New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1919, Page 4

¥ View schoel sles lch t—advisable”—again the curi- dtation—*“for your appoint- fo come from the senior member schaol directors instead of nyself. In fact, I would prefer ou don’t mention to any one had this personal Interview . The director will write d send the contract for you to ©f course. he will know that I you and have approved of pefereneces and pedagogical his- But let others belleve that I d you through an agency, or— ng like that” hadn’t counted upon the h so much I think at this point d have refused to consider it . I hate mystery or secreccy of hd, and this request of Mr. dge savored strongly of both. my distaste appeared upon my d when, upon looking at kbridge, I met his eyes filled neerned apology and some- lse—an appeal for lenient ht, all the more effective be- was sure that he was abso- nconscious of the fact that he jking one. The Decision Made. pst—this will make no be in your decision as to the " he said and there was the bte of uncomacious appeal in cision was made in an instant. I don’t see how it con- o, 1 said smiling. *“I contract whenever your di- ’ at e "Fsom {Monda v 4" Xe gdid earnestly. | Then with the boyish whimsical phrasing I had noticed ' pefore, he sal “I suppose it's bad poliey for a i principal to show eagerness in on- | gaging an instructor, but if you could | see some of the misfits with which I have had to put up with because of the meagre salaries and opportunities of the village schools you'd real how glad I am that the war—and the | baby—have led so well equipped a | person as yourself back to the educs tional pastures, and into my par- ticular little enclosure.” | “Let us hope you'll not wish to | open tle gates wide for my exit after you have tried my work,” I said de- murely. H “No chance,” he retorted, “unless domesticity has made you forget the qualifications which brought forth such glowing eulogies from Dr. X." I flushed with pleasure, for he had named my old superintendent, under whom I had taught for years, and whose letter of recommendation, when I had sent to him for one was filled with approving phrases enough | to make any teacher’s soul lift itself | in self-approval. | “Dr. X’s opinion is good enough for me,” Mr. Stockbridge went on smil- ing, “so/we'll have no more forebod- | ings if you please.” | I had a sub-conscious impression that the conversation was becoming a bit too personal, and that Mr. Stock- | bridge had spoken truly when he had | other actresses, BILLS TONIGHT ntation 0\" production X's big vaude- fd O'Brien, the Tung Foo, the or, Harris and and Ponzinni’s ption at Fox's is “Pals First,” the Pleted just before eurred in October. a romantic drama il two wayfaring pals, fd and Dominie, gradu- ), Harvard, Sing Sing, and B, who gain joyous wel- e home of young Dick Cas- 3 sunny Teanesses, when Alec, an old darkey servant, be- he recognizes in Danny his pst master. The pals decide to Gontinghie their deception only long enough to secure food and new cloth- ing, byt change their plans when they discover that Dr. Harry Chilton, Dick’s cousin, is endeavoring to se- cure the fortune willed by Dick to his sweethbart, Jean Logan, by trving to convinee her that Dick is dead and that she is therefore freed from her prom Danny wins the love of the girl in spite of the efforts of Dr. Chilton to prove him an impestor, aid the date of the wedding is set when Dominie interposes and denounces Danny to the gir a thief, pick- pocket and a safe-cracker, owing two years to San Quentin prison. When he ees the change of heart in his old pal, Danny realizes that his mission to retrieve the lost soul of the world em- bittered Dominie has been'accamplish- ed i proves that he is not Dann Rowland at all but the real Dic after all. Appearing in the picture besides Harold Lockwood are Ruby De Remer, James\ Lackaye, Walter Lewis and others In addition ta “Pals First” a new Sunshine comedy, Mutt and Jeff, the latest Pathe News and a Pathe com- edy will complete the film program, the whole being augmented by four high cass acts of Fox vaudeville. KEENEY'S THEATER. Large and satisfied audiences saw the showssat Keeney's yesterday and it is apparent that although not as well known in loeal theaters as some | the charming Ethel Clayton has a sure chance to win her way into the favorites’ class very shortly. success in ‘every bicture she has ap- peared in and in the production she This young star has been a ' WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1019, e am————— — ‘Readers and = e b HAS GO0 RECORD 12,989 Doctors on Duty When Armistice Ends Hostilities General Headquarters, | Expeditionary Force, Nov. 26 (Corres pondence of The Associated Press. The prodigious effort of the medical department in the army in France is revealed in statistics which The Asso- ciated Press is now permitted to make public. When, on November 11, the anmistice suspended hostilities and the great expansion and extension work of the medical department was sus- pended, there were in operation 283,240 beds in camp and base hos- pitals and convalescent camps with about 100,000 of them vacant. There were on duty in the A Expeditionary Force at that time 12,989 doetors and §,598 nurses. The authorized nurse strength of the army when America entered the war was 206 and of doctors 300, figures that testify to the worl the Medical Corps | was called upon to perform. The hospitalization of tk | France is