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New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
HOPE FOR SAVING
 EYES|GHT 0F BOY Hospital Authorities Think He
 May Not Be Blinded BANDAGES ARE REMOVED American Legion County Auxiliary
American Legion County Auxiliary Meeting Today-Church Services TOmorroW-kensin Bowling League-FOreSters to Elect.

At the present time hospital au-
 horities at the New Britain insti- ,ution report that George Skinner the 12 year old school boy, has Q good chance of recovering full use of his injured right eye. The boy has been in the hospital for Wefk and the doctors had little hope tlat the youngster would recover fhe sight of his eye. Yesterday mun- ing the bandages were taken off the eye of the boy for a few minutes In answer to questions asked of him by the doctors, the boy said that he could sec out of tle in
 ured eye It will be some tine yet before the doctors can determine whether the eyesight will b, clear and normal. Hope was raised yes- 'erday but the doctors refused to
 Flaymatcs Of the Skinner boy, in telling of the accident, say th3. he, in company with q rumber Of other boys. were playng in the basement of the Worthinton school. The children took turns in jumping to see who could toucl the light which was suspended from the ceiling. As the Skinner boy jumped he struck the light md the bulb exploded, a splinter piercing the eyeball of his right eye, his play mates say.
 The boy Is a stud.nt In the sixth grade at the WorthiIgton school and is the son of Mr. .nd Mrs. Harold Skinner of Berlin.
 St. Paul's Church
 Mass will be celebrated at and 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at St. Paurs church. kensington. Rev. John C. Brennan pastor, will be in charge. Sunday school will follow the 10 o'clock nass. The s o'clock mass will be celebrated by visiting priest for the benefit Of the Polish members of tie parish.
 Sacred Heart Church
 Rev. John C. Brennan will off ciate at the 9o'clock mass tomorrow morning at tle Sacred Heart church, East Berlin A session of Sunday school will ollow.
 KcnsirgtOn Congregational
 Rev. Venom l.. Phillips, pastor Of of the k;nsington Congregational i church. will lead the regular morn- ing services at 10:45 o'clock. The ! sermon will be given by Rev. Sher- l rod Soue, D. D. secretary of the i Missionary Society of Connecticut 1, The 2l tn anniversary of the organi- ! zation ,f the kensington Congrega- tional church will be observed at 1 this s,rvice. pr. Soule. being well | cducaed in the history and work of | Congregational churches in Connec- ! tcut. is well fitted 10 give the ami . vers;ry sermon. There will be spe- cial music. Sunday school will meet at '?:l0 o'clock un Ter the supcrvi- sic, of the uperintendcnt. Christian . Enioavor exercises will be held at ( = 'ock The Young Peoples so- C will meet at o'clock.
 Berlin Congregational
 The Older Boys class will meet al m" Berlin Congregational church <. - o'clock. The regular morning "'s will ho held al l0;4j o'clock. I&r-. .%2'nuel A. J'ishe will of'icate. suNd}r school will meet at l2 o'clock. Tn, Junior society will meet
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10

District Of Plainville. ss Probate Court. December s. A. Il. 1s27
 Estate Of William B. Slater lata of Pla!nHlle, In said District, deceased
 Upon the application of Charles Henry Slater praying that an instrument in writing purporting 10 be the last wi,! and testament of eaid William B Sia- fer, decea sed. may he proved. approved, allowed and admitted to probate as per application on file more fully appears. it Is
 Ordered That sal. application be heard and determined al the probat. Office in Plalnvilie ..I said District on the lIth day Of December. X. D. 1927, at ten o'clock in the forenoon: and that & public notice he given of the pendencv of said application and time and place of hearing thereon. hy publishing a copy of this order once in newspaper hav- ing q circulation In said District. and Ivy posting a copy thereof, on the pub lie sisnpost In the town of Plainvile ill suid district, at least five days before said day of hearing.
 MERITT o. RYDER. Judge
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
SIS 51n 50S-l536 Tr1lmbylll Girls.
56s 36s 40e-Il1
3bS 4b2 445-l3 CniOnNtllc Wins

After losing the first two games ny small margins, Plainville bowl ! Ing team came back strongly in the iinal game at the Recreation alleys last night but dropped it's match to
 n1onville by single pin. Mastri- ano ana Murphy. senior, featured for tlalnville, while "Snowbalr' was nigh man for the winners. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
Plainvillc
Fl. $. Play a Success

