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New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
Prohibition Waning?
Bridgeport Standard )


 Interesting. in the light of recent. assertions by liquor men that the prohobition wave has reached it's crest and is now receding in the Middle West, is the showing in the little town elections of Connecticut Monday. Two more towns have de- cided to be wet and while this ac- erection to the cause of liquor is not remarkable nor unusual, it may be taken, possibly, as an indication of the reaction from the strict measuress proposed. No one will deny that so- briety is a valuable and desirable thing. -@,
 For a long time there has been a growing belief on the part of men of tolerant views, who mix much with all classes, that there will be, and should be a transition period between wide open saloons and the arid state deA sired by the sold water" advocates. They believe that such a period is necessary to prepare the youth of tho land for strict prohibition, which will probably come long time in the future. along with other millenial benefits. With human nature con- stituted as it is, these men believe that this transition period should be one during which hard licker'' will be put under the ban the same as drugs now are, to be sold only on prescription. Beer and light wines would continue to be sold under high license until the drinkers die off. to be replaced by a diminishing crop of alcohol admirers.
 It has been proven that men can-~ not be made good by legislative en- actment and the alcohol desire cannot be eliminated by vote of the people. Making it more difficult to get "booze" may be desirable, but appar- ently cutting off the supply doesn't always accomplish the good that was anticipated, nor prevent some evils that are as bad as moderate drinking.
 Temperance in all things" is an admirable motto. The man who fol- lows it has little use for the open saloon or for prohibition. Educa- ton, more than law, is needed on the temperance question for the next fifty years.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
OVERLOOKED.

While all the fuss and fervor have
 been going on anent the great war
 orders placed in this country by the
 nations of Europe, while men have
 had their eyes focused on the stock
 markets, while great sales of am
 munition and other like munitions of
 war have been registered in the in
 dustrial mart, nothing has been men,
 toned about the purchases of artif-
 cial limbs which have been made here
 during the last month. Yet one or
 der placed jointly by the French
 and English governments calls for fifteen million dollars worth of arti-
 ficial arms and legs for the crippled
 soldiers who are now convalescent in
 the hospitals of Europe. This huge order has been placed with Pitts
 burg firm. The company plans to ship two hundred and fifty legs and
 arms each month until the order is completed. To give some idea of the enormity of this business deal, the factory must run double time to get out the aforementioned monthly quo-
 ta. At that, the limbs will be but shaped in the rough, the finishing and
 fitting to be done in the factories of London and Paris. It is estimated that more than two hundred thousand artificial legs will be sent over be- fore this order is completed. Two hundred thousand men, or more, who must go through life hobbling on arti-
 And that is the number in but two countries. What must be the per- | centage in the other countries fighting 1 against the two nations which have
 on their hands such a large number of l legless men? It is appalling to think of such a condition. Yet this order will give some idea of what Europe will resemble after the war is over
 It will be nothing more nor less
 than a great hospital, or sani- l tarium, where crippled and
 blind men will be ambling l around, awaiting the time when Di- vine Providence frees them from their | misery. These are natural after l growths of war. Could they have been presented vividly to the minds of l those who brought about the strug- l gle probably there would be no war
 in Europe today and the American l manufacturers of artificial limbs l would not be doing such thriving
 business. A fifteen million dollar or der on goods of this kind is enough 1 to awaken the imagination of an Egyptian mummy. Yet, it has been l overlooked. E.."
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
A Successful Memory System.
(Youth's Companion.)

The late Horace Hutton used to say that having to take a little trouble would impress a fact on any ones memory so that he would never be able to forget it. In illustration he would tell this story:
 "Our waitress, Maggie, could never remember to put salt on the table, and time after time Mrs. Hutton would remind her to do it. One morn ing it was absent, as usual, and I said Maggie, where is the stepladder?'
 Its in the pantry, sir
 Please bring it in, Maggie I said kindly.
 Maggie brought it in with look of wonder on her face.
 Put it right beside tho table. I commanded; and when she had done so I added, Now I want you to climb up to the top of it. look all over the table and see if there is any salt there"
 Maggie never forgot the salt again"
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely
 questions as discussed in ex-
 changes that come to the Herald Office.
A Pot of Hoosier Gold. Philadelphia Ledger.)