intevesting. B ists of mobile organizations. *h division there four fi pitals, hos 1erican rmy in i 1 To are 1d hos- ion ita and hospital and, in 5 fixed hospitalization and Y outfits land conva camps with an ruthorized 1 city of 15 per cent. of the strength of the command There are now S5 camp hospitals | serving training and billeting areas, while for general service and for the treatment o more bus cases and battle Ities there are 115 base 1 These base hospitals oc- casionally are single institutions of from 1,000 to 3.000 beds or are grouped in hospital centers Twenty such centers of from 2,500 to 15,000 heds are in operation. Convalescent camps at the bed rate of 20 per.cent. of normal hospital beds are authorized for the purpose of ®iv- ing as early graduated physieal train- ing as possible, and 15 such camps are in operation at present. The American hospitals are partly French barracks, school buildings and hotels and partly in constructed cantonment of demountable buildings. two mobile | addition, therc sting of evac one surgical camp HAROLD LOCKWOOD i FOX’'S TOMORROW, CATHOLICS PLEDGE - OVER ONE ILLION 'Ball of This Will Be 1o Help Disabled Soldiers Washington, Jan. million dollars was today pledged by | the National Catholic War Council at | 1.—More than a ! jp HAPPY NEW YEAR Perhaps like many others you have been so deeply engrossed in the great problems of the day that your home has been neglected—then, now is the time; settle down and enjoy the fruits of your en- deavors. Build around yourelf the atmospherre of happiness that is rightfully yours. Take a mental inventory of the needs of your home and divide the cost by the great number of years of service your expenditure will bring. Furniture should not be classified as an expense. It is an investment—permanent and secure and the dividends are continuous. We invite you to become acquainted with this great store—a larger variety is not found even in New York, yet we are right at your door—and our prices conform to the dec®:ased expenses of our location. Your future satisfaction is guaranteed—a sale does not terminate with the delivery. COMPLETE HoME FURNISHERS £0-58 FORD STREET WARTFORD | said that he had a hard time minding his p’s and @’s. There certainly was vrey little of the dignity which I had been accustomed to in high school principale. I-hurriedly asked a ques- tion which as yet I had had no oppor- tunity to put. “When does school open?” I asked. He rose from his chair almost as if the question had pushed him from | his seat. “Three weeks from Monday,” he answered. ‘I will see that the con- tract is sent to you at once. And I'll send vou a comprehensive outline of the work to be covered, so that it { won't be necessary for me to see you | before the opening of school.” | | As he made his courteous adieux I | said to myself that if Mr. Stockbridge were a bit boyishly unconventional in his manner he was also the quickest | person to take a subtle hint of any | one I had ever seen. | OLDS | Head or chest— are best treated e | “externally”— e conviction had come to me Stockbridge had adverse con- o contend with in the Bay lgh school, that for some br other it was hard for him jhis assistants. -And the theory to the surface all the sym- was already feeling for the | cruelly handicapped by fate, ENEY’S Girl Who Came Back—Starring el Clayton [E IRON TEST AUDEVILLE S 3 ACTS, NEW PRICES .- 30¢, 60, $1.20 | | VAUDEVILLE ——_ AND BEST PICTURES. TONIGHT WM. FARNUM in “FOR FREEDO TOMORROW—FRI.—SAT. You were hungry—ragged—penniless with no%} hope in your heart—and you were suddenlyig; made rich and comfortable and had a love affair% st ‘upon you—could you live as an impostor tog: b it up? See AROLD LOCKWOOD} in “PALS FIRST” This is the picture completed just before wood’s death in October. New Sunshine Comedy. utt & Jeff. AUDEVILLE--4 Big Acts-45 COMING NEXT WEEK THURSDAY _ less, Peerless Queen of the Serial PEARL WHITE in “THE LIGHTNING RAID Mr. & Kingdom. § | good and received a generous amount | men engaged on what the All the buildings taken over wer modeled and outfitted for the purpose, lighted and heated and modernized, while the demountable huts are mod- | | els of their kind its headquarters here toward new year plans to provide for the future of the three million ady to lay aside army and navy uniforms is in at Keeney ‘The Girl Who Came Bac! Miss Clayton does the best work of her career. No one shou fail to see this picture if pos- e¢ible as anyone who attended the theater yvesterday will agree. | Halt a doliars 1s to The latest episode of “The TIron {voted to the of Test” is also on the bill today and in | e addition there are several shorter pic- | *10 sailors tures of the usual first class standard. Tomorrow the latest chapter of “The Hand of Vengeance” will be shown and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dorothy Dalton will be the attraction in her great war drama, ‘Vive La France The vaudeville for today is men alri beginning million after-care soldier be Sl e S disabled HAS RIGHT TO SUE Man Who Did Not Authorize Opera- wounded 1 tion Can Demand Damages. l and marines, while almost & quarter of a | million apiece will start widespread | employment and vocational training campaigns. Thousands of trained | men and women workers are now be- ‘ing sent throughout the country by this Catholic organization to co- | operate with government bureaus in | of tnat cfty growing out of an alleged these first undertakings, in