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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
Times Readers Voice Vices

patriotism, I have another name for
it.
Mr.. Montgomery spoke of the men
who stayed at home and worked in
the shops and factories. denying
themselves of many comforts Of life.
The men who stayed home made
from SIS to $40 day and were sure
of three square meals a day and
good beds every night. If those men
who stayed home haven't any
money, it is their own fault. Who
denied himself more than the man
who went to war and fought for
his country?
The only reason I can see why
Mr.. Montgomery opposes a bonus
is because he owns much real estate
and is afraid his taxes will be
raised.
I could tell you lot more, but
1 think this is enough to think over
for while.
FRANK KEEVER.
Newcastle. Ind.
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A New Frontier

A NIMAL life is playing less a
"A part in the great modern city
than anywhere else. That may have
some bearing on the men and pecu-
liar problems the great city is pro-
ducing, the cruelty, the gang war,
the disregard of life.
Quite evidently, civilization has
found new frontier. 1t used to be
out in the waste places, in the hills,
the desert and other regions not
readily accessible.
Now it is in the tenement district,
the slum, the cellar.
One no longer thinks of bad men
as out on the western planes. or
the greatest need for two gun
sheriffs as in border towns.
The lunatic fringe, the anti-so-
cial complex, the thuggery and vice
have come nearer home, settling
themselves in close proximity to the
multitude.
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ZeSt of CyniciSn1

NOR some curious reason the adj
Il jectiYe faded" has come to be
coupled with all such as think that
this is somewhat less than the best
possible of all worlds
Clarence Darrow makes a practice
of going about debating that life
is not worth living. But is it a mis-
take to assign any lack of zest to all
defeatist philosophers? The invet-
crate gambler said of the crooked
faro game, after all, it's the only
game in town" And some such
emotion must propel Darrow into
his magnificent stride toward the
new Jerusalem.
The great soul is not the man who
thinks that he can stem the tide,
but the fellow who knows that he
is licked before he starts and even
so plays out the string with aniIna-
ton. One of my pet heroes has al
ways been the much-maligned King
Canute.
Of course, he couldn't keep the
ocean back with any ukase, but Just
the same it was a very pretty try.
Darrow began his appeal for a
more merciful America by explain
ing that he believed free will to be
a traffic misconception. BY any pro-
cess of cold logic he might, accord
ing to that light, have spared his
breath.
If fate binds us, no one Is ever to
be won by even the warmest Of ap-
peals Each will go out by that same
door by which he entered. But no
theory, however strongly held,
stands up against the urge of an
immediate situation.
An actor in a play will break his
heart against a difficulty, even
though he knows that the plot is
ordained and that in a thous-
and nights it is not established In
the script that he shall ever win
the girl.
Just SO Clarence Darrow, who pro-
fesses to believe that existence is a
tragic mistake, will go on till the
end butting his head against stone
walls and calling upon the divine
component in mankind which he
denies.
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CLAD IN A CLUB
HANDING THE PILL
y = =
THEY WALK SPANISH

THAT was a wise provision of
l. congress to spend eight million
dollars over a period of ten years to
set aside land and water areas for
migratory birds and now we should
civilize men and boys, so they will
stop killing them.
Protect these birds and they will
protect the crops from pests.
President Coolidge could afford to
appoint ex-senator Lenroot to the
court of customs appeals, because
Lenroot was slated for yice-presi-
dent the time Coolidge was nomi-
mated, but lost the nomination be-
cause the fellow who was to put him
in nomination fell down on the Job.
Il
Our marine planes are spraying
the waters and jungles of Nicaragua
to kill the mosquitoes, but from the
pictures we've seen of the inhabi-
tants of that country, we should say
the quickest way to kill the misqui-
toes would be to let them bit the
Nicaraguans.
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Editor Times-In reply to w. H.
Montgomery, who recently outlined
his stand against the soldier bonus
bill in a letter to this column: If
Mr.. Montgomery was in the Span
American war and is not draw
ing a pension, he is asleep, for all
soldiers who fought in that war now
are getting pensions Of from $50 to
$40 a. month. If he is not getting
his, I will bet he has good job and
has more money than he knows
what to do with.
I. for one, was a soldier in the
World war, and served six months
in France. Mr.. Montgomery spoke
of concentrating patriotism I
think when he was in the army he
was getting about SIS month. /
drew $50 month and crossed an
ocean on an English cattle boat that
vas about as comfortable as an
American box car.
If Mr.. Montgomery calls SIS to
$40 q month commercializing
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Roar of the Crowd
IF BARROW were not one of the

