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New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

TO RENT-New four room tenement, adults apply GA Prospect. 3-73dx
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

LOST-Chinese Fox fur melon huff,
 out of carriage somewhere in city, Sunday afternoon. Return 2o1
 Main street, 3-7-3CA
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

TO RENT-Tenement five rooms
 second floor. 426 Stanley street
 Inquire down stairs 2-29-6dX
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09
CEDAR HILL FARM

 The only dairy in New Britain prop erly equipped for handling milk and its products. Let us supply you with the best of milk, cream, butt ter, buttermilk, skim-milk and cottage cheese.
 Telephone 9S2
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09
FOR SALE.
TYPEN(RITERS,

FOR SALE-An old established meat and grocery store, up-to-date fix lures and good trade. Reason for selling, other business. Address Quality Market, 273 Park street,
 HarfOrd Conn., 3-9-ldX
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

TO RENT-Four room tenement, sec ond floor. Call 1856 Cherry street,
 upstairs. 2-26-tf
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09
TO RENT.

TO RENTING tenements of five rooms each; modern improVem ents
 on trolley line. w. P. Steele, 260 Chestnut street. 3-8-6dx
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09
WANTED.

WANTED-To buy a typewriter in good condition. Apply at PA $.
 Main street. 3-S-d2x
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09
FURNISHED ROOMS.

TO RENT-Large furnished room,
 suitable for light housekeeping, all
 improvements. Inquire Il Wallace street. 37-5d
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

heat and two office rooms. Apply Curran company. 2-21-tf
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

TO RENT--Tenemen of six rooms,
 heated; second floor. 162 Maple
 street. 2-16-tf
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09
ALL advertisements for the classified column must he in the Herald office by 1:3O D. m. on the day { issue.
LOST.

LOST-Friday, March 3, on Chestnut street in center, or Fox's, oval O. K.
 brooch. Return to 547, East street.
 Reward. 3-7-3dX
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

WANTED-Tool makers and machin-
 ists, New Britain Mfg. Co.,, South Main St. 3-7-1W
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

doz best Eggs and l pound Pure Lard for $1.OO. Friday and Satur- day. Russell Bros.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

WANTED-Compete maid for geE- eral housework. Apply 204 Lincoln
 street. 3-6-tf
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

WANTED-Brick wheelers at once.
 Good wages. Brown 6, Best. Thon- sonVille, Conn. 3-7-6d
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

TO RENT-Four room apartment, 5
 Winthrop street. Apply B oardman. 476 Arch street. 2-17-tf
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

WANTED-Youn man with know1- edge of drafting to make himself . useful and learn the business. Ap- ply Berlin Construction Co.,, Berlin.
 3-7-5d
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09

TO RENTING modern four room tenements, corner Cherry ana Pine streets. Inquire F. J. Murray &
 Co.,, 325 Main street 1-24-tf
New Britain herald., 1916-03-09
HELP WANTED-MA

WANTED-Man who understands the care of horses-steady work with good wages for the right man.
 Andrews Swift & Co. 3-7-tf
The sun., 1916-11-25

Apparently tho title character of tho
new william Dean Howells novel. ''Tho
Leatherwood Cod has had many
analogues In various parts Of tho coun-
try. The latest OF these to come to light
Up one Jacob Cochrane. who. according to
The sun., 1916-11-25

