New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1914, Page 8

INEW BRIIAIN HERALD, HERALD mm_lmna)cokrm Proprietors. 4 daily (Sunday exceptd) at 4:16 p. m. &t Herald Building, 67 Church St. ]nnna @t the Post Office at New Britain, Second Class Mall Matter. by carrier to any part of the city | for 16 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. becr, be sent Ly mail) 60 Cents a year. payable in advan Month $7.00 The only profitabble advertising medium in the city. Clrculation books and press room always open to adveftisors. The Herald will be found on sale at Hota-} ling's News Stand, 43nd St. and Broad- way, New York City: Board Walk, Atlantic City, and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. usiness Office. bditorial Rooms ————————— GLORIOUS FOURTH. The glorious Fourth was passed over tamely in New Britain and the indications are that the safe and sane celebration is on its way with rapid etrides, The accidents were not nu- inerous, but there was one which lcame near being a serious affair. A roman was shot in the side close to the heart, and the man who did it has lescaped. This does not seem to be fn ordinary Fourth of July accident for the reason that a bullet was used [and the woman was shot while a pa- rgde of children was passing. There were several persons who fiolated the law, some of them. were arrested and punished, but taken as whole, the night before was tame fWhen compared to the times when e ' streets in the center were thronged with people, tooting horns, flischargif fireworks, guns and 're- olvers and making it unpleasant for he authorities. It was' not so long ago t .wagons were surreptitiously ob- tracted from their sheds, run up and own Main and adjacent streets and ot infrequently used for fuel for a onfire. There was none of this work this year, the trolley cars were not terfered with and the firemen were ot called out to extinguish a blaze that was started as a joke, so. that he year has brought some progress ds a sane celebration of a great oliday, It has been a long time ml?:. but it has arrived at last and it needs only another year or two to nplete it and remove the remainder of the objectionable features. | The people, and there were thou- nds' of them at Walnut Hill Saturday ening, expressed thelr pleasure at the isplay of fireworks.: It did not take Bp ak long a time as in previous years, perhaps, but it was splendid while it lasted. Some of the pieces were beau- ful, the final exhibit in which sev-. iral bombs were set off together ied the air with numerous colors was easily the most beautiful ever een in New Britain, INCORRFCT PREDICTIONS AS TO SENATOR LANDERS. A. F. Howe's political prédictions hich appear in the New York Her- ld every Sunday make interesting eading, but are not always verified by the facts, and yesterday’s story of he intention of Senator Landers tn ithdraw from the democratic guber- ational contest and o seek the chair- nehip of the state cammittee is evi- ently along: that line and the author- y for it }s no other than Mr. Lan- ers himself, he saying that the story vas unauthorized and Incorrect. Mr. Landers' name hes been asso- jated with both places, but so far 5 known he has not indicated his reference for either to any.of his ocal friends, bbut it does not need any bolitical sagacity on the part of the Verage person to cause him to realise fhat the senator is probably the rongest candidate that has so far een suggested for the head of the lemocratic ticket and the reasons for are very evident. He is financially’ ble to stand a campagn and he is minently well qualified to fill the of- ce when the campafgn 1s over. at is as much as’cam be saia for ny one and is all that needs to be Jaid of a man who appears to be ongly favored for the office. There no mistaking the fact that he would n well at the polls, probably better han any one whose name has been entioned. Whether it is his desire b run for the governorship is an- er question. ‘He has not said so far as knotvn, but the general feel- g among the New Britain people is avorable to his .candidecy. He 6uld be.given a Dbig vote here. To mve him at the head of the state Jommittee would be a distinct advan- e to the democracy. He under- s politics and he understands ple, and how a campaign should conducted, for the chairman of any state ittee and if Mr. Landers should chosen for either of the places tioned it would be a step toward f tor the democracy if influence, ity and effort dre able to accom- J of Columbus and no and that is quite an. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 6, 013 TALK OF SECRETARY OF STATE, ] Mr. Howe also calls attention to a boom that he says has been started for Willlam J. Mulligan of Thompson- ville for secretary of state and cites as an element of strength'in his favor that as state deputy of the Knights of Columbus he has a large acquaint- ence in all of the 168 towns of the state, that there is no stronger fra- ternal organization than the Knights more popular member than Mr. Mulligan. It should be borne in mind, however, that this organization is not a political ganization, that it does not mix in volitics and that a man who is nomi- nated for a public office because he is & member of such an organization niay meet with some opposition 'at the volls. Those who know Mr. Mulligan, who, by the way, is the prosecuting attorney of the town court of Enfield, speak pretty well of him and if ques- tioned as to his candidacy they would say that if the republicans wish to nominate him for secretary of state it should be because he is a good citizen and qualified for the office ‘and not because he belongs to any par- ticular organization. It will be remembered that John J, Phelan of Bridgeport, -the ' present coroner there, was elected secretary of state at the time of the deadlock and was re-elected two years later and serve®his term. He was supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus at the time and possibly that might have increased his vote, but there was no reference made to his membership in the organization as a reason for his election. It is always best to keep politics out of fraternal societies bcause it usually makes trouble Wherever it enters. or- MOSQUITO DEFENDED. The esteemed Middletown Press has come to the defense of the Say- brook mosquito and says that while salt water and mosquitoes go together that the breed at Saybrook is no worse than anywhere else along the shore, No worse? . Huh, .why the mosquitoes at Saybrook . are larger than anywhere else in Connecticut, and sclentists say that the larger they are the more voracious and the great- er biters. We have. seen people who have spent two weeks at Saybrook and vicinity come back wounded and they had been so accustomed to swat- ting that they kept it up here iIn New Britain where there are no mos- quitoes or no flies either to speak of since the advent of the new adminis- tration. It is not a pleasant specta- ¢le to see a young Tady,for Instance, going along the street making swipes at an imaginary enemy simply be- | cause she had been previously at- tacked by a Saybrook mosquito or to s8¢ a young man with his features marred by having come in contact with the same sort of an enemy, ana yet there have been such instanges. Middletown has no reason for in« dulging in a defense of the mosquito Lecause some people hive had experi~ ences in that town which led them to the belief that some of the Saybrook family had come up for a few days tor a change of food and climate, ana yet the Press has never admitted the presence of the pest when it must have had evidence ‘that visitors were being attacked. The Herald is willing to admit that there are a few m quitoes in New Britain, but they are !rlenqn' and of small breed and do not go out 'nights. "It has been sug-, gested that' 'when the canal is built that there may.be some arrivals from Midalétown. If therh‘ln any ‘such probability, then mere will be, opposi- tion to the cause. “Middietown can keep its mosquitoes, but it cannot B prove enything ‘favorable ,for the; breed farther down the river, A Maryland Controversy. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) Muaryland is conslderably, interest- ed in & discussion as to whether or’ not the story of Barbara Fritchie is a myth. A monument to the al- leged heroine is to be unvelled In Frederick in September, and the pro- Barbarians and anti-Fritchieites are busily exchanging ‘‘proofs” of the souyndness of their respective conten- tions. That an aged dame by the name of Fritchie actually did reside in Frederick i{s not generally denied. But that she taunted “Stonewall” Jackson and that Jackson paid her reverence is ' largely questioned. There are those who say they were with Jackson throughout . his sojourn in Frederick, and that nothing re- motely resembling the FKritchie inci- dent happened. On the whole ‘it doesn't greatly matter whether the story is true or not. It is not materfal to know just how muych truth there is in the stories of King Arthur and his table round. They are excellent stories of chivalry, and Arthur—who was, in all probability, a . Celtic sav- age - clad in shaggy hides—is prop- erly represented by reverent artists as a knight of ‘noble mien. The Fritchie story deserves to .ive. Whii- tier’s ve-ses are not important poetry, ‘but the sentiment they contain is unworthy of perpetuation. The nument in Frederick will be a me- rial 8o the Barbara Fritchie ideal Lher-0ld lady- hersell, COMMUNICATED. Explanation Made as to Street Light- ing Service. There has been.some complant re- cently about the street lighting ser- vice in the center of the city.which, we very much regret to say, has not been satisfactory of late. It seems advisable to make a statement at this time in justice to the city