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New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
MAIL SUBSIDIES

According to Postmaster General act allows service payments to North Atlantic steam ships carrying mall amounting to s43, 500 a voyage. That means if the ships are American vessels. The present payment for carrying the North Atlantic mails is on a poundage basis. It is one of the chief characteristics Of the Jones White act that the poun1age basis is ships, in favor Of flat rate.
 So far under the Jones White act there have been 2G mail carrying contracts made, all to places other than Europe. The government pays, under these contracts, s12,0O0,G0 a year. The more important contracts. those involving the carriage of mall to Europe, remain to be let.
 The Jones White act, according to the postmaster general, encourages the sale of the Shipping Board fleet to private interests. Then that done, and the private interests provide fast ships to Europe, they will be able to receive s43,50O per voyage from the government for carrying the mails to Europe.
 If seems to be considered poor business for the government to own the ships itself and pay the s4S,50O per trip 10 itself
 It is clear from recent statements, Of which the foregoing declarations Of the postmaster general are typical, that a government subsidy for steamships is to function at last. It isn't called d subsidy, but comes un- der the heading of mail contracts If the scheme results in the construc- ton of fast American liners il has sn advantage over any other system. But at no time has there been a denial of the fact that if the govern mcnt subsidies the ships sufficiently there will be paucity Of ships to receive this government patronage. Heretofore the principle Of the sub sidy has been successfully assailed; 1t was not till Inc Jones- White ac; naa passed that victory perched upon the shoulders Of the subsidy advocates.
 But there is another point 10 con- ,ider and which mail subsidies do not cover. If the American ships which will be brought into being through the mail subsidies arc to compete cffectualIy with the foreign lines they must be able 10 operate at somewhat similar costs. We have al- ways been told that American labor lS IluCu btNN'l pAlh LlIdI IOI 'iS 'A labor; and this includes the per sonnel Of ships If a ship IS manned by an American crew thr cost ot operation usually is higher than th" same type Of ship manned by a for cign crew. It has been claimed that this difference in cost Of operation intures the possibility of American ships competing on equal terms with foreign ships in foreign traHlc.
 It is doubtful whether substantial mail subsidies, or subvcntions, can change this economic fact. Will the American ships, in order 10 compete with those flying foreign flag De manned by American crews or will they be manned largely by foreign ers. That fs point that does not receive much consideration by the bulk Of those discussing the ad- yantages Of an American merchant marine. American ships with for eisn crews is something, but not as
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
An EVDlnnatiOn,

Martha's mother was explaining to Martha, aged s. about Congress s. "It consists said she, 'of two bodies called the House and the Senate. A man presents a bill, makes q speech about it, and then the men vote on it."
 But" exclaimed Martha, "how can they vote if they haven't any heads? You said they were bodes."
 Mrs. Fred Crowley
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Another proof that sanity has not departed from the country is that one can meet gentlemen who lost heavily in the stock slump who will frankly admit that prices really had gone too high.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

wholesome a situation as American ships with American crews. To ob- tain American crews, however, ship wages must be notably higher than the prevailing average of those en- tering our harbors from foreign ports.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Shop has broken off his engagement with his fiancee."
 Bob: For what reason?"
 Doris: "She sent him a sweet love letter while in the country. and he absent -mindedly returned it with a rejection slip reading, The enclosed Is returned owning to the fact that I am overcrowded with similar ma terial at the present time.'"
 Gene. The Village Blacksmith Copyright, 1929, Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
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New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
DESPITE THE HEALTH EXPERTS

l. isn't lack of ventilation When things grow dull as all
 creation It's lack Of humiliation, Folks, The animating breeze of jokes!
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
GETTING SERIOUS.

Frances: "You'rc just like the rest of the college boys, Money means more 10 you than love-"
 Gerald "I wish l could make dad Under5tand that. In his last three letters he has inclosed love instead cf check"
 -Mrs. Barney SoMicki
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Oh, Oh, Say-

