New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1917, Page 8

Britain Heraid. RALD PUBLISHING COMPANTY. Proprietors. fiaily (Sunday excepted) at4:18 p. m., fHerald Bullding. 67 Chureh Bt at the Post Ofice' ¢’ New. Britain Becond Class Mall Matter. d by carrfer to anv part of the city 16 cents a weelk, 65c & month. Ptions for paper to be ment by mall, vable in advance. 60 cents a month. 9 & year. - 1ly profitable advertising medlum n ) city: Circulation books and rress m always open to advertisers. erald will be found on sale at Hota- &'r News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- tr. Nyw York Clty; Board Walk, At- itlc City, and Hartford Depoi. TELEPHONE CALLS. a8 OMmoe . 3 jist Rooma . = i roac pay, 1017 k Day this vear in New Britain llses to be ome of the greatest “ celebrations Ol Glory ever unfisud it #f tentative plans | 24 lated by the local Lodge of Hlks ed to perfection. The Flag ervices of this patriotic order be held publicly and probably H at Walnut Hill Park. ~All the os In the will be asked to te in the ceremontes, to shut for the day, and to give their es a chamoe to join in the pageant ever seen on the of the gity, The Governor of tate will be invited to attend and flempt made to secure a few mil- orgamzations. All local freter- ders, otvic assooiations, busi- ‘organisations, and seocleties will d to participate in the parade in the demonstration to follow. ire are four months in which all figements muy. be completed YTor celebration. ' Thers is no reason it should not be one that will go in the history of the city as the pubMoc event ever held here jonor of the Stars and Stripes. | mitistive hes been ‘taken, and | Britain by this effort may at- L visitors on that day from all s of the state, all for the honor ae nation's flag. From the top of public building and private E every business place and insti- of 'anyikind, there will be flung 76 breeses the banner that signifies It of liberty. Flags and bunt- iwill be displayed as never before, one flag, the only flag that has ht to supreme reverence in this ntry. All others will be held in background while Old Glory ns supreme. It is & grand thought. .one worthy the great order of s, the, city of New Britain, and the.ifollk who Hve within these ere should be no want of co- ration to carry this pmoject pugh. The very purpose for which advanced should insure its suc- The men who have already ed thémeelves to work in behalf ch a holiday guarantee a com- “ fulfillment of their duties. If Day cannot be made &n impres- e one in the calendar then God the city. But it can be, and it i1 be. Bvery American citizen, ether native or foreign-born, will @ a helping hend when the call is de. It will be a celebration to at- ct alike ‘the young and the old. ‘n and women, boys and girls, all nd In the same relative position der the folds of Old Glory. It is ¢ flag of the greatest country in 6" New World. If it needs defend- 2'the men, of the oountry will take re of it. If it demands other sac- lices the women of the netion stand ady to bear the burdens. It is the g of all,—new-comer and oldest in- abitant. In that spirit shall it be pved and honored. * WRITING AND FIGHTING, As after the storm there comes the 1m, so there should soon be a cool- ng off of the hot-heads who demand n immediate declaration of war be- ) Germany has announced her in- jention of taking up ruthiess sub- arine warfare where she left off ome eight\months ago. Further ne- gotiations with the German Govern- pent they would have none. Note- riting to them 'is detestable. Yet, hese things will bave to take place. IThe reins of diplomacy will not be hrown away. until ~diplomacy freached the stage where it can no honger serve its purpose. It is the [business of the State Department to has present clearly and forcibly the rights | of the United States of America. Once this position is stated then there | must be instituted a watch. When Germany totally ignores the rights of the time for action will But not until then. this country, be at hand. present she has nation of her merely purpose to carry on a desperate campaign on the high seas. It is conceivable that there will be a very comprehensive modification of these plans, once she is reminded of the consequences. It is a source of discomfort to many that the United States Govern- ment Has been negotiating with Ger- At | notified this | ends. The patience displayed on the part of this Government has been marvelous, rivaled only by that of Job. And at the end of all this en- deavor we find Germany in ¥ebruary 1917 