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Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
MOnERN HONE IS FINER

The furniture dealer is best quail
flied to refute the calamity howlers
when the latter predict the passing
of the great American home" and
it is the furniture dealer who can
assure the public that the American
takes a greater interest in his home
today than ever before.
Furniture is indissolubly assocl-
ated with the home, so the furniture
business serves as an accurate bar
ometer of home conditions. 1t is self
evident that if the home is losing its
traditional attraction the volume OF
business transacted by the furniture
merchants would be diminishing.
But the people of this country are
buying more and better furniture
so it follows, they must be more
home-loving than their immediate or
earlier antecedents.
The furniture business is one OF
the largest and fastest growing OF
the country's many commercial en-
terprises. AS a newspaper adVertis-
er it ranks in volume with other
large scale advertisers, the automo-
bile, real estate and clothing deal
ers.
Analysis Of newspaper advertising
and advertisers proves that advertis-
ing is not employed to create a de-
mand for unwanted merchandise,
but is resorted to to stimulate an
existing demand and to inform the
buying public on products for
which there is already a demand.
On the above practical theory OF
advertising one can leaf through the
advertising pages Of the newspaper
and magazine and intelligently esti-
mate relative demands for the ad-
vertised products. It does not al
ways follow that the most widely
advertised article is of better quail
ity than another less widely adver-
tised but, because of the relation Of
price to quality, the most highly ad-
vertised product is in greatest de-
mand.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
aAINT,, IT THE TRUTH

SOME neighbOrs will borrow eV-
erything, including trouble.
THE best way to find your miss
ing kinsfolk is to get rich.
$50
THE hard thing about making
money last is making it first
LOVE makes the world go round
the bend and park in a lane.
&#%
LOTS of people think the world
owes them five or six livings.
$50
A SOFT answer doesn't turn away
as much wrath as hard look.
ass
BEING popular doesn't leave
much time for making real friends.
sec
WHEN picking your friends be
careful not to pick them too much.
$50
MONEY may not mean everything,
but almost everything means mon
ey.
INTERESTING people" are those
who take an interest in us.
$40
A MAN isn't licked until he begins
to complain about the rules.
MOST of the work is done by peo-
pie who are too nervous to loaf.
SO
YOU don't have to nurse a crouch
very carefully to make it grow.
sSS
MOST people who have nothing to
do make the mistake Of doing it
$50
PEOPLE who talk in their sleep
should tell the truth while awake.
NOTHING is certain except that 1t
won't happen as the experts predict.
A GREAT lover is one who can
tell whether a girl is pensive or
sleepy.
A SELF-MADE man is usually one
who selected a wife that made him
work.
WHEN in Rome do as the Romans
do; but when in bad don't do as the
bad ones do.
WOMAN'S place may be in the
home but her daughters place
seems to be in the auto.
AN educated man is one who cen
quote Shakespeare without crediting
it to the Bible.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
THE NEGRO RACE NEED TO
THINK BEFORE JUMPING

Certain Of the leaders of the col
ored voters who in New York, Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana and even in New
England have been attempting to
lead their forces into the Democrat
ic party fold will do well before they
20 any further to request Of AttOr-
ney General Pollard Of Texas, Dem
Ocrat, a COPY Of the brief which he
has filed in the United States Su-
preme Court asserting and defend
ing the right of the dear old Demo-
cratic party of Texas to exclude ne
grOes from the Democratic primar-
les in that State. Mr.. Pollard argues
that a primary is not an election
within the meaning Of the constitu-
ton and therefore that they have
legal right to so act.
Inasmuch as in Texas the prt-
mary is the one real event in the
political life of the State, for in a
great number Of places they do not
even bother to hold elections, this is
about as open a move for the dis
franchisement of the negroes as has
been undertaken for some years.
Thus while in the northern States
by means of patronage the Demo-
Gratis are making determined drive
to win the cOlored people to their
standard, and it must be agreed the
flesh pots have won white as well
as colored people to certain move
ments, a move like Pollard's must
make plain there can never be any
real sympathy between the Demo-
cratic party and the negro people.
The ending Of attempted associa-
ton inevitably will be that Of the
lady who attempted to ride on the
tiger. In that case it will be remem-
bered, that on the return trip the
lady was inside and the smile was
on the face Of the tiger.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01

