New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1917, Page 6

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PATRIOTISM. todey marked the end of ry enlistments in the Army and favy by those men who are with- dratt age. Complete returns h enl{stments will not be made for some time; but fragmentary from various parts of the show that the number who Jo l.cd the ranks is away up In igh thousands, Nor were the pts. made only by those who IRinthe ages of twenty-one and ly-one years, Older and younger have jeined the colors. Of course, who took advantage of the op- friunity to pick their particular post 1 mare satisfied as the days go b Teot ‘they might have remained in their homes or at their em- maenta for anether 'six: or elght hs fore: the actual eall to duty. | of going away from heme at de season they might have _for the balmy mpring days. proeedure is preof positive _the/men of this eountry have at te an understanding of their ». and obligatiens ta the nation, spirit of patriotism, | e FACTS ABOCT THE LIST, pawe hiaa bean a geod ‘deal of in- _evineed in the list of enemy- jiving in this eity, the roster lshed in fhis newspaper on last fesay, Fome very intervesting let- | pave heeh geceived and pub- > feme af {he mem mentioned “peen auiek to presialm their 4o fhe United Btates, and have %% peamens for having/ been $a peecuse citisenship, In . tpavel aheut the varieus fhe ceuntry prevented the S eut @ eltisenship papers, s% have stated they were in the . fntes mnder the five year and pa eeuld net be made citi- mwm-@m«xm@u {8 & istsey printsd en this page te- Bl we are asked o take imto econm- issation the fact that ''a good many aliens have been but three to » yoass in this eowniry of freedom.” B¢ i therefore understeod that' they ! net be made eltizens,” We have this inte eonsidesatiom, .Prob- the mames of thess men should Pbeen left eff the list; but the in the - United ? i Hastford. fate the gevesmment offislals deemed } advisubis o give out thess mames, ‘mowspaper in justified iz printing n' 68 the mames ef ememy-aliens. ol that it fs far ‘theindividual to publie his sttitude, . Pecause of the many interesting joets of the ease, and besause some gy elaim that the list is mede up /names of these whe have been than the alletted five yearw in this trp, Wwe herewith present an aiysis pf the vell, Bueh a study of list shews thit eut of the meventy- )6 Gormun subjests named in lsst ¥'n Herald, there is ene whose | that "the British ajmies have been ' Had set their kindness # residenee decs net appear en ”i‘. e have been in ‘jess tham five yeaws and se met, ¢ven theusn they woeuld, . ‘ditisens, Thesa' j3 eme whe has Dbeen hers five years. . Amethey haa ) | here for six menths than that peried, TWive have ; others lay claim to twenty-two years, - army that once held high hopes of conquering the world. After three and a half years of ac- over from the ! years ago. Four otherg have resid- ed on Uncle Sam’'s domain eight vears. There are two who have tive warfare, with the battles still known the land for nine years. Thir- raging, even the German soldiers teen have enjoyed its privilegeg for . must have come to realize that-there full ten years. One has been ' is something wrong with their or- with us eleven years, five during ganization. When ~they launched twelve summers, and two as long as forth in 1914 and, went a-scurrying thirteen. There are three who have through Belgium there was no more been here for fourteen years and one confident body of men in the world. who, has spent fifteen twelve-months. Each and every man in the ranks, as Two others have been here for sixteen he goose-stepped over some thirty-six years, owe for seventeen, and two miles of territory a day, thousht to during eighteen' whole years. One himself: Yet a ‘little while and we has resided in America for nineteen ‘' will be in Paris. But fhey never got years. Two sport twenty years' resi- to Paris. So long as they were wad- dence without taking out,papers. Two ing through the blood of poor de- fenseless Belgian men, women and and four have beén here twenty-four. children, the Germans were victori- Two subjects of the Imperial German ous. So soon d4s even the Belgians Government: have seen a quarter of put up a stiff front the Gérman army a century go by without making ap- was stayed. Then came the men from plication for’ citisenship. One other -peaceful walks of life in France apd has remained here twenty-six years gngland and the Germans settled without relinquishing his affections . gown to a long drawn-out period of for the Fatherland, and another has trench warfare, remained loya] to the Hohenzollerns Even if therp i8 a great offensive for twenty-eight years, while yet an- gent agaipst the French and British lines by the Germans in the very soil. foreign to the Fatherland. Two pear future, and the West front is have been here thirty-three years and, made a scene of carnage the like of to cap the climax, one has basked in which was never known before, there the freedom of Old Glory for thirty.