New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 23, 1915, Page 6

“SRITAIN BERALD RALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. YODHMI. aatly (ugum&pz.a» at 4:15 p. m. erald $7 Church St d at the Past Office at New Britain as Second Slass Mail Matter. Iarl to any part of the city @eek, 65 Cents a Month. t by malil Iy profitable pdvertising medium In ’~h ity. Cirgplationsbooks and press Toom always open to)advertisers. ferald will ‘e found ‘on at Hota- ‘News S*and, 42nd St and Broad- Now Yark City; Board Walk, atic City,and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE GALL! i Dffice _ Rooms W repgrt Fande \lb‘lc yesterday ed much attention to fhe sum- ilitary trainin §ps 6t col-'] students Qata.b.ll 1! three Jsum- lgo by the Wa.r Department. has heen Vltlll}' interested in camps because many. of her stu- have .spent the alotted five (§ each summer since their in- ration’ under the " tiitelage = of pd States army officers. It g fore assumed that® President v has given the biect * great jght and knows whereof he speaks. 'in sympathy with thé movement | 'ven favors having the work doné immer camps counted as a con- ition toward the credits mneeded a bachelor’s degree. President ley. however, . suggests this mili- training should not ‘be made com- pry and that whatever work is in the summer be supplemented dditional instruction given during jwinter by army officers. his is the first suggestion along lines and should call for much ssion among educators during lcoming scholastic year. If any of support is given the idea ad- ed by President Hadley,—count- e summer military work as part jhe regular college curriculum,— college men throughout the coun- are encouraged to take up mili~ training during part of their er vacations it would not be before a competent ¢orps of re- officers would be established for United States army. There is ason why college men could not e five weeks each summer dur- their four years stay at school, at least four hours of their extra ¢! each week during the winter on in gathering a valuable mili- training from instructors from West Point, or from any Iy post in' the country. As Presi- Hadley points out, the work in these summer camps is not kind that many people suppose. a serious effort on the part of lar army officers to implant upon minds of educated men the value ilitary tactics. There is no such g as the machine like drill at- ant upon Tearning the manual of s, or the. marching of the goose . or the niceties of dress parade. ny ‘part of the ball room side of tary service.” Neither is the work prised of tedious hours spent over 7ing beards mapping out plans ampaigns against an enemy hidden nd a brick wall. On the contrary, courses offered in these summer hps are highly beneficial to the elopment of the intellects of any Who wishes, to take the work ously and devote his time to think- ‘rather than to idlencss. While deploring any _suggestion might advocate setting up com- ory military training in our erican colleges, President Hadley jheartily in favor of the students ing to the work voluntarily for this on: It gives a training in the se of public obligation. Therein sident Hadley has struck the key- le of the whole situation. We, as tion, are fast forgetting the old nciple of sociology that the indi- al must be sacrificed for society. have taken the stand that society be sacrificed for the individual. are laboring under the belief that _governrent should do everything us, that we should not concern selves in the least with the govern- nt's welfare. And 'to that end lare resting secure in the belief that | few men Uncle Sam has assembled the title ‘standing army’ will to our defense if any other nation atens tO devastate our land. The e has come when the public con- pnce should be awakened, and the lege men are the ones to bring about. President Hadley has right idea in extending a helping d to those whe are big enough to rifice five weeks of their summer bation preparipg themselves for a tonal emergency. n ;e S 2. ) Y Sunday, ex-ball player, is a tul evangelist, and Al Jennings, er outlaw, is achieving success the same line. But there will be a demand for duly trained NS despite the rivalry of the cked wr( ty—Rochester Post- ‘escape. “Cavell” at home. then some enemy wives, going on a long, military commander as to order firing squad ? an’s heart is liable to run away with her head at any time, there should be some method easier than punish he: cémmit against military law. had . General Moritz Bissing heeded the pleas of the Amer- ican and Spanish ministers and wait- ed until the case had been laid before SHE DIED LIKE A