New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1918, Page 7

YOUTH RESPONDING - TOGALL OF THE SEA Mavelous Strides Méde in Train- ing Men for Merchant Marine Washington, May 135.—Thé sea is talling again to American youth. “As the new ships of the merchant matine glide down the ways, the need op men grows more pressing Abun- | [at sea. We then got the co-aperation of the Steamboat Inspection Service. No man was admitted to our schools for officers unless he could first qual- ify for experience required by the riles of the Steamboat Inspection Service. any dead i material After men their licenses, we place them, | as p ible, on board steamships as junior officers, to get actual bridge ex- perience. for 30 to 60 davs. During that period they get $75 a month, with no bonus, pald by the Emergency Fleet Corporation, so that the only ! expense to the steamship companies [ taking these men is the food they eat More Officers Than Positions. “We have turned out officers so fast that a great many have not been find- ing positions in the merchant marine, That obviates the training of | get as far | and have gone into the Navy. It has been, to a certain extent, a shart cut to a commission in the Navy. going| through our schools, owing to lack of co-operation in many of the steamship lines in taking these men an. We be- lieve, however, in view of the action that taken by the American Steamship sociation some weeks ago, that this will now be straightened out and that we will get the places. ‘There have been licensed, since the of June, something over 6,000 of- dant Opportunity to aid in v\mnina: war offered the crews of the vessels, with the certainty that when peace comes there will be fur- her adventure and good pay in carry- American commerce throughout world Recruiting the and men | #®ho must go down to sea if America & 16 regain her old place among the maritime nations in the hands of the Shipping Beavd's enlistment ser ce. headed Henry Hox rd, W | scadquarters at Boston, who has out- | fige hoth deck and engineer. men and steamship Sngineers have been given training riready has heen 2c- |in various technical institutions—the { Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abput a vear ago we realized thelin Roston, the Johns Hopkins in Balti- | shortage that was going to arise Whii i more, Case School of Applied Science b new fleet was finished.”” M. How-ljn Cleveland, the Tulane University trd i of Washington in Seattle. Then out- side of those institutions we have been | giving speecial engineering courses in Philadelphia in connectiah with the {ce-breaking steamer, the Governor i 10 get | Weaver, loaned to us by the city of | “xperience | philadelphia for that purpose. We 15 HOURS A DAY are starting sn additional school inj Berkeley, California. “IWe have bheen in touch with the Change from Weakness ta Strength by Taking Druggist’s Advice. is 16w th of ovs was deck ana a train of achools ex- g the Atlantic the f of Mexico. ths o Great Lakes, q0ld of the men e who Officers’ Association in England., and | if any shortage develops here we will | bring officers over to fill the places We have an offer of co-operation from ‘he Erglish Officers’ Association. Wa heve folt from tha very beginning thac v6 ought to develop our own materfal here to the utmost before we call ‘on {any foreign officers. but it looks now {aa if it might be necessary to call on officers. to have a reserve Peru, Ind. —““ I suffered from a/dis- | force an hand to meet any emergeney | placement with backache and dragging | that may arise. down pains so ’ Ceok S badly thatat timea | Five Days n Week ‘m, e: ' could not be on ‘e have started training ships for ining sailor firemen, cooks and my feet and it did no!;;seem as thon; ‘fl stewards, oijers and water tenders. We ta =l couldstandit. 1 ; have in operation the Governor Ding- | tried different at Galveston and the Governor | ymedicines without | ¢'°DU is at sea. Our program calls for | any benefit and &iving these ships five days out of the | several doctors #even each week at sea, so as to give told me nothing , 'he men their sea legs. The old army but an operation | {ransport Meade is being used as a would do me any | receiving ship. i f good. My drug- ; ‘e divide the men into squads of | ist told me of | ten each, under an able seaman as in- ydia E. Pink- | structor. One of the principal things: il ham’s -Vegetable | is to teach them lifeboat work. With /! Compound.” Itook | tiaining every day for 30 days we feel it with the resuit | that thase men are probably as good '\ , that I amnow well | in handling a lifeboat as the average | "\ \ —[. andstrong. I get |<ailor on board a steamer. uap in themorningatfouro’cloci, domy | “One rather interesting housework, thengo toafactory andwork | demonstrated that fact. A training all day, come home and get supper and | ship was being towed, boilers and en- " feel good. I don’t know how many of | zincs out of commission, to Boston by v friends I have told what Lydia E. |« Navy tug in a heavy gale. The tug Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has : ran short of ccal and was obliged to done for me.”’