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New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

cidedly the exception! Either the city has no money to spend upon such band concerts any more or there Is feeling that they do not at- tract sufficient people.
 All of which may be true. And 1t may be equally true that throughout the nation as & whole somewhat similar conditions prevail. Whereas once the town band was one of the most noteworthy organizations town could possess. and towns vied with one another in the possession of the best corps of horn blowers, the situation now has turned to a laissez- faire attitude, a general be- lief that the day of band concerts is past, that nobody any longer Is interested, and that instead of people gathering to listen to an interpreta- ton of Poet and Peasant" and an attempt to play the William Telr' overture they are inclined to re- gard such events more in the light of an opportunity to permit children to gambol around the bandstand and if possible destroy the effects of the harmony. Too many concerts in Wal nut Hill in recent years, before they were all but given up, seem to have degenerated into some such pale re- flection of the real thing.
 Old-timers not suffering from loss of memory can remember thc days when the town band stand was the symbol of wholesome town gatherings. when there was com munty pride in the accomplishments of the uniformed musicians, and the town without a crack silver cornet band was regarded as uncivilized. l Oudy we nave gone III lOI lldClllllt music, which is heard, endured or suffered far from the greensward and the sylvan bowers. A band con- cert nowadays is considered more in the light of an interruption of auto- mobile cruising. People are more in clined to escape from the strains Of the horns than to congregate where the horn blowers join their efforts The bands are in as parlous state as theater orchestra musicians, who also have become something or mere memory in most communities
 All of which may be chalked up | 10 progress, but we are not so sure about it. Most bandstands nowadays are only recognized when they need q coat of paint. which is grudgingiy given while citizens wonder what the | bandstand is for.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Aug. 27 P>-Fore- cast for Southern New England: Fair tonight cooler Wednesday, fair; moderate northwest and north winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair, cooler tonight; Wednesday fair; cooler in south portion; moder- ate north winds.
 Conditions: The low pressure area over the St. Lawrence valley is moving out to sea. A trough of relatively low pressure extends southward over New England and along the middle and South Atlantic states An area of high pressure overlies the interior districts wit h crest of maximum pressure near Duluth, 30.30 inches.
 Local thunder showers occurred over scattered districts in the Lake region, the South Atlantic states and portions of the Plains states and the far southwest. Temperatures are somewhat lower over the Lake region and the upper Mississippi valley but continue without much change in other districts. Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather and not much change in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
CONTRIBUTED

In Favor Of the Mems Choral Club To the Editor. New Britain Herald:
 1 wonder if most of your readers know of the recent organization of The Me IS Choral Club of New Brit ain, consisting of a group of the best singers in the city and neighboring towns
 This is a part of a national move rent, sponsored by the Associated Glee Clubs of America, to gather men together everywhere in choral organizations. The idea, Gas the well known song writer, Oley Speaks, eX- pressed it) is to hear America sing ing"
 All who enjoy good music anG take pride in encouraging such movement along the artistic side of New Britain's life. are invited to become charter associate members of the new organization.
 MUSIC LOVER. New Britain. Conn. August 24, 1929.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
HARTFORD AND WEST
 HARTFORD

What is happening in Hartford and West Hartford is but a replica of that which is happening in every other city. West Hartford has grown to such an extent that an increasing number of the leading citizens of Hartford are taking up their resi- dence in this "suburb." But West Hartford is not a part of Hartford and thus not a genuine suburb; it is q separate municipality. People who live in West Hartford cannot take part in the Hartford political picture, Most of the people who leave Hart ford for West Hartford are Republi- cans, yielding to the Democrats in Hartford an increasing power.
 Republicans in Hartford, natural ly, are alarmed. It is for this reason that the Hartford metropolitan idea is brought forward. The capital city would save itself by including more territory within it's borders.
 AS previously alluded to, Hart ford is not exceptional in this diff culty. It is the fact that Boston pro- per is well restricted and that so many Brahmins of the town live in the surrounding suburban towns which will have nothing to do with Boston that the erstwhile Puritan Athens has become Democratic city. It is because so many thousands of we'll to do New Workers live in | boroughs other than Manhattan that Manhattan is so easily controlled by the political organizations with which they are not affiliated.
 At first trolley lines and rapid transit intensified suburban develop ment. Railroad committing around the big cities was vital addition to the process. But what they started is nothing compared with the manner in which the automobile has acceler- atcd the condition.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
These half-size automobiles can De paid for in small-size money.
IMPROVEMENTS AND PROPERTY VALUES

