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New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

where calms often prevail. The name was applied to it in colonial days, when vessels carrying horses from New England to the West Indies were sometimes detained there, and had to jettison part of their cargo for lack Of water.
 Q What is the course of the Japan Current?
 A. It flows from a point near the Bashi Islands northWard to latitude 26 degrees where it divides, the main part washing the eastern shores of Japan and then the Aleu- tian Islands.
 Q. Who was vice president of the Confederacy?
 A. Alexander H. Stephens Of Georgia.
 Q. What day in the Christian calendar was the 4th day or Shebat in the Jewish year 5654?
 A. January 12, 1894.
 Q. Is there an Acronautical Chamber of Commerce?
 A. Its offices are at 800 Madison avenue, New York City.
 Q. What is the meaning of the name Melvin?
 A. Joyous.
 Q. What is the present address of Marion Talley, the former opera singer? A. Levant Kansas
 Q. What noninhammable liquids have lower boiling point than water?
 A. Chloroform and carbon tetra- chloride.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
REPAIRS WHERE NEEDED

Last November the Parents and Teachers association of the Central Junior High school voted that il was the opinion of the organization that the auditorium where they meet, which also functions as the assembly room for the school was far from ideal and needed repairs.
 Nobody who visited the place in late years in the least doubted the need of repairs. For one thing, the acoustics were so poor that listening was an ordeal. Perhaps half the students never heard what was being said.
 The general appearance of the auditorium, too, was far from what an educational institution of such importance should possess.
 So the board of education took the hint and did exactly like the r. X T. suggested. The work has been done and student assemblies will be all the principal and the teachers would like them 10 be. The acoustics are said 10 be excellent. It is actually possible to hear what is going on.
 The gymnasium, too, has been modcrnized. These jobs have not added to the school housing situa- ton, to be true; but they increase the value of the building to students and at small cost.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

How is the weather in Boston 2" in effect radioed the captain 10 the Charlestown navy yard.
 Much fos," instantly went back word to the Bremen.
 And as the officials Of the Charles town navy yard listened in they heard a sharp order from the cap tain to the pilot.
 Return to ship at once" Then a radioed rendezvous at sea. 9S miles miles from where the Bremen hap pencd to be rad 400 miles from the airshp.
 Reluctantly the pilot turned around and flew 10 the rendezvous by his compass. Arship and liner ar rived there at the same time. The liner, without stopping, picked up the airship and continued to New York.
 Officials at the Charlestown navy yard were amazed if not dumb founded. They agreed that it was evidence the captain remained boss and would allow no airship pilot of the company to take chances. And , they agreed that had the ship-to- shore plane not turned back it would have been q miracle had another airplane smash not been registered.
 That's the kind of control the T. A. T. pilots and other airplanc | pilots need in the Southwest. This ] leaving it all to the pilots doesn't work, regardless of how expert they are. They are eager to maintain schedules and won't turn away from danger until they have to-and can guess wrong, Control by calm heads at strategic points, officials who put absolute safety above schedules. are needed.
 We read with satisfaction that exactly tha kind of system will be adopted by all the passenger plane carriers in the far spaces. Each plane will be equipped with radio and they in future will take orders from headquarters.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
IiI STON

The new chairman of the national committee of the Republican party seems to have been chosen with due regard to the extent of territory he las covered during q lifetime of po- litical activity. Claudius II. Huston, it appears, was born in Indiana, reared in Tennessee, and lives in New York.
 In the future, however, Chairman Huston will live in Washington, there to see that the grand old party keeps functioning the year round and not indulging merely in a spasmodic effort just before cleo tions. This idea, it seems, is also part of the Democratic plan of campaign
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

