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New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
WOULDN'T SHOVEL SNOW

One Of the features of the recent snow storm in New York was the in ability of the contractor who has the task of removing the snow from the streets to obtain the necessary num- her of men to do the shoveling. employed men in that city at present more it is said, than was ever known before and yet it impossible to induce them to earn a few dollars re- moving the snow. It is hard work to be sure but it does seem as if a man might take turn at it rather than go hungry or have those depending on him go without food.
 In discussing this and similar cases it might be well to remembe that be- cause a man is out of work is no reason that he is out of money and that it is necessary for him to accept employment at any kind of labor that IT esents itself. He won't do that, in fact he will not accept employment
 
 similar to that at which he has been working, but prefers to wait until the return of better business conditions. There are, however, these who must work every day in order to keep the wolf from the door and when period Of industrial unrest comes they and their families suffer Those con Gitions have existed since the world began and will probably continue until the end of time. It must be recognized, however; that there is much privation at such times and it is to ease the suffering that philan- thropic people give of their store to help those in need, when municipali- ties make special efforts to provide employment for those who need as- sistance because it is always better to have people earn their own living than to have them dependent on some enc else. As rule the people them selves prefer this kind of an ar rangement.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
EUGENIC MARRIAGES

wisconsin has a law providing for eusenlc marriages and during the first year or its operation ending January ol tnls year, marriages decreased to the extent of $500 as compared with the former twelve months, but a pe- cullar feature of the whole matter is that there were eighty common law marriages recorded during the year, and they. are regarded as just as valid under the law as where a ceremony is performed, except that it does not meet with the eugenic re- auirements. The state board of health says that many people Want to adjoin- Ing states to be married rather than submit to the medical examination re- quired by the Wisconsin law.
 Eugenic marriages are all right in theory. they seek to bring about a most desirab ble condition, but whether they will do so or not is another ques- ton. They have been viewed in many instances a stock raiser would con- sider his prize animals and without any regard to the conditions which exist in the human family and which cannot be controlled by any human agency. If the matter of physical perfection was the only thing to be considered the argument in favor of eugenic marriages would be stronger, but it is not the physical element alone that is to be recognized when treating of this matter A man might be physical marvel and yet be an undesra ble citizen; a woman might be perfect as far form and health is concerned, but with an evil mind, and there is no one who will truth fully say that society would be inn proved by the marriage of such couple, yet that is the plan upon which eugcnists work and believe in. An eX- animation such as Wisconsin requires does not reach such cases, and it is these more than others which need correction. It is also apparent that those who object to the examination go elsewhere to have their weddings while there is some evidence that some avoid all kinds of ceremonies and live together under the common law It condition.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
What Mir. Morgan Doesn't Know
(New York World. )

Mr. Morgan's testimony before the federal commission on industrial re- lations will disappoint a circle much wider than that which heard it. Pa everywhere will read it with amaze ment and apprehension.
 Representing one of the greatest of modern fortunes and charged with immense financial responsibilities, na- tional and international in their scope, the witness either knew nothing or had never formed an opinion on sub jects that are discussed daily at al- most every fireside. The number of men who work in the various indus tries in which he is interested, their hours, wages and welfare had not entered his mind. He was a stock holder and director merely, and as such he was not responsible for in dustrial conditions, and it was not his business to be informed. Intrusting the activities of organized capital to agents he was unwilling to recognize agents representing organized labor. He did not know what a living wage was. He had 10 opinion as to the cause of poverty. The suffering aris- ing from it had never been brought to his attention He had reached no conclusions as to child labor, or hte age limit for men, or collective bargaining, or the proper length of working day, but he admitted that if it were shown that in one of his in dustries men could not earn enough to support their families, he might direct his executive officers to look into the matter.
 MT. Morgan is a steward of invest ed wealth mounting into thousands of millions. In his capacity as bank CT he controls money and credit that make him even more formida ble. If he is as ill-informed or indifferent as he pretends to be, he presents to the American people a social and poIi- tical problem of the first magnitude.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
A Lady Judge.
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer.)

