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New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
Q. What form of government do

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Austria and Hungary have?
A. Austria has a republican form
of government with President.
| Hungary is a monarchy and the
functions of the monarch are being
performed by a Regent. Admiral
Nicholas Horthy.
Q. Who starred In the movie,
The Old Homestead" and when was
it first shown?
A. Theodore Roberts was the
star. 1t was filmed in 1922 and re-
leased October s. of that year.
@. What is the family name Of
King George v of England?
A. Windsor
Q. Will a syphon work without
the application Of pressure?
A. No.
@. Does the United States gov
eminent guarantee depositors in
National Banks against loss?
A. No. 1t merely exercises super
vision over the banks.
@. Did California furnish any
troops to the Union side in the
Civil War?
A. When the Civil War broke
out. California was thought TO be
contemplating secession, and was
exempted from furnishing troops.
The Union party soon became DOM
inant. however. and the state con-
tributed nearly s1,500,00o to the
Federal Government and sent five
companies Of volunteers into the
field.
@. In what round did Firpo
knock Dempsey out Of the ring in
their fight on September IA. 1928?
A. In the first round Firpo
knocked Jack Dempsey through the
ropes, and in the second round
Dempsey won the fight by knocking
out Firpo.
@. What was the date Of Good
Friday in 1894?
A. March %.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
Is Years Ago Today

Farmer Henry G. Gabelman, who
says he made money last year SELL
ing apples bearing a picture of Nc
kinlcy. has bought the Schultz farm
on Wallens hill. together with one
of the finest fruit orchards in that
vicinity. He says that he will have
the head of President Roosevelt,
crowned with a SLOUGH hat, outlined
on all his fruit the coming season.
GaDelman refuses 10 disclose his
process for making pictures on ap-
pies
The prizes awarded at the meet
ing of the Winthrop council whist
club last evening were as follows:
First, l.. NJ Moore; second, Mrs.
Mary Potter: third, Albert +. Shade.
Senator A. j. Sloper has made out
an application for permission to
build tWo-Siory residence 35X50 on
Russell street. The senator's new
house will be finely finished and VIII
cost about $3.50.
Mrs. Samuel knight who has been
quite i'll, is recovering.
Mrs. James Eaton was elected sec
rotary treasurer of the Church Of
Our Saviour Womcn's Aid society
in Plainville yesterday afternoon.
The S. n. +. Telephone Co, which
we have always with us. has sent
out petitions to the various cities
asking permission to install street
phones. These are boxes on posts
and could be used at all times of the
day and night for calling the police.
fire department, physicians, etc, in
emergency cases.
The annual meeting OF the Wom-
ans club was held yesterday after
noon at the Institute. Mrs. Brooks
and others expressed their gratitude
that Mrs r. j. Porter would serve
as president for another year and
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answ 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 personal reply. Un-
signed requests cannot be answ cred.
All letters are Editor.
@. How much is a shilling and q
six pence in American money?
A. There are twenty shillings in
a pound sterling which is now worth
SASSY making a shilling fraction
over "a cents. Six pence is half q
shilling.
z. Can an alien who has been
in the United States without proper
authorization become citizen of
the United states?
A. The alien in such circum-
stances is subject TO deportation and
cannot be naturalizcd because he
has not established a legal residence
in this country.
@. What nationality is Tom Mix,
the movie actor?
A. He was born in Ell Paso.
Texas, and is an American. His
mother was part Scotch and part
Cherokee Indian and his father
mostly Irish.
@. Is a native of Czechoslavakia
who is naturalized American, re-
quired to serve in the Czechoslo-
vakia Army if he returns to that
country for a visit?
A. Persons who emigrated to the
United States before October %.
1918 (the inception Of the Czecho-
slovakia Republc) and became
American citizens are not subject to
arrest, punishment, or other penalty
for failing to perform their military
obligations under the former Austri-
an regime and no military service
is required.
@. What is an elcctrocardio-
graph?
A. A machine that records the
variations in the action of the heart
by electrical currents.
@. What is meant by the Con
way Cabal"?
A. A faction in 1877 made up of
members of Congress and army Of
ficers unfriendly to General WASH
ington, whose object was to effect
by intrigue the retirement of Wash
ington and to put General Gates
in his place as head of the Con-
tinental Army. 1t received its name
from the chief conspirator. Conway.
Q. What is the Near East?
A. The term is applied to the
Balkan States, Asia Minor. Egypt
and Russian Armenia and Russian
Turkestan.
@. Do the Commissioners of the
Philippines vote in the United
States House of Representatives?
a. They are merely advisors and
can speak on the floor only on mat
tiers concerning the islands and have
no vote.
Q. Are the terms Omitted King
dom" and British Empire" synony-
nous?
A. The United Kingdom en-
braces only England. Scotland and
Northern Ireland and Wales. The
British Empire" embraces the
United Kingdom, the Irish Free
States. other members of the Brit
ish Commonwealth of Nations and
all outlying colonies and possessions.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
BARRED FROM SONS HOME,
MAN, 70, FOUND ON STREET
Salvatore Piriligiro's Plight Discov.
cred BY Poiiceman-City To
Provide Quarters

