New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1917, Page 6

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America, last hope of men and . truth, Thy name must through all coming ages be f'he badge unspeakable of shame ‘pledge that man and m‘ truth is free. ©or 5 —ARLO BATES. " SAVING FUEL, . Christmas vacations at various edu- tional institutions throughout the puntry have been affected this year the coal situation. Ordinarily holidays do not begin until a days before December 25. One ege In Massachusetts hag already d jts doors and its students will pt come back until the second week January. Tufts College is con- nplating the same plan, a long iwn-out holiday in order to some- hat solve the coal problem. . There must be a saving of all fuel pesible. The demands this year on the resources of the nation are ater than they have ever been in past. At the same time the pro- tion of coal and other commodi- has not kept apace with' the {‘ ded supply. State Fuel Adminis- Ftors in several statds nearby have ed rules which thrifty souls y be guided by and which, if fol- ed, will help materially in remedy- i¥ the condition. Tersely these sug- fstions may be named as follows: | Keép the temperature of buildings, )ublic and private, under seventy de- jrees. Do not heat rooms when not ‘use. Fire furnaces and boilers ac- jording to the best known directions, en applying to experts for advice hen needed. Sift ashes thoroughly. Pse cinders with new coal. Keep all utside doors closed. Cover up crev- cés and cracks. Turn off the lights lpn not absolutely in use. Draw own the window shades after dark o.belp keep in the heat. This advice ®asily followed. If heeded it will 4 in the saving of many tons of coal. - —_— | DISCOUNTING BAD NEWS. Comparisons have always been ed upon as odious. That is prob- one of the reasons why Ameri- provious to our entrance into the d wer, grew to dislike some of ultra pro-German friends who d thus in exalting the name of ny and everything connected the Fatherland. We were told, ‘listened to the telling, that Ger- oy, was the greatest country on the of the earth; that there was no These people within our midst have | a nice way of presenting horriblo plc- tures with which to frighten the mothers and fathers of boys fighting { for the land. They tell of the many | boys at the various cantonments and’ the sicknesses in the ranks. They tell | | of ships being sunk at sea, avrmy trans- 'ports sent to the bottom by subma- rines, and the attendant loss of lives. | They tell of the wounded being brought into New York City and placed within the great hospitals of the metropolis, men brought back ; from the flelds of France and Fland- | [ ers. Oh, they are dismal tales thesc! | Yet investigation has proven they are, | for the most part, lies made out of i whole cloth. Aside from the German people being | great people,—which we have never doubted,—their representatives in this ! country, or rather the paid agents of | their misrepresentative are the greatest purveyors of false- hood the world has ever known. So we must refuse to countenance their sordid tales, however much they want us to believe them. When the time comes for bad news, and it will come soon enough, the news will be given out from official channels so that ali who read may know that it is the truth. To date there has been no sup- pression of news, and there ‘will not be so long as Woodrow Wilson sits in the White House. He has given or- ders to all his co-workers in Wash- ington,—in the Navy, State, and War Departments,—to give out the news Just so soon as it is verified. From the War Department then we shall look for authorized statements of our boys in France. When any of them are killed or wounded we shall receive their names over the cable and see those names printed in the public press. From the Navy Depart- ment we shall look for intelligence | when any of our sailors meet with mis- hap. The same applies to news from any of the sixteen cantonments in this country. There will be no attempt to “cover over” any condition existing in those places. They are always open to visitors. They are likewise open to public inspection. That in itself should be enough to prevent truth from being mixed with fiction. SHOOT TO KILL. Two thousand Connecticut men in ¢ the 804th Regiment of Infantry, National Army, were drawn up in battle array yesterday at Camp/ Devens while the chief executive of this sovereign state, Marcus H. Hol- comb, presented them with the colors and bade them Godspeed on their government, He'd given up the smart ' Set souvenir Show, which took place Friday last, can find the names of Captain Alfred H. Griswold and Lieutenant Raymond | C. Rand on the Honor Roll service of his country for eight years. 'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, | had the lady expert she had before & few days to advise the new man in regard to care of them hens.—Web- | ster, Mass., Times. We all know now what a man means when he tells us to go to Hal- ifax.—Bridgeport Post. Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey are three of a kind.—Meriden Record. It is not absolutely necessary for the soldiers to learn French so 2s to be able to talk with the French girls. —Meriden Journal. Hindenburg sneers at America as the country that produced a Barnum, but nobody has been able to charge us with having produced anything like that Hohenzollern crown prince.— New York Herald. A Magazine Story. (“Why don’t you write a maga- zine story, in verse?” suggests a help- ful correspondent. So we did.) The lonely soldier at his Saturday Evening post; He's stood there, as it seemgd to him, a Century, almost! The Outlook was a dreary one, a chill was in the breeze, The wailing winds went twanging by like Harpers in the trees. A Metropolitan was he—a true American— Yet in a few short months proved a Cosmopolitan; He’d crossed the broad Atlantic like a hero in the strife, The war was Everybody’s now—what was his single Life? he'd He hadn’t sought Adventure in his somewhat feeble youth— A Woman’s Home Companiom about his job, in truth; But he read some Snappy Stories in the Belgian Blue Book, then He went across the wide Wide World to help his fellow men. was To found a New Republic in that worn and weary land, and had sought a foreign Strand. And now, as he was standing, think- ing thoughts of Farm and Home, His Magazine exploded and blew off | his marble dome! —TED ROBINSON, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, COMMUNICATED. TWO NAMES OMITTED. Attention Called to Serious Mistake in New Britaizc Honor Roll as Print- ed On Minstrel Program. To the Editor of the Herald: who have Minstrel How many people, programs of the Captain Griswold has been in the sixteen ears and was on the retired list for He was called into the stood on guard | made every effort to sccure my citizen- ship papers. Trusting that you will be kind nough to give this letter space in cur valued paper, I beg to remain Yours very réspectfully, LOUIS A. FENGLER, 134 Winthrop streeet. e b4 LOYAL TO UNCLE SAM. New Britain, Conn., Dec. 13, 1917. To the Editor of the Herald: Assuming you will correct any er- rers that might be made by your pa- . per, I'wish to call my case to your attention, In your article “German Subjects in New Britain,” you have me classed as a German subject. Now, I should think having taken the oath of al- legiance to Uncle Sam would be suf- ficient evidence that I could not, and would not, be a subject of any other country, and having done the above, I wish you would correct the state- ment. Respectfully yours, . P. CEPPA, 841 East St. HOW THEY FELL OUT. It Was a Comment on Germany That Parted Two Great Artists, ‘Whistler and Chase. (New York Evening Post) Col. Whistler once said to Chase in a railway coupe in Holland, apropos of some voluble German fellow-trav- elers, “the good Lord made one seri- ous mistake.” | “What is it now?” snapped Chase, whose nerves had already been set an “When He made Germans.” Chase had been educated in Ger- { many, and this outburst, coupled with | Whistler’s subsequent remarks, made in fluent German, caused a final rup- ture between the two. Chase dived out of the train at Harlem, and, after that, saw and spokc to Whistler only once again in his life. This version of a well-known ar- tistic rupture is taken from the au- thoritative ‘“Life of William Chase,” by Katherine Metcalf Roof. It is not strange that the most amusing part of such a biography should concern Chase’s friendship with Whistler. painters, as personalities there could be no question which was the more amusing. When Chase became ac- quainted with him of the butterfly sig- nature, he (Chase) had already de- veloped to maturity in his art. He, therefore, met the eccentric not as a ‘worshipper, but as an equal. other hand, there is mnot the least doubt that those weeks spept in Whistler's London studio, painting at his side, were- worth a fortune to Chase. The reater Individunaiity could not fail to influence the smaller. One courts an avalanche of protests fram Chase’s admirers and students by -venturing such a statement. But the famous portrait of Whistler, made at this time by Chase, proves how “master of Cheyne Walk” at work. Meanwhile Chase had a rather dif- ler, who insisted on perpetually quar- journey “Over There.” Camp Devens. told the boys in khaki just what was expected of them, just what he and the rest of us believed they would do, | and pledged the support of the entire populace here in their welfare. service again when United States had trouble with Mexico. After the death of Capt. Ladbury he was once more made Captain of Co. I. Capt. Gris- wold