New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1915, Page 8

BRIIAIN HERALD Proprietors. (gunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. " Bullding, &7 Church St the _Post: Office at New Britain Becond Clasa Mall Matter. carriors to any part of the oity nts a Week,, §5 Cents a Month. 8 for paper to be sent by mall jole in advance, 60 Cents & Month, $7.00 a vear. profitable advertising medium fin . Ciroulation books and press always open to advertisers. i will be found on sale at Hota- s Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- ew York City; Board Walk, e Clty ana Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. pice IMELY DISCLATMER. the German government un- to repudiate and disclaim erous lawless acts committed ountry by men who have the the Teutonic powers at heart good and noble thing at a spicious and opportune mo- Flor even as late as last Sat- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1915. must ever keep dcdging bullets from the rifles of nearby hunters. After having been shot at several times in the one day this little lady who pre- sides over a class in the red school house on the hill devised this fashicn to protect her from the rain of shot and shell. She dresses in a chrome yellow waist with large black a red and white striped skirt, a snow white felt hat with feather of robin’s egg blue, a black silver spangled bell, | magenta gloves, gray suede shoes, 2 parasol of sea green bound mauve ribbon, and a black fox muff with lavender ribbon neck support. In addition to all this she carries a bell | which she rings when approaching dangerous zones. Ordinarily any school boy would figure her costume loud enough without the gong. spots, BRYAN’S INDIA. Now comes Rustom Rustomjee, editor of the Oriental Review, and places the fair name of Willlam Jennings Bryan in the list of those eligible for full membership in the Ananias Club. The reason for this ests were made in New York ol tehd to show that this s activity of biased plotters on the wane, but that it still scme of its old time vigor it‘When one Fred ifolt broke of Mr. Bryan's recent pamphlet setting forth conditions in India. In dire contrast to what Mr. Bryan holds true the Hon. Rustomjee contends that the people of India are loyal to the British Empire. One thing seems certain. Editor Rustomjee is because d tried to blow up the na- hpitol building at Washington. here may be some who will doubts as to the sincerity erman government in enter- lextraordinary disclaimer, who elieve that the Berlin officials tally in ignorance of all that pri’ ‘done’ azainst American in- anl institutions, nevertheless e concerned will' be glad to bf the German government's Tt shows on face of that Germany not want or i11 feeling against the United Ino miore than the United States relation to, Germany. All ese two great nations have een_friendly, and it is only the jes of ‘fate that even dare in- pon ‘Such friendliness at this Outside influences have had o do with this. condition than he else, things that neither na- uld control, circumstances that fithout the bounds of limitation. enemies of Germany in this ly have pitted themselves against Hherents of the Hohenzollerns apsburgs, and the battle has oing on at 3 lively rate, with hited States of America always E the worst of it. Over-enthus- followers of the Kaiser have eered to aid the Fatherland and done things m*s\tt paid agents even hesitate at performing. consequence, bombs have been on outgoing ships, munition jes have been blown up, lives nocent men, women and chil- have been placed in jeopardy. vith every -bomb fired and every made the regard vanished for jon that supposedly sent forth emissaries. But now the Ger- government comes out and de- t was complicated in any of these or that it offended in any way st the dignity of the law and or- b¢ this country. There are many lent reasons why the German nment should take this action at particular time, that it should lunce all those who. attempt to the peace and tranquility of the lea States. And it has the right when it contends that “whoever ilty of conduct tending to asso- L the German cause with lawless- of thought, suggestion, or deed, nst life, property and order in the ed/ States is in fact an enemy of the does ordinarily should be counted upon as knowing more about India than