Refused the shelter Of his sons
home. Salvatore Piriligiro, aged TO-
was brought to the police station
yesterday afternoon by Officer
Thomas J. Feeney. who picked him
up at the corner of Willow and
North streets. The aged man had
no place to 80, he said, so arrange
ments were made to house him tenn
porarily at the Town Home.
John l.. Doyle, superintendent Of
poor, said today an investigation is
being made to determine the facts
behind the aged mans condition.
The son who is charged with the
unnatural act. lives at SO Willow
street, according to the information
obtained by the police.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
BIG BUILDING PROGRAM.

Chicago, April II Pt-Twenty-on
buildings valued at more than sl14,-
100000 are under construction with
in q four-mile radius of the down
town district in Chicago. Edward n.
Craig. secretary of the Building Con-
struction Employers association
made the announcement following
survey which he said indicated that
1927 will break all previous con-
struction records here. The most
costly building is the Stevens hotel
on Michigan avenue. which will
represent an investment OF $50, 00o.-
GOO.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
How 1t Happened

Hart: What was the cause OF
Hurley's death? ?"
Conley: We'll, he was victim Of
installment-plan buying. An agent
showed him how. by going without
breakfast he could save enough TO
buy a piano; another proved to him
that by cutting out dinner he could
idea of emitting lunch and using
that money on the purchase Of an
automobile. So Hurley starved to
death before he could get them all
paid for"
Il. E. Soricelli
Copyright. 1927. Reproduction
Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
FROM OUR OWN INFANTRY
DRILL REGULATIONS

A lady of mutual acquaintance
asked a child how old another child
was-using the word child
she is one year DID, was the
reply.
"Oh, then it's a girl.' answered
the lady.
Eyes, she's been a girl for year"
added my little seven-year- old niece.
H. z. Classify
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
TWO KILLED BY TRAIN

Niagara Falls, n. Y, April l tP
An unidentified man and boy were
instantly killed at Gas this morn
ing when they were struck by fast
passenger train of the Lehigh Val
ley. The boy was riding a bicycle
at the time of the accident and the
man was on foot.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

vorce and. under the laws Of that
commonwealth, nothing else will
turn the trick. All Peaches needs to
do to land that half million at some
time or other is to behave herself.
At the same time she can thus pre-
vent Browning from remarrying.
William Allen White, estimable
Kansas editor. sums it up this way:
IL the men who drafted the
marriage laws of the state of
New York deliberately had set
out to make the state a haven
and refuge for designing ladies,
they couldn't have improved on
the existing laws. The interests
of the frail sex in the great
metropolis seems to be pretty
well taken care Of"
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
THE WAGES OF SIN
\ Fun Shop Drama
IN Three Acts
BY Louise EngeI

