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The Washington times., 1927-01-07
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
A Turtle On Its Back
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

TTAVE you ever watched a turtle on its back:
As it twists its neck and, its legs unable to
touch anything solid, it is object for laughter or
pity, depending upon who sees it.
If rights itself it is usually after exhaustng struggle
who has been deceived by trusted friend is like
turtle its back.
The world is topsy-turvy upside down. Everything is
empty There is nothing to grasp hold Of All the solid
basis of relationship suddenly has disappeared and he left
beating the empty air.
In older age learn the sad wisdom of the infidey of
men.
We learn expect certain percentage of failures in
mankind.
We guard.
But in childhood being deceived by supposed friend
is meeting the actuality of life suddenly 1t leaves
delible lifelong impression.
The mind and the heart have not had time become cal
loused over; the pain of the blister results.
In his mature years the poet James Whitcomb Riley said
he could remember every detail of experience in his child
hood when he made the hearbeakng discovery that he had
been deceived by trusted chum
One of lifes hardest problems finding the happy
of trust in relation to others.
The too-suspcous finds himself distressing everyone
One who trusts finds his life becoming bitter and
narrow like salt lake off from the waters Of the world
One who trusting finds himself continually imposed
upon and hurt.
That is an individual problem
Those who seeing else deceived and losing faith
in mankind show the sincerity, kindness and honesty
that inherent in the great of do Of
passing value
It is like giving lift at the right time to a turtle
struggling its back
1917 The Mcclure syndicatsl
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

Uncle Sam Reported Engaged in Saloon Bust
ness Cor the Purpose Of Catching Bootleggers
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

: this happen right under my nose
I think it's time to do something
about it. / would like her to
read this and maybe she will
benefit by knowing what we
neigiIDors think.
Sincerely,
Mrs. G. l..
So you are a decent woman"
That's a large word-decency.
Countless generations of men
have bought that word at a very
great price. They have bought
it at the price of their love and
courage, their patience and pity,
their terrible struggles and grim
sacrifices, their dreams and
prayers. their sweat and tears
and blood.
Millions of men have given
their utmost to build that one
small word-decency.
AND NOW YOU DARE TO
TAKE 1T UP AND USE IT FOR
YOUR OWN. YOU SICK AND
SOUR SPIRIT!
You dare to claim their vision
you who have no more vision
than a tick, living on the blood
of Righteousness you do not
comprehend.
You dare to demand a share in
that sacrifice, you who Inform
the landlady" when another
woman gives her life for the
sake of love!
You flaunt that name of beauty
you who spit upon such flaming
strength and such gallant cour.
age!
You have seen a thing so
piteous that the devils themselves
would weep and a thing SO brave
that even heaven would bow it's
head.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO
CALL THE POLICE!
You would.
suppose there's a hell for
such as you. But wonder what
worse hell they could devise for
you than the hell of being your.
self -.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.

On L0ve-And Other Trif1es
NJ E " Err try to awaken a
IN woman's love with the idea
that you can lull it back to sleep
again. after week or two.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
Long May It Wave!

The latest attack The Spangled Banner should
not unduy It will be as effective as all such
attacks have effective the bombs the foe
more than hundred years ago in Baltimore harbor.
Enemies Of The rSpangled BANNER make their fight
very iy ground They contend that not really the
national anthem that it is hymn Of hate and that it
is sung to the music of an old drinking song.
To the first charge is only necessary to quote from the
United States Army Regulations Paragraph 1884, The
pangled Banner is designated the national anthem Of
the United States !" +.
That it is hymn Of hate is National anthems
not written to order like soap advertisement They
the result of powerful emotions that stir the
breast In times Of great national peril the intense feeling
within inspired individual bursts forth into words and
1nnsc-and national anthem is born !.
That it is sung to the music Of drinking song is true
but should that condemn it? Any music which touches
responsive chord in the human heart likely to be appro
priated by many. The music of Marseiase' was song
lie Paris gutter but it has led France victory and
glceT on many battlefield.
" The Star-Spa1gled Banner viii continue 70 wave.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
By Garrett P. Serviss

