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• IV. NO. •

TOWN MEETING AFFAIR*With the entire capacity of the

Town Hall ailed to its utmost byinterested cltUens of the town, theacnual adjourned meeting held Inthe Town Hall Monday1 evening,failed to present the much expectedfireworks. The meeting, the mostsympathetic one offered Watertowncitizens, was conducted In such amanner that • the entire evening'sbusiness was completed within an

hour.The annual adjourned town meet-

Ins was called to order at 8 o'clockwith S. McLean Buckingham in thechair and Town Clerk Robert Purvisas clerk. The first matter to comebefore the voters was the questionof a tax for next year. George F.Lewis, 1st selectman offered a bud-

. get which the selectmen had pre-pared and they advocated a tax of26 mills, the same as last year.When the question was put to avote It was unanimously accepted.The report of the committee whohad charge of addition which was

DEVOTED TO THE WHOLE COMMVNlTY-NOTniNG ELSE OR LESS

WATERTOWN. CONN, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1«7.

added to the South School was readend accepted. The addition cost atrifle over $87,000, the appropriationbeing $90,000.

The report of Town School Conmil tee regarding a site for a HighSchool was read by A. P. Hlckcox.Secretary of the School board. Intheir report the school' board, voted1st against the purchase of theWoolson property, 2nd against thepurchase of the lx»vel»nd and Ham-ilton property, 3rd that a commit-tee be appointed to look into otherpossible sites for a Hlsh School andreport at a meeting to be held the1st Monday In* April. 1927. This re-

CARD PARTY AND MUMCALE

A second pubUc card party willbo held by Sledu Delphian chapteron Thursday, I the 17th at J.30o'clock. The party wlU be held inlower Community hall and will befollowed by a short piogram of mu-sic. Prizes will be given at eachtable and any game may be played.Mrs. Edgar Norton It chairman ofthe committee in charge.

The proceeds will be used by thesociety In the campaign against thetent caterpillar. The campaign willb.? conducted in the same generalway as has been done in the twopast years. From $60 to $75 hasbeen expended each year, and It isexpected that, with the proceeds ofthe card party held In early Feb-ruary, a sufficient amount will beobtained to carry on the work.

The afternoon program consistedof these reports: "Life of Mozart,"by Mrs. Norton; "Child ConcertTours." by Mrs. Reynolds; "Symph-onies." by Mrs. Berry; "Life ofHaydn," by Mrs. Atwood; and "Hay-dn's Oratories," by Mrs. Cook.

Mrs. Walker sang two selectionsby Handel "O Sleep. Why Dost ThouLeave Me" and "Care Selve" andalso "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer. Shewas accompanied on the piano byMrs. Harold Budge, who also playedone of Mozart's compositions: "TheMinuet from the opera "Don Giovanni."

The members were pleasantlysurprised with bouquet? of strawflowers sent by an absent member,Mrs. Ashenden, who Is spending thwinter 4fi California.

port being accepted, closed theIness to come before the AnnualAdjourned Town Meeting.

The Special Town Meeting was

CHORAL UNION ORGANIZED

The Watertown choral union waorganized Monday evening at a largiand enthusiastic meeting held in thCongregational chapel.

Officers chosen were: Honorarjchairman. H. F. Roberts; chairman

colled to order by lsl Selectman H H H e m l n w a y . v I c e cnairmnn«eorKe F. Lewis. E. W. * heeler j c , a r e n c e L a k ( ) . 8 ecretary. Miss Alicewas appointed chairman; ami t h e j s, inivan. and treasurer, B. P. Hud

WHO'S WHO THIS WEEK

The entertainment committee of, Hoy Johns has resigned hi, po-•I,- Leltoy 6. Woodward post. Amer-j si. Ion with A. N. BotsfnriXcan Legion have planned a smoker A lar*.- number of Watertowntor t t a m h . Plans were also madej,;.., a,,ended th, performance ofor a public card party to be held | (No. No. Xanne.te at Polls theaterlfter Easter. It Is hoped to make In Waterbury on Tuesday evening,

a largely attended affair and) Ionian Bronson of Holcomb streetthe Interest and cooperation of all | * us a recent visitor In New Ha-

. . . . „ in t-rt •nlifiltPfi- Vl-h • •

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MUSICAL TOPICSBy R. Griek*

BEETHOVENThe coming 26th day of March

marks the one hundredth annivers-ary of th* passing, away of thatmusical Want, Lu'lwli? van Beetho-ven. A short revi* -w of his life riiaytherefore be eorui'le.i-'l a timely top-i c

Beethoven wa.- born o:i December16, 1770, in the city .of Honn on theKhlne, Germany. II'- manifested mu-

Riley, and Augustus RelchenbachThe combined musical clubs of; an-! eirls basketball teams will play

of the Terry-the Oakville

Community Hall on Friday evening.Miss Elizabeth Kellty of Woodruff

avenue Is a patient In the Water-bury Hospital where she underwentan operation for the removel of hertonsils.

A number from LeRoy 0. Wood-wiml Post of the American Legionattended a Legion County meeting

Taft School will give their annual j the representatives <concert In the Community theater, ville High School Inou the 15th. The concert promisesto be one of the best ever given bythe clubs. The proceeds are usedby the Civic Union to defray ex-penses of the lectures given at var-ious times during the year.

Mrs. Birney Blackwell of Miriamstreet is visiting relatives in Miami.Florida.

Dr. Charles W. Jackson has pur-chased, a new Packard Sedan.

to play the violin. At eleven this in:structlon was supplemented by les-sons on the Clavier. When Beetho-ven was only twelve, h>.- became fora time deputy organist at the Elect-oral Chapel and after a few monthswas appointed conductor of theElectoral Orchestra. At thirteen hehad already written some mu.-ic

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' ON THE AIR

i Thirteen Successive Friday Evening*j Under the Auspice* of the Hart»i ford Chamber of Commerce

The Hartford Chamber of Com-merce will go on the air Friday eve-ning. March 11, between 8 and 9o'clock with the first of a series afthirteen programs to be broadcastover WTIC. The entertainment ofMarch 11 will be presented entirelyby 'he Chamber of Commerce, thoseto follow to be under the directionot the various business and civicgroup.-; of the city.

This will be th»- first time in thehistory of broadcasting that a seriesof programs untl*r such an arrange-ment has been put on the air. Citiesan<l Chambers of Commerce in vari-ous, parts of the country have of-fered programs, but in not any nofar as is known, have the variousbusiness and civic groups taken fullcharge and sponsored a strifes ascomplete as those arranged to startMarch 11 over WTIC.

Executive Vice-President William

CHARLES BLAKE'S WORK

Litchfield Road, Monument to East

h.ld in Canaan on Thursday ev* no great value on anything he wroteprior to his Opus 1, which appearedin 1795.

In 17*>7 Beethoven made a trip toVienna which at that time, and forseveral generations after, was themusical center of the world. There

which was published, and thus early H. Corbin will give a word of intro-his career as a composer was defin-'j auction in behalf of the Chamberltely established, although he placid | Of Commerce, Mayor Norman C. Ste-

BILL THOMPSON UNLOVED

purposes are known to beCornwall Man's Memory. j good. Thompson's are known to be. hfe ^ j j 0 M r t i the musical idol of

To the Editor of the Courant:—i. biul. His presence in the RepublicanI primary made it ridiculous. It could

I'ntll about twenty years ago t h e | n n t De anything else with an un-load through the woods at the Twin, conscious comedian giving the elec-

j n Robertson's

Bridges above Milton. Conn.. ^to become nearly impassable every; . ^spring and after every hard rain. \ w n I s k e r 8 # :This stretch of road is in tne town j Thompson is a buffoon In a tom-of Lltchfleld on the road to Camp niyrot foundry, but when his crowdMohawk and the Mohawk Forest e,.,s. loose In the city hall Chicagoand there are only two families llv- '],.,.< more need of marines than anyIng on the road, voter* in the town .N-uaraguaii town.'.

ll t E t Corn: jj i bliIng on the roa ,oC Lltchfleld. But all tue East Corn

d t thone is obliged to 'guess as to

reading of the warning followed.

oC Lltchfleld. Bu gwall community Is dependent on the1 Thompson or as to Dever. The cityroad and although many Ooshen and j , a . ; i,au experience, with-both and

son. George Morgan, director of Cornwall voters were r.tiick there knows exactly what to expect. It is

Mrs.

I Both regions are mapped and signof -East' posted.d

pCornwall undertook to remedy con-i The Issue is between commonditlons at his own expense. With! s ense and plain bunk. It Is betweenhis hired men and his teams and j decency and dlsreputability, betweensome other assistance for which he s e n 8 l D l e people and political defec-paid out of his own pocket, he.' tives, between honesty in adminis-

tration and the percentage system.—Chicago Tribune.

Thr question of strengthening the m u s l c a t T a f t school, will act as di-| annually. they could do nothing n o t exploring unknown territory.Town Hall for. basketball imposesi r e c f o r o f t h e nf<w organization, and; a n o u t U to get help.as recommended by the Town School G a r n e | , i Weld as accompanist. Finally Charles BlukeCommittee. Selc Ir.un Lewis offer- j T h . . ^ o c | e l . , ,^ - prospective mem- " •<*u ici^na of '"•"?'"i i l le';« w h o e x - i b e r s h l p of about 60. and all whoamlned the building. The first r e - , a r e C r e s t e d will be welcomed toport read was that of Truman (M. i U g m e m b e r 8 m p .Curry, Jr., who resides on Plne r W o r k o n ft p r o g r a m t o ^ g I v e nstreet. Engineer Curry's r*P<>rt e a r , y l n May will be started at once,showed that a very thorough exam- a n d m e e t | n g g w m b e b eid in thefixation was given the build Ing by. congregational chapel on Mondayhim, and the Town Hall was In very e v e n , a t „ o > c l o c k <bad condition. The floor was found. . .to be able to support only 50 lbs. ATTEND THEATRE PARTYper square foot at the present time.. . . . _and It was a very dangerous propo-1 The weekly meeting of the Water-sltlon to use the building for any town Girls club was not held Tues-catherlngs in Its present condition, day nighty In Its place a theaterTo be safe this floor should be able party was held In Waterbury where-to support 125 pounds per square members of the club and friendsfoot. Mr. Curry also pointed out saw* the musical comedy, "No, Notwo steps that should be taken at Nanette."once to reduce the danger of fire. Those who made up the groupHi- also •'enumerated different places were; Mrs. A. A. Richards.o'i the outside of the l.ulltllnR which Jrhn Hassett. Mrs. Clarenceworn ba.Hv wonlhVr'- beaten and Mis. Roy Krom, Mrs, Alfred RHc.i-|wliieh 'ftbniil'l receive attention. To enbach. Mrs. H, B. McCrone..-MIM-'Hrill the blinding in -a.wif.* eomlition, Dorothy Ann Wheeler Estelleh- following-thp Knclnner-s' recom-, Whltesido. Luella Leslie Helen

th.' cost was estimated Richards. Krma Scott,: LOUISP Fen-\ report of Burk'& Shel- ton. Kdna Rydin, Rlsio Root, Dor-

Graves, Alice Thompson.

plowed out the mud hole, and haul-ed in rock which was carefullyplaced to make a foundation. Thentwo or three Inches of the ordinaryroad dirt were covered back over(he stones. With this simple treat-ment the road which has had littleattention since, has remained uni-formly passable summer, winter,spring and fall. Many a large citycar Is seen parked near the TwinBridges in the trout season and In

FIGHTING PINE BLISTER RUSTThe difficulty of controlling plant

blights and diseases as well as In-sect pests when once they get afoothold is shown by the efforts tokeep In check the gypsy moth, cornborer, cotton weevil and white pinerust, to mention a few afflictions.The devastating chestnut blight has

ilc-n lnc Eneinpers was also road oihynr.d a vote was pnssed that th" Amelia.Troop, and Leona Kfllty.reports be accepted and placed on'file. miring the debate.

POSTAL INSPECTOR IN TOWN

the fall hunting season. A bronze, n a d w.n wa-y w l t h o u t hindranc .marker should be erected near t h e j n o m e a n s o f c.ombatting it haviimFridges to tf 11 the story of this b e e n djSCOvered. The governmentpublic-spirited man's efforts.

Similar results could easily be- ob-tained all over the Slate or Con-necticut. If the dirt road bill nowbefore the legislature:-'enn 'b" 'en-acted into a law. Opponents-of thehil! may call it a wto do this kind of work, hutneighbors of Charles Rink** 1that his efforts are still a hcn>'lit to;the community, 'although 'hey have!

is Waging a strnne fight to previiufurther spread of the white pine

i blister rust, and undoubtedly mu ii; is beini: accomplished, hut .tin1

! known Infei-t.-d ar.-as spread in spii-i of-all'that i-an by done. At. .present

they are: Corii

Hampshire. New Jersey, N.-wPennsylvania, Rhode .Islam),

Vermont, Washington. WisconsinOSTAL INSPECTOR IN v , , n i o n t Washington. Wsco•Inspector E. F. Sharp of the Post,.been.burled out of sight for twenty| all(1 s(n.,.n counties—Clatsop, • C»

iflunstion. K M . Black occupied, the O f f j c p D ( , p a r t m p n t w i t h heridqtiar-! years.floor on numerous occasions and as „.,,,.,„ n o 8 , o n j w a 8 ; •„ town today.!. PETER PINE PLANTER.Is usually the case, furnished a fe>v, rnn" ferr in(, wj th-p0Ktmaster John V. Litehneia, March 1. . 1927.

. lim'ghfl for the large audience. 'i Abbott, regarding the requirementsThe next question to come before o f t n e p o s t o f f , c e a g t o floor s p a C l ,

the meeting was the report of the. ^ e q u l p n , e n t f o r t h e n e x t periodcommittee who had charge of t l j e . fm. w h { c h a lease will be negotiated,reassessment of the property In J; Jg e x p e c t e d t h a t specifications willtown. After a short debate It was b p r e a d y w | t h , a t f c e n e x t f e w d a v s

he day, who was so astonished by:he boy's improvisations and becameso Interested in the lad as to givehim some lessons. He then returnedto Bonn and again took up his dutiesat the Court. The same year his be-loved mother died and later his lit-tle sister. His father, because of hishabit of drlnklnB, had become use-less as a provider and for the nextfive years young Ludwig was prac-tically tin.- sole support, of tif^ fam-

In 17!)2 Beethoven returned to Vi-enna and spent most of the remain-der of his life in that city; the mostimportant break beinc his tour ofCe'rmany during the year 1796.

Beethoven was the first musicianto stand socially on his own feet;the first who declined to remain thesuperior lackey in the household ofsome nobleman, the first who stoodout e ntirely independent, trustingalone In the power of his genius.Year after year he poured out thatamazing series of orchestral symph-onies, piano and violin, sonatas,string quartets, trios, songs, operas,overtures, in each displaying a newsource of inspiration. And Viennaadmired and loved him. The Emperor Joseph himself delighted tospeak of "our Beethoven." Arch-dukes, princes and barons thoughtthemselves fortunate to have a wordof commendation from him, for theirKinking or playing. A deafness whichwas later to silence him for allsounds, benan to make itself alt. atthe age of thirty, so that he withili-i-'w more- and more into himself,.--liunning all society anU aa' i;<jui?h and irritable dt-m- anor•A.'iicll must haj'e bv<-n a .-a;! .:r.!:il"-'t:l.u.-- h"• r-ailfMl "•*. friends.

It.-i-t h»»vt*n wrnt'- nine. .uymph6nie.-;.M- fu'il .m-r;l:<-stru. In the first, pub-U.-!i'd when ht; was thirty-oil'-. In-hrok" n<-w irround and slm«-i| that

greater than' even';Mozart and

veti.-: of Hartford will greet the in-visible audience ol WTIC with abrief welcome to be followed by tal-i-nted artists. The programs, whilevaried, will bring before the radioaudii-nce of WTIC exceptional abilityand are an indication of the notablecooperative spirit of the business andcivic''inn-rests of Hartford.

The Friday night programs of theHartford Connecticut Chamber, goingon the ether waves between eightand nine o'clock, will be arrangedby the following:

March 11. Chamber of Commerce;18, Bankers; 25, Automobile DealersAssociation.

April 1, Brokers: S, Hotels; 15.Men's Civic Luncheon Clubs; 22, In-surance; 29. Manufacturers.

May 6, Realtors; 13, Merchants;2". Public I'tillties; 27, Women'sClub.

June 3, Theatres.The program for Friday evening

town. b p r e a d y w | t h , a t f c e n e x t f e w d a v sdecided to leave the matter of pay- a m , p r opO B a i8 advertised for posting the bill in the hands oi the1

o f f i c e q u a r t e r a a n d equipment,committee. The. reassessment was, T n e p r e g e n t i e a 8 e WMCh w a s nodone by the flrm of BHSB & Cole of g o t | a t e ( j I o r a period-of ten years exHartford, and as yet had not met J ) ,reg o n t h e , M t d a y o f t h , g m o n , i , .with the approval of the committee:. T , j e p r o p o g a l 8 w l n p r o bably call for

The question of Increasing thei ) c r e floor g p a c e additional pouchpay of the assessors from 50 cents I r a c k s a n d g o r t l n K c a s e g l i 8 t e ( 1 a sper hour to 75 cents per hour was j l e c h n | c a | a p p a r a t u g .placed on the table. $300 was voted jto be used to restore the small j The statement of Johii W. Titparks which, were destroyed w h e n | c o n i b superintendent of the statythe new cement highway was hefng i nsherles and game 'department, thatmade. i cuts are one of the principal do-

The following pommfttee was ap-1 siroyers of wild life, has attractedpointed to obtain information and ! nn,.ntion in this county, where name

• prices regarding tho purchase of a'' v.as once abundant. Many residentsHigh School site and report at an o f r u r a | sections •-—•—- —'- -"••

A BALD-HEAD TOUR

President Hubbard of the B. H, C, A.,Visiting Foreign Branches

lumhia,..Lincoln. Polk, Tillamook,Washington and .Yamhlll-ln" 6rei!oii.

•All currant and 'gooseberry .plants(hosts of thp blipht) are prohibiteditnoyement from any Infected Stateor county to any other State, excVpr

I cultivated red and white currants.1 mountain (or alpine) currant and

Judge Frederick A. Hubbard. local I c u i t l v a t e ( i ROoseberry plants. Ship-historian and president of the'Bald- ments cf these except.ed plants must

b«S Inspected and .certified by a Fed-eral inspector and bear a Federal

tol Press.

Head Club of America, Inc., sailedSaturday on the "Ecuador," for Cali-fornia, by way of the Panama Canal.He will be absent about two months,returning In time to preside at themeeting of the local executive com- YET. WOULD-BE MAYOR OF

. . . . . ™..,—I..,, r • CHICAGO

A Thompson "marching club tln-ncirculated throuch the corridors of

of this week Is as follows:-8:0*)—A word of Introduction. Wil-

liam H. Corbin, Executive Vice-Pres-Ident, Hartford Chamber of Com-merce; A sentence of welcome, Nor-man C. Stevens, Mayor of Hartford.

g:06—1, Overture, Poet and Peas-,ant, Suppe. Hartford Chamber Sln-fonia; 2, Voice of Spring, Strausa,Erva Giles, soprano; 3, The RecordBoys, Al Bernard, Frank Kamplaln,Sammy Stept; 4, a, I'm Falling inLove with Someone, b, We'll Tramp,Tramp, Tramp Along Together, E.Boardman Sanchez; 5, Rustle ofSpring, Sindlng, Hartford ChamberSinfonia; 6, a, Kiss Me Again, b, In-dian Love Call from "Rose Marie,"Fiml, Erva Giles, soprano; 7, TheRecord' Boys, Al Bernard, PrankKamplain, Sammy Stept; 8, On! MissHannah. Deppen, E. Boardman San-chez: 9, a. Half a Moon, b, A LittleWhite House. Erva Giles and B.Hoa:-ilmsin Sanchi z; .l'fl. Till We Meet

•Again.

