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New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

Avenue de President Wilson. the Rue du 4 Septembre.
 'Oftcn these names expire after a few blocks of a thoroughfare and another is given to the next few blocks; hut even the name usually runs longer than the street runs straight.
 Paris has its sidewalk merchants like the costermongers of London. But even the largest and finest de- partment stores use the sidewalks, not the basements, to display their bargains. Long before the stores are opened, and for an hour or more after they close, the sidewalk clerks will be selling articles from the amazing heaps of goods displayed on the sidewalk tables.
 But most interesting of all the sidewalk activities, perhaps, are the Sunday afternoon sidewalk strolls. Every Sunday in Paris is like an American Easter Sunday, so far as a fashion parade is concerned. i And to walk fast, or to seem to be going somewhere in hurry - we'll it just is not done. One joins the thlong, keeps the stately pace, and follows the crowd.'
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

stretching from this city to Ketchi- kan and across the Alaskan gulf 10 Valdez. This ;s vital part of the United States army's Vast communications system which links the northern territory with the main part of the United States.
 The Dellwood is ranging far afield on it's present mission, for it is on it's way to London to take aboard 800 miles of gutta percha covered cable, whence it will de- part 10 lay the cable in the Philip pine archipelago.
 The work of the Dellwood repre- sents one of the most picturesque and useful missions of the army. It is the only cableship flying the American flag capable of carrying cut deep seat cable laying and the only American vessel which has carried on such work on q large scale since 1921.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

Washington, Aug. 30 P)-Styles in road building machinery change rapidly and the road builder Tho fails to keep up to date is left be- hind.
 The road builder today, with larrc contracts to complete, would net think of using the slow methods and equipment of a few years ago which involved much manual labor. TAe cost would be too great.
 The spreading and finishing of concrete and asphalt and the laying of stone, operations formerly done largely by hand, now are completed more efficiently and more rapidly by machine.
 With the increase in production possible as a result of the improve ment on highway machinery, the American Road Builders assoc;a- tion says, has come a corresponds g the public reaps the benefit by pay ing less per mile for pavement than it did five year ago.
 The almost universal adoption of the gasoline engine for towering road building machinery has result ed in more efficient machinery with which tasks can be completed Tn much less time than formerly.
 The number of road building ma chinery manufacturers has increased prpatlv in 10 ref ln ;,, sponse to the demand for larger and more efficient equipment to keep pace with the vast construction Dro- grams.
 Highway contractors have in- creased rapidly in numbers and, with keen competition and falling prices, the necessity for increased production has called for machinery of much greater speed and eff ciency.
 Surfacing, production and quality of pavement have improved with the improvement in the design of machinery, the road association points out. Concrete mixers hav, capacities of twice those of five years ago, and concrete is better mixed.
 New machines spread, ta1np and smooth the concrete after it has been poured, resulting in constru,- ton of higher quality and greater smoothness.
 The old hand-raking method oi laying asI halt pavemenls has given way to machines which spread and smooth the material for rollers and produce better quality pavement than did the older methods
 Even grading and preparing he
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

have been written on the sidewalks. Every sidewalk cafe has it's tablets, plotting paper pens and ink for the customer who would attend to bis correspondence after he has dined or slipped. Numerous Partisan poets and essayists are reputed to have done their composing in this or that sidewalk cafe. And the scrib bier, and even sketch artists of to- Gay, over in the Montparnasse stu dent quarter does not go to his gar ret for inspiration: he takes a chair at his favorite sidewalk cafe.
 The sidewalks across the Seine fl om the bookstalls are lined with | fishermen, especially on Sundays. In midsummer fishing contests are held. The competition is for num- bers caught, not for size. Though the crowds are large, the fish in | the Seine are exceeding small. sOne is tempted to add if any after watching much of this fruitless | fishing.
 | City's First Sidewalk 1GO Years Ago Tt was just a hundred years ago, Parisians aver, that the first side walk was constructed over by the Odeon Theater, today one of the oldest and quaintest quarters of Paris. Since then the Parisian's en- thusiasm and affection for side walks has grown nightly. And if
 he would honor name or a date,
 his first thought is to name a street
 for the person or event. Names of friendly countries, or famous men Of all nationalties of historic holi-
 days are given to. streets. Hence
 the Boulevard des Italens, the
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
PARIS SIDEWALKS
 DEFIANT FACTOR
Striking Side Of French Life
 Commented on

