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 Q. What is the enlisted and commissioned strength of the United States Army and Navy at the present time?
 . A. Recent figures show 112,459 enlisted men and 11,677 officers in the Army. In addition there are 97 Philipine Scout officers and 6,999 enlisted scouts. The Navy has 3D. 752 enlisted men and S,531 officers and the Marine Corps 17,SS5 en- listed men, 1,035 commissioned of ficers and 154 warrant officers.
 Q. Is Thanksgiving Day observ- ed in other countries than the United States?
 A. Thanksgiving Day is distinct ly an American Holiday and is not celebrated in other lands except by Americans residing there. Harvest festivals, however, held at about the same time of year, have been com mon among other peoples.
 Q. What were the total receipts of the Dempsey-Tunney fight and how much did Dempsey and Tunney receive? What was the total at tendance?
 A. The total receipts were S1,- S95,73S Dempsey received approXi- mately $700,00 and Tunney s2OO,- 900. The total paid admissions were 11S,736. In addition 25,732 were admitted on passes, which made the total attendance 144,46S.
 Q. What is the difference be- tween an optomctrist and an op- tician?
 A. An optometrist is one who practices optometry, which is the measurement of powers of vision in general as to acuteness of perception or form or color or the extent of the field. An optician is who makes or deals in optical instruments or eyeglasses.
 Q. How is Beau Geste pro- nounced?
 A. Bo 0o rhyme with "go") and jest"
 c. Where and when was John Dryden born?
 A. John Dryden, dramatist, poet and critic, was born at Aldwinkle, village of Northhamptonshire, England, August 9, 1631.
 C. How high is the Eiffol Tow CT in Paris and why was it erected?
 A. It was erected for the parie exposition in 1889. It stands in the Champ de Mars, and is 9S4 feet high
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circumstances demand precipitate action away from the altar instead of toward it. The police, putting two and two together, seem to side with the girl, which certainly is the popular step. Dashing away in an automobile and leaving an ardent wooer stranded seems to have been an act of necessity, even If the automobile did not belong to the plucky girl.
 The incident proves that the ability to drive sn automobile can come in handy to any young woman nowadays. When a passionate lover at the wheel insists on an instant marriage, the ability to drive home alone is something well worth pos sessing: far superior in fact, to the more common prcrogative of get ting out and walking home.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
$ Fears Ago Today

The moulders at Russell & Er- wins went to work this morning and found that the foundry was shut down. They would have taken the statement for what it was worth had it not been for a disagreement yes terday. The oldest molder had died and the entire department wished to attend his funeral; the company suggested sending 8 delegation and later that the men work until noon.. Neither proposal was accept able and the men went to the fun eral.
 MT. and Mrs. F. r. Neumann cele- bratcd their 18th wedding anniver- sary by attending prayer meeting at the Trinity M. E. church, accom- panied by their two sons, both of whom are students at Wesleyan university. At the conclusion Of the service Mir. McNicholl presented the Neumanns with a handsome silver service of II pieces, which had been purchased by subscription.
 A. E. Weiant has just completed installing a heating system for the Skinner Chuck Co.
 The A. T. A. Whist club met last evening at the home of Miss Matte Tanning on Lincoln street.
 F. Corbin is at Cottage City.
 The maps in the town clerks of flee have been arranged in book form so that they can be found easily.
 Now that the walls of the new Andrews & Swift building are going up people are comparing it with the city building recently erected across Commercial street from it. Without doubt, the city building suffers great ly by comparison.
 New Britain appears to be on the eve of a building boom that will be uneXampled in it's inmensity in the history of the city. Many lots have been sold recently, and in no one particular section of the city, so that it is sure that the outskirts will soon be dotted with new homes It is safe to say that none of the new houses will cost less than $2,000. The new editice for the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to cost $5O,0OO, will soon be in the works. The amount to be added to the grand list by this activity will no doubt reach several thousand dol lars, ......-... .............
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voters of the county are aroused.
 Thus we go up the line to the higher offices. If Senator Bingham is deemed worthy of being returned to Washington 1t will be because the independent voters come to this conclusion. Both Senator Bing- ham and Judge Tyler are address ing themselves primarily to the in- dependent voters, irrespective of whether these are temporarily lined up with either party. The dyed-in- the wool Republicans are sure to vote for Senator Bingham regardless of his record, while the fundamentalist Democrats are go- ing to vote for Judge Tyler. Be- tween the two is bivouacked an army Of the independents at whom the barrage of electioneering bombs is aimed. The same holds true as between Governor Trumbull and Mir. Morris. In spite of the fact that the former dislikes the independent voters, he would have but a small chance of reelection without their assistance.
 The Republican party originally sprang from a revolt of the inde- pendent voters; without them it could never have been formed. From the early times of the repub- lie to the present it has been they who decided elections.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
HEARST SUPPORT
 KISS OF DEATH
So Declares SInith-CandidateS
 Working Metropolis

