New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1916, Page 8

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Jew Britain, its very life throbbing h manufacturing industries, yearns every word that will express the pnomic condition which may er the Its people therefore d comfort in the statements made members of the American Indus: jal Commission, the commission that s been studying conditions abroad. exist war. ese ey men hold ho former ¢ America ps fighting., Burope after the war raware, and therefore New Britain d have no fear. But even if this re not so, New Britain could turn hand in supplying’ggme parts of farm machinery and other imple- nts that will be nedded as much | anything else. Adcording to Mr. rquhar who knows best the need these things because he has dealt their manufacture, the losses of | flustrial plants in northern France d Belgium are estimated at ap- bximately $3,000,000,000. America i1 have to re-equip almost all these f lustries. ! What will be needed ance and Belgium after the war is | to be considered lightly; but what bse two portions of devastated | ntry may search for will be noth- in comparison to what other parts in re-building breathe a new optimism. a bright light for all those | ¢ groped in the dark and | “‘doomed” after Europe | will need in northern Europe must have flustries. ‘“Foreign goods and the chinery to make their own goods hst be had in large quantities” by P Europeans, according to the In- strial Commission, and America is ter equipped than any other coun- to furnish the goods. FiE ART OF GROWING OLDER.” NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SIENKIEWICZ. | It was late yesterday afternoon that the despatch came over the wire: Henryk Sienklewicz, the Polish novel- ist, is dead at the age of seventy-five. There are few lovers of literature who do not know the name. There are no sympathizers of Poland and the Poles Wwho do not realize the patriotism of the great writer. There is no military man in Poland who has done as much to keep the fires of patriotism burn- | ing Wwith intenseness as did Sien- kiewlcz. There is no statesman who accomplished half so much sufferers of Poland as did | novelist. soothing the wounds of his beloved country must be linked the name of Paderewski, the great musician, Sienkiewicz was known throughout America for his celebrated novel, | “Quo Vadis,” a book that had been translated into thirty languages. Yet | “Quo Vadis” is not his best work. Taken in its entirety his trilagy, | “With Fire and Sword,” “The Deluge,” | for the and “Pan Michael,” make one of the | | great masterpieces of madern litera- | ture. The trilogy tells the¥story of Poland and the Poles. To know this work means a deep understanding of the Polish people, a knowledge of the tragedy of Poland and the causes that brought abaut present conditions. | “Quo Vadis” is great; “Quo Vadis” is wonderful; it is perhaps one of the | greatest novels ever written; but “Quo ! Vadis” does not mean as much to the | Polish people and the critics as the trilogy. The news of the death of Sienkiewicz will bring sorrow to every Polish heart, i Having seen three quarters of a | century Sienkiewcz died before his real work was completed. Had fate been kinder to him he would have been allowed to remain and watch the | working out of a re-constructed Poland. After the war if Poland to retain her old place as a great | kingdom its glory must be attributed | in no small measurc to the famous | wielder of the pen who painted its | is | | picture so that the men of all nations | might read and reading learn to un- | derstand. What if the names in any | one of the three works forming the | trilogy are unpronouncable? What if some of the places mentioned are | unknown to Americans? There still | remains the action and the depiction | of scenes so terrible that everyons | who spends the time and energy might | know better the. problem of Poland and realize what it means to live in the United States of America, a land ! that will ever honor Sienkiewicz the ! patriot as well as the writer. Sienkiewicz t requires but furtive glance | pbut us to learn that people of this | a b are growing old more gracefully hn their forebears; that the old; tlemen and ladies of today are in | lity gay young bloods. Chauncey Depew who has been growing nger every