- s no great need for worry on the six vears without making an attempt part of those interested in the suc- to identify himself as a citizen. | cess of the Entente Allies. What These are the facts in the case. Germany is now preparing to do is It is easily seen that the number Who gomething that Germany has got to have mnpt. taken out papers, be-| do before the United States prevents cause the law did nét allow such & her from doing it. Her military procedure under the five-year clause jeaders know as well as they know 1s comparatively small,—ten in all . anything that America is preparing There is some excuse for a few Who | to go the Mmit in this war. They have been here, there, and everywhere | know that in a few short months at . throughout thg United States and who | the longest there will be sent to havo not remained in one state long ' European battlefields some million or enough to comply with the law. more men. They know that these There is, however; little to offer for | men will be equipped with the best those who have spent the greater part | that money can buy; that they will | of thelr lives in a land they sought' paye everything a soldier needs, plus for oppojtunity’s sake and who, aft-| the inherent courage and fighting er enjoying the boon of democracy, ' gbility of the Yankee. And while the ' faii to become an active living,part German miMtary leaders realize this; of it. If a natlon I8 good enough to0 in taking an inventory of their own | live in. for ten years, or fifteen years, resources they must invariably make or twenty years, or twenty-five years, comparisons. Then they will see that or thirty years, surely it is g§00d the German nation is getting down to enough to clalm as ‘one's very own, | bed-rock; that its resources are rap- even if by adoption. 1dly dwindling away; that its’ bravest | troops have already been sent to | death and that those who remain are growing sick and tired of the strug- gle”which really reaps them nothing. There will be a great offensive on —_— PLAYING THE LAST OCARD, Germany is new preparing to make one supreme effort against the battle !lneu of the Allies on the West front. the West front. It will probably hap- | This will in all prebabllity be one| ;o pefore the American troops are ! of the groatest drives of the War. | reaqy to take part in it. For that is | Germany is forced te do thls NOW.| Germany’s one great chance. Her | This is the tme for her to strike If | 1440 i5 to strike a deadly blow before she is ever te strike with any amount | ypcle Sam’'s men can help ward it of power, Ivery day that goes by | ofr. Yet even there Germany reckons ! edds te her danger, The United | without her host, for if the French States of Ameriea wlill soon be able| gng British armies had need of Amer- | to send a milllon or more men | j.un gesistance on the firing line up | against her armlies, Therefore, Ger-| {5 this time they could have gotten man stratesists are mbout to take| 4 from Pershing’s men. There are time by the forefock. For Germany | ajready enough American troops in the days are srowing shovter. Burope to lend a helping hand and Austro-Hungarian divisions will be| o mighty /strong hand at that; yet eempelled to fight on the West front | their gervices have not been called for. with the German legions. From an| When they are, then it will be for anthefitative source in Vienna this 18| Germany to play her last card. learned; The Germans.are claiming eredit for the successful offensive Now is the time to get out the old against Italy, what though the Austro- j slogan, Do your Christmas shopping Hungarians bore the real brunt of | early,—that is, what there ig of it to battle. Germany put only six divi- | be done. sions of 84,000 men in the fleld against the Itallans w3 compared to 460,000 troopa from the dual mon- arshy, For this help Germany now demands full' eo-operation of the Austro-Hungurians in the plan to break through the AN nes. \With Germany Jt is whole hog or none. In Flanders ard France then we shall Soon @ce one of the greatest|y .o.