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iusters as sufficient. At least two locks
should control operation Of the car. In
their way. ignition locks are good but
to a shady car connoisseur they matter
little. II he does not possess key, he
may know where to obtain one. At any
rate, we need not mention how, practt-
cally all makes of ignition keys may be
gotten easily.
In the District. applicants for license
plates need not show evidence of car
ownership. Signatures are honored here
SIS documentary titles are elsewhere.
While the applications themselves are
scanned carefully. there still is loop
hole for fraudulent persons. Detective
Collins believes that the addresses OF
license applicants should be checked IN
the same way the domiciles of appli-
cants for operators permits are verified
namely. by having precinct policeman
visit the house and inquire for the per-
son. This would put Snag In the plans
of those who come In from surrounding
States and impose upon the District
| trust.
Another matter 10 consider is that. IN
the District, car ownership is secured
by a bill of sale In some States, GER
tiflcates of title are necessary. This
American Automobile Association cham
pions uniform certificate OF title that
will simplify legal practice and abolish
vast machinery of bookkeeping. Thomas
p. Henry, president, says;
The auto thief is still much in evil
dence. Experience has shown that a
uniform certificate of title law provid-
ing stricter safeguards around the sale
of cars has made the work of the pro-
fesSional thief more difficult Only about
half of our States have such law, and
until 1t is adopted uniformly the thief
will experience little difficulty In en-
gaging in interstate operations.
"Joy-riding" is a legal offense printed
I'm the Districts statute books. II APP
plies particularly 10 those persons who
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when the cabinet Is being closed. Some
thing that looks like lamp turns out
when the shade Ia removed~~to be a
bottle and six cordial glasses. II one
wants 10 know what o'clock II Is,
clockmaker whistles and tells the time
Here is man whose hobby costs him
nothing, His friends pick M trick toys
at home and abroad and give them TO
him. They are all over his apartment,
In the same rooms with the Lillian Rus
sell photographs and the bronze bust
of Ada Rehan from the old DAILY
Theater
pat Rooney Is the man who goes in
for can openers Hours when he Is not
working in the theater are often spent
strolling through those basement sec
tions OF stores where kitchen utensils
are sold. Always this customer wants
can openers. Dozens Of them hang IN
rows In his kitchen, like the rows OF
KEYS in Baldpate Inn. Whenever he
gives a present to friend there Is sure
10 be can opener In the package,
James Barry, another Vaudevillian, Is
the man who will go TO endless trouble
10 get the label of bottle and into MS
book whose pages of design and color
grow thicker with the years.
NHEN In public life have distinguished
precedent for The hobbies that
take them away from The world of
routine duties. George Washington had
his cows and crops President Coolidge
and Herbert Hoover are fishermen, Al
his home In Vermont Attorney General
Sargent amuses himself splitting rails.
doing carpentry and wood carving. Vice
President Dawes hobby is connected
with hotels that are run at oost~ln
Chicago and Boaton~~for men who
are down on their luck and hard~up
for money. Secretary OF the Treasury
Mellon collects paintings The King of
England collects stamps, the King OF
Italy, coins King Haakon OF Norway.
the tallest ruler In the world makes
snowshoes. Albert OF Belgium enter
taina himself ON sleepless nights by
working out intricate problems in
Euclid Alfonso ot Spain studies en-
cheering Queen Mary, like Lillian
LeitEel, the circus aerlnlist, ana MltAi'
the madcap actress, collects lace The
Queen Of Norway tinds amusement In
collecting press clippings which give
fictitious and inaccurate accounts oil
her activities. Resides being wood"
cutter, the former Kaiser has heonn,e
printer and hankbindef. The ser
mons he has been etving on Sunday
mornings To his household staff have
been done into handsome books by his
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would like To own any Of the mel
low old shrines whose soft age-dimmed
colors diffuse rather special atmos-
phere In a large high-ceilinged room
Of Fal.nie Hurst's home. Quite asde
from all the other stories she sees as
she goes about, this author reserves one
special lookout for affairs and furniture
trora ancient houses Of worship. That,
to her, Is the most vivid avocation In the
world. She explained 1t this way:
M collection of sacred furniture,
chiefly affairs, grows, / suppose, out of
an interest I heve long felt In the reli-
gious manifestations of races and ma
tons which have no mutual connections
save those OF emotional expression.
Affairs exist from the earliest times
among varied races Of people. They are
found In the remains Of Babylonlan
cities. Their form and usage varies on
down through Egypt. Palestine, Greece,
Rome, medieval Christianity,
In my collection are affairs for kneel-
ing, for burnt offering. affairs Of stone,
Of wood, Of marble and one tncrusted In
gold and silver. Classical altargs and
Christian affairs alike tell an eloquent
story of very special angle Of the emo
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Just So He Is CollectingBe 1t Can-Openers Crowns

