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New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

dent. His address is 4S5 Fifth
Avenue, New York city.
Q. How did execution by mol
get the name of lynching?
| A. The origin of the term il
obscure. The most generally ac,
cepted explanation associates the
beginning of the practice with one
Charles Lynch, Virginia planter
who undertook to maintain order
by taking into his own hands the
punishment of all disorderly or dis
affected persons.
@. Who received the Pulitzer
poetry prize in 1926?
A. Amy Lowell (posthumously)
for her book entitled Whats o
Clock"
Are the Smith-Hughes and Smith
Lever funds available for use in the
Philippines. Porto Rico and Hawaii
A. Smith Hughes funds to the
amount of $4,000 per annum are
available for Hawaii but not for
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
Smith-Lever funds are used only in
the United States.
@. What is coke?
A. A hard brittle porous solid
of blackish- gray color and more
or less metallic lustre. 1t does not
soil the fingers when rubbed and
gives no smoke when burning. 1t
absorbs moisture from the air easily.
Coke is made by heating bituminous
coal to expel the volatile elements.
The residue resulting consists chiefly
of carbon. mixed with varying
amounts of ash containing sulphur
and phosphorus. In the manufac-
ture of illuminating gas coke is a
by-product. 1t is really bituminous
coal with the gas burned out.
@. How much did the Library Of
Congress building at Washington,
D. c, cost?
site cost s6,032,125. The site cost
s5S5,000.
Q. Why do dogs turn around be-
fore they lie down?
A. Early in the history OF the
animal kingdom, when the ancestors
of our domestic dog were wild, they
slept in the woods or open. When
they were ready to lie down, they
first had to trample the grass about
them fiat to make a place to lie.
This fixed habit became one OF the
instincts inherent in dogs even
today.
@. What Is the name Of the
town on the site of the Boulder
Canyon Dam?
A. There is no town at tho site
Of the dam. The nearest town is
approximately one hundred miles
away.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
Observation
On The Heather

Washington, Fob. 23.-Forocast
for Southern New England; Partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday. Not
much change in temperature, fresh
west winds
Forecast for Eastern New York:
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday;
not much change in temperature :;
fresh west winds.
Conditions: A long trough of low
pressure extends from the St. Law
renee valley and Lake region south
westward to the lower Mississippi
valley. II is producing rains from
Alabama northeastward to the lower
lake region and the Maine coast.
Temperatures are moderate in all
sections Of the country and are
consi lerably above the normal in
most districts.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
partly cloudy weather with mild
temperature.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
QUICK SERVICE!
A Department Store Remnant

A Department Store Remnant
(Found by John r. Harris)
Mandy: "Ah wants somefun TO put
on nah stove
FIoorwalller: Something in the
line of ttensils?"
Mandy: mo. sub. All still got
mine. The doctah said All should
have dem eXcavated, but All still has
dem"
Floorwallier: Not tonsils. Item
sis. Kitchen paraphcrnalia."
Mandy "Mistah Boss, All wouldn't
have a pair of phernalias around
nah kitchen for a hundred dollars,
No, sub. \ pair of pickaninnies is
enough. All wants somefun to put
on nah stove"
FloorWalker "Well, just what is 1t
you want? Be more explicit. You
can put anything on a stove"
Mandy: mo. sub. You cant put
anything on stove. No, sub. Nah
husband he tried it once. an he
didn't sit down foh two weeks. No,
sub"
Floorwalker: do you want as
bestos?"
Mandy: "At's bestcst what? You
can say ats bestest kettle, or ats
bestest All don't Vcrsimilate the cal
lerosity of yo' significations.'
FIoorwalker: Asbestos is some
thing that keeps fire out"
Mandy; "Quit yo' foolin'. All buys
me a stove to KEEP ma fiah in, and
now yo' wants me TO buy someiun
to keep ma fiah out. Go along on
yousclf All got bad enough time
now tryin' TO keep nah fiah goin'
without buyin' somefun to keep it
out. No, sub
Floorwalker: "Do you want some
thing to cook in ?'
Mandy; mo. sub. All cooks in
koymono. All wants somefun to put
on nah stove. Stove polish is what
All wants, sub, Flesh-cullod stove
polish"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

