New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1916, Page 6

NEW. BRiTAiIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1916. Ie in a position so they can thrive and grow fat on the very law of the land The law was first intended to break up in 1t helped crush out this evil to a large | extent, but it placed in the hands of | unscrupulous women a that men,— the ! EW SRifAIN HERALD HERALD PUBLISHING COUMPANTY. Proprietors. interstate traffic women, (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. rald Building. ©7 Church St ued dat Post Office at MNew Britalp Matter. tered at the Weapon as Second Class Mall proved the downfall of its first many livered by carricrs to any part of tne city for 15 Cents = Week, 65 Cents a Month. pscriptions for paper to be sent by mall payable in advance, 60 Cents 8 Month, $7.00 a year. because under workings woman could not that The amendment now needed, it would with be punished as the . man. Now has been remedied. | @ _only profitable advertising medium 1o the city. Circulation books and press Toom always oven to advertisers. seem, should have to deal viola- tions committed in the past, making © Hernld will be found on sale st Hota- pg's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk Atlaatic City and Hsrtford depot it impossible to prosecute after a cer- tatin number of years have - eclapsed. | It is always some back number that the blackmailer brings to light, threatens to expose. some deed com- TELEPHONE CALLS. stness Dfmce or | mitted when the victim and wild, his was young WHAT WILL HISTORY SAY? when waywardness here will be no surprise evinced the exposure of Captain Von Pa- Jn’s activities in this country because to see the light ahead. Because hu- man nature is frail, it is not very dif- ficult to rake up the past of some find therein be slight, nation as a whole knew this man wealthy men and a few flav They | expose’ means social blackmailer lver would have been sent away un- insinuations against him were waxed Ty that ght him at his dastardly It he vent his wrath may but an s the e. and Tt “wa¥ 'no wonder he ostracism government knows the this,—that is why he makes the play. millions of this expensive and he should be squashed against a disgrace and acts. not surprising Many dollars have been lon the administration at Washing- and the American press. By the from his hand-bag and De- expended on parasite once and for all, even at the expense of the The federal take care of many of their own cases without the everlasting help of the its De- | ters seized w their tment, both the press and the ad- nistration are vindicated. Had n Papen been ofher than whom he s, a military attache’ at the em- ksy of a government friendly to the lited States, he would have been marily landed behind prison bars. rank alone him. Such br devils as Werner Horn, who, un- the Captain’s direction, attempt- to blow up bridges and murder in- ent people, must go their way un- alded and unsung. For them re will be no crosses of iron, they can take satisfaction prnments of this metal encircling For them Ra- oo way ‘to the State Mann law. states can national government through partment of Justice THE COURAGEOUS DUTCH. Poor Holland! Her neutrality has cost her as much, than saved i if not more, actual participation in the great war. she has had to keep her army mobi- lized, ready for action, lest some transgressing army violate her tory. She has lost her ships one after another until her merchant marine has been reduced to almost nothing. What remains of her trade is not re shall be no hero’s grave. worth keeping on the books. Her B oy suffer an sgnominious | P2CPIe have been for more than | year in a state of nervous tension be- and go to their final resting |’ ; cause of the booming of shot and shell e knowing full well they merited | “*U% 8 s B ot with rancor In theis | 2rnd her borders. And now in the | B because the master mind went| M98t of this the treacherous - VU | storms from the North Sea pined. | The Gl oo e 60 (o o e, e gunmen,—“Lefty” Louie, >ago” Frank and _with the exception — Becker,— Yet, Von Papen's i terri- | i un- from | r wrists and ankles. a| all whole ave the prospect that the country will be ous p the Blood,” hitey” Lewis, the man “higher up what he deserved. men never knew. punishment will be the chagrin lhaving his check hook stubs, offi- papers and other records, brand- him as the director of dynamite s and the paymaster of assassins, to the imposed inundated. The waters have risen to the greatest height they have attained in more than a quarter of a century. In some places the dikes are threaten- ing to give 'way. Poor Holland. Her | people have ever had to battle against While all the world was at peace they had ever to wage war with their greatest foe, old Father Neptune. All their loyal admirers in the United States will watch with