Act One
tThe minister and Mr.. Roth the
Sunday school superintendent, are
talking things over.)
Rev. Wylie: THE way to make an
impression on the young minds. Mr..
Roth is by way of object lessons"
Roth: Il think I get you. I'll .ry
it out on the children next Sunday"
Act Two
(The Sunday school room. Roth
is addressing the Youngsters class.)
Roth: Il am going 10 tell you chill
dren about the effects of sin on the
heart First, can any little child tell
me what sin is?"
Jimmy: yes, sir. Sin is when
somebody else does something end
gets caught at it,
Act Three
(The lesson continues)
Roth: Il hold here a glass of pure
water. It represents a pure heart.
This poison represents sin. ] put it
into the water. and the water i'm
mediately turns a nasty color. Now,
then, that's the way your hearts are
after sin has entered. But all hope
is not lost. Every poison has an an
tidote. When ! pour this antidote
into the glass. the water again be-
comes clear Grace and faith are the
antidotes of sin. Is there any ques-
ton anybody would like to ask?"
Jimmy: Lets see you drink W.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
MACMILLAN PLANS TRIP

New York, April il Pl-Com-
mandcr Donald r. Macmillan, Arc
tic explorer. will head a new eXpedi-
ton into the far north this summer
the New York American says today.
He will sail on the Bowdoin. his
set, Me, on June rs.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
Justice Above All.

Larkin: "Wilson had his wife ar
rested for forging his name to buy
a dress. and the jury acquitted her.
Stevens: How did they arrive at
such a verdict? ?"
Iarkin: They decided he gave
her his name when he married her,
and so she had perfect right to use
it to suit herself"
Nfntbn- p
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

"Y essir." chortled Uncle Ike, "all
these women folks swimming the
channels Jest proves one thing - 1t
was Adams floatin rib that Eve was
made outer"
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
Dusty
SPARE THOSE BRUSHES

Dear Editor:
The butler was drunk last night"
Said my wife. He tried
TO roll a barrel up the stairs
"Where was ] when this
was going on?" ] demanded.
you" she answered,
"Wcre in the barrel"
Having a tactful wife
Certainly saves n fellow
Lots of embarrassment.
B. ". Il.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

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Send all communications to Fun
shop Editor, care OF the New
Britain Herald, and your letter
Let's Clean House Nentally!

Itts (1tan House Mentally.
Time to clean the attic. Come on,
Folks. one and ALL
And rid our dispositions Of worries
big and small,
Toss all that makes us grouchy upon
the pile of junk.
And only leave good humor in each
mental chest and trunk,
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
Facts ondFuncies
BY ROBERT CULLEN

Fairy tale; "He doesn't dodge
taxes, responsibility or Jury serv-
ice"
Finger nails neglected.: An I'M
clean man. Too we'll attended; An
unclean soul.
The world produces few great
leaders? The reason is obvious.
There is no place to go.
The time to Judge a man is in
the Spring. Thus, if ever, come
perfect days Of idiocy.
A single girl may be talked about
o wife is merely talked at.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
Some Job!

Morgan: I'm going to get a job
in a drug store. I've been studying
now for IS months"
Gladys: That's long time.
Studying pharmacy, ] SUPPOSE"
Morgan; Nope. Learning the
names Of all the candy bars"
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

Everything about poverty is dis
agreeable, but the most disagrecablc
part is comparison with those who
aren't poor.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

It's genuine love if she quits a
good job to clean ash trays for
nothing.
Every community contains at
least one person people pity and
can't be good to unless they're will
ing to be bored forever
The happiest people are those who
know very, very little, and the poor
asses who think they know every
thing.
There's Just one kind OF regular
herman. He acts natural. and does
Mt give a darn what other people
think of it.
It isn't that preachers sons al
ways go wrong, but that girls who
go wrong shock the world because
girls as rule are virtuous
Correct this sentence: when the
new neighbors moved in" said she.
L didn't sit at the window to OBJ
serve their furniture"
Copyright 1927 Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

II the billboards completely hide
the landscape, YOU are approaching
a center OF culture.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
OVERLOOKING TRUCKS

The state motor vehicle depart
ment, in its annual report just is
sued, touches upon feature of
overlooking trucks which the Legis-
lature might well take up and set
tie in the only proper manner. yet
it is doubtful whether anything will
be done about it.
Disposition OF cases involving
overlooking OF commercial vehicles
under the present law makes a VIC
tim of the operator, whereas the
owner of the truck is not touched
by the law unless he voluntarily
does the right thing by the operator
and pays the fine.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

