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New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
NEWS FROM NERDUN.

VI bat bulletins are being published N ill the newspapers regarding the #ble fighting around Verdun #sarily must be incomplete, and #doubtfut if the real story of that erful battle will be given out to 8world in authentic fashion for time to come. Reading between Hines of what reports reach these 1es it is easily imagined that one he greatest and most stupendous les in the history of the world is being fought, with the possession fort Dauaumont the main objec- Because of a heavy snow storm Foldiers fought, and probably are under the most unfavor- circumstances. The heavy and
 continued artillery fire was fol- d in the early stages of the bat oy hand-to- hand fighting such as acterized the many struggles in own Civil War and which for the
 time in many months adds
 interest to the contest abroad. t will be the outcome of it all, me knows; no one can predict
 the meagre messa ges that are
 coming out of the darkness are tituted by more lengthy and re- e ones. It is not that the news cies handling the matter are ing it one way or another, it is
 no one can get an accurate line the situation. This much is vn; the loss of Verdun would be a blow to France and would tighten German grip on the republic. It
 be expected that there will be
 a more terrible struggle before finally given up, and if let go as great an attempt will be made in it back. Verdun is not so inn ant, considered by itself. Added 'alais and Belfort it takes on ter significance.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

! banquet where the poison was poured l in the soup. Because of that unhap- py affair and the suspicion that has | been aroused thereby those who are planning this St. Patrick's Day "blow- out' are going to take no chances Announcement comes from the Windy City that an official taster will be pressed into service to make tests of | the soup and other courses served. This will somewhat relieve any mis- g1vings on the part of guests
 As if the official tester is not enough the Fellowship Club, famous for it's entertainment at such gath erings, held a meeting and ordered that one member assume the role of poison hunter and personally attend to the searching of soup and entrees Thus it is doubly assured that no
 harm can come to the diners This is
 in part conformity to an old custom
 when the court taSter was called in
 to partake of bit of the kings soup.
 In prlVate Ia miles the most alWayS
 took a spoonful first to see that every
 thing was all right Since this form
 of etiquette seems certain to come
 back, why not make a complete job
 of 1t and sec that it is done in this
 manner: Just before the meal or the
 banquet, or whatever form the din-
 ner takes, send for the chef, or all
 of the chefs,--thc soup chef, the meat chef, the vegetable chcf,-and make them all have q taSy little bit of the dinner in the presence of the anxious guests at the table. In that way those chefs who have such diabolical schemes in their soup tureens as Jean Crones evinced would be a bit more careful how they spilled the poison.. We offer this suggestion gratis to all those who hope to attend banquets on St. Patrick's day.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

Which will bc&r this inscription: T" thC memory of Daniel Decatur Elm met-1S 15-1904--Whose song 'l)lN'c Land" inspired thc courage ana deNp- tion Of tue southern people, and now thrills the hearts of q reunited nauoh. There never has hocN any doubt as 10 thN authorship of "DiNiC' in so far as if may he said to have had an author. The strain and lit Of tho melody are known tu .h0vr existed n tho form rf T .wair.aror1nd' in th" cotton states lancr before words " ore adjusted to 45om. The words If "DiNic' are of tho ..rnad"-ul,'' orf''r. also common to fine ,vaIk-;round' In the early days of negro minstrrlsy the perform oncc almost invariably ended with an ensemble called d "Wa1ll "a roUnd, a n7elo1it. D 3"rHngcnCnt in which some iudiIiduais: of tho company alternate 1,. sang q few bars in solo while the rest beat "juhn" with hands and feet. al1 joining in the chorus. Of an eve ming on the plantation the "hand~
 Eould collect on any convenient Or"n space and go through one nf these s1yaI11-aroundS." Certain of the mrt or women would ma llo-up' words fHf inc solo and chorus and in this ma',- ncr great many of the faNorli melodies of the old south had their beginnings
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
3. ffCMlL.: j. AN 199-2OI-2O3 MAIN STREET.
Ih" Telephone Girl.
tNHtCrbUlrN Republican ) .,

