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New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
A Country Boy Who Won.
(Arthur Prill. in Leslie,s,

Thirty three years ago a farmers
 lad, named Frank Vanderlip, walked
 into the railroad shops at Aurora H..
 and asked for a job. His father was
 dead, his mother and sisters looked
 to him for help. He had not had
 tune to learn much out of books, but
 the very simplicity of the life about
 him, the sincerity which his neigh
 bors put into each act of the days
 round, had given him an instinctive
 appreciation of the possibilities of
 hard work.
 He got the job he wanted-ap-
 prentice in the machine shops at S3
 a week-and then began to look about
 him. He saw that the best mechanic
 in the place was earning only $35O
 a day and realized that he must do
 more than train his hands to center
 shafting and turn lathes. No won derful vocation famed up in his soul: he felt no call to correct the worlds great evils; he did not even map out any clever plan for a career of power Or money acquisition. He felt him. self a very ordinary young man, ex- act1y like everybody else of his age about him; he was inspired only by strong desire to work his way to the top. Today he is at the head of one of the greatest banks in the
 world, the National City of New York. Here is the secret of this mans suc- cess in the years which have since 1 passed-he was willing to work. Tn fact, that willingness amounted to a very passion. for digging into every problem which came up in the course of duty, and he did little bit more he looked for new problems. [ The opportunities of the home town. however, seemed to him no longer
 big enough; after working a while and picking up stenography in spare hours, he found position in the of- flee of an investment company in Chicago From this work to the charge of the financial columns of the Chicago Tribune was an easy change and again he set himself to prepare for difficulties ahead. He studied bank ing law, currency and international exchange and the reporter became an editor whose writings on financial top- | ics aroused attention among the wisest 1 bankers of the city. Some one once l asked the old doorkeeper of the | Tribune: Dave, who is that young fellow by whom you set your watch every day ?' The grizzly one grunt- ed: "Oh, that's Vanderlip; he's al- ways on time to the dot"
 1 At the end of eight years on the 1 paper the boy who had begun as a mechanic was noticed by Lyman Gage l the secretary of the treasury who 1 decided that scribbling was waste of l such talents and took the editor along l to Washington.
 Looking for trouble and finding a l way to get the best of it had become i a habit with Vanderlip: and when the l Spanish war broke out and a big 1 loan was to be Hoated by the treasury l department, the new assistant to MT. 1 Gage showed such marked capacity l for organization that James Stillman, the eminent New York financier, was l attracted to the budding financier. l After four years at Washington Frank l A. Vanderlip became head of the Ma tional City Bank.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
Colonel Starbuclx's Spring Breakfast.
 Baltimore Sun.

(BaltlmOre, Sun Catfish, sah, and waffles, is break
 fast in the spring That's good enough to set before a
 henchman or king.
 The good bright world is glowing And the lanes are full of light, And sixteen waffles last you
 Till the bullfrogs sing at night Catfish, sah, and waffles, and the but- ter melted gold, A It makes the earth a heaven sweet
 as any we've been told. K. Ee-e The heart is full of gladness And the land is full of bloom, I4t. And sixteen waffles help you To forget there's grief and gloom. Catfish, sah, and waffles, and they're
 both that golden brown That makes you swear thu country
 has the headWay of the town. The birds are singing sweetly
 And the trees are on parade, And sixteen waffles hold you
 Till it's ninety in the shade.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
WHEN WE GET THE CANAL.

