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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
COMMUNISM IN THE U. S. \.

Taking the Waterbury American as an authority, we learn from its chaste columns that communism in America is no longer anything to worry about. The next time scare monger reaches town and addresses a luncheon club upon the imminent perils to American institutions from this source we shall be inclined to sit back and laugh it off.
 The total vote of the Workers (Communist) party in the last presi- dential election. it is stressed, was only 4s,000 ballots out of 36.000, 900 cast. But that was something of high water mark. Since that time the ranks of the party have broken into a Trotzkyist faction and Stalinist faction. mutually engaged in as lively struggle as that of the kil- kenny cats 10 expel each other from the party" Indeed. there are sub factions of the main factions If all of them''-we read-"were to talk themselves black in the face from now until doomsday the effect from revolutionary point of view I I would be no more noticeable than that of the withdrawal of one elec- tron from the total mass of the Woolworth building"
 i Thus the menace" of commun- ism. which was dinned into the ears of receptive barons of industry up to only few years ago, takes on slight importance. The result has not been due to the industrious gentlemen who went about the country and aroused luncheon clubs into spasmt of fright. but to the inherent weak. ness of the communist principle it. self. Trotzky, fleeing to Constanti- nople in disg uise. has taken the original ideas with him. Stalin', modified system is far removed from that which accompanied the Rus. sian revolution. Instead of ''conouer. ing the world" the Communistit [
 4S,0O0 in the II. s. A. is now divided into at least four factions, and thes. mostly composed of men who likt academical augmentation with thei
 meals in the mistaken belief, per
 haps. that it aids digestion.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
iLenten Fast Lifted
 Due to Cold Weather

London, Feb. 14 @-ln view of of influenza and other sickness, Car dinal Bourne today granted dis pensation to British Catholics ab- solving them from fasting during Lent.
 Friday was made the sole cxccp- ton to the dispensation. The car dinal cNhortcd them to 'more fer vent prayer and greater generosity and aims giving"
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
BRIDGE TABLE TALK

Overheard by Janet F. Nicholson
 This idea of not talking shop $ all a mistake. It's perfectly all right to talk it if you can be interesting: unless, of course, you're in the flour and feed business. or something of that sort. l double one no trump.
 When we went to see Cousin Mary, Aunt Hattiesaid: Now Cousin Mary always has a cold of her own, so if l were you I shouldn't speak of mine, while Aunt Hattie was sending a telegram from the li- brary, Cousin Mary said: Now your Aunt Hattie never has cold. so if I were you l shouldn't refer to my own.' A fat chance I had to get any sympathy between the two of them. Don't glare at me, Angie: I'm all out of clubs.
 "It seems that the crossing was unusually rough. She was in bed the entire trip. but she lost eight pounds. An i'll wind, etc. She sent me post card from London say l ing that if Britannia rules the waves, the 'Mauretania' certainly rolls them. Where am ]. in my own 1 hand. or the dummy?
 eff you insist on giving me birth day presents. I'd just as soon have books, as anything. Only tha, doesn't mean that you must beat il out and get something says on the fly lead: Five hundred copies oi this edition have been printed. oi which this is No. 21e.' That's m, idea of the height of nothing. wish I could remember whether ol not this seven of diamonds is good
 Well, my idea of the height o nothing is getting up for breakfas We put off going out to the liar veys' this year as long as possible because they apparently have nevel heard of a tray in bed. but we fin ally had to go last weekend. or re lations would have been strained down at the office, Alec said. -Vh, people assume they're conferring l, favor on you by asking you som' place you don't want to go is be yond me. I long ago made up m
 mind that I should never make !, visit on which l shouldn't be a comfortable as I am at home, but Ii this case yield annually to Des tiny ! had the queen and ten spot
 'If I were starting life over agai
 and a good fairy waved a wan
 over my cradle and told me I coui
 have three wishes. I know now wha the first one would be- Never t , change weight throughout my life time, no matter how many noodle or how much Hollandaise sauce { ate. l suppose good glands would D l. the proper thing to ask for. Don , tell me that finesse went"
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
UNIQCE TORRINGTON

Tax collection, which has caused an abundance of discussion in this city. appears to be vastly simplified in Torrington, which is the only town. hamlet or city in the state which holds the tax collector per sonally responsible for every cent Of taxes levied in the community.
 In other words. if the tax collector fails to collect what is due from the
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
VALENTINES, 1929

