New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1923, Page 3

Members of Everyman's Bible class | went on record, practically unani.| mously, yegterday ab being opposed to any change in the Volstead amend.| ment or 1o the refurn of light wines sand beers, and to legalizing Sunday mevies, baseball, ete, In asking for a vole on these subjects First Viee. President J. M. Burdiek, wh pre-| tided, stated that the executive com- mittee of the class had taken a stand as being opposed to any attempt to influence the political epinions of the fmembers of the class, but that he did not see any harm in asking for a | i vote as to the feeling of the men one way or the other, stating that it might help the local representatives in their voting. The hands raised showed that there | was practically no sentiment in faver of more liberal Sunday laws, nor was there any sentiment in favor of letting down the bars on prohibition enforce- ment, Senator Richard Covert and ex. Benator Edward 1, Hall are members of the class, and Iepresentative E, W, Christ is a vice-president, There were 677 men present, The Red army had 234, the White army had 95 and the Blue army had 248, Visitors were present from Massachu- setts, Indiana, §t, Louis, and & num- ber of cities thronghout Connecticut The newly organized male chor under the direction of Rev, A, B, Tay- lor, made its first public appearance, Advocates Prison Reform The address of the morning was de- livered by Rev, . J. Albertus, of Now York, who spoke on prison reform, Rev. Nir. Albertus claims to have served a sentence of 10 years for being implicated in the commission of a erime. He did not give any specific information as to his own personal record, but pointed out what clalms is the need for considerable improvement in the various prisons throughout the country. He empha- sized the point that a prison sentence often does more harm than good to the prisoner, under the present sys- tem, and said, “The majority of our prisoners today are in a living hell,” He recommended an dight-hour working day system, such as has been adopted by many of the larger prisons recently, with the added proviso that prisoners be paid for their work, and then made to pay tor their own board. In this way, he contended, much money could be saved that might be used for schools, public playgrounds, welfare work or other worthy causes. He said one of the crying evils of prison system today is that the prison employes usually are given their jobs through some political influence and rarely are qualified to hold their posi- tion. “The average man who holds a position in a jail today is barely able to read and write,” he sald. "“Many of them are of lower morals-than ~the prisoners . over whom they stand guard.” He advocated a law requiring com- pulsory religious services in jail and added, “Any man who leaves prison determined to do right or go straight on his own strength is a failure, he needs the helping hand of ‘the church.” He said the system of training boys and girls in state reformatories is all wrong. “Ninety-seven per cent of all the boys and girls who gn to reforma- tory wind up in state’s prison. There are more men aind women in penal in- | stitutions today than in all the col- leges and universities of the country. Two-thirds of them usually return aft- er being released.” The speaker closed with a plea to hold out a helping hand to a man or woman who has been down and s trying to go straight. Mr. Albertus spoke last evening in Trinity Methodist church to a large gatherifig, Two million gallons of gasoline can beproduced from, 800 pressure stills in one state by a single large oil com- pany. for Coughs & (lds he | B |should be made to meet the C. A, has become thg most The Y. W. Court, which popular rendezvous in New for many girls and women, is 76 per cent self-supporting through its cafe- teria, its dormitories and its invested funds. A campaign is now being con- ducted to ralse $11,700 make up the balance of the yearly budget. In the fall of 1909 the City ary realized that some Mission- ovision woeds of the young women of New Bri boys were being taken care of by the advantages offered at the Y. M, C. A, while the girls had no recreation cen- ter. As the result of the efforts of a meeting was held in June of that year at the Y. M. C. A. with 300 rep- resentative citizens present. unanimous N‘d at this time to or- ganize a Y, W. C. A, in this city. On September 28, 1909, the Y. W, C. A. was formally organized, and on | started the work which the November 1, has come to mean so much to women of New Britain. big campaign to raise $75,000 was held and in 1915 the building con- on Hungerford taining the gymnasium, Britain | in order to | ain. The | past y It was| In 1913 the| THE “OL’ SWIMMIN’ HOLE” AT THE Y. W. C. A. and swimming pool was opened. |Court which comprise thé present Y. W. C. A. are the scene now of never |ceasing activities, The gymnasium is skating, en- tic classes, but of roller Jdancas. club suppers, plays and |tertainments. The cafeteria is constantly busy and mand. The dormitory had during the ar, 43 resident members and accommodated 393 transients. The |cafeteria served 41,376 meals. Over 6,000 girls used the swimming pool, there were 250 girls in clubs and 134 in educational classes. Many Classes Conducted. ! Desides many classes in gymnasium and swimming work the association |conducts several educational courses, |The coming winter term there will be courses and craft~, modern ogY special Engiish, history of Clubs Are Organized. There are three types of auditorium headquarters. ‘club meets once a month. The Sports The three buildings on Hungerford jclub, under the direction of Miss Ger- the scene not only of many gymnas-iclub is now earning money with which | the swimming pool is always in IIP-I | Ot these last, | number of prominent people .a mass'ten entered training schools for nurses.