New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1917, Page 6

Britain Herald. D m;JS_HI‘NG COMPANY, Proprietors. dally (funday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., $ Herald Buildl 67 Church St. &t tae Post Offico at New Britaln ud Class Mafl Mattor. earrier to any part of the city ts & week, 65 cents a month. ptions for paper to be sent by mall, ble In advance, 60 cents a month, 7.00 & year. a by 18 e ply profitable advertising medium In R, city. Circulation books and pres of alwavs open to advertisers. @ will be found on sale at Hota- Ing's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- , New 'York City: Board Walk, Ai- Atfc City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Office . prial Rooms I would compound a man of one enthusiasm, one part loyalty, d one part common sense. I puld roll those ingredients into @ common mass and roll them with the roller of experience; t them into the frying pan over o fire that tries all good things, @ produce a man, one-third thusiasm, one-third loyalty }d one-third comman sense. X —JOHN A. BRITTO ’ TODAY. oe the selective draft law goes peration in one district of New today it will not be long be- our quota for the new national ¥ 1s complete. In the meantime pust not forget those who went ‘in the varfous branches of . The men and boys who left ‘Britain in the ranks of the reg- army, the navy and the national must have their names placed he honor roll, before the new of names is made out for the v now being drafted. To this end the plain duty of parents, kins- fand friends to see that the blankg h appear in the Heraldl every day filled out and sent in to complete record. The time is growing . Ostensibly, these blanks can- be printed for all time. There come an end to this work some- The thing to d- then is to act japtly. Fill out a blank today. NOTHING MORE ASKED. 18 clearly recognized now by all hected with the working of the se- ve draft that the honor of the ical profession is involved in the ninations of those called before exemption boards. Upon the st application of the medical ex- ers to their work depends the table adjustment of the draft. ing attention to the gravity of the flen that has thus been placed on shoulders of all physicians who been honored with this work, Des Moines Capital says: “It is jossible to overemphasize the re- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1917. {case, oven if in the abstract. This 1s Wwhat makes the doctors’ part in the draft 'so difficult. There will, of course, be mistakes made. That is but human. Any mistakes that must be made, however, should be credited to the side of the Government. Just as in the game ot baseball the umpire favors the run- ner in decisions on the bases, so in the draft the doct and other ex- aminers are supposed to lay the bur- den of proof on the shoulders of the candidates and in all cases of doubt favor the nation. After their examinations are all over the candi- ate has a chance to appeal his case. And, for the sake of the medical pro- fession, it will be better far to have accepted men discharged by the ap- peal boards than it will to have Te- jected men called back for re-exam- ination under governmental order. This is now taking place in England. The task of the local boards is, in a measure, made very simple by the scope of their powers. These boards are asked to determine but two facts in the case of each and every appli- who presents himself. These are, (1) physical fitness of the can- didate, and (2) the state of those de- pendent upon him. The doctors get the man first. They are to answer the question, Is he physically fit for service in the army? If he is, he ls put down as eligible. If he is not, he is discharged, and that is all there i to it. He will not even have to go before the other examiners. If, on the other hand, the doctors accept the candidate, he must then face the other portion of the exemption board, so it may be determined if the govern- ment can afford to take him; that is, if he has any dependents who can- not get along without him, and who, in the event of his going to war, might become burdens upon the state and nation. The Government wants to take all the men it can get, but it does not want those who, if they go, will leave behind kinsfolk for. the government to support. Warning has been given time and time again that all persons in the draft should be careful not to give claims for exemption without having sufficlent reasons. There is little chance of injustice being worked on the individual since an appeal may be taken to a higher board, not only by the candidate himself but by his parents, kinsmen, friends, employers or business assoclates. The govern- ment, too, may make such an appeal, S0 1t behooves all to beware and not trifle with the machinery of the draft. This, since the United States government i determined that so far as it is concerned there will be no injustice done any one man in the lisL of 10,600,000 called before the exemp- tion boards. The penalties to be im- posed for wilfully workings against a fair and just meting out of the draft Jaw will be very severe in all proven cases. Not only then is the work of tho doctors such as to cause great scruples, but the men called before them are pledged to do all in their power to help, and not hinder, the work. The