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New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
BARTLFIT'S MEDICATION

Although for long time regarded as the logical candidate for mayor on the Republican ticket, Donald L. Bartlett, alderman from the third ward, has had much to think about over the attitude of the powers-that- be in his party in this city. That he finally concluded it was their desire not 10 have him as the mayoralty candidate next spring can almost be taken for granted in view Of his abdication as the representative of his ward Tn the Common Council. "If they don't want me to run for mayor. then there is no sense in me remain ing in the Common Council" in ef- feet was the probable reasoning of MT. Bartlett. Until Mr. Bartlett makes more unequivocal and defi- mite statement as to his reasons for departing from local political life at this time it is natural for citizens as whole to come to this conclusion.
 Obviously, if MT. Bartlett is sure Of his grounds he cannot be charged with having perpetrated thought less act when he resigned. From the standpoint Of party courtesy toward man who ran against Mayor Paonessa he was entitled to first con- eideration as the next mayoralty candidate. Such course, in fact. was regarded as certainty until fairly recently.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
PRETTY DREADFUL!

I never had such tough time In my life. First l got angina pectoris. followed by arteriosclerosis.
 Just as I was recovering from these got tuberculosis, double pneumonia and phthsis. Then they gave me hypodcrmic%
 Appendicitis was followed by a tonsllotomy.
 I know I had diabetes and acute indigestion, besides gastritis, rheu- matism, lumbago, and neuritis.
 I don't know how I pulled through 1t. It was the hardest spelling bee I've ever seen,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
THE WEST MAIN BOULEVARD

Work that is well under way to provide stop" signals at the side street intersections with West Main indicate that West Main street IS to be a boulevard thoroughfare in fact as well as in theory. The last Legis- latllre passed law giving the chiefs of police authority to act in such matters and action has not been slow in this city. The yellow signs which have been placed at some of the streets and are shortly destined 10 be erected at the remainder. will com- mand all motorists from intersectlng streets to come to full stop before proceeding across or turning into West Main street. To do otherwise will be at their own risk, as the po- lice have it.
 This will be a radical departure from past practices. But actually there will not be so much of differ ence, Motorists for q long time have been unable to guide their chariots into West Main street from side street without a pause and consld- erable hesitancy, often accompanied In 1 had the legal right to make turn from an intersecting street he had 'the right of way" in fact; but few insisted upon their rights, most of them preferring to wait until there came a lull in the traffic, just like pedestrians.
 The present boulevard system will make it compulsory by law to stop on intersecting streets, just like previously it was compulsory through caution. It remains to be seen wath attitude the courts take toward drivers who do not obey the police sign injunctions and figure in accidents. According to the police belief, those who do not obey the stop signs "have nothing coming to them" by way of damages. Most cer- tainly, the burden of proof will be upon their shoulders.
 It must be confessed that boule- yard streets are becoming increasing ly in vogue. Motorists who this sum- mer have wended their way into many towns while touring testify as to their prominence elsewhere. In this city, of course, West Main street Is a logical boulevard street. For a long time autosists have bowled along it as if motorists coming from intersecting streets had no rights The present system will sharply differentiate the respective rights Of the boulevard drivers and those on the intersecting streets. as is the ob- ject of the boulevard system else where. The main idea is, in order to avoid possibility Of mistakes. bad judgment and resulting accidents the intersecting drivers are asked tc stop before proceeding.
 Autoists are forced to become ac- customed to stop signs. They are meeting more of them every day.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
25 Fears Ago Today

A policeman was sent around all the stores and saloons in the city yesterday to find out where cigar cites are being sold. A drive is to be made against the sale of the "coffin nails to minors.
 The rural free delivery carriers in this city have received word from Washington stating that they must stay in their positions until successors are appointed. The local men sent in their resignations when informed that they could not ac- cept tips from persons to whom they delivered mail.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
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MERELY LOOKING

