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Hands around the world! ng the married colors out, i Never to be furled; 5 “Till the power of Light prevail- ing, .‘Vlct’.ry;s heights in triumph scal- ng, Sees t};e power of Darkness, fail- % ng, Ddwn in ruin hurled. —LAURA E. RICHARDS. e . PITY THE HORSE. ‘ersons of humane tendencies hyve en to this newspaper in protest nst the inhumanity of some driv- ,mien who, allow their horses to for long periods without cover- from the cold. In ome case a timed a driver who left his Rm stand on Church street for two the horse being knee-deep in w. Nor was there a blanket thrown the back of the poor beast as stood there shivering from the re weather. This is entirely un- d for. Dumb animals deserve treatment. The horse, es- ly, is man’s friend. He has ever the burden of humanity. It lore behooves us to see that he not bear the burdens of in- ‘With snow and ice on the his load should be made % If ‘anything; and he should be _plenty of good warm coverings he is required to stand for a time in" one place. g ATy AND CITY FATHERS. ‘would appear, from -the evidence f the case, that the consumer is the sumer’s own ‘worst enemy. With prybody,—well, almost everybody,— consumer es along his way whistling now and complatning more often, and lom if ever attempting to lift the from off his shoulders. There gGovemment regulations to pro- bind whenever he is justified him; but he rarely knows what se regulations are or, if he does, less. Until the day when the pnsumers band together and form a e of their own there will always those to force higher prices on publicc. And why not, if the pub- § allows it? It is the way of the he Federal Food Administrator ‘Connecticut has done, and is ing, all in his power to bring about r and just levelling of prices. i8 doing this by keeping a close h on profiteers and food hoard- The special agents of the De- ment of Justice are at his com- in ding them on the trail of any one minally | preventing food from ching its ultimate source. There ive been some arrests already in is state. In the neighboring state f New York there have been many pen locked up. It was only last week two East Side wholesale dealers convicted of overcharging for “and their licenses taken away fom them. Whils this is a long- Pawn out method of breaking up -charging yet it is the best way ble to the Government and any n who knows of a dealer wilfully ~charging.for commodities should report to the office of the Federal god Administrator at Hartford. eclal agents will then be sent to pvestigate. he Food Control Law has been ked upon by many folk as an ideal- 's dream. Especially is this so in he case of those men who have suc- fully attempted to evade its ndates. The smaller dealers have quick to know that the Congress formulating this weapon against d and profiteers failed to in- those who do less than $100,- in business during the twelve- . ‘There, then, is a loop-hole Wil bear watching by the con- themselves. If they continue with those wkfo:chm. even than do competitors the consumers in the long run must pay the freight. By a careful selection of those with whom they deal the consumers, in some measure, can see to it that they | receive the benefits of fair and equit- able price fixing. Every man in business is catering, in some extent, to the other side of the counter. That is what he is there for. It is only when he has reached a state of independence which per- mits him to retire that he can truly adopt the old Vandebilt slogan, The public be d——d. There are these laws on the statute books and they can be enforced. There are also other methods of putting the profl- teers out of business and forcing the hoarders to open up their bins and allow the foodstuffs to come out in the open market. This is something which should interest not only those directly concerned but glso those who have the welfare of the community in their keeping,—the so-called City Fathers. B THE GENTLE RUMOR. It has often been remarked that when an ultra pro-German has noth- ing else to do he starts a rumor. After that deed is accomplished the populace of any given community for days and days can be heard repeating over and over again the sum and sub- stance of what was sald in an off- hand way. The gentle words which were dropped for the edification of the people had to do with a mishap at sea. An American transport was sunk by a German submarine and all hands were lost, the submarine mak- ing’a successful get-away. Or, an- other version of the story rums, & transport has put into an Atlantic port bearing thousands and thousands of wounded American soldiers, all vic- tims of battle on the Western front. They are wounded unto death, and are brought back to die at home, The American public was once a gullible public. It has been educated now to know better than place its faith in rumors. The word of mouth has long ago been discounted until someéone is produced Who can swear on a