Bryan. The editor has this much to say about the Commoner’s trip through the Orient: “He flitted through India in three weeks, ana with our population of 300,000,000 he polished off a hundred million a week.” But then that 1s practicaliy nothing to William Jennings Bryan. A mere bagatelle. Look what he did to Wilson. DO IT NOW. Long days in the stores, hurried lunches in the days, tired and fagged out when the night time comes, no joy, all work, these are the penalties inflicted on those who keep vigil on the Christmas offerings in the various stores. And all because men and women have never learned the wis- dom of doing their shopping before the rush of the last few moments, because they insist upon putting off until tomorrow what should be done today. This is the first day of tne last week ‘before the Christmas sea- son. Two hours :spent this afternoon before going home from work will be equivalent to an entire day devoted to Christmas shopping later on in the week, because then the stores will be packed and jammed with the late- comers, with swirling, whirling masses of men and women eager to get in under the wire. And the consequence will bé a gathering-in of the left- overs, an unhappy Christmas for thou- sands of persons, for the merchant, the clerk, the postman, the express- with | to convince the country that we can no longer remain in our present un- armed condition without inviting dis- aster on a great scale. We must, in other words, be prepared for war, as we never have been in the past, if we would enjoy peace.—Brooklyn Citi- zen. Accidents will happen to munitions plants, but can even the most har- dened Teutonic sympathizer pretend that coincidences can possibly coincide with such persistent frequency?-— Binghamton Pre: It is to be noticed that talk of peace does not come from the allies. They have a bulldog grip on the situation and they are holding on. They are not doing anything very positive, but they are holding on.—Philadelphia Star. The day that the first real move to- ward peace is made s0 many Ameri- cans will lose money by the tumbling of stocks that perhaps Europe will have to excuse us for two or three weeks from giving the three cheers that the occasion will demand.—Syra- cuse Herald. Lef the National Security league take in its horns and fade away. We'll prepare the nation.without its assist- ance. Americans need no lessons from it in the way of patriotism. Trail the hot-headed militarist to his lair and vou're likely to run into a manufac- turer of bullets.—St. Louis Times. German press only learned officially vesterday that the Unted States had some time since requested the with- drawal from this country of Captain Boy-Ed and Von Papen. We, of course, are not responsible for the ig- norance of the German press, but it might be well for the German people to find out what else Berlin is con- cealing from them.—New York Tele- gram. It is obvious from the utterances of Premier Asquith and Chancellor Holl- weg that. the initiative for peace will not come from any of the warring countries. This is natural and logical. It is also human. It is futile to ex- pect England or Germany to sue for peace. Some influence which will get these contestants to assent simultan- eously to a proposal for peace is needed. That influence lies in the United States. It is necessary only to use this influence with wisdom, dig- nity and perseverance—and to use it immediately, before the psychological moment is past.—New York Mail. Hardy Connecticut Statesmen. (Bridgeport Farmer.) Col. Willlam H. Hall of Willington, who has served some eight or nine terms in the general assembly, and is better known as Hank Hall, made the trip from - Willington to Hartford, Tuesday, leaving at 9:30 and arriving at 5:30 p. m. Chains broke again and again. Col. Hall shoveled while the chains were repaired, and so beat most of the trolley cars and all the trains to destination. State's Attorney Hugh M. feft Hartford for Suffield by reached Windsor Locks, and from thence took an automobile, which stalled in the drifts; then hired a team which failed and so walked ihe balance of the way. Alcorn train man, the delivery boy. Do it know, that Christmas shopping; do it early. Could it be possible that the Colonel is really seeking another numination? Or are reports of the now famous Gary dinner