New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1916, Page 6

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1918. BRUAIN HERALD 4 dsily (Sunday excepted) at 4:18 p. m., it Herald Building. 67 Church St red at the Post Office at XN Britain Second Class Mail Matter. ered by carrfe: to any part of the etry for 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. riptions for paper to pe sent by mall payable in advance, 50 Cents a Montn, 7.00 a Year. only profitabla advertising mcImm In © city. Circulation books and precs 00T always open to advertisers. Herald will be fournd on sale at Hota. ing’s New Stand, 42nd and Broad: ay, New York City; Poard Walk. at- lantic City, apd Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CAL] hess Omce .... Al Raama NT VOTE. the day of independent Wiseacres of politics feel that are not holding to party lines as were wont to do in the olden In the coming elections the in- THE SIL is is Irs. pndent voter will play a big part. blicans who are ardently ing local tickets will turn nd and vote for fident, and vice versa. 0 that. The man at the head of ational ticket is sometimes bigger the party which he represents. In case of Woodrow Wilson this is eded by a great The f thing holds true in this state in ase of Marcus H. Holcomb. The geritleman from Southington is bred and esteemed by many people n his party, and he will secure a lber of votes them. One ble Instance of this is the case of nel Norris G. Osborn, the ven- le editor of New Haven, who, af- elling that he voted for Governor omb in 1914 for personal, and not cal reasons, has this to say: “I support President Wilson and ,will for him on the ground that in my ent, regardless of any possible pkes in judgment he may have g, the President has done more to his country off the base of special lege onto the base of equal oppor- by than any other President in my lection.” d there are a few million others believe the same way Colonel Os- does in regard to the President. jare they all Democrats. And they vote for Wilson. a Democratic It is com- majority from BREAD AND MILK. ices on two necessaries of life are to be raised for the benefit of ultimate consumer, an already f-prosperous individual. Milk and d are the commodities in ques- The food of babes and the staff ffe for all who walk between the jle and the grave are demanding ial attention from those who fix S. The New England Milk Pro- rs’ Association is contemplating the price of their uct one cent on the quart. The pnal Association of Master Bakers riously considering the abolition e five cent loaf and the substitu- of a loaf to be sold at ten cents. ourse, the ten cent loaf will not qual in weight to two five cent es; but with this in mind the fident of the master bakers has e encouraging words for helpless ewiv “Consumers will save 00,000 a year” if the proposed fion in bread prices goes into ef- By what methods of reasoning prrives at such a conclusion he not state. the consumers of the nation are palize a profit of $25,000,000 a year use the five cent loaf of bread is pdvance in ive way to a loaf costing ten cents, le must be a great margin of profit ore for those consumers in New fland who will hereafter have to eleven instead of ten cents a quart milk. Of course, the profit in latter case will not be so great use the increased cost is not pro- fonately as large as the advanced of bread. p that everybody, even the ultimate fumer, will profit this new dule of milk rates. The farmer bsing now because he does not get price for his product he is en- d to, or, if does, he has to an exorbitant price to the milk- It is encouraging to in he thus loses a chance to gain. millk from the the big s also on the losing end, be- lessened by the ortation. and man who buy e er, the distributer to cets h cost of t se profits are The rail- s, ly getting this money not eight-hour day eut into their earnings and milk ns -are run at a loss. Thus we that so far no one is the gainer. presurm because the P ultimate consumer has been get- along fairly well, but he has not gaining anything outside of a @ sustenance from milk that as rich as it used to be. h, however, will come with ance in price. It will wisdom, in a new knowledge of ew economics. is @ good philosophy that teaches ultimate consumer where he fits by a raise in prices. The presi- ht of the National Association of ster Bakers should be crowned with His the be a gain olden wreath for his dlscovery‘ that “consumers would save $25,000,- 000 if the five cent loaf were abolished and the ten cent loaf substituted.” The milkmen, quick to rally to the cause of an unprotected public are much in favor of increasing the cost of their product so the ultimate con- sumer can mark up a margin of profit on the family ledger. The coalmen have already preceded the bakers and the milkmen. The gentlemen who sell black diamonds have noted a scarcity in mine production and as a result we have with us the high cost of keeping warm for the winter. Where this time last year a good burnable coal could be bought for dollars, the highest, seven dollars a ton, a much inferior quality cannot be purchased