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New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
Georgia Was Not a Belgium.
! (New York Times.)

Why men and women who are
citizens of this not altogether despic-
able country, and especially those
whose relation to it is lineal, not
adaptive, assume the task of recalling
ard exploiting the ancient misdeeds
of their fellow-countrymen is a
nystery beyond explanation. ON gem
eral principles and proverbial au-
thority as to the fouling of nests one
would expect that task to be per-
formed, if at all, by hostile foreigners
ON occasions when they could get a
little consolation for the worlds dis
dain by saying-and proving-tfat
"Y cure another
However, there's no accounting for
tastes. according to another proverb.
and far be it from us to deny the
right of any American to get what
pleasure he or she can out of present
ing evidence to shosy that what the
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

England. A howl of anger and fury
will go up in America when the kerr
rible news is received there. What
will the result be? 1t must be ads
mitted that legally and morally the
action of the German boat is fully
justified. The "Lusitania'i is a full
fiedged auxiliary cruiser of the Britt
ish navy, armed with twelve six<nch
guns and with a complement Of fsix
hundred men, stronger than any pros
tected cruiser of the German navy.
This fact alone would have justified
the sinking of the vessel. Besides. ,
it was well known that she was load
ed to the brim with munition. guns
rifles, even parts of submarines. and
other material of war. Can any sane
man expect that the Germans shetlld(
wait until these arms are unloaded\
and used to kill German soldiexs
And, finally, America had been arnplyz
warned in time. Count Bernstord
had publicly advertised in the AmeriAl
can press that ii would be danger
Gus to travel on the 'Lusitania,"
The American steamer Gulfiight has
been sunk on May End, off the Sciiiy/
Islands. It seems that she ran upon
mine and went down. So there is noy
reason to get excited
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
New York Press.

Not without criminal negligence car
this country, facing the internaticnaiI
possibilities ii must always face and
bearing the world OVERWHELMINGLY IL
must always bear, leave itself naked
of military defense.
There. is a system which gives rea
sonable preparedness. without build
ing a war machine 1t is the system
by which the smaller peaceful coun
tries of Europe, such as Holland.
Belgium and Switzerland, develop pos
sibilities of very great strength, wflile
not mourning the crushing burden -
militarism.
In August Belgium put S00,000
troops in the field; Holland was pre-
pared to defend her frontiers wit
100000. Hollands peace footing ia
about $4,000. In the same ratio oura
would be 100000. We do not need
such large standing army as that
but it is. clear by all accepted stand
ards that il the standing army isF
serve as the nucleus for the devei
opment of a militia reserve quickly
available in case of war. the presen
ratio of one regular to Approximately
every 1000 of population is hopeless7
ly small.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Germans have done in Belgium Sher-
man did in Georgia. Still, without
denying that right, one is justified,
perhaps in-well, in assuming a
somewhat critical attitude, when such
persons attempt the pretty achieve
rnent and fail
Success would give them excuse or
even reason, for holding themselves
the instruments of a needed takintg-
down of American conceit. But the
fact-the evident ana fndisputab Bile
facts that they have not succeeded.
Admitting to be true every accusation
against Sherman and his men that
they have been able to rake up, they
have yet to present single duplica-
ton in Georgia of the deeds which
in Belgium have excited the horror of
all civilized nations except one. When
mention of atrocities is made today
the reference is not to such destruc-
ton destruction of property as takes
place in all wars, it is not to the i'm
evitable harshness and ruin suffered
by civilians unfortunate enough to be
III the war Of marching armies. The
reference is to such crimes against
women and children as make scores
Of pages in the appendix of the Bryce
export unprintable in a newspaper, to
the systematic use of helpless country
folk as shields for soldiers approach
ing the enemy, to equally systematic
misuse of the white flag and of the
Red Cross, to the bayoneting of the
wounded and of prisoners, to the TAX
ing and the shooting of hostages.
Not one of these things has been
charged, much less proved, against
Sherman, his soldiers, or even the
"a ummers'' who followed and dis
graced them
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
How Germany Knows Our Sentiments.
providence Journal)

