New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1917, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1017, Herald. COMPANTY. 0 \ Isaued dally (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., at Herald Bullding, 07 Church St rtered at the Post Offce at New Britain 8s Second Class Mall Matter. HERALD PUBLISH Propriet Delivered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65 centa a month. Bubscription for paper to be sent by mail, payable in advance, 60 cents a month, $7.00 a year. The only profitable advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press room always open to adVertisers. The Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling’s News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, At- lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS Business Office Eaitorial Rooms "' Member of the Assoclated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the looal nows published herein. This nation Mves, not in one man nor in a hundred men, how- ever eminent, however able, how- ever endeared to us; but in the af- fectiens, the virtues, the energies, and the will of the whole Ameri- —PARK GODWIN. FAREWEDD TO PATRIOTS. On Thanksgiving Day in this city will be held an impressive par- ‘mde to mark New Britain’s farewell to Bne hundred young Polish citizens, de- rmined men who leave for France [ %o theve help fight the battle of De- These men, sons of Poland, while cannot fight in the armies of nole Sam, will perform the same ser- our own young men are called to D under the glorious Star Spangled nner. Because of various condi- ns, the War Department at Wash- ton has encouraged the enlistment |of Polish citizens here in a national y of their own. Thousands of [these men have been in training at (Niagara for some time past. Recent- Iy visited by the French military au- ‘thoritles they were pronounced able [%oldiers and compared favorably with’ ‘seasoned troops. On this memorable Thanksgiving Day when one hundred residents of this ?ity march away to join forces with those opposed to German mili- tarism they will carry with them the {God-speed of all true Americans and the hope that they have a hand in the Anal humiliation of the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns. COST OF CARTING OCOAL. There is one phase of the coal sit- | sation which demands attention. That carting. It has been estimated by one local dealer, whose figures ap- peared in the public press over his signature, that it costs each dealer smmctly one dellar to deliver a ton of [beal to the consumer,—this being the (haul from the coal yard to the con- sumer's house. The local coal com- allows an additional thirty- Bve cents to dealers who carry the osoal from the sidewalk to cellar bins. | The majority of coal dealers own [thedr own teams,—horses, carts and hasness. Some have motor trucks. |Binoe it is a foregone conclusion that @ truocks are much cheaper to oper- ate and can deliver more coal than ‘horse-drawn vehicles, we will take the | sxpenstve way of hauling coal,—by horse-drawn carts. And In this con- nestion will be eiminated the fact that Yhese teams are génerally charged to fhe initial cost of starting In the coal business, that'the money which pur- shased them should be accounted for under the general heading, “money invested in business’* which the coal dealers insist should return a six per tent. earning. Draught horses are selling higher now than at any time in the past eight years, when most of the cart horses In this city were purchased. The highest price one of these ani- mals would cost today is $250. A cart without springs, merely a box set upon substantial wheels, can be purchased, at the maximum, for $160. A set of durable harness, even at the present toh gost of leather, can be bought for $35. Since there are no livery or robes, or even an expensive whip for the driver, the sum of $485, at the highest estimation, covers the entire cost of a ocoal team. The number of teams bought, of course, depends up- on the size of the business. Every- ‘thing belng equal, the equipage so far can be reckoned to last eight years. The horse, bought as a three year old, barring accident or death, is good for an average of cight years as a coal hauler, when lie can bg sold for $75. If bought at an older age the cost is not so great. The cart we will count a8 lost at the end of the eight years. The harness will also have served its ‘wsefulness. it impossible to deliver coal by haul- ing from their vards to the bins ot the consumers at a cost less than one dollar a ton, there is a small fortune Reduced to terms of years, and set- ting aside even the price at which the horse might be sold at the end of his service in the coal business, we find the entire equipment,—horse, cart and harness, costing $54 a year, or the munificent sum of $1.04 a week. Naturally, the horse has to be fed. ‘With the high price of feed at the pipsent day, the highest known In many years, the horse can not only be fed, but can be shod throughout the year, at a cost of $1 a day, or sev- en dollars a week, since the horse eats on Sunday too. So much for that. Then there must be a driver. Working six days a week at three dollars day, we place this service at eight- een dollars, though there are instances where men work these jobs for even less. Reducing all these figures to the terms of a day we have the cost of the coal hauling outfit placed at a frac- tion less than 15 cents; the care of the horse, $1.00; the pay of the driver, $3.00. Which means an expenditure of $26 a week, allowing for the hor: upkeep on Sunday, a non-working day. In order then to make a ton of coast cost $1.00 for delivery from the vard to the consumer’s bin, the team would have to haul approximately twenty-six tons of coal in a week of six working days, or four and one- third tons a day. Yet, we have it on good authority that it is a poor team that cannot haul eight tons of toal a day, and it takes no extraordinary team to deliver twelve tons. long hauls or short hauls all considered. For falrness, we will split the differ- ence, and set the figures at ten tons a day. That is sixty tons a week. Assuming that the total expense of upkeep on team and driver’s pay amounted to thirty dollars a week, in- stead of the aforementioned $26, it would then cost only fifty cents a ton to deliver coal from the dealer's yard to the bin of the consumer. And fifty cents is a big drop when we recall the original price of Mr. Severin Johnson, who claims it costs a coal dealer one dollar for each ton hauled. As a mat- ter of fact, the haul can be made at one-third of a dollar, thirty-three and one-third cents. There is one concern in this city that contracts to haul the city’'s coal for fifty cents a ton, and that concern is not working for char- ity. If the coal dealers of this city did not own their teams, and granted they did not have motor trucks, they could hire teams and deliver coal for much less than one dollar a ton, the price set by their champion, and in all probability less than fifty cents. When the great bulk of coal is being delivgred teams are to be had at cut rates. In the event the local dealers find a to be made by someone who would take this care off their shoulders. Some enterprising young man might be able to sign up a contract with the dealers, they to give him seventy- five cents for every ton of coal he de- livers. In this way the dealers would save twenty-five cents, and the young man would be able to retire from bus- iness after a couple of good seasons. Boy., page ‘“Get-Rich-Quick-Walling- ford.” REAL SELECTIVE SERVICE. Registered men having been divided into five classes for the purpose of further selection under the Selective Service Law, some antagonists have set up the howl that the country will be stripped of youthful men in the most important industries and particularly in the realm of agriculture. As if scouting any such idea, Pro- vost Marshnl General Crowder points out that the class which contains the skilled farm labor will not be the cause of stripping the country of far- | mers, because many of the men listed in this class will automatically be thrown into another class. That is when a skilled farm laborer is in Class II. he may, by reason of having de- pendents, or because he is an allen, or for some other cause, be placed in Class TIT. The men who formulated the new questiorinaire which all men of the draft must fill out and file with the exemption boards were careful in the questions propounded: In fact this is one of the most comprehensive state papers ever issued, as all shall see when the time comes to step up to the mark and make ready to answer. The remaining nine million men of military age, the men between twenty- one and thirty-one, will be placed where their services are best suited to the nation. ,This may be on the firing line, or it may be with the army in » \ FACTS AND FANCIES. News of the sinking of a ship by an earthquake in West Indian waters is a reminder that the sea dangers of peace stlll exist to augment those of war.—New York World. It would serve Daniels and Baker right not to get aay slippers for Christmas, after what they have sald about the soldiers’ and sailors’ sweat- ers.—New London Day. Wonderful woman, for her age, that Sarah Bernhardt! She’s still able to travel with 30 handbags and thir- :y-two trunks—Paterson Press-Guard- lan. The old war song, “The Vacant Chair”, isn't half so mournful as the up-to-date one. *“The Empty Sugar Bowl.”—Springfield Daily News. The DeSaulles trial gives the sob sisters a chance to shine, but the diffi- culty is that the country is too busy with other matters to pay much at- tention to them.