Friend: Flow are you getting along writing iinglcs?' Author: Not so good. It seems l cant ring the bell,"
 Allen prictO
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The Associated Press ts exclusively tn- titled to the Use for re publication If all news credited 10 il or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local nsws published therein.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Simile for today: AS sensitive as q woman who snores.
 Why shouldn't the Carnegie Foun- dation examine the status of foot ball players? It always investigates heroes.
 One explanation ot everything is that cranks make noisy protest and others never think to express their approval,
 Wall street gambling isn't like crap shooting at all. In the latter game the bone is in the players hand.
 Stocks were not the only things to come down. In scattered nick towns a lot of noses got back to normal.
 Why does child permitted to develop its personality always choose the personality of a hyena?
 Woolworth is marketing four new magazines. thus at last competing with everybody except the book of- the month clubs.
 Always buy stocks at the bottom which is just 70 points below the price at which you buy.
 Americanism: Wishing you could tell those fellows in Washington how to manage things; wishing you knew how to manage your kid.
 Opinions of Q law may differ, but there can be only one opinion of man who swcars 10 uphold the law and doesn't.
 The ideal wife is one just smart enough to seem q wonder and just dumb enough 10 think you q won der.
 Why the divorce evil? Well, a big peasant doesn't take any sass from q little prince after Q republic is csta blished.
 Daughters idea of q room that re- fleets her personality properly is one lined with mirrors.
 ''No hunter ever found q dead elc- phant." Well, no fisherman ever found a dead worm.
 Senator Blah drinks and so shall l l." says John Doe. What about | Senator Blah lies and so shall r." l
 A famous man who beats his wife : seems greater than all famous men who don't beat their wivcs-if you want an alibi for beating yours.
 Senator Johnson thought it noth- | ing unusual when he vas overlooked 1 by the president A convention : treated him that way one time.
 Correct this sentence: We have | dozens Of charming frocks," said the 1 clerk, "and the Smartest ones are for | large women.'
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

The Herald is on sale daily in New York at Hotllings Newsstand Times Square; schultz's Neusstsnds. Entra nee Grand Central. 4end Street
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Truth Or OfherMisei

Office Clerk: q saw the boss at the dairy lunch today when I was eating lunch. Democracy is sure a fine thing"
 Office Boy: Democracy me eye. He was jes' plain stingy."
 Dorothy Thompson.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
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New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Ou II llIlu pitulE Oi SuppOft"t among your many friends righ here in New Britain, one Of the bes football cities in the United States. There Are BcrlinS and BcrlinS
 No Matter How You Say Them
 During the recent advertisin
 nen's convention in Germany, man Of the men congregated i'll the Hot Adlon lobby and bar adjoining Among the notable n,wSpa perm, congregated there was Minot Saun ders, New Britain man, acting q a correspondent for the Unite, Press and pilot for the Newspape Enterprise association. In the con versation which flew thick and fast Saunders mentioned that he Wa from New Britain, another ma mentioned that Ralph Mulligan, th New Britain Herald's business rep resentative in New York, was aroum somewhere. Saunders, keeping u. the conversation, said that he ust, 10 be Berlin correspondent for tn. New Britain Herald. Of course h meant Berlin, Connecticut, but J. did not discover that the listenc misunderstood him until he wu called aside and asked: "Why e earth should the New Britain Heral have a correspondent in Berlin. Wat it an advertising stunt and if SC let the master advertising expert Of the country in on the know"
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

A mushroom four feet in circum ference and five pounds in weigh. was found in the woods near Cha, tearouX, France.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY

Crimet A farmer tells me that with a little patience horses can be trained to follow a leader just like sheep That must be the way the ones we back are trained.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Business Statement

BUS1ncsS SfatPmCmt
 for Tailors-Sew-seW Eye 5pccialista-Looking Better. Elcctricians--Light. Garter Makcrs-Holding Up. Reform erS--Droll Messenger BoyS--SloW. Gold Diggcrs-Ncry uncertain.
 Careless MaXSOn Doris: The Editor of The Flu
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Why shouldn't the Carnegie Foun- dation examine the status of foot ball players? It always investigates heroes.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
2 Y
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A film actress drives a motor-car fitted with q cocktail bar
 Few pedestrians are lucky enough to be run over by q vehicle of this sort!
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Correct this sentence; We have dozens Of charming frocks," said the clerk, "and the smartest ones are for large Women.'
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Facts ondFancies
BY ROBERT CULLEN

Simile for today: AS sensitive as q woman who snores
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Entered at the Post OTce at New Britain
 as Second Class Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Copyright 1929, Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Senator Johnson thought it noth- ing unusual when he vas overlooked by the president. A convention treated him that way one time.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
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Srtlh all communications to iIin Shop Editor. care ol tue New Hrttain Herald, and your tctrf win be forwardtJ 10 New York.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

One explanation ot everything is that cranks make noisy protest and others never think to express their approval.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
N1Oy les.

- According 70 physiognomist, q sharp nose denotes an abundance of curiosity.
 We always thought that was indi- cated by flat one,
 Sports: A criminal is said to have discov- cred a method of disgusting hia fingerprints.
 Revolving the wheel of an auto matic cigarette lighter goes a long way towards wearing away the pat tern of a thumb.
 Literary "One can feel something master full and majestic in q sou westerly gale" says a writer, "even as it sweeps through the highways and byways of q city"
 Hats off to it.
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New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

A famous man who beats his wife seems greater than all famous men who don't beat their wivcs-if you want an alibi for beating yours.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Wall street gambling isn't like crap shooting at all. In the latter game the bone is in the players hand.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
suBsCElPTlON HATES

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New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Stocks were not the only things to come down. In scattered nick towns a lot of noses got back to normal.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

Doris. "The Editor Of The Fun I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18
Today in
Washington History
BIZ DONALD A. CRAIG.

