New Britain herald., 1928-06-02


lops into view. The injuns are after
him or mebbe it's sherff's posse.
With easy grace he rides his
foam flecked steed and filings
jeering "Ha, ha'' back over his
shoulder just before he leaps can
yon or glides swiftly down the pre-
cipitate side of gulch.
Where did he get that hat? Five
gallons or more. it will hold. AL
most big enough for the average
size adults Saturday night ablu-
tions.
Again the question is asked:
Where did he get that hat The
odds are that it originally came
from Hayerhill. Mass, on the
banks OF the peaceful Merrimac
river. Far from the cactus studded
plains of the wild and woolly west,
far from the scorching sands Of
Death Valley, far from the cry Of
the coyote. it had its humble origin
in that peaceful New England city,
which is known best for its manu-.
facture of footwear.
More than 100000 felt cowboy"
hats We're shipped to Texas. Arizona
and Oklahoma dealers last year by
one manufacturing company In
Haverhill. The Five gallon hat" the
company says, is merely a. figure of
speech for the majority OF hats
ordered for this trade were size
or smaller. The average head size
for Americans is : is. The hat in
dustry referred to was established
in 1925 and the cowboy" hat is
only a small part of the total pro-
duction.
A noticeable feature Of Memorial
Day was the greatly increased num-
Der of motion picture cameras along
the line of march taken by the
parade. Not only were professional
cameramen placed at various
vantage points along the route. but
there We're amateurs galore. They
appeared TO exceed the number OF
"still' cameras, two or even three
OF them being grouped al some of
the most favorable locations.
1t was not SO many years ago that
the man who appeared at the curb
with camera and began to take
snaps of passing procession was
the object of considerable curiosity
and was subjected to the stares OF
those near him. He is today, but
now his neighbors seem to be won
dering why the old-fashioned fossil
Doesn't use movie camera.
There must be some fine libraries
of films in the possession OF New
Britain residents. for the cameras
are appearing in growing numbers
at every parade, ceremony, or other
event of import. We wonder II the
day is far off when these enthusiasts
will carry small movie cameras with
them wherever they 60 and when
hardly any portion of the streets
will be free from the sweeping
vision Of one clicking machine. We
hone it is. for such an eventuality
would be little short Of a calamity.
If you are sent out to NOV the
lawn and you stop to talk the
~
neishbor, the chances will be that
some sncoper will have a camera
pointing at you and the developed
films revealing your Sinking will
be shown to your wife. If you stop
by the roadside for picnic and
your party strips the nearby land
| of flowers, shrubs, and general
beauty, you will be very lucky if
no enthusiast has procured a reel or
SO. displaying the license number of
your car, which he can show to the
owner Of the property.
If you engage in fistic combat
and end up with your back on the
sidewalk and your throat in your
opponents claws, it will be almost
impossible to escape having had the
brawl photographed by seven or
| eight people who will henceforth
screen the film at various parties
for your discontinue. If you take
a tender departure from your lady
friend some night, the exact number
of oscillations will be registered by
some prowler and will be shown to
all the neighborhood gossips az soon
as the film is developed.
Figure it out for yourself. The
only hope of mitigating the disaster
appears to be the passage Of 4 law
preventing the manufacture Of
non-inflammable films. Then the
unfortunate and unknowing ''actQ"
will have means of quick recourse.
Or at least two cameramen can
compromise (and end two COM
promising situations) by the simple
procedure of you burn yours and
I'll burn mine"
Undue alarm seems to have seized
the editorial department of Boost
and Pull" the official publication OF
Eddy Glover post, American Legion,
a defense to what seems to have been
an imagined cry of Politics" In its
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