—Hartford Post. Germany does not balk at learning enemy languages; on the contrary, it is training new linguists to sell goods after the war. To be ignorant be- cause of dislike is like the ostrich sticking its head into the sand.—Nor- wich Record. k Kaiser Wilhelm won’t recognize this new head in Russia because he can’t pronounce his name. Californla convicts are knitting socks for soldiers. Thus does the old expression “doing one’s bit’' assume both of its meanings at once.—New Haven Union. Lieut. Gen. Sir Julian Byng is in command of the British forces that are smashing the Hindenburg line. Putting the bing into the attack, as it were.—Waterbury Republican. Rallroads say they are willing to provide cars for coal. Now, if some- one can be found to provide coal for the cars we may be saved the neces- sity of sewing newspapers on our bed- clothing this winter.—Brooklyn Stand- ard Union. So long as the Bolsheviki had nothing to do but rip government up the back they found statesmanship a pleasurable occupation. Now that the responsibility is their own, the days are long and full of trouble.— New York World. Russia is about to learn the differ- ence between free and free and easy. —New York Sun. The Teal name of Lenine, the Bol- sheviki premler, is Vladmir Hyitch Uulyanoff. Sounds like a barbed- wire fence across an Arizona canyon. —Paterson Press-Guardian. SONG OF THE WAR LORD. et (In 1897 the Chicago Evening Post published the following lampoon from the pen of John Talman of St. Paul, Minn. The Kaiser, then a young man of 38, had bheen for some years, as Lloyd George hath it “swashbuckling through the streets of Europe.’) What can be so flerce as my rolling eye, My s:cre(l anatomy's belted girth, My mustachios pointing toward the sky? O, I am the hottest stuff on earth! Do you see me frown? Do you hear me roar? Whole thing? Gott in himmel; that, and more. I'm As my number tens' spurred heels I plant, The universe cringes knee Adolphus, Napoleon, Caesar, Grant— What puny bantams compared with me! Who like me can the royal kitchen brave And there with such brilllance pfennig save? on bended I'm the greatest composer, divinest bard, Most gifted artist that ever breath, For my sole use is sky sunned and starred; I'm absolute master of death. I'm alone in my grandeur of emperor- craft, For none else has so often been photo- graphed. drew life and On nations sufficlently small and weak 1 pounce like a hawk, extort, abuse. | In presence of this majestic freak The children quake in their tiny shoes, Old Sol at my bildding must straightwey As he did at the instance of Joshua. “The people’s rights?” What are they to me! stop “Constitutional Liberty"” Faugh! What stuff! The War Lord is handsome and fresh and free, And what he says goes, and that's enough. The humble and weak I bully and fleece; Invincible I am in times of peace. In science and statesmanship I excel; 1 shine in athletics no less than art; In theology, metaphysics—ah, well, I can’t be equalled in any old part I have valor and wisdom by the tierce— My mustache is fetching as well flerce. back of the army. And that is why the Selective Service Law was primar- lly put into operation. When It final- ly fuilllls this service it will have ao- complished its ends. What has hecome of the old- tashioned man who used to have three spoonfuls of sugar in his morning cup of coffee? COMMUNICATED. AN APPEAL FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ‘Tuskegee Institute, Ala., November 24, 1917 To the Bditor of the Herald: The late Dr. Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Instlitute, ls- sued an annual appeal to generous friends for Christmas remembrances of one kind or another, to be distri- buted through the Tuskesee Insu-l tute to the colored children of the rural districts of the South, who with- | out his kind thought, would have had | little or nothing to remind them of the Christinas season. It is very gratifying to us that the colored people have responded so generously out of thelr poverty to the Red Cross and other War Relief funds and while there is less actual distress and want than existed last year, there are many homes where nothing will come to remind the children of the Christmas season except through the helpfulness of the friends of Tuskegee Institute. Therefore, we hope that in spite of the heavy demands for war relief on the generous public, the poorer colored children of the rural districts of the South will not be for- gotten. I shall be glad to serve the gen- erous public &s did Dr. Washington in previous years; that is, to act as an intermediary through whom these Christmas gifts may be transmitted to the Negro children of the rural distriots. Anything like clothing; books, cards, toys, etc., although they may seem valueless, will be