You can get an ansW r to any
question Of fact or Information by
writing to the Question Editor.
New Britain Herald. Washington
Bureau, 1922 New York avenue.
Washington, D. c., enclosing two
cents in stamps for reply. Medical,
legal and marital advice cannot be
given, nor can extended research
be undertaken. All other questions
will receive a personal reply. I'm
signed requests cannot be answered.
All letters are confidential.-Edit
Q. When and where was General
Edward Braddock killed?
a. He was killed by Indians in
the French and Indian war in 1855
near what is now Braddock, Penn
sylvania.
Q. Who were the national rifle
champions of 1925?
A. The national individual rife
champion of 1925 was Staff Sergeant
Charles Hakala, Sth L. S. Infantry.
The national professional rife
champion of 1925 was Homer
Clarke of East Alton, Illinois.
@. Is United States. Senator
Walsh of Montana a Roman
Catholic?
A. Yes.
@. Has Harold Lloyd, the movie
actor, an artificial hand?
A. Only the right thumb is ar
tifcial. He lost his thumb in an
explosion.
Q. Who played the part of the
sanity son in the movie THE Ten
Commandments"
A. Richard Dix.
@. What is the meaning of the
stars on gold United States coins?
A. They are merely part of the
design and have no particular sig
niticance.
Q. What is the rule governing
revoke in the game of Five Hun
dred?
A. IF a player fails to follow
suit, when able to do SO, it is a re-
woke. Upon the revoke being
claimed and proved, the hands shall
be Immediately abandoned. If it
is an adversary of the bidder who
has revoked, the bidder scores the
full amount of his bid. while the
side in error scores nothing. 1t it
is the bidder who revokes he is set
back the full amount of his bid,
and the adversaries score any tricks
they may have taken in up to that
time"
@. What is the value Of a United
States silver dollar dated 1885, proof
coin?
A. s1.10.
@. Has the right of citizenship
been restored to former Governor
James Z. Ferguson of Texas?
A. On March u, 1925. the Texas
legislature granted him Legislative
and his citizenship rights
We're restored.
Q. Does Italy produce enough
coal to supply her own needs?
A. Italy produces some coal but
the deposits are poor and the major
portion of the coal used is i'm
ported.
@. Where can one address the
president of the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation?
A. Adolph Zukor is the presi-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23


favorable reviews in the New York
papers. 1t appears that New Brit
ain man was waiting on the front
steps when the patent Office was
opened. for in 1910 Joseph Sage
patented clothes pressing machine.
Other local inventions include the
egg-beater, the hay press, the FOUR
sided buckle, the corkscrew, the
mousetrap. the washing machine.
the automatic fly fan. the lowly
bung- starter, the reversible knob
latch" bottle openers, trousers
stretchers, lemon squeezers, spurs,
railway-car brakes, repeating fire.
arms, coffin handles. tobacco hang
ers. boot heels. gas burners, folding
bedsteads, currycombs. meat ten
derer," and a patent hustle.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
AUTOMOBILE LAWS

All lI4ldudpOilS paper the OiIleG
day came to hand with the Informal
ton it was time the sovereign state
of Indiana became a leader in regu-
lating automobile drivers. From its
columns We learned that in Indiana
anybody with Il first payment upon
an automobile can drive it from the
premises of the seller and continue
driving it ever afterward. The news
paper suggested that the state pass
some laws making it impossible for
anyone to drive an automobile until
after he or she had passed certain
reasonable tests and had been
licensed by the state.
The west is no longer wild and
woody; up-to-date cities dot the
landscape where few generations
ago the primitive wilderness reigned
supreme. But if the lack of auto
mobile regulatory laws is a criter-
ion. there still remains something
Of the wild and woody about the
manner in which they are left to
take care of themselves. It will
take considerable Indiana law. we
might add, to put the state on Il par
with Connecticut in this respect. We
doubt whether the unsuspecting
Hoosiers would go that far in one
Jump.
The latest wrinkle in Connecticut
is the little matter of eye tests for
motorists, Due to the fact that the
state motor commissioner doesn't
reed to ask permission from the
Legislature TO plunge ahead with
any manner of additional test he
deems necessary, it is not necessary
for applying autoists to show they
can see straight. that they can see
a sign when it pops up along the
highway, and that they can deter
mine what it means, or read it. How
is that, Indiana? And this, we
might add, is merely the additional
test of 1927. Next year the motor
vehicle department will have
thought up some new scheme to
save autoists from themselves, and |
to save the harasscd pedestrian and !
the railroad trains at crossings from |
the onrushing autoists.
The Connecticut requirement that I
every would-be autoist must know
the traffic regulations, which con-
Sists of enforced study of 4 list of ;
things printed in a pamphlet for |
the purpose, is as severe test as
one might wish. The regulations
are many and the applicant must .
be versed in them thoroughly. able |
to know the right move to make iS ,
an emergency The ability to drive |
a car in normal traffic means .
something to the state, and this |
point could be extended TO proved |
ability to drive a ear through con- |
gested traffic, as this is where such |
ability counts for most.
When it is realized that in In
diana, and in many other western |
states, no such regulations are in /
force, that anyone can drive car
from the moment he buys one, the
difference between scientific regu-
lation of autoists and the go-as-you-
please method becomes emphatically |
manifest. One is forced to wonder
how it is that these western states
are not depopuIated by the modern
juggernauts, More space must be a
great factor in survival.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
SUNDAY CLOSING