starting out to complete what it began in February 1915. The hasty, the feverish, the impatient souls will demand a discontinuance of the habit of forebearance which has seemingly grown as a trait of nature at the ‘White House. But the cool, the calm, the collected will stand still and await the next move of this Government and the consequences that take place after that action. = Having kept out of war this long there is no desire on the part of the President to rush pell- mell into a conflagration the end of which no man can yet see. On April 19, 1916, President Wilson stood before the joint Houses of Con- gress, and read an ultimatum which ‘was sent to Germany in the now fam- ous Sussex case. At that time the German Government was told that unjess it should immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its pre- “¥alent methods of warfare against passenger and freight carrying ves- sels the Government of the United States could ‘“have no choice but the severance of diplomatic rela- tions.” Germany replied in time, gave her pledge that the laws of cruiser warfare would be adhered to, that the rights of neutral nations ‘would be respected, and that the lives of nomn-combatant men, women and children would be protected on the high seas. Since that time there has not been one overt act committed by Germany which would merit dis- pleasure in the eyes of any court of Justice In these United States. If there have been surreptitious sinkings of neutral ships with the loss of ltves these infringements of international law have not come to the public gaze, no proof has beeén advanced that such ol ‘were committed. Thus Ger- has proven she can live up to her pledges, despite what 1s now taken as an attempt to concel the assurances and guarantees given in the answer to the Sussex note. ' If Germany is impetuous it is be- cause she is fighting 'for her very ex- istence. She cannot see why citizens of the United States would want to rove the, high seas just when her submarines might be at the task of destroying all ships carrying goods to HEngland, or France or any of the allied countries. She cannot imagine why Americans should insist upon travelling the lanes of the Atlantic that lead dangerously near the zone of submarine activity. And so would drive our people and our ships from the high seas for the benefit of her own expediency, which has the re- semblance of a natural trait of some nations and some men. All this she ‘would do, nor call it war against the United States, excusing her stand by designating it a method to “serve mankind in the highest sense and not to. wrong the German people.” Nor would the United Stotes be the only neutral nation affected should this Pproposed campaign go into &ffect with all the ruthlessness outlined. Every neutral nation in the world is vitally Interested In a plan that will drive merchantmen from the seas and send innocent men, women and children to watery graves. So, it cannot be. And Germany will be told so by this Government. Until the President officlally takes action there is no time for idle talk or bom- bastic antics. The Roosevelts and the Roots and the other racuous voices of the country may shout and bellow to their hearts’ content; but the serious- minded will have none of their rantings and ravings. Willlam Ran- dolph Hearst who has been as bitter against Woodrow Wilson as any of his political enemies urges American citizens to stand solidly back of the President in his efforts to maintain peace. In praising the President's de- liberate discussion of international difficulties and differences, Mr. Hearst says:—''Notes are better than bullets; ink is cheaper than blood, and if there had been more writing in developments, will watch and walit for emerges from his cozy corner under the roots of trees or wherever it is and comes out to enjoy the glorious Springtime. The tradition which Ground Hog Day for lo vears is fast dying out. In the olden days the little children of the cities were generally taken to the zoological parks by their elders and there shown the antics of ground hogs held in cap- tivity by the city. With the country folk the ground hog was ever at hand to show them just what might happen after February 2 in regard to the weather. Candlemas Day as a re- liglous institution dates back to the reign of Justinian in the sixth century. On that day all the candles that were to be used in the churches for the fol- lowing twelve months were blessed. Hlaborate ceremonies were always in vogue on Candlemas Day until King Pdward VI. of England abolished