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New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

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 Q. Wat dees the German thrass t'IcA ltebS dick" meaa! < A ''I lovs yov,'' s.s.
 Q. whs wrote the Declaration of yndepeaAsAes3
 A Thomas Jsffssssa was the authee cad Ais dratt was vsscttcally unchanged. 4 few niAer cAanses vsss made by tho cemmittse and CouSrsss.
 Q. Have the plans sah4ittsA for the Dek Pescs prtse eves bsea pub. lished in book formt
 4. Ways Of Peaes" edited by Esther Everett LaDe. contains twea- |ty plsns selected frem the mose representative ef thsss submitted fer tho Bok American Psaos Award. It was published by chariss scrib. ner's Sons. ss7 Nfth avenue. New York city, N. '.
 Q. h Pharaoh the name of an Egyptian king1 A. Pharaoh was tho title of the ancient monarchs of Egypt Q. b the bite of . csntipede fatal?
 A. The smaller forms of the centipeds seldom bite man. and tho poison is never, fatal. The bite ot the large tropical forms. however, is painful! and serious. c. It the word ''cosmopolitan" [ noun or an adjective? A.. Cosmopolitan l. both an ad- jective and . noun. Adjectively Il means: common to all the world; free from local attachment. The noun means . citizen of the world "a cosmopolite.
 c. What is . 'Wampas Baby A. One of . group of the thir- teen most promising young screen actresses chosen each year by the Western Association of Motion Pic ture Advertisers, known n "Wam' pa"
 Q. Who played opposite John Gilbert in 'The Masks of the Devil' and who played the part of thu l Countess?
 A. Eva von Berne played oppo site John Gilbert and Alma Ruben' played the part of the Countess.
 Q. 1s an International exhibition being held in Spain this year? A. The International Barcelon, Exposition at Barcelona. Spain vii open on April l. is2s and the lbero American Exposition at Seville Spain opens March IS. 1929.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
THE LABOR THAT IS "sAyED"

THE LABOR THAT IS "SAVED"
 Old-timers will remember that whenever . good snowfall came to the cities hundreds of men got jobs as snow shoyelers. It was healthful work and the money thus dispersed by the city went for the support of citizenA most of them elderly men. at . time Of the year when other work was not abundant.
 Today ws have machinery to do this work. and one man operating q throttle does the work of IS or 20. The men whose snow-shoveaing ability is no longer needed can stand on the sidewalks and look on.
 This is not an isolated instance of modern machine methods. The same tendency is noticeable throughout all industry.
 So we find Mayor Paonessa saying that there are many men past their prime in the city who need to be given work by tho city. The mayor therefore favors street improvement in the summer time. To improve streets still requires men despite some newfangled machinery that does part of the work.
 The amazing increase in the use ol machinery has brought problemi that arc hard to solve. Yet they mus be solved if society is not to suffel from self-made ills.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
BEHIND THE SCENES

The latest revolution in China is restricted to Shantung province. where the Japanese are in control of important centers. Suspicion nation- ally i aroused that the Japanese, who have been lukewarm about the Ranking government, are surrepti- tiously involved in this new insur- rection. General Feng, the so-called Christian general" ii known to have been inclined toward the Japanese long before the Ranking government was form- ed. He is now in Shantung. Some observers do not require more evidence than this that the Japanese are giving their moral support to the new uprising.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
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A BUS LINE THAT ISN'T

About . year ago there was much asitatjon for bus line between New Britain and East Berlin. Some en- thusiasts thought 1t might as well 20 all the way to Middietown.
 But like many an agitation. It vamoosed in due time. East Berlin residents are as keen as ever for the "contemplated bus line" but seem to realize that watchful waiting is the cue for the present.
 Our bet is that there will Do no bus line to MiddIetown 70 long as the gasoline line--formerly the elec- tric-between New Britain Junction and Middletown shows . profit. In order to maintain . profit there has been steady curtailment of trains on the gasoline line. This usually happens whenever a new time table ls printed.
 When the point of diminishing re- turns reaches the no-profit stage the gasoline line vii be abandoned and a bus line between New Britain and Middletown substituted. Rumors are that the way the profit on the gasoline line Is diminishing the ulti- mate bus line will not be delayed for longer than 8 few years.
 It isn't a matter of service. exact- ly. but one of profit. Let the profit disappear and the service with buses will commence.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
ACCOUNTS AND VOTING
 MACHINES