IF BARROW we're not one of the
l. greatest tria lawyers in America
he might grace the stage eloquently.
For he has that extraordinary gift
Of reVivification which comes to the
born public performer.
He talked for about two hours.
To be sure, he did not get directly
to the iniquities of the death pen
atty until the last ten minutes. Be-
fore that time he was pretty well
occupied with prohibition, the
clergy and the retaining of the
young. But those are also impor-
tant subjects.
The big man is marked by most
peculiar and appealing mannerism.
Like most doubters, Clarence Oar.
row is much given to dogmatic pro-
nouncements. He prefers without
any question" to ct believe"
aBut when he makes a swinging
statement there is something with
in him which flashes forth a oues-
ton, even though no heckling voice
arises from the audience. Sceptic-
ism, even of his own sureness, he
expressed with his shoulders.
First, he lays down the unassaiI-
able truth and then he lifts MS big
back up like the protagonist in
hit-the-nigger booth awaiting mis-
siles and striving to present tar
get as small as possible.
And yet he has no disposition,
thus, to guard his head in the face
Of direct frontal attack When he
was done with his discourse a vener-
able gentleman in the crowd as
sailed him because ne had referred
slightingly to the board of prohibi-
ton and public morals.
Darrow had spoken Of it as the
Methodist Vatican, and when he
was rebuked he said YEARLY, ooh,
I can tell by looking at you that you
want to talk about the evils of
liquor and with that he turned his
back as much as to say. shoot and
be damned TO you"
II would" shouted the reformer,
later identified as DR.. Pease. "as
soon put g rubber nipple soaked in
cyanide into the mouth of an In
FAINT"
1t was not Dafrow, but some we'll
wisher from the gallery. who called
down. I'D like TO give you one"
Darrow was done. He was less
young than when the fire burned.
supplied by his own central heating
plant. His shoulders sagged. They
seemed TO say. "Oh. what's the use"
Copyright, 1929. BY United Pressl
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Mechanical Savagery

Chicago offers most vivid il
lustration, but Chicago is not alone
in her social travail by any means.
To a measurable extent, every
great town in this country is
plagued with the same evils.
A sort of mechanical ruthleSsness
appears to have taken possession of
the weak minded, a opposition to
play fast and loose with deadly in
struments, total disregard for life,
an immoral attitude toward pain
and suffering.
Who will deny that the substi-
tuition of mechanical power for.
animal may have had something to
do with it, or hat the job ahead,
especially for educators and social
workers is to reacquaint people with
nature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
NJ. E.
TRACY
SAYS
fertilization Has Found q
Ne10 Frontier IN
the Tenement District,
the Slam :"

GAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 20.-Au
~ last week Europe prayed for re-
lief from the cold, the snow, the icy
wind.
Providence was kind, if not re-
sponSive. The sun came out, the
thermometer went up and the snow
melted.
Now people are drowning in the
flooded rivers, instead Of freezing to
death.
The moral is plain. One abnor-
NAL condition leads to another. In
nature, this is beyond our control.
In some other things, it is not, and
men ought to think about it before
advocating relief through extreme
measures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
Passing of Sympathy

TINE old animal life had one adj
i vantage. 1t taught us Sympa
thy and self control. No normal
man could see horse lather, with
out feeling sorry.
That restraining influence goes
by the board when we. adopt a
mechanical power.
The old fiivver can cruunple up,
without causing the slightest pain,
except in the pocketbook,
There is nothing in cold steel to
make us vince, nothing in an en-
CINE made by man, nothing in in
animate creation.
Everyone senses this, which fur
nisheS good reason for supposing
that animal life will be preserved,
that we shall continue to have
horses, cows and dogs, no matter
what happens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
Lit Up at Wrong Time

