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New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
Postal Service Improvement. Christian Science MOnitOr.)

The meeting in Boston recently of the New England branch of the World Postal league brought to public at tention with freshened interest the am mbitious program of that organiza- ton. It is not to be supposed that, because the people of the United States have now got the postal sav- ipgs bank and the parcel post, with numerous minor accommodat ations and a number of simplifications that have added immensely to the useful ness of the mails, therefore the limit or improvement in the postal service, or anything like it, has been reached. The fact seems to me that up to this time most of the work accomplished d bv the greatest of socialistc institu- tions. the post office, has been pre- liminarv and to large degree eX- perrin mental.
 If is not so much what the postal system is doing, but what it can be made to do, that enlists the atten- tion of the postal league progressives. They would expand its scope far be- yond the dreams of those who imagine it is now performing its func- tions with considerable completeness. They would establish ocean postal transports, auto-post routes, which would handle passengers as well as 1nail. broaden the service to and from other countries so that it would serve the purposes equally well of those who required or had letters of credit and of those who desired to forward packages in either direction. Under their leadership the post office would become at once an international bank and an international baggage and freight transfer establishment. Nor if we read correctly between the lines. would it stop until it had ab- scrbed all existing systems of com munication and transportation.
 The underlying thought of the World Postal league is worthy of the age. It is, to begin with, a world thought It comprehends govern mental regard for the necessities not merely of a people but of all peoples. It would make possible intercommuni- cation and exchange between those who might have certain commo odity at one end of the earth and those who might have special need of it at the other, and perform like ser vice for people at all intermediate points Moreover it would do all this at the very minimum of cost to the user of the service, for the post office would always be, in all coun- tries, an institution organized for service and not for profit.
 There may be some idealism here, but this, if so, is due to the fact that the program is in advance of the times. But nobody who reads certain
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
Auto Cuts Tombstone.

The owner of a granite cutting es- tablishment in Los Angeles received an order one day to cut some addi- tional lettering on standing monu- ment in cemetery some twenty miles from his mill, says The Illus trated World" Having a compressed air starter on his car he conceived the idea of making the air compress sor furnish the power to run a regu- lar pneumatic hammer. Taking his mechanic and a length of hose and an air hammer with his tools he ran his machine to the distant cemetery. connected with air line to the drain- age cock of the air reservoir of his car wedged down the compressor clutch and ran the pressure up to the limit of the machine and started operations. The engine kept up suf- f1cient pressure without overheating to finish the work in rapid order. The run of twenty miles and return and the cutting of sixty-fve letters on standing stone, which, by hand, is a days work in itself, was done in a little over six hours-a rather handsome saving affected by a pleas ure vehicle.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10

of the diplomats here seemingly are
 of the opinion that any impropriety they wish to commit can be done
 without the slightest fear of detection and that if theys are apprehended
 nothing serious will ever come of the
 matter. This feeling of security on the spart ofsslepresentatives of ssl of certain
 governments comes from the 1act that
 they are secure in the belief they nave
 enough of their fellow countrymen
 here who will foment trouble at thelr
 command. This is rather an erroneous
 impression; for, while there are all
 kinds of people in these United States, from every nation on the globe, from
 every nook and cranny of the earth.
 the Americans by birth are over
 whelming in number and if worse
 erica are capable of taking care of themselves no matter what the emer- gency. Because Q few Congressme en for political reasons stand in the halls of Congress and plate about the un- preparedness of the nation there are those who readily believe Uncle Sam is weak True, We might not be pre- pared to the extent some of the na- tions now at war were prepared when they started. But we are prepared enough for this,--to take care of our inherent rights, to back up the stand taken by our President. America has been lying idly back long enough, pa tiently watching the machinations of some outsiders and the time is fast growing near when "show down will be called. If 1t has got to come sooner or later, if America must know where her people stand, then it might as we'll be done now. Either we are one thing or the other: We are Am orleans, or we are Italians; we are Russians, or we are Germans; we are Americans or we are not Americans. We cannot serve two masters any more than a physical body can occupy two places at once. That is the law of nature.
 If the going of Dr. Dumba brings about unification of our people in the United States, if his departure even divides the sheep from the goats, we can dc nothing more nor less than wish him, from the depths of our hearts, sincere bon voyage. May no submarine attack the ship on which he sails. His safe conduct into his own land is our happiest wish. If he could wait around just little longer he might have a few compan- ions on the tourney; but the sooner he goes the better for all concerned.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10

passages in a league pamphlet can
 deny that it is very timely and prac- tical upon occasion. AS, for instance,
 when it requests all readers to write letters during the present congress sional recess urging their representa- tives and senators to enact legislation providing for the most efficient man agement of the post office, not forget ting the foreign service. In these times when so much is being thought and said about South and Central American trade-about international commerce in general-it certainly is among the things lying nearest at hand to ask or if need be to demand, of congress that the mail service be- tween the United States and other countries-South American and Gen. tIal American in particular-be modernized. It ought not to be the case that postal communication be- tween the Americas should be slower and costlier than in postal communi- cation between the southern Americas and the rest of the earth.
 The World Postal League will do well to cling to its ideals, even though force of circumstances compels it to travel slowly toward the point of making some of them practical.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
COMMUNICATED.
PANDORA'S BOX.

