New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1918, Page 6

it fequircd new life, and all be well for the great work ahead. There will be distemper among man: That is inevitable. There will be loss of Millions and millions of dollars be taken omt of circula- for where no money is paid | there can be no money spent. These stone wall a firing | arc the doctors’ dues. Five days will squad. This is the triumvirate that| he lost, and lost forever. Better, officers of the army and navy recom- | however, to lose them in this way mend for Walter Spoermann who is| than to freeze to death, or to starve held in Washington as “the most dan- “ to death. For no matter how much Officers | money we might make in five work- the navy have every [ ing days it is of no use unless there wish such an | is .something for which it can be ex- Kaiser's paid | pended. If there is no coal to buy, The men of | the money is no good in that direction. bated, will tibns, of abiom VL ious plotting in friendly countrie and shametess abuse of their hos- pitality, of crime heaped upon crime in hideous defiance of the | laws of God and man. | —OTTO H. KAHN. | money. will | tion, A FTRING SQUAD OR LAMP POST. Sunrise, a and erous spy in the country.” the army and breason in the world to nd for one the this country. branches of the service are | If there is no bread, no foodstuffs of infinite. variety, thc | tically useless. land | There has been enough money made success- | ithe past period of prosperity to tide over nearly all those who down their tasks for these In the meantime, the resources of gents in two or zetting ready to figsht, the | money is prac- nilitary hordes of Emperor Wilhelm. 1] encounter danger on if wi Jriies they succeed in in the gauntlet of subma- | ¢ a must aning must brave death in the lay ully 1 1es they five Any man found working at | davs. of stabbing | of the shoutd working order that renches he despicable business nation will Empiy freight be ur troops in the back be cars will be ause of lack of help will be unloaded. Cellars that have been empty, with to | mo presence of coal, will be filled. py | Houses that have been cold will be Washington. | warmed. Cities that have becn fac | a famine will have a chance to drive i the wolf away. In a word, the indus- trial fences of the nation will be re- And, the Lord they: compunction and are now idle e death for a soldier | suffice. tend encouraged en out without Bot. -/This is a soldier's Those that could not unloaded be- py. If the o nearest lamp post man is not a should horrible example might reak up lenient government at bne business ng g SN HOWLING AHEAD OF TIME. Ir-any one thought the Federal| uel Administration could in | paired. hrcc such a sweeping order as that | need it. As to the competency of Dr. put knows, last night, which practically closes | Harry be put in better | industries for a @ A. Garfield, the Federal Fuel Admin- and do this with- | istrator, which is questioned by all of pro- | those who have an axe to grind, his that case may be better judged on Mondayv, o den ie the most drastic | March 25, 1918, than it can be today. Ehseie | At that time retrospection will show The situation of x 3 - treatment. | Hinds ght then will agam take prece- e nl:n’s‘: dence over foresight, and eves that | now see nothing but calamity may at D thep :w that time view the pitfalls passed and | the disaster averted. weeks, and | bwn the natio riod of five days t meeting a general howl b mis- person was very sadly Jken. e ever issued by any democratic gov- nmentin the world. ing had to be done. e nation demands rigid tter to and have down it an shut over enttre winter bw along for in the ly suffer even greater inconveni- | past few PRETTY GOOD, AFTER ADIL. Some there are who always look for the worst in human nature. Look- they usuaRly find Diligent search could | be rewarded in no other way. There on ra- | q | Better to get a breathing spell | erein the coal supply can be prop- live a hand-to- | the were short iy handled than to ing long enough SPTINg. | what they seek. uth existence until hd to is just what we com- We have hat been is a seamy side to life as there is to erything else. Having uncovered enough rotten- Primarily because of | ness in the civil walks of life some of raiiroad tie-up; secondarily, be- | professional moralists turned 1se of abnormal weather conditions, eagle eyes toward the army 4 finally becanse prod where the pride of | American. manhood has been gathered loudest, | bv the United States government. The ewspaper efforts of the ‘“holier-than-thou” folk nad employed their time | railed in this direction. back