New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 25, 1915, Page 8

BMFM 'HERALD BLISHING TOMPANY, roprietors. datly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. [ Herald Building. 67 Church St ot o a.w:nn Office ‘at New Britain Becond-Class Mall Matter. d by carriors to any part of the oity 5 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. ptions for paper to be sent by mall able In advance, 60 Cents & 0 : profitable advertising medium In oity. . Ofrculation books and press oom always open to advertisers. ald will be found on sale at Hota- News Stand, 42nd St, and Broad- , New York City; Board Walk, tlantic City and Hartfora depot. TELEPHONE 'CALLS. DfMfce ..... al Rooms .. he meeting of the, Massachusetts h of the Natignal German Alli- jheld in Wordester last night and ended in cathing eriticism President Wilson's ~ attitude ghout the war can be taken as a on of what the German people oing to do at the polls in 1916, he fight for the .presidency to be a racial instead of a po- one. The people are going to p at the next voting contest not Se they are Democrats, is or Re- or Prohibitionists, or Pro- Ves, or anything of the sort; but Se they aré Germans, or English, eneh, or Irish, or however their ents might go in this direction. 11 because of a war waged three ur thousand ‘miles from where bting is gding to take place. What @ppened to the United States of ica? Is it going to " be domi- d by kings, princes and poten- jacross the sea who press the but- nd have their subjects in this ry go to the polls and vote as say? Is the United States, to held up as the land of the d the home of the brave, going placed in the position of a bone which dogs are to wrangle? If s what it is all coming ‘to, then ight as well send across the seas me of the royal families to come pnd set up their palaces that we worship at their thrones. With bonderful expanse of country we ave plenty of room for all the hed heads of Europe. And, fur- ore, they could live here . in . The Kaiser would enjoy him- mensely out St. Louis way; ing of England might find s to his liking in the old estab- i centers of New England; Vic- imnanuel could find many of his ts in and around New York; the [should have no trouble in setting s kingdom in the middle west,— 0 on, ad infinitum. They could Bt in on the spoils and if it must ne eventually, why-mot now? are In fayor of futtihg Woodrow bn out ofioffice and - giving his to some one of the candidates rope as long as that would satis- y given majority of our country- bans, A WORTHY PROJECT. lere could 'be no 'more ‘patridtic’ ment §tafted than the one which nteriof Department has launched Ihe puppose of urging immigrants ucate themselyes for American nship. § Through its bureau of jation _this department of the al government has issued a beau- lithographed poster setting forth easons' why all who live within shores should give attention to nglish language and the institu- of America. The poster, which ge epongh ‘to attract attention bhere it rhight be placed, is being to all posti offices and public ols throughbut the nation, to be p in rnnsni’c\fi;}ns places. Indus- establisHments of the country also bgen asfied to join in the ement and it i to be hoped the who employ large numbers of gn-born laborers will see '.h(- wis- of this innovation. ound the border of the poster is nd of red,white and blue, while ch corner is'4 star. In the fore- @ UnelEBEm"” is represented as ping the"hand of an immigrant man, while in the background be w’idence, a public ol apd a ‘naturalization judge fing #cifizen’s. papers” to an im- t. hder the bold-faced title, “America .’ are urgent invitations to attend t school,”learn English, and bhe- e citizens. These invitations, with ¢ sentences ®etting forth the ad- ages of such- action, are given in jlish and if" six. immigrant lan- Pes, viz: Itallan, Polish, Yiddish, juanian, Bohemian and Hungarian, IVestigation has sHown that there n this country §:000,000 foreign- Whites, 10 years and over, who unable to read or even speak i More (hanjdne-half of. these jligrants are unabié‘to read’ t8 in any language; ¢ § the posters will be hung in con- Wous places it is to be hoped that means of thig pictérial and written or invitation immigrants will have their attention called to the night schools of their communities; and’ that where there ds,any, considerable number of immigrants and no night schools the Doster may inspire the ‘authorities in these communities to establish such