some of these observances by an order in oouncil. Ground Hog Day will probably con- tinue as an American triditton so long as there are any of the old folk alive who were wont to believe in the absolute falthfulness of this animal to predict the sort of weather which must follow this day. Even it they do not now believe in what the ground hog prophesies the old ladies and gen- tlemen of vther days take great de- light in relating the story to the little ones. In this there can be no harm, for it is upon such innocent amuse- ments as those afforded in belleving in the ground hog that the imagina- ton of children 1s stimulated to growth and expansion. ‘Without some of the old tales and fairy' storles handed down from the past American boys would soon become mere me- chanical contrivances. The age of commercialism needs Jjust such a touch of fiction as that supplied by the story of the ground hog. It should never die out. has these many 3 Is it possible that advocates of-the Saving Daylight scheme are afrald to go home in the dark? FACTS AND FANCIES. The democrats used to say that the republican party had no corsclence, but G. W. Perkins comes pretty near to fllling the bill these’days.—Boston Advertiser. If you have flgured out how Ger- many’ can give.a guaranty of peace, you should give the public the benefit of your discovery.—Burlington Free Press. The Xalser cannot acclaim the president’s idea of peace without vie- tory unless he confesses considerable exaggeration.—Newark News. Much of the time that the tele- phone otherwise saves is wasted in su- perfluous conversation which it facili- tates.—Albany Journal. In annexing the Danish West Indies will we have to annex also their mu- sic and musical instruments? There are precedents.—Brooklyn Eagle. g ¥ (With Apologies to Mrs. Woodyard Kindling.) If you can win a dame who doesn’t wonder 'Bout what the styles are going to be next week, I you can walk on any street,—by Thunder! And never even glimpse a painted cheek, If you can walit, and not get sick of walting, For vour best girl to daub herself with paint,— & Then tell her that she looks quite captivating, And know that you are lying,—'cos she aint;— If you can dream—and not have dreams that haunt you With visions of the future that's in store, If you can find a girl who doesn’t want you To take her more,— If you can bear to hear the truth I've spoken, Take heed to it and not be too ab- surd— Or,—watch the things you gave your cash for, broken, And stoop and pick 'em up without a wordi— to the movies any Europe there would have been less fighting.” The pen and ink are still at hand and their use should have the right of way over the booming cannon. When writing fails it is time to take to fighting. The next note written should have a sobering effect on Germany. GROUND HOG DAY. There is no doubt that the ground hog saw his shadow today. I the bright sunshine there was of his subterranean domicile. on this Candlemas Day. hog never is remiss in his duty. observes the wonders of nature. | shiny, and he sees his shadow, the throne. ~many for two long' years ‘without ap] mtly accomplishing any great have eclapsed the little With all no chance for the little fellow to evade 1f you can make one heap of all your savings, And risk it all to make the fatal leap, Then be obliged to listen to the rav- ings Of her mother,—and not even make a peep; 1 you can force yourself to view the ruin, Then drain the bitter dregs within the cup. And hold to this,—when there is noth- ing doin’ Except the Will which savs to her, “Shut up!” such a sight. That is, if he came out If vou can talk with her and keep It is not likely that he remained indoors The ground He always comes out on February 2 and 184 the weather is clear, and the day sun- he goes back in his abode for six weeks longer knowing full well that within ! Well, matrimony’s yours for what is that time old King Winter will occupy;, Then, when the slx weeks prophet your temper, If you can stand for all her tommy- rot, If sneers from friends and neighbors fail,—"Sic Semper,” Ana castles in the air don’t dull the plat,— If you can play a losing game,—and win it, By never even thinking you stuck; 4 in it, Go to it boy,—I'm sure T wish you duck! BISH K. IBBLE followed ! are Diary of the Great War, by Samuel “APepys. Jr. record of events betwes I 1914 and December 31, lBlEf‘:nE:!ll): ifously set forth in the style of the original Pepys.’—Book Review Di- gest. “The angle of vision of the orig- inal 1s very cleverly imitated; and the Junior Pepys hes caught the knack of the elder's pretty egoisms, his de- light in irresponsible gossip, his little naughtinesses, his little moraliz- ings.”’