For eccentriCity few can Guido the
hobby Of Lord f 1dolph Churchill, who
gathered the nersoual effects OF con-
demned criminals and was especially
I Id Of teeth taken from hanged men.
He is equaled however. by Nebraskan
who has access TO a penitentary out
there. All criminals, upon entering the
Jail. are shaved and the hair of the
famous ones. carefully indeXed and
labeled. may be found In the Neoras-
kan's collection,
A similarly gruesome assortment Is
that of q Connecticut man who has
amaSsed samples Of artificial legs OF
every kind. llI;trating the evolution
from peglegs like that Of Long JON"
Silver to the most perfect modern
mechanismS
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tionai life of the human race, The
most solemn oaihs In the history of
mankind have been spoken into the
timber OF affairs. Affairs have offered
refuge To criminal and 10 slave Men
and women have died gladly and In fine
frenzy upon them, and babes and
animals have been offered In the ecstacy
of sacrifices
AS relics, as symbols and as OBJ
iects of beauty, the affairs of various
times and places make fascinating
study"
For years triangular. friendly
rivalry that has been profitable TO
certain dealers has been carried on
by three New York men who can af-
ford the luxury OF expensive hobbies
They are David Belasoo, A. l., Err
LANCER and William Randolph Hearst.
Mr.. Belasco and Mr. Erlanger have
often been rivals for the possession Of
have fine collections. Both men own
Napoleon uniforms complete from
helmet 10 boots besides books, letters
and autographs Of The C0raican and his
coterie Mr. Hearst and Mr. Belaseo
occasionally bid against each other
for the ownership Of certain old~fash~
Toned, paper-coyercd song books con-
tanning ballads reminiscent Of time
when audiences we're patient ana
singers persistent faded old things
that once sold for 10 or 25 cents
find themselves exalted into exciting
and exotic treasures that are destined
To spend The rest Of their days III
some carefully tended cabinet, neigh
bors 10 the Hearst majolicas or the
Belasco jadea.
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NOBODY but their owner has any
idea Of the value Of Mi Be-
asc0s collection Of jades, crystals and
rogaries that have come 20 his studio
from all over the world and through
the centuries. The iades run mainly
TO elephants and they range IN size
from a fraction Of an inch to three
feet from trunk 10 tail There are
enough of them 10 guarantee GOOD
luck and to chase away the gobiins
from a good many lives. And OF
course, there are lamps. One Jade afld
erysts lamp In that collection h said
IN have cost alS 600 Cakinets 0f wine
and cordial glasses. mostly cOlored, are
outstanding achievements from the
e0nnoisseiIr's point of view There are
glasses IN that studio which are sup
posed 10 date back 10 King Soiomon'k
| time Their owner regards his ifehh~
ufek and wonders wing 50 many Of The
men and women Of his acquaintance
| ffnd n necessary ~ Ro To Europe epeFy
! year. He stays quietly at hons and
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BY SALLY MACDOUGALL.

