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New Britain herald., 1930-10-18

H. H. Howard. Mrs. w. F. Middle mas. Mrs. J. H. Latham, Mrs Buell. B. Bassette, Mrs. John c. Loomis. Mrs. Clarence Brainerd, Mrs. Dis brow. Mrs. J. M. Ward Mrs. A. J Porter. Mrs. Howard Bruemmer. Mrs Stanley Hunt, Mrs. E. N. Stan ley, Miss Esther Stanley, Mrs. Val Chamberlain, Mrs. Clarence Bene- dict. Mrs. William Glover Mrs. w. H Warner, Mrs Ernest Olson, Mrs. Stanley Traceski, Mrs George Cor bin, Mrs. F. J. Wachter, Miss Caro- line Hubbard, Mrs Stanley Holmes, Mrs. Truman Weed, Mrs E. w. Schultz, Miss Beatrice Reynal, Mrs. A. N. Abbe, Mrs. Leon Dary. Mrs. Carlisle Baldwin, Mrs. Howard Par sons. Miss Cornelia Chamberlain, Mrs. Lewis Gibson. Mrs. John Hol- loway, Mrs. H. J. Cook and Mrs. Hugh S. McKenna
 The College club of New Britain held it's first meeting of the year Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Frank Zwick on Lincoln road. Miss Elizabeth Hungerford, presi- dent, held a short business session after which she presented to Miss Gladys Day beautiful shoulder bouquet as token of the apprecia- tion of the club for her past effici- ent activity. Miss Day will leave November 1 to make her home in New York.
 The membership committee, of which Mrs. Charles F. Chase is chairman, presented to the club 20 new members who were welcomed at a bridge party which followed. The new members are Mrs. Thelma Sala, Mrs. Elizabeth Sagerstrom, Mrs. Evelyn Williams, Mrs. Carlos Richardson, Mrs. Flemming and Misses Kathleen Flanagan, Marion Schilling. Ruth Tupper, Rhoda Reilly, Ruth Goodwin, Ethel Odin, Margaret Ames, Marjorie Potts, Charlotte Nicholl, Hazel Leman, Mary Curran, Katherine Bruce, Jessie Farquhar, Helen Hazen and Erna Westhayer.
 The program committee, Mrs. Earle V. Pomeroy, chairman, re- ceived the applause of the 1nem- bers for program at the end of which Miss Gladys Day, who had special charge of the meeting. dressed as a college professor and presented to the bridge winners the prizes as follows: M. A. (master of auction) to Miss Odin. B. A. (bache- Tor of aces) to Miss Nickerson, Ph. b (phenomenal dame) to Mrs. Nan- caster B. s. (bridge specialist) to Miss Hogaboom, and D. D. (dis.' tressed damsel, to Miss Unkelbach.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-18
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1s 193o

mony at the home of the brides parents after which the young cou- pie left on a wedding trip to Boston. Upon their return Mir. and Mrs. Ascare will reside on Mill street.
 Mrs. John Schweiger of Curtis street, has announced the marriage of her daughter, Martha Caroline, to Clyde Newman Pickett. The ceremony took place last Saturday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at Me morial church, Springfield, Rev. Edward Payson Berry officiating.
 MT. and Mrs. Pickett will reside i'll Springfield.
 The marriage of Miss Winifred Evans, daughter of MT. and Mrs. E. M Evans of Potsdam, New York. and Gustav Hjerpe, son of Emil Hjerpe of this city, took place last Friday evening at S:3o o'clock at the State Street Presbyterian church. Schenectady, N. Y. Rev. H. Vic- tor Frelick- officiated.
 Miss Lois Evans, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and Mill ton Hjerpe, brother of the bride groom, acted as best man.
 Mir. and Mrs Hjerpe will reside at Grosvenor square, Schenectady.
 Miss Loretta Agnes King, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. John J. King 0: Arch street, and Robert J. Began, son of MT. and Mrs. William Began of Maple street, were mar ried with nuptial high mass at St. Jcsephs church at g o'clock Tues day morning. The celebrant was Rev. Edward A. Shearer, uncle of the bride. He was assisted by Rev. John F. DoDohue, pastor of St. Josephs church, Rev. John J. keane and Rev. John Walsh, .curates.
 The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Marguerite King. Will liam Began. brother of the bride- groom. was best man.
 Miss King was given in marriage by her father.
 During the ceremony Donald King, cousin of the bride. played "I Love You Truly" on the violin. At the conclusion of the ceremony. Mrs. Florence Staples sang Ave Maria" and At Dawning.'
 The bride was attired in we'd ding dress of bridal satin made princess style with Rose Marie veil. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaid wore a gown O. shell pink chiffon with a black velvet hat and carried Talisman roses.
 After the marriage a reception was held at the home of the brides parents. MT. and Mrs. Began left on an unannounced wedding trip and or their return will live on Monroe street
 Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Ethel Madeley, niece of MT. and Mrs. Frank Walk e. of Garden street. to Raymond W. Timbrell. son of Mrs. Julia Tim brell of this city, on October II in Brewster, New York. Mir. and Mrs. Timbrell have taken up their resi- dence on Prospect street.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-18

