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New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
Coffee and Tea.
Providence Journal.

The radical difference between this country and the United Kingdom in the choice of table beverages is shown by the consumption. figures of the two countries. The United States consumed 93,0G0,0O0 pounds of cof- fee and only 90,OOO,o0O pounds of tea in 1914, while the United Kingdom in 1913 used only 2S,00O,000 of cof- fe, but consumed 296,000,000 pounds of tea. The British consumption of tea is said to be larger than usual this year because of the large amount used by the soldiers at the front and because of the war being made on alcoholic beverages. Coffee, too, is more than holding it's own in popular favor, for during the first seven months of the year the consumption of this table drink in Great Britain was more than 3,000.000 pounds greater than during the correspond ing period last year.
 Coffee, however, is not to be al- lowed to come into general use in the British Isles without a protest. Someone recently sent a communica- tion to British paper, saying: "It is a vicious and luxurious Asiatic prac- tice, learned from the Turk, and I fear its effects upon the sturdy fibre of our race" Comment of this sort seems truly amusing at this distance
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
Seeing America First.
(Meriden RecOrd.)

The department of the interior Is acting the role of manager of pub- licity for this country in order that the people may find out what a great many pleasures they have missed be- cause of their ignorance of the natu- ral beauties of the United States
 Glacier National park in northwest ern Montana, close to the Canadian border line, became national park in 1910, but not until the war prevent ed people going to Europe and the ex- positions began to beckon them, did 1t occur to many to investigate this Switzerland of America;
 Familiarity has not bred eentena pt 1t has awakened admiration. People have found that it net necessary to cross the water te get sensations of grandeur and beauty in nature. The new world lacks the sort of historic setting which gives that peculiar glamour and charm te the tourist in Europe, but the individual with a grain of imagination is able te pro- vide enough foad far his hEain So that he dees nat suffer fram mental inanitian,
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
THE DIVIDING OF THE WAYS.

We are at peace with all the world. Yet, how long are we to remain in this wonderful state?. No one dare say. For, there are sinister under ground currents at work to disturb the peace and tranquility of the nation. These factions do not want the United States to remain on it's bed of ease, instead, they would have Us out on the battlefield, destroying the work of centuries, pushing civili- zation back to the time of primitive man. No matter what MT. Wilson does there are those who deride him. And yet we are supposed to be united country. The United States of America. Does that name still stand
 or shall it be the Divided States of America? Are we, East, West North, great country that our .forefathers laid down their lives for? Or are we alligned with some foreign power, some nation whose capital is in the heart of Continental Europe? Are we loyal sons of Uncle Sam, or are we deciples of the F'atherland, or of England, or Italy, or France, or Ireland, or any other land? These are questions we must ask ourselves ill the very near future. They are worth lying awake at night and pon- dering over. And when we answer, as answer We must, sooner or later, we had best make quick decision and follow the dictates of our consciences. If we are sons of the Fatherland we
 should immediately pack up our bag gage and take a journey over the briny deep to the land we love, If we are subjects of King George we should go over and enlist, in his armies. Also, we sfeuld take all cur brethern with us, for then the king would not be compelled to. issue eenseriptien cali, If we have pledged our support to Sunny Italy it is but right. and just that We go back to the land we adore, and fight. The same keids true with these whose syTa- rathies are with France, As far Ireland, ,> 'theugh she is net directly
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17

day, on reaching home take ten min utes' rest lying prone on the back. When you rise cleanse the face with cold cream, rubbing lightly across the lines and in an upward direction to correct saggirg of the muscles. A cloth wet in very hot water should then be applied, followed by several applications of cold water. You will be surprised to find yourself quite rejuvenated.
 A most important factor in the prol 'ngation of youth is to avoid obesity. It is easier to keep thin than to get thin, and to get thin, and exer- c1se and dieting are both necessary. Avoid sweets, and an excess of starchy foods, especial potatoes and bread. Beer and other alcoholic bever- ages predispose fat"
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
His Wit Saved Him.

minister in a local church, known for his absentmindedness by the members of his own family, but not to his congregation, saved himself from complete exposure at a recent service by his quick wit says "The Columbus Dispatch
 He had studied his sermon care- fully but had neglected to make any notations of the number of the chap ter and verse from which the text was taken. In the pupit he announced the text and then stopped short while the congregation waited to hes.r rom what place in the Bible it was taken.
 AS he noticed absence of notes to tnls 1act, he quickly announced,
 m going to give you week to find from what chapter and verse this phrase was taken" So was exposure averted.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
Origin of Family Names.