An editor is a man who does ., S67
bits OF good work and gets no COM
ment; then makes one error and
gets 462 letters of protest
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
WHEN BLACK IS READ
Tony's Ambish

Tony's Ambish
Da goose dat laysa golden eggs
/ no geeva ma seclk socks for,
wantsa see da baseball pitch
Lay goose eggs in da box score!
Tony the Bootblack
They Bring May Flowers
Betsy Willis is engaged,
Just now, she's getting set.
All her friends are putting on
Showers for Miss Bet.
And Betsy says, says she to me,
aside from things you get.
Take it from one who knows, old
top,
These showers are all wet"
judith Kinney
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

Napoleon said all men are cow
ards at night, but he was wrong.
They wait FOR night to do the things
they are afraid to do by day.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

Hospitality is in the heart. 1t is
genuine only when it makes the
guest feel he is part of the family
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

Americanism: A conviction that
realists who make nasty criticisms
of the great majority are talking
about the other fellow.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

It's the point of view. Children
who are pals with one kind of par
ent seem impudent to a solemn ass
parent.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
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New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

MANY motor vehicle oper-
tors who are in the employ Of
other person" says the re-
port-"arc convicted and pen
allied in overlooking cases,
whereas the punishment inhict-
ed in such instances ought
properly to fall upon those per-
sons who either owned or caus-
cd to be operated the vehicles
involved. Unsuccessful attempts
have been made to amend the
law so that the registrant as
we'll as or instead OF the oper-
ator might be held liable in an
overlooking case. So long as the
law remains as it is ! am of the
opinion that either much in
justice will be done to many
comparatively innocent persons
or else that there will be too
little enforcement of the pro
visions relating to overlooking"
Why is the Legislature delin
quent about amending the law il
the manner suggested? The oper
ators of these trucks are merel,
and usually have nothin.
to say as to how big load shoult
be permitted; they obey the boss
and when held up along the road b,
the state police it is the driver VIII,
gets it in the neck for something h
has nothing to do with. Firms tina
indulge in overlooking should be tn
ones dealt with.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

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New Britain herald., 1927-04-11
Scrappv Family

SCrappN FAMILY
They battle every morning
Do Bill and Hazel HoWds:
No wonder that they're healthy!
They live on breakfast feuds.!
Harold Been Judcll
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

Entered at the Post once 1t New Brit
ain ~ Second Class Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

It isn't poverty that makes poor
relations Objectionable, but the
qualities that keep them poor
New Britain herald., 1927-04-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Twinkle, Twinkle" is the first of
New York'S musical entertainments to
plan Spring edition. Bushy Berke-
ley will stage it.
A musical show called Best
Wishes written by Dorothy Hayward,
is announced for FAN production by
William b. Friedlander.
William Courtenay will he starred in
an extra company of Might Hawk"
intended for an early showing in Chi
cago.
Josephine Hutchinson will play the
leading role in Susan Glaspelrs I'm
heritors," which the New York Civic
Repertory Theater will present March
Clara Tropp. Edna May Spooner
and Parker Fennelly will be In Bah
bling, Brooks" which opens in New
York next week.
The cast for Below the Line"
which Kilbourn Gordon Is producing,
will include Douglas r. Dumbfille,
Allan Moore, Evelyn Keller, Edna Ben
nett, Francis M. Verdi and j. Francis
Robertson.
When Mary Eaton opens In Lucky
in Philadelphia a week hence, her
sister, Pearl Eaton, will be the stage
manager. The Dillingham; Office claims
this as q first time" woman has
stage-managed a show of big musical
comedy proportions.
Harry Wagstaff Gribble will stage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
The Legion Etrangers.