anxiety their ruggle against adversity and, if they help, the purse strings will be loosened from American pocketbooks to help them as they de- | the four the sea. osed relentless gaze of 2 h And yet, of the goodness and generosity of | he will be for- But what will on people. need generous American heart n and forgotten. serve. the Dutch. They are a courageous people, ory sa HARD WORK AH s about two years ago when Texas wanted those famous Star | — | 1 CAD. HENRY GU such W ernor Colquitt pssemble a host for which the of It the death is ons as of like that a city must pausc upon occas of men Henry Gussman Lone for the moment s once famous, and the Mexican border line. Governor Ferguson, would be the wildest folly the pacification of Me: this because the present cross Now and reflect upon the character of those its population. it with sorrow departure but lived their | better- | who go to make And having necessarily in its heart their with consolation that should, up successor, meditated it thus must go on its way ttempt Dy e of the American t Governor Ferguson 1ld be. After that assertion, oing to happen to those Senators who the at force,” they lives for the ment of their community, for the up- army is not as men thinks 1t what | ruilding of honorable citizenship, for honor and glory of the Gussman contained the greater ration. Hen man. His life clements that go to make men worth while. As a result, he was honored e haye the Jand his adoption, frouble from hestowed with official responsibility by value of the United States army | nis fellow townsmen. 'For when it does but mere police They know too that any army goes into Mexico must be pro- v equipped because of the nature Any invaders in that b would get worse than the Eng- troops suffered at the hands of | Boers. The men must be traincd withstand the hardships of guer- warfare, the brand that was born nurtured in Mexico, and the ges of unfamiliar climate. They ot fight like soldiers down that ., but rather like bandits and nd-story workers. Our troops ! have their hands full when the comes for them to cross over line. It 1846-48 and it be so in any part of the twentieth Representatives from” T a| been lining up against hinistration’s preparedness The pedple of the border been having their shar Mexico was such all the pro- me? a hy of he was and realize even years police commis- well Le served cioner and councilman he looked to the future of and laid his and he goes to his leaving the place better than it. No men should his city as he served As a the city plans according- lhe country. final reward Iy when he could found do all man emulate his more, example and do much. Henry Gussman I will be as missed. And now has come the parting of the ways. Miss Jane Addams, of Huil House fame, bids her old friend and former admirer, Theodore of Arma- geddon, a fond farewell. She has he- was so in stowed upon him a William Jjonnings Bry “God bless and cause her hero did not talk in 1912 he does in 1916. And we had alwa. thought the Colonel was just remarks then as he he handled William Howard as he does Woodrow But then we po: an you,” all be- ury. ANTED.—AN EMENDMENT. strorg now, that Taft Wil- s not the dis- here has been already one in hi: jd emendment made to the very Mann ite Slave Act and from present in- | carelessly tions it is time to make another. uncovering of a system of York has on son. or- cerning powers (or is it intuition?) of a woman. ably right. forcefulness. Miss Jane Addams is prob- Theodore losing his blackmail in New to ized d ed bring forth discussion is subject and while people are not to extend much sympathy by the diabolical are nevertheless e to pe ensnared Colonel Roosevelt was coming to kmailer they jous to see the criminal get his deserts. And they do not want ldits and bullies of this sort placed Connecticut to pour oil on the troubled He might have found this a hard nut meg to crack. we learn, republican waters. i chronic stomach trouble but chronic meant nothing to him, when he failed | ! which is a fine thing to foster friend- | self, . are COMMUNICATED, | Let Play Fair With the Doctor— Another View of “The High Cost of Living,—and Dying.” New Britain, Conn., Jan. 11, 1916. To the Editor of the New Britain Herald: . Dear Sir:—It is perfectly human to Kkeep hold of a dollar as long as possible, and I am no more anxious to part with my money than the rest of the doctor’s patients, but nevertheless 1. and many other fair minded persons wvish to take exception to the woeful tale which appeared in Tuesday's Herald, from the pen of a “sufferer.” The individual who wrote the article plainly showed that his malady is not grouch, and I know of no New Britain doctor who will guarantee to cure such a malignant disease. If the numerous physicians who treated the case were able to collect the fees they | so cruelly asked, they have my sincere | congratulations, one and all. Tt is inevitable that the doctors in New Britain will be obliged to make some advance in their fees before long, and the honest man or woman will meet the condition sensibly, if they realize that up to the present time the local doctors have received | the lowest fees paid in any city of its in the count If an advance is made in their prices, it will simply mean that they will charge what physicians of other cities and states zeceive, whichl surely is only fair, in- asmuch as a doctor's expenses are no less here than elsewhere. 