New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1916, Page 6

o : ; NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1916. T EW BRIIALY HERALD . HERALD PUBLISHING TUMPANY. Proprietor: ued datly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. %t Herald Building. 57 Church St téred at the Post Office at New Britalp as Second Clags Mall Matter. liverea by carricrs to any part of tne city for 15 Cents 2. Week, 65 Cents a Month. bscriptions for paper to be sent by mall payable in advance, 60 Cents & Month, $7.00 a year. only profitable advertlsing medium 1o the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ng's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk Atlaatic Clty and Hertford depot TELEPHONE CALLS. siness Dffice .. pilscrial Rooms E ORDINANCE OF THE SPOON. Highly indignant, New ritain’s foremost citizens complains at often when he is down-town and pt of reach of the om and must perforce take refuge one of the common, or garden riety of lunch rooms, for his noon- one of family dining y meal, he is sometimes presented ith idence of having e rincipally, the spoons rende A soiled fork, and, occa- mally a knife, that. has run’ the untlet and broken through the lines ibouched, comes to hand; but, for & most part, it is the silver spoon at looms. up and excellent th copious quantities of caked food- ffs, bearing evidence that other the emporium. hether this is done for advertising, the purpose of showing the noon- v guests they are not the only ones 0 patronize the place, the gentle- n does not know.. .But he has sug- sted, 'and a very .good suggestion is, that the board of health enact, Have enacted, a city ordinance king it mandatory that all who en- ge in the gentle art of dish-washing downtown lunchrooms pass some t of an examination, rigid bugh to place them above criticism en the spoons, and the forks, and that go through their e reach the ultimate destination. Eures this gentleman, it is task bugh to eat in lunch rooms without ing the additional trial of sur- ing begrimed spoons, with the sequence of lost appetite and much wounded sense of pride. is indeed time something were omplished in this direction,— solving of the soiled spoon prob- , or the adoption of the ordinance the spoon. Whether the fault lies h the person who dips the silver in boiling; -or- -lukewarm, water; ether it is neglect on the part of knight of the drying cloth; ether the scrutinizing eye of the iter who serves the implement is of alignment, is difficult to say. ere are so many handlers of the on before it finally gets into action utensils bearing the marks and aped hot water, the are large e had visited one P knives, t the placing of responsibility is no ! an task. The blame is widely dis- buted and leads -to the shifting of ponsibility. For the sake of suffer- humanity, then, for the good of community at large, for the pre- lvation of those who must suffer the lonvenience of dining away from family circle, let the board of pith go out on the war path and le a few lectures to the offending les. They are not so many. The ces where such spoons are put h are few and far between; but fact remains that they are with and they should be called to task. ng on the clean—away with the led. Put into effect the ordinance the spoon. AN EXPLANATION WANTED. When the experts get around to it y mright find out the nature of the plosion which occurred on the sub- ine E-2 at the Brooklyn Navy rd last Saturday and which re- ed in the death of four men and | permanent injury of many others. er reading four or five columns of planation in the Sabbath sheets no flinary layman could devine just y such an explosion could have urred when it is emphatically ited that because of the new Edison eries with which the 0-2 is pped there is only an infinitesimal pntity of gas given off at the ment of discharge. And yet it is dly probable that any pncies got a chance to work any bolical schemes on a it was securely ensconced in a gov- pment dry-dock. Eliminating the gchief that might have been lought by an unknown quantity of B exploding of itself it would seem Pn that some carelessness must have bn wrought on the part of the work- in, or even that the officers in Arge were not totally familiar with