October Is, 1SS2.-"Washington is
fast becoming one of the most at
tractive capitals in the world" writes
~. E. w." Washington correspondent
of the Chicago Times, in a letter re-
printed here today.
1.-THE beauty of its streets and the
elegance Of its public buildings COM
pei admiration" he continues. In an
esthetic sense, this city has made a
prodigiouS advance since the close OF
the Civil War. This rapid improve
ment has perhaps sprung from grow
ing conviction that the seat of the
National Government will not be moved
from this point-at least not In our
day.
"It has been a pleasure to meet here
a gentleman to whose iberality ana
noble example the whole country Is
under obligation. I allude to Mr.. W.
w. Corcoran, the great banker, who is
equally we'll known as generous pa
tron Of art. It would be difficult to es-
innate, at this time, the value of this
mans services, but they certainly ex-
coed that of score Of our average
legislators.
"Mr. Corcoran is now 81 years of age,
but he still looks hale under the load
of his many years. The 'Corcoran
Gallery is his monument, which he
has been building for 40 years and
upon which he has lavished an in
credible amount of money.
ITO describe this place shall make
no attempt. A fitting account Of its
treasures would fill volume and the
end is not yet. An addition to the
present spacious ediflce Is in contem-
pIation, which, when completed, will
make this one of the most interest
ing galleries in the world. That the
carrying forward of this high and I'M
selfish undertaking has been q JOY to
Mr.. Corcoran there can be no doubt.
It has sweetened what might otherwise
have been somewhat hard and lonely
life.
st write these words from the home
Of one of Mr.. Corcoran's most intimate
friends, and am penning the words on
a table that once belonged to Gen.
washington himself. There Is probably
no private residence in the United
States which contains so many rare
and estimable objects as this i. The
time will soon come when all that is
here of historic value will be the prop
erty of the public and will constitute
a distinct part of the 'Corcoran Gal
lery,' the gift of a widow (Mrs. Ben
jamin Ogle Taylor to the memory Of
her husband"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18

dies and hoops of solid silver. Later
these were changed to gold, but once,
when she was financially embarrassed
she sold them and put the silver ones
back.
She carried the casket with her on
all her travels. It was placed on a
mahogany trestle at the foot of her
bed so she could see it on awakening.
ITO remind me my body will soon
be dust, but that my glory will live
forever" she said
She had so different photographs Of
herself dressed in various costumes
taken as she lay in the coffin. Once,
dressed in white, with lily In her hand,
she went through mock funeral.
The great actress sister Regime was
brought to her fiat suffering from
tuberculosis and other ills from which
it was certain she would die. For some
time she and Sarah occupied the same
bed, the doctors warning Sarah she
could not keep this up without con-
tracing tuberculosis, she thereafter
used the coffin for a bed.
She employed her ability to paint as
an expression of her morbid strain. In
one years salon she exhibited cam
vas showing death clutching at an ar
tiste with a bouquet of flowers in her
hand. It's title was, Young Girl and
Death"
It was a bit more than a half CEN
fury after she acquired her coffin before
she was ready to use it.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18
Classifying the Latest Dresses
By MARY MARSHALL.

or colors. A brown silk crepe, for
instance, may show trimming OF orange
and beige of the same material. or dark
blue may have trimming Of black and
gray.
The dress of figured or mixed colors
may be used in conjunction with q con-
trasting material in solid color to match
one of the colors in the mixture or f1g-
ure of the first. Thus a tweed showing
brown and beige may be used with
jersey or brown or of beige.
The dress or ensemble made Of two
different materials of precisely the same
color. Thus velvet may be combined
With georgette or silk net, and q smooth
surfaced wooden material may be used
with silk crepe.
Less usual but decidedly smart Is the
device of using two figured or mixed
materials of different sorts Of fabric In
two different sorts of material. There
are wool tweeds Of the usual brown and
beige mixtures combined with silk
printed to initiate the tweed in the
same tones of brown and beige. Some
times a mixed tweed is used with q
tweed-like jersey showing the same color
combination. Then there are evening
ensembles, like the one shown In the
sketch, showing a printed chiffon for
the dress and a wrap of velvet printed
in the same colorS and figures Is the
lighter fabric.
This weeks illustrated circular gives
diagram pattern and directions for
making a new step-in which Is very
easy to make and most attractive. II
you would like a copy, please send .
stamped, self-addressed envelope to
Mary Marshall, care of this paper.
(Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18
Everyday Psychology
pY pR. JESSE ". sPRowLs.
Musical Talent.

