New Britain herald., 1926-12-11

IL WOulu DS well TOT the COlnmu0lt Christmas tree onmittee to erect tree at the trif ngle formed by tn intersection of Broad and Mort Burritt stre $. TT is spot is in tn hoart of highl- populated distric
 which is utually overlooked whel
 civic improv ments or projects ar
 considered.
 No race gives greater thought |,
 Christmas than the people of Pc land, ho reside in this section al
 most to the exclusion of other races
 They are deeply religious by natur,
 and training, and to them particu larly Christmas is the greatest da,
 of the year. The sniflcance of tho
 day is impressed on them from early
 childhood and they reach maturity
 with 'le firm conviction that nc
 other day on the national or church
 calendars is so important as the day set aside by Christian nations tc
 observe the anniversary of Christ's birth.
 A Christmas tree at the spot sug- gested woulI bring a world of cheer to the neighborhood. It is loca- tion visible for D long distance in many directions, and thousands of children pass it daily, including the
 boys and girls who live at the Polish orphanage and attend Sacred Heart school. The cost should not be great. If the committee can possibly spare the funds a tree should be erected there.
 With the first fall Of snow there
 is opened to every man, woman
 and child a multitude of sports
 that will help to pass the short
 grey days which will be with us
 until spring. So many people have
 suggested methods of passing the
 long dark nights of winter that we
 feel it would be useless to add to
 the already full list but few
 notations of popular sports for the
 daytime would be welcome. it has been reported to us.
 First there is the old, old game of Shovel Off the Sidewalk This should begin before breakfast, in fact before one gets out of bed the meptal portion of the duty be- ing half the game. AS one lies in bed one should think rapidly, Well, hurrah, l will get in a little eXer- else before breakfast this morning and have big appetite for the bacon and eggs" Then with brisk Hello" one should spring from beneath the covers, touch the icy floor with ones feet and with another brisk "Wow" should spring back into bed again with 8 mental notation that there will doubtless be many unemployed persons in the in a few minutes who will be glad to do the deed for the small price of one quarter and it would be well to give the unfor- inmates some means of livelihood, yessir, it would be a shame to do away with their means of soste- ance.
 If however, one is bound to work up that appetite, one should ad- vance to the front door, securely wrapped in numerous articles of clothing to insure sufficient warmth. With a snow shovel ill one hand and pipe in the other, one should then advance to the front porch and call out a cheery greeting to ones ai rrl, urh0 1,n, at job for the last half hour, will answer in q monosyllable. At the top step one win discover a small patch of ice hidden by the newly fallen snow and upon examination it will be found that the left wrist has been possibly sprained and the pipe broken beyond repair from the fall.
 The snow, light and powdery to q casual examination, will suddenly be found to contain large quantity of lead ore hidden somewhere in it's virgin whiteneSs. Every shovel ful will contain more of the mys- terious weighty substance and be- fore one is half way from the steps 10 the front walk, it will be a thing i of wonder to the shoveler as to | how the stuff did not dent roofs in | its fall the night before. The first five feet of shoveling will be wide | and straight, the next ten feet will | be little narrower and with less to the edges and the last | twenty feet will be a wabbly foot path wide enough for one pedestrian | with closely placed feet to travel. with care.
 Just about now Junior will have arisen from his couch and will an- nouncc himself with rocklilze snowball behind the right ear, with ! generous spray down the collar. He will also Lombard the children across the street and place one neatly through the large bay window of the Forbes residence.
 With this material to work on, he home owner should have no trouble in devisi3Y amusements to occupy the spare moments, including cutting paper dolls, while lying in ped as the result of the sprained lnkle.