New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1917, Page 2

fe have a stock of regulation Mil- f hats. Conn| Hat Co.—advt. ity Swanson of Maple street is ng at the Naval experimental o station at Newport, R. L. Be first ward council members fimeet in City hall this evening to & _successor to Alderman May, who had to as nan to take 13 preaent, posi- 1s ;probable that Hdwara L. 1T be selected. S iph Albiston, son of J. H. Albis- /26 Liberty stveet, has been ted to the Reserve Officers’ Corps at Plattsburg. He {s a at the Rensselaer Polytechnic | at Troy. LeWitt has sold ' three ‘West and Treimont streets Schnelder. T. Crowley is substitut- police chauffeur during the of Chauffeur Matthias Rival, 48 again the viotim of a tonsilitls josman’ Thomsa, F. . Woods, who n off duty because of having ligaments of one knee in a ;Chapman street several days be agaln on duty tonight, me embroidered net gowns rquisettes, and hats to match, specialties this week at:the h Shop, 40 Pratt §t., Hart- Deinty color touches in their are eapecially attractive.—advt. attehded services featured of the women'’s mission at of St. John the Evangelist ‘ opening of the men’s mission teams comprising ' ma- employed at Landers Frary x enjoyed a. banquet in Hart- followed by a theater Grand theater. ‘and Mrs. | Thomas Riley of ! street are entertaining Miss Riley a nurse in St. Vincent's & Bria iy Dennis of the U, 8. 8. Ver- i visiting his parents in this F. Faulkner wil address St. ly Name soclety next Sun- panamas cleaned for Dec- , Conn. Hat Co.—advt. ting. of the directors of the n who are emtertaining in room at Hotel Nelson will ap- evening beginning at 6:3Q. The " class photo drama, Fox's @ideville and moving pictures, theater. # Hundred Men's society meets hall. commissioners meet in City 1% RN, b “ Todge, 1. .0.°0. F./meets juroer hall. 3na.rvwlo\uh.A.O.'I:f,vv.. ‘at 187 Arch street. Pride, F, of ‘A, meets at 90 rt Prosperity, F. of A., meets at in street. of Good Will lodge, 8 of B, in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. le Bureau directors meet in of Cammerce rooms LL-ANS lutely Removes | | VICTOR Our Victrola De; 'VICTOR VIGTROLAS ' —and— , NEW BRITAL — RECORDS t. represents now every Victor model in different fin- ishes, prices from at very convenien $15.00 to t terms. $300.00, We carry the “Entire” Victor Record selection, including 21 lan- you will be amazed to hear guages, th:fiifl'erent national music. have a very attractive We proposition for “Newly Weds,” step in and talk it over, it is to your advantage. Our beautiful selection of SIL- VERWARE and able for Wedding gifts, will to you. Quality, the VERY CUT GLASS suit- O EST, and PRICES the LOWEST. Let US serve you HENRY MORANS, Jeweler 321 Main St, New Britain, Conn. Tel. INSTITUTE MUSELN | HAS RAPID GROWTH Museum of Natural History and Art._of the New Britain Institute apened its doors to the public on May 31 a year ago under the curator- ship of E. Burlinghem Schurr, nat- uralist. Prior to its opening Mr. Schurr spent several weeks in pre- paring, arranging and cataloguing the exhibitions. The museum, when opened, did not possess a wealth of ex- hibits, but what it did have was of the best. However, the opening of this institution filled a long felt want in New Britain, which was not only made manifest by the large number of people that visited it, but also by the number of scientific and historical «ifts made to it. From the day of its opening it-has grown in popularity and usefulness, and it has also become neerly twice its original size in the number of exhibits. Curator Schurr is well versed ' in naturel science d has a thorough knowledge of the art of taxidermy, and during the past year he has col- lected, prepared and mounted numer- oug specimens of animels, birds and reptiles. He has also mede a collec- tion of insects and started the Museum on the path of acquiring a collection of New Englend birds’ nests and eggs which are necessary in the proper study of ornithology. The method of Mr. Schurr's ar- rangement” of the displays has been the source of much favorable com. ! ment, not only on the part of the gen- eral public, but also by many persons | connected with museums in other ,cities. Every object is shown to its | best advantage, properly and plainly i labeled and displayed In-its proper place. Also it might be added that it matters not how often one may OMOBILE BLUE BOOK ndard Road Guide of America tells you where to go and how get there. A veritable mo- st’s encyclopedia. 