tendencies in other lines of trade with a careful scrutiny. What works in the power and light business, or in the automobile business, or in the theater business, perhaps he often opincd, might work in the circus business.
 It only required some monkey shines along the routes of the cir cusos to force Mir. Ringing into action. The determination of the owners of the Madison Square Garden to force prize fights to show at the place while a circus was there' thus forcing the circus into id'eness while the prizcfight date was played, was the spark that provided the ac ton. Mr. Ringing, not considering a prize fight important enough to | interfere with a circus date, did the handsome thing by going out after all the remaining circuses and ar ranging to construct an arena in New York which will make them inde- pendcnt of Madison Square Garden. The Garden is due 10 lose some trade and feel the impact of a competing ! arena.
 The various circuses, it is said, will remain independent, but act as one when there is an argument. Perhaps MT. Ringing can force them to tear down their posters after they leave d town.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

evening and received an application
 ment on the special police force The chiefs monthly report was re ceived and the regular bills were i approved. MT. Brady was not pres ent at the meeting.
 The quadrennial weighing of tht
 mails is not taking Ilace at the To-
 cal post office. This will continu.
 for 30 days and on the figures ob. 1 tained will be determined the
 amount which the government vii,
 pay the Consolidated railroad The basis thus reached will be continued until the next weighing causing s change.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
"IOITERING" IN THE PaRh
 NEED FOR BENCHES

So there are to be benches placed in Central park-''as an eNperl- ment." A large concourse of citizens, including those hundreds who oeca- sionaIly wait for trollcys and buses at tEis terminal will be inclined to think II is about time. park with out benches is something of an ln- congruity. Although parks are handsome things to look at. they exist primarily for use; and the best use a great many people make oi them is to visit them and sit around-prcfcrably on benches, ire ouently on the grass and in the case of Central park on the coping, The latter practice, however, is the fly in the ointment When benches are placed in Central park 10 accommo- date the public waiting for trolleys, who is to determine whether their occupants ara waiting for troueys or waiting the next two or three hours to roll around
 The number Of men who loit"r on the coping around the monument has been the bone of many observers for long time, and recently the or der went forth that such lettering no longer would he permitted. Put Central park happens to be paaic park and there Is a legal q4as'ion whether the public hasn't a right to use it for Ioitcrtua. Almost everybody who visits q puble park and ro- mains in if awhile ean he said to loiter in it. Fundamentally. that is what they are for.
 It is an obnoxious sight however to see several score Of mon sitting or the coping And for that marter. il ]. equally obnoxious to soc a dozen ol go DI llOJI 1ldt n l'Dt N tl. ms Ati'. .ll trade in front of the coping, aj@in. to every person walking across tn. green to understand their shoes uec. shining. If one boy only did #, i would not be so bad; but before
 man gets across the park h" is ask ed the question at least six times and must give answer, however r' luctantly, an equal number of im' in order 10 proceed in peace. Man Of the boys arc helping to suppor themselves and orhers-good luck them, But ,hac isn't the point il point is, are the men in or on tn park any worse than the boys? C l. 1t 5Q-50. or are either fully will
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
'. $. OF F.. AND TARIFFS

If the United States of Europe is 10 be purely an economical venture it is more than likely that tariffs will receive early attention and not be entirely q subject for gentlomanly discussion at Geneva.
 The effect upon American tariff tinkerers, too, may not be so good. With a united front of foreign buy CTS analyzins American tariff duties and possessing the power for con- certed reprisals perhaps some enthusiasts may lose their en- thuaiasm.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