%phys\cal side, gymnastics, hikes, pic- | nics, jgames. in dressmaking, millinery, arts| mlxr:ulon und Traveler's aid work the L.arope and applied psyclml-‘ |craft work, {come here alone and strange to the clubs | Xnglish tongue are met at the train Which have the Y. W. C. A. as their| A Business Women's | trude Kossett, physical director, {s' composed of members of various gym- nastic and swimming classes. This to purchase a new piano for the gym- nasium, The third group is the Girl Re- serves, To these clubs girls between the ages of eight and 18 are eligible to membership. There are six clubs of Girl Reserves which meet at the W. C. A, and their activities in- clude, on the educational side, handi- pragtical instruction in massage, hygiene, first aid, applied Eible study, nature study; and on the roller skating, dancing and raveler's Aid Work. There are comparatively few people in New Britain who know of the im- . W. C. A. is doing in this city. In a city of (his type, this work is wide- spread and varied. Ioreign girls who and conducted to their homes. People} are put in touch with relatives in dis- tant lands and money is sent through the Y. W. C. A, from this country to others, There have been many cases of family misunderstandings in regard to money and transportation which have been cleared up through this branch of work. f Blue Triangle Clubroom, Last November, the Blue Triangle clubroom was organized by the offi- cials of the Y. W. C. A. It is sit- uated at the north end of Main’street opposite St. Mary's church. The club- room is open every evening except Saturday and Sunday. The work of the room includes two classes in sewing and dressmaking, two Girl Reserve clubs, a class in the reading and writing of English, a class in cooking and housekeeping, gymnastics and recreation for the girls. The room has been opened to benefit the girls and women who live in the north end of the city. The numbers' who come to the classes and clubs are increasing daily, The room is attractively furnished and contains a piano, a victrola and li- brary. Dr. Hill Says Modern 771eology Dtscarés Judgement Day Theory God’s Plan for World Is One of Progress—Does Not Send Calamities as Pun- ishment. ness. They have a bowing and scraping acquaintance with Him but they do not know Him intimately,” said Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill in Apostles’ Creed. Taking the first of the creed, “I believe in God, ete.,” Dr. Hill chose as his text, Hebrews 11:.:“He that cometh to God miust believe He is;| ' 1at no one? e and that He is the rewarder of them Canced to be by accident. that diligently seek Him.” He explained how people come in contact with other people in a busi- ness way every day. They meet clerks in stores, and in other phases of business, to whom they are indif- ferent. They believe in the honesty and integrity of the people with whom they are doing business, but have no personal concern for them. “We get nothing from them save the goods we buy,” he said. “When people meet in a social way or are attracted by some unusual business transaction, the indifference passes into interest and a clearer deeper feeling of confidence. “Many people come to God as they do to those they meet in a business way—only casually. They have sort of an indifferent belief in Him. They don't deny Him, of course, no same thinking person denies God in these times, but they have only bowing and scraping acquaintance with Him. He has no particular part in their lives. They accord Him courtesy and respect, but it ends there, “‘Others however, enter into a closer relationship with Him. Their intepest and confidence in Him grows into a strong conviction. “Whosoever would really get near to God to get actual good from Him, to find Him helpful and a power for one's life, must believe that He is and have profbund, moving convictions of i |ing the shortest distance betwe “Many people believe in God in almfim L different manner, like they do busi-|{he other hand, his sermon yesterday as part of a se- | ries of Lenten sergions analyzing the| | thinks of God as of the God. attitude, “The question is asked, ‘How do you know there's a God to come to?' Frankly I.don’t know, not “as you know something demonstrable, such as a straight line being the shortest distande between two points. “You can’t prove by clear and con- cise logic, such as a straight line be- There can't be any apathetic , that there is a God, but on you can't prove by the