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New Britain herald., 1916-12-18
ed at o'clock tomorrow morning at St. Mary's church.

ed at ' o'clock tomorrow morning at St. Marys church.
 Greenwood tonight; Peoples church
 -advt Edward Curran is home from Mid- dlehury college for the Christmas va cation.
 Give him Big Mozarts, sos, 25s, 12s.
 -advt. He'd give. showers of thanks for a bathrobe-s5 and up at Wilson's advt
 Dr. Valeria H. Parker, field secre- tary of the Connecticut Society of Social Hygiene, was in New Britain today in connection with the work of that organization. She is engaged in lecture tour of the state in behalf Of the campaign to secure a state re- formatory for delinquent women That boy wants a collegiate sweat CT V neck or crew neck-no buttons- at WilsOn's.-adVt.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-18
City Mems

arhe famous Daniel Gruns comfy bpers for Christmas gifts. Damon's be Shop.-advt. Goodness of Aunt Delia's Bread" Rdvt.
 Mrs. Eugene Peck of Haddam is guest of Mrs. William c. Hart of i've street. Carload of Christmas trees just ar |ed at Volz's greenhouse.-advt. N Merry Christmas in every box Ot ' ed Seal Cigars, sos and 25s.-advt. Music bags and rolls for Christmas &C. l.. Pierce &1 Co.-advt.
 Miss Mildred Ahlstrom is home |5m the Boston School of OratOry for T holidays.
 Holiday hints that drive away &bts at Wilson s.-advt. Whats Christmas without a sweat
 $4 and up at Wilson 's.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-18
ELKS ENTERTAIN ELKS
Naugatuck Lodge, B. P. o. B. Mcm- bers Render Pleasing Program for New Britain Lodge at Clubhouse.

Members of New Britain lodge, B.
 F. O. E., were treated to a pleasant en- tertainment Saturday evening, when delegation from Naugatuck lodge, B. P. o. E., journeyed to this city, to give 8 minstrel overture. Local Elk dom has been favored in the past with visits from various lodges but it IS doubtful if any gathering proved more popular or entertaining than the boys from the Rubber Town. The az gregation of singers will rank in duality with many professional troupes on the road their success being due to the efforts of John J. Crean of this city, who instructed the boys and acts as their accompanist The work of the soloists. w. c. Kelly, George Maher, Briggs Hubbell, Harold Mor- ton and Tracey Gerrity was of high order, the renditions of Messrs. Kelly and Maher bringing forth encore after
New Britain herald., 1916-12-18
Events Tonight

"Girls Will Be Girls" Lyceum the- ater.
 High class photo drama, Foxs the- ater.
 Vaudeville and moving pictures Keeney's theater.
 Harmony lodge, A. F. x A. M., meets in Masonic hall
 Mattabessett Tribe, I. o. k. M., meets in Judd's hall.
 Gerstaecler lodge, I. o. o. F., meets in Turner hall
 Pride Circle l.. F., meets at PIT Main street.
 Tegner lodge o. of ", meets at 59 Arch street
 Martha Washington D. A., meets in Jr. O. U. A. M. hall.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-18

encore. The visitors remained in town over Sunday, being the guests of man,- pers Of the lodge, and as a f1rthn, eNloehce ot their good fellowship they entertained at the club rooms yester- day.
 The following Bills" comprised tho party: W. C. Kelly, George Maher. br1ggs Hubbel, Harold Morton. Ira cey Gerr1ty, Edward A. Hearn, Victor Anoerson' Patrick McKeon, Fred
 wagner Edward Lindinheld, Joseph Ireenlan, Joseph Jockson, Jeremiah Maher, William C. Kilmartin, John r!tzps''rick and George Springs" O'Laughlin. MT. O'Laughlin was for merly secretary to Admiral Fletcher, ana naoe trip from New York to attend Saturday nights affair
New Britain herald., 1916-12-18
BIRTHDAY ON JANJARY f

J. Spencer Douglass of 199 Chest nut street will observe his ninetieth birthday on New Years day. He was born in Nepaug, but has lived in this city since he was tWenty-siX years of age. His nearest relative is a broth- er J. Fayette Douglass, a prominent Grand Army man and a resident of F'orestVille.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-18
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tablets. Druggists refund money # 1t fails to cure. D. w. GROVES sig nature is on each box 25c.-advt
New Britain herald., 1916-12-18