—Mrs. ANNA METERIANO, | put to port. They felt that there was 26 West 10th St., Peru, Ind. ! aanger of the ship going ashore during ‘Women who suffer from any such ail- ' the night, so the captain ordered the ments should not fait to try this famous men to abandon the ship. It was get- | d herb remedy, Lydia I. Pink- ting along toward dark. hut they Vegetable Compound jannched their lifeboat with the wind e e—————————— 1|01 60 Miles an hour, took nearly For a Chafed Skin [ 60 men oft and transferred them to Over 100,000 people -have proven | he Navy tug. All of this work was telieves the soreness like that nothin, done by our recruits, who had oniy Sykes Comfort Powder i had about five weeks training, with- out any casualty of any kind, which One box proves its extraordinary healing power. Fleshy people take notice. pretty good demonstration as what that training means. 28¢c at the Vinol and other drug stores The Comfort Powder Co., Boston, Mass. e foreig incident | 1‘\\;\< a to 3,000 Men a Month. | "The fleet that I have outlined will hold 3,000 men. We plan to put that number through each month. We have a receiving ship now in New York Harbor, the Dorothy Bradford, keep a reserve number of men | there all the time to meet any emer- { gency. We also hope to have a sim- | ilar ship at Newport News, a similar | receiving station ship at San Franels- jco, and a similar station at Seattle. | The demand for men would appear to ! be about 18,000 men on the West coast i in the next 18 months. We also have i under consideration a recelving ship at New Orleans. “For getting men, we have made use of a chain of drug stores through- jout the country. The drug store, es- | pecially in a country town, is a sorg| Cuticura Heals Itching Pimples AllOverFaceand Arms. Large, Hard and Red. Face WasDis- figured. Troubled 6 Months. § i §+ 4 Clear, Peachy Skin t Awaits Anyone Who Drinks Hot Water Says an inside bath, before break- fast helps us look and feel clean, sweet, fresh, to . sfefeoferteofonfediofiodootfoofeodedoofoofoobs oo ettt B >» e and vivacious—merry, | a good, clear skin and | ¥ 1 natnral, rosy, healthy complexion ire assured only by pure blood. If | snly every man and woman could be | nducéd to adopt the morning inside hath, what a gratifying change would ake place. Instead of the thousands | 5t sickly, anaemic-looking men, vomen and g with pasty or | nuddy complexions; instead of the wultitudes of “nerve wrecks,” ‘“‘run- fowns,” “brain fags’ and pessimists | ve should sec a virile, optimistic hrong of rosy-cheeked people every- whete An Sparkling sright, aler ~ inside bath is had by drinking sach morning, before breakfast, a :lass of real hot water with a tea- spoonful of limestone phosphate in it o wash from tke stomash, liver, kid- seys and ten yards of bowels the previous da indigestible waste, sour fermentations and poisons, thus cleansing, sweetening and freshening he entire alimentary canal before sutting more food into the stomach. Those subject to sick headache, ofliousness, nasty breath, rheuma- | Hem, ¢olds; and particularly those whore have a palid, sallow compiex- on and who are constipated very often, are urged to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate at the irug store which will cost but a trifie, but is sufficient to demonstrate the quick and remarkable change in both health and appearance, await- Ing those who practice internal sani- | tatlon. We must remember that | Inside cleanliness Is more tmportant than outside, because the skin does not absorh impurities to contaminate the bloed while the pores in the thirty feet of bowels do. Nothing Purer, Sweeter For All Skin Troubles Than Cuticura. ““When working I hadtouseoil, and it got into my flesh all over my face and arms. After & while pimples came and caused a lot of itching. The pimples were large, hard, and dark red. They itched every minute causing me to scratch. Every