New Britain herald., 1927-01-10

Long Legs club of Columbus, o. The invitation came to the prince, who is 6 feet 4, from Governor Vic Dona- hey a charter member. The clubs purpose is to seek longer beds, high , ] CT doorways, etc, and it objects to wise cracks about tall fellows.
 Atlanta-Bobby Jones and George ! Won Elm. who have a contest an- nually to decide which shall hold ! blue ribbon sporting title, think so much of each other that they have just exchanged pictures by telephone in a new arrangement for such serv- 1 ice between Atlanta and Los Angeles.
 Syracuse. \. "A drama which might be entitled Fig Bills Come back" is in the making with a prominent athlete-actor in the lead ing role 'Tilden will be the next tennis champion of America, Eng | land and France" says President Mersereau of the [. S. L. T. A. 1 New York-It's all right to turn the other cheek toward a belligerent . but one turn is quite enough for Lieutenant Basil Hanks of the Sal yation Army, who comes from Louisville. Going to the aid of a Bowery bum, who was being attack ed by a gang, the lieutenant got a
 black eye. Pacifist methods caused another blow. Then Hanks cut loose and he was once d physical instruc-
 tor, The results were such that he
 was commended by superiors.
 Rome-The Fascist are now go- ing after international athletic hon
 ors. Timber will be developed by American methods but the "steep 1 prize fight crowd. such as in known
 in England and the United States
 has no place here," it is announced.
 New York-Theres big money
 made and lost in the thea1er. Some StS,00O,OO0 has been paid to see
 "Abie's Irish Rose" which gives it's
 2000th performance tomorrow night
 and it has made about S2,000,oo for it's author, Nnne Nichols.
 Edgar B. Davis, a Texas oil man,
 is losing S10,OO0 a week in backing
 "The Ladder" and critics believe it
 will cost him a total of $2O0,o00 be-
 fore it is taken off the boards. It is
 9 play dealing with reincarnation, in
 which he is especially interested.
 Havnk failed to receive her salary ] of $25O a week for six months be- cause of a taxi accident, Thelma At ! terbury of Terre Haute, a Ziegfeld | dancer known on the stage as Feon | Vanmar, is suing a taxi company
 for $10, 0e0. She is so young that
 suit was brought through a guard
 ian.
 Chicago-Better tune in next Fri | day night on your favorite station. 1 Second act Of Faust, given by the ! Chicago Civic Opera company will be broadcast from a regular per i formanco through a hook up of 22 ! stations.
 New York-Biography is quite | popular with some youths ambitious 1 to be lawyers, asked whether they had read any such literature some | candidates for the bar answered: |
 "Yes the private life of Helen of 1 Troy" so says the report of a com nittee which has been Investigating the fitness of applicants. | Chicago-Having missed profit of million in an oil deal Miss Flor cnce B. Robinson must be content with S35,000. She gave up a job as q model in Kansas City to seek her fortune. After six years of litisa- { ton her suit against four men who tied up her funds and. as she averred, prevented the fortune from being attained, has been settled.
 Lincoln, Neb.-Certain that the punishment of shoiks and vamps for stealing affections of married folks would prove effective-State Senator John W. Cooper, bachelor, is to press his anti-sheik bill which would make alienation a felony.
 Paterson, N. J.. Uncle Same is go- ing 10 have the most powerful radial motor in the world for his planes A new Wright cyclone has developed 595 horsepower, or 45 more than the best previous motor of this type Watched by a navy inspector and carefully guarded. the motor has been run for 50 hours in a test. IL is expected greatly 10 improve tor podo, bombing and scouting planes. !
 Paris-One secret of peace in Flu l rope seems to have come out. NJ. l Briand made Herr Strcsemann l laugh. Ii seems that the German l foreign minister was hnmoaning his | country's woes "Don't"' wopt i ErioH7, "yoH'1l make mo cry" And | Herr Stresemann roarod.
 A summary Of Connecticut's week --- WINTER