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New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

Al ss which is impertaHt. A pres ident to be able to induce Congress to work with him. on highly con- troveEsial issues must have . Con- greM that is willing to work in this direction. While Governor Al Smith has had a Republican legislature on his hands. with the result that the power issue in New York remains unsettled: while President Coolidge has been unable to lead Congress be- cause there have been too many Democrats and independents who helped the Democrats
 The rather lukewarm political bat tie in the first district of Connecticut between Fenn and Kopplemann is no criterion of the kind of fight for congressional honors that sways many other districts particularly in the Middle West. These battles are hard fought and the results will be extremely important to the next President, whoever he may be.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
CRASHING INTO TRAINS

Announcement made by the Amer. ican Railway Association that there is an alarming increase of accidents at grade crossing seems to be . good argument for the removal of the grade crossings. But 20 per cent of such accidents the past year have been caused by automobiles crash- ing into the sides of trains. Although this can occur at even a guarded crossing 1t is not a frequent occur. renee at such crossings.
 When autos crash into trains it in. variably is at an unguarded cross ing. Motorists who thus play with disaster are of two kinds: Those who try to beat train over the crossing and those whose vision along the tracks is blanked by inter. vening high banks or buildings. Such crossings as cannot be eliminated at present should at least be made safe.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

The Waterbury American, com-
 menting upon the fact that the Prince of Wales shot an elephant British government should confer decorations upon the natives who held the animals. A more effective decoration would be to hang their skins in the British museum. Yes, the world does like to joke about the prince. There must be much envy connected with the process. too. the prince seeming we'll able to re- tain his liberty. like Queen Elizabeth.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
RUNNING AN ORCHESTRA

It will not be especially cheering to the musical inteliigentsia to learn that the newly formed Beethoven Symphony Orchestra in New York has been meeting with certain financial difficulties even be- fore the season has fairly gotten un- der way. The 35 subscription concerts in New York and Brooklyn will be given, while nearly double that number of concerts which were to have been given in other cities have been cancelled. Two non-sub- scription concerts in New York also were cancelled last week when an artist violinist -soloist refused to play unless paid in advance.
 In other words. the subscription concerts arc on firm basis. while the supplementary concerts. to have been given on a speculative basis, caused the packers to get cold feet. Of course, adverse criticisms by the New York music critics, who seem- ed to delight in comparing the new orchestra with the Philadelphia and the Philharmonic orcestras. did not help the prospects of the Beethoven Orchestra. The public dislikes to read that something for which they are paying good money is below a reasonable standard.
 If the Beethoven Orchestra goes through with it's subscription con- certs it will have made a good enough beginning. But there are other points about this symphony orchestra business that need clarify- ing. The orchestras have grown to such properties that no man in his senses can figure how it is possible to make them pay. The standard symphonic bands today have grown to 120 men. Only a few years ago 100 men was thought extraordinarily large. A generation ago such orchsstras in Europe and America did not go far above $ men: most
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
25 Keors Ago Today

Wednesday evening at the Russ win Lyceum-Charlest t'rohman pre- sents the world famous comedy suc- cess. "A Message from Mars" as produced for 1000 consecutive nights in London and 500 times in New York city.
 The directors of the New Britain General hospital invite the public to an inspection of the new hospital building from 5 to o'clock tomor- row. The ladies of the woman's board will serve refreshments. The annex will present many features of the most model and up-to-date hos pitfalls of the country. The gentle men who have supervised its con- struction have acquainted themselves with every practical detail. The building is of brick and in Old Eng fish style.
 A series of basketball games be- tween the male teachers and the bus mess men has been arranged and will be played at the Y. NJ. c. A.
 Co. E. c. N. G.. celebrated its first anniversary with music. song, and speechmaking in the armory last night Capt. w. w. Bullen was in charge of the program. Guests in- cluded exit. Col. A. L. Thompson. a former captain of Co E.: Captain A. H. Griswold of Go. l, and Captain J. R. Andrews.
 No less than 750 persons will par ticipate in the monster production, "The New Britainites." at the Ly- ccum Friday and Saturday, although not more than 200 will appear on the stage at one time.
 A pupil in a local school today was asked how many aldermen there were in New Britain. He replied. "One." When asked who 1t was. he said, MT. Curtis"
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