The five largest colleges in the United States in point of enrolment are: Columbia university, New York City; New York university. New York City; University of California, at Berkeley; University of the City of Detroit, at Detroit. and Boston university. Boston.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
Broader Highways Leading
To the National Capital

The town council Hyattsvile Nd has approved plans
for the widening of the Baltimore Boulevard from
johnson Avenue the northern limit of the town. Work will
begin within few weeks The road will be wide enough for
four lanes of traffic
That's good for Washington well Hyatsvile
Ali of the highways leading to the National Capital should
be BROAD highways with ample for FOUR CARS
ABREAST Safety demands such highways The generous
which the Capital City laid also demands that
the approaches to it be spacious and attractive
Visitors coming to Washington from New York and Cali
forna amazed at the roads in Maryland and V
gnia adjacent the city They used travelling in
four lanes of traffic.
The Baltimore Boulevard just the other side of Laurel
fine example of the type Of highway need around
Washington The road between Washington and Baltimore
will be that wide ALL THE WAY before long, thanks to the
efforts of the Maryland State Roads Commission.
Silver Spring Md, offers another good example of broad
highway construction that should be copied Without doubt
Silver Spring offers the attractive approach to
Washington broad highway that INVITES TRAFFIC and
actually WELCOMES VISITORS
The Roosevelt Boulevard at Philadelphia is nationally
known beautiful approach to that cty-broad and at
tractive
The Defense Highway between the Peace Gross at Badens
burg and Priests Bridge is Of the and
most dangerous approaches to the National Capital It
be hoped the State Of Maryland will lose time in putting
into effect its plans for widening to at least the width
now has between Priests Bridge and Annapolis.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
Nothing Is Big Nothing Little, in This Universe Of
Wonders

you caught Chinese night butterfly and looked at
closely you would just ordinary butterfly But you
applied to that head the wonderful modern process Of micro
photography and developed the picture you would what
you here.
All of insect life is made in this marveousy complicated
way. What to Tiny antennae the butterfly
these huge growths like ostrich feathers either de and
head that looks like that of mule pig.
The anennae doubtless give warnings of various kinds to
the butterflys simple system it flies about
The apparent head, with eyes, cars nostrils is probably
head at ALL but simply something developed in evolution
you can believe scientists fghten away the butter
fy's enemies
The head Of butterfly looks like little thing Of
sequence.
But it conceivable that insects with their thousands Of
eyes, may have sight that enarge does the mcrophoo
graphic lense.
Perhaps the Chinese night butterfly looks the insects that
would like to eat it, this picture looks to u.s.
And you imagine considerable hesitation the part
of any intelligent insect before starting to attack this appalling
creature,
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
You Can Help in Preventing
Serious Forest Fires

Never was there greater need for precautions against forest
fires
The country parched by the drought in years Trees
leaves grass underbruh dryrady burst into flame
the slightest spark There serious shortage water Many
localities would be unable cope adequately with serious
forest fire because of lack of water
This is problem of to CITY PEOPLE as well as
country people Our suburbs face to face with
grave danger Of forest fire And thousands city people
week riding into rural sections where their own
may start real calamity.
The United States Forestry Service tells exactly how
one can help in guarding against fire.
Don't throw lighted cigarettes cigar butts along road
side
Don't knock out pipe ashes where they might set fire to
leaves
Don't leave camp fires burning when you for home
you fire. call the nearest forest warden the
sheriff, or the nearest county official
Remember that spark from act of careessness may
sweep Of timber destroy homes, take human lives
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
creature