Figures can be quoted here and in every live community showing how the cost of government is im- measurably higher than 1t used to be--eyen a decade ago. The only cities not troubled with expense and a mounting tax rate are not cities at all but towns and villages. Where people in large numbers join their domiciles to create city innumer- able civic necessities arise, from pav- ed streets and adequate sewers to water works, extensive fire and po- lice protection, and modern schools.
 If people in the cities were satis- fled with no more advantages than people in the country there would be little opportunity to worry about the "excessive costs" incident to city life. But people in the cities are not sat isfied with rural comforts, if they were they might prefer to live In the country.
 We have yet to learn of an eco- nomically minded citizen with con- stant weather eye on the tax rate who would object to an expensive and extensive civic improvement h his immediate neighborhood, re- gardless of how it would affect the tax rate.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
25 Fears Ago Today

The New Britain Prohibition AL lance has decided to register a pro- test to the mayor against the Lon don Gayety Girls who appear at the Casino. It is claimed that posters about the city picture the girls in extremely lively attitudes.
 Tn eleaves on the elm trees this year are large and full and have been entirely free from the ravagcs of beetles.
 The annual outing of St. Mary's Cadets will be held tomorrow at White Oak park.
 The entrance examinations for high school will be held Friday morning at the Grammar school.
 Some of the republicans in the state are annoyed over the action of a local factory in making rule against the employment of non- English speaking people. The ques- ton is likely to result in action al | the next legislature,
 Andrew Mack. famous actor, vii appear at the Lyceum on Labor Day.
 The New Haven Register pub lished an article today stating tha
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
FIRES RAGE,
 RAIN IS LACKING
Without Aid From Skies Hope
 for Timber Is Gone

Winnipeg, Man. Aug. 27 PN Widespread fires today continued 10 menace timberland and prairie throughout Manitoba as the month- long drought showed no indication of ending.
 Forestry department officials de- scribed the situation as critical. They said that unless rain came soon, it would be impossible to sub due the old fires or control the new ones that were rapidly breaking ont.
 North of Lac Du Bonnet and m the Bradbury river area, conf1agra- tions were making alarming inroads in the valuable timberlands. Hun- dreds of volunteers were assisting forest rangers in attempting to con- trol the fires.
 Winnipeg itself was surrounded by series of small fires in the suburbs of St. Charles, St. James, Tuxedo and St. Vital. Valuable suburban homes and property were endanger- ed by the fires.
 The situation at Lac Du Bonnet was unchanged last night. It was impossible for government aviators
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Meeting the minister one day after peculiarly trying time with his spouse Sandy complained that life was not worth living xvi yon randy O a wife O mine, curse her!"
 The good man was shocked to hear one of his parishioners thus speaking of his wife. and, knowi- g a bit about Sandy's plight, he coun- selled him to "thole his troubles like a Christian" And remember what the good Book says" he added. Resist the devil and he will fly from you!"
 That's a vera true, meenister." " said Sandy with a sigh. But if I resist ma ain she dcevil she flies AT me-"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

north end rather than enlarge the present plant.
 If the proposition for a second high school in the north end had prevailed it would have meant a handsome contribution to the en- hancement of property values in the section where it would have been constructed. All those living in the section would have benefited in- directly, and the residents of the sec- ton where the high school plant happens to be would not have bene- fited any more than formerly.
 Both sides to the controversy had legitimate arguments on their side, and because the advocates of an en- larged high school at the present site won means that the advocates of q second high school in the north end have that much less to point to with pride In their sectiol.- The $500, ,0OO cost of the present enlarge ment looks big. But separate hgh school would have cost even more and between the two high schools the city would still have lacked the adeouate large auditorium which Is a feature of the present plan.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

On the one hand one hears-here and everywhere-of the need for curtailing improvements and thus reducing taxes; on the other hand of improvements that absolutely must be made, and those who want the Improvements hope that somehow that taxes will not go up too far
 Perhaps in all the land there Is some genius who can reconcile these viewpoints; so far he hasn't been heard from.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 1929

"Rube" Vickers former Holyoke, Connecticut league pitcher, was on the mound for the local council of the Knights of the Golden Eagle in it's championship games with the New Haven council Saturday. An investigation is under way.
 Interest in the launching of the battleship Connecticut is very low in this city. Few have applied for invitations.
 Two New Britain young men had narrow escapes from drowning at Ocean Beach yesterday. Their names could not be determined.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

to gain an aec,hsie khe".-nI' 'i the extent at the fI.s 11chu"" ei the dense smoke 'ha' .'t:hsrEs great part CT .he province
 l'i.es aIo nrrrihR Ia, i:7 F4S and scvtlal aie clos: 10 the Fla Flon mines. tsoue. they arH Eut considered as dan9eron" as oHi, breaks in that far.ncr.h "1uEry earlier in the sumner.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
State Commences Year
 With Larger Balance

