New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1918, Page 3

NEW _BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY.MAY 30, 1015. Boston Store We are now showing a number of styles in White .Wash Skirts -in P. K. and other wash fabrics, nicely tailored and in latest models. All New Goods. From $1.00 to $2.50 each. One of these with a New Voile Waist or a Swell Middy Blouse will make an attrac- tive gutfit for Memorial Day at very little expense. Blouses from 98¢ to $2.98. At Our Neckwear Counter vou will find all the latest creations in Collars, Jabets, ete. All the popular kinds of Gloves for Summer Wear, Silk, Lisle, etc. McCALL PATTERNS -o— ' PULLAR & NIVEN LESS GARELESSNESS, THEN FEWER FIRES » Underwriters Advocate Enlisting Children As Preventive Step Children are naturally interested in fire; can they also be interested in five *prevention? The United States Bu- reau of IZducation believes that they can, and to this end, is sending to state and county superintendents, and to local boards of education through- out the nation, copies of a 91-page illustrated manual upon the subject that has just been prepared by.The National Board of Fire Underwriters, with the suggestion that it be made a regular text-book for use in the first half of the seventh grade work. This idea. has been endorsed by many na- tional and state officials. The hooklet in question is entitled, “Safeguarding the Home Against Fire,” with a sub- title, “A Fire Prevention Manual for the School Children of America.” Tt has been in preparation by The N tional Board for more than a year, and may be said to represent the con- sensus of opinion of the highest sauthorities as to practical methods by which the fire peril may be greatly veduced in millions of homes. However, the real purpose much deeper than that of mere in- struction. It is psychological. Fire prevention has of late years been com- >ing to the fore with the growing recognition of the preventability of most fires, and is now undergoing an nteresting development. Heretofore, he subject has been largely one of sngincering—properly - so—but en- gineering alone will not make people careful. Even good construction, with, ‘areless occupants, will still present a menace, and authorities have reached the conclusion that all fires are di- ctly or indirectly traceable to human carelessnes Carelessness is a psy em. Can it be entirely Probably not. Can it he greatly re- juced? Most certainly it can. Will ts reduction be accompanied by a ‘orresponding reduction in fire lo Undoubtedly. How, then, shall this psychological problem be dealt with? Tt is hard to change-the habits of s+ grown people. A thing which the shild quickly perceives and assimi- ates often produces slight effect upon the person of middle age. Therefor there has long been a growing convic tion that in order to strike at the base of American carelessness, which in wrn is at the base of American fire , ®aste, it will be: necessary to educate the forming mind of the child. Now, most people conceive of edu- ation as the giving of instruction. The word “educate,” however, is sived from a directly opposite idea that of drawing aut, developin rom within—and the best teachers accomplish results hy giving no in- struction apart from an attempt to awaken the child’s natural interest n the subject under discussion. For these reasons it can be seen that a manual of even the most practical fire prevention rules might still miss the mark. With this thought in mind, the authorities of The National Board of Fire Underwriters have sought . to make the subjects of fire prevention and of carelessness of genuine interest to children. Good Citizenship Versus “Kulture.” “Safeguarding the Home Against Fire” is, therefore, a serious attempt 80 develop in the caming generations w0 entirely new state, of -consclousness goes ‘hological prob- eliminated ? or de- len ~ Are You Wasting Good Coal in an old, burned out, troublesome range when a new Glenwood would save from 100 to 500 lbs. in every ton? Just figure the saving in dollars for one year and then for five or ten years, and you will quickly see why 1t will pay now as never before to trade that old stove for an up-to-the-minute Glenwood. There are hundreds of models to choose from at fair prices. Get a Glenwood and let it pay for itself in the coal it saves. in the matter of public safety. haps it may be said that it i tempt to apply to good ends similar methods to those which the Hohen- zollern dynasty applied to evil ends when it instilled the thaught of con- | quest in the minds of its people from their earliest childhood. “Safeguarding the Home Against Fire” recognizes