HEROINE. General Moritz Ferdinand von Bis- sing, German Governor General of Belgium, has carved his name high on the méufitqn _side,—so high that the whole world has read, shuddered, and stepped back for fear the great letters of .clay: may pour .forth. blood and demons to stifie and terrorize human- ity. For General Moritz Ferdinand von Bissing, when he allowed the heroic yet hapless Edith Cavell to be shot to death by his firing squad while United : States Minister Brand -Whit- lock pleaded for metcy, brought down the condemnation of womankind. unon his luckless head. And this notwith- standing the fact that Edith Cavell was guilty of an offense punishable’ by death, the assisting of wounded Brit- ish, French and Belgian soldiers to She was guilty of ‘a crime that any woman in the world, placed in the same situation, _would have committed, a crime women have taken part in since wars first appeared, a crine women will © always condone when committed by their own sex, a crime.of mercy. It wasin our own Civil War that women of the North and South won undying fame for the same kind of work done by Edith Yét, no ohe can’ recall any woman shot during those times. When caught thare was always mercy shown to the offenders whether they. aided the Blue or whether they aided the Gray. .When women go to the front as nurses they carry in their hearts the self same emotions of love and tenderness that prompt their actions Their work in hospitals naturally arouses those sentiments to heights previously unknown, for it is they assume their natural roles,—administering angels. And if, under the influences of mercy, the nurses who tenderly care for the sick and wounded in the field hospitals of country, should enable sufferers to get back to their native hearths, to perhaps see their mothers, or sweethearts before long journey, what cduld be so cruel these women before the Knowing that a wom- sisters death to for an offense she might It is believed by all who know that Ferdinand von he Kaiser, Edith Cavell would be alive today, although she might have spent the remaining days of the war sent | jn a military prison, or in abandon- ment from the country where committed her offenses. will gain nothing by his hasty action. Even the women of Germany will re- fuse to look upon him as an exempli- fication of what a should - be. Edith Cavell, von Bissing is leveled to the rank of a coward. military chaplain. who.was. with the condemned woman to the, written her .eulogy. and bright to the last. she Von Bissing German officer By the heroic death of The German last has “She was brave She . professed, her Christian faith and she was glad to die for her country. She died like a heroine.” . When the time comes, who shall say as much for General Moritz Ferdinand von' Bissing? She “has not died in vain who died like a heroine. THE COLONEL AND THE HYPHEN, When Colonel Roosevelt assigns the much abused hyphen to eternal perdition he does so in no unmistak- able terms. He does not. mince his words: He comes right-out and ‘says what he thinks. He blazes it forth to the world. He says:—"To hell with the hyphen!” And lets it go ai that. The sentiment is all right; but the Colonel might be a trifle mors dignified in expressing himself, es- pecially as he wants his new ‘“motto” te take the place of the time honored “E Pluribus Unum” on the coins and seal of the United States. The pres- ent slogan signifying many in one, that though the United" States is made up of many states it is but one nation, has stood the test of time. It has come down the ages, and needs no apology. There would be no use in supplanting it at this late date with such a robust expression as ‘To hell with the hyphen,’ because in ten or twelve years from now the hyphen will have been burning in the depths of hades for lo many, many moons. FACTS AND FANCIES. Military aviation has cost the life of another American army officer. Are these recurring dand fruitless sacrifices of officer-aviators in peace manoeu- vres woth the price?—New York ‘World. Pretty soon. European belligerents will be hailing as their greatest states- man the man who can make two taxes grow whert but one. grew before.— Chicago Herald. When ordéring your statue see that it is not made of metal capable of be- ing converted into bullets and car- tridges. ‘Nobody can foretell what will happen to it in case of international complicatons.—Chicago News, We know ,one enthusiastic Philly fan who goes so far as to refuse to wear Boston garters.—Columbia State. The czar has ordered three million pajrs of boots made in Massachusetts and Eugene Noble Foss can testify to what the toe of 'a Masachusetts boot can do when judiciously’ applied to him.