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New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
Book Agents Blush Main Sales "Argument"

The age of super-s craftsmanship is here, and the average business man has to listen in on one or more sales arguments day. The nth degree of salesmanship has to be resorted to by book agents There is one book agent, plying his trade among university students to whom nature has been very kind. Nature has given him the gift of being able to blush at will, which he uses for all it is worth. His method of ap- proach is worked out so that the buyer hasn't chance. He dresses rather poorly, weighs about 250 pounds, and, taking it all in all, looks like an old time soak. Ap- preaching student in his room, he will at once launch into his subject taking the attitude that he doesn't care much whether the books are bought or not. At the right time lie will say, confidentially, that he has Balzac for sale His hand will so to his face and he would pro- ceed to blush peony red from ear to ear, saying that the books are a bit risque. The trick works to per lection, and the student is signed up out of curiosity to see what or earth could be in the books which would make bird like that blusf and feel ashamed of himself fol selling them. Thus, being able tc blush at the right time, giftle1 from nature, has been instrumental in making a livelihood for one book , agent who loves his work.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
Old Central Park
 Won't Seem the Same

Like the old town pump, the cor gathering places which are at once associated with the memories of cities when they were towns, the monument coping at Central Park went out of existence this week as the principal headquarters of the greatly mixed assemblage of the tired. the lazy. and the just don't. cares. Chief Hart of the police de. partment announced that the loiter- CTS must loiter elsewhere. It was hard blow but like many another of it's kind, it. can and will be softened by the passing of the days.
 There is no disputing the fact that the coping. lined with human rail- birds could hardly be classed as at tractive. stiil there was something about the crowd that assembled there that was colorful in a strange way. Many a strong man. it is true, whiled away hours that should have been used in profitable activity, and undoubtedly passersby were often iustifably provoked at the sight of the crowd loaflng in the very cen ter of a, veritable beehive of busi- ness, but it was never an offensive crowd, and in all probability there was less trouble given the police there than in any other part of the city where men congregate for hours at time.
 If the imposing walls of the monument could but talk, What stories they could tell. What plans must have been unfolded to the noisy rhythm of the changing trolley cars and the rumbling motor trucks, softened and sweetened by the tin kle of the flowing water from the fountain that always seem to af- | ford coolness that was comfort able on even the hottest day. What problems were decided, what mo- mentous topics discussed and de- | bated.
 The crowd will amble up the hill, maybe, to the spacious park on | West Main street, but it will not seem the same. There are no street cars up there, nor do many motor vehicles pass through by day. It's going to be too spacious. too still It's never going to be as home-like as the old coping down below.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
Why Not Exhibit Canoe

The canoe found in the mud of a drained pond on the New Britain water shed in the Wollcott noun tain has started good natured dis pute, between the workers saf the To- cal water board. The canoe. hewn from solid tree, Is 4 feet long, and so far, it has averaged two ar guments a foot.
 Superintendent James Towers dis. covered the craft we'll packed in the preservative mud of a small pond. It was dragged to dry land and minutely inspected by every body around. Sure, it was an h. dian canoe, the workmanship wos crude, but executed by a skilled hand such as the boys who used 10 poster our forefathers had. Rea- sons aplenty were advanced why it was an Indian relic.
 Years back there must have been a large lake around there, and the Indians used it to teach the young CT element just how to paddle be- fore they were allowed to go out in one of those risky birch bark hunting boats. Just as it was de- cided that the canoe was Red Skin trophy, Chairman James Wat son pooh, poohed the idea, saying, by the way of snap judgment, that it was made by pale face youngsters who had used it a couple of gener- ations ago. The more Watson look ed at it the more he was convinced that the water department workers had allowed themselves to become too enthusiastic about their find. Even the argument about old Vik- ing ships being preserved in the mud for thousands of years faile to budge the chairman, who is get ting so he feels strongly about the matter. AS a sl,EHs stion to the two different schools of thought, the Observer would like to sec the canoe exhibited on the green in New Britain for fortnight so that | citizens could decide for ourselves. If nobody claims it. 1t belongs 10 the city and not to the water board its our money they are spending, so there.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Last Monday it was stated by the New York Times that President Hoover approved the placing of manganese on the free list on the ground that the duty on the import ed alloy might be saved to the con- aumer. This, at least, is what the Re- publican leaders are saying.
 A bit of history:
 Just before the election last year when President Hoover was on his way'to California to vote he stopped at Pueblo. Colorado, and made h.s last campaign speech, in which he said:
 'There is hardly product of your whole state that Is not depending on the tariff for it's very existence. Of your minerals. zinc, tungsten and manganese. could scarcely be pro- duced except for the protective tariff"
 Since then the United States Steel Corporation and the Bethlehem Steel Company have agreed with the agent of Soviet Russia, it is said, to supply manganese 10 these con- panies It is said further that this is the reason why the steel companies issued orders to the administra- tion," as the Democrats are fond of putting it, to put manganese on the free list. The agent of Soviet Russia in this deal is said to be connected with one of the high Bethlehem officials.
 The result:
 Manganese mines in Colorado and Montana. which could supply half the needs of the American market and all of the needs if developed further, will be faced with~extinction If Congress puts manganese on the free list.
 And nobody imagines that the six or eight millions of dollars a. year which represents the duty on manganese, will be passed to the American consumers of steel.
 If the tariff is to protect toddline American industries it would seem that the little manganese industry comes under that classification.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
New Britain Has Record Of Friendship for Neighbors.

