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New Britain herald., 1915-08-23
sUPERsTITIoNs A BOUT
 SHOES.

THE German mother says that
 should she lose the heel of her shoe one of her children will die before the year is out.
 The Scotch lassie believes that should she by accident drop her new shoes before they have been worn they will surely lead her into trouble.
 1t is said that old maids be- lieve that when their shoes come united and keep coming united it is true their sweet hearts are talking and thinking about them.
 The sweetheart when on his way to see his ladylove, should he stub his right toe, will surely be welcome, but if he stubs his left he may know that he is not wanted.
 1t is said that if old shoes are burned snakes will squirm away from the place, while to keep old shoes that are past wearing about the place will surely bring good luck.
 Should you meet person whose shoes are worn to the toes" you may put it down as a certainty that "he spends as he goes," and on the same authori- ty it is said that the girl that has her shoes worn on the side" is surely fated to be a rich mans bride"
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23
SECRET OF COOKING BACON.

FNO cook breakfast bacon so that 1t
 will be dry, crisp and a del1cate brown first cut it thin and have It ice cold when put into the frying pan. Ihe pan should be hot, but not red not. There is no better or easier way With gas stove than to cook it in the oven. Lay ;.}e slices in a sheet iron baking tin or spider, one slice overlapping the other, so that each strip of lean rests on a strip of fat underneath. Bacon is also improved if first dipped in sweet milk then in flour and fried in lit tie hot grease. It will be crisp, brown and sweet, without a strong flavor, if little molasses is put in the pan.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23
TO SHINE A BRASS BED.

WHEN the lacquer of your brass bed
 becomes tarnshed don't send it away to be relacquered and pay about $20 for it. Just follow these rules and save your money.
 First rub the brass thoroughly with a piece of flannel dipped in whiting; then take 10 cents worth of shellac, dissolved in enough alcohol to make it thin, and apply with a small brush
 This can be done quickly and easily and will make the bed look as pretty as if you had sent it to the factory.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23
How to Make Utility Bags

IILITY bag, which answers the Irpose of a laundry and shoe bag, To other pockets for various ar Twill be found very convenient This bag can be taken he trunk or suit case and hung bout disturbing it's contents.
 |nne is perhaps the best mate
 hse for such bag. It would re-
 |wo pieces for the foundation of kg. One piece should be a |ng and twenty-two inches wide, br a yard and one fourth long and 1.-two inches wide. Before join two strips attach pockets to the piece. Turn up one -fourth yard bottom for the flap of the laun- E. Slightly round it and bind the |ges with tape. When the bag is
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23

MUSTARD is the nearest approach to
 a universal cure-all. Few pains will not give way before a mustard plaster. and a wide range of internal inflammations from colds and other causes may be stopped by it's timely application. It is the first and best re- sort in threatened pneumonia. conges- ton of the lungs or determined colds on the chest.
 Hot milk. heated to as high a tenn
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23
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perature as it can be drunk, is riost refreshing stfmulant Tn cases O. cold O. overfatigue Its action is very quicl. and grateful. It gives real strength, as well as acting as food.
 Toothache can bs relieved hy bathing the gum and cavity in vinegar se hot as can be borne
 The taste of made over dishes rnay be improved by a few drops of C--son juice but not enough to stve a strong flavor.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23

women, and so we shall not actually know just which of the furs will be dominant for several weeks to come.
 Another tailor contributes some inter- esting cloths for tailor mades which show plain borders in combination with checks or stripes. One of these is in- dicated in demitailleur from a French
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23

fully with the new trimming furs. Dark brown has been included because of it's rich quality, in fine cloth and velvet, and because of it's general be- comingness when associated with handsome peltries.
 It is known now that Russian krimmen will be a desirable trimming
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23
ABOUT THE FANCY BOOT,

A light and fanciful boot or shoe de- mands elegance and daintiness in the whole toilet associated with it. More over, it must be fresh, shapely, immacu- late. The wear and soil that are toler- able and can be easily hidden in the serviceable black or russet leather or in white canvas or buckskin are not admissible in the dress shoe or boot
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23

are slightly rolled over the crown. The
 points of the corners at each side are turned back The effect is very much
 the same as a Normandy cap; but, be-
 ing made of fillet crochet, it is very quaint and unusual.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23

for cloth and velvet costumes This fur, however, is not as becoming as the dark pelts, and it is stated by an au
 tholity that it will not outrank beaver as a garniture for tailored suits. Of course much of the popularity of any style depends on the amount of in dorsement it receives from fashionable
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23

side and bind with tape Snap the flap at the bottom over the back of the bag.
 By opening the flap the contents of the laundry bag can easily be removed
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23
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Wake up, housewives" Mrs. Heath would say to the women of America, ito your full responsibilities"
New Britain herald., 1915-08-23

