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New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
AGAIN \ TORCH

Twice within week have acety- lcne torches figured in news stories Of eXplosions-once in Pittsburgh and again in Baltimore, where the steamer Jacob Luckenback was blown to pieces when a workman used such a torch near a fuel tank.
 Earlier in the week there was a news story Of an automobile explod- ing without any apparent reason.
 We live in an age when powerful explosives are stored in every city. The explosive hazards have been enormously increased with the ad- vent of gasoline and fuel oil.
 These are no days to be careless with torchcs--or even with matches.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
\ WARNING FROM HALL

It is not surprising 10 read that Chairman EdN1rd F. Hall of the board Of 0nance and taxation is ab- soig'.0y a@ail#t tho practice, which has u.u fairly common horctofore, of city departments padding their 1uGeH estimates in order 10 obtain moro than they need, even though 0e padded estimates were slashed.
 Budget padding is an imposition on tha c.tiz.nry taxpavrrs, who are atu mtlad into thinking the de nar'moH's really need that much muy. and when they read clcyerly raaconloi propaganda to support .un ta.-Dz th,y sometimes become sure Of j.. Then when tho finance board wtaldz the aHo tho ouus is l'.cg1 upon tho board and criticism follows.
 II.l ie known as one Of those ef- .Irr5"" tnD"-snyine gentlemen who @ra too busy to fool with inflated ..rtma..-, The warning duly given e0oaI h. a..}.d. I.ot the depart a"nt hoaa stick to the facts and aaroueuly understand that the city expects fire truth about anticipated ou'Iays and nothing else but.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
FOL ALlTN COPS BEGGI\G

Mrs. Lyle Womack, better known IS Ruth Elder, and Lieutenant Haldeman both tried 10 fly to Europe on the same plane, and both landed in the ocean near the Azores. Ac- cording 10 Ruth Elders story, their lives were saved by the skill of Lieutenant Haldeman, the pilot Of the plane. Miss Elder in effect was mere passenger.
 Equality or the sexes, and equal pay for equal work, is a theme for saminists galore, and some of us actually believe in the theory But it doesn't usually pan out that way, Men school teachers as a rule get more pay than women school teach CTS doing the same work, and men in various other lines Of endeavor frequently get higher pay than women doing the same work.
 In fact, many successful woman would never have gotten the oppor- tunity 10 elbow her way into this well known business maelstrom had she not been able to start in at less pay than some mere man; for as things are, and if they were equal, the man generally would be en- ployed If he cost no more to employ than the girl.
 But in this airplane stunt business the situation is the other way around. Ruth Elder, back in the L. s. 4. after her exploit with Halde- man. is not suffering from inequality of opportunity or inequality of pay. Ruth gets a contract for 100 yaude- vile appearances at s1,00O an ap- pearance, or a cool s100,0O0 at the end, while Haldeman is more or less satisfied with a puny s1o,0o0 for eight lectures.
 That's the best Haldeman could do. He gets one-tenth as much as the girl, and so far as we are able to judge, it is for no other reason than that he is H ordinary looking man while Ruth is quite easy to look at
 That's not equality, but it's what's what.
 Feminists have a brilliant oppor- tunity to push forward their ideas about equal pay for equal work; or if there are such things as mascu- linists they might be heard from with grumbling that sounds like thunder.
 As for Lieutenant Haldeman him self, he isn't making a squawk. Maybe he is simply saying, what diff ference does it make?
 As Kipling once didn't say, the female of the species sometimes is more rcmunerative than the male.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
\ STORM SCARE