¢ s, and found a little boy, effensives of the war, unless all signs Far older, I am sure, than I; fail, It may prove to be Germany’s| He said to me: “Kind sir, what toy last great dash, Tt gurcly will not te| Vill you kindly be pleased to buy?” the last great stand of the AlKed ‘And I bought a horse that was painted so red armies, The Fronch and British As never was chargnr yet; treops have held the Germans a. bay | One penny, one penny was all I paid in previcus encounters. And they That splendid horse to get. have dens thin when they were lsast | For pity of them that were so poor preparcil, The armies that battled' I bought me a host of things; against the onrushing IZuns when the | A Noah's ark without a roof; Doy when ande; K A dove without its wings; war began, Germany Ttok | 4 Jittle trurapet made of tin to run reughahod over all- Europe, That cost - single cent— were armies made up of practically | Anu all the time that little boy Inexperienced men. They had not| KRew Jjust how my money wemt. been prepared for such battle as had | 11 was, oh! so old, this funny little the German armies. Yet they suc- socded in:Mtemming, $hajiias. He 50l a five-cent doll for three, z e s0ld a five- oll for It ds true that the Germans will} Because one eye was blind; be greatly aided In any drive they ' And, oh! how proud he was to sell THE LITTLE SHOP. I know a shop, and a funny little shop, In a street that lies anigh; And I saw the sign set an the door, One day as I went by. And oh! it was so poor and small, I could not help but stop, As you would stop, if you should come { On such a little ghop. boy, Amd so sober and so kind; might new make by the troops they | can briag frem the Rumaian frontier. There haa not been a shot fired lnl, that direetien gince the overthrow of the Kerensky govemnment, There are ene hundred or mors. divisions of Ger- man treops whioh can be taken com- ‘pletely away from-the Russian front | and shipped to the trenches on the ' froat, Yot it must be remembered; greatly incronsed“sn size, and the Freneh army hesy grown apace, since ‘the last meeting af the two opposing farees, At the Marne and at Verdun | shialier forees met the Germans than ( these whieh will be sent against them en_the now eentemplated drive. And, i what is more to the point, the Ger- man army that will go out on this | expedition ig not the same Gormml Fach poar and petty toy, For he was left-to keep the shop, This poor little old-time boy. There is a babe, and a well-belaved babe, A babe that belongs to me; I brought her home these pretty toys To deck her Christmas tree; And on that Christmas tree there / hung # world of trifles fatr; For all the folk that love her well there. But of all the toys, of all the many toys, ‘Was naught that pleased hor mind Except the trumpet made of tin And the doll with one eye blind; And best of all that Christmas | brought She had one little ‘toy That I bought for a'cent in the little shop, To pléase that aged boy. f H. C. BUNNER. New Britain today has a health de- partment the efliclency of which is second to none for cities of its size, and which is far in advance of many others. Started by. Dr. T. E. Reeks threée, years ago, and now being ably carried on by Dr H. F. Moore, the department is one to which the citi- zens of this locality can point ~with pride. Clean milk, sanitary meats anc groceries, more cleanly stores an. soda fountains, immediate and skilled action to stamp out incipient epi- demics are but a few of the good things being accomplished, and now Dr. Moore plans to go even further. by the possible establishment of tu- berculosis clinics, .by the registering of restaurants and by a possible win- ter drive against the mortality of the dreaded pneumonia. He has asked the co-operation of the Medical so- clety in the establishment of a tuber- culosis clinic and it is hard to see how they can refuse. To decline to give a little of their time and knowledge that the lives of these poor unfor- : tunates suffering from the great white plague may be saved or made easier is beyond comprehension, provided the plan outlined proves to be a practical one, justifying [such actjon. The clean-up of restaurants that a person, by seeing the sanitary certifi- cate may know that the establishment is conducted along sanitary lines, is another good move. But pcssibly the most important of the trio is the one to conquer pneumonia. This fatal winter ailment is known by the doc- tors to appear in three different types and for ome type, which, incidentally has_the highest mortality, there is a known -serum' which, when properly administered, cuts do the death rate to a most gratifying extent. Dr. Moore has made all preparations for bringing this remarkable treatment here and if, by its use, even a single life is saved it will be well worth any expense or trouble. . Chief Garrett J. Farrell of the Hartford police department has placed