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New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
New York Put to Shame. (New York Times)

Conditions in the hospitals and asylums on Blackwell's island, as re- vealed in the statement just issued by Commissioner Kingsbury, lack only the element of deliberate cruelty to equal the worst descriptions to be found in old books of the way such institutions were conducted in the middle ages. The intolerable evils now authoritatively reported are not the result of anybodys desire to ill., treat the city's poor when old and sick; it is simply that they are of such long standing ana such slow growth, in a place secluded from pub lie attention, as to have been realized by very few people, and those few have happened to be of the sort to assume that what was couldn't be helped.
 Presumably most of the officials concerned in the past with. the man. agement of these institutions have done about what the present officials will do, and that is the best they could with the facilities at their con- mand. The difference now lies in the manifestation of 6 discomfort strong CT than before with the existing state of affairs and of a. firmer determina- tion that New York shall at least know how it's selected deputies are treating It's helpless because inartic- ulate and invisible wards.
 The horrors of the island as dis closed seem to be caused mostly by the overcrowding of buildings long out of date and therefore unsuitable for their designed, or rather imposed, purposes. This does Aot explain. however. why the massed sufferers
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Queer Folks in La Crosse.
(Louisville Courier-Journal.> )


 Tt takes two to make a bargain" :" business as we'll as to other commer- cial transactions.
 In La Crosse, Wis, one of the ten cities in which the post-office depart ment is trying to get the producers and consumers together by means of the parcel post, the consumers are reported to be showing an utter lack of interest in the movement. The farmers are willing to market their produce by mail and the postmaster experienced no difficulty in compiling a long list of rural residents with but ter, eggs and other things to sell to city consumers. In eight days, how ever, there was not one applicant for the lists Farmers are offering eggs cheaper by two cents a dozen than the prices prevailing in La Crosse, but the consumers are ignoring the offer.
 The parcel post will not reduce the cost of living unless there is cooper alton all around. It offers facilities for the quick movement of produce from country to city, but if either producers or consumers are not alive to their opportunities the system breaks down. City consumers are wont to complain about high prices. The people in La Crosse probably are no exception to the rule, but they can scarcely hope for relief when they ignore the parcel post 8 factor for supplying food necessities.
 The situation in La Crosse is ab- normal. Usually it is the producer rather than the consumer who re- quires to be argued with to induce him to .patronize the parcel post. City people are quicker than country peo- pie .o take to innovations, and city people by this time should be pretty well acquainted with the merits of the parcel post. The. federal government is doing it's best to increase parcel post business in this direction. Its endeavors have been supplemented ably by the newspapers. It is not easy to understand the indifferent at- titude of the citizens of La Crosse.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Democracy in Prison.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Gentlemen embezzlers and aristo- cratic defaulters are accustomed to distinguished consideration when they find themselves in prison. There is a woman in New York, Miss Katherine Davis, Mayor Mitchel's commission CT of prisons, who believes in prison democracy. Fortunately she is in a position to put her desires into execu- tion.
 When she assumed office last win ter she found certain prominent crooks of the higher strata of society furnished with homelike and luxuri- ous quarters in office sections of the prisons They even had private sec- retaries and servants to attend to their business and personal needs and comforts.
 Miss Davis shooed all these gentle- men back into cells. At the same time she expressed herself vigorously to the wardens and jailers Social distinctions are now obliterated in the New York prisons. The institutions are operated on the principle that all
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
SUNDAY LAW AT SAvIN ROCK

The West Haven authorities seem
 be determined to keep the lid on kt Sayin Rock, there having been a humb Der of arrests made there Sunday Ind all the parties are being held for iria1 on Saturday next. Savin Rock is an old shore resort Ind now for the first time in its his- .ory an effort is being made to keep he amusement places closed on Sun lay and when that is done the prin- kiDal attractions of the resort will have disappeared. There is no claim |hat the patrons of the place are not orderly and we'll behaved. but there |s q feeling that the old Sunday law mould be observed and that the kmusement which has been a feature bf the Rock on Sundays should cease. hhe law undoubtedly supports this Eiew but one may we'll question he wisdom of such movement and khat naturally brings up the question bf the law itself.
 1hs lagislatuxe hss been Esrx slow in
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Jack Rose As Public Uplifter.