Haydn had arrived. In every oilier,••specially in the odd. numberedworks, the third, fifth, seventh' aniljiiiitli, he went on to new and ex-traonlinary exhibitions of power.Tlit' third, better known as the Er-oica! definitely marks his completeabandonment of the musical ideasWhich he had learned from his pre-decessors and his own stepping outinto the light of a new 'day. Cer-'ainly it must have struck musical

Pi™ Zl o spTclfled form^nris. Vienna with * e effect of a, bomb-

mlttee members at-the PickwickMay 10, who Intend to adjourn the]meeting (the fifteenth annual 'meet-

to Winsted. June. 18,' to pacify

tion to be held annually oiiond Monday in May.

require Vhe func. the hotels in which the conventionually on ilu- sec delegates were ™ b l e d l >

.marching irruup was composed nfJudge1 Hubbard will'mop at Infi* the very dregs of humanity-no ot ,

eslinK points en* route, making his, er exPre.->ion fits the case. It In-official visits, to the various'Statt- eluded various races whites brown*

Highadjourned meetlns In April: GeorgeA. Harper. John Lynch, William RSmith, Samuel T. B u w e and Atty.T. F. Carmody.

ANNUAL LUNCHEON,

\ The annual luncheon of the Sarah-''Whitman Trumbull chapter D. A. R.,

was held Thursday at 1:30 P. M. atM'Fingal Tnn. The State Regent.Mrs. Blssell, and State Vice Regent,Miss Nettleton. and past State Re-gent, Mrs. Buell yfere the guests ofhonor at" the. luncheon. Mrs. Fred-erick Peasley of, Cheshire spoke onVOld Fashioned Gardens." The 'reg-ular monthly-meeting-of the chapi-ter followed the luncheon. '" j

some of them111,1*J C«H IJUIj'

These cats roam

>ns harbor cats and. nranch Clubs of the parent oruanizn- and blacks, who reeled their mau..have so many thnt | 1 | o n -B n d returning by way'of the' "» «ay through thei hotel corridors,

guess at the numb-r I Canadian Pacific, and orranlzinR sev-, cheering for "Big Bill, and suggi'M-— —- Canadian Pacific, and organizing ..-. ,the fields an-l , c r a , Canadian clllek that.have ap-jing In their appearance not merely

woodland, destroying birds and small! p l l w , f o r b r a n c h' charters-of the Club,animals. Superintendent Tltcomb —Gre.enwlch News and Graphicis right in his Indictment of the ' t .cat. So long-as "cats are allowed to IMPROVE THE' BACK ROADSroam at large much "dt the work anil b 'f •, v ^ • _expense incident to the stocking of! Spring weather Is dreade.Wn manytho woods and fields with.game willbe in vain, it is not Incredible thtf,half of the game birds and animalsare destroyed by, cats. It is hopedthat Mr. Tltcomb will 'succeed ' Infinding some means of diminishingthis menace to wild life.—LltchfleldCounty letter of The Hartford-Cour-ant , ^

rural districts, because it Is the mud-diest time 7>f year on the roads. Inmany'localities where no hardeningmaterial was ever put on these high-ways, a vehicle will s'lnkjri.a footor/more• into.these sloughs of de-spond. Some of these neighborhoods;are largely cut off-, from their towncentero during this period, as the

liquor ,but cocaine and all thdepths of huma'n degradation.—Springfield Republican.

difficulty of traveling over these ba.iroads is so great as to largely-dis-courage travel. People can hardlybe.expected to be contented now onthe back roads, if these highwaysare in bad order from mud or anydefect! It Is the' Ideal of Connecticutto give-every rural neighborhood itsoutlet'to it's.town center over a hard

;i\\i-inspiring funeral march and toth1?' almost celestial strains of thecjimax in the finale, with a sense ofwnnder'whlch all the noise machinesof tin- modernists cannot awake in

on account of his deafnp=F theIn art of the" master was filled with,urh atiLiiish that, to quote from omof hi.x letters, he was almost drivento -uieide. "I would put-an ejid tom> life." he wrote, "only my art1-C-• rains me; and it Is Impossible toleave the world before I have fin-i-h.-d all I feel capable of doing."

It Is marvelous that his best works\M-n- written atter his deafness be-ean. His symphonies, two to eifiht.tin* opera "Fidello,"- the music toCui-the's "Egmont" and his mostnotable overtures, the ninth Symph-ony, the Moonlight and KreuzerSonatas and many others were pub-lished after 1799.

Sojn the early part of his life bur-dened by poverty, and in the latterpart or it, by one of the greatest ofafflictions that could come to a mu-

road in good condition in all sea-' Blclan. deaf ness, the lion-heartedsons—Merlden Dally Journal. Ludwlg van Beethoven -fulfilled his parted great.

i . i :I! i- works for p:ano solo first

(1 that tliis.'new inFtrumentwas much more, very much more,ban a m«-re improved harpsichord.

He first proved to the world of mu-sic that the pianoforte was an indi-vidual, with a voice ol its own, andwhich had the. powers still undevel-oped of expressing every feelingfrom" tragic horror to lyrical Joy.

His Sonata Opus 27 No. 2, whichwas'-.dedicated to the Countess JuliaGuicciardi. has become famous underthe nom de plume "Moonlight Son-ata." This.name was not affixed toany of his manuscripts and it Is notdefinitely known how it.ever cameto be used. The sonata begins witha. slow movement, which althoughTechnically very easy, is, as a matterof expression, one' of the most diffi-cult things ever written. Today apianist who can make'his Instrumentvoice the restrained but darkly deepsorrow of those simple bars of "musicknows that he is a true artist. " .

Tin* pianoforte pwesjeverything toIli-e-hovvn, to ttiat unhappy, proud,irritable and stormy spirit, whichdrove frends • away, while it spentit--e]f in unavailing love of a worth-|!>sh scapegrace "nephew. The deaf,querulous, unhappy, old bachelor,who loved more than one woman butwhom no woman seems fairly to .have loved in turn, he who couldwrite both the schenando of theeighth symphony with Its childlikefun and -the finale of the wonderfulninth with- its choral outbursts ofterrifying..sublimity—to him the ptanoforte oweB everything.

One hundred years ago on March26. in the midst of a terrible thunder-storm, that unquiet spirit sank toeternal rest. Every Inhabitant of theglebe to whom music means anythingwill on that day bare bis head and .pause a moment to think on .the. de-

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- I t* settled beforehand." spoke Olgatadignantly. "Too have heard meapeak of Blanche Rldgeley. She pridesherself aa the esetuatve queen of theso-called exclusive opper-crust set ofthe district Sbe baa cat me as toobumble, or rather with too muchopenness In my opinions to accordwltb tbe artificial and superficialviews of ber groan. I fear the taboo,aa a relative of my poor discreditedself, will extend to yon also."

Vera shrugged ber shoulders veryIndifferently.

"My dear," sbe said, "that will notgive me any anxiety. I nave comehere to rest I long for a good fulltwo weeks of bird song, sunshine andrest So much do I crave It that notone of my friends outside of tbe di-rect family kin know where I am."

Olga gased thoughtfully at bercousin. Sbe admired Vera and wasproud of ber. Olga's lips curled scorn-fully as sbe contrasted this acknowl-edged leader of a chosen metropolitansodal circle wltb tbe petty asplratlons of Miss Blanche Rldgeley. Ahope had come Into ber mind thatVera might be Incited to reveal berreal aristocratic position and rallyaround her a select group. "Just to

' show that hateful upstart what realsocial distinction meant.". Vera's an-nouncement, however, effectually, setaside ber plans.

It was destined that Vera should bearoused from her Indifference withinthe next few days. She accompaniedOlga to have a skirt fitted by a Mis*Rose Tyler. The dressmaker's littleworkrooms were In a poor part of thetown, and as the small car drew upat its front Olga elevated her eye-brows at the sight of a showy auto-mobile drawn up to the curb.

"We are favored." she observedsatirically, "that Is tbe grand Ridge-ley turnout'

They entered tbe front room of thelittle shop to be met by one of MissTyler's assistants, who requested themto be seated, as her employer was engaged In the fitting room. Thence Ina few moments there emanated theecho of a sharp and angry voice, fem-inine but rasping. It suggested tbemalignant onslaught of some tyro*virago berating an inferior under tbespell of meekness or fear.

"Some more of the admirable LadyRldgeley!" observed Olga In a whis-per to her companion, and Just thenthe delectable lady leader of blgb so-ciety In Wardvllle flaunted out, herfeatures distorted with a rage thatshowed evil depths In that perversenature.

Miss Rldgeley nodded crisply toOlga. stared insolently at Vera, and

•Vera's eyes flashed as the Ill-naturedaristocrat swept out to her waitingautomobile. Then Vera arose to fol-low Olga, who bad started for the In-ner room. At its threshold Vera

« paused.It was to view a pathetic and mov-

ing scene. Miss Tyler, the little dress-maker, a fair sweet-faced girl of nine-teen, was seated beside a torn anddisordered fabric of lace and satin,sobbing out ber sorrow. After all hehard work, from a vicious capriceMiss Rldgeley had gone Into a'trans-port of wratb because she berself badprovided a wrong shade of trimming,bad flung the garment from her andrefused to pay for tbe work doneupon i t

Olga was on her knees by her side,her arms about her neck, trying tocomfort her. Vera was deeply affect-ed. She drew back, feeling that shewas intruding.

Jit's a shame!" exclaimed Olga. asthey left the place. "I shall see thatMiss Tyler does not lose the moneyshe so sorely needs. What a viperthat Rldgeley girl Is! The most pop-ular girl I' She? Why, outside of themoney spent on ber by ber servileadmirers Miss Tyler here would out-vote her two to one! Let me tellyou. Vera—this Rose Tyler Is tbe idolof the poor people around here.' Herfather, a doctor, gave his life to themduring forty years' practice. Theyare flicking to the store to get cou-pons to vote for her. but of coursetheir little money will not countagainst tbe Rldgeley dollars."

"Sbe struck me as a ladylike, beau-tiful girl."

"Sbe to Just that" affirmed Olga."To ber, too. a piano would be ofsome use. Rose is a proncient musl-

- clan and could. add to ber Income,teaching."

Vera was thoughtful all tbe wayhome. That afternoon she wrote a

i number of letters—'fehe did nor tell^ Olga. but Vera bad decided on a plan

to defeat tbe relentless autocracy cfMiss Rldgeley and help the modestlittle dressmaker.

All Vera hud' to do to have ber* numerous knight errants flock to, ber

standard waa to advise them of' berplace of retreat Tbe first to arrivewas Gerald Wynne. Of all her maleacquaintances-., be waa the oldest

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enjoyablefilled

1 affairs, and alt theing for that

Miss Rldgeley and her Meads pravceeded to "alt op and take notice." eatno otettures w e n awde, aad the ladyof Wardvllle was piqued to realisethat ber petty exdostvenese had shotber oat from ssaociatlon with "the realquality."

-Ob, yon'clever, clever plotterrburst forth Olga one day. "And «aself-sacrificing!"

"Why, what do yoa mean. aVy dearrquestioned Vera, bat flashing con-sciously.

"All yoa brought yoar friends downhere for was to boom oar sweet littledressmaker friend. Rose Tyler, andshe Is going to win. tool"

Thanks to Gerald Wynne and bisliberal cohorts, when the piano con-test ended Miss Rose Tyler bad threehundred votes over Miss BlancheRldgeley. and the coveted Instrumentwaa ber own.

"I have a great favor to ask of you,Vera," said Gerald, tbe day be and hisfriends were to leave Wardvllle. Helooked very earnest They were, seat-ed In tbe garden with no one nearthem. Vera regarded him flatteringly.Be was a fine young fellow. Be badbeen a loyal friend. Must she givehim pain—for a deep emotion showedIn his expressive eyes. Vera concealedber real anxiety.

'A favor—regardlngr sbe Intimat-ed smilingly.. '

"I wish your advice.""In a matter of—*"Love!". 'Be spoke the word rhrlltlngty. rev-

erently. She felt sorry fo« him. Intbe Intensity of his emotions be badcaught her hand. . ' •

"Gerald." she said seriously, "Ishould have told you—yoa. my best,truest friend—that I have been en-gaged to Mr. Robert Layton, now.abroad, for over six months."

"Good! grand!" Gerald amazed herby saying. "He Is a fine fellow." Then,with a searching glance: "Oh—didyou think I was going to propose toyou? I. who long ago learned thatyon were a dazzling star and I anearthly glowworm! Mr. Layton! en-gaged! Then all the more will youuse your influence to win for me tbewoman I love—Rose Tyler."

"Oh. Gerald!" exclaimed Vera, re-lieved and radiant—"Is this true?"

"True as the esteem, the brotherlylove I feel for you. will always cher-ish. And bless yon, good, true sisterand comrade," for making known tome the sweetest, loveliest creature 1ever met!"

And Bo-^they were married.

Early Day MissionaryMade Famous. Record

Titus Coan, explorer and mission-ary, was born on February 1, 1801, inKllllngworth, Conn. He received hisearly education under private tutors,and at eighteen years old was teach-ing in a country school. Be contin-ued bis work as an Instructor for tenyears, and then entered tbe theologicalseminary at"Auburn, N. Y.. from whichbe was graduated In 1833. In thesame year be was ordained as a Con-gregational minister and undertook fortbe Boston board of missions an exploratlon of southern Patagonia fortbe purpose of establishing a mission,in which he was unsuccessful.

Narrowly escaping with bis life, Mr.Coan returned to this country in 1834,and in the following year was sent asmissionary to* the-Hawaiian islands,and for. the remainder of bis life bewas a missionary at Hllo. where bedied on December 1, 1882. He wasregarded by the natives with an af-fection that was well-nigh veneration,and his work, among them was attended' with important results. Heconverted more than 14,000 of the na-tives, and organized missions fromHawaii to the Marquesas and GilbertIslands. The largest volcano Ih theworld was In his parish, and for 40years he was Its unwearied explorerand historian. He published manyvaluable papers dealing with the volcanoes of Hawaii, and two books,""Adventures In Patagonia" and "LifeIn Hawaii." The latter is considereda classic of missionary literature.—Pittsburgh Chronicje-Telegrapb.

Only a Time CardWalter Anthony used to be a music

critic and has never lost his apprecia-tion of tune or, touch. The other day,after watching the nimble fingers ofhis secretary glide over the typewriterkeys. Walter remarked:

"Jean, I should think you would begood on a piano. You play tbe type-writer very well."

"Possibly." admitted Jean; "but thetypewriter has one advantage over a'piano. When you play It you don'thave to keep time."—Los t; AngelesTimes, _. -'

Hebrew Sacred YearAblb and Nissan are the two names

of the first month of the Hebrew icred year. This month corresponds totbe latter part of March and the firstpart of April of our calendar, and Itcontained* 30 dnys. Of course thesenames are here expressed In the let-ters of our alphabet AJeph is thename of the first letter of tbe Hebrewalphabet. " ,:>

A poultry bouse without ventilationto a source of trouble and a liabilityto the owner, authorities at the col-lege of agriculture. University of RU-BotodalB. \

Proper ventilation to the changingof the air within the boose withoutcausing a drafty condition, and chang-ing It often enough to take care ofmoisture In other words, tbe Idealdesired by good ventilation to a housefree from drafts and in a dry con-dition.

During winter -months so-manypoultry keepers will make the mistakeof dosing their bouses so tightly Inaa effort to get warmth that they willcause a stagnant air condition, anddampness will result At no time-dur-ing the year should tbe front of tbebouse be entirely dosed, and especial-ly so if the pen to in any waycrowded.

There are many schemes and me-chanical devices made that will aidpoultry-house ventilation, and whilethese have a value, the aim shouldbe to establish conditions as efficientand fool proof as possible for gettingfresh sir Into the bouse

For tbe shed-roof type of boose, tbeopen front will solve the diAenlty.This opening may have a rough weath-er protector of cotton, but a cottonscreen to not necessary. Fresh airwill never hurt the birds. Incidental-y the open front will allow the birds

direct sunlight on days of sunshine.For the house wltb an A-shaped roof

and which generally Is wider than oth-er types of bouses, it would be advis-able to put in a straw loft. The straw

111 Insulate against cold and beat andill help to absorb moisture from the

pen. It is advisable to have an open-ing In each gable end allowing for anair current over tbe straw. This to

very simple and efficient way ofventilating a house, and has the ad-ventage of keeping the house coolerIn summer and warmer In winter.

The one thing a person must guardagainst with a straw loft Is tbe con-trol of all mites and. lice.

Pullets Hatched Early

Begin to Lay in FallEarly hatched pullets properly grown

and matured will begin to lay duringthe fall and early, winter, when fresheggs are scarce and when egg pricesare at their very highest point Itwill make a great deal of differencein tbe returns from the flock whetherthe pullets lay fairly well during thewinter or whether they do not beginto lay until spring, for In either casethey will be consuming feed. Practi-cally any pullet, whether late or earlyhatched, or even a very old hen, willlay during the spring season, but It istbe early hatched pullets which mustbe depended upon for eggs during tbefall and winter. The practice ofhatching early as compared withhatching late will enable the poultrykeeper to receive the very consider-able added profit due to the produc-tion of winter eggs, and Ih manycases will make all the difference be-tween loss and a good profit from thepoultry flock; therefore, practice earlyhatching and secure winter eggs. It Isvery Important '

Poultry. Pacts

Early roosting keeps tbe chicks fromcrowding into the corners. .

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Electric lights In winter is an arti-ficial way of making things naturalfor hens, who do' more work withlonger days. • .

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Never put chicks of different agesIn the same coop or brooder unlessthere Is a partition so that the tinyones-are separated from the olderones. . . - •

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Don't neglect grass for the youngchicks in the brooder house. It sup-plies the vitamlnes necessary to healthand growth, that can be obtained no-where else.

• • •Poultrymen are placing stress upon

the need of early hatching and earlyproduction from the pullets.

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Duck eggs can be hatched very suc-cessfully In incubators, and most in-cubator manufacturers furnish specialInstructions for the hatching* of duckeggs with their machines.

• • • 'It takes 21 days for hen eggs to

hatch; 28 days for.duck eggs; 30 to34 for goose eggs, and 28 days forturkey eggs. The time may va^y some-what according to conditions.

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Even In the best of batches thereare always some chicks'that are notJust right. Such birds should be dis-posed of at once.

• • •Exercise, grit and green feed all

have their place In the developmentof the growing chick, but they cannottake the place of sunlight

Sunshine-is one of the necessitiesIn successful cblck raising. It preventsrickets or leg weakness, so commonamong chicks that "are, kept Indooradaring the early weeks- o* spring.

Even f, Above aad

We all love a certaincalmness In a friend or aIf it does not go so far aa tomental Idleness or a perpetually palermatte disposition.

Real ralmniss to a balanced disportdon which can' view cutting thingsand not lose Its head. There to abalance la the writing; aa there to tothe disposition.

Tbe spacing will be even betweentbe letters. Even though there to vividimagination and strong energy andemphasis la the nature, this spacingwill remain even between the wordsand letters.

Again, the looped letters like f, willbe balanced above and below tbe lute.The letters like g and y will be aslow below tbe line as are tbe lettersh, I, etc., above the line.

The small letters in a word will boof even height throughout the word.

The writing of the very calm per-son Is not very large as a role. Thereis a compact appearance, and the writ-ing Is minus scrolls, which speak ofapprobation. No very approbatlveperson, worrying about what the otherfellow thinks, can be genuinely calm tothe emergency.

WiU He Work in Public?There Is a desire to work for

humanity and tbe general welfareof tbe public Indicated In mostwriting but the Interesting thing

to search for Isthe sign of action

the actual wlH toput through theplan to benefitmankind. H e r eare some of thekeys:

First we will look at the capital M.If the latter part of this letter Is high-er than the other parts and If, at thesame time, the upper loop of the letterf Is larger than the lower, then wemay be sure that the subconsciousurge of that writer Is to teach othersor help many." Now, if tbe first partof the M Is low and not In proportionto the other parts,* we will find a writ-er lacking in self-esteem. He will notdrive himself to act because he doesnot take a lesson from bis failures.He glosses over the error with ex-cuses and makes no further progressby his lesson.

