New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1917, Page 5

N0 VACATION FOR CHARITY WORKERS “Poor Must Be Comforted Though Shore and Country Call ‘The Charity Organization held its monthly meeting last evening. The ~reports or the three past months of the summer were read and they thowed complete and efficient work had been done by the organization. For {its efforts the organization has been rowarded judging from the re- ports which do credit to the charity officials. Miss Osborn's report follows: ,"“To the Directors of the New Britain » Charity Organization:— “‘Eat what you can, and can what you can’t’ is a very good motto, but canning does not appeal to most of the families the Charity Organization deals with. Not that they fail to ap- preciate the seriousness of the food situation, for it hits them hardest of all, but vegetable drying is far more satisfactory’ with their resources. “One expert, with the aid of many *little zizzag lines, all of which soar up at the end. proves that the rise in prices of food for a typical work- Ing man’s family, has been three times greater the past year or so, than it was in the entire decade pre- ceding. Increased cost of food re- sults in a marked decrease in the purchasing power of wages. The more food preserved the better. But can- WhyEnvyHer? YouCan Have Good Hair By Using Cuticura. Begin tonight. Rub gently spots of dandruff, it%_hinz and dryness with Cu- ticura Ointment. In the moming sham- poo with Cuticura Soap and hot water uing‘glent of Soap, best applied with the ds, ause it makes them very soft and white. Rinse with tepid water. Read directions around Soap. Nothing: better, purer, sweeter than Cuticura * Soap for every-day toilet uses, assisted now and then as néeded by little touches of Cuticura Ointment. You can have samples free by return mail for the ask- ing. Address post-card: ‘“ Dept. 14F, Boston.”” Sold everywhere. Lift off Corns Doesn’t hurt a bit to lift a corn or callus off with fingers. For a few cents you can get a small bottle of the magic drug freezone re- cently discovered by a Cincinnati man. Just ask at any drug store for a small bottle of freezone. Apply a few drops upon a tender, ach- ing corn and instantly, ves, immediately, all sore- nees disappears and short- ly you will find the corn or callous so loose that you 1ift it out, root and all, with the fingers. Just think! Not one bit of pain before applying freezone or afterwards. It doesn’t even irritate the surrounding skin. Hard corns, soft corns or corns between the toes, also hardened callouses on bottom of feet, just seem to shrivel up and fall off wthout hurting a particle. N It is almost magical. Ladies! Keep a tiny bottle on your dresser and never let a corn or cal- lous ache twice. RECORD OF THE PAST No Stronger Evidence Can Be Had in New Britain. Look well to their record. What they have done many times in years gone by is the best guarantee of fu- ture results. Anyone with a bad back; any reader suffering from blad- der troubles, from kidney ills, should find comtforting words in the follow- ing statement: o, Mrs. F. L. Pillard, 25 Court street, New Britain, says: “I used to suffer greatly from rheumatic pains and a constant ache through the small of my back. I caught cold very easily and then I’ suffered most. The first box of Doan’s Kidney Pills, which I got st the Clark & Brainerd Co.s Drug store, gave me so much reliet that I continued taking them and th made a complete cure.” « tement given October 28, 1908.) April 20, 1916, Mrs. Pillard said: “T still think very highly of Déan’s Kidney Pills. I haven't had occasion to use them in a number of years but I know they are good.” « 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburp ,CO.. ‘Mtgrs., Buffalo, N. Y, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917. ning as a method of preserving food has been too expensive for our fam- ilies. Nearly all have garden stuff of some sort, but the cost of glass Jjars, breakage, spolling, lack of room to store in, and trouble of frequent movings have to be reckoned with. “In the spring when we urged all our familles to plant a garden, we advised to the best of our ability not to plant too much green salad stuff, but to plan for the old stand-bys such as potatoes, turnips, and onions that need nothing but a box or bin, beans and peas that can be dried easily, cabbages to put down for kraut, pep- pers that can be strung and dried, and so on. Tomotoes are the hardest to deal with, of any of the favorites, but we have seen them dried on trays in the sunshine and canned successfully in any sort of bottle. “We have much to learn from the thrifty peasants who have been prac- ticing old world ways of preserving food for winter every year since their arrival. In many regions that our New Britain