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New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Just as a baseball team in a world series can win after being eight runs behind, so a team can win the series after having won only one game out Of four played. But this is not hint ing this will happen. The As have the edge.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
SECOND THOUGHTS OF AN
 OFFICE, MANAGER

By Herbert J. Clarkson Dark eyed maiden, smiling. pouting, Fitting in and out my door, Bringing dabs of correspondence That you should have brought be-
 fore.
 All your faults in punctuation All the duties that you Shirk Lead me to the sad conclusion That your minds not on your
 work.
 In yorrr pretty head come crowding Rosy dreams: and l can see That you'd fain give up diCtation And go housekeeping with me. But my years have made mo wary; Honeymoons are quickly spent; IridesCent bubbles vanish,
 Then come butchers bill and rent Would I toss away my freedom, Tie myself to you for good, Kiss goodbye to my independence? Well, on second thought, l would.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
Martin-Rivers Wedding
 Takes Place Tomorrow

At o'clock tomorrow, Miss Alice Rivers, daughter of Mrs. George Riv- CTS of 35 Dwight street will become the bride of Robert Martin. son of Mir and Mrs. Frank Martin of Maple Hill, at St. John the Evangelist church. Rev. Thomas L. Laden will OffiCiatc.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation

The A. B. C. Is a national organization which furnishes newspapers and adreT- tfsers with a strictly honest analysis cf circulation. our circulation statistics gre based upon this audit. This insures pro- lection against fraud In newspaper dis tribuuon figures to both national and local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE

Blake: Quite a difference be- tween the oId-fashioned barn and the present garage. eh"" Hanson: Not so much; the gar age contains little more expensive junk, that's all.'
 Eugene Shaftcr.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
SCHOOLERS LEAVE CITY

MT and Mrs. Nathan Schooler and daugher, Ruth Gilda, have left for Mount Verncn, N. Y. where they will make their future home. Mir. Schooler, who was formerly connected with the engineering de- partment of the Hart & Hutchinson American Steel Furniture Co. o1 New York.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
WHY WORRyo

Park Policeman: Great Scott, grille, while we've been talking someone has swiped Mrs, Hart's baby!"
 The Hart Nurse Maid: What of 1t? They're going to have another one in about a month";
 Gerald C. Robison.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
OLD MAN RIVER

The Noroton river, if you must know it, flows through one of the most thickly populated communities of Stamford. Stamford is q snappy residence city, possessing thousands of commuters who ride to New York and return every day. But they do not live at Stamford in order to be near the Noroton river.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
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The Associated Press IS exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of All news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

The Herald is on sa,e daily in New York at Hotalings Newsstand. Times Square; Schultz's Newsstands. Entrance Grand Central. 42rd Street.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

The only profitable advertising medium in the City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
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Send all communications 10 Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded to New York
HOW ABOUT IT?

HOW ABOUT IT? The plum pudding season approach
 es. but Folks, Why not a fun pudding just cram
 med full of jokes, With good spirits blazing on top of
 if. too. Wed like to sit down to a piece,
 wouldn't you?
 RAISINS! Teacher: "When you stay out of school I want you to bring me the reasons. Do you know what l mean?'
 Barney: Sure, I've eat 'em in pie"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

There seem to be as many differ- ent kinds of charges under which an automobile driver can be arrested as there are bolts in his car.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
New Britain Herald
HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Issued Daily Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg. 67 Church Street
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

The German air line, Luft Hansa received s20, 0,000,000 from the gov ernment last year.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
WHY HE WAS NOT PROMOTED!

He watched the clock. He was always grumbling. He was never at the office on time. He learned nothing from his blun- dcrs.
 He never acted on his own judg- ment.
 He was the president of the con- pany.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

pI commuters NnO ride 10 New I Ork and return every day. But they do not live at Stamford in order to be near the Noroton river.
 According to residents along the Noroton river and on the Cove or Holly's pond the stench arising from the pollution of this waterway is so unbearable that they have been forced 10 keep indoors and keep their windows closed, despite the torrid wave that has just visited this section. :. . The contents are poisonous. .. -. Last week three dead mud turtles were found near the dam. Several kittens were killed by drinking the water. Along the edges of the Cove pond there is 8 black coating of slime and oil. This condition of affairs is in- tolcrable." etc.
 Thus spoke the Stamford Advocate in a recent wrathy editorial.
 For the benefit of enraged Stam- fordites We might add that the Moro ton river is not in a class by itself in the enlightened commonwealth of Connecticut The state is harvesting the kind of a crop it planted along its streams. It is receiving the bcnc- fits of a lack of foresight. It is ex- perlcnclng the results of that species of practical economy which in the past carefully avoided spending money for sewage disposal without relying upon abutting streams.
 The finish is soon here. The con- ! ditions are indeed 'intolerabIe" and cannot be permitted to grow worse
 It is lucky, in a way, that no Noro- ton river flows through New Brit ain. If it did We would have the same kind of problem right in town. As it is, we are saved this affliction close at home. We only get a smell of il when We go elsewhere.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
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TELEPHONE CALLS Business Office .... 42o Editorial Rooms .,. 926
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Entered at the Post Of1ce at New Britain as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