a sign in headquarters, where it can be readily seen by all who are brought in on fhe strong arm of the law, saying: “Go to work, go to war or go to jail.” This advice might apply to a few in this com- munity as well. e ‘With the approach of Christmas let parents beware of the dangerous Christmas ,tree candles and profit by the terrible examples of the past. The tinseled ornaments and the highly in- flammable nature of the Christras tree makes an open flame a danger- ous thing. . e X Almost deserted now are the streets and club rooms where but a few short months ago were hundreds of young men. During thé past few weeks. particularly the past few days, there has been the greatest exodus of young men from this city in the his- tory of the place. Scores of young men, most of them between the ages of 21 and 381 years, have availed themselves of the last opportunity to enlist before the next draft. Although New Britain will receive no credit for ‘these enlistments in the next draft quota, the final records »f this great war will show that the Hardware City hae done far more than her share, re- lative to its percgmtage of popula- tion, in sending out jts native sons to the front. s ok And in doing their bit the employes of the Herald have not been one whit behind. From an office whose repor- torial staff numbered but-seven men when the war broke out this office has sent eight men. Some wid took the places of others having since an- swered the call. They are Robert C. Vance, who has been in active service in France for the past six months and who is now enlisted with the Ameri- can army there, Johnstone Vance, en- sign in the United States naval re- serve; Irving E. Ellis, United States naval reserve; First Lieutenant Thomas F, Jackson, United States In- fantry, Second Lieutenant William W. T. Squire, aviation section of the United States signal corps; Maurice D. Myers, signal coips, aviation sec- tion; Daniel E. Pougzzner, signal corps, aviation section; d Esmonde Phe- lan] orinance cosps. Although the loss of these men, men who had be- come proficient at their work through close association, has been a severe blow to the reportorial staff, the paper is, however, proud of its service flag. DR From the Herald of twenty-five years ago: December 9: New Britain Council, No. 8, O. U. A. M. observed its four- teenth anniversary 1last evening, Councilor W. 8. Judd presiding. The Herald has increased in eight columns today. William H. Gladden’s daughter, Blossom Gladden, gave a party in honor of her eighth birth- day yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Beers will have their “at home” next Thursday and within a few months they will occupy a new house on Maple street which Senator Corbin is to give to Mrs. Beers as a present. P. 8. McMahon and P. J. Begley were present at the Goddard-Maher fight at the Coney Island Athletic club last night. December 10: There were eight real estate transfers and mortgages to the extent of $5,540 regisiered here last week. Attorney Gaffney is mak- ing up the grand list. M. J. Kenney will enter the employ of M. Curtin and company Monday. The City Coal & Wood company will increase its capi- tal stock from $11,000 to $35,000. December 11: Sunday. December 12: W. H. Cadwell and Fred Horsfall have had a telephone installed in their office. The school size f ; FRANCIS FORSELL. o , Frangis Forsell, aged 21, was un- able to resist the call of soldier life long before the United States decided to lend all its resources to defeating the Kaiser and his Prussian horde. He enlisted in a local company of the | National Guard on June 20, 1916, and is now with the United States in- fantry in France. Forsell is the son of Mrs. Emma Forsell of 126 Fair- view street. [ before, there being 308 enrolled in i the Normal department. December 14: Twelve young men !in town who have just escaped their | teens have decided to remain bache- i lors and have organized a Bachelors’ club, but one young woman today said: “Oh that club won’t last long after Christmas for all they want to do is economize on presents.” | December 15: Rev. Mr. Stoddard | was in New Britain today and con- . ducted a baptismal service at St. | Mark’s church when Dorothy R., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. White, was baptized. Miss Kate Dailey of Bristol won a prize for waltzing at the Bristol fair last evening, her partner was M. J. Kenney. e o There seems to be but little doubt this year that we will have a ‘“White Christmas.” ” s A heavy winter drive on sleds was reported yesterday. Snow shovels were also much in demand. e e The controversy between Edward Budde, a restaurateur who has moved a lunch