New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1917, Page 6

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Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of habeas corpus, and trial by jurles impar- tlally selected—these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and ded our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. —THOMAS JEFFBRSON. “OVER THE TOP.” Phey asked New Britain to give $65,000 for our soldlers fighting the battle of democracy, and New Brit- ain gave $70,878. The campaign com- | mittees of the Y. M. C. A. and the Knights of Columbus met with suc- pess at every turn. Even now those figures may be augmented, for the house-to-house canvass conducted by the XK. of C. has not been a complete one. There are those who belleve a tew days more should be allowed for this work. Whether the time is ex- tended makes little difference so far as success goes. The objective point has been reached, and passed. Go- Ing out for $65,000 and bringing back more than $70,000 is no sign of fail- are. It is success with a capital S. In terms of the war it is what may be called going “over the top.” “ON THE JOB.” s Mfews an observer than Lord Northelifte, atter spending five months " watching war work In this country, believes tho United States, in Its short six months of active campaign- ing, has already outstripped England. That 1s, so far as work behind the lines is concerned. No sooner had he set foot on British soil than he took the English .government to. task, and even foretold a complete taking over of war menagement by the United States unless Great Britain puts new life into the work. Without quite agreeing with everything the Eng- lishman says it is cheering to note that things in this country are not so bad as they are painted by our own “leading lights.” We have some orators and writers who have gone up and down the land banging and slamming and even maliciously mis- representing the administration. Yet, 2 hurried glance over the situation should suffice to prove that America Is “on the job.” From the moment war was declared, to this time, every- thing that could be done has been dane. There Wwere mistakes, of course; that is natural. Yet, we have seen the Selective Service Law go into effect; we have seen the trans- formation of our young men from civillan life to the military; we have seen Liberty Loans launched and suc- cessfully floated; we have seen Red Cross work financed and made a part of the national life. These and divers other things shaw where this nation stands, and the American way of do- ing things. Little time has been lost. LESS BREAD. Wheat bread is rapldly giving way to war bread in this land, and as the long winter days get a better grip on mankind and folk have more time in which to think things over there will be even greater saving in the future than there has been in the past. Before this war began the United States of America sent approximately elght per cent. of its flour supply to European countries. Now, with the war running at full speed ahead we are sending twenty per cent of this supply, with the possibility that even one-fourth of the entire supply may reach foreign shores. Our Amer- ican troops abroad must be taken care of, and their fighting in other armies cannot be allowed to go hungry. The average man who enters a res- taurant and sees a plate piled high with choice wheatbread cannot imag- ine any reason why he should not eat as many of those slices as he sees fit. ‘What does the saving of one or two comrades slices of bread mean to him? He fig- ures that if he does save them some other fellow will come along and car- Ty on the work of destruction. Any- W he has paid for this bread. | Therefore he is entitled to use it. That is the husiness seénse of the plan. We have reached the state where business and patriotism must mold into the same thing with patriotism playing the entire role. It might be business to consume the food- stuffs hought in a restaurant. It is patriotic to curtail of these supplies and save so that the men in the trenches may not go hungry. Ex- perts have figured that each and every man and woman in this coun- try consumes about five pounds of wheat-bread one week. That is too much. There must be a saving of one pound of this foodstuff. If four pounds are consumed where now five pounds are needed the United States wiil have little if any difficul- ty in sending the desired amount of flour to the Allied countries. In order to effect this saving the men and women of the Union must willingly do their bit. There must be no mental reservation in filling out pledge cards. There must be no