The weather may be a perennial source of conversation-a good top ic whenever everything else fails but rarely has there been such an opportunity to expatiate upon the phenomenon of nature as the last few days furnished.
 The heavy rain the other night naturally caused everybody to won- der whether there would be another flood in New England Just by the time all fears were dutifully allayed came the realization that q high wind had hit Washington and parts of Maryland, causing considerable damage and injuries 10 persons in the way of debris deposited from the air.
 Perhaps it was more of coinci- dence that at that particular time the storm spread itself up the Allan tic coast-a disturbance which the weather men say started from waterspout in the Potomac river.
 Just about that time in the mid dle west the second snowstorm of the season was turning fields to white. From the looks Of things We may also be due to receive q little snow before we are much older.
 On the whole, the unreasonable weather Of the month has been . breaking more records than one. The outside thermometers in New Britain registered 75 degrees on Thursday, perhaps the Warnest No vembcr IT in history hercab0uts. By night We had thunder and lightning and if Mark Twain was right in what he said about our climate, wc may expect almost anything by the middle Of next week.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
THE POLICE SYSTEM

It used 10 b. whispered in a man Ter not for publication that the zero hour in police protection in this city IS between 1 and 6 q. m.-tb. hours between the time the night force goes of duty and the day force Ia- gins. Most Of the Important roo- berries in the city have taken place turing theso hours.
 Crooks know the situation SD thoroughly however that waj4p.r ing is no longer uee.ssary. Even Chairman RoGman w. Chamberlain Of the police board talks about this condition openly and suggest. that the way to prevent it is 10 adopt tl. three-pIatoon system, at Iea-t to cover the downtown section.
 Everyone in the city is mtr,...I in better police protection. It h.. been notorious that some sections ur Inc city are badly oaicaraI. due to the lack Of sufficient policemen to cover the beats, The city with ap- proximat"ly nor. than 7p.uoo pnau- lation, has only T. officers and G6 men, in addition to 50 sIpsruumor- ary officers. Before the crime wave started it used 10 b. said that tho city should have one officer to every 1000 population; now with crime .acilitated through tht usy Of tae getaway automobile, we arc rtiu be- low this standard, and considerably below. Some experts are of tho opinion that there should be au off, cer for every 500 population.
 The report 10 the police board was an entirely adequate aspousal Of conditions. The point about the
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
WOMEN ON LURES

Women on juries arc becoming re- markedly common. The late Fall Sinclair jury had two of them on board, the Remus jury likewise has two in the lineup; while in Kansas City, when the men failed to come 10 decision hurriedI4. the women OH tho jury took 10 their knitting.
 Women are making good on iurics because in general they are as in t"lligent as men in weighing cvi- donca When one contemplatcs the large number of queer decisions that have been made by all-men juries, one cannot do otherwise than come to the conclusion that women on Jurles cannot possibly injure the reputation Of the jury system.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
g Years Ago Today

DiamOnds Do not forget that s. IT.. Wood. 272 Main street, is head quarters in this city for fine dia- monds. Examine his stock and be convinced. Ask 10 see the goth Century Cut. All styles Of settings to choose from, and stones mounted on short notice.
 State President F. IT, Parker and State Vice President F. w. Reicker or the P. c. s. Of A.. both of this city. attended the Washington ccle- bration in Waterbury last evening.
 Forty men employed as unskilled by the Berlin Construction Co. on the new factory Of the Capewell Horse Nail Co. went on strike yes to-day afternoon. They had been receiving $t.75 for a ten-hour day and asked the same amount for nine hours.
 The sophomore and freshman classes at high school arc having an argument. Last year the freshmen bought a basketball; now those 1 freshmen are sophomoros-sup- poscdly 1lmy of them are still freshmen and claim that their class ! has a share in the ball, so it has been decided to let both classes use i it.
 X new cooperative trading store . has been formed by German resi- dents Of this city. The company which will he incorporated, will have { 55,10o capital, divided into S250 | shares. The company will be con- 1 ductad along inc lines of the Soy- orcigns Trading Co. running q gen. oraI grocery aad meat business In | the spring if hopes 10 branch out into coal and wood.
 Town Tax Collector Moore is pre- 1 parin@ the list Of unpaid taxes for { abatement. They amount to S7,000 and include taxes of tho long de- tunct Connecticut Casl,ot co. and 1 American Button Fastener Co.
 The charter revision committee Is , considering omJ0dyin- a provision for having aldermnn-at-argo as well as those representing the several wards.
 Several hundred dollars have been bet on the game at Electric Field . this afternoon between the Seneca and Wentworth clubs.
 X team Of local hoWlcrs com posed of J. Croft. bncban Chipman, G. Graft. and r. r. Holmes went over to Fast Berlin last night and lost another match to the Bridge HIlleites. Holmes l91 was the best score Of the evening.
 Dr, Charles W, Moody was one of those called on. to testify in the hearing before the county commits sioHers yesterday with regard to the granting of liquor licenses in Plain vile. Wacn asked if he had voted the prohibition ticket at the last election, h" replied. with q smile "The ballot was q secret onc". John Trumbull also testified. Lawyer F r. Gafrney was the nuestioner for the liquor dealers.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
SPIRES AND G.ARGOYLES
Old Habits.