exaggerated? No one can readily believe that the hero of San Juan Hill is going to throw his hat in the He i having too much fun lambasting the Germans and Wilson and Bryan to give thought to such trifles. And yet our old friend and colleague Prof. Muensterberg may have had it right,— “Politics, My Friend.” ring. is Log of the Oscar 2. Dec. 17, 1915. Understand Dr. Cook intends to join our little peace party. Wonder who's trying to wreck this expedition. very cause and a source of em- assment to the German govern- ht notwithstanding anything he or may believe to the con- And that applies as Il to the men who in brags- clo fashion proclaim that there is [y one nation beneath the sun prein culture is the byword, as it to those who prowl about in the seeking some factory to de- by. It is human nature to become judiced against something which orever’ being pounded in upon ry side. There comes a day when Ty man wants a change of diet. Let over-enthusiastic friends of the jrman cause hark to the message ym_ Berlin and not be enemies to ht very cause. BULLETS AND BOOKS. Our young sirls - teaching school wve much with which to contend. kpectally is this o if-they are teach- &.boys, for the. members of the reck-1 - #ex are prone to cause trouble for e teacher one way or another. If ey are not bringing- their bean- ooters into- play they are putting clc tacks on the windows. And there much annoyance caused in divers ther w Truly the life of a teach- is not all amber eolored fluid and iittles. B0t even' dur girls in New ngland have no complaint to regis- like tqm{y‘o‘ung lady in Minnesota ho while 61 her way to school every porning and on her way home in the n-must Tun the gauntlet, BExpect to touch at Christiansana today. These towns have nice names but from preparations made for our reception I guess they don’t live up to them. Have heard one of the mnewspapers is advertising the coming of the “Great American Monsoon."” I stood on the bridge at midnight. And even the man in the smiled. moon One would naturally expect a peace party to embark on the Pacific rather than the Atlantic. So the ministers of Christiania are planning a prayer meeting on our ar- rival. Guess we can stand it, all right. Brothers McClure and Lind- sey may lead in the singing of “Lead Kindly Light.” Not many more splinters left in this log. FACTS AND FANCIES. Although it has lately been disrov- ered that the Russian people - love their Czar, Nicholas hasn’t yet begun to takelhis evening walks alone.— Roston Journal, i ANl of the belligerents want the kind of peace that will last. But they have not yet found a way to reform human nature by written agreement. —Wilkesbarre Record. Not until the people have become thoroughly aroused to the fact that ‘Which proves that the blood of the forefathers continues to circulate 11 the veins of Connecticut statesmen. One regrets that Former Governor Simeon E. Baldwin did not elect to make a trip from New Haven to Hart- ford. This sturdy statesman could walk the distance if he saw fit, with no thanks to any form of conveyance but shapk’s mare. Five Cents Not Enough. (Providence Journal.) Disappearance of the jitneys in many cities is explained by the fact that under ordinary conditions a five cent fare is not enough to cover in- terest, repairs, oil, gasoline and wages. Risk of accident was another factor; the extraordinary repairs necessitat- ed by one collision might easily cost more than the gross receipts of a week or a month. Anybody familiar with depreciation and maintenance charges will have no difficulty in showing that with fares limited to a nickel the jitney driver is’ in no danger of being hit by the income tax. The experience of Fitchburg, which decided that the jitney needed regu- lation, and then found that the rules were useless because the jitney had passed out of existence, is not un- usual. But it has not vet been dem- onstrated that a speclal jitney service at ten or fifteen cents is unremunera- tive. Is it not practicable to lay out jitney routes, which offer new facili- ties, and get fares that will give the operators a comfortable living besides affording people the advantages of the flexibility of the gasoline driven conveyances ? Congratulates Wilson. “In his straightforward stand against the pacifists,” says an edi- torial in the January issue of Amer- ican