that American school children are instinctive patriots. TIts attractive cover bear wholesome loaking children, a school with the American flag flying, and sev- eral homes hidden among the trees It also contains the statement from the education: commissioner of “Every boy and girl who wauld be a good citizen should learn to pro- tect his community and his country against loss by fir Dr. Claxton has contributed a pre- face under the heading of “Good Citizenship,” where the same idea is amplified. “When we come to the fire prevention,” he three main points to consider, First, 2 good citizen will try in every way to avoid being a cause of danger through permitting any of the t:ses that we have been bout. Second. he will remove all dangerous conditions that he may find in his own home, and third, he will train himself to recognize gerous conditions in the community nd will his influence both to tave them removed, and to cthers to hahits of carefulnes: “The correction.” he add come not merely from better fire partments and better building law. bhut from educating every family, and every member of every family, to recognize causes of danger, and to practice habits of consideration carefulness. If th could be done, fire would almost to be a pub- lic peril.” Following lessons, each question of says, “there are use cea the preface are eighteen one with pictorial heading and numerous thumbnail marginal sketches of a nature to & sist the understanding of the text all, the hook contains 108 pictures and diagrams, so that it presents a profusely illustrated appearance. Both the personal and the patriotic note. are struck in Lesson 1, which a picture of two | following signed | { That prac- | warned | morning, dan- | educate | and | In Complete Gas Range attached to the end of Coal Range Per- | bears the title of “Our Country's Fire an at- | .’ Calling up before the child’s the picture of some fire which has experienced, or has it proceeds: Lcs mind he himself witnessed, Fires and the Clock. “In order that such a terrible thing riay never happen through our care- iessness, let us try to things about fire, and especially about the ways in whieh it may be kept from becoming dangerous. “Here's a good v to begin: Stand in front of a clock and watch the long hand creep lily from min- ute to minute. time it passes a minute mark, say to yourself: ‘Another fire has broken out; per- Laps somebody’s dearly-beloved home is being destroyed or some child is being terribly hurned’—then add, ‘It could have been prevented.’ “Watch that clock hand minutes or more—'another ‘another" omebody’s home'— boy or girl'—‘somc hotel, with the people struggling to escape’-—‘some factory, with dozens of hands thrown out of work'—another—another'—. is the way it goes, minute by night and day, throughout When you walke up in the vou may be sure that there hundreds of fires somewhere the United States before morn- 'f some minutes go by with- cut a fire, others may have two or three, for there are 1,440 minutes in the twenty-four hours, and each da; an aver of more than 1,500 minute, the vear. will in ing be ge “There will be 1,500 more fires to- morrow, another 1,500 day after to- morrow, and so on, sometimes a few mwore, and sometimes a few less, hut averaging pretty to 1500 for cach day. Think —these fires laven't vet and they wouldn’t occur only would be careful A vivid less in life sented and the close it occurred if people of picture of the nation’s fire and property is then pre- lesson continues: A Street of Desolation. “The buildings consumed if placed on lots of 65 feet frontage, would line both sides of a street extending from New York to Chicago. A person journeying along this street of deso- in every thousand which an injured At every three- lation would pass feet a ruin from person was taken. quarters of a mile in this journey, he would encounter the charred re- mains of a human being who- had been burned to death.” Lesson 1T entitled, Fires”” In a pictorial shows the sf “Preventing it of is diagram artling comparison the year before the outbreak gives the American | icsses at $2.10 per capita, in contrast to $.49 in Franc $.33 $ in Germany, $.25 in Italy Austria, $.15 in Switzerland, and only $.11 in Holland. The visualizing of carelessness, its personal application, and the necessity for correcting it through the formation of new habits is the purport of Lesson IL ITI deals with “The Use of .