II. $. Play a Success
 The three-act comedy, Nothing But the Truth" was produced with great success at the High school last night by the school dramatic so- c'ety. The members of the cast went through their parts without q single slip, their glory being enhanced by the fact that it was their first pro- auction. The auditorium was filled and chairs had to be placed a, the rear to accommodate the large crowd.
 Still No Arrests
 No arrests have yet been made in
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10

members at this service. Sunday school at l2:05 ?. m. Evening preaching service at o'clock. The evening message will be, Taking Jesus in Earnest
 Prayer meeting in the church Thursday evening.
 Choir rehearsal next Friday eve ming at William Heminway's home, 40 Linden street.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
CHILD CONFERENCE
 ATTENDED BY 5 State Official Again Praises
 Local Society'S Work FIRE AT MILLER HOME
Overloaded Stove Blamed for Blaze -P. o. Warns Patrons to Send Christmas Mail NoW-Church No- t1ceS-Bowling Scorcs-Bricfs.

Another successful well child con- terence was conducted yesterday afternoon at the visiting nurses rooms in the Neri block under the auspices Of the plainville Public Health Nursing association and the state department of health. Dr. Eliz- apeth lnsraham of the state depart ment was in charge and again com mended the local association on the excellent manner in which it con- ducted It's conferences.
 Altogether 35 children were brought to the room by their moth- CTS, 10 being infants and c5 from to 6 years Of age. Thirteen were new cases for the association, and these were given primary physical examinations. while four others were rceXamlned. Twelve children with detects were found. Two defects were dental. In four instances where defects were noted the mothers were advised to have them treated by their family physicians and were given explanatory notes to these doctors.
 Assisting Dr. Ingraham were Miss Katherine Daily, the local visiting nurse; Mrs, Toothe, Mrs. W. A. Bailey, Mrs. II. Barnes, Mrs NJ. P. Ryder and Mrs. E. k, Shelgrove
 Mrs. Frank Usher, president of the nursing association, said this morning that the returns from the sale of Christmas seals were srati- fying and that more than s2S0 had been received 10 date
 Stove Causes Fire
 An overhcated stove in the home Of Frank Miller on Pennington ave nue started a fire which did several hundred dollars damage yesterday afternoon. The flames spread rap idly from the kitchen to the room above and took a. stubborn hold in the partition Both trucks fthe To- cal fire department were called out and made the two mile run in quick time. There was no water available, but the tiremen were able 10 con- quor the flames with chemical Is Tho Pennington fire truck arrived short ly after the Plainville apparatus and tho neishboring Gremen joined in tho fight.
 The house is tho last one in Plainville, being almost on the town line, and that the local firemon were able 10 reach it in time to save the house testiGes to their promptness and efficiency
 Christmas Mailing
 A warning to the public that 1t should get Christmas packages and cards into the mail early. together with proper instructions for tine preparation Of holiday mail has been issued by Postmaster James F.. Usher of the local office. Cards and gifts for the Pacific coast should be in the mails not later than December IA. next Wednesday for Chicago and other points in the middle west by the 9th. for nearer destinations by the 18th and for all points out of town by the goth. Parcels and cards for local delivery should be mailed not later than December 2l. Par l 'els and envelopes may be endorsed, 'Pl"asc do not open until Christ mas"
 The special delivery service. as well as the special handling service which secures first class treatment 1
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
Special School Meeftn9