(New London Day.)
 Simultaneously with the distress ing details of the battle for the lives of the Rosenthal murderers comes the information that Jack Rose, the man who admits having had a finger in the organization of the gun party and whose confession showed him to be deeply stained with the mire of the crime, has obtained a charter in Mas sachusetts for a film company which is to produce moving pictures of life in New York's underworld, with Rose himself as scenario writer and lead ing actor.
 It was bad enough that this asso- ciate of crooks and killers, after es- caping the just punishment for a life time of dishonesty and eventual par ticipation in an evil assassination, should have been encouraged to air his unpleasing personality on the lec- ture platform. It is infinitely worse if he is to be permitted to inf1ict his bad influence on the patrons of nov ing picture theaters all over the coun- try. Only those who wanted to hear him lecture had to hear him. It was cdSy to SLdy away. Ilc CIlI uSlluS Ol Rose and his ideas of morality into the program of picture house, where not one person in ten knows different matter.
 It is questionable if any worse in fuence can be exerted upon young and impressionable persons than the presentation to their attention of a
 YH~I, proponent of morality. We do not pretend to say that Jack Rose Is not sincerely sorry for the life he has led; we do not even pretend to know that he is not animated by decent motives in his featuring and in this newer activity as picture hero. But we do contend that he is an equally bad model to be held up to the boys and girls of the country in either case and whether he is engaged in this film project from an earnest desire to show the evils of gang life, or, as We frankly admit we suspect, the actuating impulse is a still keen itch ing after the almighty dollar.
 A man who. has come as near as Jack Rose came to the electric chair, whose record was as uniformly bad as his, is sufficiently fortunate to be allowed to retire from the public gaze and earn his living in the sweat of his brow for the rest of his days. There are plenty of better actors than. he could possibly be to fill all the parts of such underworld pictures as are necessary for the education of the youth of the land. There are plenty of people better qualified to portray the life he led than he is, for his observations were at too close a range to give him proper perspec- tive.
 The movies do not need Jack Rose any more than Oklahoma needs train robber for governor. The na- tional board of censors will >do well to look at the matter in this light and managers will do we'll to put up the bars
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Napoleon to Bo Avenged.
 (New York Independently

When the great French emperor died in exile in 1891 there was prob ably a wish buried deep in his Cor sican heart that the island which had been the scene of his humiliation might be wiped from the face of the seas.
 Whether or no such a curse was ever cast upon the islands. it is cer- tain that St. Helena is doomed, if not to extinction, at least to become an uninha bitable rock. With tho advent of steam navigation the is- land ceased to be regular port of call. so that its always scanty ex- ports dwindled almost to the vanish ing point; plaques of insects de- stroycd it's vegetation; rats brought thither by foreign vessels multiplied md overran it's soii until the gov ernment was compelled to offer bounty of one penny for every rodent captured. Then the English garri- son, which had been practically tho solo source of income to tho inhab- itants was withdrawn and the needs of the natives became desperate.
 Then, as if this series of misfor- tunes were not enough the termite-- that curse of tropical and semi-tropi- cal countries-invaded the island ant will, unless controlled, reduce the city of Jamestown to pulp of sawdust.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
BORGLUM SEEKS INFORMATION

In letter to the New Haven
 Times-Leader Gutzon Borg1um of
 Stamford who recently resigned from the progressive state central committee because he objected to the resolution forbidding cooperation with other organizations, asks these questions:
 "I ask you. J. Henry Roraback, if the welfare of our state, undermined with political distrust and suspicion of party management, is not of
 greater value than any personal sac-
 rifice of party domination you could
 make?
 "I ask you, Charles Hopkins Clark. if the time has not arrived when lob- bying, secret s1ate-making, and the grooming of candidates of special privilege for high office, should not cease in Connecticut?
 ''I ask you, Herbert Knox Smith, if you consider our states welfare of so little importance that it is patri- otic to persist in Rule or Ruin pol icy?''
 The first question indicates a de-
 sire on the. part of MT. Borglum for MT. Roraback to resign his office. on the ground that his retirement from
 the. chairmanship of the republican
 state central committee would be
 good for the state and because of a
 belief that those accusations which are almost daily brought against MT. 1ao N1 istence in this state. Mir. Borglum appears to think that Mr.. R oraback has. monopoly. of all the political wfckedness in Cunnecticat; and sethat Mr. Clark must be aspartner of; his.
 MT. Rorabacls and MT. elark, if,ywill- ing to answer those, questions at all,
 would probably, reply in the aff1rma- tive but they would hardly admit the gentle intimation that the cases ap- piled to them. ~ <. Of course MT. smith, would. not care to have the progressives contaminat- ed by uniting with any one else but If the others wished to. unite with them well and good; thar would be different. Those who desire to af- fliate with the reform movement
 must come to the progressives as any other arrangement would mean that the new party was seeking strength when in reality it Is the very person ification of strength itself and if any other citizens are seeking the light
 they can find 1t by calling on MT.
 Smith. The three gentlemen in
 question will not come together in
 any conference to determine on
 what reply should be made to MT.
 Borglum because if they did it might
 be necessary to call in the police.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