When tho human family was small and people lived close together, one name was enough to identify man or a woman, says a writer in The Wilkesbarre Times-Leader." Abra- ham and Sarah, Ruth and Jacob nev- CT troubled about family names.
 In the eleventh century the popula- tion of the world had greatly in- creased, the people lived in many diff ferent countries and men traveled a great deal, and so as a means of identification they took surnames or family names, and these names were handed down to their children. The son of John was Johnson, the son of William was Williamson. Men were also named from their work-John the smith became John Smith, and locations also gave names to families the mai who lived near water was Bywater, man who lived on hill. top might be known as Hill.
 The Normaps who came into Eng land in the twelfth century used the word Fitz, which comes from the French word fills, meaning son, as a prefix for names. The son of William was Fitzwilliam, the son of Gerald was Fitzgerald. The Welsh word for son is ap, and ap Hugh, or Hugn's son became Pugh, and ap Evan, o1 Evans son in time became Bevan.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
Singular Facts.
Bridgeport Standard ]

There are statistical tables which have a bearing upon conditions and are dependably significant. The f1g- ures in the suicide rates of European cities are among these. "Life," in it's current issue, calls attention to these figures, as follows: Berlin shows a rate three times as great as that of London, a half more than New York, and fourth mort than Paris. Life is apparently so complete in Berlin that the happy inhabitants get through with 1t quickly, and now the entire nation has become so satisfied with it's career that it wants to put an end to it in the same way" That suicide is so much more common among the Teutons than with the Anglo Saxons is surprising, but it is more surpris ing still that Berlin exceeds Paris in that respect by twenty-five per cent. But perhaps we have not heard about these matters so much hereto fore from Germany as from France and the opinion has gained ground that the latter country furnished the greater number of suicides in propor- ton to population.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
ARCHBISHOP OF posEN.

Berlin, Sept. IF, by wireless to Sayville, N. Y.-Emperor William on receiving the new Archbishop of Pos en, pr. Dalbor, al the army head quarters in the field, says the Over seas News Agency expressed regret at the untimely death of Archbishop Likowski and said he was certain the new archbishop's work would be a blessing for the state, the church and the country, and that the prelate would foster and nourish the spirit of concord between the Germans and Poles in the archbishop's district.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
Night and the Stars.
(Collier's.

We are too much indors Even when night comes we turn up the lamp and sit within it's excluding circle to read what other indoor men have written, or we go out, hastily and under cover of street lights, to get within other walls where folks are gathered to see or hear something of what others have done in films and plays and lectures. Or we sit on @ shaded porch with trees about, so that the vast encircling night is only cool ness and a breeze. The stars do not get much chance at us. Thus we keep the universe away from our souls. Such living makes for pettiness of the spirit. These scandalizing, gossiping little villages always live under roofs and behind blinds and curtains as if in ambush, that each inhabitant might lie in wait against the reputation Of the other. Almost all of those who wrote the Bible lived in flat roofed houses and went up on the house-top when day was done So that the wheeling planets and the whole host of the stars were their familiars It was in that light that they thought of man and his destiny. In this modern confusion of change we need the eternal influences-the moon etching patterns on lake and roadway the night gleaming of the rivers, the solemn beauty of the Milky Way, the st steadfastness of the North Star. Night ought to free us from the little- ness of the days doings and lift the heart to the things that are above and beyond our days.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
Where Do Our Knives Go?
(Paris (Mo.) Mercury.)

What becomes of all pocketknives is as great a mystery as what becomes of all the pins. Sometimes when long shadows fall across the yard, when the night birds are calling and the baby across tEe way has squalled his last squall until the next, we sit idly musing, recalling one by one the knives we have known and loved. The first was Barlow With one blade; with it came gladness such as the world can never know again. The second was an iron handled Il. A l.. with razor edge. and dignity was added to joy. We swapped unsight, unseen with "Old Man Abbey" were swindlel outrageously, contracted the trading habit and all sorts and con- ditions followed.
 None fingered At sixteen we ac- quired a four-bladed Wostenholm that would split a hair; at twenty we owned Q pearl handled boudoir blade, which we carried in buck skin sack an used only for manicur- ing purposes, or to lend casually to a girl we pestered, and at twenty five bearded pard, we were presented by the late Adolphus Busch, in recog- milton of services to him and his, with 0 beautiful knife encased in burnt bone handle, containing a corkscrew attachment with his picture hidden cunningly in one end and that of a strange lady with no clothes on in the other. She was very beautiful, even if not particular but went the way of all others. The seven ages of man, the ideals and aspirations distinctive of each, are marked by the pocket knife he owns, loves for a time and loses. At forty or more, mewling again, any old sort of a knife that will clean a pipe or cap a bottle will do, but even they won't stick.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
QUERY.

To the Editor of the Herald:
 Sir-Why is Texas called the Lone Star State ?-Reader.
 The only reason assigned for this appelation is that on January 15, 1886, Mrs. Venson, made a flag, bearing but one star and this was adopted by the Republic of Texas. After Texas won it's independence from Mexico the same flag was adopt ed by the State of Texas, a gold star on a field of azure. It being the only state flag with a single star, Texas became known as the Lone Star State.-Ed.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
An Example of What A President
 Knows
(NeW Haven Register.)