over a space o some actual facts ns, we have been short on food- Affs, g. Why we have been short on every. our | their on has "OL; cantonments nsumption pt pace with ¢ who now vell that men > set up a ery calamity ter looking Next, the reformers turned their at- tention to our overseas expeditlonary There is not the land that this closed its doors for a | of the vears. They followed the foot-steps of the men under Pershing. Sound- ing the alarm they gave warnming of d of one, two, three, four or five | the grave danger lurking in the path- This for the Pur-| way of the American troops, and Kking inventory and making | hinted of an abandonment of “the Right here in | straight and narrows™ Paris is a city were in the | of temptaton. The Yatin-quarter? | Horrors! President Foster of Reed Cofleze, a & in has not pre- to s in some vear e of pairs to machiner: w Britain the factories bit of shutting down during certain This s well ever Fiod known to every who celebrated educational institution of facto in any Oregon, journeyed to French sofl.and ance, did not close down at leastdropped in on the American department did and when that|{ What he saw was somewhat different partment resumed work some other | from the sights alleged to have been seen by the saintly and self-sanctified. He says:—"1 visited every camp soldiers drew a pay envelope. | entire given boys. bartment shut down. There is not | ch difference between that plan[ a down { in L) where American and 1 are any complete shutting France never saw it the heating plant was always in quartered, mwi NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1014 drunkenness. The soldier: mors [American Without we prefer I too.” the crusaders, to lake the report of Pres- His honesty and unquestioned. Further, entire life in the e good, discrediting i ident cerity Toster. are sin- he has spent ing of young men, and he knows their are not half nt them. his train- abits. They as bad as ome would Making rould crery Mondey a of the hlue have holiday out ot ta take some ife; but we would to go fvork on Tucsday just the same. G FACTS AND FPANCIES. since flent's iast oward peace fpringfield kep that a o e the presi- great move us wait and see can. apparently think a hospital ship is an Meriden Record. address let b W The Germans led cross on a deal bulls eye.- Buck Kilby position pavs him 90 a month. ‘“‘Bed” Swinburn’s job ys him $7 a day and time and a alf for overtime.—Capper's Weeckly. A possible explanation of why a ew of these dock-burning spies are ot shot is that the army is short of fies.—Norwich Record. Bostonians were panic prkness and a loud no 1bwa That es for folk. stricken at 50 in the what Browning Chicago News. is certain can have job This much lay the b giving Jelegram, is only is Bridgeport ‘The katser peace up his What's to be done with the parlor par? It mustn’t remain idle—Syra- cuse Post-Standard. | ROBERT C. VANCE. Outside the Herald office window is a service flag bearing eight stars. One of them is for Robert Cummings | Vance, son of Mrs. Robert J. Vance of | 159 Maple street Mr. Vance was the ! first member the “Herald family” to enter the and since then his example has followed by seven others. r. Vance was junior at Yale when a state of was declared be- e Upited States and Germany. He felt the urge to duty and in June, 1917, he sailed as an am- red tape officials couldn’t eontrol the bulance driver for American Red weather.—Paterson Press-Guardian o) He bas scen active duty and N has had many thrilling experiences. When it was seen that America had a big task on its hands, Mr. Vance transferred to the United States Am- {ulance service and wearing the uniform of Uncle COMMUNICATED. ING FALSE TMPRESSION the Editor of the Herald: We wish to have the accusation of our son William Templeton, who was | said to have assaulted the five vear child Mr. and Mrs. Mortellio Franklin Square on the night of January 8th, rectified. William in his time this said to ho g No | of this therefore off our son’s clared Served from silver on a golden tray— | | rved with things both dainty and | German press quarrels over Wil son’s message.—Newspaper headline. What is the matter with the cen- sor? w York San. of war been When and a bad suppl the davs the cold combination shortening.— are lengthening thening it makes to have the coal New York World, stren Y a The soldiers wouldn't have suf- tWweent fered at the camps if it hadn't been for cold weat and of course the el = the Despite the shortage In sage market, “TUncle Tom's announces its customary quota trained bloodhounds Besides the bloodhounds it also lays claim to “the sweetest Eva’” and “the funniest Topsv.” But being rather conserva- tive it does not allege that it has the crookedest lawver in Attorney Marks.