To The Editor of the Herald:
 Sir:--In an editorial recently I mo- ticed the sentence Tt will prove Pan- dora's box Will you kindly en- Tighten me as to the exact meaning of the phrase Pandora's box?
 CURIOUS.
 Pandora is a mythological being. She was heralded as a beautiful but somewhat deceitful woman sent to earth by the gods to bring misery and suffering to the human race be- cause Prom etheus outwitted Zeus and stole fire from heaven for mans use According to the best version of Pan- dora's mission she brought with her a box containing all human ills. Everything escaped from this box but hope. Another version is the box was filled with blessings; but the first explanation of Pandora's box is the one usually accepted.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
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Islands of Literature.
(Brooklvn Standard-U Union.)

(bfOOkIVn SldIlutIo o- oI11oA.j
 How much the world owes to the masters of literature who have put Rupon the map the islands upon which some of the most stirring events in Sffction have occurred can never be properly estimated, any more than the amount can be computed which tn imaginations of authors have con- tributed to the wealth of delight found in their works. Forem ost among the delectable spots wholly surrounded by a sea of words is the island home of Robinson Crusoe, dear alike to young and old readers of De Foes immortal work
 Singularly, the popular conception, which frequent reference to facts fails to correct, is that the solitude, unbroken until the imprint of naked foot on the sea sand was revealed to wary eye, existed on the real island of Juan Fernandez, off the west coast of South America. That is because popularity the fictitious hero of per haps the most wildly read book in the world except the Bible is identified with Alexander Sell<irk, who spent several years on that island and whose real narrative may have been the basis for the later work of tic- ton.
 But De Foe distinctly places the scene of the castaway adventures of his hero on the other side of the South American continent near the mouth of the great river Oronoque, or OrinOco, as now spelled. The land most nearly corresponding to it is the island of Tobago.
 " Next, perhaps, to the island home of the immortal Crusoe is that pure ly invented scene of romance where the chief incidents of Treasure 1s- land go forward. A recent writ ,r says that Robert Louis Stevenson, among whose most lasting contribu- tions to the world of letters he so largely enriched is this story of pure adventure, was led forward to it's composition by making a map of an imaginary island. out of which grew his first great story of which it has been said: 'Doubtless man may write better book for boys than Treasure Island,' but doubtless man never has, and probably never will"
 Imaginary haunts of imaeinaly men and women on islands, real or unreal, have added much to the 'charms of both prose and poetry from
 
 island home of the Swiss Family Robinson The Coral Island" of R. M. Ballantyne, the seagirt spot described in Captain Marryatt's Mas terman Ready" to the islands de- picted in the latest novels of Cyrus Townsend Brady and Miss Mary Johrt- ston there is an ever-growing list of regions 'beautiful for situations and the joy of the whole earth" which have been wrought from the minds of genius and embodied in words for the enjoyment of the world. These man-made regions fre- Quently surpass in interest the real ones known to readers and are in- vested with the charm of the re mote, unfriended and alone" To their creators are due the thanks of all who have ever enjoyed reading or being read to about them.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
Their Object Educational.

T believe" says General Superin- tendent of National Parks Mark Daniels, that the most important feature in the national parks is the educational one. In a national park the scenery or natural phenomena is of such character as to be largely educational I am sure that no one can go through Yellowstone National park after hearing the roar of the hot springs and seeing the paint pots without feeling that his education has been materially augmented. Nor can he leave Yosemite after spending enough time in there to see what glacial action was, to see the highest waterfall in the world, the greatest trees in the world, without feeling that his mental horizon has been broadened materially"
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
BON VOYAGE.

las Happened to Dr. COnstan- D, the indiscreet representa- |ustro-Hungary, whose re- been demanded by President the result of his own free
 fate was always in his own Ee has no one to blame but
 And he leaves the shores of |d States in abject disgrace.
 o aas violated the hospitali-
 American people and desc *frfendship of their govern hrq was no other alterna- President Wilson. Dunn ba }. And his going should at warning to other diplomats bgton who have been and |now are doing things equal Ve as the plan Dr. Dumba
 forth, but who, as yet, have
 Exposed.
 ' ae sf lile llestcf the, foreign gov
 Wefe brought to a realiza-
 lat sthe Epited States is and Etah ds for From activities E three. o1s four months some
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
Another Ruined BOgie.
(New York Press.)