Can a voting machine ever lie? That is what some legislators are trying to find out.
 At an election in Hartford last year the count was close. It was believed advisable to check up on the returns. But these were lin" the vot- ing machine and could not be check ed up without taking them apart, or something like that.
 If mayor happened to be elect' ed by a dozen votes the loser would be entitled to a recount. on moral aa we'll as general principles How to get the recount with voting ma chines-:hat is the question.
 Let the Legislature do something about it.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

N~&l0AS~N0 SVSS0 W AoSeNO
 You can sss an answsr to sny question Of fact or tnformation ey writing to the ousslion Editor. New Britain Herald, Washinston 0uruau. lx33 New York avenue. Washinstoa. D. C.. enciosins two cents h stamps for repIy. Medical. legal and Dartta: advice cannot b. given. nor Sao ,ex. tended research bs undertaken. All other questions will receive . per. sonai rspiy. Unsigned requests caa. not bs answer sd. All lstters are con. fi6ential.--Editor. Q. Which states are officially designated as Commonwealths? A.. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky.
 Q. How many Building and Loan Associations are in the United states?
 A. 12.s04.
 Q. Where and when was Babe Ruth born? A. Born at Baltimore. Maryland. February 1894. Q. Do tuna fish have both scales and fins!
 l A. Yes.
 Q. Where is the stfnging organ of the ''stinging snake"? A. The so-caIled ''stinging snake'' is | mud-6urrowing snake (Farancia abacura) that is indisen. ous in southern. United States. Its tail is sharply pointed, but there is no stinsins organ, and the snake is absolutely harmless. Owing to its very secretive habits, 1t is seldom Soen.
 Q. What relation would the daughter of my niece be to me?
 A. A grandniece.
 .. How many presidents has the A. F. of l.. had since it's organiza- ton and who were they?
 A. The President of the Amer ican Federation of Labor is William Green. He was elected to the office on the death of President Samuel GomperA The only other man who held that office was John Mcbride who served for one year (1S95).
 O. What date was March I l1917, fin the Jewish calendarf
 A. The 9th day of Nissan. year 5G77.
 | c. What was the location ol the Crystal Palace in New York citj and is it still standing? A. The name Crystal Palace was given to a large building erect. ed in 1853 in New York city. Tht site was 9th avenue between 40tf and l2d streets. It was . favorit' place for large exhibitions. and wal destroyed by fire in 1858.
 Q. What was the earliest form O , postage stamp7
 A. The postage stamp in its ear Hest form was used in Paris il 1853 by the petite poste." estab lished on royal authority by thu
 Comte de Nog.n and the Sier d. Villayer. It consisted ot billie
 bearing . distinctive device and in tended to be wrapped around o
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

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 Get OnGnaai ~ yactsen: "Whe ars you working fer new?"
 oilbart: "A preducs firm." JAtksen; Butter aAd seUsf~ Gilbert: "No. saaiins cara" Jacksen: ''Cars aren't produce." Gilbert: "My boy. if you deat produce with this firm. out yss se!"
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New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
MEXICAN ROADS AND BANDITS

MEXICAN ROADS AND BANDITS
 Road maps of Mexico are getting into print. They show highways con- structed and those under construc- ton. American autoists are being en- couraged to use them.
 Yankee tourists in Mexico. how ever. will not be numerous until the government conquers the bandits that infest paris Of the republic. The Kidnapping and killing of two Amer- ican mining engineers in Guanjato the other day emphasizes the dan- gers that still turk amid the wide open spaces of Mexico.
 Complete annihilation of the ban- dits is as important as road building in Mexico.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
WONiEN's WORK IN THE KITCHEN

