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New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

hope has the world?" were the Presidents words In closing his address at the dedication of the Liberty memorial at Kansas City.
 The American spirit has never been one of laying down and taking licking.
 When President Harding preached World Court adhesion nothing was said about reservations. There was opposition, In the Sen ate as elsewhere. Whatever criti- cisms might have been possible re- garding the Harding administration there was no semblance of letting up merely because there was oppo- sition In the Senate. Harding was an ''insister." It will be remembered when Judge Gary complained that the elimination of the 12-hour day in certain departments of the steel industry was Impossible the President called him to the White House and convinced the steel chief that the plan should be tried.
 When Harding began. talking ,lA not ttor senators claimed 1t was entering the League of Nations through the back door" But Harding kept plug ging away and was getting some where with the idea when he died. Then Coolidge had the privilege | of taking up the idea, pushing it through to a modified attempt to enter the Court, and now drops it merely because the Senate might not consider amending its impos- sible reservations.
 The thing for the President to do is to sell the World Court idea to the Senate and persuade the recalci- trants 10 forego the reservations especially the fifth one, which is the bone Of contention among the other nations involved.
 It is the privilege of the executive to confer and advise with the Sen ate. That is the object of presiden- tial messages to Congress-: and 1t Is the object of the conversations with senators at the White House, which so frequently take place.
 The President Is supposed to be the leader of the party in Washing ton, not the Senate. Or at least, he should attempt to lead: should at tempt to meet opposition to q principle with astuteness and skill.
 To ditch such principle merely because there is opposition around the corner is not the American spirit
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
THE STRAND STANDS
 FOR PROGRESS

The Strand theater opening was a feast for the eyes, ears and the soul. Never in the city's history has there been a theatrical event of quite the same proportions, color and importance.
 The new playhouse proved to be all its sponsors claimed for it. Its beauty and convenience will be a credit to New Britain for years 10 come It has put the city forward as the home of one of the largest and finest amusement enterprises in New England,
 The city is g unit in congratulat- ing the men who had the foresight and. the courage to provide this mil lion dollar enterprise. The first night audience of representative citizens and as many others of the population as could crowd into the spacious interior was thrilled with the magnificent surroundings and enjoyed the extraordinary variety of the entertainment.
 It WAS great event, fittingly put over. There Is glory enough for all and 1t centers upon the men who thought enough of this city and its future to construct this massive and beautiful pile of steel and stone and dedicate it to the amusement pro- cliyities of this city.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
IF FARMERS, WORKED LIKE
 THE FORD EMPLOYERS

Imagined by Gertrude l. Morrissey)
 Farmers Wife-Get up, Silas! This is Thursday and you know you always work some on Thursday.
 Farmer-What dye mean by call ing me? It ain't noon yet. If I'm goin' to work l gotta have sleep, woman. There ain't nothin' to do, is there?
 Farmers Wife-Weli, the COW ought to be milIgcd this week, don't you think? And l think. maybe you ought to plant a wheat.
 Farmer-I milkod the COW q week ago last Thursday, y fool And thought l planted one.
 Farmers Wife-Dont you think you ought to work in the field for five minutes or so?
 Farmer-Well. maybe I had but be sure and blow the whistle on the barn when the times up. ] don't work overtime in no field, Tell James to get the sport blower out-the one with the rumble seat.
 Farmers Wife-Hadn't you better use the tractor sedan?
 Farmer-Thats right. l can take six of the hired men that way. Tell 'em we'll work six second shifts. By gosh. that reminds me. I can't use the tractor sedan--the cigar lighters busted. Oh, well. I'll take the coupe -cultiWator.
 Farmers Wife--What overalls do you want to wear, dear?
 Farmer-If my corn-p planting tux edo is back from the cleaners I'll wear it. Yes. and my clod-hopping dancing pumps, don't forget. Call me when my wardrobe is ready, and I reckon I'll get up.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
"AKIN TO TREASON"

ft is useless for Louis J. Taber, of Columbus, O.. national master of the Grange, to claim that nullifica- ton Of the 18th amendment is akin to treason"
 It Is ;Asniess because it isn't so.
 Treason is not merely breaking a law. Treason is punishable by death; breaking the 18th doesn't get any such penalty.
 The grange head also scored the sex appeal in modern novels, maga- zines and newspapers.
 If sex appeal were anything new this would amount to something.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

