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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an ans" 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 a personal reply. Un-
signed requests cannot be answered.
All letters are DECENTRALIZATION
G. Which are the greatest en-
pircs OF ancient and modern times?
\. Ancient history discloses that
the Persian Empire under Darius !
about 500 3. c.: the Empire of Al
| eXander the Great about 232 b. c.,
and Roman Empire under Trajan
4. u. 9S-117 We're the greatest. The
present British Empire is the great
est that has ever existed either in
ancient, medieval or modern times.
! The whole surface Of the earth is
dotted with British possessions and
it is literally true that The sun
never sets on the British colonies. y
The British Empire covers about
one-fourth of the total land area Of
the earth.
@. What is the average longevity
Of persons in the United States?
A. Expectation Of life in the
United States for males is 55.2S;
for females 57.52.
Q. On what day of the week did
June 81, 1854 fall?
A. Tuesday.
Q. What do the terms depart
mental Service" "Apportioncd Sorv-
ice" and classified Service" as
used in the United States Civil
Service signify?
A. Departmental service
comprised within the departments
and bureaus of the federal govern
ment in Washington. The term ZAP
portioned service refers to that
part Of the Civil Service Act which
requires certification for appoint
ment in the departments or indie
pendent offices in Washington so as
TO maintain as nearly as the Condi-
tons of good administration VIII
warrant, the apportionment of APP
pointments among the several states
and territories and the District OF
Columbia upon the basis OF popuIa-
ton. classified service" includes
all officers and employees in the
executive civil service OF the United
States, except persons employed
merely as laborers and persons
whose appointments are subject to
confirmation by the Senate.
@. Is the Desert of Sahara below
sea level?
A. AS q whole the Sahara is
table-land whose surface has an ~
erage elevation Of 1900 to 1000 feet
above the sea. and there are only a
few small depressions below sea
level.
Q. Who governs the island of
zap?
A. It is administered by Japan
under a mandate provided in the
Treaty of Versailles.
@. Who nominated Abraham
Lincoln for President?
A. At the Republican National
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
WHEN BLACK is READ

My Optimistic Limit
Oh | can see good in the sinner
AS well as see good in the saint;
| see naught but good in the wo-
men
No matter how much they may
paint.
| see only good when a couple
Start out for a stroll in the park:
see good in all things excepting
| cannot see good in the dark,
Wallace NJ. Bayliss
He Can't
In riding. It IS skill that counts,
And physical resources:
So how can one who has no mounts,
Hold his horses?
Stanley II. Gibson
Get Hot, Skillet!
Tho pots and kettles in our house
That hang upon the rack
We're once so mean and spiteful that
They called each other black.
But now if they have grudge or
spite
They've totally forgot EN-,
And every night when we're asleep
They're doing the Black Bottom!
Mother +.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