Fireside rises in defense of the
country.
It has long been a tradition that
most of the American geniuses are
of farm origin. Indeed 20 per cent
of the names in Who's Who are Of
country birth and only 80 per cent
from the city.
The farm boy with a college edu-
cation has the best chance of get
ting into Who's Who, for it is per-
haps significant that n per cent of
those in the present volume have
been to college.
"Statisticians say so per cent of
the big wigs of the country were
bred on the farm" observes the
editor of Farm and Fireside. "Be
that as it may, there is no doubt
about the value of the farm as a
training camp for the soldiers of
fortune.
"As to the dullards: they are on
the farm just as they are every
where. The percentage is about
the same the world over. Just as
many city dwellers are dumb as
farmers. But if heredity has any
thing to do with life, the farm must
produce some very wise people to
have begotten and trained the 80
per cent of big wigs who were farm
boys"
There is much to be said in favor
of the farm for this generation, and
they seem to know it. They have
good homes. promising young fami-
lies, radios and automobiles. The
farmer gets as much fun out Of the
cut of the city mans trousers and
moustache as he furnishes-so hon
Ors are even, a thing the city chap
never seems to grasp.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
3oG
TIE THaUGHTLESS FEW


The many suffer for the trans
gTessions of the few. This would be
a PIatitude if it we're not that mod
eawity has siVea it greater signif-
GaAee.
The most common way the blame
Tess Eaany are made to expiate the
wTGags of the few is through legis-
1atiOn. Things carried to excess in
vits prohibitory and restrictive leg
SslatiOa, although in moderation
they would have escaped the law
makers. But once they are embod-
led in the statutes the temperate are
punished with the Incorporate.
It is conceivable that there would
be no speed laws compelling the
1sOtOrist on the straight, broad and
uatrayeled highway to drive as
slowly as the one on the winding,
narrow and busy thoroughfare IL a
thOughtless few had exercised rea-
soaable care.
Among those enterprises resorting
to roster advertising the complaint
is cannon that there would now be
heard no talk Of legislative restric-
4ioas against advertising sign
buQras along highways If a few Of
ahe advertisers and board owners
had been more polite in their
choice of sites.
II Is a defect in the governmental
svsteua that it does not permit dis
crfmination in favor Of the petty Of
fender. -.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01

But most important to the human
being is the comforting assurance
which the farmer has that as long
as he has his farm he has a living
and competency for his old age
There is nothing so tragic as pow
erty in old age, and the percentage
is very low in rural districts.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
ARE FARMERS DUMB ?

The old question as to who are
the brainiest, city people or country
people, has bObbed up again. A
writer in one of the popular maga-
zines comes to bat for the city, bas-
ing his comparison on the names in
Who's Who. The editor of Farm and
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
DoG
COMMUNITY ASSETS AND
LIABILITIES

Under the caption liabilities" in
the fiscal report of cities and towns
appear the amounts Of their bonded
indebtedness and unpaid bills.
Bonds and bills are liabilities be-
cause they represent the public debt,
but in a larger sense they may be
the least Of the community's liabil-
tiles.
Municipal bonds are as represen-
tative of the assets of a community
as of its liabilities. That is a self
evident fact to those who realize
that municipalities can only issue
bonds for permanent public i'm
provements and that every $1,000
municipal bond stands for improve
ments costing $1,000. The bonds re-
main liabilities only until they have
been redeemed. but improvements
financed by those bonds remain
permanent assets of the community.
So it appears that a community
may have other and more burden
some liabilities than municipal
bonds. One such liability may be
the absence of community co-Opera-
ton and public spirit. Lack of civic
pride constitutes another commun-
ity liability. Liabilities Of this
character give the community moth
ing and deprive it Of much.
But community discord, civic slo-
venliness and public disinterested-
ness are redeemable liabilities. They
cease to be a tax on the community
when the public recognizes them as
liabilities and undertakes to liQui-
date them.
There is nothing cooperation can
not accomplish for the community.
Communities everywhere are prov
ing the accuracy of that statement.
Like individuals, many towns and
cities are saying that whatever they
have ever desired has been given to
them if they only desired it earnest
ly enough. Such desire is not, how
ever, the kind that waits for provi-
dence to grant its wish.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
TO BE CONTINUED

