New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1917, Page 6

3, Britam nh.um PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. gt Qaily (Sunday excopteds at £:i8 piam, ( HeralG Builling. 67 Church St fred at the Post OfMce at New B}fl’l { Second Class Muil Matter. erod by carcter to anv part,of the oty or 15 cents & week, 65c a month. fptions for .paper to be sent by mall, yable. fn advance. 60 cents a montn. i 00 a yeaw only profitable adyeorusing madlur\ n Circwlation books and -press e city: 'opm always open to advertize nQ on smle ‘at_Fote® road. At- and 'TA VIRTUAL BLOCKADE. 1 L] "{and start on the long.long jour- to Bordeaux, France. ships attempt the trip, i should Germany follow thless submarin: warfare il them to the bottom of the Hic the overt act would then : imitted which would plunge u-y into a state of war. any to determine whether ts the United States in that her opportunity to let the world W ust how she will treat Ameri- é > is ‘at, hand. The sailing of 7 its plan be she war. _Rochester and the Qrleans on day may prove a momentuous nt in” the: affairs of the United hough we are not yet at war Germany, American shipping kters are complaining at a fate _jeh = deprives them 'of comforts ich should be enjoyed by a nation at war.. Although the severance §diplomatic relations with Ger- ny does not mean we are engaged _Ihostilities, American shipping sts are suffering just as much as the United States and Germany s actually at The great t and passenger liners arc tied 10 their docks in ports all along . Atlantic coast, afrald to venturs Until the sailing of the two ships sm New York today there jhas beer .{ American ship started across the mtic from this side since the day r the German proclamation mary 31. “Ho, the high seas practically Jsed to the s}iipping interests of the dted States, a thing which will not *l tolerated. To all intends and pur- »ses the Uhited States is blockaded. imerican masters have held ' their /&ips In port awaiting a decision of United States government. The ngress may be asked by the Pres- "‘ent for authority to arm .and man "1 outgoing craft with suitable guns A 1d cxpert gunners. In that -event le submarines bent on destruction i1l have to approach in- war. on are gantmen. The Orleans and the Jochester which leave port today go narmed, easy prey to the subma- nes ulwuld the Eajser's governtment 3 bllow” oGt its thkeat-to sink on sight. e (e P EFFICIENCY,—NOT SPOILS. ‘Contrary to expectation the Council st night argued at length Ftharter Amendments, greed upon them over the but finaily substantially as bmitted barring the grant of power the new s\parate Fire and Police ards to dismiss supernumeraries i.nd callmen without hearing. What- ) |ver the reasons which inspired Jrovision the - council . Dehm and Mr. mission of desiradle applicants ery, ow exi hactm:nt of ting in the way in which the these very e handled. Sdiscussion, were intelligenit and were well themselves nut by Judge Gaffney udge Cooper, representatives of {Charter Revision Committce. To the advantage to be gained by “daylight saving the time for the annual city # 80 that seasonable work on ct ‘was relat(vely ummport Herald. o 'Amenican ships the freighters jhester and Orleans are scheduled bave thetr docks at Ney Yorkito- Shoula® which i have every right in the world to and At this Tt is for something ore formidable than unarmed mer- this swiftly and Linanimously followed the appeals “of Landers that the was calculated to discourage the to both' departments and it was rejected. . I must have surprised old timers, £ whom there were several in'the 'gal- to note the definite improvement important hanges in respect to the city’s charter To be sure the debate sas long and often the speakers wan- red from the precise question under but as a rule the inquiries taken :are of not only by Council members and a clause to advance meeting streets, J/ sewers and parks may be accelerated there was no_dissent,, and though Mr. urtls’ amendment seeking to restrict he Water Board’'s powers in respect I‘ilie appointment and compensation P:its cinployees was only lost by a tie the question of bi-partisin boards for the ‘Water, Fire and Po¥iee}! Depart- ‘\menm as against the partiSan' princi- i There seems to be no doubt in' ‘the. minds of those who have had miafiy years of experience in the city’s affairs that the general plan .of bi- Darflxaq,boardfi has worked out well in praegice sihce the inauguration of the consBlidsted government in 1906, as evidenoed, £d¥ instance, by the Board of Finupce, fie Bodrd of Public Works. he Boird of Charities and the Boardaof Compensation and Assess- ment. 