IN eoo9V q quite unnotioo0 ~ h
American press. Emil went forth a.
hidden and wrote . series of photo
graphic stories that stirred the town.
Entering q photographers shop one
day As made the acquaintance Of q
young woman who sat at the retouch.
Ing stand. Ehe had been strongly
moved by his stories and told him 20.
She was Miss Brod. q name shortened
from Brodsky. for she too o. . RuA-
sian. Emil married Miss BroA. and
they were happy. After . Gays work
for his ~nswspaper. to come homo and
hear Helen busyins herself behind
the screen with their dinner was &C.
stasy." A passage at this point de-
scribes the s%tirrings Of the higher lit
erary spirit in Emil and insinuates
what he was to accomplish later. We
have him sitting with Helen at The
foot Of Lake Michigan. and We read:
wells Of poetry were springing up
In his heart. Ideas were twittering
through his brain Thoughts POWERED
in a thousand colors. II he could but
transfer these thoughts ana feelings
and dreams to paper. he unused. what
WouooIkua WtaluB thos WouIo AnAAos
In New York later he wrote . book
that the publisher praised highly. II
was . novel about things that the au-
thor had lived through. the publishes
said. about sufserings that his own soul
had experienced. "You have asrtved,"
said another authority, speaking OF
Emile achievements ~ . writer. and
his word explains the utls Of this
straightforward. realistic story.
THE BREATH OF THE DRAGON.
60. r. P1tnam's Ssns.) ~ A.
II. Fitch.
A straightforward tale Of adventure
in an unusual setting u told by A. II
Fitch In Tho Breath Of the Dragon &C
p. Putnam's Sons). A Manchu nader
in order TO save the LIE of her lover
who - q Chinese reformer. makes hel
way with great courage and ingenuit,
into the women's quarters OF the Sum
mer Palace and the presence Of the
Dowager Empress. Whether tn,
description OF these forbidden mys-
teries and the conduct Of the tmperia
~personages will satisfy Oriental real.st.
or no II will do well enough for West
ern readers The young woman has q
lively and exciting time in tho palace
lodging from one peril into another
nor does she find rest after she escapeI
from 1t. She Is aided by an American
friend OF her lovers who knows tn,
Chinese dialects and customs so wei
that he can mingle with all classes ant
The sun., 1916-11-25

r. might he thought from the cap
oben Of Elias Tobenkin's story, "Nvitte
ASgives' (Frederick A. Stokes Com
DAay), that a late Russian dignitary
q high political Importance had come
- town; the witte OF this tale. how
ovsr, was only a Russian emigrant boy
WAe was brought by his mother to
eAess shores. II the reader has been
accustomed TO the flowing and peri
DAsastic style in the fiction that has
Ansaged him ne will remark the diff
lbrencs that will generally meet him
herr. This 10 a very simply told tale.
tale Of plain statements that are
oometimes almost abruptly downright
Anl clear.
NAsha witkovski was the name Of
~ mother who had come with her
ehlldPen. Harry and Emil and Clara.
- join her husband in America; It was
noeo that the Witkovski was reduced
- tie smaller compass OF White. The
entry into the new land was readily
accomplished. A Castle Garden off,
Gu I0Au tno C0Su pinitu = " 'uEs. WV
hovski's shawl. lie signed for her to
follow and led the family forth. The
children ran in order to keep up. All
the members OF the family carried
bundles. A ferryboat took tho Wit
kevukis ACROSS to New Jersey. They
at In a railway station. Tho ticket
eAat they received. good to take them
~ into the West, was of great length.
The conductor on the train spoke Ger
IAN to them. 1t was good to hear
him. though his language was quite
different from their ghetto Yiddish.
There vas something else that
OAsered the alien family. The long
land journey began. The children
hooked out the car window. II Ia re-
Ated: THE train passed within half
3 hundred feet Of a big load of hay that
Wss pulled by a pair OF fine sray
herses. The young farmer who was
sitting on top of the load removed his
vide brimmed straw hat and smiled
anA nodded TO the children. All three
q them were 30 astonished by this un.
expected greeting from a man they had
The sun., 1916-11-25
AUTHORS AND THEIR WORK

