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Voice of Safety.

Voice of Safety.
why don't you write your remi-
niscenses?"
II don't dare" answered Senator
Sorghum. "Such an attempt would
bring me into immediate conflict with
too many men who are trying 10 for
get the past"
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THEY WE'RE GIANTS. BY Charles
Reynolds Brown. New York: The
Macmillan Co.

THEY WE'RE GIANTS. BY Charles
Reynolds Brown. New York: The
Macmillan Co.
The giants of Genesis were physi-
cal; those of DR.. Brown, dean emer-
titus of the Divinity School of Yale
University, are intellectual. He has
chosen 10, representing varied types
of intellectual and moral influence.
They are Benjamin Franklin, ''the
man who stood foursquare"; Horace
Bushnell, "a prophet born out Of due
time; Anthony Trollope, 1.-The best
of the Victorian novelists";; Peter
Cooper, "diligent in business, serving
the Lord; Edward Everett Hale, "the
man with a country; Silas Weir
Mitchell, wise and kind in the art
of healing; Phillips Brooke, "a herald
of good news; David Starr Jordan,
naturalist, educator, public servant;
Washington GLADDEN., "a man of faith
and hope and love-; Abraham Lincoln,
"the greatest man of the nineteenth
century" One cannot seriously
quarrel with the selection of the
giants, since DR.. Brown has not by
his choice pronounced them the only
men of gigantic stature in their
period. but to most readers the names
Of other men of wider influence than
several of them will occur. Some Of
the judgments are also likely to be
disputed, as that Trollope is the best
of the Victorian novelistS. Even
Trollope devotees usually yield a place
above his to Thackeray, certainly, and
Dickens, probably. Washington Glad
den was undoubtedly "a man of sturdy
integrity and fearless in his opposition
to wrong doing" but to name him as a
giant among the men of the Civil
War period is extreme praise. Each
sketch in the volume is enthusiast
tically appreciative of its subject and
is written with finished style.
DUCKS BACK. BY Kate Mary
Bruce. New York: The John
Day Co.
Living in the London house which
was the residence Of the Duchesse de
Mazarin, one of the mistresses Of
Charles II, Mrs. Bruce may be con-
sidered to have a good taking off
place for a novel about thoroughly
spoiled woman. Sara Hurst, half
American, half Irish, attending an
English school, meets the two little
Kent girls, Nan and Nell, much to
their future detriment, for they are
normally considerable and fairminded,
whereas Sara is complete egotist.
Even as q child. she is an expert
in getting what she wants, at what
ever cost to others, and as a woman,
having learned the power of her
charm and wiles of helplessness, she
becomes the dread and bane of ell
her friends. Her story, involved with
that of all the sober, very British,
Kent family, is told in much detail
and with skill in character portrayal.
At the end she is leaving for a two
year stay in a Swiss sanitorium, to
remedy the damage done to herself
by an eXtravagant course of flesh re-
duction in the interest of fashion.
Every one would be relieved to see
her off, hopeful of a respite from her
parasitism, but she will not go alone
and feels that to have her mother
with her would be suicide (for her
self. So she brings her artillery of
helpless appeal and the "In die II
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Many new dealers are in evidence,
with no contention perSisting as to
who is going to shuttle the pack.
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ColIegiate Glory.

Collegiate Glory.
Are you in favor of co-education?"
Eyes" answered Miss Cayenne,
But don't think it is to be hoped
that girls will ever learn to play foot
ball as well as boys"
"a certain egotism in the human
mind" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, "persuades a man who Is en-
joying himself to believe that this
fact alone should render others
happy"
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S0cialistic.
A merry socialist" am I,
With disposition hearty.
To be, regularly try,
The life of every party!
Church sociables will find me gay,
My talk I never shut up.
And come what may from day to day,
am the social cut-up.
IT has my doubts about orator7, u
said Uncle Eben. Some of de best
speeches I ever heard was made by
de man dat comes around to de back
door sellin' insurance"
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Jud Tunkins says somebody re-
Gently stole an airplane, but some air
investigators say that one plane rep
resents about the smallest kind OF
petty larceny.
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Charities.

Charities.
From the Indianapolis News.
One trouble about taking q trip
through the shakespeare is that the
detours are not very well marked.
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Up and Down.