picture in this column shows the sort Of insect
that would delight in devourng the butterfly and thousand
like him. except that this big spider living in the Tropics
prefers to catch prey with greater blood supply.
This fierce looking hairy creature the "bird catching
spider hole in the EARTH stays there in the daytime
avoiding sunlight catches and devour small birds and small
mammals young MICE eapng at them with its powerful
legs killing them with bite of its jaws
Studying this butterfly head, you wonder that nature
work in such small dimensions.
But compared with really small things in nature the head
of caterpillar the tip end of fys foot is gigantic
ton
The following statement vouched for and proved by scien
lists gives us faint idea Of the size of the particles with
which works in building tissue and everything that
we throughout the universe.
All matter made of molecules invisible to any micro
scope the molecules made Of different numbers of
atoms.
You are told and probably will find it hard to believe
that you could create perfect in ordinary eec
trio light bulb drawing out all the air. and you then made
that bulb big enough admit only 1000 molecules
of every second fill that bulb with air. entering at the
rate 100000 molecules second it would require hun
dred million years. Read that again, slowly.
With such figures intelligence deal There is
more information for this head of butterfly showing
how Nature works dimensions that eyes measure
after microphotography has done its work.
We live in universe in which understand nothing-nOt
even ourselves The is million times big earth,
and there suns space than million times big
Compared with the universe bright million times
big this EARTH not big Of those air molecules
entering the electric light bulb 100000 second and taking
100,00o000 years to fiL.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15

cynical intellectual who signs
himself "Gino" attacked me
very strongly. From the argu-
mentS which he presented. ]
judged that if the "o'' were
left off his name, the true
cause Of his condition would
be revealed.
Next, I think, was Yankee
Who" who complimented me
not at all. From that time on,
the avalanche started and
gathered momentum in no time.
Some letters did make an at
tempt to explain the problem
while some just fought back at
others.
Tuesdays Times brought what
I think was the best answer
from L. w. Mason. (Mr., Miss
or Mrs, as the case may be)
Mason says that Dixie inspires
all, throughout the nation and
knows no boundaries. It seem.
ingly did that for that writer.
as poetry flowed throughout
the note.
Yes, L. w. Mason, Virginia
has answered me, although I
would just as soon see the dis
cuSs1on continue, and new rea-
sons advanced. A. D. G.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

You hear 1t long before you
catch its glimmer through the
pines.
Not a loud sound-just a soft,
busy murmuring, nearly lost in
the chattering of squirrels, the
squawking of jays. the hustle Of
the wind through the branches.
A quiet sound, but your heart
lifts to it -
You have been on the trail
since morning. Throat and hair
are caked with dust - flesh
scored scarlet with the long lash.
ing of the heat. Your feet move
stiffly-wooden stumps in the
, rancid leather of your high
boots. Indeed, all your body
feels wooden-drained of sap
and emotion. But now, at that
sound, you quicken-shoulder
hurriedly through chaparral and
wild eooseberry-croSs a wide
open space where tar weed is
thickening to blossom and the
air smells of cinnamon and dried
apples. Then, suddenly, in the
strong blue shadow of the ball
pines, you come upon it.
Clear and deep and quiet, be-
tween its straight walls, the
Ditch flows in a moving band
of crystal. No bubble and splash
and spray here-no tumbling
wet turmoil through fern root
and Sedge. For the Ditch is not
a Scatter-brained mountain
brook. It has work to do. Mile
upon thirsty mile it flows, cold
and strong and pure, down from
the summit, through deer brush
and manzanita, past pine and
oak and alder, giving its
strength to orchard and vine
yard and home.
This is. not merely water, this
quiet brightness, pouring itself
through the splintering, saffron
sunshine and scented violet
shade. This is Life. Life for
man and beast and growing
things.
In all that wide drama Of
peak and forest, green lowlands;
burning deSert-with the tame
life and the wild life moving
about on their various business
there is nothing more impor.
tant than the Ditch. It is the
true settler of frc- tiers. With.
out it man could not break the
wilderness. Scarcely seen,
scarcely heard, 1t still decides
human destiny.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15