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. King Constantine of Greece pries every biscuit open with a fork nowa- days to see if ‘the kaiser's sister So- phie ‘has slipped a spider into it.— Louisville Courier-Journal. “I am of no importance,” says the bride-elect-of-the-White-House. This is one satement to which the gentle- man of that mansion will not care io reply, “Tut, tut.”—San Antonio Ix- press. If the rumor that the president's plans for national defense are such that Mr Bryan can support them Mas any basis in fact, then they are not likely to comand the approval of the rest of (° ountry—Philadelphia Ledger. It is claimed that the automobile habit is a menace to public health be- cause it leads people to give up walk- ing. But just think of the splendid exercise in jumping enjoyed by the great mass who still do not own ma- chines.—Meriden Journal. Fifteen dolars a week can sup- port five in New York, so-called ‘‘ex- perts” find. This is the first word.of encouragement for the sweatshop and the cheap-canned-goods counter gro- cer that has been heard in years.— Detroit Journal Germany’ is already planning how to replace the trade which will be lost to the nation after the war. ‘Whatever else may ' be charged against that country no one can ac- cuse it of lack of forethought and thoroughness.-——Baltimore American. An advertisement is printed for 3 “tall, well-formed, handsome women" to march in the suffrage parade. Is suffrage to employ the show-girl type of parader as an attraction to mascu- line support?—New York World. Dr. Norton, chemical expert for the department of commerce, does not use his eves. He is urging white hosiery as a means of meeting the dyestuffs situation. Well, if there are no dyes, we'll have to wear white stockings, will we not, whether we wish to or not If the doctor would leave his laboratory a few minutes and walk observingly upon any snopping street ne would see that the remedy he pre- scribed has' already been v ally taken T'hiladelphia Record . (I‘xchange | If you shiver, some one is walking over your future grave. When your nose itches will happen to vex you. When your right eve itches it is a sign of good luck; when your left eve, of bad luck. When rooks desert a rookery it for- bodes the downfall of the family on whose property_ it is. A spider. descending. upon you. from tiae roof is a token that you will soon have a legacy from a friend. Candlt and other lights are sup- posed to burn ‘blue’ and dim when in- visible beings are present, especially if they be evil spirits. It is a good omen for swallows to take possession of a place and build their nests around it;wh ile it is un- propitious for them to forsake a place which they have once tenanted. ‘The magpie is deemd a bird of evil omen. .Its unluckiness has been ac- counted for by its being the only bird which did not go into the ark - with Noah. If you have any white marks on your nails, commonly called ‘“gifts,” You may expect as many presents there are marks, as soon as these get up to the nail ends, in the course of their natural growth. A new shoe placed upon a table for inspection will lead the wearer Into unlucky paths, When an experienced shepherd sces the first lamb in the spring he notices whether its head or tail is turned tow- ard him. 1f the former, he will-have plenty of meat to eat during the year; if the latter, he looks for nothing be- yond milk and bread, and vegetables without beef, and perhaps ham. If you see the new moon through glass you will have ill luck through the month. If you see it in the, open and turn the silver upside down in vour pocket you will be wealthy for the month something as ‘Woman As Tramps. (Meriden Journal.) - According to newspaper woman tramps are becoming quite numerous in the states west of the Mississippi. Dressed in men’s clothes. they are jumping freights and lving a regular vagrant life. The finer sort of women are entar- ing all flelds of labor. Similarly the coarser types of the sex will break down the barriers in their own way. Women tramps are a manifesta- tion of idlcness and vice that pre- sages no good. It this tendency becomes general, it will be even better realized ‘that there is too much leniency in dealing with the tramp evil. Vagrants have too easy a time riding up and down the country for nothing. ' They seem reports to feel that freight trains were cre- ated for their own special benefit. The railroads do not dare cope with them. If women are enjoying . thi vicious vagrancy, it is about time to sit down on all these disorderly rov- ers. If men and women will become “tramps,” let them really trampe it over the highwavs, ‘instead of infest- ing the railway lines, WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that coms to the Herald Office. Mammoth Cave. (Pan-American Bulletin.) Mammoth cave is in Edmonson county, Kentucky, about eighty-five miles southwest of Louisville, and not far from Green river, into which the cave’s subterranean waters empty. This section of Kentucky, where may be found limestone beds frequently reaching a thickness of 500 feet, is noted for its rocky grottoes, sink holes, and caverns. The rocks in the vicinity of Mammoth cave give evi- dence of but little disturbance by the dynamic forces of past ages. It is such areas of limestone deposits, with comparatively level strata and located somewhat above a drainage level, with small crevices or joints, that fur- nish the conditions for the formation of underground passageways and chambers by the chemical and me- chanical agency of underground wa- ters, From a geological viewpoint Mam- meth cave is of comparatively recent origin, its formation having begun something less than 1,000 years ago, in the Pliocene age. The cave action began after Green river had cut its channel down into the limestone stratum which underlies this section. The rain water, with its carbonic acid content, seeped through the overly- ing earth and passing into and through the crevices and joints of the stone, at that time above,the level of the river, began the work of solution and erosion. These underground waters gatheredl along the planes of least resistance, and as the crevices grew in size more and more of the sur. face water was drained into them as Green river cut its bed deeper into the limestone underlay the cave wa- ters kept pace with the process until what had been mere subterranean rills grew into that remarkable under- ground stream known as Echo river, which now flows through the lowest levels of the cave and empties into Green river. During the ages it has been at work dissolving the stone and cutting its way along where resistance was least, ever seeking lower levels, it has left behind it the twisted, tortuous passageways and large gal- leries and chambers which form this | mightiest of all known caverns. Ac- cording to geologists, it took Green river nearly 1,000,000 years to cut away its present bed, so the cave is estimated to be almost as old. It first came into prominence during the war of 1812, when the United States government needed nitrate to make powder. Some of the large entrance chambers of the cave had formed the winter habitations for myriads of bats for many ages, and as a consequence the soil had become converted into guano beds with a large nitrate con- tent. As a result the cave became a nitrate mine .whence much of powder- supply for the young nation was obtained. 5 .(‘hh'agn Seems Alarmed. (Chicago Tribune.) At this time, with the canal blocked, we have not a single battleship of the first class in the Pacific, Guam is not fortified, and the fortification work on Hawaii under way is lagging for want of adequate appropriation by a con- gress that fills high the pork barrel. Of theé Philippines and Alaska let us say nothing. They are possessions, responsibilities. Guam and Hawaii are defenses. Events fall like avalanches in these apocalyptic days. Today we hear the canal is closed. Tomorrow the news of a race riot in California or the as- sassination of _an ambassador at Washington by a fanatic may flash around the world. West of the rich coastal valleys of the Sierras lies a wilderness of water beyond which is the history of tomor- row. “All's well” along the Pacific, but the watch-dogs, such as there are, lie 5,000 miles away, with a continent between. “It's a long way around by Horn.” the Black Walnut Going Into Gun Stocks ( Springfield Republican.) Long years ago Kentucky people got through using black walnut for fence rails. The wood was a commonplace and nobody had thought of conserv- ing it, but the demand for black wal- nut for making furniture and gun stocks halted its use for fence rails. Since then black walnut has not been slaughtered as of old, but nobody has been at pains to plant black walnut trees against a future demand for the wood. Such demand has now come with a rush, and what black walnut the Blue Grass state had left is on the move. The Louisville Cou- rier-Journal mourns the departure, which is one of the wide-reaching effects of the great war, in these mov- ing words: At every railroad station walnut logs, the “strippings” of forests long since milked of their best timber, the shade trees from woodland pastures or from avenues leading