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New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
MORE I.IGHT

Those who were downtown last night saW q new blaze of light, in fact two Of them. Of course, this re- fera to the marquces over the side walk in front of the two entrances of the Embassy theater. No other iH- dustry is so firm a believer in the light that never fails as thcators Who ever heard Of q thcater, for in stance, that had no more recourse to inCandcscents than the average store? IL ia the theaters which go in for the brilliantly lighted marques, which can be seen for many blocks and are sure to let the public know that there IS a thea ter"
 There nov are four Of the bril- liant affairs in town. and in order not to stand accused of failing to mention ail Of them we hereby add in passing that the other two are in front Of th. Capitol and the Strand theatcrs, There also are other marques but they are not as gaudy. Even the Burritt has one, a dignified specimen which allows nobody to gain the Impression the place is one for amusement.
 This being an age when an at- tempt IS made 10 explain everything in terms Of psychology, if might be concluded that such brightly adoru- cd lectures with right should be as sociated with the amusnment b,lsi ness. Circus wagons are always painted red, for instance, and no other color will do. The old nickel odeons were not particularly bright, but that was before the days of the full development oc the movies. When the prices went higher the lights became brighter, until now nothing but the addition Of search light would mako the average movie palace any brighter on the outside.
 It is the theaters in every city which give the greatest impetus to the creation Of the local great whlto ways" They brighten up" the
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Save Money By Wits. Getting Something for Nothing,

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 Petty "gTD" games of all sorts continually crop up as the ing,n- uity of thousands ot otherwise hon. eft citizens Is applied to the task Of getting something for nothing. A number of New Britain people, for example, have found a perfectly easy way of saving F cents on the fare to Waterbury or return. An other man discovers how he can get nearly two cups of coffee for the price of one. in a busy restaurant and so it goes.
 The train fare stunt probably does not meet with the approval of the New Haven road, but it is worked continually, nevertheless, apparently without difficulty. The system is simple. The fare 10 Waterbury from New Britain, or from Waterbury 10 New Britain, paying all the way through, IS so cents. The fare from New Britain to Bristol, or reverse, is 20 cents. The fare from Brist ol to Waterbury, or reverse, is 4S cents.
 Therefore the traveller who paws his way through from this city to the Brass City pays so cents, but by using the zone ticket to Bristol and buying ticket from that city to Waterbury, he can make the trip for G8 cents. All this is verified at the passenger offices of the New Haven road here, although the off clals of the road, of course do not recognize any such method as ac- cepted practice. At least q certain number of New Britain folks are using it, just the same, when they ride to Waterbury.
 Perhaps the ncrviest stunt, out side of a genuine confidence game, is that worked by a man in Spring field, and probably used elsewhere, unless he has a copyright on the scheme. Several restaurants in Springfield, a few years ago, placed their meal checks around a little rubber mat on a showcase near the door. The customer enters the place, grabs check, walks To the counter, and orders his meal, the
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
tNDER THE WATERS

The tidal wave which swept the coast of Newfoundland, exacting q toll Of two score deaths. is reported to have been 40 feet high. It was cnsendered by the earthquake that originated in the Fundian fault be- tween Nova Scotia and Massachu- setts, which, 80 the scientists tell us. is an unsettled portion Of the earth's surface.
 4 serious change in the eartll's surface on land is one thing. and if it occurs i'll populated area the dis Gster may be or the first magnitude. 4 similar change Of the surface of the earth under the ocean commonly IS regarded as possessing far small CT potentialities for mischief, But immense tidal waves customarily result, sometimes being a serious danger 10 shipping, at other times travelling thousands of miles to land and there inundating the coast line. In Newfoundland all those who met death when this monster wave reach cd land lived along the shore, hardy fisher folk who were suddenly con- fronted i-' a wall Of water" ain cd at them from the ocean, and from which there vas no ready escape.
 There IS a record Of a tidal wave traversing the entire reaches Of the vast Pacific. from in the neighborhood Of Japan to the Amer ican coast. Ones imagination re- ceives sharp turn upon attempting to analyze what happens under the waters to be Of sufficient force 10 cause the formation of such q wave at the surface. IL is believed by many scientists that the worst earthquakes that continue to afflict the earth oc- cur underneath the great waters. That if true, is fortunate. An earth trembling of such power. occurring on land, would be disastrous in the extreme. A wise nature seemingly has planned it that the land above the waters should be the first to be solid and secure. We do not feel much inconvenience when a cata- clysm occurs under the waters, ex- cept that invariably a tidal wave reaches land to remind us that nature is still moulding the earth with its powerful and unrelenting hand.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
25 Fears Ago To-day