suit Of nothing else than purely
mechanical laws applied to the
manipulation Of natural forces
that have always existed. Electric
action is a thing just as common
as chemical action.and the two
work in harmony. Man. in learn
ing to handle electricity and in
finding out as much as he yet
knows about the nature of cleo
tricity. has not discovered any
novel mental powers or any new
thing under heaven" He has
merely helped on his own evolu-
ton. He has merely grasped more
and more of the natural forces
that, from the beginning of the
world, have been lying abundantly
about him, waiting for him to pass
out of his infancy and take hold
Of them with a masters hand.
Come with Rush.
1t is common phenomenon In
all human experience that new dis.
coveries, new things. new ways,
new views. always "come with a
rush." 1t never rains but it
pours. Once under way progress
moves with accelerated velocity.
To the excited imagination it may
seem that the car of progress is
lifted into the empyrean, out Of
the realm of ordinary physical
laws, but it is not so. It's wheels
run still on the old, solid earth.
1t would probably be a good
thing for many who stand agape
at the new marvels that advanc.
ing science-which means only adj
vancing knowledge of nature-is
continually presenting. to sweep
from their minds the rubbish and
dust of too much wonderment, and
to see clearly that nothing of it
all is in the slightest degree be.
yond the logical limits of human
powers. Man has not changed a
single law Of nature; he has only
found out more completely what
they are. how they work, and how
to turn some Of them to the ser.
vice of his designs, as he early
learned to turn the force of a
river into a mill race.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
ONCE-OVERS

Are you trying to fill position for which you are not
fitted?
you consider your personal ideas superior to the
opinions advanced by others?
Can you any good in things that do not meet with
your approval9
Do you move in a small sphere?
If you judge entirely from your viewpoint without
taking into consideration the opinions of Others you cannot
hope to be called liberal thinker
If you set in your opinions you to expand and
profit by what you might learn from Others
Do not hug your opinions SO closely be blinded by
them when better and sound ideas presented to
you.
Did you try comparing VIII your the opinions
of several persons on some certain subjectY
This should be profitable you you have any faith in
your convictions.
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

eyes trapped in a withered face.
Eyes that followed her over the
horrible bulwark Of his paralyzed
chest. -
She had loved that body-once.
Gloried in it, with foolish. teas
ing alteration. as women will.
Felt its great strength between
her and the storm.
And now he was paralyzed.
And she was poor. Too poor to
give him food. Too poor to battle
him decently or rest his awful
helplessness in fresh, white
sheets. Too poor
But not too poor for love. Shed
find way!
She found it. Found a way to
give him food and care and
cleanliness. And something that
he needed even more than food or
care-pride. A way to save his
pride. A way to keep those eyes
from going mad.
She found way.
And now this letter comes:
Dear Elsie:
Living in the same apartment
mouse as !. there Is woman with
whom / have been quite friendly.
And have just found out that
she is not a good, woman. The
problem is this--she has a hus-
band who is paralyzed and in the
hospital and went with her to
visit him not long ago and Of all
the lies she told him about tax.
ing care of a big apartment and
getting her rent free and one
hundred dollars month wages.
When the truth is she works
In department store during the
day and in the evening she has
too many callers to look good. /
reported her to the landlady. but
1t did no good. She does not
dress better than the average
working woman, but paws the
hospital bills, takes expensive
flowers to her observation-disclosures
Now, Miss Robinson, I'm
sshaWsE that have been out
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

THERE is, perhaps, too great a
i tendency to great triumphs
of practical science as If they wero
not merely marvellous THAT Is, ex.
citing astonishment), but also
miraculous, which means produced
by powers beyond nature, or by
some sort of captured control over
superhuman powers. This is par
ticularly the case with wireless
biography and telephony. and the
whole group of phenomena popu-
larly included under the name
Radio" Television comes as the
latest Of these rnarvels and no
doubt it will be as successful as
its predecessors.
But it is no more miraculous
than the other, Speaking round
the world" or "seing round the
world" are things essentially just
as natural as speaking across the
room, or seeing across the street.
They are the result of perfectly
natural forces which human in
genuity has harnessed and turned
to use by perfectly natural means.
The fact that ancient prophets
and thinkers foretold.. in more
or less vague way, the, ultimate
coming. or achievement. of these
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
MRS. Cornelius Beeckman-I
The Question of EARNS"
nEAR MRS REErxEAN.