Capt Ian Hay Beth. author Of "Ths
First Hundred Thousand who n In
this country on a three months leave Of
absence. shuts up nike the proverb'ai
oyster when the conversation drifts
around TO his own part in tho great
struggle. Caught OF his Euard. how
ever, hs told the following interesting
little story. He carries . short stick
which In surprisins iy heavy. n when
asked As TO the secret Of Its weight he
said;
that's q loaded cane. When the
ofhosrs 20 into action they arc un-
armed ave for q stick OF this sort. and
n II really comes 10 a hand TO hand en-
counter this stick would be quite likely
to do damage TO a German head. AL
though I never had occasion to defend
myself with II. the cane really saved my
iifo at the battle OF Looa We were
| obliged TO fall back. and when ! reached
the trench behind US I discovered that
had left my stick in the trench We had
Just vacated. II was a farewell gift
| from my wife. and naturally didn't
want 70 lose II. 30 l popped back
again. and no sooner . I stopped to
| pick II up than a shell burst In the very
spot I had Just left. killing two OF my
men,"
BY a curious coincidence two books
have just been published on the general
theme that laughter Is the salvation Of
tho world. one tho ~posthumous work OF
our greatest humorist. Mark Twain. the
younger generation Of to-day. James
Oppsnhsim. And oddly snoush II IL the
humorist who recommended laughter as
a weapon against despair, for Mark
Twain. etrange as II may seem. was .
profound pessimist IN his philosophy Of
life Mr.. Oppenheim's War and Laugh
ter" on the other hand. In IN expression
OF delight In the sheer CONFLICT OF ak
istsnoA To the younger author. in other
words. life Is good for the same reason
that II seemed bitter to the elder; but
the gospel Of laughter plays the same
part in both their points OF view.
Editors are. as a rule busy men who
rave little time TO give to the creation
Of literature. An exception Ia william
Grifith. who produced all the poems
contained In Loves and Losses Of
Pierrot" (Robert J. Shores) during odd
intervals while acting as editor of the
National Sunday Md0asine. When
called upon to explain how he FOUND
time TO do this Mr.. 0rifith replied that
It was not a case Of choice but OF neces-
sity he was so often unable TO secure
good poetry when It was needed that he
fell into the habit OF writing Il himself.
Isaac i. Marcosson. ooauthor with
Daniel Frohman Of "Charles Frohman (:
Manager and Man." which the Harpers
have Just published. has returned from
England and France, where he went to
study industrial n financial conditions.
Hs was invited to be the guest Of the
Grand British Headquarters In France.
Mr.. Marcosson's articles will be first pub
lished serially and later will appear In
book form.
Apparently the title character Of tho
new William Dean Howells novel, '"The
Leathcrwood God" has had many
analogues In various parts OF tho coun-
try. The latest OF these to come to light
Up one Jacob Cochrane. who. according to
The sun., 1916-11-25
STORY OF A
YOUNG
FICTION
New Novels by Elias Tobcnkin. A. H. Fitch. Wilfred
7. Crenfell, and Percival C.. Wren.
English Society Life in India-A Farcical Story by
Richard Dehan-E. Temple Thurston's New Book.

never seen befors. from An American,
that for some moments they we're un.
able to return the greeting" clara 70.
covered FIRST; she waved her handksr.
chief. She said: Are they not spleu.
did. those Americana" Harry wanted
to say something, the story tells US.
but a lump in his throat rendered him
unable. Emil, too. sat silent. The
story adds: In after years the two
brothers and sister often recalled the
smile and greeting Of the young far.
mer on the hay w~aSon-ths arst greet.
Ing they had received from . strange
and a gentil@thsir nrst American
SMILE"
II this part Of the American rsoep.
ton Of the trAnsplanted family was
delightful. there we're other manifesto
lions that were In gross contrast In
the town OF Spring water. where
Aaron White. the forerunning head Of
the expatriats group. had established .
home. the newcomers encountered
rudeness. 1t II related: "A trivial In
| cident which occurred at thh time ex.
fuence upon Mira. WHITE and left . scar
that would never quite heal. She and
her husband were out for q stroll one
saonath afternooh when suuoenis sns
perceived that tney 49, Se.ns tva
loweo py a crowo Oh .m.A ooSs, WI"
were eeaihs aho shoutins .I.sr tnem
one OF tne ooys tnrsw ssone ~. nes
husoano- aaron oooseo the o'one eno
starteo on ~ tN'eT paoe, %s
clihs'hs 70 ms am. !" No". % =
saloon a young man WIZ TWO rows o!
yellow teeth n . cnln Vesps.'e'ec
Win toUacco JUICE shoon ~ MT AZ
them n u I'M Aarons iAoe'
'sheeny! Whereupon thero arose .
chorus OF iaughtef ana sunaws rom =
dozen men out.loe ths
saloon. aaron u eno Joy AZ
The sun., 1916-11-25