Here is a most excellent sample of
the kind of stuff with which the Ger
man people are being fed, and from
which they are drawing their "knowl-
edge as to American sentiment. The
following is the translation of an ar
ticle which has been going the rounds
of the German press for the last ten
days:
When I woke up this morning and
cast a glimpse upon the newspaper, I
fairly Jumped up. The "Lusitania"
had been torpedoed and sunk by "a
German subn1arinel This is an event
of the most serious consequence for
German American relations. I am
afraid that many Americans have
been on board and gone down with
the big ship which was the pride of
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
ARTTNG THEM OFF RIGHT.

len the general run of men reach
|hinking age and find life weigh
heavily upon their hands, there
III sordid regret they invariably
Is. 1t is this:s'If had my
Eo live over again, I'd be so and
|Then hey name some profession.
Eade, or life work they think bet-
Than their own.
81 the reason these men have no
*ure ii looking back over the
8 IS because they are misfits. They
|ot belong where they are. Those
til tragedies Of life. Some are
"a ans who should have been
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

is to dine with her, and he would be
in the way.
Out of town guests must have the
best treatment hospitality can afford.
so when father comes home at night
he climbs to the little attic room, set
aside for him when there is company
in the house, and there pines over
the ways of society. ill.,
Poor father, Even the motorAcar
is taken from him in order III show
the guests theabeautiful eli cl NJ
he helps pay the taxes. The only en N
joyment open to father is5aa clande-
slime visit to the movies.
Is this all life means to father? Is
he to have no reward on this mundane
sphere? When poets sing the praises
of fathers life companion, why do
they leave him out of their lines? No
artist dabs upon the canvass the fig
ure of a kindly old man and writes be-
meath his work the simple term,
Father" Why is this?. Has the en-
tire world connived in one bond Of
free-masonry for the ignominous os-
tracism of poor, dear father? His
only mention comes internationally in
the lyrical abuse Of some ragtime rem
dition like Everybody Works But
Father" Those are malicious false
hoods,
Up until the present time it seemed
as if the fates were against father. as
if the world had turned against him.
But with the edict announced that
June 80 is to be Fathers day, 1t looks
like, tastes and times have changed
for father is to be recognized at last.
Full arrangements for Fathers Day
have not, as yet, been completed.
Probably we will be asked to observe
the day with some BETTING and ap-
propriate ceremonials. For instance,
church in the morning, civic parade
at noon, public reception from one to
three, tea dansant from four to six,
and banquet from eight until mid
night. Or, we. may be simply asked
to wear a boutonniere,-a~ flower Of
some kind in our lapel and to have at
least >one kind word for father.
Boys and girls, brothers and sisters,
husbands and wives, all the children
of father. married and single, come
forward and hail your king. Let him
know bow much you love him, even
if he is but father. Boys, give him
a hearty hand-shake and see those
eyes Of his sparkle with the sheer Joy
Of it. Girls. throw your arms around
his neck, as If he were your sweet
heart, and plant kiss on those kind
ly lips. Don't be afraid to let him
know you love him. Mother, do the
same; for after all is said and done,
father is a mighty valuable man to
have about the house. Some day,
when his football fails to resound on
the walk. and the dog is lonesome for
his master at the gate, we will all 4
realize that, next to mother, the best
old pal on earth was father.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
COMMUNICATED
Officer Quinn Explains That He Had
resigned.

Officer Quinn Explains That He Had
H6efgned.
Editor Herald
I hope you Will allow me small
space in your valuable paper to re-
mind the Board of Public Safety of
New Britain, Conn, that I, Louis G.
Quinn, had already resigned from the
New Britain police force on June 5,
Z 1a15. l handed in my keys and told
zkfaEm resigned. The keys are at
sf H4 present time at the police station
raIld not in my possession, consequent
w. your honorable board could not
soismiss me on June IA. 1915.
~ 1 availed myself of the opportunity
CT the hearing to clear myself with
the honest minded citizens of this
city. realized right along that I
had no chance with the strong
political machine I was up against.
Thanking you, I remain,
LOUIS G.. QUINN.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

And still come the unanswerable
questions. Why writes subscrib-
er. does girl always close her eyes
when she kisses you p
Send us your photograph and well
let you know.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Nelson o'shaughnessy. nominally
American ambassador to Vienna, has
returned from the war capitals of
Europe. He reports that each nation
is sure OF ultimate victory. Surpris-
ing, isn't IT.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