schools. This is a part of a more comprehensive plan for preparing im- migrants for American life and citi- zenship. In our own city of New Britain there is a great fi~ld for work of this kind. There are many instances of men and women who are unable to gpeak the laguage of the United States. This is the time when the country has awakened to the danger of having the people speak too many languages. It was at the Tower of Babel that the first perplexity took place, and if things in America pro- gress at their, present rate it will not be many more moons before a veri- table confusion of tongues will be in order. Every good loyal citizen of America should ald the Department of { the Interior in bringing ahout order out of chaos. Every man who knows another to be unable to speak the language of the land should make some effort in bringing about a change of condition. The public schools in New Britain are ready and anxious to do all in their power to help those | Who would learn the language of the | country. WHAT IT COSTS. In making an endeavor to guess at the length of the present war in Eu- rope and set a time limit on the great devastation ~which is taking place, many things must be taken into consideration. ‘And, after all sides of the question are ~weighed, after students have arrived at their con- clusions who shall say when the con- flict will be stopped, who shall name the date when the last battle will be fought? Whether it will be in one, five or ten years remains to be seen. Yet, from figures compiled by the editor of the London Economist showing that the deficit for the current year in England will amount to $6,000,000,000 and that the deficit for the next finan- cial year beginning April, 1916, will surmount this sum by another billion, it can be easily seen even the richest nations at war must soon let up, it being taken for granted that all con- cerned are suffering financially. Seven billion dollars deficit in year. That means huge taxation of the people. If not accounted for hy direct taxation the government’s credit must be called upon to face the music which means that the generations of the future will have to bear the sins of their fathers’ extravagances. Point- ing out that most of the money re- quired to cover England’s deficits must be raised at home because outside aid can be counted on only to a limited ex- tent, the editor of the Economist char- acterizes the financial problem facing Great Britain as one to be taken with the utmost seriousness. This is no child’s play, the gathering of billions. And when the day arrives when the ibillions cannot be amassed, then the war will abruptly end. When will this be? one Emperor Frarcis Joseph has en- nobled our old friend; Dr. Constantin Dumba,. the discredited Austro-Hun- garian ambassador to this country, who was recalled at the instigation of President Wilson. Just what his title is, the despatches from Berlin fail to say. He was given a few titles before he left this country; but they also have not been published. The suffragettes claim that if woman had the vote there would be no war. They are even willing to fight the question out with you.—Bennington Banner. The difference between Henry Ford and Willlam Jennings Bryan is that Ford is willing to talk about money for peace and Bryan is willing to talk about peace for money.—Louisville Courier-Journal. A rising American novelist has pub- lished a tale entitled. ‘The Rivet In Grandfather’s Neck.”' It is the crick in grandfather's back that is bother- ing the old gentleman most when he is asked to tend the furnace these days.—Brooklyn Standard- Union. Here is a contrast in state govern- ment worth remembering. Under Governors Dix, Sulzer and Glynn twelve new boards and bureaus and forty-nine special commissioners were added to the state machinery. In the nine months of the Whitman admin- istration there have been no additions of this character and economies have been practiced in every direction. Tammany rule meant waste and pay- roll padding; Republican rule means thrift and pay-roll retrenchment.— Brooklyn Standard-Union. The vital defect of the new Consti- tutlon is that it was compromised to death by its framers. This explains why every defender of the Constitu- tion is forced to begin his advecacy with an apology. Not a_ single prin- ciple of government, good -or bad, was adhered to anl consistently car- ried out by the gonvention, There must inevitably be compromises in the making of a Constitution, but to be worth the paper that it is written on a Constitution must be something more than unrelated compromises ac- cepted in the vague expectation of votes.