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New Britain herald., 1929-12-28

daughter of the King and Queen of the Bclgians, was born in Ostend on August 4, 1906. During the terrible war years when most of her native land was oVerrun by the invading German armies and when her father was literally in the trenches with his troops, Marie-J osc was educated at the trsulinc Convent at Brentwood England.
 IL was in 1917 that a decisive thing took place in the lives of Prince lmberto and Princess Marie Jose The boy. who was F. had gone with his parents for holiday trip to place near Venice. The Belgian Queen, who had worked so hard in the hospitals near the front was compelled to take a rest She too, went to Venice with her little daughter then II. The dark-haired royal boy fell in love, so the story goes. with the fair haired Belgian princess, who was his playmate through the golden sum- mer days.
 The wonderful vacation ended. The boy went back to Rome and his studies. The girl went to the In- atitutc of the Anunziata near Flor encc. Italy, They correspOndcd. and after 1925 the two royal families began exchanging visits. Nine years after the first meeting. the young man and the young woman spent another wonderful holiday together. this time at the royal Italian hunt ing lodge at San Rossorc. They found their school day idyll had re- mainod unchanged. They were &C., hnoWledgcd lovers.
 Royal Family Is Dcvout
 But there was q grave obstacle. The royal family of Bclgium is de- Noutly Catholic The House of Piedmont has been rather liberal in it's religious opinions. Besides. there was the 51-ycur-old quarrel between the Vatican and the Italian royal family. which began when the Prince of Piedmonts royal great grandfather marched his victorious troops into Rome and made it his capital
 But it also happens that the Prince ol Piedmont is very religious. He has always hoped for the popG's S blessing when he marrics.
 Then came the peace between tho Vatican and the Italian government. The Vatican and it's cnclavc were made an Independent state, ruled over by the Pope. The Pope, in re- turn, acknowledged the sovereignty Of the King over tho rest of Rome and all Italy. Tho way was now smooth for the royal lovers, and their formal botrothal was cele- brated. Since then the bridegroom s royal father and mother have paid q formal call at the Vatican and have been received in private audi cnce by the Pope.
 The young pair-who understood each other so well-probably had
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
HARTFORD MERMEN
 0l|TSWIM BRISTOL
aiu Close Dual Meet in Bell
 Jity Boys Club Pool
(srecia1 10 tllo HnraIdl

Bristol, Dee. 2S-The Hartford "Y' swimming team defeated the Bristol Boys club senior tankcrs t.y score of A to A at the local pool last night. The star of inc evening, was Daughn, Hartford swimmer, who copped places iu three events.
 The summary:
 150-yard rcIay-won by Harttorl lime 1:3o, team consisting of Yora Neusinger, Barlow and Daughn; Bristol, time 1850. Kiniry, Salmon Girard and Green.
 100-yard breast Nelson Hartford, time 1:23 4-5; Pfab, Bri7-
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
AVIATION MEASURES .D|SPLEASE BINGHAM .
Senator Would Keep Department
 Of Commerce in Control
By GEORGE II. MANNING

Washington Bureau. N. l.. Iieraldl Washington, D. C.. Dec. 2S-- Members of the interstate com
 merce commission have not the background to assume control of aviation, Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut said today iA an nouncng his opposition to three bills designed 10 transfer control of the air from the department of commerce to the commission. and at present awaiting the action Of congress.
 The bills have been introduced bN Senators Walsh of Massachusetts and Bratton of New Mexico, an l Representative Gable of Ohio. Senator Bingham, one Of Amer ica's foremost aviation enthusiasts and chairman of inc joint commit tee on aerial coast defense and of the commission on alrports said: II
 can see no particular virtue in a transfer of this kind.'
 He pointed out that the depart :
 ment of commerce has spent som4 years in the training of aviation eN- perts to handle air transportation and any transfer in control of aVi- ation 10 the interstate commerc1 commission would necessarily mean q transfer in the personnel of that
 body so as to include in it linen ground.
 Bingham Introduces Bills That the senator from Connccti~ cut intends 10 take an active intcr- est in aviation legislation. in gen. Cral, in the present session of con- GTess is evidenced by the fact that | he, himself. has introduced two bills on the subject
 One of these measures provides l that the number of reserve officers i training camps be doubled so thut students could receive instruction in
 aviation ground work while they are still at college.
 | Another bill, introduced bv Sen
 ator Bingham would amend the air. commerce act of 1926 to give the department of commerce greater authority in the investigation of civ l! aviation accidents. At present 1 these accidents are investigated by
 the department. but the latter is un- able to give the public advantage of
 its findings for the reason that n
 IS liable 10 law suit by any con- cern or individual it damages. Sen ator Bingham's bill would remedy this and also give the departmen, the power to summon witnesses.
 The committee on aerial coasT defense IS tt present preparing l 1 report that will ultimately give 10 tlthtr the army or navy reSpOnsibil- l lIN Tor protecting our coasts from ar attack. Senator Bingham said the report of the committee will be made directly to congress.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
PALM BEACH ALSO SEES SANTA CLAUS
Christmas Tree Center Of Attrac-
 ton in South
BV II Fl FEN VAN HOY SMITH