is at present somewhere in France with -the 102d U. 8. Inf. Lieutenant Rand is now somewhere in America. Why is it then, that these names are not on New Britain’s Honor Roll, when these two men have probably served their country It was an impressive ceremony at The governor, speak- ing for the loyal people of this state, ‘While our men are at the front, we must keep open house for their rela- tives and %Dendents at home. The state must see to it, and will sec to it, that there is no cause for worry or anxiety on the part of any man now serving the colors. And this whether that man is on the battlefields of Europe or merely undergoing the mil- itary training at one of the various cantonments in this country. Connecticut bore its share of the burden when the Revolutionary War was in progress. Then populated by a small number of people, less than one of its great cities holds today, it sent a goodly army to fight for liberty. Again when the nation was divided it sent a goodly quota to the front. And then in the last war it stood firmly by the Union. So, in this greatest of all wars, Connecticut is more than do- ing its bit. Its men and women are r country like it; that the aims of rulers were altruistic; that its ople were better taken care of than other people, etc., etc., ad infini- There was a comstant exaltation Germany. To this day some of these same sen- ents find their way into the public art, though they wear a different e, The tellers are not so open, nor they given to the same old spirit braggadocio which once actuated Yet those who believed that ) wes 8o great only a few onths ago have not changed their njons or their colors at this date,— by more than we might expect the opard to change his spots merely be- se he falls in a lake. A bath of triotism administered ad lib to many pople will not cleanse all. There are pme whom the water will never jrike. There are some off whose ks it would run as in the case of Bo, when we hear these persistent nors which tell of evil happenings our boys in the army and navy we . discount them as so much pro- pda. The same voices that once nothing but praise for Germany now engaged in a different method the same line of talk. Since they panot preach pan-Germanism out- ght they turn about the other way attempt to discourage Americans ) the pursuit of the war schedule. primed with the idea of a triumphant democracy. Autocracy must go So that the world may be made safe for such governments as ours. ‘What though the language of the governor sometimes steps down from the high plane of elegance, it is none the less expressive when he lapses into the vernacular. At other times he has struck a responsive chord in the hearts of men. And he does so once again when he advises the men at Camp Devens to “die rather than be dominated by German autocracy. And when you go over, men, take damn few prisoners.” b | FACTS AND FANCIES. Good woolen underclothes help warm the house.—New London Day. That “little group of wilful men"” have faded out of the picture. It is Wilson—that's all.—Springfleld Re- publican. ‘When they ran out of yarn, several North Dakota womien sheared wool from their own sheep, which they carded and spun and kept om with their knitting for the soldiers. No- body has ever been able to flag an American woman after she got well started.—New Haven Union. Mrs. Whipple has changed her help this week. The last man was a good one, but the woman, aithough good in many ways, could not cook satis- factory. Besides the new couple, she has a new man to wholly take care longer than any other man name is on the list. of the hens-and chickens. She also ! whose Therefore, dear readers, do you not think that the two officers, who led one of New Britain’s finest companies of volunteers out of this city to fight for freedom should have their names on the Honor Roll? DISLOYALISTS. If They Do Not Love the Flag Now They Never Wil To the Editor of the Herald: Dear Sir—Was pleased with your editorial in Tuesday’s edition of your paper entitled “Know Thy Neighbor” and while it is timely and patriotic in warning us of our enemy aliens, would it not be well for us to watch some of our enemy citizens who have been fully as bitter in their denunciation of the stand taken by our govern- ment in the present crisis as any enemy alien could wish to be. Not only have they yelled for the Kaiser and his Huns, but have been more pronounced in their condemnation of our public officials than some of the enemy aliens that have been watched 80 close. Many of them were born in this country and educated in our pub- He schools and surrounded all their lives by our democratic environments and free institutions, yet they care as little for our flag as does the Kaiser himself: You may find men of this stamp in public office and in positions of im- portance