fuESs OOTuSIIuS DG6Ckman.l
The Question Of EARNS"
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
AS a constant reader of
your column. l am writing in the
hope of yoNr answering a dispute
between a few Of my friends.
A says man walking with
lady should hold the lady's arm.
B says the lady should hold the
mans arm.
C says neither one should hold
each others arm.
In this particular case the lady
and gentleman have been very
good friends for a year and a
half. READER
c Is correct. A gentleman
should never take a lady's arm.
And it is not good form or good
taste for q lady to take a gentle.
mans arm, except in the cases
where 1t is especially permitted,
as when he takes a lady into din
ner. when an usher escorts a lady
to her seat at a wedding, and so
forth. But in walking, / mean,
it is not good form for the lady
to take the gentleman's arm. And
II makes no difference that they
have been good friends for more
than q year
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

On L0ve-And Other Trif1es
NJ E v Err try to awaken a
~ woman's love with the idea
that you can lull it back to sleep
again. after a week or two.
There may be no connection
between the two; but, as woman's
clothes get lighter and lighter,
mans love appears to be follow
ing suit. i *~
A man never can understand
that love is like a. secret: the
moment a woman discovers that
she is she ring it with lot Of
others, it loses not only its charm,
but it's identity.
Many a man has been, divorced
for ''desertion," who was packed
up, eased out Of the house, and
invited to ''go, live at Your club"
In love. man is never confess.
Even when he can take his pick
among four out of every five
women he meets, it's always the
fifth that ne wants.
When q mans heart is broken,
he merely picks up the pieces and
offers them to the next woman
as an interesting relic"
It's awfully easy to mistake in
fatuation, passion, or mild affec-
tion, for "love." But once a woman
has sampled the real thing, no
imitation can fool her, even though
she may have to accept sub.
stitute.
Half the women in the world
seem to be trying to prove that
man is an unnecessary evil-and
the other half seem to be spend.
ing all their spare time and
energy pursuing evil.'
When you ask a man to Tex
plain" his conduct, nowadays, he
looks at you pityingly and refers
you to Freud.
Premier Mussolinl need not
think thai he can; force Italy's
bachelors into marriage, merely
by taxing them A man always
values anything more, even free.
dom, when he has to pay for i'll
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

) at a glance. There is not even the
suggestion Of occult, or super.
human, force about it. 1t is simply
a perfection Of plain mechanical
principles, as easily comprehended
as the reason why rudder steers
boat in water. or why the direc-
ton in which sail drives a ship
is determined by the inclination Of
the sail to the wind that presses
against t.
Just so. all the wonderful per-
formances of Radio are the re-
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
WHY MARVEL?

very marvels. plainly shows their
logical character. They were pos.
sibilities which the active, aspir.
ing. human genius felt to be with.
in its grasp, and which it would
attain as soon as 1t had acquired
sufficient knowledge Of. and suffl-
cient ready control over. the pow
ers Of nature.
Aviation Simple
The mechanical nature of air.
plane flight is evident to anyone
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
PARALYSIS
Shed heard

go - 49, - - ~
Il Shed heard
that name. 1t
hadn't m e a n t
anything to her
t h e NJ Just a
name. It was
more. than a
name now. The
terror Of it.
A heavy, limp
terror that lay
over everything
--strangling her
breath. binding
her eyes. squeez-
her heart till
the blood came
in 81 W, icy
drops.
Limp-like his
gray lump Of a
body in which
only the eyes
m o v e d now.
Slow, dreadful
pen II llInS NJ
The Washington times., 1927-01-07
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

with her and I
think it my duty
to tell her hus-.
band what she
is doing, or re-
port her to the
police.
/ am a decent
woman and don't
want, to be in
the same house
with such a
person. My hus-
band and / have
already had one
quarrel about it.
He says if /
call the police
he will bail her
out. So 1t looks
as IL my hus-
band Is one of
h er admirers,
too.
I'm not a
busy.body, but
XryhaIa thfn0C lilo
The Washington times., 1927-01-07