now for an additional dollars. How much the American public will save by this raise in price is anxiously awaited by several millions of people, —manufacturers, property owners, hotel and the heads of families. coming five or six or at two keepers, NO UNCERTAIN SOUND. Phalanx Hall in Hartford was the scene yesterday of an event destined to go down in history as a turning point in the nation’s career. Congressman P. Davis Oakey was unanimously renominated by the re- publican convention of the First Con- gressional District. In accepting the honors conferred upon him, the Con- gressman made a speech that was en- tirely out of the ordinary. He de- parted from the beaten track of politi- cal oratory. Instead to well known Putnam of conforming lines the gentleman who has represented this district in Congress for two years, and hopes to repeat his performances, branched out for himself on a new version of peroration. What did he do? He dragged forth the bloody shirt issue of fifty years ago and waved it at the present administration; accused Wil- son of using the office of President of the United States for political and personal expediency; branded = the Mexican policy as weak and uncer- tain; denounced the foreign relations of the government, and harped upon a few other things the people have never heard of before. In the lan- guage of one expert reviewer, it was “a speech which had no uncertain sound.” Of course it was a speech which had no uncertain sound. Would any- one expect Congressman P. Davis to voice sentiments other than those e pressed yesterday in Putnam Phalanx Hall? He is playing the game of politics; and playing it for all it is worth. When men become lost in the maze of that game they are lable to cater to any faction. To admit that President Wilson is a great Presi- dent would be suicide to Congressman Oakey, in the logic of politics. Yet, it should not be. Politics should not be such a narrow, partisan thing that its adherents must look in one direc- tion only. Tt should not the vision so that the arch.of triumph looks like a key-hole. The da fast approaching when the American people will weary of a game that draws such a fine line of distinction and places men on one side the other. Democrats and Republicans alike offend in the premises. The Republican orator before his brethren and tells them what a cowardly and cravenly the Democrats, thereby eliciting great ap- plause. The Democratic orator faces a gathering of Democrats and de- nounces Republicans, securing the same effect. There is no good done by either side in following such tac- tics. Congressman P. Davis Oakey displayed originality in his speech vesterday. He made a series of state- ments which contained no uncertain sound. narrow or stands lot are SHINE ON, HARVEST MOON. This is the time of the autumnal equinox, the time of the h famed in song and story. The queen of the heavens derives her particu- lar name at this time of the year be- cause of the fact that she comes up rvest moon, over the horizon about the same time every evening, thus giving the farm- ers plenty of time in which to harvest The period of the tends from several fullness of this several days after-its lunation. harvest moon ex- before the orb days luminous until It is of the year that sweet- told poured that old loves at this time est stories ever are into tingling born ears, are anew, that new loves Then the sentimental youth sings, “Shine on, harvest moon, way up in the sky, for me and my gal.” Ordinarily, the rising of the moon is fifty minutes day,—taking the year thro the only regular retarded some every The harvest moon difference the schedule. As- | tronomers attribute the cause of this is from phenomenon to the inclination of the earth’s orbit; or the bending of the the equator. The moon’s apparent daily motion, in ris- ing and setting, parallel to the equator, but its progressive motion in its own orbit is almost coincident with the ecliptic, there being an in- clination of only some five degrees be ecliptic toward is tween these two paths. But all that is the sgientific side of the thing which has little or no interest to those who derive their joy from the wonderful eerie light shed by the moon. To them it is the harvest moon, nor do they take into account that to a man standing on the Arctic Circle when the first point of the autumnal equinox comes to the west- ern horizon, the ecliptic coincides with the horizon all around. Such a phe- nomenon may be more strikingly ap- parent to an observer on the Arctic Circle, it is none the less romantic to those who are sufficiently removed from the equator to get some bemefit from the harvest moon. Those who live on the equator miss the joys that come with the harvest moon. Having with us tonight the harvest moon, we scorn the knowledge that science might present for our better appreciation, believing that the less known about the mysteries of nature the keener the sense of mystification and enjoyment. To those who have not delved deep into the lore of astronomical observations the harvest moon is simply a wonderful orb that shines with pleasing features on the fields