Speaking of pirates: In the little Indiana town of Richmond there's great excitement these days over the treasure of Captain Kidd, colored seer and clairvoyant knows the loca- ton of a pot of gold. For century the treasure hunters have mistakenly given their whole attention to the Atlantic coast, but the truth i, ac- cording to this woman, that deserters from the captains pirate ships stole some of the tainted money which Kidd had buried and carried it in land, burying it about thirty miles from Richmond.
 Speaking of treasure hunts: The reception of tStevenson's story, Treasure Island" reads like a fairy tale Graham Balfour, in his biogra- phy of the author (now published in a one-volume edition) writes: States men and judges and all sorts of staid and sober men became boys once more, sitting up long after bedtime to read their new book. The story goes that MT. Gladstone got glimpse of it at Lord Rosebery's house, and spent the next day hunting over London for a secondhand copy. Andrew Lang spent over it several hours of unmingled bliss This is the kind of stuff a fellow wants. I don't know except Tom Sawyer and the 'Odys- sey,' that I ever liked any romance so well.'
 Speaking of From Sawyer" his best tale, Mark Twain observed, There comes a time in every rightly constructed boys life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for buried treasure" Toms, ap- parently, was a rightly constructed boys life. He planned for himself an entrancing career-"At the zenith of his fame, how he would suddenly appear at the old village and stalk into church, brown and weather beaten, in his black velvet doublet and trunks, his great jack-boots, his crim- son sash, his belt bristling with horse pistols his crime rusted cutlass at his side, his slouch hat with waving plumes, his black flag unfurled, with the skull and bones on it, and hear with swelling ecstasy the whis- perings, Its Tom Sawyer, the Pir- ate!-The Black Avenger of the Spanish Main!"
 Tom and Huck Finn did gc hunting for treasure.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
If You Creak, Oil Up.
. (The Mediator.)


 Once upon 9 time there lived an old gentleman in a large house. He had servants and everything he want ed, yet he was not happy, and when things did not go as he wished, he was very cross. At last his servants left him. Quite out of temper, he went to a neighbor, with a story of his distresses.
 "It seems to me-" said the neigh bor sagaciously "'twould be we'll for you to oil yourself a little."
 ITO oil myself?"
 "Yes; and I will explain. Some time ago one of the doors in my house creaked. Nobody, therefore, liked to go in or out by it. One day I oiled it hinges, and it has been constantly used by everybody ever since"
 Then you think I am like the creaking door, cried the old gentle man. "How do you want me to oil myself?"
 That's an easy matter said the neighbor. t'Go home and engage a servant, and when he does right praise him. If. on the contrary, he does something amiss, do not be cross; oil your voice and words with the oil of love-"
 The old gentleman went home. and no harsh or ugly words were ever heard in the house afterward. Every family should have a bottle of this precious oil; for every family is lia- ble to have a .creaking hinge in the shape of a fretful disposition, a cross temper. harsh tone, or fault-find- ing spirit.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
The Paging of Letters.
(Meriden Journal.)

Some one has started newspaper discussion about the proper way to page letters. It may be minor mat ter. But a considerable number of bad words are constantly elicited by the eccentricities of some people in this respect.
 Formerly people wrote letters in a straightforward way. They begun on page 1, turned this leaf over and called it page 2, and so on with 3 and A. Now they may start anywhere and jump to any page on the sheet One comman method is to jump from page 1 to page 4, then write pages 2 and 8. Others will jump from page 1
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
ADEQUATE. DEFENSE.

M President Wilson, facing the
 rs of the naval advisory board.
 by Thomas Edison, said, "that
 Int to be prepared, not for war,
 defense, and very adequately .ed," he but uttered the senti- #f the entire nation. Ever since Nr in Europe took on such mag and the people of the United have been brought face to face @he terrible calamity awaiting Etion that is not prepared to de- |self. there has been an awaken the public, conscience on this B. 6 6When Congress convenez in 'Bef this fact will be impressed the national lawmakers by the Against anything tending to
 e militarism, the people want hp a more adequate defense. a |tion against the invasion of any |ht might seek to. harrass the soil |erica. From the expressed atti- .Df many congressman it is |lt there will be no difficulty in lng some measure of relief from besent situation. The men on bvisory board of the navy, con- Ing as. they do,, the expert in |e brains of the lay nation, with
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
"where'll we dig?" said Huck.