There may be no connection
between the two; but, as wonan's
clothes get lighter and lighter,
mans love appears to be follow
ing suit. ~
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New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
Weddings
PARkIR-BAR\CS

Miss Gertrude N. Barnes. daugh- ter Of Mr. ands Mrs. George W. Barnes Of 54 Pleasant street and Edward M Parker of Union street were married yesterday afternoon al 2:30 o'clock at St. Marks Episcopal church. Rev. Samuel Sutclifte, pas tor, officiated.
 Joseph Marsh of Stanley street acted as best man while the bride was attended by Miss Ruth F. Csfier of kensington. Miss Barncs was at tired in a gown of royal blue crepe satin with d velvet hat to match. and carried butterfly roses. The maid of honor wore navy blue ere pc with a tan velvet hat and carried a bouquet of pink butterfly roses.
 Following the ceremony the couplr left on q wedding trip 10 New York City. Upon their return they will reside at A Pleasant street. Mr. Parker is employed by the New Haven Dairy company of this city Tn" bride has been employed a; thr office of the Corbin Screw coruor4- tion.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
James r. White

Funeral services for James F. White of 42 Trinity street were held at his home this morning at $50 O clock and at St. JOseph'S church, at 10 o'clock with solemn high mass of requiem. Rev. John ]. kcane was colebrant. He was assisted by Rev. Charles Coppcns, deacon. and Rev. John r. Donohu". sub deacon. Dele gations were present from Now Britain lodge. B. F. 0. E., and Daly council, K. of C.
 St. Joseph's quartet sang during the mass. At the conclusion when the remains were being borne from the church, Miss Laura r. Farrell rendered "T come to Thee The pail bearers were Peter Suzio. J. N. Einnegan. Attorney stanley J. Traccski, Registrar of Voters Thomas J. Smith, John Meehan, and William McCab2.
 Rev. Father O'Bricn of Stamford and Father keane conducted the committal services. Interment was in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
GiAc ID World Elirl1

Tokyo. Sept. 5 Lp,-Public opin- ion and the pleading of loved ones at homo brought to an end the world flight of the monoplane Pride of Detroit here today.
 Edward F. Schlee and Walter s. Brock, co-pilots of the craft that set out from Harbor Grace. N. F., on August 27. last, to beat the record in circling the earth, feared no danger or obstacle that fate or the clements could offer them They bravcd storms, heat aNd cratic tripcal winds. They were delayed by government formalities in Tur- key and flew over war torn China and the jungle of Burma and Siam. They went through a typhoon and tidal wave in Japan unscathed and showed up at Kasumigaura in a rainstorm, smiling. At Tokyo they were told by aviation authorities and their own agent, J. Y. Walker, that it would be suicidal 10 attempt to fly across the Pacific ocean. still they persisted.
 ''u lllt lltlS began lt lfNI llt scores of cablcgrams that had come for them in care of the American embassy. These contained threats. warnings. advice and supplications against making tho Pacific hop. Among them was one from the Schlee children of Detroit asking their father to consider them before he tried to fly over the Pacific. He weakened. Brock emerged from lengthy conference on the subject doWncast and Schlee emerged in tears announced the flight vas off.
 Brock and Schlee will sail from Tokyo next Saturday for San Fran cisco. The pride of Detroit will be placed in the hold of the ship. The disappointed aviators will at least fly back to their home from San Fran cisco. They have advised their rela- tives by cable of their decision,
 Even in stopping here tlicrs are credited with an excellent record. They flew more than l2.o00 miles in l9 days. They had l-2 days more in which to break the worlds record of 2S t-2 days Assuming their flight across the Pacific had met with success they could have beaten that record with comparative ease. as most Of the distance would have been across the water with only two stops.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
Cotton Quotations Drop
 And Losses Are ReDorted

New Orleans Sept. 15 Ri-A re- port from New York that a Wash lESton news agency quoted officials Of the department Of agriculture 10 the effect that if that present supply outlook materiaized, cotton prices sEould decline, brough losses of S6.50 q bale to the New Orleans market today.
 Tine break came after an carly aG- vice Of $ q bale. The first report carried the market down $3 a bale. as the belief spread among the traders that the report was improb- able. The market quieted at these levels, but later details, naming of Gicials of the bureau of economies as authors of the statement. brought another decline which carried prices }~3 to l.9 points below yesterdays close The low saw October selling for 2l.u2 and December for 2135.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
ANTl-FASCIST SOCIETY
 FORMED IN THIS CITY
Committee Issues statement Dcclar. ing Fascist Organization is
 Controlled by Italy.