Washington, n. C.. Aug. 30,- French newspapers call attention to the hundredth anniversary of an institution which has done far more than it's humble part in making Paris famofs-the loWly sidewalk.
 A communication to the National Geographic Society from J. K. Hildebrand, notes that not even the sidewalks of New York" play nearly so important a part in the daily life of their city as the side walks of the French capital do in Paris.
 Detached Homes a Novelty
 "The sidewalk cafe is familiar, but the Parisian finds multtudinous other uses for his sidewalks than teasting on them. He shops, he writes his letters, he strolls on them; he reads his daily paper there; his wife does her sewing and mending: he even fishes from them,
 'Behind these customs lies an interesting bit of civic geography. Paris is a city of apartment houses. Only the wealthy have detached homes. Out in St. Cloud a number of Americans have erected homes like those in an American suburb, and the sightseeing cars show them to French visitors Gs novelty Of the city.
 Apartment houses of Paris however, are not the skyscraper va . rIety. Paris allows no residential structures more than stories high, not even hotels. In that respect, if in few others. Paris has an Amer lcan counterpart in Boston. Paris makes this restriction be- cause she remembers her fire. The city's fire department is manned by soldiers, and they march through the streets when they go on duty, sun glcaming on their brass helmets,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

suggestive Of mounting guard in London.
 "The result of this apartment dwelling is that the average family which would have ' or room home in the United States usually has 3 or rooms in a Paris lodging Even if the family dimes at home, its members stroll out to the sidewalks afterward; and when they are tired strolling they sit for an hour or more sipping coffee or a liqGer at a sidewalk cafe.
 Read, Write, Eat and Sew on Side
 walk
 There father smokes his after dinner cigarette or tiny French cigar and reads his paper. There Mother chats with her friends and the chiI- dren sit for awhile, then play on the sidewalks. And playing in the street has no East Side connotation in Paris as it might have in New York. Front yards are as little known in Paris as chocolate sun- Gaes.
 Down along the Seine are the QLays, virtually sidewalks, and along them are the famous book stalls. The space is apportioned down to the inch; and the numbers and lines along the stone walls, that Sunday or late evening visitors won- der about denote the lessees of the space where, in daytime, the seller puts up his little wooden stand with the paper back books and in- newspapers.
 Much of the reading matter ir the aforementioned bookstalls may
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
Tanks Drink Less
 Is British Report

London, Aug. 30. R)-Americans are drinking less-It least those who stop at English hotels, during the summer tourist season.
 Such is the observation of the manager of one London hotel large ly patronized by Americans.
 ''They have been spending less and drinking much jess this year. he sighed. Most of them. in fact, seem to drink nothing but water. Those few who do drink include some who drink much too much"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30
Cable Ship Off
 On Round World Trip

Seattle. Aug. 30. tP)-The army steamer Dellwood again has heard the call for cables under the sea end now is off on a mission that will take It around the world.
 The Dellwood is the guardian of 2,7OO miles of submarine cable
New Britain herald., 1929-08-30

road ecd. formerly done largely by horse drawn equipment. now $ rushed with power machines which scoop the earth, load it on trucks and smooth the surface.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
PEPPY PARAGRAPHS

It's a poor town nowadays that
can't support at least one red and
green traffic light.
SIS
Maybe those soluble PGeifStS, 7vhC
think qve don't need any egarshiPs, be-
Eeve that in case of trouble they eviH be
able to talk the enemy to death.
SSS
The trouble with most tips on the
market is that they are too tlpsy.
SIS
Still the fellow who keeps his pro-
perty in his wife's name isn't any
worse than the fellow who keeps his
religion the same way.
Formerly eVSrything qvaS blamed on
the qcar and nO70 every cough is prompt
~ set dOavn as the flu.
SIS
The honeymoon is that part of a girls
life that comes between the lIpstIck and
the broomstick.>
SIS
We are more practical than we US
ed to be, and if were just now get
ting married we would much prefer
a ton of coal as wedding present to
a cluster of American beauties or a
piece of Italian pottery.
SIS
MatrimOny is getting TO be the Gre
matory in (Which lOVe is reduced to ashes.
SIS
The old fashioned bride who promised
to love, honor and obey, now has a
daughter who gets married on the slo-
gan, "l'll try anything once"
SIS
A report says that the pay of the
average college professor is only
about one-third what it should be.
Judging from their public express
sions, however, we know of a few of
hem who would be overpaid at a
lollar day.
SIS
Mr.. Hoover sviH certainly Pr0Ue that
he is a real food administrator if he can
ind enough political pie to go around.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
DEMAND SEEN FOR GOOD
HORSES