A special meeting of the votaf1 of the Twelfth School District of Fall Mountain will be held at 7:30 o'clock next Wednesday evening to authorize the district committee to borrow q sum Of money not exceeding 38,ooO with which to complete the new schoolhouse. The building. now in process Of construction. will bs modern in every respect and con tain two school rooms.
 The Fall Mountain section of the city has been known for years as the Fighting Twelfth" because of the bickerings prevalent at all school meetings. These gatherings furnished ample opportunity for the TWO warning factions to express their antipathy for one another and II was seldom that they did not tn- dulge in personalities. During all this time. the reaction fell on the school children due to lack of proper facilities. The present building con- talns one room. which on dark days Is lighted by lamps and In the winter heated by sheet iron stove. The school committee. because Of the school accommodations. has had difficulty in securing teachers and these only remained one year or un- til they secured positions elsewhere.
 However, d few months ago. with the election of Clyde l.. Finnemors as chairman Of the district commit tee, the friction Of the past has been replaced by harmony and as . result the new modern school build- ing will soon become a reality. No objection to the borrowing of the amount in question is anticipated at the meeting called for next week.
 Win Seasons Opener
 The Bristol High school basket ball team opened it's season at the local high school gym last evening by scoring an easy victory over the Terryville high quintet. The local boys scored al will, dropping in 2% held goals while their opponents were collecting 5. The score at half time was Bristol s2. Terryville ( and when the final whistle blew Bristol was leading 55 to 14. White. Bristol's right back. was tho indi- vidual star of the evening. scoring q points or seven more than the en- tire Terryville team. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
Dusty League Bowling,

The II. c. Baum entry Tn the In dustrial Bowling League went back into tie for second place by de- feating the Standard Steel team at Hart's alleys in two out of three games. although Nelson and Rajune led a Bearing Makers rally in the final string The Peck Spring quintet, with Cavanaueh in fine shape. finally won a match. taking the odd game from the Plainville Casting Co. and losing the third string by one pin. Basso bewled in great style for the losers. The scores.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
TcmcO DOW.lcrS Split

The Trumbull Electric Mfg Co. bowling team won very interest ing match from the Wallace Barnes Co. in Bristol last night. The mems team came back after a poor start in the first game and won by cS pins The girls did not fare so well, showing lack Of practice and losing by 229 pins. Refreshments and dancing followed the matches and an enjoyable evening was spent. A return match will be rolled at Hart's alleys on March 3. Last nights scores:
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10

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New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
Catholic Church

The services at the Church Of Our Lady Of Mercy tomorrow morning will be as usual, with masses at and 10 o'clock and Sunday school at 3 o'clock
New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
First Basketball Team
Congregational Church

SunIay morning SerylCe at 1O:45 o'clock, the minister will preach. Anthem. The Great Day of the Lord is Near" Martin. Church school after the morning service. Every member canvas in the afternoon. Young Peoples meeting at 6:30 p. m. special service and refreshments The junior department of the church school will be given party by it's officers and teachers on Monday from seven to 6:3O o'clock In the parish house
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-12
By Upton Sinclair

pulled down onto the lap of the
wealthy and famous publisher. Sc
then realized new point of view:
the fact that this young woman
could turn out a regular, standard
product, good for two or three thou
sand dollars a year, meant the
ability to slap the face of the great
newspaper proprietor and walk out
of his office. Twenty years ago
leading actress on Broadway remark
ed to me, II know practically all the
successful women of the stage, and
I know only one who did not sell
herself to get her start" And it
happened that quite recently the
very same remark was made to me
by one of the leading film stars of
Hollywood. No, you can't blame the
women for becoming commercial!
/ was for while a member of the
executive body of the Authors
League of America, and we met for
luncheon now and then to decide the
fate of American letters. A fellow
member was Rex Beach, and I hap
pened to ask him:
"Why did you start to write?"
The answer came in a flash.
Because l found l could make
more money than by mining gold"
We may say that this proves Mr..
Beach an honest man; but also it
proves him not an artist. If he had
been the latter, he would have re-
piled, just as promptly, and just as
honestly.
Because l have something to say,
and all the money in New York
couldn't hire me to do anything else"
And it is fact that when business
men, however honest, are permitted
to crowd the real artist out of ex-
istence, culture dies. 1t is neces-
sary to exclude business men from
the writing field, and also from the
selecting of writers, and the control
Of the channels between writers and
public.
What, exactly, is the difference be-
tween literature and journalism. The
maker of literature strives t. say
a thing once and for all time; while
TIE journalist says it over and over,
with slight variations, every day }.
week Or month. And since ninety
nine per cent of the money paid out
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-12

