New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1917, Page 6

drawn-out ‘controversy between ~Mr. Curtis and Mayor Quigley, or any other public officials, it does not take much to dispose of that question. We have had these ‘“airings” before, and ‘they get -nowhere: The people of the city of New Brit- ain are entitléd to the facts in the case when a public question, such as this, is brought forward. There has been a lot of smoke hovering over the charity board. The time has come when the smoke must be cleared away. Until then’ we will never know whether there has been a fire, as Mr. Curtis claims, or whether the entire busingss is more political camouflage. This' much is true: There is some- thing somewherc that needs atten- | tion, and needs it badly. Whether this | is in the political party in power here or merely one of its departmental Lranches is for the voters to decide upon before the next elections. Prob- ably, a change in power would do some good. [BHING COMPANTY. Jpriotors. excepted) at 4:15 p. m., ng. 67 Church St Office at New Britain ‘Mail Matter. “to any part of the city k, 85 cents a month. r to be sent by mall, 60 cents a month, sing medium 1in books and press 1o advertisers. §. and Hartford Depot. EEPHONE CALLS Assoclated § Progs is exclusively entitled ffor repnblication of all news o 1t or not otherwise credited iper and also the local news rein. COME, COME, COMTI. If the ¢ity of Bridgeport is in neecd of a slogan, or series of slogans, to induce people living in other places to become part of its busy life, it may use the following without charge: Come to Bridgeport, the Paris of Connecticut, where the bright lights are brighter and tire dark hovels are darker than any other city its size in America. Come to Bridgeport, high wages and high jinks, the lid has been thrown away and where anything is permitted, from shooting dice tb shooting -policemen, i you have a pull with the politicians. Come to Bridgeport. We're clasing the schools because we can't buy coal Of course, we have money to sguan- der on matters of jmore importance. And besides, what difference will it make 1o us whether the children are educated? Let them go out and play in the snow, and when the snow is melted the gutters will do. Come to Bridgeport, where no one cares anything about anything, where blood is red and the good citizens are blue because of the way we let the politicians and croaks run the city. Come to Bridgeport. We're so busy making munitions that we can’t stop to interfere with the dark forces who are boosting the tax rate and robbing the public, where the politicians hob- nob with the leaders of the tender- lain. Come to Bridgeport, where booze and vice rollic along together, where you can insult any woman on the street without fear of being arrested, and where your daughter will have an opportunity of leading an easy life, if 'she wants to. ¥ 5 Coeme to Bridgeport. We guarantee it to have the lowest morals of any city in Connecticut. Special induce- ments to thugs, gamblers and women of the street. COME, COME, COME. Ay Columbia afford more | one Demosthenes to support cause of freedom and junder terror in the ears of y Atlantic Philip. May s Clceronean eloquence j ever ready to plead for injured the home of where nce, and suffering virtue. by the fate of her pre- isors, may she escape those icksands of vice which have proved the bane of empires. her glory and her felicity ease with each revolving year, ll the last tramp shall announce lte catastrophe of - nature, and gme shall emerge in the ocean P eternity. | " THE COLUMBIAN ORATOR. B P A TWILIGHT ZONE. 1t was not such a bad experiment fter “all—that first lightless night. erhaps, was not as lightless as it t have been; but, then, it was y-first step in the dark, and so we BX look for greater groping the next & Anyway, Christmas week is a p time: to ask the people to close wn on. lights. That has usually the brightest week in the entire fy-two. When the hustle and bustle f Christmas shoppers and thelr ping are over, when we settle to a more prosaic existence, we that there will be more saving im and, consequently, § greater of coal, Which is the where- iand why of lightless nights. will then be not so many signs glowing until eleven e at night. There will not be {;éy many store windows brilllantly y There will not be so much ency shed’ for general adver- g purposes. In a word, we shail & a twilight zone where we ‘once . great white way. After which | habit