THE Legion Etrangers of France,
prominent in the Paramount pic
ture, Beau Geste," was founded by
King Louis PHILIPPE &. 1880, ITO offer
refuge to those foreigners who by
reason of the troubled state of Europe
have come within our borders and
whose presence, unemployed and
harassed by necessity, may constitute
public menace" according to the
proclamation of its founder.
Since the first few years Of exist.
ence, when its troops in the large
majority were made up of mer-
cenaries of various countries, its repu.
tation of mo questions asked" has
caused it to be used as a refuge for
those foreigners" in a different sense
than Louis probably anticipated.
The legion at times has been termed
'the refuge heap of Europe" All
types Of criminals from the sneak
thief to the murderer are found in
its ranks. Even clergymen, lawyers,
college professors, millionaires, along
with paupers. make up this motley
end dangerous crew. The discipline
30 keep such varied types within the
bounds of soldierly organization is
necessarily iron-bound and tyrannical
authority was given to officers, as
shown.
Edward La Roche, for 10 years a
veteran Of the Foreign Legion, served
as technical adviser for Beau Geste,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

beside animals, in rehabilitating their
property. At night these women,
worn from their work, gathered in a
building which had been used as a
stable by the Germans and enjoyed
the thrill of motion picture. I was
proud that night. for the picture was
Paramount picture, The City of
Silent Men All through the war
stricken country this same service
was being rendered by the motion pic
ture industry.
1T was then that / awoke to the
realization that the motion picture
could not be purely a commercial
proposition. l knew then that it
could, and must, serve mankind and
1 knew that only to the extent to
which we did serve would We be re-
paid"
Touching briefly upon the foreign
situation, he said that it was his
opinion that if Russia would open its
doors to American pictures conditions
in that country would be stabilized
we must face the fact" he de-
clared, that America is the richest
country and the most unpopular. A
hymn of hate is being sung by Euro
pean countries. In melton pictures
/ believe we have the medium through
which this feeling Of antagenism may
be dispelled. But it can be dispelled
only if we look at their problems and
aims with sympathy and under
standing.
Il remember talking with one of the
big men of England. and he told me
at that time, We didn't ask you over
/ don't think I ever heard the situa-
ton explained more pertinently
Yet our films are being shown in
foreign countries, and If we continue
to serve mankind they will continue
to be exhibited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Must Serve Mankind.

THE future of the motion picture
can be determined only by the
extent to which the industry serves
mankind
This was the keynote of an address
given by Sidney r. Kent, general
manager of Famous Player-IAsk
corporation. at a recent luncheon Of
the Associate Motion Picture Adver-
Users. Mr.. Kent spoke as one of the
immortals of the industry" selected IS
months ago by the Ampa.
Dollars and cents" said Mr.. Kent,
must not be the only consideration
of the people of the industry.
However" he said, we are in
fortunate position, for our business
is one which is profitable and which
at the same time serves humanity.
And only to the extent to which it
serves can it be profitable and
progress beyond the limits which
bound an ordinary commercial under
taking.
1T is you men of the advertising
and publicity departments who can
carry the message of the motion pic
ture to the world. In your work YOU
must look far beyond the dollar.
Your copy must convey to the public
here and abroad the true purpose of
the screen.
Not until shortly after the war did
] appreciate fully the real mission of
the screen. Before that time / had
looked upon it as field for my
own advancement. Right after the
war, however, ! was in the town of
Lille, France. There were not more
than half a dozen buildings with
roofs. Brick factories had been es-
tabiished, and all day long the women
Of this town labored and shaved, many
OF them trudging along in harness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
In the Local Playhouses
BY FIRST NIGHTER.

time ago and gave out the news be-
fore leaving New York that In addi-
ton to his large string of houses now
playing vaudeville and showing mo-
vies, he would have II new theaters,
now under construction, ready Tor
business at the start of next season.
Helen MaeKellar. who played me
Mud Turtle" last week at the Earle.
was a happy woman over piece or
news she received from New York to
the effect that her manager had at
last found a suitable play for her and
that she would be back on the legitl
mate stage by the end of next month.
No information was forthcoming as to
the title OF the play, but the telegram
said it was by one of the successful
playwrightS and he was sure she could
make a hit in it.
There is quite discussion on in
New York over the fact that SO few
theaters there have been named after
the great women of the stage. Save
for the Maxine Elliott and the Edyth
Totten. there is not a show house in
Gotham that is named after a woman
Charlotte Cushman, Ada Rehan and
host of other famous women have
been neglected.