of new mown hay and bathes the shingle roofs of country houses Wwith a beautiful silvery light. It is the harvest moon that comes up red over the horizon, looking somewhat like a golden sunset. It is the harvest moorr that as it climbs higher and higher into the heavens changes into a delicate paleness and lights the old world it night-time, making possible the roam- ing It is,—but why more on the subject? It is the harvest moon, the friend of as is seldom ever seen at into an extended gloaming. young and old. WHAT BOOTS IT? Married men of Rochester, N. Y., are in a quandary. They do not know whether to be joyful Those bearing the Jones, however, are seemingly not at all disturbed-over the new city direc- tory which this year includes after a husband’s name his wife’s name in parentheses. or sorrowful. name Smith or The boys who were wont to declare themselves as single may look askance at the new Rochester directory. There should be no reason why married men should object this Some years ago, it will bered, there was a movement started in the nation married men bear some sort of identification. to compilation. be remem- to make all It was reasoned, and with much gusto, that as women who enter the matri- monial state wear wedding rings to denote their state in life so men who ripen. / ascended the hymenial should bear a symbol of The jesters marked that any man who had long enough carrfed all altar some kind. been married the marks of the wedded state: The insipid smile, the absence of hair, the panions, ear bachelorhood as longing for com- all advanced ns aplenty to keep track of the benedicts. were Rochester may or may not have set a bad precedent. Other cities are 1 1y to fall in line, to be sure. Direc- tories in the future may be modeled after this one that places the name of a wife in parentheses after that of her ried up. husband. But even so! No mar- man should be ashamed to fess Philadelphia is the first city in the land to insure against another epi- demic of tag days that recently visited every city in the land. The police de- partment in the city of brotherly love sue permits for this Other will no longer is form of promoting charity. cities will probably follow suit. Those newspaper head writers who were praying that Dimitracopules would not accept the premiership of Greece did not know when they were well off. The latest possibility for the post is said to be' one Gallagvyeropoules. FACTS AND FANCIES. Soon the thud of the pigskin will be heard in the land.—Roanoke Times, Asking Hughes what he would not have done gets no more out of him than asking what he would have done, —Buffalo Enquirer. All other nations being busy, Japan is indulging her artistic temperament by putting a beautiful finish on old China.—Boston Advertiser. | If the counter accusations of the politicians on the Americanism of their rivals are to be believed, the country ought to be typified by Uncle Sham.—Newark News. One reason so many people tele- ! phone instead of calling is that they know if they called they’d have to | wait while others ’'phoned.—Albany | Knickerbocker Pres wants to come into this war,” says Austria in effect “she can have my place. I'm going out.” Toronto Mail and Empire. ‘If Roumania Medical statistics show that heart disease is on the increase. Nb won- der, when the price of wheat can do down or up ten cents a day.— Los Angeles Express. l The steel industry in this coun(.ryl is the barometer of trade, and it may be said with equal truth that the humble ham is the barometer of the cost of living. When ham goes up cost goes up.—New Orleans States. Those Irishmen who took Ginchy on the run and with a song will fight none the less merrily when they learn that the opposing fronts are com- manded by two princes and one roval Duke.—New York Sun. COMMUNICATED. SOHOOL BOARD ATTACKED. Mr. Kelsey Believes He Has Been Dis- criminated Against in Favor of Boston Concern. New Britain, Conn., Sept. 16, 1916. Citizens and Tax Payers of the City of New Britain: It is time to place a conservator over your school board, as they are glving your money away, which the following will prove to you, rent and tax payers alike. The school board, as individuals, I respect as private citizens, but, as public servants, I take the liberty to criticise their extravagance of the people’s money, as follows: Heating and ventilating bids received as fol- lows: Stone & Underhill, of, Boston, awarded the contract, at their bid of $11,287; Martin J. Kelly, city, bid $11,000. Difference in Mr. Kelly's favor $287, which has been given away by your school board which you and I placed in public office by our votes, with the same excuse that the work could not be done by a local tax payer for $11,000, in their esti- mation of mathematics. The Boston contractor can do the work for $287 above my bid. This Boston contractor has to pay all transportation for his men and tools, pay the out-of-town men's board while they are working on the job, and pay a foreman on the job at all time during construction, which I coulq give my personal attention with considerable less expense, as a liberty and justice-loving