fall- ing by the wayside. After a little while saving of this kind becomes part of the daily routine. Onoe started it is casly continued. all some in DOES IT PAY TO ADVERTISE? Newspaper advertising for some time past has been held up as one of the greatest mediums for placing sales. It is contended, and with some show of statistics, that the daily newspaper is the best channel through which to reach the people, not only with news but with advertisements. Without ignoring the periodicals, it can be said truthfully that the news- paper which goes into the home day after day should hold high rank, and even outrank other competitors. For the advertisements can be changed once every twenty-four hours, and a new touch put on everything. Some business men who advertise feel that the money thus expended is utterly thrown away. One instance of this was brought to the attention of this newspaper last week. The merchant in question felt he was con- tributing money which netted him nothing in return. He had about de. cided to give it all up,—advertising,— as a bad job. He was then induced to place a small ad.,, one that cost less than six dollars. Upon a “check-up” system he found that this advertise- ment brought him approximately $400 worth of business. His sales from this one advertisement amounted to more than that amount. Today this merchant is convinced that after all is sald and done it does pay to adver- tise, Newspapers sold on the street for one, two, or three cents, could not be assembled and placed before the public for that amount were it not for the money received from advertise- ments. The cost of the paper in most instances, is more than the price re- celved from the newsboy, who in turn must make a profit. Because of this condition many people have felt that the advertisers are the back-bone of newspaper business and, as such, hold a whip-hand over the editorial policy of the paper. This, however, is untrue. The advertisers need the newspaper just as much as the news- paper needs the advertisers. If the newspapers cannot get along withour advertisements, it 1s equally true that advertisers cannot get along without the newspapers. If all the news- papers of this, or any other city, were driven out.of business tomorrow the retail and wholesale merchants would be at a loss to find some medium to take their places, would be hard hit because of having no way to reach the bulk of the population. Men who advertise in the dally press do pot do so from a philanthropic impulse. They know, if they care to check up, just where the returns come in, and fined $200 Call. for doing War hath its poetic justices! Many a soldier who cast his candy upon sundry damsels, after many days finds it returning to him—cigarettes. —Meriden Journal. It is quite in order, and helpful to the allied cause, that President Wil- son’s speech at Buffalo is to be print- ed in various languages and dis- tributed throughout Europe. The head of this nation has come to be in sur- prising measure, the spokesman of a world cause.—Springfield Republican. A Poet's Lesson. Poet, my master, come, tell me true, ' And how are your verses made? Ah, that is the easiest thing to do— You take a cloud of a silvern hue, A tender smile or a sprig of rue, With plenty of light and shade. And weave them round in syllables rare, With a grace and skill divine With the earnest words of a plead- ing prayer, ‘With a cadence caught from a dulcet alr, A tale of love and a lock of hair, Or a bit of a trailing vine. Or, delving deep in a mine unwrought, You find in the teeming earth The golden vein of a noble thought, The soul of a statesman still un- bought, Or a patriot’s fraught For the land that give him birth. cry with anguish A brilliant youth who has lost his way On the winding road of life, A sculptor’s dream of the plastic clay, A painter’s soul in a sunset ray, Or the sweetest thing a woman can say, Or a struggling nation’s strife. A boy's ambition, a maiden’s star, Unrisen, but yet to be, A glimmering light that shines afar For a sinking ship on a moaning bar, An empty sleeve, a veteran's SCar, Or a land where men are free. And if the poet's hand be strong To weave the web of a deathless song, And if a master guide the pen To words that reach the hearts of men, And if the ear and touch be true, It's the easiest thing in thé world to do! ARTHUR MACY. Sure Test. The lleutenant was instructing the squad in visional training. “Tell me, Number One,” he said, “how many men are there in that trench-digging party over there?” “Thirty men and one officer,” was the prompt reply. “‘Quite right,” observed the lieuten- ant, after a pause. ‘‘But how do you know one is an officer at this dis- tance?"” “'Cos he’s the only one not work- ing, sir.”"