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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY mot responsible i{f the bite the dog d. takes s PMPANY. It the biting his o people st hus been in the R of ) At 48 urch street. he is docmed yicious fact. bite, and Until the owner should the know the dog the not to know that a naturally docile and nw Britain L] Ree. kind animal is, in fact, viclous takes his first therefore owner i supposed So every dny Inds | content ir dog may have his wnd may climb to their heart's take a the los they are willing to 7 money payment in return for fetng 1nedium Books and P! advertinors | of \ | inoarin, for instance boys, it i% better not to ted Ik local news pub- POLITICIAN, politician ix a man who prob moked clgarettes too early Bt Clrenintion lonal orEANIEALIO peve Al ey - | o yvould have become a which he + making specches at ele ut from his habit of slap- politician ix democratic a e He loves the he iy talking to a end of loathes when con- He wishes 1o b court former has no | I cortes unless he of wWhi he tlafactor which of the i e blunder of his party: entinlly practical except i with a skilled ac- opposing party Pints to the fa [ wepared by his own constitu antter The politiclan loves babies, knows n for wa by their first names and lauds re defen thle, however, to the hco f ilinr guarant quality is talking in a whom he which the 1, the exception rule, -if ad- to fits her for public w ardent women's rights The politiclan’s interests are so broad that details are so obnoxious to him he will not discuss them; i of schoolini: is coverod cleverly Boved th iy by silence in presence of the ed- brolutely o uciated: his erudition exalted by of the i much it speech in the presence ignor- | ant The ourt is new and politician belleves thoroughly attempt to bring that “Honesty is the best Policy,” with “pe capital ho the mental reservation of there is court hus heen fouud out.” wiightest danger one’s being in It came na ho composcd It had before them Baukty ceuld be EDISON ON SUCCESS, When Thomas A diny young provided noth Edison was asked “right” were to other to state rules for Those Judges for They Instanges by men starting in were un he sald pre [ can’t give any advice on this W) to hew thel ect. If a young man has reached oy ! knew /inti- | twe Htiong nol many — the #tate No “Yogpr Wh nty-one of and Is dead mentally, no in their ' amount \vice, example or experi- great eneé will ever change him in the hotbeds of | sltghtest. If between twelve and six- to r teen he can be interested in a sub- he If not, one was nble ind become enthusiastic win honors did ecome a high of man il type not do it in | pix mental machinery atrophy vdually and he will be a mental Induptrial court | end one phabfy continue to ¢ the first sight of these words o off Kan wved [t e, teln years henc inclined to think immediately of should Osler and his statement that a over forty vears of age will never by &4 fime as it had should thing and plish tof the an nd it Is to e or somethir oule fot Nlinois or New he Bunflowe work i effect Lt our admiration for the famous wtate fnventor and our belief that there mist be some truth back of any statc IMANITY a perfect re the pited States Circuit decided ye Judietal ropensity B Whould t are apt to tempt In this them not be a it he | at dosiro ta. a8 the result pocover damajes eNm by red his arm ted. A &iven ment he may make, right to dceeper his My dly into remarks. elimbing s Edison of the was thinking, undoubt young man who does not terduy. | wpend his youth in college. It is quite notice, as | fmpossible to | wall gy concelve that he would the young man who has displayed not con- | 5 capecinl interest in anything save thieties fun | h perhaps, as he passed wort of his college course was men- It s natural tally a That “dead one." is one of the to mount + college course which it is believed, & not detract enough from its value of to make it undesirable If a man to pends four years in colle a tempting | Kraduated nt the of period of probation may average age 22 or an clectri [ 23, ni whi of time if Ctended Just that length Then dis- verdi sald truly that he it may be and sus pluys no especial interest along some pecial line when he becomes 26 or 27 Been an adult, old ite the danger he bing to this point etric run, guilty d would o something lacking. But he t sald that when that special inter- est does make ity appearance appariius N is able to grasp it all the all his college oung man would its significance with hetter und sec of | the more rorce because of have Bt course. The | C1ucation | Mr E th e lison has the habit briet splendid of speakh Many of his understood unless | jon is given them. y vn in habit run | in not | | \hhors the | his | suc- | busi- { | habit one | | O | But impels us to look ! {ing to | ciated disadvantages of | | viding it being | be ex- | the | CIEST RUMINATING ert Russell) th ddy Tonight ball; the that great fought an host. The “Doughboy they'll take a prove that war know - -they'll dance. IU's quite from the fields o' France to halls; ite a difier hetween thix ball an’ cannon balls; the heart don't throb in peaceful tin jest it heats in war—but every- this stuff a lot o' The point that rum- uld liketo is here's a chance to show the interest in what they're doin’ now, 1t home—thelr an’ their jost as watched doin’s that Kuropean We ought to ain't forgot: they'll always hold the they in keepin shores a con- red land's disgrace. There'll frivolity fun at that big tonight—but should our call those boys they're now, fight. hoys will give a Glover Post of Legion which has won, will the Buddy” will he an’ chan n't prove it in distance dancin’ rere's en as body's heard timeshefore inatin make pipe 0" mine w those boys we tuke work their mess RN, we in show we place won from our an nee country ready, to encex with unskilled labor of before that be At in order the matter cuts in wages may brought the Labor Board the hearing yesterday if the of $300,000,000 would result. denial of a the roads argued that present rules were abolished u saving railroad ex- by rul- Any plea by ccutives is considered a the victory se the them. If ments workers. In present ing the may quite properly pl abrogation of the a and abolishing of the present restrictive measures would save the roads such a there would come from such little the road worker . The difficulty that that the while having jurisdiction over the mat- ges, has decided that the of the rallroads and pro- ning thereto, comes with- the Until the de- bodies vast sum, action nourishment to rail- seems great at present is Federal Board, ter of wa financing visions pert the jurisdiction Commerce in of Commission of will be cisions of each these dove- tail, ing the there the much trouble in do- right thing by the roads and men. Old mementos and old friends have in their bills. simply speak well let get into the himself. a practical value help one forget old If a his man can’t of neighbor him by king about f for the clue to the whereabouts the Search your mental friend of good you have lost. A man never knows his value or worthlessness until he becomes his own employer. but little “Wherefore" Tom Ot We have knowledge of “Wh units and Edison says which we made ne'er die. Oliver has That tells Where = And e Wells says Nir logic of the talk contraband. fish us land irits to humans are we were And things you can’'t pronounce, thix we know for the certain We buy things We'd by ounce know why we've heen stuck so August sclentists to July Let consider life’'s “Wherefore” and life's “Why", You may be sure that the man who tells fortunes for a living is try- make his. No matter how convincing a stump speaker may be “may be” is asso- always with any statoment he makes. No man has a right to go begging amputated—pro- “right” leg. if his leg has been was the There are plenty plenty of things in the ly vaired of reformers and need of trick is to get them proper- off. reforma- tion; The ceased spirit of John I corn, the de- seems to prove theory | that spirits do communicate with the living 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of 1'hat Dute). The issued the Staie D Its 44th Y Tho fire state board of ed catalogue on srmal Training 1896, commissioners arc trying has of on H catim dgue Rchool ur, Interstate | ability to | (u’m of dise its a prodigy I \ | himselr train from Berlin Saturday night and, ! ham- | he ; { day Why don’t you ask him to show you - FACTS AND FANCIES By ROBERT QUILLEN rtrograd bhas almost every known except gout. Mary had a little lamb and used fleece to clothe her calf. Life on an American water everywhere, and darink ship: Water, not a drop to Very often the hoy who scems to be out to mere turns be prodigal The m town wh the hosc with the hoe he van sce has gone to the wirl with coal profiteer is a man with an the public, normal, The 5 opportunity to weli tuke w taxi home, hold-up man will get your walk. some