its recon- | ynathorized surgical operation. struotion program. ; | It appearea in evidence that For crippled and invalided fighters, | gpase, a tool foreman for the Boston | many of whom must need special care ' ang Albany railroad, was injured in for the rest of thelr lives, the services yhe course of his dutles. Dr Seelye, of committees of Catholic Women are (ng rajlroad surgeon, was called in to belng enlisted In every central com- ,perate and, mistaking Purchase for munity in this country. Hundreds of ,nother patient, operated on the left trained nurses and speciald Workers gao when Purehase's injury was on have been put at the disposal of the | yo right, according to testimon: leaders in this after-care eampaigm. |pater g second operation was per- together with the facilities of every |goimed on the right side. After Pur- Catholic hospital In the land. Im- jgse returned to work he made a proved public interests are expected to | (yirc VOGP VorT B TECE be brought ()’hnu\‘ by this worl, whichi: & o ) oy A civded tha railioad will be done in close cooperation with iy s officers, ag p except that | local chapters of the American Red | CombanY, its officers, agents and s believe o Cross. The lower court ruled that the re- inter- | A hundred vocational advisory ex- [, - € S COUL- T 00 R RS Fe perts and a hundred thousand dollars ' 558 WO3 & (% '8 ©OrC ASER SCHOR RO e plat et e e referred to the supreme court on ex- | Vocational Elucation by the National | c°PHOns: Catholic War Council. In every Catholic college and school, special | efforts are being made to interest | and train men to cooperate in this | vital work of refitting the wounded | soldier and sailor for industrial life To help every homebound soldier, sailor and marine to find a good job almost two hundred thousand dollars now being spent in organizing { Catholics in~ community groups to . (¢ | cooperate with the United States Em- (1o ¢ vloyment Service and other agencies. ‘f'(‘f{"'\f" In Boston, Chicago, New York and f;‘ ‘f‘) 5 Philadelphia, such organizations are |§- " FLNe 1OUSE | already completed and place® at the | 2 T8 S5C CER e S disposal of the government, while fifty | 11 V(o Ehe NETEETG €5 COTSEE | fleld directors, to coordinate Catholic | - T ttarres iana i | cooperation in every communi o el I being sent to ever ate, as “fm"( > = | to the federal directors, by the Recon- | & struction Committee of the National | | Catholic War Council. i Boston, Jan. setts supreme court has given Bd- ward R. Purchase of Springfield the right to maintain a suit for $10,000 | damages against Dr. Ralph H. Seelye | 1.—The Massachu- extra, of applause at vesterday's shows, Nor- | talane, Riano and Nortalane in their | rapid-fire comely sketch had the audience laughing from the time they started the act until the end. WOULD REPEAL ACT. London, Jan. 1.—British business men seem practically unanimous, ac- cording to reports from the American Chamber of Commerce in London, in demandir the immediate death of “Dora,” the Defense-of-the-Realm act. Pur- | s men gener: industries are much ested in developments In the govern- | ment’s for protecting them. Financial men, it is said, are expect- ing a marked continuance and devel- opment of many of the financial re- strictions with a view to the protec- tion of the European finances durimg the long reconstruction period. be *key” plans DAY FOR WILSON | GETS WARRANT FOR $6.250 Jan, 1.—President Wil- had his first pay day outside the limits of the United States, and the treasury warrant for 50 drawn to his credit probably the first presidential pay check endorsed by anyone other than chief executive. When the left this c | P. Webster, White house as PAY hington, erday Solicitor General e “x% was ever MceKIRDY-LYONS ENGAGEMENT. | Mrs. Albert H. Stone, of Middle- | {town, announces the engagement of | 1 JAPS CELEBRATE PEACE. Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 1—The her daugh Miss Frances Willard | Lyons, to Captain Howard S. McKirdy, | of 1112 Stan street. Captain Mec- | Kirdy is overseas with the 58th Artil- | s been in active service for | over a year. (e is a graduate of the h school and the Massachu- itute of Technology. Follow- | ing his graduation from the latter in- | stitution he was commissioned a lisu- } tenant in artillery, and later promoted i | city of Yokonama held a most enthusiastic two days’ celebration in honor of the conclusion of the armistice. Gr H irches of triumph spanned the roads d festoons of rainbow cioth draped | setts Ins buildings. Greetings of victory “branzai” were heard on all sides. i4panese lantern processions were 14 in the evenings and were Tre- 1 at the American consulate by e H. Scidmore, consui-general other members of the consulate. Japanese held a great reception he Memorial Ifall and a garden ; on the grounds, Governor | irivoshi and the consuls of all Allled | »owers recelved the congratulations | | -of the guests, A procession of dec- orated motor curs, largely participat- ed in hy the foreign residents, was held In the and the c )ehrn\h»n! taincy. Miss Lyons is a teach- o Middletown high school, CASTORIA For Infants and Children inUse ForOver30 Years Alwaye bears the Signature o1 the new Solicitor-Gene of the partment of Justic ceeds John W pointed 4 {e) CI Underwood. King recently waa closed with g masked bull at the Galty theater, % HOUSEFOR Our Classified. . olurrns iwill do it e . a | | B | Join Our Christmas Club Now Commercial Trust Co.