New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1917, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1917. Britain Herald. LD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. d dafly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. at Herald Building, 67 Cburch St at tie Post OMce at New Britain . 88 Becond Class Mail Matter. ny part of the city 65 cents & month. to be sent by matl, %0 cents a month, Hvered by carrfer to & far 15 cents a week. pttons for paper JRyetiy in advance. .00 & year. ing medium in only profitable advertls! the eity. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. on sale at Hota- B and Broad- Al- Herald will be ling’s News Stand, 43nd St. and o way, New York City: Board “Walk, lantic City, -nd Hartford Depot. ruuuvflonm CALLS. USiness Office aitorial Rooms Worth Fighting For. Here's to the flag with the seven red bars, To the flag with stripes. And here’s to each of the forty- eight stars, With their manhood of different types. Here's to the land that flag floats above, And the oceans that lap its shore, We've a million things in our land to love, nd they're all for. the six white worth fighting —A. M. READ. GONE TO THE COLORS. thin thirty the boys of the national army will be called to colors. The five hundred and jrteen summoned to make up New n’s quota In the draft will by jat time be all present and account- for. Some of them will even be training camps. Others will be ting for the order to go forth to eantonments. These things being it is time that great attention be jld to the gathering of the names those already enlisted. New Brit- has many hoys in the regular my, the navy, and the national There are some of these s whose names are not to be found the record books. Tor the pur- e of making New Rritain’s days record | They lldl)‘ by and see even women hurl in- sult at the President. These men broke up the parade once hefore, they can do so again. WHERE WE BELONG. Some folk have wondered what has | become of William Jennings Bryan. He has not been heard of for some Previons to the the Prince of Poace was everywhere ana time. declaration of war by American his utterances places the wan roundly oceunied prominent in newspapers. He then scored for sentiments, The notably his pacific stand. cub, paragraphs from an by show ineg icle written the to how he is spending his time: “Before is in the Commoner Nebraskan may serve our Nation perfectly proper wisdom of going to war, enters it to discuss but the cussion is closed when Congress acts. After that no one should be permit- ted atts this Gov=- the to cloak ke upon ernment claim t speech. “No sympathy, will be wasted upon those . who have heen ar- rested for or aid the enemy under he is excreising freedom of therefore, unpatriotic utterances. abuse free speech, and this ap- plics to attacks upon the Allies as well as to attacks upon the United States. We can no allies to we can afford to be crushed ourselves. The defeat of our allies would throw the whole burden of the war upon us. We must stand together and fight it through. There are only Bvery more allow our be crushed than two sides to a war. must be on the side of the American United States. Those are American. the words of true If, previous to this, any- one doubted William Jennings Bryan's Americanism let him come forward and acknowledge the mistake. The Commoner may have voiced senti- ment that was not in keeping with many minds previous to the war. He has now cleared the decks for action in the defense of the nation. He has fired a broad-side at the traitors. He has shown some seditiously inclined where they a must stand. There are only two sides to a war. Every American must be on the side of the United States.” _— SAVE THE FLOUR. A saving each week of one pound of flour in every five. That is the saving that must he effected by every houschold if Wood Administrator nplete, the iTerald has waged & paign destined to bring in all the mes. Blanks which appear in this per day after day should be filled t with the proper data and returned this office. In this way only will a mplete list of our youthful pa- ots be preserved. In this way will know each and every man who gone to the colors. HE FOOLISH SUFFRAGETTES. [Washington is having quite a time ese days with the militant suffra- tes, especially that part of Wash- on which claims for its distinc- n the residence of the President the United States. The fair fes who make up a certain very Ibid portion of the suffragists are peedingly angry with President Wil- because he has seemingly made attempt te give them nation-wide ge. So, in retaliation, they have jed forth every day for the past k or so with malignant yellow pners inscribed