New Britain as a municipality, is most certainly friendly to it's neigh bors, one man who attended the banquet which followed last We'd nesday's police baseball game ob- served.
 Each year, a series of two base ball games is played between teams of the New Britain and Meriden po- lice departments and when all is ever the police, city officials and friends of all groups sit down to a banquet followed by a mutual ad- miration gathering, he went on by way of explanation.
 This city furnishes water to Plainville, Berlin and section of Maple Hill and there has never been any wrangling over prices or extent of service, not even in the present dry spell when local property own CTS have been urged not to pour water on their lawns, while no such request was made of the surround ing communities served, he contin- ued. warming up to his subject.
 The fire department responds to calls from the town of Berlin at a price entirely satisfactory 10 the neighboring town, and when the municipality was urged not to can- eel the contract this year, the re- quest was granted, the home town booster went on to say.
 Continuing: New Britain's express sion of willingness to cooperate with Hartford in the development of a metropolitan water system served to iron out the wrinkles of legislative frowns when that proposition was preached at the last session.
 And. so that it would not appear that any institution of the city gov crnment was withholding it's privi- leges and conveniences from it's neighbors, he climaxed with: Why. even the city lookup receives and houses prisoners from Berlin and Newington."
 Could anyone ask for more?
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
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WANT LENS ADMITTED

Budapest, Hungary. Aug. 31 P)- A newly formed organization of parents of 6,000 Jewish students excluded from study at home uni versailles and forced to go abroad to obtain higher education have drawn up a petition to the minister of ed ucation to increase the quota of Jews admissible to home colleges in order to enable their sons to return home and complete their studies.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

It is possible and increasingly popular, as everyone knows, to make clocks state the right time by having them hooked up with electric sockets provided, of course, that they are the right kind of clocks. But this species of modern efficiency will never be 100 per cent perfect until one can do that with ones watch.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
And They Wondered What
 Papers Would Do for News.

The writer recalls that soon after the close of the World War he was asked by friend, not without d slight touch of malice, What will you do for news, now?"
 Since then a decade has passed. iod, there has been more news than at any other time in the history of type. Readers have broadened their spheres. A remarkable awakening of interest in subjects previously considered in the field of specialists is noticeable.
 Prior to the issue of Liberty Bonds the average person was un- familiar with this means of invest .ment. The fortunes made in stock speculation during the war quicken cd the public mind and today mill lions are investing in stocks so that Wall street activities have become first page news.
 People have become science con- scious. New Inventions and their developments are discussed at social gatherings as well as in academic halls.
 Aviation, still in it's infancy ten years ago, Is a subject on which all read. Public attention has been fastened to the conquest of the air by freak stunts, no doubt. but read CTS are also curious about the day to day progress made in this branch of science. The Graf Zeppelin's voy- age around the world has been one of the most important factors in the development of interest.
 Radio and sound pictures are news
 Automobiles are news.
 Submarines are news. Multifaceted science is developing new wonders every minute and read CTS want to know about them. Rather than slump, newspapers have taken new grip and have 1 been forced to add to their equip ment for bringing news, all the news, to their readers. Faster and better printing presses are turning thousands of tons Of logs into papers which go into the homes. News 1 agencies, like the Associated Press and United Press which serve the l Herald with information on events originating in other cities near and far, cannot depend on the old Morse | fire but flash their messages, just as you read them in your paper. into newspaper offices at the rate of nearly 60 words a minute with the help of automatic telegraph-typ writers.
 The world, actually, may not be revolving faster on it's axis. But its inhabitants are thinking faster of more things and the press forced to step faster to fulfill its mission.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Down in West Haven, where citi- zens defeated the adoption of a city charter, a resident of 60 years ad- mitted in public he went to the polls and voted mo" without knowing or caring what all the fuss was about. That's an example of the true New England spirit. Or is it not?
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

If this might possibly save a lie we are glad to print it; Official re- ports every year have shown that Labor Day provides the seasons peak in automobile accidents. Watch what you're doing.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