in our commercial and in- dustrial Nfe. Such men should be watched and not be allowed to ever get into public life as any man whe is not true to the flag in times like these could not be true at any time. BAT. CORREOTS A FALSE IMPRESSION. New Britain, Conn., Dec. 13. To the Editor of the Herald: In your issue of December 11, my name appeared among those listed as “‘enemy alien,” and in order to correct a false impression which may have been caused thereby, would respect- fully beg to submit the following for your kind consideration: The records of the United States dis- trict court in Hartford, Conn., will show that I, accompanied by my two ‘witnesses, appeared before said court on October 5 of this year for final ex- amination. Upon completion of my examination, Judge Thomas informed me that, although I had succeeded in passing, he would be unable to give me full naturalization papers until af- ter the close of the war. I was told that it would not be necessary for my witnesses or myself to appear again before sald court. 1 consider it an honor ani privilege to be known as a citizen of the United States and assure you that I have relling. “It is commonplace, not to say vulgar, to quarrel with your en- emies,” said he. friends, That's the thing to do.” The visiting artist stood his host’s con- stant disputatiousness as long as he well could. He had pretty nearly, it seems, finished Whistler's portrait, when he rebelled. 'The trip to Hol- land which led to the final break, was proposed by ease the strain of a too close association. There were two Whistlers,” accord- ing to Chase: The Whistler of Cheyne Walk was a dainty, sprightly little man, im- maculate in spotless linen and per- fect-fitting broadcloth. He wore vel- low gloves, and carried his wand poised lightly in his hand. He seemed inordinately proud of his small feet and his slender waist; his slight im- perialjand black mustache were care- fully waxed; his monocle indispen- satzgg'w view Whistler behind the " scenes. He had prepared ms outward blandishments with the skill and pa- { tience of an accomplished actor. For hours he had stood before a mirror, curling irons in hand, training care- fully his hair, in particular that fa- mous white lock, fussing and primping i . o Reeniine Whistler had cork since early morning, | a‘:,errfd:; l?koeka, flend as he worked. | The monocle of the night before h:l_vl been laid aside for an unsightly pair of iron spectacles, so heavy that they | were clumsily wrapped with cloth where they rested on his nose. Hlis hair was uncombed; he was careless- ly dressed. It was when P laying the satirical ' fop that Whistler took occasion to dazzle the world with his ready and biting wit. Chase used to vepeat a number of his sayings, among them Whistler’s typical remark, when he! was getting the worst of a discussion: “My dear colonel” (his nickname for Chase,) “I'm not arguing with you: I'm telling youw.” The Winner. The difficulties of crossing Broad- way at Forty-second street can be ex-! aggerated. The feat is usually accom- plished by born New Yorkers without loss of more than one limb. But to, the visitor from Boeotia or some other suburb it presents itself as a difficulty which, once overcome, is to be laoked back at with horror and re- membered with gratitude for a provi- dential escape. One such visitor had just crossed Broadway. He wore long ! Wwhite whiskers and a black hat such | as may be seen on senators from Mis- sissippi. He was on the safe side of Broadway. He puffed agitatedly as he turned to survey the maelstrom of trafic he had passed through. “Every time I cross Broadway,” he said, “I feel as if I had won a bet.”— New York Post. Eccentric Place Names. There are one or two place names in England which for eccentricity it | would be hard to beat. Cornwalil ! boasts of a village called Drunkards | edge by Whistler’s deliberate rudeness. ! ‘Whatever their comparative merits as , much he profited by watching the | ficult time getting along with Whist- | “Quarrel with your | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1017, ‘McMillan Store (Incorporated.) “Always Reliable:” ol Come to Us for What You Want to Give for Christmas Gifts Early buying, making our plans in advance, has placed in this store mer- chandise that in many cases could not be_ bought from the manufacturer at our selling prices. PETTICOATS of Sateen, Heather- bloom and Silk. Every color plain and changeable effects. Best values You ever saw for 98¢ and up by steps to $7.50. 