Here are a few "guid" ones from Aberdeen. A Jew was observed wan dering about the streets of the city with a suit of clothes over his arm. After he had kept this up for the biggest part of the morning, he was hailed by policeman, who threat ened to arrest him for peddling without a license. The Jew, howev- CT, pointing to the suit which he carried, explained that he was mere- ly looking for the "Aberdeen Free Press"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
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WARREN FUNERAL FRIDAY

New York, Aug. 14 UP)-The funeral of Joseph A. Warren former police commissioner of New York city. will be held Friday morning at St, Agnes church. Burial will be in Holy Name cemetery, Jersey City. Warren died yesterday at Greenwich, Conn, aged 47.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
UP CULTURES HILL!

(The Confession of Club Lady)
 By Mrs. Elma w. Munch The path of Cultures Hill is steep, And weary is the way, With very little time for sleep
 And none at all for play. She that this toilsome task essays Must never bat an eye, But keep her firm, unwavering gaze Forever fixed on high. I've been but a short time on the
 road,
 My courage still is strong; Yet often have l felt the goad
 That hurries me along. I've stumbled over 1bsen humps And over Rembrandt rocks, I've got some fierce Debussy bumps, Some awful Niet2sche knocks. I'm wearied by the ceasless quest, I'm wayworn and footsore. I've culture till l cannot rest
 Yet still l climb for more. But oh. when all is done and said, Upon some manly breast I'd like to lay my tired head
 And take good long rest
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
FILLED BY LITERARY JAZZ

| One cannot note the passing of l the Youths Companion without yielding a thought that something must be wrong with the times when a publication of 102 years, during which it earned a reputation for 1 containing solid reading matter" i for the young and enjoying contri- buttons from many of the lands leading citizens, is forced to leave l the scene. Coming closely after the Century, following long life as one of our most attractive monthlies, announced that it will turn into a quarterly, it would seem there is a decided change in reading tastes un der way. With such institutions of the intellect giving ground, while multitude of jazzed-up periodicals grow dizzy with success, it is clear as spring water that what passed for i literature and solid information in the days gone by no longer receives more than the crumbs of popular favor today.
 About the most difficult enterprise | of the times is to publish "a high grade periodical and make it pay. That is a startling change when com pared with a bygone period when high grade periodicals provided d fair financial return for their owners, though their circulations, according 10 modern standards of measure ment were small.
 Virtually all the foremost writers of early Americana, whose poems and essays now form part of school learning, contributed to the old magazines of standing and cultural value. Fancy Bryant, an Emerson or a Longfellow being featured in the family magazines of today. But we have our Eddie Guests, our l Bruce Bartons and such like. They earn more money in a week than the old-timers earned in year. but somehow their stuff doesn't stick
 The Youths Companion, when it came under the control of the At lantic Monthly Company, was turned into quarterly. This didn't look any too good, and now it has been ''merged' with the American Boy. The Living Age, which for years went it alone and then became the
 property of the Atlantic Monthly,
 was operated "at loss" we are in l formed. and eventually was sold to another concern which has enlarged it, added pictures, and otherwise l 'modernized" it, greatly to the dis tress of some old timers who re- | garded the old format as good enough for distinctive contents. The Century goes into a quarterly with the explanation that there are many other monthly magazines which have taken up the field satisfactory to their readers. and limiting that the quarterly field in this country is less crowded. Perhaps there is something to this thesis, considering that there are some British quarterlies which amount to considerable in restricted circles, and which might be dupli-
 cated in this country to some ad- vantage.
 But consider the remainder of the
 field in this land of steady progress.
 Most Qf the magazines-not all. but a preponderating majority-reflect
 an astonishing superficiality of
 temperament. Most readers of the
 periodicals seem to crave entertain
 ment rather than edification. That is
 not exactly good thing, but seems
 a sign of the times
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Contrary to public opinion, short skirts were not originated in Paris, but in Aberdeen. The girls discover ed that the saved lot of "claith."
 An Aberdonian, ordering a new suit from his tailor was heard 10 remark, Can ye no fit the old poe kets tae the new suit? They're as guid as they ever were"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
u,,ax a,dit I,uyeou of Circulation

Member Audit Bureau of Circulation The A B. C. ts national organization which furnishes newspa pets ana adNsf' tisers with a strictly honest ahaIysis or circulation. Our circulation statistics are ...od unon thi. audit This iusuTes pro- tection against fraud Tn newspaper dis tribution figures 10 both national ana local advertisers,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
CORRECT!