new contrivances with which this If the jer is the case it were better that outside submarine dersea boat was equipped accident occurred in the dry dock had the same accident occurred the running ler or on the surface of the high the loss of life would have been 1ling. Now the Investigating submarine were Almost least a little more than half way | before board will have a chance to some preventative measures. If the E-2 is equipped with death dealing apparatus for its own crew adopt there is r:0 need of fitting the entire submarine flotilla with the same outfits, as was the original intention. FOR HUMANITY; KE. Upon reconsideration the British Government has withdrawn its hold- ing order preventing a merchant ves- sel carrying Red Cross supplies to Germany and her allies from enjoying uninterrupted passage from New York. The obstruction to the pas- sage of this ship was placed because the British believed that certain por- tions of rubber on the vessel were to be used by the German soldiers as munitions of and not for medical exigencies. There was never any occasion to doubt the sincerity of the American Red Cross and Great Britain went a little too far when it demanded that a guarantee be given that the questioned goods be used not as war material. The Red Cross could not promise this, no more than it could promise that goods sent to England would not be used in the It is not conceivable war same fashion. that any nation would divert articles associated with the administration >f medicine to uses other than for the humanities. Miss Mabel Boardman is to be congratulated for her untiring efforts in securing the British Ambas- sador at Washington to intercede in the cause of humanity. The Amer- jcan Red Cross plays no favorites. It is not working in Burope to hinder any one particular nation in waging war, but to extend its generous aid t> all in alleviating suffering. And this it has done. From now on none of its ships will be detained. George W. Perkins, the heart and soul of the Progressive party, is em- phatic in his denial that the Bull Moose is for sale, that it will be placed in the Museum, that it will be supplanted by the Elephant, or any other political animal. He says in his musings that the Progressives are not looking toward amalgamation with the Republicans, that they are just making a sincere effort to see if they cannot get the same candidate and the same platform as the Repub- lican party. All of which sounds like a new pass-word for ‘fifty-fifty.” one hundred per cent. At Two more weeks have been thrown in the discard. Only fifty left in the pack, and then 1917. COMMUNICATED. Defines “Optometry” and Tells of a New Profession. To The Editor of the New Herald: Dear Sir: 1 read with great pleasure your edi- torial (Take Care of Your Kyes) in Britain last Thursday’s issue, and agree with | you in the warning given your read- ers. The only real objection in your editorial is the way you cautioned your readers not to see an oculist in eve case whether glasses or medi- cal attention is needed. A great many are not aware there is such a science as optometry. Optometry as defined by Connecticut “The employment of any means other than drugs for the measurement of the power of vision and the adoption ;| of lenses for its aid.” It is a sci- ence that deals with all defects or ab- normalities, of the human eye as en- tirely distinct and separate from ease. Thirty-six states of the U have taken precaution to laws governing optometry, to safe- guard the general public against fa- kirs, etc. These laws have stand- ardized optometry and a set standard of qualifications must be acquired be- | fore an optometrist is allowed to prac- tice. These requirements in niost states consist of a complete High school training and at least a two- year course in a recognized college teaching optometry such as The Co- lumbia University of New York, The Ohio State University of Columbus, Ohio #:d a few others There are state boards of examiners whicy give applicants a final test as to their fit- ness to practice. This will give you an idea, the way every precation to make optometrists fit to take care of eyes and safeguard the general public against incompe- tent men. In the case of the