NhS HELEN VAN HOY SNITH0
 Palm Beach, Fla, Dec. 2S P}-- Having fallen q willing captive 10 the holiday spirit during the past week, this exclusive little island turned d bejewcllod back on the SWaying palm which gave it it's name and joined the rest of the world n paying homage to the Christmas tree.
 Numerous parties onliVencd the holiday calendar. A novel one Was the Chinese costume party given oc Christmas Eve by Mir and Mrs. George Agnew Dobyne of Fall River, Mass. at their villa Casa Bcata Mr and Mrs. Dobync have with them their daughter and son-i in-law. John
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
BANK SAFER THAN HI ISBA\D

tohocs. x. Y.. Dec. 2S (UID - Dnniel, ,Troyato, 39, continually Warn- ed his wife to keep her money in the house rather than trust it to the banks. Acting on his advice she kept her Saluablos under her pillow when she slept. Recently her money and diamonds, valued at moro than $S.0OO, disappeared. So did Trova- to, according to police.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
JURORS ARE, PEPPERS

London, Dec. 2S UP)-To settle the question in divorce court of whether certain alleged observations could have been made through the keyholc of drawing room door. the door was produced in court and the selves.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
STILL, COMPETING

Loudon, Tenn, Dec. 2S (UP) - lrndeterrcd by a huge bridge over head, the Loudon ferry, started in 1794 continues it's trips across the Tennessee river here. It's rates are cheaper than the bridge toll.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
Dr. Henry F. Osborn Ac- cepts Evolution, But Not in Darwin Form - Mil lions of. Meteors Per Hour Fall.

Des Moines, Ia, Dee, @S-The popular belief that man was eyoN l from the ape. even accepted by some scientists, who are even now busy trying to find the missing link be- tween the ape and the ape man. WIS secuted here last night before the Association for the Advancement Of Science by Dr. Henry r, Osborn, of New York. it's president.
 Mans origin certainly goes back bG,00O,000 years, Dr. Osborn says, and he is a firm believer in the theory Of evolution. but he doubjs that man came from the ape branch at all Instead, he says. man pro)- ably was evolved from q branch ali his own
 Humans Left Fold
 "The human stock separated from the other animals when the first great plateaus appeared on earth.
 The plateau making stage began about the time of a period which scientists call the Eocenc and is con- sidered 50.00o,G00 years and moro old. Great forests arc thought 0 have covered much of the earth ln this Eocenc time.
 In the picture drawn by Dr. Os- born it is as if in those forests eN- isted a stock with a spark of intel ligence and ambition that carried it out into the open plains and the uD- lands to fight a running battle fo' existence and develop into men. In the same forest was another stoCN, backward, forest loving, lacking am bition, which remained in the trees and developed into the apes. What the origins of these two may have been, scientific data does not dis close clearly.
 Darwins hypothesis Of an ape maa as our ancestor must be reconsider ed said Dr. Osborn. because of dis- coycries Of which Darwin knew nothing. For the ape-maH. Osbo"l substituted evidences of the dawn man. a true human being. In the rev books of science he traced this intelligent man back f.g5o,00o years listing this lineage as one of the great discoveries Of the century.
 Twenty million meteors strike the earth's atmosphere every day; children, even in conversation with adults, are often talking only to themsclycs-these were among the facts brought out yesterday in groups allied with the association.
 Wylic Counts Mctcors
 The man who estimated the me- count as many as 50 in an hour. He is C. C. Wylic of the University of Iowa, who addressed the Amcri- can Meteorological Society.
 Most of the dim mctcors, he sai il become visible 75 miles from the earth and disappear after racing -5 e5 miles farther. Bright mcteoT# on the other hand. come to within l miles of the earth before they ex- plode into nothingncss. A few fray- ments descend. he said, but wh 1t becomes of the vast majority of meteoric formations remains a mys- tery as yet unpiercod by science. George D. Stoddard of the Uni versity of Iowa said that the aver age youngstcr of seven or eight talk cd to himself 45 per cent of the time.
 This ego-centric prattle, he declar- cd might be just for the child: amusement, thinking out loud ot showing off'' in the presence ci adults. Thus the aGe-old cry of [ tcrmented mother. you're just tali. ing to hear yourself talk" turns ont to be an accurate estimate of much Of juvenile conversation.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
SONG PREVENTS ARREST

