New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1917, Page 6

“Britai ald ritain Herald. D PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. 8 dstly (Rundey ted) at 4:18 p. m., Herald Builaing, 7 Church St @ at tie Post Office at New Britain B Becond Class Mail Matter. iTed By carrier to any part of the city 18 cents a wkek, 65 cents a month. < to be aent by mali, §0 cents a month, Jonly profitable advertising medium 1 he~'city. * Circulation books and pres alwavas open to advertisers. d will be found on sale at Hota '» News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad New York City: Board Walk, A% and Hartford Depot- TELEPHONE CALLS. of The Associated Press. | The Associated Press is exclu- ly entitled to the use for re- jablication of all news credited it or not otherwise credited in his paper and also the local news iblished herein. MY FLAG. | My flag? Yes, mine by the right of son- jhip of one who placed upon the r of his country the strength 4 vigor of hig young manhood, jnd fought to perpetuate the lorious principles for which it nds! Mine by the right of holy de- otlon taught and instilled into ny youthful heart by a patriotic nother! | Mine by the right of birth and tizenship of the greatest Repub- on the face of God's earth! ine by the right of heritage; celess legacy to be handed n to my children and chil- y children! [ Mine by the sacrificial blood of illion patriots! ine! Mine! Mine! —WILL P. SNYDER. i & DO IT TODAY. Phree separate contingents have y been sent from New Britain Camp Devens at Ayer, Mass., for lining in the new National Army. a little while the entire quota Jo . this city will be in quarters re. Before that event takes place re shbuld be a complete record of the names on the roster of the oy and navy and the national ard. These names are not avail- le for the city records and will not unless the people of New Britain ish the task started some time ago. fore the snow flies this honor roll buld be completed. Send in a name fay. 'MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. There is no famine in the United lates, nor will there be during the xt twelvesmonth. On the contrary e latest crop reports show an amaz- abundance of good things for the ble. The foodstuffs of the nation ed only a mild and gentle helping om the consumers. That s, with- ht a terrible waste of materials there ]l be enough to go around. Corn, oats, rye, barley, wheat, pota- s,—count 'em. There are six sta- s that the race cannot very well along without. And we have NEW RRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDA ‘ - which God. that we have much for must be thankful. Thank THE DOOR IS OPEN. When the Selective Service law was first a¥vocated in Congress it was said that an army under its prin- ciples would be the most democratic raised army any nation’ in the world ever realized. So it will be. Although the new Natidnal is in no sense completed, a perusal of names alveady selected will show the demo- cratic nature of any quota from any There are(sons them- Army close { town in the country. of millionaires, miliilionaires sons of artists, ordinary workmen, clerks, selves, workmen, business- men, and men from every station and walk of life. This is democracy, and they are all side hy side' in the new National Army Entered opportunities. vates, all have the There will be no favorites played. The War De- | partment has now announced that the thousand selected commissions will, for the most part, come from the ranks of this new army. The Plattsburg camps of the future will be visited not by men solely from civil life, but by men who have been drafted and who have learned the rudiments of modern war- fare at such cantonments as Ayer, Mass., and its kindred cargping places throughout the United States. Be- fore this war is over the country will need almost 200,000 new officers to drill the four or five million men called to the ranks. Here thea is en- couragement for all those young men who have been called to service un- der the of the Selective Draft. Any man who goes away to en- campment now and grumbles because he has been called to service under the colors is foolish. There is as much, if not more, opportunity to be- come un officer in the army by going as a drafted man than there was be- fore this law went into effect. In truth, the opportunities are greater now than they ever were. The Pro- vost Marshal has been in consulta- tion with the General Staff and after the last conference it became known that the members of the National Army will be given the right of way