stack of bibles he saw these things take place, especially these Each man appears at that last Mus- terrible scenes from the war-gone,— the sinking of ships, the decimated | Each man presents his now pure, ranks of the American army, etc. As yet no one has been found who could name a hospital'in this country that is over-crowded with wounded Ameri- ican soldiers. No one yet has seen an American transport bringing these soldiers into port. No one yet saw them loaded on board at a European port. And so it goes. The rumor starters have a knack of getting all their stories out of thin. air. Until they can produce proof positive they are not lying they should not be be- lleved, POOR RUSSIA. ‘Whatever other trait may be ascribed to the Bolsheviki element in Russia they may now be known with- out fear of contradiction as the peace at any price men. Their leaders have | tallen for the cunning and intrigue of the German diplomats. They are ready to sell out their native land body and soul. - They have swallowed the propaganda of Germany, hook, line and sinker. In a word, they have been untrue to their trust. For, no matter what they believe about ‘the interna] affairs of Ruassia, no mat- ter how they might disagree with others over the form of government to be :exercised, they should knpow they Have no right to sell out the country: . And that is just what the Bolsheviki “Government” is now do- ing, or attempting to do. If they suc- ceed In their pernicious negotiations with the Central powers Russia will not only be lost to the Entente Allies, but Russia will be lost to herself. It will take ages before a Russian can look a civilized human being in the eye and brag about his native land. FACTS AND FANCIES, Christmas is on the home stretch. Do your price-growling early.—Atlan- ta Constitution. 3 Austria’s main effort in accepting | the Russian peace owerture was in not exhibiting an indecent haste.—Gal- veston News. Europe cannot beat Germany. Asia cannot beat Germany. Africa can- not beat Germany. American can beat Germany but only by organiza- tion superior to Germany's.—Wash- ington Post, Reports come from Alaska that canned salmon aren’'t biting very eagerly this season.—Taunton Gazette. Did you ever in December know the mercury to be so fond as it has been this year of emulating the late Mr. McGinty.—Concord Monitor. [ Hasn’t America any candidates for the wi g throne of the new Zion? —Boston' Herald. All this winter, if you are inclined to grumble about the war tax, think of the boys in the mud of the trench- es and be ashamed of yourself.— Portland Oregonian. Rallroads are short of everything "but-freight.—Wall Street Journal, . And now you discover what great | shape your garden work put you in or snow shoveling.—Indlanapolis | Star. A British pacifist is usually a Tory and a Tory is a champion of everything | in opposition to democracy.—Troy Record. The University’s predicament over | the Kaiser’'s LL. D. may be the very happy means of calling a halt on the reckless distribution of degrees.— Philadelphia Bulletin. And All Is Well! The wind shrieks through the rigging, and the ship, Like some live thing, into the waves doth dip Her prow; and raindrops from the funnels drip, One Bell—and all is well! At every gun there is a crew, and they i Stand in the mist like phantoms hold- ing sway O’er evil force, unseen, unknown, at bay. Two Bells—and all is well! Each man looks down into his inmost ; heart, And separates the clean from unclean part— “If I should die, how pure would be my heart?” Three Bells—and all is well! “If I, O God, should go to Thee to- night, .l All false ideals, mistakes, would take their flight, Down, down into the sea with me this night.” Four Bells—and all is well! And in the sea there lurks a shadow dark— A long gray shadow, racing, lean, and stark; The sea’s its element, the ship’s its mark, Five Bells—and all 1s well! A cry—e muffled noise—the vessel reels— Her stern lifts high—then with a rush she feels Her way down—down; hears wild appeals. Six Bells—and all is well! each man The waves beat high, rejoicing in their might, The only monuments that mark the site Of sacrifice for honor, freedom, right, Seven Bells—and all is well! COMMUNICATED. SEVEN GOOD REASONS. ' Anl Showing Why the Schools Should Not Be Closed Down During Winter Months, Even to Save Fuel. To the Editor of the Herald: May I present to your readers the following reasons why the schools should not close during the winter, and why every effort should be made to obtain coal? First, the children and the schools ! should not be the first to be affected by the war, when theaters and movies remain open. Secondly, many of the mothers go out to work who would not be able to do so if the children were not in school. Third, while the children are in school many mothers are able ta con- serve fuel in their homes. Children are not only more comfortable, but will have better health in school in the winter than