Budapest, Dee. 2S (lP)-Because they sang the Hungarian national anthem while marching, a band of protesting students were able to pre- vent the police from arrcsting them as the police were forced to stand at ing sung.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
OFFER CONNECTICUT CATS

Beacon Falls, Dee. 2S (uPD-A throc-legged cat here has entered freak competition with a two-tailed Haven fire house, Despite his handi- cap, the local cat is as agile as his better equipped brothers and sisters.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
BORN. DIES IN SAME PLACE

Bcll's Bridge, Tenn, Dec. 2S (lPo In the same room where he was born, James D. Bell died here, aged 9S.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28

Charles Thomas. the singer. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bodc, and daughter. Pauline of Chicago, who are at the Breakers, entertained guests from their home city. at dinner on Chri;E- mas Day. After the dinner gifts were exchanged from q tree in the Bode suite. Chicago folks arend- ing were Ay. and Mrs, Charles Rol- lius Alr. and Mrs. George Groves, SamueI Glove. Alr. and Mrs. John kchoc, Miss Schanzcr and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Farwcll
 Mir. and Mrs. John Charles Thom- as were honor guests at a Christmas party given by Alr. and Mrs. Frank Vernon ShiIt Short Hills \. J.. ol Christmas Day. Tables for 2S guests were arranged in the patio.
 Among those entertaining parties at Patio La Maze, on Christmas Eve were Mir. and Mrs. John C. King. Mir, and Mrs F. M Eyer, Oliver Perrin. Mr. and Mrs, John clawson, Mr. an l Mrs. William Moore and Mr. anl Mrs. Vincent Scullen. all of New Y ork and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Dewey Jr., of Chicago.
 Commodore and Mrs Vincent B, Ward of Charleston. W. N., were among the Christmas hosts, enter, t#ining twenty at their villa.
 
 Sandwiched in among Christmas festivities, Palm Beach has been go ing 10 the movies Among those who have season, boxes in the diamond horse shoe gallery at the back Of one motion picture theater are the Edward F, Huttons, Anthony DroXol Riddle. Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. EI- ward Small Moore, Alr. and Mrs James r. Donohuc, Mir and Mrs, F. B. Mclean. Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Eeploglc.
 Holiday guests of Mrs. Alexander Mckay who arrived early in the week from New York to open 1a Casita, are Mrs. Russell II. Londaie New York. Mrs. l.. l.. Chapman, Long Island. Mrs. Prank Stackpolr, Boston. and Mir and Mrs. l.. u Trcadwcll of Paris, who motoral down from New York to Miami Beach. Guests of Mir. and Mrs. Jer- ome Gednoy of Now York include Mr. and Mrs. Dale Parker, New ' ork and London, Miss Justine Hev- ward. Miss Nancy Sands and T. Jet- fries Hosengarten of New York.
 
