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The Washington times., 1927-04-02
How to Stop Grade Crossing
Accidents
Do What Railroads Do to Protect Brakemen

You know how brakemen freight trains along the
tops Of They almost lived the in the old days
before air brakes The brakemen raced the slippery
freight setting hand brakes when the engineer blew his
whistle.
Scores of men were swept to death from tops Of
when trains under low tunnels striking the waist
high, knocking them to the track
simple idea now prevents that
both sides Of each tunnel the tracks you see
strings hanging down cords that strike against the braken
as he stands erect before the tunnel reached The blow OF
the cords hard enough to hurt make him lose his
balance But him that tunnel is coming and he
throws himself flat the passing through the tunnel
without harm.
Why not try that at grade crossings Put the road
hanging fringe Of light ropes perhaps with little inflated
rubber balls at the end These strings and balls would strike
against the windshield Of the careless automobile driver
sarte him. make him realize that grade crossing ahead
waning him put brakes and make that train
was coming before crossing
is idoic that people should be killed by hundreds be-
they drive grade crossings not protected by watch
men, warning above, better such two sharp
rghange just before each grade crossing would
pei every automobile driver at least TO KNOW THAT THE
GRADE CROSSING IS THERE.
IT, after having been warned that is there after having
had the warning ropes and inflated rubber balls strike against
make two right-angle turns he PERSISTS in being killed.
then at least, he would have only himself to blame.
Railroads worried by grade crossings and the expense Of
removing them invited to experiment with this suggestion
The public might at first not like the slender ropes and hollow
rubber balls knocking against the windshield But they
chose pay attention they could slow down. that there
would be nothing startling about the impact they chose
pay attention, that impact might their lives
This is submitted to railroads and public officials
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
The Unnecessary ClOgging of
Police Court DOckets

The Commissioner in appointing committee revise
collateral and other methods Of handling traffic offenders
should be able improve conditions in the Police Court and
Of the numerous annoyances to the public
Judge Schud of the Police Court conservative in telling
the Commissioners that the Police Court docks cogged
with thousands Of small Insignificant which, it would
SEEM could be cured by warning to citizens many are
doubt unintentional' =
The committee named by the Commissioners will consider
the matter Of establishing system Of coateras for minor
Of nracons of traffic and police regulations based
upon first second and subsequent Offences whereby the
handing officer Of each precinct viii be able accept col
lateral as substitute for court fines
Judge schudt justly feels that immense amount Of
the time Of the machinery of the Police Court taken up in
handling minor offenders which could spent upon gaver
cases. and that might be well to give police officers larger
discretion to the character of they take to court
Police officers make abnormal number Of of
trivial nature and drag the offenders to the Police Court
when as Judge Schuldt says the alleged voators might
safely be permitted with warning with the posting
of small collateral.
offenders that serious offenders who should be brought to
immediate trial get delays much to their advantage That
results in real bad and women escaping or delaying
punishment.
The Police Department ought to be able with the assistance
of the committee to work out system that will lessen the
hardhp upon minor offenders thus enabling the police and
the courts to concentrate their attention upon those deserving
serious punishment
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
By Garrett P. Seryiss

tends in regular order all around
the circle.
But while the signs are all Of
the same length the constella.
lions vary, some being very long,
like Picse or Virgo; some very
short likes Aries or Aquarius.
Moreover. the boundaries Of the
consultations are not very
sharply determined, so that the
representation of their relative
extent IL only approximate. But
the picture will give a good, gen.
eral idea of the actual position
OF the sun among the stars when
1t is said to be in this or that
sign of the Zodiac.
Note that, as seen from the di.
rection Of the sun, the earth is
always at point among the con.
stellations exactly on the opposite
side from the sun. Thus at the
beginning of May, when the sun
is in the sign Taurus and the
constellation Aries the earth is
in the sign Scorpio and the con.
stellation Libra. Note, too, that
the consultations in which the
earth is said to be at any time
are those that are visible at
night, while those in the sun are
concealed by daylight.
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
DR.. FRANK CRANES.
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DR.. FRANK CRANE
B D U y d