oculist all that the state requires of him is | that he be a medical man. As yet, there is not one state in the Union, which has standardized the knowledge that,an oculist must attain in order to qualify himself as an eve specialist. It seems only reasonable that an optometrist should be consulted at the first sign of eye trouble. Should the optometrist on examination, find need of medical attention, he will refer the case to an oculist. Tt may interest those, who are in- terested in optometry that the Su- preme Court of Pennsylvania has up- held optometry as a distinct profession, also that the remaining twelve states, which have not enacted optometry laws have bills before their legis tion, and I am almost assured that this year is over every in the United States will have pa a law governing the practice of op- tometry. Those wishing to know the ¢ wording of the optometry law as | sed in this state in January, 1913 can refer to page Public Acts for the years 1911-1913. Respectively yours, S. Stanley Horvitz. Optometrist 321 Main St i Pos law is | i came establish | | vation states have taken | 1886 in the Connecticut | 1 CTS AND FANCIES. All is comparatively quiet on the western front, even in that sector where the peace expedition is operat- ing.—Brooklyn Eagle. Well, Mrs. Wilson has presided at her first White House social function and the verdict seems to be that ~he will do. Another cr eems to have been successfully met.—Berkshi Eagle. The pacifist argues that this cota- try should set a good example to a warlike world. Good examples form part of the flooring of a place that is paved with good intentins. Peace loving China has long been a -e- proach to predatory powers.—New York Sun. That the jitney still flourishes, to the discomfiture of rival transporta- tion tems, appears from the pro- posed city ordinance in Oakland, Cal., to forbid to jitneys the streets used by street cars. The city attorney huas declared the ordinance unconstitu- tional; as it certainly ought to be.— Springfield Republican. The arrival of the Adriatic only twenty-eight passengers in steerage brings to notice again fact that the war has shut off York’s sources of household help, more young gir ain come knocking at the doors. They are doing mer for men’s pay at home.—New World. with the the J. A. Royal of Newark, N. J., has offered $5 reward for information concerning the whereabouts of his wife. He says she is thirty-eight years o0ld, weighs 200 pounds and has a mole on her upper lip. Mr. Royal evidently feels that, having offered the reward, he has now done his full duty and is freed from the obligation to be | inaccurate concerning details of Mrs. | Royal’s personality.—Boston Globe. A wealthy woman in Chicago an- nounces that she has become a social- ist because the police interfered to some extent when, in an autombile, accompanied by her husband, her lawyer and her private secretary, she created a disturbance at a factory where a strike was in progress. Per- haps the socialist party does not know it, but it is recruits of this kind that keep a lot of plain, law-abiding Americans out of its ranks.—New York World. Sufficient Proof. (Philadelphia Telegraph.) A citizen was standing on a street corner looking a bit depressed when a friend sauntered along. “What seems to be thetrouble old man?” solicitously queried the latter, extending the sympathetic hand. “You are a sight like sad scenery.” “I have just had something of a Jolt,” answered the sad one. “I was bequeathed a silver service as the solid thing a few weeks ago, and now I know that it is only plated ware.” “Sorry to hear that, old fellow,” returned the friend. ‘“But you may be mistaken.” “Oh, no, I'm not,” was the mourn- ful rejoinder of the sad one. “The service was on the sideboard the other night when burglars broke in, bhut they never touched it.” Going the Wrong Way. (Collier's Weekly.) Americans of German de- sufficiently answered the Loyal scent have | hyphenated threat that all of German blood and sympathy are going to mi- grate to Kaiserland after the war and leave Uncle Sam flat on his back. bly it wasn't much of a threat anyhow. The only thing we want to adq is that during the first fifteen months of the war 26,414 Germans to the United States and 8,508 left the United States. This ratio of increase was surpassed in the same period by Hebrews and Irishmen. Perhaps some Germans think that u:\lrs is a fairly decent country after all. | now priced $12.98. | Prices. 