1 believe few patients realize what it costs a doctor to acquire and main- tain his profession. In the first place, he forfeits all claim on his home life, his eating and sleeping hours, and any form of recreation. He cannot live for himself or his family, or even consider his own health. Regardless of time or condition, he must be a servant of the public. In the second e, no branch of education is so Iy, both in time and money as a course in medical science, and no cther professional practice requires snch an outlay of money in instru- ments, medicine and equipment. The good old fashioned doctor alluded to by our suffering friend made up for hig lack of modern scientific know- ledge and technical skill by a genial disposition, and a fatherly interest, ship, but a very poor substitute for the skill of modern medicine and surgery when one’s life hangs in the Lalance. I wonder how ke to step into the doctor’s and fly from one end of tha the other, morning, noon and seeing nothing but sickness, and suffering, hearing nothing ,ubles and complaints, glving best of our lives and services to ‘hers, and then in return for our time, knowledge and service receive little or nothing in return. I am in- clined to think we would all prefer me other occupation! The doctor is not half as mercenary he is painted. Do you realize that cvery physician in New Britain treats riany cases among the poor, and not only asks no fee in return for his ser- vices, but does not expect it? And when it comes to collecting fees, isn’t it strange that the poor laboring man and the hardworking woman will pay cash for a doctor’s servic while the families who have their comfort- alle homes, social position, and Taoney in the bank pay no more at- tontion to a doctor’s bill than to a snow flake in a blizzard. i Many who read this have, like my- stood by the bedside of dear ones, and seen a doctor fight to save a life very precious to us. And when the fight was won, did not the doctor’s puwer to save human life appeal to you almost devine? And would v price under the sun have seemed » much to pay in return for his gift to you? If you have not been through this experience, it may come to you in the near future, and then you will y with me, let us play fair with the coctor. of us would shoes city to night, sorrow but the many " WO BELIEVES YLDEN RULE. War is no respector of honeymoons. acuse Post-Standard. | —Syr wise and just, I do not Theodore Roosevelt will —Louisville Courier- As God is believe that ever come back. Journal. The birds that have the courage to stay with us all winter should surely be treated hospitably.—Norwich Rec- ord. William Waldorf Astor has been promoted to the peerage with permis- sion to pay himself an extremely large salary to support the dignity.—Chi- cago Herald. So far the Allies have not hoasted that they have the Austrian submarine fleet bottled up in the Mediterranean. -—Boston Record. Kissing is said to be one chief cause of the alarming spread of the grip. However, that is no reason why we should regard a man with suspicion because he has the grip.——Providence Journal. heen fighting on in Central Africa. There few spots in this world n't bloodied. You live in artford Times. They've Lake Tanganyika mighty the war has one of them. After charity has covered a multi- tude of sins the sinner ought to let them stay covered.—Memphis Com- mercial Appeal. Isn’'t it funny how there are who are never suspected of | being in society until they set a rested for something?—Indianapol Star. many women “The first five years will be hard- est,” was the reply of a British sol- a dier to a German inquirer during a Iull in the fighting.