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New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
COOLIDGE HAS
 POSTAL PAY BILL
Final Fate of Act Rests With
 Him-,May Approve

Washington, Feb. 27.--The fate of the postal pay and rate increase bill now rests with President Cool idge, the senate having joined the house in approving the conference report. virtually substituting the house bill for the measure previous ly twice approved by the senate. | Administration leaders believe the bill will receive the presidents ap- proval, during the short debate which preceded the senate's adop- ton of the report yesterday by a vote of So to 12, Senator Mckellar, democrat, Tennessee, one of the con- forces, told the senate the president had insisted on some of the higher rates carried in the house bill as compared with those in the senate measure.
 Effective as of January 1 this year, postal employees would receive an average salary increase of about $500 annually under the bill, which by new postal rates to go into ef- feet April IS. next would raise about $6o, 900, 900 of the s6s,00o,0oo required for the pay advances. As rider" the bill carries a corrupt practices act strictly limit | ing campaign expenditures of con gressional candidates as recommend ed by the senate campaign funds committee.
 The postal rate increases carried in the bill are designed to meet the objections which caused the presi- dent to veto the straight salary in- crease measure passed at the last session. The salary provisions are the same as carried in that bill. q. While no period of duration is specified for the rate increases, the bill provides for hearings during the summer by joint congressional l committee, which is to submit rec
 concentrations with view to re-
 vision of the rates at the next ses- sion.
 Payment of the retroactive sal.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
USINESS IS DIFFERENT;
 SOME CHANGES

Changing conditions are affecting business considerably, in the opin- lon of business analyzers who make a practice of compiling statistics or obtain them from the government and then pore over them and tender their conclusions to the mercantile public.
 The population has increased since 1919 in the normal manner; yet there were fewer shoes and mems hats made and sold in 1924 than in 1919.
 The census bureau has made pub lie the figures In round numbers, there were 3S1,0O0,O0O pairs of shoes made in 1919, and only 313,- O,0oO. pairs in 1924; there were 25,O00,0OO hats made in 1919 and 24,0OO,OOO in 1924.
 This is blamed upon changed habits of the people: and where there is a decrease in per capita consumption in one thing there is an increase in another, according to the business experts. But in the matters under discussion, this does not help the shoe dealers or the hat dealers.
 It is declared that the decrease In shoe and hat consumption is due entirely to the automobile.
 There have also been decreases in per capita consumption of cotton and woolen goods, and in furni- ture; and also a lessened consump- ton of meat.
 The decrease in cotton and wool en goods is blamed upon women's fashions, which as is evident to everyone but the blind have gone in for less raiment than In previous years; and by the increased use of silk and furs.
 The decrease in per capita con- sumption of furniture is attributed to the development of apartment houses, which require less furnish ings than a house.
 Less meat is consumed because there has been a greater consump- ton of vegetables and fruits.
 Of course, such statistics do not apply in every community equally For instance, because they apply in a majority of cities is no reason to assume that they apply in New Britain; but there is no doubt as to the general change in the mode ol living throughout the entire coun- try. A flexible business community will adapt itself to such changes as they occur. Such changes are moi under anyone's control and must be accepted as they materialize'
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
WOMEN IN BRITAIN AND THE VOTE

In England the government doesn't like the prospect of more women being able to vote than men, as would be the case if both men and women were permitted to De- gin voting at the same age.
 | The franchise law at present per mits men to vote upon reaching 'he age of 21, while women must walt until they are 30. Under these con- d,,ions there are 11,6OO,oOO men voters and S,OoO,OoO women voters on the lists.
 If the women were permitted 10 vo+a as early in life as the men there would be 100000 more women voters than men voters
 Consequently the House of Com mons action in killing the suffrage hill which would have equalized inc franchise, was to avoid the pos s;hilitv of the women outvoting the men," Whether this would De all advantage or a calamity depends upon the point of view.
 The governm ent had made pledges about the matter but mas nostponed complying with them' IL is possible, according to observers that the upehot of the franchlSe recommendation in Britain will De that in a few years the franchise for both sexes will be fixed al ~ years This will be tantamount 10 " conclusion that men under 70 art ,rcanabIe of voting with inteil' rence just as the present pFohioi' ,ion that women under 50 cahho' vote reflects the governmental sup ,osi+ion that they are unable to u' so ;rtclljgently. The fear that fl the ,rarcbise were equalized, womei would outvote men is not Dase' mon logic, as the votes of both &r' divided between the regular par'eS
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
ZONE FARES AND TROLLEY RIDING

