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

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REPRESENTATIVE TAXATION. To properly amend the War Tax bill the whole thing should be re-cast. At least that is the opinion of those who havé given time and study to its var- ious provisions and who, after long hours of reading and re-reading, have come to the conclusion that it Is & horrible example of legislation. We do not thoroughly agree with thig ter- rible arraignment. There is no doubt, however, that several provisos of the bill are not just what they should be, and would not be whet they are if more time had been spent by their framers. s When the emergency war bill was adopted by the special session of Con- gress time was at a premium. There were many things railroaded through the channels of legislation which Friendship and Patriotism. _ The trial of our patriotism is yet before us; and we have reason to thank Heaven that its princi- ples are so well defined and dif- fused. ‘'Exercise towards each other the benevolent feelings of friendship; and let that unity of ,sentiment, which has shone in the fleld, be equally animating in our councils. —JONATHAN MASON, in 1780. : i FIGHTING I'IRE IN BERLIN. ! There is nothing unreasonable in ing the Town of Berlin to pay & fBominal fee every time New Britain's ‘e department is asked to lend a flelping hand there. In fact, there is @very reason in the world why such rgos should be made and paid. The irip to the Town of Berlin is a long l#na bhzardous one. The roads, partly e to neglect by town authorities, are ih poor shape. KEvery time a heavy dece of apparatus is taken over them re is grave danger of accident. If fire fighting machinery is put out commission on such'a trip, or if a freman is killed, the Town of Berlin X uld. not be held responsible, nor would it suffer damages. All things nsidered, there should be a charge rendering services of this kind to town which has no fire . fighting es of its own, but which must rely on outsiders for help. By placing on the shoulders of the Selectmen i Berlin the responsibility for all 1s there is also less danger of false ms being sounded. \ ésmne A GOOD EXAMPLE, [t was on Tuesday that the Herald & news story printed the names of i/ eftemy-aliens of German!birth re- Bing in this city. In an enditorial fhthe same issue attention was called oithe differentiation which must be o between those who are reaily trally enemy-allens and those are. enemy-aliens in name only. | if verifying the statement that fich o condition exists, in some cases, received and printed yesterday a r from one who has been in this try eight years and who, because ‘not being the possessor of citizen gpers, is branded as an enemy-alien. The reasons set forth by Mr. Paul ), Bohlegel of Trinity street as to why '7 oes not now possess naturaliza- papers showing him to be a full dged citizen of the United States e all suficient in themselves. Terse- he was cast about from pillar to st in the first seven years of his idence in this country. He was in ‘gtate of the Union long enough to ble him to complete the require- pents for claiming citizenship. When e did get the chance, here in Con- ecticut, the war interfered. After his exposition of facts he states—*I1 ave left nothing undone that might ave helped to secure me the citi- enship which I eagerly sought. I im absolutely loyal to America. I dmire and love her. My sympathies first, last and always with the . B, A There are other instances where the bw of the land which brands men as emy-aliens will work injustice, as this case; but these are things hich must happen in war time. here is no question of the loyalty jforementioned; nor is there question the cases of other names printed the official list of enemy-aliens ving in this city. When such people Ire found to be openly in love with heir adopted country there is greater se for rejoicing than when native orn men and women are pointed out loyal to Unecle Sam. In this latter nce, there would be wonderment there was disloyalty. And yvet we pay look for greater indifference on e part of those born on the soil n from those who came over the 8 in search of a new start in life. nericans are not made by naturali- tion papers or by belng born in merica half so much as they are by jeing brought to a realization of the > 4 otherwise would not have gone had there been ample time in which to pol- ish and revise contemplated statutes. Now the Congress