A marriage license filed at the city clerK once today shows thac Mrs. Elsie Levy of Hawkins street. and Joseph P. Levy We're married bv Rabbi Joseph Ginsberg in New Haven on November 19.
 Quarantine was removed from a case of scarlet fever on Ash street this morning.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-18

"Girls. Will Be Girls,' Lyceum the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20

official vote shows that the Washing
ton party is almost extinct, as it polled
on the average less than 200 votes, ex-
cept that V. Gflpin Robinson received
629 votes, which was quite compli-
mentary. Robinson was defeated at
the primary election for the Republi-
can nomination for legislative repre-
sentative"
A new row has broken out in
Berks county. The coroner is now at
tacking the management of the aims
house, especially in the matter of
medical attendance.
A WilkeS-Barre dispatch printed in
Philadelphia yesterday says adminis-
tration men are going after Penrose
men in State places in LtIZerne coun-
ty The dispatch says in part Now
looking for more worlds to conquer,
there is drive on to force at least
four more Luzerne appointees to lay
down their jobs. William Bodmer,
deputy highway commissioner; DIR. II.
b. Church, of the Livestock Board /;
Charles Baucher, deputy water inspec-
tor, and George Stroh, member of the
Pharmaceutical Board, are now slated
to walk the plank If Brumbaugh or
ganization leaders here can have their
way. Fred Young is groomed to sue
ceed Bodmer and Ira Cooke, the
Brumbaugh candidate for alternate
delegate, is ready to take Baucher's S
place. So far there has not been any
one decided on to succeed Church, but
there are several who are mentioned
for Stroh's place"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
Cheer up. consumer, coal is $50 q ton
in Italy.-Wall Street journal
Improved, ANYWAY
buffalo Express1

Buffalo Express
Assuming that the result of the
election is to stand as the face of
the returns indicates. it can, at least.
be said that the Republican party is
in much better condition to face the
future than at any time since the
great split of 1912. 1t is still the for
ward-looking party of union and ma
tionalism. It has learned at once the
spots where 1T is weak and where 1t
is strong. It's leaders probably have
clearer idea to-day of what the
rank and file expect of them than
they had even up to the day of voting.
The party has gained in both the
House and Senate and will be able to
exert a greater influence in national
affairs without having to assume the
responsibility for them.
The end of the war must bring a
collapse of the war prosperity in any
event. The Republican party, If it
had been intrusted with power,
could have averted the most serious
effects and it will stand ready to CO.
operate with the Democrats In any
sane measures to that end, if the
Democrats can be persuaded to take
such steps. But the inevitable awak-
ening from the fools paradise cannot
produce disastrous political effects
for the Republicans
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
Panther Coming Back?

Panthers, says story from Fulton
county telling of man lost in the
woods. are more numerous than usual
this year, and therefore the mans
friends fear for him. So the panther
may be coming back in numbers and
reputation. He has been scarce in
the East in late years. Now and
then rumors have come from the Adj
rondacks and from Maine that one or
two ugly beasts" the narrators usu-
ally call them, have been seen or
heard. OF course the panther is not
ugly, any more than he Is a panther.
He is a puma, and he is 1.-THE and
graceful as any cat. OF all the cats
he climbs best, and even in the Bronx
Zoo he will leap a dozen feet in the
air to knock down q bird or a butter
fly. So far as eating the lost man is
concerned, not If the panther sees
him first The guides in the North
Woods will tell you how they saw q
panther's eyes aglow outside the zone
of the camp fire and how his scream
rang through two counties when they
fired at him, but when 1t comes to
accusing the panther of hunting man
even a guide .falters. which is con-
siderable hesitation.
Yet the panther at one time was
credited with maneating powers and
ambitions. Fifty years ago it was be-
lieved that his favorirc pastime was
crouchng on the limb of tree in
wait for plump hunters.-New York
Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
SAYS THE LIVING ROOM IS
MILESTONE OF PROGRESS