will become part of each [tévery hausehold in the city. SAFE AND SANE. To get the real Christmas effect, it had been originally proposed to place lightéd candles behind the Red Cross “Service Flags” in windows on Christ- mas Eve. An order to the effect that this suggestion must not be carried out has been sent to all chapters of the organization by the Washington headquarters. The reason for cur- tailing ‘such activity is given as fire risk. The National Board of Fire Underwriters asks that all those who contemplated decorating their “homes /°;4::“ ::"‘:’ barn at the TOWN | ;| 41is fashion refrain from such a § to accept the report : o );,5 scheme. The fire hazard in- Ji topartment, Alderman Curtls | oo in using a lighted candle in .88 his reason the sum of $3,600 | \y manner is too great. The light Re says, {s unaccounted for. | .o ;. room will odinarily be suffi- arse, as 1s the way with public | ., 4, jluminate a service flag in Bo one is accused. of ‘dis- | ;. ingow. Simply raise the shade L i : or have the curtain drawn so that the & stone wall opposition, at | pieams from the electric or gas lights e time waxing eloquent OVEF | .., perform the task originally des- D of investigating the charity | yneq for the lighted candle. The ef- Pastment, Mr. Curtls pounded his | foce, it not so theatrical, will, never- ok $0d deltvered himelt as follows, | theless, betoken the Christmas spirit. rding to.a press report;—“And if § cannot get these facts through the channels, we’ll get them Fough the newspapers. And I want [ say right here that several thou- | nd dollars have been wasted by the department and I can prove n do the newspapers come their share of glory. Anytime mediums fail the news- got the left-overs. They gef\] , but the eredit for per: servite. This some one always AT ABOUT THIS? ving peeled the potato commit- | pr, more properly the Municipal | Committee, Alderman Curtis | is henchmen are now ensconced the back of the charity depart- ‘which, it is insifivated, is guilty | misspending funds. The tempest | ‘tea-pot this time is set a:brew- f By the incidental expenses of All the states of the Unién have grasped the opportunity of participat- ing in the benefits of the Federal Aid Road Act, which appropriated seven- ty-five million dollars for the con- struction of post roads and ten million dollars for forest roads, according to the latest report of the United States Department of Agriculture. That the passage of the act has stim- ulated road building is shown by the fact that in 1916 there were approx- to clalm ‘when the deeds are kformed. ‘the Common Council, or a com- 8 appointed by “it, cannot take of the charity department affair, a newspapers, of course, ‘will be B to assist in an investigation. That of the newspapers’ business,— flet the people know what is going f Yot the newspapers would rather b’ this news in the regular ed way. It is not their place to ¢t investigations upon every . If Alderman Curtis can that the charity department is ‘of misappropriating the city’s i it 4s for him to plade the facts . the proper authorities. The will see to it that these feach the publié. As to the ad- ' ‘entering into a imately forty-one million dollars of state funds expended for all highway purposes, while it is estimated that the aggregate expenditures of state funds for this rurpose in 1917 will be at least sixty millions. A number of the states have made specific appro- priations to meet Federal aid, dollar for dollar. ap- |. “Are you a Russian?” “I am a TRugsian.” ““What are you rushin’ from “1 am rushin’ from the war.” We are fast coming fo the dayless day'and the nightless night. FAOTS AND, FANCIES. The .troubles of war are now ex- tended to the bees. s Hundreds of long | hives will be lost because the shortage i Cuts’ off their Winter supply of food. The result, says 8, L. Jeffrey, of Woad- bury, will be a shortage of fruit in’ 1918, because of the small number of |’ bees to work on the fruit bloom next year.—Waterbury Democrat. Canada is calling for American coal. So are we, Canada, but the coal can't seem to hear us.—New Haven Union. Now it is denied that Japan has sent troops to Vladivostock to guard ammunition there from the Bolshe- viki. More’s the pity if it isn't true. It ought to W»—H&!flfll@ Post. Here's a suggestion: Drink half of your coffee before you put the one lump of sugar in the cup. You will thus enjoy drinking half a cup, any- way.