A street car official recently stated that the future of the trol- ley industry lies in adopting zone fares, instead of exacting the same fare from all patrons for either a long or short haul in the same city.
 The zone fare. he declared, is superior to the free transfer privi- lcge because most riders do not utilize transfers; in other words, in every city the majority of riders use the trolleys from an outlying section to downtown, or return. Those who would ride across town, this official held, would be glad to pay extra for transfer If they got the ride downtown cheaper.
 The problem before the trolley companies, it was further stated, is to transfer the walkers on the side walks into the cars; and nothing but a low zone rate will do 1t, in his estimation. Others perhaps are not of the same opinion, but the idea Is worth careful study.
 Here is how this would work in New Britain: Instead of paying a token to ride from an outlying sec- ton to the Center on a Connecti- cut company conveyance, the fare would be, say, six cents, or five cents, with a charge for transfers when such were desired. Or Ae fare could be four tokens for a quarter. There is no question that such a zone rate would stimulate short-distances riding and tend tc put more passengers in the cars.
 It being possible to walk from many parts of New Britain to the downtown section in from 10 to 2' minutes - hike that provides nc more than a good bit of outdoor sxsrcise to large psstion of the
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populaee - 1t is clear that high street car fares result in less street car riding.
 When fares were a nickel walk ing nearly became an abandoned science; when fares went up the number of occupants of the side- walks notably increased.
 The street car company had to have increased fares, however; this was proved to the satisfaction of the Public Utilities Commission, But higher fares have not affected the ability of many persons to walk at least part of the time.
 There are residents of this city who walk downtown and return several times a day; these also ride sometimes, so that roughly they ride half the time. In the old days of the nickel fare they rode all the time.
 The transportation companies blame much of their ills upon the automobile; partly, the blame is well placed. But some observers also think that their woes were in- tensiiled about the time the fare raising campaigns were started.
 Such street car men who favol zone fares in cities think it is the golden middle way to bring back lost business.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
Higher Beef Prices
 Expected This Year

By The Associated Press.
 London, Feb. 27.-The over-pro- duction of cattle has come to an end, the worlds demand for beef has overtaken the supply, and therefore prices should be higher this year than in 1924, according to the an- nual review of the frozen meat trade" published by the Weddel Company and recognized in Great Britain as an authoritative reference work.
 Great Britain no longer stands alone as practically the only meat importing country in the world, it is said, no fewer than eight other coun- tries now actively competing for the worlds available export surplus. Last year the continent absorbed 450, ,o00 tons of beef from overseas, quantity equal to seventy five per cent of the meat imports into Great Britain the reveiew declares.
 'These supplies were drawn from the Argentine, Uruguay, Brazil. Aus tralia, New Zealand and South Afri- ca," the annual states.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
Quite Simple!

Hemlock Biones, the great de- tective, reluctantly called in as a last resort by the police, was em- ploying his marvellous powers of deduction, toward the end of es- tablishing the identity of a murder ed man.
 Picking up the shirt the victim wore, from which one button was missing, the master sleuth cleared his throat and announced: This man was a bachelor"
 The chief of police couldn't sec 1t in that light at all.
 q suppose" he sneered, you base your hypothesis on the one missing button. That isn't evidence enough What makes you so sure he wasn't married?"
 Without batting an eyelash, the great detective faced the doubting official.
 "Because," he slowly drawled, "a married man is usually lucky if he hasn't more than two or three miss ing buttons."
 --E. H. Dreschnack
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
A HUGE INCREASE IN TELEPHONES