citizen. I enter my protest through the pub- lic press against the discrimination shown by your school board towards a citizen and tax payer who was partly responsible for their election to a pub- lic office of confidence and trust. I complied with all the school board’s red tape, which cost me time and money, as follows: Copy of bid as furnished August 25, 1916: “Gentlemer propose to furnish necessary labor and materials to in- stall the heating and ventilating for the new Burritt school building in ac- cordance with plans and specifications or equivalent for the sum of $11,000. Hoping my proposal may have your favorable consideration, I am Very truly yours, MARTIN J. KELLY. Above quotation was accompanied by a certified check, as required. The school board have a clause iu their specifications, if declared legal, which the board the right to confiscate the lowest bidder's certified check, providing he did not want to enter into a contract with the school board, which means, if I should ne awarded the contract and did not mean to enter into a contrac were at liberty to confiscate of my certified check they The Boston contractor, according to specifications, has to furaish for 35 per cent. of the contract just the same as I was ready to do. which gave the city ample protection as it js customary not to pay over 80 per céent. on the work done as the work progresses which leaves the cty a margin of safety. The school board did not have the courtesy to give me a hearing re- garding being equipped to handle the job. They did not want zive me a chance to prove to tnem and the taxpayers that I was equippcd to do the job as specified. If the school board tnoush% that the job could not be done for $11,- 000.00, why not give a, cilizen and taxpayer the preference anl give me the $11,287.00. We hear so much, about patronizing home industry. The school board might be big men now but they had to start small the same as I do and | could not afford to get a deal the same as they gave me on the heating and ventilation on the new Burritt school where my estimate was sa‘ing the taxpaver:; $287.00. This no crylng act. These are the facts in part of the extravagance and dis rimination of board towards tax pa which T will say more la or, Respectfully yours. MARTIN J. KELLY. I Ballad of Things Known and Unknown (Apologies to Vilion). Flies to the field I know full well; I know umps by the clothes they wear; | I know the peanut by the shell; I know the foul ball from the fair; I know the bear-cat from the bear; I know red pop from ice cream cone, Also dub from the moy Wi 1 know all save my 2 there, alone I know the Fairies in the W T know the Castles in tne Air; The roads to happiness and hell; And tango dancers Wwilh bobbed hair; I know some rowdies here and there; | I know where my wild oats are | sown; know the ragtime by the air, I know all save my wife alone. know how rye from rum to tell And how a jag from each w.ll wear; know Scotch whiskey by the smell; T know when I have nad m know gin from Virginia Dare; The nest from which ths biid has flown, Alas, it brings me to despair, T know all save my wif> atone, L'ENVOL Prince, T know all things; square, Rouzh and But what is 1 know all fair and raw, to me are known more than T can hear, save my wif> alone. | der | appreciated | among the —New York Tribune. }‘T own Topics U The pulmotor, a part of the fire de- partment equipment, has more than proved its worth for since its purchase | a couple of years ago it has been used | nine times on persons overcome by gas | or some other form of suffocation. In ! six cases it has saved the life of the victim. This fact speaks more of its value than anything else. Another machine of a similar character is ! needed. Likewise, such a piece of ap- | paratus ought to be a part of the equipment of the police ambulance. A “first aid” kit is also needed in the | ambulance. Many times the police are called to the scene of an accident where a “first aid” kit, and a man with | a knowledge of how to use it, would be invaluable. The same holds true of a pulmotor for whenever there is a case of Growning of suffocation police are the first called and often arrive before.a doctor. With some such life saving apparatus lives that otherwise would be permitted to flick- er out might pe saved. P Indications are that the prophesied probate -judgeship fight will not develop any stavtling sur- prises and that the next term will see the genial judge, B. F. Gaffney, occu- pying that position. ;He has done his work well and is well liked and by a majority of the voters a change is not wanted. The Berlin delegation, which has four votes, is sald to oppose his reelection by a vote of three to one. The New Britain quartet how- ever, is understood to be solid for his renomination and if that is so, he will be reelected. If however, one New Britain vote went against Gaffney and the tie could not be broken, the place would be left open and he would prob- ably be reelected along on the demo- cratic ticket. Two local opponents, with the reported three in Berlin, would defeat him. It has been said that the Berlin contingent favored