author retaining the story and forfeit
ing the prize). Marshall Saunders. the
%authoress. took the risk and kept pos
session OF the manuscript. which for sz
months went begging among the pub
l!sherA Boston Arms rejected II
finally II fell into the hands Of Col Banes
OF Philadelphia BY chance he 'ook II
nome and read II himself. The follow
ing day he accepted the book for imme-
late publication. Since then over a
million copies have been sold.
me latest book to be turned into q
play, and . successful play. 10 "Old Lady
Number 81" Louise Forsslund's homely,
humorous tale about the old sea captain
who at IS. cheerful but not q success at
money making. suddenly dnds himself
with his wife an inmate In an old ladies'
home on Long Island. The play has
been we'll received. both by press and
public. but II IL noticeable that the
critics almost unanimously take excep-
ton to the one element In which the
play divorces from the book--in shifting
the interest SO largely from the delight
ful old people who make tho story 10 the
fortunes Of q quite conventional pair OF
Young lovers lugged in purely for stage
appeal.
The adventures OF Bib-ya-0hui. wom-
an or mystery, around whom Stew
art Edward White has written his nov
novel, "The Leopard Woman" (Double-
day Page d Coz. will be done In motion
pictures at an early date. An elaborate
production Of tho story 10 promised by
ono Of the large motion picture con.
Germs.
Second editions are being published nv
Nc ]. b. Lippincott Company of eth
Wonder OF Work." by Joseph Pennell.
Nights" by Elizabeth Robins Pennsll
with illustrations by Joseph Pennell-
W OF the most interesting Of tho arts.
ITO publications Of the year--and ~Bettv
at Fort blizzard" by Molly Elliot Sea.
well. her latest lively romance.
How many know that IAN esops IN
Greek meant a bumped back, and Il vas
tor th!a reason that he famous old slave
with a bumped back was called A,sop?
The name has now come TO stand for n
fabalist, n the back IL forgotten. Lok-
man ana Nhssen were called tho .F,sop,
~ Arabia-meet them In tho Ara b,an
Nights. John Gays two claims TO fans
arc his authorship OF the first Drury
Lane musical show and a. an English
Aisop. La Fontaine was the .4,sop O,
France, Leasing of Germany, and Bid
pal, OF tho third century, the F.sop OF
india An American Hsop is Frederic
Burr Opper, the creator of Happy Uooli-
gan and other classics. The edition OF
.fsop published by Liprincott is illus
trated by Opper. Incidentally, Caxton
translated and printed tho frst edition
IN English Just %S2 years ago
In wears Of My Youth" Just issued
by Harpers, William Dean Howells 70.
lates the story OF his youth. his own and
that OF the Ohio town In which he grew
un He tells Of hts home life, Of the
broad religious spirit OF his parents, OF
his drst experience of politics, OF his
work as a young printer and of the love
OF reading which made tho world heroes
his friends. In later chapters he Dc
scrlbes life Mt Columbus, over half a
cVentury ago. with its political ana socia'
interests. ind tolls how hs aided hi.
rather In reporting tho sessions o. III,
legislature, n then the young write
found himself and started firmly in hi,
life's way.
The sun., 1916-11-25