—Waterbury Republican. The expected has happened in the’ investigation of the War department. The first afficer cross-examined saya the blame rests on the man higher up. The man higher up may be impolite enough to pass the blame along to congress.—Springfield Republican. We don’t know precisely how you feel about it, but the more we learn abaut the situation over there, the less interest we feel in the Russian Repub- lic—Capper's Weekly. “The Father.” If it were only a dream, Were it not good to cherish, Seeing to lose its beam Is in despair to perish— Maker and Father and Friend, Yearning in pity to guide me, Leading me on to the end, Never in storm or gloom Deaf to a cry of sorrow, Kindling beyond the tomb Light of an endless morrow? Yea, If ‘twere only a dream, Better it were to clasp it, Brood on it until it seem Real as the lives that grasp it. Helpless, feeble and lost, Groping in Wisdom’s traces, ‘Whirled like a leaf and tost Out in the awful spaces— Oh, how the heart betrayed Bounds, inta life upleaping, ,Trusting that He who made Watch over all is keeping! GEORGE FRANCIS SAVAGE ARMSTRONG. COMMUNICATED. An Appreciation. To the Bditor of the Herald: Sincere gratitude is felt over the contributions for our Public Christmas Tree thus far received amounting to $157.95. It is also understood that under present conditions the usual number of donations can hardly be looked for because there are so many needful ways for our money. On the other hand, we should realize that every cont helps and that the smallest amaunt contributed is as sincerely ap- preciated as larger ones. No one able to give a mite toward cheering his fellow-creatures in our city should hesitate to offer his “bit.” { THE CHRISTMAS TREE FUND COMMITTEE. A HUMAN THERMOMETER. I Is Dicult to Run a Nompareil Newspaper in a Long Primer Town, Unless the Editor Becomes a Pioca. (Boston Transcript.) The editor of the Fxpress and Standard, an excellent weekly news- paper of Newport, Vt, in looking back over twenty years of his editor- ship of that paper, reflects that while his efforts in that period have mainly been to improve his paper and to im- prove his town, the experience has impyoved him, too. One can easily see ‘had it must have been so. The conscientious editor labors to make his town “eleaner, more enterprising, more populous, more prosperous, bet- ter built, better paved, better schooled, better churched. The bet- ter the town, the better his paper must be if it assumes to represent the town; and with every improvement in the community and its organ, the public-spirited editor must find him- self growing a little larger morally and intellectually. And it may be noted that if the contrary tendency is |- in progress in a community, the paper and its director must also feel that. If no suitable new structure takes the place of the business block that ‘was burned; if, in default of a decent paving system the streets degenerate into mud-holes; if law- enforcement becomes iax, and the moral sentiment of the community falls off; if good men move away and bad men move in—then the village editor must feel himself passing into a corresponding decline. In either case he is a kind of intellectual and moral thermom- ! eter of the community. There was once a proverb about the difficulty of “running a nonpareil newspaper in a long primer town.” The master- ful country editor gets out of that dif- ficulty by booming his town until he raises it from the long primer to the nonpareil class. ‘This interesting fact doubtless ex- plains the circuristance that so many of our best public men, in this coun- try, have been developed from coun- try editors. The general tendengy of all our communities is upward. Com- pare them today, from Maine to California—towns with pwhlic librar-- ies, with shaded and paved and light- ed streets, with halls and societies, with soaring business blocks, with ex- cellent high schools ‘ieverywhere, with radiating lines of trolleys, with profit- able industries and an immensely aug- mented scale of comfort in living conditions—with the town of fifty years ago. The improvement has been virtually universal, and it has been tremendous. And if we con- sider that the editor who has been organizing, stimulating and glowing- 1y recording all this must have had his personal share in the uplift, we find in the general condition an.am- ple reason for the election of count- less country editors to congress and for the Inclusion of no small number of them in the cabinets of our presi- dents. Growing Wwith