(NeW Haven Register.)
 It may be that the common habit of unqualif1edly criticising the President TOT doing this, or failing to do that Tn his dealings with other nations, would be restrained If everybody could appreciate the truth of what is sometimes said, that the President has exclusive information on certain mat ters. A case just before us graphi- cally illustrates this.
 Early in May came the sinking of the Lusitania, and ever since his fel- low citizens have been telling the President what his course toward Germany ought to be as a result. But not until the second week in Septem- per did more than three or four Americans know that within three or four days after the sinking of the Lusitania the President was informed that German agents were trying to bargain with the Longshoremen's s union for the purchase of a general strike. From that time on he was Kept constantly in touch with the de- rails of the plot that failed.
 That this knowledge may have greatly modified the course of the ad- ministration We do not have to be- lieve. It simply is striking illus tration of the many things which only those in inner circles. of which the President holds the innermost, may know about matters much discussed. The sum of this knowledge may easily be conceived of as influencing the executive to course which he is not permitted to explain, and which the general public cannot understand.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
Slave and the Vacant Lot. (Kansas City Timesl

A city lot in Cleveland was traded SC years ago, for a negro slave. To- day the lot without improvements, is valued at $1,OOO,0O0. The negro. ,"at his best,' was worth $1,500.
 On the face of it that is a right dramatic thing. There is a good deal of our history touched in the incident There is much of our evolution illus trated by -four national develop ment, our city growth, relative prop erty and manhood rights" There are some good things suggested, and some bad things.
 There is no longer a market value on a man as chattle slave. But how many mems lifetime labor has gone to make the value of that lot in the market today
 The man, slave or free, obtained for whoever owned his earning power the value only of what his own labor pro- 6uced. The owner of the lot obtained the value of others labor.
 The world finally woke up to the fact that no man could morally own another man. Then it abolished slav- cry. But it still permits a lot to own and appropriate the labor of oth- CT men and their enterprise and the values created by their necessities.
 Whn the demand is made that these community created values should go to the community and that work and enterprise which help the community should not be taxed there is much talk of +confiscation.' The in- cident of the Cleveland slave and the Cleveland vacant lot sheds some light on that, too. The owners of the slaves thought it was confiscation to deny their rights in that particular form of property,
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
BOAT RATES CHEAPEST.

Washington, Sept. 17.-Reports on Panama Canal traffic indicating that much of tho coastwise trade origin ated in inland cities was interpreted by government officials today US showing that the cost of transporta- ton by ocean end through the water wa, was so low as to enable steam ship lines to ebsorb in their rates all or part of the rail charges to and from the seaboard.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17

bhance to enter there But now. all will be different. Almost any young lad with a good physique, and with a thorough training in the vari- ous' subjects needed to pass the ex- animation can have his chance after Daniels when he presents his report to Congress will recommend an in- crease in the number of midshlpmen at the Naval Academy. There are accommodations at Annapolis for more than twelve hundred "middies;" but under the present system of ap- pointment there is very rarely an en- rollment larger than nine hundred. If the Secretary's recommendations go through, and it is very probable they will about three hundred more young men can gain admittance where be- fore only the chosen few entered.
 Just at the present time leaders of political parties are optimistic of what Congress is going to do at the next session in regard to making for the national defense. Therefore, say these men, there will be no difficulty in getting an appropriation large enough to take care of the three or four hundred additional midshipmen that may enter the Naval Academy at the next appointment time. The added appropriation would take care of extra instructors and clerks need ed, and provide for additional food and clothing. It is estimated it takes $4,0o0 a year to educate one mid shipman. And the education re- ceived at Annapolis is the equal of any to be gathered in any Univer- sity in the United States.
 There is at present a lack of off cers in the United States Navy. It is this condition that prompts the Secretary of the Navy to make a plea for bigger classes at Annapolis. Vari- ous estimates have been given as to how many officers are needed in the Navy, but those best qualified as ex-, perts says there is need for one thou sand additional men. This is with out taking into consideration the ships which are now under construction, all of which will have their complete complement, of officers. Under the plan to be presented to Secretary Daniels, about fifty more officers will be graduated from the Naval academy every year. This is the one chance for those boys now at the age of eighteen who would serve their coun- try in the highest and most noble manner. There are many men in other walks of life who would give all they possessed if at the age of eighteen they could have realized their ambitions. And there are many boys in the high schools of today who, in after years, will regret the hours they spent in idleness when they might have been, studying for entrance to the Naval Academy. Good clean cut American boys have a better chance today than they ever had. Just the proper amount of preparation will change the whole fu- ture of their lives. make them big ger, stronger, better men, a credit to the nation that brought them up, a tribute to the schools that gave them
 their early training. These are the
 kind of men wanted as officers in
 the United States Navy.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
Destroying Confusion of Tongues.
 (Rridgeport Farmer.)