BLUE serge combined with plals efrk
 is a. new autumn gtyle which bids fair to become very p1puler. Shown here are two such gowns tIse one cu Lhe left having almost jumper effect since two pieces of the serge arc carried up to the neck of the blouse from the skirt front and back. The plaitcd skirt is pret- tily joined to the long blouse by means of scallnns and tlla Eln.tan In n1,nl t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-31
BASEBALL SLANG.
Sport Accounts Are More Interesting
when Written In English.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Your
correspondent Pivot" commencing the
baseball accounts in your columns, re-
marks that when a double play is made
It is called a double play. not "a fast
double play" AS all double plays are
fast, the use OF the adjective gets his
goat" ! would add that the ball is not
always hit "on the Uose' or "on the
trademark" or even "on the end of the
bat" when a home run is made neither
are new players always signed up and
hen tried out; batters VINO get a base
on balls do not always stroll singles
are Tot always 'bingles," this club or
that is not always cracking under the
strain" and III Sun does not preface
an account OF a ball game with half a
column of cheap humor.
Moreover, THE sun has not conceived
II any part OF its duty as an impartial
chronicler OF news to pun particular
clubs as sure winners or 10 hand out
daily dope on the penndnt race. Some
prominent sporting writers in this city
have made themselves and their Jour
mails ridiculous by dOiig this. They
often lament that the "grandoldope" has
gone wrong, forgetting hat they are the
sole manufacturers and proprietors.
The way the Giants have been pulled
and praised for months by certain news
papers mere is simply S~lcKening 10 those
who know baseball. The season had not
been under way two weeks before IL
was evident that the Giants were giants
no oager. The twenty-one limit on the
number OF players hit Manage Nc.
Graw very hard he was loaded with
old timers under long term contracts at
high salaries he could not release them
and nobody would take the contracts
off his hands. lie was forced 10 keep
them. therefore, and discard the flock
of youngsters that he hoped would take
this places of the fast slipping veterans.
All this was well known, but il was ig-
nOred by some of the alleged experts
amOng the baseball reporters. and they
continued to pun the Giants rs contend
ers for the p%ennant and due for a drive
for the nag" Thus they aroused hopes
doomed to disappointment, and perhaps
Influenced hettors to lose money.
THE SUNS sporting department Is the
best in New York. Its counts of base
BAN games are bright. fresh and snappy
aHd are written with discrimination,
good judgment and know dye OF the
fine points of the game. They are read
with delight by those who have no use
for tho "slush, mush and gush" that the
late st. Clair Mckelway once said mar
acterizCd the editorial articles OF a fell
low Regent up the State.
SECOND BASE.
NEW YORK. August 2s.
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list of entries for the national tourna.

list Of entries for the national tourna-
ment. Only a very few of them are
known to the public interested in the
game, but all of them are stars" in
their own neighborhood. Neverthe-
less, surprises In the championship
events are Of infrequent occurrence.
1t is the opinion of expert observers
that Of the mob of players who are
to appear at Forest Hills no more
than three or four will be dangerous
competitors of II. NORRIS WILLIAMS
I'd, the present champion.
There is luck in tennis, as in all
sports, but luck plays a very small
part In tennis when the top notchers
meet each other. 1t would be a sen.
sation If an unknown proved to be
formidable In the semi-inals. There
Is luck In the draw Of course, some
players having harder work to reach
the finals than others, hut this can
not be helped. No ones opinion
about the winner Mt Forest Hills is
valuable, but this can be said, that
the tournament promises as rare a
display Of scientific tennis as any
lover Of the game wants to zee.
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One Year Of Zeppelin Raids.