 The Princess De Braganza has ar rived from New York and has join ed a holiday party at the home ot Mr. Charles Mum. which also in cludrs Mr. and Mrs. I1ctor Mum and Eodman De FIecrcn,
 Palm Beach is adopting the new modes willingly and thus far white seems to be favored for evening wear. Mrs. W, J. McAneeny of De- trojt wore a beautiful white chiffon fashioned on the new lines, at tn" buffet supper with which she and Mr. MCAncCnN entertained last NNl- day in celebration of their silver wedding anniversary.
 John l. Raskob is expected 10 ar rive in Palm Beach on January l? while Grover Whalcn. police con- missioner of New York and Judge William Walsh have reserved suit $ at Whitehall. Jules $. Bacho of New York is expected to arrive soon after New Years.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28
To Be Brides Home, Too

He has his own place there and 1t IS thither that he will take his bride when they settle down as young married people. He now has an allowance from the state Of two million lire. This will be raised to 3,ooo,O00 after his wedding.
 Princess Maric-Josc, the only
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28

John l. Raskob is expected 10 ar rive in Palm Beach on January l? while Grover Whalcn. police con- missioner of New York and Judge William Walsh have reserved suit $ at Whitehall. Jules $. Bachc of NcN York is expected 10 arrive soon after Kew Years.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-28

The Princess De Braganza has aT- rived from New York and has join ed q holiday party at the home Hl Mr. Charles Mum. which also in cludps Mr. and Mrs. Ector Munn and Eodman De Hecrcn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
Historic Cruelties of Great Rulers
Nero Roman Emperor, Who Had His Mother Slain That
He Might Marry Poppaea
BY ]. p. GLASS.

aged to keep af1oat until her own ad-
herentS rescued her.
She pretended to Nero that she did
not suspect the plot, sending him a
message that, by the favor of the gods,
she had escaped shipwreck. But the
guilty Emperor and his advisers could
not believe in her credulity. They
feared she would start an instruction.
The villainous Anicetus again sprang
to the fore. Cleverly he announced TO
the public that Agrippinas messenger
was an assassin sent to Stay Nero.
Death to the murdereSs" he cried.
Let me hasten to her punishment"
At her villa on her Lucrine Lake
Agrippina awaited the return of her
messenger. Suddenly Anicetus, with
Herculeus, commander of a galley, and
Oloaritus, a marine centurion, burst
into the chamber where she reclined
upon her bed
Agrippina arose She we'll knew her
impending fate, but she stifed her agi-
tation
IF you come from the prince she
said, tell him l am well. If your in
tents are murderous, you are not sent
by my son. The guilt of parricide is
foreign to his heart"
Her gesture was futile, she saw, as
Oloaritus drew his sword. She pre-
sented her person to receive it. At the
same moment Herculeus felled her with
a blow from a club. The fatal sword
thrust followed.
Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

1t is possible that a man or woman
OF university age may stand seven
hour school day two or three days in
the week. 1t is beyond belief that
boy or girl of grammar school or high
school can stand any such long hours
of restraint or attention When the
individuals capacity to give affection
is exhausted there is nothing gained
by further restraint or pretense of
study.
I believe I am a fair average case.
know my capacity to give attention
has never been anything remarkable or
cut of the ordinary, and it has never
been more than four or five hours
day, though under restraint I may, OF
course. make pretenSe of working
some hours longer. I don't care a boot
what anybody thinks about it, 1 feel l
have done very good days work when
l have kept plugging steadily and
honestly for four hours, and an eX-
ceptionally fine days work If l have
kept at it five hours. When I say
work" of course mean it humorously.
I don't mean honest muscular exertion.
mean using ones wits to get living
without honest work
Probably the average schoolboy or
schoolgirl of 10 to Is years has an at
tention capacity of three hours or less.
Few high school pupils can maintain
attention for four hours, five days a
week. What possible benefit can ac-
crue from holding such children under
restraint two, three or four hours a
day after attention capacity is ex-
hausted?
I should say that the school system
where SeVen-hour day is even tenta-
lively on trial is very poorly advised in
the important matter of hygiene or
health.
Copyright, 1929 -...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04

