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New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
MANY ATTEND FAIR.
Eagles Have Good Array of Talent to
 N Provide Their Entertainments.


 Already about fifteen hundred people have attended the big fair being held by the Eagles in Hanna's armory and last night the crowds were pleased with the work of the Concordia Quartet and slack wire walker. Following the entertainment Lynch's orchestra, furnished music for dancing.
 Tomorrow evening the entertain ment will be provided by Tuxedo Mandolin and Guitar club, of Hart ford, and the Dixie minstrels will be heard Thursday night. Friday nights program will be carried out by the Phenix minstrels and on Saturday evening a drill team from Torrington will give an exhibition. Dancing con- tinues until 12 every night.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
ANNUAL ENCANPNfNI
 HELD BY (. 4. R.
5W Delegates Of Department of Connecticut Assemble d heriden.

Meriden, Conn.,, April 14.-Meriden
 was taken by the Grand Army of
 the Republic today. From all parts
 of the state veterans of the Civil war came to attend the forty-seventh an- . nual encampment of the department
 of Connecticut, G. A.. R., close to 500
 being in the city for the two days
 session. The conventions guest of honor is Washington Gardner of AL bion, Ohio, the commander-in-ch chief,
 who will address the delegates to- might at a 'camp fire' after Daniel s;J. Donovan has welcomed them to .+the city.
 N At today's session reports of of gfcers were presented, including that
 of the department commander, James R. Sloane of this city. Officers will sbe elected tom orrow.
 Commanders Annual Statement.
 Tn his annual statement referring
 to the Soldiers Home, Commander
 Sloane said: "It has been my priv
 ilege to visit this aestimab1e institu-
 ton and note the comforts that are
 being enjoyed by our less fortunate
 comrades. so freely given by a grate- full people, He also praised the
 Womans Relief corps for tits splen-
 did administration of the Cromwell Home for old soldiers and their wives Continuing he said: "The closer I have been able to look into the principles and purposes of the Sons of Veterans, the stronger
 becomes my conviction that in many instances they are not receiving the strong support of the posts. The time
 rapidly approaches when they must assume the duties you and I have been performing. Encourage them, comrades, and you will see the Sons of Veterans one of the strongest and best organizations in the land, worthy successor of the Grand Army of the Republic"
 MT. Sloan said he had found the Spanish War Veterans patriotic to the highest degree and great help to the "old veterans He also endorsed the movement for the organization of cit izens' corps to be connected with the various posts.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Ebenis Tonight

Keeney's theater, vaudeville and motion pictures.
 Lyceum, the Lyceum Players in "St. Elmo"
 Fox's theater, motion pictures.
 Meeting of the board of public works.
 Eagles fair at Hanna's armory.
 Burritt grange, P. of H., visits Wethersfield.
 Meeting of Washington camp, P. o. S. of A. Court Columba, Daughters of Cas- tile, meets in K. of C. hall.
 Meeting and entertainment of Fin tracht lodge, o. D. H. S., in Bardeck's hall.
 Meeting of New Britain temple, l.. G. E. Ladies Auxiliary, A. o. H., meets in Eagles hall.
 Rehearsal of Catholic Choral union in St. Mary's school hall. Wentworth club holds smoker. 
 Meeting of the Russell & Erwin FOremen'S club.
 Washington l., Morgan lodge, K. of P., meets in Vega hall.
 Valiant hive, Ladies of the Macca bees. meets at PIT Main street. New Britain hive, Ladies of the Maccabees, meets at 321k Main street.
 Meeting of Canton Foster, P. M., l. o. o. F., in Odd Fellows hall.
 New Britain camp, M. w. of A.. meets in St. Jean de Baptiste hall.
 Meeting of the New Britain Camera club in Murray's studio.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Loss in Membership.