—Boston Transcript. DR Inside the German Empire, b; bert B. Swope. Ay ‘“‘Observations in Ger: 'many _durin, the latter months of 1916. Work o‘l an American newspaper, man. . . ., accorded unusual opportunities to see and study en and 3 lisher's w..:‘y‘: et Rt e . . Navy As a Fighting M v;x; saL g whln?, }yy B. = at is the nan g parts should it be 3nf3§;ea? £ v‘éfiil principles should be followed. in order to get the maximum return for the money expanded? To these questions clearly and technical language i this book. Author § the United States Booklist. answer without s the object of s rear admiral of Navy.”—A. L. A. .. Open That Door! by R i “‘Sensible chapters on 31'913:1?:02& reading, addressed to. the average person who is probably in something of a rut and who needs to be in- spired to read the worth-while books a3 a means of enlarging his sympa- thy and understanding.”—A. 1, A Booklist. o ... Our Nation in the Building, by Helen Nicolay. “A narrative that is as . far re- moved from the textbook as possible. It is a good volume for the man or woman who wants to see our history as a whole and to do it in the pleas- antest manner possible. Reprinted from the Century.”—A. L. A. Book- st " ‘.. Pangerman Plot Unmasked, by Andre Cheradame. “Berlin’s formidable peace-trap of ‘the drawn war.’ Contains warning to Allies against making a peace with Germany. Reveals what he belleves to be a long-prepared project for such a plausible settlement, that Germany, while getting the most im- poriant part of what she has fought for, will appatently make liberal con- cessions and admit defeat.”"—Pub- lisher's Weekly. ... Passing of the Great Race, by Madi- son Grant. “The author history in terms of race. . . Buropean races are recognized: Nordic, the Mediterranean and Alpine. Of these it is the whose passing is regretted. superior race, par ecxcellence, the . He is es- point voluntary race suicide. sentially aristocratic in eration "—Book Review Digest. .. Potsdam Princess, by Ethel Howard. | “Her book is an intimate, gossipy account, /written in a just and kindly spirit, of her life with the imperial family, of the personalities of the boys who were in her charge, and of the Kaiser and Kalserin. . . She has been entirely successful in this for there is no trace in her pages of the slightest war bitterness.”—N. Y. Times. ... Studies of Contemporary Poets, by M. C. Sturgeon. “Critical studles of Abercrombie, Rupert Brooke, Davies, Walter de la Mare, Gibson, Ralph Hodgson, Huef- fer, an Irish group, Rose Macaulay, ‘Masefleld, Munro Sarojini Naidu, “John Presland,” James Stephens, and Margaret Woods. They are sym- pathetically and thoughtfully written with well chesen quotations, and the book is made particularly useful as it contains u bibiliography of these minor poets’”—A. L. A. Booklist. PR One thousand shorter ways about the | house, by M S. Crey. .« v Room Beautiful, by Clifford and Law- ton. “A collection of illustrations of in- teriors. . . The book is unique at present the best of its kind. L. A. Booklist. . Studies in Ethies for Nurses, A. Aikens. “An interesting and useful book on a phase of nursing life rarely treat- ed, that of personal character, service, and conduct.”—A. L. A. Booklist. PR Fiction Borodino Mystery, by M. L. Storer. “A clever, detective story, well told in a style vivid and full of distinc- 1lon.”—Cathelic World. PR .. Eternal Feminine, by Mrs. M. R. S. Andrews. «“Ten short stories, some amusing, some pathetic, all interesting and all deplicting some feminine trait of character. Appeared in Scribner's Magazine at various times.”—A. L. A. Booklist. - e Hillman, by E. P. Oprenheim. . Hugh Graham; a tale of the pioneers, by F. S. Townsend. “An unusually picturesque, ac- count of pioneer life in the central Alleghany district in the days just before the Revolution Many of the scenes are concerned with Indian | warfare.”—Nation .. o * Wildridze of the Bank, Doyle. “An amusing, Mr by pleasant story with considers European Three the Nordic It is the but many factors are uniting to destroy {t—war, climate, alcohol, disease and of view: democratic control and univer- sal suffrage point the way to degen- and | —A. | by C.| Lynn i GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED IN INSTITUTE'S LIST THIS WEEK some clevely sketched characters.”