From the Boston Transcript.
What with DR.. Beebe and the
shakespeare craze, the good old HUI
man race seems to be going to every
extreme to escape civilization.
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
GOOD CITIZENSHIP

The idea of a good citizen in for
mer years was man who paid his
bills and minded his own business.
That was about, all that was asked
of him.
But in these times it takes active
qualities to constitute a good citi-
zen. If town is to keep up with
the times. organizations must be
formed and well managed, efforts
must be made to secure modern i'm
provements and to provide the ad-
vantages that modern towns expect.
This calls for active work. A good
citizen ought to have some share in
this work. The least he can do. If
he can possibly afford time and
money, is to belong to good COM
organizations. attend their
meetings and pay their dues. In
addition. good citizenship requires
that person so keep up his home
place that it, is creditable to the
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
HOW EDISON GOT HIS START

William Adams SimOnds has re-
Gently published a biography of
Thomas Alva Edison, the renowned
inventor, after making Il thorough
study of his inventions. so as 10 de-
scribe them in simple language, AL
so he talked with members of his
family and co-wOrkers. until he has
given us a story of that great man
more true than other lives which
have gIorifed him but have not
shown us the real person.
Mothers who have irregular chill
dren who do not seem to fit into the
school requirements, should not al
ways be discouraged. Edison was
one of this sort. "Addled" he was
called. and finally his mother under
took his instruction. She allowed
him to have laboratory in the cell
lar, and with. his first book of sci
ence, school of Natural Philosophy" "
he started his first ventures. He was
an inquisitive boy and got into
trouble from his spirit of inquiry,
which proved afterward the price
less gift which the gods had be-
Edison was eager to earn money,
and obtain a position as news agent
with the Grand Trunk Railroad. He
continued adding to his laboratory
and made use of his
spare time in reading books of sci
ence.
He saw opportunities as tele-
graph operator and learned the
code, working Is hours a day. He
obtained a position, but his continual
experimenting got him into trouble
and he lost his job, but new ones
were easy to get His first great
invention was the Edison universal
printer, the essential principles of
which are used to this day.
From these early experiences il
IS seen of what value it is to young
people to live industriOusly. and be
constantly studying and adding TO
heir capacity. Have some absorb
ng interest in some form of useful
young man! Find out
what you can do well, and then work
1t ii with will.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
TIE EXAMPLE OF VOTING

1t has usually been customary for
Presidents of the United States to
make long journeys to their homes
on election day. to cast their ballots.
We can all be glad that President
and Mrs. Roosevelt took time from
their busy lives to conform to this
custom.
II might not he considered worth
while for them to take a day away
from their urgent duties to cast
those two ballots. But it was a sug-
gestion to every citizen. that the
casting of a ballot on election day
is one of the most urgent duties that
our government asks its citizens to
perform. No pressure of business
should stop the performance of that
duty.
There is no adequate excuse for
failure to fulfil it, except that OF
sickness or physical inability. If
all our people voted, many mistakes
OF government would never happen.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
FORGETTING POLITICS

Under the stresses Of an unusual
period, party lines were ignored far
more than usual in the recent cleo
ton. The people have but one
thought in view. how to put final
quietus on Old Man Depression, and
how to sink him to the bottom of
the Atlantic or Pacific ocean. which
ever is nearest. They have voted
according to their best lights. and
trust to their elected representatives
to fight unitedly toward that end.
They can't be expected to agree
on how that shall be done. But If
people will forget party, political and
personal advantage just as far as
possible, and act in accordance with
ordinary non political common
sense and business judgment. cut
ting out partisan squabbles and
striving for selfish advantage, we
shall give the old cuss what they
used to call a dry rum" and put
him where he will make no more
trouble.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
THE READING HABIT

Is your boy or girl going to skate
lightly over the surface of life
never seeing beneath the outside Of
things, knowing nothing thoroughly
and with little desire to accomplish
perfection in anything? Or will
that yolngster do things thoroughly
we'll, and keep growing more intel
hgent?
The answer to that question set
ties the fate of that youth in life.
Things do not come to most people
by luck. They come because people
are competent to handle situations
that they meet. And that competence
depends principally ON whether they
are intelligent. People shy away
from ignorant persons, and they
trust anyone who seems to know
what he is talking about.
II you want your young people to
acquire this quality of intelligence,
they need to get the reading habit.
The reading habit can of course be
perverted. If young people read
only nashy stories. if they are in
terested in nothing but sensational
news and sports and scandals. they
will never be we'll informed.
But if you can once get them in
the habit of reatding the newspapers
with some thoroughness, they are
on the way toward intelligence.
They will be interested by modern
improvements, plans to make better
home communities. developments i'm
politics and government. People will
regard them as well informed. will
seek their society. and be glad to
employ them as workers or do busi-
ness with them.
There are of course few people |
who are well informed but who do |
lOt read much. They have habit |
If picking up information from all |
lie people they meet. But in most
'ases, If you find a well informed
person, that person is a steady
eader, who follows the days news
closely, and watches the movements
# social progress and local and ma
ional life.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
MIR. TURK