has time. It has time, and enough of it, in which to see that no injustice is level at any one portion of the Americhn people. It has time to take out the objectionable parts of the war tax bill and put in thelr places provisions which will do the work called for and this without imposing unnecessary hardship upon any person, estate, or business.' An advisory board headed by Rep: resenflL'L!lve Hull has now submitted its recommendations to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. When that offi- clal, after careful review of these rec- ommengdations, makes public his sug- gestions, if he has any to make, the written work of the advisory board may be set before the people. Then we shal] know just what has been done, and why. Of this there is room for little doubt: The Congress will change the existing tax bill. Whether this change will be for better or for worse remains to be seen. With united pressure from the people being | exerted on those having the task in hand the chanoces are for & better bill. ANOTHER METHOD OF SAVING. H';wing almost become accustomed lo wheatless days, and meatless days the nation is now warned that soon it must experience the novelty of light- less nights. By that is meant that the Federal Fuel Administrator is now conisidering the advisability of doing away with all the Great White Ways throughout the length and breadth of the land and establishing in their places thoroughfares more difnly and less brilliantly lighted. e . Broadway, the street of streets, h already undergone a toning down. It has been clipped and shorn of some of its glory. The lights there are as bright as ever, but they do not shine as long as they once did, say when “Diamond Jim” Brady was alive and doing. They are now turned on later in the evening and turned off earlier in the evening. After the Federal Fuel administrator gets through with them they will not be kept lighted so many evenings in the week. The plan calls for darkened highways three nights a week. Whatt will happen in New York and Washington must take place also in New Britain. Our own Main Street might have to undergo lighting revi- ston so far as keeping the lights on until two o’clock in the morning is concerned. There is really no need for this extravagance. These lights can be put out shortly after ten o’eclock at night, or at eleven o'clock at the lat- est. With every city in the nation do- ing the same thing there will be a gieat saving effected in the coal mar- ket, and that is the only reason for lightless nights. FACTS AND FANOIES. If Russte wants that kind of gov- ernment, then that is the kind of government Russia wants.—Spring- field Republican. ‘The man on the corner says: The fact that all men are born equal does not mean that they are equally well informed as'to how to vote.—Nor- wich Bulletin. Speaking of camouflage, the junk- ers have made the German people be- lieve that they have a good govern- ment.—Norwich People. When Americanism reaches to the bone it is dependable, but skin-deep Americanism is nothing more than an inferior quality of treason.—Houston Post. Probably Pancho Villa oconsiders the present times awfully dull in com- parison with the happy days when there was penty of German money in circulation.—Galveston News. No field marshals for the TUnited States army. We have never yet had them, and we have not lost a war yet. —Worcester Gazette. A pretty wise thing just at this pres- ent time would be to have Sousa's consolidated marine band give a noon- | day concert on the floor of the New | York stock exchange. If stocks could g0 on sliding down to the strains of Semper Fidelis, the country is a gk NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, dead dog and we all might as well put on mourning.—New London Day. When an unbeaten candidate meets unbeaten candidate, somebody’s broken.—Hartford an record has to be Times. It sometimes happens that a pessi- mist is a married man who can’t for- get it.