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New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
TOM TAGGART.

Every state in the union, in each of it's political machines, has man like
 Tom Taggart, who has been appointed
 by Governor Ralston of Indiana to fill
 the vacancy in the United States Sen
 ate caused by the death of Benjamin
 F. Shrively The redoubtable Thomas,
 known the length and breadth of this
 land. will probably take his seat today
 and thus realize the ambition of a
 lifetime, the ambition that never
 could be satisfied in the regular order
 of things so long as people exercise their legitimate choice at the polls.
 Mir. Taggart has little or no qualiiica- ions for a place among the elect It
 is through a governor who was placed
 where he is because MT. Taggart can
 place such beings that TagGart gets
 such a reward. Taggard is a master
 of political intrigue. His record i stands as a, classic for his line of
 work. Even the people of Indiana will claim for him no such distinction as being fit for wearing the tosa of United States Senator His ability ends where political machinations and manipulations cease. There vas a vacancy to be filled and he insisted upon filling it. That is all there is to it. His entrance into the Senate could be in one way only, through the door of appointment. He must get out when the elections take place in November and go back to his famous health resort.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

an entire city be imposed upon by un- scrupulous mendicants than that one
 man in the nation go without bread when he is needy
 In every city in the land there are places of refuge for the needy. In many instances these institutions are beneflciaries to the shirkers and para sites of society rather than to those who would profit honestly by the ex- lstence of such places. With the going of the famous bread line at Cooper Square in New York it is hoped that the many vagrants and ne'er-do- wells who glean their existence from the crib of public charity will take to other and more worthy ways of making a living. In this day and generation when the United States is at the height of it's economic career there is no req son why any man willing and able to work should be out of employm ent. Factories are begging for men, while men are begging for bread. There is something wrong in such a situation.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
LAT SHALL. BE THE SUBJECu,
 OF THIS DEBATE?v

spon the event of life time will arranged,- the debate between @or Qulgley and Councilman Ftlsr Forget the clash of German French arms at Verdun: cease Pdering over the outcome of the Rlard- Moran affair: let the United tes troops and Villa fight it out in
 mountains of Mexico; care not |ut the diplomatic controversies be- len the Hapsburgs and Hohenzol- hs on one hand and the Wilson's Lanslngs on the other; forget
 n all and make room for the one at event of this time, the dual Asugn Quigley and Curtis. The pre- Eilenge has been. hurled, and ac- ted. The final plans are being eahty. There seems to be but one |nbling block. That is. finding a |JONL Aol dSDdLc' | ht contestants
 at logger-heads on this one iln- tant itenE In the event they can agree on any given subject we hbly submit that they hold a pre- Fnary debate and use all their
 ulnentative powers In thrashing
 the perplexing problem, What ll be the subject of debate? The joined would make an interesting ject: Resolved,-That the sub of this preliminary debate shall
 What shall be the subject of the in debate? or, What shall be the ject of debate?
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
Earn $l9l By Taking Home a Sweeper 4
D. McMillan

French have only put up such a per centage of resistance as seemed worth while to them.
 Second-The intrenchmentS and cntanglementS back of Verdun are just as important as those in front of it.
 Third-Any position which the French decide to hold at all costs is 8 position which cannot be taken by the Germans. The Germans might just as we'll try to make @ silk purse out, of a sow's ear.
 F'ourth--Ameri ericans, a small per centage of whom are really interest ed in this war, should remember that war itself could hardly exist if it wasn't for the French. It is an art and passion of which they are past masters. God bless themD The terms of war, the names of things used in war, are French. If we eX- cept Galahad (who was really Frenchman,) our best heroes are French-Roland, Bayard, Joan of Arc-and these wonderful people were not exceptions; they were and are types.
 F'ifth-The French are so wonder ful that to be alive in the same world with them is a privilege.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

Washington, D. C., March 21.- Railroad, telephone, and telegraph make it a much more simple matter to marshall the elements of defense in the Land of the Pyramids, than it was when Napoleon 1 brought his soldiers there. The irrigation and railroad departments have been treated as the most important public services under the British administra- ton of the country, and the railroad development has taken on an especial importance since the outbreak of the, war. The railways of Egypt, now con- tributng manifold their investm ent toward the security of the British frontiers in the middle east, are de- scribed in the following bulletin, is- sued today by the National Geographic society:
 Stretching from the Mediterranean sea, across great continent of burn ing sand, beyond the Nubian desert, into the heavy jungle of Central Afri ca, there lies one of the great steam routes in the east, by rail, by boat, and then, by rail again. The building of this way first made it possible for Eng land to bring the Soudan into l state of comparative order and safety, and consolidated one of the widest reaches of land remaining at the beginning of the twentieth century, Around this steam route, the prosperity of modern Egypt has been built up while, along it, the methods and standards of civ ilization have encroached more and more upon tho wild, hazardous, want burdened freedom of the desert
 "Egypt's railways, with few and un- important exceptions, are state un- dertakings. The Egyptian Delta Light railway is the largest of the private lines, with 625 miles of trackage. It, like the other privately owned lines, operates in the rich agricultural delta of the Lower Nile. The main lines of the state system run from Alexandria, Port Said, Suez and Diametta to
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199-201-203 MAIN STREET