If universal good will is as desir- able attribute as it is cracked up to be there is no better exemplifica- ton of it than in the trend of the valentine trade in 1929. We may look back upon the gay nineties with dis gust-or admiration, depending upon the point of view-but there can be little doubt that those were years when the average citizen regarded the valentine period as one which .,iclded magnificent opportunity to tell John Henry just how low he stood in the estimation of his evil wishers.
 In those days the stores were fill ed with so-called comic valentines" They sold like hot cakes. People who sent them to their victims never bothered to sign them. for self-evi dent reasons. The pictures were Of the poster variety. They cartooned virtually every human failing. The practice was to purchase them by the dozen and if the ornery words underneath the splashes of red ink were not strong enough there was no law that anybody recognized that did not prevent the addition of sun- dry pen or penciled remarks that were more appropriate upon asbestos than upon paper.
 Perhaps there are some of these left in the marts of trade. Person. ally, we have seen none of them. If they exist they are kept we'll in the background. For one thing. it would be bad business for the valentine trade if the cheap comic posters were substituted for the more expensive dainty valentines that are on display. Financial efficiency has influenced the valentine market extraordinarily, Whereas it used to cost a few cents to tell the truth about somebody beg pardon, to throw valentine brickbat at him-thc present-d day pleasant pellets sent through the mails cost much more, good one, costing in the neighborhood of 2; cents each.
 The last old-time comic valentine we received ran something like this You low-down hypocrite. who evel told you you were good Best wishe. on your trip to the devil. All you1 friends know you ought to be ir jail, and the only reason you're no behind bars is because the sheriff fl as crooked as you are and there Ii no justice" This was signed, "Goot Friend" or "One who really know you." The picture that went with 1 Vas worse than the words.
 It is useless to quote any more o the old-timers. A minister of tn gospel the other day said valentine were exquisite things to send {, friends. but that the old-time conf varieties were horrible, or words t that effect.
 Seeing that they are not being cir cAlarized much in 1929 we must con cIude that there really is somethip tangible to this good will propagand we read about. We live in a nor genteel age, even though we some times feel like telling the truth.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
MussOlini Nominated
 Bv Four More Bodies

Rome, Feb. II @-Four more or- Eanizaticns have nominated Premier Mussolini as their candidate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections. They arc the national syndicate of provements and irrigation and the federaticns of state employees, rail- waymen, and postal telegraph work CTS.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

Maybe people don't envy lne dead, but a second wife never is satisfied until she eliminates all the furniture selected by the first one.
 Goodness won't make you rich. It just seems that way because the rich can do no wrong.
 One reason why Uncle Sam join ed the Allies was because nobody. up to that time. had seen French man stop on the street and use his compact.
 You can't keep people loyal to a religion that can be adjusted to ex- cuse whatever men want to do.
 The proprietor Of the gambling house takes few chips out of each pot" In other circles that is called the brokers commission.
 Correct this sentencc: II want m, kid to speak the truth.' said the man, "and no matter how embarrass. ing it may be. 1 always tell him the truth"
 Copyright 1929, Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
serving the heatiess days!"
 -8amuel Berliner

-080Qel 13eIuuCE A Mach- Needed Improvement! ''There is considerable talk about building a big auditorium here" stated the landlord of the tavern at Polkville. Ark. You zee. a lot of our best peo- pie got caught out in the storm at tho lynching the other night. and like to have taken their deaths of cold!"
 Dudi Holden: Shall ] tell you the joke about the soldiers rubber heel?"
 Blake: What was that?" Holden: LAW, l guess I'd better not" Blake: "Why not?'' Holden: "lt doesn't click!"
 Claire Oster Copyright. 1929. Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

After the House ways and means committee gets through listening to the tales of woe incident to the pleas for a higher tariff on evcry- thing from soup to nuts the com- mittee members undoubtedly will conclude that the country is not only going to the dogs but is already there.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

It is clear from what A. G. hlm- ball has said regarding the boorish- ness of certain American tourists abroad that the steamship com- for their passage money might ln- clude course on good manners on the trip across.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
Paris Pays One Half
 Of French Income Tax

Paris. Feb. 14 P-Paris and its suburbs. with 100000 population. one-tenth that of France. pays $4O.- GOO. 900, or shade more than half the national income tax proper. This district likewise pays half the tax on salaries and little less than half tue tax on commercial profits.
 Paris isn't France. as far as peo- pie. customs. beauty and politics are concerned but if is rapidly gather ing in and about it the major part Of Branch industry.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
DIGNIFIED OFFICIALS