It had long been the boast of tho Bell telephone interests that larger proportion of people were telephone subscribers in the United States than in Europe. But that was before the enormous increase in telephones in this country the past few years. Today telephones are about as common as radio sets or automobiles. In Europe the situa- tion is just about the same as form erly, or worse.
 Telephone officials declare that the percentage of increases in tele- phone users far exceeds the in- crease in population; indeed, one of the difficulties of the telephone inI terests has been to find enough capi- tai to take care of the waiting list in some of the metropolitan dis tricts and nearby cities.
 Some of the remarkable aspects of the telephone business in New England is that some cities. which have decreased in population, havo increased in the uses of telephones Such a city is Salem, Mass, which has had loss in population of ? percent, but an increase of tele- phones amounting to 1S5 percent. In Saugus, Mass, where there was a population growth of 5S percent, the telephone increase has been 66S percent. These figures, and many more of a similar trend, were given out by Lambert N. Whitney. an official of the New England Bell company, at a hearing in Boston, There Is reason to believe that the statistics of the Southern New Eng land branch of the industry would show similar interesting telephone phenomena.
 It is a far cry from the day when Alexander Graham Bell and his as- sociates had difficulty in convincing commercial interests that there was a future in the telephone business. And it is an equally far cry from the day when, the telephone buSi- ness having been started on cofn- mercial basis, the buyers of stock in the enterprise had to be nearly black kjacked into parting w'th tHelr money.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
HART TO BACK SELF
Two-Gm Man of Movies to be Own Angel-Plans for Chain of Motion Picture Theaters. -.

Hollywood. Cal, Feb. 27.-Wil- liam S. Hart, two-gun man of the movies, will be his own financial ,backer when he returns to the screen, but will release his pictures through United Artists, it was ar- nounced by Joseph NJ. Schenck, bus mess manager of the United Artists, on his return here yesterday from a European tour.
 Schenck also revealed plans for project involving himself and Sid Grammar, Hollywood and Los An geles exhibitor, in the erection of a nationwide chain of motion picture theaters and said that negotiations were under way for all alliance be- tween United Artists and U. F. A. motion picture interests in Germany. whereby the American organization would release U, F. A. pictures in this country and the German inter- ests would handle United Artists pictures there.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
sGHHSss , ,unl1Aob lA
 MtxS0N NxKlu LQUl
MISS ,sHEBA

(By Wallace M. Bayliss) The women try to make tho world believe That they are chased by men, but
 by your leave I'll say they do the chasing, as of
 yore: ~ Of course that will make some of
 them quite sore, But turn to history. Its pages scan And you will find, since first the
 world began. Authentic instances gets lots of space: For one. let's take the Queen Of
 Sheba's case. She lived as happy as the trooloo
 bird, And would have died that way had
 not the word Been carried to her that there lived
 man Who was the wisest one since Time They told her Solomon had never
 failed To answer any questions that a'sail-
 ed. From that time on she never slept
 awink. But sat up nights and did her best
 to think Of questions she could ask to stick
 that guy. (All women are like that; I wonder why). At length she searched him out that is, she chased: And asked her questions with un- seemly haste. With much chagrin she heard him
 answer all; The Good Book say he made her
 feel quite small. This much we know-She heard:
 she chased; she lost. Once in a while we men, 50 sadly
 bossed, Avoid the deadly female, danger
 fraught: But most of us, when chased, arc
 quickly caught.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
SENATOR STANLEY WILL
 CHANGE HIS MIND