T bars will be to the left of theupright and low on the upright In thewriting of one who does not feel tbeurge to make use of life. T's will behigh toward the heaven In the onewho Is here to help others. T barswill be to the right of the upright andthe terminals will reach out towardthe other fellow. Large writing andwords far apart indicate the humanl-*«rian.

Does He like to Eat?

Tbe way to a man's heart Is throughhis stomach, so they say. This Is, ofcourse, an Interesting theory, espe-cially to the girl who knows she cancook. But let us go farther and seewhat the general nature of the always-hungry type is:

Tbe person who Is constantly think-ing about feeding himself makes* aheavy bold stroke throughout his writ-ing. He naturally Is thinking of himself when lie craves something to sat-isfy hto appetite, whatever that appe-tite-might crave. When he Is con-stantly on the lookout for somethingto put into his stomach, he sometimesforgets to put something Into bis mind.He will make down strokes that seemto reach way down Into the ground.His terminals will not run out towardtbe next word, but down. T's and d'swill not reach high into the heavens.T bars will be bold and emphatic, literally saying, "give me."

Lower loops will bend off towardright Words will decrease in size asthey go on. Capitals will not be muchlarger than rest of word. This writershould know that when you can mas-ter appetite, you can do anything Inthe world. Will, to then, supreme.

Note.—Do not make final JudgmentuntH other signs In writing; are studied.

East Indian WisdomIf none responds to your call, fol-

low tbe path all alone, all alone .If again In the stormy night you donot find a single soul to hold the lightfor you, and they all close the doorsagainst you, be not faint-hearted, buttake a rib out of ypur side, and light:It with- the fire of lightning, and then,follow the Gleam, follow the Gleam.—Rabindranath Tagore

Dennis Isn't So Dumb.Dumb Dennis says that ever since

an Inefficiency* expert came to theship where be works and regulates\iblngs there baa been nothing hut•rouble—Liberty Press..

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Radio

Only Q«e*tiq« of Time Until

Oreealeaf W. Plckard. noted radioengineer, believes that It only will be

Question of ttoae before scientistswill penetrate tbe myatertos'sorroand-Ing radio reception. According to atestatements, scientists are almost con-vinced that there to slight connectionbetween weather .and radio, reception.Plekard also thinks It would be pos-sible to counteract such bugaboos asfading and static In the near future.

"One of the outstanding problemstoday to the nature and the .cause ofhose atmospheric changes which pro-

duce such diversified effects aa weath-er, magnetic storms and disturbancesof radio reception," says Doctor Plck-ard. "The problem to meteorological;If this earth had no atmosphere therecould be no weather; on an airlessplanet there could be no long distancecommunication at broadcasting andhigher frequencies, and I think mag-netldana will agree that the phenom-ena of terrestrial magnetism wouldbe altered If atmosphere ware re-moved.

Sun Affects Atmosphere."The only known Important force

which acts upon the atmosphere," hecontinued, "to the complex radiationand emission from the variable star

•hlch .we call tbe son. Changes Inthis force are caused In two ways;first by the movement of the earthwith respect to tbe sun, aUd second byactual variations in solar relation. Ifthe sun maintained a constant radia-tion we should have only to considerthe earth's rotation on its axis, whichgives us night und day, and Its move-ments in an orbit around the sun,

hlch by the changing angle of tbesolar rays gives us the seasons. Ifthese movements were the only fac-tors Involved, weather, terrestrialmagnetism and radio reception wouldollow tbe calendar to a far greater

extent than our measuring instrumentsIndicate.

"But in the scheme of things as theyare we find that weather does not goaccording to the calendar, nor does ra-dio reception.' The visual evidence ofsun spots, faculae and prominencestells us that the sun is periodicallydisturbed, and measurements of tbeight and heat received by the earthhave shown that this varies In generalcorrespondence with the visiblechanges on the. sun's disk. ° Through

changes. Oar only directthe

terrestrialelectricity aad radio isteytloa. al-though over long periods they arehighly related to sun spots and othervisible changes of the sun's surface.And as radio research has not yet be-come a pare science we do not havesach systematic records to study aathose gathered through yean of as-tronomical and magnetic observa-tories.

Resolving Conditions.I t to perhaps unlikely that any high

correlation between reception andweather elements will be found. Solardisturbances and magnetic storms areworld-wide events, whereas weather torather a local matter. Analyses ofweather elements over the whole sur-face of the earth Indicate that thereare areas of positive correlation wltbsun spots, and also areas of negativecorrelation. Although I have not yetcollected and analysed reception fromany such collection of receiving pointsaa would fairly represent the earth aaa whole, I have found a bad nlgbtfor reception In Newton Center Is Ingeneral a bad night anywhere in theUnited States. And I have also foundthat European reception of distantbroadcasting reception agrees wellwith my own measurements.

"There to - some basis for tbe ac-sumptlon that reception is principallyaffected by corpuscular radiation fromthe sun, perhaps in tbe form of alphaparticles. Maunder has found - thatmagnetic*, disturbances seem to arisefrom restricted solar areas, not neces-sarily Including sun spots and to goout in definite directions, or rathershafts of several degrees diameter,which rotate with tbe sun. When sucha shaft strikes the earth a magneticstorm arises. Such lines of Influenceare not Maunder, thinks, necessarilyradial, but may flow In coronal streamlines. I find that In general, receptionIs most affected when a spot or agroup of spots is near the center ofthe solar disk—that Is, when they aremost nearly facing the earth, althoughthere are exceptions.

"But the secrets of this universeyield rather to observation than pure-speculation," concluded. Doctor. Plck-ard. "When we have. sufficiency ofthis Tight kind of data we can frameexplanations,"

SIMPLICITYOF RADIO

By POWEL CROSLEY, JR.

ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION. OF"TUNING*

With a piano and a violin we mayvery easily demonstrate the principleupon which radio tuning is based.First of all we must remember thattightening a violin string makes itvibrate more rapidly, giving out a noteof. higher pitch, while loosening itmakes it vibrate less rapidly, givingout a lower note. First we will loosenall the violin strings until they hangwith practically no tension. Then wewill strike a key on tbe piano, feelingthe violin strings wltb our finger at

Plane and Violin May Be Used toIllustrate Resonance.

the same time to see if they vibrate Inunison with the piano note. No vibra-tions will be felt because the. naturalvibrating period of the violin string,when loose, will be much lower thanthat of the piano string which tostruck. ' ,

Next we will gradually tighten oneof tbe violin strings, ^causing it tohave a higher and higher natural vi-brating, period. We will strike thepiano note at frequent Intervals dur-ing this process of tightening,; andwhen the string has been adjusted tothe tension at which It gives out anote of the same pitch as tbe pianonote, (that Is, at which Its .naturalvibrating period to the same as that ofthe piano string) It will vibrate veryforcibly whenever the piano note Isstfuik. As the string-Is tightened stillfarther, its response to the piano notewll} grow less and law, until it finally

sinks Into non-responsiveness. Thuswe see that strings In musical Instru-ments will respond to each other'ssounds if they are tuned to the sameperiod of vibration, and if It to de-cided that one string shall respond toanother one that is in a state of vibra-tion, it to necessary to tune it to tbeperiod of the vibrating string. Theresponse of radio sets only to the par-ticular period to which they are ad-justed Involves the same fundamentalprinciples. To receive a broadcastingstation on our radio set we must tuneIt by turning the dials to the par-ticular station we desire to hear.

There Is another fact that we canlearn from tbe strings. If the violinstring Is tuned to an octave below orabove the piano note It will respond,though not so well, to the vibrationsof the piano string. This is known aathe phenomenon of harmonica. Whentuned one octave below the piano note,the violin string tends to vibrate halfas fast as the piano string, and whentuned one octave higher it tends tovibrate twice as fast: Thus when anoctave apart the strings are, to a cer-tain extent in tune with each other,and will respond to each other to-some degree.

Harmonics play an Important partin determining, the quality of musicand of the voice. In practically allsounds or musical tones a great num-ber of harmonics are present Theviolin owes Its musical duality largelyto the higher harmonics, or overtones.The organ depends upon the lowernotes and lower harmonics for ltapeculiar musical timbre. Thus It toImportant in radio transmission and,reception that the harmonics of thesounds at the broadcasting studios beperceived.

Glass Insulators for WinterUse glass Insulators to protect the

aerial of the set against snow andsleet during the winter. Glass to im-pervious to water and other weather-Ing conditions, and It to this qualitywhich gives i t value on ship radio In-stallations. The use of glass as in-sulation reduces the leakage Af radioenergy, whereas other insulating: ma;terials might weaken under the effectsof snow, sleet and continuous rains.

Uruguay Ms)y Lead in RadioUruguay, the smallest of tbe South

American republics, Is promising tobecome one of the leaders in radio Inthe Southern hemisphere. Uruguayan 'listeners, besides their own two sta-tions, are, within the range of the sta-tions uv Buenos Aires, Santiago andValparaiso, and a recent estimate ofthe number of receivers In Uruguay to12,000, ICore than half are of Ameri-can origin.

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Find New Sod for Putting (keens CALLS SHIFTGAME'S SAVIOR

Sport WiU Revert to Brok-ing DayB if Eliminated.

Knute K. Bockne, Notre Dasaeeoaeh. thinks ftMtball to at tto e n s *muk. Be told Wotre Dam* atassalthat ti>« agitation against tto shift, tohla opinion. menaces tto eator. if notactually tto Ufa, of tto

eight years of experiment and research- experts of the Arlingtonexperimental farm of the Department of Agriculture have developed a sodsolving one of golfs greatest problems—* perfect putting green grass. Re-gardless of the weather the emerald mat around the little red flags will alwaysbe green; The new sod, known as-velvet bent grass, can be handled In largeaections, as Illustrated In this photograph.

Fourth Try for ArnoldState in Major League

Sometimes they are plucked for themajors before they are ready. Whichprobably Is the case with Arnold JohnState, recently drafted by the Brook-lyn Superbas. It will be his fourth

' big league trial.8tatx> it will be recalled, was a twen-

ty-one-year-old phenom with the NewYork Giants In the spring of 1910.With Holy Crow be attracted the at-tention of all of the major leaguescouts. As frequently Is the case, theGiants put out the biggest bonus andStats became a member of McGraw'schampions.

When the waiver signal was sentout on the collegian, the Red SoxclalmeC him, but the Americanleaguers reached the sane decision asMcOraw, not ready, so the Idol of HolyCross was dropped to the minors.

SUU was placed with Los AngelesIn the Pacific Coast league. He playedIn 101 games In 1820. The followingseason he finished with an averageof 310 for 168 games and stole 52bases. . .

The Cubs paid the price for Stats.He had three years of It In the Na-tional league, but his light hittingagain relegated him to the minors.

Another trip to Los Angeles forJohn Arnold—two more years andnow he returns to the majors.

Tex Rickard Plans BigBowl to Seat Many Fans

The wooden stands on Boyle's Thir-ty Acres In Jersey City are to be de-molished and on the site probablywill rise a huge concrete and stoelbowl costing $1,500,000 and capableof seating 100,000 persons, said TexBIckard.

The new arena will be constructed,the promoter said, If the Mew Jerseyboxing laws are amended to permitdecisions and a top seat price of $50Instead of the $25 limit now In force.He Indicated his belief that thesechanges would be made In the statetaw.

On Boyle's Thirty Acres a pinestructure was erected by Rickard In1921 at a cost of $845,000 for the boutbetween Jack Dempsey and GeorgesCarpentler.

BIckard also said he had discussedplans for his entry Into the sport fieldIn Philadelphia with Phil Classmanand Maurice Flshman, who have pur-chased a controlling Interest In anarena there.

1932 Olympics Is BeingSought by Smoky City

Wheels hare been set to motion tosecure the Olympic games for Chicago1982.

The games, according to a planformulated by B. N. Hurley, would bea part of the Chicago Centennial cele-bration. Hurley, chairman of thecommittee on organization of- the ex-position, recommended the move forthe acquisition of the Olympic eventsto a letter to Mayor WUUam E. Deverof Chicago.

Events In the games would takeplace In Soldiers' field, the letter todlcated, while additional events wouldbe scheduled for lagoons and Island;to be bnllt to l * k e Michigan.

To Swim Irish Channel

Henry Sullivan, shown In the photo-graaa. recently successfully negotiateddm CetaUna*3ehannel, a distance ofabout' 22 mjjea. Now Sullivan is go-

• Ing to .attempt to swim the Irish chan-nel, a distance of about 80 miles. Bat-llvan a few yean ago swam tto

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Sport HatesPossibly Judge Lsndto will earn that

$83,000 a year!

McGIll university of Montreal, Can-ada, will revive Its fancy skating dub.

Baseball Is a game to summer anda struggle of Internal politics to win-ter. : v..-;. . . •

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Baseball battle cry for 1927: - i t iehome boys, right or wrong—preferablyright" v':,-..,_

The United States army plans tosend a polo team to the next Olympicgames.

Organised baseball seems to to hav-ing a hard time ridding the diamondof its flaws.

• • •Seattle has sold Inflelder Ted Bald-

win to the Philadelphia club of theNational league.

An eager public to waiting for thetime when baseball will to played instead of being talked about

Evidently, from the sporting page,all the football players have not beenput to plaster casts for the season.

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James Mellllo Smith, the world'sgreatest bowler, earned his first dimeat the age of ten by setting up pins.

Manager Jim Galloway of the Beanmont team has signed Outfielder StumpEddington, formerly with Fort Worth.

Brooklyn has announced the optional release of Pitcher Ray Moss to LosAngeles of the Pacific Coast league.

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While playing with his father, FrankL. Williams, aged twelve, scored a holeIn one on the Mllburn golf course toKansas City.

• • •Johnny Borkoskl, an Inflelder from

Honolulu, and Pat Asblll, a youngcatcher, have been signed by the Mis-sion club of the Pacific Coast league.

Harvard finds football a very roughcoarse game. It's surprising how sentlraent has changed since -Harvard usedto be on the winning end occasionally.

Miss Eleanor Goss, one of America'sranking female tennis players* hasbeen appointed director of the wom-en's department of a New York bank,

Gene Tunney says that he thinks achampion should fight no bftener thanonce a year. In .the old days thechamps took 'em as fast as they couldcome along.

Billy Burch, captain of the NewYork Bangers, to the only star In pro-fessional hockey today who Is Ameri-can born, having first seen the Ughof day In Yo.ikers.

Still, no ball player was ever moreanxious for thu money than the ownerwho sends him on southern tourswhere first base Is a stump and theshortstop straddles a creek.

A correspondent says the new at-titude of America and Great Britaintoward China averted another Boxeruprising. In this country we can't geta boxer to uprise for less than $700,000.

. Willow Springs golf course, wherethe Texas open tournament la to beheld. Is one of the most difficult piecesof golfing terrain to the country. Thefirst hole Is exactly 400 yards inlength.

Bagenbaggage, Col. E. R. Bradley'sfamous four-year-old, will carry topweight of 128 pounds In the $25,000Dixie handicap, to to run at Plmllco,May 2. The race to at a mile andthree-sixteenths.

.' - The Pacific Coast league to aboutthe only baseball circuit of any im-portance that has not felt, the up-heaval In mnnRgertol ranks. Pllots-.ofall eight ti-iif.m nave been re-engagedfor next seusou.

Tommy Leach, famous ex-Piratestar outfielder, who is now to. businessto Florida, was. never heard'to utteran oath during bis long.baseball ca-reer and earned the reputation of be-ing one of the deanest-Uvtog men toH » came.

There are shifts and enlfts," besaid. "However, tt to simpto. Btnera team stops or tt does not Thequestion of momentum or tack of ttcan easily, be 'decided. It to not aquestion of time, aa to seconds. Itmay be only half a second. I thinkwith proper rhythm a team can ceaseIts momentum with, a halt of half asecond. ;

"The shift has done- mueh for of-fensive football. It has made the gamecolorful and a more pleasant spec-tacle. I see In the movement for abo-lition of the shift a tendency to re^vert to the old Tock 'em and sock 'em'game with both teams playing a de-fensive game and crying 'come on.fumble^ so we can win this game.'

"If the shift to to be made what ttIs represented, a smooth-working pieceof machinery designed only for de-ception, it might be accomplished byimposing a penalty of, say, 15 yards.

"Clipping from behind has beenstopped because a player knows if heto detected dipping from behind histeam will be penalized 25 yards and a25-yard penalty to likely to be fatal.If a 15-yard penalty should be Im-posed on illegal shifts, I am convincedthat the sloppy and ragged shift willbe effectually curbed."

a bett-AwHMltoai to the • »

burnable gaa that, although •ndtoeo*-ered on earth before 1886. to used toinflate dirigibles and thus keep themfrom exploding, as tboso AUoa withhydrogen.are likely to do.

The natural gas from tlw PetroUa(Texas) field, which has provided bott-om up until now, to playing out Sincecongress has authorised t to construc-tion of two giant dirigibles, each witha capacity of 4000400 coble feet, to

$8,000,000, tack of helium to

Norton Warming Up

Photo shows Arthur Nortou, eatcheiof the New York university baseballteam, warming up during Indoor prac-tice of the New York university base-ball team on the U. S. S. Illinois.

Baseball Managers KeepUp Howl, for Pitchers

Baseball managers agree mostgames are won or lost In the pitch-er's box, and major league pilots areplanning to take a record number ofhuriers to training camps this spring.Capable twlriera are scarce and managers have about decided It to moreprofitable to develop them than obtainthem at exorbitant prices from theminors. •

Brooklyn and Pittsburgh each has18 pitchers under contract, and more#111 be added If Wllbert Robinson andDonle Bush can obtain additionalnames to contracts. Material to plen-tiful for other berths, but monndsmenof the type of "Lefty" Groves, HerbPennock, George Uhle and a fewothers are painfully scarce. The de-mand for winning pitchers was empha-sised when Connie Mack paid morethan $100,000 for Groves. McGra'parted with something like $75,000 forJack Bentley, who failed to live up toexpectations. .

This situation puts the minors upagainst It A fairly good pitcher tokept In the majors until all 16 mana-gers are convinced he cannot makethe grade. When one pilot decidesto cut a hurler loose another Is will-ing to give him a chance before theplayer to shunted off to a smallerleague

Amateur in Tennis Is aJoke, Says V. Richards

Vincent Richards, who Is displeasedby the decision of the United StatesLawn Tennis association in refusinghim 1028 ranking as an amateur be-cause of professionalism, threatens totour the United States "to tell thosewho care to hear the truth about thetennis situation."

"The amateur in tennis," he said."Is a Joke, with few exceptions. Takethe drawings of a famous woman ama-teur tennis player appearing In thepapers subscribing to a newspapersyndicate. She to reported to receivea salary of $250 a week for these'drawings. If she to paid for the draw-Ings and not her tennis name, thenam the world's greatest tenor."

Richards said that a revolution toamateur tennis, already .brewing tothe Mid-West and Western net organ-izations, would soon sweep aside the"Iron-hand rule of Simon Legree. mas-ters of ..tennis who demand taxationwithout representation from playerswho make the' game." He .charged a."New York clique" with running--theaffairs of the U. 8. L. T. A, "My hatis In die rink In behalf of tto Insur-

," to added.

u. & WOUHD OVERHELIUM SHORTAGE SAVED BY HORSE

rylng government officials. Tto navyand tto United States bureau of minesare asking congress to appropriatemoney to pipe to tto Fort Worth(Texas) helium extraction plant, builtduring tto war, tto heUum-oearlngnatural gaa of Kocona, only 25 milesfrom Petrolia.

The appropriation desired to $500.-000, which to needed to construct thenecessary pipeline and pressure plantThe bill Is now awaiting action by ttosehete. Once tto money to appropri-ated, It will to a matter of only sixor seven months before the heliumsupply can be Increased.