The adventures OF Blb-ya-0hui, wom-
an OF mystery. around whom Stew
art Edward White has written his nov
novel, "The Leopard Woman" (Double-
day Page d Coz. will be done In motion
pictures at an early date. An elaborate
production Of the story 10 promised nv
ono Of the large motion picture con.
Germs.
The sun., 1916-11-25

Second editions are being published by
NO j. h. Lippincott Company OF '.The
Wonder OF Work." by Joseph Pennell.
Nights" by Elizabeth Robins Pennsll.
win Illustrations by Joseph Pennell-
two OF the most interesting of the arts.
tic publications Of the year-and ~Bettv
At Fort Blizzard" by Molly Elliot sea-
well. her latest lively romance.
The sun., 1916-11-25
o AND

It Is not usually known that "Beauti-
full joe was first published rs tho re-
suit Of winning "A prize In a 5000 conf
petition (and It was an odd sort Of
competition. too, FOR the prize OF 5000
was offered with the alternative OF the
The sun., 1916-11-25

native, he runs amuck ana 70 hanged
by the British authoritisA Tho au-
thor repeatedly sur US that his re-
marks about Germans and his pro-
phetic warnings wero written two years
before tho war broke out. The savage
stories are told brilliantly, the author
puts himself in the place Of tho ma
tives In an astonishing n and
pours out his wrath without restraint
on the blind stupidity Of British rule.
II 10 . striking book a. q story and
~ . political plea
DAMARIS. (DsAa, Mead 4 Cs.)
~ Lucas 1fales. (el.AO.)
English society In India Is depleted
In no pleasant colors by Lucas Malet in
Ddmars (Dodd, Mead 4 Coz. There
are few decent people In tho settlement
which II the scene Of the morbid story
and fewer still with manners; most
Of the men are vicious and the women
are evil minded. 1t seems decidedly
unconventional however. for a mar
ried woman to make a prolonged visit
to q widower with no grown women
In his family. so that there Is some ex-
cuse for tho gossips. Tho man Is
Commissioner for the district, the
masterful hero favored by women au-
thors. who pursues . courss disAp-
proved by the authorities and who has
loved the woman for many years,
though she was twice and no once
The sun., 1916-11-25

married He has q small daughter,
a ~precocious spoiled child who falls
violently in love with the woman. The
latter, however. Is of a shallower ma
ture, IL contented with her husband.
and has only regarded her host as An
old friend. When ne declares his love.
explains how II was he married and
demands that she elope with him she
Ia naturally confused and Is glad to
find an excuse for escaping from him.
The author tries 20 mitigate his be-
havior with many elaborate descrip-
lions Of furnishings and the sugges-
ton that the wickedness Of the pre-
vious Hindu occupants remained in the
building. There wa Q chance to give
a humorous turn to this story. but
instead We are regaied with the views
Of an unpleasant lot Of people about
what they guess Of II.
A GILDED VANITY. George n.
Doran Company ny Richard
Dehan. (e1.AO.)
A series Of farcical situations which
are sometimes very funny on . subject
which many people regard a. serious
make up Richard Dehan's A Gilded
Vanity George H. Doran Company.
The central figure II a kind hearted
busybody with q mania for marrying
everybody who comes In her way. She
forces an amiable gentleman who loves
her twice into the divorce court on &C
The sun., 1916-11-25
TALES OF THE LADAAD08.
(AeuSAtea Mimin 0snDany.)
NJ wilfssA TAsAasen 0renSsll
(Sl.16.)

