New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 22

The Sign of Style and Economy COMFY SLIPPERS They look well and they wear as well as they look. 10 JULIETTE The rage with well shod women. All shades. All styles. All right. GAITERS Broadcloth ations in shades for good dressers. WI cre- all all LE SPECIALISTS ANTEE TI0 GIVE ALL A PERFECT FIT YOU PAY NEW BRITAIN DAILY — |MODERN BOOT SHOP 168 MAIN STREET ENSIBLE DURABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS ATTRACTIVE STYLISH CHRISTNM S XMAS SPECIAL Women's Comfy Slippers 89ca pair XMAS SPECIAL Children’s Rubber Boots | economic COME IN LOOK LL GUAR- THE CHRISTMAS GIETS SSHERE TRAINING IN MOTOR WORK FOR CRIPPLES Important Ifianch of Mechanics Opens Wide Field of Effort McMurtrie, Director, for Crippled Douglas C. Red Cross Institute and Disabled Men.) Motor mechanics has proved a most popular subject of instruction for crippled soldiers who are being re- trained to become self-supporting, self-respecting workers. In fact, the trade is almost too popular, y di- rectors of Canadian schools in which hundreds of disabled soldiers are to- day being trained in new occupations. Practically every Canadian soldier whe is asked to choose from among the various trades in which cl are operated, selects automobile me- chanics. But most of the men have to be dissuaded from their intention ind are turned into other channels of industry Otherwise, every crippled soldier in the Dominion would be looking for a job automobile m hanic after he had completed his course of training, and the supply would far exceed the demand Canada, England, Germany, and India are among the belligerents that offer training courses in the motor mechanics to the disabled men ~of their own forces, and America, in line with the program of re-education that she has adopted, is teaching her wounded and disabled soldiers auto- mobile repairing. At Fort McHenry, where the United States operates a large reconstruction hospital, one of the trades taught to convalescent soldiers is automobile mechanics. A one-armed or a one-le automo- bile mechanic will not be a new thing under the sun once the 1eral pub- lic has been committed the prin- ciples of re-education In British Columbia engine classes were organized soon fter the wounded began returning rom overseas. \Vancouver, Victori quimault We (By as | to gasoline- | haven provide ind | who, instruction in motor mechanics. Victoria the military hospitals com- mission and the board of education to- gether operate a fully-equipped motor repair shop in which men who wish to become chauffeurs are taught. Men trained in this course conduct a well-patronized j and in the tow Those who wish a thorough course preparing them as motor me- chanics sent to Vancouver, and later to the new workshops at Bs- quimault and Westhaven. The mili- tary hospitals commission has made arrangement by which war crip- at Vancouver are taught driving at an excellent automobile school in evening classes. Then, too, through the generosity of the owner of this school, any disabled soldier may at- day classes free of charge. 3 men from other parts British Columbia are kept in Vancou- ver on a maintenance allowance while receiving t There is are an ples field for workmen in this trade in Saskatchewan, as through all the west, and thorough re given for war cripples by of Saskatchewan. An- is at the Provincial In- echnology and Art at Cal- men so trained com- with the average One soldier, who lost his right arm, is preparing with his chum to have a small flour and grist mill in one of the centers of the Peace River district. His course in automobile mechanics and gas sineering will enable him to take charge of the power plant (stationary gas engine). to run a wood-cutting plant, and to mend automobiles as a His chum will attend to course the Ur other stitute gary. abled pete successfully sound mechanic. side-line. the milling proper. While the wounds of English sol- and sailors are healing at Queen Mary Convalescent hospital at Brighton and Roehampton, they are afforded the opportunity of learning motor mechanic The workshop a Roehampton is fitted up as a model garage in charge of disabled men besides being skilled instructors, understand the special problems of the war cripple. A Jriton” motor chassis, working models of engines, thre drilling and turning r chines, a drilling machine benches fitted with the vises and tools needed in repair work are included in the equipment. An electric gives power for the center The AROUND AT IN MOST TEMPTING ABUNDANCE YOU PAY LESS HERE BY ALL MEANS MAKE YOURSELF A CHRISTMAS PRESENT In jclass has a 1 | motor | tomobile mechanics | Within a very few months the pupils of | | India’s