over all others, except the regular army men, when it comes to choosing new officers. This is encouraging to the boys, for there were many who belleve that the drafted men would never have a chance to get commis- sions. The door is open than as p same | next twenty men for workings wider ever. BAD RUBBISH. Senators James A. Reed and William A. Stone, of Missouri, known respec- tively as the Hon. Jim Reed and “Gum-shoe Bill” are now beginning to feel the mailed fist of the constitwency back home. The Democrats of ‘“ole Missouri” have called a convention for the purpose of formally denouncing these two gentlemen of the Upper House. After that has been done the two gallant warriors against popular measures of the day will be asked to hand in their resignations. “Jim" Reed and “Gum-shoe Bill” Stone should go. They have proven themselves unfit to occupy | exalted stations in the United States Senate when the nation at war. They should step down and give their places to men who are in sympathy with the fundamental principles of the nation, who are willing and worthy to advance the causes of Democracy, who are re- is em in plenty,—all except the wheat. hat is the only slacker crop report- so far. The corn is fine. There plenty of it, and more coming. ats,—well, they have not taken a nal count as yet, but this year's crop going to surpass last year’s crop several million bushels. Rye,—it \the same story. We will have ough to make rye bread for all the ermans in the world; but we are not bing to give any to the Germans. Ve are going to keep it expressly for lhose who are fighting the battle of lemocracy against the champions of utocracy. And barley,—Uncle Sam s pleased. He 'is more than pleased vith the barley crop, for it is one of he finest that ever came out of the round. And more power to it. As or the potatoes, ecveryone in the Jnited States knows that potatoes ust have to grow big and great this ear. For, look who planted them. very man who could get hold of a ake or a hoe or a spade and a shovel whatever implements that were eeded went out and planted potatoes. fPhe result is, superabundance. Po- toes, potatoes, potatoes! They are the champions of the lot. ‘We then have to apologize for only lone crop,—wheat. With all the other good hand, however, we have little cause for complaint. What, we lost in wheat can be made up in eorn. It is not essential that all our bread be made of wheat. We now take a hand at corn bread,—and where is there anything better than corn bread and its numerous hand- maidens, lke? things at can Nowhere. 8o, looking such as pone-cake and the over the crop report of the United States | po1o sponsive to the will of the peaple. Connecticut, by the grace of God, is spared the humility of having such men as representatives, or, misrepre- sentatives. Our two Senators stand for the sturdy and stalwart ambitions of a free people. While the nation should rejoice in the action of Missouri Demacrats in calling for the resignation of “Jim” and “Gum-shoe Bill,” it must regret that Wisconsin Republicans have not as yet taken steps toward the official beheeading of Senator Robert Marion LaFollette. He too has been remiss in his duty. chief opponent of everything that had the recommendation of the Adminis- tration and the backing of the people. There are others, of course, #vho might be sent out of the Senate With the two Missouri Senators: but “Bab” La- Folette should go along wWith the first allotment. To do away with this ignoble triumverate would indeed be good riddance to bad rubbish. Wanted a Studios Air. A cerfain widely known character of the Rialto appeared on Broadway the other day hearing a huge pair of tortoise shell glasses athwart his nose “Didn't know vou wore glasses.” a friend told him in surprise. T never have,” he answered, “‘but 1 think they “But don't persisted the was the response. ‘an see as well as ever when 1 100k over the rims.”’—ExXchange. 3 i Too Honest. (Buffalo News). “He's altogether too honest. i'm through with him.” “Too honest, Ma- “Yes, He wouldn't even steal Government for this month, it is seen { a kiss.” In fact, he has been the| FACTS AND FANCIES. Mike (during dinner hour discus- sion.)—"The foreman, be jabbers! An’ phwat is he? He's a dirty scoundrel, an’ that's all that can be said in his favor!”—Passing Show. The man on the corner says: It makes little difference what the size of the family Is there are always enough mosquitoes to go around— Norwich Bulletin. Sixty-one automobile fatalities on New York streets in a month! Air- craft raids on London are less mur- derous than the careless man with a | car—New York Sun. | The war tax bill should have been equipped with an amendment increas- ing the salaries of senators and rep- resentatives.