The Nocona told was discovered In1922, but natural gas, although burnedto the field; has never been drawnaway. The Ufe of the Nocona supply

about 15 years, and It will prob-ably produce from 10,000,000 to 12.-000,000 cubic feet of%hellum a yearduring that time. •

More helium Is essential with .theconstruction of the two giant dirigiblesIn view. There never was enoughhelium to float the Los Angeles andthe Sbeoandoab simultaneously. Withthe destruction of the Shenandoah, theworld's largest single store of purehelium was.lost Each of the proj-ected giant dirigibles will need threetimes the helium now being used bythe dirigible Los Angeles.

Cattle Malady Laid toLack of Phosphates

Sturgeon Bay, Wls.—A cattle mal-ady tba^ has puzzled dairymen InDoor county for months has beentraced to Its source, according to areport from Dr. B. A. Beach of the Wis-consin College of Agriculture.

Lack of phosphates In the soil andconsequently to the cattle feed causedall the'trouble, he said.

A herd of six afflicted animals wasplaced at the peninsula branch of thestate experimental station and fed awell-balanced ration after postmortemexamination on cows that died of thetrouble showed lack of phosphates andlimes to their bones. This ration, inwhich the proper phosphates were In-cluded, brought the cattle back-to fullstrength and weight In a few months.

The soil In northern Door county Isvery shallow, and due to this the phos-phates In the soil were quickly usedup. According to Prof. E. J. Delwlche,bead of the experimental station, nine-tenths of the farms In this district arelacking to phosphates, and many otherfarms to Wisconsin are also showingthe effects of Insufficient phosphates Inthe aoU.

Local Fancier BreedsDogs That Do Not Bark

Bellingham, Wash.—By Interbreed-ing with a type of Siberian sledgedors, a local fancier has developeda species of dog that does not bark.They have a manner of howling some-thing akin to the wolf, but whenwell fed forget even that vocal ability,to begging for food they try to attractattention by a whine and. gutturalcough.

Roal Estate PaysNew York.—Jonas Well, realty op-

erator, died In 1917, leaving tenementsvalued at $500,000 when realty was Intto wartime dumps. Now It's worth$4,000,000.

Church Theft ChartedDallas, Texas.—Theft of one . Bap-

tist church, value $45, to the chargethat two negroes, one the pastor amitto other a deacon, are facing here.

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I White House EmploysSmall Clerical Force

Washington.—With the excep-tion of the fine arts commissionwhich has but two-hired bands,.the White House has the small-est clerical force of any govern-ment department or Independ-ent bureau.

Forty-four employees. Includ-ing three women, are assignedto the executive offices to assistPresident Coolldge administratethe nation's business.

Uncle Sam employs a total of.160.706 persons to keep thewheels of government moving,compared with a* total of 438,-<>ft7 In 1916. When the armis-tice was .signed In November.1818, the largest number N»fclerks to history, 917.780, wereon the government pay rolls.

The Post-Office departmentleads the field to employees with306.9B& The Treasury depart-ment to'second with 51,610 andtto War department third with48,768. The Justice departmenthas the smallest number, 8,788.of,any of the executive depart-

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Original Theory.Parto.-D4d Borne Call

pobtlc spirited citizen knewInvent a torn— that woaUly atfltee torse now«rt TataJoint to tto armor of tto fallen em-pires of antiquity was pointed ant byCommandant Lefebrre des Noettea ata recent meeting of the French Insti-tute of Anthropology.

Commandant des Noettes baa madea complete survey of tto history <»ftto use of animal motive power fromtto early dawn of civilization. Theharness of the ancients, to explained.Lad for Its principal organ of tractiona collar consisting of a leather bandthat went around the neck like a do*collar, without touching the shoulders,and which was attached to a woodenyoke Just above the withers. This col-lar was so pieced that It most effec-tively cut off the animal's wind bypressing on Ms windpipe end tto largeartery of the throat.

Almost Strangled Horses.As soon ss s team felt the weight of

a chariot and Its passengers exertlnitpressure on the collar they wereforced to rear up their heads and dashoff to save themselves from stran-gling. Hence the rampant attitude ofall the hones depicted In ancient pa-pyri and sculpture*, declared Com-mandant des Noette*.

As a rcwnlt of this drawback thegreat civilizations of the past werenever able to get more than a frac-tion of the potential motive powerfrom their horses. Ox teams operat-ing with a wooden yoke attached tothe horns, not greatly different fromthat In use today; did not suffer fromthe oppressive collar and In coasw-quence did most of what heavy haul-Ing was done. Both oxen and horseswere unshod and In consequence werenot much good In rough ground.

Couldnt Haul Half a Ton.Dsta obtained from translations of

the Greek historian Xenophon snrtfrom the Theodoslan code about athousand years Ister, said Command-ant des Noettes, Indicate that no teamof oxen In ancient times was. ever con-sidered capable of transporting a loadof over half a ton.

Various Ineffectual attempts weremade to modify to better advantagethe accepted type of "harness.1 but nutuntil after the era of Charlemagne,about the time of the beginning of theCapet dynasty In France, did someInventive genius devise a horse collarthat was practical.

For six hundred years the water millfor grinding corn had failed to bringgreat benefit to the Romans, simplybecause It took numberless animals rodraw enough grain to supply Its needs.Where grain could not be transportedIn ships the arduous labor of handgrinding continued to be the orderof the day. The lack of adequatetransportation of raw products andthe consequent dependence .00 stovelabor, according to Commandant denNoettes, constituted the great weakness of the civilisations of the pastThe Invention of the modern harnessgave to the world, he declared, a mo-tive force more powerful and econoinleal than slavery.

Discover Branch Fossil100,000,000 Years Old

Pittsburgh, Pa.—A tree branch fos-sil estimated to to 100.000,000 yearsold to s prised possession of the Car-negie Institute of Technology here.

The fossil, found In s coal mine atHarmarsburg, Pa., to described by ge-ologists as a "tepldodendron lanceolaturn." a plant which contributed great-ly to the forming of coal deposits tothe carboniferous era.

The woody part of the tree becamecarbonized with other branches thatbecame coal and the fossil is almostas thin as paper. It la a tree top fourfeet high with branches spreadingthree feet Bark, limbs, twigs andleaves are very clearly marked.

Miners In the Harmar.mine of theConsumer Mining company found thefossil In the slate roof of an entry,and the company gave It to the Insti-tute.

Falto. & 0 . -a reactor of i .

Dakota, to tto owner of aweald not seU for Its weight tat

gold. His affection for t to animal to» to the fact that It saved Ms Ufa.Daring a storm recently, while t to

temperature was below aero. Binder-necfc was rounding op some of bis cat*da, riding tto torse which afterward!saved bis life, when tto animal slippedand fell, throwing Rlndemeck to t toground, breaking <his leg and render-Ing blm unconscious. Instead of ttoboras scrambling to Its feet and dash-ing away, as most animals would navodone, it scrambled to Its feet sodstood patiently beside; tto form of Itsmaster on tto ground.

When the rancher regained consclous-BSS he found the horse there wait-

Ing for him. Helpless, so far as at-tempting to walk was concerned, tograsped the ssddle stirrup nearest tohim. then spoke quietly to his horseand with bis voice guided It to asnowbank which was of sufficientheight to enable him to crawl to th«bark of the horse.

He then rnde to the nearest farmhouse, but on arriving at the gatelie was unable to make any one hearhlit calls for help. In this extremityhe produced his pliers and cut thefence, riding up to the house, wherohe was given assistance and thentaken to the nearest town for surgicalattention for hi* broken lex.

The rancher declares that had hishorse not waited for blm he wouldhave frown to death.. He was severalmiles from home when the accidenthappened, and it would have been Im-possible for him to have crawled that

•distance.

Foreign Names Barred onRussian Bilk of Fare

Moscow.—Roast beef, cafe an lalt,consomme and other adaptations offoreign names for foods henceforthwill/appear no more on Russian bill*of fare. The government has orderedthat foods In RuRoln must be calledby their proper : Russian uatnea tostimulate national, feeling In Kusslaand thereby unintentionally . makinglife a little less happy for foreign/vis-itors.

Gun Shot Both Roundand Square Bullets

Los Angeles, Calif.—The deadlyMartin machine gun, capable of firing18 bullets a minute, one of the prizeexhibits In the recent trial of accusedMexican revolutionists, to a far cryfrom Its first ancestor, Invented InEngland away back to 1717. Themodern gun may pat It all over Itsforebear In speed anil accuracy, but tthasn't Inherited one classic featurewhich seems to bsve recommended thefirst one—that of being able to ahoot .square bullets against Turks andround ones against Christians.

O. E. Chase, In charge of the pat-ent room In the Los Angeles publiclibrary, recently came across the speci-fication for this first gun, granted toJames Ruckle. It was a portable gun,or a machine called a "defense," andthe description ran as follows:

"The gun to a revolver and «smounted on a tripod; it has a anglebarrel and a rotating chamber. Theshape of the chambers and of the bal-lets may be changed or varied, somefor shooting square bullets againstTurks, and others for shooting roundbullets against Christians."

Lose Fortune by Failingto Pay Tax of 98 Cents

Wellington, Ran. — Seven two-acretracts of land, whose owners lost titleback to the nineties by failure to paytaxes of 98 cents per tract now arevalued at $100,000. The owners to.1893 considered tto land worth about$12JS0 an acre.

The discovery of oil to responsible.Benjamin Relta, a Kansas pioneer,

had a "'feeling" the land would tovaluable some day, and religiouslykept up hla tax payments, while hisneighbors let theirs lsg and finallylost title.

Then an oil company drilled a teatwell and found olL This well now topumping 1.200 barrels a day.

Cut Off "Twiatle"Oswaldtwistle. England.-This little

town to going to lose Its "twlstle" sodprobably become plain Oswald. Ttocouncllmen have decided "twlstle" tocumbersome.

Seeks Safer JobLondon.—Because the street* are

too dangerous. Harold .Solomon hassold his Mxlcab and began studyingaviation. He purposes to ran an airtaxi.

Icicles in Alaska TunnelsDelay Railroad Traffic

, Anchorage, Alaska.—Huge Icicles Intunnels along the^route of the Alaskagovernment railroad are' Interferingwith ^through on time traffic. Lastweek'three pillars of Ice several feetthick formed of frozen dripping*from ceilings of tunnels between Mile44 and Mile 62. The Ice waa so brittle,however, from Intense cold that %. blowof an ax shattered t to obstructions.

a MythExmoor, England.—Lorna Doone

never lived and Richard D. Black-more'a celebrated romance of thatname was founded on a myth, saysA. O. Bradley, noted •agUafc historian.

Hunt in Sheba's Landfor Stolen Jewish ArkNew York.—A legend thnt the

Ark of the Covenant stolen byMenellk I, son of Solomon andthe queen of Sheba, from Jeru-salem, to In a temple In the re-mote fastnesses of Abyssinia Isto be Investigated by an expedi-tion which left here recently.

Search will to made for trace-of tHe secluded Jewish tribe,therFsisshes, who refused torisk the-Red sea passage/wlthMoses.

The expedition, sponsored byAdventure Magazine, will hunt

-specimens of tto black-manedlion and two rare specimens ofmonkey, tto GeUada and theHamadgroa, for the nationalzoological park to Washington.

H Gordon Macereagb and aft| i and Mrs. Bart Rossmaa aiaj members of this ozpedlaoa.{I ports of, tto trip will b{[ by radio.

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mendation for his determination tofctfk firsthand Information of landsTuaTare^to figure prominently^Triour foreign negotiations. He evi-

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KEEWNQ TMC STATE OUT OPDEBT

Governor Trumbull'a opposition

or more for highway improvementsadvocacy ot ato enable the!

knowledge of actual conditions there j State to provide room in its insti-

is as sound as hismodest bond issue

improvements oat o< ear-rent funds. Bat this would be an in-justice to those that are alreadydeins their part to maintain the

39*There is no reason why money put

STATE COMFKRCNCC

Plans sire ander way for the 8tateConference of Social Work whleh

,n,o permanent improvemenu should » • • • « • * * * •

Judge Walter H. Clark, of Hartford,

roi be spread out orer fifteen ortwenty rears in order that the tax-payers of no one year should carry

be si-natora who will scoff atjimious for those now denied ad-j , u * entire burden.l.i • erudition, and among them Senat or Koran.—Hartford Courant.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1927.

Seeking to Bring McCaul BackThis County for Theft

of Auto

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S'I !•- art* to b<- taknn by Staff At-!orn«-y Walif-r Holcomb to have Rich-ard MrCaul, who was. arrested bythe Stratford police| last weekcharst-d with iiu-ft of automobile tiretube*, brought back to the Utchfleidcounty jail to answer to a charge oftheft of an automobile owned byColin Campbell. The automobiletheft occurred last August and Mc-Caul wag bound over to the superiorcourt, but escaped from the Li ten-field jail while he was awaiting trial.

It is probable, however, that Litch-field county will have to wait sometime as McCaul was found guilty ofthe Stratford charge today andbound over to the Falrfleld countysuperior court under bonds of $1,000.The charge against him was break-ing into the Pan-Am gasoline sta-tion at Ferry boulevard and Willowavenue. It was there that he stolethe automobile tubes.

.McCaul is wanted in numerousplaces to answer to various charges,among them being: Litchfleld countybreaking jail and theft of an auto-mobile: Maryland, theft of an auto-mobile;* Cheshire reformatory, viola-tion of parole; and Hackcnsack, N. J.theft of a carjiK sweeper.

The gara?'.- owner saiil that £$tubes were S'.DVU from him. and ywere''recovered, and returned by Wa-terbury police otllciaU.

When Chief William E. Nevin andCaptain Nicholas Calabre.se went toStratford to identify McCaul, he saidthat he ha«l never seen the Torrlns-ton' officers before. Eventually, how-evi-r. he admitted that he was ac-quit!:.:e.<! vith them and that he hadbe-- i a.i-"^"'! l u r e liisi A u u u s t . —

COAST STORMS

Tlin^e of' us who strive to learnwhat the weather Is about to do

, hav<- h:id our troubles since Decent-; b-r. 'Kven the weather bureau, with. MHlities beyond those of the aver-ace man. promised southern' New

' England snow or rain not long ago* and it got neither, though the Mas-! sachu.-etts coast was scourged by aflerc- L'ale to say,nothing of a tidewhich submerged the sacred rock atPlymouth. Even those of us whoare married and have had experienceIn feminine ways find ourselves dumbif we are asked what the weather isgoing to be tomorrow.

Our own meteorologist, A. D. Elm-er, who hag much confidence in a23-days cycle, finds that the twenty-three days have frequently consoli-dated their forces and have producedsomething resembling a 68-day cycle,though he feels that the 23-day cyclehas fitted the first-page weather sinceJanuary. What most of us havenoted is that the storms of the pastwinter—or the almost-past one, tobe more exact—have been of thecoast type. No matter how Innocenta "low" in the southwest may haveappeared, it grew mightily and sweptup the coast, producing northeastKales in its passage. The numberof .storms that have followed thecontinental course through the St.I.iiw:-»-nce valley has been limited.

"I'llfJ* coastal business will eventu-ally end. but, unless It ceases shortly,swing in Connecticut is bound to bemore than usually dinnpreabie for al

mission. Roads are worn out longbefore bonds mature. Even the bestof concrete roads cannot be classed

permanent investment. But

i theIf the Governor were- more of a

|,<lit|l(ian and less of a business! nac he might easily find an excusei (or letting some other administra-

tion do the things that ought to beneeded public, done now. It should be a matter ofihat the State, pratuluttori to the people of Con-for Its charges; r.ectleut that they have a Governorcategory. The' who has ihe courage to face the sit

:l:- aexpenditures forIriildings ln ordermay properly carear» In a differentbuildings! continue to serve their In-J u&iiim that exists and the commontended purpose long after the bonds] sense to handle it as any good bus-whlch supplied the capital for their ir.ws executive would handle aconstruction have been retired. Mmilar situation arising in the af-

There is also a vast difference be-tween the State making an appro-priation to enable rural districts toenjoy the blessings of good roads,and the proposal to bend the Stateheavily in a vain effort to solve thewhole problem of country highwaysall at once.

The general policy should be tokeep the State as nearly as possibleon a "pay-as-you-go" basis. But toplace so narrow an interpretationon that policy as to make it Impos-sible for the State to perform its pro-per functions is foolish in the ex-treme. There is a justifiable Statepride in keeping out of debt, butwhere that Is done at the sacrificeof Institutions that the State is sup-posed to maintain this feeling otpride gives way* to> other emotions.

To neglect the insane and the fee-ble minded, to let crippled childrensuffer for want of attention, to payno heed, to measures of conservation,t'> permit Resources to He Idle forli.ck of development — to go on Inthis way and then boast that theState pays as it goes and has noihbt does not, we believe, appeal toto the patriotism and civic pride of

northeasterly wind Is never pleasant. Connecticut's citizens.The outlook is discouraging, especial-1 Nobody wants the State to be ex-iy since a star-gazer writes to a New, "avagant. Nobody wants it to in-York paper to the effect that Ura- (lulRe l n a spasm of high finance.

SENATOR BINGHAM'S FAR EAST-. • ... ERN TRIP

Frederic Williiitr. Wile.. well,;known uutlior and i:e\vs|i:«i)(-r coi-jrespondent, contrasts iaterHtitisl.-'iSenator Borah ot Idaho and •Senator!KlnKhiim of Connecticut in t.hfcourse of an article contributed tothe "Washinpton- Star." He *ay.-ithat Senator Hincham "i* about 10s-et ,an example to hi.s fellow ineuibers of Congress by spending prac-tically the entire forthcoming longrecess in exploring 'foreign affairs."He leaves Washington for San. Fran-cisco as the tlr.st step in a journeyto the Far East that will lastthrough flie spring and summer andtake in Hawaii. Guam, the Philippines, Japan and China.

"The main purpose of SenatorBlngham's expedition," writes Mr.Wile, "Is to equip himself with firsthand knowledge of conditions inthe Philippines and China," as hebelieves that the United States"during the next year and afterwardwill be concerned in very urge de-gree with developments on theother side of the. world."

Mr. Wile says that "Senator Blng-ham's plans arouse particular inter-est in Washington because of theapparently abortive attempt of Sen-ator Borah to take the Senate For-eign Relations Committee on a tourof official investigation to Mexicoand Central America" and he goeson to tell something that will benews to most readers when he says:

"The country will probably besurprised, to know that two United

• States Senators who are always inthe forefront of discussions of worldaffairs are men who know nothingabout iheni from [»-r-onal contact.One of th<--e authorities is SenatorWilliam E. Ho rah. Republican, of Ida-ho, chairman of tlu- Forejen Relation?Commi'tei., ;md the other is Senator

. J.-me- A. Ileeil. Democrat, of Mis.-.-ouri. in/'h-iirie-t of the 'non-entan-uleni'iu" and l.-'ilationist school ofAmerican politic*."

Senator lli-'-d. by thr way. is alsoa. member of th- rommijtee on For-(•Icn Rf-Iiiiion-s, While opportunitiesfor trav-i abroad do not come to all.i» is unfortunate that men who haveplayed and continue to play suchimportant parts, in directing the for-

,<?iKn policy of the United Stateshave no first-hand, information toguide their judgment. Of course,as seen in the recent correspond-ence ot the Senator fiom Idaho withthe President of Mexico, it is pos-sible for Borah to write when hecan't travel, but the correspondenceschool method of handling foreignaffairs rs not always the best.