ness further out on West Main, may ultimately find itself pressed upon two wings. Already the pressure is beginning to be felt.
 The object of the zonlng law is largely to keep things as they are. at least. for longer period than otherwise would be the case. But the zoning law cannot hold the status quo indefinitely. The law is susceptible of being amended as conditions arise. The law is only year old and already the pressure In the West Main section is being felt. There is a likelihood that, re- gardless of the termination of the present controversies. the pressure will increase rather than decrease.
 There are those who assert West Main cannot become more of a business street than it now is on &C., count of the park being on one side and the public library and church standing like sentinels Of culture on the hill. This may be q matter Of opinion. An apartment house all ready exists opposite the park which is not contrary to the zoning law-and others may wish to fol- low later. The development of neighborhood commerce usually follows such concentration of habi- tations.
 So far as the owners of residences are concerned, it Is doubtful whether they or their descendants will suffer financially from any at- tempted spread of commerce in that direction. Commerce makes pro- perty more valuable, rather than the reverse. Ultimately, like other once genteel streets, commerce will take charge as sentiment forces gradual amendment of the zonine law.
 If zoning law could be forced 10 stand indefinitely as originally placed and the business demands of the community constantly increases, it would intensity realty values in the business section beyond reason- able bounds. In the opinion of some people, something like this has al ready occurred within the bottle- necked section of New Britains business section.
 Not many years ago West Main was residence" snearly to the Center. Originally it was a residence district that far. The trend of the past flew decades has been to in- crease it's commercial importance How much the zoning law will counteract this tendency is not yet known. The law is flexible and with this goes the possibility of continual changes where the pressure is strong enough. From this one will conclude that developments will de- pend upon the amount of pressure exerted for changes. Of this pres sure there already are significant indications.
 Judge J. F. Cooper, in arguing the zoning situation, gave what ap- pears to be a reasonable deduction. Around every business zone, he said. there is shadow-like zone in which 1t Is reasonable to permit business buildings to encroach, thus automatically extending the busi- ness area as the city expands.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
WHEN BLACK IS READ

The Wise armer Dry seasons do not mean thing To Farmer Joshua Hoops, Beneath weeping willow tree He plants and sows his crops; When drouth comes down upon the world
 This honest son Of toll Sings sentimental lullabies-- The weeping willow cries and cries And irrigates the soil!
 -"Rusty" Lippert
 Just Folks Wed Curt o. Dennis?" her Pa cried, "Ho looks like poor fish to mel" "Why, sure" his daughter Mary said T always did like C, o. D."
 Mortimer Stein When sydney \. Potter was born His Pa said, Wonder what he'll be-" That mystery was quickly solved He's always been an s. A. ?.
 --Raymond Weymouth
 
 Is, Is, Ts! There was young miss Of the Amazon Who always appeared with paja- maZon. At one time. by gosh. Hers were all in the wash And shc came with a pair of her Gramazon!
 Jake FalstaG
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
WEST MAIN AND
COMMERCE,

How long will it take for the West Main street residence section 10 withstand the cncroachments Of the expanding business community. is question frequently asked. The zoning law, designed 10 curtail the business district within certain stipulated bounds, may be able to do ao only 10 q certain point. Sooner or later those bounds will be hfa.en. through amendments to F." zonlng law; this at least is the hritf of those who have given tho probable progress Of the city suffi- c5eat thought,
 Already the claim is made the nujiding commission is being asked 10 mako too many exceptions in connection with the zouing law. These are merely symptomatic Of the. trend In the future.
 One corporation would build a banking house on West Main; the Masons would construct q temple on Russell street Further out, where zoning is not so tight, a long fight over another gasoline station ap- parantly has been won-so far-by the gasoline people.
 The residence section. situated between the business Of the down. town section and the cluster of busi-
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

-The Berlin branch line, the well known gasoline coach express, has had enough publicity for the nonce. With a crossing crash and exploding fumes burning the hands Of motorman, normal days are back agaln-with nothing to worry about except the fellows who insist on smoking in the coach.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
FdctsqndFancies

Queen Marie has one distinction. Will Rogers hasn't made fun of her.
 1890: Weman's place Is In the home. 1926: Woman's place is in the lead.
 The final proof of urbanity Is to tip ticket speculator.
 There were lot of people home less and broke in Florida last year, also.
 Cotton: A plant that produces silk. wool, olive oil linseed oil and lard, also cotton.
 Football Is wonderful sport if it's the other fellows boy whose leg is broken.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

They escaped last night by saving through the bars of a window on the second floor of the jail and lowering themselves to the ground by a rope Of bed clothing. A check up revealed as missing: Burn Pitts. awaiting transfer to serve a life sentence for murder; Frank Pierce sail. awaiting trial for grand lar- ceny; James Gibson. serving six months for liquor law violation: Carl Fowler. awaiting trial for grand larceny and General Gumm, violation.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
Justice Was Done

Justice Was Done Morley: My son hadn't been In college a month when they arrested him while riding recklessly in his auto. So thereafter he changed his name to Month" Hart: "Why?" Morley: Because the Judge gave him thirty days"
 Esther Wagner.
 