559-4. Now is Just , MAY. 14, 1917, thé Time to Do That Papering and Painting. Interior Work A fine time to renovate your rooms with fresh paint and wall paper. . We Are Ready to Estimate all necessary exterior painting for the early spring etc. THE JOHN ?large supply of Varnishes, Floor Stain, rushes, BOYLE CO. 3and 5 FRANKLIN SQUARE- Painters, Decorators and Sign Makers afleld from the time he was able to walk, It is no wender Mr. Schurr grew up cherishing the same love for the natural worid as his father. Realising that a college cannot make & naturalist, Mr. Schwrr gave - up plans to enter Prinoston to accom- pany his father on travels and to pursue certain studies under his able teaching. ‘This love for nature which Mr. Schurr inherited from his father is being scattered broadcast among the boys and girls that visit the Museum. It is his object in life to instill in the minds of ‘the young people a greater Iove and knowledge of the wonders of creation. In his former home in the Berk- shire Hills, Mz Schurr took thou- sands of boys and girle afleld, regard- ing which the Evening FEagle, pub- lished at Pittsfleld under date of April 30, 1916 had the following edi- torlal: “A. revival of interest in Nature study is noted. Our boys and girls | are flocking to the woods and flelds. visit the Museum, it is always found just so, neat and clean. Perhaps there is no other museum in the country, taking into considera. tion its size and the fact that it is located on an upper floor which ne- cessitates climbing a flight of stairs, which can boast of such a large at- tendance as the Institute Museum has hed in the past year. Over 84,000 pergons have paid it a visit within the year. : Undoubtedly a considerable portion of this splendid attendance can be at- tributed” 40.,Mr, Schurr making the Museum 2 ‘‘welcome” place for young, and old of all classes to go. Visitors always feel free to ask questions and it is always e delight for Mr. Schurr to, explain and point out the many things of interest. Classes accom- panied by teachers are frequent visit- ors, and from time to time Mr. Schurr ‘has visited schools and given short talks on birds and nature. As a lec- turer on natural science and popular nature topics he is well known locally and throughout the state, and also about the country, having received the highest indorsements from colleges, schools and other educational institu, tions. Many articles treating. on nature and the great out-of-doors have been written by him for magazines and newspapers. ‘The Herald: has pub- lished several of his writings. At the present time Mr. Schurr is préparing for the State Geological and Natural History Survey a report on the snakes of Connecticut. This report is to con- tain a chapter on the anatomy and physiology of snakes, followed by a study of their habitat, their habits and life history. Theilr economic value will be dwelt upon and the work will contain a key which: will meke it an easy matter for even a school child to distinguish the differ- ent species of snakes to be found in this state. The report will be illus- trated from photographs taken of liv- ing specimens. In the work Mr. Schurr will bring out many unpub- Mshed facts regarding reptiles which will in a measure cause many people to look upon these forms of creation in a different light than what they do now. ‘During the past several months Mr. Schurr has bad many live snakes of various types in cages at the Muse- um for study and the experiment with and these observations will be used in the work. Son of Noted Naturalist. Mr. Schurr 1s the son of a noted naturalist, Professor Theodore A. Schurr bf Pittsfield, Mass., who died in 1905. The senior naturalist was one of the pioneer movers in abolish- 4ing the wearing of birds on women' hats. He was the author of “Ilu: trated Code of Nomeclature of Birds’ and the majority of bird charts which have been put on the market originat- ed' through this - work. Professor Schurr gained perhaps, the greatest fame through his “wonderful collec- tion of mounted birds, animals, rep- tiles, insects, etc. The Museum con- tained over fifty thousand specimens of the rarest, most beautiful and cu- rious forms of creation that could be gathered from all countries of the world. For ten years up to the time of the scientists death the collection had been exhibited at one time or an- other, in all the principal cities of the United States. It was on display in this state a number of times in Hart- ford, New Hayen and Bridgeport. Portions of the collection are now in various colleges and other institutions. In hig father, Mr. Schurr the cura- tor of the New Britain Museum, had & wonderful' ‘ teacher. . Always sur- rounded {n his home by objects from the nature world, and constantly led They are becoming sacquainted with the wonderland about them. Strang- er than all the fiction of the books— more weird than the miracles of the New Testament—are the daily mar- vels of our world! Who has ever yet explained the miracle of a birth—yet it is an occurrende of every day. Who can fathom the recurrence of the seasons and t infallibility of seed- time and harvest? An acorn today, an osk tomorrow—what is the force behind it all? Who paints the flow- ers in such wondrous hues? How buds the cherry tree in a single night? To go back a little way on the path of fundamental things, to interpret the inexhaustible mysteries of the falryland that God has set in this garden of His beauty, l:l ‘fi‘:i s;bu:r": ohject—;n(»- haw, with their hun; and “the thirst for knowledge, the eager children flock to him! The work which Mr. Schurr has done to stimulate and create love ih the American boy and girl for the great out-of-doors has elicited com- datién from many of the coun- try’'s foremost educators. In a letter to Mr. Schurr, Clrd|nal| Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore, says: “I most heartily approve of the instruction of our youth upon the habits of birds ,animals, etc., because the more they come in touch with na- ture, the better will they know and love nature’s God.” Simular expressions have been made in letters received by Mr. Schurr from other devines, presidents of colleges, principals of private and publia s6hools and others interested in vari- ous phases of educational work. During the coming ‘summer Cura- tor Schurr plans to further increase the work of the Museum as a source of learning among the youhsg people, by conducting a number of outings for the purpose of giving boys and girls a first hand knowledge of many things in field and wood. Proper in- struction upon the habits of birds, animals, insects and other creatures in thelr relation to agriculture, and proper information upon matters re- lating to the preservation of our for- ests and natural resources means much to the present and future wel- fare of the nation. The best way to get such information is to study from nature, and guided by the naturalist, the children will, on the outings as planned ,learn much along these im- nt lines. po‘r}:"’ the institute will grow in use- fullness to the public and grow in largeness is a certainty—grow to such an extent that it will soon out- grow its present quarters and need an addition or a building of its own. —— ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCEI}V 4 Weddings of Popular Couples win Take Place in Near Future. Announcement is made of the en- gagement of Miss Elslie Johnson, adaughter of Mr. and. Mrs. John John- Dwight street, and F. C. Blom- :’r:':l“ Lynn, ln:-' No date has been set for the wedding. Mr. Blom- quist is a graduate of the Massachu- setts Instituté of Technology and is engaged in civil engineering wark. The engagement of Lewis Segler and Miss Winifred Strom of this city, was announced last evening. The couple will be married early in No- vember. MINISTER MEETS POLIOE. Rev. V. Ottman Ward, new assistant pastor at Trinity Methodist church, was @ visitor at police headquarters this morning, being taken about the bullding with Probaon Officer Edward C. Connolly as guide__Je met a num- ber of police officlals and expressed himself as favorably impressed with conditions of the local department. He also said that he was very favor- ably impressed with New Britain and its people. POLICE MARKSMEN "SHOOT FOR PRIZES | Class A Starts Today to Punc- ture the Target Under: the supervision of Chairman Edward G. Babcock of the safety board and Chief 'Willlam J. Rewlings, members of the police department have been divided into four ¢ for the revolver marksmanship tour- nament, Class A being detailed for their shoot this afternoon on the range at headquarters. Each man will be allowed six shots, careful ac- counting being kept and the averages posted later for definite standing and in competition for the various prises. Class A is composed of Traffic Super- visor Clarence Lamphere, Traffic Po- liceman Frederick Wagner, Policeman H. W. Lyon, Sergeants Géorge J. Kelly, W. C. Hart and Theodore John- son, Trafic Policeman John Traffic Policeman A. E. Atwater, Day Chauffeur Matthiag Rival, who be- cause of being off duty today, ill in bed with a severe attack of tonsilitis, will shoot later, Policemen , Michael Massey, Anthony Walinczus ana George F. Moffitt. Class B will be composed of Detective Sergeant Semuel Bamforth, Detectivé’ A. J. Richardson, Day House Officér A. C. Malone, Traffic Policernan €. M. John- son, Dobrman Gustav Heéllberg, Po- licemen Willlam Strolls, J. L. Cearl. #on, Thomas Storey, Anthony Baoch. man, Frank R. Hahn, Cherles Ander- son and William F. Murphy. In Class C will be Policemen Wil- liam P. McCue, Dennis Nealon, Mi- chael and Patrick Meehan, Thomas Heslin, Meddrick Perry, John Ken- nedy, Hanford W. Dart, Willlam O’Mara, James McCabe, Night Cheuf- fer Patrick Howley and Gustav Litke. Class D is composed of Policemen Frank M. English, M. J. Cosgrove, Charles McCarthy, Francis J. Moore. .