 The Managing Editor picked up the story the new reporter had handed in, and read:
 The fire which ragged in the Bon Ton building last night, according to John O'Hara, city fireman, was most serious, and was battled with great difficulty, On the other hand, Mrs. Edwin smith, who lives across tNe street, expressed the opinion that little damage was done. Her side of the case is taken by the conservative Arthur W, Brown, gro- Ger, and the more radical Bill Hay ward, traffic policeman. However. Jim Anderson, who lives in the building, advances the belief that it didn't make any difference either way, as three suits Of his best under wear were burned.
 Tt was a big fire" George Popo- pulOs, restaurant owner, states, while Napoleon Caesar, janitor, says: Al was busy shooting craps when first thing l knows dem dice took fire. ? The fire department answered the alarm in three minutes, according 10 Harold Duffy, Republican, while Roscoe Jones, Democrat, announces that ten minutes elapsed before the trucks arrived. He is supported in this declaration by the independent Mir. Wing Ling Loo, a waiter in the Chop sucy palace upstairs.
 say" beloved the Managing Editor, turning purple, what were you before you came here as q re- porter?"
 q was on the staff," confessed the reporter. modcstly, "of The Li- terary Digest"
 F. R. Waldron
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
NItENG THE PRESIDENT

How ,asy fl is 10 pos" as a savior Of mmErd during an emergency
 while malIy Identified with ucfari- ou4 enterprise, was Illustrated by the story ot inc bogus physician who was appointed state inspector Of waaer ay the governor of Vermont during the recent flood, and who wired President Coolidge . collect telegram ou the state oI the water
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

need of providing a clothing allow ance was particularly we'll taken. l. seems very unreasonable for the city to expect the police department tc be attired well and al the same time expect The men 10 pay for their own uniforms out of a meaggr wage Where special and costly uniformi are demanded it should be the duty Of the city 10 furnish them.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
TALKING RIGHT OUT

Ones admiration goes forward to Niscount Cecil, Here is a man who is not afraid to talk right out in meeting. IL made very little differ cnce to him, either, that the meet ing where he spoke was the House of Lords He had his little say there and the British governmcnt-that is to say. the present Baldwin admin istration--is wildly excited.
 As everybody knows by this time, the Baldwin ministry is as popular as a rattIesnake throughout an in creasingly large proportion of Eng land. More about that will be known when the next general elec- ton rolls around.
 In saying that refusal Of the Brit ish representatives at Geneva to ad- init q mathematical naval parity NItII lll- tlIIl'u sNlCll'S SltllliIlttI I!l' door against any hope of agreeing on naval strength with America. Cecil blamed the technical advisers of the Baldwin ministry, and blamed the Baldwin ministry for listening to them. lie resigned as one of the Geneva disputants for that reason.
 The aim of the Baldwin ministry, which happens to be operating the British government at the time, is 10 regain control of the sea for Brit ain. This means disregard Of neu- tral rights during war time. The gentlemen in Downing street prate about England being an island and needs the largest navy 10 protect it so that it can obtain food during an emergency. What they really mean, however, is that England shall have a large enough navy to dominate neutrals and prevent them from bringing food and ammunition to whatever enemy happens to be the enemy.
 Such a policy, Of course, is aimed at the United States as well as any other potential nautrals. We got plenty of it during the World war before We entered ii. It was inc policy which started the war Of 1872 II is contrary to international law 1 but that doesn't deter the policy from being enforced if it can he . enforced.
 ] Freedom Of the seas is something that England doesn't believe in: but with the United States allowed tc have a navy as large as that of Eng. land, if IS likely to be a fact. 1 That's why England wants tc ditch the 5-5-3 parity scheme re. eJIing cruisers and auxiliary craft
 But the Baldwin ministry ism due to last very long. and then thcr, in all probability will be more sens, cnsconcod at the top of the British government.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
DOUSING ROUTS BRUIN