cart onto Commercial street, and the dity officials is attracting con- siderable attention and, it is hinted, may not be settled until a court de- cision has been given. Rriefly, the right of Mr. Budde to have his lunch cart on Commercial street, within the fire limits, depends on whether the lunch cart is to be considered a wagon or a frame building. In the opinion of Building Inspector A. N. Rutherford, and also an opinion ex- pressed by Corporation Counsel J. E. Cooper, the cart is a wagon so long as it is not connected with either gas or sewer, but the instant t is con- nected with these it becomes a frame structure. Inasmuch as frame struc- tures are prohibited within the fire zone, and the health department has prohibited Mr. Budde to do business unless he has connegted his cart with the sewer, it is plain to be seen that his position is a perplexing one. It is also hinted that if he cannot do business an attempt may be made to oust any others who may be violating the ordinance. The lunch cart business is now be- coming a relic of a former generation, but years ago they were a common variety of restaurants. It is belleved that the first lunch cart set up in New Britain was brought here on April 2, 1891, by Maurice McGarry. His old wagon was installed on the south side of the Main street rail- road crossing, about where the United Cigar store now is, and remained there for many Years.” About five years ago the cart was moved to the north side of the track where it has since been remodeled and is managed by Maxwell & Hill. It was not until last year-however, that it was connected with the sewer on orders of the board of health. Hence, ac- cording to some opinions, it has be- come a frame structure within the fire limits. There have been several other lunch carts about the city. Most people remember well thg one that used to stand adjacent to-the Savings Bank building. There was also one | ! opposite the Herald Building and at ! one time there was a ‘lunch cart on Church street where Luddy’'s block stands. Likewise there was formerly a lunch cart on Main street near Crowe’s block and East Main street, until recently, was graced by one of the old fashioned reeita-urants. . The signs on all trolley cars pro- hibiting the carrying of lighted pipes, cigars or cigarettes or smoking on the rear platform have become almost a ‘dead issue here, While the back- platform smoking nuisance does not prevail to the extent it did several years ago, there is, nevertheless, an evident lack of any attempt to en- force the law. * And while on the subject of trolley %lrs it might be well to call attention to the atmospheric condition of the cars on the Hartford line, particu- larly those early in the morning. The conductors protest that they turn on the heat, yet the cars are far from | FACTS : Scrubbin To some people scrubbing decks is symbolical of a sallor’s life. : Strange- ly enough it is." For, popular concep- tion to the contrary, this early morn- healthful, difficult, instructive and en- tertaining—five adjectives which ac- curately depict life in the Navy. ‘Who can deny its healthfulness? Do you rise at five every morning? Do you swallow a cup of delicious steaming coffee which sets the warm blood swimming through your body? Do you go out into the sparkling crispnesg of early dawn, seize a handy tool, and set zealously to work, not just because you have to, but because you are so glad to be alive? Do you?— For if you do you are crammed full of health and vigor, and all the possibilities of long life that perfect health can give. And it's a pretty safe bet that you are a sailor in Uncle Sam’s great Navy. x As for the difficulty—well the first time I tried it (I was a sixteen-year old Midshipman) I thought it was about the easiest thing 1 had ever done. Simply spray the hose, scatter the sand, push the brush, scrape the squilgee (rubber dryer) and top off with a good fat swab. But I was wrong. As in everything else there is a wrong way to scrub decks and a right way, an accurate, systematic, scienti- fic, and economical way. Just polpt- ing the hose stream any old way ls wasteful. Every gallon of water, even salt water, means so many feet of steam on the pump. Every cubic | foot of steam means so many pounds jof coal. And even gold sovereigns cannot be changed into dollars and cents so easily as is our precious coal in these tight times. To use the least water for the most deck play the hose straight down the deck and as far in- board as possible. Water will then run a long ways before pouring off in- to the waterways or gutters at the sides. The use of sand can also be abused. S R ST TR left standing by the roadside