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New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
Proving That Patience Brings It's Reward

1 Complications sometimes arise when a man has an odd name es- pecially if there happens to Dc an other of the same name m the town at the same time. A ccrtain prominent man in New Britain was under suspicion by his wife for years 1 owing to this little thing. They were not living in New Britain at i the time but in another place. TheH ! had not been married very long De- 1 fore the wife discovered notes ad- dressed to her husband on perfum- cd stationery in a woman hand writing asking him to meet her at certain places.
 In vain the man protested that he did not know the woman. The wife received all his protestations with 1 a strong air of ill-concealed doubt. | They moved away from town and later settled in New Britain. Then one night the man met an other having the same name as his and spelled the same way. He casually asked him where he was living, naming the year when he had received the notes. To his great delight the man said 1t was in tn" town where the other was,
 T am glad 10 meet you tonigh, as possibly you can clear up a little mystery for my wife. Come over and meet her
 The husband unanswered the con- versation until he brought out the fact that the other man had lived in the same town with him at q certain time and that he spelled his name in the same way.
 Then seeing that his wife was be. ginning to understand he asked him 1 about the notes. The explanation 1 was all that could be desired, They were intended for him and came from a woman for whom, as con- tractor. he vas doing a good deal of work at the time, nccessltatlng 1 frequent meetings. This woman in nocently enough used her choice stationery for mere business notes and they were delivered to the wrong man.
 When the conversation was cnd- ed both husband and wife were de- 1 lighted for a mystery that ha caused them uncertainty for long
 while was cleared up.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08

Anthony Comstock with most praiscworthy zeal and effort is giI- ing his best years and energies 10 the suppression of vile literature. - but the coopration of all good ci;i- Zens, and parents in particular, should be brough to bear upon thIs subject until all the miserable and contaminating trash to be found in our communities shall be forever banished from our homes anl streets.
 If teachers and parents will unite in earnest efforts for the CulI- vation Of good moral traits and of correct tastes and views we sha1 soon find the miserable literature alluded to cxtcrminated by neglect. One of the best means to avoid the danger from this class of reading is to provide youth with an abun- dance of reading of the right char aCtcr. In the city Of Worcester great good has been accomplished for the pupils of the high school by procuring for them full and free access to the public library And when some good man or woman shall give to New Britain a goo1 library we may look 10 it for great benefit to our young people"
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
Our Weekly Pec,c Is
 standardized screen Plays


 Now that motion pictures with sound accompaniment have ceased to be "squaWhies" and have actn- ally become 'talllics,' it seems ad visable 10 take stock of this busi- ness, 10 which we will apply tn highly original designation of "in- fant industry" The talkics have done one great thing-they have ended the reign of the subtitle real et-but they oaye allowed them selves to become standardized. In fact, almost any present sound pie ture may be placed in one Of a very few CatCgorcS.
 First there is the backstaGe type, which is d favorite because 1t allows the production of a musical comedy right on the screen, with all the singing in which the talkie produC- CTS take sucn delight. It isn't enough to let the characters talk they must sing, too, and here is their opportunity. The story always rcvolvcs around d slavcy or a1 NE'lNl 'ttN III lll' tllNoNAl " llo u never had the slightest bit of train- ing but in spite of this is really bet ter than the star of the show. At the last minu.c said star must be seized with a sudden attack O. croup or rabies and our little girl makes good, much to the surprise of the audience.
 Second we find the courtroom play. where the newly found ''yolcc Of the silvcrsheet' can show off its capacity for dlalog recording. Thee must be an innocent man being tried for murder (never robbery, ar son. or plain intoNicatiom. an aged and sobbing mother. a fiendish dis trict attorney, a Charley Chaplin like bailiff, and a group of slapstlck jurors in job lots and assorted sizes. In the end it develops that a juror, the prosecutor, or maybe the dead mans deceased grandfather commit ted the crime, although the real criminal, the audience agrees, is the author.
 Then we find the terror play. This is just a nightmare (but not of clankings, and thuds, none of which have any bearing on the plot or any business in the picture. It will fla ally turn out that the haunted house is merely the home of a parrot sr one of the three blind mice and the audience goes home wondering ju>t how the mouse could sing the theme song in q bass voice.
 We now come to the subtle type. which is designed to appeal only 70 the sophisticated and that much larger class of plain boobs who think they are sophisticated. 1nl- possibly clever conversation fairly swarms from the lips of the char acters, all of whom are cynics and and Pollyannas at the same. tim2. These characters, of course, are all drawn from the higher strata of so- cicty and pronounce "either' ''eye- ther.' The plot revolves around the supposed matrimonial defections of the heroine. put (s'priseD she NGs only the victim Of false appearances and was really using her feminine WilcS to help her husband bring about a merger of the ham packers and egg growers. The sad part aboIt these pictures is that much of the conversation is actually witty an1 therefore goes way over the heals O. the audience.
 Next we list the flaming youth
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
.SUzI0 SUES OVER GOLF COURSE BILL
Contractor Demands S65,OO0 for Building R. 1. Links