cial justice anl the moral and mental health of the prisoner would seem to suggst that his work in prison go toward the maintenance of his family instead of for the benefit of the state or the prison contractor Some pride, or sense of duty toward wife and children, may be developed thereby.
 Wife deserticn is one of the most common of offenses against the fam fly. The man who becomes discou- ragged, finds home unpleasant, or n tired of his burden, takes unceremoni- ous leave, knowing his family will be cared for--perhaps the better for his absence. Thus the law, while rem cdying the consequences. in a way en- couragcs the evil. This condition does not apply in those cases where desti- tution appears to be in consequence of what We once termed "a visitation of Providence
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
One Lucky Man. Chicago Record-Herald.)

"It is costing me three times as much to live as it did five years ago. I tell you 1t isn't right. Our whole economic system is wrong," said one man to another.
 Perhaps you have more expensive tastes than you had five years ago."
 Mot at all. We are being robbed. that's the long and short of it. Prices keep going up right along, and they try to make us believe that 1t is noth- ing but our own extravaganza that makes it so hard for us to get ahead. Take your own case. Don't you find that it is costing you a lot more to live than it did five years ago?"
 "No. It isn't costing me as much.'
 For heavens sake explain your self. Tell me how you manage it,
 "It's very simple. One of the women to whom I was paying ali- mony got married again about three years ago."
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex. office.
The Birds Have Friends.
(Tndianapolis News ]

The birds have returned from the south these many days now, and for the months of spring and summer, clear into the frosts of fall, they will all be with us. Some of them, the hardest and most courageous, stick 1t out, fair weather or foul, and 1t is as much a sign of spring to see these old friends stir about as it is to see the first of the migratory flocks. The people of the United States may we'll congratulate themselves on their friendship for the birds The Mclean bill passed by congress a year or so ago, was practically the beginning of what appears to be developing into a worldwide legislative campaign in behalf of the birds. Since this bill be- came law many states have strengthened their statutes, and now foreign governments are taking up in earnest the subject of birds pro- tection
 England appears to be deeply in- terested in certain bills pending in parliament. AS London is the world S feather market, protective legislation in the British isles will be a severe blow to the whole European feather business. We are beginning to find out that the birds have more friends than we had imagined. The Audu- bon societies of this country have been doing some excellent educational work. Something has also been done in the schools. A dispatch from Kan sas City says that $20 in prizes has been offered to the pupils of two schools in that place. For example, S2 is offered for the best essay on the value of birds to trees and gardens and $2 to the child who first induces by kindness a wild bird to eat from it's hands There are rewards for news as to first arrivals" among the migratory birds, for the construction of bird houses and for the encourage ment of the birds to raise families in these houses.
 In many ways the offering of i'm ducements to children to become friendly with birds is better than leg islation imposing penalties for being cruel. But the feather trade makes prohibitory legislation necessary. Tn the meantime, however, the children may be taught the true value and beauty of the birds. A writer in the News recently said: There can be no birds without trees; therefore plant trees" It might be added that with out birds many of the food crops on the farm would fail. The London Chronicle a few weeks ago printed the following verses:-
 I saw with open eyes
 Singing birds sweet
 Sold in the shops tn
 For the people to eat,
 Sold in the shops of >.
 Stupidity street!
 I saw in vision .
 The worm in the wheat,
 And in the shops nothing
 For the people to eat;
 Nothing for sale in
 Stupidity street.
 It is not only stupid, it is cruel, to persecute the birds They are mans natural, and among his best. friends.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Wild Birds in New Jersey.
(Newark News.)

(Newark News.)
 Thousands of Canada geese and wild ducks of different varieties have gathered at Lake Hopatcong. Old residents have never before seen them in such numbers. And they do not seem to be in any hurry to leave the restful coves and sheltered spots around the lake and take their way to breeding grounds further north. Some of them seem to be making themselves perfectly at home, as if they intended to rest and raise their young in the lakeside sedges. What magnificent proof of the wisdom of prohibiting spring shooting and of otherwise protecting the game birds of this state. In the few years. these provisions have been in operation wild fowl have increased beyond all ex- pectation. While some men can't look upon a wild bird without feel ing a savage impulse to kill it, ap- preciation of the beauty of the liv- ing birds and better knowledge of their utility and value are taking the place of the slaughtering pro- pensity.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