Defense, official- organ of the American Defense Soclety, “American Defense stands with the president. We pledge ourselves to do all in our power to defeat the congressional op- position to preparedness. ‘“We congratulate President Wilson that he is meeting opposition from his former Secretary of State, Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, on the subject of preparedness. That augurs well. ‘At the same time we do. not un- derestimate the danger to adequate national defense represented in the persons of men like Bryan and Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina. “It is not thHe duty of a nom-par- tisan magazine to point out to the Democratic Party the danger which these wnen represent. Tt is obvious from the attitude of these men that the Democratic party may split upon an army of real strength must be pro- vided will it be quite in order to en- ter upon the details of any given plan. First of all, to repeat what has been already reiterated, the great thing is the reef of defense. In the Republi- can party feeling on . the subject is not unanimous. “We stand against pacifists of every party. We stand for defense,” | pense McMILLAN’S! NEW BRITAIN’E BUSIEST BIG STORE “ADWAYS RELIABLE" Store Open Evenings Until Christmas Do Your Shopping As Early Day As Possible. in the ‘Extra 'Salespeople. XMAS GIFT SUGGES- TIONS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY ‘Warm Coats Bath Robes Sweaters Furs | Silk Dresses Street Dresses Silk Blouses Kimonos Knitted Scarfs ‘Wool Caps Raincoats Umbrellas Silk Petticoats Dainty Undermuslins Infants’ Wear Fancy Aprons Leather Goods Silk Bags Mesh Bags Beaded Bags Gloves Neckwear 8ilk Scarfs Handkerchiefs Auto Veils Hair Bow Ribbons Sash Ribbons Boudoir Caps Silk Hosiery Knit Underwear \ Xmas Stationery French Ivory Gold Filled Jewelry Solid Gold Jewelry Shell Goods Fancy Supporters Art Novelties Table Linens Emb. Pillow Cases Men’s Pajamas Boys’ Pajamas Shirts Ties Fancy Linens Suspenders Dress Goods Hose Supporters Silks intended. 39c to $4.00 a box. * Fountain Pens Pencil Sets .... Christmas Cards Arm bands Suit Cases Waistings Blankets Traveling Bags Rugs Trunks Cedar Chests Shirt Walst Boxes Couch Covers Portieres Vacuum Cleaners SPECIAL XMAS SALE CUT GLASS AT MANUFACTUR- ERS PRICE. D. McMILLAN 129-201-208 MAIN STEFEET A Patriotic Utterance. (Waterbury Democrat.) “To me neither German-Americans nor Irish, Scotch, French, Italian or Russian-Americans appeal. It we tolerated the growth of any unnatur- al division, we would encourage dis- sensions that might eéventually lead to most disastrous results in auy conflict that might arise between our country and foreign nations. Let us therefore prepare to abolish all dis- tinction that may lead to ill-feeling and call ourselves, before the whole world, Americans first, last and. :il the time. Let preparedness be our watchword—preparedness against any and every foreign foe, so that no power on earth may ever succeed in overthrowing our republic or in re- stricting its growth and development But let preparedness also be our watchword against the visible and in- visible domestic foe. T am speakin: of the thick-and-thin partisan. the: shouter whose ardent appeals patriotism are used as a cloak for the promotion of his personal ad- vantage and that of his fellow-par- tisans, to the undoing and at the ex- of his fellow-countrymen.” These are plain and honest Ameri- can words. They were spoken by Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg of Philadelphia, at a banquet of the Pennsylvania society in New York. They were addressed to an audiernce composed largely of citizens of the German race, by a man who himself was born in Germany. And they provoked tremendous applause. Tt's just another proof that there are plenty of American citizens of Ter man origin whose loyalty is limited by no hyphen, in spite of the evi- dence of certain ‘‘shouters” to the contrary. Test for Trade Commission. (Waterbury Republican.) The lumber investigation by the federal trade commission, which 1is being brought down to date at the meeting of lumbermen with the gov- erning officials in Washington, is the first vital test of the new principle of talking things over. Clubbing the heads of manufacturers has been eliminated under the object of the formation of the new board. The