in their rights in such use of the park?
 Returning to the men, one finds that not all of them are fellows who are lodging work. Some of them are out of work unwilIingly; others, and large percentage, live in rooms throughout the downtown section, and merely use Central park as a breathing spot. We have no doubt that most of the men who like 10 sit in the park would prefer to spend their summer vacationing at some nice resort, or automohiling in Canada, put they haven't had enough should such action be illegal they probably would wcnd their way to other haunts, and not all of them may be too particular.
 Central park never looked better l than it has this year. The bushes placed there by the superintendent of parks arc there yet and have not i been molested throughout the sum- mer. They have given evidence that 1 the city is inclined to have the down. 1 town green look its best so that the public might take justified pride in it. The only point that seems to poster the authorities is the number of individuals who have been attract ed 10 the park. Which is too bad,
 If man. instead of going to q park, goes into $ spcakeasy he is likely to become quarrel3ome from booze; if he goes to a thcater he must first have the price of admis- sion; if he stands on the sidewalks he might be asked to explain the reason for. his failure to move on; if he goes window shopping it eventu- ally becomes tiresome; if he stays in his room all day he fails to get the benefit of sunshine and fresh air; if he asks for a job he is told that if he is more than 45 years old there is nothing doing on account of the workInen's compensation law insur- ance, or that there is nothing doing anyhow; if he doesn't work at any thing he cant get to do he is called
 bum. It seems the only place
 where he is welcome is at politica
 rally, and they don't hold many.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

Having only one applicant left to interview regarding the position of superintendent of health, the board of health should be able to take action quickly. Unless the lone appli- cant learns that he is the only one left out of 55 when he might get too particular. The trouble with appli- cations for most of such jobs is that 8 horde of speculative individuals ore heard from, vastly increasing the difficulties of the gentlemen who are supposed to be mind readers.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answer to any question Of fact or information by writing 10 the Question Editor. Ne" Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. 1922 New York avenne, Washingt on. D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marta advise cannot be given. nor can ey- tended research F, undertaken. All othc- questions will receive per sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are confidential. - Editor.
 Q. Is there a simple process 10 make rancid butter sweet?
 A. No.
 Q, Which is the largest, the sun, the earth or the moon?
 X. The sun is very much larger than the earth and the earth con- aidorably larger than the moon. c. Who are the more popular screen actresses born in Canada?
 A. Mary Pickford. Toronto; Nor ma Shearer, Montreal; Marie Pre- vost, Sarnia; Claire Adams Winni- peg; Barbara Kent. Gadsby, Alberta and Fay Wray, Alberta.
 Q. What is the best time to 1 transplant roses?
 A. From the middle of October 10 the middle Of November. They should be dug up carefully and taken to the new location before the roots get dry.
 | Q How can an alien, who de- 1 serted his ship in 1923 and has lived in tho United States since, and is married 10 a woman who is an American citizen, become natur- ] alized.
 A. He must leave the United States and re-entcr legally. His wife can petition the commissioner general of immigration, L. S, De partment of Labor. Washington, D. C.. for his admission to this country outside of the quota.
 Q. How is artificial honey made |?
 A. One recipe is as follows: White sugar pounds; water pounds, gradually bring to boal and skim well. When cool add 1 pound of bees honey and 4 drops Of peppermint. To make better quality add less water and more real honey.
 Q. How can modern pewter pieces be made to look antique?
 A. Plunge them for several mo- ments into a solution of alum, to urh ip1 Nf hyrI Irn h1n ric or sulphuric acid has been added
 Q. Where is the headquarters Of the Esperanto Association of North America?
 A. Commerce building, St Paul Minn.
 Q. What proportions are re- quired in silver that is marked "sterling?"
 A. About 925 parts of silver to 75 parts of copper
 Q. How many horses are there in the United States compared to the number Of motor vehicles?
 A. On January l, 1919 the De partment of Agriculture reported that there were approximately 14,- | 029, GOO horses in the United States There were 24,493,124 motor Ve- hicles registered in the United States during 1928.
 Q. What method was used by the ancients to harden copper?
 A. A popular belief exists that the Egyptians and other ancients including the MeXicaEs and Peru. vians, had a process for hardening copper, but there is no real founda tion for it. The reputed hardened product is always an alloy. Nc specimen of pure copper has beer found which has a greater degree of hardness than can be produced by hamm"ring.
 Q. What are "horse- -latitudes?'
 A. A belt in the Atlantic Oceal
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

A week or so before the Common Council meets horde of ''important questions" are supposed to come up for settlement. Then when the meet ing takes place half the time half the great issues don't make their appearance.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL
 REVERE!