—Boston Transcript. King Corn is on the home stretch now, and the race between the mon- arch and Jack Frost for the next fow days will be watched with in- tense concern by a hungry world.— Omaha Bee. “Arthur, dear, did you say you were in the stock market?” es, on a margin.” Oh, that's different. I was afraid yow'd got excited and plunged all the | way in.”—Boston Transcript. | —N. SEPTEMBER 13, 1917. | NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE ] | l | | Camp Fires in the Yukon, Auer. “Day-by-day record kept by a big game enthusiast on a summer hunt- ing trip in the Yukon. breezy, humorous way, and full of just the sort of definite information on equipment, the game, the country, which hunters and many others will enjoy."—A. L. A. Booklist. . e Life of Algeron Charles Swinburne, by E. W. Gosee. “A discriminating and worthy bi- ography of a great poet, and might truthfully be described, without ir- by H. A, | Athenaeum. “One of the most interesting vol- umes of biography to come from the { presses in a long time.— R ! Life of H. D. Thoreau, by F. B. San- born. “No one else could have done the work in just the easy, familiar and reminiscent manner that marks it, and that gives it a peculiar value.” Y. Times. .. The Great War. - Some milk dealers are talking | about 20 cents a quart for milk. Nat- | urally they are encowraged by what | they've got away with thus far.— | Albany Journal. I it be true, as the Germans claim, that the food scarcity has bettered them physicrlly and mentally, it is most earnestly to be hoped that the food scarcily will continue until the mental improvement Is complete.— Springfield Union. In the Service. You're in your country’s service nows; The flag you live for seems A symbol new, each star, each stripe With added luster gleams; And only you can know the thrill, Can feel the heart's red lame, Far you have sworn to serve her true And keep her folds from shame. You're in vour country's service now; What better place to beQ You stand with men who dare to go And fight for liberty And honor—yes, ’tis great to live, And greater still to dle! For noble are the hearts that hear The voice af freedom cry. You're in your country’s service now; On you she looks with pride; And in your loyalty she trusts The 'stormy waves to ride. Strong men are you with spirits brave, The courage ai the will 'That ever leads to victory, The crown of heraes still. You're in your country’s service now; March on! The bugles blow! A nation’s blessing take with you, And know, where'er vou go, America is you—yes, you!— Her consecrated might That's pledged to make the secure For justice, peace and right. —Frederick A. Earle, in the Newark News. world Meant It For Him. He was fond of playing jokes on his wife, and this time he thought he had a winner. , “My dear,” he saif, as they sat at | supper, “I just heard such.a sad story of a young girl today. They thought she was going blind, and so a surgeon operated on her, and found’" “Yes lessly. “That she’d got a young man in her eye!” ended the husband with a chuckle. For a moment there was silence. Then the lady remarked slowly: “Well, it would all depend on what sort of a man it was. Some of them she could have seen through easily enough.”—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele- graph. gasped the wife breath- The Gay Decelver. (From the Kansas City Star. The blond and beauteous goldenrod Is but a deft deceiver: The gay grass widow of the dells, That gives\us all hay fever. Mr. Ford and Taxes. New York World). “I am in favor of a 95 per cent. tax on all excess war profts,” Henry Ford. If Uncle Sam would let Henry Ford run this war he'd make money on it. A New Excuse. (Detrolt Free Pass.) “What, going fishing? war time, too?” “Well, I've got to do something to help out the food problem, haven't 12" During An Honest Dollar. (Judge) Judge—It seems to me that you're a good-for-nothing rogue. Have you ever earned a dollar in your life? Prisoner—Yes, your honor; I voted for ver once. ‘What We May Come To. \ (Boston Transcript.) ‘Waiter—What will vou have sir? Diner—Oh, brirng me an assortment of protiens, fats and carbohydrates— 1 leave it to you, Henry—say about eight hundred calories. When He Sticks. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) “That fellow Binks is a shiftless cuss, isn’t he?” said Smith. “He certainly i agreed Jones. *About the only thing he sticks to is the enq =eat in an open street car.’ It Might Halp Some. (Chicago Herald). Why not have a treasonzble day, as well as a meatless day, on which a number of well known pro-German publications will not publish? says | England and the War, by Andre Che- vrillon. “Articles translated from the Revue de Paris about England’'s ecffort and life in the first yvear of the war.” e Torks of the Road, by Washing- ton Gladden. “A wise and noble essay which will arrest the thought of those who, from their comfortable 1913 belief | that war 18 practically of the past, have swung to the more intelligent but more dangerous 1916 opinion that war is an inevitable fact in human life.”—Independent. « v e Harvard Volunteers in Burope; Per- military, ambulance pital Service, Howe. and hos- by M. A. DeWolfe Journal of Small Things, by Mackay. “Clear sketches of people in Paris, of hospital experiences, of the con- trasts between the days before the war, and now, giving one a poignant sense of intimate realities not to be gained by more detailed and elabo- rate descriptions. Through them all shines the spirit of France.”—A. L. A. Booklist. Helen .. Kelly of the Foreign Legion, Letters of a Leglonnaire to Which Is Added An Historical Sketch of the Foreign Leglon, by Russell A. Kelly. ... Letters, by A. G. Heath. Letters from the trenches by young Oxford man. .. a . Letters From a French Hospital. Told in a | reverence, as an {llustrious oddity.”— ! N. Y. Times. | Life of James J. Hill, by J. G. Pyjo. | e sonal Records of Experience in ! | Retreat From Mons. ! 5 | Soldier of France to His Mother. A . Towards the Goal, by Mrs. Humph- rey. “In a sense a sequel to her “Eng- land’s effort.” No other writer could describe England’s effort with such knowledse, power and interest. Mrs. ‘Ward writs nobly on a noble theme.” —Theodore Roosevelt. 4 x Fiction. Domllnle Dean, a novel, by E. P. But- er. . » Bracelet of Garnets, and other stories, by A. I. Kuprin. “Brilliant little studies in charac- | ter 0; atmosphere some compressed into half a dozen pages.”’—Spring- field Republican. S e . .. .. Country Chronicle, by Grant- Show- erman. “Intimate sketches of the author's { own childhood in his country home in | the middle west. His family, his school companions, and the odd vil- lage characters are cleverly drawn, and we witness among other events, an old-fashioned Thanksgiving, a temperance lecture, a “boiling down.” and a real old-fashioned country dance.” 5 .. | Eternal Husband .and Otser Stories, by F. M. Dostoevskii. .. Salt of the Earth, by | sidgwick. | “A study of German character be- jfore and at the beginning of the war | by an English novelist of German | parentage. Her ‘Home life In Ger- " many’ published in 1908 is an excep- i tionally entertaining book. | e Mrs. Alfred | Tyranny of Weakness, by C. N. Buck. “ s | Whistling Mother, by Grace H mond. Rich- “How one mother sent her son to war.” _Library War Service, Bulletin 4. Don't forget to look over your !shelves for books for our soldigrs. , They are “many men of many minds” 'so that any book or recent magazine jwhich 1s in good condition is suitable. {Don’t forget that they are men. Lit- ! erature for housewives, young moth- "ers and maiden aunts is not needed. Books and perlodicals obviously un- suitable for the army and which can Inot be disposed of in any better way { will be sold for a reincarnation at the paper mill and the money used for war ltbrary work. | Books of good literature, especially poetry, are in request. Our first lot of 190v. was pro- nounced a very good collection by the ,Book Collection center expert. They ! were all stamped “From New Britain {Ct”" on a fly leat and did credit to the city. k i City Items Rosebens Fall Caps.—advt. ‘White Rose Camp will hold its reg- ular meeting in Electric hall-tonight. St. Mary’'s Ladies’ T. A. B. society will hold a regular meeting tonight at 8 o’clock in school hall. ThLere will be a rehearsal this eve- ning of St. John the Evangelist cholir at 7:30 p. m. in the church, Work on the Clayton bridge, which has blocked the automobile traffic to i Hartford, has been completed. There will be a regular meeting of Pride Circle, No. 10, Lady Foresters of America this evening at 8 o’'cloock in Judd’s hall. An outing of Company M of the Home Guard will be held Sept. 22, at Scheutzen Park. A rifle shoot and clambake will be the features. The first subscription dance of the year will be held Friday evening, Sep- tember 21 at Booth's hall, under the auspices of the office force of the Union Mfg. Co. Sealer