—Springfield Daily san- Cabin® of now Sam. To Tet Him Tive. As Jong as flowers their perfume give, So long I'd fet the Kaiser live— Live and live for a million vears, h nothing to drink but Belgian tears AVith old i oe howme at the have occurred, der false was was to quench his awful iited brine of a Scotchman's ear papers, the stain been de- the publia sault the 1 would let him live on a dinner each has day, name, as he innocent, and have now that he did not chitd MR. AND MRS, IPLETO? T TWALKS. ed with everything but things to | = : eat. ’ SLIPPERY STD 'd make him | —,,, sheen i With costly linens to lie between, | Shouldiscrveitofsavershockss With covers of down and fillets of lace, | To the Bditor of Herald: And downy pillows piled in place; | Please allow me through vour valu- Yet when to its comforts he would | ahle paper to call the attention of the yield, { proper authorities of New Britain to 1t should stink with rot of the battle- | the wretched condition of the side- field, ! w blood and bones and brains of | men | And a bed of Sand silken | sage of and Sane nkling the 1 And dewalks of main and principal ets, have heen, and even Should cover him, smother him—and | oo are like a skating pond, and then i . | nothing has been put thereon to pre- His pillows should cling with the rot- | o ¢+ e At ten cloy— [T crime azainst people Cloy from the grave of a soldier boy Hilaeed mthe ! especiaily and infirm, to and r:::” God's stars their Viglls | oompe) them to walk on such slippery P 3 walks, at the risk of breaking their And while the waves the white sands ;0" ' £5 (00 TOL shopping sweep, should Some of the people or | places. He never, never, sieep. e if there is any law regarding jey walks, why it not enforced? | And, if it would be in the future, I am sure many people of New Britain would be thankful, and the city might | be sparcd from unnecessary lawsuits, | AN INDIGNANT CITIZEN. And through all the days, through all the years, There should be an anthem in his ears, Ringing and singing and never done From the edge of light to the set of sun, Moaning and moaning and wild— A ravaged French girl's littte child! gmificance of TUmion Services. (Meriden Record) { The union church i evenings are becoming an institution acknowledged value that it wise and expedient to them even after the neces- them, in the ape of coal has disappeared. sight of an Ipiscopal bishop addressing an audience of all denom- inations and declaring the occasion n inspiration to him, constitutes an | incident of more than passing ote. | The idea of a distinguished Universal- clergyman coming to occupy the | same platform nest Sunday is not without its significance. ’ The poles are no further apart than were representatives of evangelical and liberal churches a few years ago. Today they come together }nnt only the same gospel but | toleration and svmpathy for contras 7'd jab him, stab him, give him gas; | jng ideas regarding denomination In every wound I'd pour ground gla; which are the marvel of individuals I’a mrarch him out where the brave | who had come to regard bigotry as a boys died— of human Out past the lads they crucified. If there are | war busines living } process ¢ going on in the so- | cial and religiaus world. We arve com- There is one thing I'd do before I was | g fo a better understanding of the rough: | other mar point of view and are I'd make him sing, in a stirring man- | more willing to indu in construc< ner, | tive instead of destructive criticism The wonderful words “The Star- | The union services constitute a sign Spangled Banner. of t times. Theyv stand for lovalt i | moaning services Sunday And I would build him a castle by | ¢V the sea. As lovely a castle as ever could be; Then 1'd show him a ship from over the sca Ag fine a ship as ever could be, | Laden with water coid and sweet, | Laden with everything good to eat, | Yet scarce docs she touch the silvered sands, Searce may he reach his eager hands, Than a hot and hellish molten shell Should change his heaven into hell, And though he'd watch on the wave- swept sore, Our Lusitania would rise no more! of such | may continue sity for scarcit: The be decmed | ist In ‘No Man’s Land,” where the TIrish fell, 1'd start the Kaiser a private hell; also a nature. compen it is part | in this ich leveling ions in s the fearful gloom of his tomb, . In s of M. VAN AMBURGH [ and patriotism dnd are an evidence of in The Sileni Partner. @ spirit which is emblematic. TODAY’S TABLOID TALE By Joe Blast. Hanover Fist The idea came