New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1917, Page 8

8 ?mny translations. Btrine. What the German Emperor jding defeat coming at the hands ting exceedingly because .of the ANT. ) at 4:18.p. m, 7 Church at New. Britala . Press. il exolusively entitled biication of all Bews F not otherwise 1ted also the local news tl eloment In Russia are s 10 peace terms. The Cen- have taken this course their time-worn doctrine x Do indemnities” to Czernin 1s: the ‘elork w“peace-counter, handing over the pis. THe goods, this time, are ‘worn. Aside from that, they obseure as ever, and capable Therefore, ' ‘wiil not be'accepted by the Hn- Allies or the United States of as a permanent basis for The truth of the whole thing © Kaiser does not really and offer a plan fot peace on terms Bnnexations, no indemntties.” pm, Poland. .and Lithuania are jng proofs of the falsity of this Coun -4 ly trying to do is evade the im- le Sam. phool children of today, aside . the advantages already given over former generations, are The colossal struggle now on turned the expert minds in the onal realm toward a better- jt of the school system throughout [Wnited States, with the result that j¢ will be a new awakening of Bght. Subjects of vast importance ow being brought to the atten- | of more than a million school b and girls throughout the United The work is being carriad on he United States Bureau of edu-J n,-under. tHe ‘Department of thé or. Each month a special e will be placed before the pupils 1 schools in cities and towns fa- g the' plan. . Superintendent of ols Stanley H. Holmes has sub- hed to the movement, insuring | Britain beys and girls a place in st line. bureau’s series of lessons on munity and National Life,” as . were termed President Wil- his orld{m ‘ennouncement to hools, e’ now reached their issue. ‘“Machinery, Industry Communny Life” is the special for December. October and j@mber issues dealt with the orga- Mion of modern industrial life as ed with pioneer days, the effect r on commerce in nitrate, the and airplanes, production and p consumption, and similar topics. ‘idea of teaching the principles of pervation underlying successful fecution of the war h the Food Administration, but the ‘hla now been taken over by the . of Education. Professor es H. Judd, of the University of with the d8sistance of a corps ters In the various fields, is ng these government texts for upils in the elementary and high ents, as well as pupils, will be d in the December lessons. " older high school students will of the rise of the machine in- from the day of the hand loom “spinming jenny” through the wrought by the industrial on to the large-scale produc- orld markets, and social prob- modern industry. The various ot cost in factory operating, on as encouraged by industry, htribuunn of the press, are also fed in this lesson for older pupils. 6 section intended for the first originated | power. This is followed by accounts of Savery's’ pumping device, the first steam - engine of 1698, Newcomen's piston engine of 1705, Humphrey Potter's automatic pumping engine, and James Watt's steam engine, which replaced the altermating heat and cold method of earlier types by the separate condenser. and telegraph are. also” described as “‘machines for overcoming space,” and their part in modern industry is em- | phasized. The work of women is con- sidered, with special reference to the changes caused by the transfer of pro- i duction from home to factory. Under the heading, “The Impersvnality of Modern Life,” this section of the les- sons compares modern city life with the more Intimate life of the small village, - analyzes ‘the large business corporation of the present day, and suggests the need of new standards of conduct and new points of contact be- tween human beings. For pupils in the intermediate grades of the elementary schools, “in- ventions” is the subject taken up. The roll of inventious is called from the simple traps and weapons of primi- tive man to the printing and tele- graphy of today. Iron and steel are treated historically and the modern processes are described Wwhereby smelting is made easier and cheaper than ever before. Other lessons in this section have to do with the ‘“ef- fects of machinery on rural life” and ‘‘patents and inventions.” Special at- tention is given to the farm tractor, which, besides its use in increasing production, makes possible the move- { ment of heavy trench guns and fur- nished the principle from which have been developed the famous ‘‘tanks’” used by the British Army in France. All in all, the Beries of lessons on the war thus placed before school children should},go a long way toward creating a broader intelligence among the peo- Rle of the nation. YOUR NEIGHBOR’S BOY. You