same logic that there is ne God. Al} presumptions of the world point to the existence of such a being. Opposes Evolution Theory “‘Suppose I were to show you some complicated, delicate mechanism such as the seismograph, which registers carthquakes. The skeptic asks: ‘Who made that?" I reply, ‘No one.' No one, it just ‘Do you expect me to be such a fool as to be- lieve that?” ‘No, nor do I think you such a fool as to believe that the re- markable world with its amazing adaptness and man with his highly crganized personality, is but a chance combination of atoms which merely came to be. “Much of our present day theology past, that He made the world as a man winding up a watch and now sits in judgment ready at a certain time to have the watch run down, when He will in His own good time close up things on Every druggist here each package of “Pape’s Cold Com- pound” to break up any cold and end grippe misery in a few Thours money returned. Stuffiness, Thursday, March 1 ORPHEUS CLUB OF SPRINGFIELD guarantees' establish a day of judgment, all the wicked to torment righteous to heaven with Him. Some people say wars, and famines, and pestilences, disaster and disease ar esimply the working out of his will, as though he used them deliberately to hccomplish His purpose. “This was a despotic God-—a czar. We conceive God under the form of a living, progressive reality. All thisi former idea is interecting as an an- tique. “Our modern thought of God is of c¢ne who is moving on in, not a finished, but a very much unfinished, growing world. Life is not static, nor settled. Life is an adventure and | God is a live, living God who knows all about this adventure and can aid| and guide us in it. “It is an absolutely repellant thought to conceive of God as having | made this world and set it going, to watch it and occasionally inter- vene with some plagues or war or other calamity just to bring men to, . their senses. This rouses all the an- tagonism in any reasonable man. It is absolutely against the instincts of our human nature, and human nature \ can't be better than God. “But you say ‘God Almighty i= om- nipotent. could He not do all this if He wished?" He could. He could algo clean off this whole miserable earth and start afresh to make a better race of men and a better world. “We must get a workable idea if we would find Him a live, reality.” The speaker described the “workabie idea" by a picture of a primitive man on a shore. He wants to get to an island, but has no means of crossing | the water., After +« considerable earth, condemn and take the COLDS “Pape’s Cold Compound’’ Breaks a Cold in Few Hours Of millions now pain, | sickening quinine, thought he fells a tree and hollows it 2,,{’7 headache, feverishness, inflamed or congested nose and head relieved with first dose. Thess safe, pleasant out, in which he floats to the island. In comparison he drew attention to the modern ocean liner and said God’s idea of the destination of the world was working out that way. He said the history of the world shows that from the earliest days man pro- gressed along the lines of this work- .’|h‘(‘ idea. x\C\\ Britain (ompames Plan to Give Easter Ball Plans are being made for the first annual ball to be given jointly by the Machine Gun company and the Headquarters company, Connecticut National Guard, at the state armory on Arch street Monday evening, April 2. Edward Restelli and Theodore Griswold have been appointed to a committee by the Headquarters com- pany to prepare preliminary arrange- ments for the event. First balloon was put up in 1783 by Stephen and Joseph Montgolfer, French paper manufacturers, at Au- Red Feminist lah Eads, shown here, is a red-—not politically but racially, since she's a Kaw Indian. She's been made chief of the Kaw Indian at Ponca City, Okla., possibly the first woman chief. Her principal official | function will be pressing the K P Mrs. Lucy Ta s tablets cost only a few cents and take them instead of Direction, John J. Bi £15.000,000 claim against the govern- ment shop 150 Male Voices with Ruth Avery Ray, Violinist | Thursday. Will Be Holiday The luncheon and meeting of the directors of merce will be held Wednesday at the New Hritain elub, Curtin, seergtary of the organization, announced this morning All stares affiliated with the Cham- Per of Commeres will day Thursday, Washington's birthday The holiday will served in the eity with the closing nll STORES WILL CLOSF Washington s hday, swnerally CASTORIA For Iafants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Alwaye bears z, E the Oy usiure of Lanks and many business affices Frank Usher and Fred O, Rackliffe will represent the New Hritain cham» ber at the testimonjal luncheon to be given Postmaster General Hubert Work at the Hartford elub on Wednesday noon, They will also 8t- tend the postal conference in the afternoor Olserved as the Chamber of Com noon Miss Mary be closed all be generally ob- ANNOUNCEMENT We wish to announce to our friends and customers the re-opening of our store Saturday, February 17th We will sell for 14 days a $10,000 stock of the finest quality staple groceries be- low wholesale cost. 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