By this time Senator A. O. Stan ley of Kentucky probably has changed his mind about not making jail sentences mandatory against those automobile drivers in the Dis trict of Columbia who fail to stop after an accident. Experience is the worlds greatest teacher - and also the worlds greatest changer Of opinion.
 Senator Stanley strongly opposed the enactment of such a measure in the Senate recently, holding 1t was excessive punishment and an abridgement of constitutional liber- ties.
 But the other day Senator Stan ley uas knocked down by an aslo'
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mobile in Washington and was severely injured. In addition, he was catapulted in front of a street car and only saved himself from probable death by rolling off the track. The driver of the automobile failed to stop.
 In Connecticut the penalty for failing to stop after an accident - "evading responsibility" as the law terms 1t - is a minimum fine Of $50, or a maximum sentence' of one year In jail and fine of $100.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27

Editor New Britain Herald
 Permit me to use little space in the columns of your paper.
 In reading your paper last even- ing, I noticed. on the front page the controversy between Mayor Paonessa and a man by the name of Mir. Up- son, who insists that the laws are constantly violated by the Italian and Polish people.
 While am not upholding the vio- lators of the laws of the country, namely the Italians and the Poles" as the so-called lawyer states, ] think that judging by the way the gentleman. if he is such, expresses his opinion, his knowledge of law, conditions of city, and history of the Poles, Italians, etc., is very limited.
 Closely observing his remarks, the gentleman, his ancestry must trace way back to the Mayhower or the Pilgrims (1620). There were also some people who came over here about that time, who were undesir- able and bound in chains. l wonder if his ancestry traces to any of these?
 I could write much more here but I feel that I would impose on the good nature of this paper and con- sider that 1t would be waste of space and time, commenting upon the good judgment of the gentlemen.
 would suggest, however, that the gentleman should leave we'll enough alone and confine his remarks to in- dividuals who violate the law. There are good and bad in every national ity. l may add that the gentleman should take a postgraduate course in some school and learn some hon. est to goodness common sense. The city, state and country did, can and will take care of themselves without the aid or suggestion of such as the gentleman and his followers are.
 PETER J. PAJEWSKI.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
Jamaica U. s. Liquor
 Source Being Sought

New York, Feb. 27.--In an address yesterday to the student body of Ja- maica High school, Charles II. Vos- burg characterized a recent student party as disgusting and disgrace ful' and declared that the students responsible would be severely pun ished. School authorities and detec- tives are investigating reports that students are buying liquor near the school and that at a fraternity dance at a Long Island roadhouse many boys and girls under IS became in toxicated.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
LOCATELLI ILL

Milan, Italy, Feb. 27.-Lieutenant Antonio Locatelli aviator, is confined to his home in Bergamo, suffering from appendicitis. His case so far does not present any serious symp- toms, it is stated.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
COMMUNICATED
NEW BRITAIN CHORAL SOCIETY

NEW BRITAIN CHORAL SOCIETY Editor New Britain Herald;-
 It would appear that the New Brit ain Choral Is being put on the shelf for this year at any rate. If this Is so 1t surely is a great loss to the city and to those who have given their talent of song so faithfully each year. To the writer it would seem almost an insult to the Creator that city of 7O,ooo, cannot support chorus and production of classical work at least once a year. Too bad that CO., operation is not given to MT. Kim ball and MT. John Linsey to whom we owe past years successes.
 Why not have Herald Chorus?"
 Faithfully yours,
 ORPHEUS.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27
Wonnen's Rights

US men want equality before the law, with women" "How's that?"
 "Men go to the penitentiary fl they even kiss their stenographers, while women never go to the peni- tentiary until they shoot their hus- bands"
 Mrs. C. L. Edson,
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ary increases would be authorized in an amendment to the pending de- ficiency appropriation bill for which Representative Madden, republican. Illinois, obtained house approval yesterday.
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Still, keeping our hands off of Europe need not imply keeping the bill collectors off. .....
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Facts and Fancies
BY ROBERT QUIiL.EN

The road to success is paved with discarded friends.
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HONOR LEVINE.