to Hanover Fist as he was sitting at the club window watching soldiers pass by and pitying the poor privates because they had to salute officors who more than Jikely had been in trade before the war. Tl learn French!” thought Hanovar Fist Tl learn French and then Pl ask to'be made an officer, explaininz, of course, that T know French. And that advantage [l rice from first lieuten- ant to honorary captain and then to sub gencral or maybe even admiral And hardly waiting to button his gloves, he hurried to the Unguent scheol of millimery and languages. In ten weeks he took a ten weeks course in French, including verbs, adjectives and wseful expres- sions. s he hurying to the recruiting station with his diploma nnder his arm repeat- ing to himself. “Mouchoir. Au revoir. Cncmise. Cafe au lait came to a group of KFrenchmen shrugging their tong and shoulder at cach other on a corner. “I suppose a little practice wouldn’t hurt me” thought Hanover Fist. And he stepped condescendingly up to them, ob- serving, “Bun sore, messers. Vouley-vous parly a little T say avee muh? Oui? N Aimez-you le pain noir aves butter? Non? Oui? Pourquoi How trouvez-you les femmeez American? C’est la gerry, oui, non? Haricots. Bonquet. Gar- con,” The Frenchmen stared at him a moment in blank amazement diluted with amazed blankness. Then, after politely waiting to take their turns to give him three kicks aplece, they drop- ped him down a forty-foot sub- way excavation, shouting down after him, “Au gratin tous les Allemands?” (“Down with all with ranidly W he es preaching | Germans!™) (Copyright 1918 by Matthew George Adams) Scarcity of Print Paper. (New Haven Journal-Courier), The Hartford Courant scores a point of consequence when it virtually charges that the government of the United States is the zreatest prodigal in the country when it comes to the use of print paper. It gives as an il- lustration the fearful wastage in- volved in the publications of the fed- eral bureau of publications. This in- cludes not only the daily official bul- letin, which is colder than ice when it comes to the dissemination of live news, but also the proposed distribu- tion of 4.000,000 copies of the address delivered last June by the president. This address, as interesting and important as it was at the time, is a back number as compared with that made yesterday. Is that to met a circulation of 4,000,000, too? In the matter of duplications alone the gov- ernment could afford to pay an in- telligent man a salary of $20,000 to correct it. He would more than save that while bringing practical aid to a distressed news print paper sHu- ition. Tt is fino to have the govern- ment preach economy, but it ought not to dodge indwlgence in it. Better Late Than Never. (Northwestern Christian Advocate.) Two weeks ago one of our editorials read: “Thesentiment * * * should sink deep in every heart and come forth in reenewed determination to persevere in unrelenting hospitality to the traffic upntil the flag of prohi- bition shall float.”” There are some ty- pographical errors that are particu- Jarly embarrassing through the in- ability of the readers to decipher the real intent of the writer; while others (and we take the one just quated as such) are corrected in the reader’s mind ere it is observed though it is not passed by without extracting all the humor possible therefrom. And we have heard from this and are only thankful it did not reach the eve of B. T. L. and ‘‘make the Line” in “The Chicago Tribune.” Rookie Psychology. A new recruit writes tn the New Republtc: “So a psychological com- mission is now engaged in measuring- our mental aptitude and adaptability for various types of service in the Na- tional Army. Who can guess what in- credible revelations may be brought about by these vocational experts? We who have been paper-hangers it may be are better fitted by far for the signal corps, and we former pro- fessors of Greek perbaps have that unique intellectual equipment swhich makes one well-nigh invaluable as a camp cook. All honor to this attempt at efficiency and fairness in military organization. As for myself, I not say with certainty vet what branch of the service I am peculiarly fitted for, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it is for the Red Cross rather than the heavy field artillery.” What D'Ya Say, Jndge. (Toledo Times) A judge presiding over a court m Wshington, D. C., ws administering ihe oath to a boy of tender years, and “Have you ever taken the oath? Do “Have you ever tken the oath? Do You know how to swear, my boy?” Whereupon the lad responded, “Yes, sir. T am your caddie at the Chevy Chsae Club.” can- Somre