New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 9, 1918, Page 2

We Ask Your Co-operation these unusual times. Remember 't we are subject to unprecedented onditions in regard to labor and ma- lerials. We are also living up to the Conservation Regulations of the Gov- rnment, which is the patriotic duty >t 21l of us even though it mecans pany limitations. We are doing our utmost to give your service and you can help us to elp yon by your co-operation. THE Dickinson Drug Co. 169-171 Main Stresi Model 101— Hand tailored on the premises in our own tai- loring shops and here in advance of your calling. i The TLuke Horsfall Co. #3 ASYLTM 1 HARTFORD, # . CERES ES ST., | | | | ? CITY ITEMS. Nathena P, Godirey's ng open Monday, Nov, A, All classes to meet for Tt lesson at 4 o'clock,—advt, Mayor George A, Quigied is in coaipt of the following lettey from Coagressman Augustine Lonergan; “This will acknowledge recoipt o oup telegram of congratulation and | xrression of good wishes, You may assuve that I appreciate the samo, ine Lonergan,’ Mg, B, W, Potest Ling pire gpending a New, York, Mrs, 4, days and fow ZI0NIST HOVEMENT vass of lvery Jowish Fome in City to Be binde funday By Teams and Capiains, Jews in or 06 M he cily are urged to regis- mbers of the Zior organt- pation of America as soon as posstble, | G S P ‘ha campaign for 1000 members of jtils city s beinz conducted with great vigor and enthusiasm, A complete -anyass of the Jewlsh homes In the iy will be maede Sunday in an ort {o get every Jew here to enroll, The cily has heen divided into ais- siels and talns with their teams will be sent out, In this way, a i gn canvass will be mada, President Woodrow Wilron has sent ne following istler to Rabbl Stephen Wine of the Free Synagogue in New [York concerning the Zlonist aims; “The White House, Washington, ‘My Denr/Rabbl Wise: “I havd watched with deep and pincere jnierest the reconstructive ork which the Wizeman commission jhas dona in Pailestine at the In- tance of the nd I welcome an opportunity to ex- press the satisfaction I have felt in he progress of tho Zionist movement in the United Btates and in the Allied ountries since the declaration of Mr, [Balfour on behalf of tho British overnment of (reat Britain's ap- proval of the establishment in Pales- ine of & national heama for the Jew- sl people, and his promise that tha [British government would use its best padeavors tg faeilitate the achieve- fuent of that ebject, with the under- ptanding that nothing would bg done 0 prejudies the civil and religious ights of the nen-Jewish people in [Ralestine or the rights and political Btatus emjoyed by Jews in other ountries, “Y think that all Americans wiil be deeply moved by the report that ven in this time ef stress, the Weita- jman semmission has been able ta lay he foundation of the Hebrew uni- yorsity at Jerusalem, with the premise hat it bears ef spiritual rebirth. “Cordially and sineerely yours, “WOODROW WILSON." | ness are very undemocratic. clnanos | 1ith, | in | men | delt; of- | British government, | DO AMERICANS NEED AMERICANIZING? Average Citizen Takes His Good Fortune as Matter of Course (Written for the ald by Francis P. Americanization ain.) More forced upon is neced of New Britain O'Brien, Director of work in New Dirit Her and more the our attention nationalizing canizing t native-bo there has been a gene think of the .procedure only to those who ) born. Americanization must garded as a basic and M form of preparedness. Ing in the location of T guarantee that a person fluenced and disposed conduct and thinkin erican should, merel on Americapn soil. If shape one’s general conduct, we mu exercise control over tho situations that determine it. My point may be illustrated in tho extreme form by an incident at Camp Kearney, Cal, as related in the National Geographic magazine for August, cruit, who had been months, but who life in New Me long he had Stat the question of he replied, New even associate New Mexico with the United States. This is not so rare a fact as it wili scem to some of Localism Threatens Nationalism. is fact that ti nd Ameri- ency tc s pertaining native 1he dan rlone in will be ta direct as a good heca we born wish to in lived sked how in the United residence, He did not previous lexico. us. It is a fair question to ask how we are to nationalize our native-born American into doing his duty, and ac- cepting his responsibility, keeping tho welfare of the nation alway iverage American is too localized. Fe does not a national factor. ittached to his just as he s 1y. oint is narrow and section- raltles to partisan, sectar- group interests are quently more vivid and real than are those interests that make for internal unity and national solidarity. The serfous fact is th such loyalties cannot safely replac larger patriotic ones, for tunity of the demagogue. slons of lovalty and the separation of people along lines of class consclous- It the people are to rule in this land, then tho larger and higher nature of