It has long beenJa matter of re-gret that Senator Borah is at thehead of the Senate Commitee onForeign Relations, a position forwhich he is not temperamentallyfitted. His outlook is essentiallyparochial, although he possesses abrilliant mind. ' He will say, per-haps, that he cannot afford foreign

, travel, but In the position 'he occu-' pies he ought to contrive some way

to broaden his understanding of our

ims is responsible for the storms ofthe winter and that, for' the next(en months, it is bound to do evenworse. He mentions storm periodsas follows:—April 1 to 12. April 16and- 17. April 19 and 20. May 1, 11and 12, June 4 and 5, July 5 andand September 10. 13, 15, 20 and 23.September, we are convinced, willbe a total loss.—Hartford Courant,March v

MAKE GOOD ENGLISH SAFE

.\;i ih«- boys and girls who attendthe public schools will soon be drop-ping their pet slang phrases at'therate df one a week and cultivatingbioail a's, if the General Federationof Women's clubs has its way. Thisis the proposed upshot of the feder-ation's campaign for better speech.The need of Improvement is self-evldent. But-a pertinent question mightbe whether ah unaffected use ofeven the most backward slang ismore to be deplored than self-con-scious and stilted correctness ofenunciation, grammar and diction.

Most of the children and a for-midable proportion of their elders,It is to be feared, would vote unhesitatingly for unconstrained slang.We need not assume that they areopposed to the idea of correct speech.in principle. On the contrary,many of them undoubtedly strive tocultivate it for what they may con-sider, fit occasions. But they arepossessed of an intuitive fear of be-ing suspected of affectation by theircommon associates. Consideredapart from abstract principles, thisattitude is essentially healthy.

Correct speech is a matter or slowgrowth, and environment conclu-sively influences the degrees of itsuse. From the practical standpoint,a person cannot cultivate a schol-arly style of address for the shop,the dance hall or the playgroundwithout milking himself embarras-singly conspicuous, unless all the"tliers can be interested jn doins?likewise. Th" prospect of pettini;everybody to poli.-h up his con-versation "pi'fbiibly mea-ui".- ;>iettyacflliately the rletrroe (,| -iifff^swhich the sponsors of the Iio-Wlth-out clubs may expect to sittain inil.eir l;ibor-i amon« the school < hil-drcn.—Waterbury American.

Nobody wants a departure fromsound business methods. But it doesnot follow from this that everybodywants the State to adopt a cheese-paring policy at the expense of itsobligations to society. The accu-mulation of a debt oftentimes fur-nishes the best incentive to thrift.I.' the State makes & capital ex-penditure for public undertakingsthat can no longer be postponed, itwill have a greater need than everto prevent waste at the spigot.

By making the tux rate largeenough the State could, of course-provided it did not bankrupt itscitizens in the process—finance all

privately conducted cor-fairs of ano rat Ion.

There Is confidence ln the abilityand sagacity of Governor Trumbulland a like idegree of confidence Inthe Finance Committee so ablyheaded by Senator Walcott. Anyfinancial program that they rec-commend can be accepted with fullconfidence that it represents theminimum requirements ot the Stateat this time.—Hartford Courant.

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When the dragon or China, atpresent stretched amiably at thefeet of Russia eagerly thrusting IUbead forward to be stroked and lend-In*: a wUUng ear to the enticing,glamorous promises of Sovtetlsm,awakens to the realisation that a redflag spells disaster, and not peace;and plenty, China will find Itself inthe most pathetic situation ever ex-perienced by any nation.

That is the opinion of Dr. HenryBrock Rollins of Granby. recentlyreturned to this country from threeand a half years with Yale-In-China,located at Ghangsba, Dr. Rollins«as accompanied by bis wife andtwo children, the younger of whomis eight weeks old. They Ieft^Chsng-

BoUins. who laughed td the report,which heralded the peaceable relin-qulshment of the

By a wiawlmons vote. foDowta* a

physician was aeeaed Is taste taw,easily or a •alajrtwr saiga* n te a|good horse In eaOtng tbe doeter. whonight, at that, arrive too late. The;

light w throws on the

the country doctor, Uke ConneeticatLegislature attempted yesterday *solution of the rural road, probjem

aid. Although the Appropriationson thej^^-ssrl^rs'srsr. rr-"i. >*?

.ha when the Institution was cand Americans were ordered toevacuate.

"China today Is seething withSoYietlsm." said Dr. Rollins yester-day at his home in Granby. "Every-where one sees manifestations ofRussian influence, and no effort ismade to conceal It Step by stepthe Soviet campaign In China Is par-allel to that which Is carried on inRussia.

"It la known by many that fundsare being supplied to both factionsby Russia, and I have It on reliableauthority that $50,000,000 was paidby Russia to the Cantonese partyfor the privilege of following alongin the wake of the Cantonese armyto teach and organize Sovletlsm inChina.

"The arrival of the Russian consul at Changsha last. Novembermarked the beginning of the end forYale-in-China. Within a week theorganization of Impudent, arrogant,unreasonable unions among the stu-dents and personnel of the' institu-tion was in full swing, and soon themost impossible demands beganpouring In upon the faculty, to be

pHe went on to describe the Britishaction of calling for volunteers todefend the concession. A large num-ber of foreigners, mostly ex-servicemen, answered the call, he said, andeach was equipped with a rifle andammunition and stood ready to goInto action. With the approach ofth«* Cantonese forces, the volunteerswere collected and lay we King or-ders. Approximately an hour be-fore they were to have i?one forward

defense of th«j concession a tele-

the woods, ttie sentiment of theHouse is a clear indication of pre-vailing public opinion that the coun-try districts of the State are en-titled to enjoy reasonable means ofhighway communication. The pro-visions of the bill sponsored by Rep-resentative Lynch of Orange appearto offer a happy compromise onvarious oth.-r measures all lookingto the same end. but not so wellcalculated to serve the desired pur-

pnone on.the British commander'sdesk tinkled. Dr. Rollins said. Itproved to be Chinese headquartersin Hankow. This, according to Dr.Rollins Is the message which theBritish commander heard:—

"We would suggest that before yousend these reserves of yours out onduty that you first visit the homesla Hankow where there are Britishwomen and children quartered. Youwill find all these home, picketedby Chinese soldiers. The momentyou send out your reserves everywoman and child will be killed. Weadmit .that this Is a bit crude, butyou will agree that it is effective."

"It was," said Dr. Rollins. "Wheninvestigation proved that the reportwas correct and that every Englishhome was surrounded by determinedlooking Chinese soldiers the Britishvery tactfully agreed to relinquishtheir . concession peaceably.

Dr. Rollins believes that it willbi twenty-five years before foreigncrs will be permitted to do businessor live peaceably in China again.

"The present Is merely a begin-ning," he said. He likes China veryniuch, he said but did not expect

FAVORS «TM AMOtOMKNT

DacUaes Iwwltalliia to

i:- becoming scuree.Fifty.years ago every rural town

had its doctor, who was obstetrician,surgeon and- dentist as wtrtl. If atooth Misbehaved it was extractedwhen s.mie member of the familysaw rh>- "doctor, for he usually car-ried ill- neqessary instrument, re-

When Mr. J-B of

moved tooth for 25 or 50

followed by strikes, iebellions a n d , t 0 be able to return there. "I'd aodemontrations of every conceivable b a c k tO( lay if comlltions were so thatsort." . 11 could," he snid. "But it will be

For a time. Dr. Rollins explained. m a n y yf*rs b t ' t o r e Yale-ln-Chlha Is! resumed."

Dr. Rollins is a graduate of thsHartford Public '.High School, Dart-

the faculty, which had begun theschool year with every expectation'of one of the most successful sea- j . _ „ . , , . . • . ,sons In the history qf Yale-ln-Chlna.' "t"uth

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was at a loss to cope with the un- bcimoh H p w e n t l 0 C h l n a l n ™-expected situation. The expedientthing seemed to be to grant all re-quests by the students, however pre-posterous they might be, he said,and this was done, but to little avail.

• a b°>' » n d a

were born in Changsha, the girl be-ing only two weeks and two daysold when she began the long jour-rey to Granby. . which she made

faculty •• by the organized studentsbecame even more unreasonable,and strikes and rebellions still morefrequent.

To make matters worse, Dr. Rol-lins said, the Russian consul, "whoappeared to count that day lost thatdid not see some new union organ-ized," increased his aclvlties. Nur-ses, coolies, students of the middleKchool, the academy, the college,*house servants, 'rickshaw boys, in-

pose.The problem of Improved high-

ways. w~htch has been forced uponevery State by the automobile, isa problem of no mean proportions.The main thought here as elsewherehas been to construct trunk nigh-ways that will link together thelarger communities. This has beenthe right policy to pursue, conferringas It does tbe greatest good on thegreatest number and best meetingthe heavy demands of traffic Tre-mendous progress in this directionhas been made. One can now reachwith ease from any Important cen-ter all the other important centersof Connecticut, and the same Is trueof most other States. This all con-tributes to urban growth and de-velopment.

But the trouble with Connecticutwith Massachusetts, and all NewEngland is that the cities are grow-ing at the expense of the* countrydistricts, whereas there Is a vitalneed of doing everything possible torehabilitate our declining agricul-ture. There is no'one way to dothis, but of all ways none promisesbetter results than by providing therural sections of tin* .• State withready access to trunkllne highways.Improved country roads enable the'farmer to market his products witha fair degree of facility. Nor is thlaall, for by bringing hamlets out oftheir present state of Isolation theirinhabitants are put in direct touchwith the stimulus that urban contncts afford. Furthermore, with theexisting congestion on trunklinehighways city dwellers would beglad of the opportunity to get outinto the country If the condition ofthe loads enabled them to do sowith comparative ease.

We know of nothing that wouldpromote a better understanding anda better relationship between urbanand rural dwellers than to inako

and thai was that. Every ruraldistrict had Us chronic Invalid, us-ually a woman, who suffered fromwhat would now be regarded as a

yi-d complex, snd who triedtried out each and every patent med-icine that, nhf saw advertised in theweikly paper and who also con-trived to keep the village doctoremployH as well. She never recoveied but she never died young. Thefact that she was relieved fromwork and I secured attention, some-times at the price oi becoming ahousehold tyrant, at once preventedher recovery and prolonged her life.

Now, and reasonably enough,young physicians see nothing allur-ing In country practice. They knowwell enough that If ther beginthey have undertaken a wor" "**Is likely to require tbelrfor twenty-four hours aseven days of each of the''fifty-twoweeks in a year. The returns fromIt are modest and the upkeep of anautomobile which must traversecountry roads Is considerable.- LifeIn the larger towns is far more com'fortablf and there is always thepossibility of winning recognition.

The population of the countrytowns lesst-ns somewhat, but not asrapidly, one ffars, as do the countrydoctors nnd, though the telephon>renders the nearest physician ancessiblf, country highways hay

Chicago, head of tbe Internationalbrotherhood of Blacksmiths. Drop

g and Ht-lpr*. received annvitation to attend an anti-prohibi-ion meeting held under the* auspice,

of the Association Against the Eigh-eenth Amendment, lit? declined,•.vailing himself of ih» opportunity

hl own v>»s strongly:o ex|in»ss"There has never been a law in-

act«-il agreeable to ail. There hasnever b«-<-u a man who has presentedanything worthwhile, who has not

ad opposition. Our country ha-produced some of the greai»-:-t m*-nn history, and they hav* been bit-erly assailed by thosel who disa-

greed with them. , It seem.-i that tlu-greater the man and bis cause, thegreater the opposition.

"I have always opposed the dicta-tion of the whisky dealers and thebrewers' association. They havenever respected or1 obeyed any lawwhich interfered with their business.if they could avoid it, and it is notstrange that they disrespect and vio-late the Volstead law as it nowstands. Would they respect it ifit was modified? I think not. Thatvery fact alone would encouragethem in their disrespect for law.

"A number of very good peopleare yielding to the argument of 'personal rights,' and in doing so theyare yielding to the demands of themost vicious element In our countrywho are also using the same argu<ment. Some of our lawmakers havethrown up their hands ami an' try-liiK to surrender this great nation

O t a theyanywhere from- 4M to M Mmgo; prior to that tune war was i

It strikes us that this theory re-garding an increase of death, durinssun spot periods Is "2 mutch" as thelate John Billings might write.Marked changes in barometric pres-sure may influence life, and do forthat matter, throughi a material increase- or decrease of the air pres-sure upon the body, but this notionthai sun spots an- lethal should beaccepted with a great deal of cau-tion^—Hartford Courant.

They openly con-Tln-y violate theTheir ni'-ihod, 'o

ta bordering

.Courant. Mam.

THE WANING OF PRESIDENTIALBOOMS

Some presidential booms are bornovernight and die before noon. Hi of good roads extending throughoutwas not so very long agd that, In the- State one could catch the vision.spite of the unimportance of t h e ! " ' * Connecticut availing itself of

1 all its resources and opportunities.

not greatly Improved. The outlookfor an increase In the number ophysicians.in rural towns Is not encouragiir-'. .

The remedy must be in the line orural hospitals and sanatoria, whicli

to us that the hospital InStafford Spi-inga, for. Instance, musserve a larec area Indeed. So mustthF Middlesex Hospital In Middle-town, which Implies that both Mid-dlesex and Toiland counties wouldbe be't'T dl.siictft in which, to liveif they .each had at least one moreinstitution of the sort. If there Isa desire to make rural Connecticutattractive it. might manifest itselfin efforts to milke llfo less grim Inthe small towns.—Hartford Courant.

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

An automobile driver reported to

to lawbreakers.ct?d<' our def«-at,law themselves,my way' ofon treason.

"Many -in oflieial lift; are cverincto • these forces, whose UI'IIA andcustoms have, been brought from I

A MINO YOUR OWN BUSINESSENTERPRISE

John Rodemeyer, the editor ofthe Greenwich News and Graphic,who made the promising suggestion,that a new club be added to thosev.hlcb flourish in such Increasingnumbers wherever the populationexceeds a half dozen persons to beknown as The Mind Your BusinessClub, must now pay the penaltythat all lazy people pay in not stick-ing to business.. The Idea has beenseized by a citizen of Bristol whereRodemeyer's contemporary, ArthurBarnes, edits the Press and holdsdown a seat in the Legislature.Greenwich loses and Bristol gains,and) all owing to the procrastinatinghabits of the otherwise faithfulJohn.

A bill covering the points In-\olved in the practice of minding'one's own business has been drawnby City Engineer C. W. Buel ofRii.stol. and we understand that.Representative Barnes will father,o:- mother, It in the house. The bill.provides, we understand, a Severnnioiiej penalty and a term of 1m-I-rii-onment for anyone not a lawyerwho undertaken to prepare legalpapers or elve l'eiisil viivU-" !<>r com-ix ti.-'iiti'in or rewnni. A further pro-vision ni!ik>'.-; it a crime under thesume penalties for any person not amember of the state grnnco. or somo) m | 4 m b , P o f ,„,. ,Wf. K r n n e o . or somo

lien lands, who object to the laws! o ) ] ] p c p p

are connecteil with the

Volstead law was enacted, were the.hatcheries of the criminals, thehold-up men. and the gangsters;these are the men who .are now

>Z, .u " ? .• ' x, u * member of the Stat«< Departmentaccessible the . advantages which „,. u . . . , , ,h C f o W „„„ oft£>r , , o t , w aeach possess. If it ware possible topicture, at this moment a network

electoral vote In the state of Idaho,ternes; these and many other fac- U was though by many that thelions all had their separate unions, j s l a U . . s f a v o r l t e s o n , S e nator Borah,and each apparently tried to outdothe other In framing unheard of de-mands to submit to the faculty oftbe institution.

Asked on what grounds ne uasedhis conviction that these unionswere sponsored by the Russian con-sul, Dr. Rollins said that no effortwas made by the Russian to concealbis actions.

During one demonstration ' inwhich 15,000 students and civiliansof Changsha participated, the doc-tor .aid, the long procession passedthrough the house of the' Russianconsul, and upon leaving the houseeach demonstrator carried a largeplacard bearing a portrait of Lenlne,underneath which was printed somedescriptive matter.

"Why a few days before we leftChangsha," said Dr. Rollins, "a greatcelebration was held to! commemor-ate the anniversary of the death ofLenlne."

At another time. New Year's cardswere sent out by the secretary ofthe Russian consul. Each card con-

' talned nine sentences vividly andprofoundly abusing Christianity andall which pertained to it. On each

be a prominent candidate forthe Republican presidential nomina-tion in 1928 and "regular" Republi-cans were genuinely alarmed bywhat they considered the menace ofhis candidacy and the fight thatwould be necessary to head it off.Today we doubt if anybody— andperhaps Senator Borah, himself, leastof all—thinks such an outcome evenamong the possibilities;

There.Is another Republic presi-dential boom that is of longergrowth—that of former GovernorFrank O. Lowden of Illinois, longprominent in his party and a candi-date for the presidential nominationin 1920. Many have looked upon himas the likely Republican nominee in1928, in the event that PresidentCoolidge should not run again. Ashort time ago his chances lookedmuch better than they do today, for,as the advocate of the peculiar formof farm relief prescribed by the MeNary-Haugen bill recently vetoed bythe President, it is doubtful if someof those who have been his staunch-est supporters would care to see himthe Republican standard bearer and

card were printed the words, "A1

Happy New Year." Every American,received one, Dr. Rollins said.

Although Americans in Changshawere at no time subjected to vio-lence they were often obliged to sub-mit to personal Indignities, Dr. Rol-lins said. Stones, mud and the vil-est and most insulting of curseswere hurled,at foreigners, and onoday Dr. Rollins himself was struckon the head by a large stone andinjured.

It was with relief that the Amer-icans left Changsha, he said, for onenever knew at what moment theleash that held the' rebelling Chinesein check might be loosed. The de-parture from Changsha was made

' January 27, when a > party of forty-eight boarded a small Chineselaunch and was transported downthe river to Hankow. Enroute'toHankow two Chinese junks loadedwith refugees were picked up. Ar-riving at-Hankow, the American.

3 were Bent aboard the British shipT»uen Wu, which, built to accom-modate twenty-eight first class pas-sengers was forced, to carry 140.The trip to Shanghai was a night-mare, Dr. "Rollins .aid. Twice the

'overloaded sHlp went off its courseand grounded in,sand bar. beforeShanghai was reached on February4 On -February 8 the President

i a e v l d e n t t h a t Party wouldhesitate to nominate him. Whateverthe veto of Mr. Coolidge may havedone for Mr. Coolidge it seems tohave "done for" Mr. Lowden. Wesay this with the greatest respectfor the ability and sincerity of theIllinois man, but with the full con-viction that he stands for somethingthe country doesn't want. That Jiasbeen evident from the nation-widesentiment expressed in the supportof the farm relief bill veto.

With Governor Smith of New Yorkat the head of one major party tick-et next year and former-GovernorLowden at the head of the other andrepresenting the -McNary-Haugenkind 61 farm relief, the result of theelection would be in grave doubt.The., popularity of Governor Smithall-through the East would be boundto make some inroads on the Re-publican vote, regardless of who thecandidate may be, but if to it shouldbe added the Republicans who want-ed to register their opposition toradical farm relief measures, severalStates-normally RepubUcan wouldhave to be put in the doubtful list,if not conceded to the Democratsbefore election day. It looks as, if,wtfen the McNary-Haugen farm re-lief bill died. It did not die alone.Some presidential boom, went withit.—Hartford Courant

The time has come, be the costwhat it may, to do something tofoster and promote the rural devel-opment of this commonwealth. Thecity Is not sufficient. unto Itselfalone. It needs the products of thecountry quite as much as the coun-try needs the products of the city.We have developed business, com-merce and Industry, but we havedone little to encourage a revivalof agriculture and make countrylife more attractive. We boast ofour prosperity but It is too much Insnots. . It ought to be made as dif-fuse as possible. • •

Connecticut is primarily^ an in-dustrial State. It is her mission tobe such, but her industries' willgrow and prosper to a greater ex-tent if proper attention is paid tothe cultivation of her farming areas.The more we can raise at home ofwhat we consume the better will itbo for all pur people. We have de-pended altogether too much.on theWest and neglected our own interests in so doing.