Why, is it hid all around?"
 "No, indeed, it ain't. It's hid in mighty particular places. Huck, some times on islands, sometimes in rotten chests under the limb of an old dead tree, just where the shadow falls at midnight; but mostly under the floor in ha'nted houses"
 ''Who hides ii? ?"
 "Why, robbers, of course. Who'd you reckon, Sunday school sup-rin- tendents?
 Don't they come after it?"
 NO, they think they will, but they generally forget the marks or else they die. Anyway, it lays there a long time and gets rusty; and by and by somebody finds an old yellow pa per that tells how to find the marks "a paper that's got to be ciphered over about a week because it's mostly signs and hyroglyphics."
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

to page 3, then take 2 and 1, arguing that the two front sides of the leaves. should be covered before the two back sides. .=
 Probably the real reason for these peculiarities is the desire to give some originality to a letter. It is apt to be done by the same people who adopt very striking manner of pen manship. which is exceedingly styl- ish but very illegible. The best writ -- ten letter is the one written without pretence, in the most obvious way, the pages following like the pages in a book.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
Heroes.

Save all your praise For Enoch Pratt, Who seeks to raise The voiceless cat.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. Just save that cake For good John Burt, He seeks to make A faultless shirt.
 Pittsburgh Post. Save all your praise For good John Runyin, Who strives to raise A smell-less onion. @.a -Hemstead Inquirer. Our hero is
 Adolphus Barr; He does not brag About his car.
 Bridgeport Post. Pin the laurel
 Wreath on Hicks; He never talks Of politics.!
 New Haven Register. We drink this toast To Johnny Helf; He never talks About himself.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
Amen.
Waterbury American.)

In his opening sermon of the aca- demic year at Yale, addressed to the freshman class, President Hadley em- phasized the fact that truth is the other secure civilization. He told the freshmen that we must stop buying the newspaper which tells us what we wish is true and buy the newspaper that tries to tell Us what really is true.'' To which all decent newspapers will say Amen.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

Hayti will loom large upon the long roll of honor whereon are re- corded the achievements of the Unit ed States Marine Corps. A good job' efficiently done. The surrender of Morency, the only recalcitrant pos sessing any military strength marks the end of oposition to American domination and ushers in the period of constructive upbuilding.-New York Herald.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
FIRE PREVENTION DAY.

. sr
 Britain, in carrying out the
 of Governot Holcomb that
 set aside as time when ble should be impressed with
 ssity of guarding against the
 bf fire, has gone every other
 ehe state one better and or Ethat the work be carried on N days. To this end, the in
 of the populace in the mat Eteventing fires will take place Ind tomorrow. In all the
 speakers have been sent to
 children the best possible way
 fires, the proper methods to
 in preventing them As care is one of the biggest factors Ensidered the little ones will be
 hgainst carrying matches. The Nj be taught the danger or Hout remote corners in out or
 places for the purpose or to smoke; the girls will be
 n taking care of the interior
 home. #... Ning a modern day slogan thss' fire prevention could easily Ia Safety First" People all \ United States have long ago Eweary of the ravages of fire, ,eatest enemy. Realizing that readful tragedies could have Nerted had the necessary pre- been taken, officials have on a campaign that tends to Hconstant, with an annual cele- \ to keep the advantages of fire on near the human heart.
 gures covering the entire coun-
 has been learned that every the year an average of twen- zpersons are either killed or
 ' wounded by fire. No other Bn the globe has suffered such
 ravages by fire as America. De of the property material de-
 aside from the lives lost, to more than a million dol ay. When one considers these !. t is easily seen that Fire Pre-
 Day is. an institution which lake firm hold upon the coun- |popular way of expressing the NJ of the fire loss of the United has been set forth by the gov-'
 experts It is expressed in Bhion: The buildings we give each twelve months are suf- Lo line a road from New York
 
 |ago. .aR Every. thousand feet his road there would be enact 6cene of an injury by fire, and Ehre EquaGters of a mile the # a death by fire.
 fri N wofnan and child in the New Britain is vitally interest Fire Prevention Day, because
 all called upon to contribute, form of taxes, to the cost of hing our fire department. |dded to the waste of fire de- Tn, means real money to every in the city. The burning of B means so much money gone -four winds, so much labor de- . so many treasures ruined. It work of years, crumpled in a ort minutes It is time then e the people of New Britain heartily in this movement, that press upon our neighbors. the ess of it all, that we heed the 8, that we strive for greater of life and property against smy, fire.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

