New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1918, Page 3

DAILY HERALD, ‘TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 able in ur and America the boys with the wonders of the ¢ | carth. Puesday. Aug. 27 Troops Ommiverous Readers, 3 Pledge . R g ) : £ s ¥ The American soldier and sailor § tedemption ¥ g Irance is an omniverous reader. As a 8 Doy, 4 d ! 5 “Y" seeretary put it. “If our eiviliza- | Wi sis, i : s A tion may he Ized by the numbers of % G books and magazines and other litera ; J d ture read by our boys in the rather ) - Z | primitive camp life in Ifrance, there is - R nothing to fear from the Army o NN \ Navy in the way of national intellec The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa- AR GIHeA et sse 000 8 ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his In three months recently 386,000 1 personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one | picces of reuding matier and sheet to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and P music were shipped from the Paris Y. s Just-as-good’’ are but experiments, and endanger the AL . A. warchouse to the field of 31,000 piece g H | i Shi en—Experience against Experiment. this material, almost With elastic bands, and | 2 ‘IWF;];lE is pCAgTOhI s e o o e A A reserve of about 40,000 volumes of ] 1 1 as a is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare- neral reading matter i '\“' " ine a speClal oflerlng m TWO | 2:}-““ .)l)mps and Soothing Syruy It contains neither “ at Paris an shipped i v'm’ ”}h};.i'\ i Opium, Morphine nor_ other narcotic snbst;mvc.{ F]m‘ 4“\!”A\l.’lwlm transportation faclli- M T re than thirty years it has been in constant use forthe ties will per i P!ece Dresses at prlces :"(,"l‘;:f n‘»;l Constipation, l’l:;t;l!l'n(‘)’, Wind (,‘n]i(‘f and And ‘xl‘w\ favorite v 1‘-1M ”:‘)r Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, vours that vou put cne-cent stamp and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the as- { on and arop. unaddressed. in the mail | below the prese“t mar- :i’:::il‘;‘l)ti‘wys of Food; ing healthy and natural sleep. | pox. Tn those same recent three The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend, months 128,000 of them went into Y. | § k g l 2 DM AGC huts in France to help the | . -1 LG | The Kind You Have Always Bought | e 0 at Will B A good Qel“ction Ofr Bears the Signature of gone on tour for the Y. M. C. A. to | peak or recite to the men in the huts I By Bungalow Aprons, Chil- | B :‘r»"."',”m ] hOusandS 0 reads like an American Who's Who. % ations to carry a nen up and down the lines in France. | dren’s Rompers and in Use For Over 30 Years fii s meant much itg the dmericant| ) This great vearly event is a leader among & THE CENTAUR COMPARY, HEW YORK CITY. Ixpeditionary 1 rrl(:ru to hear A[”‘ll see ? ! S h l D s in person H. Sothern, Winthrop | B scale than ever before in order to satisfy the thol CHOOMLULESSES Smes MunennetiDelnd Invink s 3GobY ance of all summer merchandise and broken 18 George Randolph Chester, Reginald : ght Kauffinan, Vance Thompson Sir Arthur Priestly, John Craig, | § merchandise. To those who understand the realy worth while this year by reason of the rapidly/ad L hlvg a4 rthpaiostiasiicduinmcn BRIt G S s s Gl T o G st will be needed e ross Aprons and | o s the chocolate buy the articles which the saldier may W [ e Although the appetite of the Ameri- buy or not as he chooses and which he Bascballs by the Thousands. i ALE STARTS B . can soldier and sailor in France for is usually able to pay for. To help supply the sports needs of \ Vells weets Is seemingly insatiable, his Transportation Problems Many. the American Expeditionary Forces demand for tobacco is even more‘ The Y. M. C. A. work extends over | the Y. M. C. A. has placed ovders for “ imazing. The army authorities have wa much of France and hae aseumed | athletic zoods in larger quantities than o E e V. M. ¢ A, to help sup- such proportions that a large and ef- | Dave ever before been purchased at i need through the post ex- ficient transportation system is requi- | ©D time Any athlete’s eves will bulge | ssl r p changes. In a single order recently site. The French railways are natur- | At these figures of equipment for over- ihe association hought 1.337 tons of ally taxed to the limit of (heir capac. | Seas use: 132,000 seballs, 24,000 PN ] - - o, tobacco of all kinds. At one time ity by military exigencies, The Y. AL | bats, 1,500 masks (haseball, not gas). SOME OF OUR BEST MAKES AND/ P there was a single shipment of 900.