appre- ciated; such things will bring joy and happiness to some of these neglected homes. We shall see that such gifts as may be sent are distributed to those who are worthy and the work will be carried on through Tuskegee ‘oftshoot’ schools, graduates and for- mer students; through the Jeans fund workers, and teachers in the Rosenwald Rural schools. R. R. MOTON, Principal. DEMOCRACY AND RESERVED SEATS. Explanation Given for What Seems An Unfair Incident at Recent Meeting in South Church. South Congregational Parsonage, New Britain, Conn. To the Editor of the Herald:— My Dear Sir: May I ask the cour- tesy of your columns for the pur- pose of an explanation. Inquiry both direct and indirect, has come to me concerning what has appeared a somewhat unfair incident of the re- cent meeting in the South church, at which Baroness Huard spoke. It has been asked, and with a measure of justification, why there should have been any seats reserved in what pur- ported to be a democratic meeting, to which the general public was invited. The matter can be readily explained. When the person who so generously obtained for us the services of Ma- dame Huard, made the engagement I did not, at the time, understand that the stereopticon was to be used. Wishing to make it, not a South church- affair, but a citizens' meet- ing, I spoke to the mayor about in- viting the Town committee of the State Counsel of Defense as honorary guests, and arranged to provide proper seats for them on the platform. It was planned also to give special in- vitations to the Four-Minute Men as special servants of the government. Later I learned that Madame Huard would use pictures to illustrate her lecture. In that case it would be out of the question to have the platform occupled. If for no other reason & simple courtesy forbade the with- drawing of the above special invita- tions, and the necessary small num- ber of seats were therefore reserved on the floor. I think it will be seen, also, that the same courtesy directed that the wives of these gentlemen be provided seats with them. To these cards were given for presentation to the ushers and these seats were re- served only till eight o’clock. With this exception, and the seats in the gallery reserved for the High School Liberty chorus, all other seats in the building were free. 1 trust this word will suffice to ex- plain a feature of that most inspiring meeting which has very naturally seemed to some quite inconsistent with what was planned and adver- tised as a democratic occasion. May I take occasion here also, on behalf of Madame Huard, to thank those present for their very sympa- thetic hearing, and the generous re- sponse to her appeal. The amount given for her work was $447.42. Very sincerely yours, GEORGE W. C. HILL, November 23, 1917. CONSERVATION. How Did the Coal Dealers Ever Overlook This Good Bet? Editor of the Herald: Please allow me to throw my pen into the ring—or should it be coal pit? In a communicetian published in the Herald Thursday, a coal dealer en- umerated all the expenses he is forced to bear. But he overlooked one point which, I am sure, he will thank me for suggesting. He actually forgot to charge up for wear and tear on the shovels. Another point: Why should it not be a good plan to give each of the drivers a warm shower bath after each trip and strain the water, there- by reclaiming a large amount of dust which is otherwise scattered along the public highway and pollutes the air? EDISON THOMAS. Town Topics| Contained in the recommendations made by the building code revision committee are a number of pertinent changes which will be of more than passing interest to the public, more especially those owning property and builders. Probably the most import- ant item is the one which limits the area of business and tenement build- ings. As explained by the building inspector, this proposed change wauld prevent anyone from building any structure, particularly a store or other business house containing more than 65,000 square feet of floor area without having the building equipped with an approved style of firo sprinkling system or without the construction of fire walls. Hardly DOING HIS BIT ANLEY J. DOUGLAS. Stanley J. Douglas enlisted in one of the local companies of the Nation- al Guard last summer and shortly aft- erward was scnt south, where he saw service along the Mexican Dborder. Later he returned to this city with the same company and was mustered out, only to be ushered into the serv- ice again when a state of war was de- clared between this country and Ger- many. The company of which he was a member was sent to New Haven, merged into the regiment and sent overseas. Douglas is now in France. Douglas has lived in this city but a few years, coming here from Collins- ville, where his parents now reside. less ‘important to the builder