New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-04

This is the United states OF Bfan'
IL one is to Judge by what transpired
while Rudolph Valentino lay cold in
death at funeral parlors in New
| York city.
From one end Of the country to
| the other publicity hounds hurried
on fast trains to getSthe benefit OF
free space in newspapers while the
killing" was good When they step
| ped out of their Pullmans they were
photographed and interviewed. They
| likewise posed or the photographer
while they stood il front Of the bier
and opened the spigots controlling
their tanks of stage tears. They sob
| bed and sighed, gave vent to arti-
ficially inspired lamentations in pub
and wrung their hands while the in
dustrious newspaper photographers
| and motion picture men pumped
their cameras until they were red In
the face.
America has not been treated to
such an overwhelming spectacle OF
fraud in its history. Everyone who
could possibly elbow his or her way
onto the front page by commercially
| ing the death of screen star was on
| the lob from daylight till dark. 1t
was difficult to determine whether
greater publicity was given to the
| decease of Valentino or the mock
anguish of those who knew him.
1t was a disgusting and degrading
three ring circus from beginning to
end.
New Britain individuals might well
profit by the action OF the onlted
States in making the reservations
now being discussed by the members
of the world court. If this country
can stipulate under what reserFa-
lions 1t will participate in the court,
why cannot citizens of this city say
under what reservations they Will
participate in the municipality
| Parallelling the conditions defin-
ed by America. a clever fellow NOV
ing to New Britain might inform the
city clerk that he would participate
in the government of the city pro-
kidding that he must not become
member of the party in power that
he might vote for the city officials,
that he might Judge how much he
was to be taxed, that he might move
avav when, ever he pleased, and that
the CITY must not take any action az
fectine him unless it had his con-
sent.
Property owners might tell the
city they would agree to the coming
ordinance II given the right to ex-
cept themselves from it's provisions
whenever they saw fit. AS Ions as
they wanted to build one-familv
houses in one-family districts they
would respect the ordinance, but If
they wanted to erect steel mill IN
u residential section they would
noint to their reservation and not
respect the code.
Bootleggers would perhaps stipu-
late that the prohibition law should
not affect them or at least that they
should be able to dictate to the
Judge how much they were to be
fined.
Electricians, builders, and plumb
ers might say that they would abide
by the codes respecting how their
work should be done, provided they
could use their own Judgment about
such matters as connecting the wat
er and sewer pipes and building
houses upside down.
Motorists could then agree that the
rules of the road must be enforced
but that they should hare the right
| to say when these regulations to ap-
ply to themselves, reserving the
privilege of deciding when to obey
! the traffic officers and when to run
over them for Interference.
| A storekeeper looking for insur-
ance could tell the fire department
| taht it was his fire in his store and
| that he refused to let them mix In
his affairs; no municipal entangle-
ments for him.
In case anyone applied for such
reservations, no doubt the city Of
ficials would get together just as the
world court members did and duly
deliberate on whether or not they
should admit such a person to citi-
zenship in this municipality They
would agree to the majority of reser-
vations and fight over the others,
finally agreeing to them or advising
| the person to stay out.
| On second thought, however, we
don't think they would do this. They
would merely tell him to go off and
live on a desert island, send him to
an insane asylum. or issue orders to
shoot him on sight.
Observance of a rule of etiquette
on railroad trains, especially those
! that struggle TO get over the rails
of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford line, will aid many har-
raised traveller to escape the en-
barrassment that goes with a diff
cult situation or a mistake in eti-
auette while being coated with the
particular brand Of SCOT that flows
like water through " windows OF
1.-THE coaches that once took the army
of Virginia into Vicksburg.
You swing up into the car and
look for a seat After a humping
Journey down the aisle, with its
many bunkers of suitcases and
bundles you finally locate beside a
woman holding nice sticky moist
baby. You endeavor to get your bag
on the rack provided for bags, and
after four attempts decide it would
be handler on the floor. 1t is report
ed that one person actually did
manage to get his suitcase up to the
rack, but he had outside aid in that
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