with the insulting rase, “Kalser Wilson.” One of these ladles engaged in the ness of slandering the President ed eloquent when her sisters-in- o were arrested and placed where belong, in the workhouse. Said e:—'“We are here to protest against g deprived of the right of peti- If necessary, we shall protest something more forceful than Jlow banners.” There is the threat what it is worth. What is insin- ted, no man knows. This cryptic lessage from a mmilitant spirit may taken as a threat against the life the Presfdent, sign that the militants t on the warpath against the Wash- gton police who ted of eir numbers and cast them into jail. It would good time argue with ding the President ase in these tement from one of their number t- anyone in America has been de- Mved of the right of petition is so olish as hardly to deserve comment. one who knows anything knows t the right of petition is in full rce today, as it ever has been in erica. - What such a statement the utter ridiculousness things who per: gates of the \White banners and or it may he merely are going arre some be a waste of these ladies who are such a merry ’sm'ious times. The pes show the young tly beseige the puge with yellow Iting phrase offend esident. The threat to use ing more than these fair s- in- aimed to the “some- forceful” Hoover's plan of conservation is to he successfull carried out. He everybody to save each week pound of flour in every five. There is a deficit of wheat in the United States Canada which makes such a saving absolutely im- perative. The - difference between what the soldiers and inhabitants of the Allied nations and the neutrals of Europe want and what they are liable to zet is something like 400,- 000,000 million bushels. That is, the asks one and { world is short that amount of wheat. Tconomy must therefore be practiced unless suffering is to be manifest, While the wheat crop of this coun- try and Canada has not come up to expectations the corn crop has more than fulfilled its promises. And it is to this abundant crib that the Amer- ican nation must turn if the gpeople here are to help out those abroad. There will have to be no reduction of cereals. There will simply have to be substitution. Instead of using all step up to the corn and oats counter. An editorial in the Herald yesterday told how cereals are inter- changeable. Food economy is not such a difficult problem. Without starving ourselves we can readily adjust the menu cards of home and restaurant to render in- valuable service to humanity struggle against the gatés of au- tocracy. There is not much sacrifice involved in the changing from one cereal to anothal in the substitution of corn for wheat. There may be untold suffering involved unless we heed the aut from wheat, warning sent Washington. FACTS AND FANCIES., | Married men rule- line. Where Newspaper head- >—-New York Sun. It isn't a smoke nuisance when it envelops a ship in the submarine-in- fested zone.—Hartford Times. The Chicago News thinks Germany needs an open-plumbing form of gov- ernment.--New Haven Union. What 's a “renegade German-Amer- George Sylvester Viereck has one in mind.—-Springfield Republican. claiming exemption for ght might be placated by them in the trenches nearest ring Drafte poor ey placing the If congressmen are not to be al- lowed to invest in the Liberty there are various bond issues of allies in which they may put our their ngs may deserve consideration. If does’ it will meet with a just con- deration at the hands of those ve-hearted soldiers, sailors and nes- who are too_loyal.to. stand funds.—New York World. Greece is to furnish the world with more of the kaiser's correspondence. It seems he is also a victim of the fa- tak h&h& of\datéas Writing. The:-next, Congress the some of his | loan | time the kaiser writes a confidential letter he will add: P. S. Burn this af- ter reading.—Baltimore Omerican. The terrible mystery that surrounds that “Pacific Port” at which the Jap- anese commission landed will surely lose some German spy his job unless he is given at least two guesses.