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New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
THE NIGHT CLUBS

The report of the Committee Of
IA regarding conditions in the night
clubs and certain types OF speak
easies in the metropolis includes Il
statement that vice conditions now
are worse than they were 20 years
ago, worse even than In the days
Of the old Ra'nes law hotels. which
operated on go-as-you-please plan.
1t is distressing to all well-wishers
of social improvement if this report
should be accurate.
A feature of the night clubs that
is not greatly stressed seems to be
their method of subtracting large
sums from patrons. this according
to all reports, being done on the
holdup plan. Not only is food and
drink sold at unconscionable rates,
but in many of the clubs if not all
of them there is no menu card or
bill of fare in sight. and when a
patron orders wine" he gets
champagne, which costs many times
more: when he orders connections
under the impression they are to
cost any liberal sum he finds they
Invariably cost him four to five
times what he expected. The girls,
or hostesses, are expected to lure
him into as liberal a frame of mind
as circumstances warrant. Member
ship fees. cover charges and what
not help to raise the cost to Gus
toners to dizzy heights. and those
who haven't enough money with
them to pay their bills before leav-
ing can leave checks. 1t is holdup
game Of amazing proportions. II
only wealthy spenders called no.
body would complain. perhaps: but
out of the thousands OF transients
in town all the time are recruited
the ajority of customers. victims
who are anxious to try anything
once.
IT is for this reason that scarcely
anyone sympathizes with the NIGH
| clubs when they run afoul Of tbs
law. Unlike legitimate enterprises
! their ex-customers, an army of mer
| throughout the country, are theil
! greatest enemies.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

The electoral college is one of
those things which have come to us
from the days Of idealism. Accord
ing to its electoral system, the Vot-
er does not vote for the presidential
candidates directly. but for the
representatives from the various
states in the electoral college. 1t is
lucky that the electoral college gen
tlemen do not have a sort of polit-
ical convention after the election is
over in order to determine who is
elected and listen to some hot
speeches.
The only way TO do away with the
electt raj college is to bring about a
constitutional amendment to that
effect. This isn't being attempted.
perhaps because the politicians are
too busy looking for issues that
won't hurt anyone's feelings. per
haps some of which are mon con-
troversial."
Should the coming election be
close And should it happen that the
candidate getting the ma jority vote
should happen TO land a minority
vote in the electoral college, then
something might cventuate about
the decripit e. C. The American
people would be numbskulls indeed
IL they cared to continue a system
which gave the minority candidate
the presidency.
To discover how easy this can
! happen it is only necessary to re-
view the popular vote for President
during recent elections and compare
the relative differences between the
party totals with the votes obtained
in the electoral college.
In 1874 Coolidge received pupu-
lar vote of 15,,25.o16. while Davis
got total of S.3SG. 5o3. That is Il
say the Republicans polled les.
than double the votes garnered b,
the Democrats. In the 1924 electora
college. however, the Republican
landed %S2 votes while the Demo
Gratis got only 1886. In other words
the Republicans got more thar
college as their opponents-mor'
than . IL times the Democratic
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
COMPLETING THE SCHOOL

1t is imperative that ways and
means" be found to complete the
Israel Putnum school so that it be
ready for occupancy in the fall.
This is the school, it Will be remem-
bered, which was damaged by fire
earlier in the year and for which
the School Board received $4,000
in insurance money. which at the
time was deemed more than suf-
ficient to reconstruct the school.
Now for several weeks no work has
been done on the building because
there has been no money on hand
for the purpose.
The Board Of Finance and Taxa
ton and the School Board will con-
fer tonight and it is to be hoped
that Chairman Hall and his col
leagues will find way to provide
money with which to complete the
building. AS everyone knows. the
800 insurance money was plac-
ed In the general fund" of the
school department and expended for
other things regarded as more press
ing than the reconstruction Of the
school. The School Board has made
a candid explanation and has given
reasons to justify its action. That
water having passed over the dam
we have no desire to refer to it
again and accept the boards reason
with grace. All Of which. however,
does not help to reconstruct a
school building that needs 1t II the
residents in that part Of the city are
to be served with satisfactory school
accommodations this fall.
The Hall committee being on the
job In this matter it Is likely that
something definite will accrue
quickly. There should be no need for
further delay.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
4 PARK IN PLAINVuLE