Since 1918 and 1919, when the
number of horses on farms in the
United States reached the highest
total ever recorded, a sharp decline
has been in evidence. Last year the
number of horses on farms was no
greater than in 1890, and the reduc-
ton does not yet show any signs of
ceasing. Some significance may be
attached to the fact that the farm
price of horses has turned slightly
up since 1926 and 1927. Horse prices
in 1925, in comparison with the av-
erage prices of all commodities,
were at the lowest point since 1868.
It is therefore possible that the cor
ner has been turned, and t. the
recent slight upward trend Indicates
an increasing demand. The average
age of all horses on farms has
steadily increased within the last
few years. 1t is therefore practically
certain, says the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, that colts
and young stock will shortly be in
greater demand. The outlook Is for
an increase in the prices of all good
horses.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
LIVESTOCK SHIPPED
BY TRUCK SHOULD
CARRY OWNERS MARKS

District supervisors engaged in
administering the Federal packers
and stockyards act have observed
that unbusiness-like methods in
shipping livestock by truck have
been resulting in frequent trouble,
dissatisfaction, and errors, says the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. In the handling of truck
shipments received at a large pub
lie stock yard one supervisor re-
ports that it is not uncommon for
trucks to arrive at the yards carry
ing animals of the same kind be-
longing to two or more owners, with
none of the animals in the load mar
ked in any way for Identification and
ownership. Identification of the diff
ferent animals in the load is left
wholly, in such cases, to the memory
of the truckman, who probably new
er saw the animals before they were
loaded into his truck.
Under such circumstances errors
are sure to occur and unfortunately
such errors reflect adversely, in the
minds of owners, on the handling of
animals after arrival at the market,
when as matter of fact the fault
was due to the unbusiness like pro-
cedure of allowing valuable live
stock to be loaded into truck with
other similar animals without hav-
ing them properly marked to provide
positive Identification.
Stock owners must furnish the
truckman with signed invoice
showing the owners name, address,
name of consignee, number, species,
and markings of the animals con-
signed. These suggestions are the
result of careful study and analysis
of such shipments and are in accord
with the general plans of identifica-
ton used in making shipments by
rail-
Though the manner of marking is
a matter of choice, experience shows
that the use of clippers for making
Identifying marks such as an x, L,
or T in the coats of cattle and swine !
is becoming increasingly popular. !
The marks are easily made, readily
seen, and are not affected by YEA /
Their or other conditions of market
ing.
Another common method is the !
of paint marks. Either of /
these methods is suitable for mark
ing small consignments such as are
commonly shipped by truck.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
ENGINEERING AND POLITICS

