davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23
MRS, L|NDbERGH
BACK At Duties
Fher's Mother 0verjoyed at
Sons Success

Detroit, May % tP-Mrs. Evange-
line Lodge Lindbergh was back at
her duties today as instructor in the
Cass Technical high school here. ad-
mittedly a little dazed by the spot
light OF publicity into which the
epochal transcontinental flight OF
her son. Charles had thrust her but
proud beyond measure"
Bewildered by the unparalleled
acclaim of her sons deed, Mrs.
Lindbergh yesterday sought refuge
from an army of lnterviewers, but
later consented 10 talk to newspaper
men.
She had hesitated to speak for
publication. Mrs. I.indbergh said.
because all the credit is due my
hoy, and don't want to take it
from him. This was a lone venture
Tor him. All glory is his
Mrs. Lindbergh talked with her
son through a relay telephone Sys-
tenn operated in London yesterday.
After being treasured regarding his
health Mrs. I.indbergh cnjoined him
to get plenty OF rest.
You have gone through a ire
mendous strain" she counselled.
At the conclusion OF the converse
ton. voice from London asked
what kind of food Charles liked best,
Mrs. Lindbergh said.
He is Just an average healthy
American boy He likes most any
kind of food" she assured her cal
Ter from over the ocean. She was
told that England hoped the tlier
would visit there before returning
home.
Mrs. Lindbergh said she was i'm
pressed by the solicitation regard
ing her son.
1t just goes to show you how
much people are thinking OF what
he has DONE" she said. Il think it
was wonderful of the people Of
France for the spirit they have
shown. I was somewhat worried
over reports of animosity towards
Americans and l was wondering
how they would take his success,
Following so shortly the disaster of
Nungesser and Coli. The French
PEOPLE are certainly wonderful and
we must appreciate what they have
done" said Mrs. Lindbergh.
Mrs Lindbergh displayed scores of
kilograms and cables OF congratula-
tons received from over the world.
Excerpts from them follow:
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.-"Your
son has written chapter in Ameri-
can history that will always be an
inspiration to the country
Ambassador Observation-Disclosures
congratulations Your incompatible
son is = guest under Uncle Sans
roof
Postmaster General Harry S. New
Your son has contributed the
most notable chapter in the history
Of aviation"
Edward P. Warner on behalf of
the Navy Department - Every
American shares your pride in him
and his achievements
Ciechanowski, prime minister of
Poland-"Full admiration for the
plucky achievement Of Charles Lind
bergh through which he has scored
the finest victory for American avia-
ton"
Mrs. Lindbergh recounted with
pride the tribute OF school boy.
Last night a little boy of ten.
arrived with a bouquet OF flowers"
she said. He was manly little
chap and said his little piece and
was on his way"
1T is all too wonderful for me-"
Mrs. Lindbersh said Friday ! was
an unknown and now,I am receiving
messages from the great men of the
world. But it is all due to Charles.
/ deserve no part OF his glory and
do not want the reflection from the
glory that is his" she added
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23
FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY
Permanent "Benchmark' Being In
stalled To Study Earth's fitting
Toward the Sea.

Cambridge, Mass, May % up
Science which has been puzzled in
recent years by the seemingly mex
plicable fitting OF the land toward
the sea, will be afforded new in
strumcnt in its study of the strange
phenomena when permanent
"bcnchmark" is completed at the
Massac husetts Institute of Technol-
ogy here it was revealed today.
The benchmark, an unvarying
point used in determining the eleva-
ton Of surrounding land in surveys,
is being sunk 100 feet below the
surface OF the earth with its conf
cal point driven five feet into bed
rock.
1t is believed to be the first In this
country east of Minneapolis. The
exact point Of known elevation is
to be made OF steel bolted 10 steel
sheathing of the column and bound
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23
Argument Over Lindbergh
Results in a Killing

New York, May % R-An argu-
ment over the nationality of Captain
Charles A. Lingbergh today had re-
suited in the death OF one man and
the arrest of another on a charge
Of homicide.
Joseph Hand, As, Brooklyn. was
stabbed in the heart when the ar
gument became heated, and died
while being taken to the hospital
His alleged assailant. Sidney Levene,
%. was arrested short time later.
Thomas STEERS, "a. owner of the
East Side saloon where the fight
took place. said he had separated
the two men and had taken Hand
from the establishment whom he
discovered he had been stabbed.
STEERS was held as a material wit
ness.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23
L. F. C. Directors to Name
Successor to F.. F. Hall

