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New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
Brevity.
(Tidioute News).
11lOVo.

William Bookhammer, Pennsylvania Railroad station agent, tells the fol- lowing story which should take prominent place along with other stories concerning brevity. The story: Pat Garvey, section foreman at Trunkeyville, was formerly in the habit of sending long and detailed re- ports to the supervisor. Oftentim es his daily report would contain three or four pages. The supervisor be- came weary of wading through a mass of detail and ordered Garvey to boil his reports down. You aren't writing love letters,' was the super Visors rebuke, 'but railroad reports" Soon after this ultimatum was re- ccived by Garvey the memora ble cloudburst and flood occurred at Trunkeyville. This is the laconic re- port that Garvey sent in; The river Is where the railroad was.'
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
FiShcrnau'S Luck,

(New Haven Journal-COurier)
 It will not be determined for some time, prOba bly, not before election day in November, what luck has been had in angling for the progressive vote. President Butler of Columbia univer- sity finds no difficulty at all in load ing his basket with progressive fish, all identified and classified, but more experienced casters wear a smile which is quite familiar in circles giv- en over to fish conversat ton and rem iniscence.
 The fact seems to be that the only progressive fish who have swallowed the bait are the distinguished gen tlemen who sat at headquarters dur Ing the campaign of 1912. They have surrendered, and upon the extra Ordi- nary grounds that they have been oeSerted by the party. On the other hahd' there are a lot of the progress 9l\e Hsh who are swimming about in tHe waters of discontent. They refuse 'o De swept into the net merely be- ause they have been told to do so. <AS they look at the situation, the men "ho stole the nomination from them Ill 1912 have now stolen their leaders. tHele mas been no house cleaning of lile men whom Colonel Roosevelt so ueIcately described as liars crooks, burglars and secOnd-story men, With tile single exception of William Barnes 'iie same men are whipping the stream and will continue to do so uhul the season closes. It is not an agreeable sight for a man who iharched on to Armageddon with real ana vital wrath in his soul
 The evidence is accommodating fast tnaC the real prOgressives, men who dld not bolt their party impulsiveIv put who counted exactly the cost of poltlng, are not going to be bundled into the republican fishing hut at the Will of others. They are going to squat right on the fence and see the procession go by, watch it's step, read it's proclamatiOns and size all hands up. When the time comes they will nibble at the bait best suited to their taste.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
EASEMENTS DEATH.

From the viewpoint of impartiality Robert CeciTs statement that England never could strain the law to punish l a man, for the same reason it could not strain the law to let one off. In morning in Pentonville jail, however, it. is doubtful if England followed the best course. The death of this former Knight and Consul marks at one and the same time tragedy and a blunder. The case against him was well affirmed; but clemency was the order rather than firmness. The six teen men who met death for the domestic strife in Ireland were in no way guilty of the same crime for which Easement met death They carried on all their work on domestic soil. Easement connived with the German government. And it was this, in all proba bility, that caused the English authorities to hold to the let ter of the law. Otherwise they might have strained it to let him off. Even his body will not be given over to rela- tlVes so that it cannot be placed in Irish soil to mark a spot to be held sacred by his followers. Instead it will be totally destroyed by quick lime as in other instances where men have been executed for high treason.
 Easements death, to those who are absolutely disinterested in what he did one way or another, possesses the marks of a huge blunder on the part of England. Especially at this criti- cal period in that nations history should a stop be made on retaliation. And that is primarily what this means. Easement might have been pardOned had not the Germans put to death the now famous nurse, Edith CaveH. The war of retaliation is wicked In fol- lowing out this form of reprisal Eng land now leaves open a path to many more revolutions of the sort she has had on her hands since Ire
 
