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The Washington times., 1928-12-24

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The Washington times., 1928-12-24
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The Washington times., 1928-12-24

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The Washington times., 1928-12-24

All offices at the Arlington Count
courthouse closed today at IL o'clock.
They will remain closed until
Wednesday morning at $40 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
FOURsQUARE TRIANGLE!


 knew that I was treading on dangerous ground-falilng in love with a married woman-with Made line Clarke-and me a married man! But from the moment we met in her eyes I read. fate
 How could we escape the unalter- able laws of Cupids misbehavior Jane had never understood, nor tried to understand me. Jack had never given Madeline the love and under standing that l gave to her.
 At first our love was only the yearning for each other. but that Was only the prelude. Gradually we began to see each other more often On the links, at the beach. and il led us on until finally Madeline would call me when Jack was away Love is like that. First a slow in- coming tide gradually changing to a torrent of it's helpless victims. And we thought our love was hidder | from the world!
 Then one evening was witf on a trip 10 Detroit but he wasn't he walked in.
 Well, l was getting ready to tel 1 the old world goodby. "Syd," Jack said in his colorles. way, Jane said for me to tell vol l that it was about time for you tt go home. Jane and l had a yer, | pleasant evening""
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
Observations On he Weofhey

Washington. Nov. c4.-Forecast for Southern New England: "a, creaslng Cloudiness with slowly r,s- ing temperature Saturday; probably light rain Saturday afternoon or night: Sunday generally fair and colder.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Cloudy and slightly warmer, prob ably light local rains in south and light rain or snow Hi northern DOT ton Saturday; sunday generally fair and colder
 Conditions: The dlsturbance that was central over Maine Thursday night has moved northeastward be yond Newfoundland and the north western disturbance has moved east outheastWard being central over southern Hudson Bay. Pressure re- mains high from Texas and Ar kansas eastward to the Atlantic coast
 The northern disturbance will continue to move rapidly east south eastward and It will likely he at, tended bt light precipitation Satur- day in the north Atlantic states. Otherwise generally fair weather will prevail Saturday and Sunday in New England Colder weather rllI again overspread the Atlantic statet by or, during funday
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
PAYNE WHITNEY,S ESTATE

Payne Whitney left scads of money to the New York public library, an institution which he also materially assisted" during his lifetime. He was different from Frank A. Munsey in this respect. It will be remembered that Munsey willed a large sum to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. whereas during his lifetime nobody had suspected he was interested in pictures. The Whitney record gives one the impression the late financier and sportsman was a stalwart friend of literature.
 Yet. when his estate was tabulat- ed. it was found that his private col lection of books was so insignificant that it was valued at only $15O. From this one gets the inevitable impression he was not much of a reading man. or that he preferred to do his reading in the public library.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
TIE OBSER YER Makes Random Observations On the City ano Its People
Children Must Pay Penalty While IT. s. DiSlNlte RageS

Children Must Pay Penalty While H. S. Dispute Rages Opinions expressed by antagonis- tic groups on the senior high school situation are interesting but until those opinions are harmonized or compromised tho children of New Britain will be the sufferers.
 The group which wants an addi- tion to the high school erected con sists of the, board of educatjop,.s a majority of the members of the finance and taxation commission and majoxity. ef the council nlenl- hers. Supporting them. sbHtN pssett- less to act,~ is- the state hos*d "2t education. which approseT-bt 'eh- larEing the. facilities at tha schpol by the construction of new bulh- irg.
 Opposing this group is another body consisting of the mayor, q minority group in the common coun- cil and a committee appointed by the mayor to survey the school situ- ation this city.
 Both cannot be right. Either may be right. But the point is that while these two factions are in conflict, children of high school age are .penalzed. An addition to the high school may be necessary. It may be more practical to erect high school i'll the north end. A stale- mate has been reached. Each side seems inflexible. But arguments lay no bricks. Get together.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
COACHES ON THE RAILROADS

It is day coach travel which has decreased on the railroads, while sleeping and parlor car travel has in- creased. That may be evidence that the people like an improved method of travel and are willing to pay for it: but it is also evidence that the competition of automobiles has af- fected day coach travel more gener- ously than any other type of rail travel.
 Revenues from passengers in day coaches has decreased from nearly $500, ,000, ,OOO in 1921 to little more than s5oo,oOO.O0O in 1927. Revenue from sleeping and parlor car travel during the same period has increas- ed from above s30o,00o, 900 to more than 100000.
 Putting it on a percentage basis. day coach travel has decreased Ss per cent, while sleeping car and parlor car traffic has increased 23 per cent.
 The other day we noted d train passing through New Britain which consisted of one day coach and one parlor car. We wonder how long ii will take the railroad to add 10 the gasoline coaches to take care of such slight traffic.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
THE FOOTBALL SEASON