—Stray Stories. COMMUNICATED. KNITTING. Contributor Tells of Many Amuse- ments While at Serious Works. Are you knitting for the soldiers? What are you knitting—a vest, a scarf or a helmet? How many stitches do vou put on? Your needles are finer than mine. What number are they? Did you get your yarn at “Red Cross”. or buy it? And you knit German styla? Have you always knit? I'm just learning and purling in such difficult® work. Is this all bromidic? I'm sure you recognize the “Red Tape” and the ‘“Red Cross” exams to which a knitter is a victim when once she appears. with ane of those huge masses of cretonne deco- rated with peaches or apples? Our grandmothers spun their yarns differ- ently—didn’'t get so “balled up” as some of us do nowadays. There are so many different kinds, one could write a book about them gnd the nee- dles—blunt and pointed; steel, ivory, and wood! And the stitches often dropped (like many remarks), spoll- ing the whole harmony and effect, be- cause of difficulty in straightening out and picking up. Do you wind your yarn from out- side or Inside, or leave it matted on your lap? Which is the hetter to es- cape a tangle, a snarl and maybe a final break-off? Sometimes needles, like people, are too blunt or too sharp or too large. I've wondered why W. B. Hill, of N. Y. Tribune did not give the knitters a show “among us mortals” or that Dr. Frank Crane, in “The Globe,"” didn't write us up. Certainly the be- ginners in knitting would make a fine study. The faces are amusing as they how much it pays to advertise. FACTS AND FANCIES. In North Adams the plumbers re- fuse to plumb. The boss must have told them to go plumb.—Berkshire Eagle. In justice to Queen 141, it should be explained that the report that she inveneed the ukuele is unfounded.— Boston Transcript. The government of Russla seems to depend upom the control of the telegraph office.—New York Tribune. The Italian boot may begin to pinch that German foot if the latter gets in far enough.—Springfleld Daily News. Kerensky may feel comforted in the fact that Lenine and Trotzky never stay 'long in any place.—New York World. Over in Indiana theyv're talking of instituting ‘“‘coalless” days. Say, be- fore this saving of things stops, we'll be lying in bed all day, empty!— Paterson Press-Guardian. It is bad enough to kiss your own wife in the dark in mistake for an- other woman, but imagine the feel- ings of the Chicago man who wa3a intently and reluctantly move the yarn toward, what seems to them, tel- ephone poles. Bome use their mouths, not merely to keep up the thread (or yarn) of conversation, but to catch the slip- ping stitch, and, indeed, the nose has been seen to ‘‘turn up” at purling. And when the rows take the same meandering gait of the cows return- ing from pasture, homeward bound. Then comes unravelling and ‘“get- ting set up” again. Would that we could have the same opportunity in life to begin all over again. I wonder what our grandmothers talked about when they were knit- ters. Shall we judge by the Boston woman in 1704 who complained of “meeting 50 sleighs, and they drove sa furiously, they turned out for none but leaden cart.”” Shall we recall Mother Bhipton's wonderful prophecy of 1710— I “When pictures look alive with move- ments free, When ships like fishes swim below the sea, When man outstripping birds can seem to fly, Then half the world deep drenched in blood shall (die.””) lie. Can't we knitters arrange to cast off extra foad supplies, stop overeat- ing, and then, as we cast on, can we not shape our work along artistic, womanly lines and lengths, change| section of streets has become one ofl letter of the alphabet, say “B"? In “binding off,” I would advise not too short or close fitting a garment; for it may be the party is bowlegged or chicken breasted. ion can’t com- plain—they are getting ‘10 ribs on each shoulder” and many on their socks. And as we knitters knit, do we realize the great responsibility of this Ford age? By the way, “What is your speed limit? Anything but the paralysis of indifference.” The Women consider Ford one of the greatest benefactors—a Christopher Colum- bus discovering new countries for us. Has he not taken us out of desolate places—away from farm and drudg- ery—out of the monotony and every- day life inta God's great moving pic- tures, the scenery of this beautiful world. The knitters have stopped our bridge, pinochle and solitaire and now have time and disposition to talk over the causes of the war, the attitude of Germany, the barbariem practiced on France