 It would not be surprising to see another and a greater uprising in Dublin than the one which took place there short while ago. The Irish people feel they have been duped again by the British in the Home Rule a agreement. There is general disatis- faction all round. This deed will only make Irish hearts dwell on those dark days of repression and matyrdom which every Irishman, at home and abroad, still holds against the British Government. If Roger Casement-de- p1ived of the "Sir''-died an ignomini- ous death on the scaffold, he will none the less be held up as a martyr for years to come, and England may some day see the folly of her act.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03

and placed naked before the world some of his deeds may seem to be in eXcusable. Clothed with all the sur rounding circumstances, viewed from all sides, it is easily seen that Presi-
 dent Wilson did not have much room in which to turn. When he did move
 it was always in the best interest of
 the country. There were many times
 when he could have gone to war at
 the snap of a finger. If he had, this
 nation today would be no better off
 than the cannon racked lands of Flu
 rope. Because of his course we have
 been enjoying a prosperity that will
 continue far into the future. Our trade is built up, not in munitions alone but in those things that we have allowed to go neglected for years.
 A thorough reading of Candidate Hughes speech only serves as strong campaign document for Woodrow Will son. The analytical mind that dwells on Mr. Hughes utterances cannot fail to nOI1C0 IIlG SIrdln or pOuClCal eX- Dediency running through the entire document. MT. Hughes is not placing forth all these things because he knows he could have done them better He is placing them before the public because he believes that by playing on the various sympathies of the peo- pie he may win over enough votes to dethrone the man who has served this country faithfully and we'll In offering his services to the country MT. Hughes fails to advance his quail fcations He is after a job but he of fers no reason why he should be ac- cepted. President Wilson was the man who had to exercise foresight 1 in everything he did MT. Hughes | is the one who now offers hindsight. 1 He is looking backward. He does not l see the break kers ahead.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

1 for the beginning players, and discus sions of international players and playing interesting to the expert. "A A. L. 4. Booklist. Newspaper editing, by c. M. Hyde.
 "A detailed, practical work cover ing copyreading, headline writing, proofreading, newspaper makeup, rewrite and follow stories, and print ing history and vocabulary" Supple ments the authors Newspaper re- porting and correspondence, also in 1, she library.-A. L. A. Booklist. Peasant sage by Japan, the life and work of Sontoku Ninomiya, by Tadasu Yoshimoto.
 Poetry, by Sir A. T. Quiller Couch. ITO clarify the notion of what poetry is. what by nature it aims to do is the purpose of this slight but, illuminating essay."-A. L. A. Book" list.
 War and world government, by Frank
 Crane.
 War in Eastern Europe, by J. Reed.
 War correspondent and cartoonist travelled together through the belli- gerent countries. Book imparts a sense of the color and atmosphere oS~ peoples and countries rather than a study of tactics and engagem ent.'- Publishers Weekly.
 With my regiment; from the Aisne
 to La Bassee, by Platoon Com
 mander."
 With the Twenty-ninth Division in
 Gallipoli, a chapIains experiences
 by Oswin Creighton. Yosemite and it's high Sierra, by J. H. Williams.
 "A companion volume to The Guardians of the Columbia. and like that chiefly notable for it's two hum dred or more finely reproduced half" tones, eight in color. illustrating the entire Yosemite National park"- A. l.. A. Booklist.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
ANGRY WITH FAk FRS.

Some newspaper correspondents on the border have fallen into disrepute with General "Fighting Fred'' Funs- ton, himself an old newspaper man. We trust the men representing Con- recticut newspapers ''at the front have not given to playing politics. While some might think this to be the case after reading the anything but hl1ssful messages sent up from Nogales to the State Capital, we are sure General Funston did not have these in mind when he said, in his dispatch to the war department:
 T wish to call attention of the war department to the carnival of lying being 1ndulged in by many of the cor respondents who accompanied the sta u oops to the border. I have rever seen or heard of anything that ap- preached 1t for sheer maliciousness and shamelessnesa,
 While there are honorable excep-
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
Forest Fires and the Sun.
Providence Journal.)