AS Thanksgiving day draws near,
people pass poultry yards and farms
where turkeys are grown with a
cheerful snicker, as they watch old
Mr.. Turk promenading in his lofty
manner. How little he realizes that
his proud head is soon to be brought
low. Lips are smacked, and mouths
water, as old and young think OF
that luscious brown meat soon to
be offered up in a sacriflcial feast.
Other kinds of meat are fitting
features of the Thanksgiving feast,
and grace many a table on the fam
lily holiday. But there is something
particularly festive about Mr.. Turks
meat. II has a rich autumnal flavor,
as if he had picked up all the frag-
rance of the fields. all the spice of
and impaired it in the rich
tang of his flesh!
When the small boy sees real
Thanksgiving Turk cross the dining
room door, he cant contain his glee.
Il seems an age till all the old folks
are served, and lie gets his abundant
slices.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING

The annual roll call of the Amer
ican Red Cross, now in progress.
IS meeting with good success, and
il deserves more generous contribu.
tions than ever before. The sup
port given that society is testi-
mOny to the increased sensitiveness
of our people to human suffering.
Years ago. when great disasters pro-
duced distress or people suffered
from poverty, the prevailing senti-
ment was that it was "just too bad"
but not much could be done about It.
Today humanitarian sentiment
says something can and must be
done about it, So we have the noble
Red Cross organization, doing its
blessed work all over the land. But
1t must have money, and then more
money, and then still more. And to
provide 1t, the American people must
give generously.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
Rigid 30-HOur Week Seen
AS A Blow At Recovery

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by Con-
gress of a rigid 3O-hOhr work week
for all industry would defeat the
very purposes of the governments
economic program, in the opinion of
George A. Sloan. president of the
Cotton Textile Institute, represent
ing one of the industries which has
led the way in re-employing work
ers during the last eighteen months,
An increase of One-third in labor
costs, he indicated. would be passed
on to the consumer. and would pro-
duce a new buyers strike which in
turn would result in decreased pro-
duction and lessened employment.
MIR. Sloan warned particularly
against the effect of such increases
on the farmer while the Admins
tration is attempting to balance the
price of what the farmer pays for
with what he receives
for his produce.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
Union Coercion Is Hit
From Four Directions


WASHINGTON-Coercion practic
ed by union organizers who havl
conducted campaigns of terrorism
among industrial and other workeri
received a heavy blow in connection
with settlement of the labor agita
tion and accompanying vandalism
1 that temporarily closed 300 GreaI
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
stores in Cleveland.
The first, and most important, OF
the blows struck against union
practiced coercion was advanced by
the National Labor Relations Board
in its plan of settlement in the A.
& p. case, which was accepted by
the company and the employees.
Under this proposal and agreement,
coercion by union organizers is bar
red just as stringently as that by
employers. This is the first time
Federal recognition has been taken
of coercion practiced by unions.
Immediately after the Labor Re-
lations Board made known its pro-
posal, the National Association of
Manufacturers issued statement
lauding the action as Opening the
way for curtailing the disastrous
series of strikes by giving Federal
recognition to terrorism by union
members against employees who de-
sire to work." and as recognition
of a fundamental moral and legal
right"
David Lawrence, noted political
writer, interpreted the Boards pol
icy in the case as highly significant,
denounced previous actions of Fed
eIal officials who encourage union
leaders at times to take a course of
action that is plainly illegal" and
added:
when it is all over, it is found
that the National Labor Relations
Board grants in sDecific agree
ment the very points raised origi-
nally, namely, that employees must
refrain from coercing their fellow
employees in unionizing, just as em-
plOyers must refrain from cOercing
their employees to refrain from
joining unions"
In a featured editorial. the trade
AutomOtive Industries,
said: 1T was not thought at the
time the MIRA was experiencing its
brief consideration by nominal leg
islators at the capital that the un-
ions would so far abuse their license
as to jeopardize the cOuntry's recov-
cry. Yet this is precisely what is
today. The plain fact is
hat business is in reverse and no |
small share of the responsibility |
must be placed at the door of as
Diring labor leaders"
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
LAUGHING At PROGRESS

One of the most harmful things
a community can do, is to laugh at
people who have progressive ideas.
For instance. in a good many towns
some years ago, progressive men
with vision built handsome hotels
to take advantage of the increased
tourist travel which was beginning
to develop at that time. Old wise
acres would often remark that such
enterprises were pieces Of folly.
since they could not see the great
new traffic sure to come with the in
creased use of automobiles. Today
many of these hotels are very sue
cessful, and the best known features
of those towns. BY entertaining
visitors from many states, they be-
come a constant advertisement of
those communities.
People who have vision and fore
sight often have to stand jeers from
their home folks. so much so that
many useful projects they cOntem-
plate are abandoned.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
SOMETHING. ELSErr