remember the first time he was | Wwheeled out in his carriage by his proud mother. You stopped to pinch his rosy cheeks and to see the sparkle in his wide eyes which = expressed wonder what this great world was all about. Then a few years later you saw him daily whistling his way home from school with his books under his arm | and not a care in the world except whether the Giants could beat out the Braves for the pennant. You remember him next as a stal- wart young man, earning his bread and helping his ageing parents to meet their bills. From the pink cheeked little baby he had become a real economic force in the world. Next, raw, red war came to Ameri- ca and your neighbor’s boy went marching down the street with a rifle on his shoulder. His chest was out, his eyes were shining with a deter- mination to do a good job. His step was elastic. He wore the khaki. After that, the breadth of an ocean separated you from him and you wondered how he was faring. Then one day his mother came in with a letter from ‘“Somewhere in France.” He was there, a unit in the Army of ‘Democracy, ready to lay down his life that this nation might not perish from the carth. Women of America, this same boy that you watched creep from baby- hood to manhood needs your help. It will not be long before American troops are in the thick of continuous | battle. Many will fall, never to rise i again. But hundreds of others, yes thousands, will recover their health and vigor if the women . of America will spend & few hours a week making surgical dressings to staunch wounds, to bind together the shell-splintered bones, to ‘cover the gashes made by Hun shrapnel. Women of New Britain, don’t re- main idle. Your neighbor’'s boy may be the next to need that surgical i | Telephones | D i FACTS AND FANOIE! i N -When central cuts you off in the middle of a sentence, it is just as frri. | tating as‘if you had dropped a stitch in your knitting.—Memphis Commer- cial. Probably the unfortunate nature of ‘woman’s selection in Christmas cigars j has been somewhat exaggerated by the prominent humorists of the last three centuries, but it really is pretty bad. Ohio State Journal Despite the fact that some of Bos- New York gamblers are reportsd to be fearful of the new 'Administration. Why worry, with Philadelphia only | ninety miles away ?—Philadeiphia North American. [ New England is to enjoy a soft coal supply. While the product will not be relished by the housewives and Dpossibly it will not come to that, still soft coal is preferable to no fuel in these trying times. — Middletown Penny Press. Retatlers are required to buy twice as much corn meal by weight as sugar? . Why, bless the souls of the food administrators, a good corn- dodged beats a sugar plum any day ' in the estimation of a Kentucklen.— | Louisville Courier-Journal. ton’s girl bootblacks want t© be al- owed to continue in the busimess, that city does well to prohibit it. Most men would rather black their own | boots than see a girl performing the task. And why shouldn’t men black their own boots, at least for the period of the war?—Hartford Post. Probably it will not disconcert the Kaiser in the least, but the fact®ap- pears to be that American theologi- ans are unanimously opposed to his theory that the Lord of Creation is “an avowed and unconditional ally” of Prussianism. If there had been any arrangement of that kind the Battles of the Marne and Verdun would have had a different ending.— —New York World. Sons of the Idle Rich. ‘We've cast aside our lounge-coats and our polished, silken hats, And have given up the lura of col- ors bright, And we've flung away our dress-suits and our cravanetted spats To go and don the khaki over night. The hotel grills now miss us and the tango parlors, too, And no more we sway while uku- leles strum; instead of sauntering adown the avenue, We are drilling to the tattoo of a drum. ‘While lazily Oh, the waiters all will mourn us when we go “across the pond” And will long to see the good old days once more, For the tips we used to scatter have all gone into a ‘‘bond” And we’ll soon be dining on a for- eign shore. The page who used to wake us in time for lunch at noon Has been replaced by a reveille's clear call; And we pop out of our pup-tents be- fore the silver moon Has ceased to glimmer through the canvas wall. Our palates would be jaded and our tempers start to fret too lean; Rut after training half the morning with a blunted bayonet We find we can’t despise the humble bean. We grumbled and we grunted when we first dug out a trench And were forced to make muscles do their part, our | Fut now we tear our boulders with a mighty heaving wrench And find we have no failure of the heart. Oh, we're glad we joined the army . and will soon be “over there” To try a. few concluslons with the .. Hun, And we'll do our bit for Glory when the bursting star-shells flare, For we're Uncle Sammie's darlings, every one! EUGENE W. ROESCH, in the Holy Cross Purple. Sheep as Lawnmowers. (Cleveland Plain Dealer) dressing. 