residents come from, not only are vegetables dried at home, but each town has is oven for drying the more succulent fruits such as plums and peaches, and everyone takes a turn at tending the dryer dur- ing the season. It stands to reason that once these people have a garden plot provided, they know how to deal frugally with its products in a way to give the rest of us pointers. The Silver Lining. During the summer neither agent nor visitor have been away, and it has been possible to accomplish a great deal of solid summer work in behalf of our applicants. So many grim, harsh facts are confided to us, and so much misery is unfolded day after day, that it has been a joy to arrange automobile rides once or twice a week for groups of tired mothers and less fortunate children. The expense per person has been very slight and the happiness brought ‘was immeasurable. We take so much for granted that it is hard to realize that there are dozens of these moth- ers and children who have never stepped into an automobile except a very few, who have had a forced ride in the patrol wagon. There were women who walked home in a daze, forgetting their bundles, in the joy of their invitation. There were chil- dren who had never seen a cow so ‘were some youngsters who stood at the front windows all morning for fear the machine would pass their house ahead of time and forget to come back. One group of four chil- dren, washed within an inch of their lives and dressed immaculately, wait- ed hand in hand at the curb llke a row of paper dolls, for an hour be- fore time. Another group of fve youngsters stayed awake nearly all night in their excitement, and when a thunder shower came up ‘“most of them bawled” as big sister aged ten, explained. One mother said it seemed like Paradise to ride past the wonder- ful flowers in Hlizabeth Park. Ice cream cones were an important fea- ture, in the children’s eyes, and no ride was complete without a cone all around. Friends passed en route, were greeted with great condescen- slon Not -an object along the way escaped their bright eyes, from the state capitol which was put in the route to stimulate state pride, down to the very insects beside the road Would a trolley ride have an- swered just as well? Indeed not! “During the months of June, July and August 1917, there have been 789 applications for our services: 39 frqm public officials, 838 from private so- cleties, 253 from interested individ- uals, 18 from other cities, 4 from churches, 2 from schools and the re- i mainder from applicants themselves. Of the 270 families we have come in contact with, 82 were new to us. There have been 437 applicants at our office and 246 consultants—a total of 683 visitors. We have had 19 hours of volunteer office help and 14 calls made for us by friendly vis- itors. There were 774 telephone calls worth' recording, and 411 visits have been made by the workers in the homes of those we are befriending. Permanent work was secured for 4 and temporary places for 22 people, 34 families have received help tem- porarily, and 19 more have been helped in emergencies. Institutional care was secured for 4. In the 82 new cases, widowhood, intemperance, non-support and desertion, illness or vagrancy, seemed the main causes. There is no question of lack of em- ployment. Any man that is half a man can get a good job these days and hold it as long as he will deign to work. $525.71 Spent for Rellef. “For the 53 families who received material ald from our funds, $128.72 was expended from the treasurer's fund, $17.21 from the shoe fund, $66.561 from the H. H. Club Babies fund, and $258.72 from Agemnt's Spe- cial funds; $64.66 was organized from outslde sources without our \paying the bills, making a total of $525.71 for relief through the Charity Or- ganization In addition to personal service. “Of late several Charity Organiza- tion societies in the large cities have undertaken to prepare little booklets which are directories of all the phil- anthropic agencies of their cities. ‘While New Britain is not as large, it is true that at least once a day we are called to the telephone to direct people to this or that welfare agency, explain its work and supply names of workers, office hours and telephone numbers. Being in close touch with all agencies makes it possible to give correct answers, and we feel that it may be well to have all this infor- mation arranged with fair accuracy. No attempt has been made to com- pile a minute and exhaustive direc- tory list, but merely to set down in a general way the information most of- ten asked of us. We might go on and on, noting other city departments, church aid socleties, city playground work ,and St.. Mary’s playground, public library, garden and canning committees, and factory welfare work, all of which are decidedly for the public weal. As a matter of courtesy this list is first presented to our di- Tectors. “Respectfully submitted, “ELSIE C. OSBORN, “Agent.” 