Round number one in the battle
! between the art and science of en-
cheering and the willy deceit and
craftiness of politics is being fought
out under the name of Tariff Read
justment," before the Ways and
Means Committee of the House OF
Representatives This Committee is
confronted by the fact that the Uni
ted States Tariff Commission, Gre
ated by a Republican Congress, has
labored for several years to raise the
tariff out of the morass of politics,
only to be cuffed and rebuffed time
and again, with its findings and con-
illusions cast aside.
Now comes the dominant issue of
farm relief; now comes the genius
of engineering science and skill I'M
der the leadership of President
Hoover; now comes an era of more
and better business, and less jugg-
ling in politics. The Ways and
Means Committee has just listened
to the representatives of the bust
ness interests of the country, and
the hearings are preserved in bulky
printed reports. One of these reports
shows how the Tariff Commission
was over-ruled after it had spent the
best part Of two years in a study of
the sugar tariff, when It recommend
ed a very substantial reduction in
that tariff, in behalf of the Ameri-
can consumer. Instead of the Com
mission being sustained the devices
of politics upset its conclusions. AS
a result it is claimed that whenever
the American housewife buys a
pound of sugar nearly one-third of
the amount she pays is for the tariff.
In spite of the progress of the Ma
ton the sugar tariff has been climb
ing gradually since 1914 when it was
but a trifle more than . cant b
pound, and this was a tariff made to
protect the infant" domestic indus
try.
Undisputed statements made be-
fore the House Ways and Means
Committee place the annual sugar
tariff paid by American consumers
under the present tariff law at ap-
proximately $248,000,000 a year, and
Congress is being asked to reduce
this high rate of taxation on the
ground that it is an unbusiness like
performance that does not operate
to help American labor and Ameri-
can industry. Poor little Cuba, to
whose liberators of the Spanish
American War period the United |
States is paying millions of dollars
in pensions, seems to have
,een made the spectacular goat by
he tariff-tinkerers in Congress.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
Bridgeville

Miss Violet Gregg, of Philadelphia,
is spending a few days here with
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Macklin
and daughter Jean spent Sunday
with relatives in Wilmington and
Richardson Park.
Harry Butler left on Monday of
this week. for Louisiana where he
will purchase berries.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wiley, of
Lewes, were visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. j. Wiley on Sun
day.
Mrs. Luther Calhoun spent Sun
day with relatives and friends in
Wilmington.
Miss Ruth Stewart has accepted
a position here in the telephone Of
flee.
Virgil Wiley and friend of Dover
spent weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Wiley.
Miss Eliza Hobbs, of Port Deposit,
Md, is visiting her aunt, Miss Mar
garet Hewes.
Mrs. Willard Macklin and daughter
spent Tuesday with her mother,
Mrs. Isaac Kitchens, near George
town.
Mrs. Jessie Legar. Mrs. William
Brown and Hattie. Warrington were
visitors in Salisbury on Monday.
Floyd Macklin of near town was
| visitor at the home of his parents
at Richardson Park on Sunday.
Warren Newton, of near town,
spent Sunday in Philadelphia, at
Jefferson Hospital where his wife
is a patient.
Mrs. George Y. Stewart and son
Dawson, of Seaford, spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. c. E.
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Warrington
and daughter spent Sunday at Heb
ron, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ruos and
son spent weekend with relatives
at Cambridge, Md.
Mrs. Quincy Baker and sister,
Mrs. Elmer 'Hoch, entertained at
bridge on Saturday afternoon.
Miss Eleanor Willin, of Whining
ton, spent weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Willin.
Mr.. and Mrs Gardner Calhoun
and daughter Louise, Mrs. c. s. Cal
houn and son, c. S. Calhoun, of
Georgetown, were visitors at the
home of S. T. Calhoun on Monday.
Miss Margaret Collision, of near
town, attended the dance given at
Newark on Friday night
Miss Charlotte Layton, of Phila-
delphia, is visiting her parents here.
Gilbert White spent Sunday with
his father, Mr. John White, at
Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hobbs and
children, Thomas and Margaret, of
Port Deposit, Md. spent Sunday
with Miss Margaret Hewes here.
Miss Fannie Hurd, of Clayton,
spent Saturday last at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Butler were
visitors at the home of Mrs. Buffers
parents at Greenwood on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Anderson, of
Marcus Hook, Pa, who have been
spending some time in Florida, spent
the weekend with his mother, Mrs.
Harry Anderson, here.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29

cious preserves most inexpensive
1y? A number 10 can holds some
thing less than a gallon, so the re-
sulting conserves will vary from
three to six quarts.
Here are some of the ways to
do it:
Some Effective Flavors
Pickled Canned Peaches: Drain
a number 2 can of halved peaches
and to the syrup add one-ha1f cup
vinegar, three-fourths cup sugar,
two long sticks cinnamon and
one-half teaspoon whole cloves.
Boil ten minutes, pour over the
peaches, cover and let stand for
three days. The last day pour
into glass Jars and seal Makes
one pint.
Pear and Tomato Chimney: Cut
the pears and tomatoes from
number 2 cans into small pieces.
Add pear syrup, one chopped
sweet green pepper, one sweet red
pepper, one chopped onion, one
cup sugar, one-half cup vinegar,
one and one-eighth teaspoon salt,
one-half teaspoon ginger, one-half
teaspoon mustard, and a few
grains of cayenne. Cook slowly
until thick. Pour into glasses.
Makes about three glasses.
Peach and Pine0bPlF Conserve
Mix contents Of a number 2 can
Of crushed pineapple with the
chopped coutentz Of Q nutmh=7 RI
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
Broadkiln Neck

