New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1915, Page 6

censes being taken out before May 1 in order to avoid prosecution. In most cases the authorities base the num- ber of dogs to be registered on the number registered the year before | when in reality there may have been ! a large number destroyed because of | the activity of the dog wardens. Since the present law went into cffect hun- 'HERALD | frnG coMPANT: prietors. ) 4:15 p. | | cepted) at | lding, o7 Courn Britain dreds of dogs have been killed be- cause of of their owners came under o any_DATt of the city rrier <0 55 Cents a Month. 3 W to be sent by mal | ggvance. 60 Cents & $7.00 a year. the carelessness or because they . the head of ‘‘strays” and had no own- The object of the ! present law was to get rid of these animals because of a belief that they | had caused a large part of the dam- age charged up to the dogs in general, | but in doing so some of the best bred animals were destroyed with them. 25 | There are not many dogs allowed at 2% | large those days except such animals | as are safe, will do no damage and ! will not stray far from their homes. The agitation for drastic legislation in regard to dogs has subsided to a‘ ~ certain extent and there is no longer | The circus is coming, % = Bot a1d mouth disense be. demand that they be licensed ac- Nt in the state again, and | €Ording to their weight, or that they ent Walker of the park | be killed off altogether so that farm- pl.a}ns to let loose a whole [ erg may have another chance at the | (‘;}c?;'_.d"‘f’a',: SAUE- | Shcep raising business, some holding | | that it is dogs that has made thali industry a failure in this state. The cattle raising business has also proven | able advertising mbedium In Cireulation books and pre ays open tu advertise rs and no homes. I be round on sats at Hota- | iStand, s2nd St. und Broad- York City; Board Walk, ity and Hartford depot. — EPHONE CALLS, FOR W ATERBURY. P ought to be one of the 'onsuming centers of the ng the next few weeks, ury Bould never be eaten with- hs to wash them down,, i Iy abpropriate drink for 2 failure for precisely the same rea- son as that which really destroyed the raising of sheep, although no one has thus far attributed it to the.dog. In the meantime the authorities in the different towns are desirous that those shall pay their license fis red lemonade, and no @ade of that in the “Am- jlimate of the ring the next ircus coming, "The ecting increase few weeks. that is the department n who own dc¢ fees. animal on the ground that ad the hoof and mouth ess all split hoof animals nd, and of course Water- . not it the whole show or none. at Mayor Sculy tendent Wal LOBSTERS PLENTIFUL, The oyster will go out of season at midnizht tonight and he will not come back until next September because there will be no months 1ntsrvening’ with an “r” in them. There seems | stand for that; will see cr does not abolishes 800 laws it sets other state: tion to the folly of statute books with Norwich Bulletin. for all encumt them an example but it also many atten- ing the anyway The presence of huze bodles iry horses has made all hearse attribute an ur number of colds and catarrhal ons to the lence of Influer mong the horses and its transmission xh the troopers to the population.—DMeriden Journal Doctors 1sual To a New York woman was born the other day a child which the doc- tors immediately pronounced dead. Its body was blue, and there was no sign of respiration. ““We give it up,” said the doctors. ‘“All right,” said the father, “I'll call up the gas office.” He did, and soon there were two strong men present with a pulmotor. They worked over the body an hour or so, and then presented to the mother a lively baby, not overpleased with his first hour's experience of this i world, and protesting with lusty cries. When the doctors fail, the patient isn't necessarily a dead loss.—New Haven Register. Senator William A, Bree's strong advocacy of a more liberal Sundaj law, during the debate in the state genate yesterday, again showed that he is an effective and convincing talker But neither logic nor common sense can move the opponents of a modern- ization of the Sunday laws. That change will come only when enough men of broad experience and sym- pathies have been elected to the legis- | lature. Now there is an overwhelm- ing preponderance of men of another mold there. Men from rural environ- nents are apt to be narrow minded. If not themselves of that character, if in politics, they are apt to think they must pander to narrowness.