One fixes the date as the late
ffties owing to mention made in
| one clipping of a presidential as
pirant by the name of Lincoln.
The opening entries are thereby
obscured.
One is able, however, to deduce
the fact that Mr., Bassett opened his
ledger at a time when he had one
hundred and twenty-five dollars.
A perusal of the various accounts
and their items leads one to believe
that, when the pages had been filled
eight years later, he had very little
more so far as actual cash was con-
cerned.
The book is, 10 large extent
record of trade by barter, values
represented in terms of money.
Take for instance the account with
Daniel Judd. opened in April of
eighteen twenty-three it ran. bal
anced annually, until eighteen
twcnty-nine.
During those six years Mr.. Bassett
ltl AildsNi vi WI. tuu IItNI Ny NIlo
barrel, price ranging from sixty
seven cents the barrel to one dol
lar, corn at sixty cents the bushel.
pigs at a dollar each. two hundred
and thirty-one pounds of beef for
ten dollars and thirty-nine cents,
two hundred and siXty-four feet OF
ash plank for ten dollars and fifty
SIX cents and potatoes ut thirty-four
cents a bushel and so on.
To Keep up his end of the deal Mr..
four cents, file saw for twelve,
single COW house for forty-two
cents, lay out cellar for thirty
four cents Oen foot rule thrown in).
and all to such an extent that, at
the end of two of the six years Mr..
Judd owed Mr.. Bassett, money.
Perhaps not much money At the
end OF eighteen twcnty-siX Mr.. Judd
owed four dollars and forty-six cents
and at the end of eighteen twenty
nine Mr.. Bassett's side of the ac-
count was two dollars and ninety
seven cents 10 the merry.
Did Mr.. Judd come across with
the mazuma? lie did not. He gave
lis note.
Under date of December the
fourteenth, eighteen twenty-sevon
appears this item charged against
the account of William II. Smith.
To cash paid to savage 40.
Let your imagination play with
that one.
Was savage a common term used
to denote such members OF the Or
iginal inha bitants as must still have
been about? I'm sure ! don't know.
Nor is the ancient ledger without
its note OF pathos, for in November
of eighteen twenty-four Mr.. Eas-
set made for Leicester Osgood one
child's coffin and on December the
twenty-thiri OF the same year an
other coffin is charged TO the Same
account.
1t is, 10 my mind. an intensely
human volume, giving an excellent
idea Of what life must have been in
this community u century ago.
Most interesting to note are the
names at the heads of many ac-
counts, names which are prominent
today in the city's business affairs.
l bought it from foreign born
second hand dealer who threw in q
first edition of Horace Greeleys
Memoirs and charged me fifty cents.
Very truly yours,
BRAlNERD BROWN.
128 Shuttle Meadow Ave.
New Britain, Conn.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
THEIR MASTERS VOICE

One Of the bills in the Legislature
which was quietly inferred without
honor and with few friends among
the majority was that which sup
ported the contention OF the Public
Utilities Commission that it be civ
an the power to supervise the stock
issues of utility concerns, in pretty
much the same way that the Inter-
state Commerce Commission super
Nises the issues Of railroads.
This bill was not in the least
favored by J. Henry Roraback,
whose interest in the power de-
Velopment of Connecticut is well
known; indeed. j, Henry is as much
OF a power masnatc as he is a poll
tician.
This being the case. the bill had
no chance in the world. The power
interests want a wide open state for
stock jobbing. Every merger means
more stock issues, more financial
readjustmeNts, more overhead
charges--or what the common citi-
zen calls more water.
The Legislature naturally could
not do otherwise than follow the
wish Of its patron saint. II there is
to be regulation Of power merger
issues, was the unuttcred conten-
ton. let it come after all the mer-
gers have been perfected and all the
power sites gobbled up. Time
enough to lock the garage after the
electric automobile has disappear
ed.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

One cannot help concluding
that the Indiana senate merely went
through the motions OF an impeach-
ment trial when it tackled the
Judge has been amply indicated
ard is back on the bench to per
form as before. How the whitcWash
suits the public is different mat
ter, but the dear public probably
will forget all about it when the
next election rolls around.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

The farmers OF the country
must be reading that Sapiro-Ford
evidence With what comes under
he classification OF mixed emo
tons" Never before has there been
such disclosures of the profit in or,
gdnizing farmers cooperative asso-
Citations. Ford got millions from the
soiI-tilers by selling them flivvers,
while Sapiro got his thousands by
showing them how to make enough
money to pay for the gasoline.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
Facts ondFuncies
EN ROBERT CULLEN

At that, Spring poetry seldom is
moro sloppy than Spring
\ classic is any book of which
tho average purchaser reads the
first thirty pages
\ good fascist must feel mighty
diSloyal when he has thought all
by himself.
But would Mr.. Mellon seem so
great il the total OF his personal
assets was about SS.G5?
Fable: He failed at everything he
tried. but his molhor-in-law re-
manned loyal and uncritical.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
Explained