—New York World. sist her in the European war because that is none of her business. In ac- cordance -with Britain’s request the Mikado saw that Germany was shot out of the Pacific, however, and it seems very likely that if the Kaiser, can make gcod in getting near Con- stantinople British appeal would bring the Jap hot= fnolu’lg with ample powder, guns and détermination to ,aid his ally. Under this view of the case the greater the German success in the Balkaus the fiercer may be the German opposition and the Wider. the theater of war will be extended. Ja- pan will be dn this war up to the hilt before it ends if we are not mistaken. —New York Globe. Mr, Mellen, “Farmer.” (New Haven Register.) From his Horatian retreat in Stock- bridge Charles S. Mellen comes to tell his story before the New York court Asked for indentification, he describes himself as “‘a farmer.” It is an accu- rate and honorable distinction. Mr. Mellen is grawing grains and fruits and vegetables and live stock in these days. In the days of which he is telling the court. when his official title was “president of the New York, w Haven and Hartford railroad,” he vas growing other things. He was making, or was doing his best to make railroads grow in effectiveness and prosperity. He had a sort of Burbank dream of making all the railroads of New England grow from one stock. That, through the spectacles of the Sherman law, was crime, not cultiva- tion. As 'to that he is to tell. It seems probable, in the light of what has taken place in the past three or four years, that Mr. Mellen was ill-advised at the financial end of his railroad operations. It is possible that, had he been free from interference from overhead, he would have made a better job of his railroad cultivation. It remains to be demonstrated, Sher- man law or no Sherman law, that con- version of ineffective and unprofitable competition into effective and profit- able combination is an injury to the public interest. It happens that the conversion was bungled, hence the prosecution. This, so far as the present status of the railroad is concerned, is ancient history. Mr. Mellen’s dream of a single-headed New England railroad system will not come literally true. But may it not have paved the way for effective co-ordination among the railroads of New England. The value —if there is any—in the present trial consists rather in its capacity to bring out the truth than in the possibility of finding any man guilty of anything. America As A Leader. (Meriden It is, of course, Journal.) highly to the ad- vantage of the United States that their customers for huge exports should have the money to pay for them. Furthermore, the enormous ex- cess of exports from America had, a month ago, brought down sterling ex- change to the unprecedented level of 4.50, which means, briefly, that an English pound sterling spent in Amer- ica for our manufactured goods or foodstuffs bought over 7 per cent. less than it would have bought at the normal rate of exchange. Thus, if an American manufacturer had contracted with the British gov- ernment to supply articles to be paid for in pounds sterling, the American would suffer from depreciation of the English currency when he turned his pounds to dollars. But if, on the other hand, the manufacturer had contracted to be paid for his prod- uct in American dollars, the British government would have to pay so much more in pounds sterling that, at any such exchange rate as 4.50, there would have been the most pow- erful inducement to ‘get along with- out buying in the United States. In general, it seemed quite certain that while the allies could scarcely go without purchasing very large quantities of foodstuffs and muni- tions in America, these purchases would necessarily be restricted as much as possible unless the exchange situation were corrected. Better Get Ready in Time, (From the Kansas City Times.) Even a modestly adequate army cannot be built up quickly in the TUnited States because of the lack of officers of any and every sort to drill the men. How clearly better it is to discover that fact in time of peace than to dis- cover it when war has come or is threatened. How obviously far bet- ter to make good the present lack when it ca nbe done safely than to wait until it might not be possible to do it at all. But because we