Plainville has an opportunity to
acquire park of nearly so acres
and should accept the opportunity
with alacrity. The offer of Charles
H. Norton to give the ground TO the
town is one of those rare strokes Of
CIVIC philanthropy which no town
can afford to pass by.
There seems TO be only one objec-
ton to acceptance of the gift in
Plainyille 1t is being said by a few
residents that the ground is some
thing OF swamp part Of the time,
What of it? 1t is the future as
well as the present that plainville is
in duty bound to consider. The
ground, no matter how swampy it
may be sometimes, can be made
permanently dry through proper
drainage. This would be simple
and com paratively cheap in view OF
the end sought
Plainville is due 10 grow rapidly.
It is Just finding itself as an I'M
portant point between New Britain
and Bristol II Plainyille makes the
mistake o, not accepting the park
Offer il viii bitterly rue Its lack OF
foresight IN the years to come. and
future generations will indulge in
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
FIT WE'RE ALWAYS HOT

Whew. II it were always hot.
What q terrible life it would be. If
4 hot wave caused more people to
die from its effects than are killed
BY automobiles during the same
period, what a distressing outlook
for the race. As for physical comfort,
where could We find It? Maybe at
the seashore. or In the family tup'
but nowhere else. And OF course.
nobody could work under such con
ditions-recreation to lure cool
breezes would be the heighth OF all
ambitions.
Most Of the hot weather distress
il caused by our failure to dress for
the occasion. We wear clothing that
Il, first rate covering during the
majority of moderately cool days;
when the sixzlers come along We are
simply caught with too much on.
The men especially are victims or
overdrcssing What a hero is the
man who on day with the ther-
mometer boiling at 9o in the shade
can wear a collar and necktie, or
even 4 coat.
We could learn much. perhaps,
from the people who live In the
tropics-providcd, Of course, that We
had enough Of this hot stuff to
make 1t worth while to do as they
do, But it only lasts a short time.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
NOTABLE EX-SENATOR PASSES

George f. Chamberlain, former
Senator from Oregon, who has just
died, was the father of the selective
draft law" adopted during the war.
He held the important post OF
chairman of the Senate military
committee at the time the conflict
embroiled the United States and in
this position he was one of the
most influential and powerful men
in the nation.
Chamberlain, originally from
Mississippi became one of the
leaders of Oregon's political life long
before he entered the larger political
field in Washington. D. c. His rec
ord was particularly noteworthy be-
cause of the fact he was a Demo-
GRAFT Indeed, he was the only Demo-
crat ever named to the Senate by
the Republican legislature of Ore
gon.
His break with President Wilson
during the war was due to what
friends OF the senator termed his in
dependence of thought. His criticism
of the War Department in 1918,
when he said it has ceased to func-
ton" and his other serious criti-
cisms, could have no other result
than alternating the affection of the
War President from the indomitable
senator. Senator Chamberlain. al
though nominally still Democrat,
later supported Senator Lodges
reservations to the League of Ma
tons. His rift with Wilson was COM
plete. After the war he was APP
pointed to the Shipping Board by
President Harding, a CLOSE friend"
! The life of Chamberlain indicates
that as a Democrat he was quite
a good Republican in more ways
than one. This extended from the
days when Theodore Roosevelt aid
ed his political fortunes in Oregon
to his final political fortunes in
Washington.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
A STRICKEN TOWN

The town of Lee, Mass. $500
population, has more than 500 per
sons suffering from septic sore
throat. There have been twelve
deaths. Emergency measures
TO combat the epidemic Of sickness
have been taken; doctors and nurses
from near and far have hurried to
the town 70 succor the people,
And what caused this epidemic?
II has been definitely traced by the
health authorities to the milk sup
ply. A milk dealers helper, 30 the
story runs, was taken i'll two weeks
ago. Germs infected the milk and he
carried them about with him and
infected others. AS often happens.
the germs spread rapidly and
soon more people were getting i'll
than doctors could attend.
Still, there are those who think
the oversight of the milk supply Is
often overdone.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
HOWARD ELLIOTT

Fifteen years ago Howard Elliott
stepped into the presidency OF the
New Haven railroad and saved 1t
from the utter ruin that seemed
imminent. 1t was he who followed
up the disastrous regime of Mellen
and the latter's monopoly-inspired
friends and saved the railroad. He
checked the extravagances, put 1T
back on its feet sufficiently to allow
the building up process to COM
mence, slowly at first, but constant
ly better since that day. He saved
the railroad for its stockholders and
New England. Associated with him
were such men as Moorfield Storey
and Walter D. Hines, In 1918 a loan
of $40, 100000 was extracted from
the federal government. which was
one of the important turning points
in the New Haven's history from a
low estate to respecta bility. This
contrasts amusingly with the
claims of apologists for the Mellen
regime that the government ruined
the railroad, when as matter OF
fact the government, by loaning
$40, 100000, saved it.
The career of Elliott was climax
ed in his own New England, where
he proved to be the sort Of builder
the Northeastern states sorely need
ed
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10