YyHE deepest truths paradoxes At the bottom Of
contradiction or absurdity is often found the
jewel Of wisdom.
In the higher realm of feeling instance the greatest
Liberty is found in keeping the law. Obedience to law
is liberty, the motto The lower the grade Of life
the more it finds its pleasure in breaking laws.
good is bound with brass and triple steel"
to her honor and her husband. We call bad woman
abandoned" While she may think herself emancipated
the common Of the world uses shorter word
'tloose
The heroes stand by the flag and cut to pieces the
towards run away Noble souls tied; little souls are
unfretted
Real arstocracies composed Of those who morally
bound The feudal cavalier different from the villain in
this: That he kept his word loyal to his king and
faithful to his lady The who cannot tell e' is
freer than the easy liar
Genuine freedom consists in finding out the laws Of
the universe and moving in harmony with them. Only
thus can we avoid collision and catastrophe.
The object Of systems of morality says Matthew
Arnold, is to human life from being abandoned to
passion or allowed to drift at hazard This object they
seek to attain by prescribing fixed principles Of action
fixed rules Of conduct In its uninsped as well as in it's
inspired moments in its days of anguor and in it's days of
energy, human life has thus always clue to follow.
Copyright 1897 Newspaper syndicats)
The Washington times., 1927-04-02

RUS and Pisces. Aries begins at
the Verna1 Equinox. e., at the
point where the sun crosses the
equator, coming north about
March 90.
But owing to the procession Of
the equinoxes. the original unity
of the signs and consultations Of
the Zodiac has been destroyed.
The procession carries the yernal
Equinox about fifty seconds of
arc westward every year. and the
accumulation of this motion has
now drifted the signs backward
about the length Of one whole
sign, or thirty degrees. Conse-
quently, roughly speaking, each
sign now corresponds not with
the constellation bearing it's name,
but with the next west of it.
Thus, in the picture the sign
Aries falls into the constellation
Pisces. Consequently, when, about
March 20, the sun enters the sign
Aries, it is not in the constella.
ton Pisces. This displacement ex-
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
WISESAYINGS

Events of great consequence
often spring from trifling circum-
stances. --Livy.
One cannot know everything.
Horace.
Thought once awakened does
not again slumber. -Carlyle.
A man should endeavor to be
as plant as reed, yet as hard
as cedarwood. Talmud.
Ye who write, choose 4 subject
suited to your abilities.
Horace.
Happy the man who has been
able to learn the causes Of things.
--Vergil.
Know thyself and presume not
God to scan.
The proper study of mankind is
man. Pope.
When rogues fall out, honest
men get into their own.
Sir Matthew Hal&
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
By ELSIE ROBINSON

so. They love Right-hunger for
it. pitifully. You cannot know
what love of honor is until you're
sunk, as they are sunk, deep in
the mire.
But something in themselves.
or in their lives, has sold them
into bondage. So they go out,
away from home into the night.
But always as they go they
cry-"WAIT UNTIL / COME
BACKg'
viii you not hold your hand
from Judgment and your pride
from scorn and let your heart be
open to that cry?
Try not to think of them ais
bad, damned things-as criminals
despised by God and man
But think of them as children
who have strayed-
Who went, despite their better
selves, into the night
And going, cried-"PLEAsE
WAIT TIL / COME BACKr
Can you not wait, you who
are safe and warm, and hold the
candle Of your faith to guide
their SthnblinR 3eet9
The Washington times., 1927-04-02

The men and women Slumped
back in their seats, looking at
each other a little foolislly. They
wiped their damp faces and hands
with handkerchiefs.
A young girl appeared on the
stage, thin girl. dressed in
black, her face wasted by grief
and illness.
For q long moment she stood
silent, her haunted eyes looking
deep into those hundreds of
other eyes in which the red
brutishness was slowly cooling.
Then painfully, she began to tell
the story of her mothers beauty
and sweet voiceof the roverty
and monotony Of their home life
--of how love started and grew
into an absorbing, mad passion.
Then came that last terrible night
when the poor dazed mother went
to her doom. saying as she kissed
her little girl goodnight--tWAIT
UNTIL / COME BACK"
So Charlotte Mills told the
story Of her mothers sin and
death. And so she still waits
holding her love and faith like q
briglst candle. against that night
which trapped her mothers soul.
The Washington times., 1927-04-02

earth's real revolution around the
sun.
In this picture. the earth is
shown in the center, as if stand
ing still while the sun goes
around it, following the great
circle called the ecliptic, which is.
the projection on the sky of the
plane of the earth's orbit. This
imaginary circle is the center of
band 16 degrees wide and ex.
tending completely around the
sky, which is called the Zodiac.
The ancients divided the Zodiac
into twelve equal parts, named
Signs of the Zodiac. The indi-
vidual names of these imaginary
signs were derived from fancifuls
figures formed by the stars in
cluded in each sign. These twelve
figures, or star groups, are The
"zodiacal consultations"
The first sign is called Aries.
Then they follow from west to
east in this order: Taurus, Gemini,
Cancer, Leo. Virgo, Libra, Scorpio,
Sagittarius. Capricornus, Aqua.
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
Our Hungry Souls
Attractions and Destinies

