New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1918, Page 5

AUGUSTINE LONERGAN, Representative in no food 1. There have been the Congressman Lonergan was author of the measure to safe- present war. the scandals in guard food supplies of the army and navy. 2. Soldiers, Sailors and Mar- ines on foreign duty have the free use of the mails. Congress- man Lonergan is the father of the bjll extending this privilege to the men in the service 3. Soldiers, and Members of the Army Nurse Corps on leave or fur- lough ride on trains for one cent a mile. Congressman Lon- ergan accomplished this, carry- ing his fight for the ruling to the President himself, and his succ has been recognized throughout the country. 4. Dependents of men the colors are protected cially by the government. Sailors, Marines ss with finar.- Con- gressman Lonergan worked in- cessantly in the House for this great legislation. He enjoys nation-wide recognition for his offorts in the passage of the insurance law for men in the service. 6. The alien (other than en- emy alien) is not, for lack of citizenship, excused from mili- tary service. Congressman Lonergan was one of the or- igina] workers for laws and treaties to correct the ‘“alien- slacker” evil. 6. More than 1,500,000 mo- thers received letters from their song in the service, written Mothers’ Day, May 12. Coun- gressman Lonergan was sponsor for the regulations granting speeial right of way for those Istters, and he suggested to the War and Navy departments that the movement include our military and naval forces throughout the world. 7. Tobacco is issued as ra- tions for soldiers and sailors on foreign duty. ressman Tonergan early in the war pro- posed that tobacco be included in their rations. Through Congressman Lonergan’s efforts the dinky fares were reduced to commutation rates, Congress, has h States. | this BT diers trades career, advoca bill giving 10. with has be tion 12 Stripes R to the Force. | ana 1 for our of pointed Military officials the necessity of an adequate field postal service approval holiday instead of cents-a-mile increase. The industrial and financial district do not have to look his promises, they have his ef- ficient record before them. Every vote of his in Congress approval Commander-in-Chief Armijes and Navy of the United ad the 8. Imports njured and ai oy of included the m in cen have to The out t daniels p to changes for War taken over the American Congressman Post First District. consisting of expensive gifts from men foreign service to their folks at home, are free from duty, gressman courtesy our troops. Lonergan be and ded in the an en with under the wholesome reation. Congressman Lonergan was an active participant in the movement equipment procure Pershing'’s department deltv o of Secretaries to his ostal and interests of extended disabled and sailors will preference government employment. Prisoners of many will be properly cared for. Congressman Lonergan has lab- ored untiringly for the physical | and moral bettermet of captured Americans, | ference testimony. 11. The number of chaplains soldiers and the fleet increased man Lonergan prompted adop- increasing the proportion of clergy of all de- nominations called to war. Men war in which Switzerland the three- laboring, the to of the of the in- on Con- that to urged sol- be taught choosing a Congressman Lonergan's rehabilitation amendment in Ger- the con- bears Congress- the men Stars and rec- hletic men. has of mail ery Expeditionary Lonergan Office and to sustain the morale of our troops. 14. Christmas mail to and from the IKxpeditionary Torce and the Ficet will have ti right of v Congressman Lot ergan dy secured the Baker suggestions service. PRESS OPINIONS “Congressman Lonergan won interests. of his attention to fits devotion to the business made promptne He ncver fails tion there is a personality is a constituent, no matter that as such he has a claim the bate and the success of the measure of him, however seemingly unimportant, to remember and w hat on his services, He retains district, he that each the confidence it his advoe: by that his condition in ability of his tes. in the shown district by unflagging in de- A request Is attended to with behind individual life may be, The men of affairs, every ques- his district and the dis- always willing to nothing undane to He never loses the men to whose business sagacity the prosperity of trict is largely due, have found Mr. Lonergan place his time at their disposal, and to leave make his services to them efficiont as possible. sight of the fact that he is the servant of the people.”