in the study of the causes that make criminalA It is not. thers- fore. usual to, speak of detective as . criminologist. Q. What do the namn chiqutta and Juanita mean A. Chiquita is . Spanish name meaning little. Juanita is Span ish feminine of John meaning ''be- loved". . Q. Does the volstead Act per- init the representative of . foreign country to keep liquor in his resi- dence and carry 1t around with him in his car
 A. Foreign diplomatic officers can keep any amount of intoxt- eating beverage in their homes or offices or on their persons. because. by 8 well established principle of international law. the embassy or legation is considered foreign soil and diplomats have inviolate rights and privileges of their ofHice. plac- ing them beyond reach q the laws of the United States. 4s 0lCAHl SA0AOACs A. It is both visibls and in- visible at different stages. When water is subjected to the action of heat. 1t is converted into invisible steam gas. Az this passes into the air, it ts cooled and collects into small particles of water which are visible as a white cloud above the surface.
 Q. Is Italy a world power"? A. By reason of her available man power. natural resources. the number of her outlying dependen- cies. her domestic and foreign trades and her strong nationalism. Italy is conceded to be . world power.
 Q. What is the address of Anne Nichols. the author of "Abie's Irish Rose"?.
 A. :1o West 18th street. New York City.
 Q. When . male soloist has woman accompanist should he leave the platform first or permit her to precede him?
 A. Tho woman should leave hrst.
 Q. What is psychopath?
 A. One who, because of mental infirmities, is normally irresponsible.
 Q. How old is Alice White, the movie actress? How did she get in pictures
 A. She was born at Paterson, N. J., in 1910. She attended . con- vent school for six years later graduated from Hollywood high school. and took a course in stenog- raphy. She was holding . position as script clerk in one of the studios when she was selected to play ''The Sea Tiger" with Milton Sills. Other pictures in which she has appeared recently are 'The Mad Hour''. Gen tlemen Prefer Blondes. Harold Teen", and Show Girl"
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
ABSTENTEEISM

Up to now we thought that the late Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania had won the championship for being absent from Congress. Now we rath- CT think that Congressman Freeman of the second Connecticut district b entitled to some such championship belt. Having been absent or not vot- ing on 676 out of l,776 roll calls during the past ten years indicates he has been very delinquent con- gressman. He deserves to get licked. He will do Middletown just as much good by remaining at home.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

of them had around 90. In addition. salaries have more than doubled. In the time of Haydn and Mozart an orchestra of 30 was considered mighty fine and fully capable Of meeting the requirements of these great masters.
 Nowadays the symphony orches- tras have become so extraordinarily large that in spite of our boasted wealth all find it impossible to pay expenses even if all the seats to all of a seasons concerts are filled which Is usually the case with the bis orchestras. The Boston Sym phony. facing a brilliant season with all reserved seats sold. blandly an- nounced in the first concert program that the years deficit probably would be s1S5.o0o.
 Let some fortunate orchestra get through . season without shaking down the guarantors for a deficit and probably 20 additional musicians would be added the following season, and the conductors salary would simply have to be raised. Deficits arc normal static with the big or chestras because they have grown to unnecessarily large proportions. There is a spirited competition in size between the orchestras repre- senting the big cities. It would pain Boston greatly to see the Philadel- phia rivals have ten more men: and Philadelphia would be deeply morti- fled if the leading New York orches- tra were bigger. Somebody must pay the piper under such conditions. and 1t cannot be the public. which is al- ready doing all it can by filling the halls at each performance.
 Some day a great orchestra of 30 men will be developed: and 1t will not be bothered with deficits.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