and Belgium. We would en- courage all the local arganizations possible. It's & golden opportunity for women to get aoquainted with thelr own sex—for fiber sweaters to sit side by side with silk ones—for you must put on the same number. of stitches to knit for our soldiers! Hotels are full of people spending money for fine accommodations. The summer resorts have had many peo- ple that have made money h{ pro- Juetion.” This is not “glving”—it s ting! ‘e;\hv{ what is real service? Is it not sacrifice? Have -you never naticed it men dress like fools they always act the part? But women wear shoes too small, heels too high, non-sitable cor- sets, Tat-able hair, furs in summer, ghort and low powns, and yet are so.—Paterson | «v" neck to some more conservative, | | BADEN P. THOMPSON. One of the youngest New Britain men in the service is Baden P. Thompson. Thompson, Who is but 18 vears of age offered his services to Uncle Sam August 13, 1917. He was accepted as a member of the regular navy and immediately ushered into the service. He is the son of Ben- gensible, able and competent—can write on dress reform and indepen- dent thinking and acting and, while wearing an immense broad-brimmed hat, can enlarge on broadening wom- en's viewpoint, while we may be cut- ting off their perspective and all hopes of the beyond! Nevertheless, we are the salt of the earth. We have Lot's wife to thank. She looked back and became a pillar of salt; and we, looking back, we see we are the salt of the earth. There- fore, we must conserve as well as preserve, and everyone knows we can. But, may we clubwomen knitters cease to do the cannibal act, devour- ing the llves of many authors? Think of a dozen celebrated men and wom- en meeting with such a fate in one shart winter's afternoon! Five min- utes each for Fra Angelico, Savono- rola, Gladstone, Disraeli, Dr. Montes- sorl. Why, it would take longer than to digest Bryan and Roosevelt. Truly, “Life is but a span and the one who thinks it not must be mere man.” We have among us knitters the church warker, not necessarily spir- itual. We have dropped the church heathen and the ladies’ aid squabbles. So many churches have: been built on stomachs—Oh! no—potato salad, chickens and oysters and layer cakes; but the didactic clubwoman knitter has her facts and statistics. ‘Women, you are wanted by the na- tion. You have a chance to prove your undaunted mettls, your gener- asity, your magnanimity. Men need women’s help to hold on to civiliza- tion. We can meet on a middle ground. Our patriotism will include the honest of all nations. With the cry of war, our constructive patri- otism must rush to the rescue of the lives of those bearing the heaviest burden of the war—the women and children. Tet us all co-operat$ to make con- ditions better. Over a million men are gone out of industry. Girle and women are filling their places. Knit- ters: This is not a war aof countries only: it is an upheaval in conditions— mental, physical and moral!" How life to be adjusted? A suggestion comes from Pelatiah Webster. In 1783 he wrote this: “It is a pitv we should lose the honor and blessings which have cost us so dear, for want of wisdom and firmness in measures which are es- sential to our preservation. It is now at our option either to fall back into our original atoms or form such an Union as shall command the re- spect of the world and give honor and security to our people.” May I Tecall the lines fromi Britling Sees It Thru"— “Let us pledge ourselves to service. Let us set ourselves with all our minds and all our hearts to the per- fecting and working out of the meth- ods of Democracy and the ending for- ever of the kings and emperors, and priestcrafts, the bands of adventurers, the traders and owners and fore- stallers, who have betrayed mankind into the Morass of Hate and blood in which we flounder still.” BT W “Mr. Unless the beard of public works takes some action soon in renaming certain streets there may be some confusion in the future when these streets become more thickly popu- lated. At the present time there are no less than four different instances where two streets hawe identlically the same name, and another instance where two streets have the same pho- netic name, though spelled differently. There is a Beech street running oft Lasalle street and there is a Beach street on Osgood Hill. There is an Albany avenue running off Clinton street and there ig a second Albany avenue off Cambridge street. Over- look boasts of a Birch street and so does Stanley Quarter. Florence sireet also seems to be a popular name as there is ome in the eastern sectlon of the city, running