TZHIS Il the time Of year when doc
tors 90 about telling listless peo-
Die that what they need is a
new interest In life. some re-
freshtng and amusing hobby
that yill take their minds of their work.
But q hobby IS expensive, the COM
planners complain.
That depends. Tia man whose hobby
A. collecting can openers has not spent
q fortune on IT, One who collects labels
from vine and cordial bottles and pastes
them IN a scrapbook rides an inexpen-
siee noobyh0rse through scenes Of some
hiIarity and comes away with what ne
considers the best part Of the party. An
unza tisfactory feature Of that sort OF
collecting Is that the other remain as
Indifferent 70 his labels as their
collector always Is toward the liquids
tins labels describe, And If one Is the
only connoisSeur of can openers IN the
woYld ORE misses certain keen edge OF
oeiigf1t which some collectors IND
sazrpened by the sense Of having won
cul over an acquisitive adversary.
Many an arr dealer. for example
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FREDERICK THE GREAT of Prus-
STA collected less permanent oddi-
ties for his potsdam Palace~-tall SOL
diers And before his time was the
mad" King of Bavaria who spent a
fortune on hats Of all ages and nations.
Even the stern and militariStic Kaiser
Wilhelm II had hobby, an asSort-
ment OF ties AMI Scarfs from all over
the world. from the humblest cotton
bows 10 the most costly Silken crayats
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THREE days later, the black car from
Detroit with Bumpty- Bump tires
and a homemade fender brace came
back. That detective knew his braces
Know your automobile, is a suggestion
every motoriSt might follow. And 1t
doesn't take long to get acquainted.
factory might turn out 10000 machines
daily and all look alike. yet each will
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The owner drew diagram of a fender
brace that for originality would make
a patent examiner lose sleep.
Fine business!" smiled the detec-
tive Nov can pick it out of mil
lion carloads"
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Nothing Too Humble Too Magnificent Be the Object of the Hoby-ders
Who Go About the World in Quest of Almost Everything

/ own hands In the old days he had
the worlds finest collection of uniforms
| Book collecting, of course Is one OF
| the best known and most expensive OF
all the hobbies that men and women
ride During the years from 1929 to
1881, the kindly vicar of Stratford-on-
Avon kept careful diary of events
And in numerous entries he casually
mentioned the name of the bad boy of
The village~~one William Shakespeare,
The other day. at a London auction.
this little book--the So-called Ward
Diary~~was purchased for $4,000
Rare coins and postage stamps too.
are priced at fabulous sums far beyond
their intrinsic value. One Of the ShrineS
of numismatiSts is the Bulgarian gov
ernment'S Sl5,0000 900 coin collection at
Sofia, where are housed specimens
minted In the time of Alexander the
Great and Philip II of Macedon. 400
BIC The hobby of stamp collecting has
developed into a science and big bust
ness, SO much so that the Soviet gov
eminent maintains a "philateliC trust"
for supplying collectors. The most val
liable stamp In the world Is said to be
a l-cent British Guiana issue of 1856.
the only one OF which In existence was
bought by Arthur Hind OF Utica, N, "
for $4,000 The value Of a stamp Is
often based on mistake In printing ar
cancellation which caused withdrawal
Of the particular type after a limited
number had been issued
RESIDES these more conventional
hobbies, there Is an unlimited
variety of things which men will seek
zealously over the face of the earth
For beauty" is a relative term, de-
pendent only on the fancy of the OBJ
server. j. +, Morgan, ST.. assembled
snuffhoxes enough to carry the worlds
supply of the powder for 10 years. Some
objects are priced not only for their
beauty or rarity. hui for their unique
history, and others for no reason except
the peculiar penehant OF the collector
King Constantine OF Greece was great
fancler of donrknohs. undoubtedly quite
useless and not particularly beautiful "a
most eyes So enthusiastic collector
was Constantine that his sister, Alexan-
dra, Princess OF Wales admonished him
when inviting him ia England
But II you do come please do not run
away with any of the handles from the
doors as the prince has the peculiar
taste nj nreferring door with handle
to one without"
The prince himself, however, was a
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collector, his speciality being canes, He
particularly priced two of them--one
made from pile Of the old London
Bridge, and the other cut from the
Bascovel Oak. which sheltered Charles
II in his fight after the Royalist defeat
In 1851.
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By DON GLAsSMAN.

w YAsHINGToNIANs collect 80
n per cent interest on one In
wv veStment--the police auto
squad Out of 4,l66 autos
New Britain herald., 1928-07-23
GIRLS CALL OUT FIREMEN
 THINKING IT "GREAT FUN''
Admit Sending in False Alarm to Sec Appartus Speed Through , Neighborhood.