E Albert A. May of this city, assistant
 Hdjutant general, who is also assistant guartermaster general, reported loss in membership during the year of 325, of this number POI being by death.
 The membership is now 2,605. MT.
 May reported cash in banks amount
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
POOR CHILDREN ENTERTAINED.
Leland Stanford Jr. University Opens
 Houses to San Francisco Tots

Stanford University, Cal, April IA. Sorority and fraternity houses at Leland Stanford Junior university were thrown open today for the en- tertainment of poor children from San Francisco.
 The venture is part of a social ser vice movement among the students
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
nABEAS CORPUS IS
 GRANTED TO THAW
Continued from First Page.)

(Continued from First Page.) tion power been invoked for the re- turn of a person fleeing from cus- tody based upon such finding of insanity and such an escape and flight"
 New York's right of custody, if the right exists, Judge Aldrich rules, was based upon the idea of in- sanity; and from the very nature of the case, in describing the supposed extradition crime, the demanding state itself upon the face of tine papers, necessarily throws the ques- tion of criminal responsibility into the field of uncertainty and thus it at once presents a question not to eX- tradition law
 Scheme Is Suspected.
 "It is strongly urged by counsel for the petitioner in this case that the real and substantial purpose of the ex- tradition sought is not to punish the supposed misdemeanor involved in the escape, but to secure a return of the petitioner under extradition pow CT upon a charge of crime, for the ultimate purpose Of reconflnement at the Matteawan hospital as an insane or dangerous person.
 "I think the reasonable interpreta- ton of the entire proceeding, includ- ing the statement of counsel, we eX- pect to take this man back; we ex- pect to try him and punish him for his crime, and when he has taken his punishment for his crime we ex- pect to put him where he belongs and where he will not be a menace to the public is at least that the sole purpose is not to punish for the sup posed crime of conspiracy to escape from guardianship custody"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-26
BACHELORS GREAT FLIRTs GIRL FINDS

Nina Guilbert, Seattle actress, was
induced by the Seattle Star to test out
the gay old bachelors of that city re-
Gently. The Star wanted to know if
they really f1irted-just a little bit.
The Star believes that what is typ
ical of Seattle is typical also of other
cities. Miss Guilbert, posing as a
magazine agent, visited several bach
elor offices. She says the bachelors
f1irt. Her experiences with the ras-
Gals are told below. ..-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-26

know several, men who will no doubt
be glad to help you.
LET me see; there's Mr.. Jones here
who-but, come to think, he's in the
swimming pool just now"
"Wen, of course / said, rather
hastily, 81 couldn't very well see him,
them"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-26

firt. Her experiences with the ras-
Gals are told below. ...-
BY NINA GUILBERT.
Do bachelors f1irt?
Guilty! That's my verdict.
But they're awfully nice.
l started out on my Irritation ex-
perience armed with a magazine. l
was supposed to take subscriptions.
You see, had to have some plausible
excuse to gain entrance to the bach
elors' offices.
At first l was a little nervous. l
thought that probably the Y. M. C. A.
would be quiet place to begin. My
heart was all a-fiutter when l entered
the lobby.
The place was full of fine-looking
young chaps and l was terribly fuss
ed, but it was too late to back out.
l wanted to find Mr.. F. G. Petit,
business agent. asked young man
where he was, and all the other boys
stopped reading and talking. They
seemed nightly interested. Mr.. Petit
is nice looking man.
1 explained to him that was out
getting subscriptions to help out a
poor, little crippled boy knew, who
couldn't get around much. 1 smiled
rather sorrowfully and Mr.. Petit was
all sympathy.
"Ah, yes" he said. Lucky little fell
low-er-a least, 1 should say he's
rather fortunate in having you on his
side. 1 consider you are doing an
admirable work. Yes, indeed. I'll be
glad to take a subscription. You
shouldn't find any trouble at all in
getting a number Of subscriptions, /
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10
BEST WAY OF DOING THINGS
Trio Of Useful Aids to Good House.
wifery and Preservation Of a Tran
gull State Of Mind.