 The sun had a queer coppery look Sunday, and again, yesterday, cast a slckly yellow light. The Sunday sum- set was particularly strange, with it's red bands across the sky
 One suggested explanation is that the explosion and blaze at Black Tom Island were responsible. Another lays the phenomenon to Canadian forest fires. Certainly fires in the woods have had similar effect in this city in past years When the pine forests of Cape Cod or of Gloucester and Scituate pour out dense clouds of smoke in 8 time of drought, the sunshine turns a weird yellow or copper hue.
 The red sunsets of 1883-18s4 are well remem bered by people who are just beginning to call themselves nliddle-aged. In August, 1888, Kra- katoa, a volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, which had been mildly active since May, sent out a tremendous mass of rock material, the dust from which was carried to an estimated height of seventeen miles and distributed by the upper currents of the atmosphere to the furthest corners of the earth.
 Two years earlier, on Septemb Der sixth, occurred the famous yellow day, whose ghastly pail was attribut ed to the smoke from forest flames.
 Very likely the dark day in Colonial times described in Wh1ttiers familiar poem, when chickens went to roOst and the Connecticut assembly, wOr ried by the unusual tint of the heav ems, was persuaded from adjOurning only by Davenport's dramatic ora tory. had a like origin.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
Americans Wear the Jewels.
 (New York Herald.)


 An incidental indication of the gen. eral prosperity of the country is seen in current importa tions of precious stones.
 These are nearly three times as large as a year ago. In the eleven months ended June l more than twen- ty-seven million dollars worth of dia- mOnds were brought in.
 Americans are the buyers and wear CTS of jewels just now, although our Cuban friends also are doing pretty we'll, thank you, in consequence of successive big crops of cane and high prices for sugar.
 It is interesting to note that i'm portatiOns of pearls in May exceeded a million dollars in value and for eleven months more than nine mill lions compared with little more than one million for the corresponding period year ago.
 Evidently, copper, steel and muni- tions are not lending the whole of their credit balances to foreign bor- rOWers and the bejewelled wives of some newly rich Americans will feel next winter that the Queen of Sheba has nothing on them."
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office
This, Too, Has Passed Away.
(NeW York Times).

1 We see no excuse for this contro- versy that is going on in Pennsyl- Vania, Connecticut, and points west about whether the blonde is disap- bearing or not. There is no room for controversy; all that is necessary is to look out upon the world with open eyes and mark. The brunette is dis appearing, too, and the American complexion is approaching a single type. Look around you on the street car and observe the color of the hair
 of your fellow passengers. It is near
 ly all Of the same shade, a lusterless
 brown. We are working out an Amer
 lcan type, so far as mplexion is con-
 cerned. In Sweden, dOubtless they
 have blondes still and in Italy bru-
 nettes, but in Am merican midnight locks
 and golden curls are becoming ex-
 tinct. The next generation, most
 likely, will be almost unanimously
 brOWn-haired.
 It is not a golden brown either, nor
 anything you can be ecstatic about;
 it is a mud color. The truthful nov
 elist will not be able to call his hero
 ines hair chestnut, or to speak of the
 glinting lights and cool shades in it, any more than he could talk of the
 lights and shades in the coat of an English sparrow Where are all the
 golden -haired girls? Airy, fairy Lillian, where is she, She may be golden haired in the grammar grades, but by the time she gets to high school the fatal change has begun. When you pass the clamoring young sters in the street your heart warns at the old familiar names shouted 1 Fatty; youth is not innovatory, and the Skinny and Fatty and Shorty of your boyhood live again; but where is Whitey? Yousmiss that name as you pass the knot of youngsters ar ranging the terms of tag, hide-and- go seek, Black Tom, and ring-a-levo. The white-haired boy still exists, but is fast disappearing. In your day he uaed to graduate into a blonde, vel low-haired or light brown, but now the few survivals of him graduate into the prevailing color.
 Tt was brown, with golden gloss Janette" The golden gloss is gone, Colonel Halpin. Her full black ringlets downward rolpd." Her mud brown rtnglets," you would have to make it today, Lord Tennyson. why your hair was mber I shall divine'; but can you divine why it changed so soon to sparroW-hue. MT. Brown ing? Still there is cheer; here and there the glorious red haired girl still holds the fort, a brilliant spot of beauty in the wide monotony. And if there is no variety in the color, there is plenty in the length and softness of it; and then there is one maiden whose hair is different from the rest; other people may think it is not, but it is. As for man, there is no such consolation for him; his hair is not soft or long, it is just mud colored and nothing else. He is the type, without redeemin8 The struggle of types is over, or nearly over, so far as hair is concerned; it is the survival of the brOWneSt.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03