At- torney B. W. Alling. It is also said that Judge John H. Kirkham might be found in a receptive mood. No known active campaigning has been done however, and at present it looks like the judge again. s % the | much The announcement that Richard Covert is to oppose Howard M. Steele for the nomination as representative is the only real stir in the political field during the past week and some de- clare that the zood natured second warder will give the safety commis- sloner a hard tussle. Mr. Covert has always been a hard working republi- can, a great booster, and his personali- ty has won him many friends. Wheth- er or not he has any real following that controls real votes is problemati- cal however. On the other hand Mr. Steele is a well known citizen, prom- inent in republican politics, with a large circle of friends, but his machine is likewise independable. Neither man seems to be waging an active public campaign, but the outcome will be watched with interest. In this con- nection it will be interesting to note Mayor G. A. Quigley’s attitude. His position will be a trying one, unless he washes his hands clean of the whole affair and lets the two men fight it out between themselves. Mr. Steele is one of his lieutenants and an ap- pointee, while of late he seems to have become quite a personal friend. Mr. Covert, is also a strong supporter of the mayor and to turn against him now would hardly be fitting of his honor in recognition of past services. xox On the whole the new traffic ordin- ances that went into effect Monday are working out fairly well and are not causing as much real trouble as was expected, although there is consider- able grumbling on the part of those who were wont to leave their ma- chines along the Main street curbs all day and now can leave them there only forty minutes at the most. There has been noticed more than one c Where a car has been left in the re stricted district for several hour: just as though the owner was openly ing the rules. After several warn- ings and as soon as the public be- comes fully informed the police can afford to be less lenient and will then enforce the law with prosecutions. One instance when the traffic rules do not seem quite fair to the property owner is where an autoist is prohibit- ed to park his car for more than five minutes anywhere on Church street between Main and Elm streets. This 5 an injustice to the two hotel pro- prietors there and their patrons. An auto party driving up for lunch would find it inconvenient to be out, and away In five minutes and because of this physical impossibility the rule will be apt tn hurt the business of both proprietors. While the standards noting the re- stricted districts are a help to the pub- lic, they could be jmproved upon with litfle more trouble. With the various time limits in various sections a stranger has absolutely no means Oof | knowing Just when the rules are in force. Should the figures 8:30 A. M. to §:30 P. M. be printed on the signs in small size it would aid the public a great deal. Another simple method of alding the public in observing the | traffic rules would be to mark with | paint the curbing fifteen feet each ; side of a hvdrant so anyone seeking to park a machine would know exact- 1y how near he could come. At pres- ent he must guess at the distance and | with the restrictions of the present | day cvery foot of available parking space is valuable. P The death of Captain John O'Brien of Engine company No. during the past week removed from the public service one of the most ef- | ficlent men that has ever served New | Britain. The testimonials at his fun- | eral showed to what an extent he was Incidentally, Captain death Is the first to occur | regulars In_a couple of years, the late ‘“Tom” Cross, the vet- Lran driver at No. 2 Engine house | Wwho was fatally stricken while on | duty, being the last to die in the ser- vice. O'Brien * wx The claborate Berlin fair which | closes tonight has proved bigger than | ever, as advertised, in more ways than one and never before has a fair been conducted around here when the lid « | road junction city of some 40,000 in- | | dow Iron Crowns of Kings Made From Old Cannon cepted by the imperial court. The li- berality of the emperor was accom- panied, however, with two harsh and rigorous conditions, which prudencs might Justify on the side of the Ros mans; but which distress alone could extort from the indignant Goths, Be: fore they passed the Danube they were required to deliver their arms; ana i1 was insisted that their children shoulq “At Rustchuk, where the Rouman- | be taken from them, and dispersed ians fired their first guns against their | through the provinces of A where southern neighbors, the Danube is two | they might be civilized by the arts o1 and a half miles wide. The Rustchuk | education and serve as hosts to se- or southern shore presents a succes- | cure the fidelity of their parents. A sion of low hills upon which the rail- | large fleet of s and of | canoes was provided; many days end On the Rouman- | nights they pass nd repassed with indefatigable toil, and the most stren-: uous efforts were exerted by the offi- cers of Valens that not a single bat- Washington, D. C., Sept. 16.