have time, appar- ently, in which to bring the army lei- surely up to efficicney, is no reason for dawdling along and taking all the time that may be available- Consid- eration of the speed in reorganiza- tion that we might use if we had to use it should be valuable now. Mr. Wilson and the Expositions. (Providence Journal.) The announcement from Washing- ton yesterday that the president will not attend the San Francisco and San Diego expositions was to be expected. No doubt he would like to see both of <nows, but there are too may important issues that might come to a head during his absence. In spite of all the improvements in con tinental transportation that have been made in the last few vears, it stil takes four days or more to cross the country Mr, lson. by the way, elled much less dn has trav- term of office than his nredec enjoyed life on the railroad and m a record for swinging round the cle. Since Mr. Wilson has been office, he has been kept pretty close to his desk, with comparatively brief absences in Cornish. Mr in 'McMILLAN’S| Britain has not asked Japan to as- NEW BRITAIN’S BUSIEST BIG STORE “ALWAYS RELIABLE"” New Britain’s Wed., October 27 Put to a Test the Purchasing Power of Your DOLLAR at This Store WEDNESDAY. Read carefully Dollar Day attrac- tion for WEDNESDAY, At Our Ready to-Wear Depart- ment There you will save at least $1.00 on every $5.00 you spend, $ Day Bargains at Our 3rd Floor Drapery Dept. 1 lot Couch Covers, Wednesday, $1 each. 9 yards Silkoline, the makings of a ‘ comfortable, Wednesday for $1.00. 8 vards 15c Curtain Scrims, Wed- nesday, for $1.00 [ 4 pairs 29c Sash Curtains, Wednes- | | | i | | | \ day for $1.00. UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY- Women’s Fall Union Suits, 69¢ val- | ues, Wednesday, 2 for $1.00. CHILDREN’S UNION SUITS. Fall weight, 39c values, Wednes- | day, 4 for $1.00. CARTER AND WINCHESTER| Union suits for Women in medium and Heavy weights, regular and ex- | tra sizes, all one price, Wednesday, | $1.00 a suit. AT MEN’'S DEPT. 1 Men’s Coat Shirt, 1 pair “Onyx” Silk Sox, value $1.25, Wednesday for $1.00. 3 pair Men’'s hose, 3 pair Women's hose, 3 pairs Children’s hose, Wed- nesday for $1.00. MEN’S AND WOMEN'S GLOVES. English tans capes the best $1.25 gloves made, Wednesday, $1.00 pair. WOMEN’S LINEN HANDKER- CHIEFS, 25c hand embroiderey handker- chiefs, Wednesday, 6 for $1.00. H. S. Linen handkerchiefs, Wed- nesday, $1.00 dozen. SHADOW LACE ALLOVERS. The making of a dainty lace waist, Wednesday, 2 yards for $1.00. DRESS GOODS AND SILKS. to attract the dollar day shopper. BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETAS. | $1.25 value, 36-inch wide Wednes- dav, $1.00 yard. WOOL DRESS GOODS. 504nch Lizard Fantasie in black and navy, Wednesday, $1.00 yard. - INCH STORM SERGES. All ‘wool sponged and shrunk in black and navy, Wednesday, $1.00 yd. BOULEVARD DRESS VELVETS, $1.25 value, 27 inches wide, all colors, Wednesday, $1.00 yard. BEACON BATH ROBE FLANNELS. 39c grade, Wednesday, 4 vards for $1.00. BUREAU SCARFS. Reg. 50c values in a big variety, Wednesday, 3 for $1.00. TURKISH TOWELS. Large size, heavy weight, good 25c values, Wednesday, 6 for $1.00. DAMASK TOWELS. 69c values Wednesday, 2 for $1.00. SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES, 1 full size bed sheet. 2 pillow cases, Wednesday for $1.00 TABLE DAMASK. Our well known 59c grade, Wednes- | day, 2 yards for $1.00. NOTIONS AND SMALL WARES. 6 items at 10c. 12 items at 5, value $1.25. Wednes- day for $1.00. Jewelry shells goods, Art linen to embroider, other attractive values for DOLLAR DAY. D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREEX | them in such a FREE SOUVENIRS FORALL And New Bargains Every Day at the Big Store’s ANNIVERSARY SALE NEWS ITEM RELEASED FROM ROTTER- DAM, CARGO FROM AUSTRIA CASES OF CHINAWARE—FOR FREE SOU- AT WISE, SMITH & INCLUDES MANY VENIRS CO’S. ANNIVERSARY SALE. Among the thousands of valu- Smith & are distributing to patrons at Austrian able articles that Wise, Co. the Anniversary Sale, Chinaware will be prominent this week, the firm having just received a large importation from Austria via Rotterdam. Handsome plates, and dishes beautifully and yours absolutely free in change for your Free decorated, ex- Souvenir Coupons, according to the amount of your purchases at very Sale. the Anni- The larger the amount of your purchase the more valu- able will be your souvenir, for in- stance if you buy fitty worth the Souvenir you dollars’ receive will be worth in the neighborhood of five or six dollars, chase should total say $20, Souvenir will be buy, valuable. If your pur- the Proportionately valuable; but no matter what you remember and ask for Free Souvenir Coupon, for they are all A dollar purchase en- titles you to a very nice souvenir. Aside from the Free Souvenirs there will be new bargains at all de- partments every day at the Anni- versary Sale, Bargains that attract people from all over the State. Big Bargains and plenty of them. Bargains in just the merchandise un- rivalled assortments to select from. e — SALE OF VELVET FINISH COR- you will want to buy and DUROY. 