With the big games today the football season comes practically to an end in the northern states except for | few games on Thanksgiving and next week. In the South. and notably in southern California. the boys continue playing until New Years; but that is none of our bus mess, Most teams in this climate suffer a general final defeat by the weather after this day. and then de- vote part of the winter in discussing what happened.
 New Britain high school today IS pitted against its old rivals in Hart ford The stage IS set for much ex- citement; there will be jolliflcatlon extraordinary in either Hartford or New Britain: if there is tie there will be publication in both cities. No, We are not wagering.
 The season so far has been characterized by the poor showing of both Yale and Harvard; Princeton, the other member of the Big Three, has done . little better. The rise Of Carnegie Tech to first line position, with no defeats. is perhaps the sen sation of the season. The defeat Of the Army by Notre Dame also was quite . morsel for discussion. It is of much interest to Connecticut to find Ken Strong. a West Haven boy. leading the point scorers.
 All of which refers to up to to- day" What will happen on this final clash day of the teams will take only a few hours to determine.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24

l, held up proceedings until wearied defense regained its breath.
 We remember another game of about 1918 or 1920 when Hartford was credited with . sweeping victory but when the game was really won by three New Britain sailors who completely vanquished tho Hartford police force and retired-in none too good orded. we admit-with much ot it's equipment. And it was only some three years ago that it took . ring of mounted policemen to keep the crowd off Memorial field-a ring co thick that the horses blocked the |s1ew of everyone and made the play CTS feaful that at any minute they might be brought down from the rear by an equine tackle.
 Between the halves tho rooters of the side which was ahead would attempt to bury the other team amid boisterous solemnity, and it took about Is seconds for the pieces of the broken coffin to be converted into clubs in the ensuing free-for-all.
 "Now you sit up in . numbered and-lettered seat in the stands and react perfunctorily to the demands of the cheer leaders. No one runs out on the field. for it wouldn't be gentlemanly and it might rip up the turf
 You come home with clothing whole and an undamaged face, but we doesn't carry as much personal implication and satisfaction as in the days when you stalked proudly into your house with collar gone. shirt torn to shreds, an eye blackened and really meant we when you said it."
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24

You can tell road hog in thea ter. His elbows occupy both arms of his seat.
 Enforcement makes progress, If only because nobody can feel digni- fled while drinking from fruit jar.
 Modern youth has fun. but it has nothing to compare with the ecstasy old-tmers get out Of Sweet Ade. line.
 If Ford's ancient village isn't fully equipped, We know where he can get a goli-capped goose quill toothpick for the banker. The closed car is an improvement in some ways, but the nick who feels devilish can't drape one leg over the front door. Correct this sentence: Its love and not vanity" said he that makes me urge my wife to dress better than other women." Copyright, 1928, Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
MANITOBA LIQUOR PROFITS.

The province of Manitoba in Can ada is in business, competing most etfectually with the bootlegging ln- dustry. During the last fiscal year profits from the liquor dispensing { department of the province were sl,S45.117 net. One-third of this sum was distributed to the municipalities: the remainder was retained by the province, Sales for the year totalled nearly $4,oO0,0oe.
 Now analyze the figures. They mean that the provincial government made a profit of around 20 per cent on the amount of liquor sold. Com- pare this with the enormous profits made by bootleggers in the United States. A bootlegger. it is said, con- the perils of having his caravan of liquor confiscated-not to mention the possibility of heavy fine and possibly imprsonment-can do business with less than 500 per cent profit.
 Critics of the Canadian system on this side of the boundary-that IS to say. the dry critics-claim that it does not eliminate bootleggers. Let reason rule. How can Canadian bootlegger compete with the gov ernment doing business with only 20 per cent profit? Not to mention the utter impossibility of competing with the government in quality.
 There may be some bootleggers in Canada; but an investigation usually discloses that they are there to. get their fists on some of the liquor for the American trade over the boundary.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
25 Fears Ago To-day

