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New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
MAY DIG ON SUNDAY.

Massachusetts is becoming progres- |sive in one way if not in another. The |lcwer branch of the legislature yes |tcrday passed a bill allowing a man Ito work in his garden on Sunday. The |ycte stood 100 to Il, the latter fight |ing for the protection of the day of rest.
 This vote is certainly concession |to the view of the modern Sabbath and. coming from Massachusetts where so many peculiar things have been done under the guise of religion one may well say that there IS hope for the abandonment of some of the old puritanical ideas which
 have become so out of sympathy with
 present day requirements.
 T. there anything more beautiful
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
He Wanted a Brother. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The manager of an important de- partment in a downtown retail store swears that the following happened:
 II hear you have a little new sis ter at your house, said our corre- spondent to a. small boy. Isn't that fine? Do you like herr"
 Yes, I like her," answered Willie, or whatever his name was, but I druther had a brother, so I could play ball with him an wrastle with him an teach him how to swim an put up his dooks.'
 ''Well, if you aren't satisfied, why don't you take him back and ex- change him ?' asked the shop man.
 'sAw, it's too late now,' answered Willie, or whatever his name was. We got her a week ago, and she's been laundered a couple of times all ready. No store would exchange her now!"
 Which for some reason or other reminds us of the little girl from Lakewood who met the little boy from Newburg the other day.
 Say, do your folks make you say your prayers when you get up in the morning?" said the little girl, when it came time for telling secrets.
 ''Naw," answered the little boy. "They make me say 'em before I go to bed at night. Why'd I say 'em in the morning? I ain't afraid in the daytime!" .,
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Matte Tyler's Case. (BOStOn Herald.)

There is something rather pathetic in the spectacle of need in the fam lilies of our presidents. At least our nearness to royalty and the tradi- tions of the throne give a jarring note to cases of seeming want among the descendants of our rulers.
 The granddaughter of John Tyler, president of the United States, has just been to- Washington to beg Woodrow Wilson, her fellowVirgin- ian, to restore her to the $700 year postoffice from which she has de- rived her scant support. It is a little odd that the Virginians, reputedly chivalrous above all other peoples, should have taken this office away from her. She is a democrat. So was her grandfather, although elected to the presidency by the Wings. When the Civil war broke out he went with his people and died while sitting as their representative in the congress of the confederacy. One of his sons is the president of old William and Mary college at Williamsburg. A daughter, Letitia Tyler Semple, the widow of a gallant young officer of the Mexican war, and before her fathers second marriage the mistress of the White House, was for many years an inmate of the Louise home in Washington, an institution found- ed by the late w. w. Corcoran for the gentlewomen of the south whose fortunes the war had swept away.
 President Roosevelt seriously con- sidered the appointment of the near est collateral relative of George Washington as postmaster of Alex andria, position which MT. Wash ington, an attache of the library of congress, acknowledged himself ready to accept. But it seemed too good a place to the Virginia politicians to be wasted on merely sentimental grounds, and so he did not get it.. MT. Wilson will have equal difficulty in getting Hattie Tyler back on the payroll
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Reminder of What War Is.
 (IndianapOliS NeWS.)

The stained and worn original of the following letter is in the confed- crate museum at Richmond, Val
 Spottsylvania County, Va, -, 1864.
 Dear Father: This is my last let ter to you. went into battle this evening as courier for Gen. Heth.. I have been struck by a piece of shell and my right shoulder is horribly mangled, and I know death is in- evitable. I am very weak, but I write to you because I know you will be delighted to read a word from your dying son. I know death is near, that I will die far from home and friends of my early youth, but I have friends here. too, who are kind to me. My friend Fairfax will write you at my request and give you the particulars of my death. My grave will be marked so that you may visit it if you desire to do so, but (it) is op- tional with you whether you let my remains rest here or in Mississippi. I would like to rest in the graveyard with my dear mother and brothers, but 1t is a matter of minor impor- tance. Let us all try to reunite in heaven. I pray my God to forgive my sins, and feel that His promises are true and that He will forgive me and save me. Give my love to all my friends. My strength fails me. My horse and my equip ments will be left for you. Again a long farewell to you. May we meet in heaven. Your dying son,
 J. R. MONTGOMERY.
 A contributor who sends copy of the above letter to the New York Times asks if those Americans who are urging the appeal to arms in quelling Mexican disorders realize the cost, and suggests a reading of the letters of those who in the past have engaged in warfare.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
BARNES STRIKES BACK.