they would have at home, Fourth, it would be impossible to carry an school work successfully in the summer, because the boys are needed in farm work. They should be free, not only to earn money, but to do their bit in helping to win the ‘war. Little of educational value would result from keeping school in session in the summer. Fifth, the wark accomplished by the teachers in the winter months ex- ceeds greatly ‘the amount accom- plished in any other months in the year. Sixth, teachers, as everyone knows, are not well paid. In nearly all other qccupations wages are higher. Good teachers are even now scarce, and if the schcols close far the months of Januarv and February, teachers will seek other lines of work, and some will not care to return to teaching. It is dificult for those not actively engaged in teaching to realize how a mid-winter vacation would demaral- ize the work of the schools, as well as the teaching force. Seventh, what kind of citizens will our boys and girls make if a handi- cap is placed on their education, even in the first year of the war? FRIEND OF THE SCHOOLS. e . Poor Lot Don’t you remember The pacific Indian of wood? And, where he stood In front of the cigar store? The painted Indian. With what round eyes we gazed on him! (His tomyhawk was tin) Each man stood by his post and paid But all the rest (He wore no vest) Of him was wood. ‘There he stood through Summer’s heat And Winter's snows Just in his painted clothes You and I wondered ‘Why Jack Frost Did not nip his nose; We remember him don't we? Poor wooden Indian. —HENRY WILLIS MITCHELL. the toll, ter Roll, spotless soul. Eight Bells—and God is nigh! —WOLCOTT C. TREAT, U. 8. N. in New York Times. A Georgfan’s Platform. (Bainbridge Post-Search Light) A weak-kneed sissy asked the ed- itor of this paper if he was not afraid that his caustic reference to slackers and pro-Germans would@ cost us the patronage of some folks. If it does, we want to pay that cost as quickly as we can. If there is a man that takes this paper that don’t like the fact that it is straining every nerve to uphald the constituted authorities of our na- tive land, the quicker he will with- draw his patronage the better we will like it. All we want him to do is be manly and say why he did it. Ome or two simps who haven’t the man in them to take open issue with it, have done so, and like a fool astrich have stuck their heads in the sand, thinking that none could ‘see their reason. Like all simps, they are so thin that a boob can see through every move they make. When this paper can’t live on the patronage of loyal Americans we will sell it for junk and jump inta the river and be glad to get out of such a country. We don't want to trade with enemies, be they Janus faced or otherwise, for a disloyal man can’t have an honest dollar. That's us. A True Sweater Story. (Chicago Herald.) There have been so many lying ‘‘sweater stories” circulated by per- sons in sympathy with Gefmany that a lot of people no doubt took par- ticular pleasure in reading the true one that came from Camp Grant the other day. It told of ten thousand hand-knit- ted sweaters, warm and comfortable and rejoicing the eye, that had ar- rived there and had been distribut- ed among the soldiers. It told of how pleased they were to see them and what a lot of solid service they expected to get out of them. It told of the gratification of men who had not received such gifts from relatives when they realized that there were thousands of patriotic women and girls doing their best to see that no soldier should be without that almost indispensable article in this climate. And these are the sweaters that, according to the little German lies, are going to pawnshops, are being sold to soldiers at high prices, are being appropriated by officers, are being diverted to any use save that vor which they are intended. TO INVESTIGATE. Senate Wants to Know Why Ships Are Not Being Rushed. ‘Washington, Dec. 18.—Investigation of the delays in building the Ameri- can merchant marine by the ship- ping board and emergency fleet cor- poration was ordered today by the senate, which rushed through a reso- lution by Senator Harding, of Ohio, after vigorous criticism by several senators of the failure to produce ships. YOTE ON SUFFRAGE. ' Washington, Dec. 18.