Hartford, Aug. 27 P-Th. sta:a of Connecticut on July started it's new fiscal year with cask or. hand of s6,099.271.96, as compared win s5,S27,563.71 cash on hand 't 1Fe beginning of the year. lf9 'o'at cash receipts for the year iuno"ht'i to s36,391, ,6S3.05, according to 'he report of State Treasurer samuel h. Spencer. The total cash payments during the year amounted to s5o'' 619,974,S0. The funded debt at the end of the last fiscal year amounted 10 $16,291,100, while the sinking fund amounted to 59,O4S.S4, the amount to be acquired in the sinking fund to retire the bonded debt being s2,032,O51.16.
 The receipts for the year showed an increase of nearly $3,OO0,00O over the receipts of 1920.
 Dr. Granville E. Terrell, 7O-year- old professor emeritus of phlloso- phv at the University of Kentucky, is making a 700-mile horseback pll- grimage through the south.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

This being a land of progress, and one bridge along the southern end of Lake Champlain having been completed, 1t doubtless will not take long for an agitation for another bridge further north to start.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
KNOCKING PUBLIC BEACHES

According to lugubrious disserta- ton in the Meriden Journal the closing of Connecticut shore fronts to the public lis reaching a critical stage"
 The trouble seems to be that there are many more people than former lv who are able to motor to the shores, while the mileage of shore front property is strictly limited. On top of this is the growing tendency of towns along the shore to think the water In their envrons was put there for the especial benefit of their own citizens, and not necessarily for the benefit of those citizens who are so unfortunate as to live upstate"
 There is the town of Westport' for instance, which is making efforts to bar the public from Sherwood's 1s- land. owned by the state. Milford wants it's beaches closed to others than residents of Milford. The towns along the shore, of course, can con- trol the situation only to mean high water mark, but if they can prevent the public from getting to the water at al they have attained their end It makes no practical difference to the public if it owns a beach which 1t cannot reach.
 The state was hard put, the Journal recalls, to acquire it's shore i at Hammonasset Beach, and would have even a harder time to acquire 1 more land there for beach purposes If Westport and other shore towns succeed in their aspirations to keel the general public away from the water the state cannot do its blair duty for the general citizenry except through legislative and court action involving property rights" and long legal delays.
 The same condition is found a
 Connecticut lakes. More signs are go
 ing up every year telling the pub
 lie that trespassing is forbidden
 Lake property is being bought fo
 private use, and the ordinary run 0
 Nutmeggers with flivvers are re
 ceiving an education in what
 means to be well equipped with
 car and the tank filled with gas
 but having the watery destination
 severely curtailed.
 Along the available beaches an
 lake fronts, those which are sti
 open to the public, the crowGs ovo
 the week-ends are prodigiOus. It a fact that many citizens do not car
 to 20 in bathing at a place wher there is scarcely room enough
 move around.
 While watery heritage is thus be
 ing circumscribed a growing numbe , of Nutmeggers are going far afiel ! in their search for beach enjoymen , The beaches along Rhode Island al l receiving excellent patronage frol , Connecticut, and they have an at
 vantage, too, in providing SUI bathing. This may not be an at vantage when the surf is running $ , high as 10 be rough; but unde 2 ordinary circumstances most peop | prefer surf bathing to the more qui, waters of the Sound. And, unlik , Connecticut, Rhode Island is not pc : hitting outsiders to be shooed ava , but on the contrary, hangs out Il : welcome sign on the score thu
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
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SANDY'S TARTAR WIFE

From being a gentle, loveaole maiden before her marriage, Sandy MacGruder's spouse had developed into one of the most shrewish wo- men not only in the village but in the county. Her "tantrums" were a continual source of despair to her poor husband upon whom, not con- tent with using her vitriolic tongue. she frequently vented physical pun ishment. To his credit be it said Sandy never lifted his hand in re- turn.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

It will be all quiet around Jeru- salem after the British ship enough Tommles there to be noticeable. And the hill of expense will convince the government more than ever that 1t needs a larger share of separations money.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

