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New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
A Soldier of the Republic.
(Collier's Weekly)

Alan Seeger is dead. We knew him as a fledgling of Harvard college; one who loved Eaters prose and Swim burne's verse; an artist to the finger tips, This rather frail young man, Connecticut Yankee by birth, Ger man by remOter origin, but above all the soul of gentleness aspiring to- ward all the perfections in a world of compromise and mediocrity, died the other day as soldier of France. August, 1914, found Seeger a student at the University of Paris. He ex- plained the convictions and sentiments which turned a gentle amateur into a soldier of the Foreign Legion in these simple terms-Which he applies to the other American volunteers who sprang to arms when war broke out and found them in France, learning from the worlds masters how music is made and paintings painted; how beautiful buildings are design.d and language is mOlded, and life is made more rich:
 "Paris-mystic maternal, personi- fled. to whom they owed the happiest moments of their 1ives-vas in peril Were they not under a moral Ob1iga- ton, no less binding than their French comrades were bound legally. to put their breasts between her and destruction? Without renOuncing their nationality, they had yet chosen to make their homes here beyond any other city in the world. Did not the benefits and blessings they had re- ceived point them a duty that heart and conscience could not deny?" Wars are the birth pangs of new eras" wrote young Seeger: while in exquisite verse he wrote the stanzas which he called "Champagne, 1914 1915.' The spirit of this poem is as beautiful and unspoiled by pretense as any poet ever conceived: and in if Seeger writes of his own death to come and tells how
 Under the little crosses where thcv
 rise
 The soldier rests; now round him
 undismayed
 The cannon thunders, and at night he
 lies
 At peace beneath the eternal fusi1-
 Jade.
 We wish that we might print this poem in full Poetry lovers may find it in the "NOrth American Review, for October, 1915. The war made Alan Seeger a soldier and a noo+ 1-o+ impaired not at all his fundamenta1 gentleneSs, the beauty of the spirit The war made him and destroyed him To England the war gave as its noet- hero Rupert Brooke; as token of the love of two great republics, 1t gave to America and France this other SOL dier-poet eternally, divine1y young; his life and death made poetry too. If there is tragedy In such. a loss. we jONfHlly remember that in tra agedv also t1ere may be pure beauty.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

sembly used to comment good-na- turedly upon Woodruff's hair, which is curly and of a fine silken texture. Somebody began calling him "Fuzzy' and the name spread through the capl- tol.
 On the final day of the session, the customary amount of horscplay was in evidence in the halls of the Icg1sla- ture. A member of the lower house introduced a bill declaring that the name of Lorenzo Woodruff had long since passed into disuse and setting forth some twenty-one reasons, for the good of the greatest number" why the said Woodruff should hencefOrth be known as Fuzzy Woodruff" The bill went through all the formalities, was passed by the lower house, pro tested in the senate and made the subject of excited debate there, and h nally ratified by a majority vote. Then it was sent to the governor, who signed it. and the measure became a part of tic records of tho state of Ala bama.-John Nicholas Beffel in the Publishers Guide.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
It Pays to Advertise.

Said the Little Puddle Duck To the Little Red Hen: I haven't sold an egg
 Since I don't know when. Business for me is a losing game, But you seem prosperous just the
 same. Said the Little Red Hen To the Little Puddle Duck: Business isn't always A matter of luck. You work as hard, and produce a
 line
 Of eggs that are really as good as
 mine. Your merchandising methods You need to revise, If you want to be successful You must advertise. Don't wait for buyers to hunt for you But tell your story, the way I do. When you produce an egg You just waddle away, But I spread the news All the rest of the day, And that, 1 believe. is the reason men Prefer my eggs. said the Little Red
 Hen.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
Print Pa.nPr.
 (New Haven .TO1rna1-COIrier