° “The match is perhaps t valuable and the most dan- article made by man.” “Near- hundred thousand flames are situck every minute on an average.” “There is not one of these flames that would not develop into a de- structive fire if it had chance.” This lesson fami zes the child vith the entire subject of matche: their nature and the rules for selection; their story and their n a si way, the fourth le that of wnd pr candles eign countrie: 1913, the y of the w Choosing T.esson Matche the mg gerous ly five a nilar Lights," ctise of in the lamps and gas lights. safe use Saving $70,000 Per Day. oves and Furnac: comes next. After a thorough understanding and interesting discussion of the necessary precautions and their reasons, the statement “If the rules of this one lesson were always followed, it would save the people of the United States almost $70,000 per day. Open Iires” starts with the pi of the family zathered about the e, but deals with outdoor fires as Incidentally, it tonches upon ti interesting fact that the ‘“bonfir dear to the younger generation, derived from “bonefire”, and original- ly meant a fire of Hones. “Cooking and Cleaning” tells akout is made, ture well, [ 3 | the fireman, | American fire waste with that of for- | in England, | and | the extinguishing of burning fat, and suggests the proper precautions for cleaning and polishing compounds. The lesson ‘‘Rubbish” begins with “A Test of Citizenship”: Tell me what you do with your rubbish,” said “and I'll tell you what sort of icitizen you are. If you dispose carefully of every bit of your broken furniture, all your old newspapers, rags, your worn-out clothing, bbish of that kind, you are a good citizen, but if you allow them to accumulate you not only are a bad but a menace to your neigh- Then comes the lesson upon ‘“Kero- sene’’; one upon ‘‘Gasoline”, the “Dangerous Giant,” which is com- pared to the genie in ‘‘The Arabian hts,” which was harmless as long as his bottle was kept tightly fastened, but became a menace the instant he was allowed to escape; upon “Gas," with an earnest warning against low grade rubber: tubes; and upon mar mighty servant, ‘‘Electricity,” which is traced from the thunder cloud to the household light and electric iron of which the latter causes nearly hundred fires per day. “Arcetylene”, the ‘“fog-piercing light,” whose commencial use grew from the | unsuccessful experiment in 1892, is made the subject of a special lesson. The of the Carcless | Smoker, Destructiveness the per “Smoking” is charged with { property destruction of $165,000 | There 1s more Catarrh in_this’sectton )¢ the country than all other diseases put together, and for years it was sup- posed to be incurable. Doctors scribed local remedies, and by ly failing to cure with local treatme; pronounced it urable. Catarrh local disease, sreatly influenced by stitutional conditions and therefore re- quires constitutional treatment. Hall's Gatarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is a consti tutional remedy, is taken internally {cts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surf: of the System. One Hundred Dollais reward is offered for any case that Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure, Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio, Sold by Druggists, T5c. 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Suits to reserve for use next Fall promptly, so be on time. als in one of these suits for ¢! week and a shocking loss of life, ail of which is due to karelessness. Under ‘“Miscellaneous Materials” special consideration is given to com- mon household articles of celluloid, fiberloid, pyralin and other similar compounds. “Holidays” are studied in some de- | tail with the plea that there shall be | i “No vacation for common sense.” In- | cidentally, the results of cduc:wlan; concerning the “Safe and Sane Fourth | of July” are shown to have reduced the casualty list among our juvenile” patriots from 5,466 in 1906 to 367 in 1917. On the other hand, Christma. has come to the fore as a day of wide- | spread disaster, chiefly from the wuse of inflammable decorations and lighted candles. After those, come an extended study | of the more familiar forms of hazard and their appropriate precautions. “Safeguarding the Home Against Fire” ends with two lessons of special importance. ‘“Dhe First Five Min- utes” refers to those fires which have escaped preventive measures, but are discovered before they have had chance to spread. Any child who thoroughly absorbs these lessons will know exactly what to do in a sudden emergency of this kind; while the con- cluding lesson, “Serious Fires,” famil- | iarizes the children and grown peo- ple as well with what needs to b(‘,i' known about giving alarms, saving | life and saving property in fires that are beyond control. From start to finish, the manual has been kept within the understanding and interest of the child