Original Story Found by Rose Marie
 Gaines
 Paul. Paul." screamed Rufus Brown, eminent ebony barrister, running wild-eycd into the meeting rooms of the Dice Shooters Social Club. "The British @m comin'."
 Says which ?" asked the startled Paul.
 "Yo' ain't blind. Paul." scrceched Rufus, you heerd me. Dem fiery red-coats is close 10 our very doahs. Kin yo ride a hoss?"
 "Thass what An kin do nuthin' else but, big boy. But whass the ,dee of tho hoss?"
 Well, if yo' IS peridiotic, Paul, it develops upon yo' to ride to Bum mingham and warn ev'rybuddy the British am hustlin' to capture the the town"
 See here, Rufe," he eXpostulated in high pitched voice, "Ah ain't no laW'ers fool. Dem Britishers is gWine separate nah body from 1nah idces wifi a bullet ef they ketch me ridin' hoss to Cunningham. Then what"
 Man alive" persisted Rufus, 'yo' ain't got no moh spine than a snake has ankles. If yo' save Bum mingham from the British yo' namell go down in hist-ry with Adam m Eve, ,onah in' Lots wife"
 Paul laughed with maniacal glee. "Yo sho don't care who goes down to death in hist-ry so long as it ain't yo carcass the British $ gonna riddle wifi buleta-" Rufus Browns natural good hu- nor turned to anger "Theres d little matter of ten dollars you owes Evans Lincoln Washington what needs 'splaining. He asst me to collect. It's a gambling debt, l presume, an unless gamblin' debts is paid in Cunningham, the law says, ipso factor, not to mention vini, vidi, vici, that yo' is tO go tc Atlanta to spend a quiet few yeahs | behind bars"
 "Youve said enough, Law'e1 Grundy," whimpered Paul. they i. nuthin' An is noah fond uf than go in down in hist'ry,"
 And ever after that it was re ferred to in history as the Midnigh Ride of Paul Revere.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

The ukase that lawyers must pay fees exacted in city court cases is the most unpopular decision to cer- tain lawyers coming from that court in long time. Not being one of the lawyers affected We are inclined to sympathize with the court on the score that all good things must be paid for.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
CIRCUS COMBINES

For some years the circus business has given the impression that one huge combination might do better than half dozen smaller circuses; at least for the owners Of the com- hinc.
 John Ringing, who has succeeded Mr. Barnum in some respects, must have been watching the mergeritis
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

their house last December?" Clarke: "Yes.' Mathes: Well, Smythe told his wife it was his Christmas present to her!"
 Charles D. Nicoll Copyright. 1929, Reproduction
 Forbidden)
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
ItctOI't /!

One of the resplendents of the musical shows was invited to a par ty recently and after making a blazing and effective tardy entrance was greeted heartily by another lady of the stage whose enthusiasm took an unexpected classical turn
 My dear" she exclaimed, you remind me tonight of an old Ne- netian tapest cy."
 "Y Yes?" said the glorificd one. "Wen, you don't lock like any chick cn yourself, dearie."
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

Those who see money occasionally can vouch for the fact that more small-sized currency is being noted as the weeks pass. By Christmas a larse-sized bill will be as scarce as child who doesn't believe in santa Claus.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

