New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
SMOKING GIRLS
 ID BECOME COMMON
Half oi All in Country Will Use
 Weed, Speaker Says

The speaker today at the Lions club meeting was Adam J. Puffer Of the Beacon Boys Bureau. MT. Puff fer is in the city this week under the auspices of the Rotary club speaking in behalf of National Boys week, which began yesterday. He will speak to the Kiwanis club tomorrow and the Rotary club Thursday. This evening he speaks 70 the Parent and Teachers association at the Central Junior High school at 7:3O o'clock. Tomorrow morning he addresses an assembly at the senior high school
 Members of the club had school boys as their guests today and the attendance prizes were given 10 the boys. A baseball was given to Eric Schiniewolf and q hat 10 Russell Schwab. Russell recited Edgar Guests poem. My Paw Says So." to his hosts.
 Most fathers. according to Mir. Pultor are Of the negative type. h. stead Of saying Yes" 10 their boys or of giving them some kind of positive answer, they say No. don't bother me" and thereby drive the boys away from them. He said The positive father says come on, lets go and draws the boy nearer 10 him.
 He stressed the theory of example and said Whatever the father does the boy should be expected to do. If the father has big boat the boy should have q small one"
 He said he was asked one time to speak to high school boys on the question Of smoking, He doesn't be- lieye smoking IS good for boys but he refused 10 speak 10 them on the subject. Don't teach high school boys 10 disraspect their own fathers" was his reply.
 Half Of tho college girls in the country now smoke and he predicted that very soon half of the girls in the country will smoke, he pointed out, taking the example from their fathers and others,
 The big smoking question by boys or girls will never be solved until fathers learn that whatever the father does the boys must be expected to do,'he said.
 We are making things too soft for the boys Of today, raising them in apartments where all the chores are done for them and giving them none of the hard bumps Of life, h. continued. The soft. warm homes are running the boys"
 He cricicised severely the mothers who baby and pamper their boys. He told of a boy who had a papu route. When winter came, lis mother made him give it up he- cause she said t was too cold for { her hoy 10 go out selling papers. You can't make q man on that basis" he said. explaining that this ] kind of d mother is spelling her I boys life.
 "A boy should have al least two hours a day Of work, am glad to i hear New Britain has 16 boys base 1 ball teams. I wish you had llG l football teams and no boys allowed on the bleachers Il is an open IQuestion whether or not yelling on the bleachers is not good training for mob psychology. When you have boys well trained to handle them selves physically, then they are well trained to handle themselves nor ally"
 In the baseball contest it was re- ported the American league has SEQ points and the National league 5G0. Manager Martin HorWitz of the Senators, was called on the carpet before High Commissioner John A.. Andrews and ordered to remit the $G his team bid for new player Upon his reply to the commissioner Try and get it. he was fined S5 points on a charge Of contempt and insuborIination.
 It was announced that q bowling match between the Lions team which last week won the state inter city championship among Lions clubs and the Blue army which won tho Inter-Church league champion ship will be rolled a week from to- night May II.
 Twonty-oue members of the New Britain Lions club and possibly more will drive to New London to- morrow to tho annual conference of the district comprising Connecticut and Rhode Island, with the intention of attempting to bring the conven- tion to New Britain next spring.
 While a number Of others who have not yet been heard from arc expected to accompany the delcEa- ton tomorrow. the following sigm- fled their intention or going ct tho luncheon today: K. M, Soarlo, Colonel W. W. Bullcn, sam Mag. Harry C. Hancock, Otto Heinrich, Martin HorwitZ. David L. Nair R. IT.. Erwin. Dr. Joseph Potts A. w.. Piper, Dr. L. A. Darcy, Luke Stevens, Thure W. Bcngston, John \, An drcws, Henry Guilmont, James V. Onorato. A. J. Shcau. C. ". Buckoy C. w. Williams, James r. O'Brian and Thomas p. Orchard.