You can get m answer to any
question Of fact or information by
writing to the Question Editor. New
Britain Herald. Warrington Bureau.
1873 New York avenue, Warrington.
D. c.. enclosing two cents in stamps
for reply. Medical, legal and marital
advice cannot be given. nor can e.
tended research b undertaken. All
other question: will receive 4 per-
sonai reply. Unsigned requests can
not be answered. All letters are con-
DISQUALIFICATION.
@. what kind Of motors was the
Friendship plane used by Miss Ear
hart equipped7
A. 1t was powered With three
Wright Whirlwind motors like the
one in Col. Lindbergh's plane.
@. How tall IL President Coo
lidge?
A. feet 10 inches.
@. What are the duties Of 4 pur-
ser on = steamship? IL experience
required for the position! What
IL the salary!
A. The purser II the officer who
has charge Of the accounts. pro-
visions, pay roll, ETC.. OF . vessel and
the care OF the passengers. His
duties vary according to the size
and kind Of ship. A. . rule pur-
sers are required to have had office
experience with . steamship agency
thereby gaining = knowledge Of
cargo and ship Documents. They
are usually sent ON trips hrst - as
sistant purssrs. The salaries range
from $50 to Si7t = month for an
! experiences man and 800 to sl?5
for Assistants.
@. 10 Pauline Frederick still in
the movies?
A. Pauline Frederick has refused
to accept secondary roles and ID
seldom seen an the screen In
America. She has been appearing
on tho London stage and screen.
Her last picture In this country was
"Josselyn's Wife" made between
appearances on the legitimate stage
In Los Angeles, where she was play
ing the title role In Madame X" in
1926:
@. What II the value Of a
Columbian half dollar dater 1852?
4. Fifty cents only.
G. OF what religious faith is the
Mayor Of New York city:
A. Mayor James Walker il \
! Roman Catholic.
q. How long does It take quail
Eegss to hatch1
A. From ~ to ~ days; 20 days
ia a fair average.
9. How should the plant wan
dsring Jew" be cared for?
A. 1t does not need much care.
1t should be pottsd in = pot large
enough 20 that the roots are not
crowded. snd good garden soil
should BE- used. It should be
watered regularly and kept In =
sunny place. 1t will grow nicely
without any further attention.
@. How old is a racoon before II
becomes mature and able to repro
duce?
| A. A racoon born one spring
becomes mature and productive the
next spring.
I Q. How much peat land 10 there
In the United States? Where Is II
located?
A. 1t 10 estimated that there aFe
more than 1900 square miles o.
swamp land in the United STATED
containing peat boys Of good quality
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
IS Nedrs Ago Today

Because OF the many holidays
lately work has been piliug UP in
the factories. and some Of them may
have to work overtime to catch pp.
The Corbin Screw plant worked sat-
urday afternoon.
Frank H. Johnston, president Of
the City Coal and Wood Co, ac-
companied by his wife and son, will
sail for England on Friday, July -.
They will remain abroad during the
summer, visiting in England. Scot
land. Ireland and France.
Justice Ryder In Plainvilla u try
Ing an unusual case regarding .
plank bridge over q stream. A man
cartinE wood over the stream found
the plank missing and was held up
IN his work for four days, 20 he sued
for $50 and the cost OF the plank.
BY order Of G. J. Parker, the la
dies In the employ of the Parker
Shirt Co. wereseryed With Lemonade
yesterday afternoon.
The Central Labor union 10 being
urged by Waterbury and Bridgeport
strikers to declare 4 union ban On
the trolley company here. The To-
cal organizers. however. do net want
to involve New Britain in the trev-
bles through which her sister cities
have been passing for the past
months. They further fear that II
such = ban should prove rather un-
successful the prestige Of the union
would be considerably lowered.
Chief Rawlings has been warned
to be on the lookout for william
Rudolph. the Missouri Kid" Z dss.
perate and heavily armed criminal.
There was less sale Of beer Sunday
than In the past but the recent retds
had not quite succeeded In making
the city dry" It II thought that
the campaign against the eunday
sale Of liquors Ut amusement resorts
will be made permanent. ana tbs
county commissioners are said IA
be back Of it.
The Boardman team Of Hartford
put UP the worst exhibition Of the
season here yesterday. showed little
evidence Of knowing anything about
baseball, and lost to the Barrett's
New Britains by sos.
n. c. Merwin passed Sunday At
Woodmont.
The interior Of the Berlin Cen.
gregational church will be repaired
and improved this summer.
Because Pope Leo XIII u beyond
hope of recovery, prayers were ef-
Tered at st. Mays church svaAay
that the pontiR have Z happy death.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
w. c. 7. L. Says Hoover
Will Win Election