day for the past eighty- ee years last night undertook to | ffola the secrets of his success be- e the New York Academy of Medi- | e. If he did not wholly succeed in | ing a ‘formidable formula he did one ‘horror that has followed inciplent days of ilizationd That's, the three-score ten idea ‘which allots a man's p to that period. “David’s ninetieth | killed more people than is war, times over,” said the| bn. Chauncey. “They believed they | d to die—and died.” Of course, there are a lot of people | reach the age allotted by | and these the great r dismisses the hand. They did know how to live, or they lived o many vears in their short careers, e business of crowding a hundred ars of life into a span of thirty is ry detrimental to longevity. A fast e and a furious one, iS a very poor rking model or slogan. Stretch- e things out a bit, making the years © and go with a kindly grace has much to do as anything with a g life and a merry one. The baith question, of course, is at e basis of it all; but there e those, and Mr. Depew is e, who believes that health is also matter of habit. The keeping of mind in a serene state is ane of e rules set down by this exponent of e art of growing old. It is an art. There are old men who are younger an their years; there are young men Jho are older than thei The for- er are the ones who know that life indeed worth living, that it is and and glarious thrill, And not miss any of the joy of it, the one fd only Chauncey says: ‘“‘Get up rly, no matter how Pd,” giving as his reason for this bit advice that all e early risers. kel race since the alm has ten never Pralmis 10 o to: philosophe: th an and a wave of a This done, all men d women should have some sort of iterest apart from their daily avoca- ons. They should take their recrea- on in the form of some special ser- ice, or an interest in sport. If not 0l¢, then service in the church, the ation, theistalg, the city. lenty of rdom ir service in this day, it necessarily: fallows in There o there any chances to practice the art of 'owing older. | the order late you go to ] long-lived persons is are HOLDING BACK THE NAVY, Whenever Uncle Sam was diligent | in the matter of appropriating money | for the building of battleships and such other vessels that are needed in the Navy the first to remind him of his neglect were the shipbuilders of the nation. They set up a wail and cried for national assistance. Now is reversed. Their yards | and dry-dacks are filled to overflowing with work that is of a strictly com- | merclal nature, and Uncle Sam with the greatest appropriation for battle- ships and cruisers is left standing at the gate, not even admitted to press his orders. It is true that bids have been re- ceived for four great battleships, four scout cruisers, twenty destroyers, | | | | | and twenty-nine submarines, the first allotment of the Gavernment's navy program. Yet withal contracts have | been awarded for only four destroyers | and this because the ship builders have put so many conditions on their | bids. They claim they have no time in which to meet the requirements of the bids, and that to do the work of | the government at this time would re- | sult in a loss to them. There is no chance of getting the steel demanded | in the construction of such ships. So ! Uncle Sam is being held up in his quest for a national defense and the | hold-up men are those Who were wont | to cry and bemoan their fate because | ne was slow in coming forth with new | | | state of efficiency. There should be better co-operation on the part of these great industrial leaders when the nation is clamoring for a better national defense. FACTS AND FACTS. The prohibition wave left a large part of the nation high and dry. «Brooklyn Eagle. The next time we elect a president, Europe will either be at peace or ob- literated.—Utica Observer. Ohio went in all over. Even its erstwhile favorite Gov. Herrick was snowed under in the contest for the United States senatorship.—Fall River Herald. 0ld King Cole should be merrier than ever, at present prices of the “black diamonds.” Coal pric i down in New York, but up in Pitts- field.—Pittsfield News, The number of 13, continues to be the president’s lucky one. There are 13 letters in his name, Hughes voted | | olectoral votes.