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New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

At the Common Council meeting last night the plan 10 buy seven ad- ditional voting machines at cost or s7.000 was tabled evidently in the interest of economy. At the same meeting it was learned that the state water commission will force the city to improve it's sewer disposal sys- tenn, which will cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, if not mll- lion. The difference between the cost of voting machines and a modern sewerage system is considerable, but the voting machines are secured through direct appropriations, while the sewerage plant will be procured through bonds. Appropriations really hurt more. although in the long run the money comes from the same pockets,
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
SEVEN CHILDREN

Stanley Raducha, who died from injuries received when struck by an automobile On Pennington avenue. Berlin, leaves a wife and seven chill dren.
 Who can read sutl story without a gulp? Who can fail to extend sympathy which, although mental and of little practical value, is none the less sincere?
 The toll Of automobile fatalities goes steadily on. Tn September 5000 persons in the United States were killed by 'he modern juGgcrnauts. During the first nine months Of 1929 th" total killed numbered 2l,000.
 More stringent methods to avoid them than any yet taken are neces- sary.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
Questions dndAnSwors Ho1a aWQbhiAqon

You can get an answer 10 any writing 10 the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue. Washington. D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advise cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per. sonal reply. Unsigned requests can. not be answered. All letters are confidential Editor.
 Q. Who wrote the there song of The Sophomore?
 A. Walter O'keefe and Bobby Dolan.
 Q. Did Gilbert Roland or Ru- dolph Valentino play the leading male role in the motion picture "Camille"?
 A. "Camille" has been produced six times on the screen. Years ago Rudolph Valentino played Ar mand" to Nazimovas Camille" and Gilbert Roland was Armand" in the most recent version in which Norma Talmadge played the title role.
 Q. Why must house that has been wired for electricity have ground wire?
 A. To permit stray electric cur- ta f, A h damage 10 the circuit.
 Q. What is the origin and mean ing of Wladislaw?
 A. It is a Polish name meaning "ruling glory. II is derived from the Slavic very "vladati" meaning to rule.
 Q. Are there natural bridges in the United States other than the one in Virginia? How large is that bridge?
 A. There are more than 50 of considerable size. The best known ia the celebrated Natural Bridge in nockbridge county. Virginia. It has a span Of 90 feet and Is from 50 to 100 feet wide. The thickness of it's crown is about 40 feet and it's arch is 215 feet above the stream. A public road passes over 1t.
 o. What is the record for at- tendance at a collegiate football game?
 4. The record attendance was 117.O00 at the Notre Navy game, in Chicago, October 13. 1928.
 c. Is shadow very or a noun?
 A. It is both.
 Q. How many members of the United States Supreme Court ap- proved the Volstead Act as constitu- tional?
 A. The decision was unanimous.
 Q. Who patented the Ouija Board?
 A. It was patented by the Kenard Novelty company of Balti- more, Maryland. July 1, 1890, and the rights were sold to William Fuld. of Baltimore in 1921, who now manufactures them. o. How many Italians arc in New York City?
 A. According to the last census there were S03,04S Q. What is the value of a Pill grim half dollar dated 1920? A. Sixty-flve cents.
 Q. How far is it from San Fran
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
< MENTOR TO u NCH CLUBS

After reading what the Rev. Will liam IT, Alderson told luncheon club about the necessity to aim for higher cultural levels we feel like writing about tho glories of painting, music and literature. II was a great tip. The tendency of luncheon clubs 10 oXagseratc the good done vas we'll spoken, and that little hint about what passes for singing ought not to fall on deaf ears. Likewise important was the hint that after throwing quarter in the Thanksgiving basket the donor should not allow himself to feel too good about if, That probably means that the giver could have dropped q ten dollar bill where the quarter went and not missed it any worse.
 The truth of the minister's mild rebuke cannot be coutrovcrted. Most Of us in and out Of civic clubs really take no interest in good books, good music or good pictures, but lust confine ourselves 10 our everyday routine.' It seems that the fine
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

a leader. Or perhaps Senator Cara way is as good as any other. Who ever runs the team, it is uniformly successful.
 The trouble with the young guard" has been that it received its inspiration from the same source as the 'old guard" and it's only aim has been to pass a tariff bill. It really vas more interested in the tariff bill than in permanent leadership. It failed in both directions.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