to residenc are being sold. When walnut logs reach the prices they now command it is hard for land owners to figure a profit in leaving them on the land. The wide reach of war as a devastator is observable when the fighting in central Europe and the Balkan states robs Kentucky woods and pastures of black walnuts which have been cher- ished and guarded for generations. Elberon’s Associations. (Boston Herald.) “Shadow Lawn,” the estate in El- beron, N. J., which President Wilson has engaged for his summer home, appears in several respects interest- ingly reminiscent. /On it the late John A. McCall, president of the New York life insurance company, expend- ed not less than $1,000,000 making it one of the show places of the Atlan- tic seaboard. And his own rise in life and in fortune was in no small part traceable to the favor of President Wilson’s last democratic predecessar, when governor of New York. nd | the ! - Cleveland“in '1883: made Mr. MeCall, then a clerk of 34, who had become a deputy superintendent in the state insurance department its head. This directed his steps into the outside in- surance field, where he finally became president of one of the great com- panies. Elberon was a familiar date line:to the American people of 34 years ago, as the seashore point to whith tender hands carried President Garfield for his long battle for life. President Wilson is wise to select a seashore home within easy running distance of Washington. Next sum- mer will be busy. Congress will probably continue long in session. This, with the presidential campaign, makes it desirable for him to keep close to the mainspring. Stay Out, Bill! (Waterbury Republican.) New Haven republicans are talking of seeing former President William H. Taft as a delegate to the next re- publican national convention. “If he S0 desires” is significantly added to the announcement. Why should he de- sire? He has had all the glory and hard work there is to be had out of politics, he is happier than he was while in the White house, is on good terms with the world, including him- self, and is more highly thought of by | the country than he ever was in his Jife before. The fickle mobgurned him out and | down rather impetuously, but likes | him and listens with respect to what he has to say about matters affecting the body politic. In fact Mr. Taft is rapidly approaching the status of an- other man who was somewhat in pop- ular disfavor when-he left the White house, only to be established later as one of the real national leaders of thought.—Grover Cleveland, Noble Language of Lawmakers. (New York Times.) The laws passed by the forty-ninth general assembly of the state of Tllinois have just been published as a book. They contain at least one monument of legislative English, of law-manufacturing style, which not marble can outlive. The crystalline clearness, the precision, the noble in- telligence of that lingo have long been admired. The Goldsmiths and Mat- thew Arnolds of Springfield, Ill., have made their work in it too high for Tivalry. House bill No. 18 recites, th | Whereas, during the war of 1812 the women of New Orleans made an claborately embroidered silk banner, which they presented to General An- i drew Jackson on December 30, 1814, he being at that time in the city of New Orleans defending the city against the British invasion, said banner was carried victoriously through the battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815. “Which said banner is to go back to Orleans parish and there to turn time back, as this paragon. of whereases sets forth: “Whereas, it is desired by many pa- triotic bodies and persons that this jbanner be returned to New Orleans that it may be viewed and enjoyed by such of the women as survive and their ancestors.” Students of vital statistics and longevity, please observe the preserve, Likewise amateurs of statute English. Some professor of literature could in- struct and enthrall the world by col- lecting all the treasures of that fear- ful and wonderful speech. “Home, Sweet Home.” (Boston Herald.) For several reasons the acqusition of a portrait of the author of ‘“Home, Sweet Home,” is an interesting event in the history of Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The glamour of romance will always hover about the career of John Howard Payne; the song which now constitutes almost his only. claim to enduring fame has the quality df universal appeal and numbers of cel- ebrated singers have used it as an en- core and ‘“farewell” piece with very satisfactory results; the painter of the portrait, Charles Robert Leslie, was himself an interesting personality; and, moreover, Payne