'McMILLAN’S NEW BRITAIN’S BUSIEST | B BIG STORE | “ALWAYS RELIABLE" OUR ANNUAL MID - WINTER CLEARANCE —or— ‘Draperies, Rugs, Lino- leums and Blankets VISIT OUR 3RD FLOOR TOR BARGAINS Draperies SCRIMS AND MARQUISETT! Reduced o 9¢, 15 22¢ and 35¢ yard. Regular 12%c, to 49c values. REMNANTS Of Drapery Materials at less tha:n cost for a quick clearance, now In + two special lots. rd. Lot 2 at 15¢ yard. yard. CURTAINS Lot 1 at 10c Values up to In one, two and three pair lots at a | § reduction. Ficor Coverings At Sale Prices OILCLOTHS Now priced 27¢ and 32¢ sq. yard. PRINTED LINOLEUMS Now priced 47¢ sq. yard. INLAID LINOLEUMS Now priced 75¢, $1.00 and $1.19 sa. yard. Tapestry Brussels Rugs Size 8.3x10.6, regular $12.50 grade, now priced $10.98. Sige 9x12 ft., regular $15.00 grade, Axminster Rugs Size 9x12 ft., regular $25.00 grade, now priced $19.98. Our entire stock of Rugs at Sale GOOD JUDGMENT in buying your Blankets now. the values we are offering: White Cotton Blankets Special 98¢ pair. Wool Nap Blankets special pair. Wool Blankets, extra heavy, special $4.69 pair. JANUARY SALE OF Sheetings and Cottons 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, sale price 29¢ yard D. McMILAN 1R9-201.2010 « See $1.98 Diplomatic Retort. (London Answers.) The drill sergeant was real mustard, and the recruits were having a bad time. The weather had been very wet, and the parade ground was still slippery. In doing a movement smartly, as an the sergeant sprawl, and, could hardly example to his men, siipped and fell full naturally, the “rookies” repress their mirth. Getting up with all the dignity he could muster, the sergeant’s eye fell or. Murphy’s grinning face. “Well, you grinning ’yena!” he roared. “What's 'urting you? Do vou see anything funny?” " iNo, sur,’ grinned Murphy, tact- fully. “But shure, Oi was just ihinkin' what a laugh we cud have | haa it been anywan ilse save yerself, | 3 sergeant.” Has Run From No Enemy, or Proved Untrue 1o Friend Washington, D. C., Jan. 17.—“With a Jonger, braver, more terribly fought struggle to their credit for self-preser- in their native land than cven the Albanian, or they are properly called the oldest race in Europe to survive upon the land where the morning light history found it, are today st ing arvation and final submergence of their nation in the face, swallowed up in the maelstrom of a world war that seems to bode ill for them which- ever way it veers s o bulletin > National Geographic sketches the heroic alkan people who have their backs to their through the centur- the Montenerins, Shkypetars society, which story of the fought with rags voiceless courageous resis- tance to the Turk through five cen- turies has claimed the admiration of the world; the sturdy resistance of the Servian, the unflagging persever ance of the Bulgarian, and the re- vival of the engaging Greeks, the nation of illustrious ancestry, have all awakened hearty sympathy among the peoples of the worid. But the unend- ing conflict so nobly sustained through some Greek and Slav that the Shkypetars home and fatherland echo of understanding in Furope or America The Albanians have been overshadowed by the people around them; they, alone, ve not learned how to bring their case before worid, while their neighbors, mostly, also, their enemies, have told their wrongs through the press everywhere. ‘Thers is no Albanian nationality,” Bismarck roughly exclaimed at the congress of Berlin, More properly “Montenegro’s and Turk and Frank, waged for 15 stirred no | Shlkypetar !into a tringe of | { try, stage of Twentieth the | speaking, there was mno Albanian diplomats, no Albanian spokesman, but just the remnants of the ancient race, forced ever further unproductive moun- which formerly bordered their homeland in the Balkans. “Between the Slavs and the Shky- petars there have becn centuries of tains, broad SALE | | blood-feud. Brigand and plunderer, the S has called the Albanian, and ' the world has accepted this verdict, | though it is