New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1919, Page 10

4 TIC | BUICKS 51 MAIN ST. ® JANUARY 281010, SENSIBLE h osed cars in this line for RS that has been given to my immediate delivery. BUICK CUS- 251,185, Coupe §$1,785. Sedan $1,785. A.BENC OPEN EVENINGS ) 2 CURTIS HAS HAMMER IN WORKING SHAPE Alderman Bares Alleged Misman- agement on Part of Charity Board | Like Banquo's ghost, the deficiencies of the charity department | refuse to be downed, as far as Alder- | | It demonstrates tha man Orson F. Curtis is concerned at least, and today the third Jaunches another alleged he raps the management of the department. He claims that an in- fluenza case was admitted to the Town Home with the result that the disease spread there. He sets forth that despite official warning nothing warder expose in which alleged | h been done to make the Town Home less of a fire trap, that even a night watchman at -the premises has | been dispensed with and concludes his statement with the promise of more ‘“disclosures” to follow. Here- with is the third warder's statement: “More light on the charity efficient management and reasons why salaries of their assistants should be Increased. “From the frying pan into the fire for the Town Home inmates “In our last statement was shown that the board’'s own signed report in the municipal record for the fiscal vear ending pril 1, 1918, states page 135 that the milk from their herd fully supplied the Home the Town Home) consump- des their making over two it on dairy (that tio; It’s expensive to be scared into sprinkler protection If you are not conscious of your fac- tory fire risk, it is only good fortune that has spared you.the experience of others who delayed their sprinkler protection until it was too late. It’s cheaper to take the lesson of others, especially when you can let your sprinkler equipment pay for itself. Let us explain. GLOBE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO. D’Esopo Bldg.,Hartford R AR AR S IR TWAED) e e e e e SAGE AND SULPHUR DARKENS GRAY HAIR Streaked Dark, Brush this Through Faded, Locks and They Become Glossy, Youthful Almost everyone knows that S Tea and Sulphur, properly compound- ed, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, stre a r gray. Years the only to this mixture was to make at which is mussy some. Nowadays, by drug store for “Wyeth's phur Compound,” you will bottle of this famou old proved by the addition of gredients, at a small cost Don't stay gray! Try possibly tell that darkened your hair, as it does it naturally and evenly. You dampen a spong soft brush with it and draw through your hair, taking one way zet it home, trouble- at ind Sul- askin any get a larg recipe, im- other in- it! No one An you or this small strand at a time; by morning the gray | hair disappears, and after another ap- | vour hair becomes sy and attractive. plication or two, beautifully dark, | was informed by Mr. and Mrs. board’s | | monia | ber | he | into | their ger | safe and conde | just a | than 3 1 200 expended probably benefited peo- { more 1 | feet i end thousand (2,000) pounds of butter and also the files of the state com- missioner of domestic anlmals of Hartford and presumably the board's own files show the correspondence be- tween them from December, 1917, until June, 1918, in regard to inspec- tion, testing and slaughtering of the Town Farm herd and the post mo tem report on each animal which conclusively shows that the board suspected something was the matter with the stock and the post mortem proved that some of the stock had been affected for several months, consequently the inmates of the home had used for food milk from dlseased} animals during that time. “This alone accounts for the news of the killing of all but four of the herd failing to reach the public. the officials were of their work and that not proud they were not looking for any praise | for it. Influenza Case Admitted. “Another Town Farm management, which ¥ have good reason for believing to be reliable, is this: In October last, dur- ing the height of the influenza epi- demic I was at the Town Home Kibbe that up to that time they had not per- ceived any indication of any inmate being at all affected with the dis- ease. Just about this time the home | physician had been taken ill with the ‘flu’ which turned into a severe pneu- case and then were was no medical attendant at their service. About the middle of Octo- the superintendent of the home notified by superior officials that must receive and care for a sick man at the home. Inguiry“was made as to the disease the party had and they were informed that it would be risky business to allow the introduc tion of a person suffering from a con- ta disease, especially influen home as all the inmates at free from it. The su-| perintendent was assured that the | person did not have the disease and that he must be taken care of. “The patient s sent down and a special physician called in to prescribe for him. Tt was then learned that the physician called in had treated the party before his try into the home and that it influenza evidenced by medicine patient had with him and also case then pronounced influenza he was treated until his four days later. above was of and six fortunately regular W zious the that time were there was for which death some After the there were among the adult taken with it, but deaths occurred “This cs3 lot for the small working they were further handicapped ular home doctor being Fire Prevention Not Heeded. “A year ago read in in large type on the (ront leading local paper about the tire trap it the Town Home. inmates in dan- of bein burned to death, inent city offici 1 »nounced otc imitted influenza children no casc six 1sed of extra work force there and by sick we b pron it un- is of ned it flurry, nothing to speak to make the