 Just Life Bill: "Harry's father died, and then his mother used to give him money until she married again. Then she cut off his allowance" John: T see, Harry lost by . second"
 ID. F. Zillisch
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
$ Tears Ac9 Today

The tramps have begun to put in an appearance at the police station seeking lodging. there having been IS applications there in one night recently. No lodgors are kept at the station house.
 A meeting Of the committee on city bookkeeping was held last night The committee thought it would be a good idea to secure the
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

It is not surprising that the Yale News defends the blue team and the coaching staff. Let the col lege daily begin boosting either the Princeton or the Harvard boys and there will be even more of a story or a rumpus.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. rlt. A B. c. Is national organization which furnishes newspapers and udVsf. :. tisers with a strictly honest analysls or circulation. Our circulation statistics Ass based upon this audit rms 'nsules nro,act,on aeaiuc. fraud in newspaper distribution figu es to both national ana local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

If Alderman Nair wants 10 make an even greater hit with the folk along Broad street why not urepare an ordinance calling it Broadway?
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

A Welcome Blow, Folks Let's stop these hurricanes of fret When things so wrong. The ways
 to let A cheer-i- of funny jokes Blow through our dispositions
 Folks!
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

The armistice day celebration in Norwich had the air of a state event. It takes cannon to hven things up, even when it isn't fired.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

---How the building boom ln New Britain has collapsed. OnIy 5000 900 worth in the last ssiN months.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

Also, this is the time or the wear when it is eminently advisaple to pour alcohol into the radiator
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

"A roll call means that Red Cross memberships are supposed 10 snnp roll in-and roll fast.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

Tho Herald Is on sale daily In New York at Hotaling's Nevsr,ano, llihes souare; schuitz's Sewsstands Entrance Grand Central, 4:nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
EleetinE

Fleeting Young: "My boy Is taking up av- iation in college" Carey: 'Is that so?'' Young: And now he has changed his name to Time" Carey: Does he think that will help him?"
 Young: "Oh. yes. Time flies, you know
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New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

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New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
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New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

A conservative is just q man born with a preference for night shirts in- stead of pajamas.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

Now that all the championship contests are over, the family can get back 10 normal and argue about bridge.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

At ten he marches ten feet be- hind brass band; at forty he walks one foot behind a waistband.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

Still, conversation through whis- kers was just as distinct as conver- sation through gun.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
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New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

A Harvard professor says monkeys came from man. We've seen a number of men in the act of mak- ing the change.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

If all else fails. America might en- courage aviation by calling it naughty.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

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New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

Another need of the times is ( can opener the guests in the other room cant hear.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

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New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
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Another need of the times is a
 can opener the guests in the other
 room cant hear.
 If all else fails. America might en-
 courage aviation by calling it naughty.
 A conservative is just man born | with a preference for night shirts in
 stead of pajamas. Still, conversation through whis-
 kers was just as distinct as conver- sation through gun. At ten he marches ten feet be- hind brass band; at forty he walks
 one foot behind a waistband.
 Now that all the championship
 contests are over, the family can get
 back 10 normal and argue about bridge.
 A Harvard professor says monkeys came from man. We've seen number of men in the act of mak- ing the change. One way 10 avoid eating too much is to be in love and buy flowers and things for a girl. That new drug may abolish sleep ing, but it cant be more effective than fooling with the stock markets. Household economy, Government
 style: Saving on toothpicks and buy ing a $l,200 rug for the dining room.
 Notice how oddly an ear is made? Maybe that's the reason tales get twisted before they emerge again at the mouth. How pleasant to watch the birds going South and know they won't ask you for two bits to get 3 cup of coffee and q sandwich.
 Correct this sentence: "The radio announcer pronounced it that way" said she, ''so I know it is correct" (Protectcd by Publishers Syndioate.)
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

One way 10 avoid eating too much is to be in love and buy flowers and things for q girl.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12
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New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

That new drug may abolish sleep ing, but it cant be more effective than fooling with the stock markets.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

Household economy, Government style: Saving on toothpicks and buy ing a $l,200 rug for the dining room.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

