New Britain herald., 1926-04-24
TIE OBSER VER- On the City and Its People
 Makes Random Observations

Need of q warning signal on the New Britain-Hartford road ncar the Maple Hill trolley station was Illustrated last Saturday when an automobile being driven toward this city continued on its way instead of making a left turn and ended up in a vacant lot, resulting in injuries to several of the occupants.
 Drivers familiar with tho road realize that 1t takes a sharp bend, and avoid accidents. But there is nothing to warn strangers of tho dangerous condition which exists. IL is said that there have been six serious accidents at that point with in year, one of them resulting fatally.
 Attention of the state highway department should be called 10 the situation. The installation of a red warning, Tho cost would be small. In America we always wait until calamity sends shudder through our soul before correcting condtions such as exist at Maple Hill. Why not put In signal now, before someone else is keled,
 Religious news cdn be made just as interesting as sporting news, ac- cording to Miss Rachel Mcdowell. religious editor of the New York Times. who discussed the subject of religious news in signed article in Editor and Publisher.
 Discussing religious news and its phases. Miss Mcdowell says: Tt used often 10 be said that the metropolitan newspapers were keen only for religious scandals. That is absolutely untrue. The will of John s, Kennedy was published on the fornt page because he lief. $30,000,- 900 phlanthropic purposes--$15,- 100000 of it 10 the Presbyterian church. And ] often tell my clergy men friends that if a parishioncr committed the whole Bible to mem | Oi llidL NOulI Dt EbOl lUI d IIDIl page story News is news because it is unusual and not because it is bad. I write Catholic, Jewish and Protestant news but the question of what I myself am does not enter in. l am a Presbyterian, and it has never been necessary to hide that fact under a bushc1 I am a friend of every religion that believes in one God.
 "All the time I look for the news ! ing the whole text of sermons; and even an excerpt should be printed only when it is on some timely queS- | tion, or is contained in a sermon which is itself of an unusal charac- i ter. A clergyman may preach q ser mon on God is Love- which would have been just as appropriate if preached 100 years ago; but if he stands up in the pulpit and says that ! he will not give holy communion 10 any woman who appears in q dress not long enough or high enough, and whose lips are rouged, eyebrows corked, and eyelashos pen cilled-that is apt to make the front page"
 1 Newspapers are showing incrcas- cd interest in church news and the church should reciprocate by study ing the viewpoint of editor, reporter and press associations, Dr. J. R, ! Wade, executive secretary, told the world service commission of the Methodist Episcopal church at it's annual session in Chicago.
 American newspapers" s0id Dr. Wade, "aro printing more religious editorials than hitherto and arc pay
 ing more attention 10 news Of church and missions. They welcome cooperation from the religious or iganizations.
 Sane, safe, adequate, consistent
 publicity plays an important part
 lin any worthwhile enterprise. To
 frown upon it is unwise. 10 omit it is weakening. 10 exalt it urduly is
 folly, but to use it skillfully is to cXpand,'