New Britain herald., 1928-01-07
THE. OBSERVER. - |.
 Makes Random Observations
 On the City ano Its People
Makes Random ObservaG

Although the democratic nationa convention is still months ava, democrats of New Britain are al' ready giving thought to the question of who will be their representative at the gathering which is to xelec' g presidential candidate.
 The local wing of the party iS 10t per cent for Governor Smith to head the ticket. New Britain's delegatt will be so instructed. if only for tho formality of it, because New Britain has not devlated from the course Ii followed four years ago when it held out in favor of q Smith-instructed state delegation. Those who direc state democratic policies did no' concur in the view. but that did mol interfere with this city's stand and when 1t was finally voted that dele gates so uninstructed, New Britain was alone in its negative vote.
 While 1t is possible there may be a larger number of candidates fol delegate when the time for select. ing one rolls around. the names ol Edward o. Kilbourne and John J Walsh are now being most prom inently mention ed. Both have demo- crats of long standing. and have been associated with the municipal government. Mir. Kilbourne has been an assessor and he was for fl years on the school board Mr Walsh, Q Main street businessman was on the building commission un. der A. NJ. Paonessa as mayor. As far as is known either would accept the position on the delega- tion but neither has come forward as an active candidate.
 Now that they-whoever they are-are talking again about re- vampipg the calendar. let's have il done right.
 Our platform plank for this week is demand for a 30 hour day. We shall present resolution at the ma. tional conventions of the republican deWocratic and mugwump parties to have such day incorporated in the law of the land.
 A day lasting only A hours ia not long enough. Time was, when everyone lived on a farm, that S1 hours was sufficient. Folks worked from before dawn until after dark, filled up on home cured meat and hopped into bed. They worked SC late and got up so early that it Wal no strange experience for a man to enter his room to go to bed only to meet himself dressing to go out tt milk the COWS. ,s rr.
 But now that the population sharps have discovered that we are an urban nation, the day must be heightened. The work-sleeR program was all right back on the farm but when people live in cities it will never fit their needs. There's plenty of time for work but what we need is more time to play.
 An eight hour day for work, that's all right. That's plenty. But suppose a fellow gets through his daily dog ing at 5 o'clock. that leaves him only a few hours to play. There .re three or four movie houses around the town which should be visited regularly. One could daily at each just long enough to see the feature picture. Then there are night clubs and road houses on the, outskirts where the very best deck varnish ia obtainable in the guise of palatable liquor. Dashing from night club to night club takes time. "Parlor par ties" are held nightly all over town and one won't stand in long unless one stops occasionally for cigarette or two. Then there are the bridges which must be patronized. Reading books also occupies a fair part of the evening If one Is to keep posted on what the post office authorities are barring nowadays. Not to be able to discuss all the latest novels Is to stamp one as dull fellow. indeed. for whom there is no hope: it actu- ally results i'm a loss of social pres. tige and an instance has been known of an old fashioned person being ostrac;zed completely because he could not offer an opinion on book which had come lot off the press the previous day. Once in a while it is necessary to maintain friendly diplomatic relati ons with the sets in other towns and whole evening goes by the board.
 Now if the calendar tinkcrs would only be reasonable and establish n thirty hour day. all would be rosy. A person could discharge all his social obligations and get home at what is now six o'clock in the morn- ing but which would be equivalent to. say, midnight under present con- ditions.
 The objection might be raised that there are only twelve months in the year. Well, shorten the year to elev- en months. That will make for q longer day and will also result in another boon to humanity-we shall receive monthly bills only eleven times during the course of the year.
 Our weekly peeye is directed against the gentleman-or maybe it was lady-whO invented th> silk scarf now generally worn around mems nocks. And we're doubly peev- cd if that scarf happens to be the same dimensions as bed sheet.
 To begin with, the thing cannot be folded properly. In order to pre- pare for this procedure it is neces- sary to select broad expanse-an airplane landing field will do or if you do not happen to have a field of this type in the house. floor in a room from which all furniture has been removed will answer the pur-