Three girls. aged about 1s, have been rounded up by Sergeant P. J. o'Mara and admitted that one of them had rung the fire alarm from Box 317 at Bond and Clinton streets Friday night. while the others were present. They said they thought 1t would be great fun" to see the fire apparatus whiz through the neigh borhood but they did not consider the possibility that accidents might result
 They intended to ring the box at Broad and Booth streets but chang ed their plans and rang the other box, after which they ran to the veranda of a house on Bond street and witnessed the excitement attend ant on the false alarm A storekeep- CT told the fire department officials of seeing the trio near the box shortly before the alarm sounded and Sergeant OMara took up the clue and loctaed the miecreants.
 One of the girls. who recently be- came is years of age. has been in juvenile court number of times for petty thefts. according to the police Because of the girls youth. their cases will be handled by Miss Ruth Bristoll. juvenile probation officer.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-23
AUSTRIA WANTS ID JOIN THE GERMANS
Wish to Unite With Country
 They Formerly Loved

l Vienna. July 2S P-Throughou,
 the six days of ceremonies in honor
 of the noted composer Franz Schu-
 bert. one of the most dominant notes
 has been the expression Of senti-
 ment in favor of Austria's $ reunion
 with Germany, a hope which the
 peace treaties dissipated.
 The memory of the great musician
 became somewhat secondary in the
 face of repeated outbursts in favor
 of Germanic utilization, not only on the part of thousands of Germans. | visiting or residing in Austria, but ! among legions of Austrians who de-
 spair of Austria's poor international
 position.
 The most eloquent champion of this movement has been Paul Loe- be, president of the German reich
 stag, who represented the German people and government at the Schu-
 bert festivities.
 Want Annexation Two million Niennese today pro
 claimed spontaneously the wish for annexation by Germany" Dr. Loebc declared This is warning to for l elgners and opponents of reunion who must know that if Austria and Germany are two separate states, 1t
 IS due 10 their position Can you
 stine the instructive desires of 7o,- 100000 people This IS impossible
 Austria and Germany will be united Let us raise our glasses 10 the great German republic of the future, in cooperating not only e0,0oo,0 ,00O Ger
 mans, but 5000 900 Austrians. When we return home We will tell our peo- pie we have not been in a foreign country, for Austria is q fatherlanl to every German. land where we
 are one people, one race and one state"
 On Saturday q huge crowd Of per sons of Teutonic blood who packed themselves into and around the enormous singing hall of the Franz Schubert festival, took a vow to
 make the union of Austria and Ger
 many an accomplished fact political IS. ooluS Ol ldlle udsN, CulllIN ana
 customs already make the two unit cd socially, speakers asserted, Allies Absent
 Much adverse comment has been
 aroused in German circles by the apparently studied absence through out the ceremonies of representa- tlves of the allied powers. At a
 great state banquet last night only one foreign diplomat was present, the Japanese minister. although all the others had been invited. Last week the French minister called upon the Austrian foreign of fee and said that he had been in structed to stay away from Nienn1
 while the Schubert celebration was in progress because it was being turned into a demonstration in fa
 vor of an Austria Germanic union. project to which the French govern
 ment was firmly opposed.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-23
Cases Nolled by Death
 Of State POlicema,

Milford. July 23 F1The death of State Policeman Lloyd Eukers in Hartford Saturday removed the only witness in the cases of the state vs. John J. Gaffney and Clito who were charged with violating the liquor laws and both cases wore nolled by Judge Robert C. Stoddard in town court today.
 State Policeman Michael Smith was in court with several bottles containing the evidence which Euk- CTS had collected but he was not called on to testify nor was the evidence asked.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-23
BOzEk ARRESTED
 IN AUTO ACCIDENT Two Persons Are Slightly
 Injured ACCUSED FILLS STORY
Charles B. Wriqt Claimed By Death -Kenstngtor Splits Double Head er-Slight ACident on Farming ton Ayenue.-Triangles Win.