The attendance at the evening schools is greater than in any pre- vious year.
 The Stanley Works is rushed with orders. The plant is operating day end night and machinery is being in stalled in the storage sheds to enable the company to keep up with the de- mand for goods.
 For the first time in years, Church street with Q surface of new maca- Gam presents a respectable appear ance.
 The A. 0. II. will hold q fair at Hanna's armory for q week. There will be entertainment and dancing every evening.
 F. H. Bogart has taken out q patent on . Greace cup and has as- signed it to the Corbin Motor Ee- Eicle Co.
 There were II deaths and II mar liages recorded at the office of the town clerk this week.
 A party of four men from Vienna, Austria. were registered at the Hotel Russwin today.
 The mortuary chapel at Fairview cemetery which has been so long 1T. the course of construction, has been completed at last. Rev Lyman Johnson has the distinction of be- ing the first clergyman to conduct services there.
 The committee appointed by Chairman Slopcr to investigate the finances Of the town has met with the approval Of the public.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

that the University of California for ten years has received an average of sl, ,0ho,000 year from private sources.
 The Rockefeller and Carnegie for tunes remain the two great sources Of public benefaction. The Kocke- fcllers, father and son. have dis tributed s60O,000.000 through the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re search. the General Education Board, the Rockefeller Foundation. the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. and the International Education Board. The S350, 000.OUU Carnegie bequests have gone 10 3,oOo libraries and 500 universities and colleges. Carnegie Institute of Pitts burgh. the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission and other altruistic activities.
 Among other great foundations Of recent years are the Russell Sage Foundation of S15, 1000, Gu0; the Com monweGlth Fund of SS8, 8,0U0.U .U00 cS- tablished ly Mrs. Stephen V. Hark- ness, and the s2O.0oO,600 Juilliard Musical Foundation.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
WOMEN AT THEIR WORST!

bN FIcu ltON
 She And this is little Leora. She's only six but what clever child Everybody tells me I simply must put her in the movies. Turn your head, Leora, 30 the gentleman san see your profile"
 Neora's profile is exhibited)
 You: Astounding"
 She: She dances beautifully and sings and plays the harp and re- cites hundreds of pieces from mem ory and swims and dives and drives n car and speaks five languages fluently and gives limitations. Give an imitation of Clara Bow, ducky." Neora obliges)
 You: "Superb."
 She: "Yct, indeed, we've spent thousands CT her education. Do your Swan Dance for the gentleman, Lcora. Mother will hum the music" Leora goes into her dance.)
 You: Its unbelievable
 She: You see, she inherits it from my side of the famly. My great cousin, Loora, was one Of the most famous actresses in the western part Of South Carolina. Perhaps you'd like to hear Leora rccite The Shooting Of Dan Me Grew ?"
 Leora prepares 10 whoop it up.) You (rising 10 leave: 'T'd rather zee her do little Word-swallowing or fire eating
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

4 survey Of driving in Proyidence yielded the observation that the greatest danger to pedestrians at dangerous corners is the almost universal habit Of footing the horn instead Of slowing down. Then. when somebody is run over, the de- fense naturally is that the driver vas careful. having footed the horn. It is the driver who knows that slowing down is more valuable than blowing the horn in a crisis who invariably lawsuits
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Bob Patterson On stand Being Cross OuestiCncd

Coach Bob Patterson, speaking o4
 the local Lions club last Tuesday,
 Sa'd mat the news reporters were
 q lot of bologna to the coaches try | ing to whip q smooth running foot DGll aggregation into shape. Know
 Ing Bob as the Observer does, it would be unfair, indeed, to allow
 those words go unchallenaed Nor, Bob you know, as well as anybody. i that football players are egged Of to greater things by reporters who glorify and cxtoll them to the Nth degree. If newspapers puff play
 CT, the duty of the coaches is frightened, for player will do his utmost to live up to his reputation. How many times, as coach have you told a player he hasn't lived up to his reputation?
 Honestly. don't you think, Bob, that Coach Stevens, between the halves at the Yale-Princeton game, when the score was 0 to 0, told the Yale players that they had the golden opportunity of proving the ncwspapermen liars, when some Of them claimed that Yale had a one iran team? You, as one of the best | coaches and players in the country not so long ago, surely should know that newspapers and ncwswriters are rungs in the ladder Of fame, and you know, as well as the next | h hal shrinking violets when it comes to seeing their name in the newspapers in complimentary sense.
 Sports writers are an important cog in the mechanics of turning out
 q team worthy of note. Coaches are
 important, too, but in more mod
 est way, of course. The angle of the coaches is often sought by newswrti-
 CTS, but not a newspaper has thought to get the general angle of , coaches on football teams. Jumping into this gap, your statement comes
 as a bolt from the blue, and help | ed us all to a greater understanding | or the Jason between coaches and
 newspapers which should ripen | into something tangible through
 gate receipts.
 Confidentally, Bob, the Observer
 wouldn't have given your words a
 second thought but the teams you
 have coached at Cornell certainly | prove that you know what you are talking about, and the talk you l gave the Lions was worth listening ball argument with you either for you would cause the writer 10
 blush, more so than if he ordered
 q nut Sundae at cocktail hour. Out i of fair play, Bob. why don't you
 give your angle to the case and let
 the general public in on the secret?
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Commission Asked to
 Study Wailing Wall