— N. Y. Times. LR Tralning for the Stage, by Arthur Hornblow. “Informal, entertainingly written essays, in which the editor of the Theater magazine aims to give would- be actors an accurate picture of con- ditions on the stage today. .. For those ‘In whom the call to the boards is irresistible, he gives practical de- tails about the requirements and op- portunities, as well as the difficulties and ?lu.ppomtments of the profes- sion. L. A. Booklist. . Voyage of the Deutschland, the first German submarine, by Paul Koe- nig. .« s Home and Health. Adequate Diet, by P. G. Stiles. “Author. 18 assistant professor of physiology in Harvard university."— Publisher’'s Weekly. ‘e . Clothing for Women, by L. I. Baldt. “An exhaustive and extremely well fllustrated manual which would helr the woman who makes her own clothes or the woman who teaches sewing.”—A. L. A. Bogklist. . e Health of the City, by Hollis Godtrey. St Modern Knitting Book, Klickmann. ‘A book of ideas for knitted under- wear, coats amd wraps, caps and hoods, bables’ ahd children’s gar- ments, socks and stockings, also new patterns in fancy knitting.”—A. L. A. Booklist. by Flora . Modern Methods in Nursing, by G. J. Sanders. “It is a well planned textbook for nurses. . . showing adequate sclen- tific knowledge.”—A. . A. Booklist. ... The scene is a village in the north of Ireland. . . Partners of the Night, by Leroy Scott. “The tales are almost as varied as the characters but they are all swift- moving, filled with ingenious twists, and possessed of that chief virtue of such narratives—they keep the read- er guessing.’—N. Y. Times. o s Range Bosa, by E. A. Seltzer. “Smacks rather too much of a cer- tain very famous story of cowboys and the West, called ‘The Virginian ‘ However, the narrative is thril- ling. interesting, and well written.”— Springfield Republican. P Wildfire, by Zane Grey. Wall Street Emotions, (New Haven Journal-Courrier.) It was not Mr. Bernard N. Baruch who either provided the brokers of the country with the alleged ‘‘leak’”, which foreshadowed the president’s peace note, as a result of which im- mense sums of money changed hands in a few days in December, lots of which tumbled right into his bank account or who was himself pravided with one. It is clear from the testi- mony of Mr. Baruch that he is his own source of leaks, which ar¢ better known to him as hunches, H® had a hunch that something was going to drop and he went along with his active imagination accumulating, as we have seen, an independent fortune which, added to what he had before, makes him a captain of that kind of industry, Mr. Raruch’s evidence was intensely interesting. We do not recall such a simple proposition.in the gentle art of making a fortune with a few days. Naturally an artist in the emotions of the street, he kept his eves right on the news columns of the dally newspapers, morning and afternoon, to keep informed as to the likely at- titude of the central powers in parti- cular and the Allied powers in general. ! He came to the conclusion that, while peace might not be in sight, the slightest reference to peace emanat- ing from any of the belligerent coun- tries would impart to the street a |state of nerves. He began to sell short, that is he began to exercise a judgment which told him of failing | prices. He says he needed no ‘“leak’ { from Washington to guide his opera- | tions. All he required was ‘‘the eye.” He was right in his calculations and, |in consequence, cleaned up nearly a | halt million without affecting in any manner the organization, control or prosperity of the cancerns in whose stocks he dabbled extensively and in whose welfare he does not appear to be concerned. This simple experience | reminds us of the man from the south who, after a few days watching the market, came to the conclusion that what some chap made some other chap lost. We forebear to discuss the difference between this transac- tion and a llke transaction aided by the roulette wheel, but, of course, there must be one for the law forbids the one and sanctions the other. As for the consideration of the “leak’ itself, as forced by the testi- mony given the investigating com- mittee, it shows in large part Wall street to be the most sensitive center on the face of the earth to tattling gossip., The speculators, not the fin- vestorss give willing and anxious ear to every story retailed in the neigh- borhood in the gambler's hope that stocks will go up or. down as the i village gossips predict. This is what they call betting when a presidential election comes around, or Harvard comes to New Haven to whip Yale foothall team, or Chick Jones starts out to retire Billy the Mascot in ten rounds. 