has associations with the story of the early theater in Boston which add to the interest with which visitors will contemplate the picture. Born in New York, Payne came to Boston as a youthful prodigy, ‘“tae American Roscius,” and played fa- mous parts at the Fed=ral Street thea- ter. The parents of Edgar Allan Poe were living in Boston, and in the year of the birth of the poet, the young ac- tress mother was chosen, because of the quality of her beauty, to play such parts as Juliet to the Romeo of the brilliant newcomer. That brief period made one of the brightest episodes in | the sad life of Mrs, Poe. Payne's abil- | itiecs as an actor seemed to wither as he advanced in years, and he turned to the writing of plays, ine one of which **Clari, or, the Maid of Milan,” he em- Ledded the little poem by which now he is remembered. Investigators in | late years have been able to diclose the stress of emotion under which he wrote_tae lines while living in Parls. Indeed, every few years new discover- ies are made which, illustrate the life of this homeless wanderer, notably the series -of letters which show the rela- | tions long existing between him and | the Shelleys and Washington Irving. Leslie, although born in London, wus of American parentage, and he was trained in his art at the Royal Acad- | emy. where his instructors were twg Americans, Benjamin West and Wash- gton Allston, both of whom have associations with this city. All this has no reference to the art value of the portrait; its most striking character- istic, perhaps, is the revelation it of- fers of the sensitive nature of the man, Britain’s Anti-Treating Law. (Indianapolis News.) The anti-treating law which was tried in Liverpool and foumd to be | successful in reducing the consump- - tion of liquor has now been put into | effect in London. Reports from Lon- don indicate that on the first day the law was well observed.by patrons of hotels and the better class of restaur- .Grover | ants and bars, but in som, ctions [} e sect! which | all grades for infants. SMART SUITS, $12.98, McMillan weari- v apparel. er quality. Lingeries, 97¢ to $2.98. .49 each of the east end the patrons of low bars, for whose benefit the law was pussed, were inclined to evade it. The seem that if the police are determined to put a stop to treating they should have no trouble after a few widely advertised convictions. Soldiers were | the chief offenders, for the reason, no doubt, that they believe their weeks in the trenches entitle them to a cer- tain license. Saloon keepers are agreed that the rew order means a depreciation their business of from 30 to 40 per cent. - This may be enough to make the trafic in liquor so unprofitable that many saloon keepers will have to go ont of business less is nothing when the welfare of a nation is involved. And while this thought may be little consolation to the bankrupt it should sustain him until he can see the effects of the anti-treating law on Conscription is in the air in England, but it may be put off for some time if the brains of improverished drunk- ards can be kept clear long enough work of persuasion, Great Britain needs than saloons. But the vast majority of saloons in London will continue to do business. Under present conditions they supply artifical stimulat and cheer to a great many persons who believe they need it. Under the anti-treating rule men who formerly "drank at home, where they could take one drink and stop, The point is that soldiers more 1 “Come to this store for Carter’s Underwear. Suits for Men, Women and .Children. m‘:mis for Women and Children. Knit Vests and Bands of penalty is a fine of $500, and it would | |law of the barroom—a drink round, in | the recruiting. to enable the government to do its | T —— ’S McMILLAN New Britain’s Busiest Big Store “Always Reliable” CARTER’S WEEK Oct. 22 to Oct. 29 Special Display 0 Carter’s Knit Underwear FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY CARTER’S UNDERWEAR Awarded Grand Prize—The highest Possible to obtain at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. ; Union Separate gar- McMillan’s the “Carter Store of New Britain. Exclusive well tailored kinds we offer the most un-_ usual values SATURDAY at our Suit Dept. ’ $15.00, $20.00 to $30.00. Women's and Misses’ sizes THE NEW COATS, $5.98, $7.98, $9.98 to $25.00. i If it’s style and wear your looking for vou'll find it in CHILDREN’S COATS, $3.98 to $9.9%. We’'re always under Hartford prices when you consid- THE NEW BLOUSES Taffeta Silk Blouses,$1.98 and $2.98 each. Crepe de Chine and Plaid Si'k Blouses. 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