New Britain herald., 1927-05-14
THE OBSERVER. Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

tossins horns Of tho brute and q |. ono man said who was thrown from
 the perilous perch by quick ton of the beasts horns. ''C'est h
 gusrre, mon ami cost h. guerre.' '
 His Slight shrug and the nonchalant
 manner in which he climbed out oi
 tho water tank waS simply superb. l But ws digress. It is apt to get
 cold on . station platform in Bel
 Iona Hollow in early spring. At
 midnight we sneezed for the 18th
 time and gave it up. We were driven
 to Pine Hall Jet. via horse and
 buggy. safe and insane.
 Now we are under constant care
 of the oculist, suffering from a bad
 case of asterisks and daggers and
 stars and gadgets before the eyes.
 Every once in . while, if you'll
 stick around our house at about
 midnight, you'll hear wild shrieks
 of Daily except Sunday on signal
 only summit lake discharge pass
 engers ready for occupancy write for particulars parlor cars dining car and coaches!"
 We are thinking of starting a new press syndicate to disseminate the news in more fanciful fashion than the present large groups do. We have no fault to find with them, but we feel that there Is a call for something different. Some difficulty is being encountered in the selection of a name, but after reading the two samples of our news printed be- low you will no doubt believe them products of the Wine Press:
 New York. May IA ghastly trail of bloody murders was uncov- cred today by the arrest of James Hatchett. millionaire sand and grav- el king. and the discovery of huge tank of blood in the basement of his home on Umpty-Umph street. When put through the third degree MT. Hatchett broke down and confessed to ss murders. All his victims were healthy personse he scorned anemic individuals as useless to his purpose. After killing them, he admitted, he filled the tank in his cellar with their blood. When amazed detec- tives questioned him concerning this he said he had been trying to learn to swim and could not do 50 in wa ter. "And you know" MT. Hatch cit explained, blood is thicker than water"
 Hayseed -on Dirty Creek. May if Henry Ford today purchased the house of Cyrus Hoskins Dirty Creek farmer, for a price said to be $16,- 900. Because of the inroads of mod ern plumbing. Hoskins' shack was said to be the last of its kind in nine counties. and MT. Ford has long negotiated to add 1t to his col- lection of old New England places. Hoskins. whom his neighbors term 8 super-reactionary. refused to part with it until offered the gigantic sum mentioned above. When ques- tioned today by . Wine Press rep resentative in regard to what he plans to do with the $10.000, MT. Hoskins said: I'm going to build a bigger house."
 Allowing for all the arguments ad- vanced against permitting motion picture shows on Sunday afternoon. local option having been granted by the legislature, 1t does not seem right that any restriction should be im- posed when the situation in New Britain is discussed by the common council next Wednesday.
 Motion picture shows are now per- mitted Sunday evenings. Therefore 1t will not be a violation of the Sab- bath moral regulations to allow them in the afternoon. The cry has been raised that Sunday is being commer- cialized. That is true but apparently it is done with the approval and will of the people. because if the public did not support Sunday commercial enterprises they could not continue to exist. They depend on the pa- tronage of the people and it is evi- dent that the people heartily endorse their doing business on Sunday. Peoples ideas are changing contin- ually. Their present viewpoint may not be for the best. but they have established standards. or lowered previous standards, and there the sit- uation remains.
 Sunday evening shows are well patronized, an indication that the people want them. In fact the ca pacity of the local theaters is not sufficient to accommodate all who would like to attend the perform ances. Perhaps this situation will be relieved to some extent if the theater owners are permitted to open their doors Sunday afternoons. If 1t Is wrong to have shows in the after noon it Is equally as wrong to hold them in the evening but the latter project has met with popular ap. proval, and there you are.
 Principal Shades reminder to the | board of education yesterday that new building is needed at senior high school to accommodate the pressing tide of youth seeking knowledge and the report of Con- troller Curtis puhlished fbis week |