5 Solving the Problem. (Boston Evening Transcript.) The only person who seems to have solved the problem of the high cost of living was the late David Hart- man of Dover, O. It is surely a sor- row, under the circumstances, to be obliged to speak of Hartman as “the late,” because it is quite evident {hat it was the process of solving this What the world has lost in his death is precisely the same as the valuable facts regarding the means of keeping & mule on no feed at ally which a certain farmer was accum- ! ulating, and which were unluckily cut | short by the death of the mule. Mr. ' Hartman recently won a prize for an | essay on “How to Live Cheaply.” He was llving at a total expenditure of three cents a day, and his demon- strations of the feasibility of the plan were most conclusive. But right in the midst of a success which was beginning to attract the admiration as well as the attention of the world. Mr. Hartman has been gathered to his fathers, and the doctors say he dled from want of nourishment. And this in spite of the fact—or shall we say becauce of the fact?—that he had Increased the cost of his ration from three to ten cents a day. Experimentation along this line will therefore have to be continued in other hands Let us not too hastily assume that merely because Mr. Hart- man is gone ¢herq is nobody in the world to work out the problem of living on next to nothing, In reality, he -was & voluntary cxperimenter—a mere amateur in the subject. Ac- counts agée that he was pertectly able to spend more money on his subsistence than three or even ten cents a day, There are those, par- ticularlly in the Ola World, who are reéducing their daily ration to a min- imum that grows lower and lower on a more serious basis than that; they are reducing it because theyscannot get any moré to eat. Germany s an organized object lesson of nutri tional minimums. Fed upon synthe- tic beefsteaks: “ersatz’ eggs and saw- dust bread, the civic population of the Fatherland is still producing guns and shells at a fair rate of speed. The population 5 Belgium, under Ger- man guidance is, experimenting still more radically in the same direction. It is well known that the _working people of England and Irefand are being labored with by the new min- ister of subsistence to convince them that they have not yet reached their irreducible minimum of proteins and carbohydrates. Even in this country, if the price of meat, butter, eggs and other sustaining food continues to go up, we shall soon have among us a good many people who will be en- gaged in an experimentation sub- stantially, or insubstantially, similar to the late\Mr. Hartman’s, not for the purpose of ‘obtaining data for essay writing, but as a matter of hard ne- cessity. Heaven save them from such a solution of the problem as that which he has achieved! The Woman of 1830. (Collier's.) Women today are constantly being accused of paying more attention than ever before to dress and to the thou- sand and two nuances of the mo- ment's fashion. But here ig a fashion note from the New York Evening Post of 1830: “First Evening Dress—a gown com- posed of gros des Indes; the color a new and beautiful shade beeween lilac and lavender. Corsage uni, nearly concealed to canezou en coeur, composed of white blond net, dis- posed a mille plis, and trimmed with a triple frill of the richest English blond lace, so arranged as to form a point in the center at the bottom of the waist before and behind: it is set on narrow, and with little fullness at (Incorporated) . All Winter Coats . At a Big Mark- Down Saturday Out they must go—every Coat in the store—at a BIG REDUCTION. Women’s Plush Coats Values up to $35. Reduced to $15.98, $10.98 and $21.98 each. Cloth Coats Plain colors, fancy mixtures, in women'’s and misses’ sizes. Values up to $25.00. Reduced to $5.98, $7.98 and $9.98 each. Children’s Coats Our entire stock grouped in twa lots for Saturday’s selling. 