—New Haven Union. WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office. Lost To the Race. (Stamfort Advocate.) After all the greatest of the war lesses consists in the slaughter of s many thousands of men in their young manhood or in the prime of active life, a goodly number of whom might have become of unmeasurable but great value to their fellow men. Says the Sun: “The race has lost in Europe during the past vear poten- tialtiex invaluable to its future to a degree far beyond the power of the most expert statistician to estimate. Killed in battle have been the geniuses of the next generation, the poets, musicians, playwrights, scien- tists, the young men with creative imaginations, destined, had not war supervened, to throw the light of their inspiration upon the darkness that forever menaces civilization. ‘O, the pity of it, Tago!” Were this really an enlightened world, the nations, with- out changing their comparative nu- meral strength in war, would send their old men, not their striplings, to the battlefield. Youthful genius, with its golden tasks undone, perishes in the trenches while gray-beards, who have fulfilled their mission on earth remain to muddle the work that it belonged to the gifted young men to do. ‘O mourn for Adonis—he i déad!” He who was to sing the songs of tomorrow, to paint its pictures, to advance its scientific research, to compose its music, to write its books, has been sacrificed to the Moloch who destroys without making distinc- tion, both the prince and the pauper, the hero and the coward and the pauper, the hero and the coward, the genius and the clod.” (New London Day.) There is a woman named Curtis in New York who didn’t raise her boy to be a soldier, though she thought she did. The boy, who is nineteen, joined the militia battery. Soon after- ward he shifted to night work and missed a drill because he didn’t want { to lose his pay and perhaps his job; he failed to get a parole from his commanding officer, which he could have done upon application, because, as he says, he expec leave to attend the drill. excuse was accepted. Soon he missed another drill and had the same e: se to of- fer. He was court martialed and fined two dollars and a half. Rather than pay it the youth has gone to jail “on principal.”” His mother, it appears, urged him to refuse payment of the fine. She says he intends to write to President Wilson and Theo- dore Roosevelt about the matter. The country is full of just such boys and just such mothers. They constituge the base of truth underl ing the assertion that it takes a con- siderable length of time to make a soldier out of a raw recruit. If the recruit is of ordinary intelligence and enters the service fllled with a reali- zation of the necessity for obedience, if he is mentally disciplined at the outset, a very few weeks will suffice to make a soldier of him. He can learn to shoot and to hike and most the tricks of the trade in a little while. But to instill the real spirit of sold- iery in him, to make part of him the understanding that he must sink h own personality in the common pur- pose of his fellows to serve their country—that is the thing that takes time and patience and much wisdom. A country full of spoiled boys who do not propose to be bossed by any- body, has a deal further to go in the matter of prepardedness than one in which the individual has a less lofty notion of his own importance. Jance Addams. (New Haven Union) Jane Addams of Hull House, Chi- cago, who has spent her life in that magnificent work of social servic there, is anxious to lead the Europ- ean nations to peace mow by getting the United States government to in- tervene for a truce and terms of set- tlement of the war. She says: “Even this time a conference of neutral to formulate peace propo- received by the of FEurope. fflicted by the same trouble which beset Mr. Ford, Jack of knowledge of her limita- tions. lier life experience has been entirely apart from statecraft, dip- lomacy, in international affairs, and her recent excitement is occasioned by the fact that she went as a dele- gafe to the futile woman's peace meet- ing at The IHague. Her statement quoted above is nothing but a per- sonal opinion from one not at all qualified to judge the situation. This is evident to the rest of us who ha only what surface knowledge of the situation i Europe. Unlike her, however, of us understand that President Wil- son, through the many channels of the state department which is in touch with our ambassadors and con- sular agents daily throughout the world, and in conference with the representatives of the belligerents at Washington, knows infinitely more about the situation than he can s or we can guess. He says the tit is not ripe for suggesting cessatio of war and, unlike Miss Addams, most of us are willing to abide by ti judgment, knowing that her desire: that the bloodshed stop as much she does. But even to those of us who have only what Miss Addams has, the surface facts, from which to form a judgment, it is evident there can he no peace now because the peoples of Europe are not ready for it. The French ministry and chamber of dep- uties is without a dissenting voice in accord with the popular determin- ation to make no peace until the last ounce of gold is expended, the Ia bullet fired, the 1 man gone, as they express it. England is “mud- ing through” with no intention any- where manifest that either the offi- the people, or the troops want to stop short of the end. Italy we nations sals would be well belligerent countries Miss Addams is | dustry | next Albania Discovered It_self | Grown Famous Over Night D. C,» Jan. 15.