—Vote in the house on the wWoman suffrage consti- tutional amendment on Thursday Jan. 10 was assured today when the suleg cominittee-agreed on that date, On Again, Off Again. (Bverybody's Magazine) A retired naval officer tells a story of a visit made by an American fleet to British waters. Admiral Erben was in command, with the late Cap- tain Alfred T. Mahan, the writer on naval affairs, as his flag captain. One morning, it appears, Captain Mahan came to his admiral with an invitation he had received to dine with a duke. “I can’t accept this,” said Captain Mahan, “as they forgot to invite you.” “I should say we couldn’t,” growled the admiral. *T'll answer for you.” Whereupon the admiral wrote: “Admiral Erben, United States Navy, regrets that Captain Mahan, his flag captain, cannot accept the invitation of the Duke of Blank. Captain Mahan is on the sick-list.” An hour or so later a messenger from the duke returned with invita- tions for the admiral and the captain. This time the admiral wrote: “Admiral Erben accepts with pleas- ure the invitation for Captain Mahan and himself. He wishes also to ad- vise the Duke of Blank that he has taken Captain Mahan off the sick- list.” New Glory For Old Glory. (London Daily Mail). The big and outstanding fact behind the unfurling of the American flag in France is that nearly three hundred ! years after the Pllgrims fled from the old world to plent the symbol of freedom on the shores of the new, the descendants of those hardy pio- neers have crossed the seas to the 1and of their forefathers to play their part in another fight for freedom, Thanks to them there is a spot in a foreign land that, in the sense of bap- tism of blood, will be forever Amer- jcan: “In that rich soil will be richer dust concealed.” I wonder what Governor Bradford or any of his fellow voyagers of the Mayflower would think if they could come back to France today and see the miracle that the war has achieved. I have not the slichtest doubt but that they would get down on their knees and offer up a Puritan prayer of genuine thanksgiving that their odyssey had not been in vain. They would sing a hymn of praise .and pride that the spirit which had sus- tained and borne them through the dark waters is reborn and set aflame for the cause of world liberty. Here, then, is the real significance of America's part in the war. Pon- der on it, and the Anglo-Saxon, now happily ‘a part of the larger English- speaking brotherhood that knows neither ‘“border nor bred nor birth,” will find new rause for exultation in the common kinship of the race. Oh! My! (Everybody’s Magazine.) A farmer who had never seen golf played before was watching a game and was invited to try a shot. Ac- cepting, he was handed a driver and a ball was teed up for him. He made a terrific drive, the ball landing on the putting-green ‘about two inches from the cup. He walked up, looked at 1t and exclaimed: “Gosh! Missed bl < NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER -18, 1917. DOING HIS BIT ‘When the descendants of the Prey family look back on the Buropean ‘War they will have cause to swell Wwith pride. Three boys, born in Sunny Italy, are now doing their best { to blast their way through to Berlin. | Speaking of the blasting operation, Joseph Prey, aged 20, of 132 Cleve- land street, may have an important role to play. He enlisted last June in the Heavy Artillery, Regular Army, and is now believed to be in France . learning to handle the big guns. He | was barn in Italy, and has two broth- ers—Lodaf and Anselmo—in the Ital- ian army. He had been in the United States only three yvears, but when Old Glory beckoned he responded, setting an example to many others, both native and immigrant. THE CARDINAL CARDINAL. Cheeriest of Birds, His Cheerfulness Is in Some Measure Approached by His Comrade, Chickadee. (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Cardinalis Cardinalis the sclentists name him—as one might say “the cardinal cardinal” He is, indeed, the reddest of birds, and the emphasis of redundancy is not reprehensible. The bravery of his raiment truly reflects his song and his manner. Most bird songs seem to declare me human mood, and the cardinal's is sheer, wanton cheerfulness. - In this quality he is unequalled. - Chickadee, his comrade in the winter forest, is quite as jocund and pert and far more confiding, but when chickadee comes to sing his summer song it'is a plain- tive, timid arietta. Vireo, rabin, meadowlark, goldfinch, bobolink and many others possess the valuable quality of musical cheerfulness. But not one of them has the aggressive, indomitable joyousness of the car- dinal. Not alone the cardinal’s vaice, but also his bravely flaming crest and big bright eyes and general cocksure attitude indicate his complacent as- sumption that whatever is, is right. There are a dozen or a score of dif- ferent songs of the cardinal. The melodies and phrasings vary widely. It is sometimes difficult to believe that birds of the same species, or even the same individual, can affer so di- verse a performance. Yet the car- dinal quality is unmistakable. There is always the clear, penetrating whis- tle. There is invariably the expression of full contentment and the demand for joviality. Sometimes a dog is fooled by the €nticing whistle and runs wildly in search’ of its source. Again, the call seems aimed directly at the human wanderer— What cheer? What cheer?” Or it may be affirmative and very emphatic, ad- dressed to all the universe, a broad and arrogant assertion of the excel- lence of everything. The brightest colored and seeming- ly most exotic of birds