marksman Not So
 Good a Shot on Water

Dublin, May 2G tAP) - A Bisley marksman may be good al shoot ing at targets, but pretty poor when 1t comes 10 shooting seals, The min ister for fisheries disclosed in the Dali. when dealing with complaints of the destruction Of fish by seals, that the ministry had enga ged q Bisley marksman 10 shoot seals and kept him at work for three months in the estuary Of the Suir.
 He expended 1000 pounds of am intuition but wss honest enough tc say he vas not sure whether he had killed enc seal
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Relations and Relativity

Marshall twhen wife's rclatlNcs have gone): By George, I thought they'd never so. tried to hide my yawns behind this magazine" Mrs. Marshal; Hide your yaWns behind magazine. Bah, You should have opened up a news paper
 Jo,p ElanarzN
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

The city ot New Haven, which wants the state 10 build a new armory. was again disappointed by the Legislature. The Hartford Times suggested that if New Haven con- sen,ed to dcpose Colonel ullman and played ball with state Chairman Koraback, IL would get the armory. To which the New Haven Union re- piled that '1t Mir. Roraback or any Of his ucutenants imagine for an in- stant that New Haven is going 10 soIl it's political independence for a new armory they have another guess coming" The city by me sound evidently has not yet beer taught rs place.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
FactsandFancies
BY ROBERT CULLEN

Boldly by bombs Bulgars boost brotherhood,
 Enemies are not so had. They never try to improve us.
 Americanism: Yelling. for free speech; refusing to listen 10 the other side.
 Inferiorlty complex: Being rude 10 show that you're just as good as anybody.
 IL might he worse, Nobody has called this white.mule era of fusel oil tho tusclage.
 Dlcachcrs; A distant vantage point from which ono can see bet ter than the umpire can.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Chccse III

Twas Swiss cheese time or the Zuyder Zee When first mine Hans proposed 10 me. How well I remember the over ripe moon That hung like Erie OCT the
 scented lagoon. From the dairy near by came odors
 so sweet, (For romance the Limburger
 smell cant be beat! But these were the odors of ripe
 Camembert That billowed along on the warm
 evning air). That love churned up in mine Hans
 aching heart; Where Cupid had placed his most
 ardent dart. Ru' mine heart wss cool ss A lesky
 cellar '" For, truth 10 tell Hans is Eem'
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

los, OH IS engaging in very costly s,rest-widemng proJects, made nec- essary by the demands of that mod ern juggcrnaut, automobile traffic Defenders Of American historic shrines are advised, however, that Bostonians have not yet begun parking cars on inc Common. The worst they ha,e done 10 it is tc have subway station underneath lt and one ot the tubes passes uadeI 2 rlms'ery in w',toh rests tEe bone' Of re- olutionsrg Nsr heroes
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

When dredging the Housatomc vas mentioned, the city of Water bury immediately saw visions Of becoming a great port. Hartford has the same Kind of vision in con- nection with the Connecticut river. New Britain, not on any river. will get along in the future as in the past Too many visions are not good for q city-thcy inculcate tendency to overlook practicalities.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
New England Sabbath

Margaret Tod Ritter in The Forum Sunshine and asters, Sermons and pastors, Organs and singing And temple bells ringing These and the swallows Hilltops, and hollows Incite us to riot.
 0 calm, Sabbath quiet.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Iris a Weary World

Uncle Martin: Whats the trou- bie, Jimmie?"
 Jimmie: "Aw, ] don't have no fun at all. Five days a week l got ' go ( school, Saturdays l got t take bath, an Sundays l got t keeI clean"
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
A Wet Station

Griff: Why does this bis dlrig. ible, Los Angeles, make so many trips to Bermuda" ?" Fred: "Wouldn't you, f yor could""
 Gertrude.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

The Waterbury Republican de- claros that for l6 years Bryan was the principal nuisance Of inc Demo- cratic party and for the next l6 years it promises to . McAdoo.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

In a little while the kids will be home from school 10 spend their vacation away from home.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.