—Hartford Post. the | aged | With him in the work of | | nominated ! get after the farmers for the billboard | nuisance. | orders to keep their plants at a high | Ballot No, 13 and California has 13 | J. H. McFadden buys seven old mas- | ters, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and the prices show that it is harder to buy seven masters than to serve two—Louisville Courier- Journal. | The Covington gir! who gave a | timely alavm when the bank was robbed is to get $100 for her screams; but the defeated candidate who puts iup a holler will, as usual, get noth- ing but the scornful laugh.—Indian- apolis News. President Lee of the railroad train- men announces that regardless of the constitutionality of the Adamson law, strikes will be called on Jan. 1 against all railroads that do not obey Its terms. The railroad men have apparently spent too much time in preparation for a fight to be willing to miss an opportunity for one.—I Yerk Sun. Among the s" that have been put forth since the election is this bit of idiocy: If Roosevelt had been instead of Hughes he would have been elected easily.” That Is, Wilson was voted for because he kept us out of war, but had Roose- velt, the most aggressive jingo of all the jingo bunch, been nominated he Would have swept the country. How illogical are the people with an *if"! —Leavenworth Times = The Mysterionus Meaning. i (Beatrice Barry, in New York Times) A rhymester once fashioned a deaf little verse, And it was accepted, in time. It might have been better, it might have been worse— The words had a musical chime; Melodious phrases just rippled along, And fell on the listening ear llke a song— if it was vague ‘twas strong On meter and rhythm and rhyme. And us to mearing, The rhymester by accident met with a frieng, Who wibed a tear out of his eye, And quoth, “Oh, how rash were the lines that you penned!” (Emitting a terrible sigh). “Of course it was clever—the mean- ing was clear— But ah! there was pretty deep stuff there, my dear! A bit too advanced, your opinions I fear— Convention you cannot defy!” The rhymester was startled, and ter- ribly awed— So rudely he shattered But the next friend she journeyed abroad Expressed himself something this: ‘I say; it was funny! 1 cried Who'd think that you had such a hu- morous side? Of course it was subtle—that can’t be denied— But no one the meaning could miss her bliss! met as she like I lnughed tin The rhymester, bewildered, moved on in a daze, once more knew, Bent on her gaze, And said, “What's the matter you? I know you have brains, bound to admit That sometimes you really don’t use them a bit! That last thing of yours—what’s the meaning of 1t? T'll bet you can’t give me a clue!”, Till a man whom she a mischievous, quizzical with but I'm The rhymester just fell on his neck with a moan, And murmured, “Oh, Heaven forbid That I should deceive you—but lower your tone— The truth at all cost must be hid! "Twas nothing but language of rhyth- mical flow- It hadn;:' a vestige of meaning—but oh! Please promise vou'll one know!""— And I do mnot believe that he did! never let any Farmers’ Billboards. (Waterbury Republican.) The Christian Science Monitor calls upon the agricultural periodicals to Appeals made to the bill- board companies and to the advertiz- ers who patronize them have been in vain. The only resource short of drastic legislation is to the farmers themselves: The Monitor helieved that if the matter were properly pre- sented to them, farmers in general would refuse to aliow billboards on their property, and thus help power- fully to save beautiful natural scenery | from disfisurement and the traveling public from annoyance. | The farmer's business, anyhow, says | The Monitor, is farming, not advertis- | ing. And if he falls to respond to an | appeal made to his fairness and good | cltizenship, the “special privilege” of | getting a few dollars for permitting a public nuisance will have to be taken away from him. The public will demand that the land, on which billboards are erected shall be taxed as “improved property.” It is recognized, however, that the farmer isn’t the only person to blame. Property owners in cities permit even more reprehensible abuse of their va- cant lots. walls and roofs by the billboard interests. So do transpor- tation companies. The Monitor wants to know why a traction company priviloged to operate vehicles for the