place more of whitewash would be benefit as anything that A thousand to twelve has expended building during the the safety the in heen on in has been done safe. A of coat as much has been done hundred dolla on this particular past n but mates has not whole, been se of the now §1 “ased, danger The they arc more they were 1g0. with else the t not connected n in the ¢ part of the whout 1SK3. v the home The the wood ple nyboc facts oldest 1long two 34 con- ave at 1lt of ement an ately 32 or fect long, bassway at one men’ brick dormitory home for the bedrid- minded women with (an old inmate up) and also 20-o0dd in all. or hall each from ApPTO story building ide by 80 or nected L closed with the used as th and ble demente is den fe one female who me chilc 1d the is t locked probably has a corridor of it on ind small rooms extend these halls to the outside on each side, there being a door from the hall into e room and one window in each on the outside. On one end of building there is a wide center ch yom the is incident bearing on the | and | ! know anything or are physicall { haps alread, the | his | - veranda with stairs'to the ground but kept covered preventing use of their stairways, on the oppo- site end, on each floor are passw { to the men’s dormitory. Besides these of exits there are interior from the top floor to the cellar two sto | modes | stai | and from the first floor and basement | there are doors on one end giving a | passway to outdoors. i | | | | “Additional there were up platforms and on each side to these ways of to a few months ago ladders about midway for exits through the windows of one room on each floor on | been escape each side. These latter have changed to regular steel fi stairways but only accessible fore from one window on each story | | ‘ | on each side. | “On the face of it, it would appear | that { but ample protection was provided when you size it up that people who cannot walk or move around, old women who are mentally gone, who do not know anything and be watched and locked up, who even in some instances may have to | fed, children who are and without judgment, mented women, locked ly. When these are locked rooms and isolated from the rest of the buildings, locked and barred in this section all night, with no night watch, what will happen if a fire starts there? drills would train such expected that inmates who also up continual- in their Is it not help- get out of bed, break open door, get into a hall per- afire, run to either end break open other locked doors, or find the right opening to the side fire escape open, or break the closed window if it is cold weather and get out onto the fire escape which may be already cut off by flames further down? T am informed that the board does allow woman who supposed to work all day, who is mentally and physically capable to be locked up in this trap at night, but she is not ex- pected to be, or hired for a night watchwoman and will require sleep the same as other people. What could she db or what would she do in case of an emergency under the prevail- ing conditions? “This building is old; is dry as tin- der. It has a large chimney running up nearly in the center, lengthways of the building and just to one side of the hall, its size being in one of people? do less, will a locked substance, | Reaction” When You Drink POSTUM Ahot drink that braces one on a winter day with- out artificial - - stimulation and the subsequent let-down some-~ times felt by coffee drinkers No“caffeine”in PosTUM “Theres a Reason” exit | as be- | have to | be | irresponsible | the de- | Is it expected that fire | OAKLANDS TEL. 2215 the rooms. This building is of old- | time construction and the chimney is bare except being plastered on the surface and not framed in with stud- ding which are lathed ‘and plastered as now done. Now-a-days heating pipes, whether for steam or heating agents, have a protecting col- lar around them where they go through the floors, partitions or walls. There is an air space which prevents the heat from gradually dry- ing out the wood in contact with such pipes, preparing for a kind of spon- taneous combustion process later on. Our city ordinances are specific in re- gard to this matter as it applies to chimneys, (see section 229, page 183, 1914 edition City Charter and Ordi- nances), which requires in any build- ing built, a space of two inches be- tween the outside brickwork of a chimney and any wood or wood frame work, in other words the wood- work forms a collar and there is a space of two inches for the free cir- culation of air between. “The cause of the flurry a year ago was that this chimney which is only used occasionally for heating water or something of the kind in the cel- lar had an accumulation of soot in it which got afire and blazed up out- side, alarming the people at the home, so the fire department was called down there but there was no fire except in the chimney. Somebody felt of the chimney in one of the rooms which caused another spasm as it felt hot, so does a steam pipe when live steam is going through it or a stove pipe from the kitchen stove to the chimney if there is a fire in the stove, but it does not follow that they are going to burst or set fire to the whole building. Any chimney will feel warm if warm air or smoke is going up in it. Light On “The trouble chimney which the Chimney. with the Town none of our Home highly seemed to observe or absorbed is that the floors and ceiling are in close con- tact with it and inches or ten inches between the floor and ceilings which cannot be seen there may be defects in the joints and a chance for fire to escape, i also that the wood contact may at some time result in starting a fire. If the city ordinances complied with, which is not only a matter of zood judgment but a compliance with the law, there would