of Weights and Measures Carlson has notified local bakers con- cerning proper markers for bread, and those failing to comply with the law will be prosecuted. The Hartford police report that a man has been arrested in that city named John Frenzy, who gave his ad- dress as New York city, for stealing a bicycle in New Britain. A fire in a closet at 16 Silver street brought the members of the fire de- partment to the scene last evening at 6:30 o’clock. The blaze was extin- guished with but nominal damage. In celebration of the completion of ! alterations at the Norden Bungalow at the foot of Arch street, Norden Lodge, I. O. G. T., will hold a festival and supper Sunday. Grand Chieftain | Joseph Landquist and members of the executive board have been Invited to attend and arrangements are being made for a big celebration. At a meeting of the City Guard | which is scheduled for Tuesday eve- ning, September 18, it is expected that some action will be taken Because of the depletion of both organizations it is thought that such a move will be advisable and probably will be carried out. Up to date the Cty Guard has lost 60 men through enlistments and the Home Guard has also lost in proportion. in the ranks AUTO EDITOR DEAD. New York, Sept. 13.—Arthur Asa | Hill, for many vears editor of The also of the Blacksmith and Wheel- | wright, died at his home here today, aged 64. Mr. Hill was.a native of and edited the Haverhill Mass. | ette, and later the North Adams Ma Evening Herald. Mr. Hill was one of the original members of the New York Press club, toward | amalgamating with the Home Guard. | Automobile Dealer and Repairer and | Sandwich, Mass., and formerly owned | BRITISH TMPORTS INCREASED. London, Sept. 13.—British board of trade figures for August show a re- markable increase in imports of 24,- 475,000 pounds, about 10,000,000 pounds being in food, $5,000,000 pounds in raw materials and 5,000,- 000 in manufactured articles. Exports increased 2,088,000. Knocking Out Goliath. (Philadelphia Tvening Ledger.) Goliath had the goods, but David had the slingshot. The kaiser could hurl projectiles further than any com- petitor in Europe. He had the goods with which to begin the war. But in the days of his preparation the kaiser did not consider that a David was shooting ideas into c¢rude American youths in the historic shades of Princeton, and doing it with such dex- terity that he was becoming a past master in the art of putting light in dark places and making truth recog- nizable even by those who refused to recognize it at all. Mr. Wilson has shot sentences into the German psychosis that. in the re- sults to be achieved make 42 centi- metre shells look like spitballg. Let Him Die. (Everybody's Magazine.) With fear and trembling he ap- proached the doctor. “I know there’s something wrong with my heart, doc- tor. I have a feeling that I'm not go- ing to live very long.” “Nonsense! Give up smoking.” “Never smoked in my life, doctor.” “Well, stop drinking.” “I am a total abstainer from alco- holic drink.” “Well, try going to bed earlier; get more sleep.” “I'm always in bed by nine o’clock.” “Oh, well, all I can say is, my dear sir, that I think you had better let nature take its course. Your're alto- gether too good or this world.” Hibernation. In the state known as “hibernation” j respiration practically ceases. Diges- | tion seems to follow respiration, and the waste of tissue is reduced to the smallest possible limit, the circulation in the meantime being only jut suffi- cient to sustain life. It has been ascer- tained that animals can endure the { loss of tissue until it amounts to 40 per cent af their normal weight. Should the weight be reduced beyond | that limit the result is death. It is the stored up fat within the body of the hibernating creatures that sustains them during the many months of cdld Wweather. But They Had ’Em! {Kansas City Journal.) “Didn’t those old Romans icok dis- | tinguished in their togas?” “Yes, but I can’t figure how they got along without pins.” The Father’s View. (Detroit Free Press.) ““It must be awful <o have a boy go to war.” "“Yes,” replied the father, “but it must be ten times worse to have a boy who should go, but doesn-t. HOME READ FOR CITIZE ING COURSE N SOLDIERS Thirty daily lessons offered to men selected for service in Na- tional Army as practical help in getting started in the right way. .No, attempt is made to give binding rules or directions, the course be- ing informal in tone. These lessons are issued by the War Depart- ment which reserves right to reprint. LESSON NO. 27 THE SPIRIT OF THE SERVICE. (Preceding Lessons: 1. Your Post of Honor. 