New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1917, Page 2

A BOX OF OUR BEST Is the most accgptable to her of all | eandies. She knows by experience g that they have the most delicious [ flavor of any candies in addition to thalng the purest that can be produced. A pound box oc- ‘aemonan_v will make her happy. or a five pound Place your order early for Xmas. Dickinson Drug Co., 169-171 Main Streel CITYITEMS - Goodness of Aunt Delia’s Bread.— advt. A carnaal will be gien by the Ber- #n Grange at Grange hall Berlin next [Phursday and Friday eenings. Ad- ;‘nlsslnn 10c.—Adct. . | Hazel Egan, Farence Mulvihill and essie Koplowitz were nominated 8sterday by the senior class at the dlgh school for class secretary. The tection-will take place next week. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Smedley, of 8 Bassett street, observed their 30th vedding anniversary at their home st night with an informal reception 0 relatives and friends. To comply with the provision that e city building property must be in- jured for 80 per cent. of its value, the ity Hall commission has voted to lace $60,000 mare insurance on the remises. A two vears' lease was lven to the Gas Light company and new metal celling is to be installed front of the water commissioners’ ;mcp. Mrs. E. F. Gunn of 33 East Main ‘reet is visiting her sister-in-law, frs. I. B. Bliss of Stamford. MSTRIBUTING WAR LITERATURE HERE jate Council of Defense Sends Serfes of Statements for Education of Foreign Speaking People. The State Council of Defense, rough the committee on aliens of ch Stanley H. Holmes of this city hairman and Judge B. F. Gaffney Imember. is about to distribute roughout the state a series of bul- ns on the war. Already these have ien printed in English, Italian, Ger- an and Polish and others will be inted in various tongues. It Is wed that the co-operation of the etories will be secured to distri- ite this literature. The first bulletin contains sugges- s and requirements for enemy s, as outlined in the president’s lamation of war. The second set information for citlzens and lens, as contained in the president’s lamation of April 16, and the ‘d contains suggestions as they fre made in the president's call for -operhtion. The final bulletin deals h ‘“Americans of German Origin d the War.” This includes extracts bm an address before the Mer- ts’ Association of New York by to H. Kahn. In this significant bul- n appears that famous phrase of . Rahn, himself a German born in which he states: know that neither Germany nor country nor the rest of the world return to happiness and peace fruitful labor until it shall have made manifest, bitterly and un- taltably manifest, to the rulers bear the bloodguilt for this wan- h war and to their misinformed and ided peoples that the spirlt jch unchained it cannot prevall, t the hateful doctrines and me- ds in pursuance of which and in pliance with which it is conduot- are rejected with abhorrence by civilized world, and that the over- ning ambitions which it was meant serve can never be achieved. 'The fight for civilization which we fondly belleved had been won ny years ago must be fought over n. In this sacred struggle it is our privilege to take no mean , and our glory to bring sacrifices. EVENTS TONIGHT yceum theater, superior phato- ys. 'ox’s theater, high-class photo- mas. eeney's theater, Ving pictures. vaudeville and ‘ega. society meets in Vega hall. Jr. 0. U. A, A. M. hall, hamberlain council, meets in Jr. O. U. BpX-CONGRESSMAN TO TALK. 'ormer Congressman Thomas L. ly of Meriden will address a ng of St. Mary's Holy Name so- y tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. p former congressman who is like- e a former New Britain boy, will e as hig subject a topic which has h a religlous and patriotic signifi- ce. AMERICA SAVIOR OF BLEEDING FRANCE Ambulance Driver Describes Joy of French Women and Children “The French look -on Americans as the salvation of France.” So writes William H. Buell, who is driving an | ambulance in France to his parents in New Britaip. In the following let- ters he statbs that Colonel Pougin of the French army, personally compli- mented the section he is with for their good work during an attack following which they were allowed to 30 en repos: “Somewhere in France, “September 12, 1917. “Dear Father and Mother:— “I have been rolling all night. Fvervthing is very quiet. Fritz was tired out with his exertions of the last few days, I guess. Colonel Poti- gin personally thanked us for our work during the attack. He came to the camp and shook hands with cach of us. His exact words were: ‘I de- sire particularly to call attention to 8. S. U, No. 1, which evidenced the most remarkable nerve and superb courage in assuring night and day, under very violent bombardment, de- spite gas attacks and the wretcned condition of the roads, the transport of our wounded.’ “Somewhere in France, “‘September 13, i “This morning we received very welcome news that we wou B0 en repos tomorrow. That sure i good as we all need a rest. We w have nothing to do for practically a week. We leave Verdun and go to Bar-le-Duc and after repos we go to Alsince. We travel in our ambulances, twenty-filve cars. We will never find i sector as busy as this has peen. We have been attached to the attacking army ang now as a sort of rel'ef wo will gett easier work.” “Somewhere in France, “September 14, 1917. “Left — and drove to 3 Rained hard all day/and made the driving very unpleasant. When we got to ——— we found a most won- derful banquet awaiting us. The French officers at got it up in appreciation of our work during the attack. It seemed very strange to sit down to a table and be waited on and have a clean plate for every course. At camp- we have one plate for the meal, soup, meat, potatoes, salad and desert; all goes in togeth- er, but we don’t mind that. - “Somewhere in France, “September 15, 1917. “We all had our first bath in four weeks today. That sounds bad but c’est la guerre. We had a bath tub too and didn’t have to go swimming in some cold brook. We left at noon and arrived in &t T o'clock. As we drove down the one street in the village we were greeted by flocks of little children who climbed all over our cars and all over us. Old men and women came to the doors to wave to us and bless us. The French look on Americans as the sal- vation of France. Old women who were so bent they could hardly hobble appeared at the doors to wave to us. It certainly was an impressive sight. When we left our cars and started to walk to the barracks the children crowd:d around. The people would hold each other’s hands and string out across the street. It was comlcal to see us go down the middle of the street with a row of children strung out on each side up to the houses. “It seems to be a peaceful place and there are no cannon booming or shells shrieking. At the front tiere !are no trees, only a few stumps and no vegetation at all; nothing but wreckage, broken wagons, empty shcll cases and dead horses. Here there are leaves on all the trees, srass and flowers in the fields and lots of fruit. “It is a great change and we appre- ciate nature far more after seeing such great devastation. Even the great numbers of children, which at ‘home one would think a nuisance, are a comfort to us. We don’t mind them a bit but are glad to have them around. “Lovingly, UBILL: BIBLES FOR SOLDIERS. Short Dedicatory Service at South church Vespers Tomorrow. In connection with the vespers service at the South Congregational church tomorow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock there will be a short dedi- ocatory service to the soldiers and _saflors of this church who are now either in the army or navy. In con- nection with this service leather bound bibles will be arranged to be sent to the eighty men in the service. With each Bible will be sent a small silk American flag and folders which will contain a message from the pas- tor to the men and extracts from various addressés made by President Wilson and others. Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill will speak at the service on the subject: “Life at Camp Devens.”” While the public is cordlally invited it is especially desirous that relatives and friends of men in the service make an effort to attend. AUTO RACES DOWN HILL. An automobile bearing the license number 60142 became unmanageable while descending Grand street hill this morning and before the driver could again obtain control of the machine it had crashed into.a car standing in front of the Union Laundry on Arch street. No one was injured and but little real damage resulted al- though one car was badly scratched and the mud guards injured. FIRE RISK AT THE | HIGH SCHOOL GREAT Principal L. P. Slade Asks That School Board Take Precautions | | | | | Principal Louis I. Slade of the New Britain High school sent a communica- | tion to the school board at its monthly | session vesterday in which he ex- | plained that the fire risk at the old High schodl building is very great. He recommended four additional fire escapes and also advised the abolish- ment of the present heafing system | and the installation of a new method. | In conclusion the principal explained that to his mind the fire risk at the schoo! is so sreat that he would not feel that he was doing his duty unless | he called the board's attention to con- ditipns. W. L. Hatch admitted that there is considerable fire hazard in the boiler room and agreed that the building should be heated from out- sidd. The communication was referred ! to the committee on finance. H Those present at vesterday's meet- ing were Judge B. }. Gaffney, chair- man, E. O. Kilbourne, M. Pratt, | G. W. Traut, Judge John Walsh, H. | P. Roche, E. C. Goodwin, L. Hoyt Pease, Dr, J. L. Kelly and W. Hatch. Superintendent S. was also present. The report of Mr. Pease for