If genuine earthquake trenlor were to visit the western section or the city residents who have become accustomed to the detonations incl dent to quarrying blasts would mls- take it for just another big shot
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
THE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City ano Its People

sometimes on commission and sometimes on outright sale. It's a strange thing when news is sold, sometimes like secrets of diplomacy Newspaper men in Paris have cre- ated this condition. In this world there are stock markets, cattle ex- changes, but the queerest of all, is the world news exchange of the I. B. F. at the New York bar ln Paris.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

A citizen. it seems, cannot spend his time sitting on the coping around the monument, but he can stand oround waiting for trolley cars to his hearts content. Or let the bootblack boys take possession.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Once a woman went on a virtual hunger strike in order to get thin, while her fat husband got thin worrying about her. But most times that doesn't occur. The husband eats the wife's share and grows fatter.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Member Audit Bureau Of Circulation The A B. C. is national ofgahlzation which furnishes newspapers apo auNef tiseys with A strictly hones' anaissS o' circulatton Our circulation statisitcs are |. .od unon thi. audit Thip insures pro- tac,,ou against fraud ID newspaper ois tr,hu.ion figures to both national ana local advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
MCMAHON LEAVES HOSPITAL

George McMahon of Pennington. who was injured several days ago in an automobile accident in Plain vile, left New Britain General hos pital yesterday. His brother. Patrick Metropolitan Museum of New York hospital, having sustained a broken leg in the accident.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

not compromise went by the board when she actually did compromise to the extent of accepting 75 or so per cent of her demands.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
ITALY FIGHTS IDLENESS

Rome, Aug. 8 Pl-Premier Mus solini today authorized an expand ed of program of public works in Italy totalling over 300,000,000 lire (s15,900, 0,000) the project is designed to combat winter unemployment.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
Facts andFancies
By Robert Quillen

You can tell an American abroad. When he sees a public 'ouse, he looks for a back door to sneak through.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

In 100 years Lake Michigan has eaten away 10 miles of land along the shore between Evanston, H., and Manitowoc, Wis.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Ths Herald s on sale daily 'n New York at Hotaling's Newsstand, llnes souare; schultz's NewsstsndS Entrance Grand Central i2nd Street
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

thing that you ought 10 have" Farmer: What is it? ?' Book Agent: "A Poultry Guide" Farmer: What for? The chickens ain't going anywhere"
 Russell Fish. Copyright, 1929. Reproduction
 forbidden.)
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
Above Suspicion!
Isah, Rah, Rah-Paratone! Ry Sophip NJ Gray

Timidly, the freshman opened the door and entered the room. In one corner, stout youth clad in a thick turtle-back sweater was play ing the mandolin. By his side, a lean lad wearing running shorts and a blazer accompanied him on the guitar.
 Various groups lent more color to the assemblage. Here was a hand some adolescent playing the phono- graph; at the piano another was banging away while his counterpart tortured a saXophone in a singularly unconvincing manner. On top of the piano sat pretty girl showing much animation and a wealth of silk stocking with rolled tops. In the center of the room a tango was in progress. though from the scarf wound about the middle of the male Gin plus-fours) it was not to be taken seriously. His partners derby hat, perched rakishly on close cropped curls, strengthened the comic effect.
 At the sight of the freshman, the music stopped and the musicians swarmed about him, giving him a slap on the back that sent text books flying. A girl produced flask and cigarette, much to the freshmans embarrassment. Smok- ing and drinking were not allowed in the Dorms.
 Two frightened to resist the freshman accepted both the drink and the tobacco. Slowly the room grew hay, vague. The freshman decided he was an ostrich-one with a contract with the Ballet Russe. He danced-even as an ostrich that had a contract with the Ballet Russo would dance. Then there came a knock on the door that sent the others scurrying to cover. The doop opened. It was the Dean. The Dean was in the Dorms,
 What kind of a cock-eyed college was this, you ask?
 It was the very best that could be conjured up by the brain of a mo- tion picture director!
 Some Fish!
 Summer Boarder' Do you ever
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
Active Ingredients!

Active Ingredients! Jesse: They say Larry is travel ing some pace now"
 Lee: "Yes, he's got some pre- war liquor and a postwar wife"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
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Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald. and your letter will he forwarded 10 New York.

