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New Britain herald., 1927-09-06

@s sh" took her place behind the white enamclod table and began to help Hilda, the new little waitress. put salads together eNperIly. Our own Gilda Gray decided not tc do her stuff tonight" answered inc girl, trying to seem off-hand about #.
 Don't vou feel Wcll?" asked Aunt t.m, as she gave her q searching glance that took her in from head to foot.
 Never felt better since Hector was q pup" Sally went on, with tlithc slangincss. She certainly Uoyor had looked better.
 "Well then what's the big idea of staying ont here in the kitchen ?" bor aunt went on. When she set l"r mind to finding something out, she went right to the bottom of things A diamond drill was noth- I@g to h" compared to her, when il came to digging up the truth.
 "Woll if you must knoW.' Sally finally nlrmtcd out. John Nye is here tonight-&nd I don't want 10 dance in front Of nim''
 "Ho-hum." Aunt Em WAS thoughtful. 50 tha''S the way the wind blows. is it? Well, I've thought that right along
 Sally knew shc had thought she vas in love with John ever since that loI G-ago day, almost year be- tore, when John Nve had come 10 the house 10 take Millie for a drive. She said nothing. hut went calmly on piing lctture leaf upon lettuce leaf, and scoorine out q hollow in the tomatoes before her on the table
 Set those salads on the serving able in the dining room" com manded Aunt Em, vhon the last of them was finished and topped off by 2 spoonful of fluffy salad dress ing
 But s7llv shook her lovely dark head. "0h. no, Not me, Aunt Elm" she cried, with determination in the very ring of her voice. I'd have 70 l7e dragged by tho hair of my head into that dining room tonight, I'm rot going anywhere near John Nye and his crowd. Eot 2 chance"
 With an outraged snort, Aunt Elm piled 3 tray with salads and bore them off 10 the dining room at high speed
 "1f vou're ashamed of this job you'd better 20 hack 10 betting 2 dashed back into tho kitchen She always spoke her mind. no matter how many people were around.
 I'm not aehamed Of my ioh. You know I don't mind waiting on table most of the time" Sally came back at hor hotly.
 Well. then. what's the matter with you tonight" Aunt Elm want ed to know, rappirg the table smartly with her kruck1es.
 Y inst don't want 10 go in where john Nye is" Sally began. when her aunt broke in once more.
 "You don't know what yon want to do," she declared. You act like 8 simpleton about that man. 1ou always haye-and ho doesn't know you're on earth. I should think you'd have moro pride. Sally .Je- romc' Go and take 2 look at him now. Making roly-boly eyes al some little yellow headed girl in there"
 She waved thin hand in the di- rCction Of the dining room.
 Sally tiptood ont of the kitchen hy the back door and went around Inc house to enter it hy the side door.
 Very softly she crossed the big. parlor. and looked through the Wide-lrched doorway into the dining room.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-06
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! mo the house al midnight.
 You don't say" The sca-blue eyes opened wide between theii ! blackened lashes, and the painted { mouth tiltd up in a sarcastic smile ! ing 10 make things up with me, js he? Well. it won't get him any whore, because little Millie starts work for Davy Dayidson's firm on Monday next"
 II was plain to sally that she had | lost all interest in John Nye. Win out bothcring 10 waste any more ords on him she went dancing up the stairs to bed. the rcd silk clocks of her stockings flashing as she i Y ent
 Sally could hear her hummine contcntedly to herself as she went lack and forth in her bedroom on | her little feet
 Dow vnstsirs in the hot. bright kitchen. Sally went on washing silver.
 That was always the last job of her long day. To wash the dishes, and count them as she put them away on the shelves Cups and saucers--and plates and silver. Cups and sauccrs-
 II was a long. monotonous job. Long and monotonous as Sally $ days had begun 10 seem of late.
 And so John Nye came here 10 sec Mllie." she said 10 herself. Then he must care for her after all"
 By the first of September Mir. Jerome had settled down into tho daily life of The House hy the Sid de of the Road.
 He lay, silent and uncomp blaming, in the big bed that had been Millie's s loom for q while. Three times day Sally carried upstairs 10 him the food that the doctor had ordered. Soup and cooked fruit. for the most rart, He took it like nn ohedient child.
 Four times day she gave little Reauregard Jerome. Jr., the milk that vas the staff of life 10 him. Al every afternoon she took him q tiny cup or orange juice, and fed it to him, sip by clip.
 At ! she made her father com fortable for the night, and then set tied the baby into his own little crib for his long nights sleep. Beau and Mabel had not even laid eyes on the baby for a week. Mabel was working overtime at getting Beau lack 10 the straight and narroW.'
 At $ Mrs Jerome had her dinner in the little private dining room on the south. side of the house She ate if with 8 library book propped up before her on the table, and her feet resting on stool under fl.
 No one knows how sick I am,' she often walled I'm just as sick as your father is, but I won't give it to it. He's well enough 10 be out of bed-and he could get up just as we'll as not
 Sally was desperately sorry for her.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-06

