New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1915, Page 6

D PUBLISHING . COUMPANY. T Proprictors. ly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. @ Building, 67 Churoh St .:: Post OMce at New Britaln @ Clashy Mail Matter. by carriers to any part of the city Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. fons for paper to be sent by mail able in advance, 60 Cents & Month, $7.00 a year. profitable advertising medium in ty. Circulation books and press pm always oven to advertisers. 14 will be found on sale at Hota- ews Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- New York City; Board Walk, utic City and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Dffice Rooms ODY LOVES A NEUTRAD. dent Wilson in unmistakable lhas urged upon the sixty- national congress the need of e military and naval pre- ess. He has pointed out the which surround the nation. taken his own political future ands to say some things which man in his position might nsaid, or cover up with rho- ade and rhetoric which if not d as the brand President Wil- handle still would serve the e. And President Wilson will pposition to many of his views. h the main, the true blooded s, the men who think more erica than any other land pe- the sun, will seriously con- te those portions of the Pres- message which have to bear vital question of adequate de- In due time the whole thing b thrashed out by Congress, by en on the streets, by the wivey others at home, by everyone ted, until at last, having pd the mighty question pro bn, some definite plan of action e formulated and a worthy le put in working order. ber we shall have a larger army ger navy remains to be seen. er the nation will remain in its ht rut is a matter that will be before this time next year. er the advice advanced by th> ent of the United States will eded is for the men in Congress ide, always knowing that they act as their constituents Want‘ to act, as their consclences dic- ltor the benefit of the nation as ole and mot for the petty ad- ment or exploit of any mean y. en it is considered that within iod of twelve months there will presidential election in which ame of Woodrow Wilson may an important part, when it is lted upon that the message read e Congress yesterday may end opes he may nourish to remain e executive mansion, it is seen the man who occupies the White Lo today has at least the courage Ihis convictions. Hounded and ded on all sides by people and ks whose utterances seem to be con- d by invisable wires attached to gn offices, the President proved patriotism when he called for bdial legislation to protect the bn.War in the Bast, we have e In the West. But how long is oing to last? How long will brica be able to ‘maintain its dig- without being forced to fight e of the nations who are ever Lsing it to the wall? We have d apart, as the President admir- , says, “studlously neutral;” but | how long can we remain in this e when all the forces of the 1d are centering themselves upon trying to push us from our posi- In a word no one of the belli- lent nations wants us to be neu- . And no one of them loves us trying to be neutral. Each one of m would give anything in the 1d to have us fighting by side. But that can never If there is any fighting to done by Americans it must be only en the rights of America are to defended. ‘When that moment es we want to know that America take care of itself. To be able do that we must follow to some ent the idea presented by Presi- t Woodrow Wilson in his message Congress yesterday. We must not blinded by folly. - We are a big tion, a great nation; but there . are er nations on the globe as big as b are,—nations that believe in liv- g by the sword. Unless these na- bns are to die as they have lived ere will be no hope for :America, r the sword will overrun the earth given full swing and then the only ay to meet the sword is with the vord. All the pens in the world, shing overtime, night and day, puld never stay the fiery hand that jelds the sword when that hand is lent upon conquest. The one great pay to prevent waste and devastu- ion is to be ahle to knock the sword ut of the warrior’s hand,—and let lhe warriers Know. , There will be some criticism of tho ails offered in the Wilson plan preparedness. But this much must understood. When a President of * 4 ~ 2 the United States reads his = annual message to Congress he does not go before that august body or let his message be read with the idea that any plan he suggests for the national body politic will' be adopted In its whole and entirety. He knows nd must. needs be guided by the fact that the men of Congress will and even fight over remote passages of his document, that there will much giving and taking, filling in and digging out, cutting off and adding on, until at last the finished plan is put to vote and then either lost or saved. And all of this ‘though somewhat tedious is good for the country be- cause it acts has a safety valve, as a check to prevent the machinery of government from running away with the peoples’ interests. No one has those interests more at heart than the man in the White House. This ig proven by the manner in which he urges preparedness. He has been studying the situation closely, anx- iously, minutely. He knows whereof he speaks, And, above all, he is man enough to retract his position of one year ago when he scouted the of the American people nervous and excited