New York mas designed universal
dress for women, to be worn on all
occasions. It is called the "Polymur-
iel." Now's the chance to get mar.
y1ed.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

The first instalment of William
Jennings Bryan's summer fiction has
arrived. THE Causeless War event
ually, will be put in scenario form
and run in the movies.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Champagne and water will be in
vogue at the Arizona launching next
Saturday. Where, oh where is the
grape-juice?
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

West Virginia must be sold at auc-
ton to satisfy its debt to Virginia
WHAT an awful state to be IN.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16
DIR. JEKYLL-MR. HYDE.
|uLnpHonH CALLS.

DIR. JEKYLL-MR. HYDE.
the ways of men are strange.
strange are the ways Of ma
zones reliable information
r esteemed friend, DR.. An
Gerhard, the German Red
urer, and special envoy Of
nan embassy in Washington.
om he represented himself.
&een hob-nobbing in this
4nder false colors. He is a
who clothed himself in the
81 the real DIR. Meyer erhard
|S for protection, the mantle
Cross worker. His rightful
DR. Alfred Meyer. His oc-
privy counsellor Of the
chief of the department
supplies Of the imperial min
war. The only and original
FL Ceraard has not been off
soil since the beginning of
bean struggle.
& great trick to play on the
sovernment Of the United
"a is to laugh. Surely. we are
ting people. We throw open
II to pronaiscuous visitors. go
III way to entertain them, ex-
'ounded hospitality, and in re-
thanked with a slap in the,
o-cal1ed DR.. Meyer Gerhard, -
alton Of whose name must
i. Jekyll- Hyde.-owes a deep
to the Red Cross society. If
he nation. He nasqueraded
le guise OF arlecturer Of that
lion, secure under It's protect
!. thus hiding his real mission
Fas to purchase supplies for
man war Office.
81 actor was the doctor. Ills
was everything to be de-
Is member Of the Lambs club,
i've done better. On the lee
form he preached and prayed
Iributions to the Red Cross
his makeup he visited the
manufacturers OF war mum
d Bought supplies for his gov
Thus he Stayed two birds
i 5 single makeup" Per-
sketched. the plans of a few
lions to take home with him.
,wn ne got an insight into our
defense. Il
vas all very cleverly done; but
owning crime,-or achieve
Of Or. Meyer-Gerhard" came
under protection secured by
ts department from France
eat Britain, he sailed for
agen supposedly as an envoy
ii Won Bernstorff, the German
ldor, but in reality to carry
government the military state
sredness Of this country. This
nan for whom the Kaiser has
his answer to President Will
tie.
now there are those who will
nd make merry over the great
aged by the versatile German.
gather it, there is no cause for
ent, Rather would we extol
4, who, having been guest at
ne, carried off the family sill
There is scarcely any differ
the two behayiors, merely a
of ethics. A professional
who robs an unprotected home
more honorable than a guest
guilty of the same crime. We
on the lookout for invaders,
Idals who come under the cloak
ldship have US at their mercy.
omplaint is made because "Dr.
secured any infornna-
wanted. That was his priv
his duty, as he saw it. His
IS are what we cannot con-
led with the Capt. Boy-E
I'D the works of the notorious
t makers. Count Won Bern
ViI1 have much explaining to DE-
he sets himself right in thu
an mind.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Chicago having. had three strikes
the side is out.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

What's the use trying to discour-
age college men by telling them there
are only thirteen college graduates
among the forty-six railroad heads in
the United States? Look at the COL
lege graduates in the Big Leagues!
-Binghamton Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

We recommend the Hon. Billy Sun.
day to the consideration Of the pres
fdent as secretary of state. Fol
when Billy takes rest the silence
is most noticeable. AS for the other
Billy-!-Financial America.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

An ex-president Of the United
States, Professor William H. Taft of
Z ale, is out for the single term. What
would be novel would be effective ad-
vocacy of the single-term modifca-
ton by a. president still in Office
New York Globe. IL ~a
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Labor unions win victory through
the La Toilette seam ems bill. So did
the farmer who, to prevent boys from
picking UP apples in the orchard on
which his living depended, cut down
the trees.-Wall Street Journa1.)
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