Little is heard this year with re
establishments, or the curtailment
of what they sell. Only a year ago
this was in the nature of a vital
topic in the city, where the pros and
cons included the experts in the
city hall. Mayor Paonessa took the
stand, it will be remembered, that
certain parts of the population were
unable TO afford refrigerators in
their homes in the summer time and
it was necessary for them to buy
meat on the day it was to be con
sumed. This argument applied par
ticularly to the summer months.
AS the Sunday law, so-called, now
stands neighborhood stores find this
day one of the week S best. Families
who find themselves "out" of neces-
sites on the day have easy recourse
to the nearest caravansary; the re-
suit is they are not encouraged to
think of their needs-at least all of
them-before the arrival of Sunday.
they can obtain what they want at
any time.
Such storekeepers as remain open
on sundays remain divided upon the
subject; conversations had with some
of them indicate they would prefer
to remain closed for at least part
Of the day, but say they are forced
to remain open because some COM
petitor does so. This is a manifest
evil Of Sunday stores; those who do
not recognize the nature of the day
who look upon it as good oppor-
tunity to do business while their
larger competitors are closed on
Sunday, encourage all other shops in
their class to remain open upon the
day.
II cannot be otherwise than to the
credit OF the larger institutions that
they pull down the blinds. They
consider themselves entitled to a
days rest each week and they APP
parently are not suffering as a re-
suit Of their enlightened attitude.
Our idea is that merchants who
want to remain closed on Sunday or
on part of that day, should not per-
nit themselves to be guided by what
few competitors prefer to do
about it. A large proportion of the
consuming public OF the city does
lot approve Of unlimited trade on
sunday, though they have no OBJ
iaction to the sale of refreshments.
rte. These have the ultimate say
as to whether unlimited Sunday sell
ing shall or shall not be profitable.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

name had occupied much front page
space in the newspapers of Connect
cut. One. cannot help thinking of how
he wasted his life, how he wrecked
his career, merely for the more rapid
accumulation of money. The cur
tain goes down; the tragedy is COM
plete.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

A miscellaneous shower was ten
dered Miss Hildur Parsons of II
Lyon street, at the home of Mrs.
Charles johnson of Dwight street,
last evening. The home was attrac-
lively decorated in pink and white.
A buffet lunch was served. Miss
Parsons was the recipient of many
beautiful and useful gifts. She will
become the bride of Louis Miller of
Curtis street on Saturday, March 5.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
NICARAGUA PROTEITORATE

That the American marines in
Nicaragua are doing considerably
more than protecting the interests
OF their government is becoming
more evident every day, They now
are situated so strategically that
they cffectually prevent the Liberals
from attacking the Conservatives.
Instead OF merely being onlookcrs,
the American marines have become
PARTIES TO the hi line: a treaty
is under way III making of an
American protectorate out Of Mic
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
Charmed, I'm Sure,


CHATS What They'll Say, If You
Keep in Touch with THE Fun
SHOP Charm Shop
Dear Mrs. PNar: My husbands
brother is coming to visit us. I
don't know exactly how TO act.
Please help me out.
Mrs. Peter +. Davies
Dear Mrs. Davies: Treat him po-
litely the first three days After that,
use you own judgment!
A.
Dear Mrs. Pillar: How can I tell
which piece of silverware to use?
Richard Landauer
Dear Dick: The easiest thing
would be 10 write a successful play,
wear a windsor tie. and let your
hair grow. Then if you pick M the
wrong one everybody will think it's
the eccentricity of genius.
Dear Mrs. Pillar: Last night when
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

Member Audit Bureau Of Circulation
The A. B. c. 10 national organization
which furnishes newspapers and adver-
tisers with a strictly honest analysis of
circulation. Our circulation statistics
are based upon this audit. This insures
protection again: fraud IN newspaper
distribution figu es to both national and
local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
RICHARD. THE IRON-HEARTED!