There would have been no investi- gators sent to the Cape at all, how ever, and the Civic League would not have been interested had it not been sponsoring a job hunting boom. The idea of the league is to have a flock of policewomen appointed, who would go nosing around and gain facts about immoral conditions which men officers are not supposed to be able to obtain,
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
EXPERT DELEGATE
 APPROVED BY LAPS
Admiral Takarabe Going to Par-
 ley to Appease Clique

Tokyo, Nov. 21 LP, - Status of Admiral Takarabe, minister of navy, on Tokyo's delegation 10 the forth coming London naval conferenc" has been questioned, and upheld by the Japanese government
 It was learned here today that the British government in recent correspondence with the Tokyo gov ernment stated it was undesirable that a naval expert be included in the delegation to the London five power naval conference. The Tokyo government is said to have concur red readily.
 Foreign office spokesman explain cd the official view was that Ad- miral Takarabe, minister of the navy, was appointed delegate 10 the conference in his capacity as statesman. not as a naval expert.
 Authoritative quarters pointed out that just as the American dele gation must include senators for the purpose of insuring senate rati- itcation to whatever agreement may be reached so the Japanese delega- tion must include a naval repre- sentative. Otherwise the naval clique, whose power is considerable, might put obstacles in the way of the privy councils approval.
 As the Japanese constitution re- quires the minister of navy to be- long to the navy it is unavoidable that the representative of this clique be a naval man.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
THE FINANCIAL WAR IN WATERBURY

The war is not yet over in Water bury. Not even a city election can settle it. Citizens of the brass city are treated to one set of financial statistics after another. and it may be possible, if they live long enough. they will be able to analyze them. The most recent statistical informa- ton includes charges that the city administration or some of it's head men have violated the city charter relative 10 city finances-ci.>rge that were brought up before Cut al- ways indignantly denied. Now, in third public statement, the Water bury charter mission declares that millions in civic funds have been loosely handled, and goes Into much detail. Everything from deliberate misrepresentation to cooked-up statements are charged to City Hall.
 It may be that citizens Of Water bury have concluded that where there is so much smoke there must be some fire. But the majority does not seem inclined to be greatly alarmed. Democracy seems to be phlegmatic in Waterbury, and so long as the gasoline stations furnish the gas the populace is content to do its joy-riding in its own way That is saying. in effect, that General Apathy is the municipal despot
 The situation in Waterbury comes down to this-tnat money and ac- counts are juggled in the most care | free fashion in the state. Yet the ! people are not aroused and they probably won't be until the city goes bankrupt Even then they may mere- ! ly enjoy the thrill of living in a place that goes into the hands of re- caivers appointed by the state. When the next election rolled around they probably would vote against the re- ceivers, their agents and their party, Waterbury is peculiar that way.
 Waterbury, by the way, is the states best opportunity for a first class city manager. We are surprised that, instead of trying to make politics" out of the prevailing finan- cIal meas, the so-called 'better ele- ment" in the town doesn't do some thing definite about bringing on the reign of a city manager. The hkel1- hood is that such q gentleman would lift the town out of it's depressing depths by simply starving the poll ticians and hangers on at the crib
 Why don't the Waterbury papers, in, 1 stead of trying to do the impossible
 by electing Republican officials CT
 bloc, work on the city manager scheme more effectively? With ar
 efficient city manager Waterbury
 probably would become beacon O
 light.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

cisco to Hong Kong, by way of Hawaii?
 A, About 1000 miles.
 Q. sWhy was Anthony Wayne called Mad Anthony"?
 A, He was soldier and roman tie figure in the American Revolu- tion and was called Mad Anthony" on account of his reckless daring in battle.
 Q. How long ago did Cleopatra live?
 A. She lived two thousand years ago.
 c. How long has Nicholas Long worth been speaker of the |. s. House of Representatives?
 A. Since December ', 1925. . Q. When did coinage of United States nickel ive-ccnt pieces begin?
 A. In 1886.
 Q. Who were the Roundheads?
 A. That nickname was applied contemptuously to the English Puri- tans and parliamentarians in the time of Charles I. It originated in their fashion of wearing their hair short while the Cavaliers wore flow ing locks.
 c. Is an academy the same as q high school?
 A. An academy is intermediate between an elementary school and q college, and corresponds to high school. In a few cases, however as the United States Naval Academy and the United States Military Academy, they are institutions in which the higher branches of learn ing arc taught. and pupils are trained in some special science.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