Copyright. 1927, Newspaper Feature Service, Inc.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-06

The next story: "A Hot Time"
Evening star., 1927-12-09
WALES TO GIVE DINNER
FOR 1900 FARMERS
Owners Of Land Over Which Hunt
Rides to Be Guests Of Prince
in Town Hall.

By the Associated Press.
LEICESTER, England, December
9-The Prince Of Wales Is to "get
even" with 1900 farmers. He will
give them q dinner at Demontfont
Hall, Leicester, January 6. which is
the largest affair Of the kind in which
royalty ever has played a leading
role.
Among the guests are to be six
farm laborers whom the prince has
known for years. The guests will
consist Of the farmers over which the
Quorn Hunt has been riding for
years, this being one Of the prince 8
favorite districts for chasing the
elusive fox. The dinner was ar
ranged to show the princes appre-
citation for man. courtesies which
have been extended him.
The Duke Of York and Prince
Henry plan to attend.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
FEDERAL ACTIVITY
ON DRY LAW SHOWN
Total of "a, ,986 Arrests for
Prohibition Violations Re-
ported for Fiscal Year.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A new record for Federal prohibi-
tion activity was reached during the
last fiscal year, when 64,9S6 persons
were arrested by United States au-
thorities.
This represents the largest number
of arrests in the history Of the bureau.
an increase Of more than 1000 over
the previous year. In addition Federal
offlcials assisted in the arrest or 10 ,095
more violators through cooperation
with State agents. :.
The arrests netted Jail sentences OF
4,477 years and fines aggregatng
$5,775,225. OF the 51.945 cases brought
in the Federal courts. 36.546 resulted
In convictions, with Jail sentences at
tached to 11.s1S.
Doran's Statement.
In making this announcement in his
annual report, today Prohibition Com
missioner Doran pointed out that the
bureau was striving through It's
laboratories to remove all trace or
poison in denatured alcohol that mas
been the cause of numerous deaths
each year.
"Work is being done and informa-
tion being obtained with the view OF
eventually eliminating the poisonous
ingredients from the formulas without
decreasing the non-beverage character
of the alcohol" the report said.
Decreases in the production or both
alcohol and wine were reported by the
bureau. The 1S4,323,016 gallons of
alcohol produced represented a de-
crease of 17,94S,6 ,653 from the previous
year. while the wine production OF
4.406,564 gallons showed a decrease Of
1,4s4,531. The lesser demand for wine,
the report said, sis attributable largely
to restrictions imposed during the
year upon withdrawal OF wine for
sacramental purposes"
Report on Narcotics.
In reporting on operations Of the
Narcotics Bureau, the commissioners
brought out that the main source for
smuggled narcotics for illegal use in
this country has been traced to the
Atlantic seaboard, while the opiates
are slipped in disguised as merchan-
disc. or by seamen.
During the year, the report said, a
total Of 4 4,469 convictions, under the
Harrison and smoking opium acts.
were obtained, resulting in jail SEN
tences aggregating 7,08S years and
fines amounting to $175,127. Com
promises were obtained in 2.0SS cases
by accepting fines Of $104,166.
Evening star., 1927-12-09
AUTO KILLS YOUTH.