From these general observationsit will be gathered that "The Cour••iiit" is deeply sympathetic with anyplan for the construction of a goodsy.-tem of country roads. OtherStates are tackling this problem ando the extent that they solve it the

'i-ppiness and contentment of theirneople will be furthered. Connecticut'annot afford to lap behind. Thework cannot be done al once. Time.patience and money are required.I'.ut to get a right start now, to es-tablish a wise program-and keepconsistently at it, is the part ofv-isdom.—Hartford Courant, March2nd. '

of Health Staff that after getting anew car he began to suffer head-aches for the first tithe In his life.A friend suggested that the heatermight permit gas from the exhaustt j enter the car. Removal of tb<jheater stopped thu headaches whichhad been cadsed by chronic carbonmonoxide poisoning.. A Boston physician reports a sim-ilar experience by one of his patients in a recent number of theBoston Medical and Surgical Jour-nal. In-this case, however, the manfinally sold the car before he wascompletely relieved from headachesdut to carbon monoxide poisoning.

These Instances serve as a re-minder of a constantly increasinghazard from the extended use of au-tomobiles. Carbon monoxide gas Isa product of incomplete combustionand 1B always present in the ex-haust gases from an automobile. Itmay also come from an oil burner,from a coal burner, or Indeed fromany fire where insufficient air issupplied for complete combustion.

Headache is a common exper-ience In garages and automobile re-pair shops and the only practicableremedy so far developed is removalof the carbon' monoxide gas eithe:through a pipe connected with theexhaust of an automobile while themotor Is running or by means offorced ventilation to take the gasout.

or cultivating the. garden for gainor reward. The bill protects theCTa'luate. civil enidn'-er from the lnterference of any unauthorized per-son who seeks to measure the dis-tance between two points. Putteringabout one's place on an Idle after-noon, and undertaking to1 do what Isredit the laws enacted by majorl

l-s. and the first step, toward th. n r o f e s s i o n a l r I c h t o f s o m e o n e•et urn of th--se conditions is through i , . . '._ .,_ ...,„ ... _, •„ .,._lie modification of the Volstead law.

"We should ut='-' all our efforts itiemanding that honest men bp

[ilaccd on guard to enforce the law,'•uiher than surrender America toht-se destructive Influences'. Lei us•levate our .standards rather thanutter them, as I believe the modlflea-ion of the Volstead Act would do.

This I believe to be the 'remedy. I

'"Yours very truly,"J. W. KL1NK."

else to do. will be danrerous if thebill becomes a law.

We reserve whatever approval •this.bill excitos in us until it hasbeen passed upon by John Rode-.nieyer. In so importantn.ent a.s that which s

a move-to make

••very one mind his own business by.legally , 0 h j f i QVn

iness should in all. fairness be sub-

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to the fountain head, of allywisdom where such matters are-lab-oratorieil before .' action is taken.

. We are prepared to endorse thespirit of the proposed law, if not ItsJetter. and we are willing to swallow

Cable drspatches have told the the letter, rod. line, sinker and hook.American public that a French phy-j « RodemeyeV say. it is all right.skian has Informed the French| ^ e suggest that he submit its pro-Academy of Medicine that double Visions to his committee on publicthe number of deaths occur on daysl morals and render a report. . Ifwhen sun spots are visible thanwhen there are none. He is con-vinced that these spots act unfa-vorably upon the physical mechan-

ism.

SCARCITY OF COUNTRY DOC-TORS

"The Courant" has noted thatthere are fifty towns in Connect Pcut which have no resident physi-cian, a fact which implies that res-idents in those places must seekmedical aid outside the borders oftheir own villages, a somewhat ser-ious fact when one realizes thatoften when a doctor is needed heis needed badly. In fact within aweek we heard a broadcasting sta-tion in Detroit* telffng^ the," entireUnited SUte."ihat a physician inFlat Jtock, Mich., was urgently need'ed atVa specified home in that town.

That suggests that in the pastfifty years conditions have Inprovedin some respect, BO far as the StateIH concerned but on the other hand,the number of country doctors isless. Between 4870 and 1880 if a

Upon visiting an automobile ser-vice station recently in response toa complaint of carbon monoxidepoisoning among the workers it wasfound that the management was con-sidering the installation of an ozonemachine on the theory that theozone would .convert the carbon)monoxide into carbon dioxide which'would be a harmless gas. The Jan-1uary Bulletin of the New York Bu-rr au of Industrial Hygiene containsan article by a chemical engineer de-scribing experiments in which ozonefailed to reduce the amount of car-bon monoxide in the atmosphere ofi closed experimental room. Framthese experiments it ls?concludedthat the expenditure of severalhundred dollars for ozonators foruse- in a garage Is not justified.

The carbon monoxide problemmust-be attacked from the stand-point of ventilation. Whether ven-tilation takes the form of removing-exhaust gases from an automobilethrough a pipe connected with theexhaust, or of removing contamin;ated< air from the garage appear., tobe a secondary mtfcter. The "pointis to remove the carbon' monoxideby any means the engineers'can findeffective for doing so. ^Otherwisepeople^ will continue to suffer fromchronic carbon monoxide poisoninghi garages- and automobile repairshops.-^State Department of Health.

We may have misjudged the po-tency of sun spots but, without open-ly declaring ourselves as counsel forthe accused we are inclined to re-gard the evidence as insufficientand to say that sun spots are ob-jects of unjust attacks. Otherscientists have been inclined to saythat these spots are responsible forirregularities in terrestrial weather,if it is possible for our weather tobe Irregular, and that they occasionviolent storms and, not infrequently,auroras. . .;

That, is not unreasonable butscientists have not stopped there.Not long ago a Russian possiblyfilled with a desire to establish analibi for his nation, asserted thatlie is convinced that sun spots in-fluencu the minds of men and, so,bring about wars, crime waves., toburrow a phrase from metropolitanpapers, and the like. That wouldImply for one thing that a sun spotlies over two great cities of theInited States continuously, which! Telephone 14-2

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August Hecksher, prominent finan-cier and philanthropist of New YorkCity, who spends his winter, at LakeWales. Florida, was entertained atluncheon Tuesday by Jack Taylorand Ed Busbee. the luncheon washeld at Che Rolyat hotel where Mr.Hecksher Is spending a few daysand those attending it, besides Mr.Hecksher, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Bus-bee were: Capi Harold Colvocor-esses, Frederick Kingsbury, Jr.,Dunscombe Sanford, all of New Yorkand New England.—Florida News-paper. . . .

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REALIZEDTHE TRUTH

By ESTHER PKOUDPOOT

<C*pjrr««*t fcjr W. O. Cfr»pm»« >

S your decision, to I tr"If s got to be."Tbea I can tell yon that

fou ant selling Mllly Intoheartbreak and misery! Man, reflect—yon are doing a terrible thing."

Kirk Howard, bachelor, aged thirty-live, spoke with fervor and Indigna-tion. Rarely had he been so wroughtup. Clean hearted, humanely sympa-thetic, his soul was stirred to Itsdepths, and the note of appeal, ofduvet prophecy in his voice wouldhave commanded more than ordinaryattention from a person less sordidthan old John DavenaL

'There to something under this Ido not understand, resumed Howard."I have been your neighbor for twoyears, my nephew Walter and yourdaughter Mllly have been like brother and sister. Neighbor, don't youthink I am entitled to your confidencein this- matter?"

It was then that old Davenal blurt-ed out the truth. It shocked Howard.Davenal had got Into the clutches ofDaniel Wegg. the village lawyer. Hehad been led Into unwise Investment)*•until be .owed the attorney a largeamo.unt of money.

"As it Is." declared Davenal, and histones were fairly desperate, "Weggcan seize everything I own and leaveMllly a pauper when I am gone. Hesays be really likes Mllly, and he of-fers to cancel the debt and settle theestate on her If she will marry him.He's given -me two days to decide."

"Can you think of bestowing thatlovely wild-flower child upon a mantwice married, once divorced, a selfish,hard-minded skinflint? Oh, neighbor,neighbor, this must not bet"

"Then It's ruin for me and for her.""Better that than that she should

pine and fade like a blighted flower.No, no, there to some way out of ItCan I see Mllly T"

"She has agreed to the—""Sacrifice I—perhaps, in her filial de-

votion, but she must never wed Dan-iel Wegg. Ah I there she to in thegarden. I must speak to her," andalthough Davenal evidently feared anupset of his selfish plans. Howardwalked toward a form he made outon a bush-sheltered seat It wasHilly. She sat In a sad. wearied pose.Her eyes were closed and there weretraces of dried tears upon her wanface.

"Poor, poor child!" murmured How-ard, and she started and looked uplike a frightened fawn at the soundof hto approaching footsteps.

"Oh, It Is you, Mr. Howard." shestammered In confusion, and then, ashe sat down beside her, despite bisgrave manner, she nestled towardhim. the shadows on her face lighten-ing as If he infused her with u senseof protection.

"Mllly." he spoke outright "yourfather has told me. Tou are to marryMr. Wegg?"

"I- -I must." •Her lips drew tight, her face was

a mask of pent-up misery."As an old friend," pursued How-

ard, "let me ask you one question:There Is someone else?" .

Her eyes were downcast her facecovered with a quick flush.

"Yes," she barely whispered, hertones a-tremble, her face half hidden,

Howard gave a great start. A sud-den thought, a fancied new discoveryhad< Illumined hto mind.. In a .flash liesaw It all—his nephew, Walter 1 Why,of course I Had not Mllly for monthsbefore the departure of Walter run Inupon them, happy and free as a mem-ber of the family, for weeks andweeks? She loved another—who couldIt be but Walter? And had not "theboy" written, far away In the Westwith a surveying party, that "only for

. one he loved the exile would be alonesome experience." They mightnever have plighted their troth, butMilly loved Walter, whom else? andWalter—why, they were mated intemperament and tastes, and aboveall In youth!

A great new thought came to KirkHoward. He loved Walter as an ownson. It would take fully a month toreach him and get him back home.Pauiel Wegi: had set a limit of twodays. \Vhu» was there In life forhimself, reflected Howard—and amighty resolve thrilled-and then fas-jclnated him.

"Mllly," he spoke steadily as he"could, "your father sees his situationonly in your sacrifice. I enn preventit, I cun aid In getting him out ofthe power of Daniel Wegg. Will youhelp me to do it? Milly, will youmarry—me? I am old. It is true, butI will not beja-jT-a burden to you. ItIs only to save'you. I—I—"

In amazement he checked the inco-herent torrent of words which ne

-sought to employ to\conceal his realIntentions. Milly had uttered astrange cry. She bent toward him.It seemed as if a great gladnessshowed in her^relleved face, the flash-ing glimpse^ he had of It ..Then^bury-Ing her face on hto arm, she clung tohim like a tired, storm-beaten childseeking ahd finding security, and

' peace. ^ Z••Yes—yes I" ane murmured. /."Oh,

my best my dearest of- friends r andthen, sobbings she darted, from thespot, for her father had Intruded. . 3

Plainly, bluntly Kirk Howard.stat-ed bhOosltlon to Mr. Davenal. The

latter had refusedtweea Wegg and Howard **re cooM*ht xm canllake place at once, the money pro-vided to pay off Wegg before the lat-ter would contrive some scheme 10defeat their plans and harass them.

It waa strange how grave, bow palewas Howard through that hurried cer-emony. Mllly acted like one Indream. No one waa present at tbemarriage except father, daughter.Howard and the minister.

"I—I have some lmportsnt businessup at my home,'' spoke Howard an astrained, unnatural voice, as the cler-gyman went away.

MUiy regarded him tremulously.There was a wistful, pleading look in-her eyes, but he, manlike, construed Itaa passing gratitude at her deliver-ance from being wedded to a man sheabhorred.

"I may not return until tomorrow.'be voiced unsteadily, "I have somevery'Important papers to make out—to provide for your future, Mllly," headded, and then be was gone, leavingDavenal stupefied and Mllly puzzled.

"What did it mean? What could Itmean! For an hour Mllly sat mar-veling at this strange abandonment.Somehow the tost look Howard hadbestowed upon her troubled her.haunted her. It seemed to expresssorrow, subtle, Infinitely pathetic, yetIt also appeared to bid her hope. Herfather retired. A deserted bride. Mlllywent to the window and glanced out.

Over at the Howard home a singlelight glowed brightly. She knew Itslocation, the ground floor room thatwas Mr. Howard's library. It seemedto beckon to her. Her soul was un-easy. She left the house, and tenminutes later she stood Just outsidethe open window, not two feet awayfrom the table at which Howard waswriting. Her startled eyes made outthe words:

"—nd so. dear nephew, I shall befound as If I died a natural death, andall I have Is yours and Mllly's. Nevertell her the truth, for what are thefew years I may live to your longhappiness and hers? Dear boy! Iwas blind not to guess that love di-rected her many visits to us, that Idid not surmise that she to the influence' you spoke of In your letter. Andso I have saved her by marrying her.An unclaimed bride, a widow, all herlove will be yours—"

Aghast, Mllly read the Intent of thewriter. She hastened around to thefront door, she thrust It open, rail tothe library. As she sank to her kneesby his side, tbe astounded Howardlooked up.

"Mllly, my child!" he spoke."Mr. Howard—oh, destroy that let-

ter! What would you do?" shepanted.

"For Walter's sake—" he began."What is Walter to me!" she cried

In a walling tone. "He loves another.Oh, blind! blind! doubly blind! MustI tell you that my visits to your homewere Influenced by devotion, love forthe grandest man I ever met!"

She was sobbing in his arms. Hisface grew glorified as he realized thetruth, and all the ways of life seemedsmiling and sweet at last

Brother of TecunuehWon Fame at Leader

' Elkswataws, younger .brother of Te-curaseh, was largely responsible forthe part that great Indian warrior andstatesman played In organizing a fed-eration of the red men to oppose theencroachments of the whites. In 1805Elkswntawa proclaimed himself a re-ligious leader and began to arouse thetribes of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, tothe great disturbance of the settlers.His doctrines were not primarily revo-lutionary, but temperance and totalabstinence were tenets, together withreverence for old age and sympathyfor the Infirm. He also urged his peo-ple to resist Intermarriage and topreserve their own customs and cos-tumes. This being In line with whatall Indians had held, as Ideal previousto C'aucastan/lnvaslon, his preachingcaused much' excitement among the.tribes and fear among the whites. Itwas the response of the Indians to hisbrother's pleading that started Te-cumseh on his mission In the causeof federation which took him to theCberokees and the other more civil-ized tribes of the South, in the course,of which he covered many, thousandmiles.—Don. C. Seitz In "UncommonAmericans."

Sugar ConmmptionThe average per capita consumption

of sugar in the United States Is twopounds per: week. This includes thesugar used °|n candies, sweet, drinksand other Joods not prepared In thehome. The amount which would beused In cooking. anil on the table av-erages about one anil a half poundsper person per week. The amount ofsugar consumed is now higher In theUnited Stutes rlinn In most other pnrts(it the world, the per capita <-onsuni|>-tlon having lnrreused during the last100 years from ten' pounds to over onehundred pounds yearly.

Peacm Ideal , •I am or.e of the'tliouHiinds of whom

might he Hiiid what. Lee said of theSouth—"All we want is to be letalone." A few good friends, and agarden; the stars and the sea; a pipe,a few good books, 11 little music—notradlQ'd—and "time to sun myself andgrow." 1 don't care how hard thework. If I can do It In my slippers—and needn't shave ysflnd If there'stune to do It earefuHy and thought-fully, tranquilly ancKit leisure, with-out hurry, distraction and Interruption.—Channlng fjPoHock, in* Hearst'sttrnatlonal-CpsmqpolItun.'

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IN JAVA

Javanese Woman on the Way to Market

(Prepared by lh« National OwwraphteSocltty. Wuhlmrtoa. D. C.)

J ATA, lying far off In the easternseas, almost a world apart fromEurope and America, has erophiislztd the Twentieth century'*

quickening of communications and theeasy flow of Ideas by recently havingIts Bolshevist troubles. These-seem,however, to' have been pretty wellsuppressed.

The very recent emergence of theJavanese from serfdom no doubt In-creases the desire for greater freedomamong the smull group of the editcated; but the close association of th>vast mass of tbe uneducated with th«soil—a virtual peonage—Is a powerfulforce toward conservatism. '•

Java Is a* favored Isle In many waysIts entire area, equal to that of NewYork state, lies within nine degrees orthe equator. Java to the richest ofthe Dutch East Indies and also thomost densely populated; the numberof Inhabitants amounts to as many as1.000 per square mile In some district*.Aside from the sprinkling of Europeans and Chinese, the native popula-tion numbers more than 30,000,000.These all belong to the Malay raceand almost without exception professthe religion of Islam. .

Batuvia, on the low-lying northcoast, Is the capital of Java as well asIts metropolis and the great emporiumfor trade'among the Islands and be-tween them and the mother country.The Netherlands. It is a great,sprawling.town, with numerous ware-houses to take the place of the "fac-tories" of the early days of Dutchactivity In' the East There are canals,too. In true Dutch fashion, In the oldtown. Few Europeans live.there now.It is given over almost wholly to trade,and serves as well as a residence sec-tion for Javanese. Chinese, Indians.Arabs and. Malays.' Farther Inland onhigher ground lie the quarters of Eu-ropeuns, chiefly Dutch, of course. Thiswhite man's section has broad ave-nues and low houses embowered Intrees and shrubbery.

There are parks, green and colorfulwith the luxuriant growths of thetropics. Near one of these Is an Im-posing building of classical design,the Museum of the Batavlan Societyof Arts and Sciences. The copper ele-phant on a pedestal in front of thebuilding was a gift from the king nfSlam, presented on the occasion of hisvisit some years ago. This museumcontains the finest ethnological collec-tion of any Institution In the Far East

Good Hotels for Tropics.

The rising sun warns the traveler ofthe approach of noon and he turnsdown a side street In Search of thewelcome coolness of a hotel. As arule the hotels In Java are clean, wellkept and admirably designed to meetthe requirements of a tropical climate.They usually consist of a main build-Ing, openly constructed, so as to admitthe passing breeze, with wings con-taining the sleeping rooms. Thecharges In Java are much cheaperthan In other pnrts of the East. The'Java hotels furnish a great treat .togourmets— that famous gastronomic In-stitution known as the rljst-tafel orricp-tiifileT/

One takes his seat In a spacious pa-vilion ami is brought soup by un armyof beturhaned Malays. Tlien large,deep plates lire brought, on each 11supply of rice, on top of this basicstratum two Inches deep the dinerIs expert^] to place an extraordinaryvariety nf vegetables, curries, driedflsh. Afggs. fowls and meat flavoredwitli a variety of peppery condiments.

A sail of 36 hours from Batavl.ibrings one to Soernhaya, the mostImportant'seuport In Java, with a goodharbor jit the mouth of the Solo river.Ships anchor offshore and -passengersembark in one of the native boats andmake their ways/ amid the crowdedshipping tn the;landlng stage.

Although commercially of;grent Im-port 11 lire. Soerahaya to hot and pre-sentWtew attractions to the visitor.There Is an air »f bustling activityIn.the streets which seems tn^verlfy,

gibe city's -eputation for alertness and-ascendency in 4he mechanical arta,

ttxtvia hours' ride by rail from Soera-

bay* through a densely tropical regionlam's the traveler at Pasourouun.There lie may get the nal flavor ofhacfi-country travel by entering thecurious carts of the country calleddoii-a-dos. abd set out for the delight-ful mountain resort of Tosarl, Java'sSimla. Ever ascending, the roadleads past miles of rice and sugarfields to a pretty little hotel on thelower slopes of the mountain rang*,where one may rest The remainderof the climb to Tosari la too steep forvehicles, so horses and palanquins areused for the final stage of tbe Journey.

Tosarl to a delightful resort. A so-journ of several days In the salubriousair of the mountains renews one forlife or travel In the plains. A walkalong the single street of the villa**gives some Idea of the mode of life ofthese mountaineers, who are quite dis-tinct from their neighbors of the lowervalleys. Her* are found tbe homes ofthe Tenggerese, that hardy ••tribe who,at the time of the Moslem Invasion,retreated to these mountain strong-holds and successfully defended theirhomes against the Invaders.