Efficiency Expert: Keep this light turned off. You can do just as much work without it.
 Office Boy: Yes and you can do just as much work without youI pants but yet you wear them!"
 Rev. J. E. Carne.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
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Send all communications 10 Fun Shop Editor, care of tiIe New Britain Herald, and your letter will be forwarded 10 New York
OUR SUMMER GARDEN HINT!

Humus makes the roses grow, And just as surely folks we know In these thought-garden plots of ours
 It's Humor grows the brightest
 flowers,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

How nice to live in Canada where a man can feel free without drink ing mean liquor in August.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
MORE I,XF,RTION!

Visitor: "I should think you fel- lows would tire of playing checkers all the time Why don't you play dominoes?"
 Store Loafer: "They're heavier to lift"
 Oswald Caskie.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
MUSTARD ON THEM!

Mother: Did you take that mus tard bath l told you 10 take for that cold of yours?"
 Junior: No, but l did something just as good. I ate five hot dogs!"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

The happy people you envy just sem that way because they haven't time to feel sorry for themselves.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Tip: A small gratuity. Evidence that charity is expected to take the rlace of decent wages.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

The Herald Is on saIe daily In Ne" York al Hotalings Newsstand, l'hes sauare; Schuitz's Newsstands. Entrance Grand Central 42nd Street
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
Facts and Fancies
BY ROBERT CULLEN

Any town is a bum town to the man who hates the meddling gos- sips.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
Memher of the Associated Press

The Associated Press Is exclusively sn. titled to the use for re-puolieauon CT all news credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and tlso local news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

At the present rate of progress, America should have complete network of concrete highways by the time everybody takes to the air.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
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The only profitable advertising Tedium In the City Circulation books and press room always open 10 advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Fortunately, daughter can sleep late without disrupting the house. holds plans. She doesn't mind driv- ing the car two blocks to get nut sundae for breakfast.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
New Britain Herald

Issued Daily Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg. 67 Church Street
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

A critic is a stowaway on the flight of someone else's ina gina tion.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

scientist is a man who can cx- anime a skull buried in 1850 and reconstruct the ape-man it belonged to S50,000 years B. c,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Never yet have the wicked scorn- cd q religion that made its follow CTS good, tolerant and unsclfis'I.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Entered at the Post Offce at New Britain as Second ClAas Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Nature balances things. The bonds of matrimony don't last so long now, but think how long the i'm proyement bonds last.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
A SYNTHETIC MISS!

Lee: What beautiful mouth you have"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Americanism: Keeping an accused man in jail six months; paying him nothing for lost time when he is at last acquitted; wondering why some people hate the government.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