—Rust- chuk, the first Bulgarian town to suf- fer at the hands of the new enemy of the Central Powers and their two al- lles is described by the National Geo- graphic society in a war geography bulletin issued today from its Wash- ington neadquarters. The bulletin says: habitants is built. ian side the land presents a naspect cf marshes, changing without demark- ation into the pastoral plain which ex- tends in an unbroken line northward | barian, of those who were reserved to to Bucharest, a ten-hour's trip by car- | subvert the foundations of Rome, riage in the old days but less than two | should be left on the opposite shore.” and a half hours by rail. | “It was from Rustchuk that Alex- “The slender, graceful minarets of | ander, the first prince of modern Bul- Rustchuk’s runerous but now seldom- | 8aria, sent his famous message to used mosques have trembled the | czar Russia, ‘Russia roar of cannon on many occasions. | crown; I am ready to The town was captured by *the Ru the he of her sovereign.” This was slans in 1810 and in the conflicts be- | When Alexander w on his way back tween the forces of czar and sultan in | to Sofia to resume his throne after 1829, 1853-54, and 1877-78 it suffered | having been forced at the point of a frequently. The most famous attack | Pistol in the hands of Russian agent was that of 1877 which immediately | to abdicate a few weeks previously, preceded the crossing of the Danube | but had been recalled by popular by the Roumanians and Russians on | clamor. Unhappily for Alexander, the their way to invest the city of Plev- | czar put a literal construction on the na, where the former took a most dis- | prince’s words, and the latter tinguished part in the successful oper- | forced to sign a second abdication on ations. It was from one of the Turk- | September 7th, 1886. Thus the hero ish cannon captured at Flevna that | of Slivnitza, a great battle in which the iron crown of Roumania's kings ; the Servians were completely routed, was cast, as a symbol that, like Ger- | lost a throne. He retired to Hungary, many, her place among the cengress | where, as Count Hartenau, he lived for of nations had been won ‘not by the | the remaining years of an eventul decrees of majorities, but by blood | life. He died in 1893 but his and iron.’ is still revered in Rulgari: “A short distance to the east “Rustchuk is an important railroad Rustchuk is the Roumanian town junction point for a three-prong sys- Oltenitza, connected with Bucharest | tem, one branch running to Buchares by a raflroad. It was near this point | another to Sofia and the third to Var- that the historic migration of the | na. the leading seaport of Bulgaria, Goths to the south side of the Dan- | 139 miles to the southeast ube occurred during the fourth cen- | ‘“Famous for its pottery tury when the ‘unknown and mon- |also has soap works, strous race of savages’, the Huns, be- | mills, brick and tile gan to threaten them from the north & ette factories. Its and east. Of the conditions upon | brisk. The city is which the Emperor Valens permitted juncture of the Lom Ricer with the the flight into Roman territory the | Danube. Sofia lies to the southwest historian Gibbon has said: { a distance of 160 miles in an air line “‘“The prayers of the Goths were and a journey of ten and a half hours granted and their service was ac- | by rail.” gave me my return it into to of nds was memory of of Rustchuk breweries, w works and cigar- trade in grain is situated at the was off on the gambling as much as ]is many years now since shoes of this {his one. During the latter part of the | style have been gemerally used and week there has been no pretense of ; their return is noted with interest and observing the gambling laws and at | reminiscences. org time there was as many as a d0z- * en little games of chance in progress With the fall season rapidly ap- in which money was the only pr proaching, when leaves begin to fall, offered. Roulette was the favorite | it is fitting that once more the public game of chance and it is estimated |be warned against building bon-fires that hundreds of dollars changed |of any sort in the streets without a hands at the fair grounds via this K permit from the chief of police. To route. In past years an honest at- build a fire, even though It he only tempt has been made to suppress this | of dead leaves, makes the builder lia- more flagrant form of gambling, but ble to arrest and fine unless a per- seemingly not so this year. Eve mit has been sccured. A complaint thing was wiGe open and the sky was from any of the neighbors is sufficient the limit. Otherwise the fair was con- [ to cause an arrest. This iaw was ducted along legimitate and com- | made for two reasons. One, that the mendable lines and far surpassed any | smoke from many fires of burning fair yet given in these parts. One par- |leaves on the streets is very annoy- ticularly pleasing thing about it was | ing, particularly to people living in the notable absence of the once fam- | the section; and secondly, because of