New Britain herald., 1930-01-02
3,289 MAKE CALLS
 ON HERALD BUREAU
Information Bureau Proves Popular With New BrItainiteS
Washington. D. C.. Jan.

Washington. D. C.. Jan. - Curiosity of the New Britain Heraid readers and consequent calls on it's Washington information bureau for free servlce during the year 1929 reached a high water mark.
 The bureau in the year past an swered total of 3.2S9 calls for service from readers of this news paper Of these Al were question letters. each asking from one to 5n questions on all sorts Of subjects, and 2,54S were calls for printed bulletins offered through the col umns of the paper during the year.
 The entire field of human EnoWl- edge was covered in these requests. Radio fans, movie fans. sports fans deluged thc bureau with questions about their IuvorIte broadc&strrs, actors and stars. Aviation questions showed a great increase, and such questions constantly become more technical as tho country becomes more 'airmindcd." The number of young mCn-&nd young women loo --WhO want information on how to go about learning to fly and who are studying aviatIor is apparently con stantly increasing.
 School boys and girls, and college students continued to use the rc- sources Of this free bureau for help . in all branches of their school work Questions on history. geography. grammar, mathematics, and a school subjects kept the burcad kusy furnishing answers.
 The proportion of question letters as between men and women was "l- most equally divided. Questions on cookery. home economics. Ctique -tc, dress. fashions came in volume. Pol itics and economies also interest women increasingly, judging from the character of questions they ask. Health and beauty questions occu. pied their usual large place,
 Bulletins Issued
 The bureau offered during the year printed bulletins on 52 new subjects, and the demand for these was large. The subjects covered in the bulletins, running from 4,000 words each so as to thOroUghlJ cover the subJects, included: Cook ing for Two, Pics and Pastries Famous Buildings and Structures, Surnames and their Meanings, Pres idential Inausurations Since l7S9. Surerstitlons and Delusons, Weather and Climate. The presi- 1F ,- ton Pro and Con, The Flag of the |. S, Honey as Food. Contract Bridge. History of Marriage. Seal ing Wax Craft. The Stock Exchange, Citizenship and Naturalization, Pop ular Mythology, British Parliament any System, Famous Assassins or History, Eggs and Egg Dishes. Can ming and Preserving, Motion Picture Stars, Lindy and Anne. Care of In- 1ants in Summertime, Popular Women of the Screen, Child Health, Dictionary of Slang, Popular Men Of the Screen, Immigration. First Aid, The Money of the |. &, Home Made NOn-AlCoholiC Beverages, Home Financing. Your Childs Food. Copyrights and Trade Marks, Keep ing Good Looks, Bedbu2s. Childrcn's Manners, The Letter Writers Guide. Desserts. Calorie Value of Foods. Common Errors in English, House Plants. Writing for Stage and Screen. Story of the Zeppelins, Can aries, Manual for Debators, Mean- ings of First Names. The States of the Union, How the United States Grew, Pendants, Fudgcs and Bon hons, Meanings of Dreams, and Watcrprooling Cellars.
 Valuable bulletins of other years that are still ill large demand and which the bureau keeps constantly in print to i'll all requests. added 10 the above, now makes a total of 23p subjects available for the Herald readers.
 The Bureau Service
 The Washington bureau is main- talned to answer free for any read CT any question of fact or informal tiOn. The whole cost is a two cent postage stamp. All the reader needs 10 do is write out the question, sign name and address. enclose a stamp for reply and mail the query to the Washington bureau, New Britain Herald. 1922 New York avenue. Washington, D. C. A prompt reply will come back. In addition, the bureau prepares and offers through