How pleasant to watch the birds going South and know they won't ask you for two bits to get cup of coffee and q sandwich.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

Notice how oddly an ear is made Maybe that's the reason tales get twisted before they emerge again at the mouth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-03
That Famous Old Highway

The finding of the original survey
field notes of the National Pike from
Cumberland, Nd, to Wheeling, West
Va, carries with it the probabilities Of
mass of litigation to establish title,
define the center of the famous old
highway-the heretofore missing clue
that was necessary and for the lack of
which previous litigation to establish
the line ended in naught-and to do
away with encroachments by private
property owners on property who,
now belongs to the states.
Several years ago litigation was
started by officials of Ohio county, ".
Va, to define the lines of the National
Pike. The present Congressman, Carl
G. Bachmann, was at that time prose-
cutor for the county and, in that
official capacity, represented the
County court. There was no satisfac-
tory conclusion of the court action
from the standpoint of the county
government or the general public.
1t was known in traditional way,
and to some degree in a legal one,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-03

to the suspension bridge, or on Seven
tn, west on Main, to the river front.
At times there have been disputes be-
tween the several governing bodies in
Ohio county, in which the State gov
eminent was also party, as to which
was responsible for the repair and up
keep Of the road.
The present owner of the National
Pike in West Virginia-Ohio county
is the only part of the state it trav-
erses-is the State of West Virginia.
Title was conveyed to the State Roads
commission several years ago. But
the state does not know definitely
just what it does own, whether it has
encroached on private property and
where, and where private owners
have encroached on the right-of-way.
1t seem to be true from an opt;cal
survey of travellers over the Pike in
Ohio county, that the road is not &C
feet throughout the 16 miles. Indeed
it is not easy to recall that it is &C
feet wide at any point. Along practi-
cally the entire 16 miles runs the
tracks of an electric transportation
company, and it has long been thought
that much of its right-of-way is on
property originally reserved for the
National Pike.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-03

being completed, as above stated, in
the year 1918. The graceful arch was
constructed upon wooden falsework,
which was held together with a key
pending the time when the stone work
should be completed and the bridge
thrown open for traffic.
Considerable doubt was felt among
the natives and others as to whether
the structure would hold, many pre-
dieting that when the falsewok was
removed the stone masonry would col
lapse.
1t is said that these rumors and sus-
picions so preyed upon the mind of the
young contractor that in the dead of
night preceding the day set for the
formal opening, he, with chosen few
of his most trustworthy workmen Sc
cretly visited the scene of his handi-
work and removed the key holding the
great structure intanct. Needless to
say their fears were unfounded. The
old bridge stood then as it now stands,
mistaken in its might, and the next
day was thrown open with due pomp
and ceremony.
In those days the travel upon the
old pike was exceedingly arduous and
made chiefly by stage coaches with re-
lays of horses each twelve miles, their
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-03

All these points in controversy can
now readily be settled by the original
survey field notes which have just
been found and turned over to the
United States engineers bureau Of the
war department. Examination dis
close that they are in a splendid
state Of preservation, It will be no
difficult thing whatever to run the
Ines Of the National Pike from Cum
b2rland to Wheeling and establish
he rights of Maryland, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia, and define those
If property owners whose properties
touch the historic old roadway. In
establishing the rights of these three
states, it may, indeed probably will,
show that many property owners
have encroached upon the public
property; in some cases, the reverse
may be shown.
The statute of limitation does not
apply in such cases. 1t will be the
duty of officials to go into the courts
to establish the lines. Aside from
considerations of duty, the necessity
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-03

speed being about seven miles an
hour. History tells that the greatest
volume of traffic was reached in 1912
to 1852 AS early as 1880 macadam
was used on the highway, being so
named for the inventor, John L. Ma
cadam. This was packed to depth
Of nine inches and made solid by the
incessant travel over it.
About the year 1868 the stage coach
method of travel ceased, thus doing
away with a most unique and more
or less exciting and enjoyable mode of
travel.
For number of years mail was
carried between Frostburg and
Grantsville with blackboard and one
horse. This mode was replaced later
by two-horse conveyance and now
the mail is conveyed between the two
points by automobile and splendid
bus service is used for passengers.
The old bridge marks another in
teresting and historic point in the
early annals of the nation. Just below
the bridge George Washington, then a
captain in Ganeral Braddock's army
with his men forded the Casselman
River on their Inflated journey to
Fort Duquesne. The old Braddock
road, still observable, winds through
the woods and fields in this section