—New Haven Union, Hyla Pickeringi Arrives. (Philadelphia North American.) Unless your bed happens to be set in a district where the only trees are telephone poles and the only gar- obsolete and worthless of cav- | London | MCcMILLAN’S| Don’t forget the New Hours for Store Closing—Monday at 9 P. M., Saturd; at 9:30 P. M., Other Days |at 6 P. M. Day Saturday AT THIS STORE Exceptional Vaiues In Coats ¥ Suits For Saturday's selling plenty ready-to-wear garments for women, misses and children, every cne an exceptional value at the price. | TAILOR MADE SUITS At $15.00 Each. All our $20 and $25 Suits sale, also several sample suits, tiful models. WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ COATS. Saturday $5.98, $7.98, $9.98, $12.98, Values up to $20.00. CHILDREN'S COATS. Saturday $1.98 to $4.88. Now is the time to clothe the chil- dren as well as the women during this sale. of in this beau- A WONDERFUL SALE OF SILK DRESSES Latest Styles, ~ $18.98, $20 and $22.50 Values at $11 One or two of each stylc, dainty afternoon frocks and handsome street dresses in the most desir- able new Summer models, Materials are silk crepe de chine, satin meteor and fancy silks, some in embroidered effects, others trimmed with Jace, colors are regimental blue, sand, brown, Russian green, and black—ONLY FIFTY DRESSES IN ALL—SO, COME EARLY. Because of the remarkable low price asked, a charge will be made for alterations, if required. WISE, SMITH & COMPANY. Stylish Suits of Genuine Palm Beach Cloth at 88-98 These trig washable suits have belts and patch pockets, are cool and stylish and just the thing for white pique to form the collar and flare. These suits combine style and and are exceptionally priced at $8.98. summer wear. has cuffs and skirt made with a liberal $18.98 Suits of Poplin and Serge $1 4 for Women and Misses, Saturday at Chic suits made of these much wanted materials and lined with peau de cygne These suits come in both belted and straight models, with wide skirts, high waist-lines and all the features usually found only in much higher priced suits. For value and excellence in tailoring these €uits are unsurpassed at this most reasonable price of $14.00. $22.50 Tailor-Made Suits of $17.98 Gaberdine at Handsome tailored suits made of very good quality gaberdine, lined with peau de cygne in- one of the season's newest empire madels. The coat has a nigh waist-line, pleats in back, three button front, is trimmed with fancy silk collar and tallored with that attention to detail usually expected only in suits for which a much higher price 1s paid, The skirt is made with a lap and wide flare and the value of this suit is equal in every way to those sold in other stores at $22.50. One style $7.98 SERGE COATS FOR WOMEN AND MISSES SATUR- $25.00 Suits of Snow Flake Silk den window boxes, and if you happen | DAY AT $5.98. flock of gruy squirrels on {5 be a belief, and widely ob- served, that during those moaths the oyster, so succulent at other times, | is unfit to eat, but those who know say that there is nothing to it and that the oyster can be eaten at such | a season as well as at any other time. They can be gathered during the sum- | mer just as well as any other season | and they are just as palatable. Those who will not, care to eat oysters from | now- until September will find the lob- time might be selected- gter a splendid substitute, and when s day. Waterbury should | cooked in any one of the several Ways ed to admire the Wooly in which it can be sent to the table, elephants and the wild boy without having any other | other dish. ractions. If the circus is The news reports today say that t Waterbury let it be a ' eriough live lobsters were brought iy of réjoicing, close the {nto Boston from Nova Scotia yester- | the factories quit at day to supply one-third of the popu- ithat all may see the pa- Jation of that city with a theater sup- | an opportunity to visit per, There are many people who do ; land see the free show. not like lobsters, there are a great P keep in his squirrels un- many more who have never day. Divide up the show them and consequently do not un-| | derstand what a real nice tidbit they | are. Sometimes they are costly and | their use must necessarily be restrict- ed to those who have more money than some others, but the indications are now that they will be within the reach' of all who care to spend a lit- tle for a real good dinner of shell fish this summer. They form the prin- cipal part of