(Why l Never Married Him)
by 11ilda S. Hollaman
l asked Dick out for dinner once.
And said TO him, My lamb,
| merely want to show you, once,
How good cook | am.
80 you come out at half-past six
Poor batch, you must be lone
some.-
And I'll lay out for you a meal
Prepared all by my ownsome."
At six o'clock that fatal night
! found / needed eggs,
So | hurried off to the deliCat-
Essen on frantic legs.
You can imagine how the thing
I saw there made me feel
Tho guy that ! was cooking for,
Eating a heavy meal!
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

With the price of eatables rising
and the value of the dollar sinking,
the time is near at hand when dol
lars to doughnuts" is an even bet!
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

I helped my boy friend on with his
coat he absent-mindedly gave me a
dime. What shall do about it?
Ellin Clifford
Dear Elln: Absent-mindedly give
it back to himfth next time he car
ries your bundles,
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

The Herald 10 on sale daily IN New
York at Hotaling's Newsstand. Times
Square: schultzs Neusstande. Entrance
Grand Central, 4.nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
Member OF the Associated Press.

Tho Associated Prese exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication Of
ali news credited to II or not otherwise
credited in this paper and also local
news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
You Bet

Mrs. Patten: do you have
smocks?"
Floorwalker: yes, lady, Cigars
and cigarettes at the tobacco coun.
ter
Julia 7. Grunet.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

our idea of a brave man is one
who says right out that Shake
speare's plays are dull unnatural
and stilted.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
THE FLOW OF MONEY


"a good banker friend of
mine the other day said: Years
ago Iowa used to raise horses
and We. shipped them east, In
a little while they had the bones
and we had the money. Now the
east builds automobiles and
ships 1hcm west. In little
while we have got the junk pile
and they have the money"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
TELEPHONE GALLO
Business Office 80. 92s
Editoria, Rooms 80. S2s

The only profitable advertising medism
IN the City Circulation books and press
room always open 20 advertisers-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

In the LEXICON of the successful
man work spells luck.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

Not every mans politics is he
reditary. Some adapt theirs to the
complexion of the community in
which they live.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
BlanlCIeSS

Mrs. Groves: Il heard you snor-
ing again last night, and of all the
hideous. rasping, croaking noises |
ever heard"
Groves: Not snoring at all, my
dear-probably the frogs on my
pajamas."
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
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MAxsON E2xl1ALL NUuL
Send all communications 10 Fun
Shop Editor, care of the New
Britain Herald, and your letter
will be forwarded to New York.

Well Keep You Posted About it,
Folks.
OF books to while away the time
The literary critics spout,
But one to smile away the time,
THE FUN SHOP BOOK, will soon
be out
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

Some canals are retained for the
same reason people store things.
they'll never have any use for, in the
attic.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

It is Il waste of parental helpful
ness to send boys to college to learn
that life isn't worth living.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

It Il. man fondlcs rabbits. he is
crazy; if he shoots them he is a
sportsman.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

Housewife: DO be careful OF my
china, won't YOU"
Moving Man: Don't worry. lady!
II | broke one o desc dishes it nd
make me so mad ia bust de whole
set"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

There is more to craftsmanship
than sticking one foot between the
partly open door and the jamb.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

What the 1owan refers to as
east" we in the east refer to as the
middle west-AIichigan, etc, where
the automobiles come from.
What he says of Iowa applies
equally to New England. The steady
flow of money from New England
to the middle west, due 10 the huge
purchases of automobiles made
there, is startling to economists. In
due time we have the junk piles and
Michigan has the money
What are We going to do about
it? Either make our own automo-
biIcs or discontinue using them.
Neither will happen. Iowa and New
England will continue in the same
fix: they will continue buying and
using the machines and the middle
west will get the money.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs
tt.te . Year.
1900 Three NonthA
i6c- . Month.

