New Britain herald., 1930-02-12

here no disgrace in being irrl- table. Martin Luther was so scnsi- tie that he thought he devil WIS . after him and threw an ink bottle | al the devil in sclt-dcfcnsc. He dc ! clared that he corld preach and pray better when he was irritatcd The finest sunsets ever put on canvas i. were put there by man who was |, more sensitive to varying shades 1. than any fellow painter.
 "Irrtablity is the father of inNcn- . uon. Eli Whitney goes south 10 see his sweetheart. The heat 10 which | he is unacCustoncd drives him 10 the window at midnight for a breath Of fresh air There in the moonlight is q cat trying 10 lift chicken over fence. Failing to do this. the cat reaches it's paws through the fence to dra" it's prey to it. But through the fence come only feathers. Whit ncy goes back to bed to sleep. But what he has seen irritatcs him and out Of the irritation comes The idea Of the cotton gil. with claw 10 pull the cotton through q mesh and leave the boil on the other side.
 James Graham Bell gcts an idea that men man talk 10 each other sight unseen. The idea irritatcs his sensitive brain until out of the irri- tation comes the telephone. Samuel I. F. Morse is irritatod with the idea that impulses can be sent over wires to far distant points. And out of the irritation comes the telegraph. The telegraph leads 10 the wireless. The wireless mothers the radio.
 "Bccausc these men were cranks the world has progressed. But they were cranks Of Q divine order. They were sensitive. irritable. Put they didn't confnc their scnsitility 10 nursing hurt feelings and wounded pride. Irritability is q God given quality. But it can be used in un- godly fashion.
 lIritability Measures Manhood
 Here IS q man who iq irritable be- cause his coffee is cold or the news paper is late in the morning. Here is woman who is irritable and fussy because her chiIIrcn or house hold duties interfere with her sO- cial life. Here is a young man or l maiden who is irl itatcd at anyone whose opinions differ from him. All | Cranks of the lowest order. They | never bat an cyclash at the fact that all around are children being de | privcd Of God-gi>cn rights. that 1 hosts of people suffer because Of i economic injustice and social in l cqualitics You can tell how much | alive q man is by the things that i irritato him. You can also tell how i much Of man h" is,
 "Wc need more cranEs. We have | plenty of brains il the world. What wo suffer most from. is q lack Of ] irritable people with sensitive noses l that rebel at garbage and filth and polluted SWamps that breed vile disease. We nacl common people who arc as sensitive to crooked poli- ticians and .hrrwd stock-swindlcrs as they arc 10 thc presence Of cock reaches.
 ''Wc nc"d more crauks when it comes 10 radioing. We arc particu- 1 IarlV fortunate to have broadcast - 1 ing station in our state that allows
 e per cent of it.l time 10 the better class Of music, - per cent to cduca- | tlonal features Ind only II per cent 10 jazz. But there is real need fo1 sensitive ears that will dcmand tha,
 more radio time be put 70 wortl
 while usage.
 we need more Cranhs In tn,
 reading Of ncwspa pcrs. more pcopl,
 who get lrritated at ncwsshects tha
 arc so wet that you have to hang
 them oyer q register to dry before
 you dare to read them. More pco pie that arc sensitive 10 the fact tha'
 newspapers have a high office tc
 perform in modelling American
 thought, therefore should be impar
 tlal in the presentation of news tha
 relates 10 prohibition and industria
 conflicts. We need more cranks tha
 will rebel at raril inJusticcs like tha
 worked upon Dr. Mcintosh of Yal, who vas refused citizenship bccaus'
 he "ould not consent to bear arm
 in any conflict regardless Of the is
 sue 2t stake. lt has come 10 quit,
 for American citizenship.
 I've heed more Cranks that vii
 be irritatcd at certain moving pic
 lures that are shown upon th screen. We ought to be irritatcd {, know that 85 10 90 per cent Of for ciGn markets is supplied by Amcri :, can pictures that are what pr. Ere, , Eastman calls. Ambassadors of il Will.' That our government has
 bureau that aids the sale of picture that present American life i s distorted fashion. One man wh has seen such pictures in forcig
 lands says that if that was all tha
 one knew about America he wou , set uS down as T nation Of bandit
 boOtlcGGCrS and social high ficrs r In certain foreign countries tho I have found it necessary to bar chil l dl'n rom diI nlcl ulcS, put lnoSG Ina
 are educational or instructive. Nc f long ago, the General Federation ( l Womcn'9 clubs together with th I National Parents and Teachers asSc l citation reviewed 216 pictures. The ?. declared that g. were fine for chi l drcn under 1J: %6 were suitable fC e young people 15 to 20 years of agc r and only 9l were approved for 1T
 tclligcnt adults.
 "The crying need is for cranks Q people who get irritated, exaspel n atcd. because certain movies oVc1 = stimulate sex desires in young pee n pie, breed criminals from dclr = qucnts, damag3 the mental an Q moral welfare oT all and prescl
 America to he world a nation