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You can tell by the look in his eyes that he is anxious to enter the fray, and those who know him say it will be a sad day for any Prussian Who happens to have been selected by Fate to oppose him. print. The same may be sald of the neighboring village of St. Eval, which is pronounced “Sandeval.” Bishop Philpotts asked a candidate for or- dination where he came from. *“St. Eval,” was the reply. ‘“Dear me,” re- marked the bishop, “I know that Cor- nishmen venerate St. Tudy, St. Cuby, St. Uny and other saints unknown to the calendar, but I was not aware they had canonized the devil! don Mirror. A Generous Empress. It is said that one morning at breakfast a general related to Na- poleon IIL. the misfortunes of a brother officer, who, “because he had not 15,000 francs, must be dis- honored.” While the emperor ques- tioned further particulars FEugenie flew to her room and, returning with a package of banknotes, said, “Take them, general, and never tell me his name.” And his name the gen- erous empress never knew. Too Much Paint. He—What all this talk about, Mrs. Bullion? She—Why, she en- gaged Dauber, the artist, to paint her, and when she arrived for the first sit- All and of a tithing called London Apprentice. The name of another Cornish village, Grumzia, sounds‘l worse when spoken than it looks in ! ting he declined to complete a job that had already been half finished. —Cincinnati Enquirer. | Wi SE, SMITH & CO.: HARTFORD HARTFORD’S GREATER TOYLAND BOOKS For Everybody Main Floor fore. dressed. MOUNTAIN LYON SET. collar and ball muft, SET 5 NATURAL RED FOX SET. 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Y Heaters , The Warship has a cosmic quality Meaning that be thee Smith of Smith’s Junction, Arizona, or Du Barry late of Paris and London, no detail is there of your futile existence but can be fabled in the Big Fleet. Take Heaters. You've sat around the station stove. Or you have lain in the morning listening to the cheery whistle of your® radiator (except when the furnace man forgot to come). Perhaps you're one of those gas burners who take out extra insur- ance on the strength of the extra risk. Open fire places may grace your mansion. Or you may send your son to the railroad tracks for coal lumps joggled from a passing freight. Some- how you must keep warm. Is your way right or wrong? And why? Somehow—But why? Here is the Warship’s hypothesis: A man’s body steams, Invisibly of course. From 1 to 2 quarts a day is the average amount his body gives off from skin and lungs. Speed of evap- oration governs his sense of heat. To understand this pour alcohol or ether on the back of your hand. The liquid feels cool, then actually cold. Its ra- padity of evaporation carries off an unusual amount of heat from the skin underneath. In dry air evaporation is easy. Too easy in fact when one is trying to keep warm. Ordinary hot air heaters sup- ply very dry air. Wherefore it hap- pens that rooms warmed by them must be kept at a very much higher tem- peraturc in order that one may feel comfortable. This not only means waste of fuel but an extremely un- healthy atmosphere to live in. Even the nose and throat suffer a parching effect. On a battleship air is forced around steam pipes for heating. But before it goes to decks or any living spaces it must pass through an ‘hu- midifler,” a kind of water tank in which it becomes saturated with mois- | I | ture. When properly regulated this system insures a great saving of coal and considerable reduction of temper- ature required to satisfy the men. At a few degrees blow freezing 1,000 cubic feet of air will kold 3 ounces of water. The same volume at 70 deg. F. will carry four times that much wa- ter. Thus, when cold air 1s pumped In and heated it becomes extremely dry compared with the normal outdoor humidity to which we are accustomed. Since thousands of cubic feet of air & minute are necessary to heat a ship very large quantities of water are required to give the proper amount of moistur.. But don’t pour water on your radia- tor yet. Poor conditions may also be a ques- tlon of circulation. Set a bowl of steaming soup on the floor. Does the hot vapor reach all corners of the room? No. It rises slowly, hesitates, drifts toward the half-open door, then shifts suddenly and darts through the two-inch crack above the window. Your heater may be large enough. It’s heat may be over-sufficient. But unless the surrounding warm air is spread to your part of the room you will shiver and cast grave accusa- tions upon a wholly efficient furnace. Paradoxical as it may seem ordi- nary summer desk fans are used aboard ship to help men keep warm. They stir the air and distribute it so that all heatable space gets its shdre. Similarly in summer one may often be cooled less quickly by actually standing in front of the fan than by directing its blast in such a wey as to create the best circulation about the room. You may claim _ draughts cause colds. Perhaps they do. But colds are pretty scarce aboard a man-of-war. Can it be because Jack turns in at nine, is out at five next morning, and works for his living?