Douarnenez, France, Feb. 27.--The ancient square of the Holy Cross has been renamed Square Lenine by the municipal council which was recent ly elected here.
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Most of the men who think an- other war inevitable are old enough to wish it on somebody else.
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Man is made of dust. The beau ty clay theory is that hair of the dog will cure the bite.
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Road Markers

Motorist How far from here is the nearest filling station?" Native: Three hot-dog stands an a left-hand turn"
 vi, flo
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Why call them balloons?" Bal looms are going up; these pants seem always to be coming down.
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slember of the Assoctated I<es.,

The Associated Press is exclusively ep. titled to the use for republication of all news credited 10 W or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published herein.
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Local BroatlCasting

Nelson: Do you have a radio ?" Potter: "No; it's sitting up with the baby. that gives me this sleepy look"
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Think how the old saloons might have prospered if they had peddled 1t from house to house.
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The only profitable advertising medium In the City. Circulation books and press rooS alvays open to sdvsrtisers
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Member Audi, Bureau of Circulation.

Inc A. B. 0. Ia a national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver. tlsers with . strictly honest analysis Of circulation. Our circulation statistics are based upon this audit. This insurPs protection against fraud ID newspaper distribution figures to both national and local advertiseea
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27

In the year "one." people were in-
 crested in sex, but they didn't call 1t liberalism.
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French girl, plucking daisy petals: He loves me. he loves me dot"
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Out of Date

Matron: Romeo certainly was a wonderful lover" Flapper: Wonderful. Can you beat that! Why, all that bird did was talk"
 N{rS Herman o RorrC
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Some children have a good time, and some are not permitt19 to be noisy.
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The acerage mans practice or thrift consists in saving up to buy something he doesn't need.
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Solutions to Yesterdays Cross Word Limericks i. Show. 2. Throw; 3. Miss: (. Kiss; s. Dough.
  1. Gain; ?. Train; 3. Shout; {, Out; 5. Pain. (copyright 1925. Reproduction
 Forbidden).
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The reason why surgery has lnl- proved is because the surgeon no longer strops lancet on his boot.
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The scars of war are healing. You seldom hear a former doughboy
 sa We, we."
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Americanism: Taking a long
 | journey; returning and tell about 1 the punctures
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Correct this sentence: I'm pretty sick. boss" he agreed; but I'd rather work on until night"
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Uncle Sam's patronizing disposi- ton to pat Europe on the pack re- suits from having pat hand.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27

The Herald is on sale daily In New York at HotalIng's News Stand. Times Square: Schultz News Stand. Entrance Grand Central &2nd street
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27

Another good mechanical device for taking scientific exercises is a wash board.
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It must delight an operator when he gets telegram that doesn't be- gin, Program coming in fine"
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Europe calls them water places but to Americans they appeal al boozing places.
New Britain herald., 1925-02-27

(The Snappy ComebacEO A - CD got onto train, And - @ sat a swell Jane; This is luck" remarked -
 (3) "Is that so?" answered - (D You - (5) all give me a pain" 1. What every girl wants and many have. 2. On the other side; opposed to. 3. Not She. 4. Not he. 5. Travelling men; supposed to be very gay boys.
 (Believe It Or Not) A man with a nail in his = CD Jumped off the roof of
 the - CD He lit on a --(3) And the terrible - (D Drove the nail through his neck
 into - (5)
 l. An old lady once lived in one ,. A place where they keep animals; not a boarding house. 3. 4 piece Of stone; or ''-- a bye baby" 4 Violet agitation of the body. 5. A scene or display.
 '' Safety First! Billy -four years old): Mary Louise is getting washed in the biz bath tub"
 Ruth: Goodness! Mary Louise ii so little she might drown!"
 Billy: No, she can't drown. We put the stopper in." f,
 Ruth McKierman No, Gertrude, a ''statistician" i' not a person that causes the static in our radio programs.
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TELEPHONE oALLs

Entered at the Post onies at New Britain
 e Second Glass Mail Matter.
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Flapper version: "Pet and the world pets with you; refrain and you ride alone"
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The Jinglc-Jangle Counter

Dark clouds in the heavens form; Angry wives begin to storm.
 -L. H. F. Many men to cereals cling; Youth thinks wild oats just the thing.
 Belle Coyle.