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New Britain herald., 1915-01-01
Vews f0r 7heaHe G0e1s and Women Readers
A Menu for Tomorrow
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Breakfast.

Breakfast.
 Cereal and Cream Lamb Chops
 Flannel Cakes
 Coffee Cakes
 Lobster Outlets
 Baking Powder Biscuit
 Chicken with Tomato Puree
 Praised Beef
 Mashed Potatoes
 Lettuce Salad
 Mince Pie Coffee Lobster Cutlets-Chop one can of lobster, melt two ablespoonfuls but ter and add two tablespoonfuls flour then add one-half cupful milk, boil two minutes add one tablespoonful cream, one teaspoonful lemon juice add lobster and mix, spread on a plate and allow to cool Divide into twelve equal parts, form these into any shape desired. Brush over with beaten egg and roll in fine cracker crumbs. Fry till golden color in smoking hot fat. Drain and garnish with parsley.
 Praised Beef-Take a piece weigh ing about five pounds from any, lean cut such as cross rib, lower part of round, neck, etc. Bone it if possible. Heat a dry frying pan very hot lay in it the meat and quickly scar on each side, giving it nice color. Place in the braising kettle. Add a pint and half of good brown stock, an onion stuck With three cloves and a high seasoning of salt and pepper. Cover closely, place in moderate oven and allow forty minutes for each pound.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-01

Miss Ryan had a great many calls yesterday at her shop, 79 Pratt street, Hartford for cotton frocks for the south. She is displaying reel of dainty cotton novelties. white nets, pretty taffetas, etc., on her second floor just the thing for veranda and other wear in the warm climes. They begin at $3. She has also marked all her white tub skirts, which are ideal for wear with white waists, to $1 each.-
New Britain herald., 1915-01-01
KEENEY PROGRAM .
 IS GOOD THIS WEEK

! Amusement seekers will find much
 in the Keeney program this evening
 to entertain and they will make no 1 mistake in paying visit to the the ater. The management is offering an 1 excellent bill and there is not single ] act playing here this week that any apologies have to be made for. The l audiences during the first part of the week gave their endorsement to the various specialties and the perform CTS shared liberal applause every day Harry Rose, the ventriloquist, is proba bly, the most popular entertainer on the program. Harry has a most amusing specially and its many hum orous features find a harm onious re- sponse with the audience.
 The Mysterious Edna continues to puzzle the patrons of the theater with her strange aerial feats. Edna floats through the air and does a number of stunts that seem impossible. She performs in the full glare of the foot lights but her methods are mysterious and as far as patrons of the theater are concerned the problem she pro- vides is sti11 unsolved.
 The Three Apollos have an aero batic turn of first quality; Bronons animal circus is unique and very en- tertaining and Frank J. Hurleys con- cert is also an act of excellent char acter.
 Special motion pictures appropriate theater tonight. .
New Britain herald., 1915-01-01
Daily Fashion Talks
 BY MAY MANTON


exceedingly this Here bouses each collar of silk washable the combination of long sleeves with neck feature winter fashions sleeves of the blouse liked for material be used for the entire blouse  the washable the preferred for bouses of this 
  wide with 5 of plain material wide for and
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
A Modern Dick TuI'pin.

In the November American Maga- zine is an exceedingly interesting story entitled "A Fool and His Money which has been written by sixty year-old crook who has earned dis honest but comfortable living for thirty years. Following is an extract in which the author describes gen tleman burglar" :" ..
 He was young and handsome, an excellent dancer, and always dressed to the minute The women were only 1 too glad to get the chance to dance
 with him, and he made many appoint
 ments of which their husbands or l parents at home knew nothing. He | did things on an elegant scale, and 1 would escort his admiring dance part
 ner home each night, using a taxi of l course. ....
 At the door he would take the
 night key of the lady and open for
 her. Generally there would be a chat l on the front stoop, and at it's close | the admirable dancer would depart, taking the key with him. If the robbery of the house promised good l loot and the lady was thoughtful l enugh to ask for her key he would | return it, but on the next night of appointment he would make a quick ] impression of the key in soft wax. Tn evening clothes and opera hat 1 this burglar dancer would ride up to | the house in taxi in the early hours l of the morning, ond before the very l eyes of the cop on the beat enter the 1 house and proceed about his business l of collecting the family silver and ! cash. He robbed a dozen and more
 houses and apartments in the West
 Side before he was trapped. He put | up a fight and was shot twice before l he surrendered. His career made a
 mild yellow journal sensation for a | day or twO."
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04

ments made her a belle in society. A woman dressed in the fashion of today would have been considered a freak then.
 The custom of changing the style of hats and gowns from year to year is a costly one; but men are as much to blame for it as women. Men would not be attracted by women in Cld-fashioned garb. When they take a woman out they want her to look well and, though they do not realize 1t, she could not look we'll even to their unstrained eyes unless she was clothed in the fashion of the day. Therefore you cannot blame her for wanting new hats and gowns even though the old are not worn out. If she were not in the fashion you would not love her.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04