for written words is paid for journal
ism, it follows that ninety-nine per
cent of the writer's must be Journal
lists, no matter what capacity they
may have to produce literature. l
charge the big commercial maya
zines with applying to the written
word the American methods of
Standardization and mass production,
and you think perhaps that / am
playful; but that is only because you
don't face the facts. A modern edi-
tor is the head Of department i'll a
large manufacturing plant; he has to
have so-and-sc much copy at regular
intervals, to fill up the spaces be-
tween advertisements of soaps and
cigarettes and automobiles; so much
bait to lure the public into his adj
vertisement-trap. And when he finds
that a certain kind of bait does the
business, he orders more of that kind,
and offers a price so high that no
authors wife can resist it,
Once upon time Finlay Dunno
wrote sketch about shrewd and
witty Irishman; and what happened?
Why, simply that Mr.. Dunno was
commanded to write fifteen hundred
such sketches-"Mr. Dooley' every
Sunday for thirty years In the
same way Montague Glass has been
commanded to write fifteen thousand
paragraphs, in every one of which
Potash or Perlmutter says Scott sci
Dank," or Colt soil huten." In the
same way Milt Gross has been COM
manded to be "Nize Baby" for the
next forty years. In the same way
Jack London was commanded to re-
peat a hundred times his brief jour
ney over the Alaskan SHOWS, and
Conan Doyle was compelled to bring
Sherlock Holmes back to life after
having mercifully killed him. And
if you ask the question, would any
Of these writers have produced great
literature anyhow, the answer is that
every living thing does better in a
good environment than in bad one.
If you let garden run wild, you
will have ill-smelling weeds; while
if you tend it with love plus intelli-
gence, you may have flowers of
greater beauty than the most OPP
timistic seed-catalog has predicted.
(To be continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-12

and that is the same thing. He is
under contract to make two-reel
picture, and out CT his spiritual over
flow he has made eight or tent is
"The Kid" And the traders come,
great hulks of flesh rolling out of
their limousines, and they sit SLOUGH
ed in their chairs, and the reels are
Unrolled before them, and the sensi-
tive artist sits quivering can't
keep still while his reels are being
unrolled, his hands become frantic,
he must hear you speak.
'"What do you think of it? Is it
good"
But the traders do not speak, they
understand how to wiring the artist
soul. How Charlie loathes them
his form swells to greater bulk as he
enacts them, his face becomes grim
mask; there comes a grunt, from I'M
der the chest, and one great hog
looks at the next great hog, and at
last a verdict: Zone million is
enough, huh?" and the other grunts,
is too much"
Such is the life of artists under
capitalism. And do not think that
am lacking in pity for any artist
my harshest words are merely an eff
fort to goad him into class conscious
ness. For it is not merely his in
dividual life that is at stake, not
merely his art, but civilization. eff
the salt have lost its SAVIOR, where
with shall it be salted?"
The successful artists are those
who learn to put she'll around them,
and live like a tortoise, inside. The
trouble with this procedure is that in
the course of time the creature is
apt to become all shell and no tor
toise; the art impulses die, and only
imitation and pose are left. I re-
member once at Helicon Hall we had
visit from a newspaper poet-I
have forgotten his name, and would
Mt give it anyhow, because he was
a poor devil, and l am after the rich
'llSSs llC oefI III ltOuJ VI OCI lire
place for a couple of hours and talked
about his art, and it turned out to
be the art of marketing verses, and
the personalities of the various edi-
tors, and what they paid, and what
kind of stuff" they preferred. 81
sold him poem once, but they don't
buy much from outsiders" and so
on and on.
At the same conference sat two
ladies', whom knew we'll. They
were taking care of themselves and
couple of children by their pens,
and it was perfectly cold-blooded
business proposition, and no nom
sense. In some months of acquaint-
ance, l do not think l ever heard
either of these ladies express an
opinion of book unless it had to do
with what the author had got for it,
and for other books, and how that
magizine or publisher compared with
others. l had contempt for such an
attitude; until it happened that the
younger Of the ladies', a jolly soul,
recited quite casually how she had
sought a position on the greatest of
New York newspapers, and had been
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-12
Continued from Last Issue.)
XXXIII.
Art and the Trader
t,7.l.. /. :, -, :, !. 4 a.:.t,-.

