New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 15, 1918, Page 6

Stronger 1t owerful we are united, we j@re too the mightiest nation com- for n Europe ar all Europe ined HENRY CLAY. THETR OWN GAML, soldiers AT merican on the western ple front of Europe are fast round- nto veterans. Beginning a their in they point where b1l way with war work, e now gzotten to the v go “Over the Top” and capture trenches. This that the His Americans was something my is probably did attitude nething Katser not itemplate. previous vard the t looked remarkably like a cross contempt and scorn the States actually In atdminister a severe beat- Germany who from three to actual What this mean, if it does not pre- that an American sol- and trained within a than six months physically and ween Now boys from de- pr the goods. hand-to-hand nbat to they the warriors of been anywhere at warfare. all e the fact taught of less is Fiod a ter man mentally, have been in pristine boy- won- Germans who thetr Militarism hn the racks d rful since is not such a system after all, as the Kaiser 1 some day learn. 'O EVEN UP. -dodgers and conscientious ob- raft tors to war have caused more than series of hubbub in this country. some cases they have been tol- hted and let down with nothing bre harsh than a severe reprimand. a at Dodge, ing found eight of these gentlemen iity of violating the law, ere sentence upon them has been given a good round in the penitentiary at The other seven each t twenty-five years at hard labor in same penal institution. As all of p men who thus evade war duty for quarter of a century are members the most radical branch of the cialist party—the wing that de- hnds cquality for all—we may ex- et to hear murmurs of discontent. he sentence is not a just one. discrimination. twenty while his receive each an additional five Shameful! They twenty-five even. in w a court-martial Fort imposes a One of pm enty vears avenworth There One man the peni- seven brothers in s been ts only vears in tiary, me ars. ould ars Preposteraus! all have gotten ceep the balance HANDING IT TO NEWINGTON. Whern the authorities decid- “‘hack to the farm’” move- denizens of the Seyms street i1 Hartford, and when the good 1l after interests of e unfortunates decided upon a very such a resort reckoned without the inhabitants of state upon a ent. for in look who the blightful location for a Newington, the, eir host. For, r neighboring town hold ideas this regard. the nd o of eir own in Not thar ey are averse to public inter- ts which dema that certain lar Tt i however, New~ing- twelve the bo not embers of oviety at Fevented from roaming. at. Sentimental And reasons, y nay. the people of of their might and ask re-consider tho three hundred in n to the number some andred arise in ate offi of housing hat the st han some fenders the law that ck of the woods. On Menday against night the people of ewington at all the reasons, thing indifferent, that unty ¢ the entire af- At that will rehear hir a town meetir me good, bad and ver but forth Pl will be Newing- Jail rought show for to m s Wt is, that part of Newington which ag the of Newington that and oiher been se o ected if t for “honor. nd even ¢ people jail to con the [here will be those . ince powers in this be ‘appreciate tter and who Ehor than sentime: e selection made pmmittee is a very price which the he farm in ques- fle of reason. The he present own- and,—some {1,500 for it ago; t ed for £29,500, d the state 200 as the mmission has option king such P that commis- ok morec facts before a i its ideal sit- ‘n two pros- fties,—is fast est residential the state. The land there dur- ering the last #hat has been these lines, Pwn. The land which fthe state at the Uprice has all the yresidential rather than ten ac. ~the, afore- ear- rur- Fom the point of cconomy, then, if wouid scem that intelligent members of the state legislature, at when the ery is for saving, find a more suitable at more attractive fi bustling cveryone must agree that there n, time could a easily tract of land res and away from a While is need for the housing of law-break- and that a farm is an ideal place for resort, there ts no reason under Heaven in- stitution should be taken from where it is and fastencd on to an populace already kindred institutions. community. er such a high why