tute do not seem inclined to make reply to the attacks made in certain circles regarding the alleged char acter of some books in the library. This may be dignified and indicate certain aloofness about unwarranted criticism. but we wish the officials had adopted a more definite attitude and taken the opportunity to put busybodies in their place.
 It was an opportunity for library officials to issue public statement that would have done yeomans serv- ice in disseminating accurate infor- nation regarding the functions of a public library, the hands of would-be and self-appointed public censors would have been stayed, and enlight- ened public opinion speedily would have ridiculed pseudo-library re- formers.
 Happily-at least. we feel that way about tive did not suffer from such abnegation. We pitched into the library reformers because we liked it and because they needed it, and if we suffered from any thing at all it was a wholesome restraint not to break the editorial axe at the first opportunity.
 We confess a feeling. however. that library officials ought also to be primed to engage in the defense of literature. The library obtains an annual appropriation from the city and though it is private institution its conduct is invested with a quasi public duty. which ought to include blow on the head for any fanatical literary critics who deliver an un- justified kick below the belt.
 As for such unsavory magazines which might be in circulation, we are inclined to agree with the mayor. who after a personal investigation seems to have taken broad ! minded view, yet found few that erred in the matter of illustrations It is necessary to keep this phase o1 the literary discussion apart from the library, as the publications ca tering to the moronic pocketbook naturally have no place in a public reading room and are not found there.
 About year ago there began g crusade against the so-called art magazines. These. ostensibly for art students, were really for public con. sumption. Most of the pictures were reproductions of paintings hanging in art museums or photograp phs ol framed statuary. The police banned them after reformers had had ar inning of criticism: and, in th< words of a news stand proprietor the present breed of unsavory mag azines followed them. In othel words the thing went from bad |, 1 worse.
 The trouble with reform is it i too perodic and it usually over reaches itself. This is illustrated i, New Britain. Instead of concentra ting attention upon magazines tha
 unquestionably are of evil tenden cies-this not in the sole opinion o prejudiced reformers but whicl would be reasonably so considere' by an unbiased observer such as tn
 mayor-the field is widened to in clude literature in the library.
 Our library officials should hay
 unhesitatingly denounced the de
 tractors of New Britain's superlativ
 Institute.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

For Miss Anne Morrow we'll say ,his: She is doing a sight better than being attracted to some impecunious European count possessing nothing but & title and complex for an American heiress.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
Facts asd Edncies

People may need meditation. but you can't do Much Of that in an era Of revolving dOors.
 Among the secret vices that would survive if the world contained only one man is hero worship.
 The prize optimist is the one who reflects that sub zero weather is a blessed provision to kill the flies.
 Florida has politicians only in winter. In summer, Nature provides the wind.
 4 comfortable room, in winter. Is one kept at temperature that would be called too darned hot in summer.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
BRlSTOL'S PUBLIC SPIRIT

Public spirit in Bristol was never more evident than in the construc- tion of the Bristol Boys Club build ing, which is credited with being the
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

The fittest survive, and after the next great war the world will be- long to those superior naked races that don't know about poison gas.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

Americanism: Teaching children it is wicked to. fight; teaching them to honor most the men who were our best fighters.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

Finger prints tell whether you can be happy, they say. and this is especially true it they are made with jelly on the piano keys and wall paper.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

Again lunch business finds itself in difficulties. Is everybody 'reduc- ing" or what's the matter with the overhead?
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

Go ahead with the 24 million. It will be interesting to see what kind of party dry agent can throw when he isn't cramped for funds.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

Europe may call Uncle Sam Shy lock-" but if he had given more thought to the lock" he wouldn't be 50 ''shy."
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
1T1tr.A.V Patriotic?

Deming: "Onr ianitor doesn't know the war is over'
 Hanson: Docs he still charge high prices?"
 Deming: No, but he's still ob-
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

Still. Government could enforce Prohibition easily if it had nobody to contend with except avowed vets. The enemy hardest to overcome IS the one who calls you Brother"
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
More Inviting!

More Invitingl Rastus: 'Ah wants valentine foh a young lady"
 Clerk: Here's one with a lot Of lambkins on it. Very pretty" Rastus: "Uh-uh. We'll. yo' jest change dem lambkins to chickins an ah'll take it. It am foh a cullud young lady, yo know"
 Mrs D. w. klugen
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

When you say Bill can't stand prosperity, you mean he is spending money the way you would if you had it.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

Before: Il must dresa up: Bill .s coming tonight" After: Why both- er to look good Nobody will ss> me except Bill"
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