off Coburn street and a second running off East street. Likewise, there are two Bea- con streets, one running off Oakland street and the other in Stanley Quar- jamin Thompson of 55 Trinity street. the most hazardous in the city. Par- ticularly is it a dangerous corner for all traffic going north on Elm street and east on East Main street. It be- hooves everybody to exercise due cau- tion in approaching this corner. PR ‘Why does not City Hall fly a serv- ice flag? Other oitles recognize their employes or officials who have gone forth into the service of the govern- ment, so why doesn’t New Britain? Also, In the case of council members away with the army who have not re- signed@ why would it not be well to have the clerk mark them ‘“absent in the service of the United States”™ rather than simply absent? It is to be hoped that at the meeting of the council next Wednesday some action may be taken to recognize city officlals and city employes who have answered the call. From the council chamber alone there have gone no less than four members. One, <Councilman Gardner C. Weld of the third ward, is already across the sea with Caom- pany B of the Machine Gun Bat- talion. Councilman Joseph C. An- drews of the same ward is a lleu- tenant in the ordnance department, and Alderman John Stadler, Jr., and Councilman Edward Peterson, both of the fourth ward, are in the National Army. Also, there are several city employes in the service of the army or navy. Why not display a service flag from the municipal bullding? Some months ago an item in this column expressed the wonder as to ‘who would be the flrst drafted man from New Britain to reach the other side. That same article mentioned the name of Harold Stotts of West Pearl street as having the distinction of being the first New Britain boy to be examined and accepted for the Na- tional Army. Now, by a strange trick of fate, this same boy, the first to be accepted and the first man to permit his name to be enrolled without claim- ing exemptlon, is likewise the first of the local National Army men to set his foot on foreign soil. The Herald of 25 vears ago said: November 11: Among those who took part in the Little Folks' Sew- ing circle entertainment at the Methodist church last night were: Gertie Hall and Edith Deming; Ruth Bennett, I.ouise Teich and Jennie Cahill; May Rackliffe, Nellle Weber and Alfrcd Thompson: Ida Irving, Grace Kent, Essle Carter. Myra An- drews and Lulu Rodenwald. November 12: There were property transfers during the past week. Fred Bcloin has opened a tem- perance Dpool and billiard parlor in Lee's block. Messrs. Jost and M kill, of the local High school team, attended the game in New Haven to- day Dbetween Hillhouse High and Hartford. W. H. Stanley has proporty on Maple street to Cromwell 0. Cmse. November 13: November 1 The school board. at its meeting Saturday, took steps toward securing a new High school building. There were four funerals in the city yesterday. Charles Mc- Grath, of Myrtle street, suffered a broken leg in a football game ves- terday. November 15: Evening school opened In the Burritt school last night and of the 114 present sixty- eight were Swedes. Miss A. At- kinson started for New ¥ this morning for a few days. November 16: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vogelgesang and Representative and Mrs, Louis J. Muller celebrated the tenth anniversary of their marriage last evening. Clothesline thieves are now laying iIn their supply of winter underwear. November 17: F. G. Platt’s new residence on Grove Hill is being fin- ished inside and will be one of the most comfortable hauses in the oity. The common council, at its meeting last night, ordered T.ee Rrothers to tear down a barn they have built in violation of the bullding ordinance. The party who took away from the Y. M. C. A. rooms yesterday an um- brella belonging to another party is requested to return the same. . six Sunday. If memory does not err, these col- umns contained an article early in the summer relative to the poor con- ter, just off Allen street. .. Since the Landers, Frary & Clark ' factory took over for private use all properties at the corner of East Main and Elm street, causing a high board fence to be erected there, this inter- dition of the gutter at the entrance to Fairview cemetery. Shartly there- after the paper received a statement from certain officlals calling attention to their intention to make early re- pairs. People having occasion to notice the gutter as it is today are convinced that the public has been sold § FAC‘I’ BY LIEUT. S ABOUT THE AMERICAN FAVY FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. History as a whole is pretty much of a back number. Of course it has its value. Its lessons are often our | only education for tight times. But to rely on precedent for skill which only experience can give is like the man Thoreau desoribeg who ate ground cow bones that his own shank pins might grow strong—. Theoret- ically it's good dope. Practically it all depends. Once in a while History hits the pail on the nose. War was deciared June 18. 