'Ijii view:1s strongly support- ed by the Mavor, the Corporation Counsel, Judge Gaffney, and, in faect, Bfrieagly all students of our Munici- pal pov%x mment‘who are not hl‘luenced by thgsidea that to the vietors™ be- eng allithe’sboils in-the way of politi- caly ointments. Thers was a defl- h‘leinfiment in favor of single head- ed commission in the Fire and Police Departnxen‘, but those who hope for an early adpption of this plan hold the ew that cla’ndmous, do pot yet war- | rant-its ‘being piit’ into_effect because the city is not yet ready Yo pay sal- aries commensurate wyith the respon- : sibilities inyolved in these two very important places. The council, after long talk and explanations, voted In favor of the bi-partisan plan; and the fact that these provisions were decid- ed without a division should indicate to the citV’s.representation in he Geheral Assembly that public senti- ment in New Britain is definitely in favor ‘of eliminating partisan politics as much as possible an the conduct of the city’s business. A welcome diversion trom the sharp differences in debate was afforded by Judge Gaffney’s sympathetic and elo- quent appeal in behalf of his measure for the censorship of moving pictures, long in suspense, but now adequately set forth in regard to looking after the morals of school children. Judge Gaffiiey particularly dlsclaimed any idea of trying to regulate adult marals as affected by moving pictures; but he claimed the right on behalf of the School Board to protect children be- tween the ages of four and sixteen from sinister influences. The enlarged powers of the City Court mean simply, as steted In these columns yesterday, more court busi- ness in civil cases to be transacted here with the added boon of having naturalization facilities at home in- stead of-in Hartford. To sum up, the Council, which must be regarded as the direct mouthpiece of the citizens, put itself on record as in favor of all the Charter Revision Committee’s recommencdations. SCHOOL TEACHERS. It *was T. A. Daly, sometimes writer of poems and other verse, but never libre, who once com- mended a Broadway theatrical mag- Augustine or Arnold Daly,—for an ability"¥d choose, with- out much ado, ladies of the chorus, saying, “You are quick at figures. This being true, “Tom” Daly might easily leaye aside the writing of jambic and pentameter verse, and so forth, and apply to the Chicago Board of Education for a position the sum and substance of which would be the selection of school teachers for duty in the Windy City. Having observed the quickness and aptitude of his forebears in the Daly family for se- lecting figures, T. A. would undoubted- 1y prove a valuable acquisition to the Chicago Board of Education. The story doth go the rounds that there is a dispute bordering on the acrimonious which is now dividing the Chicago Board of Education on the momentuous question as to how far “face” and “figure” shall have part in the selectlon of candidates for teachers in the school rooms of America’s second city. One member of the board, Mrs. George P. Vos- brink put it this way,—“You would think they were filling up a musical comedy chorus instead of seeking fit guides for children,”—which would seem to justify the appointment of a mathematician, or some one good at figures. Following out her line of { argument, Mrs. Vosbrink declared that so far as the principles of the various schools in Chicago are con- | cerned mental qualifications to them mean nothing. They are far more concerned with other things. When it comes to a ‘“show-down,” the girl with the face and form wins out over her rival having nothing but brilliancy. Any ‘“cute little thing,” with an angelic face and a form somewhat similar to that of Venus could “beat out” vers nate,—probably o t a graduate of any | school, college or seminary that turns | out women’trained in tre high art of | pedogogy. And why should not this be the case when the president of the | boara stands up for the principals | and so much as admits that a “pleas- | ing personality” has much to do in | the decision as to who shall and | who shall not be a school teachér? | The bold, brazen, man. | This is a question of moment, | which Mrs. Vosbrink raises. It is a question as momentuous as that which is occasioned by the imprisonment and forceful feeding of Mrs. Bryne, ithe birth control advocate. After all, ,Q’,“not much difference between iBility of bringing, chnaren! into' the, world and taking'cave of | themr asice’ Lhey have arrlvad In the figst instaiice Mrs. Byrne, Hés® apoken In the secqpd place ‘it is Mrs Vosg brink who gpeaks /The two. yropa- sitions are uwsmng an answer from the clillzed sworld. The first r‘ues» tion’ is n.lre‘ady treated in the;i ulm of . theology l,fid the answer nfaits those who comsult theif spiritual ad- visdrs.a The sécond is An open ques-' tion and mayibe worklad out by the laity .without Besource 4o ‘students of ‘divine schptura; First of all, a teacher:is a ‘teacher. Following the facts in the cpse, that pseudo definition. should suffice. It should also actsyin a pontmorslal manner to the claims set forth by the self-appointed critic of the €hicago School Board. Granted that .school teachers are selegted In the lehding Illinois city mes because they are good looking or h#ve