As 1t Looks to Her Valentino! The roses dear-the violet too. But what's . fella gonna do? I gotta come across or
 Lose her to another guy!
 The Dummy!
 Alfred: Why do you keep puck ering up your lips like that" Mary. Can't you put two and two together?" LINES TO AN UNKNOWN LADY
 By Ernst A Snyder If I met you in Already
 I'd smile at you and say: Dear Lady. will you walk with me Along this pleasant way" And when my little speech was said. And while your eyes grew warm. You'd gently nod your pretty head And take my proffercd arm. If I met you in Already
 And loved you-at a glance You'd feel the selfsame thrill for
 me.
 And that would be Romance. And if I kissed you ere ] knew Your name or family. It would be quite the thing to do In sunny Already. If I met you in Already
 But Already is far, And you are just across from me Within trolley car. In Already where dreams unfold, I'd greet you. debonnair; But here your stare is blankly cold And so I do not dare. In Already a kiss I'd win,
 But here my senses quail Since such an act would land me in NOT Already, but jail!
New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

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New Britain herald., 1929-02-14

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New Britain herald., 1929-03-15
SINGER BATTLES
 TAYLOR TONIGHT
FeahdrWeights Clash in Return
 Bout at Madison Square

New York. March 15 R-Booked with Bud Taylor, Al Singer. young East Side featherweight. tonight gets his chance to check the Whisper ing Campaign" inaugurated against him by boys on the boxing rialto.
 There have been stage whispers, many of them that Young Al is not particularly keen about taking . consequence, he is a trife over- anxious to claim he has been fouled This Singer indignantly denies bu' most of the fstic faithful have one track minds-once they get an idea into their collective head it's hard to dislodge.
 Singer. fast and clever as he al- mittedly is. probably will have 10 take many a body punch before he gets through his ID rounds with Taylor at Madison Square Garden tonight. He may convince the fans that he can take if downstairs"
 Most of the aspersions cast on the size of Singers heart came after he had won on foul from Taylor sev- erai weeks ago. Taylor maintains that the punch for which he was disqualified in that bout was fair but that Singer took the easiest way out and claimed foul.
 Taylor. called the Terrc Haute Terror when he was generally rec oEnjzed as the uncrowned king Of the hantamweights. says his plan Of attack in this second match with Singer again will center on body punching.
 Whatever the rumors adverse to Siuger. the betting fraternity seems 10 be stringing along with him, Overnight odds esta hlished the East Side boy on the long end of to 1 odds.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-15
North of Ireland Dry
 On St, Patrick'S Day

Belfast, North Ireland, March 15 R'-The Irish Free State will be able to drown" the shamrock on Saint Patrick's day this year. whcre- as the six counties of North Ireland to which resort is usually necessary for this ceremony will be dry.
 The explanation is that the Free State liquor act permits the ordi- nary Sunday hours for the opening of the public houses when March 17 falls on Sunday. In North Ire land to tho contrary, there is an un- restricted sale Of liquor on Saint Patrlck's day. except when it occurs on Sunday. when the law prcscribes an entire closing.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-15
B. LORlNG YOUNG TO BE
 ATTORNEY GENERALS AID
Former Massachusetts House speak CT Ntll Have Charge of Federal
 Judicial Post Patronage

Boston, March l5 NP)-Thc Boston Herald says today that Ben jamtn Ioring Young Of Weston, former speaker Of the Massachusetts $ house of representatives, is to be first assistant attorney general of the United States by direct appoint : ment of President Hoover.
 As such he is to have charge Of the patronage Of all federal ju- dlcial posts and is to be one of the men iii closest personal contact with the president. the paper says
 According to the Herald. Young was offered the post yesterday while attending the funeral Of his sister. Aside from admitting that the offer had been received. Young declined to discuss the matter.
 Although Young has not yet ac- cepted the post. the Herald under. stands that he will do so.
 Young is recognized as one Of the leading Hoover mon in the country. Last November he was republican candidate for the United States senate. being defeated by Senator David I. Walsh when Massac achusetts went for Smith in democratic landslide.
 For tho past 10 years, Young has been a prominent member of the Massa chusctts bar
New Britain herald., 1929-03-15
Five Charges Cited
 Against GuiIfOylc

Waterbury, March 15 UP)--t'i>c charges are cited in disbarncut proceedings against Attorney Joseph C. LuiltoNle Of this city filed in su- per,or court here by the grievance committee Of New Haven County Bar association.
 Five counts in the complaint con corn an attachment transaction on an automobile. a mortgage trans action. manner Of conduct of the Star Record. cerfifcafion to the committee on moral fitness Of he New Haven County associatyon of ] man who has not studied in his once 'hfee years as required and sfar'ing an action without authority of the plaintiff. Gullfoyle has cn days ,n which to answer the cha rEes
New Britain herald., 1929-03-15

The smoke from q great forest fire near Duluth, Minu.. was timed by observers and in three days "as found as far south as Texas where the odof was quite noticeable.