In this day when women are re- garded on an equality with men and arc supposed to be "out in the world" wooins an independent exist ence. it is something of surprise to discover that most of this isn't true. There still remain 2s.0o0.o0o house. wives in the nation, and with or without all the labor-saving inven- tions that are designed to be a part of every kitchen. these women work seven days . week, and most of them put in 56 hours of work each seven days-not counting the extra work required in looking after Johnny and Mary, the little elfins who sometimes create as much extra work as an old-fashioned kitchen range.
 No less an authority than the bureau of home economies of the Department of Agriculture offers the figures; and in presenting them Miss Hildegarde Kneeland of the bureau emits . clarion call to wom- en that they modernize their home lives: that they live in modern kitchens which really save labor; that they put the nations largest workshop'-the kitchen-in as e.fi- cient a condition as the industrial plants.
 We fear that cannot be done. In the first place. it is necessary for housewives to cook three meals . day, and despite the multifarioua modern devices and the assistance of mere man in providing delicaciea that can be purchased more or less whole. certain amount of work still remains to be done in such home, where cooks or servants are miss. ing-whlch means the majority. It 1. a fact that most hubbies canno assist at the cooking, 90 that the bet ter halves must of necessity do all o the important work.
 The 2s.0O0.0o0 housewives are {, most stable and dependable part o American womanhood. They ma, have duties. but they have . pleni tude of common sense in most mat ters affecting the American home
 which. by the way, figured in tn
 last political campaign but has no
 figured in state papers since tha
 time.
 Enthusiasts such as MT. Ediso
 have been claiming that the time i
 not far distant when men will b
 able to let machinery do all tn
 work. Others have been telling U that so many housekeeping machine have been invented that women hay been driven out of their homes search for something to keep thel busy.
 The majority of women still r, main in the home, in spite of tf statistics showing that increasing
 large numbers of the womenfolk al
 at work outside of the four walls domestic felicity.
 That's how things will remain f, quite while.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
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 Only in one aspect of passenger transportation has the airplane . decided advantage over surface transportation. Mountains and waterways ara frequently barriers to railroad extensions and are costly to overcome. Thls is not true in aircraft transportation: the cost ef flying over them h no greater than elsewhere. This gives aircraft . com- petitive advantage which helps to bear the relatively higher cost of air transportation over areas where land transportation is easier.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
LOVE SONNETS OF A CAVE MAN
 By Don Marquis
A MiLdcr Mood!

A Mildcr Mood! My Love. l am not always violent! Sometimes, when gorged with meat. musing I lie And watch the cloud-bcasts crawl
 along the sky And ramp as if to claw the firm.
 ament =. Sometimes ] am . most Poetic
 Gent! I tire of murder, even fetch . sigh To think how oft I've punched you
 in the eye And gnarled bludgeons OCT your
 bean have bent. Do you recall how in milder
 mood I tore sword-Toothed Tiger quite
 in two And made from ringing gut and
 sounding wood A joyous Tyre to chant the praisea
 of you? Sometimes. my Sweet, when I'm re.
 plete with food, I only wish to sing and purr and COG! Eaithless! You called me faithless! Faithless Oh, absurd! Because ] merely gave that Buxon Dams The brief Once Over! Faithless? Fie for shame! Look to the deed, my Love. and no the word, Not to the wandering slace, m, Honey Bird! When has my tough fist eve missed its aim? Are you not brus'd, my Love? Ar
 you not lame? When you need beating. have l once demurred7 An, you call me faithless when yo
 see
 My love mark wrote upon some oth CT Frail! I never struck . woman, Sweet. fu
 sport! Faithful l am, I ever was, to thee Faithless? Why, only last montl | wan and pale, Three times you haled me. Sweet
 heart, into court!
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
THE BRANCH LINE BOOSTERS

