New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1916, Page 9

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH ¢, 1916. y - e e— — — — = > i G 7 - S a o O S T ¥ ? y msél| » l’ h C -, | uF Blonn the Board of Health offices, when Dr. SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES A GOOD NERVE TEST r{wt')rwr ](\lqcs]:, .fr:.ri::;‘::““'h:m - j f 1 el e U e T Aantl wasl most |WAen sl wasts m ool e e e oatts 1. ttierdb mmtice 52 LR uope! Falsc’ Teet ’ 0 /1”5 | Is Po“"ns 'M'ml in giving helpful information : Jn‘:\‘c.»n St ‘Hw Ny,..‘.;” ‘u ...\{4.(‘ ‘:.; “m: ¥ loans 1, friendly uer\h&; 32, trans v | is the average quantity in a healthy | about every phase or the Health De- | TSR (O S cet and instant- | Fxtend Your Hand at Arm’s Length |1t :“:;)rllmlm F-.?(,lxl'l{u il 1S5S S Frioe partment work. Other visits are | iy takes the 3 corns and bunions. | and See if Your Fingers Tremble. < S Ak And Horse Radist Involped| zosuis ssaaisoiie bod pmmmey po, S w67 Sl S e i T ivn S S of an Over- | dealt with quring monn 104 ¢ l that determinesjotn strensth folresistl TR0 oty To Charitics, Bolica Sta- | : ¥ wrought us Condi- tinued 8 71, new. chs . | sickness. With weak blood we find g SRl 3 2l Hant If This i ing families 21, transients 11, ap| cold hands and chilly feet; in children In the past the Charity Organiza- | it te e n , Trinl package | Dt 6 cations work only, no record Kep an aversion to study, and in adults | tion has made an effort to free the | "% v/ » ' m‘“"‘”"“\;‘”‘ o Siea p ol oderniliys 'Pers”mln chr‘l‘x“lvg“ ':‘;”x!uv:xt\tao | 2 K} R . 2 Sossibl from the ing, try Margo nerve tablets, 2 consultants , applica s g . - | rheumatic tendencies. gloy Ahasabose e == ! " If your nerves have reached the |Visits by agents to or in behall riages, Swapping of Photos and Filling Role of In changing seasons get abundant | Whines of various rakirs wio solicited Your nerves hav hed the |Visits by ag | funds for personal nse or mythicall jnterviews conducted in behalf of | point where your daily diet no longer | famili 91, calls by friendly visith Bridesmaid All in Day’s Work fresh ainand take a spoonful of Scott’s | ;2153 ne P A0 soon as our-Chamber | families, and we were aided by thir- {furnishes the necessary vitality——if | business calls 11, telephone in . Raflles on Watches and Bed Quilts, Arrangements of Mar- ! Emulsion after meals, because Scott’s I's¢" commerce was formed, and we | {y and one-half hours of volunteer | wvages of overwork, worry or ill- | views volunteer work hours 30 e Emulsion isa rich blood-food that will | rouna that it wa reparing to render | office help. We have come in close | ness have :Q‘!}nu & table, \;m\l; ]finil Material relief- .,‘\\m.“.‘ ot S Elsie C. Osborn, agent of {tinctly worth while. While they in- | increase hoth quantity and quality of | the same sort of service, we joined | contact with 104 families during | Bervous 7-1‘1 ’”mr,fq“”',’ ’quq‘ "‘r‘\"”(i'l‘“ aid during month .I .‘.ylnyl‘l)l!.“ll \‘:m 2ls ] Spseant creased our work they improved it. | the blood yhile it warms the body and | forces with Chamber of Commerce | February and have securcd temporary i\;:n“mws lonfupseresilasdle ity tros freasury [v|n; ST GoR tain Charity Organization, 3 g L r SHcials b T e may | work for mine peop 1d work that ing Margo > tablets for a few |of aid from special fund $25.81, o i e L e e i e e Lofficiale. Ang information we may | work ine j > Sl 2 : i ot il o : i her asalatantshwereinotiof acalmi|EE Rt R B IRBEETE S TS A A helps carry off the impurities. gain by mail or otherwise concerning | should be permanent for five years. | Weeks and look for a flflf\w"l The | amount of aid from Charity Organi B e e e pe When multitudes of people areito- | & 1 fakirs is shaved with the Cham- | Much to our surprise this short month [Clark ana Brainord Co. and other | tion funds $138.25, number for W armer friends N o ver; 0- : < ; . LI Elig: 5 2 zc sgists sell Margo nerve tab- | 410 was organized from churches ple whom we .‘r!‘) engaged to serve. | day taking Scott’s Emulsion to avert | her of-Commerce at once.” The result | hrought us thirty-nine new cases, a ? ::”“'3:‘"”‘* ,-:"l““ ‘:*"w:n:ep thoy ' ald was organized “' = "””f\ ’:I"‘“ o > engaged to s - & 5 S A 2 0 o e = or Tard el hibva e vith an abs > gus a , ete. 18, o) We were so anxious to have enough | winter sickness, and are giving it to Of this co-operation is, that New Brit number far in g wdvance of Iek m.}n 35t Bot yoiir hioney backlifhthay failll vooioca % . special sHud o lentine remembrances that we ad- | their children, it is careless to neglect | ain Is being black listed and avoided | 19 '}‘ “""I“" 4 “"‘1“‘»\ e e 1b! sour herveén to o satistectorydlist so number aided thereby 7, t vertised with the result that we were | its benefits. Look out for substitutes. R suchiie Uy, andtha tith oge | e SO R0 SO ondoubtedly 18- | erge —sutistactory 1o TOU, ‘Them |anioiing of atd expended thro able to delight scores of little folks feotts Bywec Hloomeki .y 3w | Whio SdoBNeeing ko Swork Sithe Bow | erandy San I mevell more Lt G el e o 5 a v FEIITE a8 YOW DNl Crarit Olevbisatiie in and remember some ZTOWN-ups as | T iesomieee—esmismmmmse | speedily find it healthier to move on. , and crime a e e e L i tullaronla hatel e Weooa Toans 35,00, timéy a1, ninea well. Some of the valentines were sionaries of the sort of eficient | The citizens of New Britain may con- | ; foR fEimes domonnely e atin el bertectilitos moit ofllife | mecktm in ot e e D sent to us anonymously so that we ity that combines brain with | gratulate themselves in being 8o well | especlally to clear, the situation and | /5 wse S 0o U8 oy o™ Remem- sions 2 months or grer 3, N were unable to thank the donors. 