According to the census bulletin just issued, New Britain has a popu- lation of 5O,612. Congratulations! Getting along nicely in quantity, and there is quality also behind New Britain's population. It's a fine little city. and just wait until it gets that cana1-Rockville Leader.
 Yes, it will be great day for New Britain and the rest of the state when the canal opens for business. The committees have not been appointed as yet, but they are in the works and all who give the thing boost will given front seat in Gondola No. l, which is,s scheduled to make the first trip from lock to lock, and then down the open river to Middletown, where a committee will be in wait ing with refreshments. It had been planned to have the start made at Bristol, but owing to certain changes made there last November, which rendered it unable to accomm odate the guests, that part of the arrange
 
 ments has been abandoned. Bristol, however, is to have a seat in the gon- dola, and it has been decided to To- cate it between Middletown and Rock ville There will be room in the front row, however, for several other towns and they will be placed in the order heard from.
 It is desirable that some of the towns send representatives who un- derstand music, so that when the fleet starts the event will be a signal for something else besides Fifteen Men on a Dead Mans Chest or There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea- These are suitable enough for ordi- nary occasions, but not for the open ing of such a remarkable engineering project as the New Britain canal. The city extends it's grateful thanks to Rockville for it's kind words.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
New As tp Shakespeare. ,. (Boston Herald.1 I

It is far. cry from Stratford- on : Avon to the University of Nebraska, yet Dr. Charles William Wallace, a professor in that institution, has once more bridged the distance with new and epoch-naking contributions to our knowledge of Shakespeare. It was Dr. Wallace who, five years ago, rebutted the claim that the poet was practically unknown in London by showing that from 159S to 1904 he lodged there with a French Hugue- not named Mountjpy and subsequent ly, called by 9 dispute in the fam ily, appeared in court as a witness. Since then the. Nebraska investigator has worked up the history of the Globe theater, and now comes with evidence definitely and for the first time locating it's exact site north of Maiden Lane.
 Nearly hundred documents have been funearthed" to show the &C., knowledged eminence of the immor- tai bard in his profession and time. The fact that he owned shares in the Globe theater is established beyond question. One deed describes Rich ard Burbadge and William Shake- speare gent as tenants of the famous playhouse, it's actor and dramatist being thus coupled together, and the description is repeated in other doc- uments. In another script there is mention of William Shakespeare and others" indicating that among lesser men he alone was entitled to be named. .'It is," writes pr. Wal lace, ''as if they said, We the under signed personally know William Shakespeare, the dramatist, as the most eminent man among the com- pany who have recently built the Globe playhouse.
 During the investigations which led up to these discoveries thousands of documents had to be read, requiring Knowledge of ancient handwriting and familiarity with old English cus- toms and laws. Ably assisted by his wife, pr. Wallace consulted court files, transcribed leases, examined land. sewer and property records, and drew from the history of law suits. The astounding thing brought out by his success is that all this rich ma terial ready to hand for whomsoever cared to search for it, had been lett fallow throughout the most active period of Shakespeare study in Eng land Nobody seems to have thought of going to the real sources" until a keen witted and richly gifted Amer ican came upon the scene with new method and the industry needed to bring results.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
Not Business. (Lippincott's.)
An old snowman tells this one

An old snowman tells this one:
 1T was connected with a weird imi- tation of a circus, with sideshow attachment, that used to do the tank-toWns of the middle west. Among the curiosities we had a lovely 'cannibal,' who, lightly clad, used to toy with spear and glare at the audiences in the most fright full manner.
 "One day there came to the tent wherein was displayed this feature a clergyman. After gazing while at the man on the platform, he turned and asked an attendant:
 "'Is this really a cannibal?'
 "'Surest thing you know said the attendant. Do you know how he was captured? That great living curiosity was taken, sir, in the act of boiling an aged Methodist minister over a slow fire
 "The clergyman was mortified. Then convert him!' he cried. oh, my friend, why don't you convert him?' r
 .tThe attendant made gesture of digust.
 Convert shim!' he repeated. Do you think that the public would pay ten cents head to see a Christian 2 !"
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
D. MCMILLAN
The New Haven Wreckage.
 a5 (Newark News.) =
lss-zOl-zo3 MAIN STREET.