Evanston. ILL.,, July 10 ~ - a
statement issued from national
headquarters of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union today
said that Herbert Hoover could los
most of the east and still be elected
president next November.
The republican nominee might
be defeated in New York. Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts, Connecticut
and New Jersey, and still win Il
ma jority OF the nations electoral
votes. the statement said.
Two or three wet neighbour Gods
in a state do not give the state 10
Tammany." the w. C. T. L. officers
asserted. citing figures to show that
CT wet" votes in congress came
from scattered districts in Is states.
The Temperance Union also de-
clared that women Of the middle
west are organizing almost entire
ly on an anti-Tammany basis
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
Observations
On The Weather

Washington, July l0.VForecast
for Southern New England: Mostly
cloudy, probably showers and thun-
der storms tonight or Wednesday,:
not much change In temperature;
moderate. possibly fresh south and
southwest winds.
Forecast for Eastern New York:
Partly cloudy with local thunder
showers tonight or Wednesday:
slightly cooler Wednesday In north
portion; moderate south to south
west winds.
Conditions: The disturbance of
the lake region is slowly moving
eastward but cloudy conditions have
advanced eastward to the coast dis
tricts and the showery area is pass
ing eastward over Central New York
state and Pennsylvania. Tempera-
lures are slightly lower In all dis
tricts east Of the Ohio valley. Con-
ditfons favor for this vicinity un-
settled weather and not much
change In temperature.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
THE RACES
BY Mike, the Niilkman

10y MINI, llC MIMI
Shnre OF wuz to tn horse races
one rainy day racently. Oh took Mrs.
Clancy along because 1t wuz mud
ders day. All iv tn seats were filled
so we had II grand stand on tn
grand stand. Whin OF wint to tn
races OF had big roll in NE pock-
ct an me head full iv systems fr
beatin' tn races but
Oh towld Maggie she would have
to walk home from TIL station. but
she shouted thot wuz impossible be-
cause she could hardly shtand on
her fate. Thot woman Knows her
bunions. So Oh had to tilliphone to
tn liver shtable an ask me boy Dem
mis- to come down wild his Mack
truck an take his mother home.
She always sits cormfitably in =
Mack truck.
TIL races were a fine lot. A foine
lot to lose yure money on. An OF
had ME trouble wild Maggie. Once
Oi said, 'Thot filly has foine fet-
locks" an she. havin' her eyes on
tn Society buds says. DO We name
tn fat wan in tn red hat? Listen to
me, Moike, In want We to kape yure
eyes above Anee level"
Thin after a whole she says "Oi
loike those two red heads in the
first row." an OF shouted They're
off, an she says "Moike, II they
are that way We have no roight to
shout it out SO thot ivrywan can
hear it. They look sane enough" OF
paid no attention to her but shouted
Neck an neck at tn quarter" OF
guess she didn't understand or
didn't hear me FIR she said "Phwat
roight have we to give thin quar-
ter FIR neckin'?" Thin she saw o.
wuz referrin' to tn hor-rse race.
OF bought Maggie glass "
orangeade an tn rain wuz drippin'
from her hat into her glass SO that
tn wan glass iv orangeade lasted
her tn whole afternoon!
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10