If it takes $10,000 to soothe the heart of Coffeyville girl whose if ance declares his love for her one day and marries another girl the next, what should be the balm for a bus- band who is married on Monday, takes his wife to lola to be kidnapped on Tuesday, and she comes back to him on Wednesday ?-Kansas City Star.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

Statistics are set forth to show that girl babies are more wanted than boy babies. Perhaps it is because under the new order of affairs the girl is the more likely to grow up, get a job and support the family.-Hudson Republican.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
McMlLLAN'S' NEW BRTTAIN's BUSIEST
 BIG STORE
 ALWAYS RELIABLE'' Dress Up
 Day Saturday At the Busy Big Store

FALL OPENING DISPLAY OF
 WEARING APPAREL. Coats, Suits, Dresses. Blouses, Gloves and Hosiery. Opening Day Specials in All De- partm ents.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
A Poor Political Crutch.

(F'rom the Milwaukee JournaI)
 The Chicago Tribune, which some time ago recovered it's bull moosing,
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

An Indiana man says he can eat more raw meat than any lion that ever lived. But can he eat a live lion like T. R. ?-A1bany Argus
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
MEMS COAT SHIRTS.

S1.00 kind, opening special, 85c ca. New neckwear at 25c and soc. Onyx" silk sox, our special 25c pr. Night Shirts, pajamas and Under wear.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
BOOT SILK HOSE

For Women in the newest shades of Navy, Bronze, Taupe, Suede as we'll as the staple colors, the best for your money, at 25c and soc pair.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

Harvard and Yale may be the most famous American universities, but number of students-2o,O 1000 of them this year.-Boston Globe.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
THE NEW BLOUSES.

Lingeries, 97c to $2.9S. Crepe de Chine. $1.98 to $3.9S. Lace Blouses, opening special $9.49 each.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
QUALITY SWEATERS

See our big selection for M31, Women, and Children, priced 9sc to $10.00 each.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

tions. If they are, this is the first time they haven't been true.-Berk- shire Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

Wireless telephony may be a great military asset, but it will hardly serve for sending secret dispatches Rochester Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

s Although this is supposed to be the close season for some kinds of games the voter is not protected from the politicians.-Bridgep Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

Very few women swear, we art pleased to observe, but the woman who does swear can do it much more artistically than any man can do.- Meriden Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

We may all have our opinion about the strategy that dictated the enter- prise in the Dardanelles. But about the behavior of the men who have been sent to carry it through there can be only one opinion.-London Times
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Inspiration and perspiration makes a good team.-Worcester Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

Bernstorff says the stories of the Armenian massacres are pure inven-
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08
NADINE RUFFS.

49c to $2.25 each.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

Yale university is almost $1,0OO, 900 richer than year ago. To an Harvard fellow who calls her wealthy malefactor' she will g1v the classical response "Tu quoque, which is a universal maximum si lencer.-Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

The boom in the grain market ol the Great Lakes leads to the belle that the lake carrying trade will mak a Garrison finish despite it's bad start Buffalo Comm ercial.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

LACE AND NET GIUMPS. Opening special, 49c 98c each, with or without sleeves.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

OSTRICH BOA $1.9S to $4.98 each.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

The deepening of the Hudson River is urged by both state and local au- thorities. The improvement would mean much to the cities along the line of the Barge Canal including Am sterdam.-Amsterda Recorder.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

COLUMBIA YARNS. Germantown, and 8 fold. Saxony, fold. Columbia Floss Lady Jane, suitable for infants gar ments Columbia worsted knitting yarns.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