Credit Due. (Washington “Have you your country? “Yes.” replied Senator Sorghum, “though largely in a negative way. I have kept silent a number of times when T was tempted to jump in and Star) done anything to help | mizers invented by complicate the debate.” } TRy Or subcaliber, or anything eclse you wish to cal them, are patent ecomo- a Britisher and used throughout the naval world. Briefly they are little Zuns fixed to big guns for exercise of the gunners. Here is the problem: On our 60 battleships there are about 700 guns of 8 to 14 inch size; and at least 900 torpedo defense guns, 6 poundec to 6 inch. Every gun must have its crew. Every crew must have its dril And every vear mew guns and crews add to the multiplicity of tha system. " Of course pointers may point at the hortzon, and loading crews may throw sand bags and slugs into tha dummy—. But Military which had cut its eve teeth before Xenophon knew how to spell his name, avers that unless a man actu- ally shoots something and ocecasion- ally hits something he might as well =o out and pull up trees which at least develops his muscles. So it came to pass that Sir Some- body Sailorman in the English fleet wired a 1-pounder to a 12-inch fifty- foot breechloading rifle. Crew stood at stations. “Load!" sung out the Sun Captain. In went shell and pow- der. At the same moment a gun- ner’s mate slipped a cartridge info the 1-pounder. “Ready!” The potnt- ers elevated on a miniature battle- ship silhouectted on canvas mounted on a raft floating on the water about 500 vards away. “IPire.” Noise and smoke were good imitations of the real thing; but best was a rent in the canvas just where the silhouetted smoke pipe joined its hull. “Hit!”" shouted Sir Somebody, and, turning to the Admiral with a deprecatory gesture, remarlked: “There, m'lord, have we saved 1,32 pounds, 2 shillings, and 7 pence or words to that effect. “And have accomplished just as much if we had thrown away a whole inch charge weighing close upon ton A fleet has expended $500,000 on a single target practice. Imagine then the enormous advance made when crews of every one of the 2,000 and more guns in the navy can fire al- most daily at a total cost barely running into thousands. Or smaller guns only tiny 30-caliber rifle barreis are mounted, and frequently in fire- control practice biank cartridges are sufficient. Not only do the crews themselves derive benefit from this drill but spotting and control officers, search- light tenders, and plotting room ex- perts all exercise their ability in at tacking and demolishing an enemy al reduced ranges, which just as difScult. OF course full charge held several times a vyear, finitely more can be gained from it now that all rudimentary training and preparation is got through ex- caliber worlk. While French, British and ican fleets are confined to waters, long range practice be had. Ex-caliber here we as 12 is practice but in- Amer narrow is not to comes to LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE Cruise of the Corwin, by John Muir. “In 1881 John Muir accompanied the Corwin expedition through Bering Sea and the Arctic ocean in search the lost arctic explorer and his ship the Jeannctte. Every admirer of John Muir and every lover of Arc- tic exploration will rejoice in this book."—Outlook by of Aircraft of Today, Charles C. Tur- ner. “A popular, well illustrated ac- count of aircraft, tracing the devel- opment from the earliest times down to the styles used in the present war. An appendix contains the principal world records.’—A. L. A Booklist. E. ¥England and Germany, J. Dil- lon. by e . iuide, by N. J. Flyer's Gill Flenry Thoreau, As Remembered by a Young Friend, by E. W. Emer- son. “Recollections written by a son of Ralph Waldo Emerson. which empha- ze the lovable friendly side of Thor- cau.”—A. L. A. Booklist. e s Everett Edward and Letters of Edward Hale, by His Son, BEverett Hale, Jr. Life Life and Litcerature, Lafcadlo Tearn. “This third volume is a bit more personal than its predecessors, in the sense of bespeaking more clearly the adventure of the critic’'s taste. And it is of the utmost significance in the extraordinary quality of its interpre- tation. rom the point of view of the creative artist.”—N. Y. Times. . s by Letters, Arranged. With by A B. Paine. made their lotters of themselves as They are an Boston Tran- Mark Twain's Comment, ew writers thoroughly a part did Mark Twain unending pleasure.” s0 eript.” Persian Miniatures, by H. G. Dwight. “H. G. Dwight has written some of the most charming prose in America and he knows the Near Fast thor- oughly. Tn this book he has done for Persia something of what, in his ear- lier books, he did for Constantinople.” N. Y. Times Religion in a World George Hodges “Sermons distinguished by clarity of. thought and originality of expres- sfon, in which the author strives to show the personal value of religion in time of war.”