a man can feel free without drink ing mean liquor in August. Tip: A small gratuity. Evidence that charity is expected to take the | place of decent wages. 1 At the present rate of progress, America should have complete network of concrete highways by the time everybody takes to the air. | Fortunately, daughter can sleep l late without disruptng the house. f holds plans. She doesn't mind driv- ing the car two blocks to get a nut sundae for breakfast l A scientist is a man who can cx- | anime skull buried in 1850 and reconstruct the ape-man it belonged 1 to S50,OO0 years E. c. | Never yet have the wicked scorn- | ed religion that made it's follow CTS good, tolerant and unsclfis'l.
 Nature balances things. The bonds of matrimony don't last so long now, but think how long the i'm provement bonds last. Americanism: Keeping an accused man in jail six months; paying him nothing for lost time when he is at i last acquittcd; wondering why some people hate the government, You can tell when a man is really 1 sticking 10 the 1S-dav diet Members of his family dodge when he comes near.
 It takes many months to land q millionaire in jail. But you can't ex- ! pect the lawyers to pick a bird of that size in a week or two. Mergers are becoming popular; and if you don't know what a mer- ger is you should observe a small boy with an ice cream cone. Signal A motion made by the driver in front just before you cuss him.
 | The path of glory leads but to the grave; and as soon as a Democrat begins to get somewhere, they want him to accept the nomination for the presidency.
 Well, if MT, Hoover is to reduce military expenses by eliminating un- essential things, now would be a good time to buy a stuffed shirt.
 Building cruisers just for defense. Let's raise fighting cocks to defend us against any man who thinks his roosters can lick ours. "He loved her" is a plain state ment of fact. He done loved dat gaI' is American humor. This bim i bo shure was nut about the phrail' ! is brilliant modern wit. Correct this sentence: T don't care who you are," said the traffic cop; q treat em all alike"
 Copyright 1929. Publishers
 Syndicate)
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14
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New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

The path of glory leads but to the grave; and as soon as a Democrat begins to get somewhere, they want him to accept the nomination for the presidency.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Well, if MT. Hoover is to reduce military expenses by eliminating .un- essential things, now would be a good time to buy a stuffed shirt.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

It takes many months to land a millionaire in jail. But you cant ex- pect the lawyers to pick bird of that size in a week or two.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

You can tell when a man is really sticking 10 the 1S-dav diet. Members of his family dodge when he comes near.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Mergers are becoming popular; and if you don't know what a mer- ger is, you should observe a small boy with an ice cream cone.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Signal: A motion made by the driver in front just before you cuss him.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Building cruisers just for defense. Let's raise fighting cocks to defend us against any man who thinks his roosters can lick ours.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

"He loved her" is plain state ment of fact. He done loved dat gal" is American humor. 'This bim- bo shure was nut about the phrail'' is brilliant modern wit.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Copyright 1929. Publishers
 Syndicate)
New Britain herald., 1929-08-14

Correct this sentence: T don't care who you are," said the traffic cop; q treat 'em all alike"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-27
Saving the Salmon Industry.
Steward Gateway.)

When crows were caught pulling up New Eng land farmers along about the year the Pil- grim Fathers found time to put in crop between picking Indian arrows out of their rumps society voted thumbs down for the and his kindred One must have crows and corn won
 But when the fisher farmer" of Alaska con- plains that various predatory elements such as sea lions gulls and their kindred like crows, talk ing a terrible toll of their raw material and sub init evidence to prove it, they met by the senti- menttes of those steeped in the brow of aesthetic culture, which offer a brief for scavengers of the deep as necessities sooth the delicate sensbtes of sight.
 Hence we have such meddlesome personalities as Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, President of the Ma tional Audubon Society New York City, mportuning the Agriculture Department to put ban upon de- sroying gulls and other predatory birds
 According to Henry OMalley, of the Bureau Iof Fisheries it was necessary to say gulls and submit their stomachs to the learned sentimental ist to convince him that guls actually lived on fish! That they actually ate young fish! That being ndiscriminate with respect to palate they Iconsidered young salmon toothsome as sickle back and far more easy to swallow! Evidently the doctor has missed the excitement of seeing a gull swallow an eight-inch herring
 It might be news to the doctor to learn that small ganet sea pigeon, killed recently by a boy Cook Inlet carried 27 inch-long salmon in its viscera; that at the time the boy smashed a Federal statute, there B such birds snipng baby salmon from the creek while they deavoring to reach deep water Multiply 37 by B and we have decimation equal to 851 salmon in the two hours when the tide was running Continue this for a period of a week or 10 days as the time when young salmon leaving their cradle, and begins to learn what is depicting the salmon rapidly than trapping or over fishing.
 It was not necessary for the New England farmer to catch crows and submit their crops to academic debate. The mere catching him in the act of pulling corn sufficient. And salmon staple diet of food ranks along with corn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-27
THE SOVIET AND CHINA AND THE
 PROBLEM THEY PRESENT.