7] Lot 1—$2.98 each. Size 2 to 6. Lot 2—$4.98 each. Size 6 to 14. Serge Dresses Reduced to $5.98 and $9.98 each. Women'’s and Misses’ Dresses here . that are worth up to $15.00. Georgette Crepe Blouses $3.98, $4.98 and $5.98 each. Satine Petticoats At 98c Each. navy and myrtle green. Flannelette Niglit Gowns Heavy weight Flannelette Gowns, large, full sizes, 69c¢, 98c and $1.25 each. NECKWEAR, GLOVES' "and VEILINGS. Washable Cape Gloves At $1.50 and $2.00 Pair. Ivory, pear]l, Smyrna, grey, London tans, and black with fancy embroid- ered backs. Wool Gloves 25¢, 39¢ to 79¢ pair. Skating Gloves 59c to $1.15 pair. See the New L Face Veiling AT 25c to 50c YARD. Colors, new brown, favy, taupe, flesh, purple, white, black, and mag- ple, in novelty bordered and figured effects. Novelty Georgette Black, the béttom of the walst, but broader, and with more fullness, toward the shoulder. The canezou is cut round the upper part, so as to come nearly. but not quite, to the throat, and the fullness is gathered into a row of blond letting-in lace. Sleeve a la Marie de Medicis, with blond man- chettes. Headdress, a crepe hat trimmed on the inside of the brim, with gauze ribbon; the crown is orna- mented with noeuds of ribbon dis- posed en papillon with a bouquet of white roses placed in the center.” The real truth is that the women of 1830 were so taken up with im- portant topics, ke farthingales, pan- niers, polonaises, and pelerines, that they never since then have had any attention left to give to such trifles as child-labor reform or civie wel- fare. (That last sentence is written sarcastic, in the hope of reaching those who deelare that women today have gone mad about dress). The Way to Congressman Gardner’s. (Wiliam Hard in Collier’s) You drop down into a tunnel in the basement of the House Building and proceed through that tunnel into the cellar of the Capitol, and there, tak- ing the direct air-line route for Gard- ner’s office, you turn to the right and walk along a corridor for quite a while and sight an elevator and hail it and enter it and rise to the next lev- el and turn to the left and walk along a corridor till you get your second wind and find yourself in a tropical jungle of massive, squat pillars through which you pick your way in a generally leftwardly direction and at last, emerge and descend a few steps and then descend a large number of steps and then descend a few steps Crepes At $1.59 yard. Value $1.75. Black navy and white, in cfuster, striped ef- fects. Ribbon Under the Market Value Selling at 25¢, 28 48c yard. § plaids, Tomang i § Rainbow novelties, stripes and flowered cffects. New Leather Goods Children’s Bags, 49¢ cach. Of col- ored silk and leather, Women’s Leather Purses ! 49¢, 98¢ cach. Hosiery and Underwear | Men’s Cashmere Sox, 25¢ pair, Waol Hose that are today. | (Irregulars). : A Women’s Union Suits Winter Weights, 59¢ Suit. Value 76c. £ Children’s Wool Suits $1.25 and $1.49 Suit—White and @ Several hundred manufact samples of Knit Underwear at &3 cial sale prices. | 25c, wor In the Path of Pershing. (Springfield Republican) General Obregon has announced;’ that a determined effort would be more xnd march perseveringly along a corridor and turn briskly to the left and bound up a flight of beautifully designed steps and swerve sharply to the right and stagger down a flight of charmingly executed steps into a dark hole in which there are wooden par- titions, and there you are! That's Gardner’'s office. \ All that the Capitol needs is to get rid of the elevators and install a bat- tery of sure-footed mountain burros. | Oharacteristic of ¥Famous Men. i (E. W. Howe's Monthly). When T meet a famous man I note that all he has is a little sense, a little politeness and a dlsposition to look after things. Many famous men are very ordinary, except that they are unusual in the respects noted. | The B. B. B. B. B. B. R. R. (New York Independent). The aim of the Germans ing to Herr Hamberg-Ameri is plain and direct. Tt Budapest-Belgrade - Byzantium - Bag- dad-Bahn Railroad, or, as we Amer- jcans would express it, the B. B. B. accord- | Ballin, s the Berlin- great problem which was fatal to I]J. B. B. R. R. made by the Carranza government control northern Mexico after the withdrawal of the United States forcef and such an effort should involve new campaign against the forces Villa. One of the least satisfacto: features of the evacuation of Chihu hua province by General Pershing the fact that numerous Villa ba are apparently ready to occupy the ritory and fight for its possession. the 450 odd Mexicans who raided the} American town of Columbus under’ Villa’s leadership, the Pershing expe- dition killed or captured 400; and 21 of them are being brought back with the United States soldiers for trial in New Mexico on the charge of murder. This result satisfies approximately the senate resolution, adopted when! Pershing crossed the boundary, de= claring that \the object of the expe- dition was to capture or disperse the, band which had invaded the United States. & G AR mrme® T How He Learned. ¥ “I can't afford a motor car.” “But I thought you had one.” 5 “I have. That's how I discovered | that I can't afford one."—Boston, Transcript. ¥