THE BRANCH LINE PROsPERs
 The Waterbury branch line run. ming through New Britain has be. come more important to the New Haven railroad than ever before. Contrary to a general belief to the contrary, more trains arc being oper- ated over it. The additional trains are freights. and not passenger trains. which perhaps may account for the public lack of interest.
 Since new rails were put down several years ago the branch line is capable of accommodating heavy freight locomotives and also heavier freight trains. That is why they were put down. There would never have been a thought of putting down heavy rails for dwindling passenger traffic.
 Trains which formerly chugged up the canal line are now on the Water- bury branch line. A few freights which formerly used the main line from New Haven to Hartford also now use the branch line. Most of these travel through the city at night. Gate tenders are on the job longer than they used to be.
 Decision to make greater use of the Waterbury branch was made un- der the late President Pearson. It was a wise move. The time was in- evitable when the main line would be unable to accommodate all the freight trains operated over the New Haven road to Hartford and points beyond. As it now stands, freight trains are operated over the Water bury branch and thence over the Highland division to Boston. This also avoids cluttering up the shore line with too many freights The fast night passenger service on the main lines. it appears. cannot be interfer- ed with by the slower freights. The New Haven road is fortunate ir having the Waterbury and Highland division as alternate routes. and I , was q wise foresight that improved
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

concern ia exercising. the privilege granted tho smaller one which It bought out,
 The Hart ;& Cooley Mfg. O.. bought cut the New Britain Bran Co. today. The purchasers have been in possession of the Myrtle street plant for tho past three years, having rented 1t in 1901 with m op. ton on the purchase. Tho brass company will now be dissolved.
 Herbert l.. Mills received the ssd degree in Masonry at the conslstory in Norwich last night.
 The recruiting office. in charss Of Sergeant Smith is continuing at the Hotel Beloin. and % far nine cav- alry recruits have heen forwarded to Fort Dadsworth.
 w. T. Coholan leads in the '. M. e. A nthletic tournament. having l10.s points. He finished third in the three broad jumps last night and kept his lead over c. Anderson.
 H. L. Mtlls' fleet "Yeliow Kid" won the third and deciding heat with Fred Bcioin's "King Direct" at Franklin square this afternoon.
 It is the intention of leading East Berlin residents to make another effort for an extension of tho trolley line to East Berlin. Tho line now extends to the American Bridge plant on Berlin street.
 MT. Moody. instructor in the com- mercial department of the high school, received a severe cut in the head at the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium yesterday afternoon.
 A member of the junior class put his arm through a large pane of glass in one of the swinging doors at the school yesterday aftespoon. The young man came out of the ac- cident unhurt.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

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 sCeaditi6as: Hresbuss ishish over, tho Atlantie states aa4 the oes lAwssaes Valley sa.4 eeaeraiiy fair wea&hse eentinues aleag the nerth- era borasr~ and ever the lake resioa and the Atiantie districts. Ths western disturbance dsvsaepsd. slowly apd moved southeastwar6 te the southern Plains statss with oen-F ter over 1outhern rexaA This dis turhancs is aprpdacins snpvs in Nebrayka, Iowa. -Colosa1o and northern New Mexico and rains In Texas and Oklahonaa and eastward to the southern Appalachian dts- trictA. Temperatures arc moderating throughout tho central and eastern +stateA
 Conditions f1ksr for this vicinity increasing clou&tness with slowly ridng temperatuSe
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

If the Al Smith minority in the Legislature actually makes a stand" on various isues it will benefit the state. Nothing succeeds like . minority that stands up for some- thine and has sufficient spokesmen of keen intellect and prying eyes to make it necessary for the majority to watch it's step. That is what is need ed in Connecticut.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
25 Fears Ago To-day

The Southern New England Tele- phone Co, it now transpires. will de- fend it's action in setting up poles in the southern part of the city on the ground that it had permit by transfer. Tie cily council years ago voted to allow the old New Britain Telephone Co. to set up poles along this stretch. and now the larger
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