over war influences. It tak to change his opinion, never. I talk be idea becoming BEuropean s a wise man a fool will LOST, STRAYED, OR STOLEN. ‘What has become of the City Plan Commission? Such an institution mission was going to make for a bet- ter New Britain, to make of the Hard- ware City a community of homes. It was conceded that the place was raised up by its hair and had de- veloped along the lines of commercial advantage and opportunism, but henceforth its development and growth were to be guided along the right lines. The construction of six and eight family tenements would be frowned upon and every effort made to induce the people to seek better things. Systematic development of suburban tracts dotted with cozy cot- tages and bungalows, the beautifying of waste places and the opening of a number of new parks were includ- ed in the glittering program. Tho press and the public gave sanction to the good work and the average citi- zen looked forward with brightening eye and a feeling of optimism per- vaded his being. New Britain was to be a city of homes, a new era wus in sight and the way out of the wild- erness was pointed. If we remember rightly, His Honor, the Mayor, was head center of the movement for right living. Every | factory worker with a family was to | be imbued with the desire to own his own home and make of it a place of | gladsome retreat when the day's work | was done. Oh, it was a beautiful | idea, but what has become of 1t? | True there is considerable suburban | activity and a number of comfortables | homes of the single type have been included in the city’s building ac- tivity during the past season and others are in the works; but it difficult to see where the City Plan Commission figures in on the project. It has been pointed out that work of this character requires long study and careful planning and under the most favorable circumstances the commission has limited powers. Tt can plan, advise and direct to & certain extent the city’s development and much good may be accomplish- ed, but it must be a real live organ- ization, working every minute and seeking co-operation from peopile who stand ready to give it a boost and really desire to see the city made a better place in which to live. The idea is good. Its need is apparent. Plenty of room exists for its working out and we are at a lack to under- stand why it was permitted to throttled at birth. Let its originators stand forth and give us an explana- tion. New Britain people thought pretty well of the scheme when it was evolved and see no reason why it could or should not be worked out. Apparently it is not too late. is MILITARY MEN. There are in the United States some of the finest examples of mili- term military is used in this sense it does not necessarily carry with it the idea of belligerent or fight for fight's | sake. It simply means those who have at some time in their careers been part and parcel of military or- ganizations, including boys' cadet corps. By military man is really meant the fellow who is admirably set up,in physique, the ‘'man who is as straight as an arrow, the lad “who carries his head high, his shoulders held back, his feet firm. What a con- trast such a fellow is to the slovenly, slothful, staggering individual who ambles along the city’s streets with his | head on his chest, his eyes cast down- ward, his hat on the nape of his neck, his hands thrust deep in his pockets. The military man is a far more invit- ing sight. He is an inspiration in himself. Such a being recalls to mind the brass band period of every boy's existence when he gloried in the was set up some time ago with much | flourish of trumphets and this com- | be | tary men in the world. And when the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1015, marching of the military musicians, when he followed in the wake of the regiment sing, when he longed to belong to a fife and drum corps. The swaying columns of the soldiers, the glitter of the uniforms, the systematic shuffle of feet on the pavement, all go to awaken interest in the breast of vouth. A military parade i event, a pretty sight to witness. a military an pa a glorious And man is asset to the state so long as he inspires the boys by his presence. The bovs who spend ' their time learning some of the rudi- | | ments of military drill will be better | off in the long run than those who waste their idle Toafing | around on vacant “the zang." momntents lots with i Tog of the Oscar 2. i Dec. 7, 1915, i So they compare this to Noah's ark. ‘Well, Noah never had a stranger sot of animals with him than I have. The only difference is that squirrels pre- dominate olive branch seek in this ing expedition, Informed wireless that there is a dearth of news about the trip in the papers. Can it be possible that Bryin, the great come-on-er has been strick- en dumb or par John Bull i e¢h? He ha soclalist at by Iyzed in the arms? 't going to let us land, as much chance as a a K. of C. picnic. To paraphrase a famous saying, “T care not who reads the newspapers so long as I may fill them.” If the slaughter in FEurope contin- | ues at the present rate I can see where ,our peace prayers will consist merely of “Requiescat in Pace.” looking bunch of undertakers would make. we Had a little practice as a maker today. Posed for the “movies and the Falem and Fitagraph camera men got into a mix up. Had to hop in and separate them. The incident was sufficient to disillusion men concern- ing some of my pet beliefs. 