AT OUR ART DEPT. All kinds of Stamped pieces to embroidery; Embroidery threads, silks, etc.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

Forty women of social distinction in Paris are driving ambulances fol the transportation of wounded. No' much is heard nowadays about the decadence of the French people, Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

SPECIAD SILK SALES. This week Saturday last day to buy silks at cut prices
New Britain herald., 1915-10-08

BE WE'LL GLOVED. Wear our kind, Fabric Gloves, 25c, soc, to $1.00. Kid Gloves, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to $500.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-25
MEXICAN PRIESTS
ARE UNDER ARREST

Washington, Feb. 21.--All the ma
tive Roman Catholic clergy in Mexico
City are being held for half a million
dollars ransom, official advices from
diplomats in the Mexican capital re-
ceived here say. The only priests ex-
empted are those Of foreign national
ity, who have been ordered to leave
the country.
Priests in the Southern republic
have been prosecuted constantly ever
since the beginning of the revolution
that has d~emoralized that country for
the last four years. The seizure of
the clergy, as briefly announced in. Of
fetal dispatches, apparently marks
the crisis of a long campaign to over
throw them and the church in Mex
leo.
The Constitutionalist faction has
been guilty of many atrocities against
both men and women members of re-
ligious orders and church buildings
and sacred vessels apparently have
been considered nothing more than
objects of contempt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-25
Hit Mine in
North Sea,
OUTSIDE OF WAR ZONE
Steamer Evelyn Is Lost, but
Grew May Be Safe.

Bremen, Feb. 22.-The American
steamer Evelyn, which sailed from
New York Jan. 90, with a cargo of cot
ton for Bremen, struck a mine Off
Borkum island, i'll the North sea The
vessel sank. Her captain and twenty
seven Of her crew We're saved.
The nationality OF the mine which
destroyed the Evelyn has not been
established.
The Evelyn is the first American
vessel to meet with disaster as a re-
suit OF the sea warfare of the Euro
pean nations, but she did not sink
within the wal zone included in the
German admiralty's decree of Feb. 4,
which went into effect on Thursday.
Borlium island lies directly Off the
German coast at the mouth Of the
Ems river and is German territory.
Maritime records give the compile
meat Of the Evelyn at twenty-five
men. SO that it is probable that all on
board the vessel were rescued.
The Evelyn was a single screw
steel steamship and was commanded
by Captain Smith. She belonged to
the firm Of Harriss, lrby & Voss OF
New York. She was 252 feet long
and 1855 tons net. She was built in
Southampton, England, in 1889. Her
home port was Philadelphia,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-25
A|RSHIP
INvADES ENGLAND

London, Feb. PA Braintree dis
patch to the Press association says
that about $50 p. m. Sunday a hos
tile aeroplane dropped missiles sup
posed to be %incendiary bombs on the
fields close to Braintree, but they did
no damage.
At $40 p. m. an aeroplane passed
over Colchester, which lies about fifty
miles northeast Of London. 1t drop
PED a bomb which buried itself in a
garden where it exploded, doing dam
age to the rear Of a house and smash
ing the windows of other houses. No
n was hurt.
The aeroplane, said to be a Ger
man, also dropped bombs at Marks
ley, six and one-half miles west OF
Colchester, and near Coggshall, but
no serious damage resulted. The ma
chine was last reported as making
off to sea.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-02-25
ALLIES MAKE SMALL GAINS
british Observer Comments on West
ern Situation.

London, Feb. 22.-A British military
observer stationed with the French
army in the field describes the advan-
sages gained in the last few months
by the French forces in q statement
given out by the official information
bureau as follows:
Since the repulse OF the Germans
10y allied forces in Flanders no battle
Df great Importance has been fought.
# the gain III the smaller engage
ments which have taken place is
measured only by the amount Of
ground won the results are indeed
small. A few hundred yards to the
north of Arras. a village or two be-
tween Arras and the corner Of the
line nearest Paris, a belt varying
from a mile and a half to two hun
dred yards in breadth to the east Of
Rheims and a few miles Of what was
German territory in Alsace-these
acres are all that have been gained.
The enemy's hold on Belgium and
Northeastern France is as strong as
avar"