4 All hands up now and sing, “When day.” Do your New Year's resoiving early. Verbal ‘Assaults. Defendant—I couldn’t help but hit him, Judge. He kept picking on me. Judge—How 2 Defendant—Telling” me what a big salary he got, what a fine car he had and how healthy he was. Saving Fats. (Life.) Mrs. Nittumsox—Indeed I won't give vou a bite to eat. You ought to be doing your bit for your country. Walker R. Ryder—Me, lady? I am. I been conservin’ soap for years! Somcthing for the Childrén. (Peoria (Ill.) Star) As special features for the chil- dren’s 5-cent matinee on Saturday and Sunday the Hippodrome screen will carry the film version of Elinor Glyn’s | remarkable novel, “Three Weeks." The Good They Did. (Washington ' Star.) “Did you ever make any temper- 8 of the high school and the upper of the elementary school the is ‘How Men Made Heat to The lesson reviews the use >f 5 wind and water as sources of | ance speeches?” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “Did they help anybody?” “I shouald say so They helped me to get elected”. { have turned out'flocks of sheep, mu-~ you come to the end of a wheatless | ‘Why, ! For many years European cities | | nicipally owned, to graze in their parks. The sheep is one of the best of lawnmowers. It crops closely, vet not too closely, insuring that smocth- shaven effect which delights the eve. And grazing sheep, as well as well- trimmed lawns, are. highly orna- mental. | The city of Denver, keenly aware | of the necessity for the utilization of | all_available land in the production of foodstuffs, has just decided to pur- | chase no fewer than 8,000 sheep to ! mew its park lawns next year. The agricultural experts have decided that where the grass is heavy and well rooted three sheep to the acre can be easily maintained. They will buy | ewes ready for lambing, according to ! present plans, and they expect that | the municipality will make a hand- | some profit upon the muttgn and wool. i There are 150 cities in the United | States with populations in excess of | | 50.000, and practically every ome of | i these cities has hundreds of acres of park land. These park acpeages, the government ‘believes, comld easily | maintain 150,000 shedép each summer. Here is a suggestion worth any mu- nicipality” consideration. —_— GUATEMALA BARTHQUAKE. Washington, Dec. 28.-—At ¢ otclock last night the earthquake which de- stroyed part of Guatemala City was continuing, destruction of property | was unabated and thousands were vV T RALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER The McMillan Store, Inc. ALWAYS RELIABLE. A CLEARANCE OF ALL WINTER COATS This is & clearance event which represents the greatest savings during OUR MARK-DOWN SALE of Wearing Apparel. Come Sat- urday expectillg to save money on your purchase of a Winter Coat, Suit or Press and you will not be disappointed. Plush Coats All our Plush Coats grouped in three final Clearance Lots for Saturday’s selling: LOT 1, $19.98 EACH, VALUES TO $29.98. LOT 2, $24.98 EACH, VALUES TO $34.98. LOT 3, $20:98 EACH, VALUES TO $42.08. All our cloth coats for women and children marked down for a quiek clearance. All Our Furs at Reduced Prices This is your chance to purchase at about cost Fur Sets, separ- atc Muffs aBd Scarfs. Good Warm Hosiery Knit Underwear and Sleeping Garments Women’s Fleeced Hose, 39¢ pair. ‘Women'’s Cashmere Hose, 45c to 85c pair. Mcn’s Wool Sox, 38c to 50c pair. Wool Underwear Mew's Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers, $1.50 garment. Men’s Wool Union Suits $2.75 to $4.50 per Suit. Women’s Wool Vests and Pants, $1.95 to $3.00 garment. ‘Women’s Wool Union Suits, $2.25 to $3.25 per Suit. Children’s Wool Vests and Pants, 75c to $1.85 per garment. Children’s Wool Union Suits, $1.49 to $2.00 per Suit. Sleeping Garments for Children Domet Flannel Sleepers, priced 49c, 79c and 98c each. Knit Stockinet Sleepers, made with the feet in them, priced, 69¢c upward, accordig to size. ‘Warm Wool Gloves and Mittcns for Mcn, Women and Children. v little bit : Nness IEathat Steal bR oot o with darkness and what contact hath ‘Harriman’s sermon. COMMUNICATED. REPLY TO J. A, COOPER. Ohio Man Taken to Task for Criticism of Bible. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteous- and what communion’ has light Christ with belials or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel. This is the verse that came to me when I read in the Herald last night what J. A. Cooper had to say against Pastor It made my blood run cold to read such speeches against the Bible saying we don’t know if the Bible is true or not, say- Sunday school arg the only ones that ing those that are brought up in the believe such stuff that God can change a man's heart. I am sure by Mr. Cooper’s letter that he never was brought up in any Sunday school. If he had been he never woudl pick the Bible to pieces and take out the Blood or John 3-16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him | should not perish but have everlast- | ing life.” Then he will say people are sick of this slush about a God of Love. Now I call this man Cooper a fit subject for the insane retreat, a ’ DOING HIS BIT CAPTAIN O. HARRY BARTON Captain C. Harry Barton, until he WISE, SMITH & CO. HARTFORD SUITS, COATS, DRESSES One-Third, to One-Half Off At the Inventory Sa. The Season’s Most Desirable Models STYLISH COATS Greatly Reduced in Price GROUP 1 Coats worth up to $17.98, Now $10 0 GROUP 2 Coats worth up to $19.98, Now $13 0 GROUP 3 Coats worth up to $24.98, Now GROUP 4 Coats worth up to $20.00, Now GROUP § Coats worth up to $32.50, Now GROUP 6 Coats worth up to $36.50, Now GROUP 7 Coats worth up to $45.00, Now GROUP 8 Coats worth up to $50.00, Now in WONDERFUL BARGAINS GROUPED AS FOLLOWS: 0 0 $16.00 $19.00 $22.00 $27.00 $31.00 $35.00 FACI S ABOUT THE AMERICAR vai BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. Gryo Compass ' ' Picture Reuben come to town. Don’t right down infidel. By this letter Mr. was commissioned at the .last Platts- Cooper writes he thinks that thsl burg training camp, was employed at kaiser and his people are going to|the office of the P. & F. Corbin divi- have the same place in Heaven that | | sion of the American Hardware cor- we who try to serve the Lord to the | poration. For more than 15 years best of our ability and do good to he was afiliated with the Governor's all. That man must be crazy. For| Foot Guard and an attendance at God says: “Henceforth there is laid | the summer Plattsburg training camp up for me a crown of righteousness , for civillans helped materially to fit which the Lord thy righteous Judge ' him for his important commission. withoutsshefter. Americang and other _foreigners were safe. shall give me on that day and not to | At present Captain Barton is stationed me only but to all those that love hls appearing.” You put this same Coop- er on his death bed and he will be | the one that is afraid to die: not the | in the Blood and I could say a great one that believes the love of God. for perhaps if he counted up his blessing in his life time he would see that God is Love. A READER OF THE HERALD. The Ravings of a Lmnatic. (Capper’s Weekly) Here is a proclamation to his army of the east by the lunatic who rules Germany: “Remémber that you are the chosen people. The spirit of the Lord has descended upon me as emperor of the Germans. “I am the instrument of the Most High. “I am His sword. “Wo and death to those who resist my will! “Wo and death to those who be- lieve not in my mission!” If he lived in a civilized country, there would be a hearing in the pro- bate court and ths dangerous maniac ‘would be locked up. [-deal more but it don’t pay to waste .one’s energy on such as Mr. Cooper at Camp Devens. The Secret of Happiness. 1 congider the most vital point in my life, as far as happiness is con- cerned, to be the day I read, in “Sar- tor Resartus” many years ago what Carlyle wrote about happiness being like a common fraction. In substance what he said was, that happiness is as the value of a com- mon fraction, of which the denomi- nator stands for the-things-you-think- you-ought-to-have, and the numera- tor for the-things-you-actually-have. For instance, # you think you ought to have $100, and you actually have only $10, you are one-tenth happy; while if you think you ought to have only $10, and really have $100, you are tem times happy. Now, we learned at scheol the rule that “the value of ‘a common fraction can be increased either by mmltiply- ing the numerator or by dividing the denominator."” 