(New Haven JOurna1-COurier.)
 The shortage of print paper contin- ues to perplex the manufacturers of newspapers. Everywhere the supply is being conserved and in many cases prices are paid which materially eat into profits. Unless a solution is found soon an embarrassment may arise which will add still more to the per plexity of publishers.
 It is not yet clear to what an extent the supply is being jealously guarded. A great deal of noise has come out of provincial New York but it has been difficult for the reader to detect any such economical use of print paper as the noise would indicate. It is still possible to buy on the streets of New Haven fake editions and misleading extras. The Sunday New York news papers continue to bulge with their excess of pages while their appeals to the newspapers of smaller cities grow correspondingIy frantic New York with the other large cities of the coun- try are nearer a solution than the small cities, and until they take prac- tical measures to ease the situation it will remain a problem.
 It is inevitable that, should the per Dlexitv continue for considerable length of time as many predict, rev olution will overtake the manufacture of newspapers. Many will have to d!s- appear with none to take their places, others will have to raise their price per CODY and still more will have to prac- ttce the difficult art of condensation. It is not at all impossible that these changes may lead to better edited newspapers and to higher standards of Journalism. Experiences such as have overtaken the newspaper business very rarely leave the situation as it was when they began to operate. They leave an impression and the lessons taught are usually to the common ad- vantage We are inclined to the be- lief therefore, that the dark cloud has its silver lining.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
You've Second Guess, NFr. Man.
(WatCrburN DemOCrat).

(WatCrburN DemOCrat.
 MT. Man, we notice you work hard all day long, also that you don't give up your scat in the street car to the girl or woman who, like yourself, has worked the whole day through. We know your line of reasoning. If women will insist on entering store, office and factory in equal cOmpeti- tiOn with you, they must expect to pay the penalty as well as reap the ad- vantage of equality. But you are wrong, MT. Man. You have thought part of the way, but not the whole
 way. It used to be said the home was womans only true sphere. That
 it is still her special sphere is shown
 by the fact she can't escape it. Her WOman's nature won't permit her to. And so, MT. Man.. when the end of the day comes stop and consider whether the work day of the woman worker also has come to it's end. Stop and consider whether there doesn't still remain for her some task of her spe- cial sphere, some portion of the work of the home If the working girl lives with her parents, depend on it she intends to help mother get sup per and wash the dishes, and then there's that bit of ironing that with the canning season on, mother simply couldn't get done. If the working woman is married-and increasingly married women are finding a place in the world of employment-she expects
 to get supper singlehandcd and then, while husband washes the dishes, do all those odds and ends of household work she was unable to finish up be- fore she hurried to work in the morning. Even if the working wom- an lives in boarding house, the chances are that in order to be as aured a clean room she has herself undertaken it's care. And then con-
 sjder that the economy which Wom-
 ems wages have imposed upon them
 has converted the boarding house bathroom into laundry. You have
 decided woman is competing with you
 on an equality. Think 1t over again.
 MT. Man.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
Fellow Fools, Attention!
Bridgeport Telegram )

MT. Charles E. Hughes, seeking the suffrage of the United States, declares that this nation is living in "a fools paradise'' today. That is how he brands the present condition of un- exampled industry, activity and pros perity.
 "A fools paradise.'
 Here, you fellows who get yours" in a pay envelope each week. You're the bulk of the people. DO you want to change this fools paradise" for somebody else's idea of the kind of paradise you ought to be living in?
 How does your 1916 envelope com pare with your 1907 envelope? Lets hear from some of you.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office
Southern Cotton Mills. (From the New York Journal of
COnnnlerce.)

