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New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

ness into quarters no better than be- fore. Hope and expectation beckon them on, out of discomfort into new discomfort often enough, but some times into comfort. The movers see in their minds eyes more spa cious living rooms, easier way Of do- ing work. Gardens porches, great CT health and purer happiness figure in their dreams. Most of all, hope calls to the owning of homes.
 It is hard work and expensive and unpleasant this moving business. No one likes those day when the housewife's rugs don't come from the cleaner, and a meal with all the proper dishes is an event, and the gas leaks or the coal chimney refuses to draw. But that after all is only known pains and penalties and ter TOTS of moving, in full consciousness of which these intrepid souls never theless embark on their great adven- ture.
 Sometimes they are repaid, some times not. But if not, why leases are short and Father Time has not exhausted his stock of May and Octo- Der f1rsts. If the movers are repaid those days of discomfort, fatigue and irritation pass. And if the new home means broader and more abun- dant life, greater possibilities of hu- man service, perhaps then, after all the army of movers is not entirely an indictment of the fux and restless ness of the nation. There is some thing of an indication in it all of the national growth and opportunity.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
5000 Return fn N1nrI,.

Pittsburgh, May 10-Thrce thou-' sand more men entered the plant of the Westinghouse Electric and Mfg, company at East Pittsburgh today before the gates were shut. All of the strikers who now desire to return will have to make application through the employment office.
 The situation in ether parts of the Turtle Creek valley was declared by factory managers 10 he improved, and mCrc men returned to work at McKces Rocks, where employees of the Pressed Steel Car company havo, been striking.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
LEAD MINERS STRIKE,
 CRIPPLING INDUSTRY
Chicago Labor Troubles Increas- ing- Concerns Raise Wages

Flat River, Mo-. May 1O-A strike of approximately 2,OO0 underground ore shovelers employed by the Fed eral and Doe Run Lead companies threatens to paralyze the lead indus try of St. Francois County, it was stated here today.
 The shovelers, who are mostly for eigners. are demanding a wage scale of S3.50 a day with a guarantee that the number of cars to be filled dur ing an eight-hour shift will not eX- ceed twenty.
 The St. Francois County field is one of the principal sources of the lead supply of the United States.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

Someone who has a propensity for getting at things has figured out that there are fourteen lawyers, three mer- chants, two editors, one banker, one drummer, and baseball player on the committee which comprises the army experts of, the House of Rep- resentatives It certainly is a good thing they didn't appoint a base violin plaver on that list Think what he would have had to stand for!
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
Moving.
Manchester Hera1d,D

The movers have been with us Moving day has come and gone, and the movers with it, arriving or leav- ing as may have been the case h. deed the movers have become a vast army. Likely as not they were married from the homes they were born in. They knew every tree, every blade of grass in the old home. They knew where to step to avoid the immemorially loose board in the upper hall And that was the su- preme test to elude the detection of mother downstairs, while engaged in some piece of childish mischief
 Now these same people take leases for 8 year, and every May or October finds them packing their goods into moving vans on the way to pastures or apartm ents-new. It would seem to be at least half true that America has become wholly restless. This continual moving may be a man. Hesitation of wrongly directed ner- vous energy. Nothing more than an uneasy sort of dissa tisfacti0n might seem to be the cause, finding vent not in standing by and i'm pi ov- ing conditions but in a lazy escape from consequences of previous bad judgment. They come, they see. they not conquer, on the approved Caes- arian model-but move
 Where such a spirit is the reason for the moving habit, the fact con- Stltutes a serious arraignment Of principles and ideals. But restless ness is not all the truth. The cause Of much of the moving is a good thlng-hope. Many of the movers
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
OH, THE LIFE OF A SAILOR.