The many friends and relatives of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy King gathered
at their home on Monday evening of
this week and gave the former a
real surprise party. The occasion
being Mr.. Kings birthday anniver-
sary. Among those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. John White, Mrs. Rob
inson, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Camp
bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Doty, and the
formers father, Mr.. Doty, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Outten, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Reed Lever
age, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Manship
and small daughter, Helen, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. L. Lockerman, Mrs. C. A.
Davidson, INLAND Davidson, Rodell
and Clarence Card, Mrs. Goldie DON
ovan, Mrs. Arthur Dodd Mrs.
Amanda Reed, Miss Villa Hastings,
Miss Cleora Outten, Miss Mary Reed,
Dorothy and Catherine Campbell,
Marie Dodd, Elizabeth and Amanda
Outten, Frances Leverage, Messrs.
VIM. Conner, Ralph Steele, William
and Ralph Stoner and Albert David
son whose birthday also fell on that
date. A special cake being prepar-
ed by his grandmother for the occa-
sion, with the proper number of
candles thereon.
The evening was spent in the
playing of various games and the
singing of favorite songs and at a
late hour the guests were invited to
the dining room where ice cream,
cake and candy were served in
abundance. Soon after those present
left for their respective homes wish
ing Mr.. King many more happy
birthdays.
Miss Cleora Outten will be lead
er of the Epworth League services
at Zion Church on Sunday evening,
March 81. All are requested to be
present and enjoy the services with
US.
Horace Lockerman who is en-
ployed as clerk in the offices of the
Delaware Electric Power Company
in Wilmington motored here and
spent the weekend with his mother,
Mrs. Sarah LOckerman and family.
Most of the farmers of this vicin-
ity are busy blowing and planting
their gardens and also preparing for
the other early crops and getting
their machinery in readiness for
the incoming season.
Richard Reynolds of near here
had a wood saving at his home on
Tuesday of this week.
The Parent-Teacher meeting was
held at the school house on Tuesday
evening of this week; the full de-
tails will be published in this letter
in the next issue of this paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Smith are
the proud parents of fine baby boy
which was born on Friday, March
%. 1t has been named George Har-
ry.
The Ladies Aid Society of Zion
NJ. E. Church will meet at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Dodd on
Wednesday evening, April 10. All
members and friends are requested
to be present.
Fishermen from Milton and other
nearby points are making catches
of herring and shad daily in the
Broadkiln River here.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
Andrewville

Hugh Vincent and brother visited
their parents on Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Vincent.
The writer wishes to correct the
mistake about the Ladies Aid OF
Bethel M. P. Church. 1t is to meet
with Mrs. Lewis Slaughter, April 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Griffith and
daughter were Sunday visitors of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Butler.
Ruth Vincent was home over Sun
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Vincent.
Louder Phillips and Ruth Vincent
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Finkbiner on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Wright, Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Andrews and
daughters visited Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ris Wright on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Morgan and
family attended turkey dinner
given at their daughters.
Mrs. Russell Brown and Ruth
Morris were home over the week.
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. J. Collins and
grandson, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Jewell
and two children, all of Chester,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Vincent on
Sunday.
The peach tree buds are almost
out and we are afraid there is to be
some cold weather yet, let us hope
not.
They had a P. T. A. meeting at
Tomahawk on Friday night. Quite a
large crowd attended and the chill
dren did fine.
Miss Ada Morgan and friend mo-
tored to her sisters, Mrs. Russell
Brown on Sunday and ate turkey
dinner.
Geo. B. Vincent made business
trip to Harrington on Monday.