1813. One writer records that President Madison wished to keep our navy un- der the protecting guns of the forts. But Captain Bill Bainbridge “stiffened the President’s Ump backbone,” (I don’t know just how, but I can guess from what I've heard of Cap'n Bill) and got a little action out of Congress. Tirst result was that Captaln Tke Hull (another bone-stiffener) closed his accounts in the Fifth Avenue bank, paid his poker debts, and hove up the U. S. 8. Constitution’s star- board anchor. By next morning all hands had ‘slept it off' and rosp with clear heads. The ship was about abreast the Atlantic City board walk. “Safl ho!” In lusty tones from the masthead. Good rye and Virginia “long cut used to give our boys those lusty tones. Nowadays its a cigarette squeak we hear on deck. There turned out to be five of the enemy, four frigates and a 64-gun ship of the line. Not that you know the difference, but the words give local color. “What ~ho” ejaculates Capt. Tke; followed almost imme- diately by, ‘“Holy jumping stuns’ls!” and other expressions indicative of strong emotion. Did he fly to the attack? single out victim after victim like the Greek hero and sink them in {l- lustrious rotation? Was his battle flag nailed and his halliards doubled as he dashed to the raking fray and gun-belched battle—or words to that effect. No, not by several jug- fuls. He turned tail and fled, recoiled retreated, evacuated, and beat it. And he was nearly mortified death when he found he flee fast enough. ‘The wind petered out. Did he to couldn’t New York A Famous Chase. vachtsmen can tell you ebout July calmg off the Jersey oomst. DBut this wesn't a time for mint juleps and bridge under the after awning. I was a case of dig Johnny or you're done for. Johnny dus. Tho stretched their sails until the bolt ropes oreaked. They spread spars and canvas until the old bucket was top heavy. Water was poured from the yards that sailcloth might hang taut for the faintest breath oi# air. Anchors were laid out ahead and the ship warped bodily on her way. But two of the Britishers doubled their crews from the rest of the squadron and gained. Pulling boats were manned. Work was fran- tic—no sleep, no rest, and capture too close for appetite. N For forty-eight hours the struggle went on. Did a single patriot waver? Not one—while his pipe plug held. And ever and anon (about once in eleven seconds, Ed.) Capt. Hull went among his men and exhorted them to “Give her Hell!” The Old Boy was getting a little nervous. But his ex hortations weren’t needed. An emi-" nent scientist has recently deduced that the Crew of the Constitution waqrked at the rate of about twa mulepower per man per hour. The end ocame quickly. A black cloud appeared on the horizon. Tt was a summer squall. Like a flash of the storm’s own lightning Capt. Hull had a hunch. The squall struck. It wasn't anything serious. But the Yankees jumped to their kipper's command and furled sall like mad- men. British captains saw them, “Must be a sheet-splitter!” spat th Limeys and sprang for their mega- phones. “Lay aloft and shorten sall!” rang over the enemy’'s decks. The bluff worked. Once thick in the rain Capt. Tke slammed home his tackle, respread every cracking stitch of her, and ran for it. His pursuery walted for the expected hurricane. I never came. Thus does History demonstrate that retreat, rout, fear, haste, and other unconventional behavior may some- times be justified. It’s not what you do but how you do it. Also—as we should be thinking to- day—there is more than one way to skin a cat. [ compelled to take the will for the deed in reference to repairs. PR What appears to be the height of nerve, also conceit, is the more or less well-known local Beau Brummel who, desirous of calling upon a lady fair in another oity, called her on the Yong-distance wire to make the ap- paintment and asked the operator to reverse the charges. .. A news item from New York says: “Miss Marle Antoinette Elliott offered to kiss any man who would enlist in the volunteer -rccruiting campaign. Three responded and they were kissed and cheered.” The local re- cruiting committee should clip this out for future Teference, and, it called upon