o, to have been muckraked as an undesirable institution. say twenty five years ago! It would be almost the guarantee of present acceptance and distinguished approval.
 What is theSe, among the ac- cepted bogies and aversions of a short generation ago, that has not latterly been established in good re- pute? The nickel novel for which we had our hides tanned regularly is now good form; the candy that was ruining our teeth of adolescence is now prescribed as a fine food; the baby that once must be rocked but not allowed to cry, must now be al- lowed to cry but may not be rocked; i; to be a pigeon-toed was a deformity but now it is the proper habit and attests physical correctness. And so the list might be expanded indef- initely.
 No need, though. The doctors have come at length to defense of the corset; wherefore it will be as- stunned that no bogie is longer sa- cred. It was foremost of them all, breaking the health of women, ruin ing their natural figures, squeezing their organs into impossible places and generally demoralizing them. True, the ladies paid no whit of att tention, but kept on wearing it; and now the doctors--mayb making virtue out of necessity-have issued ukase that the corset is a fine thing It keeps women from assuming sloppy and unnatural positions, holds in their proper places and re- lationships the very organs that it used utterly to dislocate, protects the delicate internal mechanism from the weather-in short is highly useful and commendable con- traption.
 When the corset can get off with a vindication like that, what hard
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
The Balance Of Europe. (New York Evening Post. )

Peace cannot be imposed by com- plete military triumphs on either side. The war can go on to the point of general exhaustion, but even then there would have to be media tion, or an approach to each other of the warning nations, in order to end it. As opposed to this view, what is proposed? Simply that tho countries involved should go on bleed- ing themselves white. Germany it is said. must lose 4,0O0, 900 men more; the allies as many. Then we may hope that the fighting will stop and the map of Europe be made over! This conception recalls Swift's mor- dant couplet on The Balance of Europe: t-. Europe is now balanced, neither side
 prevails, .s For nothing's left in either of the
 scales.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
BACK WHERE TT STARTED.

As fast as Washington gets over one crisis another springs up to take the place of the departed The latest German note made public today re- fuses all indemnity for the Arabic. It is viewed as remarkable document at the nations capital, a missive fraught with serious possibilities. It is in direct contra adiction to the as- sertions and assurances made by the German Ambassador. Johann von; Bernstortf, to Secretary of State Lansing on September 1. Whereas the Ambassador said the commanders of ercise the righi of visit and searr,l and to give warning before sinking vessels so the lives of non-combatants might be saved the latest note from the Imperial German Government is somewhat on a different order.
 There is a good excuse for the sink .man Government. The Arabic vas going to ram the submarine. This is the first time this version of the af- fair has been given out. If the Ara bic's captain lad any such inten- tions, then the commander of the submarine had every right in the world to lay him low. But those on the Arabic assert that when the ship changed its course 1t was merely zig
 zagging to avoid the torpedo. Not
 much harm in that. As to a big liner
 ramming a submarine, there Is not one chance in a million of it's being | done. It is like a large amphi5Ious
 hippopotamus ei> ing chase to a div | ing shrimp. As long as the subma : 1 rine can do the disappearing act it need not fear ramuiing by liner.
 But even if the commander of the | submarine was mistaken as to the aggressive intentions of the Arabic, '' | as the German government admits | might have been the case, there will
 still be no indemnity granted. That
 overrules all the suaVe assurances ad-
 vanced by Ambassador von Bernstorff
 and throws the case back to the start"
 ing point. Further to show that Ger 1. many does not intend modifying its
 submarine warfare, although it is
 willing to submit the case to the
 Hague for arbitration, it appends this l .
 that, as a matter oi course, the ar l httal decision shall not be admitted | to have the importance of a general | decision on the permissibility or the l converse under international law of l German submarine warfare Thus IS the good work of settling the differ | ences between; the two countri es thrown in the scrap heap. N M N <.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
No Maximum On HonIxing.
(Randolph Herald-News.l

IRandoIph HeraId-NeWs.) --,
 Morrsville is one big honk since the village authorities began whole sale prosecutions because automobile drivers did not sound their horns freely enough at street corners. The law fixes 0 minimum on the amount of footing, but no maximum, and the Lam ollie town is said to be perfect bedlam since crusade started.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
IRITY--AT HOME.