and our- selves stating the reason for this. ‘When any new machine is invented or new system installed it invariably bappens that under actual working. congitions flaws and limitations de- velop which have to be remedied and overcome before good service can be realized. This is just what has hap- pened with the gew arc light lighting system here. The new flame arc lichts have been but recently put upon the market and whereas under ordinary conditions they work per- fectly yet under certain abnormal conditions they give trouble, While the lamps ‘were’ installed on wooden poles they gave no trouble and the service was good. However, when we changed the lamps to the iron poles certain troubles developed which we have had to contend with, of which we have sald nothing here- tofore, and which we have cheerfully gone about to remedy. Certain ma- terial recelved in the iron poles has proved defective and, in consequence, several short circuits have occurred vwhich threw abnormal conditions on the circufit and burned‘ocut some of the lamps. Both the pole manufac- turers and the lamp manufacturers are co-operating with us to remedy these defects and we feel that it is only a auestion of a few days before everything will be stpaightened out and good service restored. In the meantime we ask the public to be patient, With the assurance that when these flaws are entirely reme- died that the city will have a system vhich will give them very satisfactory service. THE U. E. L. & W. CO. Another Poem from Ish. My dear contemporary— You've been heretofore so merry In handing out the rhythmic dope that sets my, head a-reeling That it grigves me very deeply And upsets me quite completely To think. you, thought my latest verse designed to show ill-feeling. My recent indiscretion Has caused me great depression, My sorrow. for that hasty act ls 'most .too great to, bear; When I bust. that bust-of -plaster Little recked I of_ disaster, And now I find my dear old friend has gone up in the air. I am desolate, believe me, Please do not further grieve me By withholding your forgiveness for my choleric display; I trust that you will never Let my hasty temper sever All the clinging bonds. of friendship that should hold us in their sway. 014 age is'o'er me stealing; All my_former. wit concealing, My héir {s turning gilver, and my eyes are far from sharp; ‘I feel quite disconcerted For my hearing’s so peryerted That the music of O Fiddle sounds to mie just ke a Harp. I greatly fear, Dear Ibble, Father Time has had a hibble From your brain-box .alse, brother; your condition.clearly gerves To show me that the twinkle And thé dreamy, rhytiimic tinkle Of this EDGAR ALLEN POBtry is gemng on your nerves, I am sorry my ‘offenses Should entail such consequences . On_ your lgyal wife .and children, and bring sorrow,to their door, The only explanation I can make in palllation Is that war is all 'tis said to be, and sometimes it is more. In regard to who "is master In breaking bills or 'plaster, ¢ That's a very fifie distinction, 'tis unseemly we should make; But, belleve me, friend and Scholar It's a cinch to break a dollar, The ' only” difficulty 18 to get coin to break. ISH K, BIBBLE. the Kill the Rats Today. (Detroit Free Press.) Only the other day cases of bubonic plague, one of the scourges of India, South and Central America and other hot countries, which nas decimated populations in cold rnuntrlon as well, were discovered in New Orleans. Prompt quarantine and other meas- ures were adopted in the Louisiana city, and the probability is that a visi- tation of death and terror ‘will ' be avoided. The cases were found in a cheap lodging house in a tumbledown part of the city and it is believed that the infection originally came to New Orleans in the body of a sick South American rat which came ashore from some steamship, spreading the dis- ease among the rats of the city, whence it spread to' the spots infested by those rodents and inhabited by human beings, The danger in New Orleans as caused sudden resumption of the war- fare against rats in New Orleans, every southern and all ocean port cities. This crusade began some years ago and has been waged intermittent- ly since. Last year there was quite a recrudescence of activity in rat-killing. The present emergency ought to start the slaughter afresh. in . every vcity, town, hamlet and rural community in continental United States. Health boards may do much in warning and urging people to kill rats. by any and all methods. But the Individual need wait for no signal to begin a war of extermination. Bubonic plague has left terrible pages in history. Medical science can in these days deal with it better than when it swept Europe like a prairie fire. But science has never yet con- quered {t. The one assurance of safety is the -adoption of preventive measures, such as wiping out the rat population and making close medical inspection ‘of ships from countries whera the digease is kRAKA i0-lupky .governor of Colorado for employment WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald office. Diamonds In An Old’ Hat. (Philadelphia Press.) 