England and Germany, 174O-1914. bv
 B. E. Schnitt.
 An intelligent and impartial dis cusSiOn of the relations of England and Germany on the eve of the great war and of the historic events and influences in which these relations were rooted, and of which they were a product.'-N Y. Times
  Growth of English drama, by Arnold
 Wynne.
 "An attraCtively written, compre- hensive, scholarly study for the unin- formed who wish to get an intelligent acquaintance of the subject with the expenditure of little time.''-A. l.. A. Booklist.
 Journeys to Bagdad, by Charles L..
 Brooks.
 With the woes of the world it meddles not at all. but discourses at great length on the smell of old tarred rope, the course of evolution from night-caps to sleeping porches, and the eating of cream puffs With out the least intention of doing good the author and illustrator leave their readers mind the better for con- temptation of their pretty knack of words and wood-cuts, and improve his heart by exhibiting a thousand sources of fine enjoyment which no one but an imaginative child would ordinarily stop to explore. .''-Spring- field Republican.
 Manual of military training, by J. A.
 Moss.
 Medieval Italy during a thousand
 years (305-1913,) by H. B. Cot
 terill.
 The work of a scholar, useful either to the general reader or ser 1ous student. "A. L. A. Booklist. Methods of attracting birds, by Gill
 bert H. Trafton Modern tennis by P. A. Vaile.
 Contains full and detailed direc- tons on how to play, simple enough
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
HORRORS OF WAR.
Termonde, Famous City of Belgium,
 Feels Pinch of PrivatiOn.

Washington, D. C.-Aug. 3.-"Ter-
 monde, a prosperous town of 10,0O0>
 inhabitants at the beginning of the war but now a scene of food riots, according to recent despatches, spreads over both banks of the Den der river and the right bank of the Scheldt, the Dender forming a june
 ture with the larger waterway at this point says today's war geography bull
 letin of the National Geographic So- .
 ciety on one of the cities of Beligum
 which is feeling keenly the pinch of
 privation.
 Situated only 16 miles east of
 Ghent, the great heart of Flemish his
 tory, Termonde itself has past of
 which it's citizens may well eel proud.
 It was here that Louis XIV suffered
 an ignominious defeat at the very
 beginning of his War of Devolution,
 or Queens war, in which he set about
 to upset political customs and sub-
 stitute civil usage in the matter of
 royal inheritance. When his father in-law, Philip " of Spain died, Louis
 laid claim to Flanders in the name
 of his wife, Maria Theresa, she who
 was a mere figurehead at the French
 court during the sway of the notor- . ious Mademoiselle de la Valliere and
 Mime. De Montespan and in later years of the devout Mme Mintenon. Louis defeat at TermOnde was due not to the prowess of the city's gar rison but to the self-sacrifice of her people who employed the irresistible water of the North Sea to fight their battle for them, as has been the case so many times in the history of the Low Countries. The-dykes were cut and the investing army of the Grand Monarque fled before the flood.
 During the war of the Spanish Succession Termonde bravely resisted the great English general, Marlbor- ough, but after a ten days bonn bard . ment was forced to yield. This oc- cured in the famous campaign of 17O6 during which Marlborough achieved his famous victory at Ra- millies, 50 miles to the southeast, where the French under Marshal Will leroy lost 5000 men while the Egg fish and their Dutch allies sustained 3 loss of less than one-thN'd that number.
 On many maps Termonde goes by it's Flemish name of Dendermonde. At the outbreak of the war 1t was one of the five fortified towns of Bel gium, but it's defenses were not of ~ modern design. The city is 25 miles by rail southwest of Antwerp. It Is :. nine miles from Lokern and Is miles Ma from St. Nicholas, two other townW of Belgium where rioting occurre% with the outbreaks at g rermonde.
 The most interesting buildings in rermonde are the Hotel de Vile formerly the Cloth hall.) a four .eenth century structure, and the Gothic church of Notre Dame which contains two valuable pictures of Van Dyck. A
 Termonde is only 20 feet above sea level, fact which accounts for he ease with which the surrounding was flooded when besieged in .667
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
AND FORESIGHT.