is no fair- weather friend. In the Tich perfec- tion of June and in the heaviness of the breathless dog days he is ever whistling in the leafy depths. But in winter, too, he is with us; usually in- audible now, but more visible than ever, his raiment showing more won- drous against the whiteness of the snow. A feeding shelf in a suburban dooryard will almost certainly attract a select company of redbirds. Mrs. Redbird will come, too, and thaugh she has her own ideas of dress, she is scarcely less notable than the lord- 1y one. She is all soft grays and ten- | der ochraceous buffs, edged and trimmed with vermillion and crested as aggressively as her mate. There are few handsomer birds, and at the feeding shelf the lady is a highly de- sirable guest. Only for. a brief time is the jocund whistle stilled. Only during the deadest months does the cardinal be- come a silent grubbing brother of the jays and the downies and the nut- hatches. Even in December and January an-exceptionally fine day may win a modicum of his vocal approba- tion. When February comes the car- dinal optimist has his throat primed and his song ready. There dawns a bright sunny day, one of February's crisp best, and over the white pas- tures is borne the first real music of nature’s awakening. The bare woods may not have felt the touch of life, but the cardinal has felt it. His whistle is quite as confident and al- most as melodious as his June-tide ec- stacy. Before the coming of the blue- bird, that highly honored and rightly honared annual pioneer, the song of the cardinal has swept far through the cold stillness, has filled the for- ests and 'poured out across the mea- | dows, the first greeting to the yet dis- | tant spring. Before any other living thing, bird or bud or hyla, the red watcher in the tree tops has sensed the turning of the world. For this first welcome We ‘should cherish the cardinal. We should cherish him for his summer gayety of plume and song and his merry assert- | iveness. And now when days are dark and shart we should make much of him, for his midwinter courage, his | unconquerable optimism, his lesson of | faith and- steadfastness: scented Lieutenant searches Christmas Made Shopping Easy Our select line of JEWELRY, WATCHES, SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS and IVORY, being advantageously displayed, goods marked in plain figures, and supervised by an experienced sales force, enables you to purchase here your Xmas GIFTS without loss of time. We have everything in the Jewelers’ line suitable for this season of the year, and you can examine our goods at a glance. Our VICTROLA department is complete in every respect, every NE W MODEL is here ready for delivery. SERVICE, the very - BEST, while our TERMS are moderate. Let us have your rder early and we will deliver any time at vour convenience. The Xmas RECORDS are all here. SEE US FIRST HENRY MORANS e 321 MAIN ST., NEW BRITAIN, CONN. FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY BY LIECUT. FITZHUGH GRRYEN, U. 8. N. ) Suppose yop’ve copped the booby prize at Friday night bridge and, while you are returning in the impen- etrable gloom of 2 A. M. with afore- mentioned monstrosity under your arm, the night watchman suddenly confronts you * * * * You know you haven’t any kick coming if he's curi- ous. Now have you. Well, suppose in the following gar- ish morning on your way to hock the gift of Fortune you fall in with the day watchman, a policeman, and he looks upon you with suspicion; and you, breaking no written statute but simply obliterating the moral law of gift and gratitude, cannot conceal a guilty look * * * * and he accosts you. You know he is entirely within his rights, isn’t he. On land and sea, and soon énough in the air above, the right of search is an ancient privilege of just defense. Otherwise might the most infamous crimes take place under the very nose of the law. Last year I left Copenhagen on a Danish steamer. British patrols stopped us and examined both passen. gers and cargo. Many Americans were indignant. “How dare they delay a neutral ship:” was heard on every side. But what was to prevent Ger- man sympathizers from carrying any- thing they chose under the protection of a neutral flag—if that flag forbid the right of search? In three months 10,000 neutral ships passed through the British lines. Were they let by un- molested all Germany could be fed and armed from that source alone. Search at sea has given rise to much trouble, indignation and states- manlike hot air. Before the War of 1812 the English took advantage of the Right of Search to exercise what is called the Right of Impressment. From American vessels they took all men unable to prove they were Amer- ican citizens and compelled them to join the British Navy. Whereupon our Navy got busy and settled the question by providing Perry with op- portunity to send his famous ‘“Met the enemy’s message. On April 7, 1862 Secretary Seward undd