Geneva, Nov. 23.--fP)-Journal de Geneve said today it had learned the British government in a note to the League Of Nations councils man dates commission now in session here had requested appointment of an in- tcrnation1l inquiry board to deter mine proper status of the Hailing wall at Jerusalem.
 The paper said the mandates com mission declined 10 acccde 10 this suggestion. Meanwhile the commis- sion today Is continuing it's private sessions, rofraining from making any statement on the subject or the direction of It's present deliberations.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
BUSES TO THE AIRPORT

Getting to the airport or airpOrts on Corbin avenue is no difficult task for the owners of private automo- piles, provided they care 10 risl. the bumps in the highway, Ever since the airplancs have been utilizing the Swanson tract. however. there have been a large number Of mixers, and they haze been grumbling at the necessity of taking the long walk. Some Of them, too, might be GUS toners for the planes if they could get to them.
 It is not surprising. therefore, that the owners Of the two bus lines operating in that section of the city are each eager 10 see their lines cX- tended 10 the airport. The Corbin avenue line and the Durritt street lin MTG the natural conrendcrs ivr the extension. and the Public Utili- tics Commission is the umpire.
 Here is an instance where tho flexibility of buses is again well proven. There is no question about additional expense which might be prohibitory to the extension. The buses can follow the crowds and the growth of the city and no section penetrated by buses need be neglected by transportation facilities.
 All that is required is for the city to keep the roads traversed in good repair. The presence of buses along a street frequently stimulates such activities whereas without such stimulation there probably would be fewer attempts made at repair. Both Corbin avenue and Osgood avenue are instances where streets will need more attention by the board of public works. People who hike along poor streets gre not apt to criticize the city as fervently as they will do when they bump over the bad spots.
 The independent bus lines who desire the franchise to reach the air port arc entitled to commendation for their enterprise. In this they give abundant evidence that they de sire to serve the public to the best of their abilities.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23

downtown districts like nothing else does, greatly to the satisfaction, be it added, of the merchants, Take the gorgeous marquees from out of the downtown district in New Britain and what would it look like? It wouldn't look like the same place.
 The theater owners thus are public bsnefactors They believe ill "brightenirg up the corner where you are" as the hymn has it, and they do it with generosity that thrills the hearts Of the electric lighting companies.
 In closing We wish them well in their startling endeavors.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Town Pays Its own Way
 By Operating Electric Plant

Property owners in this city wh, paid a higher tax bill this year tha, they did last year, and who receiy.
 monthly statements from the ligh and power company which seem {. be always on the increase, have rea reason to cay the residents |, Colby, Kansas.
 The office Of the tax collector q | Colby has ceased operations for tn. year: there are no taxes to be paid and there will be no charge for ligh and power used this year. Like the story of the skunk and rabbit farm. one has sustained thu { other, progress has been the rule and both the city and the citizens haV. increased coffers, paradoNical as tn, situation is.
 i New Britainitos, at least thoe, with fertile imaglnations, can visual, ize the Utopian condition tha, would exist if. instead of receiving q letter from the tax collector warn. ing that taxes must be paid on C, before July 1 they received a letter stating there will be no tax assess, ment this year: and, in the ne,a mail, the local office that is to say the local business office of J. Henry Roraback should advise there will be no charge for light and power.
 Colby. by way of explanation. ha. 2 municipal power plant which sup, plies not only that city. but also ths rurrOunding communities Of Gem
 sionlo, Sclden, RtXford, Lcvant and Brewster
 After scanning the siX-year earn, ing3 report of the plant, the ciy , council waived all real and personal 1 property levics, and adopted plar. to retire a bonded indebtedness ol $@00, 0O0.
 An Oklahoma, city once abolished it's tax levy when several oil well. were discovered on city owned prop. erty and revenue was produced sui, ficient in amount to pay the entire municipal expense. Colby had nc such good luck, but by wise hand. 1 ling of it's power plant it has ac, , complished the same result 1 Originally, power was generated ! by steam. This plan was found f; , be costly, requiring an annual appro. priation of about s10,000 aboyd i revenue. A change vas made of ar engine run by crude oil. and at increase in revenue and decrease ir costs resulted.
 l This is the result of five years cI operation: From the gross profits { the plant has not only wiped oul the debts that had accrued under the steam plant. paid for itself and al | expansion and upkeep Of the water and electrical distributing syst em, ] lut also has delivered into various , corporate funds a total Of $l45., ! do7.3o. There is now balance of S24,73G.0G in the light, power and 1 water funds. When the annual 1 1udgct and tax rate were being fixed i for this year, the city council. feel. ! ing certain of a large annual sur. plus from the municipal plant, and already having very substantially reduced the city's bonded indebted ness, voted to abolish completely the previous city levy of 221a mills, and 10 grant 25 per cent. deucton in | the cost of current to the six towns buying from Colby.
 This story, sounding more like l political idealists dream than the l fact that it is, would seem to givq opponents of public ownership Of utilities something to think about
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
THE pRINCELY HABIT OF GIVING AWAY MILLIONS