Who spilled the beahs out of New Haven's beanpot? ig
 It is the stockholders in this corr poration that have suffered chiefx through someone's mishandiing of that road. The stock was widely held by persons seeking secure investneslt and not a speculation. Almost every trust fund established in New EnglAn4 in recent years included a good shar0< of New Haven. N When the stock dropped from th6 region of 250 to 70 the financial managers of the road were blamed, and their friends came quickly to their defense, insisting that the men handling New Haven's finances were gentlemen of tho highest integrity and the greatest ability. above all suspicion of negiecting their trust. The effort was made to load New Haven's mis- fortunes upon economic circumstances, the insolent demand of employees for higher wages, "asinine full crew laws" insistence upon steel cars and government meddiing generally.
 Now, we ask those who have stood by Mellen and Morgan and Rocke- teller and Thorne and their associates, 2 CT accomplices, what answer they have to give to yesterdays reveiatlons con- cerning the manipulation of New Haven stock. When Samuel fleming way, president of the Second National bank of New Haven and former treas- urer of the Billiard company, at Presi- dent Meilen's suggestion, bought 13,oo7 shares of New Haven at 15s and sold them back at 153 after the market price had declined to 137 1-c, who was defrauding the stockholders?
 .'So this transaction was to boost New Haven stock on the rnarket?' the chief counsel of the interstate commerce commission asked
 'sYes, it was,'' MT. Hemingway re- piled. 51 ~ And worthy people seeking safe investment, misled as to the value of the stock by this transaction--whor are they to blame now that their stock purchased at 153 isn't worth half that price? Labor unions, state and federal meddlers. the up1ifters the men who exposed New Haven's rot tenness. or the financiers who did the juggling?
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
COMMUNICATED.
..F'air Play'' Urges Retention of Faith
 full Employees.

Editor Herald-Dear Sir. Will you please allow me space for few re- marks in regard to this matter of superintendent of street work?
 Most of the taxpayers in this city are in the employ of others; they work in the factory and any one who is faithful in the discharge of his duties to the satisfaction of his em- ployer, can feel reasonably sure that he will be kept on his job and not removed simply to make room for somebody else and it is to the in- terest of the employer to have their employees feel that way. Now I ask is it to the interest of the city to have the men in the employ of the city feel that no matter how faith full they are in the discharge of their duty to the city they can be kicked out any time to make room for. a friend of somebody higher up?
 Here is man who has been in the employ of the city for ten years on street work No fault is found with his work, but still he must go to make room for a friend of some body higher up; that's all, for it is too silly to say that ten years of prac- tical work on the streets is not enough, but a man with few years of college education sis needed to look after the streets of New Brit ain. It is not only foolish to say so but it is an insult to MT. Seidel and I for one protest against it, and I hope there will be others to do the same.
 FAIR PLAY.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK
Science.

Science. Beyond the atom, by John Cox. 70 sketch of the romantic discov- cries made in radioactivity during the past decade which have been treated at length for the specialist in the works of Madame Curie and Profes- sor Rutherford" Call of the stars, a popular introduce
 ton to knowledge of the starry
 skies, by J. R. Kippax. . Chemistry in America. by E. +
 Smith, Man in the light of evolution, by J. M. Tyler
 Ocean, a general account of the
 science of the sea, by Sir John
 Murray.
 On the study and difficulties of mathe-
 matics, by Augustus DeMorgan. Plant breeding; comments on the ex-
 periments of Nilsson and Burbank by Hugo Devries. Plant life and evolution, by J. B. Far mer.
 Popular scientific lectures, by Ernest
 Mach
 Taxidermy, by l.. l.. Pray.
 For the amateur this is a cheap practical manual. It describes tools and materials and gives detailed dl- rections for mounting ordinary small game, including the head of a deer and animals as large as the coyote. , Time and clocks, a description of an
 cient and modern methods of
 measuring time, by B. H. Gum
 ynghame.
 Cathedrals and cloisters of midland
 France, by, E. w. Rose;s illus
 trated by Veda H. Francis. ? vol "One of the best books we have read for many a day."-Spectator London.
 Fifteen thousands miles by stage, a
 woman's unique experience, by C.
 A. Strahorn.
 Gourmet's guide to Europe, by N. N
 Davis.
 Great lakes, vessels that plough them
 their owners, their sailors, and
 their cargoes, by J. o. CurWood Holland, by Esther Singleton, Latin America, by Vim. R. Shepherd Literary pilgrimages of naturalist
 by Winthrop Packard.
 "Entertainingly, even charmingls written.''--A. L. A. Booklist. "He is as delightful companion as one could want in making pill grimages to strange strondes. - Nation.
 On the backwaters of the Nile, studies
 of some child races of Centra
 Africa, by A. l.. kitching.
 His book is a most valuable helE to a proper understanding of the lesser known native tribes upon the
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
A Good-for-Nothing Bill.
(Boston Post.)