there must be a red light in the rear and at least one white light burning on ‘the side nearest to passing traffic. Many local people have been making a practice of leaving their machines, especially on side streets, without ! Hghts at night but State Automobile Inspector Edward Stebbins is work- ing in this vicinity and can be re- lied upon to make‘°an example of making wholesale arrests, been made in Hartford and New Ha- ven by some of the authorities, but if the motoring public does not show an immediate_inclination to learn the law and live up to it there wili cer- tainly be more police court sequels. o ‘“You're a lar!” said Gertie, the gum chewing waitress in a local res- taurant, to Mabel, the dish-washer as they hurriedly adjusted their aprons preparatory to the noonday assault on the culinary department. “It’s Bolsheevikie. I know ’'eause I've read it myself, you poor boob.” “Don’t get so all-fired personal,” returned abel, “or I'll take you down a couple degrees. It's Bolshiv- viki. I've had some learnin’ myself | so don’t give me none of your gab.” “Well,” yelled back Gertie, “What ,diff does it make if its' Bolshéeviki or Bolshivviki, or how its pronounced —they’re durned low down Bul- garian traitors anvway. You can tell the world if I was Bulgaria I'd stand ‘em all in a row and shoot *em, zip! Blooey! Like that.” “Har, har!” roared Mabel, placing her toothpick in the other corner of her mouth and wiping a smudge of grease from her elbow with the dish- cloth, “You simp. Of all things. Bulgarians eh? Har, har! And I've been trying to get it through your head for a month that the troubley wasn’t it Bulgaria at all. It's in Italy, old pal, in Italy. Don’t let me hear you show your ignorance again.” ' COMMUNICATED. IIFE AND HOPE. The One Hinges Uponrr the Other and, “TEMPIAIPUL 33 WA / Surgmoy SUNPAIOAH IV I9UV To each and every one of us life is an everchanging moving picture. The sights of the streets, in the air and on the sea of yesterday are old, while the sceng¢s of the present are like the kalcidoscope ever changing and swiftly passing, and the pictures of tomorrow will be altogether new. Each day comes to us freighted with greater opportunities #nd if we are to get from life all she holds we, as men and women, should enlarge our interest in life. We are here to meet not only the increasing possibilities but to respond as intelligent men and women to our responsibilities, remem- bering that each one of us has a work i 1 ing duty of the Jack Tar is scientific, few of these violators. Mr. Stebbins. is using excellent judgment and is not as have ABOUT THE AMERICAN RAVy BY LIBOT. FITZHUGH GRXEN, U. 8. N. g Decks Sand is collected from the beach by means of motor boats. otor boatt: use oil. Oll costs: money. Whernce one may shrewdly deduce that the less sand used the more money saved. Then there is the beautiful m: ' deck. All wood has grain. On a ma#" of war the grain of teak deck timberi runs fore and aft. Cinders and othey dirt collects in . the' tiny, splintery cracks of the wood. Sand may be" fint-sharp aad hard. If rubbed along the grain it scours out dirt and whit: ens the wood without injury to it Scrubbed crosswise it rips and teari thin slivers from the planks until the ' deck looks as if it had been through - a nutmeg grater or a coffee mill. | _The psychological value of clean. !"decks doesn’t worry the average ‘blug Jacket. It is there though. Old Aré: tic explorers avow that in late spring the men could turn to with scrub brushes and sand. Soon as a tidy white deck shone brightly under the sunshine the awful gloom and grouch of scurvy began to disappear. And when the whole gum-rotted crew hob: bled with a deep-sea chantey behing their brooms and saw the brown oily planking grow slowly cream and buff! under their touch, it was as if they® had taken a powerful tonic. Our men sing less. Popular musje is the modern sallorman’s repertoirs But some of the old-time songs re: main. And its good for the hearts ¥ty | see a line of seven hysky deck handiy swinging with even splash and p behind their brushes both in step aa rhythm with their song. One these songs has a brief and con od Jig at the end of each verse, which,' !’* suppose, was originally intended 16+ give arms and shoulders a bit of rest ‘Who can deny then that'it's ente taining or healthful or scientific’ difficult, this oft-despised job. AN as for its being instructive—the ver fact that there is 80 much to a seem- ingly stmple task is'in itself a worthyi lesson. i | Haven't you a job that seems | trivial? i sibilities. Analyze it. the’ same. My hopes are like Abra. ham Lincoln’s hopes, and so g yours. I wish for happiness, and 80 do you. I desire to succeed; so db you.’