SUBSCRIPTION RATES ya0o 8 Year
 S2.00 Three Months
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

If only our peacc-loving states men would feel the same way about it when war actually threatens.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Whats the matter with NiCara- qua? Surveyors already at work on the canal, and Congress hasn't yet treated itself to a junket.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
HOW IF WASt

Uncle Eben: They say Benn Hos- kin's boy gave up being a doctor.'
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

It won't be a true sex habit until you see a woman smoking a cigaret while alarming socks.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14
Facts andFancies

Al Caponc doesn't touch anything alcoholic" It is a virtue common to men in his situation.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Thank Goodness, The tariff sharps won't try to protect us against cheap foreign pumpkin pie.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Effect follows cause. Example: The Federal Treasury hints at an- other tax cut: your State or munci- pal government plans another bond issue.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Americanism: Having no fixed and individual standard of plenty. but feeling contentcd or dissatisfied in proportion as We have more or less than our neighbors.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Still fifteen minutes each day with a dull book will make you as cultured as similar daily period with a vibrator will make you beau tiful.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

We must be fine lot if it's true that the best cvade jury service' Very few jurors accept bribes.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Smile for today; As obscure as a college professor at q football game.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Chemists didn't split the hydrogen atom, after all but just separated different kinds, Something like the dissolution of Standard Oil.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Another great handicap to cduca- ion is the fact that Lindbergh didn't get high marks in school.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-14

Mrs. r.. $. Brame.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19

the children of Israel across the shadows of the Red
sea not exactly warfare, but it essentially a
test Of national strength and a revolt against OPP
pressionS yoke, which throughout the centuries has
been accomplished chiefly to resort to We may
then be permitted to regard it quasimlitary &C
ton in which weather played a controlling part.
What happened? We do not know; but preSum-
ably the Israelites quick to take advantage
a temporary Shoaling and finding it possible to go
ahead proceeded to while yet the strong east
wind was blowing. For such wind accompanied by
high atmospheric pressure, drives back the waters
and expose the bottom lands
The Egyptians in heavy marching order pursued
them, but the wind shifted and the pressure fell
the waters came rolling back ChariotS horses, and
riders were speedily engu1fed.
II the Egyptians had had the services Of COM
petent forecasters and modern methods, they prob
ably would have been warned of the impending wine
shift.
This incident illustrates the truth of the observa-
ton that next to being able to control the weather
the best thing to know enough to take advantage
of weather conditions"
Another conclusion may also be drawn from this
incident. For If Professor McAdie is right in his in
depreciation of the Biblical story our modern
civilization to the shift of that wind For neither
judaism nor Christianity which sprung from it. would
nave developed if the Egyptians had oVertaken the
fleeing IsTaelites.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
Story

THE fundamental tragic scheme
l. is sound. Sam DodsWorth, a
successful manufacturer of autos,
quit work at so and decided to see
the world. 1t is his desire to know
more of himself and of his wife.
Even a long marriage has not left
them well acquainted, because both
have been too busy with manifold
duties and activities. BY taking on
leisure, Sam throws himself con-
stantly into the company of Fran.
And when, for the first time, he
comes to know her well, he makes
the horrifying discovery that he
does not like her. Nor does she
love him.
To be sure, this development could
have taken place in Europe, but
that setting is by no means essen
tial. 1t would have been entirely
possible for Lewis to have arranged
for the same tragic sequence with
out ever moving his character out
of Zenith.
There is such a deal of travel stuff
that Lewis, for perhaps the first
time in his life, may be justly ac-
cused of stinting detail in some i'm
portant portions Of his story. The
tale is fundamentally tragic.
In the end Sam reaches out and
finds a woman whom he can love
more happily than Fran. But this
portion of the story is done with
such unholy haste that it seems
little more than afterthought. This
new woman remains almost wholly
unrevealed to the reader.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
Nation of Jelly Beans2

VOU can't say too much about
u these aviators who are flying
down over the water logged coun-
ties, where there isn't any place to
light, their machines loaded with
supplies, their fate depending on
engine and nerve, their reward
nothing but the knowledge that they
have done something decent.
They take their lives in their
hands, of course, and no one knows
it better than they do.
Where the regular commercial pi-
lot faces one chance of disaster, they
face two or three.
Yet there is glory in the work, as
every last one of them will swear
glory in the grateful cheers of sick,
starving thousands; in the gratitude
of distracted mothers, the hope of
little children, the renewed courage
of men who thought they were I'M
done.
Those who think this has become
a nation of jelly beans ought to
come down here and see the boys
take off.
Yes, and not to leave our own
profession out of it, they ought to
come down and see how the report
ers and camera men have worked
one of the latter, Fred Powell, help
ing forty-six refugees, beside getting
out with the first pictures.
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The Narrow Traveller