other charms, why should mot this be the cdse? There are numerpus lr_isqncen‘t}n record to.show why the.most learmea people are not the best teachers. To be a good school teacher is not the slgn of perfection In_ any art or sclence. The contrary is often the case. Looking back upon the scenes of childhood, successful men, the greater majority of them, find that the best teachers they ever had were those who possessed a certain charm of personality, a thing decried by this critic of the Chicago schools. And, in our humble way, we cling to the belief that “personality” is, in a large measure, the greatest: attribute a school teacher can possess. Men or women who-have delved deep into any one subject are, as a matter of fact, prone to become “bores.” They drink too deep of the Pyrean Spring. In- stead of a little learning being a dangerous thing, with them the oppo- site state of affairs is true. Too much learning is where the trouble lies. So we say, let the beauty of face and figure have some part in de- terminating the qualification of the school teacher, especially when ‘‘she’ is a woman., Let her be beautiful. Let her be angelic. Let her be lov- able. * Let her be the sweetest crea- ture a Divine Providence ever or- dained to breathe the breath of life. In this way will our school teachers captivate the hearts of youth and spur future men on to greater ambition. the réspi l It is fitting that résolutions protest- ing against war should be drafted in Concord. FACTS AND At the rate Germany’s marine war- fare is continuing, it'll take nearly a year for 5,000 ships to be sunk. Cheer up!—Exchange. With shoes at $9 a palir, blessings on thee, bare-foot boy—Detroit Press. The Boston Transcript believes that now is the time for all the Zeitungs here to hold their last syllables.— Hartford Post. As a general thing, the proceed- ings of & mass meeting are not worth taking down in shorthand.—Dallas News. After working a month, investigating committee has been able to trace 37 of the 20,301,337 shares traded on the New York stock exchange during the period under in- quiry. the leak Henry Ford is a pacifist so long a3 talking and theorizing are uppermost but when a war situation confronts the country he offers his factory to the government to be operated with- out profit—New Haven Union. Certain daily papers in the eastern part of the state must be hard up for news when they find it necessary to describe the costume of the corpse at funerals—Woodbury ‘Reporter. Our most desirable citizens at this| time are not those who cannot speak our language, but those who speak it too recklessly.—New York Sun. It is a noticeable fact that the Ger- man order of unrestricted naval wi tare is having no effect upon the sail- ing of British ships. Possibly Great Britain is of the impression that it will amount to no more than the aerial attacks.—Norwich Bulletin. To Help Mexico. (Chicago Evening Post.) Vexed as we are with Mexico and the Mexicans at times, there is none of us who would not be glad if some practical plan could be devised to help the country and its people. A group of educatlonalists, of which President Charles W. Dabney of the TUniversity of Cincilnnati is chairman, proposes the establishmont in Mexico of an American university similar in character to the famous Robert Col- lege of Constantinople, 2 The need of Mexico is education. Before that can be brought to the mamses of the people there must be educational leaders, men who will value the school and promote it. Mex- ico has no university of the modern type and but few men.with the vision and understanding that can be gained onhly through education abreast of the world’s progress. The proposal appeals to us as most excellent. It is a slower method of conquest than that of military force, but it is a better method. An educat- ed Mexico will be a friendly Mexice, especially if the education cemes through American instrumentality. We would sooner have an American col- lege in Mexico than an American Citizen Say$ ‘Number of' Boy‘ and + Girls on sn-eésvls wmx To the Editor:— 1i§ truancy on:the Incl'ea.se‘ In go- ing about city one isfsurprised df.the number, ofrehildren Yof school * age, both boys and girls, who are found congregating about dump? l‘alll‘oad vards, alleys and out of® t way pleces, even on:'dome of the pl"lnolple streets numbers dre seen who should be at school. It s to be hoped that childrqp of both sexes who are al- lowed fto ‘gather at dumps and loiter bout the streets during school hours may grow up to be good citizens. Their chances of . becoming useful inembers of society would = be con- siderably improwed if those in au- thority were morg watchful, attending more’closely to their duties. A truant officer is paid a very ilberal salary for preventing such conditions, is he do- ing his Quty, 1s he worthy of his Kire? In “many places the rounding up.of truants is the duty of the police de- partment, better resuits are attzined @8 many truant officers