Peter Suzio, local contractor, has filed suit for S65,000 damages against the Tam O'Sha anter Country club of Scituate. F. l., in the United States district court Of Rhode Island.
 Suzio is represented by Flynn Birmingham and Kennedy of Harl- ford.
 The contractor complains h" agreed 10 build an IS hold golf course in North Scituate for the club for $75,0Q0 and payments were to be made to him twice monthly. The contract, he says, also provided that a S75.000 mortgage be placed on the property and held in trust by a Rhode Island bank. He claims both these provisions were violated, Last September he suspended operations on the course when it was only Sp per cent completed, he says.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
Observations On The Weather

Washington. Feb. S-Forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy, not much change in temperature.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday; slightly colder Sunday.
 Conditions: The disturbance that WIS over Lake Michigan Thursday night was advanced 10 the Southern New England coast and pressure IS low off the south Atlantic coast with 9 low pressure center about 20o miles south Of Cape lIattcras. This center will move northcaStWar1 probably with increasing intensity.
 Temperatures will rise on Sunday in the Ohio valley and lower Lake region, and it will be somewhat colder on Sunday in New England and the north portion of the Middle Atlantic states.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
25 Years Ago Today

The park commission plans 10 ask for an appropriation this year. the first time in a decade. Walnut Hill park is in need of repairs and there is not enough money in tn"
 Erwin fund to take care of the cN- pcnse.
 The bartcnders' ball will be held next Thursday in Hanna's s armory on East Main street Alderman 0. r. Curtis handed the town clerk a list yesterday con- taining 200 names Of citizens in the third ward who had registered for the caucuscs this spring. This puts a quictus upon any attempt to take the aIderman's scat away from him.
 There is a prevalence of grip in this city which is keeping the physi clans on the jump. They look for 6 spread Of the sickness when the snow begins to thaM.
 The Turner society will hold its 10th annual masquerade ball on Valentine day.
 The organization committee ot the Home Protective league is now ready to make full report to the league. A number of prominent citizens including ccrgymen arc members Of the organization.
 "Bill' Dobson stopped a runaway horse yesterday, He was rolled over on the ground and received a bad crack on his nose but succeed cd in hold the animal. The Stanley Works has purchase q land and buildings located on Cleve- land street.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
Trash" Maga zine Problem Existed Here in 1880

To those who regard the "fIood or salaclous litcraturc'' 10 be cXcla- slrely a product Of the synthetic g.A age, and group this condition with the other complaints registered against modern, flaming youth. dn excerpt from the annual report o- School perintendent Charles Northond, delivered in 1880, a half century ago, will be of interest.
 Under the caption. Improper O. pcmoralizing Literature" the educator in whose honor the ci.% has named an elementary school on Bassctt street, Wrotc:---
 T have more than once in fo,'- mcr reports spoken on this subject and vet it's importance is so great that cannot refrain from agam calling attention to the subject. The country is flooded with litera- ture whose influence is of the most banoful nature. Every effort is made to get this into the hands of the young and when once their taste has become depravcd or vitiated y tiie pNi uSoi ot elilS llllStl dpiC tidSll 1t is almost impossible to awaken III them an interest for reading Of more solid and useful literature, or for the ordinary school studies.
 Tn several cases we have bcen able to trace 8 pupils neglect If study and want of interest in school duties 10 the reading of silly, if not vile, books and papers. Mir. North rop, secretary of the state board of education, has done much to sup press the evil and awaken the pup
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
TOO HARSH