Score at end of first half: Army IS, Navy 5.
 The sewer commissioners have is- sued $50,000 more bonds, the money realized having been deposited in the National bank Because of the pan- icky tone of the market at present, the city received only q moderate premium.
 Eggs are rising in price. They now sell for 42 to 45 cents a dozen and may go to 50 cents. This is not due 10 any refusal on the part Of the hens 10 lay eggs, but is caused by an increased demand for them.
 The famous Winsow skate. No better quality of steel in any skate manufactured. Herbert l.. Mills advt.
 F. 1T. Johnston has decided to make his new building on Elm street three stories in hhlght instead ot one as planned. An office and store ments on the upper ones.
 Prelle scored nine goals and New Britain won on easy American has ketball league victory over Hartford at the Casino last night. 20 to 5.
 A hot game of hockey took place upon the pand near the Merwin Brick Co.'S yard yesterday afternoon between teams explained by the Brothers Mcrwln Clifford and Charles. Cliffs team included E,ddic Hart. Wilbur Corbin. Edward IrVmg. Ernest Christ, and II. ". reasu charlie's had William Hillard. Louis Rowe, James Powell. IT. II Wessell. and l.. w. relton. Chfford's team won by ] to
 The only recoGnlt,on the high school football team has received tor winning the state championship has been a banquet by James Curtin. father Of the captain Next year the schools will conduct the league and will keep the receipts SO as 10 have some money for such affairs as vic tory hanquets
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24

The biz issue at Muscle Shoals. however. remains the manufacture of power. The American Cyanamid Co. will be able to sell it's power to the southern power companies which in turn will transmit it over existing power lines to their con- sumers. It is a toss-up whether rates will be much lower than they are. Just because Muscle Shoals power will be surplus" will not mean that the companies are going to give it away as such. True, the govern- ment will regulate" the business; but experience has sa.swn that this does not necessarily Sssan rock bot tom rates.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
Local Opinion Divided On Merits of "TalkieS"

Local opinion regarding tho talk ies" which have been installed in one of the theaters recently. is divided. People heretofore accustomed to viewing picture in comparative si- lence, with the accompaniment of all organ and partly with an orchestra are wondering now. whether the
 'tallIie" is an advantage or & draw
 back.
 Some are inclined to think that the
 silent drama" should be all that the word silent" implies-a presentation
 of a play wherein it is left to the on- locker to use his or her ina agination tone of voice each character should
 possess. With the advent of the talk ing picture, the illusion died. they say while ofttimes it happens that
 voices of certain actors don't suit the character which they portray with the result that the onlooker is disillusioned having imagined that particular character with a different tone entirely.
 On the other hand. people who ap-
 prove of the "talkies" come back
 with retort that in time this fall acy will be corrected and intelligent voice culture will adapt properly ev-
 cry actor to the situation. On the whole. however. the group approving i the 'talkies" thinks it B great sd- | vance in the motion picture field | and predicts that in time the appa- | ratus will he so perfected III every i detail that the minutest noise or even
 sigh will be reproduced. Further [ more. followers of the movies" pre- 1 dict that the quality of the motion picture actor will improve-for the | better Feature players as well as the so- called "hoayies" will have to un- dergo special training of voice before
 they will be singled out for choice
 parts. The advent of the 'talkie"
 means the advent of a more intelli-
 gent type of player and the person
 with good voice delivery and legiti-
 mate stage training will have the preference. they claim.
 In general. local opinion seems to tend toward the approval of the 'talkies" and people begin to real lze that a picturc with proper musi- cal scores written to suit the typa of picture, and played by large con cert orchestras under the direction of able leaders. lends interest and gives the casual looker-on the op- portunity 70 view the pict ture in a
 more critical manner. and determine
 whether or not the player portrays the part satisfactorily,
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
FRANCEPREPAR|NG
 FOR OCEAN ROUTE
Already Planning Course for
 Aircraft to Follow

Erest, Nov. 2i. R}-France is al- ready making her plans for regular transatlantic air service. M. Laurent-E -Eynac, minister of air. and NJ. Charles Danielou, for mer minister and president of the chamber of deputies Navy commit tee. have studied together . scheme for making the port of Brest . great international air terminus for transatlantic lines.
 The new airport will be st Lam veoc- Poulmic. near Brest harbor. and will afford ample facilities for seaplanes as we'll as land planes. An agreement for improvement of this airport has been concluded be- tween the Brest chamber of com merce and the naval base authori- ties, both of which have donated the land.
 M. Danielou's plan includes ham, gars. repair shops. factories, a post office. hotels. barracks for the air port staf. and all that is necessary to make Brest. as NJ. Danielou ex- pressed it. the "Havre of transat- lantic air lines"
 One remarkable feature of the plan Is its provision for under ground hangars for the airpianes. M. Danielou's idea is to align the buildings in such manner as not to incommode the heaviest-iaden airplare in its take-off He thinks that underground hangars will best contribute to this end.
 A special liEht-house for airplanes is to be built on the summit of Le- cronan. which dominates at tho same time the line Ushant-1reland and the line to Lorient.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
FIDELITY SHOULD ! NOT BE EXPECTED
French Woman Gives Advice
 to Wives