Lander, Wyo., Nov. 19 R - One way to repel a bear is to throw wa ter on it. David Garcia, sheepherder, returned to his camp and found a black bear raiding his grub" He went to battle with bucket of Wa ter, the first weapon he could find, and bruin took to the timber with squeals of protest after the first dousing.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

supply and received & reply from the White House praislns his work.
 Not even q dollar year man dur ing a war could have done a heater job.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

An anti-kissing league has been
 F. r. A., a learned professor on the New York World, tells the world that in the Iliad, Book ", Achilles says, T do not choose to fight with noble Hector" But he fought with him.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
\ Change In Viewpoint, Folks,

\ NHaIISt m V1VWpUIHt, TO1ks! To the modest miss of long ago, Needles were things with which to sew, To the modern miss-oh it is to laugh.
 They're things that go with 6 phonograph.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

This is the da ywhen downtown automobile congestion will be at it's minimum while the football games are in progress But not afterward.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Conditions

The center of the eastern disturb ance is now over eastern Maine, Passport, 29.72 inches and a trough of low pressure extends south, south westward to the Bahama Islands.
 High pressure prevails over most of the United States and southern Canada and from Newfoundland southward over the Atlantic coast highest. 3O.4O inches, Port Arthur, Ont. The temperature has fallen de cidedly in the Atlantic states.
 The indications are for mostly fair weather without material change in temperature Saturday and Sunday in the Washington forecast district, There will be considerable cloudiness. however. as far east as the Appalachian region.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

.. Ben Hur was written in Indiana. But those were the days when th" states chief output was literary, and not rotten politics.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

. The average congressman gets his straddling proclivities from the hab- it of being personally wet and po- litically dry.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
SOFT.

Caesar: Boy, Ah sure has a good job now"
 Duncan: "What's dat?" Caesar: "Ah started last week as tacklin' dummy up at de collegc!'
 Garter Schling Copyright, 1927, Reproduction
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Ethel Tinlns

Ethe! Timms Dear Ethel: II isn't customary. Why not go for an automobile ride with him instead.
 Dear. Mrs. Pillar: One of the seniors referred to somebody as q lucky stiff" What did he mean?
 Bessie Wilhelm Dear Bcss: He was probably re- ferring to somebody who died Of acute alcoholism.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Take Her Choice.

Mrs. RawIcy; How is the help around this hoteI?' Proprietor: We have colorcd help"
 Mrs. Eawloy: You have? And what colors have you got?'
 Il. II. Knapp
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Drama

Sir Henry Coward of England sol emnly warns us that jazz dances are leading the white races back 10 bar barism.
 It seems that the pit of dos.ruc- ton that yaWns for our civilization has q black bottom,
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Observations On He Weather
Forecast.

Eastern New York-Generally fair and continued cold Saturday and Sunday.
 New England-Fair and colder Saturday; Sunday fair and continu- ed cold.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Inc Herald ,s on sale daily h NV York at Hotaing's Newsstand, Tim Square: schultz's NewsstaLds, Entrance Grand Central. 42ud Street.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
THE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City ana Its People

games here never is.
 Yes, we like the movies. But there are limits to everything. And some day, when We have passed the bounds of endurance, We are going to arise and throttle the nandiest person connected with some terrible picture, no matter if it be the star, an extra, the man in the projection booth, an usher. or even some unfor- tunate who, like ourselves, is merely watching
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Social
| ' Presidential

Since Coolidge does not choose to
 run
 Some folks have minds to coarse They wonder if he's grooming an Electrical dark horse.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
nsOlin.!