Humorists Deserve Elm! We believe in pensions
 For soldiers tried and true, But to the folks who make our jokes Why not grant fun-sions, too?
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

products.
 Endurance records don't seem re- markable in a land where almost everybody has kept at it until he found a parking space.
 For that matter, there is bribery and official corruption in the en- forcement of the law against steal ing.
 Other endurance records don't impress the man whose neighbor has a pup that gets lonesome, at night.
 The young people aren't as quiet as they were in your day, eh? Well, would you care to be as quiet as the old people were then?
 Some people think they are rush ing to the defense of Lindbergh when they are just bragging about knowing him.
 How superior an American tour ist feels when he losses cons on the ground for Arabs to scramble for! And when he comes home and competes with his own kind as the Arabs did.
 Americanism: Thinking the speaker a great man if he flatters us; thinking him a dangerous crank if he tells us the truth. Note to movie producers: It would be interesting to hear a dog talk, but it would become tiresome | if he didn't say anything worth while.
 Now if somebody had stolen a railroad from the Chinese, that wouldn't have been news.
 A fanatic is a man who thinks you a narrow minded dry or a wicked wet if you don't cheer when he talks nonsense. Modesty: A mans reluctance 10 undress in the locker room when there's a hole in one of his socks
 How times change, The near-nak- cd American, swaying and stamping and yipping in a wild dance, no longer is called a savage.
 Birth control makes little pro- gress because you never can tell when one will be a child wonder and earn million in the movies. Don't tell Willie, hut the ancient Mayas were wonderful mathemati- clans and the only survivors of the race are unschooled ones.
 When a sick husband stops his whining prayers and begins to cuss, his wife knows he is out of danger
 Correct this sentence: John still obeys his mother in all things" said the wife, but I don't feel resentful.
 Copyright, 1929. Publishers
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Missouri is said to have the low est state property tax levy of any state.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

People feel sorry for the poor monkey stared at in the zoo, and yet life guards seem to enjoy it.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
Parting Shot!

A lady accosted a floorwalker in our leading department store last week, and demanded brusquely to know what time it was The floor walker bowed toward large clock and said: Twenty minutes after two.'
 "Are you sure it is correct 2" snorted the lady.
 "Our clocks, madam. arc regu- lated by Western Union, " answered the floorwalkcr.
 "T should think" said the lady as she turned away, that --'s would bc big enough 10 regulate its own clocks"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
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Another Six from Aberdeen

Another Six from Aberdeen
 Aberdonians may not be supersti- tious about "12" but they certainly watch number one. A Granite City motto-"Don't spend money in drink but keep cork-screw handy.
 Free passes to theaters were first
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

The real problem of the Allies is to get all Heinic can pay and yet leave him enough to buy their products.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

given in Aberdeen so that the local shopkcepers could attend. INSERT CUT
 Likewise free kicks" were in vented by an Aberdeen football manager to encourage his forwards to score.
 Cigarettes were never really popu- lar in Aberdeen until tips were added to them.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

A fortune awaits tho man who will invent good anti-freeze mix ture for the movie theaters,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
New Britain Herald
HERALD PUBi.T8iIING COMPANY

Issued Daily Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg- 67 Church Street
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Useless! Book Agent; Now here is some
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31
Some Fish!

Summer Boarder' Do you ever have floods here?"
 Farmer Brown: Yep. Had one last year. One of the fish got wedgcd in the river side-waysn'
 Eleanor Kelly.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Endurance records don't seem re- markable in a land where almost everybody has kept at it until he found parking space.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

Correct this sentence: John still obeys his mother in all things" said the wife, but don't feel resentful. Copyright, 1929. Publishers
 Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-08-31

When a sick husband stops his whining prayers and begins to cuss, his wife knows he is out of danger.
The Washington times., 1929-01-31
Merriman Takes Charge
OF Chicago Trackmen

Ned Merriam, brought. to Uni
versity of Chicago last year as as
sistant track COACH gets his big
chance" this spring.
A. A. Stagg. veteran director of
athletics, who has coached oval
teams of the Maroons since 1896,
is retiring; this year, placing Mer-
riam in full charge of the Chicago
rtraeksters.
Merriam is a University of Chi
csgo graduate AM was three times
Big Ten conference champion in
lThA zsz0.yard run; twice winner of
The Washington times., 1929-01-31
Newark Police Continue
Hunt for f. A. Schenck

Where Is Frederick A. Schenck,
former Washington policeman?
Police of Newark, N. j., continued
today to attempt to solve that ques-
tion. They wanted to question him
in connection with robbery there
early yesterday in which a police
man, Allen Mensinger, was shot in
a foot. The hold.up man obtained
500 from f"U Drive Yourself
company.
Washington police today resumed
a search for Schenck. They were
asked to hunt for him after an auto
mobile abandoned by the robber was
found to bear a license plate issued
TO Schenck here,
The Washington times., 1929-01-31
New York Amateurs
Easily Win Ring Meet

NEW YORK, Jan. S1.--Amateur
boxers from Philadelphia, upstate
New York and New Jersey returned
home today with only three vic
tories out of IA bouts in the inter.
city tournament here last night.
New York simon-pures captured
the other II.
Philadelphia's only winpfr was
Peter Pentalis, who outpointed Ray
Meyers of New York in the AS
pound class.