Among the poorer classes of the South one of the disastrous diseases is pellagra. Scientists believed this peculiar malady caused by an un- balanced diet,-eating too much of the same thing. To prove this Gov ernor Brewer of Mississippi was pre- vailed upon by prominent physi- elan to grant freedom to eleven life term prisoners in the state peniten- tiary who would follow a prescribed diet for nine months. Yesterday the men, ematiated and weakened al- most to the point of death, were given their freedom. Three times a day for nine months they had these dainty delectables set before them: -hominy, corn bread, fried mush and coffee. They earned their liberty.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
BRITAIN AND TIME TABLES.

railroads would serve the public,
 ostensibly, that is the main bn for their existence, they will yell to follow the suggestion ad- led by the. American Traffic asso- pn in convention assembled, to
 Advertise time tables and Hules of trains in the newspapers.
 is a good suggestion and a timely
 Instead of stacking bulky phlets in smoky waiting rooms of pad stations the officials would
 the interests of the public better
 some little editing done and con- ed calendar of train arrivals and rtures prepared for publication in daily newspapers of any given ity. The American people have
 traiiii look to their news IS for aflost everything. .-ad : dement's there set forth all the Is of everything but when train leaves. Irl. the olden days
 was not 50. The newspapers ed such Information.
 fair illustration of the worthiness le suggestion advanced by the rican Traffic Association may be ented irl the case of New Britain. Ny a day goes by but numerous ens and transients leave this city rips to Hartford, New Haven, Wa 1ry, Bridgeport, Boston, New
 and other points in the immedi- vicinity. Unless these folk are tual travellers to these places
 do not know at what time the Is leave. If they are near the oad station they may find out. hey are not they must telephone ticket agent and, as frequently bens in this locality, the line lead- Q that officials office. is usually y.,' That means call up the news- ; r office. By the time all these bus transactions have taken place train has gone, and the trip is rally postponed till another day,
 depriving the railroad of some ] revenue. And all because the table was not printed where he
 runs might read. Because of the ith of detail which must neces- Y fill any we'll rounded time table 'entire work cannot be presented he daily press. Those are the tables to keep in the old wooden Is in the station. But the more kise data relating to trains leaving nearby points should be set forth he newspapers.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
The Passing Hay-Rack Ride.
(Toledo Blade.)

We gather from an editorial in the St. Joseph Gazetter that the young people of Missouri do not consider it old fashioned to go upon hayrides. Out there the autumn moon still has it's glamour, the sweet-smelling grass, its attraction, the crisp air, the sweep ing mists and the beat of horses feet on the hard road, their romantic ap- peal.
 It may be that in some of the com munities of northwestern Ohio, hay rides are still in vogue. But through out most of this section they are only a memory They have been dis placed by the automobile. The boys and girls whose parents and elder brothers and sisters once crowded in- to the awkward, swaying and rough riding hay wagon now prefer the easy cushions of the motor cars They laugh and shout, as those of the older generation did. But who among the hayriders can believe they laugh and shout as merrily and musicaly? What one can think a slender gift at comedy can now command such ap- preciation? Is affection, kindled up- on an automobile ride, as tender as that which had its beginning on hay-frame?
 The young people of western Mis- souri may some day find the automo- bile too attractive to resist too nu- merous in the road to let hay riding be comfortable. The hay-ride, like many other fond pastime, is caught in the whrl of the mechanical revolu- ton and must eventually pass entirely from custom.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
The Virtues of Football (Waterbury Democrat.)

With the football season has come the usual casualty list and the usual demand on the part of timor- GUS citizens for the abolition of foot ball. The protests are less insistent than usual, probably because the war has so accustomed peoples minds to the contemplation of pain that We are all less sensitive about bodily injuries Nevertheless the same old hostility to football is showing itself. And under the cir cumstances it is even more unfor- tunate and mischievous than usual. Football is a rough sport, there's no use denying it. In fact, that is the
 peculiar virtue of the game. We may grant that it used to be un- necessarily rough, that notifications have improved it and that certain undesirable features might still be eliminated. But to denature foot ball and put it on a par with tag CT leap-frog would be a national misfortune. For it represents the last stand of naturally vigorous American youth against encroach- ing softness and enervation. Our life tends to become too easy in a physical sense. Even the children of laborers succumb to the tendency. We take too little exercise. We come to fear physical effort, heat, cold, hunger, thirst, all sorts of en- Curance. And yet it is only endur- ance and exercise that make strength. And the mother or father or friend who tries to save a normal boy from hard exercise and spirited competition may be that boys worst enemy. Football is not for the weak, of course. There are lads who hould not be permitted to play; for them lighter exercise should be found. But for sturdy youngsters there's nothing better Ii turns mollycoddles into men. II
 has the virtues of war without wars evils.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
Freedom of the Seas" Providence Journal.)