There was talk of few years ago regarding the construction of new city hall. Some enthusiasts brought forth the plan that the building could and should be constructed somewhere north of the tracks. So far as many citizens elsewhere un- derstood it, the plan was not to be convenience to the general public so much as a plan to help property in that section.
 It is hard to escape the 'possum in the woodpile in considering such matters. The animal always seems to be present.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Member Audit Bureau of Circulation The A. U. c. is national organization which furnishes newspapers and ad'ef. tisers gitb . strictly honest ana lysis or c,rcula.i ton. Our circulation stst'sties arc bassd upon this audit This lnsures p,o o ,.o,,on .rs,nst fraud in newspaper dis- trIeution figurss 10 both national ana local adysrtissrA
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

visitors leave money in the vicinity.
 After all, the bathing along the Sound is not the best in the world. Nutmeggers with the wherewithal usually go elsewhere.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Carl E. Dixon may now be from Hartford" but to New Britainltes ne will always be from New Britain and especially if he wins that endur- ance flight.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Once man travelled far in search of adventure. Now he is content 10 make a little ball travel far.
 Honesty is the quality that prompts you to confess you never before heard of the great man the President appoints.
 Americanism: Old dad laying brick at SIP a day and saving money to educate the boy so he can hold a white collar job at $75 a month.
 All the world loves lover and the fellow who has a summer cot tage with spare bedrooms.
 If must be great disappo'nt- ment 10 a mosquito when he drifts a bald head and strikes hardpan .-c near the surface
 The purpose of tho author whr writes about sex problems is, firs' to get money, and, second, to speGd it.
 The old maid has one consolation Man likes a woman dumb eneuGr to make him seem bright by con- trast.
 Those Georgia crackers who think Bobby Jones should be in Congress mean we'll hut their ideas are con fused That isn't the kind of clut he uses.
 Promoters are arranging heavy. | weight bout for Miami. thus clinch. ing the theory that the great Amer ican sucker is migratory. If lack of water causes plants t. turn yellow, we at least know how to cure the politician who pussy foots on the question of Prohibition
 Life grows more simple. One the strangers dialect affordc; your only means of guessing whd section he hailed from: now yo' can tell by his opinion of a boot l legger.
 Correct this sentence: "Peanl butter and pickles and fancy crack CTS satisfy mother and dad" sai, the flapper," but I prefer common wholesome victuals."
 Copyright. 1929, Publishers
 Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

What we need is windshield that will magnify. A COW is just IS stupid as a chicken. but motorists run over very few of them.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Maybe that train was named The Senator because it blows harder when it's got full load.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Don't buy a razor yet, girls. A farm paper says the calf sheds at the end of the first year.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Tn. Herald is on ssie daily in New york at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times souare; schultz's NewsstandA En"anes Grand Central. &2nd Street
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

There's always a bright side Lighter cars may be easier to tutn over, but they're easier to lift off.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

The three words most effectively used by man to preserve peace are Yes, my dear"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
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Yellowstone park maintains staff of scientifically trained men to ex- plain phenomena of the region to tourists.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

A Hollywood honeymoon isn't definite period, It just peters out when the publicity does.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
Catholic Woman to Aid
 "Tabs" Pay Mortgage

A meeting of the Catholic women of the city will be held Friday night at the Y. M. T. A. & B. so- c:ety hall on Main street to devise ways and means of aiding the so- ciety in the payment of its second mortgage of s60,0O0. The women it it's expected, will probably aid through socials, card parties and other attractive measures.
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
Facts andFancies

By Robert Quillen In the bright lexicon of our youth there was no such word as "phrail."
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

When the magnificent state normal school building was con- structed property values in that sec- ton of the city began to reflect in creased prosperity; one dwelling after the other has been going up thereabouts ever since.
 When Stanley Quarter park was brought into existence the future of Belyidere was assured. And look at it now!
 When the new Lincoln school was constructed there was an almost im- mediate opening up of streets within gunshot. It has been only few years ago that Corbin avenue from the vicinity of Steele street to Lin coin street was country lane, with bushes and wild flowers on either side. Look at it now!
 When the shuttle Meadow club building was made out of a farm, residences began to crop up along the route. Improvements do not need to be civic in order to stimulate home growth.
 When the Roosevelt school was built in a field. the idea seemed preposterous to some citizens, But fields readily turn into home sites when something of that kind is start ed.
 The list of improvements that stimulated endeavor by private citi- zens could be elongated indefinitely. These few illustrations will suffice,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Entered at the Post once at New Britain
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

When the proposal was advanced to construct an addition to the pres ent high school there was not so much objection to increasing high building an addition instead of a sep arate high school.
 Various commentators now give it out that an increase in high school facilities could have waited until elementary school facilities were in- creased. AS citizens with memories can testify, however, there was quite an effort made at the time to con- struct a second high school in the
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Once man travelled far in search of adventure. Now he is content 10 make a little ball travel far.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

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New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Copyright. 1929, Publishers
 Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Honesty is the quality that prompts you to confess you never before heard of the great man the President appoints.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Promoters are arranging a heavy weight bout for Miami. thus clinch- ing the theory that the great Amer ican sucker is migratory.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

Americanism: Old dad laying money to educate the boy so he can hold a white collar job at $75 a month.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-27

If lack of water causes plants to turn yellow, we at least know how to cure the politician who pussy foots on the question of Prohibition.