their papers, they burst the bonds of the little printing shop, and may become the pillar of a people’s hope, HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 i 017. ’ ‘What the Great Chancellor Meditated TUpon Is as Nothing to What ‘Wilhelm Must Face. (Chicago Evening Post) Otto von Bismarck, man of blood and iron, builder of an empire, prince by grace of his sovereign lord, sat toward the end of his days before an open stove in the great drawing room at Varzin. Now and again he lifted his eyes and looked upon Rauch’s statue of “Victory Distributing Crowns.” Its symbolry disturbed him. From can- templating it he turned to the throw- ing of pine cones into the crackling fire—a meditative ritual. Scarcely conscious of a companion, he spoke introspectively, gloomily. His life full of great achievements had brought him no satisfaction. “But have you not made a great nation?” his companion interrupted, amazed at the statesman’s depre- ciatory words. “Yes,” answered the old man, “and at the misfortune of how many souls! But for me three great wars would not have taken place; 80,000 men would not have perished; fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, widows would not have been plunged into mourning. I have settled all that with my Creator. But I have gained little or no joy from all my work.” The incident is related in Marie Dronsart’s “‘Life of Bismarck.” If these were the reflectians of the great chancellor, with the construc- tive ‘results of his intrigues and Vio- lence before him, what will be the thoughts of Wilhelm Hohenzollern should he reach the age of musing betore the fire? He, too, no doubt, can make his peace with his German god—that tribal deity seems easily placated by his devatees—but will he, any more than Bismarck, be able to stifie his own conscience? Relief and Prevention. (The Outlook) Before the United States entered the war America spent many millions of dollars to relieve suffering in Belgium and elpewhere. It is spending billions now in Europe to prevent suffering by removing its cause. Nathing is finer than to feed the hungry and bind up the wounds of those abused by sav- agery; we are proud of all that our people have done, are doing, and will continue to do in this direction. But { the way to stop savagery ‘is to stop the savage. A man died in New York the other day who saw this clearly. One night, to a little group of acquaintances at a Testaurant table, he said, in effect: “I have given all I mean to for the present for Belgian relief work. I am now gding to spend my money to help throw the Germans out of Bel- gium.” And he showed a cordial let- ter from King Albert’s chief of staff, thanking him in the King’s name for a Tound sum of money sent directly to the king to be used ‘“for military pur- poses only.” This was before America entered into the war, and, in reply to a jocose suggestion that our govern- ment might prosecute him for un- neutral conduct, this American of Revolutionary stock egclaimed, ‘T wish to God they would!” Since then this country has learned, as Mr. Roosevelt would' say, we canngt stop German rapacity and cruelty by say- ing, “Poor pussy! poor pussy!” Samuel Duffield Osborne was a courteous gentleman—a lawyer, & writer of sketches and fiction, an ex- pert In carved gems. For a score of years he passed an interesting life in the tower of Madison Square Garden. He had many friends who will remem- ber ‘him for his personal qualities. But one little group of almost chance acquaintances will always remember him as the American who helped King Albert to fight the Kaiser. Some Christinas Greens. I saw a man walking around The shop, with a pad of paper in hand. Everyone said he was a ‘‘spotter”. The day before Christmas he came around again. And all the boys said: “Ssssh,” and began working like aixty. Then the man came up to each boy In his hand a lot of $20.00 gold pieces chinked They were double eagles, Then the man smiled He had lovely white teeth. His eyes twinkled. Then the man said: “Boys, Merry Christmas!” Then the man Put the eagles In hig pocket The Double Eagles did not scream The boys did. . .. A little chubby boy “Always Reliable.” RED CROSS BOOTH MAIN FLOOR Best for the Red Cross. Join Now. May Be Cashed Here. Gifts Beautiful and Useful Fur Muffs Fur Scarfs Fur Sets With rosy cheeks and little Short legs Asked his dad to buy him a “Flexible Flyer” for Christmas. The man. said he had no money For sleds. The little boy didn’t say a word. He