William Barnes, chairman of the |epublican state committee of New Fork, has brought suit against Will Jam H. Anderson, superintendent of he Anti-Saloon league of the. same bate, for $5,000 damages on the
 round that he openly charged him with using his influence to kill pro- kibition measure in the last legisla-s |ure. that he also referred to him as "boss' which he characterizes as an
 dious and opprobrious name. 1t is
 cubtful if Mir. Barnes lost any sleep yer being called a "boss," though he has pro obably become tired of being focused of killing off proposed legis-
 htion when perhaps he had nothing To do with it.
 There has been altogether too much |buse of public men in this country Ind MT. Barnes has certainly had
 hore than his share. The suit, if it is Tried, will clear, up the question as To how much he was to blame for the hefeat of the bill in question. It has become almost a custom to ac- Fuse certain men of wrongdoing in public life without hardly, 8 thought Is to whether the accusation is true. k makes no difference how much it hay hurt or injure a persons charac- Ter, those things are thrown out bromiscuously and because the ac- fused person does not dignify them by fenial or by seeking justice in the kourts they assume at once that the Etories are true. In the present case kr opportunity is to be given the au- fhor of a story which has given of |ense to prove his assertion. That is what should be done every time an un- |rue statement is made against every public man. If it were, great many people would be more careful in their beech.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

human knowledge is absolute. When he goes into the shop he carries with him this idea, that what he knows is so, not that he knows everything. He fails to realize that the cause and effect of natural laws as applied in engineering work are much more complex than any scientific or en- gineering theories made to explain them. The great work of nature is not covered by human knowledge.
 Particularly in the field manage ment and in the handling of men is our knowledge far from absolute, and all of our theories are made quate.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
NO OUTSIDE FOOD FOR PRISON
 ERS.

Katherine B. Davis, commissioner of correction in New York, has made rule that prisoners cannot receive food from the outside. This may seem like unfair rule but a little thought will convince the average per son that it is backed by wisdom and common sense. Where this rule is not observed there is a looseness in man agement and it cannot be otherwise and as result liquor is given prison CTS and oftentimes drugs which are more pernicious in their effects. There cannot be too much care exercised in such matters and Commissioner Davis no doubt has good reason for enforc- ing the rule as regards food. Prison CTS should be given the proper sort of food and enough of it but it would not be a good plan to give them all kinds of food. Judgment must be ex- ercised in this as we'll as other things and those in charge of all penal insti- tutions will agree on it.
 Prisoners awaiting trial might be all lowed privileges such as purchasing food if they have the means but it would hardly do to extend the same privilege to men and women serving terms in either jail or prison. If they were permitted to do that certain element of punishment would be lack ing for the simple reason that they had means while others didn't and a penal institution run upon any such method would soon require an inves- tigation and probably change in management. Rich and poor are. or ought to be, on the same footing when it comes to paying the penalty for breaking the law.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Old Employes Defeat Osler Theory.
 American Machinist.)

We are told that this is an age for young. men, that shops want young blood, and in some it almost seems as if after a man has stayed six months he is looked upon as out of date and antiquated in his ideas. As a matter of fact, some shops do not want to hire men over thirty five years of age
 A short time ago we spent a few days in a large machine shop where a man is considered young until he reaches sixty-five or seventy years of age. We met number who had seen from twenty to forty years of service with this company. When in- quiries were made as to their work, We were told that it was as good and often better than that of many younger men in the company's em- ploy.
 In this shop was noticed the ab- sence of waste motion; no goose steps" were seen. Often much of the hurry and hustle exhibited by the younger man is useless motion and parade action.
 To the superintendent who looks only at appearances, such actions might indicate a live shop, but in fact they do not get anywhere.
 The engineering student is taught mathematics and the natural sciences in such way that he believes that
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
A NEW DANCF.