SOnlmerce.)
 It will come as a surprise to most people to learn that about three times as much of the cotton crop of the south is now consumed in Southern mills as is sent North for domestic manufacturing purposes. According to the New York Cotton Exchange statistics last years crop amounted to 12,S61, 538 bales, of which 5,932932 were taken by Southern mills, includ- ing 222, S45 drawn from the ports, while the number of overland bales to Northern mills and to Canada was 1,368,939. Most of the cotton goods manufactured in the South are of a relatively coarse variety, and the in creased production is due in a large measure to the demand for war clothing' for export. According to the New Orleans Exchange state ment the increase in consumption in the South last year amounted to 88S,167 bales. Of the 5O1,445 bales of 1inters consumed. 395, ,000 went into munitions in one form or another.
 Last years cotton crop and its use was som mething of surprise for the people of the South. The war in Eu- rope had caused a good deal of alarm by its interruption of the shipment of cotton abroad and even of the de- mand for it from English and Con- tinental factories. This made 1t all most unstable at a remunerative price and led to the scheme for stor- ing 1t up. Efforts were made to re- strict last years planting to about one-half the usual area. Fortunately this did not succeed, though there was some curtailment of planting. Both the quantity of the crop of last year and the prices obtained were above the average of recent years, and the apprehensions of disaster were not fulfilled. Now there appears to have been decided gain in the mill capacity and the output of man. ufactured goods in the Southern states. This is a good sign. for it is decided advantage to that section 10 build up the manufacturing indus try for which it supplies so much ma 1erial. The tendency in the North, as it has long been in England. will be more and more toward the production of the finer goods The coarse goods for home consumption are likely to be made in the South in increasing quantity, especially those designed for it's own people.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
HAVE A HEART.
Be Easy With Central, the voice a
 the Other End of the Wire.


 In these midsummer days when even the calmest are apt to suffer a' times with frazzled nerves and it Is much easier for most of us to keeF hot-tempered than cool-headed. tha' great part Of us known as the public" is very apt to vent an accunu- ldtion of nerve force on the girl we all know as Central, says The Pensa' cola (F7&.) Journal. Central may ot 6 very charming person. She may look like a picture, sing like a seraph dance like a dervish and swim like mermaid, between hours, but while she is on duty to The Public she Is merely an ahstra ction-a Voice at the other end of the wire.
 Now, distractions are safe and sound for business purposes. IL iS much better that Central Is just Voice over the telephone. It IS much better that the rules are rigid and that she must remain an abstraction as long as sho is in the employ of the company. It is a safe, sane, business policy.
 And yet--the next time these hot summer days get on your frazzled nerves and you sail in to give Central a piece of your mind, may it not De we'll to remember that she IS not really an abstraction--that she is, aft CT all, more than Voice at the other end of a wire? It may be that she does not find it any cooler than you dC. It may be that she also has nerves. Or it may be that she is quite as young, quite as pretty and quite as sensitive as your own daughter, o1 whom you are so proud. It may even be that to her you are also an abstrac- tion-a Voice at the other end of wire.
 Let's count ten, next time, before we call maledictions on Centrals head. Our good manners may so sur 1:rise her that she may try to emulate them, even though a Voice at the end of a wire.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
One More Mares Nest.
(NeW York World.)

Mr. Hughes remarkable theory that this country is governed in con- gress by a sectional party is almost as amazing as his recent discovery that en overwhelming victory at the polls naturally carried a certain number of unworthy democrats into office.
 Most of the chairmanships of com mtttees in the house of representa- tives are indeed hold at this time by southern democrats. These positions gre held by southern democrats not because they are southern democrats hut because southern democrats are usually men of longer service than northern democrats. When honors go by seniority, the juniors, no mat ter how numerous and able must abide by the practice. That is not what constitutes a sectional party.
 If the republicans were to gain control of the house of representa- tives by a majority of five, every com mittee would have republican cha1r- man and practically every one of the men so honored would be from dis trict north of the Ohio river. In all the vast region south of Mason and Dixon's line and south of Iowa and Kansas the republican representation in the present house does not exceed fifteen. There are one hundred dem ocratic congressman from the states north of this territory and, like MT. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn, who is chair man of the great committee on aD- uropria tions, most of them might have chairmanships if 1t were not the ha bit of northern constituencies to change their representatives much Cftener than is the case at the south.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
Our Lax Divorce Laws.
(Ne eW York Evening Post