New York. Oct. 25 OP - The chief candidates in New York states hot campaign are concen- trating on the metropolitan district for the final days before .balloting. Indications are that the fireworks will continue.
 William Randolph Hearst, pub fisher, has given Ogden L. Mills the kiss of death" by supporting the republican candidate for gov- crnor, in the opinion of Gov. AL fred E. Smith, Mills democratic rival.
 To this the Mills campaign man. agement retorted that Smith ex- pressed much gratitude for the sup port of the Hearst papers two years ago, and that he must be that support this year,
 Of his opponent Gov Smith said yesterday: I'm satisfied he is not on the level" Referring to charge by MT. Mills that he had vetoed the bill to install voting machines in New York city the governor said: That's a cold -blooded wicked deliberate misstatement. The bill was signed by Gov. Miller and not vetoed by Gov. Smith. It is state ment unworthy of a blue -blooded aristocrat with a Harvard educa- tion."
 In a letter yesterday to the pres ident of the United German society of New York city the governor de- nounced the "fanatical drys who see in a harmless glass of beer the sum total of iniquity."
 "The German people," he added, "have demonstrated how families can enjoy life with music, songs and little beer"
 The Mills campaign reverted to it's charges that adulterated milk is sold in New York, the candidate himself writing 8 letter to Gov. Smith reminding him of the graft charges and the need of state wide inquiry to insure pure milk supply to 6,OOO,O0O persons in Greater New York. Win or lose,' he concluded, neither you nor I nor any other man dare accept so fearful a responsibility"
 Tho candidates for United States senator also concentrated their final weeks efforts on the metropo- lis. Senator Wadsworth is urging the maintenance of a republican majority in congress to support the Coolidge program. He favors the continuation of the republican tariff and a change in the prohibi- ton laws.
 Robert r. Wagner, the demo- cratic candidate for senator, &C., cused his opponent of "double- dealing tactics" in that he waited until he got into wet territory be- fore he said how he would vote on the state dry referendum. Wagner declared himself strongly for modi- lcation of the Volstead act.
 Collision between Governor Smith and Senator Wadsworth js openly charged by d committee backing Franklin w. Cristman, in- dependent republican for senator on dry ticket. EThis collusion," the statement said, "has a, common origin in the association against the prohibition amendment and its al- lied organizations"
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
DEAD END STREETS

Shall the city discontinue the ac- ceptance of dead-end streets? There is much to be said in favor of re- fusing to accept such thorough fares, and some municipalities long ago adopted rules which prevent their acceptance. Under some cir cumstances they no doubt are ad- visable; but under most conditions they could be elongated into regu- lar thoroughfares that really get somewhere instead of leading to a blind turn-about.
 Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham, in favoring an amend ment to the charter to provide that no street be accepted by the city except through vote of the Com mon Council, no doubt thinks this would prevent the acceptance of dead-end streets in the future. The supposition is that the Council would not accept such a street.
 This probably is true. Streets that are "dedicated' to the public should be streets in reality, and not courts. Yet 1t is not to be over looked that the conflguration Of the terrain In this city has been pro- ductive of more dcad-end streets than would otherwise have origi- mated. Some of our dead-end streets come to a sudden stop merely be- cause it was impossible to push them along any further in the di- rection they started to go, or grow. In such cases 1t is a question whether the public would be best served by having the so-called street remain private thorough fare or De numDereQ among lnc city's public thoroughfares.
 Whatever is done about it in the future will have no bearing upon the past, or upon the dead-end streets already existing. And it may be that there will be less apparent necessity 10 construct dead-end streets in the future than in the past. If a certain amount of public attention is focused upon them ii is unlikely that any part of the public will attempt to dedicate such streets in the future.
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you awt to see the way l feel" Fletcher: "Tell us, using the word farewell" Dick D. Bird: I'm in love with Dotty Twittenham and jest before she moved, I rote rite on her fents in big red chawk: I'll folio you all ore the world, I don't care ware you go, And if I haven't got my farewell then III waWk."
 Nellie Hoffman Copyright, 1926 Reproduction
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SJPFR-POWER PLANS
 UNDER FIRE

William z. Ripley of Harvard, the nations foremost professorial expert upon corporate manage ment, did the nation another nota- ble service in forcefully calling at tention to some of the more brazen methods of holding companies, the over-extension of super power, and the accompanying exploitation of subsidiaries. His article in the At lantio Monthly, like a preceding article on corporate practices, has aroused the financial world to realization that in Ripley there Is a keen observer on the sidelines who is intent upon reforming them, and who Is doing 1t more efficiently than any other man in the country.
 The super-power projects we have been constantly reading about have the primary object of bringing power from distant parts to other parts where it may be deficient. Fundamentally, the idea is sound; but there are men who will take advantage of the possibilities to the detriment of the public, the inves- tors, and even the states. Professor Ripley's new crusade may bring about a better understanding of the inherent possibilities for financial chicanery and put the states and the public on guard.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
CUPID OUTWITTED

Unless the young swain who wanted to get married in too great a hurry to suit the girl in the case insists upon prosecution, no charge will be placed against the young lady who fled in his automo- bile while he was in q drug store. So runs the routine police report.
 This getting married in haste has it's disadvantages, and any young lady who does not desire to repent at leisure is justified in using her wits to outwit cupid when the
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
THE POCKETBOOK PULL AS ELECTION YEARS


 It being an election year it is not surprising that we read con- siderable about business conditions in the country. "Prosperlty" is telling slogan indeed in an appeal to the voters. Coupled with "econo- my" the twins make a fine team to pull otherwise rack-duster can didates into office.
 The voter is unquestionably swayed by his pocketbook; any thing that has the semblance of saving appeals to him, even though he may be living in an easy money period. He is going to the polls to register his political choice, swayed by the condition of his eNchequer. If 1t is full of cash he wishes to add to it; if it is slim he wishes to defend it. At all events, even though he might willingly spend upon himself, he does not want to have anyone allot a portion of his money for public improvements; not at all.
 The Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, feels that all IS we'll in the United States. Of course, he would. Other speakers, in To- calities where there is no depres- sion, are taking pains to point out the fact, providing they are Repub- licans. The Democrats are busy stressing the points where there have been financial difficulties, in the cotton centers and amidst the farmers. All of this is part of the political hokum to which the pub lie responds too readily - led by the pocketbook.
 The Department of Commerce has undoubtedly aided in smooth ing the road against threats of real panics. So has the federal reserve system; so have many other factors entering into the equation, the biggest one being the old law of supply and demand, of which there can be no political control. Any politician who seizes upon a nat ural condition to make capital for his candidacy is insulting the in telligence of the average voter. And practically every politician is busly insulting the voters ntelli- gence every day and every other one of the gang is getting away with 1t without the voter even realizing that he has been insulted. The establishment of a federal ! reserve system was a great step to- ward the elimination of panics. The creation of large reservoirs of gold, of banks for banks, was a f. nancial asset in itself In addition, the opportunity given to federal reserve bank officials to restrain undue enthusiasm in money-bor rowing circles, and to encourage 1 borrowing where and when borrow ing was justified, through their ability to set the money rate, was another great gain. The directors should be unswayed by political considerations, and there is nc specific instance upon which the public could consistently claim that they have made an effort to play the political game.
 The farmer of the Middle West is not satisfied; he bought his land at war time prices and to realize upon it he must raise bumper crop at high prices. If his crop fails or there is a slump in the demand,
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue, Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions vii. receive a personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.-Edi
 c. Who is the present Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of France? When was the present cabinet constituted?
 A. NJ. Aristide Briand is the pres cnt Minister of Foreign Affairs and M. Raymond Poincare the Premier and Minister of Finance. The pres ent French cabinet was constituted July 23, 1926.
 Q. How long does it take for a letter to go from San Francisco, California to Manila, P. J.?
 A. About 20 days.
 Q. Where are the Federal Land Banks located?
 A. St. Paul, Minn.; Wichita, Kan sas; Omaha, Neb.; Spokane, Wash; i; Berkeley, Cal; Houston, Texas; St. Louis, Mo-; Columbia, S, C.; Spring field, Mass. Baltimore, Md; and New Orleans. La.
 Q. How tall was Rudolph Valen- tino?
 A. Five feet, eleven inches.
 Q. How long did the Russo- Japanese War last?
 A. It began February s, 1904. The treaty of peace ending the war was signed September 5, 1905.
 Q. Is British subject who mar ried an American husband on March 16, 1922 an American citizen or does she have to be naturalized?
 A. She became an American citizen by reason of her marriage and will not have to be naturalized. The law requiring alien wives of American citizens to be naturalized became effective September 22, 1922.
 c. Does Ben Turpin, the movie actor, Wear a glass eye?
 A. No, but he is cross-eyed.
 Q. From what book was the mo- ton picture Blood and Sand' dramatized?
 A. From Nincentc Blasco Iban- ez's book of the same name.
 Q. What is a ''nO-decision" bout in prize fighting?
 A. One that is held in a State whose boxing laws prohibit the ren- dering of referees or judges de- cision. There have been several championship battles fought in states having the o-decision law. In such battles the only way the challenger can win is by a knock out or a foul.
 Q. l want to use gum arabic to stiffen my lace curtains. Can you give me the proportions to use and how to prepare?
 A. Dissolve one ounce gum ara bic in one-half pint of boiling water, strain and bottle. Keep well corked. Use one dessert spoon of the mixture to a pint of cold water Dip the curtains in this water and rinse and stretch.
 Q. What language is "Flos me- catorum" and what does it mean?
 A. It is Latin meaning "flower (flourishing, success) of the mer-
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We'll Say They Need It! Lots of memory courses designed to help guy
 Remember names and faces and make a hit thereby, But why not for those glum birds we're meeting all the while Some kind of course to help 'em remember when to smile?
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MY FACE

I take good care of my handsome face It's the ONLY face l have, garnish it well with parsley and mace 'r. And rub it with cucumber salve. lay it on pillows of delicate weave, And I keep it from harm and from stain, And l try to remember I never must leave
 It outside over night in the rain!
 -Arlie Huber
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Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, Tba A. B. C. Is national organization which furnishes newspapers and ndVer- ti.ers with e strictly honest analyss or circpl,tion, Our circulation statistics r. h,.ed mon this audit. This fnsures nro,.ction ngainy. fraud in newspaper sistributlon figues to both national and local advertisers.
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From Our Own Infantry Drill
 Regulations


 Last Christmas my little girl, aged four, received toy which so pleased her that she constantly played with 1t.
 "Margret," her mother asked one day, "can't you play with something else all the time than that toy?" Let her play with it!' insisted her older sister AS soon as the novelty wears off she'll stop" A few minutes later mother mo- ticed Margret examining the toy from all angles.
 What are you looking for?" she inquired.
 For the novelty that wears off, |" Margret replied.
 William A. Macholz
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Modern Punishment

Judge: What was this man guilty of stealing?'
 Attorney: "Thirty-seven dollars, Your Honor."
 Judge: Twenty years in prison!" Attorney: Wait a minute! I've made a mistake! It was $37,000." Judge; "Oh. excuse me! Two years"
 -Gustave Slagle
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Not The Only One

Dr. Pearson: My fee is $500"
 Patient: "Ye Gods! And you said | was ME that had gall trouble."
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The Nose KnowSi

You have a remarkably strong family resemblance. l think it is your large nose"
 "Yes, that does run in the family"
 Ted Osborne.
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Tho Herald Is on sale daily in New York at Hotaling's Newsstand. Times Square; schultz's Newsstands. Entrance Grand Central. 42nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25

Correct this sentence: Through out the entire show" said she, none of those about me whispered or were in any way annoying
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The only rod" a modern young ster known about is steering rod.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
THIS IS MY LUCKY DAY

A tall and burly man sat down beside me in the smoking car. My first glance told me that it was the tailor whom I owed $500.
 He leaned over. I've got re- ceipt for $500 made out to you," he said. You hand me the money now, or I'll tell the conductor I'm q deputy, take you off at the next station, and beat you within an inch of your life!" l had just $500 with me,
 There was no way out. paid, and got the receipt.
 Just then the train stopped with a jerk. Two masked men came through the car and held up every body.
 Tee, hee!
 THAT was my lucky day!
 Edwin M. Kernahan. T am sending you" wrote Jim Donovan, "a gallon of some stuff made myself"
 I got the precious package at the post office, On the way down the steps I slipped, fell, and broke both my leg and the jug.
 The police took me to the hos pital, and from there to jail. I was sentenced for six months.
 When I came out, I stopped to drop a nickel into the cup of a blind man. I looked closer, and saw that it was Donovan!
 Man, oh man!
 THAT was my lucky day!
 Hugh J, Bunting
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25

The only profitable advertising medium ,n the City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25

Tact is the ability of dad and mother to keep still about where the kid got its smartness.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25

It's an ill wind that doesn't pro- vide Florida railroads with more building material freight.
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FactsandFancies
 BY ROBERT CULLEN

Wonderful age! Women can be happy, even though intelligent.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25
KRAZY KINDERGARTEN

Conducted By Dusty) Fletcher: "Dick, you look sad" Dick k. Bird, That's nuthing,
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What is pie to one Congressman is pork to another.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25

Job suffered almost everything ex- except a neighbours brat doing a violin lesson.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-25

. A fright" as we understand it, is any frock worn by a woman the speaker doesn't like.
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Entered at the Post Ofics at New Britain
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After a trip abroad it's nice to get back to the sight of American ankles.
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