the Slav and the Turk who have steadily torn away the | Shkypeta home and land. Up un-! til now, though occasionally beaten and forced into narrower bounds, the Shkypetar has refused to be con- quered, and alone, without sympatl from anyone, illiterate, poor in coun- his few remaining rocks coveted by every neighbor, with no all disinterested counsellor, the Sh tar has put up a splendid fight with hardly an armistice through more than 2,000 years. ! “These people are the remnants of the original inhabitants of Illy Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace.. Over- whelming waves of Kelts, Goths, Rom- ans, Greeks, Serbs, Bulgars, and Turks have flooded against them, but the Shkypetars have always survived the shock, have survived the burning of their villages, the wasting of their lands, and the massacring of their peopl and have somehow emerged unbroken, unassimilated upon the Century Europe. “Tord Byron gave them a momen- tary notice, a brief literary memorial, when he said that the wild Albanian had never shown an enemy or broken his faith to a guest. Albanian has asked nothing of Eu- rope, and Europe has given nothing but a sad reputation. back Even l SENSATIONAL SALE OF | EMBROIDERIES | Commencing Tomorrow Morning at 9 o’clock OUR FORESIGHT in buying Embroideries in huge quantities before the decided advance in market price HAS BEEN VINDICATED-—Ior not only is it predicted that prices in the Spring will be much higher but FASHION'S FORKCAST tells us that the Spring of 1916 will be a distinctly Embroid- ery season. Therefore you should BUY NOW FOR FUTURE AS WELL AS PRESENT NEEDS. And this great sale affords you the opportunity to buy ATHALF AND EVEN LESS THAN HAI PRICE And aside from the extraordinary vaiues offered, just think of the WONDERFULLY AMAZI RA OF SELECTION that this sale offers in Embroideries for every use., Beautiful Organdie and voile Il_nuncings for street and party dresses, corset cover and skirt flouncings edgings and insertions and pet- ticoat flouncings. Mail orders carerully filled—WISH, SMITH & CO. HARTFORD. the 10c to 12%c MANUFACTURERS’ SAMPLE EM- BROIDERI FROM SWITZERLAND, YARD sc A case of 5,656 yards just received from a manu- facturer famed for producing only the best needle- work and beautiful designs. All finished with good, well made edges, including finest convent edge long cloth. If bought in the usual way and cut from the 20c¢ to 25¢ EMBROIDERY EDGES, AT, YARD One case of 8,565 yards St. Gall edges and cings, best needlework, lacy patterns, peautiful gns, well made adges. 4% to 27-incn wide—worth 20c and 25c. Come early and get them for 10c yard floun- de- piecs. the price would be 10c to 12%ec- .All you want at this sale for 5¢ yar e for 5¢ yard. 50¢ and > FINEST ST. GALL SW. FLOUNCINGS AT, YARD 25 ¢c blind 29c to 39¢ FINE E.‘XBI{()H)EI(Y FLOUNCINGS AT, YARD 3,000 yards of the finest Swiss flouncings and cor- set cover embroideries, 18-inch wide, I beautiful I_ELCY Datterns, blind and openwork errects, worked on fine sheer muslin, all at 15c yard. -inch flouncings, baby Irish, rose, i openwork patterns, on fine sheer muslin, and 756c¢, at this sale 25¢, and worth 50c $1.00 to $1.25 EMBROIDERED FLOUNCINGS AT, YARD 40-inch inch Swiss Flouncings; also 27-inch Swiss: Floun- 75¢ to 89¢ FLOUNCINGS AND ALL- OVERS AT, YARD 45-inch Voile Flouncings cings and 22-inch Allovers. Comprising the finest embroideries made. In dainty, neat patterns, baby Irish and lacy designs. Voile embroidered extra deep. The entire lot of 7,500 yards grouped at the one won- derfully low price of 40c¢ yard. . e h0c 27-inch Swiss Floun- Organdie and voile dress flouncings, cings, beautiful lacy patterns, baby Irish patterns. i 50c. 45- and rose The entire lot of 6.585 yards grouped at Great January Sale of UNDERMUSLINS stc t 6%c GARMENTS Q) (50c TO 70 Gl i Muslin, Crepe and Nainsook Gowns, many styles of Combinations, Nainsook and Cottoa Chemise, Cambric and Nain.ook Drawers, 3 styles of Petticoats, 5 styles of Corset Covers All at GARMENTS $1 to $1.25 GARMENTS e 48t e e T 698 Cotton and Crepe Gowns, | or Envelope Chemise, 3 Nainsook Corset Covers, Cambric | or Nainsook Drawers, 4 styles | of White Skirts 39c | Cotton and Crepe Gowns, or Envelope Chemise, 4 ¢ Petticoats, 4 binations. All at styles of Straight yles of Com- a ... 