THEY demonstrated an electrical
Il device at Newark, N. j., Tues
Gay by which an airplane lit airport
lights by the simple process of blow
ing a siren.
All went well until motorcycle
cop blew his siren and turned on
the lights, without warning.
Such a weakness is not confined
to mechanical devices.
I remember distinctly of seeing
a dog team demoralized by a stray
cat, and of a disastrous runaway
that was caused by a newspaper
blowing across the road in front Of
shy horse.
The old animal life on which we
depended was mechanical in one
sense of the word, and subject to
mechanical interference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
Fellowship in Pruyer

impatient of results. I would be
sower and reaper too, which may
not be. If I have reaped that
wherein I spent no labor, shall not
sow for harvests that 1 never will
see?
PRAYER: o God who art Lord
of the seed time and of the harvest
and who alone dost bring fruitful
ness unto the labors of men, accept
my unfinished tasks. Let no sense
of failure dampen my ardor or en-
bitter my heart. Comfort me with
the assurance that nothing put into
the life of men is ever lost, that no
labor spent for Thee Is in vain.
Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
Four-Footed Friends

NEEN have learned much through
1V1 their contact with animal life,
too much for it to be entirely broken.
One thing they learned was the
folly of being cruel.
You can't keep horse, COW, or
dog well without taking care of
them, or bring out the best in them,
without being kind.
That was great lesson in natu-
raj economics-a lesson that did
much to make men decent. We may
drive Old Dobbin from the farm, as
well as the street, as some have sug-
gested, may get synthetic milk, as
Henry Ford says, substitute robots
for housemaids and look to me-
chanical energy for many other
intimate services but we will keep
our old four-footed friends as pets,
if for no other reason.
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I ]!
SEEMS

By HAYWOOD
BROUN
4 LITTLE while ago I wrote a

A LITTLE while ago 1 wrote a
4 "A column saying that kindness
did not depend upon a fervent faith
in Christianity. That I believed and
still believe that even faith needs
affirmation.
Now I am sure of my contention,
for last night I heard Clarence Oar
row speaking for the abolition of
capital punishment
One of the favorite rules of argu-
mentation in America is-when in
doubt compare your candidate to
Abraham Lincoln. Well, Darrow is
my candidate for the post Of the
highest exemplification of that part
of our civilization which is distinctly
native.
And I think no living citizen is
quite as close to Lincoln in his
moods and mannierisms as this
same lakewood lawyer.
wish that Darrow moved among
us more, for he furnishes so strong
a proof of that humanity which
lives in those who have no great
enthusiasm for mankind.
Upon any barricade one Of the
first is the man who says, There is
no much to gain, so why not take a
chance and lose it alp" 1t is not
from optimists or any who sleep
smiling that we may expect great
deeds of heroisnn. Those who love
life too dearly play with all the
chips parked close up to the chest.
Only the slightly cynical choose
to take the longer chances, and if
Utopia ever comes it will be founded
by some daring sceptic who never
for a moment thought that it was
more than just an idle dream.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
Paying the War Bill

MODERATION remains the most
Iva essential virtue. If the allies
had not overdone the job of fixing
PREPARATIONS, they would not be in
the present pickle.
Ten years ago, Lloyd George was
promising the world that Germany
would pay all the bills.
Germany could not, and no one
knew it better than Lloyd George
himself.
His promise was too tempting,
however, not to be written into the
treaty of Versailles.
For the last five years, statesmen
and financial experts have been
doing what they could to unravel it
piecemeal.
Let us hope that the conference
now in session will be able to finish
the job.
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and mental changes and that it is
possible to rehabilitate the addict
successfully if he can once be re-
1ieveed Of his craving.
This fact has given the greatest
encouragement to the physicians
and has stimulated their efforts in
Che search for some specific method
IF treatment.
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BIZ DR. MORRIs FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine


Health Magazine.
THE most pitiable objects in the
l. field of human ailments are
those persons who have found
themselves unable to live satisfac-
torily without the constant use of
narcotic drugs.
Their minds are so disturbed that
they sometimes resort to almost any
measure to obtain the substances to
which they are addicted.
The committee on drug addic-
ton established in New York city
has been carrying out studies in
various institutions with view to
finding ways and means for freeing
such people of the demand for the
drug.
One of the first studies involved
consideration of the conduct of
the addict and this revealed inter
esting information as to the means
that had been used to secure the
drug while the patient was under
observation in the hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
David Dietz on Science
Sum- Energy Is Mystery
David Dietz on Science
No. 2S4