such an innocent overburdened witn WATC " orT Procrastination, the thief of lot of people in the had graces of the States Government because of to file must be OR APRIL aside from going to get being Time, is a United income return: These the hands of the officials on April 1. Any person with of $1,000 or more is the failure tax in a net income to punis ed During liable hment unless law iz obe the past wec k., throughout the Tour i the country, -Minute-Men others nt ob- been theatergoers and thi warning talks to foreibly The There on the part of anyone of this made their awelt on import ligation. has sounded hardly an excuse for delay though who have never turns, Aside is what millions people there arc before re- being a duty bet- patriotic it i go from the income tax, the to 10 pay part men and make There this ter of wisdom at once to the collecting this the necessary charge of out in money papers. can bhc no successful war work reason all Government the to overy em- who have last year fact that source of their high on the To that And slacking in line of for the simple that employers give the de- information as mugt sired ploye’s pay envelope. thousand or are confronted with their names, and the incomes, are written pages of somebody’ book woe I'hose made @ more the ledger. ectors will zo. failed the ins who has to He to the man heavily. warning for what the returns it be for all will smile the nephews and nieces who first approach the tax collectors. He will frown heavily upon the shirkers. As the days are piling up rapidly it behooves rveryone favorable class,—the $1,000 or more,—to on the calendar. “come across.” will pay So we this ig worth. The the better Uncle give it sooner are filed, coneerned witl Sam upon rather it in the makers of keep their eyes I'ACTS AND FANCTE Glory in olden days. according to the cynics, was won by being killed in action and having your name mi spelled in dispatches Different now. Your name will be deleted by censor.—New York Herald the Th year tussian revolution started a ago and it is still impossible to see the spokes of the pinwheel.—New York Sun A Chicago was tined $50 the national theater alleged that io rise.” Has the business man for whom the drama exists heen located New York World patent who for not anthem attorney standing when played in a “too tired tived lighter last ?— was e long-sought “f do not doubt that rich, strong will arise out of the rificos of this time.” Tt will be no- ticed that the “rich” comes first, in Dhrase as in fact. Once more Prussia hopes to make war a profitable indus- try.—Springfield Republica s the Kaiser, happy people storms and sac- say The tions fession” difference between the recep- of Shaw's “Mrs. Warren’s Pro- this year and dozen years £go suzgests that the world goes far- a ther in dec now than it used 0 go in a century.—Ncw York Even ing Sun. a sade NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1018, “Mollis Inertia,” Epode XIV.) dear Maecenas, I'Ve gol the rop soing buackward-—that 1've lost iy pristine pep; I've reached the terminntion be slangy, of my ropo— I'm clever like a hop fiend who is all shot full of (Hor tre; You di m when writer ! Phat Lo That dope not, my dea naturally not the Dopy Demon that made me pound my cari contra dear patran, made his home and he will promiscd Maecenas, fear— what you is has j On the zod who's | 1y hosom write my not pome! Old Anacreon was tamous for the fury of his fame, the fire that's cating MHorace makes Anacreon’s look tame: sang about his passion, and plucikced the sounding string, But this dame has numbed my muses, and I cannot even sing! But Far he he You yourself, my dear Maecenas, have a girl—you gay old boy! But she’s not another Helen, and she'll fire no modern Troy she's wot another Phryne—and vou're lucky that she's not I'm naot the only swoctheart the little minx has got! ED ROBINSON n Cleveland And For that Plain Deal COMMUNICATED. The Playvgoer's “Miss Fmily Callaway, leading vole in ‘Success,’ at the Ifarris theate, the first graduate of Wellesley col- leze to adopt the stage as a profes- sion. Armed with her degree, a proud lincage that includes, on her mother’s side, Betsy Ross, who shaped tho first Stars and Stripes, and with an enviable record in col- lege dramatics and athletics, she rrade Ter debut mixed in ‘Seven Chances.” “‘I've been all my life,’ the Harri lhomie town and dther shows. And Wellestey 1 with the Fut at ‘male’ interview vho has a now plaving r, claims to be mixed up in dramat =aid Miss Callaway at When a little girl in my in Auburn my sister and children used to give then when I went to soon became identifled theatricals of the college. school 1 always played the lead part, and it was not until 1 took up the stage as a profession that T took a girl's part. “Probably no memento of happy college days does Miss Callaway cher- ish more than white sweater adorned with a black W. It was won 1y her playing on the college hockey team. Rover was her position, and the crowds that wittnessed the games or. the lake at Wellesley agreed she the ‘Hobey Baker' of the Wel- seven. “lever as she w Callaway was equally of the Barn Swallows, as dramatic club was called. plays which were club. and which college and In all of these one of the a Miss the the She pre- are amateur Miss boys’ at hockey, at home in college wrote several ted by the «iill popnlar in dramatic cireles. Callaway d parts. “Following allaway play Miss De- cxper- her graduation came to New York. pite her lack of professional ience Colin Kemper gave her a part in ‘Seven Days’ The following sca- son she was with the same company and her later engagements included filling the titic role Everywoman. “Somehow. she said, my carcer on ha been ever connected mystical 1 in of Mr. Belasco’s companies, and has seven lotters in his name. L was in ‘Seven Days,’ which did well on Broadway, and was also in ‘Seven Chances.” [ rehearsed in ‘Seven Days Leave' and left to accept engagement in ‘Success, which n letlers in its title “Although Miss Callaway tive of Chicago she is Southern, for the Callaway the Peach 'r.w State traces to George Washington, Daniel and mm,r,\ cqually known to of the with one he stagc ure seven was has is a na- decidedly family fiom back Boone fame."” WILLIAM C Britain, Conn., KRANOWITZ, March 1918. EMILY CALDAWAY IN “SUCCESS.” Actress Now New Former Tycenm Playing To the Bditor of the Herald: M mily Callaway, formerly with the Lyceum Plavers, 1s now’ appear- ing at the Harris theater, New Yor in “Success,” a pilay which had its e January 28. Local theater- ill remember her because she displayed much ability while here and also won many friends because of her personal charm. | "*Miss Callaway is the third pl entertain metropolitan audiences, Al- fred Cross is now in Boston as “Chopin,” with Mrs, Tiske in “‘Mad- ame Sand.” Mrs. George ‘A, Hibbard was recently seen in Hartfora in the musical comedy, “Oh Boy!” which had a long run in Boston. “The Playgoer,” the critic of lhe New York Sun,” recently interviewed Miss Cal- laway. Soon after there was pub- | lly:hcn! for newspaper rom Wellesler to ” a satisfying cussion of work. She indi- that she in “shows” when little ind at Wellesley carvied forward her ver to dramatic “Evening his 3 Success, her was a cates she was a £ college terest “Marg sumed The star she i the as garet Hamlin” is Miss Callaway in “Success. the play Brandon Tynan who will be recalled by some in | this city for his ambitious leading role in Louis N. Parker's production, “Joseph and His Brethren.” which was staged Hartterd some ago 0 somo New York viewers Mr. Tynan suggoestive of David Waft the Von Bar- wig” of Char Klein's work, \usic Master. ™ play L arated from daughter in the reviewer ican” in these words old actor. who once with tremendous suc t In the big scene of the play the lc:uL‘ part of is in icld famous “The fat Tong encounter; o sep- their | Alan Dale, York “Amor. of the hero his old the the plot gives 18 an outh played King in ess his l ! skull, | earthed { migr T0DAY'S TABLOD TALE Metamorphosis Smeek, wife called up he was shaving, to commence to neglect to put on vou leave The h of Henry “Henry!” his him while tarting Don't rubbers house.” Yes'm Ty Smeek, rain Your the when no'm” whom looked replied Hen- other men'’s enviously as a ed husband down to break 1id, “Now don’t your rubbers, Hen- while he was taking lump of s under his nev she “Mind you remember vour rubbers, Henrs And while he was carrying the breakfast things out into the kitchen to wash them she sald, *“Don't you dare forget your rubbers, Henry!" Tt wasn't until he was two blocks away from the