New Britain herald., 1926-11-04
BERLIN NEWS
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The Sacred Heart church will hold a whist next Monday evening in the church parlors to which the public have been invited. Mrs. Joseph Cote will be the hostess for the evening.
 The primary grades at the Hub bard school held but one session to- day. there being a teachers meet ing at the Kensington grammar school this afternoon.
 Several new cases of whoopine cough have been reported in town.
 Mrs. Frank Cobey entertained the members of the Social Five at her home this afternoon.
 MT. and Mrs. George Fiske have returned to their home in Greenfield, Mass, after visit with Mir. and Mrs. Charles Fiske of Ecckley road.
 Increase for Assessors.
 At special meeting of the board of assessors held last evening in the office of Town Clerk Arthur L. Woodruff it was voted to increase the appropriation in the budget cov- ering the board of assessors from S650 to s1,000 a year. The increase was voted so as to permit the asses- sors to continue and keep up to date the card index system which has been compiled by experts for this town. The amount will be taken from the emergency fund and placed in the appropriation for the coming year.
 East Berlin Items
 Members of the Community club were given a treat last evening when Rev. Samuel A. Fiske of Der lin gave an extended talk on his travels through Europe during the past summer. His description of Paris and it's environs was so real- isti that he could have talked on that one city alone and commanded attention the entire evening. His description of the cathedral of Notre Dame and the Champs des Elysees was so vivid that one could imagine himself there. He further described some of his impressions of the
 
 tin, the gayer side of the city.
 Speaking of the economic situ- ation in France MT. Fisk stated that many of the French do not pay any taxes and that the farming element or the peasantry have gold but are hoarding it, none of 1t ever reaching the banks. A debt settlement owing to this attitude is almost impossible, he stated. There is plenty of money in France but the continual hoard ing and the evading of taxes pro- duces a condition that has resulted in the instability of the franc. Just the opposite attitude Is taken in England. All in England is paying taxes, trying their utmost to main- tain the stability of the English pound at s4.86.
 One of the handicaps that Eng land Is laboring under is a radical socialism which has emanated from the continent and 1t is this element that is keeping England in more or less restlessness. The government permits free speech no matter what the element and it is this that is hurting, MT. Fisk stated.
 Commenting on government, he stated that during his stay in France the cabinet changed three times due principally to economic reasons. Changes are not so fre- quent in England. The people of Belgium, according to Mr. Fisk, seem to feel the effects ( the war, the suffering still showing on the faces of the populace. France has resumed much of her former gayety and England seems to have practi- cally recovered her poise but the Belgians have still the scars of bat tie physically and mentally. The cathedral at Rheims and it's desc cration were described by MT. Fiske who stated that this wonder of all time could never be restored to it's former glory and beauty although Rockefeller and other rich men were putting millions into the re- pairing of this wonderful specimen of mediaeval architecture.
 The American cemetery at Bel leau Wood is one of the most beau- tiful in the world. according to MT. Fiske who felt that it was a fitting tribute to the American dead to be buried in such a beautiful spot. Anyone visiting this cemetery would