carriage of passengers over public streets and roads. should be allowed to fill its conveyances wth advertise- ments of articles whose sale and use may be contrary to the public wel- fare, or with advertisements which, at best, patrons should not be com- pelled. to gaze at. Why, indeed? Tt the farmer is to be asked to sur- render his billboard privilege, others must be expected to make a similar sacrifice to good citizenship. Tt is interesting to note how the au- tomobile garages and salesrooms are increasing in the vicinity of the vet- erinary hospitals and delivery stables. vl“\—/lc Mi It is difficult nowadays to remember just how to get to the horse and dog doctor's office. New Britain’s Busy Big “Always Reliable.” Store— SATUR We Feature COATS At Qur Ready-io-Wear Department If you're anticipating purchasing a coat this winter come to this store Saturday and see the values we are offering in Women’s, Misses' and Children’s WARM WINTER COATS. MIXTURE COATS. for women and mi made large collars, velvet trimmed, day at ZEBILINE PLUS Colors: green, brown and burgund in women's and misses’ sizes. Sat- urday at ...............$12.98 each. MORE SMART COATS Saturday at . ... $17.98 each. Bolivia cloths, wool mixtures, wool velours. Colors: navy, brown, green, burgundy and back. SEAL PLUSH COATS with large beaver collar, turn back cuffs, roomy coats, full 46 inches long. Saturday at .... ..$25.98 each. CHILDREN’S COATS Sizes 3 to 19 years. The largest se- lection of children’s coats we have shown this season. Don't delay se- lecting warm coats when you can buy them at these prices: $1.98, $3.98, $5.98 to $9.98 cach. . 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ATERS match, Priced in | 98 priced: R all wool. most reput- KNIT UNDERWE, in cotton, part wool and Undergarments from the able manufacture Infants’ Vests and Bands 25c¢ Children’s Vests & Pants 23c Children’s Union Suits 35c Women’s Vests and Pants 25¢ Women’s Union Sui .59¢c Men’s Shirts & Drawers 49¢ to Men’s Union Suits .85¢ to KNITTED FIBRE SCARFES for men, women and children. 49¢ to $3.98 each. (At men’s department.) UP TO THE MINUTE STYL WOMEN’'S NECKWEAR. and Sets of broadcloth, serges corduroys, velours .....49¢ to $1.69. COLLARS AND SETS of Georgette Crepe, and washable chiffon; round, square and shawl styles ............98¢, $ GLOVES AND MITTENS Golf Gloves .....25¢, 50¢ to 98c pai Mittens 15¢ to 25¢ pai Leather Gloves for Children, fleece lined i 50¢ and 59c pair. WASHABLE CAPE GLOVES for women . . .25, $1.50, $1.75 pair. to $1.00 to $1.00 to § to to 199-201-203 MAIN STREET. iperfiuous Legs. (Philadelphia Bulletin), In all the cries and lamentation that arise generally about periodical trol- ley strikes and in ali the solemn de- liverances of expertz upon the sub- | jeet, there never is a sign of that sort of philosophic perception which might turn these social phenomena to account and view the resulting uation logically it should be viewed, as an incentive to walking Nobody wants to walk nowadays. Physicians tell you what &nd Invigorating exercise even on city pavements themselves hustle taxicab rather than walk blocks. Legs are becoming a bore. nmay come when we shall be ¢ ashamed of them. They now only to tango with ana £ pendages adequate to lift one high enough to view the scoreboard over the heads of the crowd It has re- quired the recent sporadic interrup- tions of trolley service in varions cities to show how distasteful walk- ing has become in Ame: A man who goes to his work in a trolley or a motor every morning rather than walk ten blocks laboriously learns golf, a game which he may detest, in order to keep fit. And vet, as phy- sicians and philosophers have always viewed it, walking is better than any other sort of exercise because it may | he enjoyed alone, without di Stion: as an excellent walking is, md they rolley a i a dozen for a or of as are FRIDAY, NUVEMBER 17, LLAN’S ; AY| 98 cach. | { Roumani | ed by those of his sons and daughters | even the shortes | the fathe and with innumerable invitations to meditation and mental exercise. ‘ 1918, THROUGHOUT THE BIG STORE Saturday’s Special Offer- ing’s That Will Surprise You - At The ANNIVERSARYSALE SPECIAL FREE SOUVENIRS SATURDAY Among the hundreds of different articles for your selection at the Free Souvenir department this week, are the following: REAL LEATHER TRAVELING BAGS, CUT GLASS ELECTRIC LAMPS, ELECTRIC TOASTERS, FRAMED PICTURES, EXQUIS!TE CUT GLASS PIECES, IMPORTED CHINAWARE, SMOKERS’ STANDS, COASTER SETS, STATUARY, TEDDY BEARS and many other articles of both a useful ornamental nature. All are valuable, even those purchases of one dollar are excellent select from the more expensive of your pur- a Purchasers b of %120 Worth or Over given with During articles, and you Souvenirs according to the amount chases. . No matter how little or how much you spend at the Anniversary Sale be sure to ask for FREE substantial re- SOUVENIR COUPONS. promptly filled. past. UYR DAILY AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY INSURES PROMPT DELIVERY OF YOUR PURCRBASES HARTFORD Daily Delivery in New Britain, Elmwood. Newington, Cedar Hii. Mapte Hill and Clayton. ) the Anniversary Sale Our Restaurant is an ideal place for a light lunch, a cup of tea or ’Phone orders 3050, and Mail Orders Charter get busy the damage will be considerg able. The state forester of Massachusetts makes some suggestions about these nsects which it would be worth while to pay some attention to especially as there would be a twofold advantage in doing it. He suggests that we have trees and bushes on our own land, in our yards and in the vicinity of our homes that are infected more or 1 with these nuisances and that as we need fuel we can combine a little thrift with guarding against the in- roads of the moths and caterpillars Dead branches and infested boughs will not, probably, keep us in fuel for the winter; but they will destroy the predatory insects while paring down the coal bill a little. It is such thrift as this that Euro- . pean peoples practice as a matter of course. It is a habit with them; a habit bred of necessity no doubt, but one which we as a people would do well to learn. The high cost of living is certainly not a blessing, but neith- er is needless waste a virture. It is not suggested that burning waste wood will materially decrease gen, cral cost of living. But it is certain that the principle of thrift and saving which prompts the burning of waste wood for fuel would, if carried out, materially decrease the burden S Roumanian Folk-Lore And Strange Custom t' “If it happens to be winter, the ‘T | Washington, D. C., Nov. 17.—"The ; great bulk of Roumania’s population ! father of !dhe girl invites the com- helongs to the peasant class, for there | DYV I an };i:‘t‘r::‘f"‘:shg‘z’:u;‘:“;:‘ofi cities and | the way he looks after the fire. If he savs a bul- | keeps it burning brightly they know that he is favorable. If he lets it die down a little they understand that he is only of an open mind on the sub- ject. But if he lets it go out entirely, there is no use arguing the question. “The Roumanian peasant is much | given to superstition, and he has a sign for everything. If shingles are not nailed on a roof in the proper gn, they will turn up at the ends; these peasants live on |if potatoes are not planted in the estates, where their fore- | PToper sign, they will grow on top of bears for generations have farmed | the soil and.be a failure; if you have for the absentee landlords And an ; money in your pocket when you f(‘&‘ interesting class these peasants form, | the new moon, you will not ‘so with their peculiar toms, tneir | Proke’ at least not until another now primitive wayvs of looking at things in | [noon has come. On the other hand, general. it is held to be dangerous to announc “The evil of race suicide has never | to those in the house that the new ded Rouminia. Tt is regarded as | moon has appeared, for in that ca \rthy of honor to be the head of a | all the pots and pans in the kitchen large family. As in all lands where | Will be broken before the waning many of the people are more or less | MOON passes. illiterate, there is a ch d “When a peasant child is christ- though the fact that the cned, all of those present assume the baby is almost unknown in peasant | relation of god-parents, and it is a tends to overcome the | Superstition that there must be no in- high infant mortaliiy that would oth- | ter-mariages between god-fathers and | result | god-mothers. The result is that christenings are not widely attended, and those with matrimonial ambitions | eschew them entirely. “Tho utmost care is taken by some to prevent