house that he realized he bhad forgot- ten them after all. “Mercy he dassn’t back give me a dreadful ow—I'll walk on my heels day as not to get my feet wet, and maybe she'll never find out after all.” And all day long he walked his heels. Tt came hard at first, but after several hours— he was a rent collector and walked continuously—it seemed quite natural, and as he walked home (for he had bought des- sert for lunch and used up his carfare) he really did it quite gracefully Noticeably so, In fact, for a man in a thousand dollar fur overcoat stopped him and addressed him thu: Excuse me sir, but would vou mind if I offered you a job in the Russian ballet at eighty dollars a’ night to start? A man that can walk on his heels with such airy abandon would make a perfect Russian dancer.” Henry Smeck accepted jov fully, signed the contract im- mediately, changed his name to Henkai Smeekskin, became famous as an imported Rus- sian dancer, and never saw his wife again (Copyright 1918 mode] hen-pec When fast you vl e o wife forget And an extra cover of his ugar pa.per thought now—she'd scolding. I T g0 1 all s0 on it by George Matthew Adame) ing actor is intoxicated, and the hero rushes on at a moment’s notice and screened behind the traditlonal whis- kers of lL.ear, saves the performance and elicits vociferous applause from the aundience. He has been separated from his daughter for twenty vears and discovers that his daughter is in the cast of TLear.” This meeting with the daughter and the fervor of the old man's ing ha caused New York writers to cite David War- field play e Apes Descended From Mav, (New York Times) not descended that That man is anthropoid fact having that from apes, these would be in more accurately described as been descended {row man, man is far more ancient than the whole anthropoid branch, the newcomers and that compared with him chimpanzee and this planet, were Professor Wood Anatomy in the don, in lecture man The tions were anatomical ducible orangoutang are on assertions made by Jon Professor University of Lon- on the origin of of professor claimed these asser- proved not only by recent research, but to bLe de- from the whole trend of zeo- logical and anthropologiral discovery. | One of the most interesting refer- ences in the lecture was to recent re- ports by Dr. Stewart Arthur Smith of Svdney on the Talgai skull discov- cred in 1889 in Darling Downs, N. §. W., but never seriously investigated Il 1914, “This undoubtedly human very highly mineralized,” he was found in a stratum with e pouched mammals, and probably as ancient as the famous Piltsdown whose human nature was so hotly disputed just before the war. In deposits of the same age as those in which the Talgai skull was un- were found bones of dingo dogs and also hones of extinet pouch- ed mammals gnawed by these dogs. “Until the arrival of Captaln Cock in Australia no non-pouched mam- mals were ever introduced upon tke Australian sand continent. Tt 1s geo- logically certain that Australia has always been surrounded by the sca since the time of the evolution of the pouched mammals, Fad it not been so, it is almost certain that many non-pouched mammals in the nefghboring continents would have ated thither. “How, then can the presence of the Talgai man and among these be accounted for? The conclusion deduaible is that he must have arrived there in boats with his family and his domestic dogs, und the astounding fact emerges that a period in the wor history, when Year or two ago the most anatomists were satisfied scarcely distinguishable brute ancestors, a man highly developed as to cated animals and to be a boat builc er and navigator was actually i Australia, and, to an asfonishing gree, the reasoning master of his fate. In view not only convincing evidence from man's own anatomical ture, Professor Wood Jones moving appeal for the whole sideration of the po=t-Darwinian ception of man’ omparati cent emergence from the brute dom. 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MOIRES, TAFFETA and FILE RIBBONS Extra wide SATIN RIBBONS, all the new shades, ~.pecxal STOVE POLISH RIBBONS in all widths. 