—Hartford Times, July 3, 1918. “‘Congressman Donergan’s speech in the House on water power in Connecticut. printed in iast evening's edition, furnishes one more proof that he is awake to the needs of his district and that he is the right man in the right place.”—New Britain Herald, July 17, 1918, “Congressman Lonergan's opponents, even, have never been able to accuse him of the slightest neglect of the business of being a diligent Congressman,”—Fartford Post, August 21, 1918. Congressman Augustine Lonergan Devotes his entire time to the duties of his office. He is an ardent supporter of the war program of the United State: Every interest of his state and district receives his attention. He is an experiencd Lawyer and Legislator. His training fits him to cepe with the world problems which will command the attention of the next Congress. For a continuance of this efficient representation VOTE FOR AUGUSTINE LONERGAN in Congress, Issucd by the First District Democratic Congre: onal Committee, | monize | direct | the same | should | False NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, AIM OF COMMONITY SINGING IN U. . Americanization Promoted and Spirit of Nation Elevated (Written for the New Britain Herald by Francis P. O'Brien, director ot Americanization work in New Brit- ain.) When America, undertook the in- stitution of a formidable military force in 1917, she made the pro- foundly significant decision to pro- vide her great legions of defense, with 2 soul—a spirit and conviction, which would both insp and keep them human. This was precisely what the military autocracy of Ger- many did not do. It had regarded and treated its army as a great me- chanism, and then supplemented the mechanical perfection by ematic deception. Its loss of morale wi the inevitable ressult. the breaking point dent, but military Its nearness long been evi is inexorable. law In the Army Camps, Prominent among the instruments by which this soul or feeling attitude, was created and developed in the American army, has been the em- ployment of music and singing. The song leaders have done a perfectly wonderful work contributory to building up the army morale. Tt | must be constantly borne in mind that morale, like patriotism or Amer- icanlsm, is a thing of the spirit, a consideration of the ‘‘mind set,” the emotional attitude or the feeling | tone. | These leaders have in many cases, | changed sullen, resentful, ill-willed men when joining the camps, into singing patriots. Spirited mu has a contagious element. It may reach the seat of action and conduct even when it were futile to expect a regen- eration of the man by legislative act or by military order. Bagehot, the I'rench writer on social science, has he an interesting passage in which shows how large a factor unconscious imitation may be even in the making of national character, Iy been pointed out how electrify- | ing was the effect of playing their | long suppressed national anthem on | the enlisting of the flrst Czecho-S regiment in the U. 8. In Our Civil Life. | As we are attempting 1o ongraft American idoals upon stocks of var- ious racial and linguistic origins, singing——group singing, community singing—-offers a means that has heen but little employed in American civ- | il life for socializing purposes. Th is greatly in contrest to the promin- | ence of music in the lands that have | produced troubadours, minstrels, | bards or phapsodists; and have sent | ns our Carusos Aldas, Lynns, Lauder Martinellis, Tetrazzinis and Galli Cur- Accompanying the s ng in | unison of th s that spring from the heart, there is a natural | relaxation, a community of feeling and of thought. Tt is this emotional like-mindedness that the country is in rost need of today. The rational like-mindedness follows it much more casily and rengihened by it A Form of Association. It has recent- | cis. = is Tt ¥ v be borne in mind that the very essence of democracy Is 0- ciation and team work Americ problem is peculiarly her own in this pect, no other country has rge a varloty of elements to har- into a single unity And for purpose there no more approach than that of singing songs together, responding same sentiments and feeling lovalty in the same