A person who has an irresistible impulse to steal is known as q hlcptomaniuc. II is a mental dc rangcm@ni.
 In New York a women. who hal been convicted four times as q shop litter, was sentenced 10 life lp- prisonmcnt under the EuumCs laws. That seems rather harsh
 Tho Baumcs laws were pusscd in order to deter habltual criminals. h. a sense person who steals from stores so trcqu4nly as 10 roccItc tour convictions may be regarded as B. habitua1 criminal Hut the habjtuai srca1er 0av he merely suffering from 2 ncntal MjjmenI.
 Sending lhl7 Homau 10 prison tol u1a for these oGen7os is U1,cly 10 h, 4 blow ID the uauo@ laws aud their uhlects, @orthv "e thy may ao.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
I'LL NiNOE'S SPEECH MONDAY

On Monday night according to the printed program Of the proceedings Mayor Pdonossa is to make I speech jl. the dedication Of the addition 10 the senior high school. Much inter- cst attaches to what hc will say after his ferlid arguments about the con- struction Of the building. We do not exactly sympathizo with the mayor. He may say little or much. The mayor no doubt is giving the subject deep thought. Here is a case where 3 smile and some kind words will do some good, We have no doubt that the mayor can work up some smiles, even when in the high school auditorium
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
WHERE GOOD MARKS COUNT

1 One Of the popular amusemcnts { Of the times is to criticize the cdu- i cational system. According to critics.
 the system is to be judged by the i product, and if the general run Of ! graduates lack what the critics think 1 they ought to possess, then the fault ! lies with the educational system. 1 Whether this is always so, however, f . 8 least open to argument. It may
 be that the present generation Of ! students are not as good as the sys- 1 tenn Of schooling. They may, under
 modern standards Of living, have too many distractions.
 Recently Professor Thomas Il. Briggs of Columbia University utter cd a sweeping criticism of the cdu- cational systenl-apparcntly c&clud- : ing that of Columbia. of course. He made it plain that he spoke "as an individual" and not as a representa- tive of the university. This much said he only paused now and then for loss of breath.
 The underlying truth probably is that it makes no difference how large and magnificent an institution Of learning may be, no matter how modern nigh school buildings are, no matter how many new public school buildings there may be in A city, the result of education de- bends upon the receptivity of those in attendance in the buildings.
 In a day when hundred count CT attractions" assail the minds Of students and, parents alike, all form ing 3. species of conspiracy to defect interest in studies at least causing . lcssencd enthusiasm, the results as VIC have them are not bad
 Extra -curricular activities, sport ing events connected with the schools, movies, radio, light litcra- turc and a host of other attractions competing with study at every hand cannot nalp having a strong influ-
 encc upon the growing generation.
 Yet to get through the schools, that ! is to graduate, certain points must | be made. It is the claim Of critics l that 70 in a study is insufficient, that even so is not very good; that there should be more 95s and 99s,
 From the circles where educated youngsters and lassies are employed come stories that lead one to believe that everything is not az bad as some of the critics claim. The modus operandi is quite easy to the hard boiled business and professional world. The method is 10 be interest ed in employing only those who have cx2elleI in their studies. The lnderlings who merely got through their courses somehow and graduat- cd by the skins Of their teeth arc said to DC not much better of than iC they had not bothered with be- ing educated in the first place. The big firms are only interested in those who really made good marks.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08

mandcring by the country cousins in the Legislature, always with the view of preventing the cities from having adequate representation. It is q rotten borough system par eXccl- lonce. People in the cities, realizing that their votes amount to little compared with the votes of those in the country. are. encouraged to be indifferent to the laws passed be- cause Of their lack of an adequate voice in their passage. The system, in effect, encourages them 10 be in different. That probably is why so many people in tho cities arc indif- fercnt to the prohibition law.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
He Can Fight Other Things Than Fires

Assistant Fire Chief Michael T. Souney might be likened to the buzz saw as he is innocent looking but do not presume to think that has gone
 to seed by any means. A local boxer called Knockout" Jones found out recently that Mr. Souncy was pret- ty tough egg to crack. The chief al though he is past the school boy
 period of life keeps himself in good physical condition.
 One day not so long ago Jones Strollcd into the fire headquarters and feeling pretty confident of his own boxing abilities started some-
 thing with Chief Souncy that he
 was not able to finish.
 "Td like to put the gloves on with you" said he to the deputy chief.
 Well, if it will obligc you l will
 do it." said the fire fighter.
 T will only box with you as I do
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08

not want to hit you in earnest said Jones.
 You cannot touch me. Hit as hard as you want to- was the way Souncy took the offer.
 The gloves were produced and those present saw as pretty boxing as they could ask for. but try as he might Jones was unable to hit Mr. Souncy. At the end of four rounds the fun was stopped and ''knockout' Jones had to admit he was not so much of a boxer as he thought he was as the chief touched him Up several times in good fashion.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
"1.,kl.N IN" o<tI. ,t.tiN