A successor to Edward f. Hall as
secretary Of Landers, Frary &
Clarll's will be elected at a meet
ing of the board OF directors next
month. Mr.. Hall has already en-
tered upon his duties as chairman
CT the state board of finance and
control, a position recently created
by the legislature OH recommended
ton Of Governor Trumbull.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

his nonstop flight from New York
to Paris, which began Saturday and
continued yesterday when Mayor
r. H. Daniel OF Augusta forwarded
her a congratulatory telegram and
notified her silver chest valued at
$1,000 and filled with candy was
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

in concrete so that 1t will be abso-
lutely immovable.
Establishing the relative eleva-
tons OF the new benchmark and
the tidal gauge at the Charlestown
navy yard, by running series Of
precise levels between the two points
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23
FARMER WOMAN
IN OKLAHOMA
Praise. Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable
Compound Because 1t Gave Her
Health and Strength
In a sunny pasture in Oklahoma,
a herd of sleek COWS was grazing,

T h e y m a d e a
pre- tty picture.
But the t hin
woman in the
blue c h e c k e d
apron sighed as
she looked at
them. She was
tired of cows,
tired Of her tedi-
Gus work in the
dairy. She was
tired of cooking
for a houseful Of
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23
Pupils to Give Program
At WASHINGTON School

Pupils Of the Washington school
will present an entertainment In the
school auditorium Thursday evening,
at 8 o'clock.
The program follows; Operctta,
Pageant Of the Flower" play.
Health and Fairies; orchestra, Sc
lections: and newsboys' dance.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

en- route. The chest. a gift from
the collection Of Virgil Holdings
worth. is engraved with her name
and the inscriptions: They also
serve who only stand and walt"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

will make possible an accurate study
OF land changes in this section.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

MRS. LINDBERGH HONORED
Augusta. Ga. May % R-Cap-
tain Lindbergh's mother was not
forgotten in the celebration here of
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

AMONG other of and
nfe piece windshield outward traffic signal transmission
une ul balloon tires integral mirror light switch
steering wheel.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-23

Neuly designed hydraulic
four-wbeel brakes
Internal, not external providing:
Equally effective braking under all
weather conditions, wet or DIV, hot
or cold. As effective brakins in
reverse as in going forward.
Bodies Of the exclusive Flying
Cloud design, clear vision,
lowered height.
Rear trunk.
Speed like storm cloud
before hurricane.
Tornado-like aeceleration.
Air cleaner funetioning freely at
low as we'll as high speeds.
Longer wheelbase.
New model oil filter.
Cellini pattern fittings.
Gasoline gauge on the instrumen,
board.
Parking Brake. on transmission
shaft.
Thermos,atically controlled genet.
atof preventing battery
overcharging.
Evening star., 1927-09-27
brings to mind the fact that another

brings to mind the fact that another
portion of the District park system
remains to be completed. That is the
connecting parkway between Potomac
and Rock Creek Parks. The process
of acquiring lands lying within the
limits of the project has dragged along
for years. From time to time another
area is obtained. but the process is in.
terminably slow and there is no as
surance when the two great areas will
be definitely united by means of this
route along the bed of Rock Creek
The National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission regards it as one
Of the features of the general scheme
Of park development. 1t was projected
SO long ago. however, and has been
so many years in accomplishment,
that the public has all but forgotten it.
A particular effort should he made
during the coming year to complete
this work and to add the connecting
parkway to the system without fur.
ther delay. It's value as a link in the
great chain of reservations is meal
culable.
Evening star., 1927-09-27
Unfinished Parks.