—New Haven Union. I's Shorely Goin' to Rain. (W. S. PLillips in Woman'’s Wold.) When th' air gits awfully sultry ‘n the sun's jiss bilin’ down, 'N big white clouds a raisin’ 'n jiss a spreadin’ 'roun’. sec everybudy with th’ hayin’, Workin' ‘'way like ajl body a-piayin’; Catt’l sling ther hed 'n bellers down 'n the pastur’ lot, Fer hoss jiss chew ‘ith all Wwhen th' weather’'s hot. ‘Fyeh watch these things a little Ye'll husslin’, hurrin’ p's 'r mite vel'll see th’ meanin’ plain, 'N set down this here in yer book— it's sharely goin’ to rain. Out 'p under the wagin, shadder o’ th’ house, Th’ chick’'ns a pantin’ 'ith 're tungs clean out their mouths. Ole dog hez quit a-barking at th’ wagins goin’ by, Jiss lays under th’ like he'd die. Joe 'n Ann-Marlar, out 'n th’ gard'n lot, Go on circumventin’ weeds ’'n 'low its might hot. Yeh jiss watch these things a spell, veh'll see th’ meanin’ plain, ’N set down this here in yer book— it's shorely goin’ to rain. er 'n th’ doorstep, pantin’ Hosses stomps 'n switch ther taill aroun’ like all p’sessed, (Flies on thesg here kind o’ days don’t give 'em any rest). Aunt Balindy, she puts off her trip to town, » Fer she rightly reckons it'll soon be paurin’ down® y Th’ birds down ’'n th’ medder seem to know they’ sompthin’ wrong, ‘N stidder hollerin’ ret out loud, jiss sing a twitterin’ song. Mind what I'm tellin’ yeh, yeh'll see / tn’ meanin’ plain, 'N stidder hollerin’ ret out loud, jiss sing a goin' to rain. The Knell of the Knitter? (Philadelphia Ledger) Sister Susie, rabid exponent of the amber needle and the cretonne bag, is due to get an awful jolit when she reads what a New York correspondent says of her intustry. He is dolefully blunt about it all, anq the bald state- ment of his marshalled facts leaves nothing to be argued. Susie, let it be repeated in horrified ital is wast- ing her time. The results achieved by her more or less nimble fingers could be acéomplished not only more quick- ly, but more efficiently, by a soulless, fingerless, yea, even cretonneless, ma- chine, thus excluding those loving written messages which bring to the heart a comfort denied the heel. Sigh no more, ladies, but listen; for this reformer is not as the rest of his kind. Refusing to be content with de- crying a well estabished institution, he offers a better in its place. Here is the picture: Susie, resigning her post as a public wielder of meedles, will hie herself home and kitchenward, there to make the acquaintance of skillet and scuttle, mop and broom. In place of the swoater shall come up the dish- qtoth and the sweeper shall flourish as the green bay tree; the strong chair as a ladder shall she trample under foot, and the superfluous maid shall be utterly done away—preferably to a shell factory. A Statune to Be Seen. (Manchester Guardian.) The severest of Barnard's critics is Lincoln’s own son, Robert T. Lincoln, who sums up the statue thus: “The result 18 a monstrous figure which is grotesque as a likeness . . . and de- famatory as an effigy.” It does seem indeed that if the statue ever is erect- ed in London we shall be compelled for a time, at any rate, to depart from our customtary attitude toward public statuary—and actually inspect it! The present writer must add, though, that photographs of the sta- tue which he has seen give the Im- pression that Barnard has imparted to his work ‘an Impressively grave, rough-hewn beauty. ClassMying a Oritic. (Detroit Free Press) “Who is that fellow criticising the Government so?" “I don’t know, but I can guess. He's one of two classes.” “What are they “Either he’s pro-German or he's a loyal American whose pot scheme wasn't adopted by the War Depart- ment.” Among Forgotten Things. (Pittsburgh Gazette-Times) Now that national guardsmen from every State have arrived in France, who remembers the controversy over whether they could lawfully be sent on foreign service. Exceptional Case. ‘““You should never laugh at an- other’s misfortune.” “But the man who just now stum- bled over a dog while chasing his hat is a notorious practical joker.” “Oh, if that's the case, I'll join in a hearty laugh. Hah, hah, hah!"—Ex- change. Too Enthusiastio, “No, that salesman could not inter- est me in his car after the unfortunate remark that he dropped.” ‘“What was that?” \ “He said that his car was a winner, and then he added that it would win in a walk.”—Chicago Herald. Taking No Chances, “Is that dog of yours dangerous?’’ “Not if yau approach him in the right way.” l “Well, I haven't time to do any re- hearsing. Just hold him a minuto, | will you, until I get by?"