Auto Tourist: II clearly had the
right of way when this man ran
into me, and yet you say I was to
blame"
Policeman: You sure was"
Autoist: WHY"
Policeman: Because his father is
Mayor, his brother is chief of po-
lice, and ] so with his sister,
Harry Woodward
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

The roadside vendors must
have a terrific pull in Hartford. The
bill TO license their stands was de-
leated. Hot dogs" along the high
ways apparently comes under the
heading OF public convenience and
necessity"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

The worst nuisance tax in this
state is the personal tax, commonly
called poll tax. An effort was mado
in the Legislature not to apply it to
persons over IS years OF age. but
the prevailing opinion seems to be
the money is badly needed.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

One Chinese war lord is said to
have 100000 troops at his disposal,
the only trouble being he can't rely
upon them not joining the enemy
if they should happen by chance TO
see him.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Hartford wants out-of-town
with Its traffic regulations. Hartford
motorists could very wen also be
come acquainted with out-of-town
traffic regulations.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
CAItSI OE IuE CRASH

Il wish. Matilda" said her hus-
baud, "you would agree not to talk
when ] am driving in traffic.
we con discuss that as we GO
along, Adoiphus. "--Galety. London,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
DON'T BI, COARSE!

Nearn How to be Gentecl. This
Charm School Teaches. And HOW
Dear Mrs. Pillar: On one side my
nciGhbor is an elderly and ugly
lady. on the other side lives a
charming stenogra pher. Neither
pulls down her shades. What shall
I do about il?
Edgar Lecstrou
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

With three executions and one
sentence for life following the car
barn murders. Massachusetts, can
now take an interest in the events
in China.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
Appropriate Decorations, Folks

Appropriate Decorations, Folks!
Those fluffy ducks the stores dis
play
Anticipating Easter Day
Remind us, Folks, how We'll duck.
TOO,
When bills for Easter clothes fall
Que
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
OR ROLLED

Social Worker: DO you believe
in the transmsraiiou OF souls?
Fisherman: Well. no, sir. !
Hikes 'cm fried in the ordinary way.
Tit Bits, London.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

The Associated Press Is exclusively en-
titled to tho use for republication "
an news credited to it or not otherwise
credited IN this paper AID also !ota!
aaws published therein.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Tho only profitable advertising medium
IN the City, Circulation books and press
room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Occasionally one comes across
nm item in the public prints of gas
station being denied; but not often.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Another sign OF sprine seems 10
be static without stint.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

When the Jury Is chung" the
luns.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
Oh.

Lee: Nancy, I've been bachelor
long enough and | have the wedding
planned for next Thursday. VIII
yOn---"
Nancy: ooh. Lee. This is so sud
den, IT,
Lee: BE one of the brides
maids?"
Julia c. BocttGer.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Only good citizens deserve liberty.
And these are working too hard to
use any of it.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
Suggested Song Hit:

Il know she is a slow girl. it
took her IS years to reach the age
Of 49,"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

No city slicNer should be presi-
dent. lIandshaking would be even
harder on a man who never had
praCtiCcd on a pump handle.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

The American property protected
by the marines at Shanghai consists
OF rifles. uniforms, etc, belonging to
the marines.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

One reason why miladys cos
metics cost so much is because
brother and husband steal them.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

In the Old days the Wife was a
ioaner; now She just wants to be
leaner.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

There were fewer prosperous
nerve specialists when women did
the cooking with 4 baby balanced ON
one hip.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
ADVERTISED.