ho are charitably inclined
 hnnual donations to char eties would, no doubt, well Eadoption of what is known
 yeland plan in this city.
 an, on-sectarian societies
 central body a budget of
 each wear. Donations
 orn "a lmsgtNers and the
 is apportioned am ong
 al societies. Under this
 Be who give to the cause 1or and unfortunate would I'd only once during the |nmp sum would be given. slieve them of the continual Eected calls for donations 1eir attendant annoyance
 eh must be met with con-
 cording to the worth of
 r which they are asked.
 {ftee of members of the 8in Charity Organization this plan under considera- { would not be at all sur it returned a favorable no method has the endorse ae RChamber of Comm cree, s Investigated thoroughly es in its practicability. '' T Uf the agent of the New
 rity Organization for the
 6nths mirrors condition
 ultEto overcome. Speak eaIs for aid, the agent says: . eighty-seven new cases, in { instances the trouble rgely due to shiftlessness ncy. On the other hand m out of the eighty-seven 5 because of unemployment asst .eummer in the same time forty-nine out of sev-
 new ' cases of need were lack of work"
 ness and laziness are traits nature that are hard to off, Lnately they are character small minority, who prefer dly by, neither sowing nor
 While others put their to fthe wheel. teffient regarding the few ,loyment might be regarded le to conditions in this city. fly last fall that the city edssextra money with which
 those. who were out of would seem by the report arity Organization that. the
 has swung back and there nty of employment for those 4to be privates in the vast American producers. This ,m an organization which will admit is far removed .ics might also be regarded wer to those hapless, pessi- Iyiduals who are continually e cry of hard times."
 particular especially, the
 the agent shows the or to be wide awake. That I'd to advertising. In other |ritahle organizations have for funds when their own eded replenishing or where cases needed immediate assistance. The scheme has ! Tn this city. The result Btrated in the following This we do know, that a large and helpful re- our first appeal which re- Ia close connection between 10 needed to receive and b were willing to give"
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10

1 It seems to us that Germany should De much more excited than the Onlteo States about the Hesperian ncldent. Germany is on trial before the court l of civilization, and the United states | is the judge who will decide the case after the evidence has been heard In the circumstances we can well a1loro to be calm-New York World. On the side of the Allies, there is vet much incentive to continue the war. for as concerns one of them, England. the full possible strength has not yet been exerted., It is best to expect one more strenuous attempt from them, but it's issue might be decided before winter brings it's dreary deadlock-Broklyn Standard Union.
 Were the United States to engage
 in war, would it be possible for it's
 enemy, or Powers in sympathy with
 that enemy, to demoralize even tenn
 porarily the industrial plants on which
 we should depend for ammunition by
 inducing workingmen to quit their
 benches? Or could a system of sabo- tage, directed by aliens be established under which imperfect and undepen- dable products might be served to our fighting forces ?-New York Sun.
 The most unstable and uncertain element in Democratic politics, the fluctuating and undependable factor, is that little group of honorary colo nels from whom the country has heard so. much of late and something different every day. There is pie! turesque Colonel Watterson, sardonicI Colonel Harvey, the sauviloquent Colonel Bryan and the secretive Colo mel House, and it is easier to fore-' cast the weather or the jumps and drops in sterling exchange than to- tell where one of them will stand a week from now.-Rochester Post Express.
 Ambassa dor Dumba's dep1orable breach of diplomatic etiquette, to designate it in no harsher way, over shadows all other incidents of the. hour, as official action in regard to it. must be prompt and definite. A lit the reflection should convince the Am bassadOr that he has done his coun- trymen in the United States a very i'll service in recommending. to his government that it employ money to, call them away from their occupa- tions. In the whole history of our relations with foreign countries there has never been another diplomatic representative at our national capital who has in such an open and un-. abashed way taken measures to make hnr himse1f Yor,, al1Ggether Tit,t1 una%epta0le'-
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10

ened offender is safe? Iconaclasm is merely authority changing it's mind, and nowadays it is changing its mind about pretty nearly every thing that used to be certain. .
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
SPECIAL SALE

SPECIAL SALE
 OF HANDKERCHIEFS SATURDAY Our own importation of Hand Emb. Novelties for Women and Children. Priced SC, 1Oc, 121ac, 19c,. 25c each. Linen Initials, 121ac and 25c each. Plain Linen Hemstitched Handker- chiefs at 1Oc, 12 1-2c and 25c each.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10

Nature is doing what can be done to mitigate the horrors of war by giv- ing the world bountiful crops.-Buf- falo Commercial. .~
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10

Former Mayor Fitzgerald of Bos- ton accuses former Governor Foss, now a Prohibition candidate, Of drinking beer tout of a bottle.' Does Honey Fitz" consider can more dem ocratic, or what at?-Pittsburgh Dispatch
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10

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New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
FACTS AND RANCHES.

One fact seems to stand out pretty clear at this writing. The Colonel isn't going, to earn another $40,00O by settling, the European war; Rochester Herald. <t
New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
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New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
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New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
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New Britain herald., 1915-09-10

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New Britain herald., 1915-09-10
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