Billy Sunday, the picturesque hAseball evangelist, is declared to have turned Alleghany county, Penn sylvania, against Boies Penrose and rum" by converting the ward politi- clans during his Pittsburg campaign. It is declared that these practical politicians will no longer undertake to deliver votes to any man who is not an open and declared foe to their two former friends-liquor and Penrose.- Hartford Post
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

Mime. Cavalieri, the opera singer, thinks that 1t is early enough for a girl to marry when she reaches the age of forty-four. But most girls are in such a hurry. Impotence is one of the feminine vices of modern times Even Lima has been married twice and she is not forty-four yet Providence Journal.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The democrats of the sixteenth senatorial district should obtain a pledge in writing from Senator Hurley that he will not allow himself to in dulge in any more three fingered'' nightmares if elected.-Ansonia Sem tinel
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Next Friday will be Arbor and Bird

Next Friday will be Arbor and Bird day. Some people will think about planting trees and a few so fortunate ly situated as to have opportunity will Ilant a tree or a shrub. In the schools the youth will. be properly in- structed as to the value of trees and birds and in some ways of promoting and protecting them. In the course of it's history, our: Arbor and Bird day has accomplished as much as could be expected.-New Havan Register.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Wednesday, Thursday,
 Friday and Saturday

LONG WHITE SKIRTS, trimmed with wide hamburg hounce, extra good quality of material. These skirts would readily sell for 75c to $1.00, in this sale, your choice 40c
 CHEMISTS ffH daintily finished with lace; neck and sleeves trimmed with embroidery and ribbon. A big special at 4ec.
 DAINTY GOWNS
 of nainsook. Your choice of trim- mings either in lace or embroidery. A choice value at 40c. z"
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Q Be Sold Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for
 49c each.

 offered this of 
 
  bes s a fourda event
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

COMBINATION CORSET COVER
 AND DRAWERS, made of nainsook, finished with em- broidery and ribbon. 75c and ssc grades. Sale price A9c.
 CORSET COVERS, trimmed with val lace. embroidery, insertion and ribbon. Special price. this sale 4ec. tfl \ FINE QUALITY NATNSOOK 4
 DRAWERS, trimmed with lace. ribbon and em- fbroidery, good assortment. Some bloomer styles in this lot, dainty gar nfenta evSry one. for this sale Acc.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

peoued daily SeundAy exospted) at A:1S ?. m at aerald Building. e7 Church St
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14
Sale Starts Wednesday, April Is, atS:3O a. m. Sharp

big display today window shop rsr while 5 astte
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

1neefe6 at the Post once at New Britain
 ae Second Clam Mali Matter.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

The Journal is glad indeed to record the action of the New Haven road in 1 issuing stringent orders to it's em-
 ployes that no trespassing be per
 mitted on the company's tracks, that all those who are accustomed to walk beside the rails be warned, that all foolish persons who take short cuts, os told to desist and that the com pany officials are doing their best to lessen the number of accidents that have happened through people taking fcol chances. Meriden Journal.
 In these days of changes in the GUS
 old-fashioned notion that women should remain at home and mind the
 babies while the men folk attended
 town meeting and did the legislating,
 is quite out of date, we are glad to
 see that Columbia university is start
 ing in to train it's undergraduates in
 the added. responsibilities. that may come to them when this order of living is reversed. At least these young men will be, trained in. the house. wifely art of making beds, that Is, if
 the plan proposed at Columbia is car
 ried out.-New Haven Union.
 '.: ,tI ,,4.:. .&F" From now on the telegraph pole
 will take a prominent place in the newspaper accounts of highway acci- dents.~. We haven't any, accurate fig ures to quote on the subject; but it Is evident ito, the most casual reader
 that the telegraph pole has part in
 majority of the automobile and
 runaway accidents. The automobile
 skids and crashes into a telegraph
 pole and the horse that runs away
 generally uses a telegraph pole to
 clear itself. from the wagon.-Man-
 chester Herald.
 According to Hartford democrats it was the work of former Senator Spellacy which saved Lawler Whereas the Lawler men lay down when Spellacy ran for mayor in 1912, the two Lawlers not even taking the trouble to vote, Spellacy went out and worked night and day to elect the party candidate and he succeeded in rolling up about the biggest plurality in the seventh district the democrats ever secured in a local election. This plurality was over 200. AS Lawler had at the most but flfty-five votes to
 the good. the importance of former State Senator Speilacy's work is ap- parent.-Bridgeport Post.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 RropriesoYs.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-14

he onis profitable advertising medium 'n the sty. Circulation books ana p1eS'
 n lm AlN avs ppen to advertisefs.