2. Making Good As a Sol- dier. 3. Nine Soldierly Quulities. 4. Getting Ready For Camp. 6. First Days in Camp. in Camp. 7. Your Health. Marching and Care - of Feet. Your Equipment and Arms. Recreation in Camp. 11. the Game. 12. Teamwork in Army.” 13. Grouping Men Teams. 14. The Team Leaders. 15. Fighting Arms of the Service. 16. Staff Branches of the Service—I. 17 8. 10. Playing | DOING HIS BIT 6. Cleauliness 9. , the ' Into ! Staff Branches of the Service—II ! 18. Army Insignia. System of Training. 20. Close Or- der Drill. 21. Extended Order Drill. 22. Guard Duty. 28. Getting Ahead in the Army. 24. Army Courtesy. 25. Discipline and Re- spect for the Colors. tional Traditions.) The spirit that dominated the Am- erican Armies at Bunker Hill, New Orleans, Buena Vista, and Bantiago will just as surely dom- inate the National Av:-- on the bat- tlefields of Europe. This spirit is a compound. It is made up in part of democratic feel- ing, in part of respect and love for the Nation, and in part of American- ¢ ism. The United States Army has always been and will always remain a dem- ocratic Army. Every man in the Army is made to feel that his brains and his individuality count for something. Tt is not merely a big, soulless ma- chine that moves with mechanical precision. It is a ‘team”. Each man in the team is presumed to be intel- ligent and self-reliant. Democracy in the Army. Of course there can be no team- work without regularity and strict discipline. This is equally true of a football or baseball team. There must also be various ranks and degrees of authority. And sometimes this neces- sary organization and close regulation créates an impression that the Army is not democratic. But the fact of the case is that American soldiers accept the reason: able disciuline of the Army readily because they have the good sense to realize that these things are neces- sary. They accept them without los- ing in the least their real independ- 'ence as free citizens. Furthermore, American armies are democratic because the path of pro- motion is wide open. Any man who has a reasonable amount of ability can pracitce, can study, can cultivate | the qualities of a soldier and a leader, | and can work his way up. And this is the real test of a democrtic army. In a special sense the National Army is democrtic. A great democ- racy must always carry on its affairs through chosen representatives. You are doubtless familiar with this prin- ciple as it is applied in time of peace. Now it is applied in time of war. Through a process of fair selection the National Army has been picked to represent all parts of the country and all groups of the people. Never has America sent forth an army so truly representative of the Nation. There are always pessimists in every generation who insist that pa- triotism is dead or at least decaying. They hve not been lacking in recent years. The comes a crisis such as now confronts us. And always the questio of patriotism is answered by a free outpouring of effort, money, and blood on the part of citizens of all types jn every section of the coun- try. This is exactly what is now go- ing on—and what will continue to go on with increasing force until the war 1s brought to a victorious ed. Everybody Must Help. Every citizen of the United States now has or will have certain duties to perform, certain sacrifices to make. The burden does not rest wholly upen you and other men who take up arms. It rests in part also upon the men and women who stay behind. For mod- ern war on a big scale demands that the whole Nation, in a sense, should go to war. The tasks required of some may be harder than the tasks required of others, but all of them are necessary in order to make sure of the result. Many manuvfacturers and workers —-often women as well as men—must give up their own work and plans in order to produce war supplies. Those who remain where they now are— because they are engaged in war as in peace, such as farming, mining, running railroads, and the like— must go at their work with redoubled energy and without expecting profits for themselves; it would be a great mistake if everyone were taken away from these necessary lineg of effort in ordr to join the colors as a soldier. All must carry a heavy burden of taxation. Certain men—among whom you are one—have been or will be chos- en as representatives of the Nation to defend our rights and safety on the battlefleld. You and your fellow soldiers are selected from the young men of the country