are .men well rlong in years whose strongest gcati- cation is a political pull. Politics end favoritiem should have no place in the conducting of schools. There- fore it 1s time that a change be made regarding the suppresion of truancy it better conditions are going to pre- vail. It is a deplorable and well known fact that a great deal of misery and crime can be traced back to truancy. A CITIZEN. Yzaak Walton in Maiden Dane. (Percy MacKaye: ‘‘Poems’”: The Mac- millan Company, 1909): In that Manhattan alley long yclept, ‘With gentle olden music, Maiden Lane, \ Wheré sick end sad-eyed Traffic scarce has slept Even lt m{dnlght in her lust for Rolling in re.uvo pain Through the stern vigll of a century,— There, 'mid the din of harsh real- ity— The newsboy’s shriek, cars’ clang and ‘huckster’s chaff, The cobble’s roar, and the loud dray- man’s laugh, And the dull stars, ‘The inhuman, hunted glare Of the faces, the gray faces Of Mammon's stark-mad races,— There, in the midst of all, Seated upon a stall Musing on meadows, Izaak, I thee! How my heart stopped for too much happiness! To meet thee there in that maelstrom ' of men, Benignant, wise and ;alm' ly then Came back, in fancy's dress, All that of old was sweet, Serene and falr, to grace the garish street, Musing on meadows now Lane, turbid side Became the flow of Thames' seques- tered tide; The'newsboy’s cry waned to a curlew’s call, The jangling peddler, tended tinkling sheep, % Along green hedgerows; drayman’s brawl Sweetened to an old soliloquy, met Ah gent- in Maiden The current surging at my even the till all | That strident world has chastened to a sleep ‘Where,. in a twilight dream, Thyne image, bream. eddy of my zaak, posed upon a Have We a Canned Congress. (Philadelphia Tnquirer.) Representative . Randali, of Cali- fornia, who is the bearer of a nama distinguished in the annals of national legislation, declares that this is o canned congress, and that it ‘van never appeal to those who like thelr legislation, as well as their _food, freshly served. He is on the war- path, 1s this California Randall, and he has called a meeting of the odds- end-ends members of the coming congress. He thinks a little groap which he has designated, and which includes socialists, suffragettes, pro- gressives, and so on, may hold the balance of pewer, and in that.event control the course of legislation. He shys that he would rather be chairman of and control the rules | committee of the house than be pres- ident. Maybe, like Henry Clay, he may never be one or the other. He complains that ‘(between the thought, and action there is an Iimpassable barricade of parliamentary piffle,™ and that he will not follow “an ag- gregation of psalm singers.” The metaphors of the gentleman from California are a lttle difficult for the effete Masterner, but if he really does one-fourth of the things he threatens to do there will be noth- ing stale or fish-llke about the mext congress. In any event, it begins to look as though the days of the ‘“‘canned con- gress” were at an end. Being a Heroine. (New York Tribune). Miss Tessie McNamara, heroine of Kingsland in the recent munitions ex- plosion, hasn't yet found other work. It is engrossing, of course, and not without imterest, to be an American heroine, but it is underpaid. She has received ever so many gold watches, but one can’t Hve upon gold watches, but one can’t live upon gold watches, either, especlally if ther have been suitably inscribed. Her former switchboard was de- stroved with the rest of the Canadian Car and Foundry Comipany’'s build- ings at Kingsland, leaving ber a hero- ine without a niche. 'She is such a competent switchboard plugger that being without work has presented no qualms to hgr, as vet. But for the benefit of business men, it is well to state that Miss McNamara at presents lacks a awitchboard, The Bpirit that sent a; smaii ach- { ment of New Britain/men to s.the { i i | \A;xeople oppose vaccination, but i ¢ New Britain Revolutionary, 1812; the spir! war and the war of -that sent hundreds of to eivil war’in 1861- hat sent three .com- 65; the spirf | panies of volunteers out during the Spanish-American’war;, and the same indomitable spirit that ‘gént two com- panles of young sofidiers out last June tq do duty on th§ Mexican» border when war with thaff tarbulent country seemed but a mattetr of hours will cer- tainly not be lacking should the ten- slon bepween this country.and Ger- many be strained to the breaking point. New Britain has always done her share for her country.! New Britain boyf’ have always responded bravely to 'the;call to rally around the flag and New Britain boys will ntinue to 4o so. While a dévout Preyer 1s breathed from.thousands of Ten, wonien and children in-this oity that war;will not 'come, still they wili not hésitate it it is forced upon us ‘Then there should be no pro-Germans in New yBritsdn; there should be no pro-British, there should be. no pro- French or pro-Itallan; they should all