mlts a man in his everyday moods to
retain his self-respect.
Nevertheless, there is a good deal of
the parlor left in our natures. The
business of family life, which used to
go on in the shabby sitting room, is
managed from some nook far away
from the living room. That is q place
Tor leisure. We take kindly
TO the customs of the living room, be-
cause they follow the line of least
resistance; but we welcome oppor-
tunities to practice there the graces
or the more austere parlor. The par
Tor was a school of politeness and
conversation; in the living room we
nave manners, and talk, instead. When
the living room does the best service
to this generation, it is not only the
center of the family's social life, but
1t is, even as the parlor once was, a
barrier of delicate reticence, hos
pitable and impalpable but none the
less real, shielding the sanctity of
family intimacy from the rest of the
world From Speaking Home" by
Mrs. Lillian III. Tryon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
5 Y. NJ. c. \. OPPORTUNITIES

TINE Pennsylvania Railroad Y. NJ.
Z. A. is growing by leaps and
bounds. The membership cam
paisn now under way is meeting with
Wonderful success. Harrisburg is do
ing its full share in the countrywide
effort to increase Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
membership.
This is because the management of
the association has adopted progress
sive methods of interesting men in the
organization-after the management.
however, first had provided the means
of holding the interest they have made
1t their work to arouse
Never has the opportunity of the Y.
M. c. A. been so great as to-day. In
hundreds of cities it is reaching out
its Influence for good jim a thousand di-
rections. 1t makes for good citizen
ship. 1t should be making its appeal
to every young man in every city.
Edison j. Hockenbury, the well
known organizer, is home from Toron-
to, and his work there may be used as
an example of what may be done else
where-here, for example.
In five days there were enrolled in
Toronto 1920 members, despite the
fact that $500 Y. NJ. g. A. members
of that association are at present in
the trenches and no less than 10000
other young mem have volunteered
from the city.
But, before it endeavored to enroll
new members, the Toronto Y. NJ. C. A.
management, like that of the Penn
syivania railroad organization in this
city, made membership privileges so
attractive that it was difficult for pros
pective members to refuse to join.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
Lindsey's Triumph

The reelection of Judge Lindsey OF
Denver Is one of the most gratifying
vindications of the election. The
Judge has for a long time been beset
with powerful enemies. They have re-
sorted to all the weapons of intrigue
to down him. going even so far as
to blacken his character by raking
over hts private life. Through it all
he has fought back with a determin-
alton that has rarely been equaled in
public life. At times it seemed as
though he would lost out. but the pub
lie stood by him and held up his rec
ord of achievement as sufficient rea-
son for giving him every possible en-
couragement. Last Tuesday his coun-
ty gave him a majority of ten thousand
votes and The Beast" retreated to
his corner snarling in the throes of de-
feat. The triumph of Judge Lindsey
is OF national importance. 1t shows
what the people can do when stirred
up In fight for civic righteousness.
--Wilkes-B Barre Record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20

Governor Brumbaugh and his asso-
ciates of the Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings are greatly interested In
the planning of the Capitol Park extern
sion. Through the happy combination
of two distinguished engineers OF wide
experience and national reputation this
important work is likely to be achieved
with credit to the administration and
satisfaction of the people. Meanwhile,
Harrisburg will endeavor to maintain
its splendid park system as an integral
part of the whole proposition embrace
ing the city and State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
NIONASTIR

TINE capture of Monastir by the
allies is both a moral and a
material victory, despite the
evident effort of Berlin to forestall
public opinion in this country by
sending out long explanations as to
the reason for the German evacuation
of this important junction point and
the advantages gained by the armies
of the central powers by vacating
the city, for which they struggled so
long and to which they have held so
tenaciously. These explanations of
Berlin for the fall of Monastir are
about as convincing as the allied as
sertion that the successes of the Ger
mans and Austrians against the Ru-
manians are really of little import.
The military advantage of Monastir
is its position at the meeting place of
roads from Salonica, Durazzo, Uskiub
and Adrianople. The Turks early
recognized this, when in 1920 they
made it the headquarters of an army
corps, the purpose of which was not
alone defense, but quick movement in
any direction desired. Its roads lead
to the Adriatic and the Aegean seas
and open the way for cooperation
with the italian armies through AL
bania.
The capture of Monastir-rather its
recapture-nullifes to very large ex-
tent the disastrous effects of the Ger
man drive through Serbia a year ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