went to the old wood shed And there cried as though His little heart was broken. The father saw him. The man’s chin quivered A tear came. to his eye. Then, the man went to the shop. All day_ the little tearful face Came, and kept coming between ‘The face of the man and his work. Then he swore he’d never touch Another drop of drink. The little boy got the sled. How_do I know? Never mind that, Merry Christmas. H.AN§ LONG. Buckwheat and Beans. (Baltimore Sun) According to a recent report from one of.the most prolific of the buck- wheat states, there is an immense in- crease this year in the buckwheat crop. . It is jov news. Let us hope that the buckwheat cakes this coming winter - will garnish every breakfast table. It is to be hoped that Mr. Hoover will be able to take a little time off from the arduous duty of ad- vising -his countrymen to eat less, to ordain meatless days and wheatless days, and, in general, to substitute fast days for feast days, to look after the food profiteers and see to it \‘.hul ~§ Children’s Fur Sets Children’s Rain Capes Children’s Rain Coats Women’s Coats Children’s Coats Women’s Rain Coats Women’s Umbrellas Handkerchiefs, Gloves Women’s Waists and Separate Skirts. Many of these lines at Special Bargain Prices. Women’s Bath Robes Remarkable Values at $2.98 and $3.98 Beacon Blanket Robes in floral plaid and Indian de- signs, sizes 36 to 46. Silk Petticoats, All Colors, regular and extra J sizes. $2.98 to $7.98. | DOING HIS BIT ALBERT G. SANDSTROM Albert G. Bnindauom, aged .28, is a member of the Naval Reserve. His home is at 61 Harvard street and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Sand- strom. He enlisted on May 9 and is ready to fight anything the Kaiser may send across, from a submarine. to a dreadnaught. _— they do not get a corner on buckwheat and baost the price. Once there was an FEastern Sho’ man who said that when he went to bed knowing there would be buck- ‘wheat and sausages for breakfast he couldn’t sleep for thinking about it. And when he went to bed with the information that there would be no :uckwhe‘t and sausages for break- ast he couldn’t sleep for w. about it. The price of ms.;":?vfi skied last winter, and there is reason to fear that unless Mr. Hoover does something about it the price even of “hot dogs” will be “out af reach” ex- cept on special occasions when the ultimate consumer grows reckless and 8oes in for buckwheat and sausages in spite of the inflated cost. There is another report floating around that sounds much mare cheer- ful than the quit-eating admonitions that Mr. Hoover is sending out. This report is that the bean crop is ten thnes as large this yéar as it was last last year. New York State, always a great bean area, has a record-breaking crop. But the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states are harvesting a bean yield that will soon be maving eastward in trains a mile long. ¢ Congress is beginning to ask what has become of all the money. The ordnance department can’'t account for any of it.—Berkshire Eagle. McMillan_ Store Do Your Bit by Doing Your Christmas Club Checks, Also U. S. Liberty Bond Coupons i | MISSES’ AND JUNIOR VEL~-, VET COATS, $22.50 VALUES, SATURDAY MORNING i $13.98 AT These coats come in the lead- \ ing colors, such as green, brown, burgundy and navy, are stylish- ly trimmed with beaver plush, have fancy pockets, are belted all around and lined throughout with novelty men’'s wear lining. CHILDREN’S $6.98 HEAVY CORDUROY COATS IN SIZES FROM 4 TO 97— SATURDAY MORNING SPECIAL AT $4.49 This coat is a handsome wide wale corduroy, has a large cape collar, is belted all around, in- terlined and lined throughout. Shown in brown, green and navy. . has ever experienced—and, althongh we have a great number of ex- tra ealespeople, our resources will be taxed to the utmost in the CHILDREN'S $7.98 HEAVY AT cccoocacoasn This coat has a broad collar | inlaid with velvet, is belted all around, trimmed with handsome buttons and is lined throughout with heavy material. Shown in brown, green, burgundy and navy, in sizes from 8 to 14. NAVY $18.00 VALUES SAT- URDAY MORNING, SPE- OIAL AP ....‘..39.98 ’. This dress is made with a surplice waist, very full skirt gathered into an empire waist line, has contrasting collar and cuffs and a handsome silk cord girdle. RED FOX SET.