For saying that the country lacks confidence in Congress, Roger Bab- son may be called before the Senate for an investigation. If all the edi- torial writers who have said the same thing are hauled before the Senate it will be swell holidays for most of us, with the papers paying living expenses including refresh ments. while in the capital.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

He Did. The tramp was just going arouni line.
 'HERE!' yelled the lady of the house, T told you to clean that rug and I'd bring more so you could pay for your dinner" Yes" said the tramp. ''you sail put that rug on the line and beat it, and l did!"
 Mrs. A. H. Marshall Copyright, 1929, Reproduction
 Forbiddcn)
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Today the industrial leaders are conferring with President Hoover, and all will be advised 10 do their best to create the supply that fol- lows the demand. Something, we think, should also be done to stimu- late demand. That done, the indus trial leaders won't be found tagging in activity.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
Neahef Audit Bureau Of Circulation

The A B. c. Is national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with a strictly honest analyais (: circulation. Our circulation statistics gre based upon this audit. This !nsures pro- lection against fraud in newspaper dis tribution figures to both national and local advsrtisers-
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
One Hundred Per Cent Plus!

From the hall where the sales mems convention was being held came roar after roar of applause.
 What's all the noise about?' asked a policeman of man who had just stepped out.
 They've been making speeches. replied the latter "and somebody just introduced the man who sold
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

There are many beaches, often times of very small area, whose sand has the peculiar property of giving off a metallic tone when stepped upon.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
Dusty, the Pup
Mean Man.

Mrs. ClemmonS: Dear, do you me with flowers and gifts before we were married"
 Clemmons; "Yes, l do, honey, but it aint goin' 10 rain no more,"
 -C. R. Bohnen
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Jc Hate I slay those maidens, as rule, Who chirp: Don't be a fool, you fool" I eat up little girls who hum: "Di, deed di, dee dunn, dunn, dunn. . At Don't be sill T pant with rage, And vince when told 10 be your age" Cries of Don't be redic" dsmay me: Libcrish confessions that you slay me-" And I rebel at such jocoscries AS Boy. I'll say you know your groCcries,' But how l thrill and warm, and mellow, When told that I'm "a funny fellow"
 Fred Behrens
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Turkey costs this Thanksgiving will be lower, it is stated; but that doesn't do the turkeys bit Of good.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Harry F. Sinclair. released from Jail, says his experience was merely a political plot. It seems he ran for oil and was defeated.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

The Herald Is on sale daily iu New York at Holdings Newsstand. Times square: schultz's Eewsstands. Entrance Grand Central. s2nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
Member of the Associated Press

Htmp<7 VT tHU EfssV0'HKVN T TFhs Tho Associated Press Is exclusively en- titled to tho Use for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
NEW YORK AT A GLANCE
By LaRoy Burrows

by LtI@OS buI IphS
 Stop, Go, Apartment for Rent. (No children) . 15c first A mi. sc each add. mi. I'd walk a mile for a Camel Baggage, mister?" . "Is it good stuff" Lotsa roonf inside the car,' Join the Navy. . :. Line forms to the right Polo Grounds, Round Trip 75c. "Whew! that was close" No Traffic. Street Under Repair, stop thief" Wanna buy ticket for this performance, stranger" .. I Am Blind. "Standin' room only" "You'rc next" . . Danger. Hands up," "C'n yuh help a bloke git q cuppa coffee, buddy"" Building Going Up. One-Way Street Building Coming Down. "Oh. yes; a boyish bob is much more becomin'." Let 'em off foist" Glorifying the American Girl, . Don't push." Lets see your license" |. "Taxi?' Were you delayed in the tie-up this mornin' 2" :. ''Watchya step" Coin up!' What dya say, kid?' |. Follow the green line. . No Parking. Peanuts. Candy Subway Sun. Pull over ( tn coib" :. Open Air Line. Hat check" "Git yer program fer t'night's fight" !. I'm a stranger here myself" |. "Joinal Wolld. Sun! Teie"' |. | Murder. Divorce. Sui | eide. =. BigaIny. . Arson. .. Forgery. Hold-up. |.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Ordinances 10 eliminate sound are having some effect. New York re ports the elimination of many sound investments"
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
TELEPHONE CALLS
 Bus D eAs once ..... e25 Editorial Rooms co. a26