thc finance committee showed the payment of bills amount- | ing to $6,690.75 and other bills of $1,135.16 on which a discount was obtained. { | | New Classes Proposcd. | Mr. Pratt discussed at some length | the night school situation and suggest- | ed that an extra class in machine | work be established as at present there are 38 young men waiting to | be enrolled. He also advised the or- ganization of classes In radio and buzzer signalling work to train young men for this branch of army service. In this connection the commiftee fa- vors classes that will meet for two hours on six nights a week. The gov- ernment demands that each student shall have spent at least 200 hours in preparatory work before he can be ! accepted. It would entail an expense | of $3 per night for an instructor. | Both recommendations were referred to the evening schools and the trade | education committees. i Judge Gaffney stated that at present | the, State Council of Defense urges the co-operation of the manufactur- ers in teaching Fnglish to foreign born peop®~and, the chairman said, | it appeared to him that it is up to the school board to furnish teachers. The | teachers’ committee will take this un- | der advisement. A similar idea ex- plained by Judge Jaffney is to have foreign speaking people, more par- ticularly, the women, to %ttend school in the afternoon. This was also re- ferred to the teachers' committee. To date the expenditures of the school board total $122,168.81. leav- ing a balance of $22,571.19. A new teacher was reported as follows: Charlotte Smith, instructor of history at High school. The following reg- istrations were also reported: Mary Williams, academic High school; Jen- nie Pouzzner, platoon plan at Smalley school; J. K. Gibbons, manual train- ing at prevocational grammar school. A report of L. P. Slade on the Junior Red Cross work at the school was accepted. The report of the tru- ant officer, C. S. Andrews, owed | much acti Since the last meet- ing he has rounded up 24 truants, placed 17 in school and prosecuted 10 | in court. Another request from the | Armenians that they be permitted to | use a room in the Burritt school w: refused. Tt was also asreed to per- mit the school children to sell Red Cross seals at Xmas. Contracts were awarded as follows: To the John A. Andrews company for furniture at the Elihu Burritt school, $672.75; window shades and fixtures ' to the same firm, $625; to B. . Por- ter Sons for furniture, $2,598. Tt is | expected that this school will be ready | for occupancy about January 1, or| shortly thereafter. At present the plastering is complete but the heating appliances have not yet been 1in- stalled. Sunshine Society. Itave you had @ kindness showni Fass it on. "Twuas not meani for you alons. Pass it on. Let {i travel down the years, Let 1t wipe other’s tear: Tili in Heaven the deed appears. Fass it on. Motto—Good cheer, Tlower—Coreopsis. Colors—Gold and white Flowers were sent out to six fam- ilies and calls made to the number of 20 since the last meeting. 5 air jcushions and 6 pairs crutches are idle at the present time. 82 oranges were sent to the hospi- tal during the last few weeks, From the Lavette supplies 17 gar- ments were given out. A cordial invitation was extended to the local members and their friends to attend the opening day of the rest room just opened by the Hartford branch of the Sunshine Society. Tt | is open daily from 2 until 5:30, Room 93, Brown Thompson Building. We were honored in having as our guest State President Mrs. Saunders of New Haven, who gave many sug- gestions for our mutual enlargement Tea in charge of the social commit> tee was served and adjournment made at pleasure. SOCTAL WORK IN Herald Man at Ayer Approves of 10.—Learning from Mr. P. F. King, who was a visitor at camp last Sun- day, launched Knights of Columbus and the Y. M. | G what these organizations are doing| for the boys at Camp Devens. these organizations are the only social camp. them filled with soldiers—some play- ing games, ting on a strel others classes. latest magazines, newspapers 6f many cities near here and a fine library. is not necessary that you stay in the | huts to take them ta your barracks and re- turn them in a certain length of time. | Many of the men in the camp can- | not speak English and it is in these huts Others | mathematics, THE DERBY The proper hat to wear with the winter overcoat. Many men do not realize the importance of the winter derby. No man should be without one for “semi-dress up” occasions. We sell derbies from the world’s best hatters. KNOX DERBIES From Fifth Ave. HENRY HEATH DERBIES From London, Come here for the right kind of Derbies. HORSFALL VELOUR HATS More popular than ever—in black, brown and green, $5, $7, $8, $10. Torstullxs IT PAYS TO BUY 08-90 ASYLUM ST. a.m..‘.",:“. 3k" -Baufi.'