89c¢ Cambric Combina- tions, Silk Crepe de Chine Chemises, Nainsook or Cambric Chemise, Nainsook or Cambric Gowns, Embroidered Pink Ba- tiste Gowns, Lace and Embroid- ery Trimmed Shirts, Silk Crepe de Chine Camisoles $2.75 to $2.95 GARMENTS at $1.95 to $2.50 Nainsook or GARMENTS at ... . $1.95 epe de Chine Chemise, six s $1.50 repe de Chine emise, Nainsook |C: Envelope or Straight Chemise, Nainsook and Cambric Combi tions, Nainsook Gowns, lace trimmed; 5 styles Petticoats, elaborately trimmed. $1 50 . 1insook Gowns, fine Ling: Envelope or Straight $ 1 95 Chemise. All at.. » Cloth Combinations, many styles in White Skirts, many Nainsook 2 14 iilow Cases {Bleached Pillow Cases, size 42x36, regular price 10c, sale 7c 42x36, 9¢ Bleached Pillow Cases, size 42x38, regular price 15c¢, Bleached Manhattan Sheets, linen sale price finish, size 81x90, reg. 46 c |Bieached Pillow Cascs, linen finish, price 55c, sale price. . regular price 12%e¢, sale 1 0 price (& | 45x36, | size | Bleache: 1le I C mask, assorted new e | inches wide, regular Cases, size 45x38, For the White 15¢ linen finish, yard | 39c 1 Bleached Me mask, Unbleached Bed Sheets, size 72x90, | Bieached Pillow Cases, linen finish, | wide, regular regular 45%36, regular 121/2C‘ E: the White Sale, price price 15¢, sale price WISE, SMITH & CO. HARTFORD INSURES PROMPT DELIVERY OF YOUR PURCHASES Hill, Bed Sheets Sheets, Table Damask Bleached All Linen Table Damask, extra heavy quality, assorted new patterns, 70 inches wide, regular Bleached Cohasset size 81x90, regular 83c, sale price Bleached 81x90, 69¢c, price $1.75. For the 1 59 | sSale of White, yard . Bleached All Linen Table Damask, v igns, 70 inches wide, reg. $1.29. For the $1 OO White sale, yard.. . |Bleachea All Linen Table Damask, newest patterns, 70 inches wide, regular price 89c. For the White Sale, yard Bleached mask, wide, r the Seamless Sheets, size regular ale price Bleached Dreamland size 81x90. regular 65c, sale price Sheets, Bleached Pillow Cases regular price llc, price size sale Bleached Snowflake size 81x90, regular 56c, sale price Sheets | Merceriz ble Da- newest design: 64 inches regular price 79c yard. White Sale, ) 65C Mercerized Table patterns price 59c. 50c Table Da- niches Bleached Oneida Sheets, size $1x99, regular price $1.19, sale price Bleached Bed Sheets, s reg. price 39c, limit 6 to a customer, sale price. . Bleached regular pr price Pillow Cases, 72x90, 12%¢ 29¢ Bleached Pillow Sale heavy soft finish cotton, reg. price 17c¢, sale price Bleached Bed Sheets, size 72x90, regular price 50c, sale price cerized newest designs, 64 price 50c Our Restaurang ideal place for a light lunch ‘Phone orders an a cup of tea « Charter 38050, and Mail Orders substantial re promptly filled. past. OUR DAILY AUTOMOBILE DELIV. ERY Daily Delivery in New ssritain. Elm wood., Newington, Cedar MapleHill and Clayton. the miss by. When Balkans in century, 3 enjoyed eleven hundred vears' pc these themselves The them or drove them from their For more than 1,000 him | petars have ground against Slav and Turk. Mon- him | tenegro, whose story often and feelingl has been told so | riors are going struggled against | a storm so great as to the Turk a hare five centuries. | insignificant manner of “Pyrrhus, the greatest soldier of his age, was a Shkypetar. The first known \;m king of this people, Shkypetars m-1mvs. on schools have passed down blot the Slavs appeared in the thelr the -beginning of the 6th Shkypetars had already marching over their while Ttalians and in the east. Shkyperi, or the the Sons of the Mountain | Hyllus, who died 122 Truly i [ Slav and Turk and the in- | tleground In terlopers, and not E e, l petars, famine But today the re: of the [ harvests land. Rome pol o] but left them largely The Slavs destroyed land. ‘ears, the Shky- inch of was of the peoples, this deluge the victims of two and at blood-fued on contested every greater peoples ar ng over the Shkypetars' heads, the voiceless war- last few pages of their history.” For apparent}y oyt Austrian, German and Turkish armies western bord- Servians lanqd the Mountain Eagle, is to be the bat- hand, in all likelihood, are living the