other wad if you shionable wearing corset the Ted in joung men and we ma rddies. are now yet sec There i one redeeming feature about bobbed hair. You know it is all fastened at one end. Your benedict is go out for a lark visited By .a stork. not so after he eager to has been Oner in a while you find & man who saved enough for his 1920 earn- nings to pay the income tax, If Mr. Harding doesn't stop saying nice things about Dixie, somebody will bo semplaining that the South is in the saddle. The campaign to end wars is being prosecuted by General Taxation. The more one studfes the perversity and distrust of nations, the more clearly he understands the Flood. And why, pray, are other people kept in asylums for the queer while devoteos of futurist art walg abroad? WHEREIN YE EDITOR PROVES A “SPORT’ We Weren't Going to Print This, But What Can We Do? East Berlin, Conn. February 10, 1921. Editor of “The Herald.” New Britain, Conn. Dear Sir:—The subscriber to ye writer has been a vour paper for some quest for publication of a little article was ignorved. On Tuesday, February 8th, I wrote to you enclosing and :..king that you publish a little article on the East Berlin reporter, M:. Vernon Read. As you no doubt know, Mr. Read puts in a little write-up if a person hap- pens to so much as cross the street here in East Berlin and, of course, if anyonc wants to “get anything on him, to speak, it must necessa ily be sent direct to *““The Heral office That Is why 1 wrote to you asking you to publish my article rather than sending It in through Read, for it is only natural to sup- pose that ho would not have It printed. I am again cuclosing a copy of this write-up hoping that you will relent nd permit it to be printed. I might add for your information that this article is founded absolutely on the truth for, although it is not as vet generally known, Mr. Read locked in his handcuffs on the last harmless S0 after straining, pounding and mering in every way imaginable, finally went to bed at 3 o'clock Sun- morning, wearing the handecuffs. his bruised wrists the next time he is in your office? I suppose you may think it strange that I am going to so much trouble over a little matter like this hut, in explanation, T will say that Mr. Read, a week or two ago, had publishcd the fact that T won bhiscuit eating con- test after successfully disposing of 91 biscuits 1 am only an or- dinary person is nothing su- perhuman about n:¢ whatsoever, and I would ask you in ull fairness if it is even sensible (to sav nothing about ble) to accuse » voung girl of rdizing to that extent. T have been “kidded” and until 1 don’t believe 1 ever want to another biscuit but please don't think I'm sore about it for I took it in the spirit that it was intended, even though it was absolutely false. S0, just to even up matters a little, ‘t von please publish the enclosed w, thero prol or sce | value, rs and consequently was somewhat | surprised when my first and only re- | “jollied” about it - We trust Mr. Harding's make-up will work when he tries to recouncile the warring factions in the Senate. When a busy man is annoyed by people who arc not, only Christian training keeps him from committing fercide. —— taking a girl at her face observe closely to discover whether her face is-counterfeit Before s one swallow but it fre- warmer In these bootlex d doesn’t make a spring, { quently sends one to a | climate Antiques have th but one doesn’t care one orders bolled eg: value, no,doubt, for them when s in a restaurant. Once upon a time there was a man who said he could work just as well when he had a bad cold. He was an awful lar. It would be strange if Leonard Wood shauld enter the next campaign | K me out of | with the slogan: the Cabinet, “He kept The income tax exempts 15 per cent of your net income for charity, which helps you but doesn't help _charity a great deal. When they have perfected that de- vice to telephone to Furope, perhaps they will perfect one that will enable us to telephone across town, When a woman says she wouldn't marry the best man in the world, she means that the ungrateful wretch wouldn’t yield to her entreatfes. The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that the optimist owes money. He owes it to the pessi- mist. The prominent churchman would take part in the labor contro- versy may aspire to make it a three- cornered fight between the clased shop, the open shop and the bishop. | nands. When it was learned that he had locked