%. ID. Bleakley, the congressman
elect who wants to fly to Washington,
is 70 years old and q prominent resi-
dent of Franklin.
Samuel M. Knox, the shipbuilder
does not think that steam is to be
abandoned as propulsion for battle
ships just yet.
Director Webster of Philadelphia
doclks, declares that there is nothing
TO the reports that city docks are not
making money for the municipality
Bishop j. Il. Berry, who presides
at Methodist meetings here to-day,
lives in Philadelphia and is one of the
most active of the bishops.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20

be deposited along the slope under
proper conditions and restrictions,
thousands of tons of stone and dirt,
which are now being dumped upon
vacant lots, would be available for
filling out the river embankment at
no cost to the city save the employ
ment of a laborer or two.
1t is certain to follow that the
Front Steps" will be continued to the
northern city limits and now is the
time to grade the embankment so
that there need be comparatively lit
tie expenditure for this purpose later.
Some head work now will save the
city thousands of dollars hereafter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
\ BREATH OF THE EAST

n BREATH of the Far East, en-
"A bodied in the Bengali love poet.
Sir Rabindranath Tagore. is
bringing to America the interpretive
thought of one of the few men OF
real vision who have come out of the
Orient to this country Mr.. Tagore.
as he is called over here, has taken
up his residence in New York for the
winter, whence he will make short
lecture tours throughout the East.
Rabindranath Tagore is one of the
old school of thinkers and dreamers
and idealists whom we so often call
Missionaries, and whose silken clad
figure in this modern day of hustle
and hustle, with its incessant demand
for new sensations, seems strangely
out of place as it steps into the pic
ture. The poet has already tired of
hotel life in the big cities of the
country, and the cut-throat competi
ton which everywhere raises it's head
is essentially foreign to the nature and
cherished ideals of this aesthetic. re-
fined old gentleman.
Ai'S NAotNth PoSl Is IHOrOuRnIY
conversant with world problems and
discusses them with a clearness and
emphasis that spells knowledge. He
is heartily in favor of woman suffrage.
and believes in the democratic ideals
for which America stands. He states
for us our mission, namely to sow the
seeds of western civilization and to
teach to India and China our own
ideals of democracy. THE European
war is an outcome of overgrown ma
tionalism; the spirit of greed. of
requisition, which prompts great ma
tions to exploit the smaller ones"
says this mystic genius, whose whole
personality is charged with the soft
weird spirit of the Orient. He is
clothed with the garments of the past
and is disciple of other-and per-
haps better-days. .
r. T. is the exact antithesis of r.. r
with whom he differs in characteris-
tics and opinions. Walt Whitman. for
example, whom Roosevelt is pleased
to decry, is in the. mind of the poet
the true interpreter of the American
atmosphere. 1t is to be hoped the
Bengal poet will find his stay in this
country interesting and profitable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
STOPPING THE RAFTLEs

NHIEF OF POLICE WETZEL will
Il have the support of the public
in his announced intention to,
stop turkey rafting in Harrisburg this
winter. Nothing has done more to
advance the price of turkeys In the
past few years than these raffies. Pro-
prietors of such gambling places have
paid any price for birds. They plan
ned to make as much as a thousand
per cent on each turkey ratified off
and little matter of FIVE or eight
cents a pound meant nothing to them.
Hundred of turkeys were bought up
in this way and the price paid by the
rafting places became the prevailing
market price, to the great loss of the
consumer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
Diplomacy


Billy was sending out invitations
to his birthday party.
"I don't think / would mention the
birthday" advised the mother. 1T
look so much like asking for pres
ent."
To this Billy demurred violently,
but was finally persuaded to yield the
point. For long time he thought
deeply Then, solving the problem,
asked:
well mother, we won't say any
thing about the birthday, but don't
you think that we might put the pic
ture of a cake with candles at the
top of the paper ?'-Harper's Maga7
zine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20