&c‘me- Skelly, Patrick Quirk, Walter lona, Hanford W. Dart, . Joseph Kennedy, Thomas C..Dolan, Axel Carl- son, William P, Hayes and George E. Ellinger. There are some crack shots in the department, as preliminary shoots have shown, and with k interest ‘being shown by members of the vari- ous classes in scores and winning the prizes, some ‘records are lgoked for. It is expected that the high men in each class will have a ‘“‘shoot-off”’ at the close of the tournament the pur- pose of selecting the department champions as well as to select a d partment team to meet simtlar team: representing other departments of the state. The fournament and develop- ment of marksmanship are included in ideas of Chairman Babcock for raising the efficiency of the depart- ment to the highest point. \ BELIEVES DEATH A FAKE. Mrs, Wilkses Still Unconvinced Hus- band Was Killed. Mystery continues to deepen rela- tive to the reported death of John ‘Wilkses ,formerly of this city, sup- posed ,by his wife to have been killed by a train in Jersey City about two years ago. Uncertainty as to his fate and suspicions that he may not be dead are causing delay of Mrs. Wilkses' secong trip to the altar. She Tefuses to take any chances of having two husbands allve and, some time ago, asked the police to sttempt and verify the report of Wilkses’ death. A communication was received re- cently from Chief of Police William J. Rawlings from Chief John Kelly of the Jersey City, N. J., department. It sald that a police lieutenant, assigned to investgate, had been unable to learn anything of Wilikses’ supposed death, that there was no information rela- tive to his having lived on Pine street in that city and no records rel- ative to the reported tragic end. There was a similar lack of information rel- ative to Tony Barisas, the name signed to the communication received by Mrs. Wilkses containing a sup- posed account of Wilkses' last hours. iChief Kelly suggested that the New Jersey state health board at Trenton be communicated with in the hope there may be some record possessed by them. This will be done. Mean- while Mrs. Wilkses will remain in 2 state of suspense as to whether she is really a widow and second one to win her heart and hand must wait for a little While before leading her to the altar. King, ~ “YUKON” A new cieam colored Horsfall Hat —~military flat brim with raw edge ~—Narrow black or green band. 1 $3.00 Horstulls . ¥ PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND 0290 ASYLUM 3T ~ Owing to the unusually exi al Vees in ceptional Cannecting with 140 TRUMBIAL 5B A BFTEND Find offering COATS, SUITS & SERGE DRESSES for WOMEN. COATS fig $12.75—Were $15.00 to $19.75. 18.75—Were $25 .00. AT $25.00—Were $35.00. SUITS AT $15.00—Were $18.75 AT $18.75—Were $25.00. to $21.75. AT $25.00—Were $32.75. SERGE DRESSES AT 25% discount. All Dresses: CHILDRm COATS * At 25% discount. All White Sunday. KAISER ANTICHRIST PASTOR PROPHESIES Rev. N. H. Harriman Sees Bibli- cal Significance in U. 8. at War Pastor Harriman of the People' church is preaching a series of Sun- day night sermons on the general subject of “Phophecy.” which promise to command considerable attention it one can judge from the interest shown last night when he began the series with the topic: “Has the Com- ing of the U. 8. into the World War Any Prophetic Significance.?” .. ... The speaker began by a few words of general introduction to the series, quoting from the pen of one of his own boys the following, received but a few days ago, and embodying as he thought a wholesome attitude toward the study of phecy. This was the statement: -‘Come war or peace: come famine or plenty; come suffering or glory—all that is in God’s program connected with the hope of the ages—Ilet it hasten on. God knows His busin and He has revealed enough in advance to make every pure soul a worshipper. “That is splendidly said,” re- marked the preacher, and proceeded to analyze it, drawing from it among other things that whoever