- C. A. can therefore depend only part- 500 catchers’ mitts, 15,000 fielders . 4 s > P . p 0001 cigats on hal seast I Ghewins toi 1 lipon them for tranidertation: LI | mitts 71000 Indoor baseballs, 6,000 Dincontinued models of well known malkes, including’ Mme, L rootballs, 18,000 soccer. oot Gossard. Regular prices from $6.50 to $10. bacco is purchased by the half-dozen order to be sure that the far-flung | Rughy huts are regularly supplied with the | balls, 21,000 ping-pong balls (don't | |8 3roken sizes of successe mode] white and pink, models for ¥ carloads. 6 | This enterprise is not a money- Vvarious necessaries, the Y. M. C. A.|laugh, ping-pong is quite the rage for | § e by SO0 s aking one. Viffie and costly as Mmaintains a fleet of about 200 trucks | indoor sports “over there”), and 700 : eeeeineseseceny ;:..\‘1\”:\ n llvmvm ”1”\ ,'(‘yy\ll A’,fx R ‘lh G et orene e RN L e Popular Corsets, some with treco hips, others with elastic belt ¥ s to maintain a business of suc 1 s aggrega & ‘ ! 2 size under actual war conditions Yalue is close to £300,000. An hou 3 In addition to the work of the | N £3.00 to 00 Corsets for only.... e 5 e and in the trench areas as well as (Favel on any road in Irance is rare | chaplains, L make reg nln; gt wr Broken lines of C. B., Warne Corsets and Waists, al behind the lines, the prices that pre. Without encountering onme of these |the huts for their services, the Y. M. 00. camions laden with pianos, phono-| C. A. has a broad-gauge, virile re- s s vail in the j exchan T M SR et iU BRG] Epn R S T BRASSTERES—Lace or embroidery trimmed, approximately the same as et : E AT PEoR el tas e 89 ehe eIl Glitiore e s i bbbl | choce e e b the aibe CHOICE AT ............. R S S Gaiiie OO0 Ghtannts Tiin Shere B o ol Lo e g ndistic. e el e e ay I3 This program is non-propaga o\ hig! T the 1 ¢ dust that the huts may not for even a | non-sectarian. It is under the direc- T N e L lehi siinping fcharges the day be lacking in any of their requi- | tion of such leading ministers as Dr. i 4 supples from siniings and the high tes, s e o Mo Uy Ao | cost of 1and transportation, whether ;™ The word “hut” requires consider- | jatn of Canternin; D Harey Eraer: ° | Py railroad or motor truck, in France. ‘able use of the imagination. It may | sen rosdiok. of Fnelewood, Now | N ummer ur a e a ues are nrlva e e Supplies Often Given to Men. be a cellar in a hillside, a dark cham- | jersey; Carl €. Doney. of Salem, || | Moreover, large quantities of post Per in a huge cave or chalk quarry, a | oregon: R. Parker, of Fall River; | i MOI‘fil a“d Memal WB"&I‘& 0[ exchange supplies are given away to (ent in some little camp in a forest, a | Ajexander . Patterson, of Berkeley, Whether it is Fur Coats or Sets or Separate Pieces you have in mind, this Sale can sive you what : ~or thoroughly equipped hotel in a city - 8 the men in times of emergency. For ghis £ > | and numerous other of the country’s 3 . S o 3 5 ST e o o E 4 You Want AT BIG SAVINGS over the prices that are s to prevail ne ovembe during the course of the 2 large public building. or even a| j.i.tanding clerical leaders, e ure prevail next November. i ization’s Ai example, - ® Middle-Age chateau. Whereve Ik <t I . Soldiers Urgamza“ons 1m present great battle, the American Y. {H{C ‘m.