When the river terrace, especially in
the new-filled section, shall have been
damaged or washed away during the
coming winters floods, entailing a
loss of hundreds of dollars which
might have been prevented. the i'm
portance of efficiency in the public
service will probably dawn upon those
citizens who elect men to office be-
cause they happen to be good fell
lows"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
WYE could not get our parlors back I
wv into their old state if we tried, |

"E could not get our parlors PACK
wv into their old state if we tried.
w because we ourselves have
changed The living room answers TO
a new social feeling. Life is too full
to have patience with formalities. The
cry of the times seems TO be for few
friends and good ones The living
room is an intimate apartment, where
people are at ease with one another.
Perhaps the finest thing
about it Is that it is the mans room,
quite as much as the woman's. In
this age of the feminist, man has come
into his own at home. Thanks partly
to the decorator, he no longer con-
siders the arrangement of a room
woman's job. The parlor belonged to
the woman of the household. The
men entered it under pressure, assum-
ing for the occasion a festive air, and
more often than not seeking an early
pretext for escape. But in the living
room the colors are soft, the lights are
good, the chairs are easy, and there
is nothing to pull or knock off on the
floor. 1t is background that per-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
ESTABLISH THE LINES

f the Department of Parks gave
L proper stakes along the river slope
between Maclay and Division
streets and placed a man or two in
charge of the grading. it would be
easily possible within a year or two to
complete the park strip along the
western side of Front street. Once. it
IS understood that clean materials may
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
PREPARING FOR SPRING
a DMIRAL BOWMAN, the new head

~ DC " MAN, the new mead
IA OF the Greater Harrisburg Navy.
is considering plans for the win
ter which will enable the Navy to get
a flying start in the Spring.
Besides the Kipona. which promises
to grow in favor and attractiveness as
the big water carnival of the summer.
it is the purpose of the new river or
ganization to give serious and con-
slant attention to the improvement of
the Susquehanna Basin. All Harris
burg is interested in these activities
and the program for 1917 will be of
the most constructive character.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
TIME TO CONSIDER

N1E trend OF the times is toward
national prohibition. 1t ap-
pears much nearer now than a
few months back. 1t is as certain to
come as the next presidential cam
paign. 1t is all question of time.
Therefore, it behooves distillers, and
brewers and liquor dealers in general
to prepare for the inevitable
When the blow Seriously impends
and after it falls we shall hear very
much about the confiscation of prop
erty and the hardship to the man who
had his money in the liquor business
Hardship there will be, but not con-
hscation. The properties that are now
turning out a product which does no
good whatever, but on the other hand
a very great deal of wrong. may be
turned to more useful purposes. The
big problem of the liquor trade is not
now how to prevent the enactment of
prohibition legislation, but how to so
change its properties as to make theil
losses as light as possible when the
inevitable law is enacted. They have
ample warning. If they do not heed,
the fault does not lie with a public
that has had about enough of John
Barleycorn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
Woman Suffrage

And probably If woman suffrage
should ever come. women will find 1t
necessary to have one hat for the
primary election and another for the
convention-Houston Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg had eyangclis-
tic rcvivals away back in 1860,
only it was not Harrisburg then,
only Harris ferry, and was visited
by one of the famous cyangeliSts?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20

1t might be good thing for the
Dauphin County Court hereafter to base
all indeterminate sentences upon the
completion of the Federal building here.
IT wouldn't necessarily follow that such
sentence would be for life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-20
EDITORIAL COMMENT

We see that wheat has gone up an
0thef limousine per acre.-Boston
Transcript.
, If cotton keeps on going UP Wen all
nave to wear silk in selfdefense.-Co-
lumbia State.
BY now Roumania probably realizes
just how badly the allies needed her
assistance.-Detroit Free Press
Much of the fugitive verse that is
cluttering up magazine columns these
days apparently is fugitive from justice
News.
The Germans in Belgium have inn
prisoned a DIR. Bull. His offense prob
ably consists in being related to John
Gazette-Times.
y Cotton consumption is one sort
against which the health authorities
take no steps.-Columbia State.
Cheer up, consumer, coal is $50 q ton
in Italy.-Wall Street Journal.
Professor Munsterberger SAYS that
after the war German Kultur will rule
the world. o Death. where is thy sting!
Boston Transcript.