a shore dinner at the summer resorts which cludes chicken and some other things which taken as a whole make a pretty very gay the circus comes to e divide the admiration of ide and the educational the big show be nullified re to witness the flock or hy-tail rodents, the has become a part of the business of the park de- As a display of city ef- guirrel business ought to rais- d, but it would seem as if eaten 'WAT THE FLY. t the fly an usual campaign began this in St bre the consumers’ league, fery much interested in the food supplies, is conducting . It started in on April 17 pnouncement that it would | its a hundred for dead flies. i children took up the work nd at the end of the day 160,000, and presented them asurer of the league, t the day's work had cost a bit large for its finances. E idea of the league to start hign against the fly early so him off when the job was did not think that he had p numerous and were aston- | scratch into the Be size of the job done by | Job When finished will be complete en, in This up business is a good thing for the city in every way, it makes property @son that its Anances will | look better and if the owner nas any 3, pride in him his chest will heave with d seem as if the swatting of | exultation as he views the improve- puld be made a national task, | ment. Let every one in the house to go af it and keep at it | help, Women as well as children, so | last fly is gone. It coulq | that when the work is done no one d if every one would do his | person can claim all the glory. Re- there would be no expense. | member, the work starts on Monda. woman and child olq | O realize the responsibility required and with a fair I, feel it a duty to kill every vear nowadays in- good meal. who start campaign on Monday and every per- New Eritain will its cleanup son who owns a house and is the pos- sessor of a rake, hoe and shovel are expected to press them into use and clean up the vard, being careful to corners so that the The league will prob- | bliged to cease active opera- | st the fly on such a basis every particular. clean- FACTS AND FANCIES, The jitney has developed a lot of d within reach and in a | naw social problems. The question 6 veouin b no fles. Noi| hes been asked ~whether a lady iy i1 s " | should speak without an introduc- i o Creening | (jon to the gentleman in whose lap s will help and stamping | ghe sits. eding places will do good, | ing to shake people I except absolute slaughter | Make them acquainted. £ th Vol | is one reason for its popularity. There i e nasty pest. Be- i 5 peculiar intimacy among the pas- nail the first fly you see; | sengers on a jitney ride. The same he next one and if every one | Passengers on a trolle_y their part there will soon be | think ul‘speakmg }Jvlth one anuthgr, 198 wheréas in the cosy quarters of a jit- mpaign. B work. together and Let their be no shirkers | ney they soon become acquainted. Perhaps the jitney may revolutionize our social as well as our transporta- itfon customs.—Manchester Herald. | Every automobile driver is more careful than he was last week. Isn't it a pity that we have to kill a women amd a baby bofore some will give thought to anvthing but getting there first, safety second >—Waterbury American. DOGS UNLICENSED. plaint comes from many | Connecticut that dog owners glected to take out It canines, and in some in- | the authorities have placed ments in the newspapers cajl- ntion to the necessity of li- licenses it will make up for the loss of any | to lie awake an hour or so on any. | of these spring nights, you suddenly will come to a consciousness of a shrill whirring out somewhere in the dark. At first you think of the white- | vested frog with his treble croack, but | it’s not loud enough for that. As a | matter of fact, until you have cocked you | your head for a few moments, are not sure whether this falsetto, coil of hearing apparatus folded in your inner ear. It is without. It is the spring song of the hyla pickeringi. “I never heard of such a beast or is it a beast?” you say. Like as not, yvou never did hear of the H. Pickeringi, but you have heard of the tree toad, haven’'t you? Of course, and it is the tree toad that now is trilling through the early night. g perched on a young lily pad on the surface of a pond, H. P. is tuning up bagpipe for the great series of sum- mer night concerts now being planned in the bug and water world under the leadership of Herr Bullfrog, the fa- mous whangdoodier. Young Mr. Piskeringi is quite activ: | these