part of my face was disfigured. “This trouble lasted six months when I saw a Cuticura advertisement, and I made up my mind to try them. After three weeks I was completel: healed.”” (Signed) Joseph Pello, 218 ‘Wallace St., New Haven, Conn., Au- gust 25, 1917. How often such distressing, disfig- uring skin troubles might be prevented by every-day use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for all toilet purposes. Eaoh Free by Mail. Addrees post- Sold card: “*Cuticura, R > everywhere. Soap 28c. (4 Samp | Noveck. W. i lead. | sour, | spoonful ! lithia-water | made yesterday by the Food Admings- | who. in face of warnings and with tull THEY GAVE THIS RUN DOWN C MAN VINOL |And He Got Back His Strength and Energy Sheboygan, Wis.—“T was all ‘fagged out,’ run down, no appetite, nervous, sleepless nights and drowsy during the day, and was not fit to work. A friend told me to take Vinol. I dia 50, and can now eat three square meals a day. T sleep well, am alert, active, strong and well and have gained eleven pounds.”—A. W. Higby, Sheboygan, Wis. This is because Vinol contains the elements needed to create a healthy appetite and restore strength. The complete formula is printed on eve: p: ckage. This is your protection. The Clark & Brainerd Co., Druxz- | | { i | gists, Liggett's Riker-Hegeman Drug | Stores. J. iz drug store in the coun John McBriarty. N an | Russell and at the hest in every town and eity ! BEGIN ON SALTS AT FIRST SIGN OF KIDNEY PAIN We Eat Too Much Meat, Which Clogs | Kidneys, Then Back Hurts. Says Glass of Salt Flushes Kidneys and Ends Bladder Trritation, Uric acid in meat excites the kid- neys, they become overworked; get | sluggish, ache, and feel like lumps of | The urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is irritated and you obliged to seek relief two times during the night. When the kidneys clog you must help them flush off the body's urinous waste or vou'll be a real sick person shortly. At first vou feel a clull misery in the kidney region, vou sufter from backache, sick headache. dizziness, stomach gets tongue coated and you feel rheumatic twinges when the weather is bad Eat less meat, drink lots of water: aléo get from any pharmacist four ounces of Jad Salts; take a table- in a glass of water before hreakfast for a few days and your | kidneys will then act fine. This | famous salts is fade from the acid of | grapes and lémon juice combined with | lithia, and has been used for genera- tions to cleah clogged Kkidneys and stimulate them to aormal activity, also to neutralize the acid in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder wealness. Jad Salts is inexpensive, jure: makes a delightful effervescent drink which everyone should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active. Druggists here say they sell lots »f Jad Salts to folks who believe in overcoming kid- ney troublé while it is only trouble. the may be cannot in- ——————— of a social center, open ever evéry evening, which makes ideal enrolling station. These stores have given us nearly 7,000 enrolling | stations. The cost to the Shipping Board has heen almost nothing. ““As to the special training men, in the district arounq C including Wiseonsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, we are making a special drive ta get men who have at least six months' experience in firing stationary boilers from which to de- velop firemen at sea. We will, of course, put those men on bhoard our training ships and give them actual firing experience there. *“We have established an advisory committee to the recruiting s ice, made up of the president of every as- sociation or union that has anything to do with the manning of the mer- ¢hant marine. Wa have had the heartiest co-operation from them, so that the men that we have been put- ting on board ships have been well re- ceived by their fellow-workers, and the unions have vouched for the fact that they will continue to be well re- ceived.” SUGAR RATIONING | f§ T0 MANUFAGTURERS | | State Food Administration Issues | | Certiticates Beginning Tomorrow Hartford, May day, according 15.