Cwo editorial uaN. @pe..''a w 2. -r c.wu- 0iDun r.o- ra ' " uoushs r,utto to "p.ar0 \oiI> #-mtt. lu tlr n' a>r4prre hg'r "u
 l.srcd countless lcg,rcucls 'o tu- tsu'ed owner oT fabulous gold woc located in Death Valley. N- most every person in the land had become coH1 jnccd by merely reading about Scotty and how he djsburscd
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08

Get q horsc."'
 Still, we cant all be proud anl dignificd Who would do parloG tricks?
 There's some difference In t!,2 old days the town drunkard's s poT- erty was what made people wond r how he got it.
 Crusadcs come and go bur the adjective in regular Republican still refers to the consumption of pie.
 Every town has at least one suC'l family that finds comfort in the fact that vulgar old dad cant la st much longer. TLere are now two expensive cars , with the front drive. but they st.l get their vocal impulse from tha back.
 No land caA have two masters, eithehr. If hooch is boss, Govern mcnt isn't.
 Maybe people just thing lghtniHs doesn't strike twice in the same place because it doesn't look like the same place any more.
 Americarism: Cussing a go-gotter because he takes a billion from the public; calling him a great and good man because he gives it back.
 So many people think the mar r!asc VOW reads: TO love, honor and change
 Historical note; Cg decided ID keep up front without tirine his back. and next day his neighbors began work on the first jail.
 X hicI town is place where vol can walk through an alley with 9 pay roll without getting q thrill. Science has now explained almost everything except the reason for 8 long shirt tail.
 Learn 10 be hard. The softer the tire. the more it gets punctured, What nine words promise the most trouble" They will make their home with the brides parents.
 The thing that contuses the lay man is the ability of two mules 10 pull car out when 40-horsepoV " CT motor fails.
 Rayon is taxing the place Of si..t. but milady's finery still is provided by q worm.
 Correct this sentence: T hate 10 leave before the rubber" said the bridge fiend, but l must get home in time to fix Johns supper.'
 Copyright, 1880, Publishers
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
TEST INDICTMENT ISSUED

Boston, Feb. 8 (Pl-The federal grand jury yesterday returned the first indictment in Massachusetts for purchase of liquor for beverage e purposes. Elihu D. Stone, assstas [ |. s. Attorney, said the indictmcst would furnish q test case.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08

a week is reported to be S875. Ire all tho calls were for his wife anI six childrcn-which speaks excel. lcntly for san Francisco husbands and fathers
 The cooing Of Hollywood turtle doves is a boon to long distan., phone receipts When one Of a d. voted couple lifts to New York, tl2 wires between are in constant buzz. AS class the movie folk are the greatest of all long distance tele- phoncrs.
 My English valet-that is I hclp to support him along with a dozen or so others on a hotel floor-com- plained politely but firmly, as only a valet can, that an outside press3 3y had recently put creases in my coat sleeves. Tt is only done, sir, with uniforms,' he explained. He seemed fearfully pcrturbed- fear fully. In fact I'm little put out myself. And he better keep his no:v out of my outside pressing business
 A block lonk chunk has been talk CT out of that picturesque strip Of pleasant old homes with front yards or West 23d street between 9th an 10th avenues. It was the last touch O. that breeding calm that dis tinguished old Chelsea. X net worH or steel has already arisen to the skies for the Gargantuan communi- ty apartment house to be known IS London Terrace.
 The editor of a magazine dealing in western tales tells me las a Set formula that always clicks, The Sheriff of Bitter Gulch on q hot daS i3 holding in front of his office. The Lad man gallops up in a cloud ot a!kali dust 1smounts and slarS the sheriff in the face.
 "All the sheriff has 10 do froul then en- says the editor. "is tt chase the bad man for 40,oot words.'
 Morning paper: "A Broadway jazz artist has given up hunting on aG- count of it's cruelty l Two gucsses. What else he should give up 10 add 10 his humane qual- tiles.
 l Copyright, 1880, Mcknight | Syndicate, lnc,)
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
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New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
SYMPHONY EVENT
 HELD IN FLORIDA
Musicale an Outstanding Event
 Of Week