1 actually believe the rest of my company en- | joyed the scrap. | happen aboard a peace ship. peace Four days out and haven't hostile ship. Come, never do. cen come, this will Sent a letter to my Ru- rupean press agent a month ago to be sure to arrange for our capture. UERY. 1 Editor of the Herald: Could you tell me the age of IHenry Ford the man who is taking the peace ship to Europe? CURIOUS- Henry Ford is fifty-two years old. He was born July 30, 1863.—Ed. 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The Turkish kitchen might | be put at one end of the scale and the French kitchen at the other. The com- plexities of Parisian cookery demand a long and careful education for a clear comprehension of their values and for a proper appreciation, while the dishes of Constantinople, at least those which appear upon' the tables of Turks in the ordinary fortunes of life, are rudimentary. “Vegetables, fruits and grains are the staples of the Turkish kitchen. Breakfast on the Bosphorus consists | of a small cup of Turkish coffee and | a roll. At noon there is a bowl of | sour milk (yaourt) and bread. Thick Turkish coffee is taken again in the | afternoon to key up appetites for the | principal meal which comes at night. | This meal includes, probably, pilaft | (meat and rice), several kinds of vege- | tables, pastry and thick coffee. | workman’s meal is still more simple— | a chunk of bread and an onion or a | bunch of grapes. “There are, however, some dishes upon the Turkish bill-of-fare, which | the returned Westerner never wholly | ceases to regret. Pilaff is one. It is a food as national with the Turk as the potatoe with the Irish, as the cab- bage with the German. It takes a | multitude of forms, but its basic qual- ity of being pilaff is derived from rice being cooked in such a way as o preserve each grain firm and distinct. The rice s unpolished, and, in the cooking, takes an a gelatinous coat Sometimes, it is boiled in mutton fat, a rich, smooth, inviting dish. Some- times bits of roast mutton are mingled with it, when it becomes a meat pud- ding of delicious flavor. It is cooked wita small currants and pinenuts, fra- grant and spicy. Itis stuffed with dates and flavored with orange pea but, whatever its form, it is one of tho treasured memories of a visit to the near east. “Egg plant is the foundation of an- other favored Turkish dish. It is stuffed with chopped onions and rice, and cooked in oil. Tt stuffed with meat marrow a and stear until it becomes a culinary The westencr further- more, learns to enjoy many of the milk foods prepared by the Turks. Yaourt, cultured milk as thick as sour cream, prepared from the rich milk of the buffalo-cow, is a satisfaction . The | 8.—Tac H | repressible, t. to the most pampered diner. Chicken- breast-milk, made from grated chick- en breasts; Jjelly-like rice milk, starchy pudding, eaten with sugar and rosewater; and yaourt, with chopped nutmeats, are other dishes. “The Turks are fond of sweet They prepare a kind of bread, wh they scak in honey and eat with ri cream. They, also, prepare pastry in strings soaked in honey. Their fruits are excellent, better in quality and of greater variety than the fruits of the west. Meats, alone of raw food ma- terials, with the exception of mutton, are poor im Turkey. but, then, the Turk is a good deal of a vegetarian. “The simple diet of the Turk has taken nothing from his good physique; rather, likely, it is one of the main sources of his health and strength. The Turkish porter, or hamal, dines h | on a chunk of phread, costing one cent, together with a melon, or a bunch of grapes, or an onion, or a piece of cheese, to the cost of another cent, and considers his meal complete. Yet daily toil consists in carrying packing cases, pianos, and other knacks around on his back to tonishment of every visitor ac- quainted only with the prowess of por- ters in the west. This rugged Turkish burden-bearer cats a dinner at night which in times of peace costs about four cents—a bowl of pilaff with bits of meat in it Montenegro, upon whose and subjugation the said to have guished in h convjuest Austrians are determined, distin- story as the constant, ir- anatic, midget foe of the Turkish empire. These Black moun- tain people, who, today are defying greater powers than the Turk, face the menace of national extinction and oblivion. The Montenegrins, as a people, were born of the fierce struggles that pre- ceded Turkish mastery of the Balk- ans. In the Middle Ages, Montencgro belonged to the Servian kingdom. Over the battlefield of Kossovo (1389) the Servian state was swept away. The prince-ruler of Montenegro, of royal Servian blood, gathered his mountain- eers about him, together with rem- nants of the folk who fled from the plains, and began the centurics-long, drama of the Turkish-Monte- negrin feud, one of the longest, most bitter and relentless feuds of history Wave after wave of Ottoman in sion dashed its force in vain again the inacc ible Black mountain country, and, betweeen the times of Turkish efforts at conquest, upon the least or no provocation at the Montenegrins sought the Tu in his own country; carrying death and de- struction to the plains. By 1485, the Montenegrins found themselves shut fast within their mountains, Their k ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY---Introducing the Magnificent, Spectacular scinic Holiday Attraction THE SIX PERFORMING POLAR BEAR BROTHERS This Great Holiday Feature Is Now Installed on the NINTH Floor WIS SMITH & OO WE WANT EVERY BOY AND GIRL AND EVERY GROWN PERSON -« AS WELL TO COME AND SEE THE SIX POLAR BEAR BROTHERS. 