—New York Evening Post. The Vagabonds. flight today, homewarad | hat saw | Crows a-w. way? ou in your nging your TWent you far in carrion quest, Crows that worry the sunless west? Thieves and shameless things! your wings. villains, you i Black record as black your Tell me, birds of the ink Plundercus rogues—today hue, have you Seen with mischic Lands where earl ous, prying eyes suns arise? Saw vou a lazy beck between Trees that shadow its hreast in green. Teased by the obstinate stones that lie Crossing the current tauntingly? Fields a-bloom on the farther side With purple clover lying wide? as you circled by, cottage lie— Saw you there, Vale-environed a Girt about with emerald bands, Nestling down in its meadowlands? Saw you this on your thieving raids? Speak—you rascally renegades. Thieved you also away from me Olden scenes that I longed to see? If, O crows! you have flown since morn Over the place where T was born, Forget will T, how black you were Since dawn, in feather and character; Absolve, will I, your vagrant band, Ere you enter vour slumber-land. —E. PAULINE JOHNSON. Tady Angels as Well as Angel Ladies? . (New York Sun.) The news from Detroit that a judge in that city has ordered a sculptor to transform a fat male angel guarding a cemetery gate into a slim female angel will bring a reminiscent grin into the kindly face af Gutzon Borglum. Only a dozen years ago Borglum nursed the opinion, evidently now held by the Detroit jurist, that there are lady angels as well as angel ladles. Six months he labored on two figures for the Cathedral of St. John the DiI- vine, and when his work was done along came Dr. Huntington of the cathedral building committee, who told him that the angels would not do. Art will remember this of Mr Borglum, that he would not use the angels for any other purpose, beautif:il though they were, and with his own hands he destroyed them. He had no seriptural defense for making female angels; in fact, he expressed himself as believing that there is no sex in an angel. Yet he put in the feminine touch and “the indefinable feminity of atmosphere.” Yea, more than that, the hair of the angels was dressed as no male, even an angel, could fit it. Mr. Borglum had been seeing an- gelic females, for this part of the earth is full of them. An artist is in- fluenced by his surroundings. Detroit is a fat male city. Everybody there makes at least $5 a day, which pro- duces an angelic countenance, and rides in a motor car, which induces fatness. An angel, f. o. b. Detroit, would be a fat male with eight cylin- der wings and left hand drive. Art too aften is that which per- sons in authority disapprove. Placed in the position of Mr. Borglum or the Detroit sculpton, Cellini would have thrown his mallet at the critic’s head. But Benvenuto was a roughneck. Are There Boozy Boston—A Breezy View. (Chicago Tribune). aldermanic committee on liquors, malt beverages and thereof have reached Puritan Boston, where wisdom abounds, and they are expected to imbibe much. Pray sample it. The Puritan bar-room has no sreen. Puritans say the abserce of screens discourages drinking. But Tom outside sees Jerry inside, and joyous is the union of kindred souls. The law restricts drinking on Sun- day—thus: Swathed in sheets, the bar resembles a spook. Nothing must go over it. Only out from behind. You enter, seat vourself at a round table, and say to the waiter, “Bring me a Manhattan cocktaii, and, now that I remember, & ham sandwlch.” Waiter replied: “Sorry, boss; can’t serve you. You say drink first, food afterward.” Rushing to the sidewalk, you hastily | re-enter. To the same waiter you shout, “Bring me a ham sandwich and a Manhattan cocktai it. The law and the mrophets fulfilled. In Boston liquor must not be sold within 600 feet of a school house. The dining room of the Touraine was within 600 feet of ‘he Winthrop school, 50 you gave your walter money and a written order and he trotted to a part of the Touraine 601 feet from the school and there made the purchase. This custom 1s now aban- doned. Boston removed the school. They are wonderful Puritans In Boston. The governor of Massachu- setts appoints the police commis- sioner, who enforces the law as in- terpreted by the courts. He recetves help from all Puritans who aspire to open saloons for the number of | saloons is fixed and whoever can get a saloon keeper deprived of his license may annex it himself. But some- e et e e T ners from dry towns round about are alwa, ppouring Bostonward to give the place a bad name—the drunken- ness in Boston probably far exceeds the drunkenness in Chicago. One comes away with the impression that the Puritans are a happy, carefree race who pass theif time in riding in OnR-4R0theRs: SAiRak Wagons, Our wines, the control are HOME READING COURSE CITIZEN SOLDIERS Thirty daily lessons offered to men selected for service in Ni tional Army as practical ‘help In getting started in the right way. attempt is made to give binding rules or directions, the course be- ing informal in tone. These leskons are issued by the War Depart- ment which reserves right to reprint. FOR C LESSON NO 8. MARCHING AND CARE OF FE! (Preceding Lessons: 1. Your Honor. Making Good Soldier. Nine Q Soldier. Camp. 5. 