New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
THE OBSERVER.
Makes Random Observations On the City and Its People

1 tinct bull heads and four and . quarter pounds of sand and mud.
 That was at 1l:16 o'clock in the morning. At 9:30 o'clock that eve- ming. we almost had the mud scrap cd out of tho one cylinder. At II o'clock that night we were carried up to the cottage foaming at the mouth.
 1 At 2:30 o'clock the next morn ing we silently opened the dining room window of the cottage and pulled a sneak to the railroad sta- tion. Last reports tell us that one of our friends has been invited down to tho cottage for this com ing weekend. We are thinking of warning himbut then. he would foolishly disregard our warnings anyway and then too. he might get that other cylinder head off before we are drafted down there again. | With questions and answers be- ing thrown at one from every con- ceivable angle, it Is small wonder that the Observer got a little of balance before trying to answer about 100. He began to ask and answer questions in much the fol- lowing manner:
 1 1-Who is Mack Sennett? A bomb used for the destruction of submarines by an explosion at . de- termined depth below the surface. 2-What product is advertised by the slogan. -Four out of five get it before they are forty?" Pinochle. l 3-Who wrote the Legend of Sleepy Hollow?" Charles Gates Dawes.
 4-What is . leviathan? In the lower leg.
 5-How do kangaroos carry their l offspring? We often wonder. 6-Who purchased New York from the Indians in 1926? Charles Gates Dawes.
 What are Mandarins? The es- timated proportion is 1889 per cent.
 s-Who was John Calvin: Charles ,, Gates Dawes.
 s-What is the tallest monument in the world? A hole made in one stroke less than par
 10-Who said. T regret that I have but one life to lose for my country?" William Randolph Hearst. 1l-Who first swan the English channel? Charles Gates Dawes. ~
 New Britain has greater repre- sentation in important offices con- nected with the state government than ever before in its history an indication of the increasing import ance of this city as a political unit. For several years Thomas H. Judd has been deputy state treasurer. dis charging his duties so faithfully and with such exactitude that his superb ors pay tribute to his ability. He has proven to be an important off, Ger of government and is said to have at his fingertips all salient points in connection with the fi- nances of the state.
 Attorney General Benjamin W. filling holds a position which is second to none in importance. He must pass on laws which affect every resident of the state as we'll as per- form numerous other duties which heap responsibility upon him. There is no sinecure about his post: his is the office where headaches grow. Within the past week Edward F. Hall of this city has been made head of the new state commission on fi- nance and control. Mir. Hall has modestly disclaimed the insinuation that he will be dictator" of state finances and anyone who knows Ed Hall will readily agree with him that 1t is not his nature to be dic- tator of anything. He can wield the big stick effectively but does 1t in such-a way that no wounds are left to rankle. In spite of his modesty, Ed Hall today is one of the biggest l figures in the state government. He will be consulted on appropriations and expenditures and his word will have effect because he is known as conservative who speaks his opin- | AoA oHty oitSA uuC dCilDCIdllUu. Judd, filling and Hall-not so bad for the fifth city in the state. Newspapers methods of playing up news has undergone just as radi- cal 8 change in the past half cen- jury as any other line of business and possibly more so. Certainly more so in regard to the importance given items. Compare for instance the New York papers recently which l devoted anything from three column first page heads to eight column streamers on the first page to the killing of two aviators who had planned a transatlantic hop to the papers Of 1865 which gave but a single column head under the title of Telegraph news" to the assassi- nation of President Lincoln,
 Fred Yarroll of Jefferson street brought into the Herald office today a copy of the New Haven Daily Palladium of April Is, 1865. It con- sists of one sheet only. The editor- ial column devotes about half column to comment on the shoot ing of the president. while an ac- companying news column contains two columns of bulletins on the as- sassination. A single column head prefaces 1t all. The column rules, however. are turned to denote na- tional mourning. The rest of the first page Of this old paper is de- voted to brief news items and adver- tisements. The second page is slug ged Second Edition'' and tells of Johnson's inauguration as president.
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