l'l tEltNllt'
 You can say one good thing for spinach. Youngsters aren't selling it to work their way through college,
 Charm is the gift of making the other fellow feel that he is an inn portaEt guy. too. Blessed are the poor. Nobody prints their golf scores. 1 Philanthropist: One who mlks the COW and then pours q little in q bucket for the calf.
 The reason college graduates seem dumb is because brass plated with gold is still brass.
 The three arguments in favor of Q new kitchen device are: CD If saves time; CD it saves labor; (3) Mrs. Jones has one.
 4NIll'i ltcilIlHlll. t'pttdlll5 ul, dL tll' risk of your neck, 10 pass tEe cal in front; being dissatisfied with what you have because the leigh. tors have more.
 You may dye, you may bleacf the hair if you will, but the ole brunette nature will keep you tame still.
 Some peopl are dissatisfied witt almost everything they possess, ant some never read the magazine ads
 The statstician who says on American in five can drive ca probably means that many can holc q steering wheel and let Natur take it's course. Never back up to apologize whe, you graze a pedestrian. He ma think it a second effort.
 If you work very. very hard, yo | the seasons in a care-frec way a the hobo does. - Another way 10 keep in the put lie eye is to be a Widowcr in small town.
 You don't get q shecpskin in th  $ school of experience. Proof of pro Q ticiency is the fact that you hay ?. saved part of your own. : Correct this Hcntencc: "I Startc = little Willie in school today" s5,i
 the fond mother, but l didn't si' Il his teacher any advice or sugge
 tionS.'
 7' Copyright, 1929. Publishers IS Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

One autoist told Us that if more stop-and-go lights are erected in New Britain he will stay in PlainVille or do his cruising in Waterbury.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
>t,,,,hor .udit Purenu of Circulation

The A. B. C, is a national organization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tigers with a strictly honest analysis "s circulation Our circulation statistics are based upon this audit This tnsures pro lection agaius; fraud in newspaper d'S, trihution figures to both national ana local advertisers,
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
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Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded 10 New York.
4 Tip to SociOIogiSts!

While social scientists discuss The problem of the unemployed, What baffles them ia clear to us, Our answer is "Morc fun-em-
 ploycd!"
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

This is one of the days or which editors ''kill' the hot weather edl- torial they wrote the day before
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
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The Associated Press IS exclusively eh. titled ,o the Use for republication "f all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
AN ANSWER! By Valerie B. Hiss

 I'll cast my lot with Anthony-- Anthony's a toper-- A 'let-the-last-onc-me on me-" Tavern bird and groper, There's Wicked Bob, so prone to
 curse
 The good will not go near him; I'd take for better or for worse- So l could always hear him. I'll marry one too slack to save, Some ne'er-do-well or other, Or Gregory, the merry knave, 4 torment to his mother. Oh, when the birds begin 10 stir I'll go before the triar And pledge my troth with Chris Though Christophers liar. I'd wed the worst mIn to be had With nose lit like q beacon-- But NEVER you, my honest lad, Duller than dea3on.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

The Herald is on sale daily in Ne" York at Hotaling's Newsstand, lInl'S Square: schultzs Newsstan4s' Entrance Grand Central, 42nd street
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
Popular, Too.

Banjoist: "1vc written song about my haby.'
 Drummer: What the name Of it."
 Banioist: That's My Wakencss Now'"
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

The only profitable adNeTtsinE medium in inc CIrv, Circulation books and press room always open 10 advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
The limit!

Clarke: "Is Smythe close?'
 Mathes: "Stingiast man you ever saw. You know they had a baby at
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

It's all right for love io make the world go round if it wouldn't poke along and make traffic go round.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
Bring Her In.

Marvin: I'd like to look at some dress goods for my wife" Salesgirl: 50 you wish to see our pink and white georgctte?" Marvin: Well, l guess she can wait on me if she lkes,"
 Joseph F. Cofer
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

You may be snobbish when you marry the daughte" of the boss, but after that you're just the 7th vice president.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
Facts andFancies
By Robert OuiIlen

Wisdom: The memory Of sore spots.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11
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Correct this sentence: 'I started little Willie in school today,' said the fond mother, but I didn't give his teacher any advice or Sugges- tions."
 Copyright, 1929. Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

You can say one good thing for spinach. Youngsters aren't selling it to work their way through college,
New Britain herald., 1929-09-11

You don't get a shecpskin in the school of experience. Proof of pro- ticiency is the fact that you have saved part of your own.