6. Cleanliness in Camp. Health.) o, The new soldier seldom under- stands how important it is for him to learn to march and to develop his muscles so that he can easily carry his arms and equipment. ‘“Marching constitutes the principal occupation of troops in campaign.” (Infantry Drill Regulations, paragraph 623.) Modern trench warfare in Europe has for the time being reduced the amount of marching required in cam- paign; yet it remains just as impor- tant an element in the soldier’s train- ing as it ever was. In order to march for long dis- tances che soldier’'s feet must be good condition. As has heen aptly re- marked, “the infantryman’s feet arc his means of transportation.” Special attention should be paid to the fitting of shoes and the care of the feet. Marching shoes should he quite a little larger than shoes for ordinary wear. ‘‘Sores and blisters on the feet should be promptly dressed during halts. At the end of the march feet should be bhathed and dre d; the socks, and if practicable the shoes, should be changed.” Infantry Drill Regulations, paragraph 627.) You wiil learn in time the practical rules for taking care of your feet that are followed by experienced sol- diers. You will avoid considerable discomfort, however, if vou learn some of these rules now and put them into practice from the very beginn- ing: 1. See that your shoes enough. They will at first look and feel unnecessarily loose. This s needed because it has been found that feet swell and lengthen on marches, especially when carrying packs. But il are large shoes fitted this way will give you no corns, bunions, blisters, or other foot ills. In fact, they will cure any that you may already have. 2. Take pains to keep your shoes in good condition. It is to apply a light coat of neat's-foot oil, which will both soften the leather and tend to make them waterproof. Don’t neglect to smooth out wrinkles in the lining of the shoe. ‘“Break in” new shoes hefore wearing them on marches. ar light woolen socks, 1= will be jssued to you. See that you have no holes or wrinkles in them If a hole has beeg worn and can not be mended at once, change the sock from one foot to the other so that you foot will not be irritated more than is necessary. 4. Keep vyour feet, socks, and shoes clean. When on the march try to wash your socks at night and put on a clean pair every morning, or at least wipe them off with a wet towel. 5. Keep your feet scrupulously clean. A foot bath can be = taken, when other facilities are not at hand, by scraping a small depression in the ground, throwing a poncho over it and pouring water into this from your canteen. Even a pint of water will do for a foot bath. You can bathe all over by making or finding a depression of suitable size and us- | ing your poncho as for a footh bath. 6. Keep your toe nails trimmed closely and cut them square across the ends. This will tend to prevent ingrowing nails. By all means avoid the common error of rounding the corners of the nail and cutting it to a point in the center. 7. In case a blister s formed while on the march, open the edge of the blister with the point of a knife or a needle that has been heated in a match flame. Be sure to squeeze all the fluid out of the blister. To leave any in it may make it worse. Do mnot pull off the loose skin but press it back. Then put on an adhesive plaster, covering the skin well beyond the edges of the blister, putting it on as tightly as possible without wrinkles. In the same way put an adhesive plaster over any red | or tender spots. 8. In case any tendons become inflamed or swollen (usually due to lacing the legging or shoe too tight- ly or to some other unnecessary pres- | sure,) soak the foot in cold water, massage the tendon, and protect it as much as possible by strips of ad- hesive plaster. You should report to a medical officer at your first oppor- tunity to make sure that the trouble does not grow worse. One sign of a green soldler is his tendency to drink too much water while on a long march. The exper- ienced man gargles his mouth and throat once in a while, but drinks only in sips and does mot overload his stomach with either water or food. After you have ‘arrived in and have cooled off you can drink slowly as much as you desire. Tt is, of course, unwise to eat fruits, candy, soft drinks, ice cream. and the like while on the march. Another sign of a green soldier is a carelessly adjusted pack or any other equipment not neatly and se- curely fastened. Your comfort on the march depends very largely on the care and judgment used in get- ting ready. All yvour equipment has been so designed that it need not in- terfere with the free movement of camp vour arms and legs. Your pack should | be strapped to your back in such a way that you can stand erect and breathe freely. There should be no