Member AuUlI BuTtHu UI NIFVUTHVTWH' The A. B. c, Is national organization which furnishes newspapers and adNer- tlsers with strictly honest snBlyss o' circulation. Our circulation statistics arc based upon this audit. ThIs Insures protection against fraud In newspaper distribution figures to both national and local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Arthur Cprimly); "1 hope you don't park with boys on dark roads,"
 Dorothy Chopefuily): Not un- less I'm driven 10 it."
 W. A. Tanner.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
 ,unz1Aob
 MAxSON hxllllI LnNx

Those who like us, you and l
 Rate as discerning folks" But higher still we rank the guy Who listens to our Jokes!
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

TNs Herald Is on sale daily in New York al Hotaliug's New Stand. Times souare; schultz's News Stand. Entrance Grand Central. l:nd street.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
M.n,h.r ni lh. A.snclntrd Pre.,.

Tho Associated Press is exclusively en. titled 10 thf use for republication or all news eredh ed to it or rot otherwise credited in thIs paper and also local news published hs~ein.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

The only thing that reconciles a democrat to the absence of 8 mo- hility is the hunch that he wouldn't belong to it.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Now two-trouscr suits are uni' versaL, but there was a time when only the affluont could refer to his other pants.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

A real diplomat is a parent who can convince Willie that lawn mow- ing is good for the biceps
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Our theory is that people in the Balkans get that way by trying to pronounce all the consonants.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

The back,to-the-farm movement is getting to be so expensive 1t may soon prove popular. Copyright. 1925, Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

An executive is a man who knows whether that noise in the back office is the hum Of industry or snoring.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Alfonso boasts that one might sing in the street In Spain. One might over here by avoiding Sweet Ad-o-lnc."
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Correct this sentence; Its been driven only in town" said the dealer, and by an old man who never went above twenty an hour" tProtected by Associated Editors,
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

No married woman is childless. If she hasn't q baby, she makes one Of her husband.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

The only profitable advertising medInn in the City Circulation books ana press room always open to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Immodesty in dress is exposure in excess of the average, which will soon be impossible.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
John Bergstronl.

The more money q person has. the bigger the car-and the fewer the passengers.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Mere size isn't everything. The smallest vocabularies usually have the greatest average daily output.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

We heard much as to just what should and what should not be con- sidered salacious during recent conversation with a bookseller Of Springfield, Mass Said bookman was rather prone to look at the pro- position from the dollars and cents standpoint of the common vender and huckster. He berated every and any statute calculated 10 pre- vent a record breaking sale Of liter ature irrespective of its tenor. And vet, in justice to him there are two sides to the controversy.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
eheesy fellerl Clarence dewitt Rogers, Jr,
Efficiency

Efficiency What sort of filing system have you In your offiee?" Its a wonder. Once you get any thing filed away in it, 1t takes three filing clerks four hours to find it."
 ---E. c. Miller.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Bad Medicine

Buckner: T won't take any cough syrup! Is that settled now, or isn't it:"
 Mrs. Buckner: 'l guess fl Is, l gave you some oh your pancakes this morning"
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

A recent case of where Connech- cut and New York booksellers have especially benefited through the Massachusetts law, Is in the publi- cation of Gold by Gold" some months ago. IL Is the first novel Of one Herbert German. German has already taken his place with the more prominent of American verse writers. chiefly through the appear ance of his book of verse; "The Raracarcle of James Smith" vivid collection of word-splashes and ero- tics.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
um THE BOOK SHELF x &
NEW BOOKS
 AT THE INSTITUTE