The lofty location of Tosarl, perchedon a flank of the Tengger massif atan elevation of 5,480 feet above sealevel, Invites one. by Its Invigoratingair, to undertake walking trips amimountaineering excursions, which l.iother parts of the Island would be outof the question.

Lots of Volcano**,Two of these Jaunts which are most

Interesting are the trips to the craterof the active volcano and to the sum-mit of Penandjaan, a loftier eminencewhich commands an . extensive viewof the eastern part of the Island.

Volcanoes and Java are subjectsthat cannot be divorced. Volcano-made In the first place, and constantlybeing remade by them, Java has morevolcanoes than any area of its sizeIn the world. Estimates of the activeand extinct craters range from 100. toISO. Everywhere In Java. In the hugecrater lakes, In fissures that now areriver beds; even In ancient temples,half finished when Interrupted bysome fleiy convulsion, are evidencesof cataclysmic forces.

The "treacherous Riot," as the na-tives call i t air hut wiped out thetown of Britar In 1010, but even itsdevastation was mild compared to theviolent upheaval of Krakatoa In 1883.Then Mother Nature turned anarchistand planted a Gargantuan Infernal ma-chine on the doorstep of Java. Kra-katoa is a little Island In the Sundastrait, between Sumatra andWava.

One of the most fascinating spots Inall Java cities to the market TheDutch have roofed most of them over,and under the tile shelters the nativesdisplay baskets of rice, bunches of ba-nanas and leaves bearing preparationsof betel, peppers and grooad coconutIn every Javan town the market, orpassar. Is 8 center of Interest

If your purchase Is small enoughto warrant wrapping you get a neatpackage enclosed In banana leaf,which' has been called the "wrappingpaper of, tlteltropics," fastened with acactus thorn.

Java Is extremely fertile—made soby Its numerous volcanoes, thosemuch-maligned beneficent forces. The

^entire Island Is the most luxuriantgarden spot'In all the world. It Is aodensely populated that its Inhabitantsmust till the soli, and cannot plucktheir food from trees as In some SouthSea Isles. But they do live by a mini-mum of labor and they, requite forshelter only a roof over their-headsto protect them from frequent rain*The result of these ' conditions hasbeen that the present-day Javan hashad slight ne&l to concern himselfwith architecture, makings machine*,or" jiouseholtl decorations^

Though the modern Javan. to notconcerned with architecture the Is-land people of thousands of years agobultt temples and monuawnts whichtoday are ubjecti. of wonder to the'student and fragments of,beauty tnthe artist. Notable among these tothe Ore! t Buddha, or BoroBoedoer, amlghfy, terraced temple containing *massive. Image o'f Buildha and a re-markable series .0

UMS Velvet, Lame

Picture Actress So*lects an Interesting

Combination.Krora the Informal frock that start*

the day to the dinner or dance cos-tume, that to worn when.the occasiondemands, the "vogue for Introducingcontrasting fabrics to seen.

Tbe sports outfit which combine*jumper and skirt of different fabricsto well known to those who followParis Ideals In dress. In tbe afternooncostume which finds velvet so satis-factory In pan, if not in all Its frocks,there appears a very youthful dressthat shows a chiffon velvet skirt Ineither plain, shirred or tucked linescombining smartly with a blouse ofgraceful outlines In soft silk or satin.In tones tbe skirt and blouse harmonise,but do not match.

In the evening the effect to thesame, but the manner of producing Itmore formal. The skirt Is generally ofvelvet, although frequently chiffon Isused for a contrast. The Jumper isusually of lame and Is, of course,sleeveless In Its formal aspect It mayhave features of .a real Juniper or itmay appear In a bodice effect in thecontrasting fabric.

Whereas the sports costume gen-erally Introduces a blouse that has butlltle In common with the skirt; In theformal mode there Is usually somedefinite style that is reproduced Inboth bodice and skirt. For Instance, ascarf that matches the skirt in fabric,a flower that appears at both skirtand blouse, an applique that Is featuredon both pieces or some form of trim-ming that connects them.

Mary Astor, motion picture player,appearing In "The Sea Tiger," whoseyouthful appeal is so well suited to theJumper type of costume, has selecteda charming version of this mode for 1new dinner dress. The frock also po*

Dinner Frock Combining Velvet andLame In New Manner.

Besses another feature of Interest InIts combination of black and white,the' lame bodice being contrasted withthe skirt of black velvet. The hem ofthe skirt Is a feature of Interest andthe bodice possesses a quaint appealn its sleeveless and Bnug-fltting qual-

ities. A point- of decoration that tofeatured In both blouse and skirt tothe morning glory spray that Is seenat the waist as well as at one scallopof tbe hem of the skirt

Beauty Out of Fashion,Fashion Authority Says

Beauty Is passing out of fashion.Smartness is taking Its place. Fash-ionable women now prefer to he smartrather than to appear beautiful orpretty. •'The ascendency of smartnessIs; bringing the plain woman Into herown.'

Baron de Meyer, noted fashion .au-thority, in an article to be publishedin Harper's Bazar, says:

"To be pretty may be considered avaluable usset In the world, but It Ishardly sufficient now in competitionwith smartness. : Women who havemastered - the . art of dressing rarelyhesitate between what Is becomingand what Is chlci"'*'They Invariablycli»o.se the latter.

"A strunge and eccentric lookingwoman, by adopting and accentuatingmodern plainness, by wearing, clothestoo plain,, toojslmple, too neat. Is aptto become one of the world's mostadmired women. v

Plaits Are GracefulI For all their" apparent simplicitymany of the smartest frocks.are mar-vels of Intricate" details. Tucks run-nlnirln every direction form 7-trlrkydesigns, plaits give; the deslreu full-ness without adding one lota* to ihe.figure, while, flounces poised qiie overthe dother ^emphasise the femininityof the wearer.

Metallic HosiaryEvening stockings with real^goM

thread combined with the silk"? ane

Sihrer Brocade tooroer,^ Fur, Adorn Spring C

among the new footnotes. Thesemetallic stockings are most sheer nndflattering when worn with the gold-orsilver gown;' \ _ ' *.',-,- v ~ l~~

Love-bird green satin crept with asilver brocade border and a chinchillacollar and cuffs are the materials usedto fashion this exclusive ensembleworn by June Marlowe, the motion-pleture player. A hat of metal bre-cada In gold, green and silver 'tones,with dark grosgralned ribbon band,completes the outfit

Waves and Curls AgainCreeping Into Fashion

An Interesting motif runningthrough some of the newest coiffuresIs that of the high-dressed forelock,which Is waved to stand a little abovethe rest of the hair, then either fall-Ing forward,, on the forehead or back,at the front-side, over tbe otherstraight hair. The waves are set fair-ly dose together, and In one arrange-ment the very ends of the forelock arecurled up Into a tight little sausageroll effect These tfehMHtie-rolls ap-pear frequently, too, at the sides ofthe hair from front to back, for In-stance; or low across the back of thehead. One reason for the intricaciesof curling that are creeping Into themode Is the return of feminine fash-ion. The gay coqiiettlsliness of curlsIs but a simple manifestation.

Shoulder Flower StillPopular for Evening

The large-petaled shoulder flowercontinues to rule supreme for eve-ning time. Barely da we see a smartevening gown without shoulder deco-ration and the larger the flower thesmarter. Colored chiffon flowers withlarge petals and flowers made, of sil-ver or gold metallic chiffon are equal-ly popular.

Some of. those novel corsages are sohuge that they cover the entire shoul-der with petals falling over the upper .arm. The white flower is a bit newerthan colored ones. '

Black Lace or VelvetWhen One Is in Doubt

. The black velvet gown Is quite asattractive and as useful as the blacklace gown, although It Is not as serv.lceabie for traveling purposes since Itrequires more room for packing, andmust be steamed if creased. Lace canbe packed In the smallest space with-out crushing and therefore Is mostserviceable for week-ends where thesmall overnight bag or small suitcaseto one's luggage. Either black lace, orvelvet, however, answer the ever-pres-ent question of what to wear, for oc-casions when one to in doubt

Use Dainty Fringes toMake Novel Trimmings

They are doing almost as many newthings with fringes at the? moment asthey are with scarfs. For example, ablack satin dress Just imported totrimmed with long silk fringe, whichto sewn on a three-inch band of satinand draped arouncHthe hips. The longhanging end Is then thrown aroundthe shoulders making a transparentfringe cupe.,

Vogue of Tailored SuitOne of the most . significant de-

velopments of recent fashions Is tbetendency of many of the. best dressedwomen to choose & plain tailored suitwith simple straight skirt and shortJacket. Even greater interest 'Is at-'tached to the blouse, which .-In manycases Is a knitted pullover of thefinest yarn, or a jumiier which givesthe effect of a sweater.

Felt Berets Use, Two ShadesThe newest berets,? close fitting,

models, feature two^tpnes of felt In'sharply contrasted/ciilors. The darkertpne rests against -the hair. These arehats particularly/ /a'dapted to abort,

dose coiffures. •'•'

Black and Crystal FrockMost sophisticated add' smart are '

dance frocks of black-pet heavily 'encrusted with crystals in Intricateand- chapping designs. ~ ~ ->

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QUEER TAXES LEVIED

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Feudal Times.Washington.—A delegation from the

Virgin Islands recently appeared be-fore a congressional committee andappealed for me removal of tbe ex-port-tax en sugar.

"That an export tax is unconstitu-tional Is a matter of common knowl-edge to American news readers, andSUMS the Virgin Islands belong to tbeUnited States, some may question whytbe delegation should peacefully pleadfor tbe removal of the levy when Itcould be attacked aa unconstitutionalfrom the time of its Imposition,'' saysa bulletin from tbe headquarters ofthe National Geographic society Inthis city.

-Bat the Constitution does not saythat there shall be no tax on articlesexported from the United States andIts possessions. It declares that "Notax or doty shall be laid on articlesexported from any state." And, ac-cording to the courts, state In thiscase, means a state, not a possession.

Export Tax Odd to Us."While an export tax seems odd to

s citizen of the United states, It can-not compare with some of the humor-ous levies In foreign countries,1* con-tinues the bulletin.

M8lnce feudal times the kings of Eng-land have received miscellaneous ar-ticles as taxes on valuable property.

"Two knives, six horseshoes andsixty-one nails are sent to the king'scourt by the city of London each yearfor the use of * parcel of land neartbe famous* Strand, while a schooloccupying a piece of property neartbe Tower bridge, sends a bunch ofroses. The land Is worth $10,000, hotas' long as the roses a n "paid/ thesctfool Is permitted to continue Inpeaceful possession. Peppercorns (pep-per berries) are paid by the Royalacademy for Its London site.

"To hold his land the owner ofAylesbury manor provides three geeseIf the king visits Aylesbury in thesummer and three live eels If he goesthere In the winter. The owner Isalso bound to put clean straw on theking's bedroom floor three times ayear If the sovereign stops there.Straw on the bedroom floor was. oneof the luxuries of feudal t imes. '

"The tenant of Copeland manor Isrequired to hold the king's head shouldhe get seasick while crossing thestormy waters of the English channelfrom Dover to Whltsand bay.

"A crossbow Is contributed by theancient city of Chlchester, while thelord of Bryandon, Dorset county. Isbound to make a yearly presentationof a stringless bow and an unfeath-ered arrow for his majesty's useshould he decide to war with Wales.

"Instead of paying an assessmentIn money, knights, to whom largeparcels of feudal land were granted,were bound to perform 40 days' serv-ice in the king's military establishment and to equip themselves forduty.

"Property owners In England a fewhundred years ago also accounted forthe number of hearths and chimneysIn their buildings, for each one ofthem was levied upon. Windows alsowere taxed and today one occasionallysees evidence of the evasion of thinlevy where old windows have beenbricked up.

Blocks of Salt Paid Taxes."For centuries blocks of salt were

sent to the rulers of China from theprovinces bordering the sea to paytaxes. Rice and silk vied with saltin Importance. Today, In some part*of the republic, rice supplements sil-ver In payment of levies. In ancienttimes some tribes sent elephants'teeth while the Cantonese, It is re-lated, made payment in crabs, frogs,snakes and crickets.

"Travelers from one city to anotherIn China soon became familiar withother ways of raising revenue, thnnthat collected from land owners. Llklnor 'squeeze* stations, which might becompared with our nearly obsoletetoll gates, are met with at frequentIntervals along the highways. Bightof these stations are encounteredduring the 84-mile trip from Shanghaito Soochpw. At each station one's

. effects are ransacked and, while ev<ryarticle Is not taxed at each station,before the traveler reaches bis desti-nation at least three levies have beenpaid on each article. \

"Tibetan taxes are usually-paid ingoods. Sheep, wool, meal and nativecloth are principally used. In onesection of the hilly country, the grassand water Ijhe Tibetan cattle consumeare taxed, bat not tbe cattle."

Plan Statue of MilesStandish at Plymouth

i Plymouth. Mass.—Transflgured Intobronze, Capt Miles Standlsb, first sol-dier of the Pilgrim colony, may soonreturn to this, little town, the birth-place' of America.

Plans are under'way here for theerection of a monument of the mili-tary leader' of the early settlementA site on the grounds of the PlymouthMemorial building Is being considered.

•; In Duxbury, where Captain Standishonce lived, a - granite shaft already

, stands In his memory.

A Hefty Bride;/ Los Angeles, Calif.—Jolly Josephine,

twenty-two and ,680 (age and weight).Is a bride. Her husband. Karl OttoKlein twrntyifonr «nd 110. Is-to-giveup painting autos and manage her dr-cas sldvbhow' career.

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MACE SYMBOL OFHOUSE AUTHORITY

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Washington.—A ceremonialthe symbol of constituted antborltyrooted In the customs of the ancfsntRoman republic Is as mueh a part.ofthe sittings of the homtlves ss the members are

Whenever tbe house is la session, ttla mounted In a marble pedestal to theright of t te speaker's chair. If themembers are nwwtlng as a committeeof the whole on the state of tbe Union,it stands In a lower pedestal sear by.

It Is never unguarded, and for morethan eight years has been In the cus-tody of A. a Jordan of Lyons, Kan,tall, stalwart, genial assistant sergeantat arms, whose duty Is to maintain or-der on the floor.

Made In 1842 of ebony fasces, orrod* three feet long,-representing thestates, bound with thongs of silverand surmounted with a silver globeand spreading eagle, the mace of thehouse represents powers rarely exer-cised. Including summary expulsionof s disorderly member.

Usually, when the assistant ser-geant at arms. Is called upon to re-store order, he Is able to do so merelyby marching through the disturbedaisles carrying the mace or by hold-Ing It over two excited members. If amisbehaving member fails to heedthat display of authority, however, bemay lay It beside him. That act auto-matically expels him, and formal rein-statement would have- to be obtainedfor him to resume bis place In themembership.

Mr. Jordan Is glad he has never hadto lay down the mace.

Naval Bureau List*All Floating Danger*

Philadelphia, Pa.—While seas quiet-ly lap the shores of the world, a vigi-lant maritime patrol, unknown tomost "landlubbers," busily stalks thesilent but treacherous foes to com-mercial .shipping.

Icebergs, floating debris, land abut-ments, drifting buoys, derelicts andopaque fogs are constant menaces tonavigation against which war mustbe waged. The nerve center of opera-tions tbe world over Is the hydro-graphic office of the Navy department

This bureau tries first of all to keepa finger on the whereabouts of alldangers to shipping about which It IsImperative, in safety's cause, to know.An elaborate Intelligence service, en-listing co-operation of hydrographlcservices of other countries, assists thebureau to chart known Impedimentsto water traffic and send out warn-ings. '. • . .

Constant, communication with shipsst sea, advising them of newly sightedderelicts, rafts and other things, Ismaintained. The bureau supplies allnavigators with Information and askstheir reciprocation by advising of thelongitude and latitude of icebergsand other strayllngs. It Immediatelydisseminates the news over all oceanhighways.

Meanwhile the navy and coastguard annihilation squadrons are* no-tified and patrols sent to visit thescenes of drifters and remove them.

Animals Well Treatedin Rail Transportation

Washington.—Animals being takento market for slaughter are now treat-ed better than ever before, accordingto the Agricultural department

A decided decrease In violations oftbe 28-hour law, which prohibits con-finement of animals In cars longerthan that period without food, waterand rest was announced by the gov-ernment .

Only 227 cases were reported lastyear, compared with 402 violations In1020 and 700 cases the previous year.

Transportation companies and theiremployees have Improved conditionsunder which domestic animals arebandied In Interstate commerce, tbedepartment said.

Former Star BrokeMew York.—Mrs. Sybllla T. Pope,

former actress, once .chatelaine ofhomes that cost $100,000 a year tomaintain; Is living In a ball room,broke She Is suing her former,.'hus-band, Charles T. Pope^Jor support''

Extension of LifeIs Worth Billion.

New York.—The Increase Inearning power of our populationIn this generation for men alonoamounts to $2^00,000,000 a year.Accurate data on the earning ca-pacity for women Is lacking, butestimates made by statistical ex- •perts of the Metropolitan LifeInsurance company put the totalIncrease in earning power since1001 at $3,500,000,000/

This gain In ability to earnmoney has come about as the re-sult of the recent Improvementin extension of life, the^expertsdeclare. In 1801 a mahVat birthwas considered to have a poten-tial worth of 47,058, but In 1934ttie value of the average boywas calculated at $9,303.

*. The gain of $1,780 potential'value at birth hi,due to rtbelonger life an Individual i-cannow be* expected-to live with aconsequent ' longer period ofearning capacity.

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Writer Traces History ofAncient T,

Montreal—Cotoddent with the ds-of u # Qnratc

to study the sposea. of thenadlans with a view to putting aquietus ones and forever on the slan-derous opinions of tourists who be-Us** from contact wtth cab drivenand others, that the only language InFrench-Canada Is a Jargon of Ifenehand English, comes the publication byMr. J. Murray Gibbon of Montreal oftranslations of thirty of the songs ofFrench Canada.

Instead of the swaggering, bluster-ing, devil-may-care lumberjack andriver driver singing songs best beard,hi deserted districts of the fores* andriver, the secret Is out at last namely,that the songs most sung by theselumberjacks are In reality children'ssongs In the main, brought over fromFrance hundreds of years ago, and thefirst white man's music to be heard InNorth America.

Traces Old Tunes."Canadian Folk Songs, Old and

New," the book just published by Mr.Gibbon through Dutton ft Co., NewYork, not only Is an education tolovers of music who gain some ideaof the spirit In the songs, but It con-tains a somewhat lengthy treatise onthe history of the music. The trans-lator believes that some of the tunesdate back to the Twelfth century, oth-ers corresponding to those In theTudor and Stuart periods In England.Strangest of all, It Is stated that thetune of the famous old Scotch song,"Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon,"was discovered In a Seventeenth cen-tury manuscript In France.

"En Roulant Ma Boole," one of thefavorite French Canadian songs wasoriginally sung by French children atplay-rolling balls. Another colorful se-lection has to do with a French trap-per who saved the lives of his com-panions when threatened by tbe Iri-quols, at the expense of his own.When his body was found, beside Itlay a poem written In blood.

Purest of French.The Quebec government points out

that the purest of French' Is spokenby prominent French Canadians, evenpurer than that In France, and thisbook by Mr. Gibbon will no doubt alsodissipate another mistaken Impressionthat the simple French pastourelleswere of questionable merit held bypeople who are unable to read French.

Wild Horse EliminationSought by Cattle Men

San Francisco.—The last of theirtype, wild horses of the once "wild"West are becoming victims of a cam'paign- of extermination, because oftheir encroachments on civilization.

Thousands of these wild mustangs,descendants of those used by Indians,before the advent of the white man Inthe West, have roamed In small bandsfrom their mountain wilderness Intosparsely settled country to prey uponthe grass of cattle and sheep ranges.