The only profitable advertising medium h the City. Circulation books and press room airays open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
Facts ondFancies
By Robert Ouillen

Poor farmers. Twin beds and two-car garages boosted business, but you cant make a two dinner stomach.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Little Jane's grandma measured a yard by holding one end of the goods to her nose, and then stretch ing the piece at arms length. One day Jane found a bit of rib bon.
 "Grandma," she said gravely. smell this and see how long it is."
 Mrs. Harvey DeRose
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
WHEN BLACK IS READ
ScduCtiO Ad AbSurdum.

ScduCtiO Ad Absurdum. l. cannot be so dull in Hades AS the Scriptures say, There must be lots of lovely ladies Who have gone astray!
 Eddie Cantor.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

but you cant make wo-dinncr stomach.
 Ordinances 10 eliminate sound are having some effect. New York re ports the elimination of many sound investments"
 You have no right to shoot q man who sells hquor-unless he sells 1t to you, and it's that kind of liquor.
 Shakespeare wasn't much in his day. He was neither the richest actor nor the "highest-paid writer"
 And you may yet hear that some college has traded three first line men and seven professors for quarter.
 There's always something. Many learned men offer to pick out your monthly book, but nobody helps you darned bit in a cafeteria.
 Bless the forward pass It not only adds an element of chance, but also serves as a perfect alibi for the expert prophets.
 These mergers effect economics fer everybody. True, the consumer pays 20 per cent more for his cake. but there are no rival saicsmen to burden him with six cakes.
 If you assume that sitting on a hot stove would be unpleasant, that's common sense; if you form nc opinion until you've tried it S37 times, that's science.
 Americanism: Laboring manfully to seem cultured; thinking an artist the greatest because he makes the most money.
 A tariff cant benefit everybody. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is a waste of effort if you also TOD Paul to pay Peter.
 Poor old duffer, If he tends to business, people say he is a slave to money getting; if he has good time people say he is making q fool of himself
 A New York policeman was dis charged for being drunk on duty. Yet nothing is done about the med dlers who are so obviously drunk on their imaginary duty. There are two kinds of people: | Those who would enjoy being stared at, and those who are important enough to be stared at.
 French designers say that things only half exposed are more interest," Ing, so that explains the curiosity about Washington's bootleggers
 An English clergyman predicts a war between sexes. Think how the masculine army will quail when the feminine host cries Charge it."
 Gotham's protection of 3o,0O0 speakeasies is rather bold, but it's only fair to have one for each na- tionality
 Nothing is perfect. In China, where all of them could be Daugh- ters of the Revolution, girl babies arc killed.
 Correct this sentence: That little school has an instructor who's a wow said the university president, and we must have him if it takes | sE5,000 a year"
 Copyright, 1929. Publishers | Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
An Expert.

GlenGolyn: 'Is it true that you are a Doctor of Divinity?"
 Rev. Hendricks: Yes, I am"
 Gwcndolyn: Well, l wish you'I tell me how to make divinity fudge. I've been having such a terrible time with it."
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

If that airplane which dropped on a building in New York yesterday had by chance descended in q crowd ed street-Well. why bring that up?
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

You have no right to shoot q man who sells lquor-unless he sells 1t to you, and it's that kind of liquor.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Courts and their phraseology
 To us seem queer as queer can be, They sit" on juries-benches. too.
 But not on bandits. like we'd do!
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
l3Otl,i

Gilbert: "l hope this dance doesn't last much longer. My feet are simp- ply killing me-" Grace: Me, too.'
 Felix Hahn.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Correct this sentence: That little school has an instructor who's a wow said the university president, and we must have him if it takes sE5 1000 a year.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
POPE RECEIVES BISHOP

Rome, Nov 21 (UP)-Pope Plus received Bishop John B. Peterson of Boston today. Bishop Peterson of- fered felicltations and good wishes for the pope's saccrdotal jubilee in behalf of Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, who was unable to come 10 Rome.
 Bishop Peterson will sail Friday for New York on the Nulcania.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
New Britain Herald
HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY

Issued Daily Sunday EIcepted) At Herald BldE.. s7 Church Street
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
He Did.

