New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1918, Page 19

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918 { |tence being accompanied with a friendly nod of the head toward the ¥ M | sir, T shall be delighted to reserve a Eagle Hut, the Amcrican Y. M. C. A | tomb for you, sir, or for any of your | Post exchange on the Strand in Lon- . | friends,” the latter part of the sen-|don, there wa: stopping, several | A. man. PORTED BY Y. M. e | ) London | George's Py News About Men Battling | <o fith Kaiser's Barbarians | offlcers, 1 Queen Calls Tor Yankee Caps. | At a gala matinee at the opera for the benefit of Fund for Sailors, last Feb- several United States guests of Lady Cunard, | cupied a box adjoining that of Queon { Mary and other members of the roval | family. During an intermission, the | Queen requested the officers to lend in oc- ung aviator was killed recent- N ageident at a British aviation | collection. The fact that the re Americans are being | belonged to Yankee officers and that The lisutenant in charge, an | they had been borrowed by the Queen pan, arranged for the burial in {gave a double impetus to the spirit ! cemetery. At the conclusion | of contribution. The resuit was & funeral arrangements in which | flood of money for the Fund Utenant was assisted by a Y. M. secretar; the superintendent, remely polite old Englishman, the leutenant, “If vou care, A Thought for the Mother ONSTIPATION makes children uncomfortable, cross and irritable, justas it does older people. Dr.Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a mild, pleasant tasting combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin, that acts easily and natur- ally and promotes normal regularity. Children like it and take it willingly. It contains no opiate or narcotic drug. Much Taller, Not Bigger. Among the cosmopolitan which one finds at all times at throng the Druggists Sell Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin 50 cts. (twosizes $1.00 A trial bottle can be obtained, free of charge, by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 457 Washington St., Monticello, Il “TIRES, TUBES and BUMPERS For All Cars A full line of Accessories | Service and Satisfaction Guaranteed The Store of Merit ADNA F. JOHNSON| 159 Main Street Tel. 961 "VICTOR EGE PRESERVER Cut down the high cost of living by preserving your eggs with Victor Egg Preserver. Why not put down ur Winter Supply when eggs are cheap, the same as you would fruit in the canning season, and you will have a fresh suppy in the Winter when the prices are high. Last Winter eggs sold as high as 90c and $1.00 a dozen. A 25c package of our Victor Egg Preserver will preserve 25 dozen of eggs. If you are unable to obtain this from your dealer we will send you a package by parcel post on receipt of 35c in stamps. Our preparation is absolutely harmless and much su- perior to Water Glass (Silicate of Soda.) For Sale by Clark & Brainerd Co., Dickinson Drug Co., Manufactured by ‘Apothecaries Hall Co., 14-24 Benedict St., Waterbury, Gt. Geo. M. Ladd, S. P. Strople. | army, King | naval | | height, | mined { he applied to the thelir caps to be passed around for a caps | | for | Bam and Link | fore they | from the tube. | would have been blowing weeks ago, St. Lawrence Henri, who bears the double d the shortest soldier in and one of the bravest and most ready-witted. Ile s born in France but was taken to the United States as a baby and brought up there. When the United § en- tered the war, Henri volunteered, but as he is only four feet cleven in he was not accepted. Dete to get into the fight anyway Canadian euthori- tiex and was accepted. At the Eagle Hut he met a friend from “the States,” who had been accustomed to poke fun at Henri’s short figure and who expressed surprise to find him a full-fledged soldier. “You sure are luckier brother Joe is” said the acquaint- ance; “he couldn’t pass muster al- though he is a much bigger man than vou.” “Taller, you mean, as Napo- leon would * replied Henri. Young Artist Sculps. Pietro Ciavarra member of | Company E, 315 Infantry, at Camp | Meade, Md., has modeled a head of Christ in bronze plaster and has pre- sented it to the Young Men's Christ- ian Association there. While Company E was quarantined a short time Cla time to model t tablet for Compan + officers’ quarte now hangs on in the * tinotion of being the Canadian es than my The head | the chimney | bunga- ‘hristian Company- nee to the Commun- has the fireplace of the Young The plagu low Association E i laced over the entr: barrack. Col. Rosenbaum, der of the v Infantry, scal in his office Pietro Ciavarra tor from Ph 1 hia The one thing he wants in the army is to get into the camouflage co Before ing to camp he as tant to the sculptor Giuseppe Donato. Ciavarra has exhibited in phia at Memorial Hall. the of Fine Arts, and the Graphic Club, and in New York City ham's and the Academy of Des He studied in Philadeiphia at School of Industrial Arts and Charles Grafly, at the Academy Fine Arts. The Darkey or the The next time friends of sion at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., send a push bhall to camp it will be taken to the nearest garage and at- tached to a tire pump. This state- ment has the unanimous and unqual- ified approval of Sambo Brown and Lincoln Lee Jones, two Georgia dar- kies who attempted to blow up that pushball and landed in the post hos- pital bad!y biown. Only the prompt val of George R. Fleming, Y. M. C. A. physical director, prevented cas- ualties as Sambo and Link were per- sistent and were thoroughly serious in their intention to finish what they had started. fam and Link are volunteer work- ers at camp and when a bundle con- taining a pushball ¢ ved from Wil- liamsport, Pa., they opened it in the