4 In the hat shop of E. H. Parry, Chestnut, above Ninth street, is a chap who has just had the.shotk of his young life, and in the .same es- tablishment is a colored porter who has been saying things to himself in a rapid, 'bitter undertone. Wealth laid her cheek caressingly against the faces of both \\! these and they knew it. not. The 'phone, in Mr. Parry's apart- ments at the Bartram, at Thirty- third and Chestnut streets, rang fur- fously about 9' o’'clock at night. Miss Edna Parry, his daughter, answered it. The voice at the other end was that of an agitated man. He spoke | with a strong Spanish accent. “Kez Mr. Parry in? When will he be in?" the voice fairly spluttered with eagerness. When he was told that Mr. Parry would return later he gave a telephone number and en- Jjoined Miss Parry to be sure that her father called that number as soon as he arrived. Mr. Parry called as directed and, the man explained that he had bought a new hat and had left an old one in Mr. Parry’'s store with the remark that it might be given to the porter or some poor persom. “I -am now change my mind. wish that hat to give to a particu‘nr friend for souvenir,” he said. ‘Please be sure can I have it.” “Certainly. I will look it up the first thing in the morning and send it around to you,” said Mr. Parry. “No, no, no,” shouted the other, will not trouble you. I will get it early in the morning.” “Don’t trouble yourself for an old hat,” sald Mr. Parry. “I will send a porter around with it to you, if it is still there. them out.” Came a long dead silence at the other end. Then, with increased agi- tation the voice exclagimed, “What ls the time you open the store, . the earliest your people are there?” About 8 o'clock, he was told. “I will be there,” he cried and hung, up. : Mr. Parry thought no more of the incident until he arrived at the stare the next morning. There he saw & small, thin, nervous man, evidently .a Mexican or South American, pacing excitedly to and fro before-the door. “I have come for my hat,” he ex- plained. *“I have been waiting long time.” One of the clerks who happened along explained that perhaps the por- ter had thrown the hat. away. This threw the little man. into a panic, which continued until. the clerk, re- turned with an. ancient, . badly worn soft felt hat. i ““That is eet,” shrieked the stran: ger. ‘“Please to: let me have ity'* The clerk handed, it over. with a gmile of amusement. This was a new angle to the clerk. He couldn't’ un- derstand why anybody would want such a battered up headpiece. The' little man put the hat on the" counter crown downward, pushed the sweatband back and seven magnifi- cent diamonds of unusual size and purity fell winking and glittering in- to the dusk of the black felt well. It | made a perfect foill and setting ‘for their radiance. Mr. Parry stared -in amazement. The clerk gulped: hard. The colored porter to whom the .hat| had been given the day before blinked. rapidly. Mr. Parry, who is a judge- ot nm& sald yesterday that they were a.mong the finest he had ever seen. . “Thank you very much,” said the little man as he popped the gorgeous gems into his pocket and disappeared: up the street. “1 sho wishes I had that gen'man's luck,” sighed the porter: Those Happy Roosevelt Days, (Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat.) More than 2,000 men march to city hall at Detroit and demand work.— January 28. 1908. Chicago federation of labor ‘est- mates the total number of unem- ployed men in Chicago at 100,000 and issues a warning to all craftsmen to keep away from the cny.—-webrunry' 11, 1908, New York city government urgéd’ by central federated labor union to let subway contracts to furnish work for 500,000 unemployed men.—Marcn 15, 1908, 1 One hundrefl thousand men iarcn through streets of New York-singing the Marseillaise; speakers preach rev- olutfon and demand work; a - bomb thrown at police by anarchists.— March 23, 1908. More than 200 Bulgarians petition or for aid to return to Bulgaria.— March 20, 1908. One thousand forelgners march toward Philadelphia city hall, de- manding work: a riot, three police- men shot; fourteen marchers arrest- ed; hundreds beaten by mounted po- lice.—February 20, 1908, Labor unions report 50,000 idle men in the Kensington, (Pa.) district. —Iebruary 10, 1908. Unemployed in San Francisco form a league and demand the issue of $23,000,000 in bonds to ald unem-: ployed.—March 23, 1908, One thousand Hungarians march through the rain to receive a loaf of bread each at - Toledo.—Marth - 23, 1908. ¢ At Camden, N. J., plication of 1,500 men for advertised by the Joseph company.