the individuals must guide, for the same individuals will form the mob when their lower natures and group jeal- ousies rule. It must never be forgot- ten that the same persons may con- stitute the people or the mob ageord- ing as reason or hlind impulse pre- dominates. Often the appeal of the local politician is neither for, of, ot by the people; but it is to the mob. The social and political health our democracy must depend upon the avorage business man in his plant, the average offi in his office, and the average citizen in his home, who, by employing and supporting wise leadership, are the real custodians of democracy. They iend to make it he progress of all through all, un- der the leadership of the hest and wisest.” But there are three essen tials to be acquired: Individual ciency, team work, and a nutional spirit and point of view. tremendous task to develop a social understanding on the part of the in- dividual large enough to grasp na tional issues in all their importance. Tdeals Are Often Left to Chance. tho thini litieally, hao own izhborhoc i His viow gc Many of our native-born young arc the victims of an optimism that has been indifferent to civic and personal obligation so long as their ! privileges have not been limited. They are prompt with excuses and self- Justifieation in the desire to seem in- dependent, even at the expense of efliclency, reliability, courtesy, or When these young men reach age of twonty-one they por- gister in a routine sort of way, much ag they would apply for a dog license. There is no ceremony, no pledge, formality to make memorable inds! the ttime when they vote, and hecame riea in the legal sense. y leglance to the United their bellef in democracy are taken as matters of assumption. They rdly be blamed if later they re oting itself a bother when it in- terfares with 2 holtday, for they have not learned that “the crowning fact, the kin wat uct of freedom is the freemaa’s vote,”” Will anyone com- mend this as a fitting way to make an American? Nativisin May Be Hostlie to Ameri- canism, the no in their at and Can we ever hopa 1o become strong nation so long the native- helds or regards himseclf as po ally soparate from the forelgn born? t alr of fority of the native born is & nativism, that sees only and faces the past, A feces the future, nnd regarc leetive whols, The former sive and unprogressive; the latter is democratia and hopefui, The polif- ical and economic explottation as praetieed by the native American has had the effect of misr country to the newcomer and making him suspieious of those who profit by his handicaps, Accordingly, a barrier is erected and perpetuated, sa that often the native son does not even feel free to encourage the one from foreign shores to learn English or become a citizen, because there is no basis for any confidence, Their confidence has already been betraved py so-called Americans of native birth. The Home Faetor is Undervalued. Belleving, as you all must believe that to be an American demands the baged on partially the col- is exclu- although | Am- | He replied seven months. To | §n mind. | Po- | fre- | of | effi- | And it is a | ik their al- | unjustified super- | rerfcanism | presenting our | of | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1918, GREATER THAN “THE PRUSSIAN CUR". is GRIFFITHS' “THE GREAT LOVE.” FOX’S Mon. Tues. Wed. n home, what ive born who iceping the foreigners as ble? shall the Ameri- ome back to foreign n community ? ns call for ovision of hall we make their home of the Americ v is sent anized soldiers omes in a forei the rcal Amerie erican home for every American dier.” Why not if we are really be- in America? Americanism passive, indifferent, and tol- nt of inju is not Americanism at all; for, in the words of Lowell: “It is the brave man chooses, the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, Till his Lord 1s crucified: And the multitude make virtue Of the faith they had denied.” Our Smugness is a Fault. One of the most difficult problems of Americanization is to change the viewpoint of the native or to arouse him from that lethargy which says, Why bother?” Why does our good citizen not recognize that the saloon has been a community center and ften the only social agency of Amer- fon provided fbr the stranger We may agree that it desirable means, but has been intro- meric say of tl or s not 2 many an immigrant duced to America through the saloon. | not his, but ours. and his that the favored by #0 that 1t The fault has been found his o friends fellowship there. Add to ct that he found it w vw, or regardless of law, was permitted to remain open at hours and days when churches, schools and amusement places were not open ; Then is it any wonder that one | migrant thus expresses the strong im- pression gained by him *that all re- formers were hypocrites, and that the W. C. T. U. was an association of married women who shirked their home duties, and of old maids who had no home duties to shirk—nothing to do but meddle witr