New Britain herald., 1926-03-20


 of the spectator the battles some- times fought by humans with the result that the seemingly weaker party emerges triumphant, because, like the dogs. the opponents do q the weaker of the forces does some thinking and acts.
 Toiling through contemporaries this week, we came across news story which. in our judgment, de- serves q niche in the hall of fla nous writings. It concerns the death of lion in Forest park zoo. at Springfield, Mass, former monarch of the jungle which. no doubt, hundreds of New Britain visitors at the zoo, have seen. The obituary" printed in the Spring. field Union, follows:
 Caesar is dead.
 Caesar, the lamentin-est lion ever to below his rage, or his love from the confines of the Forest Park zoo, will never again open his toothlcss jaws to roar at tho spectators who stood before his cage enthralled by his shabby gen. tility,
 He looked like a blood brother to a large carpet bag. Where most lions have mane, Caesar had mange and plenty of 1t, He was moro slab sided than canoe bump ed by ferry boat. He was, in truth, so slab-sided that his hind feet often walked at right angles 10 his fore feet.
 But Caesar could roar. He just rared back on his corns when in the mood and gave vent 10 q whoop and holler that could be heard sev- eral miles, Give Caesar a still night and a carrying wind, and he could make himself heard In Chicopee-- and think nothing of it.
 "A chunk of red, raw meat meant nothing to Caesar, He didn't have enough teeth to crack q cream puff. He was good on Hamburg steak and gruel, and 1t didn't give him any more indigestion than usual If some one slipped him a marshmallow. But that was his limit. Once he managed to swallow q loaf of stale bread, but they had to pack his sides in ice for q week afterward, And now he is dead.
 "Ycsterday there came from the African iungles, by the way of Germany and Hagenback's zoo in Nashua, N. H. brand new lion. He is two years old, weighs 175 pounds, and otherwise fills the specifications Of 0 regal animal.
 But Caesar was basso. one of the profundo kind. The new lion hasn't roared yet, but lion fam ciers who have seen him prophecy a lyric tenor"
 With the mayoralty campaign slowly getting under way, one feature of it stands out notoriously adn stamps 1t as a flat failure for all candidates concerned. The cam paign is as devoid of issues as Spain Is of prohibition agents. About all any candidate can say is. My op- ponent is a good fellow. but I am better" True, they can talk about what I did" and what he didn't do," what will do" and what he won't do." but those are hardly issues.
 What we need to stir the voters of New Britain from their lethargy is a batch of issues, incorporated in platforms which will enable the elector to know what he is Us not ) voting for (against). The Observer always willing and anxious to help everyone from mayor to bootblack in whatever way possible. offers the following blanks which can be ap- propriated gratis by any candidate of any party.
 Passing of an ordinance to forbid the installation of an automatic tele, phone system. Eliminate central and we would have no ono to be, lrate when we received wrong mum. ber; it is somewhat disconcertint to ball oneself out for dialing wrong. ly or to take 1t up with an cleo, l trician.D
 A city hall in every ward. GA candidate with this in his platform should carry every ward in the city.
 Thirty days in jail. without righ' of appeal. for owners of all regener. ative radio sets. tThis should brinl in every voter except those who owr the nuisances In question.)
 More benches In our parks. (Th, young and newly made voters vii respond 10 this)
 A 25-cent lunch for q quarter (Aimed at commuters, nighthawks