Mussolini a book on how to acquire self-confidence"
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Entered at the Post OfHce at New Britain
 as Second Class Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Shakespeare wasn't much in his day. He was neither the richest actor nor the highest paid writer"
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

There is a strict ordinance pro- hibiting the abuse of cats in St. Ives, the famous Cornish fishing town.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
From Our Own Infantry Drill
 Regulations

The cost Of living is highest after midnight.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Nothing is perfect. In China, where all of them could be Daugh- ters of the Revolution, girl babies arc killed.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Gotham's protection of 3o,0O0 speakeasies is rather bold, but it's only fair to have one for each na- tionality.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
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Send ail communications to Fun Shop Editor, care o1 tie New Britain Herald, and your teties will he forwarded to New York.

And We'd Sit On 'Em Hard, Too.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

And you may yet hear that some college has traded three first line men and seven professors for a quarter.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

An English clergyman predicts a war between sexes. Think how the masculine army will quail when the feminine host cries Charge it."
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

Copyright, 1929. Publishers
 Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

SUBSCRIPTION RATES u.ee . Year s..0o Three Months
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New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

French designers say that things only half exposed are more interest," Ing, so that explains the curiosity about Washington's bootleggers
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

There's always something Many learned men offer to pick out your book, but nobody helps you darned bit in a cafeteria.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-21

There are two kinds of people: Those who would enjoy being stared at, and those who are important enough to be stared at.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-01
Peoples Polish
Generous Bottle 0OC

Imparts high lustre to furniture
and automobiles. VIII not mar the
finest finish. This Is very low price
for polish of this quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-01
AWARD DIPLOMAS
At CENTRAL HIGH
Midyear Graduation Exer-
ciseS Are Held in School
Auditorium.

The midyear graduates of Central
High School, who received their diplo-
mas last night, were advised that "hard
work means more than luck and genius
in developing to the utmost the oppor-
tunities available to all today.
In making the principal address DIR.
Thomas e. Green of the American Red
Gross reminded the graduates that "the
worlds greatest definition Of genius is
AN infinite capacity for hard work."
Success" he said, comes in cans,
failures in can'ts. To set up an ideal
and work to it. to find a vocation and
live to 1t, to let no labor alright, to
let no failure deter, to press steadily
onward, seeking the best--that's your
royal road; that's your song for the
struggle"
DR.. Green outlined the gigantic tasks
awaiting the growing generation, and
urged all the graduates to equip them
selves to the extent Of their abilities, so
that they may carry on the American
ideals of progress.
Invocation Given.
The commencement exercises, held in
Ql1e school auditorium were opened with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-01

lind Louise Hobbs, Helen Bovee Holmes,
Elizabeth Winifred Hussey, Marjorie
Amelia Jemison, Pearl Virgil Jacobs,
Frances Elizabeth Joyner, Jane Ford
Kenney, Catherine Marie Kindsfather,
Dorothy Virginia Klee, Edith Margaret
Kohner, Dorothy Anah Lausen, Billie
Evelyn Laws. Catherine Ellen Lester,
Ida Levine, Sylvia Levy, Myra Elizabeth
Lewis, Ethel Agnes Lowe, Elizabeth
Lum, Virginia Macintosh, Eleanor
Elizabeth Miller, Frances barley Miller,
Mindlin, Evelyn Isbell Mooney, Janet
Frances Mothershead, Martha Moulton,
Mary Frances Murphy, Ruth Eleanor
Murray, Jeanette Mailman, Rose Kath-
rine Meidorf, Julianne Lee Nolan, Fran
ces Eleanor Owen, Anne Louise Pallas,