with manners at table and at other
 places which would pass today for
 those of the boor. In another period,
 so much thought was put on the ritual
 of good manners, so-cdlled, that the spirit was lost and what purportedsto
 be acceptable in the social inter
 course of the day was in reality the most wretChed of manners.
 But the very mistake which we fan
 cy has always been made lies in the
 conscious effort to show the world
 ones good breeding altogether " the
 outward and visible signs of an i1-
 ward and spiritual grace which &tD
 often is not given tho chance to exis1s
 With such changes in style as diffewsst
 modes of living bring in new periods
 Of what we call our civilization, there
 is a condition of the heart and mind
 which must remain fixed if good man
 ners are to persist. Good manners
 are of all times and they are demo-
 cratic, knowing no distinctions Of class and springing from respect for supcriors and for the weak and aged. among other virtues. Tar from aoe- ing the result of study. good mafrheFs are the natural expression of a kindly, considerate. and ChjvalrouS attitude toward others and a simplicity oddly at variance with some of the aping3 which too often pass for good man. ners. There are those who decry our modern manners. Have we gone backwards in this respect? CertainA ly there are discouraging indications that we do not go ahead with tbe grace which lovers of the older and simpler school might counsel werc they willing to compromise their own good manners by so doing. In our cities are to be found tho enemies of courtesy and consideration and the ether amenities of life. Street cars in which women arc allowed to stand while men sit, elevators in which men remain in the presence of w0iren without removing their hats, gum ans@ slang, and it may be the beloved movies may be rcCkoned as among the enemies of good manners. And the rush of city life is perhaps the arch enemy.
 Where shall we find the rcmcdyT How shall VIC stop the tide that threat ems to take us back ;o the manneA of times less enlightened than our own? Where and how, if not in the schools and in the homes. the hom9 and the school working in cu-opera- ton? If vulgaritY and Chc0pHcss are to make our manners decadent, we shall find ourselves at d loss to prove. that enlightenment has actually come with the passing of he years since civilization became a heathy growth. To give their place to the gentlcr ana stronger things of life. men and wonps, an of every station must be willing to content themselves with simplicity anl .ha homcly practices that show the good heart and the mind attuued tas he finer things of life. Thus pI " shall We refuse the repruach that our nanuers are not bette.' but worse. han those of the generations that laVc gone before us
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
Journalism Schools.
(New Haven Union. )

Juite a number of colleges and universities now offer courses in journalism and more will join the list every year. Ohio state university is the latest to take rank with the cNer-increasing number of schools which are granting special degrees in journalism. Following the recent action of the trustees authorizing a new college to be known as the col lege of commerce and journalism, to be added to the eleven colleges ot the university July 1, degree of bachelor of science in journalism will be granted. Three other degrees will also be given by the legc-bache- lors of science in business adminis tration, social service and public ser vice.
 At present journalism is offered only a S a separate department in the college of arts with three courses, Instructed hy Prof. Joseph $. Myers, who took charge of jOurna lism work here two years ago, rcsigninS as man aging editors of the Pittsburgh Sun and Post to join the faculty.
 This is perhaps the most hopeful sign of the times in the newspaper field, this demand for young college men of ideals and a certain standard of culture.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in cx- changes that come to the Herald Office.
Weston. the Walker. at -. Waterbury Republican,

Edward Payson Weston, the veteran walker, who came through Waterbury on one of his trips in 1907, has just celebrated his seventy-seVerth birth day at his home in Rifton, Ulster county, New York. He is still hearty and Is talking of repeating during his seventy eighth year, one of his fam ous walks, that from PortlanG to Chicago.
 He first took this walk in 1867, making the route of 1,%25 miles in a little over twenty five uays. Forty years afterward, in 1907, at the age of weight, he repeated the feat, beating his former time by twenty nine hours. It was this occa- sion that he passed through Water bury. After reaching Chicago he extended this trip, intending to reach the coast and walk back, but was taken III and desisted. It was only temporary indsposition, however, probably brought on by changes of food and water en route. He was vigorous and full of snap when seen here.
 The veteran hiker was porn at Prov idence, R. T., March 15, 1889. and was brought up in Boston. He was a newspaper reporter in his youth and first attracted attention by walking from Boston to Washington to attend Abraham Lineoln's first Inauguration. in 1861, ffty-9ve years ago In cluded in his notable walks was one from New York to San Francisco. which he made in 104 days He then made the return trip by 8 slight ly shorter route in seventy-six days Another famous walk was undertaken for the Church of England. Weston walking 5000 miles in 100 days and delivering a temperance lecture every evening.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
The Steel Car Again.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

The steel car appears to have per formed handsomely in the wreck at Port Royal, Pennsylvania. The en- zine and five cars left the rails, two cars remaining on the tracks, when the passenger train plOwed into the wrecked east bound freight and no passenger was seriously injured The fact that the cars were made of the unyielding material undoub btedly pre- vented a heavy toll of human life The satiSfa ctiOn in the thought of the tragedy averted will not, of course, be allowed to obscure the fact that the accident should not have occurred. The public does not ex- onerate a railway company from re- sponsibility because it appreciates the extra ordinary expense incurred in providing safeguards. The use of steel cars has gone very far to di- minish the loss of life from accidents There must be unremitting effort to abolish the accidents themselves, hv eliminating the factors of human carelessness and mechanical made Quacies. It is ineXpedient to cele- brate the victory of the steel car and overlook the seriousness Of the catas- trophe that gave the rigid material 8 chance to show it's superiority.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
Our Manners.
(New Haven Journal -CourierD

(New Haven Journal-CourierD
 What of our manners? The ques tion is constantly recurring in various forms, and the answers gwen fais6hort of satisfaction about as often. For in the first place, it is hard to take the measure of good manners. So far as conscious efforts to he we'll hammered as evidenced in intermin- able writings on the subjcct of cti- uucttc, styles have changed. In ono period the utmost chivalrv and Tc. spect for womanhood, which lies at the very heart of good manners, went
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
HE PASSING OF THE BREAD
 LINE.

of the Bureau Of Un- l1ployment and the Salvation Army New York have decided that the leadIine must be abolished, giving for lis action two excellent reasons: Pro Essiona1 derelicts have monopolized le benefits of the bread line, and no ! e who is willing and physically or gentaI1y able to work need be without gnployment in New York at present. some two hundred men offered e1n- |oyment at good wages but ten |inced any interest in the offer.
 Charity is virtue one of the great Et That there are some members of be- human family who prey upon the bnerosity of others seems a sin and a hamc But it has been done and it |iH be done so long as the world rolls h, so long as human nature is what
 is. Because of these abuses there hre many who go hungry in land of henty Far better would it be that
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
GET ANOTHER WORD.

It is indeed to be regretted that an army officer of the reputation and standing of Colonel Edward F. Glenn, chief of staff under General Leonard Wood of the Department of the East should so far forget the proprieties in an after dinner speech as to label the United States army pathetic. Prob ably his coffee went to his head. Whatever truth there may be in his statement, it was uncalled for at a public gathering. The army of the United States has been ever the source of much concern to the people of the United States who would have it a bigger and better organization. But it has been never before referred to as "pathetic'. Small, it may be. Gallant, it always has been. Loyal. ! it always will be. Pathetic, it never
 was. To describe a thing as 'pathetic"
 means that it is by nature abounding
 in pathos; that it arouses tender emo
 ttons; causes sorrow, sadness, pity. 1 The United States army has never awakened such emotions. On the con 1 trary, the mere mention of it brings i to the mind lively visions of great ] deeds well done, of bravery, fighting spirit, and patriotism. Follow the i little band of soldiers that went over 1 the border after the Villa outlaws and see if the army is "pathetic". Look 1 back at the national Congress, see how | the army fared at it's hands and brand that treatment as "pathetic"; but i never use the word in connection with the army Ever since the days when George Washington led the old Con- tinentals through so many sieges the
 troops that have fallen into line in
 back of the old Red, White and Blue. 1 have been valiant. They have fought i against odds, but they fought nobly
 and we'll. Their equipment has not
 been always the best, but their hearts
 have been stout, their courage never
 dimmed Our boys in blue have al-
 ways given an account of themselves,
 their record is written high on the
 pages of history. The present day
 army. small as it is. is no exception
 It has been many years since the
 troopers engaged in war. but they have taken part in many skirmishes
 within and without their own land They have quelled instruction, up-
 held the laws of the land, put down
 rebellion in smaller countries, have
 even done police duty, And through
 it all they have manifested that fight
 ing spirit chara cteristic of the Ameri-
 can in battle. Whether it be with pick-axe, broom handle, or gun, the American soldier has always done his fighting well. The army to which he belongs has been great army al
 though mayhap small army Pathetic? Get another word.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
Confidence in France.
(Gouverneur Morris in New York
 TribunC)
TribunC.)

I went RIl over Verdun last sum ner, but on the understan ding that l should not write about what I saw that is, in detail. But the battle now going on is so important from the point of view of public opinion, may fairly give the general i'm pressions which I carried away with me:
 First--If the city and sO-Called fortress of Verdun should fall it means no more than the loss of a 10-acre lot. If the Germans have gained ground, it is because the
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

will displeasc the United States. If he does he will displcase his own peo- pie. From this distance it appears as if MT. Carrallza is between the well known. and popular Devil and the likewise well known and popular Deep Blue Sea.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

Possibly Justice Hughes persists in saving mo- because he's in D good To- cation to note the trend Of sentimen toward Wilson.-Anaconda Standard.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

What we like about the news from Mexico is that we don't have to get It via London. Boston Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

When the horn of the hunter is heard on the hill, go search in his pockets for license to kill.--San Fran cisco Chronicle.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

Hegel believed that nothing was ills- torically proved until 1t had repeated itself.-New York Times
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

'Nered by carrier to any part of the city
 *or To Cents a Week, 65 Gents a Month. acriptions for paper to be sent by mail, apay4ble in advance, GO Cents Month. .S7.60 Year.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

of approval on MT. PcltOn's candi- dacy, but there is a strong sentiment for him nevertheless
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

The Oldest Inha bitant SayS:-- Spring has came; but you can t prove it by me-
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
FACTS AND FANCIl,S.

How the ears of Brandeis m uSt Baltimore AmeriCau.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

Why not make T. Coleman du Font residuary legatee of the Henry W. Es- tabrook boom ?-Boston Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

" qaily Sunday excepted) at 4:15 D. m, 0Ne Herald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

If Carranza does not permit the transport of supplies for American troops over Mexican railroad lines he
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

only profitable advertising medium in. the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

erea al the Post Office at New Britain
 aS second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

II must depress Colonel Roosevelt considerably not to be ir a position to demand anybody dead or alive in this crisis.-Ohio State Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

Don't know what the French give up for Lent, but it isn't Nerduu.- Philadelphia North American.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling's New Stand. 42nd St. and Broad way, New York City; Board Walk. At .lantic City, and Hartford Depot
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

Possibly our pacifIsts are beginning to see that the millennium. has been 'nhchnltelN postponed and that human nature IS much the sane on both sides or the Atlantic.-NeW York Sun
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
None Sold Before the Day of Sale
No Sweepers to Be Wrapped
 Whe Pur chased
Bring Exact Change With
 YCu.

the
  THAN COST by the of Medal at the
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

vermont has voted for local option put 1T you believe in safety first you Will huN your liquor for medicinal or mechanlcal purposes this side of the State line.-Portsmo outh Times
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

The fact that Justice Hughes could nave inc Republican presidential. nomination merely for the asking. and oeci1nes to ask. proves that it isn't worth mucF.-Dallas News
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

The story that Germany is short of potatoes does not affect us. The> told us the same thihg eighteen months ago, and we exhausted our stock of sympathetic sighs at that time.-Philadelphia Teie-ranh.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

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New Britain herald., 1916-03-21

The Oldest Inha bitant Says:-- Spring has came; but you cant prove it by me"
 FACTS AND RANCHES.
 How tho ears of BrandeiS m uSr burn .-Ba ltimore American.
 Hegel believed that nothies was his torically proved until 1t had repeated itself.-New York Times
 What we like about the news from Mexico is that we don't have to get it via LOndOn.-BOstOn Journal.
 Why not make T. Coleman du Font residuarv legatee of the Henry W. F,s tabrook boom ?-Boston Transcript.
 Possibly Justice Hughes persists in saving mo" because he's in D good To- cation to note the trend Of sentiment toward Wilson.-Anaconda Standard,
 When the horn of the hunter is heard on the hill, go search in his pockets for license to kill.--San Fran cisco Chronicle.
 II must depress Colonel Roosevelt considerablN not to be ir Fl position to demand anybody dead or alive in this cr1sis.-OhiO State Journal.
 foSSlblN our paCifsts are beginning to see that the milIenniun has been lndehnltely postponed and that human nature Is much the san,r on both sides of tho Atlantic-Ncv York Sun.
 vermont has voted for local option but if you believe in safety first you will huy Nour liquor for medicinal or mechanical purposes this Side nf the State line.-POrtsmo outh Times
 The fact that Justice Hughes could nave the Republican presiden1ia. nomlnatlon merely for the asking, and declines to ask. proves that it isn't worth uCh-Dallas News.
 The story that Germany is short of potatoes does not affect us The> told us the same thihg eighteen months ago, and we exhausted our stock of sympathetic siShs at that lme.-Philadelphia Tele-ra ph.