36-inch wide, brown, battleship gray, and black. DRESS PERCALES. 36-inch wide, extra fine heavy quality, assorted and colorings, 15¢ kind. versary Sale 10c yard. WOMEN'’S UNION SUITS. Fall welight, high neck long and short sleeves, shades of golden dark brown, two shades of navy, white Tuesday at 75¢ yard. and patterns regular 12%c and Tuesday at the Anni- with ankle length and low neck, elbows leeves, $22.50 FUR TRIMMED VELVET| CORDUROY COATS AT $18.98. Lined throughout and made with wide belt and a natural lynx collar. These threetquarter length coats have a full flare and are made in good quality velvet cor- duroy which is one of the most wanted materials of the present season. WOMEN'’S $50.00 THREE-QUAR- TER LENGTH FUR COATS OF RUSSIAN PONY AT $35.00. In a belted model and made of carefully selected full furred skins. These stylish coats are lined with fancy silk poplin and are a most unusual value. regular and extra sizes, worth $1 and $1.25. versary Sale 89c. WOMEN’S 29c AT 19c. In plain gray or white, finished with crochet edge. WOMEN’S AT 95c. Stripe flannelette with large col- lar and girdle with pocket. CHILDREN'S 50c AT 29c. Gingham and chambray, with or L without years. WOMEN’S 79¢ HOUSE AT 48c bloomers sizes 2 to Chambray, cales, sizes 36 to 44. 50c TO $1 SCARFS AND SHAMS AT 25c. 0dd lot of samples at Art Dept., 3rd Floor. "Phone orders Charter 3050, nd Mail Orders promptly filled. Tuesday at the Anni- KNIT SKIRTS some have borders on bottom, button $1.50 BATH ROBES DRESSES DRESSES gingham and per- | WISE, WOMEN’S THREE-QUARTER LENGTH FUR OOATS OF BROOK MINK AT $69.00. The skins of these coats have been selected with greatest care and the result is unusual full furred skins perfectly matched. These coats are made in a flare model with a self border around the bottom and are lined through- out with Skinner satin. This beautiful brown lustrous fur wears exceptionally well. $16.50 FUR SETS OF WHITE ICELAND FOX AT $12.98. The new mellon shaped muffs of these stylish sets are trimmed with tail and head and the scarf is in the newest animal shape. These furs are most stylish for imme= diate wear as well as later. SMITH & HARTFORD Anniversary Bargains at Suit Dept. WOMEN'S STYLISH $22.50 FUR TRIMMED POPLIN SUITS AT $17.98. Skunk oppossum is used to form the military collar and is used for trimming down the straight mili- tary front of the smart box coat which also has four rows of silk tailor braid around the bottom. The skirt is made in a new flare effect with side pleats. HANDSOME $25 FUR TRIMMED * BROADCLOTH SUITS AT $20. Beaver fur is used to trim the chin-chin collar of these trim suits. The coat is belted in at the walst and is lined with fancy satin. The material is good quality broadecloth and comes in navy blue, chocolate brown, Kentucky green and black. $27.50. FUR TRIMMED SUITS Ol' CORDUROY VELVET ' AT $22.50. Skunk oppossum forms the mili- tary collar of these stylish suits in this most wanted material. The coat buttons high at the neck with military loops and lined with peau de cygne. The skirt is made with a full flare effect. $8.98 CORDUROY AND BAVA- RIAN PLUSH SPORT COATS AT $7.98. Lined throughout and made of a good quality corduroy with belt, patch pockets and collar which buttons high to the neck. These coats which come in London grey, navy blue and midnight blue are extremely practical for present wear. 5 $17.98 FUR TRIMMED COATS OF HINDU LYNX ZIBELINE AT $13.98. Three-quarter length coats made with wide belt and raglan pockets. These coats have a military collar of natural oppossum and are ex- tremely smart. CO. an ideal place for a light lunch, & cup of tem o substantial past re. I Our Restaurant, OUR DAILY AUTOMOBILE DEDIV.ERY INSURES PROMPT DELIVERY OF YOUR PURCHASES, Daily Delivery in New Britain, Elm wood, Newington, Cedar Hill, MapleHill and Clayton. ‘Wouldn't