New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

New Britain. Perhaps the chic
 does not expect that there will b.
 any immediate action on his sug'
 gestion; if it gives the city govern.
 ment and the public something te
 think about, 1t Is likely he will be satisfied for the time being.
 Time and again the police officials
 have emphasized the need of 6 larger police department. Outlying districts which were COW pastures a few years ago are now thriving com munities with fortunes invested in
 homes and businesseA Growth oi the police department has not kept pace with the increase in popula-
 ton. There have been a few ad.
 dtions it is true. but these have been allowed grudgingly by the com mon council. which has an eye to keeping the tax rate down. Year after year, the police board has out lined a program of expansion which has been granted only in part by those who hold the purse strings of the city treasury.
 Striking evidence of the need of more policemen was furnished a few months ago when influential citizens Of the fifth ward petitioned the police board for better protec- ton in that district. Further evil dence comes from the recent in- crease in burglaries which the pres ent force seems inadequate to pre- vent.
 Chief Hart is in position to ap- preciate the growth In population. As the number of residents in- creases the protection afforded each diminishes proportionately. At pres ent the population Is flirting with the s0,o00 mark. As a business ex- bands, expenses run up. The busi- ness of protecting citizens from the element which believes that might makes right Is the most important business the city could be interested in. A three platoon police depart ment may be only dream today but the time Is not far off when 1t will have to be taken seriously and funds appropriated for it's installation. Not for the world would the Oh. 1 server interfere with the happiness of two saccharine souls. To be young and in love-that Is the high est form of ecstasy known to human experience. Nothing comparable with it has ever been known since the dawn of universe. Two hearts that beat as one, sixteen psychic cylinders purring along lifes road in unison while angelic choirs pour forth their harmony and the flowers Of spring perfume the air what could be sweeter?
 BCT-the feller who invented the word but" was the vinegar in life's cream pitcher-the place for neck ing, spooning or what have you Is not the public highway. This idealic state of bliS would be enjoyed where there is less danger of loves young dream waking up in a hos pital with surgical instruments on display and the odor of ether in the operating room. All the world loves a lover except when he has one hand on the wheel and the other arm around Sweet Young Thing i at his side. the while their vehicle , Inooches along the road at about l5 miles an hour under heavy traffic conditions.
 One arm drivers. 50 called. may be popular with the fair sex; they may | be worshipped as heroes; they may be wonderful; they may be any of these, but they are menace to life, l limb and the profits of gasoline deal- CTS.
 As Young America-the male of the species--becomes more at home in motor cars, he likes to try ex- periments. It has been said, al- though the Observer cannot testify from personal knowledge, that one of the big thrills of life is to drive along road with an arm around a girl. Dividing attention between the girl and operation of the car. with 99 l4-lo0 per cent being given to the girl. is reported to be one of the most exhilarating outdoor sports of the day. And as Young America is out for the big thrills. he becomes | more and more Q patron of this sport.
 But-there's that word again doddering old fools of 30 or there- 1 abouts object. In rasping tones they l denounce. and having denounced they scourage. the young fellers who hold up the line of cars while they cultivate the muscles of the right arm and the acquaintance of the lady at their side. 1t nettles them. l and justly 50. Nothing is more ex- l asperating to a driver than to be forced to plod along at snail's pace while the line is being delayed by two sweethearts who are going no place and have all day and evening to get there. There are side roads aplenty for the amorously inclined where they can tie the reins of haste around the whipsocket of love and let the Dobbin of imagination set his own pace.
 In other words. do your necking up lane.
 These rainy afternoons, and there seems to be an over amplitude of drippy drizzly days lately. there Is no keener indoor pastime than cleaning out an old desk. We had occasion to delve into the jungle of documents and debris the other day and the results of the all day search for an old receipt netted the following display.
 Eightly-four rubber bands. seven ty-two of which were broken.
 Twelve broken pencils, fourteen blotters from insurance salesmen and delicatessens, thirty-seven post cards stretching over period of seven summers, sixteen rulers ad- l