draft law will come through all right if every man ocon- nected “with it will do his part, hon- cant nsibility that rests upon the four nd and more exemption boards er the draft law, and especially is true of the medical examiners.” Iowa newspaper goes on as fol- n this, as in a great many other _connected with the war, Eng- iI's experience should be of ser- to the Army Department. Great tain is now making a reexamina- of all rejected men. One of the main purposes of this xamination is to get the men who jtraud or some other means escaped first call. it was found that too much de- dence was placed upon the state- t of family. doctors, consultants ‘wn_pk proleuyaflnal morals, and yerdict of -inexperienced examin- any subterfuges were found and ploited whereby men could fool the dical examiner. Among the ‘coun- Jteit diseases’ as listed by the Lon- Times epilepsy, diabetes, fight's disease and skin diseases. A quent mothod of evasion was the P of drugs to retard or accelerate p action of the heart.” [fhe responsibility thus thrust. upon medical examiners is great. They p held directly responsible, by the nment and the individuals called, & fair and honest examination h will result in either rejection or tance of the candidate. In se- ons, there will not be so much juble. In rejections there will be the next candidate in line to der, and his family. For iry man turned down the draft list Ips belck that many names and men the end are brought closer to top of the list. These men are as ch interested in the proceedings as e mon first called. Any man who es before the boards with a fake jcuse, even should he be successful fooling the doctors, will have n the gauntlet of public criticism the hands of those who know hls are to estly and conscienciously. Nothing more is asked. WHEN IN ROME.— Business men of New Britain called to Washington, the capital of the na- tion, express dlssatisfaction at the great heat which holds the City of Magnificent Distances in its srip at this season of the year. These folk profess wonderment that any human being can live in such a climate. The which, as Bret Harte might have said, calls for some explanation. Washington, D. C., has gained the reputation of being the hottest city in the United States at this time of the year. When the sun in all its resplendent glory smiles down upon the asphalt laden city there are fow people from old New .England who can stand up under the strain. Vis- itors there from this part of the country naturally register amazement at the manner in which the old in- habitants of the capital city cling on vear after vear, offering little if any complaint. The native son seems to have mastered the situation to all in. tents and purposes. The visitor can- rot get used to the heat. The answer is simple. The people of Washington know how to dress for hot weather. Where the man from New England goes through the portals of the Union BStation there dressed,—we almost saild encased,—in a heavy woolen suit, your Washing- tonlan promenades the baked baqulevards clad a cooling creation of silk pongee or something of that sort. The boys and men there wear white suits, white hats, white shoes and white socks. One is at first struck with astonishment at the great exhibit of whiteness. Even the ‘“‘colored folks'" cffect this dress. It i§ warm weather clothing, and the proper attire. That is its only ex- cuse, and all it needs. If a were to walk down the over in sun- man as the Washingtonians are he would be laughed to scorn. The chances are he would be followed about by a band of the curlous who might! want to know if some inhabitant of | the South Sea Isles had came to town, or if the shade of Mark Twain | had arisen to give another rebuke to | the foolish dress of men in hot| weather. | If business men from this viclnity who are called to Washington or any other Southern city at this time ot the year would provide themselves with a palm beach suit or a silk pongee or something of that kind and don it immediately upon entering the gateway of the nation’s capital they would not mind the heat there so much, It is but common sense. Be- cause we wear woolen suits in New Britain ig no reason vfihy we should ‘Wear the same sort of clothing should chance, or fate, or business, or any- thing else call us to the tropios. There is an old saying, and one well worth while, to the effeot that when you are in Rome do ad the Romans do. Having done that, life among the Romans becomes a joy instead of a sorrow. It is all easy when you know how, even in hot weather. One bride who married a slacker has come to grief in this way. The man, having married her to escape the army, has now entered the army to escape her. All slacker marriages, of course, will not work out that way. If they did, so much the better; but they may be supposed to have just ag bad an effect so far as the bride is concerned. Any man who s cowardly and cringing enough to hide behind a skirt s mean and Tow enough to prove a slacker so far as his home ties go. Girls should be- ware of this species. S Frank Kaiser, of Arch street, one of the first in this city to pass examination for the new national army. He goes willingly, to battle against his name-sake. Here's hop- ing Frank administers a severe blow to Wilhelm. 