—RBirming- ham Age-Herald. THE VALUE OF POVERTY. Ask Your Friend W'hllt_lie ‘Would Do It He Had a Million Dollars. (Washington Times) A majority of men long for a great deal of money. Each man will tell you that he is strugzling along in uncongenlal em- ployment; that if he had his way his life would be arranged very differently. Put to any friend this question: “What would you do if you had a million dollars’ You will learn that, first of all, he would get rld of the useful dally plodding that occupies him. Instead of living to work he would live to en- joy himself. A majority of men are uscfully em- ployed becaitso they must work to live. If we 21l had our way we should do as we chose, and there would be no rrogress. Fortunately, the wisdom of Providence. keeps the great majority of men poor and usefully busy. This writer asked an able business man, who manages the material suc- cess of a great newspaper, what he would do if he had a million dollars. He replied without hesitation: “X would go abroad and spend the rest of my life collecting artistic things and enjoying them.”, By his newspaper work, which helps to disseminate truth and to fight priv- ilege, this man renders the greatest possible service to the world. He is head of the commissariat department of an army of rightcousness. ITow for- tunate that he cannot abandon his useful work to collect artistic trash that would only make him useless and enrich a few unscrupulous dealers! Joseph Jefferson as an actor did great good for the world. He filled hiindreds of thousands of young and oM hearnts with kindly sympathy. He set a good example to all the actors of the word. He was truly a puglic benefactor. If Joseph Jefferson had had a great fortune he wbuld have spent his life painting pictuves, for he believed that he was meant to be a painter. He was not meant to be a painter; if ‘his life had been dvoted to paint- ing it would have been wusted. How lucky that he was not rich enough to be able to w: his life! Often the world marvels that the sons of great and successful men ac- complish so little. ‘The world is foolish. It should mar- vel that the sons of the rich accom- plish anything at all. For genius has truly been called the capacity to take infinite pains. It is the splendid fruit that grows on the tree_of Hard Work. Infinite pains and hard work are distasteful to human beings. They are avoided by those who can avoid them It is lucky for the world that the number of those who can shirk is lim- ited. Dryden tells you in four lifies what the actual man would amount to if he had his way “My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. A country cottage near a §rystal flood, A winding valley and 'a lofty wood.” Every man who could afford it would live for himself, to indulge some useful little tenth-rate part of his brain activity. The world progresses because the wisdomi of the ninlverse comnels every man to work dircetly or indirectly for every other man. If we had our way, if hard necessity did not compel us to do the disagree- able work for which we are fitted, we should all live for ourselves; we should all be mere human sponges, absorbing personal gratification-—the progress of the human race would stop. Let this fact console you when vou contemplate Wwith bitterness the few who accumulate great fortunes. You are a disappointed drop In a great ocean of useful human beings. The intercst of the whole ocean de- mands that you and the vast majority of all other drops should fall to get what you crave— The Opportunity To Be Uscless. A Duel in Balloots It was in 1803 that’ Mlle. Tirevit graced the footlights of the Imperial Opera at Paris. She attracted many men, especially one M. de Grandpro and another, M. le Plque. They be- came jealous of each other and decid- ed that a duel was the only way out of their predicament. It was to be a. duel without hatred, and so thoy postponed the great event for onc month. Meanwhile they came to the conclu- sion that an ordinary duel wouldn't do at all and hit upon the ldea of fighting In the air. So they orderyd two balloons constructed exactly allichy and on the night of June 22 settlod their affairs in anticipation of the great event upon the morrow. At tho appointed hour each man entered his balloon armed with n blundorhuss, and at a signal tho ropes wero cut, and up they went. They were to (fro at the balloons, not at ench others At a height of half a mile in the air M. de Grandpre senn a hall through M, 1o Plque’s balloon, and the Iatter was dashed to pleces. Tho othor landed safely several hours later. (Youth’s Companion), To be ablo to mnko n rone cnke was an accomplishment covetod by Iitilo girls some decades ngo. The Aret step was to spread a layer of froshly gathered rose petaly in a bowl or deep dlsh. A layer of hrown sugar followed, then another of petals, amnd 80 on until the dish was full. Cin- namon or some other spice was siftod over the top, and the dish was covered with a plate, placed in a tin securely wrapped in brown paper and buried in the ground overnight. When it was withdrawn it was a toothsome morsel, dear to the heart of child- hood. One Cause Overooked. (Philadelphla Ledger) The theatrical managers blame everything for the slump in their bus- iness except the high cost of seats for poor shows. ¥ D box or! CEMBER 13, 1917. | DOING HIS BIT CLIFFORD ANDERSON Clifford Anderson, znother one of the New Britain volunteers who of- fered his services early in the war, is herewith pictured. Clifford Ander- 3on was enlisted as a private in Com- pany E, First Connecticut Infantry, and when that company was merged into the 1024 U. S. Infantry he went with it. He is now somewhere in France./’ The Morals of Mathematics, (New York World) A speaker at the Michigan State Convention of Teachers extolled the moral importance of mathematics, saying. In no other branch of learning does a man learn respect for ac- tual facts as he does in the study of mathematics. The fact that two and two make four is a dig- nified truthh When a man learns to respect such truths he lays the foundation of respect for truth in all things great and small. But where nowadays does a respect for actual facts exist? of loose and not of exact thinking. Facts are stubborn things and the whole effort is to conceal them by a camouflage of thought. In politics and religion and industry the main demand is for svstems under which two’ plus two will make five or threc. How much mathemati is neededr for a Bolshe- viki program of government heyond a rudimentary acquaintance with long division? THhe rcformicis who sought to abolish algebra from the public schools recognized the trend. What “respect for actual facts” is shown by the average jury in a crim- inal case? What does the electorate care for them? Facts under the mod- ern disper ation are things to bo blinked and cvaded: many flourishing socleties exist for the purpose of es- tablishing their essential unimportance in any scheme of social reform. As respects the relation of accuracy to mathematics, no doubt there are good reasons for encouraging the study of mathematics, but certainly it'is futile to base the argument on the amount clear thinking due to mothematical training. The habits of | thought mostly in vogue bear a closer ‘rolation to motion-picture processes of rqasoning. Modern Music. s music. Before it Tho first at- naturally Modern music {here was no harmony. tempts at harmony wero crude. Guido of tion by lines and » Cologno first Indicated the of notes by diverse forms. Bats were introduced later ana modern music developed more decided rhythm, though at firsi guided by tho car and ; not by science. Joaquin Dupres of | Planders besan the blending of musi- enl art in the fifteenth century, which was continued in tho seventeenth cen- tury by Polostrina of Rome. The opern zreatly cxtended music in the sixteenth century and the honor bf perfocting tho opera and or-hestral muste 18 divided between Ttalinn and German composers, auration | A Pointed Retort. (Phildelphia Ledger) Tn Admiral Mayo's presence, the other cvening I heard this little story | told at his expense. He laughed and | dld not contradict it, and so I suppose | 1t Is truc. When he was recently in London, and every minuto of his time as our naval commandor-in-chief was of the utmost value, he was kept waiting ten minutes by a taxieab chauffeur. Not an uncommon exnerlence in these days of dlsarranged traflic and frequent air ralds, When the cabby finally put in an ap- pearance he was midly taken to task for the delay. “Never mind about that, guv-nor,” answored the wit on the box, blandly. “That's all right. 'Op right in. You fellows have kept us waitin' for threo After the war the boys who went to the front in the uniform of the Amer- This is an age FACTS ABOUT THE Officers’ A naval officer has two homes, one in which he can kick about the grub and one in which he can’t. The first is presided over by his wife. A mess- mate manages the second and re- serves the right to resign in favor of any mnember who complains, The fifty odd officers of a modern battieship are divided into four mess- es. “Captain lives and eats in soli- tary state. Nine officers above the grade of ensign form the Wardroom Mess. Junior oflicers just out of Annapolis riot in thelr own “Countgy” or part of the ship. While Warrants, or