Palm Beach. Fla, Feb, f1o Outstanding in week filled With
 social activity a concert by the Minneapolis symphony orchestra has inaugurated the seasons series ! of entertainments sponsored by h" famous Society of Arts, of which
 Edward r. StotcsDury, Philadelphia, is president.
 After the concert on Monday night Mir. and Mrs. Stotesbury entertained at their villa, Fl Marasol, in honor Of Henry Nerbruggcn. conductor of
 the orchestra, Mmc. Nina. Morgana. soloist, and other artists. Fl Mara sol was decorated with iewelcd lights cleaning in the palm trees of it's spacious grounds.
 Among those entertaining at din Ter preceding the concert were Mr and Mrs. Henry Seligman, New
 York; Mrs, Henry R. Req, Pitts burgh: Mr. and Mrs John Shepard.
 Jr., LenoX, Mass, MT. and Mrs. John
 r, Harris, New York; Mr. and Mrs
 Earle Perry Charlton, Fall River, Mass.
 Miss Mary Brown Warburton and ! Charles A. Mum, entertained ou Tuesday night at the Mum villa, ] Casa Amado, with a farewell party | for Mr. and Mrs. Gurnee Mum and 1 Rodman Wannamaker, II. who lett late that night for New York. Each guest impersonated a contemporarr
 at the party.
 Among those in attendance wer" 1 the Countess of Carlisle, Nawortn
 Castle. Carlisle Scotland, who flew
 over from Nassau on Monday: Wis
 countess Cranbournc. William
 Rhinelandcr Stewart, New York,
 Mr. and Mrs. l'lorcnz Zicgfeld, (Bi- l lie Burlle). New York: Mr. and
 Mrs. John Emerson, CAnita Loosl,
 NIT. and Mrs. Edward F. Hutton.
 Harold s. Vanderbilt and many | others.
 l A notable list of pa1ronesses was
 named for the recital at the En- | hassy club on Thursday afternoon, l sponsored by the Palm Beach Par ent-Tcachers' association. Mrs. Os-
 car Q. Davies, Kansas City, prcs- | dent. .tntoincttc Halstead, soloist at l Bcthcsda-hyth Sea, was tho artist 1 Patrons in attendance inchld,1
 Madame Louise Homer. Mrs. r.. T.. | Stotesbury, Mrs. W. l.. kingsley, | Rome, \. r.; Mrs. John r. Harris | New York: Mrs. Earle P. Charlton, l Fall River, Mass: Mrs. Paris Singer, | New York, and Paris; Mrs. Georg"
 A. McKmlock, Chicago, and Mrs | Leonard Replogle, New York; Ot1o Kahn, New York; MT. and Mrs
 John Shepard, Jr., Lcnox, Mass. Mrs. George A. Dobyne, Beverly ] Farms. Mass, entertained the South
 Shore Bridge club at the Everglades
 club, while among those entertain
 ing at the Seminole Golf club were l Mir. and Mrs. Emil J. Stelhi, New York city, MT and Mrs. Thomas M | Content of New York entertained ! ball room of the Ambassador hotel 1 Tuesday evening for their daughter, | Anne.
 Glenna Collett. famous golf player
 who has arrived for a short visit
 was seen at the Bath and Tennis l club with Morris Wood, Philadelphia
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08

The only profitable advertising medium In tHs City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
Facts andFancies
By Robert Cullen

The prediction that planes won't replace cars comes from peop,e Hho weren't the right age to yell; Get q horse"
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08

Glenna Collett. famous golf player who has arrived for a short visit, was seen at the Bath and Tennis club with Morris Wood, Philadelphia and Mrs. Mary Labaw of the Ever Glades club.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-08
Memher Andlt Bnrenn of C1ranlalinn

T0s K s. .. IS a naW0NaI oTsan.-a1Ion which furnishes newspapers and adVer- sers with a strcuv honest aralys's Of circulation. cur circulation statistics are hased upon trs audit, This insures pro- tection against fraud in newspaper d4s- irritation figures to both national and local adEertlsers