collec- tive group. Hum ature has been pretty much the same since history hegan, and the community alw, abie to shape the individual if employs the right appeal, but nothing is more important than the spirit and the atn:osphere that prevail. Opportunity for Everyonc. that the as s0 this very is to the the same it Tt is right here many people who believe heartily in Americanization, and who wish fto| lend a helping hand, if they only knew where or how to make a specific start, may render valuable ance to the cause. There is need and op- portunity for everyone. The social elite and the honest peasant ould both feel in place coming together at a public school hall to sing the same patriotic songs until ‘music swells the breeze.” Simple democracy knows no social ranks, but those of honesty, cleanliness, intelligence and good will. The malevolent enemies of democracy and Americanism are passivity, in- difference and exclusivenes There may be a mutual awakening to the fact that there are splendid human values in other folk than our own social group, but that the oppor- tunity is needed to develop them in each case, for which all may and help. Butler, in “True and Democracy”, reminds us that the name democracy is old, but that | the thing itself is new A Sort The of Universal Appeal. value of singing has long heen manifest in the folk songs of nearly overy people. These songs are characterized by the shades of temperament and hy national and influence: As Steiner tells these are the that hrighten many a long and gloomy hour in the steerage when the hopeful immigrants soeinl historie us, €0 | 1y election. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, OTE STATE & AND YOU WILL VOTE FOR AN “INDEFATIGABLE WORKER” This is the compliment the After a heated campaign, ney This was what “The Herald” declared : so aptly refers to the people of the British Isles, who with their folk ways and songs, represent “the lost causes. The Songs Stimulate the English Study. singing is Another fcature of group that is both definitc and practical he possibility of creating an immens interest in the study of the of the songs sung. The feeling of yieed is quite likely to he accompanied by a feeling of interest and a desire to make immediate progress in its command. Moreover the singing practice is iteelf a form of language mountatn | language | instruction. The task is thus mtoivated and the laws of imitation are also operative, The rhythm, the accent | and the harmony may often make the correct pronunciation so much the ecasier as even tending to compel it One may feel a new attraction to language in which he learns to sing, just as he will feel a closer hond of sympathy and respect for those peo- ple with whom he sings the pra of America and American life. ses n ‘ans actual- have all the native Amer learn the words of a few of our American patriotic and folk songs? This might alone be regarded as fruitful product of group zing, if it stimulates the learning of the songs by all those who should be able to sing them, but so often are not familar with the words to he sung. REDWOODS . ST On Sunday afternoon, event in the football history Britain will take place, when the Redwoods of this city will put forth double ener. in an endeavor to con- quer the Steamrollers of New IHaven. Of all the Redwood gumes son, this is going to be the whirly of the year, for the Steamrollers are one big husky bunch hailing from the AMROLLERS. the gzreatest of New a Then | wouldn’t it be a joyous innovation to | this sea- | nd | 1918, New Britain “H spa their real views of a candidate based on conl, Klet! w prohably be chairinn of the judiciary com- on his return to the legisla In this position he will be en? o tak vod care of the inter of New Britain His record as % an indefatizable worker will stand him in g for the two vears head wl new laws will be written the stat books. That he and his two compatriots in the lower I will achieve remarkable records for the good of the state the town is the hope of all This is a correct non-partisan, fairminded expres He proved himself to be an INDEFATIGABLE WORKER for the best interests of New Britain ¥ and Connecticut in His Term of Office. i His record shows it. Here are a fewof the things he worked for and was instrumental in putting through. Reducing the waiting time and increasing compensation of injured workingmen. 