—Beginning to- to an announcement tration, manufac using sugar must purchase their sugar supplies on certificates issued by the Food Admin- istration which will classify various lines of business and apportion them sugar as they appear more or less es- sential in war time. To stop any fur- | ther apprehension, it may be said right here that ice cream will be put in the preferred class and that all the necessary sugar will be given maker of ice cream, which the Food Admin- istration belfeves is essential and which uges up much of Connecticut's surplus milk, thereby encouraging Connecticut dairymen to maintaln and fnereafe their herds against the post- ‘war périod when the whole world will be buving from America. Manufactureérs of non-edible prod- ucts and manufacturers using sugar knowledge of the sugar situation, have begun business since January 1, 1918, in many cases picking up bite of bus- ineas voluntarily dropped by patriotic manufacturers, will he denied sugar supplies during the 60 days beginning May 15. Those who embarked in bus- iness since November 1, 1917, will h?"vflfin: AT THE BIG STORE RAPHAEL’S DEPARTMENT STORE FOR THURSDAY ONLY An Exceptional Handsome Variety of White Wash Skirts For Vemen. Misses and White Poplins, White Serges, White Reps, White Piques, White Linens, White Crashes New styles, all sizes. Prices 98¢ to $3.98.—Alterations on all skirts over $1.98 while you wait. A LARGE AND INTERESTING SALE OF WOMEN’S WHITE FOOTWEAR Beginning TOMORROW thousands of pairs of new standard White Pumps, White High Shoes, White Oxfords and White Sport Shoes at unusually low prices. After this sale these shoes will be marked at regular prices. 82 8 $1 $9 $1 $1 RED CROSS 2¥WAR FUND ) o or three | } Fine White Canvas Pumps with white soles and Louis XVI. heels ........ White Canvas Turned Sole Oxfords with Louis XVI. heels White Canvas Low Heel Pumps ..... White Canvas Oxfords with white soles, low and high heels Girls’ White Canvas High Shoes and Pumps. Sizes 81-2 to2 ......... White Washable Kid Oxfords with Louis XVIheels White Canvas Oxfords, low and high heels White Canvas Shoes with rubber soles andheels ... o $3.45 White and Brown Tennis Shoes and Oxfords ... 95 Because of their comfort and economy white shoes will enjoy a remarkable popu- larity this season. We urge our customers to secure an entire season’s supply while these very low prices are in force. ; “THE BIG STORFE’ RAPHAEL’S DEPARTMENT STORE 380-381-382 Main Street. New Britain, Con $1.98 $3.95 “(c) Soda water to¥n pensers of soft drinks. *(d) Bottlers of gof “The use of sugaf -1 products, except su Corre Ro'j above, is’prohibited. should be addressed to: ville, Federal Food Adml Hartford, Conn. “The United States Food Adminis- tration has worked out a plan for ra- tioning sugar to all manufacturers us- ing that article in their produc ‘Beginning May 15, sugar can bhe sold to manufacturers only on distri- bution certificates which the manufac- turers must first secure from the Fed- eral Food Administrator of this state. These certificates are issued upon ap- plication, and appraval. but not until the application has been made out on certain prescribeqd forms which will be furnished upon request by the Food Administrator “Blanks are now ready and all per- | sone, firms or corporations, except hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, bakers, cracker manufacturers and home canners, who uee sugar in mén- ifacturing their commercial product restricted to 50 per cent. of their sugar consumption during January, March and April. Only nine lines of trade will receive full requirements, and 14 get 80 per cent. of what was used | the first four months of the| r. None will be able to buy sugar | vithout the mew Food Administration | sugar certificates, which will be issued : after examination of the report blanks that may be had at the Food | Administration office, 36 Pearl street, | this city. Food Administrator Robert | Scaville believes the new certificate system will carry Connecticut through the summes and the canning season without another sugar shortage Clark T. Durant charge of the enforcement of the new regulations, vesterday issued the following explan- | application blanks. In making this application the manufacturer should state when he began the business for which distribution certificates are re- quired. “Note.—Among the classes who will need certificates are the following: “(a) Manufacturers of apple but- ter, beverage syrups, cereals, chewing gum, chili sauce, chocolate, cocos, condiments, confec- tionery, explosives, flavoring extracts, fruit preserves, fruit syrup, glycerine, honey, invert sugar, ice cream, jam, Jelly, meat products, medicines, pre- serves, pickles, soda water, soft drinks, | syrups, tobacco, wine. “(b) Canners, preservers and pack- ers of every kind of vegetables, fruit milk and meat. an catsup, | e candy, NOTICE. 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