Strange are the ways of the work | aday world when it has come to this. l The sailors are deserting the sea to seek occupations ashore. According to a seamen's association the men who follow the briny deep are leaving the ships and looking for employment in
 mill and factory. They are coming ] ashore while the coming is good, while
 the wages are high, while the melon is being cut. Oh, that such a tragedy should happen. The sailors deserting
 their ships and the sea they were SUD-
 posed to love so we'll.
 Those of us who live far inland, away from the tumbling and the toss ing of the briny deep, have read with relish those wonderful stories of the sea, those yarns that breathe of the salt air, the misty atmosphere that clothes the sailor and his work. And in reading we had formed the idea that a sailor was welded to his art it is that, this sailing of barks OCT the oceans bosom. But now we learn different The sailors are just like calls them. No longer shall the heroes of the briny deep hold our admira-
 ton if this is the way they act upon such slight provocation. High wages ;1s-3. ,-: Shucks! What do wages mean when romance is at hand? :? Given a good ship plunging to be free, and a fair skipper at the helm, who would come ashore for wages when the call of the main is singing through the flashing foam? Who who want
 to be penned up Sin narrow little
 bit of land with nothing but houses and streets and horses and automo-
 piles and noises and all that when by
 simply hoisting sail you could get out
 on the pillows, far away from the din
 and the clamor of the city, far away
 from the tickle lights and the morbid
 marts of men? Who would want to
 squeeze through lanes on land when the wide wide world of the ocean lies far ahead. with the wind high and the
 wild waves singing with the very joy
 of it all? Oh, romance, where have you gone? Oh, sailor, what have you done? What says "the poor little
 midshipmite'?
 This commercialism is leading us all 1 fast astray. Mems souls are being l scared and burned with the idea of money making. Friends are fighting 1 the paltry dollar. It should not be so. There is something better to live for l than mere money, filthy lucre, which at best but buys what we think is the oceans breast because there noth- ing can be bought. Everything is given. The greatest advantages of all are out there on the deep, what though storms rage and lightning and thunder strike terror to the mariners heart Seamen, go back to your ships. Stick to the deck and leave not the canvas f1uttering in the winds of ad-
 versity with no willing hands to leash 1 it. to the mast. DO not leave the
 sacred calling at this time, do not come ashore and thereby set bad ex- 1 ample to your land lubbering brothers l who are but awaiting such oppOrtun- l ity to strike while the iron is hot l The first thing we know, even news
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
Chicago Strike to Spread.

Chicago, May 10-The clothing workers strike. which began yes terday with the walkout of about 600 cutters, is expected to spread materially today. According to Frank Rosenblum, secretary of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers union, and acting executive head of the strikers in Chicago, more than 1000 employees of the R. Kuppenheimer Co.,. will leave their work today.
 The immediate cause of the strike, Rosenblum said, was the discharge Of union officers in the clothing shops.
 Improve Working Conditions.
 Greenville, Pa. May 10-BetWeen four hundred and five hundred en- ployes of the Greenyille Car conl-
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

France shows her energy in war time by completing and opening the RhOne Canal, which links Marsellles with Havre by waterways through the heart of the country. All travellers in France and Germany must notice the vast and economical use made of rlv- CTS and canals for freighting. It is an example the United States might more widely imftate,-NeW York World
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

nation that, in order to save day. light, has to resort to the hypOcritical expedient of moving it's clock hands back an hour, instead of honestly re- Vlsing it's daily schedule, is made of the same stern stuff intellectually as the suburbanite who tries to fool him. self into catching his train by keeping his watch five minutes rast. As bellig- gerent nations on both sides have done it, there is nothing in this observation to offend the most conscientious inter- preters of the duty of neutrality New York Sun
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

An old cOlOred man who was before Judge Sanford for drunkenness yes- terday and had his sentence suspend ed, largely on account of his old age, which must be nearly eighty years, in an effort to brace up his reputation for truth and verac1ty remarked to one of the court officers: "I always mean and intends to tell de troof, I does, even if I has to lie little to do it."-Berkshire Courier.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
Seven Girl Strikers Arrested.

Cleveland, O., May 1O-Seven girl strikers doing picket duty in fron1 of the J. c. Newman Cigar Co.,, plant, were arrested carly today when they deGed police order to keep moving.
 A strike has been in progress since Monday, when 100 cigarmakers went out,
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
FACTS AND RANCHES.

A food show in most sections of Mexico at present writing would find all the inhabitants from Missourl.- Washington Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

4 Washington man having been convicted of 1ibelng George Washing ton, what would be likely to become of the atherland's opinion of Roose- Yelt Wilson ct al --Merden Record.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

Shamokin, Pa, May 10-Announce- l ment of ten per cent. increase in wages and d reduction in workin hours for it's operatives from 54 toI 50 hours a week was made today byl J. II. & $. E. Eagle. Inc silk man ufacturers. About 5000 employees arty affected. The advance was voluntarya
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
D. MCMILLAN t99-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET.

rany have been given a voluntary
 increase in wages. according to anI announcement just made here. ThaI increase adds more than $8,00O tcj the monthly payroll.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10
RIPPLETTE or SEERSUCKE!
 QUILTS l

Size 62x90, May Days Specil $1.25 each.
 Size 72X90, May Days Specia $1.39 each.
 Size 80x9O, May Days Specil $1.50 each.
 These summer Quilts are ver
 neat and cool appearing, give c, cellent service, easily laundere,
New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

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New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
My First Trip to Watch HiI.