An Allti-taScisti union has been organized in this city and at present. has a membership of Go or more To- cal Italians. The organization was founded with the avoW,d purpose Of combating ''insidious Fascist propa- ganda. ill this city and in other places
 The club is called the Anti-Fus- clStl Union of New Britain IL Was formed shortly after q Fascist club Was organized Tn this city about two months ago and work of orsanlza ton has been going oa ever since. Frederick Ghio Of 4U Connecticut avenue is treasurer
 According 10 his statement. the union has been meeting weekly for discussions and in the future, ses- sions will Dc held every "Wednesday night in Marchigiana hall on Acorn street. \ series of talks on Fascis1n and Fascist policies Will be held.
 Federico GarZilli of Go Connecti- cut avenue is the corresponding sec rotary and It each meeting q chair man pro tenn. is appointed to pre- side.
 The following statement has been issued by Mr. Ghio, Diongi 'Tosr and SgcOndo kauZHa, all of whom fought m the American campaign in the ArgCnue Forest the World War, as organizers of the union: "Tho found . CTS Of ne recently organizeI ITnsciSti ~' "'iou of New Britain have an or s;anizatlon directly controlled by the present Italian government which also undertakes to pension its mem hrrS when. in the execution of FaS- ciSti duties, they incur a physical disability.
 American citizenship is mcom- pAtible with membership in q for "ign controlled political organization. -An Americans chief interest should be the government of the United States.
 "Ccrtainly one canno. admire the democratic ideals of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, relieve in a government of the people. by the pvOpl" and for the people and also admire tn" Mussolini system of gov ornment, a system whose chief eA- ponent claims that democracy is s,ntiquated and liberty q purified goddess"
 The next meeting of inc union will be held on Monday, September ly.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-15
LYMAN MILLS VOTE
 FOR LIQUIDATION
Stockholders Have Special Meet
 ing Today

Boston. Sept. 15 UPl-Stock- holders of the Lyman Mills of Hol- yoke, at d specia! meeting here today voted to liquidate.
 The vote was 10,l25 to 4,0c0 in favor of liquidation.
 It was also voted 10 empower the board of directors to liuuidate through a receivership. It was eX- plained that the motion to author- ize the directors to seek appoint ment of receiver was made merely as a precautionary measure in the event such action would be neces- sary. The directors did not propose to bring tho matter into court, how ever. il was said.
 President Hugh Mclean of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce. though not stockholder, was given permission to address the meeting. He made plea 10 the stockholders 10 keep the mills in Holyoke and not liquidate. Several stockholders addressed the meeting. some favor ing the liquidation plan and others opposing it.
 Treasurer Ernest Lowering of tho mills was opposed to liquidation. Discussing the coarse goods section of the mills, which had been report cd to have been responsible for losses in past, he declared that from July 1 to Sept, l2 sales by the coarse goods mill amounted to S3SS,o o00 yards as compared to l.9S5 900 for the corresponding period Of 1926,
 Robert A. Thorndil>e. stock bold er, had proposed that the company give stockholders cash dividends of Slpo, that new company be form cd to operate the fine goods section Of Lyman Mills. and that the coarse goods mill be lidudated. This plan was defeated. a.lll to 1.040.
 When voting on the question Of liquidation, Thorndike declared that although he believed liquidation un- necessary, he was voting in favor Of it to avoid deadlock He declar- ed they were throwing money away by liquidating.
 Thomas J. Carmody. Holyoke stockholder. declared l.o0O persons would be thrown out of work by liquidation and warned that the time soon would come when invest- ed capital would need the protection of these men.