Els this political campaign gets
 Ter way and the American people
 hder over the big questions of the 8t two years, all of which are direct @ associated with the election, Charles
 Ems Hughes may be extremely sorry # uttered some of the accusations 0 made against the Wilson admin Ration the other night in New York. Becially since in all his heavy criti- Ems he has advanced not one word Constructive policies. He has told, 8rcising his wonderful powers of #dsight, where everything President #son did was wrong. He has not 8ltioned just how he would have Se the same things. And the na- # is anxious1y awaiting some ex- Hnation.
 & liter dispensing with the Mexican Ration wherein he deplored the fact z President Wilson did not recog- @ the assassin Huerta, MT. Hughes #xes bold stroke when he lays the #ne for the sinking of the Lusitania 8she doorsteps of the White House. Il political reasons, because he dare # offend German-American voters, Hcould not come out and denounce &many and her. submarine policy this catastrophe. We had ample Hce the Lusitania was to be sunk, &fact, established notice, complains Eghes. To be sure we did. A day so before the great liner sailed 3ertisements appeared in the New R-k newspapers warning all pas zgers off the ship. Up to the very r of her departure telegrams and Innings were dispatched to the dock individuals were told not to make Journey. But how many got off ship? How many took these things kousIy? How many believed a civil nation would establish such a pre- lent? Had the United States govern Int dispatched a cable immediately Ehe German government, or even a bk previous to the sailing of the Bftania, the sinking of that ship Llld have occurred, as Germany B out to get the Lusitania and the marines appointed to do the work te on the high seas at their ap-
 nted posts. Even the German gov |ment could not have repealed it's |ers to sink the Lusitania. The reign Office in Berlin has repeatedly
 erted it's inability to get in touch In submarine captains once they
 out of reach of wireless at the bmarine base. MT. Wilson, had he bn divine instead of a human be- would have found difficulty in king the German government, bent
 bn murderous policy, follow the bper course. Now. those being the It's in the case, what would Mir |ghes have done? Would he have elared war on Germany, or would have conducted the subsequent gotiations through the channels of blomacy? Those were the only all natives, either writing notes or fir E guns. Which? What would he have he? And if he says he would have bn forced to resort to writing notes eause of the veal kness of our miIi- ry position he must remember that army and navy at MT. Wilson S were legacies from the Taft
 One year after Wilson
 nt into the White House had he .rted out on a crusade of prepared ss such as in vogue today he would ve been hanged in effgy in every v of the country and shouted down
 a man trying to follow the mflitar-
 c fashions set by European coun- es. There are many things to be lsidered in each and every act of oodrow Wilson. Taken out singly
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
This Selfish World

(From the Portland Press.) Did you ever hear the fire alarm bell ring;
 And count the strokes until you know it's not your house; And go right on with your work, At peace with all the world, While someone else's property burns down?
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
A Word of Appreciation.
(WashingtOn Starr.

"I suppose you think a republic is ungratefui"
 No" replied Senator Sorghum; |; this republic has always treated me all right. And there have been limos when I got to thinking about what 1t has to put up with, that a republic seems downright patient and forbear- ing"
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03

One of our reporters spent the weekend in Waterbury. Then there are those folks who insist upon put ting salt on apple pie, and sugar on' tomatoes. An well. It's a queer world. The reporter in question IS otherwise normal.-Bridgep Stand ard,
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03

Might not the favorite Republican term, "weak and vacillating," now be applied to the candidate of that party who in his speech of acceptance fevored the suffrage plank in the plat form and now is after a Federal amendment to give the women votes :? President Wilson, of course, was al- ways weak and vacillating' when he repeatedly told the ladies who visited the White House that the suffrage question should be left to the in- dividual states. And he never changed his attitude. If the people want woman suffrage, let them have it. Do not force it on them by Constitutional Amendment. MT. Hughes in three days has given as many different versions of his attitude toward suffrage. He is not weak and vacillating.' He is firm and con- sistent."
New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
Painful Discovery,

"Hallo, Newwed, why so sombre ?'
 Say, old man, I've made a very painful discovery. My wife cant sing"
 Painful? Why man, you are to be congratulated"
 Alas, no! You see, she thinks she can."