18 FAOTS AND FANCIES. Cmhi The bald headed man uses up more handkerchiefs this kind of weather than the fellow with a wealth of hair like the Sutherland Sisters. He has more territory to cover.—Waterbury Democrat. In its neutral position Holland is represented ns being hetween the devil and the deep Perbaps a bettor way of expressing it would be to say that It is between the devil and the North Sca.—Brooklyn Standard-Union. May it please the Germans to learn that the sum of their elaborate air raids of London hasn’'t produced the casualties which a small but selected fleet of fool-operated motor cars could have caused in that big city in a much shorter time.—Hartford Times. The failure of the Kensas corn crop and an excess of 3,000,000 bushels in the wheat crop indicates that nature is not keeping pace with = Herbert Hoover's Helpful Hoe-Cake Hints to Harrassed Housewives.—Boston Trans- cript. All this talk about what is going to take place after the war, can be taken with a grin of salt. When the world at large settles down, natural conditions will prevall again as they were heretofore. Middlotown Penny Press. ‘Whether the world series is called off on account of the war or not the American people are quite likely to be too busy reading war news to pay much attention to it. By world eeries time tens of thousands of American homes are likely to be directly repre- sented on the firing line.—Hartford Post. Bvery man discharged, or exempted means that some other man must take his place in the line. If a man is ex- empt because of physical unfitness or absolutely dependent relatives, or be- cause of occupation essential to the carrying on of the nation's necessary business, it is right and necessary that another man should take his place in the line. But if personal favoritism or politics, or the influence of friends, or any one of many things, prevails to keep a man out of the army who ought to be there, a downright injus- tice has been done to his substitute.— Manchester Union. BURGLARS FESCAPE POLICE. Elaborate Plan for Capture Comes to Naught. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 7.—Police re- ceived a tip during the night that the safe in the office of the Cooper-Bell Varnish company was to be cracked at dawn, so three patrolmen took up positions—sans samouflage—under an awning 6f the building across the street. At 2 a. m., watched by the minions of the law, three men jim- m#ed the door and entered. They car- ried a black satchel which has held the loot of many a Chicago safe dur- | ing the last few months. After a hasty conference the pa- | trolmen decided to walk three blocks | dewn the street, call a patrol wagon | full of cops, surround the building | and capture the cracksmen ‘red- | handed.” When the patrol clanged up the | street, the cracksmen slipped out of | a back window. Nitro-glycerine had | been used to blow open the safe | which had been emptied by the var- nish company on Saturday. ! Earlier in the night the safe of the Rosenheim Market House company had been blown .open and between Main street of New Britaln dressed i 3150 and $200 taken. | signea Unselfishness. (Detroit F'ree Press). Suppose life was only a battle for selt, And nobody pitied or gave, And none of the dead who, have journeyed ahead, Neither scholar, nor soldier, knave, Ever thought of the children that followed him on, tolled without claiming fee, Can’t you picture today as vou go on your way “'halt‘ 2 horrible world it would e ? nor Or his If nobody cared whether others sur- vived, Or whether glad; If each of yg __after year For only the gold to be had; If life were but striving for raiment eand food, Then the beasts in the fleld that Wo see Would be one with the plan that is fashioned for man And a horrible world it would be. or not they were here labored year But the joys that we know and the charms that we calim ours. because cared; The pleasures we boast treasure the most We own because somebody darefl The dead have 8gone on I Sibatees eaving us In the gardens they planted, and we Must leave something behind, the future to find; We must work for the ages to be. —C R “NELLIE” IS DEAD. o The Girl We Have Been Seeing Home From Aunt Dinah’s Party So Many Years. (Holyoke Transcript.) A re somebody of and for — Mrs. Ellen J. @illmore, widow once famous bandmaster, has just died at Brooklyn. Gilmore courted his wife, Nellie O'Nell, in Lowell. Her father had a copper plate printing establishment and made copper plates for corporations. It was in Lee street that Mrs. Gilmore was born. After the death of her husband, Mrs. O'Neill, Nellie's mother, continued the copper plate business. Nellle was organist at St. Patrick's church and Gilmore was at that time leader of the Salem Cadet band in Salem. It was at a concert in Salem in 1850 that Nellie first met Band- master Gilmore and they became fast friends. Their friendship ripened into love and although it was a long We'¥ the ardent wooer made the trip to Lowell from Salem quite frequent- ly to see Nellle. It was an age when automobiles were unknown, but love was strong and where true love reigns distances don’t count irprise parties and little satherings, quilting parties were very ponuiar at that time escorting his sweethearts home one of these parties gave to the world Gilmore’s pretty refrain, "I ‘Was Seeing Nellie Home,"” a song ded- jcated to his sweetheart, Nellie O'Neill, whose