himself in his own hand- | cuffs, with no prospect of release, grave and gloomy was the asmosphere o’erhanging this little town, ana undreaded night raiders,. in whom might become cognizant of the protected state of our community. It is indeed a pleasure to announce that our cltizens may once more seek sweet repose without misgivings ot any sort, for our little “sheriff” is again in possession of all his keen faculties and is ready to challenge and vanquish any disturbers of our quietude. un- Ed. Note: It so happens that Mr. | Read resigned from active reporting on *“The Herald” some time ago. Hon- cst, we are sorry about the biscuits. About Daylight Saving. Editor:— Would like to say a few things in regard to the daylight saving. What is to be gained by adopting this time now. War is over and it isn’t necessary to turn things upside down again, is it? Why should the | working man get out of bed at & | o'clock and go to bed at 9 o'clock to accommodate the chamber of com- merce? God made standard time. We were aM raised by it. There were no cham- bers of commerce in those good ola days, no high prices and no tcn-men authority, but there was more happi- | ness and no dissatisfaction then thera i3 now. Let the chamber up an hour earlier if they want to, ‘but let them let them leave the working man and his rights alone. JOHNSON. of commerce get MAIN STREET. (From N. Y. ith apologies to the dim memory half-fdrgotten old song). I admit 1 am not a Main Street fan. 1 don't love to read how a Main Street man hiz Main Street Main Strect wife Took s Main Strect Main Street life. At his Main Street table ate his Main Street meals; his Main Street office Main Strect deals; i Telling Main Strect stories, Main Strect jokes, Tribune). In home with outlook on made In cracking At the Main Street parties of the Main Street folks. While his Main Main Street gay, Tried to uplift Main Main Street way; And the Main Street neighbors, their Main Street souls, Went on blindly burrowing like Main Street moles. Now, tre Main Street workings of the Main Strect mind *May be’ quite enthralling to the Main . . Street wife, thinking Street in her with INTENTIONAL DUPE who | many hearts were sore troubled and | worried, that night, lest the hijtherto | Read has always instilled greag foar, | B ~ & ea ¥ 0 89 as | his | his | his. | = THE McMILLAN STORE, INC. | —ALWAYS RELIABLE— THE NEW | SPRING DRESSES ARE NOW HERE FOR YOUR SELECTION. Made of Satin, Canton, Crepe, Crepe de Chine,, Taffcta, Tricolette, Tricotine, Serges, Velours and Combinations. You will find them simply delightful with their new spring freshness. And best of all are the grices at which we can sell them. Silk Dresses $19.50 and up. Velours and Tricotines, $15.98 and up. s Come in tomorrow and look over our stock. Tomorrow will offer first pick from our entire as- sortment. Just Received This Week And we found them hard to get. HAND MADE BLOUSES of VERY FINE BATISTE, some with genuine hand made filet lace. The last lot of these Blouses were priced $7.98—We have marked these especially close at $4.98 each. Saturday Savings At Qur Knit Underwear and Hosiery Dept. WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S WOOL SPORT HOSE, values to $2. Saturday $1.35 pair. SILK CLOCKED SPORT HOSE, value $3.50 for $2.75 pair.. b WOMEN'S SLLEEVELESS VESTS, sizes 36 to 44, medium weight, value $1.25 for 79c¢ each. WOMEN'S UNION SUITS, ' sizes 36 to 44, medium weight, short sleeves and slecveless, $1.45 ea. MEN'S RLUE CHAMBRAY WORK SHIRTS, Saturday $1.00 each. Value $1.65. SALE CF DAINTY LACES Filets, Vals and Shadow Lace edgings and inser- ticns up to 4 inches wide at 10c yard. Values to 19c. NEW SASHES AND GIRDLES Roman stripes, plain colors and novelty ribbon sashes for silk and serge dresses. On sale Ribbon Dept. $2.48 and $2.95 each. Saturday’s 3rd Floor Specias The balance of our stock of BLANKETS at con- siderable reductions in price. Special Saturday, a heavy Woolnap BLANKET, white and grey; values to $7.50; Sat. only $4.98 pair. THE “MAISH” COMFORTABLE — warmth without weight—good assortment; values $10.00; Sat. only $6.98 each. NEW SPRING VOILES and MARQUISETTE that will make beautiful curtains; values to 59c yard Sat. only 35¢ yard. “McMILLAN’S SPECIAL” HAIR NETS Of double mesh, in the largest cap shape size ¢nade! They will wear twice as long as the single mesh; regu. lar price 25c. Saturday Special 15¢ each, 2 for FLEISHER'S KNITTING WORSTED: 'valud 50c¢ ball; Saturday 39c¢ ball. . . .