eyes of all manufacturers throughout the country are now ona the trade commission to see just what its policy i6 to be. The lumber- men took the initiative last summer in placing their troubles before -the commission, so that the problems confronting the industry could be threshed out, to the end that the powers of the commission might be enlisted in their task of working out a solution, and to establish the value of the néw federal board. The commission has been given full sway, books were thrown open, lum- | bermen from all sections testified and showed facts and figures, so that now it is believed full information is now at hand. The opposition manifested toward previous government investi- gations has been cleared away, and the government agencies are for the first time working in harmony with a great. industri f.n". America’s 1bs. Shaving Mirrors .... Gillette Razors .. Gem Jr. Razors . Ever-Ready Razors Autostrop Razors Razor Strops Flashlights Kodaks Books of Fiction Military Brushes, Pullman Slippers Stationery A very large assortment of high-grade and up-to-date correspondence sta- tionery in white and the popular tints and in attractive holiday boxes, from .50c to $5.00 vev....25c to $1.00 and Booklets, 2 for 5c¢ and up Fancy Chocolates A very extensive assortment of fine quality chocolates -the products of leading = confectioners, fancy holiday boxes of from % to & Prices from 39c to $5.00. Shaving Requisites Durham Razors, upwards Razor Blade Stroppers, upwards from $2.50 Rubberset Shaving Brushes, Automobile Goggles Cello and Gillette Hot Water Bottles, Rubber Hot Water Bottles, a pair, $1.69 to $10.79 Sternau Nickel Cooking Sets. . ..$1.00 Shelton Vibrators...... uggestions 3 istmas Gifis T is the spirit of giving that makes Christmas beautiful. The real Christmas spirit is shown not by the in- trinsic value of the article given, but by the individ- uality that accompanies the gift and the knowledge that it was selected with care and thoughtfulness—with the desire that it meet” the requirements of the one for whom it was SOME OF THE PRACTICAL AND DESIRABLE ARTICLES TO BE FOUND IN OUR STORES: Perfumes The popular creations of the world’s perfumers, Mary and Lilas Arly, two popular odors and the specialties of such makers as Coty, Houbigant, Gallett and other from 25c to $15.00. Perfume Atomizers, Cigars for Xmas A Gift acceptable to smokers at greatest Piver, all times. in Blackstones, ..98c to $4.49 $5.00 to $8.10 . ....$1.00 e $1.00 : - ..$5.00 from $1.00 75¢c to $2.50 Teddy Bears Tinker Toys 25c to $5.98 Dumping Sandy Christmas Stockinge ....75c to $5.50 $5.10 and upwards Brownie Cameras. .$1.25 and upwards . .25¢c American Music Albumns. .. Aluminum Coffee Percolators, $1.19 and $1.45 49c to $1.59 $1.75 to $3.00 79c to $2.25 $15 to $35 All the popular Brands ‘in boxes of 12, 25 and 50, including Explorers, German Lovers, 7-20-4, etc. Prices from 85c to $2.00. Toys for Children Kewpies, celluloid and bisque, American Model Builders, Traveling Cases .. Toilet Mirrors .. Hair Brushes Dressing Combs . Thermos Bottles ... Thermos Carafes. . Thermos Lunch Kits Alarm Clocks . Ivory Clocks . Kewpie Clocks . Ingersoll Watches. .. Bedside Tables .... Silk Air Cushions. . Bed Back Rests... including Lady the season’s Kerkoff, Colgate, Roger & 49c to $3.60 Rosedales, Mozarts, 79c to $1.79 19c to $1.98 50c to $7.50 .79c to $9.39 98¢ to $11.94 ...5%¢c to 89c .$1.25 to $4.50 $3.50 to $10.00 $2.25 to $6.50 9c to $2.00 8c to $4.69 .79c and 98c $1.00 to $2.50 .$8.98 to $6.50 .$2.50 to $4.25 ..82.75 to $3.25 The Struma Valley, Oldtime flattle/ield Washington, D. C., Dec. 20.—"War- fare is a commonplace in the crag- framed valley of the Struma River, down whose course the Bulgarians are struggling against the French and English; for the river flows through the heart of the district, in which the Bulgarians, Servians and Greek prop- agandists fought for ten bitter years among themselves before uniting in the purpose of driving the Turk from here in 1912,” begins a statement just issued by the National Georgraphic Society . “The Struma valley has been more or less of a continuous battlefiel1 since the beginning of the twentieth cen- tury, when the idea gained certainty that the Turk muyst soon lose his Macedonian provinces and all of the Balkan nations began a wrestling for