The Rev. Or. B. r Farber says: There is hunger in
souls for something spiritual and unwordlyt and thus
proves that Gcd exists Charles Fourier than hun
red years ago. said that convincing proof mmor
tally the fact that all human beings long for it, our
fractions indicate destiny If not destined to
be immortal Nature wouldn't torment BY making desire
it.
sAs TO the existence Of God proof needed But an
definition description Of God and proof Of the right
Of man Of any religion to Just exactly what he
wants what he plans is lacking in the opinions Of many
might all be wrong. Perhaps each has its share f truth
The Washington times., 1927-04-02

and knoweth not HOW he came
there. And it is all OVER with
him!
And great is mis- bitterness ana
loud are his lamentations, when
he discovereth that woman doth
not cook with a dancing foot, nor
sew on buttons with a dimpIed
knee!
Yea, vast is his astonishmenf
when he discovereth that q dull
mind oft hideth beneath bright
and shining hair, and that great
open spaces may exist between
shell-like ears.
Lo, bitter are his protests. when
he findeth that sweet perfume
is not always accompanied by
sweet disposition, and that a good
line doth not always signify q.
good temper, and q pleasant
tongue.
Alas, sad is his awakening when
he learneth that a lipstick tasteth
not the same before breakfast as
after dinner. and that there IL no
novelty In the forty-seventh' kiss,
nor in the chatter Of a beautiful
dumb-bell.
Yet why shall he blame Heaven
for his folly, and visit the penalty
of his rashness upon the woman?
-
: For man may choose his mate
at his leisure, but a woman must
take what the Lord sendeth her,
and be content. And so long as a
HAaaO ahoice "" ruled hy his
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
SAYINGS OF
MRS.SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland.

Why Marriage Is q Gamble
MY Daughter. for woman mar
~ riage is harbor; but for a
man 1t Is voyage Of discovery.
Go to-a woman goeth into
matrimony with her eyes wide
open, but a man danceth into it
when he is NOT looking, and then
waketh up!
Behold, he espyeth damsel in
the green golf fields, and his eye
brighteneth at sight Of her. For
10. she is something NEW! Yea,
she is different from the girl
before!
He noteth that she hath a neat.
ankle and that her knee is
shapely.
He is dazzled by the color Of
her hair, and the fit of her
sweater is not lost upon him.
He leadeth her to the dance, and
her steps rejoice him.
The perfume Of her tresses is
sweeter than myrrh and franklin
cense, 1t maketh him heady!
She looketh at him with doves
eyes, and her flattery trickleth
into his vanity and enkindleth his
self-esteem.
Her line is GOOD!
He kisseth her once, expert
mentally. And again, tenderly.
And again, rapturously. The frag.
rance of her lipstick getteth him
going.
He saith, this for NET
Yea, though he struggleth feebly,
the rest Ii EASY
He eindeth himself 81 the a1taxs
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
Fun for LITTLE George
Not for KING George

A THOUGHTLESS child is worse than THANKLESS
child sometimes Ask the King and Queen Of England They
do everything make the royal family dear to the British
heart Queen Mary long dresses and hats that do NOT
down her eyes, They such General Grant
would recognize.
The King his top hat except when he goes to
cattle show Then he derby hat and poke fat steers
in the ribs The Queen takes Of her granddaughter while
her daughter in-law is away They models.
But now their youngest son, Prince George, enters
Charleston competition in France and what worse wins the
championship The contrast between that Of achievement
and the deeds Of Richard the Lion Hearted great The
British don't like it.
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
SUMS LOCATION

4 READER asks for some kind
"A of d map of the heavens
showing the exact place of our
sun among the stars. In the
sense probably intended such a
map could not be made because
we, seeing the sun only from the
moving earth, are unable to pro-
ject it among the stars in a
definite, fixed position. A roughly
approximate model of the starry
system in three dimensions might,
The Washington times., 1927-04-02

however. be made, showing the
suns most probable place among
the other stars, but it would have
to be enormously disproportioned
owing to the immense distances
involved.
What we can represent on a
map or chart is the position of
the suns path over the back
ground OF the heavens as it yearly
performs its apparent revolution
around the sky, caused by the
The Washington times., 1927-04-02

WAIT UN-
TIL / COME
BACKi'' there
cries each poor,
trapped mortal
who has gone
astray and lost
his way down
the black trail
of Wrong.
They do not
mean to leave
the lights of
home.
They do not
mean to turn
their backs for
ever on sweet
love and truth,
on decency and
honor and fair
play.
i You thin k
they sin be-
cause they hate
the Right?
B
The Washington times., 1927-04-02