5 The latest development of | safe guarded against fraud, we have an idea that perhaps illness ber Margo contains no dangerous | ance weekly aid 15, emergency aid Our advisory committee i > i takes the form of little an unde ing cause of much of the i et G :lm!mm 36, given megisaiiat the most satisfactory and vear | pilg s about town for the sake 28 unemplgyment wasjlast | | given optical ala 1, whsssc since its inception. This committee, fof better knowledge of local arcely visit a family i | i | jirit and unaffected by a continuity s would drive the aver- person to Kurope in quest of a juiet vacation, that would never be | ible to fill the positions they do. An idea of some of the requests made to the organization in the course of da day's work can be gained from the report of Mi Osborn for February presented to thé board of directors at the monthly meeting last evening. en love matters play a prominent . in the routine of the organization and while it is a far cry from love o coffins, horse radish and false cth these articles also have their place. The report of Miss Osborn follows: 271 Applications Tn Februa During the t month the J | o) ity - g » e ¥: 3 5, e yorary 9 ansi composed of sixteen representative | welfare agenci ot {llness at present. | through Charity Organization chan- | b r“f"”"”; » temporary 0 EtA. BDOs £ i AL Ar0 2 oo atte e S provided 1. women, meets every Friday morning | tendency to criticize public service Ingithe Rmattecioty (emmoraryiireliet iinels. i it ey Causes of poverty in. few at the Charity Organization rooms to | organizations without a thorough o fhem e i G Y| ok Charity Organization funds, | Respectfully .A;Vm:' f‘”“m”\' Witontasd & dibn c1aeil discuss family problems presented by | knowledge of the limitations imposed, | ¥ ~O0¢ ‘ s ; §112.44 was expended from the tr At ey drunkenness 1, physical or men the agent and to work out their so- | or the handicaps encountered and our | Schools, ten from churches, seventy- | surer's fund, and $25.81 from the ationloth the ok 4 ne | Handloap) i Aesertion cr Tt The “Lady From Philadelphia.” lution Jnbojeushieouslondontin i o niitoalmambersiroolfthn Rl0 i ayoftsomfortvs ogiind v dua s R tour e sut B ebectal fchnd S Sewen il tor s B izoce DU Licl ol ol AL “| 2, insufficient income 5, old age All who have read the nonsensical | vidual needs leads to a keen realiza- | ter knowledgo of such affairs will | from other cities, and 13 from appli- [ on our bill for shoes for school chil- during the ""';,‘ il e schools 6, | shiftlessness 1, vagraney 11, immon ‘Peterkin Papers” by Idward Everett | tion of community needs and knowl- | make for more loyal support of those | cants themselves. There were 256 dren amounted to $7.80 and $66.68 Application for e 5 | | been 271 applications for our servi- ces; twenty from public offizials, twen- | ¢ 7 s ity or crime 7, miscellaneous ifale, remember the many amusing | edge of civic affairs. These mem- | in public service. calls at our office, there were ninety- | was secured from outside sources, public officials 20, L = v'_”»(';‘l SO RCCE u tribulations of the Peterkin family. | bers in becoming so well posted act as | Such a visit was recently made to > s made, and 329 telephone | making a total $211.73 for relief 21, churches 10, inter ind. Tota Just how they managed to exist until the Lady from Philadelphia took up |- A her abode across the street was a tery. After her arrival, however, whenever a family crisis arose, the Peterkins made haste to consult the Lady from Philadelphia who always gsnew exactly what to do to help them Jut of their dilemma. There are many times when t zent of the Charity Organizatic cels that, judging by the question: placed before her for advice, she too, should be called the “Lady from Phil- lelphia.” Many opulent and utter- effiicent societies might look down upon this phase of our work with | mused contempt, but we feel that | these requests for advice would | trengthen the ties between society ficiary in any city, and that in this city with its huge of immigrant residents, the tly we can interpret | fe the better we are gerv- | the city Besides the more usual requests for | r services, we are asked tq interpret, | 1slate and identify. More than \ X 3 once we have been asked by our | : 4 9 3 ; ' ; = ]fl)! friends to identify the cashing of s % K 2 3 = ";'H oney order, or something of that | X A o - ' 7 sort. Naturally we refuse, at the me time explaining the necessity of absolute honesty in such matters. | We ar ked to