Back in 18S9-ol1-timers reIncm- Der it-AndreW Carnegie declared that it was his conviction that the rich man is only a cust odit1 of his wealth TOT the pubic Welfare. And with these words the iron master began founding libraries and dispos- ing Of money in other important par ticulars.
 Quite 9 galaxy of other million aires and super -millionaires seem to have agreed with the thesis Of Mir Carnegie. A princeiy sum of money has been disposed Of since that time. America is far too frequently referred to by snvious Europeans as the land of dollar chasing; one hears much less Of it as land where dol lars by the millions are given away. Certain foreign masters of wealth might well copy. Few of them do.
 The inclination of wealthy Amer jeans to dispose of their wealth for the public welfare increase steadily. One hundred and seventy i'm portant foundations have been form cd in this country. and 90 per cent Of thcm have been thus seen their birth since 1900.
 Colleges and universities have re- csivcd the majority of the money thus donated. There are those in the country who think the donations to institutions of learning are over- done. We'll leave this to others 10 determine, however. The statistics during go years show. however, that a dozen great universities have re- ccived the greater part of their funds from private wealth while rcores of others have been aided by private contributions
 If strings were tide to the dOna- tions it would be bad thing. To the best of ones knowledge, how eyer. no strings are tied to the wealth. Some of the universities thus endowed or aided are among the most liberal in the land. A few are not liberal and never were.
 Clyde Furst secretary of the Carnegie Foundation, has contrlbut- cd valuable summary of the con- tributions of wealth 10 tho colleges and universities. The heart of it, ap- bearing in the Worlds Work, con- tains the following impressive figures:
 The University of Chicago has re- ceived s5O, 100000 from the Rocke- fellers; Senator and Mrs Leland stanford gave s25,O00,0 10 the uni versity which bears their name; George Eastman has given approxi- mately s25,000.6G0 to the University of Koch ester. and Duke University will receive as much or more from the estate of the late James E.. Duke. Gordon Mckay bequenthnd S20,000, coo to Harvard. John w.. Sterling gave an equal amount to Yale. and Henry C. Prick left s15,- GOO, 900 10 Princeton. Besides these major benefactions s huge sum in the aggregate has been distributed among both denominational and state-owned schools in small be- quests as is evidenced by the fact
New Britain herald., 1929-11-23
Observations On He Weather

Washington, Nov. 23.-Forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy probably occasional snow in wesI and north portions and snow or rain in southeast portion Saturday and Sunday; little change in tempera. turc.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Saturday and Sunday, slowly rising temperature in north portion Satur, day.
 Conditions The northwestern disturbance has moved rapidly southeastward to the Red River ot the North Valley and pressure re- mains low over the Hudson Bay region. \ disturbance that de. veloped over the middle Gulf o1 Mexico Thursday night is advancing northcastWard with center off the northwest Florida coast.
 High pressure prevails from Texas northeastward to Quebec and Nova Scotia.
 The Gulf disturbance will move northeastWard and the northwestern disturbance will move cast-south. eastward. As a result precipita ton mostly in the form of snow except in the South Atlantic state. is indicated for virtually the entir, Washington forecast district within the next 24 to 36 hours. The pre- cipitation in the southeastern statei will likely end by Sunday. The temperature will rise slowl, in the Atlantic states except Tlorids during Sunday.
 storm warnings are displayed or the Atlantic coast from Beaufort N. C. to the Virginia Capes.