disabled sons repairing an au- i prevent them FLASHES NEWS T0 en- | 255 a pair XMAS SPECIAL Men’s French Kid Tan Slippers 45 a pair 20 horse power Darracq motor car for instructional purposes. Germany, too, has excellent training courses for war cripples who take up mechanics. At Dusseldorf on the Rhine, by the co-operation of the provisional and city administrations and local welfare cietie wa cripples are being trained in many skilled trades. Here the course in au- was established at the request of the motor-repair shop owners who needed workmen and could not obtain able-bodied men. of the first class had succes: paired fourteen different motors whose mechanisms derstood thoroughly. Even in far-off India, the trade of automobile mechanics takes hold of the imaginations of the natives. It must be a curious sight indeed to see they un- tomobile or studying the intricacies of mechanics in the shops that are oper- ated at Queen Mary’s Technical school i S3ombay. These curly-bearded, inned warriors will not be left on the highroads to beg, after they have served their country, but 11 be trained for useful trades in h their physical handicaps do not from competing with able-bodied men. ALL POSSESSIONS InSix Minutes British Empire Knew War Was on London, Nov. 20 (Correspondence motor | of the As: ed only six British war on sciated Press.)—It minutes inform the empire that England was at the night of August 4, 1914, Lord Harcourt, who was them colonial secretary. “On that unfargettable night,” he said to the empire parliamentary as- requir- to says on conditions in the building and con- | iwelder PRESENT WAGES ARE LIKELY T0 KEEP 0P No Permanent Revision Down- ward Expected in America New York, Dec. 0.——Commenting | struction economic oi W. Straus & Future developments ing construction well as all lines of necessity shape ta labor position in L drop in was recession in ties, As o ists ia general All 1o the neral Strauss of S. and i in the build- industries, as trade. must of themselves according Th is o dis- quarters to ind a conditions. some 100k corresponding prices of commodi- sone hesitation ex- business. for the result damental ind politic tiauation of the for wages and the ost of living that Ameri business will b at a d owing to the cheaply paid road, secm to be inded. 1 he permnent revision down- rd in American wages, there will steady revision upward in Eu- conditions, both point to # con- bresent levels more not While there loes no bor conditions of the near fu- ture will likely be b on a uaiversal eight-hour day in I coun- tries. both IEurop and Amgrican. There will. of in isolated in- stances, be reductions from present prices where the profiteer forced the public to pa yabormal costs. Now that the war is over, there is no long- er need for the bonuses and excessive avertime charges that were paid to labor in munition plants, shipyards nd industries where conditions were acute, but i t seems improbable that the general average scale of wages will permaneatly recede from pres levels. Rebuilding d Ame tary Rec there million France countr: r0st n course, tasks, Dboth in E are prodibious. eld recently reported that imm ate need for one new huildings Englaad, and Belgium, while in this there are everywhere ecvi- dences of prospective building pro- jects oa a larger scale than ever he- fore approached. In addition to these dences of abnormal continuation of pre be borne in miad that the war brought revolutionary changes mental attitude and pclitical status of the masses of the people in all n tions he tendency of all humanity is toward a higher state of develop- ment and hetter standards of living, which will ever continue as the pro- cesses of education fulfill their work. Another definite result of the war is that the practice of thrift will be a fixed feature in the ecanomic ex istence of all countries. Not onl; must every man practice thrift, but his condition of life must be such that he can practice it. If the world goes on just as it did before the war, with great numbers of people in all coua- tries living in conditions of deplor- able poverty—conditions that make upbiulding difficut—then we cannot say that all the issues this war have beea rightly settled. But our victory has been glorious, and the progress it means in the larger inter- national affairs will be reflected in hetter living conditions everywhere. TUnless the triumph of America and the Allied nations means the amelior- ization of living conditions for the millians of those in all countries who have been uaderpaid, underfed and underclothed: who have been given little or no educational advantages and to whom life has meant nothing more than a daily fight for food and shelter, cannot say