cheaper for q working man to
travel upon a railway than
to walk on foot"
In this year-1825 steam.
propelled trains actually trav.
eled at the dizzy speed of six
miles per hour! Stephenson
ultimately triumphed, built the
Liverpool and Manchester rail.
road, and constructed the ia.
nous engine, Rocket, which
won first prize in the contest
of October, 1929.
Another important episode of
the pageant is concerned with
Robert Fulton and his steam.
boat, the Clermont, which car.
rled one of the Watt and Boul.
ton steam engines.
On this famous trip of the
Clermont Fulton predicted:
When we land in Albany we
shall have proved that here we
have cheap and quick convey.
ance for the merchandise Of
the Mississippi, Missouri and
other great rivers which are
now laying open their treasure
TO the enterprise Of our coun.
trymen."
Not the least impressive scene
shows Faraday conducting one
OF his revolutionary expert
mentS. A fortune was promised
him, on the one hand: the
presidency of the Royal Society
was offered him on the other.
He preferred to devote himself
slngly and unreServedly to the
pursuit Of science for its own
sake.
Three dramatic moments in
the drama of modern science,
each Of which was in a sense
an inevitable consequence of
Faraday's discoveries, are
shown in the pageant.
These deal. respectively, with
Samuel F. B. Morse and the
telegraph, Alexander Graham
Bell and the telephone and
Gugliemo Marconi and wireless
transmission across the Atlsn.
tic. The pageant, fittingly
enough, closed with the turning
on Of the current in the old
Edison headquarters in Manhat.
tan.
The electric bulb, the subdivi-
sion and distribution of the
electric current was the end Of
the pageant, but the beginning
Of the contemporary light age.
,(copyriEht, 1880. Newspaper Feature
Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

Everyone thinks his or her
sorrows are the worst:
We listen with but half an
ear to the troubles of our
neighbors.
They think they have a
burden to carry! But how
they'd complain If they had
mine. Then they would have
something real to worry about!"
This about sums up the average
attitude.
Well, what is the greatest
sorrow anyway?
The Tilted lover thinks his
plight is the worst. To him the
end Of the world has come.
The parent-especially the
mother-who loses a child, has
an almost overwhelming grief
to bear.
The death of any beloved one
is sorrow of the deepest kind.
The worry of the bankrupt is
often distressing. It involves
financial obligations, a new
start in life. Bankruptcy may
even involve his honor.
Illness is a cause for genuine
worry-especiaily when it is
chronic.
Here are just a few random
examples of great sorrow!
I'm sure others have already
come to your mind which you
feel are worse than any I have
listed!
And that is exactly what /
want to bring out.
I want to prove that there is
no such thing as a greatest
sorrow!
What constitutes great, great.
er or greatest sorrow is merely
a point Of view.
There is no universal stand.
ard by which sorrow can be
measured. Sorrow is a question
Of the individual who must
bear it!
Therefore don't think your
worries and troubles and trials
are the worst possible.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15

playing of Dixie receive so
much applause in washington,
whereas Yankee Doodle brings
scarcely a ripple?" amplified
my intention, if you recall, by
saying that I had no malice to-
wards the Southern anthem,
and that liked its swing, and
that my sole purpose was to
find the psychological reason
for it, in that the Capital was
not a part of the South.
Although I have rather en-
joyed the discussion hither
and yon and thereabouts, I
have also learned a lesson;
have learned to be careful of
what I say; I have learned the
truth of the old adages, great
oaks from little acorns grow"
and making mountains out of
molehills."
First, I believe, a certain
The Washington times., 1930-08-15

There are lives like that " ="
plain lives without dash or
sparkle: gentle lives that never
make the headlines. Yet, they
are to other lives what the Ditch
Is to the ranges and ranches
and desert homeSteads. Other
lives, fierce and colorful. or shy
and weak, drink of their deep
strength, or rest in their cool
serenity. Quietly they pass
through the world, giving their
abundance to all who need. And
often-how often!-those who
take. forget. AS the orchards
and the beasts forget the source
of their refreshment. But the
Ditch goes on-and these simple
lives go on - Living Water -
drawing their pure, deep beauty
from some far. stainless Source.
Copyright. 1880, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Do you know:
/. What is a false face?
2. What color is a garnet?
3. What is a japanese sing
ing and dancing girl
called?
4. What is a hangnail?
5. What is the principal in.
gredient of johnny-cake?
Match correctly:
6. ingenious
style
Z. mode
gaudy
8. garniSh
wan
9. obese
artless
10. pallid
stout
Fill each blank:
II. Khaki is --- in color.
IL. Larhoard is the obsolete
word for the
side OF a ship.
13 was the repen-
tant woman forgiven by
Christ.
IA. was Robin Hoods
sweetheart.
IS. Naphths is prod
uct.
(AnSwsEs On Magazine Page.).
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
Drama of Modern Science
BY Archibald Henderson