pressure on any of the soft parts of the body. You will march easily if you keep your body erect and do not permit yourSelf to slouch or sway from side to side. ‘When the command is given- to halt [ aboard a good idea | .No| DOING HIS BIT FRANCIS PARSONS EDWARDS. On May 19, 1917, Francis Parsons Fldwards, who is pictured abhove, en- listed in the navy. At present he is a torpedo boat destroyer “‘Somewhere in the Atlantic.” He is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. C .E. Edwards of 211 Maple street and is sueh | | your head, | tightly, them. | visit, most | the third member of the family who has offered his services. Mrs. Ed- wards has another son, Donald, who says that he will join the colors as { soon as he is old enough 1 francis received his Hartford and after he joined the navy. He was with the navy until about a year ago when he accepted a position in the factory of lLanders, Frary & Clark. He held this position at the time of his second education finishing school | enlistment. and fall out for a few minutes loosen your pack and rest back on it in a sitting and lying position. If possi- ble. lie with your feet higher than 50 as to let the blood flow out of the legs into the body and rest vour heart. During the first few halts you may not feel tired, but. rest as complete as you can any- way. Look forward to the end of the march and try to handle yourself so that you will be strong and fresh at the finish. At the first halt it is well to read- just the pack or any part of the eqnipment not entirely comfortable, If your shoes or leggins are laced too this is the time to loosen A cheerful attitude is one of best aids to a soldier on a trying march. Singing and whistling on the march is usually not only allowed but encouraged. They help wonderfully to make the long road seem shorter. These are very simple rules, but none the less important. Keep them in mind. Some men never learn ex- cept from their own hard experience; but it is expected of the men in the National Army that they will have the good sense to see the value of these suggestions and to apply them from the very beginning. the What a Library Is. A leaflet, having for its caption the words, “I am the public library,” is sent out by the public library ¢ Davenport, Ta., which announces it- self as follows I am the storehouse of knowledge in this city. I am opportunity. I am the continuation <(~hool far all. I am_ a house of wisdom and an in- stitution of happiness. I am supported by the people. I offer you the opportunity to know all there is to know abou * I am for those who would enjoy fic- tion, poetry, philosophy, biagraphy, or Jearn more about bu iness, trade and | science. I have books for all tastes and needs | and creeds. I am free to the public to profit from and enjoy. the people for A Narrow Escape. (From the Boston Transcript.) Doctor—You are slightly morbid, my dear lady. You should look about you and marry again. Widow—Oh, doctor, proposal? Doctor—Allow me to remind you, madam, that a doctor prescribes med- icine—but he doesn’t take it. Taking it W (‘ll “Doctor, I can't pay you for this| so it ain't no use to send a bill. I hope you won't take it hard.” “‘Quite the contrary, my friend. If every man who has no intention of paying would be as considerate as you it wauld save me a lot of writing and is—1s this a in | The McMitlan Store, Inc. “Always Reliable” ANOTHER LIST OF INTERESTING VALUES FOR OUR HALF HOLIDAY SALE WEDNESDAY MORNING \These extraordinary values in seasonable mer- chandise go on sale promptly at 8:30 Wednesday morning, Aug. 22. The savings are worth while on merchandise for present or future needs, so make it a point to share in the bargains.. BEAUTIFUL WIDE RIBBONS for Hair Bows, Sashes and Fancy Work, wide flowered Ribbons, Plaids, Checks, Moires and Plain morning. Taffeta. On .sale Wednesday 25¢ yard. Value 39c to 48¢c. This is your opportunity to supply the children for school opening. MORE THAN 3,000 YARDS OF WASH GOODS ALL AT ONE PRICE FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING 19¢ yard. Values to 39¢ Our Wash Goods buyer while in New York recently purchased at a big reduction more than two thousand yards of desirable wash fabrics, broken lines that manufacturers were willing to clean up for the season, with these we will offer for Wednesday morning the Sizes 2 to 6 years, On Sale Wednesday morning at 98¢ for Wednesday morni.g balance of our own stock of wash goods, Sport Stripe Suitings, Striped Crepe Voiles, Striped Voiles in White and colors, Shirting Stripes in Scotch Cheviots, ete. CHILDREN’S GINGHAM DRESSES Dresse that were made to sell at 98c each. including Beach Cloths, and Figured 49¢ Each. ALTERLESS WASH SKIRTS Of Fancy White Gaberdine Skirts that were made to sell at 81,98 each. Require no alterations. On Sale Wednesday morning at Each WOMEN’S BLACK LISLE HOSE. ‘We will put on sale sixty dozen of these Hose, Regular 19c value 12Y;¢ Pair. WHITE MUSLIN PETTICOATS SPECIAL FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING 59c¢ Each. Value 79c. SHORT CATHECHISM FOR ANTI-AMERICANS (New York Sun.) Q.