Dressed in a simple blue suit her brown hair arranged in school girl fashion and her customary rosy cheeks made rosier by the excitement of the occasion Miss Reah M. White head entered upon her new duties as justice of the peace shortly before neon yesterday morning. A brief ceremony marked her entry into the judicial arena, retiring Justice Brown handing over the keys of the office while moving picture machines and cameras clicked.
 "So far, so good" was the brief statement made by Justice Whitehead when asked how she liked her new duties. II vii be glad when the novelty of my appearance upon the bench wears off and I can work like any other justice. However, I have no complaint"
 Justice Whitehead spent most of the afternoon greeting friends and had little judicial business. She equipped her office with a new set of law books and between callers took occasion to brighten up her know ledge of their contents.
 The first case to be heard by Jus lice " Hlleltdu Wlll De fIluaS morn ing at 10 o'clock when Edward Cas- trow, arrested yesterday, will answer to a statutory charge Two civil suits have also been filed for that day.
 When she left her office about o'clock yesterday afternoon to go to her home to discuss matters with her mother, Mrs T. s. Bosley, who was her campaign manager in her race for office, Miss Whitehead was a full f1edged justice, although her feelings were not wounded if she was not ad- dressed by her title. "It is a little strange hearing people call me judge" mEsed the woman justice but it won't be long before I will become ac- customed to this, I suppose"
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
What Would Happen If-.
(Richmond Times-Despatch.)

What would happen if all the air fleets of warning countries should meet in the air and refuse Co turn tail until the last one had been wreck ed; if all the submarines should sink all the warcraft and then blow up their own magazines; if all the bat teries should simultaneously silence each other, and if the krupp gun works should be destroyed? Then, supposing all the men in the trenches should With one motion break their guns and throw all their ammunition into the nearest waters?
 What would happen if engines of war having ceased to exist, all the men should return at once to all their wives and sweethearts, daughters and mothers, farms and villages and city homes? What would happen if every man now engaged in war should turn to peaceful pursuits, every farmers boy take up the blow, every nurse and doctor return to the hos pitfalls?
 Supposing all these absolute i'm possibilities, what would then happen if all the war lords of all the war countries should meet somewhere to talk over terms of peace, and each should excel the other in declining offers of ransOns and indemnities lands and boundaries? Now. what would happen?
 Well, first, the North star would curl up like pancake and fall out of the skies; the moon would blush a rosy red and the sun would turn pale: the horizons would lift and never kiss the earth again; the mighty seas would run into their holes and leave all the whales and things dry in muddy craters: women would begin to propose, and men to litter and toy with apron strings! Verify, that would be great day! But have no fear, gentle one: the god of greed is on the job. The North star is safe.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

l need to be taught how to observe 1 quarantine, and what it means to 1 themselves and to others; to assist in instructing tuberculosis cases, to fol- low them up. To do such work res quires the intuition of woman, and one trained for such welfare work. Many will say: Tt will cost money" Certainly it will. Ii costs money to
 collect taxes. and it costs money to
 dc anything that will bring money in return.
 A question of economy-This month new federal law goes into force which will make it very difficult for anyone to obtain and dispose of any opiate, cocaine, etc, without the fed eral governments being acquainted with the dealing. Ii is a very string ent law and will cause the buyer tu make affidavit as to just what is done with each amount of drug. This wifi be followed up by the federal inspec- tors. It is going to cost a lot of money to see it through. But the far sighted know that the money so eX- pended will return a hundred fold. The law will not cure the present victims of morphine and cocaine, but it will make it so hard for you and
 
 innate uses that we shall probably never become addicted to the habit The saving comes in by preventing thousands from becoming future mor- phine flends with the accompanying crime. illness and proverty.
 So it will be economy for our city to assume the expense of the Tuber- culosis society and to support a wei fare nurse. It will probably not save many lives of the present ad- vanced tubercular cases, but some lives can be saved among the milder cases and made fit to work again
 This much can be assured, viz: That hundreds of healthy people now growing up and earning their living will be saved from the menace of be- ing infected by tuberculosis, if tho city will employ sufficient help Co look after the sanitary condition of the homes of the existing cases.
 Where would the saving come in? Our charity department is spending many hundreds of dollars every year in caring for tubcrcular cases and their families The city is minus the earning power of every tubercu- lar case. whether supported by char ity or not
 Suppose that there are only 100 tubercular cases living in New Brit ain who have ceased to be wage earners and let $tO per week repre- sent each ones earnings there would be $1,O0O week or $52, ,00O a year in earnings lost A city of the size and kind of New Britain without wage earncrs would soon need a Carnegie to exist upon.
 Yes it would pay, not only in cold dollars and cents but also in pre- venting many present and future homes from being broken up by the taking of a father, mother or child from their midst.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
Horse VS, Motor.
ranSenGnt
Chicago Tribune.)

At this season more than at any other the auto truck shows it's advan- tageS over the horse drawn vehicle Efficiency and humanity both argue for it with redOubled force. There could hardly be more eloquent dumb appeal from either point u& view than is expressed by horses slipping, straining, struggling to keep a footnold and gain a purchase on For one pound of power applied there are often two or three wasted and the wear and tear on the animal, the exhaustion and muscle strain, aside from any consideration of humanity, run up heavy charge
 modern city is no place for the horse. It's streets, paved and tracked in cement and steel, are bad at best. At this season they are barbarOus. Sanitation opposes the use of the horse, and in a great city, where congestion is chronic, the tremendous saving in celerity and space repre- sented by the compact and powerful motor vehicle is a most important consideration. The horse loses heav;- ly in efficiency in bad weather, the motor little. This means that bus tarded where the motor is used.
 Health, humanity, convenience are all conserved by the motor, which should displace the horse in large cities.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

together and the contest such as it was said to have been was held on the boundary line between New Brit ain and Berlin. large crowd had gathered to see the contest and there was much disappointment over the in ability of the men to have an Oppor- tunity for a satisfa ctory meeting. New Britain used to be Mecca for sports but more for SprinterS than boxers and in the days when there were tracks at Rentchlers' park, Traut's park and Bassett's grove some of the fastest the participants in the races. New Britain for time was able to boast of some pretty fast men, but Sprinting, like some other athletic qualificatiO has become a lost art in this city and when an effort was made a few years ago to revive it here, it was com plete failure. The young men are apparently no longer interested in athletic sports to the extent of train ing to participate in them, preferring dances and similar amusements. New Britain used to be on the map as a city where there were some good ath- 1etes, in fact some of the best, but it's fame in this respect has departed desire to have it regain it's former prestige, at least there is no evidence of it.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

If it is true as reported that the appropriations have been exceeded by about s15,OOO, then there is nothing to do about it, except to make it up by transfers, if there is any money to transfer from one department to another, or to borrow the money and provide for the deficiency next year. The sewer and charity departments deficiency can be easily explained be- cause there has been experiment and unexpected expenses there made so be- cause of the failure of the bedsto work and in the latter the business depres- sion has added to it's expenses. These cannot be avoided under such condi- tions and when they occur there is no ground for complaint. The char ity department has run short of funds before and for precisely the same reason as it is now short and the amount was promptly supplied, there being no question but that the short not be controlled by the department and have it do it's duty toward the people. The board of finance and taxation hews close to the line. it does not leave much margin for anything
 
 and when anything extraordinary comes up then another appeal to the board is necessity. The city may as we'll recognize the need of expend- ing money on the sewer beds, their condition is such that they cannot or will not work and as a result suits for damages are beginning to come in on account of an alleged pollution of the a q 10 urh iph tn Sl1n nrt time was regarded by the people of Berlin as a clear stream, filled with fish and of such spOrtive quality that they used to jump out of the water like a Canadian salmon every m morning, while now they swim along listlessly without even wagging their tails as they pass down the river. The Berlin people have become lonesome and are endeavoring to find solace for their woes in damage suits. Some thing must be done to remedy this condition and the authorities are work ing at it.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

The use of sprays, gargles and washes in the treatment of troubles in the nose and throat is prevalent. and there is undoubtedly general be- lief in the efficacy of such treatment, but a physician featuring at the liar ward Medical school the other day chara cterized this as a fallacy and condemned the practice as dangerous. Sprays, he declared, instead of remoN- ing germs from the nose, only serve to introduce them further into the nasal passages. There is the same danger in the case of mouth washes and gargles, he said, for 1T as usual there is an acid of some sort in the preparation and there happens to be a break in the skin and the tongue or the roof of the mouth, there may result additional complications both painful and erious.-ProVldence Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

While cats have recently had their rights supported by a decision of the supreme court of Connecticut and there is no sign of any movement to restrict their freedom of move ment, they are not without enemies in the state. According to Game Warden David H. Clark of New Ha- ven eighty per cent of the cats in the United States ought to be de stroyed in order to protect the game and. Major Edward Barton, a special protector of West Hartford. would have law passed to license both eats and small boys with air rit1es.- Bridgeport Standard.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
CALLS.
6IS WORK.