\ki(,\“:,“. e I e The most recent—and perhaps most Natural Raccoon Muffs, round and canteen shape, dark skins, .. EXTRA SPECIAL AT 0 M. C as given away & . significant—development in the work Stural R Seaits , b - TG A h EiNEn nway B ETeatil L ot practicallyl everyihing . i | sienifican b e Natural Raccoon Scarfs, full animal scarf, .. B T ore +v.a.. EXTRA SPECIAL, $16.50 amounts of hot and cold drinks, to- 100 07 DECC RS e nee is the founding of a “Khaki — ThT WHURC it Wi o c 0 Eia e horr R A moving picture shaw, “home.” | ‘B RRC | FE DS ovetem, which 1s | 3 Hudson Seal Set, smart scarf which can be worn three different ways, round Muff .. $45.00 bacco and similar things At the 0 THE Y. M. C. A has pooled || meetihg of the. National War Work i game room, churchothe -hui o = to reach every part of the army. Natural Raccoon Coats, EXTRA SPECIALS at ........... Shoer $ and $145 The Khaki College will enable the ind mobilized its resources Council of the Y. M. C. A. held in fj|s a multitude of needs and plays a to help win the war for the New York, June 3, the policy of the multiplicity of roles. In addition to : ool ithe They are forty inches long, with 76-inch sweep. Guaranteed Lining nitad Statesdana iher Alngs: fleld workers of glving supplies free tho 600/ serving the American forces in | Men L0 take advantage of tHelr period | @ 0~ o o X $165 to $32 1e Best Assortment the 'Statd To the American soldier and to the men in the trenches and under ance, there are some 530 Y. M. ¢ [ Of service for intellectual betterment. NMuslrat Gouts i i : iegstas sailor in this country and over- certain other conditions of great A's called Fovers du Soldat for tiie | Courses from the most '“”'"”"“1 o) A S8 eier s o - . $95 and up seas the Y. M. C. A. represents stress, was unanimously approved by French army the most advanced will he avalable for the American home, the church, the almost two hundred members Vhile the hut may be any shelter the hool and college, the best present. that is handy and the use of which ctialab iifeandiths itiee Tne In addition, the council declared: can be hegged, borrowed or bought, Red Triangle man the . world “We confirm the action of the Exe- by far the largest number of huts in | over is the soldier’s pal. What cutive committee in assuming at the France are ones built by the associa- |1V 2 L the American Y. M. C. A. is refquest of General TPershing as tion according ta the plans and speci- | be better, dw\'-‘vm )‘,“ doing in France is told here. stated in general order No. 33, the fications designed by Y. M. C. A. archi- | countants. chemists and so on ¢ : i responsibility for the organization tects. There are two types of such | the list of vocations and avocations. i A ———————————————————— | and conduct of the post exchanges Duidings. The so-called type A hut To Establish Khaki College. Values EXtI’flOl’dlflai‘y In the late spring of 1917, the|of the American Expeditionary Is a \‘f”m“ S 1”: ) :(‘fr or The Khaki College will be main- % o ,| Forces. And we commend the policy ' 05t of erecting it, including the neces- | 1,ih0q in addition—and eventually | American Y. M. ( b mbnee GOl K R sary tables and benches, is about 60,- | ‘2N ’ : s Y o e ecutive committec, while probably "” replace )”“ present in- You Could Hardly Buy the Material for That. ut comprehensive, educa- nsistec a diminutiv n a % ) e ons sted of a \'mn‘j)x»wy 2 lir;‘"p‘mlfl seeking to conduct this agency on 009, I s P e s . : : YRes alasdoublebuiling frcpres activities, This informal edu- | B Both Skirts and Dresses Shown in Most Attractive Models. work is designed to give eme T a self-supporting basis, of not con- y G : a handful of secretaries. In this S e DBOTHI] : D senting an outlay of 90,000 franes. ecretaries were waiting for Queting it as 2, source of revenue This type of hut measures 150x90 feet ‘) - p the secretaries wer , W i s e ¥ g S 1508 RS ima aegal R a A big new showing of Summer Dresses at a new and very popular price—$2.15. Extraordinary value first American troops when they > Both the type A and B huts are wood- 4 . P 5 = ) Bs S other activities of the council. “We oo nro s ciencies of education detrimental te under the existing conditions. Dresses you can wear a long time and wil 1d laundering well Pretty greeting them with a phono- . ; structures 3 I : e - > | authorize the ecutive ‘committee " 1" Gition to the two huts devel. | military efficiency may he corrected Batterns and colorel New roylesr Vollea late N Gothin an early o canus S e Sl S riting material, some ‘“eats m ) 4 3 to make appropriations for the post 5 S "~ | Thus the illiterate and the foreign- nondescript character, a genuine oped by the Y. M. C. A. to fit its own : s haze : e 1 born are taught to read and write exchange to the maximum of twenty . : . 