make your story short" grOwled
the grocer to the travelling sales
man.
"I can't" painted the latter, I'm
selling cereals. The Progressive
Grocer.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
A NEWER-ENDING WAR

Ordinary rules of sanitation in
the home and by municipalities are
saving the lives Of thousands Of
Americans annually and making
virulent epidemics almost unheard
of.
How many people a few years ago
knew that malaria germs were
spread by the mosquito and that
many disease germs were carried
broadcast by the common housefy ?
No greater In number than these
were those who realized the efficacy
of screens, covered garbage cans,
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01

That schoolgirl complexion is
great STUFF if you get it on bpth
cheeks at the same elevation.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01

clean yards and the elimination Of
stagnant water in exterminating the
mosquito and the fly.
A fly in the house is a sign of
careless housekeeping in this era of
swat-the-fy. 1t is only in the poor
est tenement districts and the squal-
id homes of the country districts
that the hOusefiy is still given free
reign to taint food and carry dis
ease germs from person to person.
Neither is the mosquito permitted to
inject his malaria germs into the
veins of every sleeping human.
To successfully combat the fly and
the mosquito the campaign should
be launched early in the year. The
municipal spring cleanup was de-
signed to rid the houseyard of the
winters accumulation Of debris, so
these fly and mosquito breeding
places would not be present when
the breeding time arrived. The care
full housewife also repairs and in
stalls her window and door screens
before the spring debut of the fly
and mosquito.
But the battle against summers
pestiferous conveyors Of disease
must not stop with preventatives.
Debris must not be permitted to ac-
cumulate, garbage cans must be
closed tightly at all times and
screens must be kept tightly closed
and carefully repaired. And the fly
swatter must be kept in daily use.
@OoR
WHAT NEWSPAPER ADS. DID
1t was only few years ago that
the retail stores in towns and the
smaller cities did the bulk of their
weeks business on Saturday. While
the other five business days might
have paid expenses the merchant de-
pended upon the Saturday sales for
the major portion OF his weeks pro-
fit. Needless to say the average
merchant would have been exempt
from excess profits taxes in those
days.
The newspaper is given credit for
the possibility Of scat
tering the Saturday peak load over
the six business days of the week
and it was newspaper advertising
which has achieved the present more
equitable distribution Of the weeks
Saturday is still the mer-
chants busy day, but now he is only
a little less busy on the preceding
five days.
This is only one of the many SER
vices performed for business by
advertising. 1t is irrefu-
table that a great part Of the in
crease in business experienced by
the retail stores generally in recent
years has been created by newspa-
per advertising. Newspaper advertis-
ing has been the ''Aladdin's Lamp
Of the retail merchant. There are
still isolated towns where one may
see for himself what might have
been" the nation over if newspaper |
advertising had never been.
DeS
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
EoS

THERE WAS A TINE when men
had more leisure than they take to
themselves today, but we have yet
TO learn that in those days men had
a greater abundance either in social
progress or human happiness than
we have today.
We can't deny that we are in
hurry, but as compared to more
leisurely periods in history it isn't
to be denied that we get things done.
And after all that's what counts.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
MILFORD, FRIDAY, APRIL l, 1927
WINDOW DRESSING is an art