What Germany especially wants is freedom of the seas,'' according to Herr Ballin, and freedom must be condition of peace.
 But Herr Ballin is not altogether candid in his statement. What Ger many really wants is freedom of the seas' while the Kaiser's armies are free to continue fighting and his plea, intended to gain the sympathy of neu- tral countries, is too transparent to mislead the most superficial person.
 Germany failed to appreciate the power of the British navy, which was as ready as the German armies. In a short time the German ships were driven off the seas and the loss of sup plies from abroad is bearing heavily upon the German people. While the war lasts Britains navy will guard vigorously against the sending of con- traband commodities to German ports. Now that the mistake of undertaking the naval strength of Great Britain is realized, the countries not engaged in the war are indirectly asked to help Germany by suggesting notifications of the blockade. The German notion of freedom of the seas at this time calls for the lifting of blockade that is detrimental to a scheme of world domination.
 It is we'll to remember that previous to July thirtieth, 1914, the seas were free to every nation. German ships entered and left English ports under the conditions imposed upon English merchant vessels So far as England was concerned nothing was withheld from Germanys maritime enterprises. All these trade advantages were thrown away when the Kaiser's gov- ernment invited war with England. It is possible, perhaps, that in addition to present difficulties on the sea Herr BaIIin is apprehensive as to the fu- ture. Will England be as kind to Germany after the war as before?
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
Industry of the Beaver
est. Paul Pioneer-Press)

The beavers, which have been working havoc with farms in Wiscon- sin because the farmers are not al- lowed by law to kill the beavers or damage their dams, have caused a wave of protest from North Wisconsin railroad men.
 A violent appeal for assistance made to headquarters here has resulted in new order, which means the stamping out of all the beaver colonies in the state and their transfer to the state forest preserve around Trout lake.
 Chairman James Nevin of the Con- servation commission issued this or der when it was reported to him that the St. Paul railroad tracks between Merrill and Goodnow, in Oneida coun- ty, are being flooded by the water backed up into the swamps by the beaver colony on Bear creek.
 The water is so high that travel over the road is dangerous and a washout is likely at any time, it is said.
 A farmer named Hansen in Mari nette county has been complaining that beavers have wrecked his farm, a dam throwing forty acres of his cul- tivated eighty acres under a foot of water.
 He was permitted to dynamite the dam, but the beavers would rebuild it over night. He and his men would spend half of the next day blowing it out again, and after the procedure continued several months his com plaints became vociferous He was not permitted to kill the animals. however.
 The commissioner of conservation has issued orders to the game war dens in Marinette to catch the beav- CTS there and take them to the tightly fenced state reserve.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
BUILDING A NAVY.

Thy should the national defense ble demand that the United States restored to the position of second hI power? Why second? Why not \? If national preparedness is to |aken up where it was left off many Is ago it might as wcll be done ferly. There should be no half |rted attempt to make proper pre- |ltion for the protection of the na- And the navy is one of the Fngest military arms; therefore, navy should be great. Great, be- |se it affords a means of protecting citizens at home and abroad, and the high seas. We have had many |ances in the past few years of how |hvy can be used to offer succor to Ee who may for the moment be at mercy of foreign influence. A |ted States battleship floating in harbor of some far off country is welcome sight to Americans who
 be threatened and probably would |ignominiously treated but for the fe and power represented in arma- ht.
 Despite the harping of critics the Fted States navy of today is not
 scrap-heap they would have us feve. We have some wonderful |t1eships and cruisers: but we do
 measure up to the strength of the ding naval powers. There was a Ie when the United States navy $ second only to that of Great Bri- |, the mistress of the sea. Now our " ranks below that Of Italy. And re it not for the war which is work havoc with the. navies of three lat countries the United States |m a naval standpoint would have len to much lower level than it fnp1es today The so-called small men are, to a great extent, re- Pils1oie for this condition. Headed the late Secretary of State Bryan Fse men have cried out against
 aanent, Claiming tn at the manu- eturers of steel and iron wares the only ones who want a eat navy, because it directly
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04