 The work of the North American Civic league seems timely at this period of the country's history. It is an organized effort to aid foreign born persons in learning the English lan- guage, with the end in view of mak- ing them as soon as possible, citizens in the full sense of the word.
 These ends are to be accomplished by the organization of evening schools, for the convenience of adults, in which English will be taught. Many foreign born persons who speak Eng fish. do not read or write in the language. and are thus cut off from full access to the public mind, and from the power to contribute in full share their own views to the forma- tion of public opinion.
 Most of the foreign born persons in Bridgeport know more than one language Some of them know four Or five languages, and few even more. This is because 1t has been necessary for generations, that Euro peans should know more than one tongue. If they did not they could not communicate advantageously with these about them. who were of di- verse speech.
 The foreigner in this country has en inherited aptitude for languages, and needs much less aid to learn English, than most Americans would need to learn French or German, or some brach of the Slav language.
 The work has the support of many leading Americans, including Cardinal Gibbons, Rt Rev. William Law renee. Cardinal O'Connell and John Wanamaker.
 The movement deserves cordial support and is especially necessary in Bridgeport, which has drawn so largely upon Europe for its popula- ton.
 We have here Hungarians, Slovaks SIavonians, Italians, Rumanians, Ar nlenians and representations of many distant peoples, of several great branches of the human race.
 Most of these people are very like the native born. They are indus trious They believe in education. They build churches. They love work, they love their neighbors and they love God. These things are the fundamentals of good citizenship. These people need but the language and the vote to be effective members of the governing body
 When the world was once of tongue, as ScripturaI lore has it, they fell to building a great tower. Con- fusion of speech was sent upon them, so that the work had to be suspended.
 The allegory is beautifully represen- tative of a fact. We are building a city, to be a tower among the cities of the world. And the building is in- terrupted by a confusion of tongues.
 The North American Civic league proposes early, large and conscious effort to dispel this confusion. It wants the city to be vocal, and it's people endowed with the power to un- derstand each other.
 No race is so small, so isolated or so forlorn as to have nothing larger people may profit by. The foreigners in Bridgeport are mostly re epresentative of great peoples who have produced great cultures. They have much to give, as we'll as much to receive. They are wanted, not be-
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
PRETORIAN ARRIvEa

Montreal, Sept. 1.-The Pretorian of the Allan line, which was in a coi- lision with the steamship Kansan be. low Quebec on Wednesday reached port today. The liners bow plates have been bent back and it is prob- able that she will have to go into dry dock here fer repairs and lose trip.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
POSTAL UNION CELEBRATES.

Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 17, via Paris, 5:20 a. m.--The UniversaS Postal Union comprising all the coun- tries of the globe. today is celebrat- ing the fortieth anniversary of the foundation of the universal postal bureau, which was opened at Rerss in 1875.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
RUSSIANS VISIT GERMANY.

Berlin, Sept. IF, by wireless to Say- vile, N. Y.-The German Empress. says the Over Seas News Agency, to- day received three superior nurses of' the Russian Red Cross who have come to Germany to inspect the Rus sian prison. camps.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
'PoHTUNFrIEs FOR BOYS

the time for am bilious t busy - How many lads in high school cherish desires |esrs in the United States never make an effort in ktieH simply because they
 cannot get Congressional fnt to Ahhap e1is? There
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New Britain herald., 1915-09-17

The offense of Dumba is worse than that of Sackville- West in Cleveland's time, for while West made silly at tempt to influence an election Dumba plotted against domestic peace and in- dustrial tranquillity.-Bro Stand ard-Union. sf' ,~' '''
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17

The Norwegians have lost forty-six ships and seventy-six sailors since the war began, mostly at the hands of German submarines. This must have won lot of sympathy for the Ger mans in Norway!-Buffalo Express '
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
FACTS AND FANCIES.

In bidding an unreluctant farewell to Dr. Dumba we are prepared, none the less, heartily to welcome his suc- cessor, who we can be assured before hand will know, how properly to con- duct himself-Philadelp Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
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 help them, but because each of us- can help the other te
New Britain herald., 1915-09-17
It would take hundred thousand

It would take hundred thousand years to kill off the men, women and children of the British Islands with Zeppelin bombs at the rate which high pressure German activity has been able to establish. Determination being the only logical end or purpose of such raids, the above guess or calculation is admissible. But Germany persists in this neo-barbarisn, nearer to ab- solute inhumanity than anything Goths Or Vandals or Huns ever did, posing her highly cultivated Kaiser as an apotheosis of Attila, an exaggerated Genghis Kahn.-Brooklyn Eagle.