88 to recognize it in the flelds. There | MADE-IN-CONNECTICUT WAR INTERVIEWS Statements by prominent Connecticut citizens on vital war topics have been secured by the Connecticut State Council of Defense. This newspaper has made arrangements with the Council of Defense to publish these interviews, and they will appear Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD Bridgeport, a member of : H. M. ROBINSON OF BRIDGEPORT the Connect icut State Council of Defense in a for our entry into the war cannot be told in any clearer manner than it was in President Wilson's address to Congress when asked that a state of war be declared to exist with Ger- many. If thers is any American who has not read that address or his an- swer to that question, he owes it to himself and his country to do it.” Why do we raise our army by selec- tive conscription, he was asked, and he said: “We raise our army by se- lective conscription in order that the duties to be performed may be equit- ahly distributed as is but right in a democracy where the duties and priv- ileges are uniform. Sclective conscrip- A member of the Connecticut State Council of Defense. Answers to vital war questions are given by Richard H. M. Robinson of “Made-in-Connecticut War Interview' made public today by the Council. When asked, “Why Are We Fight< ing?" Mr. Robinson said, “The reason | tion consists, as I understand it, of choosing for military duty all those, irrespective of rank and conditions in | | | life, who are within the determined age limit and whose physical fitness Jjustifies their doing such duty. There is no favoritism and all have an equal share in the duties of citizenship.” What serious mistake of Great Brit- ain does our method of raising an army avoid, Mr. Robinson was asked, and he said: “Great Britain, at the outset of the war, relief solely upon voluntary enlistments with the result that a great number of men qualified in peculiar trade$, volunteered for military service, when by the exer- cise of selective conscription, with proper exemption, they would have been' retained at home where their du- ties were more valuable on account of their special qualifications.” In answer to the question, What is the call of the hour to the young men COME TO HARTFORD COME TO SLATER’S Why Slater’s Prices Are ALWAYS LOWEST BACK TO Box Calf and Gun Metal whlte Indta kid, new military heel; very shapely. 'OPEN ALL DAY FRIDAY FOR THIS SALE THE BIG STORE OF Hartford, p Men’s and N Style $5 BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ B and oiris', NEW FALL STYLE Behool Shoes Worth $1.76 nd $2.35 UTS Your Cl Colt Dancing CUT. U.S. Arm Shbes Munson last, scignfifimny to give greater comfort than any other 3- HARTFORD, CONN. We canry the largest assortment of Bovs' and Girls’ Shoes in Connectiys, Vit our Guiren's Dept, and be continced . Police, Fire and constructed heavy the built good or bad weather, excellent Special Custom Shoe Black chrome calf, leather lined, a ¥ Bizes to 11— $1.29 Stzes 11% to 3 4 Springfield, All Marked of America, Mr. Robinson s call of the hour to the you America is to serve the needs: country in suck manner as forward her intsrest in this national emergency. Those Wi special qualifications along lines may well do so by folll those lines, provided iley ‘co to thé military strength of the g try, but those who have not, this includes the greater nu voung men), must serve the ¢o Why must our men be In at the earliest possible momeng | interviewer asked, and Mr. Robi said: “The man power of France] been seriously drained during: last three years and it is.und that without replenishment o other countries such as OUFS, & cause for democracy as represes hy the allies, would be jeopard ol 'COME TO HARTFORD:! HARTFORD SHARP CUT IN PRICES RIGHT AT THE START OF THE SEASON B AND SAVE 1 10 15, In addition to our wonderful Retail and Mail Order Business in Boston we conduct enor- mous Retall Stores in Providence, New York, Worcester, Lawrence, GIVING US SUCH UNSURPASSED VOLUME that our prices are ALWAYS THE LOWEST TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE. We Invite Comparisons At All Times. WHY PAY MORE? SCHOOL SHOE SALE Bridgeport and Young Men’s New Fall Shoes Sturdy and stylish, kid, tan calf or gun metal. Why Pay More? hoice of All $5 Patent Cordo tan, ma- hogany tan and gun metal, last, tan English black or double for wear sole, in gual- Comfort Shapes for Tenier Feet Soft uppers, flexible soles. NOTICE Quick, SkHiful Shoe Repairing “You don’t have to wait long.” Our mew, medern Shoe Repair Dept. now located In our new basement store. center statrway. Lowest prices. vici s@.so (Aen’s $5 ¥ Shoes $3.59