You often hear that the constant increase in for
eign travel will help make people better acquainted"
with other nations and will advance the cause of
permanent world peace. But Professor Bernard Fay,
writing in the spring number of the Yale Review dis
agrees with this viewpoint Casual tourists he says
help bring about international Under
standing
"They take around the world uncompromising
nationalist spirit and they bring back, carefully
packed and ready for wear distrust contempt" he
writes I'm far it creates easy contacts between
peoples not yet prepared to know or enjoy one an
other, the new transportation system is very dan
gerous device; for misunderstanding of. foreign
country in a person who has been there is liable
to be acrimonious and inveterate than in the
stay-at-home"
If tourist visiting land, would resolve to
make himself temporarily part of that land adopt
ing its customs and ways, all might be we'll But none
Of does it that way Consequently fail to under
stand the things that strange.
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| ANNIVERSARY
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GRANTS FIRST MOVES
March 10

CIxTY-FIVE years ago today the
~ federal offensive, under General
U. S. Grant, who just had assumed
command of the Union forces, took
the form which ultimately resulted
in victory for the Union cause.
Roughly, this date, in 1864, saw
the taking Of the first step in the
historic march through Georgia, /"
for on that day General William
Tecumseh Sherman assumed COM
mand Of the federal army of the
Mississippi, succeeding General
Grant, who took personal charge a
few days later Of the army of the
Potomac.
Sherman had been in charge of
forces in Tennessee when Grant
was placed in chief command. It
was at his own request that Grant
gave him the larger commission.
Mcpherson succeeded to Sher1nan's
old post and Logan was given Nc
Pherson'S command.
These changes we're quickly made
and a united drive against the south
began. The strategy was simple.
Grants various armies we're scat
tered fan-like on what was roughly
the border Of the south, and ne
planned to bring them all toward
a common center.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
MELLON LOSING OUT
o
LIVES ON PUBLICITY
HER SPRING CLEANING

THIEF JUSTICE TAFT hastens
~ to announce that the oath he
administered to President Hoover is
legal, Notwithstanding he got sew
eral words wrong, but how the SUI
preme court would kick over the
traces in lawsuit if the same mis-
take should appear in legal papers!
These hundreds of New York
lawyers who have organized to fight
the enforcement of the Jones' pro-
hibition law, are the same crowd
that used to call western people an
arrchists because they favored ma
tional income tax.
The last Indiana legislature
obeyed the utility group, disfran-
chised the people by mutilating the
primary law, took the speed limit
from automobiles, and increased the
tax rate.
Thank the Lord they meet only
once every two years!
Il n
The president of Cuba has just
made a speech, telling how Cuba
loves the United States, but the
Cubans are decidedly sore because
We do not give them better tariff
accommodations and remove the
guardianship we exercise over the
island
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
State Highways

For each Of the next two years the state viii! spend
nearly twenty millions of dollars on highways.
Most of this money will come directly from The
pockets of the automobile users through license
an6 tax gasoline From here in, the purchase of
every ten gallons of gas will carry with it additional
payment of 40 cents to the state.
On what seems to be the best authority, there is
likely to be change in the dictatorship of the high
way program. The Governor. responsible for the de-
partment very properly would like supervision of
the expenditures of so vast sum of money The de-
partment has been broadly and specifically criticised
for years.
If there is to be change it should be one for the
betterment of the system The people are entitled to
the wsest and most economical expenditure of their
money They entitled to dollars worth of road for
every dollar they spend. They should be protected
against any political or other waste.
Certainly the to spend this money ought not
to be the professional politician with the usual view
point of "perquisites" what the boys call honest
graft" He ought not to be the sort who would either
engage in permit any petty pilfering, such
be done in the many garages where state gas for
trucks is stored. He should be public minded
Moreover, it might seem logical that such vast
projects should be under the supervision of experts
This is day of engineering. Building roads is an
engineering project of the highest sort They should
be built honestly and intelligentIy.
The Governor will be wise if he selects any new
directing head the basis of ability. The people
spending too much money for roads to get politics in
stead of roads for their money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
Anywhere