CHARLOTTE, N. c.. December 3
@-Lucas Crawford, II, Of Roanoke,
Va, was killed and another youth,
named Douglas, badly injured when the
two were hit by an automobile on the
Statesvilie road i've miles north Of
here last night.
Douglas, from whom the name Of
his companion was obtained. said that
the automobile, q roadster filled with
boys and girls, was without lights and
did not stop after the accident. He de.
clared that he and Crawford were on
the edge Of the road when the car
struck them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24

inariy are lawful >outlawed by the issuance of
restraining order when labor dispute is In progress
Violation OF this order constitutes contempt Of court
punishable by fine or Imprisonment.
The injunction supposedly is an emergency legal
instrument designed for the protection OF property
where no immediate adequate relief exists in law.
1t certainly was never intended to be used to deprive
men OF the guarantees in the bill Of rights
1t is strange that government which recognizes
the right Of labor to organize should employ its iu-
dical powers to enjon activities that make such or
ganization effective If there is real violation Of law
or destruction of property there are laws under which
offenses can be punished.
The Sherman antitrust law was never intended
by Congress to apply to labor organizations but the
courts have often used it with this effect they have
uSurped the power Of the legislative branch, and BY
these interpretations and constructions made ncreas
ngy drastic laws OF their in the same direction
Hope to curb this growing abuse Of power by the
Judiciary progressive Senators are soon to seek legs
lative relief in Congress.
Judicial despotism is as foreign to the American
theory Of government as royal despotism, and the
quicker this condition is remeded the sooner we will
return to the ideals of those who brought the nation
into being
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Mr.. Capone. Philosopher

Mr. Aphonse Capone, otherwise known as scarface
AL leader in Chicago's gangland, would hardly be
suspected of being a philosopher.
Mr.. Capone 1t will be recalled, tried to take va
cation from his labors of gun-fghtng and distribute
ing beer and whisky in Chicago, and was promptly
bundled on train and returned to Illinois by Los
Angeles authorities Joliet officials grabbed him and
threw him in Jail before he could get home
Released after being booked on a charge of carry
ing concealed weapons, Mr. Capone announced he will
resume his travels. He is tired of playing hida and
seek with the police he said and wants to walk down
the street unmolested.
Discussing his plans, the king of the underworld
delivered himself Of this observation
"You can't cure thirst by law They call AL Capone
bootegger. Yes it's bootleg while it's on the trucks
but when your host at the club in the locker room.
or on the gold coast hands it you on silver salver
it's hospitality"
AL may be right or wrong. His observations are at
least interesting contribution to the controversy
over that much discussed law
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24
THE~STORY OF CIVILIZATION
AriStObhaneS SatiriSed the Great
Written for The Times bu WiN DuraNt

class politicians; and the Assembly
proceeded to prove that Macaulay
was right when he said that a war
cannot be conducted by a debating
society.
The excited EcclesiN decreed, and
carried out, the execution Of six
generals (including a son OF
PericleS), because, though they had
won a naval victory at Argimusae,
they had failed, in the storm that
followed, to rescue Athenian
survivors clinging to the wreckage
Of their ships.
We have seen its quick brutality
and vacillating repeal Of its DEGREES,
in the matter of Mitylene; and we
have heard the Atherian threat to
MeloS when the island proved loGth
to enter the war. Even the new
leader of the democratic party,
Cleon, saw the conclusion.
"a democracy" he said, 'is in
capable of empire" lit ceases
where empire begins"
The great experiment of popular
rule in Athens went to pieces
through lack of discipline within
and excess of discipline without.
And now, instead of continuing
these details. of victories and defeats
of armies and navies, Of soldiers
and generals and politicians, let us
see the war from the viewpoint of
the people, in the plays of AriSto-
planes.
Copyright. 1927. by VIII Durant)
Ito Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24
Is There a Santa Claus?

Few have penned better answer to this question
than the late Thomas 2 Marshall He wrote:
II think back through The years. the lean and fat,
the good and bad ones to my earliest recollection
see woman with an eye that flashes swift an
archangels wing and mouth that breaks with laugh
ter and hardens sight Of wrong singing lullabys
woman who, with hand graspng the Unseen Hand,
walks the briar-bordered paths Of life uashamed
afraid unframed. She is clad in garments of beauty
for me, and age does not soil them years make
them cheap and tawdry Her tongue is without guile
having been the messenger of lie. 1t is
teen years since her soul went home to God and her
fingers became for me the fingers of an angel, but
have not forgotten all she said She told me there
was Santa Claus, and believed her. He brings me
no longer drums and flies. But he stin brings to
the vision OF my mother and the music OF that angelic
chorus which sang at creations dawn and at the
hour of mans redemption"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24