To make candles last double the
usual time, take each candle by the
wick and give it good coat Of white
varnish. Put the candles away day
or two to let them harden. The var
nish prevents the grease from running
down and so prolongs the life OF the
candle
To remove scorch marks on linen
(unless they are very bad) cut an
onion in half and rub the scorched
part with it; then soak in cold water
The marks will soon disappear under
this treatment If they can be rene
died at all
To clean light colored or drab cloth
spats or CATERS and shoetops, peel and
wash some potatoes, then crate them
into basin, and while quite wet ap'
ply to the surface Of the CATERS and
shoetops. Put in the open air to dry
and then brush the grated potato of
With a clean brush.
To mend a coal scuttle that has
holes in the bottom take a piece Of
cork limo or linoleum and cut as near
as possible to the shape and size Of
the bottom of the scuttle; then scrape
the bottom OF the scuttle until it is
quite clean. Next apply moderate
amount Of glue, and also put some on
the piece of linoleum. Place the limo
or linoleum in the bottom Of the coal
scuttle, fill up with coal and allow to
stand few hours. 1t will then be
firmly set, and the scuttle will last
quite long time, ''as good as new"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10
Boston Eavorite.

Cream one-half cupful of butter and
add gradually while heating constant
ly one cup of sugar, then add the
yolks Of two eggs well beaten. Mix
and sift one and three-quarters cupfuls
Of flour with two and one-half tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and add
to first mixture alternately with one
half cupful of milk, then add the
whites of two eggs beaten until stiff.
Turn into a buttered and Toured pan
and bake in a moderate oven from As
to SO minutes. This recipe admits
many favors. One-half teaspoonful
of vanilla may be used, one-eighth of
teaspoonful of mace, one teaspoon
full of cinnamon or a combination Of
spices. Then again three-quarters of
a cupful of raisins seeded and cut into
pieces, or two.thirds of a cupful of cur
rants, dredged with four tablespoon
fuls of -four, of pleasing variety; but
1t is at its best when made into a wal
nut cake, with the addition of three
fourths of cupful of English walnut
meats cut in pieces.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10
ICED TEA FOR SULTRY DAYS
No Better Hot.Weather Beverage Than
This Preparation Has Ever
Been Devised.

There is probably no drink more re.
freshtng and none that can be more
attrac'ively served than iced tea. 1t
can BE- made before it is needed and
Kept on hand. always chilled. in the
ice box, or it can be made at mo-
nent's notice, provided there Is plenty
or ice. plenty Of fresh boiling water
and the right sort OF tea on hand.
There are two methods of making
Iced tea and both have their expon.
ents. One says to put cracked ice
In a glass and then put In slice or
so OF lemon and, sweetness Is liked. a
sufficient number of Jumps Of sugar.
Then make tea, rather strong, with
freshly boiling water. After the water
has stood on the ground for four or
live minutes pour the tea on the Ice.
safeguard against broken glasses
Is to put spoon in each glass. The
Epoon serves as conductor Of heat.
The other method for making iced
tea Is more economical, for, according
to 1t the tea Is made and poured into
big bottle, fruit jar or covered jug
or pitcher, when it is sufficiently
strong and then stood in the ice box
until it is thoroughly chilled. Slices of
lemon and sugar can be added before
or after 1t is served, and little
chopped ice adds not only to the deli
ciousness but also to the sound OF the
teas-and nothing is more suggestive
Of refreshment when the mercury is
climbing then the sound of tinkling ice
and glass.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10
WHITE MAN BARRED
His Constitution Forbids Him to
Live in the Tropics.
Applied Science Can Do Much, But
Mature Has Decreed That Sections
Of Land Are Not for Anglo
Saxon or Teuton.