again to solicit volun- teers, they have only to ask their fair friends to ‘“do their bit. Who wouldn’t volunteer for a kiss from a New Britain miss? Line forms an the right! . ... We wonder just what she meant when a young wife whose better half is now at Ayer remarked: ‘My one regret is that I have but one husband to give for my country.” . e e In his ultra modisii and faultless- several members, determined to critl- cise at any and all times, are under- stood to be all cocked and primed, waiting the fall 0( the gavel to be- gin the onslaught. .. If the two young men mentioned in the following episode in the life of a Church street cafe proprietor dd$ not eventually become wealthy it will not be because they are not economi- cal. Bater the two young men. One calls for a glass of whiskey and alse asks for a ginger ale chaser. He fills both glasses, then drinks half of the first and an equal amount of thg chaser. While the wine clerk stand with open mouthed astonishment he' proceeds to pour the remnants of the first into the second, whereupon young man No. 2 swallows that. A whiskey straight and a ginger ale highball for fifteen cents is some financiering. i 9 ITALIAN GENERAL IN WAR COUNCIL 1y adjusted attire, he looked the pic- i ture of confidence as he seated himsel? beside her on the Hartford-bound trolley. In fact he looked like a back page clipped from the men’'s fashions | advertisement in the Saturday Even- ing Post. That he was well pleased with himself w: evident. She was pretty and her dark eyes sparklcd merrily, not to say temptingly, as she glanced through the pages of latest motion picture magazine. He cleared his throat. e adjusted hir tie. He cleared his throat again and their eyes met. “Pardon me, but haven't we before,” he said ingratiatingly. met the | “If we have you made such a slight | impression that 1 don't remember you,” she replied lightly as her cycs reverted to the book. The dub in the wrinkled sult, who dd not look like a page clipped from the fashion book, sitting in the seat just behind laughed aloud. In fact he laughed mirthfully. The other's face was painful to | behold. He got off at the next white | pole and waited fifteen minutes more for the next car. PR Cold weather is almost here, so why not revive the ancient agitation for a trolley waiting station at the center? The public is entitled to some con- | sideration and should be given some protection from the elements as they stand about the triangle waiting for their car. Bspecially is this so since the trolley schedule here is so ar- ranged that cars for some lines do not arrive until some time after the | other cars have departed. A shelter | not unlike the one in Hartford would be appreciated by the public and | would not be expensive, nor would it | be a detriment to the city. It could | be erected at a nominal cost in the restricted district where the trolley men are wont to leave a large col- lection of headlights for the public to stumble over in their wild attempts to catch their cars. Cannot some- | thing be done? | . | became of the plan taken up mora! than two years ago for the establish- ment of a public comfort station | somewhere about the center. This | may be a growing city but it does not expand in every direction as lack | of certain improvements show. oo | | . % Also, someone inquires whatever Wednesday evening’s council meet- ing should develop some fireworky when this report is read however, for General Carlo Porro, assistant chief of the general staff of the Italian army is to attend the conference of the allied nations in Paris, where he wil discuss the Italian situation with allied military leaders. General Porro in 1914 forecast the present Italian difficulties. He refused to become minister of war at that time because his financial demands for the army were not immediately granted. Notice of Hearing on Conservator's Account. District of Berlin, Probate court, ss, ew Britain, Nov. 16, A. D, 1917. Estate of Lottie E. Cornwell Ber- lin, in said district. incapable. The executor of the will of Ida M, C. Correll the deceased conservatomy having .exhibited his account with said estate to this court for allowance, it i3 Ordered—That the 23rd day of Nov. A. D, 1917 at 9 o'clock in the fore- noon, at the probate office in New Britain be and the same is assigned for a hearing on the allowance of said account with said estate and this court directs the said executor to cita N | all persons interested therein to appear at sald time and place, by publishing this order in some newspaper rmx.- lished in New Britain and having circulation in said district. BERNARD F. GAFFNEY. Judge,