The era of modern scientific
development may be said,
roughly, to cover the past CEN
tury and a half. Many and
spectacular have been the scien-
tific achievements of this won.
derful period. Yet certain in
ventions and discoveries stand
out with dramatic conspicuous
ness, like beacons along the
pathway of progress and en-.
lightment.
These beacon lights of science
have been accentuated in the
recent pageant of engineering,
presented under the direction
of Prof. George Pierce Baker,
of Yale, in celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the American So.
ciety of Mechanical Engineers,
at Stevens Institute, on April
z, last.
First, we are shown the cru
cial moment in James Watts
career. The year is 1772, when
the inventor is 36. He was in
tent upon improving the i'm.
perfect steam engine, already
invented.
By cooling or condensing the
steam in a separate chamber,
keeping the cylinder hot and
admitting steam to lower the
closed-top piston, Watt effected
the necessary improvements
which constitute the fundamen-
tails Of every steam engine.
BY taking over an interest
in Watts invention. just when
the young inventor was in
despair, Boulton laid the foun-
dation of the engineering firm
of Boulton and Watt, which
produced the first commercially
successful steam engine,
Another dramatic scene in
the pageant shows George ste.
phenson before a parliamen-
tary committee, pleading for a
charter for the proposed Liver
pool and Manchester railway.
In face of a storm of ridi-
cule, Stephenson predicts:
u think you will live to see
Che day when railroads will
supeESede almost all methods Of
conveyance in this country
when mail coaches will go by
railway and railroads will be
c0mo-the great highway for the
king and all his subjects. The
time p coming when it win be
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
Federal Worker Against
Too Many Privileges

Editor, Times:
AS you know, the average
Government employe is far bet
ter paid than the average wage
Garner in the United States or
any other country in the world,
and you also know that the
skilled and technical experts
$50 called in Government SER
vice are almost so per cent
higher paid than like services
rendered by far more capable
experts in private and civil
life.
Millions upon millions of
wage earnerS in private indus
try dc not enjoy the privileges
of the Government employe
for comfort at work, medical
attention, sick and leisure va
cations, retirement pay, etc.
And yet during the hot, recent
weather. where the Government
clerk works with a revolving
fan blowing on him and her,
is given leave of absence with
pay and this at the expense Of
the taxpayer. What about the
millions upon millions of work
ers in the fields. mines, mills,
plants and other industrious
establishments who do not get
any of the foregoing perquisites
and who work in a sweltering
sun and are not excused from
employment with pay?
Is the policy of the Govern
ment not an injustice to them?
am, first of all, a humanitar.
ian. next a Jeffersonian Demo
crat. I protest against a policy
practised by heads of Govern.
ment departments in extend
ing to Government employees,
OF whom I am one, privileges
and perquiSites not afforded
and enjoyed by my fellow men
who comprise the nation at
large.
I find am not alone in this
view, as I have had it told
me time and again by fellow
Government workers that we
should not be considered a priv
ileged class. So. in making pets
and mollycoddles out of us, is
not by any means making us
any the happier or more con.
tented. What we are most in
tereSted in at this time is the
unemployment situation gen
orally and above all in efforts
made in behalf of the worker
in civil life to enjoy the pay,
benefits and emoluments given
to the Government employe.
We want, expect, yea, demand,
fair treatment, but. not privi-
legged courteSieS over our fel.
low beings in civil life.
WOMAN EMPLOYE.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
Citizen Commends Work
of Md. Water Commission

Editor, Times:
I have recently read and
heard much adverse criticism
Of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, which
has charge Of the water sup
ply In nearby Maryland.
People seem quick to voice
their Inconvenience and
rather slow in offering COM
mendation when it is deserved.
Through an unprecedented
drought. one that has attained
national significance, the Beth
esda district has been amply
The Washington times., 1930-08-15

supplied with good water. It
has only been for the past
month that water has been
restricted to indoor use. Now
we are advised that shrubbery
may be watered three times a
week, and that it is believed
we will soon be allowed to
water lawns again.
I think the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion should be commended for
the efficient handling of a
very difficult situation.
A. F. PRESCOTT.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15

Defender of Dixie"
Declines to Be Squelched
Editor, Times
Well, well, well, it looks as
though I started something
when I asked an innocent ques-
tion, to wit. Why does the