The bill purporting to enact a law for the licensing of cats in Massacfu- setts, but really to encourage a guer- rilla warfare on our feline pets, is not only a measure of inevitable cruelty, but is also good for nothing as a pro- lection for birds.
 As to it's inhumane features, Dr. Rowley, president of the M. s. P. C. IA. well represents the sentiments Of those merciful to animals when he says: "The present bill has many ob- jectionable features about 1t. I be- lieve that every family should be all lowed one unlicensed cat at least; that where other cats are to be kept the license fee should be merely noln- inal. AS I understand it, there is a bounty offered for the bodies of un- licensed cats. This features alone, in my judgment, condemns the bill be- cause of the cruelty it would doubt less encourage"
 The condemnation of the measure by high authority is repeated in but slightly different form by many read CTS of the Post and people everywhere interested in the welfare of animals.
 It seems fairly impossible that even the most enthusiastic Audubonites can now have any sympathy for this bill to destroy city cats when they realize that the farmer is permitted to keep two cats without the payment of a license fee-and as many more as he chooses, because the enforcement of the law against the excess of felincs on his farm would be a farce, from the very nature of things. 1t. is the country cats that do the mischief to the birds, as everybody knows. And where is the farmer" line to De drawn? It would require supreme court decision to settle that.
 When a bill would encourage cruelty if made into law, that Dill should be killed.
 When bill is hopelessly good-for- nothing in the way of accomplishing what it originally set out to do. that bill should be killed.
 The cat bill has both bad qualities and it's fate ought not to be in doubs.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
outskirts of the Uganda Protectorate.
 Saturday Review. RE

OuISkiTIS or the OSanQa FrOI0CtOTdte. Saturday Review. ss Our southern highlanders, by Horace
 Kephart.
 The author has camped and hunt ed for years. among these people, and gives a graphic and entertaining ac- count of his experiences He de- ~scribes With much sympathy the char acteristics of the mountaineers and their curious customs, their feuds, dialects and 'moonshining' and at tempts to trace their origin and their future development
 Real Palestine of today by L. c.
 Leary.
 Unvisited places of old Europe, by
 Robert Shackleton.
 Voyage to the Arctic in the whaler
 Aurora, by D. M. Lindsay. Adventures of suburbanite, by F.. AnyDody put Anne, a detective story, by Carolyn Wells.
 First step, by Eliza Orne White.
 'The first step is to weather worn old house, the repairing of which leads to other changes archi- tectural personal and romantic. It is sweet and wholesome story of New England. The characters are all true to life and perfectly indi- vidualized. Living Age.
 Hearts country, by M H. Worse.
 ''The study of a sensitive and at tractive girls heart is done with sym pathy and insight. To those who are not welded to complexity of action it should mike wholesome appeal."-- Nation.
 Honey star, by Ticknor Edwardes. Critics nowadays are likely to do less than justice to this idyl type of romance. The right question to ask is, Does the author invest this set ting and his characters with the imag- inative charm which makes us &C., cept them in spite of our sense of fact?' On the whole, MT. Edwardes succeeds in doing this. Much of it's attractiveness is due to the delicate finish and suggestiveness of the style; take that away, and the unreality of plot and character at once become overempha sized. d.''-Nation.
 Jam girl, by F. R. Sterrett.
 "An entertaining story of two young people, lovers, the son and daughter of rival jam interests in the same town. They meet by chance abroad and when they return their troubles make amusing situations, as their fathers are bitter enemies" ,Pidgin island, by Harold MacGrath.
 AA&
 Playing with fire, by A. E. Barr. Quick action, by R. w. Chambers.
 ''In this volume of ingenious yarns MT. Chambers has little fun with his serious-minded critics, incident ally he pokes little fun at himself On the whole Quick action is a clever and readable apologia.' .''-Nation.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
Presidents Deep Emotion
E(New York Sum-