nights, and there is a well- founded suspicion that he regards himself as the official lullaby-artist in Miss Spring’s famous company of entertainers, At any rate, he reminds us all that summer is coming. e Finger Prints on Passports. (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) The blame will be upon his own head if any American shall hereafter be imprisoned in Europe as a spy. I respectfully offer to Secretary Bryan the plan for preventing such mis- fortunes just as a Philadelphia bhanker gave it to me, A few years ago when Charles B. Stilwell procured his passports at the state department, he w get fram old personal friends letters of identification. So he went President F. Hallowell of the \West- ern saving fund, and got such a let- ter. but Mr. Brunker, another of- | ficer of that bank, made the vital sug- gestion to which I call attention. | “Have a finger-print impression at- {tached to that letter, and every police department in Europe can instantly identify ~ Mr. Stilwell,” said Mr. | Brunker. | Ana the finger-print, duly made and | attested by the bank, was attached to the letter and it will be the most nearly perfect identification yet de- vised. An American wha is held as a spy naturally falls into the hands of the police. Europe’s police are quite familiar with the Bertillon system o | finger-prints as a fish is with water, so that anyone having an authentic record as Mr. Stilwell now possesses can prove his identity in two min- | utes. The western saving fund has the finger-print method of | i | | | used | identifi- { a baby will remain identical with Perhaps 'that | that he registers with a stout finger | | fifty years hence. | A glance at your family album will | canvince you that photographs read- car would not | ilv assume the nature of a carica-| | ture,” but the finger-print never ‘Changes Your hand ‘and not your | face is the real test that cannot fail. 1 \ : Big Texas Cattle Man. | (Kansas City Star.) | M. Shelton, a native Texan, 62 old, and owner of the largest of Angus cattle in the world, vs that Texas i{s in better shape |now than it ever was before. ‘Our | state,”” he saws. “has plenty of mois- ture, good grass, a goad calf crop, L § vears hcrd trill is within or without the deltcate | On the trunk of some big tree, or| advised to} to | cation for many of its depositors. The | Certainly the ijtney Is serv- | impression made by the tiny digit of | CREPE DE CHINE BLOUSES, $1.98, $2.88, $3.98, i SALE OF UNDER MUSLINS At 49c, 98c, $1.49 and $1.98. In this sale we offer unusual values in Corset Covers, Gowns, Skirts, Com- binations and Envelope Chemise. LACE COLLARS AND COLLAR AND CUFF SETS. Saturday 49c each, values up to $1.00. Lace Collars and Sets to be worn on Dresses or ‘Coats. See them dis- played in the large display case at the door. Saturday Last Day of Our Special Sale of Floor Coverings. - D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREET | most any conditions we can produce | large crops of kafiir and maize.” Mr. Shelton knows Texas and knows how to tell of that | greatness. He was born | Worth, sixty-two years ago, and for | the last thirty-nine years has been {in the cattle business. Last week ke sold 2,000 yearling heifers for $86,000, and has between 25,000 and 30,000 cattle on his various ranches amounting to about 800,000 acres. A few years ago Mr. Shelton bought the “XIT” ranch of 400,000 acres in Dallam and Hartman counties, Tex. Up to that time Angus, shorthorn and Herefard cattle were bred, but he turned it into Angus blood. He now has a heard of 9,000 breeding cows and 11,000 steers and heifers, all An. gus, on the XIT" property. The brand has been changed to X on the right hip with the birth brand, the numb?®r indicating the year of the birth, an the right shoulder. His herd of Angus cattle is the largest in the world. They are so uniform in color and markings, he says, that the cows we use for milking purposes are branded with a bar on the back | to distinguish them from the herd | cows. Mr. Shelton was at the Kansas City stock yards this morning looking over the cattle situation and he says .he sees nothing discouraging, in fact, conditions now are better tan ever before. he state’s in Fort Not Going Abroad. (New York Times.) Nobody is going abroad this year wha has not business to transact in | BEurope. “Abroad” means Europe. | There are many other ways abroad, but the European ways were those Imost exclusively preferred by the isiaht-seeing. money-free, confident, | and compelling