My father, sister, mother and I gor up early one morning, Hacked our lunch and had the hired man take us to the Yantic trolley.
 We boarded the car and soon reach ed Norwich, from where we took the steamer Block Island.
 When we reached the sands my sis ter and I took off our slippers and stockings and waded about, dug wells in the sand, while my 1aLlScr went in swimming. Once a big wave almost knocked me down.
 After about an hour we came out of the water and ate our lunch. Then we went and had some ice cream, after which we took the trolley to my grand = pas, where we visited while.
 We then took the car to Yantic, where we were met by the hired man, finally arriving home at p. m., after a day of much pleasure.
 MILDRED GRANDY. Age 10.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

though from some irritation or preju dice we think they are not. It is a positive fact that the more disagree tho more disagreeable they can make it for us.
 It is a good plan if you are prompted to say anything mean to or of another to think twice and then not say it.
 Nothing makes person who says mean things to or of another feel so sorEy as to show no anger and to say Of them the good things you can say when occasion offers.
 It is just as easy to cultivate good habits as it is to cultivate bad ones and how it adds to the sweetness and success of life.
 If you can do favor for anyone without discommoding yourself always be glad to do it. If you think you owe them grudge, just try once to pay them with a kindness and see how had you paid them back in their owT coin.
 Paying folks back in their own coir l is a real bad habit and it makes botf parties equally bad and equally sense | less. Don't mind if you always have something better for other folks thar 1 they have for you.
 This is what is called spreading | sunshine, and it would do no harm i
 you should be known as workers fol
 cheerful conditions in all the walks O
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
The Blue Bottle Fly.

nS DidG OOIIiS
 Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about the Blue Bottle Fly. We often think that the Blue Bottle Fly is very troublesome as he dashes about the room with his noisy buzz, and worries us by trying to settle up on us.
 Yet, tiresome as he is, we should do very badly without him. In fact, like many other insects, he does us a great deal of good, although we do not very often find it out.
 In the first place. let us examine him, and see what there is to notice about him.
 Let us look at his wings first. We shall see that these are very broad and strong. as they have need to be, to carry him so fast through the air.
 Now all insects have four wings, though in many of them the wings are so small that they can scarcely be seen. In our blue bottle fly. we shall only be able to see two wings, all though this is a true insect. How is this"
 We'll the blue bottle fly belongs to . a group of insects in which the sec ond or hinder pair of wings are alter ed into two balances, as they are called.
 These move backwards or forwards when the fly is flying and so useful, are they that if even one is dama ged
  flutter about on the ground.
 If we look carefully we shall see the balances just behind the wings them selves.
 The parent blue bottle sly lays her eggs upon putrid meat or on the body of some dead animal, to which she was attracted by the Odor. In a very short time these eggs are matched, and produce a number of tiny white grubs.
 They are very small. oval creatures, without any limbs whatever but in stead they have a number of hairs set around each of the rings of their body; and by means of these are able to wriggle back and forth. In a few days they grow to their full size. then i they bury in the earth the skin of each grows hard and turns dark l brown. Then they change into a diff ferent shape and are then called a | pupa. The pupa is quite hard and | Stiff and unable to move, but after a short time the skin bursts and a perfect blue bottle fly crawls out. Tho way the blue bottle fly serves mankind is, that as soon as she smells | the least bit of odor of decaying flesh she lays her eggs in il. The grubs are matched also at once, and before | long have devoured the whole of the | putrid meat. Were it not for them 1 evil odors would arise and cause agues and levers to man. | So we have to thank the blue bottle | fly for preserving Us from sickness. 1 CLEARANCE A. HATHAWAY. Age II. 1 Bozrahville.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
Scotland.
LcnofeVow.

Dead Uncle Jed: Henry V-adsvortn L-ongfellOw. the most distinguished of American poets, was born in Portland. Maine, in 1S0I- He graduated at BOwdoin college in the class of 1925 of which Nathaniel Hawthorne and President Bruce were members.
 The next year he was appointed a Professor Of Modern Languages in this institution. and in 1895 was elect ed to the chair of Belles-Letters in Harvard University, which position he held for many years. finally re- signing it in order that he might give his attention wholly to literary la bor.
 He spent much time in Europe. studying modern languages. and liter ature His writings are not only in this country but in England. where they are read and admired. His most famous poem is E.vanEeLne.
 LOngfellow was an accomplished student of. foreign literature. and translated many poems from the Spanish German. and Scandinavian langua ges into his own measures. He is one of the best Of American poets.
 IRENE MCCARTHY. Age 12.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
A Visit to Slater Memorial.