We have recently re.explored II, art shelves of our library and ar, filled with an overiowins sympathS for anyone who hasn't yet yielded to the charms of this gorgeously il. lustrated array. Hence tho list be. low for amateurs, professionals and just people.
 Industrial Art. ART IN INDUSTRY, by Charles l.. Richards.
 Aims to present a picture of sc, tuaI conditions relating to the prsc' tice of applied design in the United States DRAWING AND DESIGN POE CRAFTSMEN, by E, g. Bowers ITO Illustrations.
 Concerned with the production ol drawings for all artistic purposes and the development on right lines of any aptitude for drawing, inven- ton, or design.
 With Paint. Pencil or Pen THE TECHNIQUE OF PAINTING, by Charles Moreau-Nauthier, H. lustrated in colour and black and
 white.
 THE WASH METHOD OF HAN
 DLING WATER COLOR, by
 Frank Forrest Frederick. OUTDOOR STRETCHING by F. Hop
 kinson Smith, with illustrations by
 the author.
 Four talks given before the Art lInNitute of Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
Who's Who
By Judith Bender

By Judith Bender "Aw. Nom! I didn't do 1t -- stop. Only last night you told Pop It was me used his razor - 1t Was Ted. He does it -- n ] git Tn lickin's! Darn it, it ain't fair! I'll run away No, don't care! "Y' got tn wrong boy, Mister-Oh! Cross m heart, l wouldn't throw A baseball through a window! Gee I know th' boy. He looks like me. I'll bring him right around, m you On lick him-hard, If y want to. No, nm, it wasn't me. ] know But it's another boy. I'll go N git him f'r V, n you'll see He looks a lot tougher n me, Nice pussy. I like cats, Oh, yes. Some Of 'em don't like boys guess "Dosgone this bein' twins! It's toe Hard on tn good one.-you know
 who.
 I c'n stand bein' licked f'r what I do do-th' last two l got, Ted done IL. Oh, n1igosh, if I Was triplets, I just bet I'd die!'
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
. Art Appreciation

AMERICAN ARTISTS 1923, b.
 Royal Cortissez. Illustrated.
 Contents: Abbott Thayer. Kenyon Cox, George De Forest Brush. American Art Out of Doors, Lure Of Technique, the Slashing Stroke, Women in Impressionism. DRAWINGS of D. G. Rossetti, 4E full page illustrations.  ] Great masters Of decoratie art. SIR EDWARD BURNE-JoEEs, by Aymer Valance.
 WILLIAM MORRIS, by Lewis F. Day.
 WALTER CRANE, with notes by
 himself.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Many an automobile driver on the turnpike only wants half the road, hu, IS slow in deciding which half.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

For instance, the very evident stringency of Massachusetts laws as regards the stability of certain books, ultramodern so-called, has every now and then proven a source of great revenue to a number of propitiously located Connecticut booksellers as we'll ss 10 certain of the big New York houses. Maybe 1t is the lsxity of Connecticut laws rather than the severity of our sis ter-state's which has led 10 this. And we wonder?
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

The lazity Of the law is even more harmful than its severity. We recall Illinois. After publishing Erik Dorn" and "Gargoyles," for instance, both extremely close to the border line of good-taste, though striking evidences of versatility Of style, Ben Hecht was arrested when he endeavored to foist third effort on the bookstands of the nation. We do not recall the name of this book and do not know whether there Is copy yet in existence, but we do re- member the reason for his arrest He was charged and fined for at tempting 10 use the mails for tho hroadcasting of obscene literature Ben, by the way is sort of an odd combination of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Elinor Glyn. the influence Of the latter having worked altogether tt his dismay.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
PASTELS
 AND PORTRAITS

4 glance over the verse offerings in a number of established publica- tions during the past week reveals much that is hackneyed and very little that can be classed as good and none that is poetry. Of course this last Is hardly to tho discredit of the writers of the day, for after all. there is but mere handful who are writing poetry. and these but on certain extremely rare occasions.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26
THE INDEsTRUCTIBLE
 bv William McDougaI.

by William McDougaN. Tn this volume the professor Of psychology at Harvard interprcts many important questions Of our national life along psychological lines.--Literary Digest.
  JOHN DONNIE: 4 study in discord.
 by Hugh Hanson Fausset Tn Dome the medieval and mod ern consciousness dashed, and this is an Interpretation Of his life l: terms of that conHict.-Litnra Digest
New Britain herald., 1925-05-26

Real china is the kind you drop 50 easily.