When buying furniture or anything
that should be expected to last many
years it is unwise to buy for tempo
rary use and expect to get something
better to take its place as soon as 1t
can be afforded
The temporary article is too apt to
become the permanent, never satisfac-
tory and always suggesting to the mind
of the homemaker the wish for its
change. Every homemaker knows this
sensation and it is not an agreeable
one.
The wise thing is to wait until the
right thing can be purchased. Then
get something that will always be a
pleasure to own, that will be joy to
look at, because it not only fulflllS its
right function. but it is fine in work
manship and material and beautiful in
line and color. It takes time to make
selections of such articles.
Part of the pleasure is in studying
the pieces that are in the stores, in &C
quiring the knowledge of just what
value is, and why there is difference
in the price of two articles apparently
alike. There may be fundamental diff
ferences, such as genuine hair being
used for the stuffling of overstuffed
furniture instead of floss or a mixture
of materials which supply a similar
SoftnesS for a time, but which, after
theirtemporary excellence has worn
off, are anything but satisfactory.
Then, too, if hair is used, it may be
curly long hair or it may be short hair.
Each is genuine" but the former keeps
its springiness and comfortable quality
and can be used continually when the
furniture, mattress, ETC., have to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPRowLs.
observation-disclosures,

About the most damning thing you
him lack of -mindedness. Since
this derogatory remark is so often used
in these days of social clash and fac :
tional disputes, 1t may be worth while to
consider how to go about creating an
open mind.
In the first place, 1t would seem that
the acquisition of an open mind is
matter of time. Narrow-minded or
close minded people are those who
are young-young in the sense of lack
ing experience. In other words, the
more experience you have with people
and their perpleXitieS the more you
realize that flnalities are very evaSive
things. What is a finality in one Sit
uation is far from being flnaltiy in
another.
Life may be an educator; it may
also be a miSeducator Some people
have to live out the bigger parts of
their lives in order to live down the
bigger part of their miseducation. In
other words, they have to get their
prejudices out of their systems.
Getting experience is a slow method.
And by itself it does not guarantee re-
suits. In fact some people are not
open minded simply because they are
duuito Will experience OF bIle wrong
type. Some shorter method, if possible,
is needed to help experience make the
best of its opportunities.
There is such thing as trying to put
yourself in the other fellows place
whenever you discover his lack of open
mindedness in some particular situa-
ton. In so doing you make some
strides into the field of introspection.
Nothing can take the place of obser-
vation plus introspection. In other
words. size up your narrow minded
neighbor as thinking subject as we'll
as behaving object.
After practicing on your neighbor a
while, turn this double barreled search
light on yourself. You may discover
that your neighbours lack of open
miudedneSS is only your own.
In other words, a person has to take
clinical picture of his own mental
makeup. And he must make frequent
check-ups to prevent the ingrowth and
overgrowth of hasty judgments. If you
can avoid hasty judgments, you will
cultivate an open mind.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
Long, Long Day in School.

Bankers are presumably honest. EN-
ployeS in a bank presumably work.
Banks generally have flve-hour day.
l am for a five-hour day. l think five
hours is plenty for any one to work for
anybody in one day. SchoUl teachers,
doctors engaged in the practice OF
speciality, dentists, politicians holding
salaried jobs. employees of the munich
pal public works, and numerous other
classes, must agree more or less that
five hours work is day At any
rate, they generally call it a day.
Yes. yes: I've heard all of these hon
est workers and others Grating about
the onerous and tedious duties they
have to fulfill after office hours, but
then, it is only human that we should
wish to make noise like an honest
laborer when we know very we'll we are
trying to get by with the least possible
amount of work.
Recently a number of readers have
written me from the same town asking
about the Seven-hour day the school
authorities are trying out. I know
nothing about such day. This IS 1929,
and even in that nearest approach to
slavery in our era, the retail grocery
trade, 1 doubt if an ordinary person
can stand such day very long without
sacrificing health.
School children who are kept at II
for seven hours a day are in grave
danger, and parents who submit to any
such an ignoble experiment betray a
singular callousness toward the welfare
of their children. If any school au-
thority or superintendent countenance
such an innovation he must be quite
hopeless indeed. All real educational
authorities are striving to shorten the
school day in the interest not only OF
better health, but of better education.