—What is your first duty? A.—To preserve whole the skin that covers my organs. Q.—To whom do duty? A.—To myself. Q.—What is your next duty? A.—To serve as best I may in safety the enemies of the land wherein I en- joy freedom, power and unlimited op- portunities to improve my moral in- tellectual and physical condition. Q.—How is this service to be ren- dered? A.—By word and by deed. Q.—How by word? A.—Through carping criticism of the acts of men in authority, by dis- praise of the allles of the nation, by questioning the good faith of all ex- cept the rulers of her enemies, by sowing discord and distrust so far as I am able, by belittling the advantages I enjoy and exaggerating the domestic inequalities I can detect, by spreading falsehood through my lips and receiv- ing slanders through my ears. Q.—How by deed? A.—By committing such acts of violence as I can accomplish without danger ‘to myself, whether they be of spiritual significance, as spitting on the flag that shelters me, or of mate- rial moment as destroying a naval vessel. Q.—In performing these duties should you have regard to time or place? A.—Yes. Q.—To what end? A.—1I ghould so order my conversa- tion and my acts that my health shall not be impaired by the fists of Yankee swine. Q.—Should you have regard for the sensibilities of others? A.—Yes, Q.—Why? A.—Because unless I have that re- gard I might say or do something offensive to a person who would break my head. Q.—What is a lie? A.~—Any statement that reveals the truth about Prussianism. Q.—What is a truth? A.—Any statement that England or France or the States. Q.—What is Kultur? A.—Kultur consists of all the ex- cuses that can be invented for com- mitting arson, murder and rape. Q.—What is courage A.—Killing bables. Q.—What is cowardice? you owe that defames United Q.—What is militarism? A.—Militarism is the systematic de- velopment of sea power to a point which renders it inconvenient for the Kaiser to loot the nations of the world when he wishes so to do. Q.—What is pacifism? A.—Pacifism is a state of militarg preparedness capable of crushing any nation whose possessions arouse its | cupidity. Q.—What is diplomacy? | A.—True diplomacy is the art of | cruverting the good will of another n: lon into an instrument for that nation’s destruction. Q.—Does true diplomacy the use of many agencies? A.—TIt does. Q.—What are they? A.—Generally whatever serves the purpose of the Kaiser. Chief among them are bribery, murder and arson. Q.—What is deceit? A.—Deceit is the highest virtue of statesmanship. Q—Who is the against this practice? A.—England, Q—Why? A.—Because her statesmen mean what they say and say what they mean, taking mean advantage of the apostles of Kultur. Q.—Who are the chief exponents ot truth? A.—The Kaiser and his Chancellor. Q—Why? A.—Because they never say what they mean or mean what they say, and con‘.equently they never deceive anybody. Q.—Has this always been so? A.—Yes, but it took the Yankee involve chief offendert A.—Cowardice is that quality of the ' mind which prevents a soldier or a sailor from forgetting that he is other than a beast. Q.—Who has courage? —Prussians. —Who have cowardice? about $200 in postage a year.”’—Kan- sas City Journal, k Q —All who oppose Prussia, pigs a long time to find it out. Q—What is the reward of anti-* Americanism? A.—Today it is praise from Robert M. La Follette. Q.—Will it always'be so? A.—I do not know; a friend of mine heard some United States sol- diers talking about lamp posts and hemp cravats yesterday and I do not want to pose as a prophet. L “I've just been discharged,” said the rifle gloomily. “I'm gaing to strike,” with dicision. “I'm working too much,” groaned a keg of beer in the cellar. “I'm tired, too,” said the wheel of the auto that was standing at the gate- The only thing that seemed to be en- joying itself was the garden hose that was playing on the lawn.—Boston Transcript. said the clock Eve Is Bitter, : The Michigan young woman wha spent a week alone in the woods of the Rocky mountains in economical « and sartorial emulation of Eve becam acquainted with one trouble that, al though powhere mentioned, must h&vu' bothered the first lady of the race, She broke the world's record in mod- ern times as a collector of mosquito bités,—FProvidence Journal,