—“San to ‘Washington, Giovanni di Medua, the gateway Northern Albania, is a seaport courtesy of geographers. It is merely a curve in a low, sandy shore, and in itself, suggests no reason why any vessel should ever touch at such a place. However, at the beginning of 1913, Albania, hitherto unknown, found itself grown famous over night as a ‘foundling’ state of the European | great powers. and San Giovanni di | Medua shared in the fame. At this point in the world-war, Medua bids fair to add materially to its import- ance by having a business thrust upon it surpassing that of its 2,000 years of | sleepy desolation.” Thus begins a primer on war geo- graphy by the National Geographic | society, which describes the strategic entrance into Northern Albania, and Montenegro, a port which, in view of reports, may soon be used as giving’ the most direct line of communication with the Montenegrin and Serbian | fronts. With 50,000 Serbians warring on the Serbian-Albanian border and with the Montneegrins heavily en- gaged on every front—both entirely | dependent ow on their Allies for ma- terials—, it is most probable that, | whether Allied troops land here or not, San Giovanni di Medua will blos- som under an undreamed of rush of business, handling munitions and food | supplies. The primer continues: “Despfte its unimpressive appear- ance, Medua has been coveted by Ser- bia and Montenegro, both of which countries demanded it as a prize in the war of the Balkan league. The port lies at the head of a wide bay by . formed by the estuaries of the River | of demarkation between land and salt o Drin. A range of frayed, unkempt, | dispirited hills, stretching from Boiana. | to Alessie, constitutes the background, To the south, lies a melancholy te of swampland which reaches toward the sea that there is no line water. “There are no harbor works, piers, wharves, warehouses or docks at Medua. A line of stones piled into the sea has served the port's full purpose for many a year. The shore shelves gently out, and the bay is very shal- Landings of travelers and freight were made by lighters, in the days before the war when the steamers of the Austrian Lloyd called here. Boat- men, like opera-bouffe brigands, ani- mated arsenals and true Albanians, served the place’s traffic. “From Medua the road Scutari, or Scodra as the natives call ft, the Albanian capital. It, like the port, is recognized only by courtesy; its principal property of being a road is that of direction. Ior a short dis- tance out of the port, and, at the other end. for a short distanc out of Scodra, a roadway is apparent. In between, however, lies the uneven Zadrima plain, the crossing of which is complicated in all by dry weather, by the inconsistent wanderings of the Drin River. “Medua could be made into a sea- port of some importance; and its use by the Allies might bring a blessing in disguise, a blessing of the nature of army engineers, a nucleus of har- bor-works, and the beginnings of a sound roadway to the ancient capi- tal.” runs to know is pledged, with Russia d Japan, to make no separate peace Serbia and Belgium have no hope sav in fighting on. Germany and Aust long ago cast the die together together have no alternative but to | 80 on. They cannot stop now. No | matter what they really want. So with Miss Addams, who is heedless of these potent facts, the wish is father to the assertion quoted in the foregoing. There is no data of evidence to support her statement. Everyone adl and | who is aware of her fine | qualities and achievements in the socia] settlement at Chicago wishes she might see her way clear to drop this idea of running Europe and act- ing as adviser extraordinary to the | foreign relations. She should let Henry Ford do it He can afford to make himself ridiculous. | How Business Expands and How It Is | Restricted. { (Washington Post.) The railway companies of the Unit- | ed States are beginning to appre- ciate the iron and steel situation and their own urgent needs for immense quantities of rails and other construc- tion materials as well as for more equipment, facing as they are th greatest freight movement that this country has ever had. i Delay in placing orders now by the | railway companies means great em- barrasment and much loss of traffic later on. | The material and equipment com- ! panies are no longer the suppliants for orde: The shoe is on the other foot now, and the railway companies will soon be begging the acceptance of orders, at higher prices and pro- longed deliveries. The Louisville and Nashville placed an order this past week ¢ 43,000 . tons of steel rails; the Atlantic Coast | Line ordered 20,000 tons and the, Santa Fe 30,000 tons, all for 1916 de- i livery. It is stated