ous, and popular among a certain ele- | the danger to life and property. Chil- t, suggestive dances and other | dren playing around the fires are in ue features. danger of being burned and sparks from a blazing fire, or even one that has been left smouldering, i real menace to adjoining property . ow o .o is * A menace to themselves, a hin- drance to the traveling public and a | sight that mars the beauty of any city | s the common practice of children | using the strgets as a playground. In many large cities this is almost a nec- | Stanley streets, has be essity but not so in New Britain for- |eye sores of the city. tunately. This city is not yet so iarge | tense of keeping it up as a park is or congested that it is necessary. With ! made. The grass is all to a an excellent public playground ar- |refuse is thrown abou the place rangement, in most instances spacious ' where g once grew is used more backyards, numerous vacant lots and than the provided sidewalks and in the big parks in this city there ought | general it presents an untidy, dilapi- to be none of the disorderly playing of | dated appecarance. TI could ho youngsters in the streets. I made into an attractive and useful P | little park and the city should take Along this line is the urgent need | ‘mmediate steps to have it recon- of a day nursery in New Britain. Vis- | structed and kept in conditior itors have remarked with surprise the ¥ x % absence of such an institution in this | The dependents’ bill, introduced in city which is so well provided with |the legislature by Senator G. W. Klett, charity workers, welfare nurses, milk | means f New Britain will be en- station nurses, Boys' club, probation |tirely reimbursed for all monies ex- officers, ete. But it was not always | pended for the support of soldiers’ de- thus. A few years ago there was a | pendents. It means more than that well kept day nursery on Walnut | for enough money appropriated street but after a season or two it to tide this and other cities over until died a natural death because of lack |the next session of the general as- of interest and financial support. The | sembly, in case the financial drain is need of such an institution cannot be ' protracted by a continued SRitn too forcibly impressed upon t*# pub- imilitiamen on the .ht:r(ivr lic. i oo Of great interest to all members of | street has daily seen two men, the Masonic order is the coming 125th | street musician and the other a ped- anniversary of Harmony lodge, A. F. | dler. These men are interesting in and A. M. on October 16. Briefly, [ that each is bling and each came into Harmony lodge was organized 125 | the city ignorant of the other's pres- years ago in the house on Worthington ! ence. 1In thelr blind zror about Ridge, Berlin, now occupied by B. H. | the streets with the aid of t anc Atwater. George Washington on one | ang crutches they stumbled against occasion stopped ov night in this | each other. Mutual explanations fol- house, The first set of by-laws used |lowed and since then the two unfor- by Harmony lodge clearly shows the | tunates have become real cronies and conditions of the times when super- | may be seen blindly feeling their way stitions ran riot with people. The by- !around, talking together and compls Jaws were numbered consecutively | cently smoking their pipes. In their until #13” was reached. With studious | way they exhibit a happiness and con- care this number was avoided, the tentment that seems to be denled letter substituted, and then the many who are physically more for- numbering continued with 14, showing | tunate. that the founders of the lodge wer: not going to tempt fate. PP P_— the little square at ey Elm and ome one of the But little prer Paradise park, the junction of Sm a wed ass Main one a During the past two weeks A Fluke Klection? (New Haven Union). always recognize,” says the Monitor of Columbus, Ohio, that President Wilson “was elected by a fluke, and not because his party had | a majority of the voters or had the confidence of a majority of the peo- ple.” The presence of a number of pairs of copper toed shoes in the win- of a local shoe store recalls to many of the readers the days of their childhood when copper toed were the custom for children. | Their mothers and fathers, practising | my and fearing financial drains | g?“‘:(iv lshr)(‘s to be purchased, desired ‘ President Wilson's election was the to make each pair last as long as pos- | same kind of a “fluke” that the first sible. 3 | election of Abraham Lincoln was. It Knowing that a child stubs the | ! o a. toes out first, dealers made all ordin- ;| was the same kind of a ‘“fluke” that ary shoes for little folks with a little | the election of Hayes and Garfleld rim of copper around the toe, thus |and Cleveland and Benjamin Harri- protecting the shoe against wear. How ! son was. proud the children used to be of their | “The world will own shoes since the Civil War six have, by the when the blackening wore off, leav- | definition of the Columbus Monitor, ing the toes a bright copper hue. It Of the 12 presidential elections shoes in those old day: especially lbeen “flukes.” . N