New Britain herald., 1925-05-02

turns his slgn 10 stop" Of course you hit the gas Instead of the brake and glide over the crosswalk- drawing q glowcring soowl from tho demon of the law. You somehow get back and, then ho signals fol you to go. start slowly but sooI realize your motor Is racing, Some thing is wrong, but you can't traef it until you discover you have lel your shift lever in ffsts
 Other drivers look so conhdon and you wish they wouldn't as makes you feel all the more uneeh tain, Curse those jay-walkers an, others in the street: the only VII. you can avoid hitting at least one O. them would be to get them all in side your car. A woman driver or your left keeps coming, and yop wonder if you are correct in T" membering that the driver on th, right has The right Of way. /
 Then the motor stalls, and Hn a jerk the remaining quota of goo' humor out Of the rear seat occn pants, drawing sarcastic digs aboU
 "knew he never could learn" anu 'glad when we get there." Then 1 only one more turn and you ar
 there, but it's bad corner iou take it too fast and barely miss the curb, arousing black-browod looks
 from other motorists whom you
 barely missed. Then--the Wumpls' at last. You draw up 10 the curb and smack it solidy with your from ] wheel. We'll that means you arc
 close enough for legal parking, any.
 way.
 Finally the ride is over and the
 ordeal has been safely undergone,
 so you offer a fcrvent prayer Of
 thanks as you climb the Wumpls'
 front steps and turn around to sur
 vey your gasoline slave once more:
 just in time to see it, with the for
 gotten Emergency brake left off,
 starting a mad career backwards
 down the last grade in the general
 direction Of innumerable parked
 cars.
 From the Home Daily Orb Of
 something A. D.;
 Not since the days of the Tar
 quin kings has the Roman republic
 been subjected to such an imperial
 istic move" declared the pontifeS
 maximuse at yesterdays meeting of
 the senate, in reference to that
 body's action in excluding the Liberi
 from all cabinet posts, The senate.
 now composed of 571 Romani and
 1G5 Liben. had always previously e approved the pontifeX maXimus
 choice Of cabinet officials, but this
 time it downed his appointment Of Quintus Lucius Mors to minister of
 graft basing its action Of the fact
 that Mors, being a I.iberi, bclonged to the minority party.
 Asked for a statement on the mo ton 10 this effect which his party had just put through, Omna NolO . boss of the Romani said "rhe pop ulus Romanus showed its faith ir Us by electng majority Of us. Trnc , some Liberi were elected. but they , are Liberi and don't count" Habeo Nil, leader Of the minority , told his stand to an Orb" reporter
 They won't give Us anything" h. l said, "so just for that we won 3 take anything"
 . "Buddie," Rex, Prince" Sport 1 "Queenie" and Beauty" seem 10 bt l the most popular names for canine' |. this year, large numbers of each be l ing found on the applications fo l dog licenses, received last month T t the office of City Clerk A. L. Thomp Q son.
 f Strangely, there has not been ; = single "Tige" so far, although thi s name led all others up to recen ,. years. Among the newcomers thi
 year are Andy Gump," "Jiggs' am = "Tagalong," names taken iron e characters in newspaper cartoons , The owner of Andy Gump" apple, '- yesterday and was asked to give hi It name, Mistaking the inquiry. h. 2, calmly answered Andy Gump l. creating a laugh in the waiting ine e Many Of the dog owners, thinkin e it was a requirement of the law 1t brought their dogs to the tow v. clerks office for registry. The oh IT servation of the deputies has bee n that the more homely dog is in if prettier the name given it. n Many of the dog owners who hay n brought canines to the town clerk r office insisted upon showing th :, clerks the "stunts' the animal ca :, m perform. despite the fact that oth 7, u CTS may be waiting for service. Sue 7. commands as: Speak" Hay down. VI gimme the paw, etc, addressed [ IT the dog. are not infrequentIy follow
 cd by the order: Take the air." ad s- dressed to the master by the waitin r. dog owners.
 le Already 1.2oO dogs have been reg lg isteped and 1t is not thought likeI In there will be many more recorded 'e It. has been noticed that there ar st few dogs of the more valuable breed lg in the city, the breed reported wit IT, the greatest regularity being mon Id grcl."