remains are now laid beside those of the man whose asso- ciation with her in the olden, golden days touched the chord of harmony within him. The song still so familiar— I WAS SEEING NELLIE HOME. In the sky the bright stars glittered, On the bank the pale mone shone; And 'twas from Aunt Dinah’s quilting party, I was seeing Nellle home. of home and from Chorus. I was seeing Nellie home, I was seeing Nellie home; And ’twas from Aunt Dinah’s quilting party, I was seeing Nellle home. On my arm a soft hand rested, Rested light as ocean foam; And 'twas from Aunt Dinah’s quilting party, I was seeing Nellle home. On my lips a whisper trembled, Trembled till it dared to come; And 'twas from Aunt Dinah's quilting party, I was seeing Nellie home. On my life new hopes were dawning, And those hopes had lived and grown; And 'twas from Aunt Dinah's quilting party, I was seeing Nellie home. —The Oracle. Emma Goldman finds it too hot to talk. For goodness sake, start up the furnaces right away, and keep Pmma tending the fire.—Lowell Courier- Citizen. —— e Notice of Hearing on Administration Account. District of Berlin, Probate Court, ss. New Britain, August 7, A. D, 1917, Estate of Mary F. Flanagan, late of New Britain, in said Distrct, deceased. The Administrator having exhibited his administration account with said Estate to this Court for allowance, it is Ordered—That the 22nd day of August, A. D, 1917, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Probate Office in New Britain be and the same s as- for a hearing on the allow- ance of saild administration account with said Estate and this Court directs the Administrator to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place, by publishing this order in 'some newspaper published in New Britan and having a circulation in sald District, and by posting a copy on the public sign post in said Town of New Britain, nearest where the deceased last dwelt and by mailing a copy postage prepaid, to all heirs at law. By order of Court, MORTIMER H. CAMP, Clerk. included | COMMUNICATED “HOP JOINTS"” A Reminiscence of the Old Barbary Coast in 'Frisco, and Some of Its Chinese Comestibles. New Britain, Aug. 7, 1917, To the Editor of the Herald: Did you ever stop to figure, Why is a Chinese restaurant? It is a curious Question, once you come to consider it. No one ever knows how to proper- ly pronounce the names of the various food-stuffs offered for sale in these Places, unless one perhaps is a China- man, and Chinamen seldom frequent such places, as guests. They wait there, that is true: and sometimes they make their customers wait. For they are a slow lot, these Chinamen. I once knew a gang of Chinamen in 'Frisco. They'd shoot you out on the coast if you called it 'Frisco. To the native son it is alway dear old San Francisco. Well, my Chinamen ao- quaintances,—I could not call them friends,—ran a little “hop joint” on the Barbary Coast. That was many vears ago. Maybe you have been there. There were four *flights” to this place, or, as you call them in the east, “stories;” but they were all under- ground. And there I used to go often- times for my Chop Suey and Pon Long Don, and Fung Wong Mein, and Wat Gui Pan, and Bock Jum Guy, and Yat Ko Mein. The later name is per- haps not spelled right,—I have not a Chinese menu handy. Anyway, it is mpronounced Yok-kom-me. So you know what T mean. Well, I cultivat- ed quite a taste for ‘Yok-kom-me" and its kindred dishes; but after be- ing away from them for a long time, I have reflected in this fashion upon the appetite I then cultivated: I real- ly never did enjoy a plate of *Chop Suey or any of the other Chinese com- estibles unless I had been partaking very, very heavily of what is known the world over as beer. You prob- ably follow me. Beer and Chinese food “go together”. And yet, when we examine into the situation, the Chi- nese are not a beer drinking people. Can you account then for this seeming discrepancy other than by saying that the food Chinese ‘serve in their Amer- jcan restaurants is ‘“doctored”? I firmly belleve so. Yours very truly, L. K. BOGGS. YANKEE-DOODLE. Origin of Famous Air Recalled, and Original Spelling Given As “Nankee Doodle.” In all probability were you to ask a hundred New Britain High school boys the origin of the famous air, now regarded more than ever as the national “air funny,” two would not be able to answer. In the first place it is not originally an American air, and second it be- longs to the British, for it was sung as a sort of a chant in the English church in the year 1400. The real spelling of the word “Nankey Doodle.” When Lord Percy after the battle of Lexington, marched out of Boston, it is said this tune was played in derisive and punning allusion to the name Yankee, and the New England- ers adopted the air because of the fact that they had made the British dance to the tune of it at various times and places in America. There is also an old saying that “Nankey Doodle” was the name given to an illegitimate child of Cromwell. This I think untrue in every particu- lar for I found nothing concerning it in any of the libraries I visited while in England. HENRY WILLIS MITCHELL., is AMERICA’S WEALTH. Richest Nation Ever Known on Face of Globe, Has Enough Resources to Master World. To the Editor of the Herald:— It may be of interest to the Kaiser’s