WINDOW DRESSING is an art
that has been steadily growing with
the business places of Milford. In
the recent years of merchandise
selling several stores have made dis
plays that have received approval
and attracted general attention. The
fact that a well displayed window is
the best salesmanship of that busi-
ness. is recognized as true, and mer-
chants who have studied their prob
lens close, are sold to the need OF
larger windows and windows trim
med in harmony of color, that are
not Overcrowded with too much at
anv one time. Window trimming in
the slack between seasons, draws
trade for even staple goods; for that
reason, the display windows OF Mil
ford stores are becoming objects Oh
study by prospective buyers. Change
the displays frequently and the peo-
ple will do the rest. Window trim
ming is an art. Harmony OF colors'
attractive arrangement by grouping
of objects, and adding bit of dec
Grafton, forms the picture for the
goods displayed.
~o@
IN AN ADDRESS Judge Gary, the
head of a mammoth business in the
United States, said;
1T takes age to give one the prop
er prospective of life. There
should be no dread about ap-
-. preaching old age if life has been
properly lived. If we had with
youth and the middle days the
knowledge that comes with the
graying years, all Of us would
lead kindlier and more self-sac-
rificing lives.
''Iife after all is largely matter
of memories, and with the latter
years, according to the life we
have lead, they are more and
more a solace or a gibe.
"The qualities that make for sue
cess I might sum up as being
study, thought and work. That
is the successful trinity.
"If one will read and study the
Bible, the Book that never has
been and never will be discred-
tied, so far as its essential doc
trines are concerned, one will be
more and more astonished with
the accounts of blessings bestow-
ed upon, or punishments admin
istered to the ancients when per-
suing a right or wrong course"
This statement with its underly-
ing truth is worth thinking over by
men and women ia all walks of life.
The young will realize the wisdom
Of it in later years.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
- -

EVERYTHING is valued by con-
arast. Health never seems so pre-
cioas as when we are i'll. We spend
money for luxuries without Qualm,
and criticize moderate charges for
necessities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31
FLOODING OF mine
MAY TAKE WEEK
Pumps and Creek Pour 1000
Gallons Per Minute Into
Burning Shaft.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MORGANTOWN, w. Va, January
31.-Work of flooding the fire-swept
No. l mine OF the Connellsville By
Products Co. went forward steadily
today with indications that week at
least would be required before the
flames could be conquered. Emergency
pump lines and q small creek flowing
directly into the workings were pour
ing approximately 1000 gallons of
water into the mine every minute.
Estimates placed the cost of flooding
operations at $1,000 an hour or about
SITS, 900 If only week Is required to
complete the task.
Six Pumps Working.
The fire is a mile and a quarter IN
the interior Of the mine and embraces
from five to six acres of coal, or
three.fifths Of the entire area of the
mine, says Robert NJ Lambie, chief
of the State department of mines.
Lambie arrived at his conclusions by
questioning men who were IN the
mine Saturday when an explosion
burned 10 of a party of Is fire flghters.
The course of Custom Run, located
on a level higher than the mine, was
changed and the waters from this
small stream made to flow directly
into the workings. Five pump lines
were in operation as was pumper
from the Morgantown fire department.
Lambie said a week or 10 days
would be needed before the burning
section could be flooded
Fear for Neighboring Mines.
Fear that gaseous fumes, constantly
forming in the Connellsville mine,
might spread to two mines above 1t
owned by two other companies. was
expressed by the department chief.
He ordered fire bosses to inspect the
two upper mines before each shift
began work.
The fire started early Friday. but
all Of the 246 men then at work made
their way to safety. Yesterday two
explosions occurred, but because of
orders prohibiting any one from enter
ing the mine, no one was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31
MONTANA URGES WALSH
TO CHALLENGE McADOO
Failure to Defend State Against
Qualifications" Charge
Arouses Butte Club.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUTTE, Mont, January 31.-The
Silver Bow Democratic Club of Butte
has adopted a resolution for trans
mission to Senator Thomas J. Walsh,
Democrat, Montana, expressing dis
approval because Montana Represent
alive failed to challenge W. G.. Nc
Adoo's recent reference at Toledo to
New York, Maryland and Montana.
as "nullificationists" because of the
repeal of prohibition laws In these
States.
After commenting on replies to Nc
Adoo from Maryland and New York,
the club statement said: Our State
was left like a deserted child by it's
pseudo Representatives, and we feel
that our delinquent Representatives
should be chided for their failure.
Resolved: That our Representatives
by telegraph be requested to wake up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31
Radio Successfully
Used to Danish Fear
During Operations
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, January 31.-Radio
Is being used successfully to
Danish fear in operations where
only local anaesthetic is used,
Louis Curtis, vice president of
the board of ST Luke's Hospital,
said yesterday in making public
the recent tests there.
Radio music, he said, has been
found valuable in distracting the
patients attention from the oper-
alton and thus averting the men
tai shock in cases where only
a local anaesthetic can be admin
istered because of a weak heart
or other physical complications.
TN some cases." he said, "ear
phones are used, but usually the
surgeons don't mind the music
themselves, so they just turn on
the loud speaker and everybody
enjoys the musical operation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31
ESTATE LISTS $4,000.
Former Empress Charlotte's Wealth
Originally Estimated at SO, Ooo, 900.