those graduated from the ranks, enjoy a new dignity of isolation by having a separate quarters and din- Ing room. Even women hate household drudg- ery. Men despise it. A naval officer is more of a man’s man than a bachelor. But someone must decide between fried eggs and fishballs. We can’t have both on Navy pay. For this purpose Navy Regulations order that an officer must be chosen each month as Mess Treasurer. He must serve conscientlously even though he can't tell a veal cutlet from a pork chop—while they’re still m the nude. But two monthg is the offi- cial limit of his misery. X And it i1s misery to most, sud- denly to be snatchea from a world of motors and muzzles, wristping and oilcups, and thrust into the vapid at- mosphere of food, regular add-hot- water-and-serve kitchen mechanics. County, by H. S. Gilbeértson. “A survey of the past and the pos- sible future, showing how the county has been exploited by machine poli- ticlans. . . The author detalls plans for reconstruction.”—A. L. A. Book- list. o0 e Need a New Idea of God? by . H. Reeman. ‘The author is a Unitarian minister in Trenton, N. J. . { Familiar Ways, by M. P. S8herwood. “Charmingly written, intimate es- says. . .'The author is well known for The Worn Doorstep.”—A. L. A. Book- list. Do Hugo Grotius, the Father of the Modern Science of International Law, by Hamilton Vreeland.” ) Red Flower, Poems in Wartime, by Henry Van Dyke. oo Sands of Fate, by Sir Thomas Bar- clay. A war drama. s .. 5 These Many Years, Recollections of a New Yorker, by rander thews. e Business and Finarice. Approach to Business Problems, by A. ‘W. Shaw. £, | ‘“Based on lectures given at Har- | vard, this book Is a careful analysis of business problems. . . One of the strongest features of the work is the i criticn] examination of demand crea- tion. . . It should prove suggestive to business men.”—A. T.. A, Booklist! . s Business Competition and the Law; Everyday Trade Conditions Af- fected by the Anti-Trust Laws, by G. H. Montague. “‘Gives clcar. concrete answers to questions which almost any business man may sometimes need to consider - .. A well-conceived and useful book."—North American Review. e Graham’s Business Chandler Sexton. . xu Manual of Successful Storekeeping, by ‘W. R. Hotchkin. “‘Contains much good advice on all sides of store management from win- dow displays to ‘turnovers.’ Intended for the owner of the small store as well as for the manager of the de- partment store.”—A. L. A. Booklist. o s e Principles of Banking, Moulton. “The gencral problems of banking Shorthand, by by H.. G y are developed in a .series of carefully | selected readings.”—Publisher’s note. » .. Secret of Typewriting Speed, by Mar- garet B. Owen. “The author has three times won the world’s typewriting specd cham- pionship” von Training for a Lif by W. M. An American Physician in Turkey, by C. D. Usher and G. H. Knapp. .o Fiction. Cousin Julia, by G. H. Flandrau. “Cousin Julia is the socially ambi- tious mother of two pretty daughters and the story is concerned with her maneuvers to marry them well. . . . The descriptions of the development of family life . . is well done.”—A. L. A. Booklist. .o Elizabeth Bess. by E. Scott. “A not over sentimentalized pic- ture of the life of a charming little girl of the sixties, not written for children.”—A. L. A. Booklist. ... Grim Thirteen, ed. by F. 8. Greene. “Thirteen short stories. They share in grim or tragic themes and in the distinction of rejection by several good magazines because they falled to measure down to the average stan- dard and had no ‘happy endings’ to redeem them.”—A. L. A. Booklist. .o Mystery of the Hasty Arrow, by A. K. Green. A detective story. «e e Turn About Eleanor, by E. M. Kelley. ican army will come to the front in every walk of life in America.—Louis. ville Courfer-Journal. “Eleanor, a little girl from Cape Cod, is adopted by three men and three girls who . . . agree to bring Mat- AMERICAN RAVY' BY LIECT. FITZHUGH GRNEN, U. 8. N. Messes. “Now Steward,” says the newly elected one, “you take charge &nd give us something good to eat. I'm too busy just mow to bother with it.” Which works exceedingly well until one morning the Mess Treas. urer is shocked to find most of the $25 he collected as board bill from each officer on the first of the month has disappeared. “Eggs very higly - Sir,” explaing the Filipino Steward. And “nc theenk me muc.ce good” he adds lapsing Into deprecatory Pigeon English, So the Naval Hero strips