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 being said and at white plague is never over the physicians bought into close ase every day,
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 and it's spread V educating the or themselves,
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 the board a 5 capable of do- Hing to do. The hich will be Eention of the taxation where nust have their atement of the
 health depart
 sets forth the pgnized and 1t ere is any get m. The fight not an idle one to have every
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New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

A pint of rattlesnakc oil rubbed into her affected parts, cured Miss Smiles, d forty-two years old rhinoc- eros of the Central park zoo, in New York, of rheumatism. Never decry snake oil again.-Meridon Journal
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

The taxpayer has some rights which even leading politician is bound to respect He may remem- Der them while his representative in the capitol is working overtime to find new ways of taxation, but he is likely to forget when the next elec- t1On comes on. But even the pa tient taxpayer reaches the limit of endurance at last, and he is already aware that he is likely to suffer more from this legislature than he has for Times.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
LOOM.

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 navy is to be e Paris of old Beriousness the Eing to brea k e spirit of the
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New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

The "about town man. has received a com municatiOn from an old sport" as to whether there was ever a sword contest here or if any of the great pugilists of the country have ever ap- peared in New Britain besides those who participated in the theatrical per formances. It has been frequently stated that Ned O'Baldwin, one of the greatest bareknuckle fighters of his time, gave a sparring exhibition a number of years ago in the old Strickland hall which stood upon the site of the Burritt school and, of course, John l.. Sullivan appeared with a troupe of boxers at the New Britain opera house when he was champion and drew a large audience
 Jim Corbett, Jack Johnson, Bob Fitz- simmons Jack McAuliffe and Terry McGOVern have all been here, but members of a the atrical company, while during the time boxing exhibitions were being given in New Britain Cans and Dixon
 both champions in their day, were par ticipants in ring contests. The sword contest to which reference is made took place in lot below what was then known as Rentchler's park but the police interfered and the swords
 mon were friyen around the fields be- fore they had an opportunity to get
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06

J. w. Common, head of the Cannon Mills, Concord, N. C., will soon com mence a building in kannapolis, N. C., for young bachelors, to be known as the George Washington Inn. A few months ago home for unmar- ried women working in the mills, and known as the Martha Washington Inn, was completed. "A matron is in charge, and the building is fully equipped with all oOnVeniences. The new building will be modelled after this.-Norwich Record
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Of course it is unWise to cross bridges until you come to them, but when so vicious proposition as a measure to shift support of hospitals from the state to the county appears even in rumOr, it is desirab ble to scare if off if possible by announcement. It seems hardly possible that so wrong a principle will be seriously con- sidered by the legislature, but one never can tell.-New Haven Regis ter.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
mCMILLAN'S Big Sale of. Women s NeCkWear
 Saturday
 at 49C.
Values up to $1.50. See Window Display.

In this, sale you will find vestees, Guimpes, Collar and Cuff Sets, Flaire Collars, Lilly Collars, etc, Made of the finest imported oriental, and Brussels point Laces, Embroidered Nets and Organdies.
 More than six hundred pieces of the most exquisite neckwear in this sale, not one but what is worth double the price we offer them at Saturday.
 ALL OUR WINTER COATS
 MARKED DOWN $5.9s. for Women's and Misses Coats worth up to s15.00.
 CHILDREN'S COATS. in two lots Saturday s3.OO and $4O0. Coats worth up to $998.
 BIG JEWELRY SALE.
 1Oc each, value 25c. More than two thousand pieces of the latest fads in Jewelry in this sale. NEW SPRING DRESS GINGHANIs. 32 inches wide, 15c yard. The Wm. Anderson absolute fast color ginghams in sixty new spring colorings.
 ). MCMILLAN 
 109-2O1-2O3 Main Street
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
at 4:15 D. m. Church St.

], at 4:15 D. m.
 Church St.
 At New Britain Matter.
 y part of the city Gents a Month. ID be sent by mall 60 Cents a A year.
 kertising medium in n books and press to advertisers. md on sale at HOta- Ind St. and Broad ty; Board Walk. Hartford depot.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-06
TOWN TALK.
HERE was (,

HERE was a hearing thz week at the capi- to in Hartford on
 the bill of Senator klett amending the probation law so as to permit of proba-
 tioners being brought
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-10-29

The tendency in the new English
architecture is towards substantial,
low structures with deep and compre-
hensive Easements reaching down
about two stories.-Seattle Post-In-
telligencer.