No British soldier or sailor has
been killed ar wounded in che Yep
pelin warfare which Germany has
waged upon England, according to the
ject has been made to Mr.. ARTHUR
j. BAIFoUR, First Lord of the .Ad-
miralty. The victims OF the once
dreaded dreadnought of the air have
been civilians. In raids into Eng
land during the first year of the war
seventy-one civilian adults and eigh-
teen children we're killed and $50
civilian adults and thirty.one chill.
dren were injured.
This information, which is official.
sets the stamp of failure upon Yep
pelin warfare; yet the German peo-
pie are still dreaming of the destruc-
ton of the city Of London 10y bombs
dropped from the sky. If Grand Adj
miral yoN T1RPITz Were TO speak out
about this delus!on he would rate
the zeppelin UNNECESSARILY below the
submarine in effectiveness. and the
submarine has not umc up to his eX-
pectations as a commerce destroyer
and transport slnker.
Lately raids by these great air.
ships have been made at night. and
while u fortified town was no doubt
the objective, for the Germans may
be acquitted of deliberately intending
10 murder non-combatants, and par
ticularly women and children. LAND.
marks" rs Mr.. B~ALtoUR says, have
proved elusive" and the bombs were
dropped in the wrong place. Difficult
as 1t is 10 hit Notifications 10y day
light from II great height, success
must usually be impracticable in the
dark hours. even with the aid of
powerful seIrchlights. The wrong
town may be selected for attack.
This must be known TO the raiders,
and therefore they cannot be absolved
Of responsibility for the murder of
non-combatants.
Certainly zeppelin warfare. Of
which 50 much was expected. has
been a tiaSco and q costly one. No
military advantage has been gained
in the invasions Of England. and
every slaughter Of innoccnts has been
followed by a rush of volunteers to
the colors. As Il war machine the
zeppelin will generally be IA failure.
1t can take the air only when weather
conditions are favorable. In a big
blow the zeppelin is unmanagcahle,
and 1t presents a conspicuous target
for the explosives of swifter aero
planes. The latter have proved the
more useful in modern warfare. A
lotllla of them RAJ be built for the
cost of II dreadnotlght of the air.
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The Mystery OF the Ship Purchase
Measure.

A monthly deficit Of OOO 900.
another war tax or n bond issue TO
rescue a Treasury depleted to the
verge Of bankruptcy. These are among
the latest items Of national finance
news from Washington.
All but simultaneously with the
publication of this cheering bulletin
comes a statement from the well in
formed Washington correspondent of
the indianapolis NeWs that at the
next session Of Congress lit Is certain
the Administration will renew dts re-
quest for legislation authorizing the
establishment Of Government owned
steamship lines"
In other words, from out a Treas
ury fast running dry some $4,000,
600 is to be dipped to launch a So
cialistic enterprise born OF an obses-
sion as mysterious in the impelling
force back of it as 1t is logged in
persistence. And in the same article
from which the above quotation Is
made occurs this paragraph:
ut is as certain as anything can be
that the men who have Invested in
American shipping and who are ready
to Increase their investments many fold.
provided the right kind OF legislation is
enacted, will be ready to quit the bust
ness entirely in case Government COM
petition Is established"
The havoc wrought by the Admins,
tratiOn's disastrous seImen's law "a
be followed by that utter extermina-
ton Of private merchant marine eff.
fort which Is inevitably attendant
upon the Administrations plunge into
the threatened soclalistic shipping ad,
venture!
Two strange measures, the seamen'S
law and the Government shipping
purchase plan, so ardently espoused
by the merchant mariner Of the Treas
ury Department. strange measures
both of them, the one so logical {
sequence of the other as almost I,
suggest a common inspiration.
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as possible to the amelioration Of the
sufferings caused by the war to the
musicians Of Italy. MARcELLA SEM
BIRCH, who is still devoting herself
fervently to the work, was the first
to aid here her countrymen in Poland,
and then IGNAcE PADEREwsKI came TO
her assistance. There has already
been an attempt on the part of the
Italian musicians here TO aid the war
sufferers Of Italy, and there will un.
doubtedly be nor ambitious efforts
Of the same kind in the future.
German singers here have contrib
uted their artistic talents to the aid
Of their co%untrymen in war, while
FRITZ KREIsLER, JOSEF HOFFMAN,, Err
NEST ~ScHILLING and HAROLD BAUER
have devoted part Of their summe
vacations to concerts which should
help the suffering among the bellig.
erents. EMMA CALvf sang once here
and MARTHE CuENAL has travelled
from IL city to another in France
Nhultibb thO nutiVhul uulhtih III blbtl
to earn money for the Red Cross. In
Austria LEO SLrZAK has devoted his
earnings In the opera houses OF his
country to the needs OF the suffering
soldiers. In all the German operate
theatres the singers have given their
services at a nominal figure In order
that the theatres might keep open
their doors.
Thus the record Of the music maxi
ers, 81 far as the war is concerned,
Is most creditable. They have assur.
edly horne their part Of the burden
with honor. Their sustained impulse
of helpfulness to their distressed com.
patriots Is Indicative OF a steadfast.
ness Of purpose lot always associated
with the artistic and musical tempera-
ment.
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The Tennis Tournament.