A contract has been let for the con-
struction Of retaining walls around
the unimproved section of Meridian
Hill Park. Announcement to this ef
feet signifies that at last this long de-
layed work is to be completed. The
park itself, created more than decade
ago. has been only partially improved.
One statue, that of Jeanne dare, has
been placed there, and another, that
of former President Buchanan, has
been prepared for location within the
same bounds. A part of the park has
been improved with landscape fea-
lures, but the southern section has re-
mained undeveloped and uncared for
until 1t is unsightly and of no use to
the public. Now at last work is to be
performed that will conclude the park
lnclosure and will permit the grading
and landscaping remaining to be done.
Representations will be made to the
gest the early emplacement Of the
statue of the former President and
within a few months Meridian Hill
Park will become a definite feature of
the reservation system of the Capital.
The advance to effect the completion
Of this park, which has so command.
' ing a position, with an outlook un.
eQualed a. to scope and interest.
Evening star., 1927-09-27

Reckless driving has again taken the
inevitable toll. Early Monday morn.
ing on the deserted Speedway near
Inlet Bridge sedan containing four
persons crashed into tree. One is
dead and three are injured, and the
machine is a total wreck. According
to one of the survivors. the speedom-
eter just before the accident registered
sixty-five miles an hour.
1t seems a pity that on a road free
from other traffic motorist should
disregard the first rules of safety and
drive his car in such a manner as to
cause a fatal accident. There are so
many traffic hazards to combat, both
day and night, that the imposition of
an added personal hazard, that of high.
speed driving. merely stresses the in
ability of certain class Of motor.
lists to recognize and safeguard their
own best interests. In other words,
after successfully threading the heavy
traffic Of a city, motorists of this type
wiz cptIl IlCl up as SOuIi DIS lllSN
reach a deserted stretch of highway,
thereby putting themselves in much
more danger than while driving in
congested traffic, instead Of proceeding
at a sane and reasonable speed, thank
full for clear road.
If the survivor of last nights acci.
dent who gave an estimate of the speed
at which the car was travelling is
correct, there is more reason to won
Ger why there are any survivors than
that a tragedy occurred: Sixty-five
miles an hour is too fast for even the
open road, and certainly far beyond
the bounds of safely on the Potomac
Park driveway. Automobiles are
being made sturdier and safer by
every manufacturer, but the human
element on which safety really de-
pends, does not seem to be making the
same advances.
Evening star., 1927-09-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

to blame. Meeting an elderly poet by
the name Of Wycherley, for instance,
the Young poet conceived friendship
for him, with the result that the two
became fast friends.
Fast friends, at least, until Pope
(iust at the beginning of his career)
dared to criticize the verse of the
elderly poet. Wycherley proposed the
issuance of a new edition OF his
Fugitive poems," and commissioned
Pope to attend to the revision.
The young poet spent Two years on
this work, changing and amending the
older mans lines, perhaps with more
.ea, and merit than tact. A coidness
orav IN between the two men; and 1t
is difficult TO believe, at this date, that
pooe was in the wrong, except, per-
hans. in accepting such a commission
from a brother poet.
X X y
The famous quarrel OF rope ana
Addison was of a different nature.
Addison was among the nrst 10
recognize the genius of the greatest
noet of his age, and mentioned MN
and his verse with high praise In one
OF the Spt ctator papers.
pope wrote prologue for Addison s
p,av, Cato" and the way seemed
paved for a lifelong intimacy between
two of the greatest literary figures oi
that age. But it was not to be, Per-
haps the two were too different IN
nature. Pope grew jealous when
Addison praised anothers s translation
of the Had, instead of his own. Suose.
ouent mlsunderstandings widened the
breach.
In 1915 friends of the t~-c ----
brought about a meeting Wnlch
was to have been a reconciliation, but
it ended in a hopeless estrangement
Yet 1t gave rise to some fine lines by
Pope and one Of the most famous
quotations in English literature, so
the world benefited rather more be-
cause Pope and Addison could not get
along together than il they had.
X \
The words damn with faint pra ise"
are used constantly today throughout
the English-speaking world by per-
sons who perhaps have no particular
idea from whom they came.
Pope wrote them in his charac-
teriza ton of Addison contained in the
prologue to his Satires. Under the
title of Atticus. Pope gave his Ideas
of the character of Addison, who, he
declared, was clever enough to teach
the rest to sneer." without sneering
himself-a masterpiece OF observation,
by the way.
"Who but must laugh, IL such a man
there be?
Who would not weep. ii Atticus were
he?"
Pope had a great friendship for
Lady Mary Wortley MOntagu. but
this, too, evapOrated, as many of his
friendships had habit of doing. Even
the oldest of his friends, Lord Boiling
broke, who wept over the poet several
days before Popes death. turned
against the poet when he found that
Pope had. in his will. made be-
quest Of the property in his printed
works to Warburton.
Thus in death as well as In life
Alexander Pope was unable to hold
his friends, mostly because he was
of an unhealthy physical disposition.
which reacted upon his sense of tart
and ideas of duty toward friends
He was not an unsocial creature. but
only a sick one.
Evening star., 1927-09-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
There Are Others.