A San Francisco girl who broke her neck. but kept on tangoing, is now in a critical condition at a hospital. This should be accepted as a warning by all tango dancers to leave the floor immediately upon breaking the neck. -Brockton Times.
 Nonsense! The neck is not brought into use while performing any of the modern dances. If the danseuse should stub her toe or twist her ankle during the gyrations it would he ad- vlsable for her to hop to the nearest seat, but an injury to the neck has no significance. The Frisco lady will return to the floor shortly and she will probably find her partner waiting for her. Is it not a pertinent uues- ton, however, to ask how she came to dislocate her neck? Has the Pa cific coast terpsichorean devoted dis unknown as yet in the east? If so, then let the information come across the country with as much speed as possible. The tango is on the wane here. The" turkey trot however, is holding it's own and the. castle walk is coming into popularity. In none of these dances is the neck endangered but the remainder of the anatomy is apt at any moment to fall apart
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Thomas IL. James at S3. (RrOOklyn Eagle.)

Ulysses S. Grant was president and Roscoe Conkling was boss of New York state when James was made postmaster in, 1873. Conkling once said that he never made personal appeal for any appointment save that of James, but for several years no federal place went to anyone whom Conkling opposed. In those days the use of patronage was unveiled and unblushing. The custom m-house and the post office meant just so much help to the party in power, to the district or ward leaders who needed to place their henchmen. James himself had begun political life as a collector Of canal tolls at an upstate village. He had been an inspector and a deputy collector in the customs service. He was entirely loyal to the Conkling regime; yet his ideals of efficiency were so high that he virtually fore stalled by several years the legisla- tion that created merit system. Garfield made him postmaster-gen- eral, but when the break came be- tween Garfield and Conkling, James was on Conklings side and retired from the cabinet.
 It is true that the revenues of the New York post office under James were about s3,000,000 year, and that they mount up to $30,0OO,00 8 year now. But even then the opportunity for showing executive ca pacity as postmaster was excellent, and We suppose the proudest day of MT. James life was the day after the post office was removed August 28, 1875 from the old Middle Dutch church structure, which had been a post office for thirty years, to the present building, and without any break in the work of the office.
 MT. James had only a. common school education. A Welsh Presby- terian by heredity, he holds honorary degrees from two Protestant and two Roman Catholic colleges. As bank president, publc-spirited citizen and honest man without the ostentation of honesty, he has been a great fig ure in the metropolis. At S3 he is still on the firing line, and may stay there for several years to come, always to the advantage of the com munity in which he lives.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
She Would Be Economical.

Two jests of the same family dribbled in to our column this morn ing. They come from different parts of the city, but it were well to bunch them. Now listen, and see if they aren't akin. Joke No. 1:
 Wasn't it bully of your father to provide you with such magnificent trousseau!' exclaimed the bridegroom. Ut helps us out wonderfully, sincS we are so poor"
 Yes, that's right!" gurgled the bride. Why, I shan't need any new clothes for nearly a whole month";"
 The other is a pre-nuptial wheeze', but it's the same sort of stuff.
 Dearest cooed the fance, lis it true that you are a multimillion aire % .
 What rot!" cried the fiance, My darling, I haven't more than one mil lion to my name!'
 Never mind, darling,' answered the heroic heroine cuddling up lit- tie closer T will be so economi' cal"
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Perquisites. (BoSton Post.