that the Harri- | man roads are in the market for 50,- 000 to 60,000 tons, and that it is very | probable the orders for their require- | ments will be placed this present | week. i The outputs of the auto vehicle | manufacturing companies for the | past twelve months are said to have | reached the value of $500,000,000, a | most marvelous growth for an in- that is not 20 years in exist- ence. Immense tonnages of steel and iron have into this indus- try, hundreds of thousands of persons | find profitable employment in it, and | with the prospect of an increase of fully 50 per cent. in the number of | vehicles to be manufactured in the twelve months it will be seen what an important factor, what a | gone i | i | Miss Addams has, a mere | most | . of the United States! | trade \ indust driving business force, is this modern The agricultural reports have never been equalled as to prosper- ous showings in those districts. The cotton planters of the South are the | ones suffering hadly now, but v, and all other agriculturists. all | other mineral producers, many others | interested in industries of the United States, now anxiously look to the United States government to open to | them the foreign markets they are en- titled to. What an unparalleled prosperity | would be that of our people today if the illegal British blockade was de- clared void by our government, and the infamous British orders in coun- cil were defied by those in official charge of the interests of the people Restore to our people the markets they are just- Iy entitled to as citizens of an inde- pendent nation, and our balance of would be increased $600,000,- 000 in the present fiscal year. With weary hearts and patience almost exhausted the people of the United States await vigorous action from our government to restore their national right to freedom of the seas. Words, words, words have their use and their places, but it is freedom for our commerce that our people look for and the action necessary to restore it to them. The country is enjoying prosperity, but that prosperity is lim- ited and reduced by unjust orders, rules, exactions of the allied nations, and that prosperity which our na- a great | placed upon our commerce by the al- | through supplying President of the United States on our | . | ous thing,” | as much | men’s farms for very little money. j the hard labor for which he was fit. | frame ty-one y is heard tinental re national guard in v to tinental force will supersede the tional be should become a reality. makeshift for tional rights entitle them to our peo- ple desire to posses The business of this country, great as it is, would be 25 per cent. great- er than it is today but for the vio- lation of our rights to freedom of the seas by the allies of Europe. Remove these illegal restrictions lies and East, South will, breaking West, one and all, business North and have record- transactions the demands of McMILLAN’S | NEW BRITAIN'S BUSIEST BIG STORE “ALWAYS RELIABLE" H 4 » OUR ANNUAL MID - WINTER CLEARANCE SALE All Departments share in the offer- ings. . Seasonable .merchandise .at Sale Prices. TWO HUNDRED FRESH NEW COATS ON SALE SATURDAY AT SPECIAL SALE PRICES We just received from manu- facturer the balance of Winter stock of Coats at a big discount. Buy, now and don’t delay, as this is the most important sale of Women's] Misses' and Children’s Coats offered this season. Women’s Plush Coats ....$25.0008 ... .$22,00 a his $35.00 Coats now. $30.00 Coats now $25.00 Coats now Corduroy Coats $17.00 Coats now. $15.00 Coats now.. All Our Winter Coats our regular stock included ale at mark-down prices. .$9.98 .$7.98 from in this JANUARY SALE OF MEN’S SHIRTS 25 dozen Men’s Coat Shirts at @9c each. Values to $1.00. Percales, Soft Madras Shirts with soft or laundered cuffs. WORK SHIRTS, FLANNEL SHIRTS, FANCY COAT SHIRT: in this sale at 45c¢ each. $1.00 Men’s Grey Flannel Shirts in the neutral countries. Importance of Education. (New York American.) The very old and very foolish say- ing, “A little knowledge is a danger- is disproved every day. Whenever you hear a man talk about “a little knowledge” ask him what he thinks about the danger of a great deal of ignorance. Tell Lim this: ““The Schooling of Abraham Lincoln, all told, did not amount to as one year.” The teaching was elementary, cluding reading, writing, ciphering, and very little of each one. It was picked up at odd times, when he could be spared from daily labor. Remem- ber that when he was a laq his father used to hire him out to work on other in- With that little learning he huilt himself up into one of the greatest men in history, saved the nation, end- ed once and for all civilized recogni- tion of slavery. A little learning might po been dangerous had he the idiotic kind of men. have made him feel dissal ibly have been one of It might sfied with without stimulating