Something else2" the store clerk
is likely to say when. you have asked
for all the things you want. He has
been taught that by suggesting this
thought to customer, the latter
will quite likely think of something
more that he needs, and the clerks
sales will be increased. 1t is a good
method of craftsmanship, and II the
store people always remember to
say it or its equivalent. they are
likely to sell more goods.
".You folks are never satisfied"
said a customer one day when the
clerk used this expression. when
l come in here and give you a good
order of stun, you ought to be salts
fed with that, and not ask me il
want Something else'."
20, but want to make sure that
you don't have to come back be-
cause you have forgotten something"
was the store mans timely answer.
The Something else" spirit rep
resents an idea which the ambitious
person always cherishes. If he has
achieved something, he always thinks
he might have done a little more.
II he goes at his job and his various
experiences in that spirit. he is not
likely to fall behind. His services
will be valuable, and only an un-
usual run of hard luck will throw
him out Of work.
Something else" is good motto
for a city like Milford. Those who
went before us here accomplished
very much, We accomplish more
things from year to year. But there
is always something else" that can
and should be done. Towns that
show that desire to accomplish |
something else" are the ones that
people are proud to come from, and |
business is usually good in them,
and people are glad if they can find |
work and homes tkore.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
CONGRESS- MEETS SOON

Under the old plan for meetings
of Congress and Presidential terms,
the Congress elected November 9Th
would not meet in regular session
until December. 1895. though it
could be called in special session at
the next March. To elect a group
of men in November of this year,
and then not set them to work until
December of next year, seems a
more fitting idea for a joke book,
than for the mighty constitution of
the United States. 1t was one of
the few points where that immorta!
document fell below ordinary wis
dom. ....
Under the recently adopted lame
duck" amendment, the new Congress
just chosen meets January 8. 1885.
It is an appropriate time for it to
meet. and none too soon. for. there
Is much work to be done. D..
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
THEY DON'T MIX

Whether you are wet" or a
dry" this fact will interest you:
Repeal of prohibition has resulted
in a tremendous increase in drunken
driving, according to reports of pO-.
lice bureaus, safety departments and
similar organizations. No one knows
whether this is due to people drink
ing more now than during the pro-
hibition era-but il is a fact that
more people are taking drinks and
then getting behind the wheels of
their cars.
A driver does not even have to be
noticeably drunk to be dangerous.
Investigations show that very mod
crate doses of alcohol produce the
following effects on the average dri-
yer: Slower reactions. less uniform
ity in response, a narrowing of the
field of attention. a rise in self-as-
surance which breeds recklessness,
and a general decline in mechanical
efficiency. The change occurring
may be relatively slight-but when
the driver is in sole charge of a
hurtling mass of metal, it becomes
important indeed A man who shows
few signs of his drinking. and Is
pleasant and rational companion.
may become a menace to the pubi;'
in his car.
The "wets" of the country should
take the lead in discouraging the
drunken driver. He is one of the
worst dangers to the cause they
espouse-"a alcohol on the highway"
is certain to be used as a potent ar
gument for prohibition. Today, with
liquor legally on sale in the bulk of
states, legislation to curb drunken !
driving should be made even sitter |
than in the past-and should be en-
forced to the letter. Alcohol and
gasoline don't mix.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-16
YOUTH AND JAZZ

The young people of the gay nine
ties were sentimental group and
their taste was shown in their pref
crencc for the romantic songs Of
that period Many of them can re-
call those moonlight nights when
Ivy the shore. or on the water, or on
the quiet of the porch, they joined
in melancholy and melOdious songs
which thrilled them and made them
susceptible to Cupid's darts.
I'm the Gloaming." with its wist-
full note of separation. was one of
the great favOrs. "Nita. Juanita,"
was another. Bring Back My Bon
mic" was very popular, and has not
passed entirely into oblivion.
"Twinkling Stars are Laughing" had
a brighter vein. Along seashore
beaches was often heard the poetic
thought. What are the Wild Waves
Saying?" One of the group would
have a banjo or guitar, and the songs
were tuneful and pleasing.
Now the young people are just as
fond of music, but 1t is of a very diff
ferent sort. Many of the older folks
fail to see any beauty in sounds
often heard over the radio and in
dance halls. The rhythmic jazz with
it's vigorous and unmelodious themes
seems to them poor substitute for
the graceful music of former day.
The frankness and independence
and aggressiveness of the modern
age may be better expressed by
crude and vigorous themes of jazz
than by the languorous type of the
nineties. The boy and girl friends
are different from the romantic |
lovers of the age of long skirts and
picture hats, 4.
AS the older generation have out
grown the over sentimental appeal
of the music of their youth, so the
time may come when the young peo-
pie will tire of music that simply /
expresses noise and excitement.
Many of the jazz tunes sound like
frantic gestures of barbarians dane
Ing around the jungle fire, but for
she time being such scene seems
more Fascinating than the pussified
.ea party which the sedate elders
enjoy.