A memorable step was taken by the senate of the United States when if cut out of it's contingent bill the al- lowance of $60 each to senators for telegrams. This perquisite has been running a long time; now such pay. ment Is shut off altogether; and the vote by which this was ordered found only four dissenters-Senators O'Gor man, Oliver, Lippitt and Tillman.
 Another bill now pending cuts down the franking privilege. One hundred dollars worth of free trans portation through the mails is allotted to a member for every 100, 900 of pop ulation in his district The senators would get the best of this since their districts include entire states.
 The abuse of the franking privi] ege, and also of the telegraph priv. ilege, has been notorious, although the public has known little about it. Now it is proposed to furnish members of congress. special dead-head stamps whose use will proclaim their reliance upon perquisites of office.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
FARM FOR PRISONERS.
Inmates of Windham County Jail Will
 Till Thirty Acre Stretch.

Brooklyn, Conn.,, April 1.-The prisoners at the Windham county jail here. the only institution of its kind in the state showing a profit each year, will be required this season to has just been acquired by the jail authorities. Walter Budreich, grad uate of the agricultural department of Cornell has been engaged as SUD- erintendent, and it is expected that in addition to growing sufficient to SUD- ply the institution there will be a large quantity to sell.
 The average number of prisoners at the jail is seventy.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

It is nothing very encouraging which is predicted by MT. Armouv concerning the economic conditions of the future along general lines, anl no more so is it in relation to the supply and price of meat on which he can be expected to speak with au' thority. There is nothing new, how ever, in the statement which he makes when he asserts that thre will be no lower prices in that lines of business until there are more cattle in the country. This is in accord ance with what many others have said in the not distant past. It is n view which is founded upon the law of supply and dcInand.-Norwich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
The Seasons Vivid COlOrs. (Atlantic City Letter to Philadelphia
 Public LedgerD

h'S"Soh o Soiohos (Atlantic City Letter to Philadelphia
 Public Ledger.)
 Any one with a penchant for the new and unusual inshuman attire must have been convinced after 1O-min- ute stroll with the happy crowd on the boardwalk today that this is in deed to be a season of vivid colors and bizarre dress effects.
 During the parading hour preceding noon there were revealed for admir-. ing inspection swirl skirts, stunning little vests of most daring color com. bination and big glittering buttons, wraps of oriental splendor, more of the brilliant red coats which set the throngs to talking on Sunday, poke bonnets covered with garlands of pink roses and one all-enveloping coat of yellow. as brilliant a splotch of color as the boardwalk ever saw.
 That the possesser of this striking garment emerged with laughing group of friends from one of the most fashionable of the hotels is an all the more significant indication of the sar- torial tendency.
 It is evident also that buttons, but tons of every imaginable kind as tc color, size and form, are to play an important part in milady's spring raj ment, for many of the most fetching costumes are literally covered with them, some of unusual size and hue appearing in the most unusual places
 Tassels also figure largely in tho new spring outfits, hanging from shoulders from belts and fringink the tier skirts. Tan footwear also with gray or check spats excited com. ment.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

city is entitled to recognition for many things in which it leads all other communities. It must be a source of pleasure to those who have charge of our schools that
 they are so successful and that the citizens are in such hearty co-operation with them. It means much for the city, as an institution and for the peace and prosperity of it's people,.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

The evening school, which came to a close last evening with the present ation of diplomas by President Calf ney was a great success. This school has been perfected in such way that it means a great deal to the boy or girl who completes the course. It does not measure up we'll with the day school for various reasons and it is not expected that it should, but it is boon to those who have been de- prived of early educational training. There is talk in Massachusetts of making such education compulsory on account of the large influx of for Q eigners and those whom the government wishes to pre- pare for citizenship. The New Britain evening schools stand we'll with similar schools in other cities and the graduates show as good results as they do anywhere. The state pays portion of the cost but that is not the main point for what has been done for the students, who have learned many things, who have been taught the value of good reading and have, as it were, the way pointed out to them by which their minds may be stored yol knowledge and how they can become more useful men and womeh, not only to themselves but to the com munity in which they live. It has often been said that there are a num- Der of young men holding lucrative positions in New Britain who can at tribute their success to the training they received in the evening schools. The Y. M. c. A has always made large claims for it's educational work. It has we'll merited all it said and now comes the Young Mems T. A.. & B. society supplying free to it's members who wish to attend it's eve- ming school all the necessary books and papers and the best of teachers so as to improve their education. There. is not another society in this country that is doing as much for it's members; and it is all in New Britain, proving conclusively that this
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Mems Furnishing Department.