to th waist and tackles the ‘confounded job’ tull-handedly. He nts hu government-paid mess boys; coun®d the mess members; counts the sup- plies on hand; the money; every- thing—until he has a whole book full of figures which only the Paymastes is able to tabulate. Here he comes now, still countins. “SBay—,” he pants, ow in the name of Neptune do you buy pota- toes, by the dozen or by the peck o1 by the pound?” [ I try to look wise. “Give me an an easy one,” I reply, luffing for time, “By paying the bill of course!” ‘Which is what he does in the end. They say its cheaper to live on the China Station. And West Coasf Cruisers report fresh fruit at peace prices. But most of us can go beant for breakfast eight times a week with Times Square hull up over the hori- zon. 3 — NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE | up a child co-operatively.”—A. Booklist. ke o aal e 1 Village Pest, 4y Montgomery Rolli: ¥, “The escapades of David, a smajl boy, whose father was a semttor in Washington thirty years ago. Founded on fact they will amuse this generas tion of elders as much as they must have exasperated and entertained Dav\l’d’s elders.”—A. L. A. Booklist; “oe ¢ Wishing-Ring Man, by Margaret Wid, demer. [4 Not a scquel to the Rose-Gardem: Husband but has some of the samf ch&y&ctem 4 coe Wolf Breed, by Jackson Gregory. “‘Another, spirited Western romance, full of action, of the adventures of red-blooded people and of ranch life.” ~+Publisher’s Notice. / aes ‘Wonder Woman, by M. V. Long. - Second Helpings. (Boston Hérald.) Word comes from Camp Devens-of a very practical method of food cons_ servatian. When a soldier asks,fpr| a second serving of any kind of food* the| second serving is promptly forth- coming, but if he leaves any of it un- eaten his plate is carefully put away and tagged with his name. At the next meal that leftover is put before him for his first course. A simple and sensible plan to push along the pro- gram of wasteless meals. It is worth the attention of Mr. Hoover and his enterprizing associates. Where wheat- less and meatless meals here and thers stir resentment or bring up practical difficulties, éspecially in small tamilies, nobody will argue against wasteless meals. And one of the most effective ways to guard against waste of food is to refrain from taking second help- ings that are not really desired or needed. Too often wmost of us yleld to the hospitable and well meant fn- vitation to “have some more” when we have already had enough and the _ result in many cases is uneaten food left on the plate for the garbage man. There is food enough for us all, but there is no food to be wasted that way or in any other way, and the lessons that our people are slewly and reluctantly learning will be very use- ful in the days of peace that will some time follow-this period of trial and sacrifice. P Doing Things, “As a soldier,” said Goethals, “I have always considered ‘Do’ an essen- tia] element of duty. In analyzing men for detail duty on the canal I fourld that the man with military training had an advantage in know- ing how to obey. Service is nothing more than obedlence in a broad sense. If you escape duty you avoid action. Stern duties do not require harsh commands. Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life.” Goethals once remarked: “The world demands results. It is record- ed that Lord Kitchener, when a sub- ordinate during the South African war began to explain a failuro to obey or- ders, said: ‘Your reasons for not do- ing it are the best I ever heard. Now go and do it!" That is what the world demands today.”—B. C. Forbes in Leslie's. Bad for the Burglars. (Popular Science Monthly.) It would be a sad gang of robbers who tried to break into the railway car invented by George W. Meyers ot the United States army. They would be greeted with clouds of polsonous gas fumes. ‘ Meyers’ robber proof car works with extreme simplicity. Two tanks, in which fumes of cyanide of potas- slum are stored under pressure, ars fitted inside of the car at each end. These are connected with a perfor- ated pipe which extends all around the door of the car just in back’ of the outer frame work. Should the train be held up the locomotive en- gineer would telephone the guards within the car, Jho would immed- iately open the valves of the tank. The fumes would ‘stream out through the pipe perforations and into the robber’s faces. The door being gas tight, the gas could not pen= etrate intg ‘oar.