negotiate for knee | braces, Toffins and a variety of such irticles; to conduct raffles on violins, | watches of bedquilts and to learn the market price on cows. We are con- sult bout setting up men in such | " AR i business as selling horseradish, ped- SNy | ‘fl!imu‘w | m street vending machines. il on buttons, supply cooking recipes, @dminister a bath or refer a patient to the Tuberculosis nurse for ‘‘spit- um” cups with cheerful promptness We advise as to dental, optical or medical treatment with more or less trepidation and later inspect and pass judgment on the resulting set of false teeth or pair of eveglasses. We are consulted as to funeral arrangements \and in the past have been emissaries 0% death bed messages. Agent Wanted As Bridesmald. | Often we a sked to render such services as securing a baby carriage r a stove or finding a new rent. Many times we are asked to arbitrate be- tween husband.and wife or parent and child. We are requested to make Annie tell her parents what the news- paper says or make Jimmie stay off the streets at night. We have been ‘consulted in several love affairs and have even been asked to help find a life partner for one perplexed appli- cant Indeed, your agent has even been asked to act as a bridesmaid and to correspond and exchange pho- tographs with homeless men, whom Charity Organization has befriend- ed. In these last instances it has been necessary to explain that our in- terest was wholly professional. Bevond this there the more omplicated questions of dealing with homeless men, vagrant women and ieglected children; the questions of infit home conditions, poor housing, Institutional care and all the prob- lems arising from old age, illness, rime, intemperance, widowhood, or ical ndicap. The questions placed before us are 1s varied as humanity itself and we e them oftentimes with fear and mbling, Some times when we end ewildc ay's work with a tired hecadache, we are tempted to credit compulsory brain expansion! this is what some people con- an easy kind of work,—"the ight sort of work for a frail woman}’ There are so many who think that our ork consists in sitting quietly giving out coal and gro- rs that we are making every explain to them what it fInexpensive to Run and Easy to Drive—the New 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers The mist of gasoline that whirls through the tiny inhaled by the powerful suction of the motor pistons. perforation in the carburetor jet of the 3400 r. p. m. It means that when, at the point of highest pressure, Chalmers, rushes into action that has changed the a spark from the distributor ignites the oxygen of the whole aspect of automobile engineering. air’ with the carbon of the gasoline, every mechanical The conditions surrounding the manner in which condition is such that loss of energy is cut down to the its dormant energy is awakened, brought to life, and lowest possible degree. compelled to perform, explain the strange ability of It means that the 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers gets twice this new car. the mileage on gas that many another high-speed " The six cylinders of its engine are small—3}4 by 414 engine will deliver. inches. The small area from which heat can be thrown The speed of its uncanny carburetion makes flight away by radiation, reinforced by the incredibly short satin-smooth by bringing the explosions of gas so close cooling process between the swift succession of its ex-| together that you are unconscious of anything but an plosions, create maximum energy with minimum uninterrupted stream of might. waste. . . Unlike cars of superfluous might, the 3400 r. p. m. ‘*Make her perform,”” said Hugh Chalmers to his Chalmers has a pick-up so flexible that it’s the first to engineers. ‘‘Get acceleration, long mileage on gas, make its get-away at the crossings, and the last to activity.”’ take another car’s exhaust. The result—18 miles for every gallon of gas, any: It’s a cheap car to run and an easy car to drive. thing up to 60 miles an hour, and supremacy of pick-up. Price, $1050 Detroit 3400 revolutions per minute means that every gram LCEA1050Fetrol of energy is wrung from every drop of gasoline that is The High Cost of Driving “Is a Joke” If You Own a “Chalmers” CHALMERS MOTOR CO. E.G. BABCOCK, Agent for New Britain COOK’S GARAGE, Agents for Plainville Like The Fire Department. Up to the present year there has! Been Jittle attempt to inject anything LT social aspect into the Charity We have been like rtment—only called in at imes of e calamity. We have a ’egling that in dealing with a family offentimes as much may be accom- blished through some gracious act as by cold, impersonal service, Of cours: mch things consume time and time i a premium this busy winter, but we Selieve that in the end they actually mprove our service. Cautious (s eriments along the line of distribut- Ing flowers, vegetables, fruit and f given us for that purpose; holiday greetings to our Charity Organization friends and kegping open house during holiday wdokg when our handsome Christma iree was set up in the Charitr Or- panisation roo wave proved dis e—— e e