There Are Others.
Kind friends and neighbors, pleas
draw near,
With tempers all serene.
And for moment let us hear
No more Of Jack and Gene.
Let's talk Of Alexander Great,
Or Shakespeare or King George,
Or heroes bold defying fate
AT Troy or Valley Forge.
The rash embezzler we may stress
AS our important theme,
Or hail the latest murderess
In a delirious dream.
Well scan the annals of the flight =.
That Lindys skill could make,
Or laud the fiivver whose delight
Bids us with rapture shake.
Let's talk of Edison or Cal,
Or Mussolini's knack
For rule; agreeing that we shall
Lay off from Gene and Jack.
Evening star., 1927-09-27
"Ma" Duvall in Line,

Mayor John L. Duvall Of Indianap-
Bills has evidently read the recent his
tory Of Texas. He. was convicted the
bther day by jury Of violation of
the corrupt practices act in engaging
In a bargain affecting the appoint
ment of public officials and sentenced
to spend thirty days in Jail and pay
fine Of 81 900 and to be ineligible to
hold public Office for four years from
the date of the offense. He has ap.
pealed from the verdict and has an
nounced that he will not resign his
Office. But in evident anticipation
OF the possibility of custer in case
the sentence Is confirmed, he has ap-
pointed his wife controller of the city,
which Office is, in effect, vice mayor
atty, so that in case he is evicted from
the city hall she will succeed him as
mayor. There was no vacancy In the
controllership, but one was arranged
by the resignation Of the incumbent,
who, according to the news reports,
"asked that he be returned to the
Police Department, where he had
served for many years, to retain his
rating for pension purposes" F,vi-
IDENTIFY an accommodating person!
1t does not lessen the outrage
against public propriety which this
arrangement perpetrates that the
mayors wife announces that she will
rive her entire salary as controller,
$4,000 a year, to charity. There is
no mitigation in such a gesture of
generosity. The fact remains that
Mayor Duvall has contrived by the use
OF his wife to hold the Office in the
family even if he should be debarred
from it by virtue of his conviction
and sentence.
In Texas q scandal that reached
throughout the Nation occurred when
s-.sas-.aYs Es~ T
Evening star., 1927-09-27

Many man gets a reputation for
being unsocial when he is only sick.
In a letter to Swift, dated May II.
1889, Alexander Pope wrote:
The mornings are my life.
"In the evenings ] am not dead in
deed. but sleep and am stupid enough.
Il love reading still better than con-
versation; but my eyes fail; and at the
hours when most people indulge in
company, / am tired and find the labor
OF the past day sufficient to weigh me
down.
80 l hide myself in bed, as a bird
in his nest. much about the same time,
and rise and chirp the earlier in the
morning"
Yet this poor chap was the man of
whom an unkind critic wrote:
"'Tis very amazing, to see little
Creature, scarce four feet high. whose
very sight makes one laugh, strutting
and swelling like the F1og in Horace.
and nianding the alteration of all
mankind, because it can make fine
verses"
~ X
The verse which Pope made was the
one thing in the world that he could
do Well Certainly, if he had re-
Trained from writing it, literature
would have lost some of it's most quot
able lines.
TO possess these, the literary world
had to put up with the sting Of his
sarcasm. Just how much of the bite
of his lines was due to his physical
weakness and resulting chronic i'll
ness is hard to say, but that Pope
would never have been Pope had he
been healthy, there can be little doubt.
The man whose Crystal-clear verse
still commands the admiration of the
poetry-rcading public was a sick man,
as shown in the above quotation from
one of his letters, and as proved in
cotemporary accounts.
"Iis person was slender and dis
torted and his stature so low that i'll
order to bring him to a level with
tables of the common height it was
necessary to elevate his seat" says
one biographer.
"He was unable tat least after the
middle of life, to dress or undre3s
himself, to go to bed, or to rise with
out assistance. He used to wear
sort of fur doublet, under shirt of
very coarse linen with fine sleeves;
also stays made of stiff canvas. laced
closely round him, and over these
flannel waIstcoat. Three pairs of
stockings were required to give his
legs a respectable bulk. The deformity
and meanness of his figure were. how
ever, soon forgotten in the ease and
elegance Of his manners"
X
Thus we see Pope as valetudinarian
who was physically deformed, who suf
fered constantly from headaches and
who really enjoyed life only in the
morning. when his physical being was
at high tide.
The tide began to go out in the
afternoon, so that by evening, when.
as he stated. most persons are just
beginning to get popped up he was
willing to go to bed. to recharge his
batteries for another good morning.
1t is not to be wondered at, then,
that A. Pope las he wrote his name)
appeared rather vindictive to his own
world and that his verse has stood
out ever since as the quintessence of
polished Sarca ISM.
His life, too. was succession of
quarrels with friends. in which the
touchy poet, however, was not always
Evening star., 1927-09-27