inheritance. Schools, churches ppli- ticlans and brigand bands strove with one another in Macedonia for tha con- version of the natives to their cause, for the development of Bulgarians, Greeks and Serbs in the Turkish State; and the tactics of the struggle often proved fatal to the subjects for conversion. “It is a peculiarly wild and desolate segement of the Balkan peninsula that borders the Struman’s course. Tts wildness is that if Nature piled with mountains, scarred with hroken rocks, and torn with gorges and rag- ged cuts. Tts desolation is the fruit of ten vears of propaganda strife, heightened by the efforts of the Otto- man as a tax collector through 500 vears and by his methods of punish- ing the people as a means for the sup- pression of the foreign bands. “Bulgarian, Greek and Servian am- bitions met and clashed along the muddy Struma. Down its course —it rises just below-the Bulgarian- capital Sofia— the Bulgarian bands poured into Macedonia, while the Greeks came from Saloniki .n the west and followed its course northward. The paths that follow the river are rough, and often dizzy, going narrow roads running along mountain and ailiside ledges and now and then falling sharply to lowland nearer the river. Wayside guard stations, survivals of the days of Turkish administration, are perched on the heights beside the stream, while the roads that cross here are mostly fords. Thé ancient bridges that crossed Byzantium’s Strum, fell into decay under Ottoman rule and vanished to the last vestige. Alto- gether, this persistent theater of war is as an unlikely a fleld for military operations as would be remote und savage Albania should the Alhance and Entente Powers carry their trouble there.” A Dead Language. (Kansas City Times.) Once there was a people word for. ‘‘person” was ‘‘guy whose word for woman was * In that dead language ‘‘geezer,’” “gink,” ‘“‘chicken” and “boob” had their roots way back in-—well, in whatever words do have their roots. But by and by the academicians and the editors and the etymologists were horrified to find those good, old-fashioned, sober and traditional nouns being supplanted in common vocabularies, and especially in the vocabularies of the young, by such vulgarities of slang as “man,” “wo- man,” ‘“‘person,” “boy,” “girl.” For a long time the respectable journals refrained from calling attention to those invading monstrosities of speech,-as-they- had: a fear to lower whose their respectability by printing them. They were classed among those words that gentlemen would not ‘ut- ter in the presence of ladies. But finally the respectable journals, en- couraged and aided by the ethical teachers and learned grammarians of the schools, felt that they owed a duty to society. And when an emin. ently respectable journal, professor, or mere person feels that he owes a duty to society he will go the limit in performing it. S0 these uphold- ers of the language did. They *e- solved to print. “With what humiliation must observe,” wrote an editor, “that glorious word ‘calico’ has®been & moet banished from the tongues of irreverent youths who use, instead the slangy, if not ribald, word ‘wo- man.’ A gentleman of undoupted veracity reports that in a crowded street car the other day he heard a forward young guy (probably he would have applied to himeelf the disgusting word ‘hoy')-—heard this youns guy call a venerable geezer & ‘man!’ It is even not uncommon, that when groups of young chickens are assembled in parties or aree on their way to school, young guys of respectable parentage will refer ta them ag giris. The harmiess hoobs and mutts and ginks, even the dubs and boneheads—all of whom should excite the compassionate respect of all classes—even they have been the vietims of a colloguial levity. . Such street terms as ‘innocents’ ‘Waff wits.’ ‘dullards’ have been atta-hed| to them. Easy marks and sore4 heads have been Insulted as ‘grod hearted persons.’ And so one mighf] extend the list almost indefinitely, “Tt will not de.” concluded .th mlarmed editor. “to sav that languag: s life; that what new gpeech are really slaney will so~n nass. and that these are enduring should be endus be life has need of them.) To a limited extent there mav truth in that. But think of calli an old geezer a ‘man’ and a chick a ‘girl’ The line must be & somewhq one the Ine nee