To those who have been with him on every public occasion since he was inaugurated it was a new president who spoke his eulogy of the Vera Cruz dead at the navy yard yesterday. At nc time has he seemed so shaken by an almost overmastering emotion. Never has he fought harder to main- tain an appearance of calm. ,
 The president in his speeches seldom employs gestures. So it was very. evidentathat an unusual and deep feel- ing conpe1ied him when at the very close of This, address he threw wide his arms as he said, his voice breaking perceptibly :--e5
 May God grant to all of us that vision of patriotic service which here in solemnity and grief and pride is borne in upon our hearts and con- sciences ''e~.
 That was not Wilson the scholar, or Wilson the president to those who had been with him so much. It was a man more nearly overcomeS by his feel ings than ever before fn his public career. Sxs|F
 Fromsthe moment of his arrival at the Pennsylvania station sh6rtly after [ o'clock in the morning it was evident that the president felt deeply the ocea- sion. His face was solemn, almost gray, and he did not smile until after the ceremonies, when he had gone to the home of his friend, Colonel E. M. House, at 145 East Thirty fifth street, and had changed from his formal at tire into the gray suit and soft hat
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
PEI,ZER RELEASED. American Was Imprisoned for Forty six Days at Cananea.

Risbee, Ariz., May 14.--After forty six days imprisonment in Cananea on d charge of circulating counterfeit constituticnalist currency in Sonora. B. S. Pelzer, an American citizen, arr rived here last night. He was re- leased under order of the Sonora su- preme court. which threw out the case. Fraternal orders made repre- sentations to Carranza. He expects to return to Cananea and re-engage in banking.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
s GARBAGE QUESTION AGAIN.

It is difficult to escape the conclu- sion that the question Of collecting the garbage in New Britain has taken on some interesting features. and that the success of the present contract must depend on the growth and health of the. new collectors pigs Heretofore the city did business with the man. paying him for collecting, the garbage and permitting him to
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Some day, perhaps, the churches may appeal to the civil authorities to tax the property which religious societies reserve for the purpose of conducting religious services when they will 1t will only be fair. when they do make that appeal. for them to expect the civil authorities to take over at least as much of the social service which they now undertake voluntarily as will permit them to meet their tax bills without adding to the burdens of their communi- cants.-Waterbury Republican.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
WHAT OTHERS SAY

Views on all sides of timei, questions as discussed in ex.
 changes that come to Herald
 office. "
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
When the Wife's Away.
. (New York Globe.)

'.I wish you to understand,' he said, addressing his ten-year-old son, that I am still the boss in this house."
 .All right, dad,' the boy replied i; "but you're a coward to make the boast behind mothers back
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14

A. J. Graves of 27 Austin street has complained to the police that hs dog has been poisoned. Several oth- CT dogs in the neighborhood haves been killed in the same manner. he says. sS &s
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14

aWhy should Mothers day be re- stficted to one day in the year any more than the go-to-ehurch effort sconfined to one Sunday? . Let evecy day be Mothers day.-NorWich Bull letiIl. ss.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-14

It is the general impression that the small sum of money. invested in the indexing of the probate records of the associated communities is money we'll spent. The need of such an index, has been manifest for years but the necessary appropriation to carry out the improvement has al ways been lacking and the work it. self has been delayed beyond reason. The index will be found to be a gre.t convenience, when it is completed and those who have occasion to consult the probate court will hail it with un- mitigated joy.-Ansonia Sentinel.