New Britain herald., 1928-02-25
THE OBSERVER-
Makes Random Observations On the City and lts People

A few stats elections in NovembsF, 1927. resulted in changes In vomen's legislative ranks in only four states, a new woman senator in Maine, two new members ia place of the former three women members in Nisaissip- pi; decrease of women representa- tives in New Jersey from nine te seven. and two women reelected and two new members in Virginia. West Virginia has the iirst negro woman member of any legislature in the couatry. Mrs. E. Howard Harper, republican. was appointed by the governor to succeed her late hus- band.
 Republicans more than double the number of democrats. The political representation of women on the 1928 rosters Is: republicans, Ss: dem- oerats. 34; no party designation. (; nonpsrtisan, 1; independent, l.
 The 1928 total is 8 slight gain over the 1927 record, when l24 wo- men answered the state legislative roll calls.
 New Britain sporting fans are be- coming not only sophisticated but also increasingly suspicious. No matter what the sport or what the result, they always so away from the scene of action with the explana- tien that it was lin the bag"
 The roller hockey team loses to Hartford in the Capital City and wins here. What does this show" say the fans, "That the games were in the bag M
 Meriden comes here and is also a trimming. Why not? The game was lin the bag"
 In basketball. the Atlas five of New Haven wins the first half of the season and then collapses before New Britain in 8 one-sided game which puts the locals ahead in the face fer the second half. Of course. it was lin the bag"
 When some over-pressagented fighter comes down here and promptly has his face made into 2 gob of dough, his collapse before Q less heralded native is easily ex- plained. The fight was lin the bag"
 Every decision from now on must have been prearranged. If Joe Glutz is arrested for beating up Tom Goofenheimer and the judge releas es him. we suppose the whole case was "in the bag"
 If the Iron Mnlders' union has fair weather for its picnic and rain drowns the outing of the United Or- der of Zebras, the meteorological must have been "in the bag"
 It is never box, a bale, trunk, a car, or even casket, It is always a bag"
 Now. let's settle things once and for all
 Let's offer a reward of 31oo and a free pass 10 the public works tn- committees hearings to that person. male or female: black. white, brown, yellow or red; dead or alive, who can produce "the bag"
 Whatever has been said disparag- ing to the girls of today, 1t cannot be denied that their manners in pub. lie conyeyances sometipe deserv. commendatton. They may speak in a loud tone and give saucy eye to males on the buses, for example, but they are quick to rise to then feet and offer their seats to elderly or infirm passengers.
 The Observer has noticed this mark of consideration for others on several occasions and can speak fav- orably for the girls on the Arch street buses, at least. Sometimes the young ladies have put to shame male riders who try to slump down with guilty consciences behind newspapers or hide a pound Of cof- fee in their laps. There, is no osen- tation about the fact. If an elderly woman, or man for that matter. en- ters the bus, some girl usually rises and offers a seat. This little courtesy means little to the girl, perhaps but it is greatly appreciated by the wo- man who has zpent hours shopping or by the man whose back is bent with the labor of the day. If it hap pened only in isolated instances, there would hardly be room for comment. But the practice is grow ing and 1t is not uncommon to see d girl get up and proffer the com fort of her seat to someone else. And for this evidence that the fair sex is not becoming hard, the world is grateful because the world, after all, likes womenly women.