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Turks had nosooner clam- bered down the mountain sides, than the Montenegrins re-asserted their in- dependence. They obtained the sup- port of Russia the conditions beingan annual subsidy from the Tsar and continual harassment of the Turks by the Montenegrin Both sides have kept their agreement with steaay fainth ever since; for the Tsar has nev- er heen found wanting in his financial i let an opportunity go by when help and the Montenegrins have never they could with decency get into a war with Turkey. As examples, they began the trouble in 1877, and were the first to declare war in 1912 “In 1851, the last prince-bishop died; for his successor, Danilo T, dropped his religious functions and appeared as a secular prince. Since then the tiny state, dedicated to war, has climbed and climbed, its ambi- tions mostly overlooked or smiled at by the powers, until today it full fledged kingdom, with a daughter of its royal family upon the Italian throne. The independence of Monte- negro was recognized by the great n: tions at the Berlin coference in 187 A close personal and political friend- ship exists between the imperial house of Russia and the reigning house of Montenegro, and this friend- ship, probably, is one of the stronge anchors to the windward that the lit- tle kKingdom has in its present day of peril.” TFACTS AND FANCIES, Mr. Bryan said he could not sail on the peace ship since he must remain to fight preparedness. This ought to mean much toward the success of hoth movements.—RBaltimore can. A pedestrian hurrying along a dirty | crowded street, slipped on an orange peel, recovered his balance, swore, and Ameri- the gutter, out of harm's way. That's public spirit.—San i‘rancisco Bulle- tin. The vindication of the dime novel by a Kansas professor is belated but deserved. What names are dearer in the collection of the older genera- tion than Nick Carter and Old Sleuth the Detective?—Philadelphia lLedger. Gov. Ferguson of Texas returned from his consultation with Gen. Car- ranza with the idea that the Mexican is a patriot and a statesman. Opinion | ac- frequently quaintance. fmproves on personal Buffalo Enquirer. Vetoing the jitney bill because it is illegal in the opinion of the city coun- selor is well enough, but a better rea- son would be because it is class legis- lation in spirit and subversive of the rights of the poorer people in effect. Louis Star. George W. Perkin Value of Publicity.” a progressive and a political reformer there is no man in the country who has a keener appreciation of its value. He appreciates it well enough to buy it by the page.—New York Tribune. lectures on “The Since he became The reichstag contemplates raising the pay of a soldier fifty per cent. The high cost of killing in Europe is becoming a serious reflection upon the higher civilization. Economical slaughter is what the world needs— ughter that is efficient, expeditious and inexpensive.—New York Sun. Brand Whitlock’s services in Bel- ium have been too valuable for Ger- many to consider seriously objecting to his return. It would be just is likely to prohibit the sending of any more food supplies from this country relief the Bel World of fans. — New It is bad news that the famous singer, is the illness Mme. of Marcella | Sembrich, s serious, bronchitis hav- iich has deferred her journey south for recuperation. Her Polish rwior work has been given up, but other vies are now working to the same end.- —Springfield Republican. Black Diamond’s End. (Waterbury Black Diamond is your buffalo nickel, or, if you're' a banker, at a $10 buffalo bill, and you'll see a likeness of him, but you'll ever see Black Diamond again. He was sold to a butcher some time ago and after a moratorfum he has bees put ta death, which is just another way of saying that he has beea slaughtered. The butcher paid $300 for him and all the appeals of sen- timents who wanted to prevent %is death until nature’s course had been run were without avail. He suffered so much from the cold of winter that the humane authorities in whose care he was deemed it best, on account of his old age, not to let him go through another winter. It seemed cheaper and better, all around, to auction him off to a butcher and let him be kijled than to build a place cosy enough to keep him comfortable throughout R winter. When he realizes boy and many a boy will feei a lump in hisg throat He won't be ahle to see Black Diamond when he go# to the Bronx park zoo next time. The big leader, of the buffalo herd there, whose size and appearance recalled the stirring tales of the wild west which the pioneers wrote from their| own imaginations and experiences, has been put out of misery through the agency of the butcher who pald $300 for him When you're old and broken down in health, whether you're buffalo’ or plain human ture, you y pray to go the way Diamond did un 1 you have provided for yoursel the means to purchasc the cosines and comfort that keep one from suf fering the rigors of the elements. B kind to the old folks! Republican.) dead. Look at it, many a litte big Plack