"
The principal deposits are In New
England and the NeFth Central
states and along both sea coasts.
Q. What does the term quixotic
signify?
A. Don Quixote IL 4 character in
a book by the Spanish writer Ger
vantes. Denoted 81 morbid and
chivalrous man lacking In common
sense. The term quixotic applies to
living persons having similar char
acteristfcs.
Q. What were the largest guns
used by the British and the Ger
mans in the naval battle of Jutland
In the world war?
4. The largest guns Of the
British fleet were the Is inch guns
OF the battleships Malaga. Valiant,
Barham, Warspite. Queen Elizabeth.
Royal Oak and Revenge. The
largest guns of the German fleet
were the - inch guns OF the battle
cruisers Derfflinger and Hindenburg
and the dreadnauEht Lutzow and
possibly the eight II inch guns of
the battle cruiser Salamis.
@. Do the COW bird and the
Coo Coo lay their eggs in the nests
Of other birds?
A. In North America the COW
bird, belonging to the blackbird
family, lays its eggs only In the
nests of other birds. In Europe
the Coo Coo has the same trait but
the American Coo Coo does not.
Q. Who played the leading fe-
male role in the motion picture
1.-THE Lunatic at Large?
A. Dorothy Mackaill.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
THE WIFE OF AN AVIATOR

ono of the country's most am
bilious aviators, who has flown
thousands Of miles and thinks of be-
ing transoceanic flier. has been
sued for divorce by his wife on the
score a married aviator has no bust
ness risking his life in stunt flights;
that il is the business Of such man
to think Of his wife and children.
Stunt flying may be all right for
single men, but not for the mar
ried variety.
We quite agree with the woman.
When married aviator is killed
as result of taking I'M
necessary risks it is the woman and
children who are left to suffer. Why
should a married man take his
bonds of matrimony lightly?
Being a commercial aviator. how
ever. as distinguished from being a
stunt flier. is nothing for a wife 10
divorce about. The British Air Min
istry has lust announced that during
1927. as during the two previous
years. not single passenger was
killed during %.45o commercial
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
no end OF criticism

Plainville need only to refer to
the park history of New Britain.
The hardware city would not have
had Walnut Hill park had it not
been for a gift. and at the time the
land was donated to the city there
no doubt were some citizens who
thought the town would really
never need the park, or who would
have preferred to see the land cut
up into building lots.
Now we've got the park and con-
slider it among our finest possess
sions.
Plainville has an opportunity to
so through the same delectable ex-
perience.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
THE MUSIC PIRATE!


BY Rosaline Greene
How shall We punish the Pirate
bold.
Who's not-like his namesake fear
ed of old
An cean-crackman In feathers and
gold,
With a skull-and- crossbones flag
unrolId,
But a wolf around the music-fold.
Who kidnaps peoples airs.
Sweet notes, not addressed to him,
he'll prig,
Opera, ballad, fox trots, jig;
He burgles composers little and big,
For their keys and bars cares not 4
fig,
And no musician spares.
Prepared and resolved such crimes
to STAY.
His Judge, in the grim black gown,
will say:
pirate. your doom's to be taken
away
To your prison cell and, on such I
day,
To be hanged with Common
Chord"
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
The mayors fish in Stanley Qual

The mayors fish in Stanley Quar-
ter pond by this time are quite nap
Nv. but they would be even happier
and the children who are taken 10
the park would come in increasing
numbers and enjoy themselves more
il there were ducks In the pond as
we'll, as is the case IN Merldeh anu
Hartford. Our duck program is
ducks in that pond and more
benches in all the parks.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
Insult = lAtsRyi

Felix: "What makes you - devD
on the little schooi-teachss you used
to run around withs ! thought you
liked her."
David: II used to. but we've
broke off,"
Felix: did she send you back
your letteHs?"
David: Eyes and not only that
She marked al the errors In spell
ing and gave me = grade OF 81 on
the whole bunch!"
Herman Fetzer
copyright. 1873. Reproduction
Ferbidden)
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10

The water trough at the Center
has had a steady stream OF Gus
toners lately. The hotter the at
mosphere the greater the pubic
thirst. Why doesn't the city PROVIDE
4 new and handsomer." likewise
more modern, water dlspensary' DIT
this point? The present outfit looks
rs If It were 400 years Old.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10

flights. Passengers carried were 49,
STA. The commercial aviators Jared
equally we'll.
Such record of air safety has
not been made in this country, but
it is time a start were made.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-10
Facts and Fancies

The whole world grows better.
You never hear a trained elocution-
list any more.
We can't help wishing Ananias
had lived to write at least one more
dog story for the popular maya
zines.
The thing that astonishes the
politicians is not what AL says, but
the fact that he says anything.
You'll never rise in the world
Just by sticking tight where yon
are. Look at the Pullman window.
The Latin inscription for Lou
vain doesn't matter, The kind of
people who might take it seriously
can't read Latin.