adherents, who before the war and until the present time have been so loud in their praise of Germany and everything German, to note the fol- lowing facts:— America’s wealth is increasing be- yond the dreams of man. In the past seven years the national income has increased 33 1-8 per cent. In the past l seventeen years it has reached nearly 117 per cent. Our foreign trade for the year 1916 reached near the fabulous sum of eight billion dollars, which is more than the combined totals of 1911 and 1912, and two and one-half billions greater than the returns of 1916. No other nation has ever attained such high marks in the realm of trade. In the thirty-one months since August 1, 1914, America prospered greatly. Our foreign trade during that time reached the enormous balance of five and three-quarter bil- lion dollars, which is almost six times the amount of the national debt of the United States. The principal of the government's outstanding intersst bearing public debt was less than one billion dollars on April 1, 1917, only one fortieth of the national income. The nation also possesses one-third of the world’s stock of gold which amounts to nearly three billion dol- lars. The national assets of the United States equal the combined wealth of England, Russia, France and Italy. America today has two and & quarter times as much wealth as Great Bri- tain, four times as much as France and eight times as much as Italy. It is the richest nation ever kaown on the face of the earth. CROESUS. New Britain, Aug. 7. 1917. Notice to Contributors. Letters for publication in these columns cannot be printed unless the name and address of the sender are sent in with each communication. This so that the good faith of the writer may be known. Names will be withheld tfrom publication upon re- quest and when a pen name is sup- plied. There are in this office several interesting communications which must be-consigned to the waste basket unless this standing rule of the Herald is complied with. STATE QUOTA COMPLETE New Haven, Hartford and Middlesax Counties Only Sections to Provide Allotment for Regular Army. New Haven, Aug. 7.—Connecticut has completed its quota of 2,328 men for the regular army, it was an- nounced today from the state head- quarters for federal recruiting by Major Mercer, the commanding offi- cer. While New Haven, Hartford and Middlesex counties exceeded their quotas by 84 men, it was announced the other counties are behind on their allotments. Recruiting for the regu- lar army will continue and, it is stated, as the National Guard is now federalized and on ti% same footing as the regulars recruits will also be accepted for the guard. COST OF COPPER FIXED. Report By Federal Trade Commission Going to President. Washington, Aug. 7.—The federal trade commission’s report on the cost of copper production in the ocountry will be transmitted to President Wil- son within two weeks and will serve as a basic for prices the government will pay. Produoction costs of steel, iron, coal and other basic material also are being studied by the commission, which will work in close co-operation with the new industries board formed to make government war purchases. Cost estimates will be forwarded to the president as fast as they are made. No figures, it was said today, will be made public by the comission. SOLDIERS’ TOBACCO LOST Y. M. O. A. Shipment to Troops in ¥ranoce Fails to Arrive. Washington, Aug. 7.—The Young ‘Men's Christian Associations shipment of tobacco for the American troops in France has been lost. Word came from Paris today from the Red Cross commission to France that no suit- able tobacco to replace the lost ship- ment was obtainable there and urged that ten tons of tobacco be sent at once. The Red Cross war council imme- diately accepted an offer of the Liggett & Meyer's Tobacco company to do- nate 1,500,000 cigarettes, 2,000 pack- ages of smoking tobacco, and 10,000 cuts of chewing tobacco, which will be forwarded to the American troops. France has agreed to admit the to- baco free of duty as well as all other articles for the American soldiers. EX-PRESIDENT TAFT IDL. Clay Center, Kas, _Au; 7.—Former President Taft became 11l at a hotel here during the night ‘and today s under the care of a physician. ‘The nature of his illness was described only as being stomach trouble. Ha was unable to leave Clay Center today for Lincoln, Neb, where he has a apeaking engagement. He delivered, an address last night at this place. SEPARATE JAP MISSION. Tokjo, Aug. 7.—Members of the house met today and decided to send flve of their number to the United States to study conditions. They will start about December. The delega- tlon will represent all parties. WHEN YOUR NEWSBOY FAILS TO LEAVE YOUR HERALD ’Phone WESTERN UNION And paper will be sent promptly to you by messenger. We want you to have the HERALD every night and to make sure that it is delivered to you we have ar- ranged with the WESTERN UNION to have a mes- senger boy rush a copy to your home. This service is given at our expense. It will cost you ‘nothing. . We want you to be satisfied and when you are we feel ~roply compensated for whatever effort we may ma! for your benefit. SO, IF YOUR VNEWSBOY FAILS TO LEAVE s HERALD BY 6 0’CLOCK ’PHONE WEST- I UNION. YOU'LL GET A COPY SOON AF- . 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