"A TALE OF
"A intrigue, un-
faithfulness and
revengeful death
had dragged its
filth v details
q GRO SIS t h 9
screen. They
W ere filming
the Hall . Mills
murder story.
The audience
had watched it
greedily, sitting
a little forward
in the seats,
eyes narrowed.
nostrils witch
ing. heads un.
c n $ cious sly
thrust out be.
tween t h cir
shoulders like
c r o u c h i n g
brutes.
4 h en- t h e
lights went on.
The Washington times., 1927-04-02

SENSES. he shall continue to seek
his own Boredom!
For even in the Gamble Of Love,
a little Intelligence is not q dam
gerous thing!
SELAH.
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
QUESTIONSOF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.
A Dress for q Dance.
MRS. REECKMAN:

A Dress for q Dance.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ There is a question per.
picking me very much, and have
decided to write to you, asking
your judgment. / shall adhere
strictly to your decision and any
advice you may give will be CRATE
fully appreciated.
Is 1t proper for a young girl
to wear white graduation dress
to a dinner dance? ABR.
Yes, ] should think that a dress
of this kind, If it is Of the more
or less regulation type Of gradual
ton dress, would be perfectly ap.
propriate for a. dinner dance.
Graduation dresses nowadays are
SO much more sensible than they
used to be-less ''fussy" and rib.
bombed cked-- therefore they
adapt themselves very easily to
use after graduation. Personally,
am very enthusiastic about white
dresses on young girls for evening
wear.
That Soup Question
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
II A asys soup should be eaten
from the side Of the spoon. b
says 1t should be eaten from
the front.
Would you please let us know
which is correct2
ALMA AND BERNICE.
The side of the spoon should
be used never the tips
The Washington times., 1927-04-02
LISTEN, WORLD!

A TALE of
"A intrigue, un-
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Miss Barbara Swift. daughter of Talmadge Swift of this city and
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19
Social TcHuities Tbout 6own
Charity Affairs Claim Society - Tea Dance at Shuttle Meadow Club Thanksgiving Day - School Set to Return for Holiday Weekend

With Thanksgiving less than week distant an air of holiday estivity is already dscernabe about The Shuttle Meadow club offers tea dance in the late afternoon which is to be the high light of the week. especially when it noted that Yae and his orchestra will play for dancing from 43O to S3O Many of the members will take dinner the club staying for the dance while others entertaining home will surely drop in to join the gaey Not to forget the the colleges universities and preparatory schools tea dance IS sure to attract them
 Football in this locality to an end today for this at all events Considering the bleak weather good number of New Brtans sport loving contingent moored Cambridge Nass this morning for the YaeHarvard game However 1t takes than cold weather dampen the enthusiasm of the local Yale and Harvard graduates and doubt the will be we'll worth the effort For those who
 stay at home the radio fills the gap the HarordN New Britain
 High school good substitute, for from all reports it IS sure to be the spectacular game of the Good old days
 Entertainments for chariey at this season seem to be more numerous than before and certainly diversified and colorul They vary from dramatic performances to
 musicals bridges fairs and bazaars The interest displayed them from the younger the younger and older married sets This week. Mrs. He M Parsons successfully commandeered group of women, r. nen in the town fe they have given unIesevedy of thtr time and effort an endeavor to the of the Red drive Virginia Hart heads the long list and is followed by Eurth Wachter, Maxine Hart, Harriet Reynal Marjorie Norris Virginia Leland Florence Andrews, Esther Stanley Sally Hunason Miriam Moua Gladys Day. Mrs Emory Corbin Mrs. Bret Neece, Mrs. Walter Murdock Mrs. Charles Davis Mrs !ain Mrs. George Bo Mrs Harold Shepard Mrs Clifford Vivian Mrs James Robinson Mrs Maurice Pease Mrs. Ham ton Bcktord, Mrs. Maxwell Coe, Mrs. E. M Hayden Mrs Sherrod Skinner Mrs Ernest Smith Mrs Robert Hyatt Mrs Stanley Cooper Mrs. Stuman Dyso Mrs Jack Whitaker and Mrs. Howard Bruemmer.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Mrs. Joel Leete returned 70 her home in Belmont, Mass. on Wednes- day last, after spending q few days with Mrs. Shcrrod Skinner of Hart street.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