The members of that German band
who played the Star spangled Ban
ner, and then marched into the fed
eral building at Brooklyn and got
naturalized made the best of all re-
plies to Count Reventlow's remarks
about internal difficulties. '-Syracuse
Post-Standard ~
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

Perhaps the day will yet come
when there will be an universal COIN
age, cosmopolitan language and
worldwide system of measurements.
Possibly if there is anything, of our
little world left after the last Krupp
has rumbled its death-dealing mes
sage of "Ku1tur," the time will come
when one can buy hat in the in
terror of China which will not expose
him to the grins and derision Of Fifth
avenue or Buffalo,s own Main street.
Buffalo Commercial.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-16

DIR. Dernburg sailed yesterday,
month after the republican babe hir
farewell. If our "Lebe wohl' wa
premature, it was sincere. May tn
Norwegian ship he goes in not be tn
victim of an, unfortunate accident
on the high -(springfeld Re
publican. =
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-03
TWILIGHT STORIES For LITTLE Folks.
BY Paul Leake

dirty pavements below, and their
mother makes only enough to keep
body and soul together. She is good
woman and help is coming to her."
AS she spoke lady knocked on
the outer door. One of the children
opened it. The woman at the machine
got up and stood, not knowing whether
the strange lady had come to preach
to her how she should take care of
her children. When she saw the
pleasant smile on the face of the
caller, her manner changed. What
was said Ben could not hear, but the
poor woman of the sewing machine
grasped the hands of the lady and
tears ran down her face. She had
been offered help, not charity, but a
chance to make q decent Living for
herself and little ones and she was
thanking the lady who called.
Leaving this scene Ben and his
guide went to another tenement house,
house in which great many fam
lies lived. There were many children
all ragged and poor who had never
seen the green fields and who lived
all the time in the .lums of the city,
knowing no better than to quarrel or
play as the mood seized them. Pow
erty was on all sides, great part
Of it due to the ignorance of the faith
ers and mothers, or bad habits of one
or the other, sometimes both.
Cant We do something for them ?"
asked Ben when they had again got
out into the open.
"The good people of the city are
making arrangements so the children
can be clothed, fed and educated"
answered his companion, land many
of them will grow up into good men
and women"
When Ben's Mama returned she
found him sitting staring out of the
window at the bright moon.
II am so glad we live where we can
see the green fields and hear the birds
sing" said Ben looking up into his
mothers face.
$50 am DEAR" she replied.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-03

cause of it. Kandwahr was firm in
his refusal to enlighten them, how
ever. Whatever he knew he was de-
termined to keep to himself, and nei-'
Their persuasion nor threats could
make him speak.
AS the days passed the affair be-
came all the more mystifying. 1t
seemed TO the little party that the air
was surcharged with dormant ex-
element, as though some danger
lurked near to them, ready to over
whelm them at any moment. Mac
Bee was still unheard from, and out
wardly there was nothing whatever to
cause alarm. Each morning Cornish,
Sir Harry and Darlington started off
at daybreak with their guns, return
ing to the lodge in time for luncheon.
But they had little interest in their
hunting, and most of the time their
minds were alert for signs of things
other than game. Under cover of
their shooting they explored every
corner of Farndale's vast preserve,
but not once did they discover any
signs to indicate the presence of the
spies they all feared.
AS Harcourt improved, DR.. May
brooke sometimes joined them for a
few hours, and after another week the
patient was apparently fully recov-
cred. While the men were away, Har-
court remained about the house talk
ing with Major Marston, Grace or
Adele. Realizing that Harcourt would
soon become impatient to be out of
doors, DR.. Maybrooke had suggested
that screen be put about the ver-
anda, so that the convalescent man
might sit there and take the air with
out danger of being seen.
The strangest thing of all, even to
DR.. Maybrooke, was Harcourt's con-
tinued loss of memory. He seemed to
recognize none OF. them. Even Grace
recalled no thought of the past to him,
and his very lack of recollection of
their engagement-the absence of all
signs of tenderness towards her-cut
her to the quick.
At first he was quite content to re-
main about the lodge, but one evening
at dinner he begged so earnestly to be
permitted to go with the men the next
morning that they could not refuse
him. His strength was returning and
he was rapidly regaining his ruddy
look of health. The simple statement
that he had been i'll seemed to satisfy
him completely, and he never asked
even the simplest questions as to
where he might be, or how he came
to be there. His whole attitude was
like that of child, accepting his daily
life as a matter of course, without
the slightest thought or comment as to
why things were as he found them.
Ito be continued.)
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-03
Ben and the Tenement Children.