The Soviet and China pretty hard nuts for the League of Nations to crack. Neither of the countries is likely to pay any attention to the League unless it believes it necessary to do so as matter of self-protection. In other words, If the Soviet thought it could gobble up Manchuria or large slice of Mongolia it would do so no matter what might be the desires of the League or China in the premises If China could drive the Russians out of Manchuria and make the Mongolan boundary safe against Soviet aggressons she would send her armies into action immediately regardless of the League 5 wishes The interest of each of the contendmg countries in peace begins and ends with great des re not to get licked. Each of them would seek without blush the aid of the League to prevent the other from winning Each of them would fight without blushing if it believed that victory would be the result
 That situation is that makes this problem of permanent peace very difficult matter If all the countries would enter into peace pacts in the spirit that obtains in the English and German speak ing nations France Italy and other countries Of ad- vanced civilization it would be different, but there are a lot of peoples that are still where the mod ern nations were-when shall say? Yesterday? If the Russian Soviet and China would go to war it is not difficult to Japan in it soon. And then what? Probably hands off with other coun- tries and Soviet defeat, but who knows?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-27
SOLVING NAVIGATION DIFFICULTIES

great steamship goes ashore on a lonely island in the Pacific Within 24 hours distant U. S. Coast Guard cutter comes at full speed and takes her off the rocks, starts with the crippled vessel to a safe harbor, and powerful salvage steamship with all necessary equipment is enroute to the haven of safety to repair the vessel, that she might continue with her cargo on her way from San Fran cisco to Japan. The last few decades have solved some of the gravest of the difficulties that beset navigation distant in the days when civilza- tion was a long way from the North Pacific
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-27
THAT TIRED FEELING.

Are the American people losing their world famous "pep?" Is the tired business man" an auctuality? The answer of Dr. c. w. Dowden of Louisville Ky. is yes" And two of the reasons are moonshine and auto mobiles
 Speaking at one of the concluding scien- tific sessions of the American Medical As sociation convention here today, Dr. Dowden asserted that exhaustion is a constantly growing compalint in America. He named four principal reasons:
 l. The World War and its effect on the mental makeup of the people.
 ?. The influenza epidemic and it's per- sistent after effects.
 3. The quantity of bad alcohol drunk by both men and women.
 4 Carbon monoxide saturation of the at mosphere due to the increasing number of automobiles.
 Marital dscord and financial worries were other factors seen by Dr. Dowden in this peplessness.
 In a study of situation, the physician found that about one out of every five per- sons who had called on him in the last two years actually had no specific disease they were consulting him because of ex- haustion.
 This type of exhaustion apparently is due to depletion of the person as a whole rather than any form of glandular disease, to which other forms of exhauStlon are aS- cribed" he explained.
 Tt may be considred under two prin- cipal reasons: Chronic infection in the respiratory and in the biliary tract, and mental depression a result of emotional financial or business worries.
 Unless the cause is found and corrected the person will not respond satisfactorily no matter what medicine he may take. For instapuce, his condition may be due to marital discord, and there can be no Solu- ton of the health problem until the marital situation is permanently corrected. ."-(New York World)
 Who's Who in America" contains no data abo r. Dowden, but we suspect that he and his frien -e becoming somewhat aged and he is trying scover a reason for the changed conditions of u edith of men of the present from the health e same men at earlier ages. We do not belle at men are becoming -'tired business men" at unger age now than they became generatit 70. If that belief is based on facts, Dr. Dowder eories are not so important When one considers how science has reduce e waits between jumps, thereby eliminating