who are best fitted for military service. This process of organizing whole Nation for war can not, of course, be completed in a day. But it is steadily going on. It will neces- sarily go on until the end of the war. You will have back of you and sup- porting you the whole country all its people and all its wealth. Congress the | spoke the will of the Nation in the declaration of war: “To bring the conflict to a successful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged.” The Post of Highest Honor. The patriotic spirit which moves the whole country will find its highest 268. Some Na- | Gettysburg, 19. The Army | L. F. GODDARD. i Another of Uncle Sam’s jackies wha is helping to conquer the mad dogs of the sea is pictured above. He is L. F. Gaddard, son of Frank A. Goddard of 437 West Main street. At present young Goddard is stationed on the U. 8. 8 Virginia. After graduating from Gramnifr school in 1909 he went to the New Britain High schgol for one year and from there directly into the navy. Fraternally he is a member of the Redmen, L. D. Penfleld Camp, Sons of Veterans, and Junior Mechanics. expression in its soldiers—the men who are assigned to the post of dan. ger and of honor. They will go all th! more willingly since they know that behind them the whole Nation is or- ganizing for the national service. Their spirit will be one of patriotic devotion fully as intense as that of American armies in previous wars. The spirit of democracy and of pa- triotism is to be found also in the a¥- mies of other nations fighting aginst German aggression. In addition the National Army will have its own spir- it of Americanism. It will have Am- erican enthusiasm, good humor, fair- ness even to the enemy, and self- confidence. It will go at jts work not half-heartedly but with a vim. If there are temporary setbacks it will accept them and keep on ‘“plugging®. These are some of the American tra- ditions that will enter into the spirit of the National Army. Fighting in that spirit and with the full strength of the country to back it up, the United States Army can not fail to achieve its objects. ‘“‘Once more we shall make good with our lives and fortunes the great faith to which we were born, and a new glory shall shine in the face of our peo-' ple.” CONSOLATION. A Former New Britain Priest’s Detter to a Girl Whose Brother Has Gone To Fight for the U. S. A. Many in this city remember the Rev. Father George J. Donahue who not long ago was curate at St. Mary's church. The New York Sun of re- cent date printed an extraordinary letter from Father Donahue to a young girl of his parish. Miss Mary J. Newman, of Hartford, had written for comfort and counsel after her brother had gone to the front. The response of the priest is subjoined+— Shelton, Conn., Aug. 81. My Dear Mary: Our Catholic girls, by the grace of God, are usually so brave as well as good that I dread to guide them., Their superiority makes me a nervous dispenser of counsel. To discover one in aspassing distress sim- ply accentuates my timiditles and multiplies my fears. Your letter is but one more contri- bution to a literature that is born in times that are full of strife. It makes clear how far reaching is the horizon and how broad is the sky that encom-~ passes the victims of war. It is ob- vious, however, that all the soldiers are not in the trenches and that soma of the rarest ‘“heroes” wear bhrailled hair and dwell in lingerie. Battle- fields may be geographically located, but sacrificlally all of them have their roots struck In countless homes whose charity has been stabbed by the departure of a ron or brother - to the front. The thin line of battle consists not merely of brave boys clad in kheki but of the red courage,in the heart, tears on: pallid cheeks and prayers on fervent lips of gentle mothers and Sisters at home. In other words, Mary, you have been drafted. Meet each day with & burning prayer, face bravely the duties of the hour, and leave all elses to God. Whatever may be hidden in the folds of the future, you may Jbe certain that Tom will do honor to the drab colors of the American soldiery, and on the morrow, whether we look. for him in the dull gray shadows of defeat or see him in the dull gray shadows of defeat oy see him'come forth smiling in the white light that is born of victory, you may again be certain that your brothgr will have been faithful to his' God. All of which is a splendid benediction, and therefore fllled with consolationse Sincerely, J. DONAHUE. Peace is all dressed up and no place to go.—Bridgeport Telegram.,- °.