Sir Havelock Charles, an English
physician Of wide knowledge and high
standing, holds that the experience Of
Panama proves nothing as to the white
mans ability to maintain himself in
the tropics. At Panama, he says, un-
limited money and power banished in
fictitious tropical diseases from a mar
row strip Of territory. Such work he
holds impossible on q broad scale, and
even II these diseases were abolished,
the deadly effect Of high and unchang-
ing temperatures would remain. The
white man is barred from real cOloni-
cation of the hot lands Of earth by his
physical constitution.
AS general proposition. the Brit.
ish doctor is right; the tropics are
hard on white men. But his conclu-
sions are too sweeping to be accepted
without more evidence than is now
available, and he dismisses the Pana.
ma experiment much too lightly.
Among the $500 white employees
from the United States on the isthmus
there was not single death from dis.
ease during February, 1914. Among
the 1875 white women and children
from the United States there were
three deaths from disease. One child
of four years died of diarrhea, one
woman of forty-four persisted from tu.
berculosis, and one woman of seventy
apparently died from old age. These
be ailments which appear with some
. frequency outside the tropics.
The Journal does not believe that
the equatorial regions will become
good places for white man to rear
his family within the lifetime of any
person born during the present CEN
fury. But the deadliness Of hot eli
mate has been much exaggerated, and
foreign observers also exaggerate the
money cost of wiping out the most oh.
vious tropical diseases. One year OF
yellow fever would cost more than
ten years of sanitation in almost any
port, and what Is true Of yellowjack
is true in varying degree of most
plagues.-Chicago Journal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10
Rolled Peas and Beans.

My mother used to soak peas over
night otherwise 1t takes all day to
boil them). In the morning wash them
and put in a kettle with twice as
much water as peas, piece OF salt
pork, let boil steadily, but be sure
to watch them, as the water boils
away very soon. Add more, as you
must keep them very moist. Salt and
pepper to taste. They are very tasty,
we think, and then again mother used
to soak over night and in the morn
ing wash and put in bean pot. Boil a
little first to soften them. with a piece
Of pork (mixed), pepper and salt, and
bake like beans, and they are fine. We
often on Wednesdays boil some beans
the same as peas, and they taste fine.
Hope you will try and like them
Mary Glare, in Boston Globe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10

One of the most important effects OF
the work done at Hampton institute
is found in the way in which gradu-
ates go back among their own people
and raise the latter's economic posi-
ton and standards Of living. In his
annual report the principal Of the in
stitute remarks that the government
agent for farm demonstration among
negroes in IL Virginia counties Is
Hampton graduate. With the help
of nine subagents and 1000 demon
strators he has doubled the corn crop
Of negro farmers in certain counties
of Virginia and has improved their
homes, schools and churches.
Another graduate who has under his
direction on the Sea islands nearly 100
farm demonstrators is showing the
people of the islands how to double
and in some cases quadruple their
crops. he has also formed a COOP
erative society for the purpose OF
helping the farmers with loans at
fair rate Of interest. The rules OF this
society, the first Of It's kind in the
South, have been adapted from those
governing the farmers cooperative So
cieties in Ireland.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10

supervisor Of Statistics A. r. Ed.
monston states in a bulletin that any
missouri city or town negro with ST..
o0O In cash and little knowledge of
Farming can become farmer and in
TOUR or five years have his farm paid
Tor and be independent and we'll of
financially. A first payment of $500
would be the opening wedge toward
getting the farm, leaving $500 for pur.
CHASING farming implements or other
articles which may be needed. The
balance due on the farm can be paid
on in small weekly instailments from
the money derived from the sale OF
crops and poultry, butter, eggs and
milk. Many farms have wooded areas
full Of oak and other timber suitable
for lumber and ties. In winter. time
could be given to cutting and market
Ing such timber and enough earned
that way to pay the yearly installment.
This Is the picture painted in the bu-
reau of labor statistics bulletin Of the
life OF the average Missouri negro far
mer.
At Jefferson City, in the Lincoln In.
stitute, maintained by the state to ed
ucate negroes, the curriculum includes
a course in agriculture, but the pres
ent class is not as large as it ought
to be. Prof. B. F. Allen, the superin-
tendent, in his last report to Super
intendent of Public Schools Evans.
gave the following facts pertaining to
the negro state farm and it's future:
"The farm consists of 60 acres, with
a good brick cottage, barn, piggery.
fruit orchard, ETC., just purchased, and
better opportunities will be offered for
practical farming now than ever be-
fore. All surplus farm products that
cannot be used in the boarding depart
ment will be sold in the local market
and the money thus earned will be
used in helping to stock the farm and
to pay for student labor that may be
needed from time to time"
On the outskirts Of st. Louis city
are nine fair sized dairy farms owned
and operated by negroes. In Jackson
county are % negro farmers who sell
their products for high price In Kan
sas City. Jasper county, with the
cities of Joplin, Carthage, Webb City
and Carterville, has only one negro
farmer. Cole county, IN which Is JEFF
ferson City, the state capital, has 16
negro farmers, who are prosperous and
constantly have well-filled larders.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10
Explosive Dust.

