New Britain herald., 1926-10-02
= THE OBSER YER Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

OA SSttillS IudI1leu anu go 10 NOTIn
 Dakota 10 raise wheat for the rest
 of his days. He gets dressed but doesn't seem to be much interested
 in the affair. The brides father en-
 ters and beams around rubbing his
 hands briskly and saying "A fine
 day. A fine day" The groom looks
 out the window and agrees peevish-
 ly Time somehow drags along to
 noon-the groom occupying his | spare moments (and there are 60 ! of them to the hour) reading a pat
 ent medicine almanac and directing 1 our efforts to pack his bag. Some where the victim has read that the ! best man always packs the grooms l bag and neither bribes nor threats can stir him from his determination to see us acting as a valet. Dinner is announced and the groom eyes the
 brides elation at the meal with dark suspicious glances while he pecks 1 feebly at the food before him. We start up a brisk conversation with an aunt of the bride and after five minutes steady chatter we suddenly i discover that she is stone deaf. The meal progresses rapidly and silently,
 except for occasional outbursts of 1 the bride and the brides mother that receive no hearty support from l the groom's cohorts. After lunch
 We adjourn to the groom's bedroom where we aid him in the donning
 of his morning clothes and tie his Ascot tie with more or less success. 1 The groom's spirits sink to new low level at fifteen minutes before the first blast of the pianist.
 The wedding starts out just great except that the minister seems to 1 have a bad cold and the groom Is absolutely speeches.. Swift prods in the back evict the faltoring an- swers that "he does" and the bride envelops him in the ceremony embrace. The couple escapes to their rooms, flinging a large bunch of roses that describes parabola into the punch bowl that has been brought out for the reception and that already has many customers among the ushers.
 We ascend with the groom. We strip the formal habiliments from the now almost cheerful husband. We wrap him in his travelling clothes and toss an overcoat over him. Muffled whispers at the door speak of ulterior designs by several coarse persons among the attend ance and we just manage to fling ourselves against the onrushing hordes as they pour into the room. We have not been mentioned for All-American guard for nothing with a swift movement we stem the mob and in the excitement caused by the general ripping to pieces ot what was once mentioned for All American guard, the groom slips out the window and escapes down the water-spout, calling cheerily for us to hold out a little longer.
 As far as we know the couple got away on the wedding trip all right. We heard as we were lylng in Ward 5-G of the nearest hospital that they had sent us card thank ing us for our efforts in their be- half. And we, because of that broken leg that we received when the brother of the bride swung on us ached quite bit at the time, Just tried to smile bravely and then turned our face to the wall ana gain swore off all weddings. And this time we really mean 1t.
 Police regulations are stiffening, as readers of daily newspapers are becoming aware.
 Heretofore if a citizen of good standing was arrested for a minor violation of the automobile law, he might be allowed to go home with out posting a bond with the expecta-
 ton that he would appear at court the following day. Judge filling and Chief Hart decided this week that this custom would be abandoned and all persons placed under arrest. Time was when a fellow who had | left his automobile parked in a re- l stricted district longer than the law allowed could walk into police head quarters with the tag, furnish | reasonable excuse for breaking the ordinance and that would be all there was to it. But no more. All 1 tags on cars now mean g per, re- gardless of the social standing of the offender.
 A person who has been arrested i and is free on bonds must now pre- sent himself at S:S0 o'clock prompt
 ly in police court or the bond will
 be forfeited. This declaration was
 made yesterday by Judge filling
 and he didn't mean maybe.
 All these changes in custom may
 make life harder for citizens who
 have been under the impression that
 the police force and court were go-
 as-you-please institutions. But they
 make for a more business like ad-
 ministration of the police and jus
 tice departments. The wonder is
 that they were not adopted long
 ago.
 When the Naples building case
 comes into superior court next week
 on appeal from the order of the
 board of adjustment that work must
 not go on until the plan is amended,
 a number of interesting situations
 are likely to arise.
 One of the most unusual will be
 the embarrassing necessity of city
 attorney cross-eXamining experts
 who are or have been in the city
 employ and disputing the claims
 which these individuals will be call
 ed upon by the Naples interests to introduce into court. Former build
 ing inspector E. J. Hennessy always
 maintained the building was per fectlv Oroner tO be construct ed