Entered at the Post once at New Britain
- eecond Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

tutes and accepting unwrittcn law as
sacred.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

A decant play, apparently, is one
that can hope for no free adverti-
sing.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

In an argument it is futile to stake
your prejudice against the other
fellows common sense.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

Now that the bail clubs are clean
cd up, the next big job is the fur
mace ashes.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

There is no place to wear fea-
Their in the cap fashion has provided
for the feminine knee.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

Wealth brings great responsible
ity. Henry Ford is kept busy trying
TO think of extraordinary things to
say to interviewers.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

Motorists expect an early and pro-
life growth of detour signs.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
New Britain Herald
HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Issued Daily Sunday Excepted)
Al Herald Bldg, 81 Church Street.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
Her Stand

Mrs. King: do you approve Of
women in Office"
Mrs. Kerr: Not in my hus-
band's,"
&C. r. Selcke.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

new in America. There's the fly
family.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

Correct this sentence: 81 had the
shock OF my life last night" said
Grace, when Harold tried to kiss
me and he having gone with me only
two years"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

After all, the majority gets the
responsibility and the minority has
the fun.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
MISS PARSONS SHOWERED

Copyright 1927, Publishers Syndicat,
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23
FactsondFoncies
BY ROBERT CULLEN
BY ROBERT CULLEN

BY ROBERT CULLEN
In the old. days being dead drunk
was different.
Thanking in terms of billions isn't
new in America. There's the fly
family.
Now that the ball clubs are clean
cd up, the next big job is the fur
mace ashes.
A decant play, apparently, is one
that can hope for no free adverti-
sing.
MOTORISTS expect an early and pro-
life growth of detour signs.
e.
"a
our idea of a brave man is one
who says right out that Shake
speare's plays are dull, unnatural
and stilted.
Personal liberty takes its half of
tho road ont of tho cpOtCr
In the lexicon of the successful
man work spells luck.
Some canals are retained for the
same reason people store things.
they'll never have any use for, in the
attic
Amcricanism: Violating the sta
tutes and accepting unwrittcn law as
sacred.
Not every mans politics is he
reditary. Some adapt theirs to the
of the community in
which they live.
1t is Il waste of parental helpful
ness to send boys TO college to learn
that life isn't worth living.
There is no place to wear a fea-
Their in the cap fashion has provided
FOR tho feminine Lnco
New Britain herald., 1927-02-23

The New England Governors Fuel
Committee recommends that "LoU
Volatile or Smokeless Bituminous.
Coal should be specified in making
purchase from dealer"
See their report October, 1925
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-10-11

home in Norwich. Conn. Mr.. Sage
is a teacher in the Junior High
school of Atlantic City.
Mrs Oscar Staples, of Delaware
Water Gap, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. George Meredith, of
Mt. Vernon avenue, for several
weeks will return home next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Truck and
son, John Truck, of Roosevelt ave
nue.. spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Weaver at Collingswood,
n. j.
Mr. and Mrs. George Meredith,
of Mt. Vernon avenue, entertained
at a family dinner on Thursday
evening. Their guests were: Mr..
and Mrs. Frank A. Broadhead, Mr..
and Mrs T. Kingsley Broadhead,
of Venice Park, and Mrs. Oscar
Staples, of Delaware Water Gap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Neal and
children, Robert and Pricilla, from
Carney's Point, Mr.. and Mrs. Ches-
ter P. Jordon, Mrs. Mary Long, of
Pennsgrove, paid a surprise visit
on Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Lovett, of Mill road.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-10-11
News Of
Interest

spending two weeks touring Virgil
MIA, West Virginia and Washington,
D. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Burroughs
and family have leased the home
of w. G.. Oxley. on Zion road.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Seigafuse
and grandsons, Rufus and Raymond
Atkins, spent the weekend at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Atkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Huckel are
at home in their new home on First
and Davis avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. W. Jones, who
have resided this summer in ATTAIN
tic City, viii move shortly to Jack
son avenue and New road. Mrs.
Jones is a daughter Of Mrs. B. F,
Risley Sr., Of Faue avenue.
Miss Rachel keenan,, of Philade,-
phia, has returned home after
visit with her aunt, Mrs: Charles
Davis.
Mary Kline, of Franklin avenue,
attended the meeting of the Sigma
Kappa Sigma. in Atlantic City, last
Thursday night.
Charles II. Sage, of Roosevelt
avenue, spent the weekend at his