That a non-explosive substance may
explode violently and destructively,
when floating thickly in the air as
dust, is not a new idea, but Is some
thing that most persons find hard to
believe. A barrel Of flour, says wri-
ter in the Travellers Standard, certain
ly is not explosive in the same sense
that a case of dynamite is, so long as
the flour remains compact and confined
in small bulk. II the same flour Is
distributed through the air in the form
of dust, however, the situation be-
comes changed in the most vital man.
ner, and II the quantity Of -four pres
ent in each cubic yard Of the air comes
within certain limits, the mixture o.
air and dust becomes exceedingly dag
gerous.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10

Ed Sweeney is having a good season
with the New York Americans. Under
Manager Frank Chance the Yankees
are more than the joke they were last
season. They have shown big i'm
provement up to date and their friends
are confident that they will keep up
their present gait until the end Of the
season. Ed Sweeney Is catching like
he was few years ago and has been
one of the big factors In the success
of the team. When in form Sweeney
is among the best backstops on the dia-
mond and this year he appears to be
going at his best.
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Christy Mathewson Of the Giants is
gaining a great reputation as base
stealer. He has style all Of his own.
sliding on the fiat Of his back.
Clyde Milan says Bender has fade
away which rivals Mathewson's. He
has batted against Mathewson's SO sell
dom that he ought to know.
Heine Groh, the former Giant, who
is with the Reds this year, is doing as
much as any member of that team to
win games for Herzog.
Walter Johnson has added a slow
ball to his list Of many shoots. 1t Is
reported that you can almost see 1t
when it comes over.
No signs have been seen in Pitcher
Jim SCOTS work that the trip around
the world has injured his pitching
arm in any way.
Frank Chance believes the Browns
will finish in the first division this sea-
son. He says Hickey has built up
wonderful team.
Is baseball languishing? Is 1t being
overdone? Is commercialism getting
in it's dire work? Is golf giving base
ball a wallop?
"The best hit-and-run man In the
American league" is the way an ex-
pert refers to Eddie Foster Of Wash
ington.
Manager Doom seems to have filled
the hole in his team at shortstop very
satisfactorily for the balance OF the
season.
George Stallings denies very en-
phatically he is at outs with Ban John
son or any other person in organized
ball.
Harry Lord does not care who
knows It, but he is not coming back
to play ball with the White Sox again.
Hank O'Day has two or three scouts
out looking over the minors for a good
shortstop and hard-hitting outfielder.
Clark Griffith Is getting some fine
pitching out of the youngsters on his
squad.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10
RIoht Reverend Smokers.

Mr.. Engelbach has this anecdote OF
Doctor Temple, who, when archbishop
of Canterbury, was entertaining al
Lambeth palace the colonial bishops
who had come over for the Pan-Angli-
can conference AS the bishops were
about to retire for the night some one
suggested to the primate that some
of them might be smokers. The house.
keepers room was forthwith made
ready, and the archbishop asked his
chaplain to inform his guests that
there was a smoking-room at their dis
posal. The chaplain knocked at
twelve doors and discovered twelve
bishops, each on his knees, and each
smoking up the chimney.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-07-10
Measuring EarthWork.

Measurement Of earthwork IN rail-
road fills and cuts constitutes large
part of the field work in the federal
valuation OF railroads. The work In
wolves innumerable cross-sections, and
the Importance of any special means
of expediting the work or minimizing
the computations is apparent. An In
strument has been devised which en-
tirely eliminates the need for trigo-
nometric tables in the stadia work
and reduces the calculations to simple
multiplications and additions. The In
strument is stripped of all attach
ments not needed for this work alone
and is designed to permit the most
rapid use.-Engineering Record.