Help" screamed Il man from n
second story window. Help.
Help"
Tut a help wanted al in tomor-
rows paper yawned the police
man, and don't bother me-"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Americanism: Cussinc the rich;
-rying desperately to get that way
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

There's a bright side. If she
shops all day, shc'n be tired and
won't drag you out to bridge
party.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Nature amt so grand, She gives
nice children to lots OF people who
haven't sense enough to raise them
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
TONY THE, ROOTHJ1CE

(Featured Today Over Fun Shop
Radio Station MED
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Zero in manhood? Well there's
the one who says he might have
been a success, except for his wife.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

The reason we never function as
a rcformer is because We enjoy
about everything other people like.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Prohibition does very well. but
couldn't somebody have thought up
a less complicated system to in
crease the price OF liquor?
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04

Correct this sentence: THE rea-
son the family is so excited" said
she, is because this is dads birth
day"
Copyright 1927 Publishers Syndicate
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Send all communications 10 Fun
shop Editor, care OF the New
Britain Herald, and your letter
will be forwarded to New York.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-04
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Evening star., 1927-04-30
SPRINCTIME
ny d. C. PEATTIE.
The Flower Market.

T.sa flower stalls inside the Center
Market are a joy to see at all times
of year. But they represent the de-
pendable, professional florists. With
the first warm weather, the rickety
little stalls outside the market under
the shelter of the caves that face
south toward the Mall begin TO bios.
som with old-fashioned country prod
ucts. l think | have never seen
Spring turn a merricr face to the pur.
chaser of flowers than this year in
Apple Blossom Row on the old south
wall Of the market.
| so there to purchase flowers Just
for the unending pleasure Of buying
the simple, unsophisticated things
that country people bring in from the
woods and fields and from their quaint
gardens. / love to wake up q sleep
ing OLD man from his nap in the sun
shine and ask him how much he wants
for his peach blow. ] love to inter-
rupt the shrill, cackiing gossip of two
old cOloced women, smoking their
pipes, to buy bit Of grape hyacinth
or Virginia coWslip, which they sell
to you quite seriously under the name
Of "bluebell" One country girl even
faV0rs you with a snatch of song
from "Bluehells Of Scotland" though
the Nirginian coWslip or wild com
frey she sells you is no nearer rela-
tive Of the Scotch bluebell than a
Jerusalem artickoke or a French arti.
choke.
Evening star., 1927-04-30
Everyday Law Cases
Is Contract Signed Under As
Sunted Name Enf0rCedbleP
nv THE CnIrA-cErrnr,
BY THE COUNSELLOR

David Jincks was getting supersti
tfous. He had been struggling for
years, but his ventures proved
'Jincks! What a namer' he unused.
TITS bewitched. No wonder I cannot
succeed.
With renewed courage, he opened a
new store and assumed the name of
prospered.
In the course Of trade he was com
PEELED to enter suit against customer
who had contracted to buy stock of
goods, but who upon delivery had
failed to accept them. At the trial
Jenkins proved his case, but the Gus
toner set up as his only defense that
David Jenkins was Il fictitious name
and that JinckS had no right to do
business under an assumed name. The
7ntracts thus made, he argued, were
illegal.
But the court overruled the custom
er's eVasiVe defense. declared the con-
tract valid, and held him liable under
1t, stating:
1T is well established that man
may lawfully change his name, and
for all purposes the name assumed
will constitute his legal name, just as
much as if he had borne it since birth.
Generally. while a change of name is
permitted, most States have n law
prescribing a certain simple legal pro-
cedure in order to prevent fraud on
creditors and evasion of Just Obliga-
tions incurred under the old ra1ne."
(Copyright. 1927l
Evening star., 1927-04-30
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