a child from se ing its image in a mirror hefore it three vears old, for if it does it will become a vietim of the ‘falling sickness,’ whith will send it stumbling through life. are comparatively few most of them are small,” letin of the National Geographic so- ciety on Roumanian folk-lore and customs, which gives an intimate in- sight into the home life of the nation that so recently aligned itself with the Entente Allies in the great Bu- ropean struggle. The bulletin, which is based on a communication to the society from John Oliver LaGorce, Many the great of in s 2 ILIECTED. MACHINE GUN Now the Thing is to Buy the Guns As Possible. Standard-Unio portant that cretary of wa As od Soon (Brooklyn It is highly i named by the s lect a machine gun for the army has made its decision, but the prompt purchase of a sufiicient number of these weapons is of still greater ims portance = The machine gun has by far proved the most effective weapon employed in the great Furopean war, and country has fully realized its value as did the Germans. But have learned the lesson and are “There are many customs which | Ve PO still proclaim the ancient rule and | “nyioThation is, of course, misera- Influsnce ol Rome thathave persisted | niy equipped with machine guns. In ]‘”‘(’l‘:; ¢ her glory. Fow instance, | [Ct it 18 not really equipped at all, »arture o ) Tor instance, |1 1 R ] therel i3 thel ol iPyrrhic) danceilithe i cy:n8 only kifew: fand ithesel are 0f e ith bells on deeves and sie. |® doubtfol value. At lsast, they BAVS Ten The Roumanians still shout in | ot been developed to the point which unison to prevent Saturn-from hear- £°",a‘bl°f i (,,“‘“”']f:“"” EORIDOL | ing the volce of the infant Jupiter; ‘“‘i‘g\ ;J”\‘n »“\ti" ‘vl\lr«,\:‘;)‘ifio;x‘y‘:\:rpn;(}:\:‘av and even thelr oxen proclaim tha | .- > M i B SN AT p biry ¢ | with the favorable recommendation glory thet was Rome’ in thelr names, | 7% 10 RI088 F, SCom e 1hed for here you may see Caesar and Bru- | : = A 55 iy tus as ycke-fellows, and there Cassl. |the government has the money tog I us and Ausmustus’’ purchase 4,600, which is to be done G : without any unnecessary loss of time. When the army has been equipped with these weapons a weak gap in our scheme of defense will have been filled. Our need of submarines is be- attended to, and it should not be long before ample field artillery is dis- ) board r to se- Vise “The average Reumanian peasant is not glven fo the kind of, thrift that leads him often to a savings bank The patrimony of his sons and daugh ters is more often good will, good health, and an honest mind than it is land, or money, or hous So narrow is the margin upon which a young couple starts out in life that it has co to he proverb among them, “Married today and out at the elbows tomorrow.’ Ior children come apact and the pr of the things the peas- ant has to 11 ave even lower than the prices of those he has to buy, and not until his own ors are supplement- & is no h all pro- hi, much chance to prepare for | st of rainy days. g Roumanian peasant 1's thou turn to love and his | mind begins to incline toward mar- riage, he goes to his mother rather than to his sweetheart with his tale The mother acts as an ambassador to and if he can be induced to look with favor upon the lover's | choice, he calls in two of his best friends in the village, tells them of his son's dreams, and tasks them to ac- company the sald son to the house of the ohject of love's I3 dreams. Mayhap the girl herself has not re- ¢eived from the youth a single hint of love. but even as he and his smen appronch the house she suspects the object his visit and peeps through any or cranny that is convenient. has he “When 1z it The Tent Caterpillars. (Meriden Journal.) Now that the trees and bushes are getting bare of follage it appears be an excellent time to start a cam- ’_fl\mgn against the brown tail moth. ! ¢ributed at the military posts of the e tent caterpillar and the gypsy | country. Gradually we are forming moth which have already wrought 50 | proper plans to emerge from that ¢ much destruction to the wooded | state of defensclessness which has® &rowth o2 New England. We are not { caysed a pronounced feeling of un- ldoing our share here in Connecticut | easiness since the great world war to eliminate these pests and unless we started. to his s0 of crack