You can gaG an auswer to any question of fact or Information by writing to the Questic. Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. lS33 New York avenue. Washington, D. C., snclot tns two cents ID stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot bs given. nor can sx. tended research b. undertaken. Al other questions will receive . per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are con. dential.-Tditor.
 c. For what oftense was o. Henry, the writer. put in prison?
 A. Alphonso Smith. the bios- rapher of Sidney Porter co. Henry). says that he was charged with em- bezzltng funds from the bank of which he was cashier. He says that banks in the west were loosely managed in former years. and offi- cials frequently borrowed its funds without leaving receipts for what they had taken. Porter may not have been guilty at all. Dr. Smith believes 1t was men "higher up" with whom the blame rested. But Porter was summoned to trial. While waiting at night at railroad junction for train, another train came through. and Porter. with his rowing spirit stirring him to ad- venture. took it to New Orleans. where he got boat to Central America. He lived there in hiding for . long time. Later he came back. gave himself up and received a prison sentence. which he served. It was shortened on account of good behavior.
 Q. Would apple sauce be classed az a fruit
 A. An apple is botanically . fruit. Apple sauce would then be chased as "stewed fruit".
 Q. Who played the part of the sheriff in 'The Vanishing Pioneer, in which Jack Holt starred
 A. Fred kohler.
 Q. How many stories high is the Woolworth building in New York and what did 1t cost?
 A. It is 60 stories high. The cost, including the site, was ap- 14 million dollars.
 0. What was Gene Tunney's share of the receipts at the Chicago fight with Jack Dempsey in Septem- Der 1897?
 A. Approximately 3990.ooo.
 0. Is the Vatican represented officially at Washington. D. C., by an ambassador?
 ! A. No. There is papal nuncio in Washington but he has no official standing in the diplomatic corps and is not authorized to deal directly with the United States government.
 Q. It it proper to speak of q detective as & "criminologist"
 A. Criminology is the scientific study and doctrine of crime and criminals and criminologist is one who is adept in that science. The term is not ordinarily applied to de- tectives but to those who specialize
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
COINCIDENCE

Vagaries of typographical make up often cause considerable em- barrassment in newspaper office. but last night there occurred one of those accidents which must have occasioned more than one good laugh about the city. It certainly gave us an opportunity for a smile.
 Here is what happened to two items, one from . reporter. another from an advertiser. They came in at different times and went through the mechanical mill finally appearing as follows:
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
Observations On He Weutkey

Washington, Oct. 30.-Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy tonight: Wednesday increas- ing cloudiness and warmer: gentle east shifting to moderate southwest winds on Wednesday.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight: Wednesday increasing cloudiness and warmer; east, shifting to moderate southwest winds on Wednesday.
 Conditions: The center of the area of high pressure extends from the central planes states eastward to
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
THE STOWAWAY

There gre various ways to attain fame. and one way is to become . stowaway on a dirieible crossing the Atlantic. The l7-year-old lad who got aboard the Graf Zeppelin on its re- turn trip over the Atlantic must have in his blood the fire of adventure. He'll get the thrill of his young life. and pop and ma, worrying about him under tho parental roof. might aa well be resigned to cabeling him enough money to return to America; unless the lad himself earns enough by writing about the trip, which seems probable.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

New England. II caussA Isver tempsFatures ssneraily 'thrsughest the nsethern districts eaAt 1.ef the plaias statea Heavy te killins frests and freezing temperatures hava ovesaprea4 the Ohio valley a1d north Atlantic stateA SAaps Se- calities in upper New York stats and northern New England rsppeted minimum tsmpsraturss as lew As. ll degrees. Rains continue In pegtioos of the southern states fron nesthern Louisiana westward over northeFn Texas and Oklahoma into New Mexico. A long trough of low pres sure prevails over the Rocky noun tain districts.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by increasing cloudiness with slowly rising tenn peratureA
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

One thing about the Boston Sym phony Orchestra must be good. With Serge Kussevitzky conducting it can make more noise than ten jazz or chestras and do it more artistically. Herr Kussevitzky believes it is a conductors bounden duty to try out of how 1t affects an audience. and has given notice he doesn't intend to stand still in this world. That
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
Our Husband!