—August 10, 1908. Loan of $9,000,000 to provide funas for public work asked by city -of Philadelphia for unemployed; race riot followed. demonstration of un- employed; Itallans attacked by other nationalities.—March 15, 1908, Yes; those were happy IRoosevelt days! MHave .you forgotten them? The foregoing news items give only a faint impression of . the breadth and the depth of the depression of = the business and the industries of the country during the last Roosevelt Yooty a riot follows ap- 300 jobs Campbell |- the .water at any age, FACTS AND FANCIES. The esteemed Standard mourns for Congressman Reilly because he has postmasters to appoint. Let it rather mourn with ex-Congressman Hill, be- cause he has no postmaster to ap- point.—Bridgeport Farmer. Dr. Holbrook Curtis, the well- known throat specialist, in a sense a neighbor through the family country home at Watertown, declares that as far as the colonel's throat goes he can take the stump in six weeks. We wonder whether the colonel is really pleased or not. This probably means that he must run for governor of New York, and, if he is badly defeated, it will end him for 1916.—Waterbury American, Springfield makes no bones about publishing -its ‘opinion that the Con- necticut i{s the dirtiest river there and some Connecticut editors are of the opinion that the Connecticut is the grandest river that/ever flowed down. hill .and that it i§ a baffling puzzis why its shores are not thickly populated with lovers of the woods and the water. There's np sh on earth that will please W aterbury Republican. 2 !"|ght year ago sixty helr, uves within the lintits bec ‘ vears ! twenty-eight; four iy T | two; three years hikd;' "% yedys ago,. nmmnm Inst ye Tn four years mber, o(’ autbmobilé mmM. creased Trom 998, Anvtu'.;? year. 'hie 48 a-larger-tol o& Worth_ouf ‘Wil Tivh ok Ven Sometimes we throw ; trqlla hig friends have en; Congressman Mdhan's st cordingvta rimor. ' The Ne! congressman is supposed t6 be | didate for United States.senator i opposition to Governor Baldwin. ‘While he is making this fight, friends of Comptroller Dunn have gumshoed’ into his own congressional dl-h-lct ‘and, suggested that Dunn be nomlnngad for congress to succeed, Maha If this js done Mahan will have nofhing to fall"back on if he is defeated for the United States senatorial nomination and he will be left out in the cold. with but the mayoralty of New Lon don to fall back upon.—Bridgeport elegram. N Whatever copidition the prohibition movement may be in there is bound to be interest in the operation. of the new liuuor prohibition faw which has | gone’into effiect in West Virginia with the opening of July It w-- by over n|net¥ thousand vbtes thdt the state was put into the dfy column, and leg- islation of a character to makeé pro- hibition less of a farce than in other [ | states, where it has been adopted, has been attempted in this state. A rece ord is to be made of &ll liqior broughg, into the state, the name of the receiv- ing party secured, and in the precau- tions to prevent the sale of intoxi- dants the drug Stores have been in- cluded and no éxception 'is made of prlvnle elubs.—Norwich Bulhtln. So' l’ur as is known, there !n no quad- ruped that will not, if thrown into instinctively .make a more or' less ‘successful effort ;to- swim. The cat is the last animal to seek the water voluntarily, but even a kitten tdo young to have eves will rescue “itself from drowning without help unless it is compelled to swim" too far. 'In this all the other animals have advantage over. man .and his progeny. But even the human youth will; belbw 4 certain age, do some- thing about swimming in an emer- gency. - 'But.as soon as a child is old enough to realize the supposed peril of the.water, 'its self-rescue is im- probable, At the age of adult con- sciousness, it 1s hopeless.—New Haven Register. (RS New .England, which has had won-« derful opportunities to watch the growth of electric ratlway mergers . during the past ten vears, cannot fail to note with ,some satisfaction that the .. Massuchusetts legislature has taken a' safe stand concerning the prnnoupq merger of street and elevat- ed railways jn and around- Boston. Its decision to refer the matter to the state’s public service commission for investigation and that further action | be delayed until 1915, when the com- missioner’s findings will be available, is of the kind which that and other states might have made with profit in those years when trolley lines, profitable and unprofitable, were be- ing bought up and re-watered and welded into one big, non-competitive system.