touches their pocketbooks. Granted this to be true, that is no real reason for allowing the forty-eight states of this union to go practically unguarded. If the United States gov ernment stopped ordering battleships from today on the shipbuilders of the nation might, and then again they might not, go out of business. They would probably get a few orders from foreign countries; enough, perhaps, to keep them running for many years. And, if we did stop purchasing ar mament, what would it boot? In the course of a few years the United States would be so crippled and help less that any fifth rate power might send over a navy of row boats, capture the land, and, in due time the ship building interests of what was once the United States would start up again making battleships not for this coun- try as we know it now, but for the ccnquerors of this land. Any particu- lar group of persons bowling down a bigger and better navy because some iron or steel magnate is going to directly profit thereby simply makes a complex picture of a man cuttin off his nose to spite his face We must have a good navy to defend the vast country in which we live, a country bounded on it's eastern and western sides by the longest stretches of coast lines in the world. When we advance arguments that when stripped mean the mere pickering over dollars and cents we have passed from the sensible to the ridiculous. Money is not everything in the world Liberty and freedom are greater
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
Immigration and Unemployment.
 (Waterbury Republican.)


 Wars effect on immigration to New York is already noticeable there, it is said, and the charity and benevolent societies anticipate an unusually small army of unemployed the coming winter. This it is explained is due partly to the stoppage if immigra- tion from Europe, and to some extent to the departure of large numbers of foreign born workers from this coun- try for service in the different bellig- erent armies. At the present time this situation has caused a scarcity of man ual laborers. which in time is likely to assume serious proportions. Amer 1can contractors have been forced to fall back upon native workers, but the prospects of securing much assistance from this source is comparatively small, as the native American will not do common labor even under the most favorable circumstances. These condi- tions are reflected in industrial lines where, at the present time, here is an excessive demand for young people. It is estimated that there are over 1000 positions at wages ranging from $4 to $7 a week vacant in the hat, garment and candy trades in New York city alone, but comparatively few boys and girls will accept such employment, preferring office work.
 Such conditions are likely to result in higher wages for common labor, but they may not help to raise the pay of office help and others employed at clean jobs until there is actual competition between the two varieties of work for willing hands at good pay.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04

If there is any doubt of the success of the Federal Reserve banking system it must be dispelled when the Comp troller of the Currency announces that during the month of October alone there were applications filed for the organization of eight new National banks and nine formal applications received from State banks desiring to be converted into National institu- tions When the new banking system was first suggested there were those who foretold of National banks be- coming State institutions, all of which has happened the other way round.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
A FIRE PREVENTION COMMITTEE

: New Britain for the most part, has been free of fire disaster This is due to two reasons,-caution on the part of it's citizens and competent crew of fire fighters. But the con1agration yesterday morning on Church street whereby many lives were placed in Jeopardy and valuable property en- dangered brings to the minds of all thoughtful persons the extreme value of fire prevention. Where business establishments are located on the ground floors of blocks whose upper stories house families additional pre- caution should be taken to guard against mans greatest enemy A corps of inspectors should be sent around to learn the condition of cell lars and basements in these large buildings where more than one family dwell. The cold winter is just putting in it's appearance. Furnaces will be set going at full force Strong, bleak winds will discover defective flues that passed unnoticed under the gentle zephyrs of late autumn. And then there will be serious f1ames,- fires may easily become uncontrolab ble
 Rather than appoint an investigation
 committee to inquire into things after the fire is all over, as was the case at
 Peabody, Massachusetts, last week, it
 would be better to take time by the
 forelock and appoint three competent firetraps. Now is the time. It may
 be too late in December. The mayor has suggested fire prevention com mittee. We'll and good; let it get to work .t&
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
Love and Fashion.
Manchester Herald.

When a man feels inclined to growl at his wife's millinery and dressmaking bills he should remem- Der that the dear thing depends very largely upon fashionable sdornment to hold his effection. He might at first declare that this was not so but there is plenty of evil
 dence to prove it is. Personal beau ty and a pleasant disposition go long way toward winning the admir- ation of a man, but a woman needs more than these. Her person must be clothed according to the mode or else her other fine qualities will be overshadowed by the grotesque- ness of her attire. What would make her captivating last year would made her a laughing stock this year. To take a somewhat extreme illustration, fancy a woman appear ing with a "WaterfalP' on her head and a. "bustle' on her back today
 She would be an obejct of ridicule; yet thirty years ago those very adorn-
New Britain herald., 1915-11-04
Whiskel's vs Tongues.
(FrOm Tit

Quite rencently a warship of the Atlantic fleet found it necessary to call for a few hours at military port on the coast of Ireland. Tommy At kins, meeting a fullbearded Irish tar in the street a couple of hours later said:
 Pat, when are you going to place your whiskers on the reserve list %
 When you place your tongue on the civil list," was the Irish sailors reply.