The tennis tournament ut Forest
Hills brings together as fine "A collec-
ton Of players, all in all, as We're
ever seen on the courts, representing
the East, West, Pacific coast ana the
South, The leading competitors for
the amateur championship this year
are nearly all youngsters; here and
there Is IA schOoiboy, and there are a
good many college undergraduates
among the entries. Most of the vet
Grams of two or three years ago have
LARNED, Il strategist of the first order,
Is now Il memory. The game would
be too swift and strenuous for him
to-day, but solely on account of his
age, Tennis rs played ut top spcci
In the championship tournaments is
II young mans game. 1t makes ire
mendous drafts upon the nervous
forces, and rarely, as in IARNED's
case, does n player find himself In
the first flight after thirty.
To-day tennis, perhaps next to
baseball, Is the most popular game in
the States, II comparatively recent
development, Almost everybody plays
It, and courts are about NJ common
as lawns outside the city, The pro-
iiclency to which Americans have
come may be judged from the long
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-31

For the first time in history OF any
navy a battleshlp has taken on oil
through a pipe at sea while making
fourteen knots an hour. This feat
was accomplished by the battlesh!p
Wyoming and the collier Cyclops before
the fleet came into Hampton Roads on
Friday.-Noriolk despatch.
a notable achievement, and one that
might have decided a sea fight IL the
Wyoming had been engaged. Oil IL
the coming fuel for warships. A fleet
Of oil burners accompanied by tank
ers will need no base in a short and
sharp campaign. 1t will be feasible
for "A European sea Power to send its
ships to the Atlantic coast and offer
battle 70 our navy.
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Dynamite Resorted To.

II was then that the union. TO use the
apt metaphor of the report, TIED TO bow
the doors open with dynamite. Those
doors are stu closed and barred.
The union is ceusured for reta,aN7S
by declaring "A strike on Post y Nc
Cord in New York in spite OF an agree
ment which had two months 20 i've
An important reaspn why the en-
ployers wanted open shops N"S '.A'
they were much less interested !. e'o''
ton work than IN their iaoii''''"s
shops. tho report says II continues
THE tendency Of the United S'H'es
steel Corporation and It's sA"'.'-".I
compan'es has been 10 preNe-t me
snreld of organization amorG iue en-
ployc's'
when the McKeesport strike was
called the employers rallied TO hGAt
the union. believing the opportune me
had arrived, the report contends lac
fight grew in intensity and thrn l"o
EMPLOYERS became the agGrcsSo'S' Ire
union realized that It WIS ngltins '''
its existence. IN Mr. Grants opal''"'
ana then it's officers Icsortcd 10 o'"''
tic measures su
"They found themselves overWAtrNH''
continues the report, "and HI h'''"
the belt in trying to turn the t'r !.
thor favor IL the union r'S"Ttel 10
unfair and unlawful methods h ne
prosecution of tho fight, the ''e.''''
were in A degree responsible. The Sls',
tenn OF espionage which theN m'..''.
in local union before and ail'T
outbreak Of hoSt.'.tles did mu'u IOWA,
creating and preserving th' Nt..'
hostility which made the d,s'rH. Won "
property possible.
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PEACE,