Our Husband3
 Little Johnny's mother had died when he was a tiny baby and he and his father had made their home with MT. and MrA Martin since the sad event. n. Johnny had learned to address Mrs. Martin as Mother" but as his father was living he called Mir Martin Bill"
 One day an inauisitive stranger wanted to know why he called Mrs. Martin "Mother" while MT. Martin was just Bill"
 "Why. you see." explained the little fellow ingeniously, "she is my mother, and Daddy is our daddy. Bill is our husband"
 Il. C. Henderson
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
THE HUGE REGISTRATION

How to handle the astonishing in- crease in voters is . problem con- fronting the election officials. Re- ports are current that the voting machines may be unable to handle the large crowds seeking to use them. In this city no paper ballots have been added for purposes of emergency. It would seem reasonable that this be done. Many other cities have adopted this method of meeting the overflow. No chances should be taken in this city.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
Fl. S. TRACK SQUAD OUT

The High school track squad un- der the direction of Coach Lionel Depot will hold its regular Tuesday night cross-country run this after noon after school. This will be the sixth run of the season over the regular course which leads through Willow Brook park. Because of the rain week ago today. the runners held their practice in the boys gym. Mir. Depot has large group this fall freshmen being in the majority.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
Twenty Assisted to
 Safety in Meriden Fire

Mcr.dcn, Oct. 3N P)-Twenty per- sons were assisted 10 safety. nearly overcome by smoke, during fire which caused estimated damage of $25,000 to the Morse and Cook build ing in the center of the city late last night. The blaze fought by the control an hour after the first two alarms were sounded.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

It appears that all the Negro newspapers are out for Smith. Color- ed citizens. it is clear. could stand for almost anything except the com bination of the ku Klux and the party of Lincoln. They still love Lin- coin but are out to klub the klux.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

The average American still knows more about how an automobile motor works than he does about the nefarious issues in this campaign. He at least sticks to the practical.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

If the next president would have imagination enough to appoint somebody like Will Rogers as his secretary then the statements from the White House would be worth reading for a change.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

The presidential candidate who speaks to 10000. 900 people at $1.66 a word is never in a mood to admit that silence is golden.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
THE BALLAD OF MODEST JOHN

THE hAAlAAD OE NOOC0A OoaN
 By Everett A. Minnerley John smilax is . modest youth As e'er the sun shines on: So modest that t is only truth To call him Modest John." John. in tn. literary game. Ne'er overlooks . bet. And shyly works his ltt'ry snap For ev'ry cent that's in 1t. The calcium beats upon his brow, Its fierce white light upsets him. John tries to dodge it-but. some-
 how.
 The limelight always gets him. Publicity has always nagged
 This youth 70 void of craft, And now hear he has been
 dragged
 Into the lecture graft! Perhaps this modest youth you know.
 Who says. with streaming eyes: "Yes, print my picture. sir-but, oh! l hate to advertise" His sigh of deep distress hear. The rattle of his chains. He can but wipe a salty tear
 And salt away his gains. His publishers a man of guile,
 Remarks: "Oh. yes. Johns shy" And then he smiles sordid mile And winks the other eye!
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

sheen.
 Ons'of my ''ss. crsts" b n ere cleanliness. The fascinating Eow cones from the regular uss & my liquid Wave and Sheen.
 I shampoo my hair once . week U n d . r ordi- nary circ u m- stances. After 1t
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
ITCHING, ANNOYING
 SKIN TEMPTATIONS

When applied as directed. Zsms effectively and quickly stops itching and relieves Skin Irritation sueh e Ecsema, Pimplss, Rashes. p4ndFu3 and ChaAng. zemo psnetTateA cleanses and soothes the skin. It | | clean. depAndable healing liquid. convenient to uss any time. Stss soc and e1.0e.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