American traveler, for whom mare things were especial- ly staged than his careless cynicism anew. Steamship bookings from | January 1 to mid-April are only { thirty per cent, of what they were last year. That gives one a clue to the proportion of European travel | by Americans that was for pleasure only And what it cost was amaz- ing. In the first three and a half months | of last year nearly 42,000 first and econd class bookings to Eurape were reported. Taking the average of ex- ;pendi[ure at $600 each, that would | be $25,200,000 already, for a little | more than one-quarter of the year, ‘ito say nothing aof the much large | | | | | number of third class passengers, all of them taking money back to Eu- rope to spend. The passage money itself is spent in Europe, where the vessel is foreign owned, as, of course, most of them are. First and last the aggregate ex- [ penditure of ~American money for pleasurable living and traveling in Europe has probably been between When the Pennsylvania legislatura | wheat, corn and gats in excellent con- | $100,000,000 and $200,000,000 a year dition, and we know that under al- | double warp serge, remarkable good price of $5.98. value at $10.00 STYLISH CHECKED COATS AT $7.98. and wide flare of 'the newest models. A exceptional coat at $7.98. FORD CORD AT $8.98. mid-night blue, navy, collar and half belt. priate for spring and swear, most reasonably $8.98. 'Phone orders Charter 3050, and Mail Orders promptly filled. Black and white, and green and white checked coats with a con- veritable military collar, yoke back These coats are trimmed with green billiard cloth and metal buttons and are in one very $11.98 SPRING COATS OF BED- These coats which came in all the newest colors, including sand, and black, have a wide flare yoke back, silk They are unusually stylish and very appro- summer priced at These coats are made of a heavy have a lace collar and belt and are a most the These stylish suits are made Poplin at $19.00 with sewed.on belt, gathered and with ornament in back, have a metalic silk collar and a wide skirt Something exceptional urday for $19.00. A most unusual collection of styles with military tailored and unsurpassed in value. at $22.50. WISE, SMITH & CO. HARTFORD DAILY DELIVERY in New Britain, Elmwood, Newington, Cedar Hill and Claytoa. shepherd plaids and other popular materials. in fancy silk poplin suits and on sale S $27.00 and $29.00 Hand Tailored Spring Suits at $22.50 specially priced suits in poplins, These suits includo jackets, empire coats and semi-norfolk mod- els, some have pockets, others are made with belts and the suits of which there are not more than 3 or 4 of each model, are hand Specially priced for BSaturday Our Restaurant, an ideal place for a light lunch, a cup of tea o substantial ro. past. Hill, Maple of recent times. The effect econom- ically and financially is the same as if that amount of luxuries were im- ported in the way of trade. This year, for the first time, that vast sum will be spent in this country, or what is not spent will be saved, which may be even better. And such of it as is spent, up to the whole of it, will be a very fine in- vestment. People will see America who were never west of the Oranges before; many will see the Panama Canal who but for the necessity of traveling this year in their own country might never have seen it at all. And many in the future will be ‘‘bullish” &n the United States not in terms of stock exchange values but because they have seen with their own eyes those sources of wealth which make this the wonder- ful country it is. Also, it is a great stroke of luck for the Pacific coast expositions. Many will go there be- cause ‘‘there is not place else,” and will afterward go less to Europe. Boxing and Politics. (New York Times.) The new bill to regulate boxing, which will become a law of the state unless the governor changes his mind, for he has indicated his inten- tion to sign it, compels reflection. At present, public exhibitions of the so- called manly art of self-denfense are controlled by a board of three unpaid commissioners, assisted by a pail secretary. The expenses are small, yvet under this arrangement there have been no scandals, and in this city there have been about twenty- five boxing exhibitions each week with fair results. To be sure, the art of boxing has not perceptibly ad- vanced. The young men who box for remuneration, which is very good in- deed, rarely seem to have mastered thoroughly The commission, however, was not