~With open animal scarf and trimmed with natural head value — Saturday morning, the set and tail. $18.98 BLACK LUSTROLYNX FUR MUFF—Handsomely trimmed with natural heads and tails, $6.98 morning, special &t ......cesevcceccccsctnsancce $6.98 AND $7.98 SEAL PLUSH AND CRUSHED PLUSH STOLE .. SOARFS—Lined with handsome St novelty chain fastenérs—~Saturday morning Spe- Clal 8t .. ..cicihiioadinecianet e vainednnigiesia e Books Cut Priced Saturday Morning A FROM 9 TO 1 O'CLOCK $1.00 Copyright Novels ... 48¢c Frank Webster’'s Boys’ Books, 50c edition, at ......... 350 Balley’s Tuck-Me-In Tales, reg- 'ularly 86c, at Kneetime Animal Stories, regu- larly 36c, at .........\. 25¢ The Big War Series, by Colanel Fiske ....cccv000000..4 30 WISE, FACTS SMITH & HARTFORD - - 4 ¢ values — Saturday .98 I sllk ' b e poplini $5.00, . 980 Air Rifles, reg. $1.35, at . $1.00 All Other Afr Rifies Rc_fl’ctdl co.} ABOUT THE AMERICAN RAVY - BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GRNEN, U. 8 N. Napoleon said no single man could properly command more than 8 other men. Joffre handled 8,000,000 so properly that he drove the Germany army into its hole. But even he held to the spirit of Napoleon’s 8-man rule. In an army group or a navy di- vislon 8 men form a squad, 8 squads to a company. There are 2 section leaders and 6 squad leaders, or one petty officer for each 8 men. These 8 petty officers are directly under the command of a company captain or a division leutenant. Higher grades aboard ship exceed slightly the 1 in 8 rule. This is neces- S&ry on account of the manifold duties ‘which a battleship may be called upon tc do. For instance while each war- ship at Vera Cruz and also at the Gal- lipoli Peninsula sent its contribution tific foundations for specialized work.': Despite all the efforts to repruit our strength of officers, the number a few months ago had to be based on 69,000 men. For this strength /2,0 gun and deck work, and engineering detafls. They were divided so: 21 Rear Admirals, 83 Captajns, 160 Com- manders, 291 Lieutenant Command. | ers, and 1500 Lieutenants and En- signs. Three times that number aré desired for the nl-:reum. strength, but - neither Annapolis nor the universities can supply them. k o i3 Staff officers are even more scarce. . There are 362 surgeons, 234 paymas- ters, 188 constructors and' engineers. The 80 odd chaplains will have near- ly 2000 men in each of their parishes —some flock considering the percen- tage of black sheep! A handful dentists are taking their own gas in despair at the task ahead of them. to the landing force, about 400 men- and 50 officers and petty officers, guns aboard were manned and the ship | ready to get underway, steam, ma- reuver, and navigate, without loss of her customary agility. Just now the authorized strength of the navy is 150,000 men. About 12 per cemt, or 1 in 8. will be in com- mand. Only 4 per cent will be com- missioned officers. Such extensive education is wanted to fit a naval offi- cer for his work that no such num- ber is available. On the bridge he must be able to navigate, maneuver, signal and pilot. At the guns he must be familiar with ordnance, explosives, and electricity. In the engine room uniess he is on intimate terms with everything from a centrifugal pump to a by-pass, ter- rible and unforeseen things may hap- pen to his ship. Jack of all trades, Doctor of all professions, and mine of infinite resourcefulness, the qualifica- tions of an officer in our navy. Reserves and Militia are usually fitted for only special dutles, either deck or gun or engine, but rarely all three—and it is grasp of all three that makes a capable captain. Warrant officers coming from the ranks gen- erally lack mathematical and scien- The great thing about taking up the navy as a profession these days is the fact that after the war it can- not shrink. Armies may be disband- ed. But mammoth men-of-war must be manned. And after Emgland’s les- son we dare not let ours shrink. But look before you leap. Order No. 99 says no wines or liquors —no not ecen a small beer! P General ‘Who wants to be a camel. . . . 4 Her Guees. o i (Detroit Free Press.) e 0 “lan‘t it terrible the way ppices keep going up?” B “It is. My husband said if f¢ Kept up he'd either have to W ‘harder and make more money or eat less.'” “What do you think hell decite to 402" -« ; “Knowing him as well as I do, my guess is that he'nl decide it to be easier to eat lesa. A Rare Day ta Rochester. - (Roohester Herald) it Sunday was ‘& red-letter % in Rochester. No one tried to Mhotk & locomotiye off of the track ith of ¢ line officers shouldered all commands, * | £ | ¢ hia '/ §