the affairs of others”? This expression is quotéd from Edward A. Steiner, and may have been shared by many others. | But it is unfortunate for Americans to be indifierent to the impressions thus established. The Problem Not Superficial. How long will intelligent and well meaning people be content to regard | intemperance as a chief cause of pov- erty when it has become well accept- ed by cial science that the reverse is true_that it is poverty which more often teads to intemperance, although the intemperance may in turn lead on to destitution? Our social work- ers are courageou the relation of the cause and the ef- fect, our energies are misdirected and neither of the evils will be quickly remedied, Again we are faced with the problem of preparation for the wise spending of leisure time. For if we increase & man's leisura or his earnings without improving his abil- ity and opportunity to spend them wisely, we may be increasing his op- | portunity to get drunk, as ex-Presi- dent Eliot of Harvard has so aptly said. jut is there not a solemn warning in the fact that so many Americans prefer the cheapest movies to an eve- ning at home, where the subjects of conversatign have been exhausted after the lporting and war news, as { well as clothes and servants, have been discussed? If America | ever to he regarded as a cultured peo- ple, the richness of their interests and subjects of conversation must keep pace with their fondness for movies and sports; their interest and sympathy for other people and other | ideas must not be crowded out by a localized and selfish interest that fedls disturbed by a larger social contact. How all this is to be done is the all- engrossing problem, as the movement toward democracy goes its conquer- ing way. im- [ENT OF MISS CURTIN. Mrs. James M. Curtin of street announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Miss Agnes M. Curtin, to Dr. Thomas E. Parker of Waterbury. Miss Curtin { is a favorite teacher in the East street school. Dr. Parker was re- cently appointed a surgeon at the U. | 8. base hospital at Jacksonville, IPla., and will report Tuesda T — ENGA Ir. and Main A Comfortable Scalp After Using Cuticura Dandruff, itching and irritation dis- appear after a hot ghampoo with Cuticura Soap, espeeially if preceded by an application ef Cuticura Oint- ment the night before shampooing. Bample Bach Free by Mall. Address post-card: . Gatitara, Dept. 5TA, Bostan."” Sold cveeywhere. l Soap 26c. Ointment 25 and sc. Talcum %e. When the | Whentheygetthrough fightin —that’s when we can help most! HEN the fighting is over, when an armistice comes when peace and victory are estab- lished — then will come the long, long period of demobilization. In other wars, that change from military back to civil life has been a dangerous one. -Let’s make it easy, safe and smooth for our old Yanks! Let’s see that every hour of every day while they are cleaning up the job and waiting for their ships, is filled with wholesome fun and entertainment. Let’s give them lots to do and lots to see and hear, but if we mistake | GIVE A DAY'S PAY AND THEN MORE Plans are mapped out to make our period of de- mobilization a regular “khaki university” and every soldier can come home with ‘something of the back- ground of those who used to go abroad to study. In camps and huts and billets here and over there our fighters have shown that they want to get ahead.- Books that instruct, books on technical subjects and on civics, government, on history and business, are in greater demand than books of fiction, - When our fighters come back they will be {)ettcr men in every way than when they left. But we must stay with them until they get back home! Why you should give twice as much as you ever gave before! The need is for a sum 70% greater than any gift ever asked for since the world began. The Government has fixed this sum at $170,500,000. : By glving fo these seven organizations all at once, the cost and effort of six addie tional campaigns is saved. Unless Americans do give twice as much as ever before, our soldiers and sailors may not enjoy during 1919 their: 3606 Recreation Buildings - 1060 Miles of Movie Film 100 Leading Stage Stars 15,000 Big-brother “secretaries” 2000 Athletic Directors Millions of dollars of home comforts ‘When you give double, you make sure that every fighter has the cheer and come forts of these seven organizations every step of the way from home to the front and ba}fk :.;gaini bYou prowide him with a church, a theatre, a cheerful home, a store, a school, a club and an athletic field-—and a knowledge that the folks back home with him, heart and soul! . - o You have loaned your money to supply their physical needs. Now give to maintain the Morale that is winning the war! CAMPAIGN 2500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books 85 Hostess Houses TMCA Y.W.CA NATL CATHOLIC WaR COUNCIL—~K. of & JEWISH WELPARE BOARD WAR CAMP COMMUNITY BERVICE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BALVATION ARMY