"You wont be afraid to stay alone
while Mama goes over to Mrs. Smith,
who is sick, will you Benz"
mo, indeed. ! am not afraid any
more"
The electric reading lamp was lit,
and the room was cozily warm. Ben
thought what a good thing it was to
have nice home and a nice mama.
A slight noise at the door caused
him to look up from the picture book.
He saw standing in the door way the
woman in white who looked so much
like his Mama. The same soft silver
glow surrounded her as when he saw
her in the dark. street.
"To realize how good home you
have, ben, she said, you should see
some of the poor children of the cities.
Would you like to come with me?
Mama won't mind"
Without word Ben placed his hand
in hers and they went out into the
night. Rising in the air, they were
carried out over the moon lit fields
and across rivers until they came to
great city, the lights of which shown
from the high buildings like thous-
ands of stars. Dropping into street
made dark by the buildings on either
side, they went into sort of passage
way or alley, where black hole in a
building proved to be the door. Up
the rickety stairs past i'll smelling
doors behind which could be heard
the sounds of quarrels, they went.
The interior of the rooms were plainly
to be seen. In one was a group Of
small, ragged, dirty children, MUNICH
ing on some bread crusts and drink
ing weak coffee from battered coffee
pot while their mother bent over a
sewing machine sewing for dear life.
her face thin and careworn. Beside
her on the floor was a pile of gar
ments which looked ike coats.
These poor little children have
never seen pasture lot, a wood lot
nor a green field" whispered Ben's
companion. Their play ground is the
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-03
The Mysterious Monogram
By Ho.andP Rocke
Copyright ~

anxiously, as he stepped towards
them.
ooh, fatherw the girl exclaimed.
"Dicky and were standing by the
lodge gate just now, when | looked
down and happened to see the print
of a great bare foot-and beside it
on the gatepost, was the mark of that
strange sign"
"You don't mean'-her father stam-
mered-"Not-"
Adele nodded. "The very same
footprint saw in the sand by the
hut the day we landed from the yacht
and the same strange sign we've
SEEN"
you're positive ?" Cornish asked.
"Quite positive ?" she affirmed, pale
and trembling.
II can vouch for it, too" Darlington
assured him, with shudder that was
involuntary.
"Then that is what it was Kand-
wahr discovered out there this after
noon," said Sir Harry. 1t doesn't
seem likely that MacBee would be
wandering about here barefooted, or
that he would make strange symbols
upon the gatepost-yet it is evident
that Kandwahr knows and fears who
ever made that sign"
"There is but one mark and one
footprint" Darlington said. II flashed
about with my electric pocket lamp.
The track we saw is where the earth
is soft and rather muddy. The ground
about it is rather firm and is I'M
marked. There are no signs of any
one having come or gone-just the
one foot print"
"You believe that your discovery
means danger?" asked DR.. May
brooke.
at is at least uncanny," said Cor
nish. apparently someone is prowl-
ing about here spying upon US. Per-
haps he or they may suspect that Har-
court is here. Maybe the prowler is
hunting for Kandwahr. In any event
this is apparently the reason he is so
anxious to get away from here i'm a
hurry. If he knows anything about it,
we must get the facts out Of him in
one way or another"
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-03
CHAPTER XX.
A Mysterious Conversation.

Although Cornish and Sir Harry
made repeated efforts to solve the
mystery of the bare foot by question
ing Kandwahr, the Indian declined
fatty to tell them what he knew about
it. They did not mention to him
Adele's discovery of the mysterious
monogram, having thought it wiser to
ask him what reason had prompted
his strange offer of a confession and
if the footprint in the road was the
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-03
Ito be continued.)

Country schools in Washington
state are specializing in warm lunch
es. The teachers are trained in house
hold arts and the school lunch is used
not only to better the physical condi-
ton of the pupils, but to teach domes-
tic science.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-07-03
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