things. But Lincoln's little learning him no rest t kept him cons adding more learning to his little ply. The self-pitying young npian who thinks he has no chance may be in- terested in Lincoln’s methods of get- ting ahead. He walked about twenty miles through the wilderness to bor- row an English grammar. e could | get no other books, she read and re- rvead the statutes of Indiana. He v-ant- ed to each himself to write well and think closely. He had never heard Bacon’s saying: “Writing maketh an exact man,” but he felt the truth of the fact for himself, and he wa bound to write. He had no paper and could not afford to buy any. At night when his work was done, he would bend his huge six-foot-four close down by the firelight 1o write and chiper on the back of a wooden shovel. When the him to better gave ntly D~ back of the covered with writing he a thin layer from it .and ing once more. It is a very useful thing for men occasionally to feel ashamed of them- selves. If you want to feel ashamed of yourself, if you are complaining and whining, just picturs to yourself Abraham Lineoln in his father’s iittle hut, with no windows and floor- ing. crouching by the fire and devel- oping his mind by laborious writing on the back of a wooden shovel. Children of twelve in schools, pre- cocious little girls even of soven o eight, know much more than Abra- | ham Lincoln knew when he was twen- | shovel was vould shave berin writ- 1o | of | employed this sale at 88c cach. Knit Underwear at Sale Prices D. McMIL_AN 129-201-203 MAIN STREET could be devised. Under 48 sepa rate jurisdictions, how could it be ex- pected to become an effective national ‘weapon ? With 48 governors as com- manders-in-chief, a: ted by staffs as numerous and as variegated as the native princes of India, the national guard is subject to every political, wind that blows, and effective only in so far as the individual soldier nores the ties that bind him But the national guard need not be extinguished in order to create a con- tinental force. Let it live It is useful in purely local duties, and it keeps alive the embers of militant patriotism in the hearts of a few thou- sand young men. When the nation is considered, & continental army should be considered also. If the nation should be at- tacked, it is not the Massachusetts or the Arizona National Guard that should come to the rescue but the United States army, the arm of the nation itself. If an invader were fronted only by the national guard, he could help himself with impunity while the national and State authori- ties were adjusting the complications of conflicting jurisdiction So far as national safety is consid- ered, it would be just as unwise to rely upon little natives controlled by State to rely upon the guard. Who would pin his on the teamwork of navies directing heads? The navy cannot as to remain in reserve, ganization in time of be ready for war always in order be efficient But army, being 1posed of men, can be so organized as to be an industrial foree in of peace and an armed in war the do huge ays camp under arms, it proposed create a force continentals shall be trained for war in industry which can army very virtually only the drill. It would be on- each national aith up- with 48 as be so constituted dy for or- It must re war. to the time time not in to force Since people care to keep a Army is of who but normally The of be transformed quickly, would cost rms a cost this force, into an e and purely national of rs old. With his “little knowledz2" "e greow | and did the work that was (o improve the condition of millions of men. Don’t be ashamed of your ittle knowledge.” But do be ashamed add to it whenever you pecially if you fail to ma n not es- use- do and it ful to vour fellow-men. A Continental Army. (Washington Post.) and there note of criticism gainst plan for a con- serve Friends of the ous States seem proposed con- na- Her. a the army. be afraid that the guard. For national purposes it would not a great misfortune if this fear The guard a national national s as poor army a as force independent of State lines. The nation must decide whether it shall remain undefended or de- , fended by a large standing or by a force of reserves. senw. calls for the creation tem whereby American citizens mally engaged in industry during times of peace shall be so trained that they can be immediately effe tive as soldlers in time of war. Ye army Common of a sys npr- Great Britain plans that the come of the present war shall strengthening of Great upon the mastery of the presume to contest that may properly, and very wisely indeed adequately prepare to protect " selves, or subject our countr restraint and humiliation Eritain expects to apply to chipping, German foreign Germany, if she can. Mail, out- 4 be the Britain’s grip Ll If we mastery, we our- to such Great German trade and New York