John Boze 2l of kenslngton was placed nder arrest yesterda, afternoon inMiddletown on a chars of reckless irving following an ac cident in which two persons wer' slightly iJured. The accident oc cured mar the Twin Bridges on thu Newf1eldroad
 Bozektold the police that he wa! driving north when he suddenly no ticed tvo cars abreast of each other near te bridge. He attempted tt stop wen they both stopped sudden ly butwas forced to turn left, where he sad a car operated by Mrs Louis Skelly of New Britain rar into i'm. The investigation of Off cer 1dward Hill brought evidenct to cntradict Bozek's story, however and he was arrested.
 Riding with Mrs. skelly were hel moner, Mrs. Katherine skelly, who was cut about the face and body and her brother Leo Skelly, who wal badly cut about the face. Both inj,red persons were treated in Mid dlaown and .aken to their homes in New. Britain.
 Charles B. Wright
 Charles B. Wright. 47. a resident of kensingtol, died Satu day after noon at his hene about 12:30 o'clock following sidness of several years
 Mir. Wright was employed as fore man in the American Paper Goods company for 30 years and was a member of th Berlin Congreg gation- al church. He was prominent in many fraternl organizations being affiliated witl the Harmony lodge Order of Msons of New Britain Mattabesett Court of Foresters, Sons and Daughters of Liberty. the Foreman's tub of the American Pa per Goods md an honorary member If the Remington Mems Lyceum.
 Besides lis wife he is survived by seven chilren. four daughters and three sons Vernah. Dorothy. Marion. Mrs. Johy Hart. Frank. William and Leroy. a.d a sister, Mrs. Burton eHH Ol NAOA ANCA.
 The rneral was held this after noon fpm the Kensington Congre- gations church at 1 o'clock. Rev. samue A. Fiske of the Berlin Son. gregstonal church officiated. A serv- ice VT the immediate family Wan held at the home at 3:30 o'clock. Bu,al was in the West Lane ceme- ter Kensington. with Masonic rites.
 The pail bearers were George E. Nrton and D. Goodwin. represent ig the Harmony lodge. Lewis Good rch and Walter Payne. representing he American Paper Goods Fore mans club and C. F. Lewis and Harry Taylor. representing the Ber- lin Foresters.
 Slight Accident
 A slight accident occurred yester- day on Pennington avenue when a small delivery truck driven by sczepan Nokiac of Rocky Hill hit a large truck operated by Harry Mar chion of 152 Oak street. New Brit ain.
 Local Church Member Dies
 Miss Jennie Scott. s3. of 47 Bid we'll avenue. East Hartford. died Sunday afternoon at the Hartford hospital. She was . member of the
New Britain herald., 1928-07-23
FOOTBALL PLAYER DIES

Haverhill, Mass. July 23 FA Vincent NJ. Connors, center on the Providence college football team for the last four seasons. died today at Boston hospital. where he had been a patient for several weeks. He was born in this city g years ago. and before entering college attended St, James high school here when he was prominent in athletics
New Britain herald., 1928-07-23
SWlth;ngton

| ktnslngton ..... 2O3 900 20X-7 Southington .. o1o 1o2 1oo-5
 Two base hit~Fontana, Sims Three base hit--Angelo. Home runs Standish. CD.
 Miss Madeline De Louery of Ken sington is spending the week in southington.
 John Pagan is spending two weeks in Detroit Mich.
 Miss Mary McGee and Miss Rose Fltzsimons are visiting at Norfolk for two weeks.
 Miss Viola Boardman has returned to her home on Worthinston ridge after visiting with Miss Marion Whitman.
 Wallace Preston spent yesterday as the guest of his aunt, Mrs Will liam Sheldon of Pennington avenue.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles E Pratt left for Maine Saturday accom- panied by Mrs. F. S. Damon.
 East Berlin Items
 East eBrlin was we'll represented at the Plainville Camp Grounds yes terday, large delegation attending the services. Those present from here were Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Bur green and son Charles. Mir. and Mrs. w. H. Payne and daughters Barba- "a and Mildred. Mir. and Mrs. Royal Morse and sons Royal and Robert, Mrs. Ida Morse. Miss Edith North rop and Miss Florence Clark, Mrs. A. A. Barnes and the Misses Mabelle and Winifred Barnes. Mrs. J. Rose Belden and Victor Belden. Miss Edith Cummings of Southington, a former resident of Beast Berlin was a visitor at the Middletown house yesterday
 The Wesleyans will attend the camp meeting at Plainville this evening leaving here about 6
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For sale or rent room bunga. low. Inquire H. J. Foiren. Clinton. IConn.-advt.
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Van Lear Black in Cairo.

CAIRO, Egypt, May 10 G1.--Van
Lear Black, Baltimore publisher. who Is
On 10000 mile air tgur Of South
Africa. the Far East and return, arrived
~ Cairo today from ELiun. on the
Egyptian coast