How pleasant. in a foreign land, to see somebody take something for dyspepsia and know you've found q man from home.
 The cynic who thinks Providence doesn't watch oyer this country never has studied State legislatures.
 The two agencies that have done most for the emancipation of wo. men are Congress and the drug store sandwich.
 The highway bus is now equipped for everything except argument with interurban cars at crossings.
 Married sons and daughters nc longer live with the old folks There isn't room in one house fol all the things that can be bought or the installment plan. Correct this sentence: We havs money and friends" soid Mrs. New. 1 rich: what do we rare if the socia elect ignore us?"
 Copyright. 1929. Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
FOOLIN0 THE WoalENl

EOOAANW 1H0 WVNA4b<Ss
 By c. B. Decio
 There ought 10 be . law against mind readers and fortune tellers. They cause . lot of trouble. Thy are all the rage as ono act of the present day movie programs. The women folks % wild about them.
 I took the wife to movie the other night, and when the famous mystic, satoovi Pagoochi, came on the stage, nothing would do but that she ask the Hindoo | question. She had lost . ten-spot that day. and naturally she asked him about the ten-spot. g "--a
 GatooN mulled her question over for . few moments and said. Mad anne. I hate to cause any troable in your family, but member of your family took the ten-spot-AND IT WASN'T THE DOG"
 We'll. it caused trouble all right. and I suppose that the wife always will believe that I took the ten-spot. Women are that way. So easily fool. ed by such fakirs.
 And to think I spent two bucks of the ten for candy which I gave the wife!
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
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Cutting Out . Proilfic Csoss From peace paots signed or talked about
 We think the nations might leave
 out or garden orders now, perchance. The seed that grows munitions
 plants!
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
Observations
 On He Keather

Washington, Feb. :5.-Forecast for Southern New England: ln- creasing cloudiness tonight. fol- lowed by rain on Tuesday; not much change in temperature: fresh northeast and east winda
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Cloudy, probably followed by rain Tuesday and in extreme south por- ton late tonight: rising tempera- ture Tuesday in central and north
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

It seems to us that the firm which employs MT. Coolidge after March { will ret much more in advertising than the munificent salary paid.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

If the purpose of capital punish- ment is to ,frishten others. why isn't the hanging done at the bail park for all to see?
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

Another $2,0OO,00O gift to Yale. By and bye the professors will con- clude they ought to get more of that money.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
A Journey By Isail!
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had read of beings like her. I recalled the ancient classics. and their beautiful gods and goddesses. Sho was a goddess She was lily dipped in wine. Her presence was a breath of rare perfume.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

Having sold his stable. it looks as if the Prince of Wales is about to settle down, instead of continually falling down.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

The ideal girl grad. as we see It, is one with good looks. And never mind what she doesn't know.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

Why should State legislature try to. think when it can get need- ed additional revenue just by rais- ing the income tax?
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

Still, when somebody appears with perfect solution of the liquor question, everybody will listen and approve.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

The Kellogg treaty isn't the only effort to establish peace. Wales is popularising dove-colored shirts.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

It's a case -ol true love if he re-
 sents the fact that her knees Ahow.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

Every nick town contains . few fellows who look as though they might wear spats If they dared.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
BituIoR,s Music{

Gertrude tat college glee club concert): "Doesn't Jim Blaks's voice harmonize nicely?"
 Ralph: "Yes. Jim's got what you call a blended whiskey tenor!"
 William Coyler
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

Americanism: Spending millions to save the unfit in other lands: spending millions to suppress and jail the unfit here at home.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
Facts andFancies

Also, the two sides of triangle are equally guilty.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

In the Bible it was considered q miracle for an ass to speak.
 Now. nothing short of miracle will keep one quiet!
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

Capital is a sensitive thing, and money gets tight when stocks tako a drop too much.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

An. well; most of the biz jobs are held by men who don't know what Einstein Is. talking about.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

Then, again, scrapping the cruis- CTS will afford work for 8 lot of idle men after the next armament conference.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-25
Entirely Ne,sai,siaci

Entirely Fessslnlncl Hanley: The movie industry has come into her own." Brigss: Why do you say her own7"
 Hanley: "Because it's all talk ing now!"