and the property owner is a proposed change which would limit all frame dwell- ings to three families. At present the ordinance prohibits the erectian of a frame dwelling containing more than four tenements, but the new ordinance proposed would go even further and limit it to three. In Bridgeport, it is sald, the city has declined to permit the construction of frame dwellings containing more than two tenements. Still another important recommenda- tion is one that would do away en- tirely with wood shingle roafs and compel all new buildings to be roofed with some approved fireproof roofing. The light shaft regulations are also mentianed and it is recommended that they be constructed hereafter to conform with the National Fire In- surance Underwriters’ provisions, es- pecial stress being laid on the neces- sity for having wire glass and metal sashes, In reference to the fire limits the new code recommends certain changes on Camp and North streets, so that the zone will not pass through individual pieces of property. As the present zone is laid out, there are two places where the first and sec- ond fire zones bisect properties owned by individuals and this might prove embarrassing should the owners de- cide at any tlme to build. ... From the Herald of 25 years ago: November 18—The engagement of Frank S. Cadwell, a clerk at the post office, and Miss Estella Northrop of ‘Windsor, is announced. Tha New Britain High school football team had a banquet at the Russwin last night, with A. H. Hine as toastmaster. November 19—The members of the New Britain Turner society who fa- vored the purchase of a piano have bought a $400 instrument and each member who did not pay the assess- ment of $5 has been expelled. There were three real estate sales in the city last week. The hearing on the condemnation proceedings for the west canal was closed today. Eliza S. Wellman has transferred property on Arch street to Gustave Samlow. Nov. 20—Sunday. November 21—The supply of na- tural ice in New Britain has run short. C. S. Landers today denied a current report that a syndicate is trying to buy the stock of Landers, Frary & Clark. There is a religious crank in town and many of the sidewalks have been painted with ‘“No hope for sin- ners.” November 22—Willle Hincliffe, son of Samuel Hincliffe of John street, was bitten by a large, black New- foundland dog yesterday. Vater Jahn lodge celebrated its twentleth anni- versary in Turner hall last night. Lieutenant W. W. Bullen of Plain- ville is mentioned as a possible suc- cessor to Captain G. C. McLean of Company E. A. N. Lewis is arrang- ing to build a residence on his West Main street lot. November 23—New Britain {s rapid- ly becoming more metropolitan for now there are three hair dressers in town, where a year ago there was not one. Horace W. Eddy has been elected treasurer of Company I. There is now but little doubt that Lieut. J. R. Andrews will succeed Captain McLean of Company E. November 24—The cornerstone of St. Matthew's German Lutheran church was laild yesterday. John M. Curtin & company has purchased a lot on Main street and will erect a business block. e e The public learned with considers able interest and approbation of the resolution of the rallroad committee recommending the establishment of a trolley walting station at the center. ‘Without going into the merits of this particular recommendation, the fact remains that New Britain people should have some sort of a protection while waiting for trolley cars, similar to the one in Hartford which was erected by the city and not by the trolley company. A shelter would not be such a very expensive propo- sition and the council ought not de- lay too long on the matter. Winter is alsost here and that is the time the shelter is need mostly. Why FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN RAyY BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. First Stea Her name was—not Maud, but De- mologos. And she lived up to that name, whatever it was meant to mean, with such amazing competence that Wwe err in not being more familiar with it. That her prowess has disappeared in the quick-sands of time may be at- tributed to the fact of her never hav- ing met the enemy and they were hers. Alas, she died in bed, as it were, alongside the dock 4n the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Shortly after Thanksgiving Day, 1813, Robert Fulton who had been dozing in the White ante-room, was aroused and shown into the President. Since ‘neither gentlemen had recov- ered from recent celebrations the en- gineer's roll of drawings was turned over to the Navy Department for con- sideration. Whereupon, over appropriate re- freshment, R. Fulton discoursed free- ly upon his great plans. ‘‘Mr. Presi- dent,” he said, “when we fight at sea we engage not only the enemy but the elements. I