"Onyxn Silk Sox at. 25c pair, 50c values .Colors black, tan, gray. [ navy and white.
 IT you have not had any of these silk sox you have passed up the best silk hosiery values.
 See our new Crepe 4-in-Hand Ties at soc each.
 See the new Crepe Bat Ties, very hobby at soc each.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

Monday, April 6, will be the fifth anniversary of the discovery of thA north pole, but in all these years no. body has proposed that it be called Pole day and duly celebrated. Can't the discovers of the oyster, the tur. nip, the father, the mother and of all those other things give us a proclama. tion and arrange celebration at once ?-Brockton Times.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
BRYAN IS IMPROVING.

Washington, April 4.-Secretary Bryan, suffering from a severe cold, was improved today. Although still confined to his home, he was giving personal attention to state depart ment affairs.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Infants, nenartment on Second

Our Infants Department on Second Floor should not be overlooked at Easter time We have taken great pride in providing dainty things for the little tots, such as Coats, Dresses. Bonnets, Sweaters, Sacques, Bootees, Bibs, etc.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

Selivered by carrier to any part of tho ctS for 15 Gents . Week, 65 Cents Montn. for paper to be sent oy "a'.'
 payable in advance. 60 Cents Month. $7.00 year.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
Beads, Beads, Beads.

Everything seems to be beads. Sale of Bead Chains and Neck Laces Sat- urday 25c and 49c each, regular soc and s100 values.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

We simply ask you to see the new Easter Coats, Suits, Dresses and Blouses before making your pur- chase. Our wearing apparel has that dainty touch of refinement such as is shown at speciality shops, only that our prices are more moderate for the same High Standard Garments. Fashionable Well Tailored Suits that any woman would be proud to wear. Priced $1OOO, $12.9s, $15.O0, $fS.00 to $33.OO.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

S1.OO and $1.50 'sLion Brand" Shirts. Saturday at 79c each.
 Made coat style with soft French cuffs This is special offering by the manufacturer to the consumer to offer to his Lion Brand Shirt cus- toners this Easter special.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

ehe only profitable advertising medium. " the tty. Circulation books and pfes' rG sm always open to advertisers. .
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Washington hears that Connecticut democrats may put forward former Congressman Lewis Sperry as their candidate for governor this fall. MI. Sperry belongs to the old Cleveland wing of the party, the brilliant tail that used to wag the party dog until the body got mad, and eliminating the tail, made William J. Bryan, who was it's idol,s the party leader, a posi-. tion he held up to the day President Wilson took office.-Bridgeport Post.
 Every farmer may learn something of value from the "egg laying con test now in progress at Storrs. To date the leading pen of hens has pro- duced 837 eggs, and the hindmost pen only 432.- With one breed of hens laying twice as fast as another it stands to reason that it may mean great profit to the Connecticut farmer to study the facts and improve the breed in his own poultry yard.- Bridgeport Telegram.
 J. Henry Roraback would be all right as state chairman if it were no, for the knowledge that during mosi of his time he has been in the service of the New Haven railroad. He is a lobbyist. It is not necessarily sinful or disgrace ceful to be a lobbyist and we have no doubt that MT. Roraback is faithful and capable representa-. tive of any interest that he serves But the position of state chairman and the vocation of legislative repre- sentative are no longer compatible Waterbury Republican.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

Fesueds daily (Sundax excepted) at 4:1b ?. n.
 Ae Herald Building, CT Church St.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-04

Dainty Blouses of crepe de chine, chiffons, crepes and silks, $2.4s to $5.9S each. |.