(doaGhtoA Mimin Company
NJ WilfssA ThsAasea 0rsnSsll.
(Sl.1S.>
Only the MN are fictitious In tho
vigorous TaIss Of ths Labra6or
(Houshton Miniin Company that DR..
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell has 10 tell
about the sturdy dsherfolk among
whom he labOra. There are eleven Of
them. most Of them stories Of the cour-
age, the endurance. the indspsndsnos
and the brotherly kindliness Of the
dwellers on the Labrador coast, but a
few describing the ways and the viz
tues Of their Eskimo neighbors. They
are fine stories. told with the simplicity
which 10 the highest art and proving
again that true stories are fully a. tn
teresting nj the work Of the imaEina-
uon
DRIFTwOOD sPARs. (Le.saa.s.
Green q Co.) NJ Percival
Christopher Wren. (sI.sB.S
Powerful descriptions Of savage
character. Joined to the bitter contempt
for British Encouragement In India,
mark Capt. Percival Christopher
Wren's Drtffscood Spars (Longmans,
Green 4 Coz. q remarkable book In
many ways. The hero Is O halfbreed.
descended from q Pathan chief and .
Highland laird. with a European edu-
cation and a miraculous ability to
change from his Pathan to his Eng
lish personality at q moments notice;
In both capacities he IL a prince among
men. First he 10 shown a. q Pathan
In a contest Of wits against native
t%reachery. a tale Of diabolical cruelty
which Is Justified. Then We are told
about his Somali bodyguard. q story
Of u~nspeakable brutalities through
which the man preserves his loyalty
and his craving to avenge insult. the
point OF which. however. IL To show the
incapacity OF British administrators
and their stupidity In dealing with the
people they arc SGT over. The third
part Is q farcical exhibition Of all tho
faults of Englishmen In India, civil
and military officials. those engaged In
trade and their women, and the harm
done by Interference from home; the
life of a military station seen through
native eyes. The hero here appears
as a British officer trying with q few
others to get efficient work done. At
last there In an uprising. . massacre.
and the hero takes charge to hold back
the natives: his drastic measures are
successful, but meanwhile he shows
the English weddings In their true
light. Then tho woman he loves
scorns the hero becauSe he = part
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-26
Buying the Danish West Indies.

Negotiations for the purchase by the United
States Of the Danish West Indies have reached
point where the deal is practically consummated.
This point has been approached several times in
the past but the actual purchase has invariably
been blocked by the influence of some European
power The islands, which lie off Porto Rico,
are of little value aside from their strategic i'm
portance. In the possession Of hrst-class Eu-
ropean power, they would be continual menace
to our coast, permitting the establishment Of a
naval base from which operations against the
United States would be easy. This fact has led
to several unsuccessful efforts by our government
to obtain possession Of the islands. One point
has been in our favor; while we have not been
able to secure the group, we have been able to
prevent one Of the greater European powers from
obtaining control. The turn in Danish affairs
resulting from the war, has again placed the
United States in position to negotiate, and the
bargain apparently has been struck.
e This group, with Porto Rico will give the
United States much better standing at the en-
trance to the Caribbean where Great Britain and
France now command. The strategica impor-
lance Of this is easily understood, particularly
when the Panama canal is given its proper weight
as factor in war as well as peace. The main
tenanee of our supremacy in American waters is
paramount to other considerations, and the &C
QUESTION Of the Danish West Indies is move
to accomplish that purpose
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-26
A Big Job Waiting for Someone.

Douglas county has more than sixty school
districts outside of Omaha in each of which a
school is being conducted under direction Of a
separate local board of trustees. In other words,
we have more than sixty school centers in this
county, outside OF Omaha, with independent man
agement and no common bond except the super
vision of the county superintendent and the col
lection OF the school taxes by the county treas
urer. OF course all these little school districts
are governed by the same state laws and are
working along similar lines Of child teaching and
training but in the very nature of the case there
must be tremendous lot OF wastefuness and du-
plication even without questioning the absolute
honesty and good intent Of the business manage
ment.
Imagine Omaha with sixty public schools con-
Quoted independently, each by its own board Of
managersl How long would the people rest
satisfied with such situation? A law was put on
the statute books by the legislature not long ago
supposed to make possible consolidation Of the
rural school districts in the county, yet no move
has been made so far as we know to take ad-
vantage OF 1t. The job of consolidating and unity
ing the management of the rural schools of Doug
last county, is waiting for someone to tackle it.