.u._o,_ P HARTFORD HANKSGIVING OFFERINGS A remarkable selection of the very best makes in SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS and CHINA at last year’s prices, you will be surprised how far your dollar will go in our store. j Our Victrola Department is complete in every respect, all the latest models, from $20.00 up, at very convenient terms. A SUGGESTION: Reserve your VICTROLA early, and you will not be dis- appointed, many were last year. Step in and Wenry Morans, ‘ewelr 321 Main St., New Britain, Conn. From New Britain Patriots Enlisted in the Nation’s Service. Name Agels . e Address ....... e ship that one gets. Boys from Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, : Massachusetts, Rhode Island-and Con- necticut all thrown in together and | all just like brothers, After cur day’s work is finished we can go nowhere at the camp for so- cial pleasure except these huts and so naturally we crave for a little enter- tainment or amusepent. These organizations arrange a pro- gram for every night in the week. Wo have moving pictures and vaudeville and prominent men of all walks of life address us. Rabbi Wise, ‘of New York, gave a talk in Y. M. C. A. No. 25, which is the nearest hut to the Machine Gun Battalion, and many New Britain boys were among his audience. It is evident from the zest and earnestness with which the rabbi appealed to his listeners that all of Uncle Sam’s fighters are not in khaki. If you get this picture adequately before you, you will recognize the dire need—the vital need—for this work. Let me also mention that these huts also have a ladies’ recep- tion room, and it is here that we bring our mothers and sisters while visiting us, The Red Cross nurses us through sickness and these organizations are taking care of us while we are well, and are certainly keeping the home fires burning. They bave large signs all over the walls, “Don’t forget ta write home." Every person who contributes to that fund is a real patriot. He is buying a ‘“gilt-edge investment” that will return principal with hundred- fold interest. If vou will draw a picture of a raw conscript, thrust into a strange new life, surrounded by men with whom he may have nothing in cammon, you will realize the great need for this work Parents’ Name . When Enlisted . CAMP IS ENDORSED In Armjv or Navy . In What Branch .. Recreation Center Campaign ~ Nearest of Kin ar ~o parents) S (Fill This Out and Return to Editor of The Herald.) (T (By Herald Correspondent.) Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., Nov. _—slhm e e e m m e Y. W. C. A. NOTES. | Activities at the Y. W. C. A. for this week include the organizing of a life-savng class, which has started on Saturday afternoons at 3 o'clock. Anyone swimming two = different strokes is eligible to enter the class. Members may enroll in the class free. Life-saving is an interesting and. im- portant branch of the art of swim- ming. Join the class now and some day the enlistment in the class will | be benficial to yau. | Frigay, November 29, at 3 p. m,, a swimming exhibition will be given; | another swimming exhibition will be The harvest party is for the older given on Saturday evening. The pro- ! girls only. The girls under fifteen gram whch has been arranged con- |enjoyed a Hallowe'en party last week. sists mainly of fancy diving, swim-| The Sunday vesper services this ming stunts, life-saving and races. | vear have changed to some extent, in An opportunity will also be given at | that only one big vesper service will this time to the children to display ' be given each month. On the other their ability while in the water. | Sundays of the month there will be Tickets for the affair will be on sale ; informal gatherings for singing, sto- in a few davs. The proceeds from | ries, tea and the enjoying of the log both events, it is hoped, will be suf- | in the fireplace. As the building is ficient to purchase a new diving- open all day Sunda board with dropjiingatian A harvest party, the first member- ship party of the season, will be glven for members of the association next Wednesday evening, November 14, at 8 o’clock. Those who wish may come dressed as farmer lads and las- sies, sa as to enter more whole heart- edly into the program which has been' arranged for’ the evening. Those who do not feel inclined to dress up are assured as good a time as those who do dress up. The “Um-Ha-Ha Fam- ily” will be present to do its share in providing a good laugh for relaxa- tion. ) that a in campaign is being New Britain for the ., thought I wauld write you of ‘We soldiers call the buildings of “huts” and they centers of the Every evening you will find some singing, some put- little vaudeville or min- some writing home and the educational i show, i also find all the | | attending You will It read these books; you may that they are being taught. are brushing up in French, shorthand, writing and ] The Connecticut Oyster Is Not Mum | strips even the fame of the Connecti- cut oyster. 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