reader. In addition to its many pictures, it con- tains numerous illustrative dincidents and anecdotes, and each of the lessons closes with a practical summary of rules, fitting it for text book use. The potential future of America lies, of course in the millions of children within its schools. Their adaptability, their enthusiasm, and their energy are forces which can be used to al- most incalculable advantage, if wisely guided. Perhaps no experiment has ever been undertaken upon so large a scale for the purpose of creating habits of carefulness and conservation. If | reasonably successful, it should result in the saving of life and property be- yond calculation. WHY IT SUCCEEDS Because It's for One Thing Only, and New Britain People Appreciate It. Nothing can be good for everything. Doing one thing well brings suc- cess. Doan’s Kidney thing only. For weak or disordered Kidneys. Here i= New Britain evidence to prove their worth. Mrs. A, W. Plumb, 82 Elm St.says: “Doan’s Kidney Pills have given good satisfaction whenever I have used them. The pain across my back and shoulders has caused considerable annoyance. I have usually been | bothered by my kidneys during the | winter months. Doan's Kidney Pills have corrected that trouble. sider them good and worthy recommendation ” 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfers.,, Buffalo, N. Y. a Pills are for one of I con- ['side JOHN W, GATES HA DREAM; NOW TR Neville Island to Become Mi City of Steel Mills Pittsburgh, May 30—PittsburgH lost its garden, and the long ches dream of the late John W. Gates, d to “bet a millio} These facts larger when considered in connd never was afr about to come true. { with the officia] announcement o: r department that the United § Steel Corporation is about to build Nevillg Island a ordi plant. For more than a gigantic hundred Pittsburgh has looked to Nev{lie'l] for Lying inlthe river at the western edge of thd it is high enough its length of almost seven miles, its vegetables. through cape the disastrous floods whieh every year drive the people from homes in the lower part of thg town of Allegheny. While less a mile wide it is so level that gard early saw in it wonderful possibil and many hundreds of thousand dollars have been taken from its! brown soil, Oil too has added ti riches of the island, and even n is dotted with steel derricks to] wellg that are still producing the Pennsylavia, crude. Of its 994 acres the Steel Cor tion already owns 250 through principal subsidiary, the Cai Steel company, and before the ance mills are completed it mus much, if not all, of the remaind This property was bought b; late Mr, Gates in the late nineties he formed the American .Steel wire company, and le plann cover the island with the mi steel wire mills ever erected. He so far as to build a blast furnao the head of the island, and to dig] for the foundations that were to port the heavy machinery engineers were to install in great| buildings. But his plang failed be the Steel corporaton was formed it was necessary for its schem things that it take over the Amhe Stee] and Wire company and ceased to be a factor in the in dent field. ¢ Neville island was neglected. was done at the furnace and me was done to carry out the plan mills, In 1908 the Carnegie company, needing more blast f capacity, added the Neville plant battery, and since that time it has| operated spasmodically when the of stecl demand compelled ints production. The rest of the tr: leased to gardeners, and every ye been adding to the food supply o district. The Ohio river is navigable o of the island, wicket dams and below giving enough water £q free movement of boats and barg al] seasons of the year, On the side are the tracks of the Pittsi Ft. Wayne ;g0 railroad, northwest system of the Pennsyl big COAL CONSUMERS MUST BUY WINTER SUPPLY NOW Consumers must buy their ‘Winter supply of Coal durig the Spring and Summer for storade if Production is to be i maintained -at a maximum and-the countty enabled 1o avoid a serious Coal shortage this Winter / LS. FUEL ADMINISTRATION " —— -2 lines west of Pittsburgh, and on south side are the tracks of the: urgh & Lake Erie, the “Little G of the New York System. The poration also has a railroad on H ind which connects with the O ine on the south side of the while a trolley line runs from'on to the other. In connection with the ord plant, the corporation is ' to houses for the 20,000 or more wg ) are to be emhloyed, but 1E548 1 that not a great many of can Dbe erected on the island. tire town, perhaps two or threes be built elsewhere to care " f newcomers, and this, so the stof in Pittsburgh, the corporationt paring to do. 9 W