propose to liberate our men-of-war from the chains of the calm and the whipcords of the tem- pest.” Here he is said to have paused dra- matically and drawn from his inside pocket a second set of drawings re- served for the moment when he should have gained the President’'s confi- dence. “Sir, she shall be a vessel of 2475 tons; length 160 feet; and beam 656 feet. My powerful steam mechanism shall propel her at giddy speeds per- mitting her to attack from leeward and to side-step when occasion de- mands. Rampart of oak 5 feet thick shall protect 20 of our largest can- non, two of which are intended to fire under water much to the embarrass- ment of the enemy. “But will not her steam cauldrons be vulnerable?” ventured the Presi- dent. “Not by a jugful, Sire! Machinery of all sorts will lle below the water Mne, and her huge water wheel, 16 feet in diameter, will revolve swiftly in a well cut I the very middle of her.” It is chronicled that when the Pres- ident heard this he rose and uttered the historical words, “I'm from Mis- souri.” One year later the Demologos was | launched. Fulton designed and built engines, hull, rigging, and armament, cannot the council move more speedily and see that such a shelter is erected before spring? . Following the recent Y. M. C. A. and K. of C. War fund campaign comes the story of how one well known New Britain young man, work- ing his way through college, “‘did his bit” and made good his pledge to assist in swelling the fund. Being without the necessary funds on the | day his pledge was due this young man cut his classes at Yale and with a bundle of newspapers and periodi- cals under his arms stood at a busy corner in New Haven selling them. In this way he obtained enough money to meet his pledge. It is men like this one and spirits llke his that are to win the war for the United States. New Britain should be proud to number this young man as one of her native sons. .o Failure of promosed improvements at the Smalley street entrance to m Warship at his own plant on the Hudeon. Such was the strength of his genius. Her trial trip was 53 miles out and back from Sandy Hook, successfully accomplished in 8 hours. On her re- turn she executed lively maneuverg about the U. S. Frigate Java be- calmed on the Jersey Flats, and made nearly 2 miles an hour against the East River tide. In spite of her heavy guns she drew but 9 feet. Her total , cost, including transport by wagon of several captured English guns from Philadelphia to New York, was $320,- 000. Her engine and boiler were uniqu There was one cylinder 4 feet in dia- meter and § feet in length. Steam wa generated in a bofler 22x12x8 feet,” which gave such intense heat that the fireman was wont to come on deck af frequent intervals and partake of beer and other cooling draughts. Her total armament included 20 83- pounders designed to fire red hot bal‘g prepared in the, fire room. It was rq- ported that the vibrations of her pig- tons did not disconcert the gunners, but rather gave them a feeling of se- curity in the presence of a mighty * force co-operating with them. What impression was made upon the world by this new monster of war is illustrated by the following de- scription which appeared in the Edin- burgh Evening News of August 381, 1815, supposed to be “full and accur- ate information’: “Length 300 feet. Beam 200 feet. Sides 18 feet thickness of hardest oak. Guns, 100 pounders, 44 in num- ber. And further to annoy the enemy’ attempting to board can dischargeq 100 gallons of boiling water a minutg, and by mechanisms brandishes 300 cutlasses with utmost regularity ovex her gunwales; works also an equgl number of heavy iron pikes, darting them from her sides.with prodigious force and withdrawing them, every® quarter of a minute.” Almost modern advertising, isn't”? At the death of her designer the Demologos was renamed the F\xlu‘gs. Unfortunately she had no opportuni- ty to take part in the war, at the end of which she was taken to the Navy Yard and used as a station ship. Gn June 4, 1829 he was accidentally blown * up, causing the death of 29 persons. Her destruction was complete—but Fulton and she were the Adam and Eve of our Fleet. 