boxing, but to regulate the bouts, to prevent disorder and insure the enforcement of the law. There have been no srious against,any of the commissioners. They are to be legislated out of office simply for political reasons and three the rudiments of the art. ! designed to improve the quality of the | public | complaints republicans, who are to be paid salaries of $3,000 yearly, are to take their places. In short, boxing is to become republican because the ma- jority in the legislature is republican. The paid commission is to have an office in Albany, although nearly all the boxing is in this city, and is to be allowed traveling expenses. These, with the hire of the secretary and other assistants, will appreciably in- crease the cost of the supervision of boxing and, obviously, the amount of this increased cost cannot even be guessed. In order to meet the in- creased cost the tax on rceipts for the sale of tickets will be increased from five to seven and one-half per cent., which may serve to force out of the business some of the minor ath- letic clubs. No tears will be shed if this happens, But whether the new and rather expensive commission wiil be able to regulate boxing better than it has been regulated remains to be seen. Very many good citizens would like to see boxing in public prohibited altogether. The new bill is not de- signed to please them. Nor has it been demanded by the advocates of the sport, who, it must be borne in mind, are not all denizens of the nether There are good things to be said for boxing. A young man who would excel in that sport must lead a clean | life, avoid intoxicants, train his facul- ties, (for intelligence countsas much as muscle,) and control his tempe The bad repute of the prize ring is assuredly justified but boxing need not be condemned on that account. Moreover, the boxing law sanctions the public practice of the sport, and it will tend to improve its practice or its associations. At present its object seems to be purely political, and if we are not mistaken it will force a new | influence in the sport which may lead to complications and will certainly justify close watching. Jitneys Decrease Trolley Revenue (Consul General R. E. Mansfield, Van- B. ¢ Reports for the first quarter of the te that the Vancouver city treasury will indirectly feel the effect tof the reduction of travel over the couver, Canada.) year indic | it is worth considering w hether or not | city lines of the British Electric railway resulting from the jitney 'buss traffic. The indications from the percentage payments of thé company for the first Juarter of the year are that the city will receive its percentage on the gross receipts of the tram lines during 1915 from $30,000 to $35,000 less than last year For the first quarter of this year the company’'s payments to the dity on percentage accounts totaled $5,398, as compared with $10,870 for last year, the 1915 payments being less than one- half of those of last year. The total percentage payments of the compay for March amount to $2,168, as com- pared with $4,674 for March of last year, a decrease of $2,506 The num- ber of passengers carried over the Vancouver city and suburban linés for March was 1,912,510, as com- | pared with 3 74 for March of t* year, a decrease of 1,261,264 | This decrease is largely due to the | overation on the city streets and su- | burban lines of 350 jitney ’'busses, which are carrving the majority of the passengers who formerly rode or the street cars Columbia as Street rallway passenger traflic decreased to such am the advent of the jit. | neys that the Winnipeg Electric Ratl« has neasures to This will in redu the number on the routes, a reorganization of and’ a probable reduction In in Winnipeg has extent since way Co been forced to adopt ne uation tion in variau routes, staff. ‘I may with olve a cope the sit- say that service the propased all | line with the decrease in traffic,” | the to the ci re- duction in is not at in says letter it we company's manager in a ic board of control were to merely put In such service as® | to take care of the present traffic, it would mean a much greater reductiar | 1 also want to inform the board that if trafic continues to decrease, fur- | ther changes in the service will h to be made to meet the conditions ‘Thn company does not mention the | Jitneys letter, but undoubtedly the factor. in its wre a | According to city officials, there are 572 jitneys operating on the Winni-" peg streets, 438 of which have fitecy licenses.