be pro-Américan. Sons of native Germans will enlist with sons of na- tive Britons and sons of native Italians will become camp and tent mates of native Frenchmen. Racial lines. will bo wiped out when America is in the balance. The men who were at the border last summer are better qual- ified for active service than the militia has ever been before and while the ranks of the two companies are not up to full war. strength it would be han easy matter to recruit them should the call come. Men recently dis- charged, veterans of others years, men disqualified last summer at Niantic and Nogajes, announce their intention of rejoixing thelr old commands in case of eventualities. New Britain's past record 1s safe in the hands of the present generation. And while the youths of the city are responding to the call to arms, the factories here would be no less baok- ward in offering their services to the government. The machine shops and foundaries would all do their share toward helping Uncle Sam. Let up pray for peace, but peace being impossible, let us be prepared and let us not be found wanting. .. Governor Holoomb's ‘suggestion for a military census of the state would show between 6,000 and 7,000 men eligible for duty in this city, The military enrollment recently complet- ed gave the number of men between the ages of 18 and 45 years, not other- wise disqualified, as 6,794. This en- rollment however, gives only the name of the men. It does not give his ad- dress, his age, his nationality or his occupation and it is such an enroll- ment that the governor so wisely rec- ommends. All of which suggests =a proposed change in the law so that when the military enrollment is taken in other years these things .will be included and will be obtainable in- stantly. At present the only real worth of the enrollment is to show how much of a tax the city owes the state and, in case of war, the names of what individuals are eligible. . The appointment of Dr. Frank Zwick as. a hecalth and sanitary in- spector of the public schools, to be more or less closely associated with Superintendent Holmes, is rather queer. Tt shows that all members of the school board do not share the opinfon of the doctor that the super- intendent has been credited with hav- ing. It will be remembered last fall Dr. Zwick was discharged as High school coach by -order of Principal Slade who, at a council meeting, ad- mitted he was voicing the sentiments of the school superintendent. Now to havé the doctor appointed so that he will officlally act in the very territory over which the superintendent reigns supreme is amusing. » o x The growth of New Britain has ever been steady and healthy, not spas- modic and unnatural like that of Bridgeport and New Haven during the past two years. This steady growth, Year in and vear out, is best shown by a comparison. of building records for the past four vears during which time the building operations here have averaged about the same each year. In 1913 this city ranked sixth in the state in the number of bullding per- mits issued. In 1914 and 1915 it ranked fifth and again In 1916 it ranked fifth, thus maintaining its steady averages. The same holds true of the value of new buildings, In 19 this city ranked fifth in valuation of Fnew structures, the figures being $1,071,825. The following year it dropped back to seventh place, the operations costing only $1,213.840. In 1915 apd 1916 however, it ran true to average, the cost of new buildings having been $1,480,785 and $1,565,425 respectively. Today Connecticut's five big cities rank in size as follows: Bridgeport, New, Haven, Hartford, Waterbury and New Britain. s Chief RawHngs’ plan to bring the supervision of. theaters under the de- tective bureau is a good one. There is no doubt.that.some of the local thedters have been greatly crowded of late, particularly during the past six weeks and for the safety of patrons this must not be permitted. It will be the duty' of plain clothes men to drop into edch theater at least only once daily to ascertain conditions and if overcrowding is noted criminal ac- tion will be immediately instituted. Another plan to better safety condi- tions is a rule to prohibit women leav- ing baby carriages in the theater lob- bies, thus blocking the entrance and exit, e e In recommending that the school board make ready to enforce the small nox vaccination law, the board of fhealth only did its duty. Its duty Yo look after the Lealth of the coiimunity, efther by action in emer- pencies or hy preventative measures. This is a preventative measure. Many the B | Jeet hest¥medical opinion in the world is thati#t is an excellent preventative for smaf pox. Pedple who would ol strenuously to their Johnnie. or | my being vaccinated would ‘maks | a térrible howl if these same chYldren should come home from .school ill the disease, Then, they would cr§ that the healti bodfg had ' been lag in its duty, that it had not taken th& proper precautions and that the