the next Congress, for farm relief
The most familiar is the McNary-
Haugen bill which President Coolidge
vetoed last session, and which will bob
up again in some modified form.
Briefly, it would establish a farm
board which would handle the market.
ing of all of certain standard crops,
selling abroad the surplus, at world
market price, and then adding 10 the
price for home consumption the
amount Of our import tariff, so that
the American would pay enough more
than the world price TO make up a
profit. at least. equal to the tariff
For example. take 100 bushels and
assume that 80 bushels would be
needed for domestic consumption and
20 bushels for export. Assume that
the export price is $1.25. then the 20
bushels would sell for $25. The 80
bushels bought by Americans would
bring $1.25 plus the amount of the
tariff-42 cents-making $1.67 for the
home cOnsumer-a total of S1.33 for
the 80 bushels. Add the So5 gotten
for the exported 20 bushels. That
makes a gross receipt of $1.5S for the
100 bushels. less the cost of operating
The farmer would get $1.5S per
bushel. but the American consumer
would pay s1.67 for all he used. That
is the McNary Haugen bill.
Opposed to that plan is the measure.
said to have the support of Secretary
of Agriculture Jardine. Secretary of
Commerce Hoover and President
(tnn1i6pn yEhial, xKynblI .t,1
development of pools similar to
those in Canada, and would set aside
$500. 900 900 to loan to those pools to
finance them in building elevators and
in buying up surplus grain during the
three or four months each season
when it is rushing to market, due to
the need of the producers to realize
cash to meet their obligations
Eighty per cent Of the crop Is usually
sold between September / and Janu-
ary l, when the price is Influenced
downward by the glutted market.
After the grain has thus left the
hands of the farmers the price rises,
and the dealers and millers reap the
profit on that rise, because they had
bought it in while the price was
'beared." Dealers have the finances,
farmers do not, for carrying over the
grain. 1t is proposed, under this
measure. to loan the means which
will make the farmer co-operat tive
pools financially able to maintain
orderly marketing" spreading the
selling more uniformly over the year.
When the pools gain control of mil
lions Of bushels of the crop, they will
hold proportionate power in affecting
market prices. and the producers in
place of the "intermediators' will get
the full benefit of world conditions,
which is all that any producer can
legitimately ask Of his government.
Canadian pools are managed by ex-
perienced and high-salaried heads.
the general manager receiving a
salary of $35 900 year. Until recent
years our cooperative farmers have
SHE'D at any salary much over $1OO
month.
What is said as to grain marketing
applies also to cotton and other non
perishable crops of Importance.
lCopyright. 1927. by Paul V. Collins.l
Evening star., 1927-09-27
Bad Road Manners.
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
1t seems there is a national cam.
paign on to improve highway and
roadside manners. Those who are
sponsoring this courageous movement
declare they have. made some head
way this Summer, and cite instances
of consideration shown in various
States the observation ranging all the
way from Maine to California. We
should like to think these champions
of outdoor amenities are right in their
conclusions. but we fear they are mis-
taking the well bred for converts.
Well bred persons do not leave their
manners at home. They drive care
fully, they enjoy and respect Nature.
they defer to the rights of those with
whom they come in contact, and If
they camp by the roadside or picnic
in a park, they do not leave a trail
Of rubbish after them. What is more,
they observe these marks of mannerly
conduct by inclination and habit. not
because Of signs and instructions.