BRUSSELS, January 81 0P).-The
estate of the former Empress Char
lotte, widow of Macmillan, one time
emperor Of Mexico, will not be so
large as expected.
1t was estimated soon after her
death on January II last that her
estate was worth about So 900, 900.
This has now dwindled to about $780,
600 after deducting inheritance taxes
and other charges, the Belga agency
understands, so that each of the six
heirs will receive $780, each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31
FARRAR COMING BACK.

NEW YORK, January 81 R).-
Geraldine Farrar, who has been in
retirement since 1922, will return to
the grand opera stage 'as guest" in
the coming season at the State Opera
House in Berlin, says the New York
Times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31

The newspaper recalls that 1t was in
Berlin that she first sang as reigning
favorite in 1903. three years before
she came to the Metropolitan. Some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES-'Twas a Good Bluff

A. ntoOGA RENTED TO BE
TIE AAoeLD,S LARGEST
ttAstOfAcTORe0 or
APPLE SAUCE As<O WORTH
h'Llso~.'s AloYsstS ?. 1SGNs,S
MAS IN A DAD Way At PALM
b6Ach UNTIL He WON That
F22. 900 at roulette
Now HOWEVER ALL 10
D'FFeeeNT! $4,000 Is
JoST A e1eQe Deop ~ the
SINK AT nALn BEACH.
@v EvEsA 80 one CAN
stesE CEre a A,Tne
NOISE <EN+ " Rop- a
FEW week. -
AMD So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31

Of her most famous roles to be given
in her Berlin engagements are those
Carmen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31

and get busy in the interests of Mon
tana and to forget Teapot Dome and
Daugherty."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-22
ROYAL Neighbors to Initiate

A class of about ten will be init
ated by Ironwood Camp, No. 2420,
Royal Neighbors, Thursday at Red
Mems Hall at Capitol and North SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-22
Decorators Are WORKING
ON Tz00 MezgHigh Schools

Interior decorations are being
completed at the new Crispus At
tucks and Washington High School
buildings, preparatory for the open
ing of school, Sept. IL.
Crispus Attucks is at West and
Twelfth Sts., and Washington at W.
Washington and Sheffield SITS.
Decorators will finish their work
in a short time and installation of
furniture, including seats will be
started. Contracts call for this work
to be completed by Aug. IL.
The new buildings, especially
Crispus Attacks, will be among the
finest high school buildings in the
State, Joseph F. Thornton, acting
superintendent, said.
About 1900 Negro pupils are ex-
pected to be enrolled at Crispus
Attacks. Washington school will
accommodate 800 white pupils.
Each school will offer the same
subjects taught at all other high
schools in the city and will have the
finest scientific equipment of any
schools in the city.
Crispus Attacks school has the
finest botanical course equipment OF
any high school in the State,
Thornton said.
This school was named in honor
of one of the first Negro soldiers
killed in the Revolutionary War.
New band instruments have been
ordered for both schools. In addi-
ton to band instructors, the