street, left on Wednesday to spend a few days'in Boston. They will re- turn tomorrow.
 Alr. and Mrs. Goulding K. Wight and daughter of Montclair, New Jer- sey will spend the Thanksgiving holidays with Mrs. Wight's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Booth of For est street.
 Mrs, P. J. Murray of Harrison street is entertaining her brother, M. F. Dwyer of Boston over the week end. Miss Marguerite Dwyer, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Murray, returned to her home on Tuesday. Miss Dwyer is supervisor of schools in Pawtucket. Rhode Island.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harry A. Adams of Springfield, Mass, will spend Thanksgiving Day with Mrs. Adams parents, MT. and Mrs. Laurence Mouat of Grove Hill.
 Miss Victoria Fiske, who is stu. dent at Smith college in Northamp- ton, Massachusetts, will spend the Thanksgiving holidays at the home of her parents, Reverend Samuel A. Fiske and Mrs. Fiske of Berlin.
 Mr. and Mrs. Algernon Alderson and their daughter, Miss Alice AL derson of Lake street, are attending the Harvard Yale football game to- day in Boston.
 MT. and Mrs. E. S. Hart of South Burritt street have gone to Florida to spend the winter.
 Mrs. Addison Chase and her son Judson, returned to their home in New Rochelle yesterday after spend ing two weeks with Mrs. John H. kirkham of Lexington street.
 pr. NJ. A. kinsella and Mrs. Kin sella of Ten Acre Road are spending the week end in Boston, Mass,
 NIr. and Mrs. Howard Bruemmer
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

of West Main street, and MT. and Mrs. Bret Neece of Corbin avenue, left for Cambridge, Mass, this morning to witness the Yale-Har- ward game.
 Mir, and Mrs. Paul Rogers of Sunnylcdgo were in Burlington, Vt, this week.
 Mir. and Mrs. James Rogers of Berlin, x. Y, formerly of this town were in New Britain last week end.
 Mir, and Mrs. Thomas Wlbor of Larchmont, N. Y, spent last week end with Mir. Wilbor's mother, Mrs. T. ". Wilbor of Franklin Square.
 Mir. and Mrs. Elwood Beecher of Grove Hill and NTr. and Mrs. Harold Guy of Portland are spending the week end in Boston, Mass.
 A1r. and Mrs. Louis w. Young of Lincoln Road will see the Yale-H liar yard game in Cambridge, Mass, to- day.
 Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of Governor John II. Trumbull and Mrs. Trumbull of Plainville, in is Cambridge, Mass, this weekend for the Yale-Harvard game.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

Greenwich, spent last week end with Miss Lois kirkham, daughter of Mir and Mrs. John H. Kirkham of Lexington street.
 Mrs. John Fellows of Ten Acre Road, IS entertaining her mother, Mrs. Robert Baker of Maplewood x. J.
 Robert Vance and Dr. Henry Mar tin Of Maple street are in Cambridge, Mass, this weekend for the Yale Harvard game.
 MT. and Mrs. Emory Corbin of West Main street are spending the weekend in New York city.
 
 Alr. and Mrs. Alfred Hopkins of New York city are the weekend guests Of Mir. and Mrs. John C. Loomis of Lincoln Road.
 Earl Van Buskirk of Ten Acre Road is in Detroit, Mich.
 Kenyon Loomis is home from Am horst College to spend the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Loomis Of Lincoln Road,
 ATr and Mrs. Henry Pound and twin daughters of New Brunswick, \. J., will spend Thanksgiving with Dr. George II. Bodlcy and Mrs. Bod ley of Garden street. Mrs. Pound was the former Miss Eleanor Bod ley, daughter of Reverend Harry l. Eodley and Mrs. Bodley of West Main Street.
 Mrs. Joel Leete returned 70 her home in Belmont, Mass. on Wedne5- day last, after spending q few days with Mrs. Shcrrod Skinner of Hart street
 Mrs. Elisha Cooper. Mrs Marcus White and her daughter, Miss Dotha White motored to New London Thursday 10 attend an art exhibit.
 Ford Cooper. son of Mir. and Mrs. Elisha Cooper of Vine street was bame from the Yale School Of
New Britain herald., 1927-11-19

About forty guests attended the reception which was held after the ceremony.
 Mir. and Mrs. Fitzgerald left OH an extended wedding trip to the south
 
 The wedding of Dr. Edward J. Dray of this city and Miss Gertrude Katherine Blackall, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Blackall of l2 Pier son Court, Bristol, took place Tues day morning at 10 o'clock at Saint Joseph's church, Bristol. Reverend Francis May of Mount Carmel, a cousin of Dr. Dray, officiated. Palms, ferns and cut flowers were used as decorations in the church. Miss Mary McEGugh, cousin of the bride, sang Schubert's Ave Maria.'