be an air space around it and there would be no pos- sibility of a fire from that source. The expense should not be more $ certainly at the extreme, This would eliminate that risk risk of somebody smoking, the use of matches, or mething unusual from the mentally deficient, is always present. “The prevention is wate are I be- | lieve the people of New Britain would for a few hundred even a thousand up some morn- the night a prefer to stand dollars a year more, or two, than to wake ing to learn that during fire had occurred at the Town Home and a few hclpless people had lost ECZEMA ON LIMBS GUTICURA HEALY Formed Watery Blisters. Sore, Red and Swollen, tchedand Burned. “‘I had eczema on both limbs and it kept working until it got up to my hips. It then broke out in a kind of rash and at last it seemed to form watery blisters. The skin was sore and red, and my limbs were swollen. The breaking out itched and burned. ““The trouble lasted about three months before I tried Cuticura. They afforded relief in two or three days and in two weeks I was healed.” (Signed) Miss Yelinek, 36 Belmont St., Somerville, Mass., Aug. 3, 1918. Having obtained a clear, healthy skin by the use of Cuticura, keep it clear by using the Soap for all toilet purposes, assisted by touches of Ointment as needed. Cuticura Talcum soothes and cools the skin and overcomes heavy perspiration. For sample Soap, Ointment and Talcum free, address: ““Cuticura, Dep! 7 other | paid or efficient city officials have yet | f§ in the space of eight | brick | New NEW BRITAIN NEW Sale! at all our stores BRITAIN HARTFORD ————————————————— CONNORS - HALLORAN | Pre-Inventory Britain’s Greatest Annual Sale n Event in Economy 248 MAIN STREET Bridgeport and Hartford Over Two Thousand Regular Stock For Men: | B | | | } their lives duc to | gent help on the g to save them. Wants Night Watchman. “And then that this catastrophe should due to the callousn or thick headedness of these in charge of the department, have wasted or allowed unnece: expenditures for the past sufficient in | amount employ- ment of watchers | each night "here | proposed the common august body, | they did tion was e of intelli- enough shortage round early who ry two seasons, to ha paid fc two reliable one or merit of was a by a proposition of practical member referred to this back that more protec- council reported that who think nece 2 not sary. suggestion was that an auto- 4 . How’s This? ‘We offer One Hundred Dollars Re= ward for any case of Catarrh that cane not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five vears, and has become known as _the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, ex- pelling the Poison from the Blood and healing the diseased portions, After you have taken Hall's Catarrh cure for hort time you will sce & great improvement in vour general health. art taking Hall's Catarrh Cure at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. ¥. J. CHENEY & CO., Tol Sold by all Druggists, Toe, SSoo Oy tory Sale For Young Men: be installed provide a Rooms be- matic sprinkling in this part which sprinkler for each room. ing probably § feet by 12 feet. The sprinkling being guaranteed to spray the whole room and in consequence any incipient fire would be nipped in the bud. The cost was stated at from $100 to $150 inclusive. Another mat- ter which seemed to show the broad mindedness of this board is the dis continuance of a regular night watch- man on the premis which covers property approximately $75,000 $100,000 in value and at present lives. The orders have substitute one of the inmates, there- by saving n's salary. It would not supposed that an inmate cap- Whle such a job would be an in- mate of the home, ally in these times, people who are inmates of such 1 \pable of self this an aber- system would to 60 to 70 been to m be of generally untrustwor appears numerous nent the fire trap condi- is better to reme- dy them before we have trouble than afterwards. The tendency among public officials is to be good fellows, shut to many things, that are on and to dodge the re- sponsibility when possible. It to me a better way to lock stable before the horse is stolen than afterwards. Of course you may not have the opportunity to make a great inc 1pport or and move of the board other of their rather rations of mind or ju to me “In tions, regards to I believe it vour eyes going seems vour Articles, Marked at Less Than Clearance Sale Prices in T his Important Pre-Inven- For Boys: This eagerly awaited annual event is held once every year, with the view of reducing our stocks before taking inventory, January 31st. The order is to clean house and the manner in which we have re- duced the prices on this reliable merchandise will, our stores from the minute they open. No need for us to wax eloquent about THIS sale. triumphantly, not because of what we say this year, but because of what we did last year, and in all our previcus sales. undoubtedly, crowd It will swing along WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU COME IN TO ACTUALLY SEE THE BARGAINS TO WHICH WE REFER I§ This is your epportunity to buy good wearing apparel, of all kinds, for | & men, young men and boys at less than cost—which means much to you. NOW, LET’'S MAKE THESE LAST SEVEN DAYS OF OUR FISCAL YEAR A RECORD BREAKER ! Connors=Halloran Co. “ALWAYS RELIABLE” 1¥] 248 Main Street New Britain | splurge and claim the many things You have done if it had been you but lots can be saved many times in tak ing by the forelock “0. F. CURTIS (To Continued.) ———— IS THIS YOUR EXPER ENGE? Many New Britain People Are Afflict= ed With Arnoying Kidney Tils, Are you bothered with too frequent action of the kidneys? Are the secre- tions highly colored—do they contkin sediment—burn and scald in voiding”. 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