TN the year 4S2 B. c. Athens and
L Sparta plunged into that bitter
Peloponnesian War which is the
ancient analogue of the recent
struggle between England and
Germany.
For thirty years this strife of
Cain and Abel continued, ravaging
Athens with siege and plague, and
draining the life blood of Sparta
When peace came at last, all
Greece was ripe for AleXander's
conquest.
Strange to say, it was the policy
Of Pericles that brought on the war
The imperial tyranny of Athens
over her allies" her sequestration
Gas they considered it, of the
Confederacy's funds, her repeated
interference with their autonomy
her collection of the Delian tribute
by force, her demand that all dis
putes within the League should be
tried before Athenian juries, had
reused against her a smouldering
anger that watched resentfully for
vengeance.
Secretly, some members Of the
Confederacy approached Sparta, and
inquired under what conditions they
might be admitted to her rival al
lance, the Peloponnesian League.
Sparta leaped at the chance, and
offered them liberal terms; here was
her opportunity to put an end to the
mercantile supremacy of Athens.
1.-The real cause of the Peloponne-
sian War;" says Thucydides, twas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24
ls1EYERYlI
Judicial Despotism and Labor

has long been my opinion, and 1 have never
shrunk for its expression, that the germ of dssou-
ton OF our Federal Government is the judiciary
that irresponsible body working like gravity by day
and by night gaining little today and little to-
morrow, and advancing its noiseless step over the
field Of jurisdiction until all shall be usurped"
This was Thomas Jefferson's view a century ago
on the encroachment of the judiciary upon the SOW
ereignty Of the people
Jefferson knew the power of the courts. but he
probably never dreamed Of day when the courts
would develop such weapon the injunction has
come to be.
The evidence is ample. Witness the injunctons
granted by judges in nearly every big labor dispute.
constantly widening in their scope. Acts that orig
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formally kept out of sight-the
growth of the power of Athens, and
the alarm which this inspired in
Sparta" Corinth and Syracuse were
brought into the PeloponneSian
League, and Corcyra was induced to
cast in her lot with Athens. One by
one the states of Greece took arms,
and ranged themselves in hostile
camps. The Great War of the
ancient world was on.
1t dragged along with interrupt
tons, for more than a generation.
a n n
A LMOST at the beginning, be-
L y cause refugees focked to Athens
and found inadequate lodging there,
plague broke out in the capital, and
took victims by the thousand.
Pericles lost a son to it, and then
weakened with grief and his failure
to preserve peace, he himself,
succumbed to the pestilence in 428
B. G. AlcibiadeS succeeded him, and
managed CALAMITY; but as he was
about to enter a decisive naval en-
gagement at Syracuse. he was re-
called on the charge of having
mutilated the statues Of the gods.
The pious Nicias took his place
as commander of the fleet, refrainad
from battle for month, because Of
the evil omen of lunar eclipse, and
then was utterly destroyed.
Now the leadership of Athens fell
into the hands of an incompetent
democracy manipulated by middle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24
Disaster May Bring Good