This not only 5eeps my facial appear
ance from being pleasing, but it causes
me mental distress. | have read Of
operations for correcting such defects
and write 10 ask if YOU think them
successful. Are they expensive? How
may L get in touch with a surgeon to
do this work? a READER,
Answer-You should think twice
before having such an operation per-
formed. my dear. One reads now and
then of successful treatments of this
sort, but there are many unsuccessful
ones that do not receive publicity.
A sklllful surgeon who specializes in
facial reconstruction would be able
to do the work satisfactorily. but q
"quack' cosmetic surgeon would ruin
your face. In order to set your mind
at rest on this point / would advise
you TO ask your family physician To
recommend a reliable surgeon whom
YOU may consult or ask at q local
hospital for this information. There
are plenty of unscrupulOus Guacks
who would advise an unnecessary
operation in order to get Your money.
but conscientious. registered surgeon
will give you disinterested advice and
he Will not undertake the work unless
the operation would really improve
your appearance. Yes, operations of
this sort are fairly expensive.
LOIS LEEDS
Evening star., 1927-04-30
BEDTIME STORIES BY y
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

appeared. Peter waited patiently. In
moment or two another one of the
Kinghsher children appeared in the
doorway. This one looked exactly
like the first. In fact, Peter wasn't
quite sure that it wasn't the first
come back. This one stayed there until
Mrs Kingfisher came back to give it
a fish, Then it disappeared inside,
taking the little fish with it, and i'm
mediately another took it's place in the
doorway. Peter knew then that this
was another, for evidently it was very
hungry
II never did" muttered Peter. mo,
sir, | never did see anything in the
feathered line like those. There must
be something wrong with those girds.
Yes, sir, there must be something
wrong with those birds. Who ever
heard Of rolled-up feathers?"
Now, Peter cannot discover any
thing and be happy until he has told
somebody. So after watching the
young Kingfishers for a while Peter
started back toward the Smiling Pool.
He hoped to find some one there to
whom he could talk about the queer
feathers of the young Kingfishers
But everybody was too busy to talk
or TO listen. So finally Peter gave it
up for that day
1t was two days before Peter got
back there for another look at those
young Kingfishers. Hardly had he
hidden in his former hiding place
when he saw movement in the door
way of the Kingfisher home. At first
he thought it was Rattles or Mrs.
Rattles, but few moments later he
saw both of them out fishing. So then
he knew that the bird in the doorway
must be one of their children. Peter
rubbed his eyes. There was nothing
queer about the feathers of the young
kingtishers now. They lay fiat, just
as the feathers of any young bird
would lie. In fact, this young King
fisher looked quite like his parents.
He can't be the one I saw a couple
of days ago." thought Peter, and
waited. In turn he saw seven young
kingfishers, and on all of them the
feathers We're fiattened out and prop
erly in order. Peter went away
scratching his head. You see, there
was no one to tell him that when the
feathers of q bird come through the
skin each one is rolled up in a little
sheath, which in most cases immedi-
ately opens, but in the case Of the
kingf1sher does not open until the
young bird is well grown. Then, when
the time comes, all the feathers un.
roll and make complete change
fCopyrcht. 1927
Evening star., 1927-04-30
Appeal OF the High-Heeled Slipper
by MARY MARSHALL.

diet or calmly assures us that we
might wear glasses. lie doesn't sug-
gest that our high heels are to blame
or If he does he is rather old-fash-
ioned--and very. very courageous. As
q matter of fact his wife probably
wears high heels. too, and so do his
daughters, and the doctor himself
probably prefers the appearance of the
woman in neat high-heeled slippers
TO those of a supposedly more sen
sible sort.
The appeal of the high-heeled slip
per has been ascribed to the fact
that it accentuates the natural curve
of the instep, leg and ankle. Most
women simply know that they don t
look so smart or SO pretty when they
wear low heels. So conscious are
many women of the becomingness
of high heels that they feel positively
depressed when they wear any other
sort.
There are times. of course. when
low heels are essential One couldn't t
possibly wear high heels on a tennis
court, and high heels hardly help
ones game of golf But high heels
are nowadays considered quite an.
proprlate with the sport costume. pro
Viding one is not actually indulging
IN some sport that makes them alb
Surd. One enterprising maker of
beach accessories has even brought
out a high-heeled bathing slipper this
spring. 1t would seem hard to manage
any sort of high heel on wet sand,
put perhaps it can be done.
tCopyrght. 1927