—Hartford Times. We shall watch with interest the campaign In Bridgeport against auto- mobilists, who persist in passing trol- ley cars discharging passengers at a dangerous rate of speed. In the city court there several heavy flnes have been imposed: upon offenders and it is purposed to make the penalties even more severe in future, There will be mighty little sympathy among pedes- trians or motorists for the drivers, who. persist .in shooting their motor cars through a crowd of trolley car passengers in a reckless way. The obviously safe and sane thing for the chauffeur to do is to check his car when he approaches a motionless trolley car and wait until it has let off its passengers and until they have reached the sidewalk, Tt ls taking chances to adopt any other course as many recent accidents have testified. It may be that fines will not accem- plish the work of reformation, For persistent offenders a jall sentence might help.—Ansonia Sentinel. |MeMILLAN'S. McMILLAN'S. Our Annual July Clearance Sale Now Going On E AY! at NOON DURING JULY and AUGUST HALF HOLIDAY SALES WED- DAY MORNINGS. K the big store. Thousands of dollars into cash during this® PRICES. PRICES. rice 19¢ yard, and self stripea E 17c YARD. panted wash dress fabrios E PRICE 50c YARD, t wanted shades, 11C8 AT SALE PRICES. Jprice 25¢ yard, VIMM. s Bale prige 69c each. gale BUREAU - $C price 13%c each. AND SHAMS. thlt are worth tp to 75c, Sale sprice | ‘fi .fll- 1215¢ TOWELING, Sale Price 9%¢ yard. Hundreds of other bargains that everything into print, so come.and see for yourselves. SALE OF HOUSE DRESSES Wadnelday Morning at 8:30 J&, m. House. Dresacs, worth §1.00, Hait Holiday ers, no telephone orders taken, none sent C. 0. D Nopé sold to peddl therefon come early and share in the 'ATTEND THIS SALE are mot advertised, as we cannot put price 106 ‘cacn. * bargains. DAILY DUR!NG JULY . The news of our best bargaina does not always reach the newspapers. ‘We often hear customers remark, ‘fievertheless, the real bargains came “1 did not see them advertised,” but from McMillan's, MEN'’S SHIRTS WORTH UP TO 75c. Sale Price 45¢ ea BOYS’ SHIRTS AND BLOUSES for this sale 45¢ each. BOYS’ 25¢c BLOUSES at 19¢ each.. ARM BANDS AND SUSPENDERS. Worth up to 26c, Sale Price Sc. MEN'S 25¢ NECKWEAR, Sale Phice 3 for 50c or 19¢ ea. BIG MARK DOWN ON COATS, SUITS and DRESSES. BARGAINS FOR YOU ON 3rd FLOOR. Drapery Materials, Russ, Linoleums, all in at sale prices. D. McMillan. 199-201-203 Senator McNeil Out of It (New Haven Union.) Authoritative announcement, parently, come from Bridgeport that Senator Archibald McNell, jr., one of the foremost candidates in Fairfiela county, has made up his mind to no longer wear the senatorial toga. Not | that he does not keenly appreciate the political honors that have been his for several years. It is because of pressing business demands upon his time that have at last compelles him to drive from his mind, for tne prent at least, all thought of fur- ther activity in the line of serving in the capacity of senator. He declares that he would not ac- cept the nomination for senator again if it were tendered him. He thqroughly appreciates what has been done for him in a political way by the democrats of Bridgeport Senator McNeil was one of the live wires of the senate during his term there and there was very little of an important nature going on of which he was not cognizant. He was looked upon as a leader of keen judgment and had the confidence of his fellow democrats. At times there Was a good deal of the independent spirit in the attitude of Senutor McNeil on sens- torial issues. There had been some talk not long ago that the day was not so very far distant when this popular democratic leader might be called upon to take first place on the state ticket. This may he of interest In New Britain, Norwich and other way tions 1in ap- | Main Street. Connecticut where gubernatorial booms are being fostered. 1oss Drankenness. (New York Press.) “I have not seen a drunken man in New York in a year,” said Sheriff Frifenhagen to a convention of wine growers in Sandusky Whether the | Ohio men believed it or not, the sheriff's statement is probably the lteral truth. Drunkenness has gone out of style in this city. In the last | ten years it has grown steadily less. In s.pno of the figures on the con- sumption of spirits, which show an ircrease, the fact remains that few New York men now make intoxication their pastime, There may be more arinkers, but there are fewer drunk. Some attribute the improvement to the demands of modern business Efficiency and alcohol don’t get along together, Others will insist that women, with their supposedly stronger influence, have brought about the good results. Your dancing en- thusiast will tell you that is the foe of the highball; but whiskey to excess wus on the wane be- fore the dancing craze began. Then there js amusement, including the outdoor sports, which keep & man’s mind away from the cup. Most men who drink too much do so be- cnuse they have nothing more attrac- | tive to direct them. There are now 80 many healthful diversions that ex- cesslve rum goes in the discard. There is still the visitor who comes to New York “to get loaded,” but his the tango , i. 4. 'y {\ ranks also seem to have been thinned.