0NE OF the most interesting problems connected
" with the is the origin of its tremendous heat
and energy It became obvious at an early stage OF
solar reserach that the suns energy did not develop
as a result of ordinary combustion or burning.
Combustion, such as takes place in the ordinary
fire. is known technically oxidation. 1t is the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20

chemical union of
the S u b S t a n C g
which is burning
with the oxygen
of the air.
Such a reaction
takes place at a
certain tenpera-
ture, varying for
different S u b.
stances. But at
such a high tenn
perature as exists
in the sun, an OPP
posite effect takes
place. The solar
temperature is so
high that neither
oxidation nor any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
This Date i'm
u. S. History

February 20
1673-Indians attacked MedheId,
Mass, and virtually RACED the
settlement.
1862-Presidellt Lincoln's young
est son, "Thad," died.
I862-New York executed a man
convicted of slave trading.
1871-Territorial government grant
ed the District of Columbia.
885-Washington monument dedi-
Gated.
189I-Funeral of General w. T.
Sherman held In st. Louis.
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13-year-old boy in California has received a
letter from Professor Einstein, commencing him on
his grasp of the relatively theory. Now wouldn't it
be just like some kindergarten pupil in Florida to
prove Einstein's all wrong?
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Drug Addicts Present Big Problem

sive studies made in Philadelphia
was the revelation of the fact that
drug addiction does not produce in
most instances permanent physical
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Topic for the Week
LENT AND MY WORK"
Memory Verse for Wednesday

Memory Verse for Wednesday
II have finished the work which
thou gavest me to do John 14:D.
Read: Mark 1926 to 33.)
MEDITATION: These are supris-
ing words. In that brief life what
has been accomplished? The sower
had cast his seed into the ground,
leaving the earth to bring forth
fruit of itself. AS for me perhaps l
over estimate myself. 1t may be
my vanity or my ambition that re-
proaches me. God may not expect
SO much Of me as think. And I am
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-20
Q.-IS swallowing grape pits
harmful?

KIhI Hi UT
A.-No. People chew up the
pits or. swallow the entire pulp
of grapes when eating them
without any apparent harm.
The human intestines are able
to get rid of a good deal of
rather coarse material without
serious injury in the majority
of cases.
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DAILY THOUGHT

1t is not good to eat much
honey: so for men to search their
own glory is not giory.-Proverbs
25:27.
GLORY is a poison, good to be
" taken in small doses Balzac.
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deas an
opinions ea-
pressed in this
column are
those OF one
Of Am eriea's
most interest
ing writers
and are pre-
scented It'll
out regard 60
tn cir agree
ment with the
editorial Rtti-
tude of this
paper.
The Editor.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
Feed and Fuel

kINDLlNG-WOon. 5oc per box. Drive in our yard and we will load it Il your ear. The New Britain Lumber InnnauN
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
GENERAL. ORDER OF NOTICE

District of Southmgton, ss Probate Court, August s. 1929
 Estate of Leonard Kurtz, late of Burlington in said District, deceased, Upon the application of Emma S. Nurtz. eXecutriy of the last will and testament Of said deceased, pra ying that IS such eyecutrx she may he author- Eed to sell certain real estate belong Gg to said deceased at the date of his acath, and fully described in said ex- t"utry's application for an order of )ale dated July 25. 1929. on file in the lrobate court at SouthinGton, said real 'state being located in the town of New Britain. Hartford County. Conn, per application on file more fully appears, is
 Ordered, That said application be ieard and determined at the Probate Office. in Southington in said District, n the 18th day of August. A. D. 1929 t o'clock in the afternoon, and that ,ubic notice to he given of the pen- lency of said application and the time nd place of hearing thereon, by pub 'hns copy of this order once ill 'me newspaper having circulation in '''l District. and by posting a copy
 reof on the public sgn-post in the
 'vn of New Britain at least 5 days
 ore said day of hearing
 THOMAS F. NEICH. Judge.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
City Advertisement
ACCEPTANCE OF SENECA
 STEJ'E"r

Notice is hereby given that q hearing will be held before tEc Board of Public Works, City of New Britain,in Room 307, City Hall, al 6:SO p. m. E. s. r., Tuesday, August 18th, 1929, on the proposed taking of land for highway purposes from Commonwealth Avenue to Eddy Glover Boulevard, same to be known as Seneca Street. and establishing street and grade lines thereon.
 All interested persons are request ed to be present at said hearing, if they see cause, and be heard in relation to the above.
 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
 Thomas F. McGrath, Clerk.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
Mortgages