/ Our ideas ag to what co; - tutes happiness may differ, but * Don’t underestimate its pos. of us are trying to attain’the ideal-wés call success. - I care not how base man’'may be, no man ever ruin to his hopes. Indeed, I bel say that half of the world is kept aliva’ through hope. #os GEE e Life in one ‘sense is the spacs . time given wherein we, through ener- gy, are given the opportunity to bying : hope to fruition. This is one of the problers of lite, and we must labt to solve it, v Then let us, especially in th times ask ourselves what must we with life so as to get the most out' it, so that we may better serve of home, our town, our country and’ those - who needl' our brotherly ‘syim: pathy gnd love, i HENRY WILLIS MITCHELL. Plainville, Conn,,’Dec. 14.; 4 { TO BECOME A CITIZEN. The Five Year Clause Has Held Up Many Who-Would, But Cannot, | Take' Out Natursliza- tion Papers., To the Editor the Herajd: In your paper bof the 11th there a very interesting 1i8t of the 75 New Britain alien enemies. i) 3 Please take nto consideration thae a good many theso aliens bave been’ but three to {Wve years in tbis coun- try of freedom, s To become & citizon of the United States of Aneriéa one must have been’ here five. years! bring two wite"’ nesses who have wn him for that period. It has/been impossible for some of them $o Become citizens on this account, led for his fArst 1d is only walting and the end of | papers long &go, for the b year the war. Efforts to get the “Second Papers” before this time ive elapsed are useless. Yours very truly, & 3 OTTO HEINRICH| BREITHER, - Ifl Rockwell Ave. : Rodin @ Haghand. (London Datly T« ¥ Rodin’s relations with| always of the pl » with the Broken Nose”| was the Grosvenor Gallery 1881. Championed by memorial he was afte: and carry ou dral,) and backed by “The of Art,” he soon had a foll English enthusiasts. Forti ntimacy of such men as Legros -and Robert Louis Stevenson, it is small\wonder that the h. a it is not assuming too much when Y \ b te the néw fatherland, to do. and mnot only this but we are | man grew to love his visits to Log- to remember that no ohe else can | don. It should be mentioned that & do the particular work that we, and | COPy In green bronze of the “St. John\ We alone, have been destined to do, |the Baptist” was purchased by publis The qualities of every hffman life | Subscription and presented to - the 't have their foundation in the Book | Victoria and Albert Museum, the im- of Books, or should have, and he or |itiative in this instance being due to she who destres to live a noble life | the late Lord Grimthorpe. Very soom can dp. no better than square them- | &fterward Rodin became president of selyes.according to its precepts. * the International Society of ‘Sculp- The great problem of the day ‘is [ toT® FPalnters and Engravers. | - “How mey I succeed?” 7 Ever giice Adam—all along down the -generations of the past,—this Superstitions ‘concerning salt are ‘\' Salt. board yesterday passed a resolution compelling all children to be vaccin. ated against smallpox on or before the opening of the winter term. December 18: Dr, . George P.| Cooley will return to .Detroit next week to resume his practice of medi- cine.” Work on this end of the tram- way between Plainville and New Britain has been stopped. for the win- ter. The attendance at the Normal school this year is greater than ever { comfortable. It would appear that they sre either left in the barns over night with al doors and windows i open, or the conftruction of the cars is such that it admits too many chilling draughts apd does not retain the heat secured. s There is a law, known to all motor- ‘ists, providing that Wehicle lights should be lighted a half hour after | sundown and where a car is to be question has confronted man. It will | ymong the earliest known to mankind. always confront man because man is | There is much evidence in holy writ. the only rational thinking animal in | about the ceremonial uses of it, and the world, therefore having been given | the old Mosaic law’ commands that an Intellect he seeks to, use it, or | every sacrifice of a meat offering shali should. ‘ By exercising the intellett it, [ be seasoned with it;’ Homer calls it like any other function of the body, | divine, and many 'of the old Teuton becomes more developed. races looked on salt springs as holy The hopes and hearts of man have | and worshiped at them. The origin of ret chareed in ages ard They | this superstition scems to be that sin never will. They may differ in de- 'salt cannot corrupt it should be gree but outside of this they aregarded af'a symbol of immbrtality.