—Open Shelf. at War, by new | Wisdom, | is | the front and must be depended upan | for the instruction of recruits. A lady said, “and I suppose ybu use the little guns when thev're closa 1p, and the big guns when the enme< my's away off “Yes ma'am outa sight we just bologna and And when he's clean make a noise lilca a he comes a'runmin’s* BILLY SUNDAY'S LATEST PRAYRRY the Vernacmlar and Con a Few Pet Words KEnown to All “It's the Kaiser against our Pres« dent. It's Hohenzollern against Urigle Sam. It's Hell against Heaven! Bless General Haig and the allies of the United States. Help us, O Lord! Bring victory to our mighty army! “God, don’t let them give way. They shall not pass! ‘Help them -ta START AGAIN. We are comings I"ather Wilson, a full ten miMion strong- We're a little slow in getting started, but we @idn’t start it—we didn’t look for a fight. If we had, we'd have been there long ago, ( Lord! “Bless General Petain and help the French! Lord, can't they fight? “Bless Russia and help her—even #f she did get cold feet! And don’t for. zet General Pershing, Lord. Don{ forget the boys under the Stars and Stripes. Help the fellows behind ong machine guns: heip them not to misy “Help the fellow behind the gun W get his sights on the nose of the ven omous submarine. Help the gunmens ,nd then—good-night! “Bring victory, O God not aching for a fight. President Wilson. Bless and Senate. Give them courage. { “We will never sheathe the sword, until liberty and freedom belong td% the world. Bless our army, and whan | we are through take us all to Heavet and we will talk it over. Amen.” Another Hard-Lmck Story (Dayton (Wash). Chronicle) Frank Strode is having a run ef hard Inck with his spectacles, whigh cost him $7 a pair. His first path fell in the Touchet while Frank wei crossing on a foot-log, and the nemt pair the wood rats packed off whils he was cutting wood on Eckler Mout« tain, and he came down Monday to ine vest in another pair. It takes all ha makes cutting wood to buy glasses s& far Smacks of tains We wers God, bless the Housg wisdom and a Why Should They Worry? (Louisville Courier-Journal) As the packers never have made but 1 per cent.—they have said it often— why should they worry about wheths there are meatless da Values #n Germany. (Charleston News and Courier.) There are people in Germany whe have come to the conclusion that ong peck of potatoes is worth more than the most wonderful dream of empires Sea, Spray and frail.”” “Rich Times. Spindrift, by ‘“fafs with excitement.”— Y., { There's Pippins and Cheese to Come, ¥ C. S. Brooks. | “The charm of the author's earlier book has already taught the publia what pleasure to expect from his quiet humor and whimsical fanctes.* Publisher’s note. Fiction. the Sign of the Oldest J. W. Tompkins [ “A simple Ittle story full of charm tand wholesomeness.” — Publisher's note i At House, by amily of Noblemen, Ivkov-Schedrin “The masterpiece of a great temporary of Dostoieveky book of relentless realism and characters are drawn with skill veracity. >ublisher’s note PR Helen of Four Gates, ton “A woman who spent twenty of her thirty-odd years in an English cotton mill is the anonymous author of this novel which has been hailed in Eng land and America as one of the most powerful works of fiction published for years.”—Publisher’s note. by M. Y. Sat- con- is a its and 1t a by E. P. Dut- New Carthage, by Georges Eekhoud. “Eekhoud is a Belgian novelist, and this book has been crowned by the Belgian Academy. Tt story of Antwerp some years before the war.—Publisher’s note. is a Next of Kin Wait and MecClung. “These telling little sketches are of various towns and villages in Canac whence men have gone to the war. There are few verses interspersedq and all are full of courage and strength.”—Publisher’s note. Stories of Wonder, Those by Who Nellte L. a real Sturdy Oak, a Composite Today, by Twelve Authors “The fact that this is a suffrage novel. and that it was published ser ially for campaign the election ,does stand in the charm as an thoroughly dramatic, funny stor Novel of purposes not in the of its vitality and entertaining tale A interesting, sometimes and often delightfully Y. Times . e before least way Where It Touches Montanye Perry. “This is a story of the ‘movies’ and the Ground, by a charming love story it is. But is also a temperance stor a human and unusual tale—N. Y. Times. it