1y be true. With the high standacd that local goods have in the world's business eyes there is little doubt that within the next few years thq Hardware City products will be evan better known in the South American " countries than they are today. Evi- dently this opinion is also shared by a goodly number of ambitious young men and women in this city for the new Spanish classes at the evening school are largely attended. Even more popular are the Spanish classes than the classes in French. Youn men and women realize that with the opening of these Latin-American countries there will be a big demand for employes, clerks, stenographers and executives, who are familiar with the Spanish tongue. They do well ta thus prepare for the future and tkq city of New Britain does well to offer them these opportunities through the medium of evening school. e e Fairview cemetery to materialize has been explained by members of the cemetery committee. On July 2 the committee voted to make repairs but subsequent expenses, particularly the construction of passway underneath the railroad, have exhausted all the | funds. Thus the work will have to wait until next yvear. “Pair of stookings, please,” an- nounced the portly man as he puffed up to the woman’s hosiery counter ; in a certain Main street store. “Silk ?" asked the tall girl with the queenly figure. “No, heavy lisle or cotton,” mum- | bled the rotund one with an effort at an apologetic smile. “What size?” . “It doesn’'t make any difference. Just give me whatever is handy,” he eplied. The girl rested a white hand upon a slender hip, and surveyed him with a look of such infinite pity that he felt called upon to explain. “You see,” h-~ sputtered as his full face blossomed into a full flush, “I'm a great believer in old-fashioned rom- ! edies. I've had a beastly sore throat for a week, and I can't cure it because my socks won’t reach around my neck.” oo e The sugar shortage in New Britain has now reached such an acute stage that the consuming public is plainly worried. A careful canvass of the Young men in the draft are learn- Ing more about it each day. Al- though many are aware of this poin, nevecthelesseall are not. Any man between the ages of 21 and 31 years who was registered for the dreft can- not now enlist,in any branch of thgq service if they have been previously called for examination. Thus, a man who has been examined, while hi number may have been so far dowh the list that ho was not even con- sidered for the first draft camp, can- not enlist. The New Haven recruit- ing sergeant, in explaining this fact ta several local men desiring to enlist, sald that in the town of Torrjngon the draft boards examined all the eligible men, although their draft * quota was such as to take only a com- paratively few. Now, however, not . one of these men can enlist. This seems to be rather of a hardship on the candidate for service, although the government has got him assured anyway, so Uncle Sam need not worry. Y How different this Thanksgiving from any other in the memory of the present generation. True, everybody has much to be thankful for, but as- suredly in many homes in New Britain this Thanksgiving Day there will be sadness where a vear ago there was cheer. As the various familles here sit down to thelr Thanksgiving dinner, whether it be a sumptuous spread or a frugal meal, there will be hundreds of vacant stores about the city shows that the | chairs that a year ago were occupied supply here is pitifully inadtquate | by bright young men, the hopes of for the needs of the community and | their fathers and mothers, who are many the dealers have none to | now somewhere in France getting offer. Those who have a small supply | ready to risk their liyes in the struggla on hand are doling it out pound lots to their customers. Yes- policemen, & woman living in one | against autocracy. slons like Thanksgiving and Christ- terday, according to one of the traffic | mas, the Always, on occa- “vacant chair” and the in the | dinner table is a sad and pitiful thing south end of the city came down Main [ and cannot but bring sorrow, coupled street at 10 o’clock and asked to be | with tender memories, to those who directed to a store selling sugar. 2:30 turned, At o'clock this same woman re- weary but happy. are left behind. will be the Thanksgiving Day to the She [ hundreds of local boys who are al- How different too, clutched in her right hand a small | ready across the sea. Many are the parcel containing one pound of loaf | tender thoughts that will fiit through sugar she had purchased on Spring | their brains as they sit down to thelr street. Whether or not the woman | mess on the plains of France. Brave was unable to get even a pound of | boys they are. and they will thus face sugar without a olty-wide search woe |t are unable to state positively, but the fact remains that the shortage is here. ces gobbler? heir homesickness .. s the old Than] He certainly bravely, . Where ving is not as FEvidently some people fear a salt | conspicuous as he has been in former famine for during the past many of the stores have experienced a very brigk business in this commodity. v week | years. Do your Christmas shopping early. Remember, Christmas is only about a . New Britain manufacturers should | month away. be, and undoubtedly are, seeking to expand their South American trade and after the war will this particular- | ¢ e The Christmas club accounts will ertainly come in handy this yeas. . . <