presumes to speak on prophecy needs to be very modest. He declared that he had pretty nearly quit reading those teachers who start out By assuming that they know it all. He said some startling things upon one" of the “signs of the times” that he declared false teachings, fables, instead of the sure word of God. and the itching of the pew to hear “some- thing new” from the pulpit, “having itching ears, and heaping to them. selves teachers after their own de. sires” he quoted from Paul. Then he addressed himself to the topic of the evening, and expressed his belief that there is great prophetic significance in the union of the two great branches of the Anglo Saxbn race. He gave an 'outline with running comments, of the theory of interpre- tation that has discovered in the Anglo Baxons the descendents of the lost ten tribes of Israel. Following this line of teaching, he traced the scepter of David through Egypt, and Ireland. to the English throne; and the birthright blessing, through the home of the Aryan race where the ten tribes were lost, across into and through northern Europe, into Eng- land in the invasion of the Saxons. Some striking things were mentioned that the speaker had noted on a trip to the Philippines on a gaovernment transport in 1899, where he saw Eng- land ‘“possessing the gates of her ene. mies;” and declared that Queen Vic- toria believed that in her person the Children’s Colored Coats. _ Dresses, Hosiery and Gloves for Children’ scepter of David and the birthright blessing of Israel met; and she once expreesed the hope that she might Hive to sée Jesus when He returned. that she might Iay her crown at 'his- “‘When this war broke out” said Pas-’ tor Hargiman, “men asked me if we should be led into it. Invariably I re- plied, ‘We must be In it And I be- ::0;“ 1t b.etmlu. I believed that we ad come to the time when Ephraim, England, and Manasseh, the United States, would be united, according”to prophecy. And now we are in it. We are united- The Spanish war did much to unite us. It was little short of the miraculous what was done But now. the union is complete, “as com- plete as it can be till American blood and English blood mingle at the bat- tle front where Anglo Saxon civilizat tion, that has always stood for liwerty and moral order and the highest idealy of man, wrestles in death grapple wit! the giant that represents wholly differ: ent ideals and is battling to bring ‘human freedom under the dominatiosr * & of the spirit of anti-Christ. 2 « *“Till now the Anglo Saxon glant hag wrestled shorn of half his lu'vnnlg But now that strength has come, and his delight has in it something deep: than he knows. Listen to the echoes of the noble and generous gresting to France, noble France, that saved us from our Saxon kinsmen in one of the many times when e lost his reckon= ing and forgot his high mission, wher he became drunk with the greed for commercial supremacy—noble France,. that-in that dark hour came to out rescue! Listen to our fervid expres- slons of gratitude to France: The; listen to the words that express our satisfaction at being at last allied ta England. :Compare the two; and f! you 'have the ‘pure soul’ that my sos peaks of in my introduction I am mistaken if you do not catch a chot that is deeper, an echo of gladn as when two long-separated brothe: meet, never to part again. “And never again shall Eigiand and! America be divided! If you please, let this be & prophecy. They shall ‘poss sess the gates of their enemies.’ AN one they shall come to His feet when he comes to reign the bappy thous sand years! The God who has brought to pass this union, is the God' whose hand turned aside the Germans' otherwise irresistible drivee on Paris, when the army under Joffre became & bulwark of adamant at the Marne. And that other mad drive at Verdun iz accounted for in thee same way- ¢ “The fact is—Iif I may continue my prophecy—Germany, with all hey wonderful efficiency, all her matchless preparation, all her high ambition and: marvelous bravery, was foredoomed: to defeat. The stars in their courses fought against her. She was Batter- ing her power against the bosses of the shield of the Almighty. Take that for what you think it may be worth: it is my conviction. Phere is but one: other solution of this prophetic prob« lem. If Germany wins the war, Kals-' er Wilhelm is the anti-Christ:" 4 The topic of Mr. Harniman's sermons of the -series are: “Is ;.—; Christ Coming to Eafrth A‘;l‘:? *Antichrist,” ‘“The Great Tribulation,™ “Who WIill Pass Through the 1Gi Tribulation?” *The Millennial Reign,! “The Eternal Ages. 5 0 (S