EVERY artist is a double personality,
II living two lives. The impulse is in
it's very essence altruistic, bountiful
as Nature, unselfish as God. But
also, alas, the artist is creature with
a stomach that must be filled and a
skin that must be covered; he is apt
to want a wife, or husband, and
children, and these also must be fed
and covered, and the wife must have
a social position among the other
wives. So the godlike impulse of spir-
itual overflow is checked and CEN
sored; there are copyrights and con-
tracts and royalties and foreign and
dramatic and second serial rights.
This dual nature is shared by every
form of art product. A book is what
Milton calls it, the precious life-blood
of a master-spirit, embalmed and
treasured up on purpose to a life be-
yond life. To be sure; but also a
book is a piece of merchandise, upon
which toll must be paid to lumbermen
and papef-mills and railroads and
printers and publishers and jobbers
and retailers. SO it comes that at
every minute of his life the artist is
at war with himself. Il feel two
natures struggling within in me says
the sculptor Barnard; and maybe he
doesn't know how this happens, but
l can tell him, having supported my
self by my art for thirty three years,
and been practically never out of
debt in one form or another. AS pub
Usher of my own books, l face the
conflict every time l have new one
ready. Shall l put the price lower,
and reach some thousands of addi-
tional readers? Or shall I put it
higher, and reduce my unfavorable
balance at the printers?
1t was my fortune many years ago
to sit in the sumptuous work-rooms
Of Mr.. David Belasco, while Arch
Selwyn, then play-broker, was en-
gagged in selling the scr,pt of my
play, THE Millennium" Both these
gentlemen belong to a race which has
been in trade for many thousands of
years; you may watch their technique
along the curb where the suspender-
merchants assemble. In this case
the object Of the barter is work of
art; ana, strange as it may seem,
both traders have a keen apprecia-
zion Of art qualities. eyes, delightful
I know" says Mr.. Belasco, "but oh,
my God think what it's going to cost
to produce all that Socialist
stuff in it'll be bankrupt if I have
to pay more than two hundred and
fifty advance" l sit and listen-it is
my chance to write other plays that
is being decided
Also / have been present while
Charlie Chaplin was selling the fruit
f his genius to the traders; at least,
I haven't actually been there, but
Charlie has enacted the scene for me,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-12
MORE CRUISERS

president Coolidge urges naval increases his annual
message to Congress)
''More cruisers and more submarines" he said,
"Is our country's need"
warlike monster lifts it's ugly head
And spews out hate and greed.
More cruisers can them swiftly steam
To battle or to shell
Defenseless towns ] hear projectiles scream
hear the wounded yell
More submarines see a big ship heel
And sink beneath the wave
While thousands, caught and drowning squeal
The coward and the brave.
"More submarines and cruisers is the cry
To make wars as of oldv'
While profits rule shall wage slaves die
To the masters god
HENRY REICH, Jr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-12

functions mobilization of the labor
the imperialist program.
This leadership in refusing to do than febly
modification of the antitrust laws, must base it's program
loyalty to American institutions and partisan election
campaigns candidates of the capitalist pares-a slogan
tactic which appear already false hollow and dangerous
thousands Of workers.
The capitalist class the government it's instrument and the
official labor leaders, agents. creating rapidly the cond
tons for a militant movement
In the creation Of this movement party will play
leading role It's offers the only out for the Amer
can working class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-12
Striking Coal Miners
Are in Need Of Money
And Clothing at Once

All money and clothing for ths
striking miners of the Colorado or
the Pennsylvania and Ohio fields
may be sent to the Miners Relief
Committee, 100 Broadway, Room
233 (Stuyvesant 1881.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-12

HENRY REICH, Jr.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-12-08
y r D. Fratt was in Pendleton
5. business Tuesday,.

q. d. Frat was in Pendleton
an business Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Muldrow
uere in Prosser Monday. wa 4
+ H. Siegfried was in Walla
Walla on business yesterday.
N. s. Walters of Portland is Wis
ting his son w. S. Walters.
Mrs. Harry Linn and Miss Elna
Beste were in Prosser Monday.
The Rinkydinks are meeting to-
day with Mrs. George Rokkan.
Mrs. J. M. Hawkins and Miss
Margaret were in Pasco Saturday.
C. S. Knowles returned last eve
ing from a short business trip to
lewiston. .~- ~.
Fred Mercy has been in town
his week looking after property
interests.
]. w. Richter is leaving Sunday
for Chicago. He expects to be gone
month.
Mrs. Leslie White entertained a
few friends at her home yesterday
fternoon.