Stockmen, co-operating with forestrangers, have formed wild horse hunt-ing parties, with the result that hiUtah recently more- than 1,000 wereeliminated and In Nevada a campaignnetted 1,288.

In the north coast section of Cali-fornia the wild horse problem has' be-come so serious a conference has-beencalled to outline plans for extermina-tion. Similar action has been taken InIdaho and Montana. The horses aredeclared to be of no economic worthand their elimination of decided valueto cattle and sheepmen.

Wisconsin "U" LeadsWith 40,450 Students

Madison, WIs.—Wisconsin universityleads the universities of the countryIn service. If figures in the currentIssue of a magazine devoted to education are correct, more individuals arenow receiving instruction In and fromthe Badger institution than in otheruniversities or colleges in the UnitedStates.

Tbe Wisconsin state school, with atotal of 40,450 students. Including8,220 full-time resident and 32,130 ex-tension students. Is well ahead of Itsnearest competitor, Columbia univer-sity of New York city, where thereare 37,734 students. •

The University of California rank'ssecond to Wisconsin In the number ofextension students, but has less thanhalf the Wisconsin number hi that'branch. The western state leads allthe others In full-time students regis-tration, with 17,101.

Fruit Growers of OzarksWill Have Banner Year

Kansas City, Mo.—Fruit growers hithe jOsark mountains are to have oneof the greatest yean on record, ac-cording to report of one of the princi-pal fruit growers' associations. Morethan 20,000/ acres of strawberries willbe/wider cultivation and from 2,000to "8,000 carloads of berries are ex-pected to be shipped to the city markets. Officers also stated fhat about2,000 carloads of grapes "would .beshipped this year. -;>'

, Mecca Drawing WellBanjermasln,. Borneo.—This year1*

pilgrimage to Mecca Is drawing a rec-ord number of 10000 faithful Moslem*fronrihe Island .alone; - The-pilgrim-age will take approximately $4,000,01*Out of the country.

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WOODBURY NEWSFood sale, Davis store. Mon. P. M

Parld C. Bacon U recoveringfrom an illness with a grip cold.

Frank Straus of' Dartmouth, hasbeen home (or a few days.

Miss Eleanor Leavenworth of»wnt Bumlwy

5£ji, p U y e 4 O B t n e Crosby

om an illness with a grip cold. ba^etbell team in its encounterJohn N. Munson has return*-<l I w i l n Woodbury on Saturday after-

ft ding several weeksborne after spending several weeksM St. Petersburg, Florida, where bewas registered at the WigwamHotel.

The wedding 01 i»i»» Marlon Allenand Carl Drescher of Waterbury willtake place at the bride's borne onWednesday, the 16th at 2 o'clock in

noon.Mr. and airs. Guy Hanrey are

making improvements on the inter-ior and exterior of their newly pur-chased borne In the West Side dis-trict, to where they will move thi«spring when the weather gets set

the afternoon.The Pomperaug Chapter. Order of

Eastern Star, held a meeting lastnight and preceding the meetingwas a supper for the members atthe banquet hall. It was duringthis time that Miss Marion Allenami Mrs. Scott Kelley were jointlyremembered by gifts from the chap-

tied.Rev. Earl Vlnnle has accepted th<

call to the pastorate of the NorthCongregational church but only a*a student pastor. He will continueto make New Haven his abidingplace .therefore the parsonage willr< main empty. The church votedto accept these conditions at theservice last Sunday morning. Mr.

ter. Miss Allen in h'onor of her ap- yinnie is taking a post graduate.pioaching marriage and Mrs. Kelley , .o l l r g e a t Yale and expects to com-tn lintiAt* Ctt YlMl* tnjlt***lfl EP W lilt* II . .1. . • . L l-t.. nttnllAn n*ivt von t*in honor of her marriageocrurr»-il a short time ago.

Mr?. Edward Mitchell is spendingthe week in (Suilford with friend;-,Mr. and Mrs. George E. Woodbin

expectshis studies next year.

The dance to be given in Mem-orial Hall, Bethlehem tomorrowevening is for the benefit of the

HOTCHKISSVnXEThe dance given last week for the

j>n»>at gf hx CTnin?imil3LJBiPf n *a success and a goodly sum of moneywas realised which will be w e d asdesignated. In preparation formaking the purchase the residentsof the village are asked to come tothe Old Mill next Tuesday eveningat the regular meeting of the Hotcb-kissville Volunteer Fire department,when things will be talked over.

Blrdseye Gilbert has been electedsecretary of the Fire department, totake the place or William Shaw, re-signed. . '

One new hand fire extinguisherhas been added to the company'?equipment.

Another dance will be given onFriday evening, the 25th.

Mrs. William G. Tuttle has beenenjoying a visit from her sister, Mrs.Hendricks of Southbury.

The amount of money cleared atthe dance was *3«. The purcahat-oprice of the flag was to be $15. Theresidents of th* village will meet on

their scale of ttrta* andout of its mature habtt of moving

r. and Mrs. Oeorge E. \\ooawn-. OiU, K e , , o w g H o m f > w m l a I i I s h a wMiss Helen McDermott la enter-1. W o o d h u l 8 a n l e mber of Town-Ining her cousin. Miss Catherine g u ) d L o J . W a t e , . b u r v > a n d wilhtaining

Phair of Derby, this week.Francis W. Allen was a .recent

visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs.Julius H. Cowles of. Waterbury.

There was a large crowd at theCowles auction on Tuesday,

db I d dThe Woodbury Independents willjplay Amenia, N.evening, the 16th.

The food sale to be given by theSenior class of the high school atthe C. H. Davis store on Mondayafternoon after' school, will receivea large patronage. This Is an Inno-vation In school circles as a means

stud Lodge, Waterbury,others will attend the dance.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hunting)on-Wilson left today for a week's motortrip, during which they will visitAtlantic City and Philadelphia.

^HCMU Oeorge H. Barnes, sub manageron Wednedaylof the branch of the National City

rank, N. Y. at Osaka, Japan, leaves

of raising money.The newly organized pinochle club jiauue Ouui>i>, dii»» Jinrs«w«-i »«-. • »».

among the young, folks, will meetj JI I R S j t | t a Hunihan, Miss Josephinethis evening at the home of Earl| i v r r 0 , Miss Martha Wilson and Miss

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ahead slowly in whatever It Is askedby the more enthusiastic to do over

It looks the field over very

Is stalling the Increased demands ofthe butcher, the baker and candle-stick maker. When It was proposed

TTOSrerafiCsnipthe cracker box. near to the stoveand talks things over without fearof the day following bringing itsearthly existence to a dose. What-ever the vices of this mental atti-tude its virtues are pronounced.

The action of the general assem-bly in voting to liberalise Sunday isa striking illustration of this con-servatism. A dosen years ago thetowns of the state would no morehave been trusted with the powerto determine largely their own useor the day after service hours thanthey would have been trusted to ex-periment with any other advancedtheory of social life. There wouldnot have been,lacking a formidablearray of opponents, representativeof as many active and alert privateuplift organisations. When the ju-diciary committee gave a hearingto the bill to permit the exhibitionof moving pictures after two o'clock

Tuesday evening to make disposition • in the afternoon of Sunday not aof the remaining $15. ' - - " m l " ""

otbor WVIMI* —greater caution on the part of aato-mobile drivers. BaUraad

the wage of the judges sbtmUlHeiin some Instances because ofthe wage of the judges shooldHe In some Imade a living one with a chaneejways hauntin* fear of meetinc anto put aside a few pennies for rainy automobile on a ***»****•

l l f d d d But even completepda v« thenow ^valu rf the^urw^Tr«decent compensation. As BrotherJasper once remarked from his pul-pit: "The Sun Do Move, My Bred-deren and Staters."—New HavenJournal-Courier.

faded away, and I But even complete eliminationaer- would not entirely remove the possi-

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GRADE CROSSING*SAFETY*

Chairman Hlggins of the PubUcUtilities Commission calls attentionto the slow progress of eliminationof railroad grade crossings. Accord-ing to bis figures there are aboutseven hundred now in the State. Ofcourse many of these are not in theclass called dangerous and many of

bllity of acrid"*" We had this factemphasised last summer while tour-ing New England. Soon after wehad crossed a bridge over a railroadcut. the tracks being fifty feet or sobelow, a carelessly driven heavytruck following went through therailing of the bridge and the fir*people in It were killed. Experienceproves that more depends on theautomobile driver than any possiblesalety device.—Bristol Press.

TRY A CLAMIFEO ADV.

WEEKEEPEEMEE, sinil appeared to oppose it. The rea' sons why such an extension of 11-

cense should not be granted areI just as sound as they ever were,

William Whitehead, Sr., is quite i w n | i e those In its favor were Justill at his home. j as strong a doten years ago. The

Paul Mansfield has the mumps. j f,,ct is that the State had to growMiss Edith Allen has returned Up to the simple wisdom In the pro-

from a short visit in Litchfleld withher sister, Mrs. Lewis Osborn.

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A eh«ini«Hl unalysis determines whether a tjjrjtilixcr meetsf t ' rantee It does not tell the rtoryot

Cereno Mansfield is 111 at the home

posed change after due and exhaus-jtive deliberation while sitting on thecrockerbox near the stove lire. When

Tnnk, N. Y. , pApril 1st for a nine months' fur-lough during which he will visitKussia and Germany and his homein Woodbury. Conn., U. S. A., wherehe is expected to arrive about June

his nephew, Warren'Mansfield. I it was really convinced that thereCharles Kavanaugh visited his j was no harm in it, and that no rest-

_ • • __ ™ » . A. * % _ ^ . P V B A ^ A . 1 m*. m*m\ . _ a 44 m ^m mm.mm* dV^^dH** A H ^%^V V%f&mother in Bethlehem Sunday. less soul would, In consequence, be

first.A theatre party made up or Mia

Ul 11CI 1U *.»CWilt**«r»** M W M U U J . i lujsg SUU1 nUUlU) *« . *.**•*»*.-*••--«-»»-,f

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Osborn of! g e n t to perdition, all obstacles dis-

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Shopp, Miss Margaret Peno. b"dge Sunday,

Litchfleld were Sunday guests' at Al-lenilale. .

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Northrop anddaughters Alice and Prlscilla of NewMliford visited Mrs. Sarah Trow-

Munson. Other places of meetinghave been with Miss Gertrude John-ston and Miss Fannie Nlekerk.

Members of King Solomon'sI»dge attended the Masonic" meet-ing in Sandy Hook last evening.

Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan andchildren. Dorothy and Addis, wereSunday guests at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Wilbur Mansfield.

Walter Dixon, student at Tuft'sPre-medlcal. Boston, was the guestof Mr. Butler, secretary of the "Y"at the Wesleyan- • College Alumnibanquet, held in Middletown Tues-day evening.

Miss Mattie Barnes is ill withinflamatory rheumatism.

George H. Barnes., sub-managerof the Osaka branch of the NationalCity Pank of New York city, was inIhe earthquake area and no wordhas been received by members of hisfamily in town, as yet. As noted inanother item Mr. Barnes is to leaveOsaka for a several months fur-lough April 1st.

Mrs. S. W; Munsell, president ofthe Woodbury Woman's Club, is re-ceiving cards and letters of remem-brance from the members of thecommit tees of the club, during herstay at St. Raphael's hospital, NewHaven. On Tuesday the womenwho make up the door committeesent greetings and today the roomcommittee members sent their beat•wishes for her speedy recovery.

B. F. Ricker. who has been a theWaterbury hospital •.he past weekreceiving teatment for rheumatismIv. improved, and will come horn*tin- last of (he week. •

The adjourned session of the an-r i ia l m w n - m e e t i n g wi l l , lie ho ld , ont h e 2Mh and will h i m - t o . do wi thi t e m s c>f fln'si!!(••• in r'arrylng on tlii1

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Marjorle Canfleld. attended the pr.-stntation of "No, No, Nanette" inWaterbury Monday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Huntington-Wilson entertained frirnds at a din-ner party on Sunday in honor of thebirthday of Henri L. Marindin ofWatertown . The guests includedMr. and Mrs. Marindin of Water-town, Mrs. Marindin being a sisterof Mrs. Huntington-Wilson, Senatorand Mrs. S. McLean Buckingham ofWatertown, Judge Robert L. Mun-Ktr of Ansonia and'Mr. and Mrs. E.

THE SUN DO MOVE

The State of Connecticut is justlycalled one of the most conservativeof little republics. It is the mostdifficult thing in the world to Jolt it

appeared.So in the case of the wage of the

judges of the higher courts. Foryears the insufficiency of their payhas been eagerly discussed and ap-proved In many quarters but with-out effect upon the cracker boxes.Not even the rise in the cost of liv-ing could move them. It was sol-emnly argued, that Connecticut hasbeen getting along nicely for yearswith judges who were modest in

u a y e s w h e t h e r a j j jPi-r'H guarantee. It does not tell the rys were used to achieve that aualysm Neither

guarantee oi anaiysw—u « a ^"*•* -r -•from the highest grade raw materialstraining in manufacture. ___„.,. , t

LIBEETY HIGH POWER PBETILIZBES are made toserveTdual purpose: To nourish the plant throughoutS e Rowing season from sprouting time to maturity andto leave the soil at harvest time richer in plant food.

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APOTHECARIES HALL COMPANYManufacturers

LIBERTY High Power FERTILIZERBWaterbury, Conn.

Factory at East Windsor, Conn.

I) Marvin of Woodbury.The Ladies' Sewing, society met j J

lJiy •ninrniim ;il First ('liurch On

with Mrs. Frank Tuttle on Fridayniternoon with fourteen membersami on«> guest present. The after-noon was very pleasantly spent insewing and discussing the topics ofthe- day. Refreshments were ser-ved. Those present were Mrs. W.M. Stiles. Mrs. C. W. Wilson. Mrs.C. P. Helnze. Mrs. C. M. Harvey,Mrs. Edward Mitchell, Miss AnnieBacon, Mrs. C S. Hlcock, Mrs. C.E. Booth, Mrs. Alfred Leach, Mrs.Elta Garllck, Mrs. Frank Barnes,Miss Jennie Thompson, Miss WillisTuttle. and Mrs. Frank Tuttle.

Miss Carolyn Flies* and thjeefriends of New York drove up onSunday and were guests at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. De-FranceClarke.

Mrs. Truman E. Wheeler Is spend-ing a few days of the week In NewYork visiting with her sister. MissMnry Fanning. '.

Emerson A« wood and A. E. Knoxlisivf bwn doing"jury duty'in Waterrht»ry tllis WPPU. ;

Mr. ami 'MI-M, Harry F. Atwoodntwl two nliildrt'ii of. Watfrfown wereSuiidny L'lH'.sts nf Mr. At wood's nn-<-ll-. KtSH'ISOM AtWOOfl. i

Miss M.M'.v Trussc l l li-ft t h i s woi-lc

Bamett's

ANOTHER TIMELY BARNETT SPECIALA Week End Special Offering Of

Barnett's has been radio for many months, many radio dealers

for :i visit to her liorne in Mays.. : j.nib.ibly is conc-il.1 vill.-. Ky.. aii'l will s top en route atoil;' |in!ith;il!y siud n!h>-rvi.-t. to h" Ani-nni. 'ini. N, Y: and Charleston/:;tin- u-fi ;i!i-i f|!ivs!iv-n bi'fdi'c tin' na- ^- '"•'•. ' . , itini! tnilny.—"T.!ie linttli- Ri-tw^en Mi^-J Annie Tiieliardson, graduate

nf the Vale I'nlverslty School,Wi-t mill 1'iy Kiirt'•.- oi'! Th" Kight-ft-nth •Ani(*iidiin-nt. Sl'.iill If Standor Fiil lV

Mrs. Chili Ifs Nutting i j -pi-ndingsr.nif little tim<- with Mr. Nutt ingIn Meriden.

Miss Marion Allen iind Mrs. Ilob-ert Drakf'ley wt-re recent visitors inNew Haven.

Rufus Munsfll, student at, Dart-mouth college, returnefl Tuesdayafter visiting for a few days at. hishome here and with his, mother, Mrs.S W. Munsell. who is a patient atSt. Raphael's hospital.

Earl Roliinson and Miss JennetteHitchcock are the latest victims ofthe mumps.

Miss Marjorio Morris of Water-bury has been visiting with heraunt. Mr-!. J. A. Sullivan.

Th<! Christian Endea\rpr

y ,•ni Niirsimr. has boon spending a< '.}•:week at .linmf"' with her pnrents, ;R»-v. aiid .Mrs. O. W. Richardson,;

you call this week-end.T ^ ^ ARE MODELS HERE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

witti everything else, "You can do better at BarnettV' It is a true saying and onem m S S appreciate as soon as you make a purchase of any character at this

the true value of Barnett's economy. ;

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CABINET MODELSolid Birch Decalcomania Decoration

Battery Compartment 24x12x11 Open at the Back

In Mahogany Finish

Size Top 28x15 Inches, Height 30 Inches

TABLE MODELWith Battery Shelf With Large Drawer

. Solid Birch .In Mahogany or Walnut Finish

Size Top 26x15 Inches, Height 30 Inches

bfff)if r»tiirning to take up her du-ties in New Haven.

I'nntic.' \V. Judson has purchasedtlu; farm recently, vacated by G.Gordon) Cowles. He will take pos-session April 1st, leaving the Jud-son home In IMhlehem where hewas horn and has always lived. Thenew farm lias 145 acres and wasformerly known as the Kendall'place although, until Gordon Cowles,•wont then? to live, his father, Georgen. COWJCK.-'had occupied it for near-ly 2» yi-ars.

A liin- r-arth(|tinkP report reaching ijhi-iv mi Wfilni'f-day noon, coming '\

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by to tlip NationalHank, X>--\- York, from its branch : j

of thf- North church was held ' a t | In f>«aJ i. .Tiipan. stated VAIMs well 4the home n f Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur 1'" b-'ir"ilf" Mrs. Barnes, whose son,.JKnowlfs on Sunday fvenins. Kii;h-1 C'-oi'-"- If. linrnes is sub-jnariHRer of,tf:en wf-re In attf>ndanr;r-. Miss Shir- th' 1 <»—siU.i bi-iinrh bsink. expects to

Just Compare It A Real Challenge Value• >

SEVERAL OTHERS TO CHOOSE FROM AT TYPICAL LOW PRICES

l«;y Dowson was the If _.Mrs. n. T. Bradley returns home

get ii' n;il of the

today from a three days' visit withher brother. Rev. Nathan Burton ofjtinUl)

of -his Hiil'i'ty within a short time.

tliAmbler has a sprained

ho was lall.inir upon him. The.ho was i i l ing lall.inir upon him. TheII. S. Boyd "and [-accident ncr-uiTPd when the horse

Putnam.Mr. Hnfl MrS. II. C X>IJ>U CLUil I «*v.i-mi in mi m i r i l nni'll m e

daughter and Miss Alice Nelson j slipped on the ice and tell,were ; over-Sunday ifjlepfs In - Mer- ^Wen.

Seth Fi. Miner has returned Home\Jifter caring for the late? Benedict

',Ebner • of Tfiomaston for the four•weeks prior, to-his death.

Rev. Ernest P. S. Spencer, rector£>-j of.St. Paul's church,'Watervllle, -will

conduct the Lenten service at St.Paul's church, Woodbury tomorrowevening.

ie result of the horse which i j

Whim,pasting your eyes/over, theroll off1 America's noble ^elders, donqfjpreet Supreme Court JusticeOlive? Wendell Holmes, one of thenoblest of them all. He is 86 yearsold .today, and still functioning withvigdr and npen-mindedness Myhichadvancing age has been powerless toImpair—Wateibury American, Mar. ,

If Not Convenient

to Call During the

Day, Phone

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For Evening Ap-

pointment

Furniture Company, 7tic.'Where Dependable Purnitnre to Always Sold for Less"

" • • • W a t e r b u r r188-190 South Main St.

Open j

Wednesday

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- Evenings

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