10c yard upward 21c yard upward 49c yard FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY han to almost 1stria 1l han a Aust it crected alon the eastern entire Hu that border of Gierman little e commercial gary a state would be tinancia Red tying 15 up most anything from gumshoes to governments. s line workers. ters noose Once tain venient { had Navy arriv another ship. parture behir At tain’s voice checked was pend A old ship stating the case and request- ing After some weeks the letter turned with se ment the with a Pa Th that basket with or ir original parec ing the ward Th. ments to th few to hi was dorse, to the on Bri four ments, | some value and rather new. i mare and IEmpire i By her | Germany strengthen Her i land zive ong would man present advan is endeavoring her position Finally, the called his | yeomun “Jones,” he said, “if 1 blankety-hlank waste-basket rot on my desk again I'm disrate you to coal-passer. find it T'll rate you up Jones aye-ave-sired and beat looked up the monthly difference in floet there was a cap-| pay between his rate and that of chicf. an especially con-|It was something like ten dollars. He form of waste-basket. FHe | went ashore and spent ten beans. it made on requisition by the Next day the captain found under Yard. Unfortunately, just as it | his desk a fine new waste-basket 1t ed aboard, he was ordered !o|Was Jjust like the one he'd lost. n In the confusion of de- | the bottom of it pile of waste-basket remained | torn to bits. Red Tape had snipped into a million pieces the end of the quarter the cap-| But supposc everyvbody yeoman (clerk) made an in-)snipping as per ‘regs Bverything | up O. K. but the basket. Tt!The missing, and it could not bhe “ex- ed”’ because it was an item of captain in Tape once the means of s up official documents. Nowa- Red Tape is the means of tying was permanent posse and her the Baltic find that % batch going 1f 1 don't chief it s port red ¥ make Bas Tape may draw a against the errors of slipshod More often, however, it fet- efficiency and makes a hangman’s for in the who desired Red hment of a kit imposs i eve and free and Polish inde gdom to Germany mer Poland in action. had so ostensibly planned : Ger Germany’s do unquestiona ultimate make aly th man in established wat province. the cast would bo uld suc in the irkey Hu in and mere AU isolated ns ary would t was pajer T ) th t ) position e left r of German been ¥ the dominion, h and efore mot nd dependent helpless t is now the conditio started or was war This not the for the to Hung Aust Dissat- only istaction. ] York reports from that the and Austri strained and that th drawing contain might not the recent of dissatisfaction Monarchy H tude that Prussian aggression rapa German domination She has saw that tool Reason Austro Czechs, Slov (New Suan). Washington relations between -Hungary were nations nothing pected unmistakable evi- in the Duei considered Aust different for She against controliin letter of inquiry was sent to the e ves- ' Slavs m terday tack u Germany Russia be forwarded. was eral sheets of endorse- It turned out that navigator had taken the basket him when he went to command cific Coast cruiser. e navigator ‘respectfully stated his haggage had gonc adrift, the | it. Whereupon a survey wvestigation was ordered by the owner. The yeoman pre 1 all papers in due form exy loss the article and them Washington ese papers, s of explanation vigator. He that the article ce- | two Prussian | were that when apart cannot s attached. have been e become dences are ia- a atti peace fr has has shown negotiations Germany ngary to om o0ppose their foes territory within Aunstria opposed these m Prussian ity for and vin- of for- | houndarie to she wa rely in extending Prussia. If she that determined ed yecause sl sed as a including six endorse- | being were sent out! power smeared nmailed the packet baclk | On arrival the batch understood. Tt was ¢ rope, thes times more and hoosted | by the who sent it back 1 J Lit mectin did enera doubts masters lin ponde e on af the s old ship mce of power themselve not fully few bts have bee vassal sts 1 of T mall n- e took pars of aft practically Bulgaria and Tu lofmdnn showec demands treaty the ! equily and Ruda S an that headquarters, captain. iefly, that wad and a half ted a few remarks, respectful he zotiations She pest made the ach more nment statements. cirenit 2 times time it Uso promis for ¢ wita dozen endor hand ritory. This ont -Hungary | Tussian ter 'he servience tria