Paris, Nov. q (UP)-Easler Ai- vorce and education of young French girls in the expectation that when they marry their husbands will not be constant to them are the astonishing antidotes suggested by the well known French woman law yer, Maitre Lucille Tinayre, for Frances marriage problems.
 She believes this would prove more efficacious than trial marri- ages
 Whether there is a trial marri- age or not, the husband in France would act as he most often does. be upfaithful sooner or later to his marriage vows" the handsome and intellectual Portia said in an inter view here. "The statistics are there to prove. Usually the cooling off cc- CUTS between the fifth and sixth year of marriage. Statistics show that 76 per cent of divorces occur then"
 Because of the too complicated nature of divorce laws which keep unhappy couples tied together who would rather be free. she would reform the legislation. Adjustment by making divorce more easy would allow of marriage failures being conveniently ended to be replaced by successful unions. she holds: higher standard of morality would result: while, crimes of passion and/ vengeance would probably also de- crease.
 Many of my colleagues of the French bar are with mo in believ- ing that in this way lies tho solution rather than the five years test which I understand is being advo- cated by some soclologists in Amer ica.
 We should still be conserving marriage, because people who are happily wed will remain so whether or not the bonds are made more easily broken.
 'As it is at present. one of . we'd ded couple can keep the other tied for twenty years. for life. simply by refusing to agree to 8 divorce. And when a husband or wife goes away with a third party and the offended party refuses to take action the lives of at least two persons are ruined. As well as making divorce easier. ] would tell girls the truth-that they should not expect . husband to re. main constant.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
Edwin Booths Salary Often $l5,OOO a Week

Edwin Booth, American stage idol Of 50 years ago. earned more per year than any two of Broadway's high priced stars today. if the dol lars he received are translated into 1928 values.
 Thus puncturing all illusions of record breaking salaries for modern stage stars, Sally MacDougall, au- thority on theatrical history. backs up her statements by cold figures from the 1S76-lSS0 account book of the famous Shakespearean actor in the Century Magazine.
 There is lot of excitement about the 5000 a week pay check of Cer- tain popular stars, she points out. But that would look like small po- tatoes to Edwin Booth who was ac- customed to Sl5,000 . week in modern dollars.
 AS a rule Booths contract called for 50 per cent of the gross receipts. sometimes more. Today 10 per cent of the gross is the top price for the most expensive players.
 In that golden era," 50 years ago, the preliminary expense for Booths elaborate production of Hamlet was only Sl,6l2oS. Expenses for the first week included Sl,902.75 for all sal- aries; $461.25 for advertising: SS75 for rent; S3S.46 for properties. The present average cost of pro- ducing drama in New York-money spent before the curtain rises-is about $20,000, she points out. The outlay for musical attractions may be nearer $20O,U00.
 The expenses of recent musical comedy for week included $15,142 for company salaries; $l.965 for front of the house salaries; $1,9OO for advertising: S3,oo0 for rent: $1.- TO for carpenters. These items help to account for the lessened per quisites of stardom.
 Booth would be surprised to find that his future has disclosed no actor who earns as much as he earned 30 years ago. He would mar vel that his income. transferred into today's dollars would seem a fantas- tic sum to our best paid stars. He would probably be glad he won his fame in the golden era.'
New Britain herald., 1928-11-24
SENSELESS ACTION

The U. $. State Department con- tinues to look upon Russian business missions to the United States with tishy eyes. evidently fearing they may bring boatloads of propaganda with them and inundate the country with pernicious doctrines. This nervousness once was considered quite justifiablo; but it seems rather late day to worry much about what every intelligent person long ago has discounted as entirely un- likely or impossible.
 he latest nervous twinge register ed is that two members of Rus sian business mission to the United states have been refused visas. They had extraordinary long names. and that must have contributed to the fright in the State Department. The mission was to negotiate with American automobile concerns for cooperation in. establishing branch plants in Russia. they wanted to buy S2n, ,000 900 worth of automobiles, too: they wanted 10 place large or ders in other industries perhaps in cluding the hardware industry: they intended 10 do business on quite a large scale and pay for what they bought.
 Some time ago the General Elec- tric Co. concluded deal involving s26. 000. 000 with the Russians and do not seem 10 be sorry for having re- ceived the business The electric con- cern was too slick for the State De- partment, having drummed up the business in Russia on its own hook, not needing any business missions, Other American concern have done likewise.
 i At time when some industrial plants are not breaking production records we think this Is no tune to be too skittish about selling goods to Russia or any other backward nation.