Consoling! Passenger Gin acroplanc): Good ness, but I'm scarcd.' Aviator; "What's the mattcr?" Passenger: "There's the surface of the ocean beneath us Aviator: 'Well, I'd rather have it beneath Us than above us!"
 Theresa R. Hocfcr
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Deserves the Croix De Guerrc,

FinchIey: "So, Mrs. Pease is one of those close-mouthed women, eh ?' Mrs. Carey: Close -mouthed! Say I knew her for II years before she told me about her operation,"
 -Gleason Pcase.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
TELEPHONE CALLS
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The only profitable advertising Ele- n the City. Circulation books and l1 room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

The average man does his best work after fifty but this doesn't mean drinks
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

You aren't definitely middle-aged unless you wonder at times if that pain is caused by q cancer.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Once girls wore many unmention- ebles. And now they wear nothing worth mentioning.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

, formed in Paris. Not Paris, Ky
 but in kissville on the Seine.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
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send all communications 10 Fun shop Editor, care of the New
 Britain Herald. and your letter will be forwarded to New York.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Radio waves penetrate the remot- est jungIes, but the savage has no st and it is strange that he is say age.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
13s 32||z2.

A police official says music will decrease the divorce evil; but he probably doesn't include chin music.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

It's still safe 10 take flying trip 10 Chicago, When the boys shoot up the town, they don't shoot up.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY
RCunlania

RCumania They call King Michael Mickey" now;
 We hope the little tyke Grows up to be the kind of king That loyal friends call Mike"
 
 Social When the best man at a recent Wedding in Omaha failed to put in an appearance, a dentist in the con- gregation acted as substitute. There is no one like a dentist for filling q vacancy.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
JUST REEkING WITH CUARAE (This Charm School Is Conducted
 By Mrs. Pillar)

Dear Mrs. Pillar: My girl is wear ing my frat pin on the right hand side. What's the meaning of that?
 kae English Dear Kae: She probably wishes 10 heart.
 Dear Mrs. Pillar: I am a young woman and this is my first year as a college instructor. Is it permissible to keep a student after school in college?
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

The hard thing to decide while reading a detective novel is whether you are madder at the detectives dUmbness or the authors.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

unless you wonder at times if that pain is caused by cancer ! The average man does his best work after fifty but this doesn't mean drinks.
 The hard thing to decide while reading detective novel is whether you are madder at the detectives dUmbness or the authors.
 Amcricanisrn: A peaceful desire 10 kick other nations around without [ having 10 fight,
 Doubtless most Of our fire-eating patriots have already picked out the kind of desks they will use in the next war, Lives Of great men oft remind us it isn't difficult to seem great if there are enough dumb boys 10 af- ford contrast, II IS only m tune Ot peace that American admirals and generals whine after getting licked in q row they start. ! The most comforting bedside man Ter q doctor can have is an appar- cnt indifference to collections.
 No man really is as unimportant as q "favorite son. seems to people of another State. The reason Republic is governed by a few is because only few know what they want.
 One reason why the good are more numerous than tho wicked is because the classifying is done by the good.
 Book Review for Today: The ! Lordly Ones" by E. II. Lehman (Harpors). In which mother-man- aged "carecr man" misses sex hap piness.
 {. Corrcc. this sentence: "Whon go 10 church." said she, T never mo- tice what the other women have on.' Copyright 1927, Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

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New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

The office woman-hater likes to recall that the only deity ever named Nut was an Egyptian god dess
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Facts and Fancies
 BY ROBERT CULLEN

Why all the fuss? A wet President couldn't change the law and a dry one couldn't make 1t wholly effec- tive.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Entered at the Post Office at New Blt;- ain as Second Glass Mall Matter
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

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New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Amcricanisn: A peaceful desire to kick other nations around without having 10 fight,
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Corrcc. this sentence: "W'hon I go 10 church." said she, T never mo- tica what the other women have on.' Copyright 1927, Publishers
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Book Review for Today: The Lordly Ones by E, II. Lehman CHarpars). In which a mother-man- aged "carecr man" misses sex hap piness.