NANCW 1 OIN FNSllIS I OSI't
 Easy divorce has not been cOnsd- cred one of the points in the program of social justice" The Pennsylvania Bar association has condemned the act of May g, 1913, together with that or April 27 1915, as making divorce too faclle. The legislature of 1913 was controlled by the prOgressives But the important thing to be done now is not to fix the responsibility for these laws but to get them off the statute books. They do not seem to have re- ceivcd the publicity they deserve, and this may have operated to prevent ad- Vanta ge being taken of them. The earlier measure makes 1t as easy as possible for a nonresident to obtain a divorce. Instead of going to Reno, enc need only rent a room somewhere year where he pleases, and at the end of that time bring his case before the court. The matter of obtaining ser vice is also reduced to the least pos sble trouble. It may be made by pub liCatiOn in a journal which is not likely to be seen by the other party to the suit. It is possible, therefore, for a divorce to be got without the knOwl- edge of one of the persons chiefly in torested. Even if this arrangement did not put a premium on perjury, it would be indefensible.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
Well Named.
(New York Sun.

(NeW York Sum-
 The British steamship Thetis, which has famous record in Arctic waters, is in New York on her way north again. Although she was sent on tho Greedy relief expedition over thirty years ago she is still stout and sea worthy. Such a craft is well named after a sea goddess and the mother of mighty Achilles.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

And now there is a shortage of boys. The first intimation of this WoTrisome state of affairs comes in the announcement by a telegraph company of it's purpose to turn over it's package delivery business to an- other corporation on September 1.- Troy Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

xefeo by carrfet to any part or the cfry TOT 16 Cents a Week. 65 Cents Month. pcr1ptlons for paper to De sent by mali, payable in advance. 50 Gents Month. $7so Q Year.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

eo daily Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. rn.. at Herald Building. 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Can you tell me what a smile is?" asked gentleman of a little girl. Yes, sir; it's the whisper of a laugh. Answers.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
SunbeanS.
Baltimore Sun

Baltimore Sun.)
 Our rabbits foot tells us we're goin' to have snow before Christmas.
 The goosebone has all seasons for it's own.
 Let's go back and hip-hoorav be- cause the Deutschland got away
 When she reads this she'll wish she'd given us, another piece of short cake.
 Sharks Eat Seaman" Al1igators eat whales.
 How seriously those foreigners seem to take their driving! What mortal man could live this life Of mingled happiness and strife, And not at times he moved to steal away a bit of rod and reel?
 "Fifteen Cent Lunches Spurned." Yes, but consider the high cost of living.
 "Chifonade Salad Dressing" An, but yuh ought to try the old vo1le Sa uce tartare.
 "Warhling Comes High.'' And yet only one poet in the last fifty years has died leaving a considera ble for tune
 By the way isn't this splendid ba- con!
 The world is made of green vege- ab1CS.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

A lady was entertaining her daugh- ter's caller, who was just back from summer outing. The conversation had been somewhat spasmOdic, and finally she decided to try him on some of the new books. Have you read, Freckles,' MT. Johnson?' she ventured ''No, me'am,' he stammered bIushing, mine are the brown kind 1.-The Christian Herald
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

Herald will be found on sale a. Yora- Elng's New Stand. 42nd St. and Broad |@ay: New York City; Board Walk. As- &htc City. and Hartford Depot
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

pred at the Post Oflce ar Few BricsiA as second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

only prontabla advertising medium In ehe city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15
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New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

Mysterious submarines seem to be almost as numerous off the Maine coast as the man. eating sharks were off the New Jersey shore a few weeks ago, and are causing more interest and less alarm. Tn fact, the sIbma- rines are quite as harmless as the old time sea serpent and, if properly cX- plotted may turn out to be a valuable asset for the shore resorts.-Spring- field Union.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

The world is made of green vege- ta bles.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

"Chiffonade Salad Dressing.' Ah but yuh ought to try the old vOlle sauce tartare
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

'Warhling Comes High.'' And yet only one poet in the last fifty years has died leaving a considera ble for tune.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

By the way, isn't this splendid ba con!
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