iH'H
There is peace. YOU say, l believe you.
Peace Ay. we know IL well.
Not the peace OF the smile OF God but
the peace of the leer OF hell,
Peace, that the rich may fatten and bar
ter their souls for gain,
Peace, that the hungry may STAY and rob
the corpse Of the slain.
Peace, that the heart Of the people may
rot with a vile cangrene.
What though the men are bloodless A.?
What's a man TO a machine7
Here YOU come with your economies. II
ever the devil designed
\ science, twas yours, I doubt not. a study
to hcl's own mind,
Merciless, soull'ss, sordid. a science OF
selfish greed,
Blind to the light OF wisdom and deaf TO
the voice OF need.
And you pirate OF the wealth OF nations.
as II Il, were bought and soldl
The wealth OF nations IL men. not silk
and cotton and gold.
How will you measure In money the cost
OF knowledge and art?
Is honor valued In ~banknotes? Can YOU
pay for a broken heart
Can you reckon tho worth Of a poem by a
standard OF meat and drink
Can you buy with gold and silver a hear,
too great to shrink?
Toll me. how many dollars will pay for
the lifeblood shed
From the veins OF tho true and valiant
who feared not and are dead?
Battle Is fearful, ! grant It. The fields
are burnt bare with It's breath,
Death and the wrongs OF women that cry
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OLD GLORY IN TIME OF
STRESS.
Written by n Self-styIed Hyphenated
American.

"" pHfnhtt0
American.
Beautiful in its calm waving In soft.
caress!ng breezes. majestic In It's defiant
swapping in wind and storm, superb in its
beauty OF color, thrilling with life and
vigor, emblem OF freedom and equality.
Protective wing that shelters one hun
drcd million people derived from all races,
haven OF refuge and peace for Europe's
oppressed
In loyalty, love and reverence We touch
thy soft folds.
Thy record is glorious; may It never be
stained.
Sacredly We regard thy deepest inncr
meaning.
No treason shall touch. no hand dcroul
this our priceless heritage. our lives.
our worldly goods, all-without reserva-
tion-we lay at C~olumhla's feet. Our
prayer Is: May she ever he right and look
down with patience, compassion and SYM
pathy on her stricken sister nations with
charity for all and malice for none" I'm
the immortal words NJ Abraham Lincoln.
Proud nation Of righteous constitution,
OF free speech and assembly. peerless in
liberty, we hail thee
Land Of equal opportunity. where every
man Is king The hearts and hands OF
your native and adopted sons VIII never
fat! you. "lf right to uphold. II wrong
TO set right
Every race cove,s tho privilege Of vour
citizenship and the hyphen they hear is
but gratitude and reverence for the land
Of kith and kin sympathy for the
land Of our ancestors Is hut human and
natural, yes, admirable. We respec, and
revere the mother but We leave father
and mother" to follow the bride. hers
tcolumbia'sl Is our whole allegiance and
devotion forevermore
May America he prepared As the bee.
powerful as the lion, peaceful as the lamb.
generous AS H." mother to her young. and
Just aud merciful AS the Almighty.
Let this be the meaning 81 our GAG
conceived In liberty and dedicated 70 all
who seek It's shc,terlrg folds.
CHARLES \. GFuRlE.
Sor1n ORANGE, y j, August -.
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The Colonel Accused Of FIInching.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Mr..
Roosevelt has no Covenant" as he
lmagines, to guarantee the autonomy OF
Belgium, but he has an oath and cove
nam to guarantee the autonomy of the
tOrty-eight States In the United States.
and pom that. his constitutional oath,
he has failed for many years to answer
a single question, II Is this
Has each State. constitutlonally and
properly speaking, exclusive Judgment
about the control Of intoxicating LIQUORS?
Yes or no. Mr., Roosevelt.
r Just at home, then write your
scroll of honor DER the sea- said Emer-
son Why IL not Mr., Roosevelt dust
at home? d thy first duty, which
lest nearest thee, which thou knowest
to he thy duty thy second duty will
already ave become clearer ,"-Carlyle,
why does he finch, why does he foul,
why does he fall TO hit the line hard?
lie ought 10 have enough intelligence
10 answer that question and he ought
to have the pluck. JAMES YEARsLEY,
PHILADELPHiA, August 80.
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The Music Makers In War Time.

The war has naturally appealed
with irresistible force to the members
Of the musical profession, who are
naturally sensitive to the calls of
patriotism founded on any cause 81,
tragic, II Is probably true that his
Interest In the war will keep ARTURO
TosCANINI away from the conductors
desk 1T the Metropolitan Opera House
durln. the winter, since It Is his In
tentlon to devote as much OF his time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-31

The policemen Of Berkeley have
been invited to attend a purse Of
lectures upon ~criminology at the Uni
versity Of California with a view TO
increasing their usefulness. 1t is a
dubious experiment. Nothing should
be done to make the Berkeley police
men dissatisfied with their lot.
After having their intellectuals slim
ulated and refined they may prefer
to become professors.