CTILL in these earlier books the
~ scene had direct bearing upon
the theme. This is not true of
"Dodsworth." Seemingly. Lewis be-
gan work with the feeling that his
life abroad had given him a vast
amount of insight into the psychol-
ogy of the American in Europe. He
also had some notion of what the
Europeans thought about us. And
perhaps, as a small boy, he saw
THE Man From Home"
Having all this material. Lewis
was amply justified in putting it
into a book. But he should have
written two books. The effect of
France, Germany, Italy and Eng
land upon the two chief characters
Is almost wholly irrelevant.
For essentially Lewis is writing
about Sam and Fran and the fac
tors which tore them apart after
years of passably contented mar
rage.
To be sure, it is some part of the
authors intention to show the way
in which new contracts broke UP
the old relationship. But I never
felt that the European influence
was the chief factor which wrecked
the marriage of the pair from ze-
NTH.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
Take a ChanCeI

THERE is something TO be said
L of course, for every possible
safeguard to protect the public,
especially in connection with the
joy-riding services, which have be-
come so popular and which prom
Use such good returns.
There is a constant temptation to
take chances, to bet that the old
boat will make one more trip be-
fore shutdown, to let no patron get
away without giving him a ride, to
make every minute count and not
lay off for inspection, or repairs,
unless it is absolutely necessary.
Such things, however, have to do
with human nature, rather than
aviation. We haven't learned to
overcome our weaknesses, than if we
have learned to fly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
Reason.

1T would appear that Secretary
l. Mellon has not the influence with
this administration that he had
with the last one, since President
Hoover has directed that all de-
cisions in tax refund cases be pub
lished, thing Mellon always has
opposed.
While he recommended the pub
LEGATION to the president after long
conference, the chances are that the
president told him to do it.
Mary Garden eats only one meal
a day, which proves that there is
much more nutrition in publicity
than anybody ever had imagined.
These farmers who produce dairy
products and fix the prices thereof
point the way out Of depression to
their agricultural brethren.
It's next to impossible for the
farmers of the country to fix prices,
but they are the only people today
who do not do it, and that's what
ails them.
The mayor of Herrin, Ill, just has
been sent to the penitentiary, but
owing to the large number of Gov
errors recently under indictment, it
attracted very little attention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19

ton in business in restraint Of trade.
A corporation is an artificial being,
created by law and composed of
individuals who subsist as a body
polite under a special denoraina-
ton, with the capacity Of perpetual
succession and of acting within the
scope of its charter as natural
person. A company is an associ~
alton of a number of individuals for
the purpose Of carrying on some le-
ultimate business.
How should white fur be cleaned?
Take equal part Of -four and
powdered salt (Which has been well
heated in the oven) and rub
thoroughly into the fur. 1t should
afterwards be shaken well to free it
from the flour and salt. If white fur
is covered with a white cloth or
kept in white bag it will prevent
it from getting yellow. Expensive
furs are best cleaned by reliable
furrier.
What is the address of Sue Carol,
motion picture actress?
Care of Douglas MacLean Pro-
auctions, Hollywood, Cal.
What actresses besides Norma
TaImadge have played Camille in
motion pictures?
Clara Kimball Young, Theda
Bara, Mae Busch, Sarah Bernhard
and Ala Nazimova.
Was, there a total eclipse of the
sun in the United States in the
spring of 1900?
A total solar eclipse was visible
on May g, 1900. The path Of
totally crossed Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Car
DINA, North Carolina and Virginia.
What is the longest railroad in
the world and in the United
States?
The largest railroad system in the
world IS in Germany, the Deutsche
Reichsbahn Gesellshaft, operating
$4,000 mi.es. The two largest rail-
roads in the United States are the
New York Central with $4,000
operated miles and the PenngyI-
Vania with 10.521.01 operated miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
I I!
SEEMS

BY HAYWOOD
BROUN

CINCLAIR LEWIS fumbles still
~ and does not touch again the
top rungS of his talent. "Dods-
worth" belongs well below Arrow
smith" or Rabbit" Or even
Main Street" But this new novel
gives promise that Americas white
hope is less dead than sleeping,
Filled with familiar faults, "Dods-
worth" does possess at times a power
for poignancy. 1t is one of the few
books in which Lewis has ever been
able to make the reader sorry for
somebody.
For one character, at least, he
stirs up profound and scalding pity.
And this, I think, is the supreme
function Of the novelist.
But the book is weighted down
by the authors preoccupation with
many trivial things. A new fault
has crept in. Both Main Street"
and "Babbitt" were too long and
overwritten. In the mater of back
ground. in particular, Sinclair Lewis
allowed himself too much canvas
and a surfeit of paint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-19
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By
Frederick
lands

DRESIDENT GIL'S statement
a that the revolution will be
crushed in ninety days and that a
firing squad awaits every rebel gen.
eral is merely a conventional an
nouncement that Mexico is prepared
to do her spring cleaning.
Il
We fail to get the viewpoint of
Senator Borah and his congress
sional associates who are agonizing
because the federal government uses
spies in the Atlanta penitentiary to
try to stamp out the narcotic trade
among prisoners.
If President Hoover does send
former Vice President Dawes as
ambassador to London, it will not
be thirty days until he has taken
the limelight away from the prince
of Wales.