Bad as it may be in other re-
spects, the S-4 disaster may &C
complish some good by calling at
tention to the naval program now
before Congress.
From a state Of dumb &C
quiescence, the country has been
aroused to a point where it is at
least ready to ask questions.
1t does not seem quite so de-
sirable to authorize great fleet
of submarines as it did one week
ago.
The idea that submarines might
be improved by further expert
ment has dawned on the public
mind.
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after their families, by the house of
their fathers, with the number of
their names every male by their
polls; from 20 years old and up
ward, all that are able to go forth
to war in Israel" The first census
in the United States was in 1870.
1t filled flfty-six pages in book
eight by five inches, cost $44, 377.28
and gave the population at 1898, 6S5
the census report filled fourteen vol
of which 694, 280 were slaves. In 1920
umes, containing 1896 pages twelve
by nine inches, cost $4,000, 900, and
gave the population at los, 710,620.
What is a "duck billed platypus?"
One of the most primitive man.
mails known to science and one of
the Strangest of AuStralia'S queer
animals. 1t is covered with fur like
abeaver, has webbed feet and fiat
bill like duck, suckleS its young
and lays eggs. Like the beaver the
platypuS is so wary that it is sell
dom seen in a wild state. 1t bur-
the water line, then digs out apart
mentS in the dry ground higher up.
In these burrows it matches its eggs.
How many persons are employed
in the border patrol Of the immigra-
ton service?
The authorized force for 1927 con-
sisted of one supervisor, four assist
ant superintendent, thirty chief pa
troll inspectors, ITO senior patrol in
spectors, SGT patrol inspectors, "a
clerks, Is motor mechanics and two
laborers; total of 781.
Do kangarOOs climb trees?
A small species found in Australia
do, but they are seldom seen by
man. Only in recent years has its
existence become known. Although
sometimes these animals run on the
ground, they are much more at
home among tree branches. These
kangaroos move from tree to tree
at night and sleep in the day time.
What percentage of the highway
mileage Of the United States is I'M
improved?
Highways in the United States
total approximately three million
miles. The Federal and State Gov
ernments have improved about 1884,
900 miles leaving more than two
million miles unimproved and only
partially graded.
Who were the HyperboreanS?
A people in Greek mythology who
lived beyond the north wind, in the
land of perpetual sunshine and in
perfect happiness. Their life is
described by Pindar and HtrodotuS
and discusssse the stories concern
ing them.
When did King Albert Of Belgium
visit the United States?
He arrived in New York Oct. 3,
1919, accompanied by Queen Eliza
beth and Prince Leopold. They left
the United States during the first
week of November after q tour of
the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24
SAYS:

Thrift is not always economy,
as owen D. Young. chairman Of
the board Of the General Electric
Company, points out.
IF one spends what can be pru-
IDENTIFY saved" he says, that is to
be deplored. If one saves what ne
can prudently spend, that also is
to be deplored. A wise balance
between the two is the desired
end"
A wise balance between two ex-
tremes is generally the desired
end.
Not only with respect to thrift.
but with respect to many other
things, civilization has flown from
one extreme to another, only to
learn that balance is the all-ina-
portant factor.
Neither the miser nor the
spendthrift contributes much OF
value.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24

You can get an answer to any cues
ton Of fact or information by writing
Bureau, 1922 New York Ave, Washing
Tor reply. Medical, legal and marital
research be undertaken. All other ques-
tions will receive a personal reply. Un,
signed requests cannot be answered. All
letters are confdential.-Editor-
How does the United States rank
In the production of iron and steel?
The United States produces ap-
proximately one-half of the entire
world supply of iron and steel which
is largely consumed in this country
From whom did Mickey Walker
win the welterweight championship?
From Jack Britton, on a decision
in fifteen rounds, at New York City
Nov. l, 1922. Britton was knocked
down three times.
Who wrote "Great deeds never
die" and what is the rest of it?
Great deeds cannot die; They
with the sun and moon renew their
light for ever, blessing those that
look on them" is in TennySon's
1.-The Princess"
VIVA discovered the element IL
Iinium and how was the name de-
rived?
Illiniun1, element 81, was isolated
in May, 1925, by B. S. Hopkins at
the University of Illinois who named
it in honor of the university.
When was the first census In the
world taken and when did the
United States start taking the CEN
Sus?
The first record of a census is in
the Bible in the book of Numbers:
"Take We the sum of all the congre-
CATION of the children Of Israel,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24
Bases Are Needed

Water and air forces need OPP
Grating bases if they are to be
effective.
So long as foreign-owned islands
lie close to the United States,
neither cruisers nor aircraft can
protect the Nation effectively.
Not only does real prepared
ness include aviation, as was a
navy, but the requirement Of
such outposts as will prevent an
enemy from making direct attack.
In other words, the naval pro-
gram now before Congress leaves
out a lot of things which are
required for thorough-going ma
tional defense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24
Life!S MiCetieS
Hints on Etiquet

1. When should one plan to stop
in a friends apartment, on making
a trip to New York or other large
cities where space is at premium?
2. Is it ever anything but bad
form to make a convenience of a
girls apartment just because she is
girl from home" not particular
friend?
8. What can an apartment dweller
do, If folks from home" drop in
unlimited?
The Answers
1. Only when expressly invited.
2. Never.
3. It is often better to frankly
state the inconvenience, rather than
grow irritable putting them up.