absence of Fleming. Upon discovery of the tube through which it is blown up, they conceived the idea of | attaching their own human bellows | and completing the before the | return of Fleming. Tn relays they worked and their early success inspired them to great- er efforts as they saw the formless thing take definite shape. For two hours their lungs were way stations for the draughts of free ozone which they imprisoned in the push ball Lunch time came and went and stiil Sam and Link inhaled and blew into the tube until it seemed that their enormous chest expansion must burst from their effor Great drops of sweat fell from their brows like rain. They became extremely light of head. but still they stuck to their self-imposed task. At two o'clock they had reached a state of collapse, and the ball stood five feet high hut was too flabby fo push. Another foot and the Dall would have been a perfect sphere, but were spent. They were breathing so fast that they w back into their lungs the had blown into the ball be- could remove their lips Is a seulp- youn g0- Philadel- Academy Shetch at Gor- the under of Tire-Pamp? the div Jjob They became actually groggy. and yet if the human machine had not refused longer to function. Apparently both passed out together, for when Flem- ing returned at four o'clock he found two darkies lyving flat on their backs on the ground while near them a parely noticeable whistling sound was coming from the tube of a pushball from Willilamsport, Fleming had SANFORDS GINGER Comforts Stomach Bowels and Nerves Purest and best of warming stomachics. Good for weak stomachs, tired nerves and aching muscles. 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But they failed to hide a bear- ing that showed he was well-bred He looked about him in surp: at the book-shelf, the piano, the writ- ing tables. “Pardon me,” he said to the secre- tary, “but do you do this sort of thing in all the barracks? And your fees? Quite free? “Well, I'm blowed! Hadn't heard of it. Been two days in the barracks now. Seems a year. Pretty 1 go there—bad language and all that, you know. But this is a Godsend. Been | desperate for a place to sit down and be quiet.” And he sat down and was q say He Found a Pal. The boy was talking with the sec- retary while the crowd watched the “y movies before he had been “Ht up.” d to buy the the the telli find what he lut {onight he was ned ous to finished, { unique proposal made | “4¢ 1 only had a pal T could go to]who 1 | when that awtul thirst hits me, it'd be different.” The next time ent. -well, it was differ- Seeing France First. A sight-seeing bureau for American soldiers in France, with a committee to supply men on leave with maps, guide-hooks, personal guldes, railroad rates, ard illustrated booklets, was the by Tonsieur Damour, chairman of the budget com- mittee of the French Chamber of Deputies, at one of the Thursday din- ners held at the Y. M. C. A. Hotel Pavillon Paris. These dinners are for | all service men. Under his definite would be conducted to such famous spots as the Riviera, the Pyrenees, and historic French cities. Special commodations could be ranged at moderate prices, M. Damoul thought, for American soldiers tour- thg France. Nothing can be done about the suggestion until the Amer- fcan high command has determined the policy of the length and frequen- cv of the leaves to be granted Amert- soldiers, but American service present at the dinner were » about it parties ar- can men +husis en- xrench Veteran Sings “The Star Spangled Banner.” }e was a little Frenchman who ¥ | been through half a dozen of the and his comrades to s the im but. He them and ~d to he battles of the war, = m e at looking at » were over a in there) sto fellow 1 ou what song tc / d fought through four Win- | ters? What would cheer them most? | Then he lifted his head, and in { halting English began to sing ‘“‘The | Star Spangled Banner.” He sang it ’\wl(:o‘ once in Fnglish and once in French. The seasoned soldiers who had fought so long for their own country, Frenchmen of all classes jand kinds and professions, old men and boys, cheered and cheered again for “The land of the free and the | home of the brave” and the Ameri- ! cans who had come across the sea to { fight with them s no wonder that the handful of American soldiers who were there | stood up and took off their hats when | presently the crowd drifted into the of “The Marsei Tiny Comforts Appeal to Puilu These French soldiers have been s steeped in hardships that greatful for the tiniest comfort, it is a happy task for an American to serve them in a French foyer. Here are some of the comments they have made to M. Bordreuil, the I rector of the Young Men's Christian Association work in the foyer: It is ier's heaven here “T'his fc renders a great ser they are and nch di- vice is perfect, vour foyer. It in France.” ervice the foyer renders It was indispensable at And one finds it everywhere The ¥; MLC, AL The occas of war all relief agencies ac situations they have t finest Is “There.” ons demand that quickly. The meet in France arc as varied as the hiorrors o ent explo: rican A A people w in 1 mur ambuiaic NEAR ANN STREET, HARTFORD corp help the wounded The explosion did a deal of It was heard for forty miles d windows in Paris. QUCK RELIF FROM CONSTIPATION ards’ Olive Tablets ful_cry of thousands on the ground to great damage and shatt while trea stipation a y. unnatural action. I you have a “dark brown mouth” now and then—a bad breath — a dull, tired feeling—sick headache—torpid liver and tipated, you’ll find quick, sure and easant results from one or two lit- tle Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take one or two every night just to keep right. Try them. 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY