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New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
Your Family Budget.
(Waterbury Democrat.


 High wages for everybody and high prices for everything means a revision of the family budget, as well as the municipal What is budget? Planning how you will spend your sal ary-balancing your account before- hand, not for the sake of counting your chickens before they are matched put in order to divide your wages so that your family will get the most com1ort for the least money You know what your wages for the next month or the next year will be. You also know what are your necessities ana luHurles According to the budget system you divide your income to cover these needs, and pever rob one to increase the other, nor spend more than your appropriation. Few do this, but those who are thus forehanded generally prosper Nobody can tell exactly what another's budget ought to be. One estimate allows twenty per cent for rent, twelve per cent for operating expenses, such as light, neat carfare and laundry; eighteen per cent for clothing; fifteen per cent Tor cidentals-amusem ents, educa
 ton, church, lodge, doctor, dentist, savings ard insurance; and thirty five per cent for food This may be proper distribution of a salary, and again it may not No law of expendi
 ture can possibly be made. At present high prices, families living on $1,0OO a year probably are spending forty five per cent for food Families living on $2,50O need spend no more than s450 a year for food; thus as the in come increases the percentage re- quired for food becomes smaller. Peo- pie who try to practice economy are usually content with a clearing house system of accounting. They balance their books at the end of the month and are satisfied if they have not spent more than they have earned, if there are no unpaid and unpayable bills. But this method gets them nowhere. It conceals bad manage
 ment without remedying it. The budget system is better, for it sub
 stitutes sense for chance in spending.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
THE "CUBS'' COMPLAIN,

Those students at the Columbia
 School of Journalism who rebelled be-
 cause they were compelled to write a , history of journalism within a speci-
 fled time have not quite grasped the
 significance of newspaper work. If
 they enter the lists they will soon ] learn that all reporters are constantly 1 called upon to marshall facts and 1 weave them into readable stories in less time than there is available, The game is ever rush to beat old Tempus. In this case the fourth year
 men of the Pulitzer School went on
 strike because they believe they were
 overworked. They were assigned to write a history of journalism in Philadelphia, a very dignif1ed subject. That 1t had to be written against time is nothing out of the ordinary.
 Some day these same students will probably be out in the very midst of the game; then they will learn what it means to race against the tick, tick, tick of the clock. If they are inside men they will welcome such a long period as three-quarters of an hour Tn which to prepare any given article, from the obituary of 8 King to the history of the city in which they might toll. If they are lon the street, they will do as all reporters before them have done, stay out of the office until the last minute. and then come in and rush through their stuff, finish ing within a reasonable distance be- fore press time. We are of the belief that the men enrolled in the Colum bia School of Journalism are preparing for careers in the magazine field, where publication is once a month. If they grumble because of the as- signment in question they will not last ; long in the daily newspaper field.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

1 over Europe at the present time. Now with the statement that Satan. has taken charge of Europe, it ia
 interesting to recall that it was
 Satan, according to Cotton Mathcr, leader in the antiwitchcraft outbreak, who had charge of things in Salem.
 This amiaole and venera blo lawyer. seeing the inspiration of u personal devil in the work of men who are fighting on one side or the oti1cr as patriots in Von Mackensen, in .Tutfrc.- in Hai8, is offering a thought that stimulates thought. Are these men agents of the enemy of all mankind? Or is the devil they serve the devil of nationalism, the devil for whom, Decatur spoke when he said: Nv country, may she ever be right: brt |. right or wrong, my country"? Or is natlonallsm, patriotism, as most of us believe, malgned by this imper- sonal theory? However this may be. popular belief in the personal devil has not been much strengthened since the war began. Our habits of mind are very hard to change
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Now that the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate has re- ported favorably on the national Pro- hibition and the national Suffrage amendments, the easiest way out of an embarra ssment, it may be expected that the members of Congress, of both Houses, will resort to like tactics. If they do, if the Representatives and the Senators are afraid to stir the wrath of tho Prohibittonists and the suffragettes, the question will be re- solved back upon the various states, where, if three-fourths of the state lesislatures do likewise, the United States will be reformed in two ways. women in all states will vote and men In all states will go thirsty.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
NO GAY WHITE WAY.

Under the new lighting system which was flashed on for the frs time last night there will be no lights bn the corner of Church and Main Streets. unless the old lamps are used ! In conjunction with the new. It would seem that such an important Intersection of streets should not be Overlooked by the board of public works. Even at the cost of placing The new lamp-posts at irregular dis 1ances apart there should be plenty Eff illumination near the aforemen- Eoned corner.
 Any trial of the new lighting sys- 4idedly unfair. It is difficult to tell
 Ehether the new lights are an im- 4rovement over the old because of he manner in which Main Street is , frightened by the store windows with
 hristmas holiday displays. Conse- .uently, the soft glare of the new
 ghts Is overshadowed. There is no
 ainsaying the fact that the stand
 rds, or posts, upon which rest the 4test illuminating features of the city re more graceful than the old-t time &bles. From an architectural stand Sbint they are all that can be de- &red. That the light itself is weak comparison with the rays of the Ed lamp may be due to any one of < number of reasons. We prefer to
 klieve that after the holidays, when Ne stores discontinue their gaudy Hndow' displays, the city lighting &stem will vindicate itself.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
The Argesch Riper Valley Eur0pe's s Paragon of Beauty

village of Argcsch. once the proud
 capital of Wallachia, but now content in normal times of peace to be the There are encountered the ruins of the anicient castle ofRadw-Negru, the founder of Wallachia. In the thir- teenth century he removed his castle from Kimpolung to Argesch.
 '"The town is richly endowed with interest by the ecclesiastical role it played in the earlier centuries of-Wal- lachian history. Here is cathedral which is the pride of Rumania. It stands at some distance from the town, bare upon the ground, without setting, but none the less grand and imposing. It was restored and re- dedicated to the worship of the Most High in 1517, A. D. on which occasion the patriarch was assisted by five archbishops and nearly a thousand priests.
 But the magnifcence of the struc- ture had entirely overtaxed the reve- nues of the Wallachian treasury available for ecclestriastical purposes. and it was only by the munit1cence of Militza, daughter of the king of Ser bia, and wife of the king of Walla- chia, who gave her jewels to the cause, that it could be completed.
 War seems supremely out of place in such precincts of pastoral peace as the Argesch valley, and whoever has travelled through that valley and has beheld it's simple peasant folk. bright sunny, industrious, will regret the desolation and the consternation that war brings to such people"
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
Choate and a Personal Devil.
Brooklyn Eagle

At the unveiling of portrait of himself by the New York genealogical and biographical society, Joseph H. Choate listened to a paper on Witch craft,' and was stimulated to recall that he was born in the shadow of Gallows hill in Salem, Mass, where the witches were hanged; that two of his ancestors fled from the Salem jail, where they were locked up for alleged complicity in witchcraft, and to ex- press the conclusion that the deca- dence of the belief in witchcraft. or tho operation on earth of personal agents of the devil is due to a decline or faith in the devil himself" He added:
 That decline continued till two years ago. but it's different now, for am sure the devil is operating all
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
NO USE GROWING OLD.

! It has come at last. ~-.- l re Hall of Fame wherein shall be 1eserved for the edif1cation and en- khtenment of future generations the Enas that expound contemporary life 4d actions. The boys and girls of Ne future will be given all the op- 8rtunities to judge of the character Nd manners of those who preceded : em on this mundane sphere. One ] the pioneer film manufacturers in : e country is behind the project, his ea being a mausoleum or depository here ''such films of contemporary enes, monuments of thought and de- Iopment of human experiences as Ell prove of the greatest historic ; Iue to generations to come'' will be hced in safe-keeping. The munif1- < &nt sum of one million dollars will
 set aside for the building, which Il contain air-tight chambers for e preservation of the films, and an &ditional million will be used as an adowm ent fund. The Hall of Fame &ll be erected on a suitable site in : e vicinity of Central Park, New brk.
 The world is rapidly being exposed l itself. People are having their es opened. Where once the old ners were wont to thrill the young : ers with tales of other days, the nov 8g picture has come to destroy and latter all such fantasies. Modern &e with it's many improvements, has ten been held to scorn. The stage #s declined. There are not the ac- rs there were in the days of Booth bmedians never hope to reach the Nights of the old school. Tn the days
 Harrigan and Hart they produced Bays that were plays. When Gilbert
 Id Sullivan wrote musical comedies Here was something in the lit of the usic and the heart of the lyrics thai #kent over" We have often beer F Id these things. We have degenerat-
 Our boys do not know the games Hey played in the days when "One
 d Cat' was the acme of amuse-
 ent. Our girls have left the sacred
 ths tread by their grand dame
 q are given to the frivo1ities O. Hbuld show the lego mutton sleeve.
 forty years ago. Even the shor x irts of today are beautiful in com
 rison with those dragging trains O.
 generatiOn ago.
 Tn our heart of hearts we have #ten rebelled against the practice O.
 bit of those old-timers who recal hat took place away back in the
 rly sixties. But the more we heard
 it the more we decided we woult #t even with another generation. Ant
 we hoped in our old age to be able
 tell the youngsters of what tool Bhtenment Oh, we had planned |any fthrillers." Our grand childrer ld their sons and daughters were te
 rry the good work on. But now i
 s 7
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
The Week Before Christmas.

I (Margaret Chandler Aldrich). Twas the week before Christmas, and
 all through the town The shopgirls and packers were fast breaking down 1 While women of leisure lay soft in
 their beds,
 And visions of purchases danced in their heads. 1 "I never go into those stores with bad
 air,
 But the time of their closing is not 1 my affair."" 1 Said a lady who shopped in a limou- sine car More roomy and lighted than tene- ments are. ; Ana then as she dozed, there arose such chatter, She rang for maid to see what was the matter She saw to her horror flying ma chine Come down through her chimney. Within 1t was seen An angry old Santa Claus, dressed like his picture, Whose face was her Bishops and doctors in mixture. He threw from his tonneau a huff
 which could purr;
 Twas labeled "The voice of the
 sweated in fur' Kid mules which went tapping about
 the parquet-
 It's II o'clock, we're delivering yet! Each purchaser wants all his parcels
 each night
 And tomorrow they drive us before
 the days light. A phonograph sang with an opera
 voice
 (In Italian) Iris Christmas, let all
 men rejoice!' But always the weary must pay when
 they break,
 And we can't keep a girl if she
 makes a mistake. One hand on her Bible, and one on
 check,
 The poor lady listened-a terrified
 wreck While the gifts of her nightmare piled
 up on the floor, And that horrid Saint Nicholas
 handed her more! When she clutched at her Bible, he
 pulled off his cap ' Saying, That's what I need for the
 people you trap Into working for wages on which
 they can't live. It's they who need Scriptures on
 how to forgive. But your mean little checks-S5 here
 and $10 there For the sweated you doom to 8
 hospitals care Are the devils own credit, it's he
 alone knows The lives that are ruined by shops
 that won't close. If after long hours, girls reel from
 store More dead than alive, to a friend
 at the door Who offers to treat them, and one
 more goes under lis you are to blame with your
 bargains and blunder. You patrOnize shops which are open
 at night Then you open a Rescue and think
 it's all right. tell you conditions don't change for
 committees It will take every woman in each !
 of your cities; Good hours! good wages! a small 1
 dividend
 To the octopus owners-then world 1
 without end Just then came the voices of children l
 at prayers Dear Santy Claus, please send my i
 mother car fares She cannot work late and be walking
 home, too," When away to his children the |
 Santa Claus flew.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Seniors at the Pulitzer School of Journalism have gone on strike be- cause, they declare, they are over worked. As if there was such 9 thing as overWorking a newspaper man.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

It was this time last year, as we re- call it, that Henry Ford sent a boat load of pacifsts to Europe for the purpose of getting "the boys out of the trenches by Christmas Like all great men the Detroit manufacturer was slightly ahead Of his time.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Advocates of temperance propose to bar liquor advertisements from the malls. Which is only step toward barring liquor from the males.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
Took the Treasures. Left the DrOSs

iF'rorn the Peoria JOurnal)
 Robbers entering a meat market here today ignored the cash drawer and safe. but carried off $eO worth of choice hams, loins, ribs and a side of mutton.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

eltvered by carrier to any part of the city
 for 15 cents a week. Soc month. Ibscrjntions ioT paper to be sent by mail payable in advance. 60 cents a month, $i ot a yea,
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Alcohol may be a good substitute for gasoline, but too many people try to mix them street Journal
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

ae only profitable advertising medium m the city: Circulation books and Tress room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
FACTS AND RANCHES.

At $20 a pair. if our shoes don't squeak, we will.-Detroit Free Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

led daily Sunday excepted) at 4:16 p. m.
 at Herald Building. 67 Church Sc.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

tered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

We wish it distinctly undestood thai it is through no fault of ours thai Mr. Wilson's habit of reading mess ages to congress continues unabated -Cleveland Leader.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

MCMSILANS New Britain's Busy Big Store
 Always Reliable" BIG STOCKS and BEST AS- SORTMENTS EVER OF TERED BY US FOR The Christmas Shopper Bring the following list with you, it will help you to choose: Gloves for women. Gloves for men. Gloves for children. UMBRELLAS for men, women and children. HANDKERCHIEFS in dainty Christmas boxes.
 NECKWEAR
 The fashionable kinds, at- tractive prices.
 MEMS SILK SOX Box of 6 pairs for $2.OO. WOMEN'S SILK HOSE McCallum and Kayser makes, S1.00 to $2.50 a pair.
 JEWEL CASES Gold, Silver and Pearl, 25c each up to $4.98. MAHOGANY CLOCKS
 Special for $1.75. GENUINE IVORY TOILET
 SETS Priced from S3.50 to $13.50 3 Piece Sets in Ivory, from 9Sc up to S4.5G.
 Hair Receivers, Buffers, Glove Stretchers, etc.
 PEARL BEADS Very special values. Gold Beads 98c to $2.98. CRANE STATIONERY Writing Paper, Envelopes, Christmas Cards, Tags, Seals.
 LEATHER GOODS Bags, Purses, Travelling Cases, for men and women. l
 MESH BAGS Gold and Silver, all sizes, big assortment.
 FOR THE BABY Carriage Covers.
 Knitted Sacks.
 Bonnets, Booties. Cashmere Sacks. Jersey Leggings.
 BEAUTIFUL
 UNDERWEAR of crepe de chine for the iady. Camisoles, Gowns, En- velope Chemise, Fancy Cor set Covers.
 BOUDOIR CAPS You never before saw such an assortment.
 25c each and un to S1 Q2
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
Pointed Paragraphs.

(From the Chicago News.) A revolution may be the same thing over again.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Just ten days to Christmas.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

From the Chicago News.) A revolution may be the same thing over again.
 An egotist imagines he is in the best society when alone.
 If the good die young it is because :. they have no say about it.
 No, Cordelia, the clearing house has no connection With the weather bureau.
 It IS easy to appreciate the fine points of a sermon when they jab the , other fellow.
 Every man is satisfied that he is worth more to his employer than his pay envelope indicates
 Somehow the more vou are willino. to do for your friends the less time you have in which to do things for yourself. ~ Cold storage means cold comfort for the housewife.
 "Rumania to Make Last Stand" It's time. She's got standing room only.
 MT Bryan may dine at the White house. but we doubt whether he ever will sleep there.
 Lucy Page Gaston thinks that uni- versal military training is the best way to fight cigarettes. Also other foreign invaders.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Lucy Page Gaston thinks that uni- versal military training is the best way to fight cigarettes. Also other foreign invaders.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

MT. Bryan may dine at the White house, but we doubt whether he ever will sleep there.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Delicatessen stores for some reason flourish amazingly in the districts inha abited by the ., neWlyweds.- Chicago News.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

An egotist imagines he is in the best society when alone.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

"Rumania to Make Last Stand" It's time. She's got standing room only.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Speaking about food conservation, why not quit chewing the rag?- Waco imes-Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

If the good die young it is because \. they have no say about it.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

The Herald will be found sale at Hota- ling's News Stand. 42nd St. and Broad way, New York City; Board Walk, Att lantfc Guy, and Hartford Depot.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Cold storage means cold comfort for the hou@ewife
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

The winter is to be severe because muskrats dig deep. Just so it isn't on account of the war it's all right Pittsburgh Dispatch
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

No, Cordelia, the clearing house has no connection With the weather bureau.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

The average man is good deal like 8 machine that has seen it's best days He has had to keep in repair. Like the clock, he is about ready to run down Les Angeles Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

The question whether Bston will vote dry next Tuesday is only sec ond in international interest to inc kaiser's peace moVe.-Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

It is easy to appreciate the fine points of a sermon when they iab the other fellow.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

Somehow the more you are willing to do for your friends the less time you have in which to do things for yourself.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-12-22
Trustees Sale Notice

Pursuant to the authority vested in
me as trustee by a certain deed of
trust executed November I'd. 1912, by
w. M. EMS and bis wife, Mrs. P. l..
EMS. to secure to j. C. Bell an indebt-
edness of $4,000 and interest, SAID
indebtedness evidenced by prnmisory
note dated November I'd. 1912, due
and payable twelve months after said
date, saidsdeed of trust being of record
at page 574 in deed book 102, in the
office of the chancery clerk of Lee
county, default having been made in
the payment of said Indebtedness, l
will. on the
23D DAY OF DECEMBER, 1919,
in front of the east door of the Bank
Of Baldwin, II the town of Baldwin,
(the old location of said bank before
the fire) expose for sale for the salts
faction of said indebtedness, the fol-
lowing lands in the county of Lee and
State of Mississippi, to-wit:
The north half In b of the east half
(e b of the northwest quarter INV y
and the north half In b of the west
half Nv b of the northeast quarter
me y, all in section fifteen (sec. 15).
of township seven Ct. y of range
seven, (R y east.
Sale for cash to the highest bidder.
The title tn this land is believed to be
good. but l will convey only such title
as is vested in me.
T. R. Stubs, Trustee.
Nov. 22d, 1916. 81
The Tupelo journal., 1916-12-22
Trustees Sale Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of a GER
tain deed of trust executed by C. d.
McGiIl and his wife, Lee McGill, on
the 5th day cf December. 1911, to Sc
cure certain indebtedness therein men,
toned to Matte B. Barnett. which
deed of trust is duly recorded in the
chancery clerks office of Lee county,
Miss . in deed record book 1O2. page
169. / will, as Substituted Trustee in
ssid deed of trust. on the
23D DAY OF DECEMBER, A.. d. 1916,
Shannon. MISS. in front of the post
office door. within legal hours. offer
for sale at public cutlery to the highest
bidder for cash the following described
property: Ninety (9O) acres o. land
off of the s side of southeast quar-
ter section 80. township IL, range 5,
east. Such title conveyed as IS visited
in me az Substituted Trustee aforesaid
This 9th day OF November, 1916.
J N Redus,
81 Substituted Trustee.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-12-22
Receivers Sale

In the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern Division of
the Northern District of Mississippi.
Jones 4 Hopkins Manufacturing Co.,
COMPLIMENTS, VS.. Asa w. Allen, ct.
al. No. -. In Equity.
By virtue of n decree of the District
Court of the United Stntes. rendered
ny consent in vacation in the anove
styled cause on the 22d day of Nov, 1916,
1.-the undersigned duly appointed Inter
locutory Receiver of said Court in
above cause, wild, on the
FIRST DAY UF JANUARY,
1917, between the hours of IL o'cIuck.
d. M, and 4 O'Clock. p. M. sell at the
south d0or of the county court house in
the City Of Tupelo. Miss, in Lee coun-
ty, to the highest and best bidder for
cash, the following described real es-
tate, situated in said county of Lee.
State of Mississippi, to wit:
Lots l, 2, 3 and A in Block "a" in
the second Willis Survey fronting on
the Tupelo and Pontotoc public road.
And also the four lors Immediately
rorth Of sa d lots l. 2. 3, and A in the
same block. And which land Is more
particularly described as follows: Com
mencing at the south east corner of
raid Block "a" on the north side Of
the Tupelo and Pontotoc public road
ard running west 200 feet, thence
north 200 feet, thence east 200 feet,
thence south 200 feet to the starting
point. and in the south west quarter Of
st ction SO, township 8. range S.
Dated this November rs. 1916.
w. H. Carlisle,
introductory Receiver.
j. T. McCarley, of Nashville. Tenn. J..
A. Sykes, of Aberdeen. Miss Soil
citors for Compiainants. C P. Long,
of Tup+lo. Miss, Solicitor for w. T.
Reeves herein. SO