I am going to tell the W1de-Awakes about our visit to Slater Memorial. made a visit to Slater Memorial. Part of the children went-eleven were go- ing some other day.
 There were twelve children in the first crowd. They boarded the West Side car at quarter past l o'clock. was with the second crowd We board ed the car at quarter past ? o'clock. The art association had paid our car fare, which was very kind of them.
 When we arrived a lady was waiting for us at the Slater Memorial. Her name is Mrs. Dodge. When we entered Slater Memorial Mrs. Dodge asked us to take our coats and hats off, asIt is very warm in the building. Then Mrs. Dodge led the way up stairs. There she asked us to be seated as there were several chairs in front of table.
 We placed our belongings on the chairs and sat down.
 Mrs. Dodge showed us how to make casts. Then she showed us some stat ues. Tine first one looked like a trunk of a tree with feet and one hand. Mrs. Dodge said this was one of the first statues the Greeks tried to make. She showed us several other statues, Among them was Niobe trying to shield her last daughter from the hands of the barbarians; another was Hermes or Mercury carrying his baby brother Cu6 to De ldh0n care of. There was also the Dying Gaul with his head dropping on his breast He had a wound on his body and blood was gushing forth. His sword was be- side him. It was broken. I saw the bust of Augustus Caesar who had succeeded Julius Caesar. He was the nephew of Julius Caesar. also saw the bust of Socrates, who was poisoned by the Greeks. They thought Socrates was trying to persuade the young men to be wicked. I saw many other casts and Greek and Roman coins.
 I also saw the Indian relics. There were many arrowheads and curious dishes.
 Then we went up the tower. We had to climb many stairs. After thai we went down to the basement anC saw many stuffed birds and a large crocodile.
 Then we went to the Manual Train. | ing house. We could smell deliciou: odors from the girls cooking school l but we did not have time to visit it. We took the half past car an( reached home safely.
 We had a very good time and art grateful to the art association and MT l Slater.
 SARAH LYMAN, Age 12. 1 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24

ated by a desire to do right, leaving conseOuences to God
 He had to meet the greatest ques- tiOns that ever arose for the Ameri- can people, bU. by his clear vision he nearly always saw through them.
 His youth had much to do with the making him great, having been spent mostly in the solitude of the forest. It was a rude lo:, hut where he went to school, but it was here he fram- ed that sturdy, independent character, which afterwards made him popular.
 Abe Lincoln was great because he was good Even in his bOyhOOd, he had always tried to discover what was right and to hold fast to it. He was kind to everyone, including the birds and animals
 Whenever a question came up he was quick to acknowledge the fact if his opponents views were better than his own.
 Lincoln was also great because he nd the power of expressing his | thoughts in fewer words than others. No matter how weary he was with ! the -nOnOtonous questions that were constantly coming up during his ad- | miuistTatiOn. he was never so tired l that he failed to extend srmraL Lt1y to | those who come to him in distress.
 Abraham Lincoln's deeds will never | be forgotten.
 He was assassinated April 14th, i 1865, a few days after the end of the | Civil war.
 HELEN COPPER
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAkES.
On the Ship.

On LH6 0nIPs
 One day last autumn my cousin William came over to the suburbs of Willimantic, where we live. We de- old cart path. We found a big cedar tree with the branches coming out at the root and laying flat on the ground and then going straight up, as if it were five trees in one. We made up our minds to stay there all day. There was a space about twenty feet in circumference inside tho branches. We took jackknives and out away the smaller branches. We chose tho tallest and straightest tree | and then climbed up it, making the William made a seat and place to stand on- We thought this good | place to play ship. The seat was to be the crows nest. I was left there to keep watch.
 William and Ruth went down to fix | the bottom of the ship They, made i seats in every nook and pretended | that stubs of broken branches were cranlzs, levers and dampers. One short limb with a box on the end made a l good rocking chair.
 We were hungry by this time, so we ate our lunch. After dinner William was appointed captain, Ruth was mate | and I was watchman as before. l kept | shouting that l saw @ submarine. Then 1 William and Ruth would hurry and pull the levers to make the ship dodge it. We played until sunset and then went home.
 We told mamma about it and she agreed to come and see the Speedy, fol so we had christened our ship.
 GRACE GODDARD, Age 13. Wi11imantip
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
The Death Cup.

The death cup is the most poison ous of all the f1eshy fungi. It is found in summer and autumn throughout the greater part of the United States, growing upon the ground in the woods at medium and lower elevations. The stem is white. When young it is solid, but afterwards it becomes somewhat hollow and pithy. The base is sur rounded by a characteristic cup shaped appendage, the remnant of a veil which covers the entire plant when young. The length varies from
 to inches. The cap is viscid when moist and is generally smooth and satiny, but it may sometimes bear fragments of the outer covering, or veil. The gills and spores are white Several varieties of the plant exist, the one most common having a white
 or yellowish cap, but this may be
 green or even spotted when growing in deep shade. The general shape is
 much like that of the common mush-
 room. It is also like that of the fly Amanita; which is, perhaps, more common, but is less poisonous. From 1 the former it is at once distinguished l by its basal cup-shaped appendage and a child can usually distinguish the | fly Amanita by it's more brilliant col | bring.
 1 It is a very poisonous plant and ha: | caused many deaths.
 JESSIE L. BREHAUT. | East Norwich, N. Y.