II what modern experimental psy-
cllology has to offer on the question of
musical training is true, something like
nine -Eenths of what is spent on such
education is really wasted. The tests
for musical talent are simple. cheap
and easily administered.
Musical talent consists in the ability
to sense three very different things:
Pitch, intensity and rhythm. Some
people may rank high in one sense and
low In the others. To become really
talented musician, you must have them
all in about the same proportion. After
all, these three senses are closely
related.
You can easily test the first of these
by the use Of good set of tuning
forks. The test consists in the ability
to recognize slight differences in vibra-
ton rates Of the prongs of the tuning
forks. These vibration rates themselves
produce the various pitches which the
where the so-called quality of music Is
found.
The sense of intensity is sense of
tone-quantity. Those who possess that
talent may develop it to the point where
they can judge just how to manipulate
an instrument so as to make 1t talk"
In the case of singing, the voice box
is the instrument. In other words, the
musician so endowed has a feeling"
for rhythm and expression. He knows
when to accent given tone, when to
suppress another, and so on. Those
who can't appreciate grand opera are
those for whom intensity means
nothing. There must be a host of
people in the world, who say they "just
love grand opera" for the sake Of APP
pearing cultured"
The sense of rhythm seems to be
scattered all over the body. It is,
therefore, more complex than the two
other musical senses. At the same time,
1t is fundamental, and for that reason
most people have 1t in fairly disable
amount. There's good reason why
the first musical instrument that the
human race invented was the drum.
Rhythm is really a part of ones
whole personality. You can tell who
have it by merely observing the way
they walk. You can make sure by
taking note Of their hands and feet
when the music begins" It has been
said that some people have this sense
of rhythm while they are eating, espe-
cially the unsteady talented Perhaps
that's why most Of us enjoy music with
our meals.
(Copyrisht, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18

We know of a woman who spent $500
for treatments, only to learn later from
her physician that she was in the
hands of a quack. The latter did her
no harm, unless the extraction of $500
is q painful experience, but he had
done her no good, either.
It Is an easy matter to tell an obese
woman that her trouble Is due to a
glandular disturbance or deficiency,
and that course of treatments will
correct her condition. Her physician
may tell her that her obesity Is due to
inactivity. He may be less pleasant
but more truthful.
There are other disorders which
really require simple treatment, but
which in the institute Of quack are
made impressive with polysyllabic
names. Then one is advised various
treatments are necessary, and down
payment, accompanied by monthly re-
mittances, Is the means for the end.
In order to avoid senSelesS and inef-
fective treatments, not to mention need
less expense, consult your physician
before submitting to any form of treat
ment.
Let him prescribe the treatment and
recommend a reliable place where such
treatments may be obtained. John Law
can't close up quackeries as fast as they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18
AUTUMN

A lady, watching a flight of South
bound birds across our neighborhood,
asked me If I didn't think that birds
made their Autumn migrations tntelli-
gently, could truthfully say that,
all in all. thought birds more intelh-
gent than any animal except man.
But it appeared that she meant that
birds "just knew" by some intuition,
that it was going to be hard Winter,
and when I doubted this she looked
disappointed in me. Evidently I was
not on the side of the angels. In
moment more I was being called
cold mechanist."
see nothing to be ashamed Of IN
believing the facts; namely, that pros
migrate by instinct and by necessity.
Instinct and necessity are cold mech
anism,' If you like, but remember that
mother-love is an instinct and sex Is
an instinct and defenomg y ours;en
among the instincts and neceSSltleS.
Are they cold mechanismS? The fear
full and wonderful thing about an In
stinct is that it will compel the tndiv1d-
ual even against common sense, tntelli.
gence or safety. Tens of thousands OF
birds every year die because they come
back to the North too early, get caught
in storms or die of starvation. II they
know intuitively that 1t Is going TO be
a hard Winter, why have they not been
enlightened when it is going to be
late and treacherous Spring?
I never could see why, in order TO
admire an animal, we must think that
it has human traits. Is this not
fatuous conceit upon our partP The
first lesson in the art of thinking like
a careful scientist is to rid the mind
of a viewpoint that wants to read in
telligence into plants and accurate,
long-range weather forecasting into the
direct and unthinking instincts OF birds.
Even leaving science aside, is 1t not
rather a trivial philosophy that does
not find Nature interesting enough, or
beautiful enough, just as 1t is without
painting it with occult knowledge and
trying to find In it somewhere our own
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