Perry’s knot by signing permis- sion for England to search vessels suspected of being engaged in the slave trade. This right was mutually extended throughout the world by all nations in peace as well as in war. For only two other reasons may a | warship interfere with a well-behaved private craft: first, on suspicion of piracy; and secondly, to execute fed- eral revenue laws. Herein lies another worry' for the naval commander. His presence in a foreign port is usually regarded as sufficient evidence that all vessels there of his own nationality are en- gaged in lawful trade. Which doesn’t work out for a hang when some kind- ly-visaged rascal conceals a cargo of 'mausers bound for Cascara hidden un- der a cargo of oranges, corsets or Spanish bibles. International law psed to define very strictly the formalities of search. Intention was first signalled by the man-of-war. If disregarded, a blank, and ‘then a shot was fired across the other's bow. Obedient heaving-to must be prompt on the part of the merchant vessel. Boarding party con- sists of an officer, boat’s crew, and one or two men to assist in the search. They must all be unarmed. Formerly the searching vessel was to remain out of cannon shot but the ranges are too great these days. Nothing personal, but just suppose you weree on your honeymoon and in your private yacht cruising blithely the Spanish Main. Looms on the horizon a Spiggoty gunboat, which approaches, stops you, and sends a boarding party. ‘Suppose the lily- yoar Search room, HER room * * * * opens thi dresser drawers, pulls out soft lacy things, things.you krmew weré thero but dared not * * * * Say, Mr. Man, while still you ard hot at the thought, did you know & Merchant Captain is. married to il cargo? He is. And no _matter what~ the law, international or otherwise, if ever your must examine his bride’s ef-, fects go véry very easy: he may de- tonate'® * *'* Salutes to Officers. (New York Times.) - .» Saluting ‘an officer {s 'a ceremo: that palls on many a soldier of our National Army, if he must go through it frequently in the course of a day. In the reservation or cantonment hé s seldom allowed to avoid it, never by an officer who understands thé significance of tho salute as a part o discipline. On leave, the soldier ol the National Army, whose head may be filled with false notions of ' the relation of democracy to usage, sometimes fails to see the offi- cer to whom the salute is due. Par- ticularly is this the case when the soldier, who knew the officer in civil life as an equal. or perhaps as a less important citizen, disapproves of his success in obtaining a commis- sion. It must be admitted, too, that officers do not always return a sa- iute promptly and in the right spirit. They misapprehend the meaning and value of it as much as the ill-dis- ciplined private does. On this sub- ject Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Dougherty, late of the Thirtieth In- fantry, U. 8 A,, and now of the Three Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry N. A, speaks words of wisdom, which the National Army would do well to', assimilate: “When an enlisted man, a lieuten~ ant, a captain, a colonel, a general salutes his superior, he says, by that act: “I will obey you;” and the smartness with which the salute iy made iz an exact measure of the way he will obey. When he returns the salute of an inferior in rank, he says: military “1 will strive to the limit to prepare ¢ myself to lead you to victory.” He will fight as he salutes. This act, re- peated scores of times daily, forms a habit which neither fear., nor sick- ness, nor physical weakness can break.” Colonel Dougherty was once an en- listed man himself. At San Juan he fought as a corporal of the Third Cavalry. Ten yvears later he was gov- ernor of the Province of Santiago by appointment of Major Genera! Thomas H. Barry, at the time com- manding the American army of the second occupation in Cuba. The civil governor had been delinquent, and wag ordered to turn his office over to Captain Dougherty, the corporal of San Juan, who had qualified for the new trust by his success in making regulars of the Rural Guard of Cam- aguey and Oriente. The point is that Colonel Dougherty rose in the serv- ice because he submitted to disci- pline when he was in the ranks and taught it to the men he commanded as an officer, in other words, because he was always actuated by the spifit of the soldier. He is, therefore, an excellent authority on the salute. Best Known Town in France. (Argonaut) The geography lesson was about to begin and the subject of it was France. Accordingly the teacher started off with the question: “Now, in this present terrible war, who is our principal ally?” “France,” came the answer from a chorus of voices. “‘Quite right,” said the teacher, beamse ing. *“Now, can any of you give me the name of a town in France?” A small boy in the back of the class al- most fell over in his eagerness to tell 5 - i