blafrie was on its sRoulders. By taking th8 action it did, despite Chairman’ Tallard’s “layman opinion” that vac- | cination benefits are merely a matter of ,“personal opinion,” the health board did its duty. It has saved it- self from any possible eriticism .in cdse the spreading smallpox epidemic should strike Net Britain. . | et * | Officer Clarence Lamphere has now essumed his duties as traffic super- visor, impbsed on him by the safety toard. Yes, but what does he do, or what is he supposed to do “We den’t knog, Algy, and as far ) &8 we can learn ‘neither does anyone else except Safety Commissioners Steele and Moran.” CECET TN Some wag has suggested that his duty is simifar to that of an alarm clock—to keep them awake. Rather Tough op the '.rmme .quud. Byvidently it hu not yet occurred to the safety board to organize diet squad” or a battalion of “cal- orle cadets” in the police department. fonle New Britain’s council and'commit- tees are af% wellbalanced governing body and members generally know. of what' they are talking, but some- tmes, either through misinformation or lack of information a member will make statements that shows <how ' little he knows about what he is talk- ing. At the salary committee meeting Councilman C. J. Dehm<'a valuable member of the council, branght out a number of important and valuable points in various instances, but he also made several statéments that were not in accord with fact. Among other things he said that whether he prosecutes or not the assistant prose- cutor has to come to court every day to see what is doing and whether or ot his services are needed. This statement showed lack of informaton, especially, when upon being ques- tioned, the counrilma.aald he was ‘“quite sure’ of what he said. Ob- viously this is not so. The assistant rrosecutor does not and is not eéx- pected to go to court except when advised that the regular prosecutor will be absent. Mr. Dehm, in speak- ing of the salary the position carries, $460 per year, sald: he thought it would be hard to get any good man to take the job at that price. There are several young lawyers in this city who would Jiké am opportunity to get this position. Not so much for the financial renumeration, al- though $8,75 per week whether he ‘works or not is not as bad as it might be, as for the excellent legal train- ing he would gecelve. Somé of the Dbest lawyers have recetved theif prac« tical training in this role. The young lawyer, fresh from colloge with the book knowledge of law in his head, is confronted, with the test talent, He is- buffeted aboutfi?y the older barris- ters, he gets a different perspective, he léarns to be move keen, to look for technicalities and his knowledge of practical law. is enhanced by these conflicts. It would'not be hard to find a fitting candidate for the posi- tion, Mr. Dehm’s opinion notwith- standing. Contrary to the opinion of many, it is not by the number# of times that a lawyer appedrs ih a criminal court that his prestige or income is to be judged. ~Tt is from his civil cases, office practice and consultations that his income is de- termined. A vast majority of the best and most wealthy lawyers in the country seldom appear in a criminal court. By being disbarred from de- fending in the police court therefore, a young lawyer would not be forfeit- ing much of an income, and his pres- tige by being the assistant prosecutor would be enhanced. The school board now has in‘ its possession an elaborate and accurate survey of the various schools in the city. 'This detailed survey, tabulated for ready reference, shows just the condition that each school is in. It shows the relative needs -and equip* ment of each bullding. A careful perusal of this survey shows there are a good many things that should be given prompt attention and improve- ments made. More forecibly than . by a verbal report it calls to the at- tention of the school board the phy- sical condition“of each school. It would be a good plan for the board to refer this survey to a speclal com- mittee to investigate conditions and then, with a comprehensive idea of what is wanted, supported by a ready reference to the survey, the whole school board should visit each school on & tour of inspection. Such a sur- vey is, so far as is known, individual with New Britain but will be adopted elsewhere when its value is recog- nized. . . . Legal opinion upholds Judge Walsh in his contention that the bonus asked by the High school teachers is un- constitutional, according to, the state statutes. Hlven from a lgyman's point of view it is impossible to see how any board would have the right to give away gratis any monies de- rived from general taxation for a specific purpose. General opinion seems to be that the teachers rather overdid the thing when they asked for a bonus and that thelr request was a weak subterfuge for a raise in the salary for which they are already under contract. Once a bonus sy: tem is begun there is no limit. Tt is Lest that the school Loard refuse to | consider the plan. . @ ’ The board also acted wisely in not blindly granting the salary increases asked. The board believes in giving ,ecognition where it is earned by meritorious work and before giving iny salafy hoosts it will be satisfied ihat the increaces given are deserved. “ue recetved is what the board will jpsint aw P This Is Opition Expressed by Editors r*Kustria ' < Vienna, Wednesday, Feb. 10, via London, Feb. 9, 6:10 a. m.