we have reach- ed the age of rea democracy. The warld long has witnessed the cruelty and arrogance of autocracy, and it now has come to understand that the day of the autocrat is ended, be he the ruler of a nation, the em- ployer of labor, the custodian of creat wealth, the labor le: or the of political power. ides for which the war was fought are those that must rule in politics, in busin and in personal affairs. And there can be no democr where there is no thrift, for reckless waste and extravagance by the strong sim- ply means a shortage of the necess ties of life for the weak. What is wasted by one man is needed by an- other. If humanity is to experlence the permanent benefits af its sacri- fices and translate into the deeds of its daily life the lessons it has learned in the war, thiea the practices of thrift, both national and individual, must become a lasting factor. Any analysis which has for its ob- ject the probable economic develop- of the immedi was concrete activities in the of der, The oy te future, also WAR TIME ECONOMY | THING OF THE PAST Washington, from war-time economy is apparent in reports to War of the country ments who sary rushed to shops within two and war standards. Retail businesses report of business by peace news business a day or the wealthier c Reports gathered by Reserve among demand business, stricted chants HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 JOIN THE RED CROSS. Don’t wait to be asked: go nearest booth and enroll—now. CARRY SMALL PACKAGE! WHENEVER POSSIBLE. to the G. FOX & CO. ESTABLISHED 1847. HARTFORD. 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THIRD FLOOR. woman ever had enough of them, espec- season when Blouses are appropriate for occasions? new ones are Lace Trimmed Scarfs LINEN DEPT., SECOND FLOOR A manufacturer's sample line of Scarfs, 18x64 inch, fine qu lace trimmed and insertion; worth §1.25 $1.50 each Y Men’s O oung Men's Uvercoats A S| AL PURCHASE—FIFTH FLOOR. Seam back and front, ulsterette and form-fitting s; also conservative models for older men in 34 to 42 s made to $32.50 Sale : .. Coats made to retail at 3 L8 $40.00. navy blue R Georgette black, solid and beaded $37.50. Voile and Batiste Blouses, lace and trimmed, also natty tailored models all color combinations, $1.00 to $25.00. Blankets, with handsome and 1.50 cach. A large line and frogs, Gifts speci | Sideboard | edze | cord sale | useful 98¢ to Wha ially in many Many retail $30.00 and here; see these among price .50, othe de Chine Blouses in flesh, white, bisque, and black, charming styles, $3.98 to $7.98. Crepe Blouses in brown, navy and s and combinations, embroidered dozens of styles from $5.00 to epe colo effects; SE NTH FLOOR. a wonderfully acceptable Gift. Boxes, $4.50 and $5.00. plain or brass trimmed, with and 11.50. $16.50. $19.00, $21.50 Alway Cretonne Cedar Chests, without trays. Pri and $30.00. embroidery white and Table Runners SEVENTH FLOOR. Boys’ Hi-lo Stilts A small quantity left of these Boys’ Coasters Velour Table Runners, a One Hundred Boys' Scooters, e IR ondertolifun mekers for boys: wonderful choice in rose, blue to sell at strong, and well made for $1.00. and gold; the most’practical of voungsters; made all table covers; a value While they last at un- | $1.50, while they last, Each 65¢ FIFTH FLOOR FIFTH FLOOR. equalled needed for the physical rebuilding devastated portions of Europe. Treasury agencies studying ban conditions in industrial communit particularly where war materials w| manufactured, find that savings d checking accounts maintained workmen do not have balances D portionate to their advances in wa during the war. dents of economy in the Treasury de- clare that unless the American people learn lessons of thrift which popula- tions of England, France, Germany and other warring nations have learned during the past four years, the country will be in position during re- construction of absorbing mu more than its share of the world’s available stock of food, materials and labor, People Now Begin to Spend Ac- cording to 0ld Time Standards Dec. 20.