5 Hence, if I have but $10, and think T ought to have $100,'I can increase my happiness in either one of two ways: (1, by getting more dollars, raising. my possessions say, up to $100, that is, multiplying the numera- laugh, think of the tragic bewilder- ment of the boy. Imagine his poor bruised consciousness staggering under the billion blows of a city’s incessant noise. His whole brain is groggy. Pic- ture his utter confusion. ‘Well, that's the fix a poor compass rneedle is in when it comes aboard a steel warship. From every side in- Visible forces pluck and pull and push at its weakness until it is absolutely befuddled and points most any way the last force pulled. We can neutralize these forces— but neither completely nor perman- ently. A compass must be depend- able; safety of the ship demands it. Sc now our Navy has gyro compasses. This time favor me by recalling some lunatic you know. Not the fel- low that votes the other ticket, or won’t see your side of the argument. No, I mean & real Peter-of-the-Pad- ced-Cell—the poor creature that has Just one idea, and sticks to it till kingdom comes. That's the Gyro Compass for you. First, what i a gyro? Take a bi- cycle wheel Spin it rapidly. Try to ttrn its axles to one side or the oth- er. The whole thing resists. Which is the gyroscopic principle: namely, that when a heavy wheel spins it gets perfectly bughouse about always spin- ning in exactly the same place and space. Very interesting I grant you. But not half so enthralling as the fact that if you let that bicycle wheel hang in space and spin, it will point ex- actly North and South. Now don’t get inquisitive and ask me why. Of course I know, and if youwll send me a stamped envelope I learn that aboard ship; way y about the lower edge of her-liver, c ,gx carry a little steel gyro. An doctm motor spins it ' ceaselessly. lessly it hangs, oh so gri famous pofnt we call. Due N &ll through the great grim sturdy repeating compasses, conmec ted electrally, register exsmctly™ same point—to tHe vast sa and delight of the-anxiqus Na ‘What actually happens is the binnacle or bowl inside which the gyro ‘floats’ is.a mark. calied the: lube ber’s point. This is fixed and indi- cates the fore and aft line of the ship. The ship turns, the lubber’s. point. turns with it; but the gyro—bless its . balanced heart!—clings steadfastly to, the original nerth-south line. By little gears and electric wires this motion = of the lubber's point relative to the gyro axis is transmitted to all. ths other compasses, on bridge, in the top, etc. \ And to make good and sure you. don’'t know what I'm talking about T'll close by saying that as the earth. revolves the gyro axis must keep sbip is the faster will be this lwh ing. But if you swing & gyro it does a queer dance called ‘Wfl Consequently and whereas, you will' fmmediately understand me when I say that there must be compensation for all these things. But like everytmn;cbet‘hnhwfll - fact, for when one sets the Ameri can Sperry Gyro Compass he knows it’s going to go. M No use to read it again. You won't & | see—nobody can see, until they get' might be able to send you the real secret expressed calculus and double- barrelled trigonometry. But for today just take my word for it. Really it is sufficient for you to tor or, on the other hand, changing my thought, so that I think I ought to have only $10, that s, dividing the denominator. In the first case the result is one hundred hun- dredths; in the latter case it is ten- tenths which amount exactly to the same thing. The secret of this wisdom is that by altering ome’s thonght ome can ac- | complish the same end as by altering one’s circumstances. And as to this it | is worth while to note, as follows: 1. It is alwoys possible to .divide | the denominator (change one’s thought), multiply the numerator things). 2. It is easier also to rectify your notfon of what you deserve (divide the denominator) than it is to get gnough things to be your deserts. 3. The world is divided into two classes, the wise and the foolish. The wise strive to want less and the fools to get more. by | and often impossible te | (get monl a2 toy gyro and study It first hapd. Spin it; meditate upon it; communo with it. No more wonderful mani- festation of unseen forces have we in our mechanical worid today! . ... s Unconsciously when you multiply the numerator. you multiply the denomi: | nator at the same time; the walue of the fraction remains the same; you * do not become any happier, —DR FRANK CRANE in Nautilus. MAKES APPOINTMENTS. New Haven, Dec. 28.—Mayor-elect David E. Fitsgerald today announced: | his appointments, including the fol- lowing: John J. Lane, director of public works; Harrison Hewitt, €or. * poration counsel until April 15, when Judge Willlam L. Bennrett will. take the place on his retirement from the bench; Thomas R. Robinson, assist- ant corporation counsel; secretary to the mayor, Innis G. Osborn, a news- paper man and son of Col. N. G. Os- born of this city. BRIERE—MOUNT. Supernumerary Policeman and Mrs, Harold Mount of Hart street have an- nounced the engmgement of thelr - % [~ o i Those who try to gain happiness by getting more things are foolish, be- cause human nature is such that the more you. get the more you want daughter, Miss Ethel FEleanor, to" Henry W. Briere of Maple stregt. Both are well known young people and are recelving the hearty congratuie tions of their frienda.