FIRST. ANb. SECOND. MORTGAGE LOANS Gleason W. Parker. Commer- cal Trust Building, S5 West Main St. MONEY TO LOAN. second mortgages. Schultz & Costello. Inc. 242 Main Street. Telephone 24.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
MERCHANDISE
Ituts,'hOld Articles

\ FLEETWOOD gas range Automatic oven control Fine condition. Reason abe. Forced Co sell. Phone f2G9. A Universal electric washer. hue order. for s5e polla' a week. Telephone %6On. Mi Andrews
 BEFORE in"Ning into that new apart ment let us hang your shades aud fay your liuoleum. Henry Goldsmith X O., @5 Main St. Telephone 5%7, GAS RANGE and coal steve for s.i". Reasonable price. luGuire alter !. u., TS4 West Main Sr.
 LIVING room suite Se5 roal stove. h". water front. SIS; pallor stove, dining table bureau. sos south Main St MATTRESSES remade and renovated. Returned same day New mattresses made 90 order. MRrkay-Walln. G3 Main St. Telephone 4GsS EIClIARpSON AND BON NTON gas range, four burners. side ovens Excel lent condition. 52 Camp St. Tel. 304i-W.
 Musical instruments GG PLAYER PIANO. used hy careful Sam- lily, Looks new and is in fine condi- ton A bargain. McCoys. Inc. 2if Main St.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

uPHOLSTERING, furniture repairing including overstuffed furniture. Auto tops side curtains and slip covers Ed ward Gorfan. I6S Arch St. Tel. 442A. Alt KINDS watches and clocks repaired All work guaranteed. Open to SD. m J. BienkowsIi. g Lafayette. Tel. 359l BEDDING; mattresses remade and made to order Furniture upholstering, Hard. ware City Bedding to Tel. SI@5.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

WHITING ST, SS-Tenement of seven
 rooms, second floor. All improvements, hot water heat. Inuuire premises.
 WINTHROP ST, S6-five large rooms on third floor. modern improvements. Gar age if desired. Inquire ]. I.icht.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

WASHINGTON ST. 151 Steam heated apartment ot five laIge rooms. All modern. Telephone 1471.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

PIAlNVIII.E.-Mil St, ] pleasant modem rooms. very reasonable. Inquire Sl W. Main St. New Britain. Tel. 61o0.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

WAKEFIELD COURT 36--FiNe room tenement, first floor. An improvements Inquire on premises. third floor
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
Situations Wantcd-Women 45

STENOGRAPHER wishes position. Has five years experience Address Classi- fled Box IS A.. Herald Office.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
BUSINESS SERVICE
Repairing

LAWN mowers sharpened. repaired. We call for and dehtei. Schultz Machine Works PAS Rocky Hll Avs. Tel 239-W OLD mattresses made over. Called for and delivered same day. E. Berson Co.,, PA Dwight St. Tel. 2520W.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
MERCHANDISE
Musical instruments |
Radio
titii,

USED VICTROLAS. Just fine for the cottage. Some for only si5. McCoy's. Inc, o46 Main St.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
ROOMS. BOARD. HOTELS
Rooms For Rent

ARCH ST, 2g5-Nicely furnished rooms to rent Single or double. All ccn- N+niencos Telephone %G%1.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

NEW BRITAIN MONUMENTAL WORKS. 123 Oak St. Monuments Of a Il sizes and descriptions. Reasonable. Phone 2632-W
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
EMPLOYMENT
Hclp-NiCn or Women

TWO saleswomen and two younr men to assist manager in order depart ment. See MT Carter, Stanley Hotel, after D. Ill.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
Summer Property For Sale s

UNUSUAL. shore lot within stones throw of the water. Finest beach in Conner- tlcut. Safe. sandy and private. Ele,- triCity, running water. Will take Neu down anytime 10 look it over. Will onlV he for sale one week. Write Classified Box 2S E., Herald Office.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
Florists
Lost and Found

BOSTON FERNS Very req soma ble prices. sANDELLI'S GREENHOUSE. 2lS Oak
 St TeIephone 2lSl-3