4 Teachers’ Pension bill. Helped pass Mothers’ Pension bill in Senate, but thi Increased the appropriation for the New Britain General Hospital. Securing the naturalization court for New Britain, so it is no longer necessary to go to the time and expense of being naturalized in Hartford. Secured Night Hearings on Labor bills so workingmen didn’t have to sacrifice their time in securing a just hearing of their rights. Obtain seats for trolley motormen. Secured vote for Soldiers and Sailors. These only form a part of Senator Klett’s A vote for Klett means the return of an * Britain’s interests two years more, VOTE FOR GEORGE W. KLETT FOR YOUR The Church S Wednesday, November 6 Pease, F. B. I William 17, I W 9 p.m., A Wil censtein. Thursday, November 7—9-12 a. m John p. m., 7-9, p. gerford Wals Jos m., Friday, November 8—9-12 a. m Williain Greenstein, John Walsh 2-5 Pp. m., James T. Meskill, Williamn F. Mangan; 7-9 p. m., A. W. Upson, Jos- eph G. Woods Saturday, vember 2. m J. H. Pease, James T. Meskil p. m., William ¢n G Woods; 7-9 p. n B. Hun rd B. W. Alling, Jame T Tesk il llam 17, Mangan, A Upsor Y. M. C. A. WINTER PROGRAM crtainments By High Class Artists Arranged The full program of entertalnments atteh Y. M. C. A, for this winter ha | been announced. The course is for | members and their frien and s | public The first number will tod { on November 8. The Old tead I Quintet will pre s 1 pre city of New Haven. Thus far this season, no team has been able fo ! come within scoring distance of their goal, and they have played suc teams as the Oaklands of Bridgeport ats of New London, and the Nor Cumberiands, and all of {(hese teams are firs ers. It was throu one of New Britain's foremost citi- zens that the Redwoods were able to obtain a crack at the Steamrollers, and in order to do so had to place : large guarantee down to bind fhe contract. So now if the fans of this city desirc to see the best game that is to be played in New Britain this vear, they had hetter visit the Red- wood grounds tomo)row atterncon The dwood field is sitvated just helow Landers, Frary & Clark’s gar- dens on East strect. Turn to the left at the top of Smalley hill LAWYERS' ASSIGNMENTS. are coming to America. These songs . usually have something about them ASEiERmMenty OTElanivels (o5 as21s0 il which endow them with vital life out iucetionnalrcs S1e Fpeet and appeal to the singing nature. They ool e may be at times a bit uncouth, ¢ the legal advisory !m,\vx‘.). “"“W‘,‘,,’, in sentiment, or even without precise | ok Of November 4. The fo = | sense and meaning, as may be lllus. | D2Ye been assigned Crte Iratea byl “T6hn ) Brownist Hody | s Mo S OVEIBST et ko S “Just Before the Battle, Mother” op | NoNn ““. ]*f,‘. ‘\““,':""” A Uinistaltanaui e neThelnichanaiiinel H RN v iR e | spirit glve the commonplace words '\\',‘mf;; / a claim to our affection. Thus Sum- | ' muesday November m., ner in his admirable volume, “Folk- i [ pease, John Wals p:im,, way speaks of ‘the mellowing in-| jonn Walsh, A. W. Upson; 7-9 p. m., fluence’ of these old songs, and Pol- I". B. Hungerford, James Meskill um. There will also be read) | The second entertainment will take place on December when the Die- tric’s will present variety program, reluding magic, music, ete. The third number on the program will be on January 1, when Davis and Com- pany will entertain with a program full of surprises. Davis i3 a magician of the highest order, and it Is pre dicted that he will please his audi- ence highly. The fourth and lasten tertninment will be givern on Febru- ary 25. The association has gone to a great deal of trouble and expense to secure S. Platt Jones, a high grado entertainer, who is well known for his ability a humorist. e spe- cializes in caricature work The association s bers that this course of ¢ ments is well worth the time attend spen BERLIN GARAGE | Storage and Repai ing a| Specialty. Auto Supplies. George A. Ventres, Berlin, Conn. dispassi er are wont to forgive and forget, and then they express onate judgment. such a time under its leading editorial “Well Wishes”: record, INDEFATIGABLE WORKER” Boys’ Division at 9:30.-—Main School at 12:15. | i | { Zt on of opinion STATE SENATOR. ETT FOR § ATOR 1d” paid Senator Klett two years ago after his re- enator Kleft. was defeated in the House, to take care of New ING Sunday Nov. 3. the South Congregatioal Church. ARE YOU WET OR DRY? 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