The five-cent cigar is back, but let a mans wife do the buying and she can find some selling two for c nickel, no matter if it does take half a days time to locate them.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

Some of these people who advo- cate killing the feeble-minded re- veal an unwarranted conceit.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

George Simons of 1412 East street complained to the police today that . dog killed 20 chickens last night.
 Home made chicken pie supper tl. First Cong. Church. Tues. 6 p. m. -advt.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

An opera star with $70,000 in jewels was robbed in her hotel. 50 the story runs. In such case an ex- tra cipher or 70 makes no difference.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

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 eeshslsshsNeday drics comb tt and apply Wave and Sheen. Then I place my combs in the direction I wish the waves. (My hair is not curly.)
 You can get Wave and, Sheen at any toilet counter. The price is 7b cents. Your money refunded If you are not pleased with results.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
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And No Shortage, FQaksl Now furnacs-starting time is here And each of us becomes . stoker. Let's start our furnaces. with cheer The fuel used by every joker!
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

And we notice that the coal deal- ers have taken renewed heart and have less spare time to argue poli- tics.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

A divorce suit isn't like others It's the seamy side that attracts at- tention.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

Pose is that gift of heaven which keeps you from feelings idiotic when friend wife mothers you in public.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30
PROHIBITION IN THE FUTURE

PROHIBITION IN THE FUTURE
 Reflecting on the outlook after November $. regardless of who Is elected, the Baltimore Sun opines that future discussion cf prohibition ts likely to be on higher and more sensible plane" If true. th,s is not only important but will mean prog ress in the nation.
 If 1t is ever to be settled" re- marks the paper, excitement can come about only through some sort of accord among those who see that there are two sides to the question. and who do not think that every- body who disagrees with them Is fool, 2 bad citizen, a fanatic or an old soak. Unfortunately. for a de- cade or more such moderates have been submerged"
 In other words. the fanatics on either side o{ the prohibition ques- ton will be expected to get down to fundamental facts and apply logic and common sense. It is our opinion that the more the present mockery is debated the more the average ctti. zen will come to the conclusion that nothing could be worse and some plans would be vastly superior.
 Such . deep dry as Senator Norris, who is supporting Governor Smith. finds nothing in the New York gov- ernor's, attitude to harm genuine temperance. Listen to his words:
 ". If there should be an honest effort made to enforce the law. and full and fair effort should demonstrate that some change should be made, in that event l would be willing to listen to what best could be found to better condi- tions.
 That Is the pledge of Governor Smith. am in accord with him on that because in my honest belief. and it Ia based on wide experience. . re- peal of the amendment would be no worae than the unholy m0ckery of prohibition enforcement as We have had it Np to pow."
 Senator Norris used to be regarded asa fanatical dry: he still is dry. But'lik millions, of other drys he has come to the conclusion that the present situation is a national blight and that an improvement is not only possible but should be made. Senator Norris refuses any longer to dodge tho facta The 18th Amendment and the Volstead act went into effect on January 16. 1920, and it has had sufficient time to show whether it is . noble or an ignoble experiment. Regardless of sentiment that originally prevailed in favor of such action, there is now a widespread be- lief that . mistake has been made somewhere and the people are justi- ned in yielding . more critical atti- tude toward the question. This atti- tude will continue and is due to in- crease rather than decrease. The momentum to solve this problem with . logical application of com mon sense is gaining rapidly and the result of the election is bound to accelerate it. The question will not down until it is solved right. We may have a few more years of tomfoolery and political humbuggery about it, but ultimately the recoil from pres ent conditions is sure to result in definite action looking toward i'm provement. Either that or complete nullification probably will insure.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

Modernism in literature: The building of a great machine to lift a small stone and expose the bugs beneath it.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

Still, 1t might be worse. Think how the courts would be submerged if all of US got our deserts.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

A dry candidate confronted by the prohibition issue is like the Graf Zeppelin lodging a storm.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-30

Life isn't cheap. Of course the killer gets only a few hundred dol- lars, but it costs society about $50.- 900 to acquit him.