—Reaction various government agen- since the signing of the armistice. Savings committees in all parts have submitted state- that buying the tending to show persons abstained from unneg clothes during war have the past week 4 4 ) « ShoeStores, hought according to pre- stimulation o W ¢ . In the was immediate, showing a big jump within wo after November 11. This more marked among es some response tion seems HAT could be more sensible for Christ- mas for any man—especially this Christmas —than a box of Hose, a pair of Slippers or a pair of Storm Shoes? Such gifts are sure to please “him ”—because they are the very things he always needs. Buy them here and you will get them at much lower prices than the also show 1ses to meet the The wholesaie however, is somewhat the desire of retail mer- to let their stocks run low Federal hoard activit wholesale he of retaile re- by sociation, “I was in the cabinet room, Downing street, with a few colleagues, | Our eves w on the clock, our { thoughts on oac subject only; but 4 | there was a feeble effort to direct our conversation to other matters. were waiting for a reply, which knew full well would never come, our ultimatum to Berlia. “When Big Ben struck 11:30-— — midnight in Berlin—we left the room knowing that the British empire jat war. “I crossed ta colonial OUR STOCK IS T e COMPLETE [ & |7 s duty would take. He said utes “I asked him to return to my room when he had done his work. In sev- en minutes he was back and before morning I received an acknowledge- ment af my telegram from every nin- gle colonial protectorate, and even islets in the Pacific. “So the grim machinery of wm began revolving in perfect order and with perfect preparation becauso, more than two vears previously, an individual war-book had been pro- pared by the colonial committes on defense for every single protectorate and {sland. It was at that moment | locked in the safe of each governor commissioner and they knew at { once what to do. ments must other stores charge for the same qualities. 51 00 e $2.% $3.20 Storm Shoew for Men and Boys For Men, $5 to $7.50 For Boys, $3.00 and $3.50 “Nawark Shoe Stores Co. —NEW 324 MAIN STREET NearR.R. Crossing Open Menday and Saturday Nights until 10:30. 257 Stores in 97 Cities. while waiting for prices to come down. Thous of retailers quickly ar- ranged special sales of their stocks at lower prices, in view of the uncertain- ties of the future course of prices. Building operations have taken a sudden start after the enforced period of sluggishness during the war, and building materials are now be- ginning to flow away from former war enterprises toward peace-time build- ing projects. Private building seems to be holding back, however. Muni- cipalities and states have turned their thoughts to building roads and bridges held up during the war by shortaze of materials and within the next month officials here for a multi- tude of advertisements for bids for these projects, At least it billions of dollars must be raised in the United States next year from war bonds or war ings. Offi that floating these loans correspondi saving in money Is merely to inflate credit, the prac- of this inf Zen- prices sury now of continuing nda throughout the next few to the public to the duty paving off indebtedness before relax- " 2 war-time economy, In fact, stu.- wct that the better uader- ifliliation be- incorporate the war is developing a standing and a closer tween capital and labor than evér be- We | fore. Among all men there has been we | fostered a broader, more tolerant and to | more humanitarian viewpoint The lines of social caste and class dis- tinction are becoming less definitely defined. Mankind at last has set its face toward the goal of real brather- hood and it is moving swiftly to that end. This is the age of the league of nations, the era of broad internation- al politics, the wireless and the aero- plane, all of which are briaging the peoples of the world into conditions of closer relationship. If one is to judge trend of futurc busine conditions must be accorded cance. It should be remembered th eprediction of a continuz the present wage scale and commodities is not as radical a cast as might at first appear. seem high only by comparison and experience has shown that the tread of wages and the cost of living has aI- ways bec upward. They seemed high with the attainment of each new level. Similar experience will follow present conditions aad shall just ourselves to the present range of high values. ands L] 4 Pairs Guaranteed Hose Warrasted to wear 4 months, or we will replace them with new ones FREE long Men’s Leather Slippers Comiy, smart, well made. All sizes JEIWELER the office to the whole the officiul how long it ‘about six min- bighcut, all sizes look line of up-to-date Jewelry A full may be had correctly the s events these signifi- 1t reasonabie prices. SPECTALS CUT GLASS IVORY TOILET SETS MANICURING SETS BRACELET WATCHES <t LINKS CIGARETT CLOCKS ETC., also that jon of prices of for: Prices SILVERWARL WATCH DIAMONDS BRACEL LAVALLIERE: CAM RINGS RUBY RINGS SCARF PINS WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PENS, “THE QUALITY JEWELRY STOR MAIN STREET. OPPOSITEE COMMERCINL jals argue of without and materi and ion is a serves tical result eral rise in The Tre velop mean CASES BRITAIN STORE— is sec to de pro; ed vear 340 STREFRT. we educ