You could no more build up this country by the application of demo- cratic doctrines than you could % flying through the air in the old fash toned machines Of thirty years ago. MT. Hughes.
 Why, MT. Hughes, you can go fly ing through the air. in a model 1886 acroplane, if you wish. The designs were often excellent, as In Langley's machine: only power was needed, and that is now available. The building up of the country by "the applicati n of democratic doctrines" which seems so to amaze you, is being ra D. idly done simply by applying power to right principle.-New York World
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

From time immemorial the drastic penalties administered by Vermont courts to vio1ators of the liquor selling laws have been the subject of edi- toria1 denunciatiOn. Verm ont penal ties, pale, however into insignificanco beside those given in Missouri. In Dad county in that state, a druggist wa fined $8,000 and sentenced to eight years in Jail, while his partner drew @ $4,000 fine and four years in jail for pursuing the gentle art of boot logging. Rutland News.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

Our rabbits foot tells us we're goin' @ have snow before Christmas.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-15

Let's go back and hip-hoorav be cause the Deutschland got away.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-24
Washington Banquet.

The annual Washington birthday
banquet of Carlisle school was held
Monday evening at Guilds hall. An
excellent banquet supper was served.
When the dishes were cleared away.
Mr.. J. G.. Guilds, as POSTMASTER, in
troduced the speakers of the evening,
who were as follows: Senior class,
Willis Owens; Junior class, Waldo
Lever; sophomore class, Luther
Lobb; freshman class, Victor Bitch );
primaries, Mary Francis Walker;
faculty, America Cabral; Sheridan
society, Miss Vessie Kizer; Kilgo So
ciety, Eugene Moore; Beach society,
Bennie Land; athletics, Paul Elkins
The pretty place cards used bore
a likeness of George or Martha
Washington. This banquet is an oc-
casion looked forward to with much
pleasure, and was this year one of
much enjoyment
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-24
Prizes for Field Day Events.

The prizes for the various events
for field day, on the last day of the
chautauqua, March 3rd, are now on
display in the window of the Herald
Book Store. The prizes are both use
full and valuable, and everyone con-
templating entering for any of the
events should see these prizes, which
are given by the merchants and busi-
ness men of the city.
A large number of the schools of
the county have been enrolled to par
ticipate in the field day exercises.
Those visited so far, and which have
promised to send representatives to
contest for the prizes, are as follows:
Denmark, Lees, Ehrhardt, Govan,
Olar, White Point, Salem, Clear Pond,
Midway, Hydigger, Farrelps, Hun
ter's- Chapel, Sassafras. In addition
to these, the Bamberg graded school
and Carlisle school will be we'll rep
resented, and it is hoped to enlist
the cooperation of good many more
schools yet.
Field day last year was splendid
occasion, and it is believed that this
year it will be still better. Very few
schools we're represented last year,
whereas most of the schools of the
county will this year send strong
teams to contest for the various
events.
In addition to the regular individ-
ual prizes, a beautiful loving cup will
be awarded to the school making the
highest number of points. The win
ming school will retain this cup until
it is defeated by some other school.
The points are as follows: First
place, points; second place, 3
points; third place, one point
Owing to the limited time, it is
probable that the committee will not
be able to visit all the schools. Any
school not visited may be assured
that there was no intention to slight;
but that it was not possible to pay
it visit.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-24
The County Demonstration.

Mr.. J. J. Heard, the newly appoint
ed demonstration, is expected to take
charge of his work in this county on
March 1st. Mr.. Heard is at present
,demonstrator in Colleton county, and
was transferred to Bamberg upon the
resignation of Mr.. w. B. Chitty, OF
Olar. Mr.. Heard is a graduate of
Auburn, the agricultural college of
Alabama. He was associated with
Mr.. Shanklin in the management of
the celebrated live stock farm of Mr..
Thomas Taylor, near Columbia. Mr..
Heard was raised on the farm, and
has had practical experience in every
thing that pertains to farm life, and
is especially fitted for the work in
which he is now engaged. The coun-
ty demonstration work is carried on
under the direction of Mr.. w. w.
Long, State agent and director of ex-
tension, with headquarters at Glenn
son college. Mr.. Heard's work will
be largely in preparing the people of
the county for the coming of the boil
weevil.