5 peculiar uses, the association in many 0 eoits 5 . Sl L e A : e Yl = Spana e quality and acceptable style. You'll not get such values again in a long time, so make (h emost of them million dollars. instances utilizes “Adrian barracks,” a | English. French for conversation and This item of a score of million is {ype of building long familiar in the | Military v included in the hudget for the cam- war zone and adaptable to many uses, | Ten from the most elementary Poday the American Y. M. C. A, |PA8D to occur this fall. The sum This structure, also built of 1wood, |advanced lessons. Classes in automo . l 9 ol el e the working capital required to costs about 20,000 francs. it e ol O I o e ) n I i TR | s B S e e et it | Ble (Clearance Values 4 Men's Sho L amd Preneh soldiers i ar | With the enterprise self-supporting, v 3 . fested. The Ihaki e will el the 200 different centers through- '!'; SRR AR RS IR ou e be e i I”\w” m}mwm“‘»m‘ x‘~)’u{|44H,\ \\nmm ;1]‘1"";; ’;'1”:”(7' ({i,n! ot (‘-‘“';‘v,l”v‘:“h‘;wi J inee e el . | scarcity often amounts almost to fam- | ness will of course come in the de sjearance 0 ancy INeckweai e holds out its invitation to black Smolkes by the Millions, line—the French abri tent is used to | mobilization period after the war, | white, Catholic, Protestant, Jew A recent careful and expert estimate house the Y. M. C. A. The abri tent | during the two years that all estimates | | inbeliever—to hundreds of thou-|made in Paris indicates that if it were is doubled-lined canvas. Its cost is | fix as the minimum time for the com- | 8 Regular 65¢ and The Scarfs, sale price in the base ports, in | possible 1o obtain them, 4,500,000 cig from 3,000 to 7,000 franes. In the | plete demobilization of the American | Regular $1.00 Scarfs, sale price 85c. Aining and concentration camps, | ars, 200,000,000 cigarettes and an in- smaller units of troops an ordinary | troops in Ifrance and its veturn to this | [ billetin illages, the shellfire | determinate quantity if chewing to- camp tent is often used by the *Y." country. and even in the trenches them- | bacca Would be needed to meet the; Once finished the hut I to be The Red Triangle of the Y. M. €. These goods are all good styles and colors and the assortm A the time to buy No group of soldiers any |actual demand per month made in the 'fitted and equipped. More than a | symbolizes man’s threefold natue over there” has to look far fleld on the post exchanges. A further thousand different articles—parapher- | his spirit, mind and body. The tri- * hut. indication of the “some barrage” sent nalia of all kinds from tacks and ham- | ; » stands on its apex, with the top | dition to its usual activities | UP monthly by the members of the mers to a motion picture machine or | and horizontal side standing for the | derful value. ntained for the men, the Ameri- |Anierican Expeditionary forces is the'a stereapticon—arce required. Piano, | spirit, thus signifying the ascendancy | B BATHING SUITS ARE DOWN—Our $1.50 Bathing Suits, $1.2 Y M. C. A. has heen called upon |fact that at the present time three | phonograph, flags, chairs, brooms, ba- | of this factor in man. Supporting the our $5.00 Bathing Suits, $3.85; our $6.00 Bathing Suits, $4.85 the entire post exchange | Milllon Dboxes of matches are sold sins, towels, Bibles, percolators, games, | upirit are the two sides, mind ana UIEed =2 EREILEASS 80RO RS G Sathing Suits, $4.85. every 20 days over the counters of the 'tobacco-cutters, knives, forks, spoons S MANHATTAN SHIRT SALE IN PROGRESS. cxchanges. Sweets and tobacco—these | blanket, blotters, stoves—the list goes Thite war srorlcthe Ve R G EAR o phase of all the sociation’s huge ‘;‘f ““_ Dew temsithatibulk Tarsestintlion and on: gram is fundamentally threefold work, Gross s n the post ex- i ¢ "‘;f'“",‘,‘]"‘” ',"“)"” ”““" ‘”‘l‘”“l')‘”" i "\“ one “*”‘}"“ "‘“*]”" How Y| Back of the athletics, the “movies.” . e 1 to amount to 2150 handles some scores of other,planos and phonographs are at this|iis post ecchances. the reading and . very month | 1eme, | Sonr, safely risora. biadon {moment I use by ho . S o A" n | (e bost exchanses, the ending an The Silk Sale Wash Goods Sale e shoestrings, chewing gum, candles, va- | France—the kindly local citizens have | J{L® oS S i inistering oAl otia | : pouslinds off hrudhes ianog-blacking, ||slvenWovMloaneaiisolimanie=hiit fong | e SSRRAEOR R AL SSEIEL (oh Ll e G oy eadinee and ths fwanig e comservafive I nlaalueithe | SRR L S SeE L0 o L e 000 yia whiel space ] : ike—all the little extras that a man | number of 500 and the ! Sk at a man | ser of pianos at ind the num Y e e B Mo a5 Shirting 1 : Americs likes may be had at the exchange | ver of phonographs still larger. Musie | Y- M- € A-work appeals (0 T Black Messallne, 26 inch, speclal, $1.35. Shirting perenlos, hes, pretty land, und because All goods, thercfore, which are sold [is one of the saving graces of our Jap Cross Fox Set, large Muff, animal scarf, splendid for service _ e . AT $59.00 all applving, each soldier according to T US SAVE BIG MONEY FOR YOU ON his qualifications and mental equip- . = 5 3 { ment. While the men are being made good soldiers, they will simultane be given opportunity to study And a large display of summer Wash Skirts, Gaberdines, Piques, ctc.., in varie models All fine tality and such other facilities ould be hastily gotten together use is tauzht the enlisted | § o =~ = L transported to the seaboard from to the Regular 50c Scarfs, 40c each, 4 for $1 Regular $1.25 and $1.50 Scarfs, sale price $1.15, them. Come in Tuesday. One lot of Silk Top Union Suits with Madras Drawers, regular price $1. sale price $1.15. Won- e American Expedition- ary I This is the hugest single thousand tons of post oy % E ? pollse s Black Taffeta, chiffon finish, 36 inch, Speclal, S(iripol Japanese orepes: imArkel pricelbae wll men Soft finish Sating, high luster, firm good wearing ures, 39¢ quality a yard msumed at any time to the men by the Red |army and innunerable mu organ . § quality, value § ); 45 shades at $2.09 a yard. Plaid over elght | rinngl } e for | sl other of vast ———— = e = ilities pro- | association. At one of the vided Dby the associatian arc free. jtion camps, for instanec l = Vriting paper —approximately a mil- [tra of seventy picees, condii i 5 = lion sheets aday and half as many & experienced New York city dircetor, [ SEVen Vessels Destroyed by Same Suh- | | 00 S an l l 1 is given Lo the men, » fees | furnishes music of surprisingly high it . . I M trged for entertainments. Musi- | quality, while all over France numer marine and Crews fave Been Land- | 8 truments are. supplied out of fous mandolin clubs, glee clubs and PRENCH SERGES, blue, 1 reen bur- | REMNANTS of wool dre: \. gift funds. Never is there | jazz bands experiment on their com- ed 2t Muikden. Bl cundy. black. Extra quality at $1.25 a yard. 42 in. an rge for the use of the build- |rades in the huts E s French serg popl lengths up i yards wool French serge in navy blue and black ngs, ar “huts” as they are called | The rival of the musical entertain Muikden, Hollan | e dresses Worth $3.50 today At s, 11 inch 1-2 priece In short, the monex given by the |ment is the moving pictu nd today | 5 American people Lo the ¥ M, C. A lthe ¥. M. €. A, in Franco maintalus| much ichocalate dojthe Ameri- | havs thel iving expenses of ‘thel Red | a camie or siilledloperators in eharge:| ops eat a month? 920,000 [ Triangle men and wcmen secretaries|of 700 machines. vaiued af almost | ek mercet f i 1 over a million feet of film, | the destroved hos . sale price 39¢. {here Thair craft weve Ashing a $ : MAIN FOOR. stereopticons and the | miles outsige of what has heen knaw t Chocolate Eaters fishing boats has ik ; The same b .. Three of the Black and white stripe serze separate skirts, 0 were of Dutel fine quality, worth Sale price §1.2 12 inch This item alone means an | (except where such workers pay their | £40.000, ender, navy 15, wine. ire of well in excess of alown expenses as well as volunteer their |the vaiue of which is about $30.000 o8 2 month. The 528,009 | sarvices), builds or rents the huts, fur- | Tnnumerable kers or biscuits con- | nishes the entertainment and athletic | bess quality lantern slides obtain. | 2s the “fras shannal