—The pub=:" ¢ and press, accustomed to new sensations , beyond the satumuon point, may be' considered today . -to have completely relapsed into pathetic routine which has resuitéd off between the United: Htates .and Germany has become one_ ;fil th o: many war facts which mec‘wlflg stots. cal resignation and with renéwed pressions of the belief that the n y archy will finally emerge from Cfi’ troubles with flylng célors. The pressf: occupied itself today largely with possibe action of European reutrgls,. The fact that some of these nationz have borders centigyous to .the Cem« tral powers is referred t elthough Rumania’s fate is alluded to here and there, as in thd Neup Frele Presse, hitherto the leading peace ad- vocate in the monarchy. Monroe Doctrine for Europe. President Wilson gets scant notlee and what comment there is, is de- cidedly mild. . Most editorial articles, among them those of the Fremden- blatt, the Tageblatt,:the Zeitung, the Pester Llovd and the Pesti-Hirlap, say that the president in expressin; the hope that TEuropean neutrafs Wwould also severe relations .proved that he was not informed on Europe a doctrine similar to that the Monroe, which was wholly inap. plicable. Some. ‘writers opine! tha® the president hoped to frighten the* Central powers into a submissive & trals to also break relations and thal . this, In effect, had been uppermost in his mind when he decided to #ive * Count Von Bernstorff his passports. This is the n.rst day in almost three weeks that no’snow has fallen. The weather will end shortly, in which! tles will cease altogether and the; bringing of food and fuel into the city will become & serious problem. There -Is much suffering among | poor as a result of the cold spelk .There is deep snow everywhere ang. | the fuel supply is at low ebb. < 3% without menfion in %the editorial dls. cusston’ of the Berlin newsp¥pers to- day. The newspaper columns-are still full, however, of despatches fram. afi ] sorts of sources purporting. to dq‘ scribe events in the.United States. DRIVE AGAINST MOVIES, Paris, Feb, 10.—One by one Frenéh towns are tafing measures pgainstagg moralizing moving pictyre fAlms.* The, municipai®council of the town {ofg Beafine, -the rich region of Burgundy wines, has decided to prohibit the’ position of police films. Auxel about to follow its example sinee: band of young marauders of 14¥§ 16 vears old drew inspiration frol detective film to rob several @ chants of the town. - P The Wearers of Fuma (Montreal Gazetté). Canadian dealers, with those f: New York, were the heaviest b of the dealer peits at the Internaflonat fur auction at St. Louis, Mo. fact is not of a nature to give =i prise. The Canadian winter calls 101 warm clothing and the womén of t! citles and towns in particular must have their furs, and the costliest ones they can afford. The number’‘of gll"n used in a single season to 1y e demand from one Canadian cl 2 be enormous. Every girlrand matron. almost has fur on. Indeéed, the more extravagantly inclined now have sum- mer furs as well as winter ones. There were fur muffs and ruffs in evidenca on the most sweltering days of last have seemed a few years ago. The Belgian Slave Song. Led at the conqueror’s cannon “‘hee'), With unseen chains on lmb, Their eyes speak out the siave's ap- peal, Sad, sodden, sullen, grim. And as through alien fields they reel, Hark to the whispered hymn: Sow and sow the vengeance grai Sprouting from the hearts slain! Be its harvest wheat of woe Sow! sow! sow! The frenzy of the fighting folk Has passed and left these bent, As if a blinding lightning stroke Seared the soul's tenement, But though the eyes are dulled Whh smoke, Behind, the fire is pent. . Sow and sow the weed of hately Sprouting, it shall split a staked § Lifting, thrones it shall o throw! - Sow! sow! sow! Within the alien furrows flung.s Are grains of strangest kind— The eyves of mothers, dying young A newer sight to find! b To living ones still blind: Sow and sow eternal tears, For the slayer's drowning, yout Tears that shall to torrents Sow! sow! sowl (John O’Keefe.in N.'Y., Wo P And under breath a song is sUng -« @ o) e i from thirty months of werfare. ThEts i | diplomatic relations have beeén broken" % cautfously ¢ ropean politics .and was applying ‘te .= titude by causing the European nep. ba signs indicate, however, that the clear ™ event the present poor traffic factiifs the .. Berlin, via' London, Feb. 9, 12 p, 4 —The United State: was vl Tha summer, extraordinary as that woulds