Take His Arm Away. (Indianapolis News-) The old young mun, with a weak- ness for prying into the affairs ot young young men, looked about the day coach on the crawling accaommo- dation train in search of a young man with whom he could pass an hour. As luck would have it he found him across the aisle. He was decked out for an occasion of some importance, evidently a gay occasion, for his clothes presented an aspect of festive fresh- ness, and he was careful to arrange manner that the creases were not in danger of imme- diate extermination. He wore a red and green necktie, upon which the sun shone with special fondness and he had tucked a stiff, new handker- chief in his collar as . means of pro- tecting both his person and his collar from the shower of cinders that came in through the open window. Instead of looking first at the scenery and then at his fellow-passengers, and then back again at the scenery, as a young man on a journey should, this young man stared pensively out of the win- dow and appeared to see nothing at all. When approached by the older man, however. he made room with alacrity and expresed his welcome with a smile which was somewhat wan, but nevertheless cordial. “The scenery is beautiful,” | the older man. “It may be to some, but I've seen it before,” said the young man. As a matter of fact the s not beautiful. The country and deserted. “Scenery like life. If you can see the beauty In it, the most barren life or the most barren country is beautiful” ry was wat flat is said | “That sounds good.” said the young man, “but it doesn’t work out. There' nothing beautiful about me. There's nothing beautiful about any man. Men grow up and earn a living, then they get married and that’s the end of them. “Don’t you believe in Marriage?” “No I don’t know that I do. It spoils a man. If a fellow gets married when he's my age he never gets over It. Don’t you loak at it that way?" “I certainly do not,” declared the older man with some warmth. “I mar- ried when I was younger than you, and I have never regretted it. You have had some unpleasant experience which has given you a wrong attitude toward life and marriage. The sooner you get married the better.” “Do you really believe that?" “I know it. Look over your friends who have married and you will see that it is true.” “I have eight brothers, all married, I ought to know."” While the older man was thinking of something to say in reply to this ap- palling statement, the train whistled and the young man nervously thrust 1 his head out. ‘““Hear we are,” he announced, “and they're all waiting for men. It will be some party. You ought to see her. She’s prettier than uny of the girls my brothers married. If they made mistakes, it's their own fault. I'm not making a mistake, because she's not only pretty, but she can ecook right now as well as my mother could, and But the older man could not hear the rest. The young man was leaning perilously out the window and when the train began to slow down he snatched the handkerchief from his collar and rushed out, but mot unt the older man had seen that his smile was no longer wan but eager and ex- uberant. When the train pulled Sut the older man was hanging out of the window in the vain hope that the young man would take one of his arms from around the girl who had met him at the station long snough tg “ wave a farewell, but in this he was disappointed. » Not Afraid of Slang. (Chicago News.) To those timorous lovers of Eng-, lish undefiled Who have trembled far® the purity of our somewhat cosme- politan speech, the recent remarks on slang by Prof Thomas A. Knott, of the University of Chicago, should be particularly soothing. Prof. Knott dots not view with any alarm whatsoever the threatened invasion of the Eng- lish language by slang terms. Very Justly he remarks that slang is mere ly the évidence of growth of a lang: uage and that it is therefore & -tl’! of healthful vigor, He might have gone further ind peinted out the ephemeral nature ~f slang, which is usable only whem fresh. Ola slang is as distasteful ag a cold fried egg. Slang must be serys ed hot. Most of it, in fact, in thieves” patter or sport parlance lifted for & moment into polite society. As & slang word becomes generally popu- lar it loses its distinction among It former admires and s at once *“ol siuff,” to be roplaced by newer o age. And so it goes The great body of language is a tree; slang 18 the mush- room growth at its foot that indl~. cates a rich soll,