Watcrbury EcpubIic;nl.,
 New Milford is going to lose it.; head telephone girl, Miss Edith Wochr who has been promoted to the Bridgeport office. This causes the New Milford Gazette to print an edi- torial tribute which Edith will find worth while pastins in her scrap been an unusual kind of u girl, both socially and in business. The Gazette says that New Nnnnnn has cnojyed u very high &,iouC service, and thani;S her for jt almost as much as the Southern New England Telephone Co.,. which had the good judgment to put her in charge of the office.
 This reminds Us that insufficient justice has been done to the teIe- phone girl. In a city the size of Wa tcrbury, how many of the thousands of subscribers could name or rccog- nizc one of the scores of young wo- mon who arc the backbone of the telephone. service, whose generally gentle voices ask for our instructions when VIC call central day or night. week .tay 0T Sunday, on messages of
 business, plCasrirc or sorrow"
 "-Fhc WeaNerl of spccCh' arc always wat ching for the little light to flash and tell them that we want to talk tc Naugatuck, RoSion or san trancisvn, or to 2.O50 Waterbury to put d want aG in the morning paper. Thr tclC-
 phone company could not do DN%inc>S $
 without them. The R"nUbllcan could
 not do business without them. Nonc of us could do busine>s without them.
 tC l.
 They mny be promoted. resign to get | married or die in tho hnrnC%H for all l the difference it makes to us.
 The telephone girls job is try ing. l She has to put up with tho stupidity ] and imnaticncC Of tcn-tho1lsanh- i voiced public. And she is under strict l orders not to talk back or Cvon to en- i ter into discussions with the com l Danv's patrons. At the least sign of a 1 complaint she gives us "nforNAtl"n' ! who is a cool Hnd practisod dlnloMHj. ! She tells us the time and we forget tn 1 thank her. We scod her and she docs 1 not sass us back She gives us tact, l quick wit, good judgment, trained at tcntiOn, skill and endurance. We scl-
 dom recognize that the telephone bus mess is one of tho most important and exactine in the world, is conducted l smoothly and efficiently and it's ac-
 tual operating is principally in the 1 hands of young women.
 Once in a while a telephone girl
 works until she drops or does deeds | of heroic courage. during fires, floods 1 and accidents to give the public service l that it will never be able 10 pay for. i She may get her name and picture in l the papers. but the world owes the tel , cphone girl a good deal moro tfHn ! that.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
X DREAMER AND HIS DREAMS

In almost every community there is what may be called a select circle of deep thinkers who scar into the eth erlal regions and grasp ideas deemed worthy Of discussion. From these folk, come such highly enlight- enlng subjects as those which fall under the Emmanuel Plan now widely advertised in some of the larger cities It happens that in the course of events these folk have hit upon some very happy solutions of some very difficult problems, weighty knots that have been tied in the rope of civiliza ton for cons and cons. Hero ; is their latest manifesto: As a man dreams so is he; meaning. presuma bl> that the chara cter of the individual can be easily determined if his dreams are studied. It is a pastime that must be necessar riIy confined to the indi- vidual Any perfectly intelligent per son might draw a chart of his, or her. soul by remem bering every morning the dreams of the night before and sketchins them in a notebook provided for the purpose.
 Granted then that what happens in that mysterious land of dreams is reflection of our real selves, will these opponents of the higher thought deny that to get a perfectly good or bad line on ourselves we need but pay some slight attention to the dclcctable5 served just before going to bed? Will they say that the man who has poured l over a rarebit daintily favored with d ] bit of shire souce and washed down
 with mug of mustN ale shall court
 dreams as sweet and pleasant as the 1 babe who. sticks to d plain diet of
 milk? Or If they do not claim that ] will they contend that because the | man ate the rarcbit his dreams really 1 and truly reflect his true self? Yc 1 gods, There are some awful dreams l from the rarebt. They are the dreams l that take one soaring over the noun l tans. htched to the tail of q dove,
 sent high up into the blue of heaven l and let fall into the black of earth ! They are the dreams where little devils play polo and other games on the dolnc
 of the dreamer, pinch his cars and 1 prick him with hot irons, and bras
 sics. and niblicks; where ragtime 1 bands blare in conservatories of glass
 where railroad trains run up and doWr
 third vertebra. And the members Of
 this higher circle would want fcl-
 low to judge his real self after dissect
 ing such dreams, EOsh. Ii cant bt
 done.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
WHY TORMENT. THE MANo

"a ustfce Hughes has been forced to M one step farther in his refusal to
 % ept the Republican nomination for # presidency. He has been now #ced to declare himself as unwilling # tfiscuss the preparedness program @ the administration. This should @ along refused to be drawn from @ security of the supreme court @1ch of the nation. It is easily seen Nat the attempt to get his position on national defense issue is noth- N more nor les than a plan to find M how he would measure up as a %ndidate. Since he had previously &fused to commit himself on the &litical question it was foolish to #y the later ruse. Were Justice #fghes. or any other member of the preme court, in the habit of de- #aring himself on questions of na- Mbnai political import the halo that s grounds that tribunal would soon 8de away as the night overshadows Ae day. s-.- q do not feel that have any right & take part in political discussion # to make statements of the sort that $ould be expected from candidates. " ys Justice Hughes in a letter tc 8enry A. Wise Wood. formerly Q hember of the naval advisory board 1 ho had written Justice Hughes ask hg him to reconsider his refusal tt |ecome a candidate, and requesting In expression of views on prepared less for war. Plainly an attempt tt
 moke him out. Justice Hughes fore
 tails the attack thuswise: T an Aot candidate, active or tacitly, and ls I do not wish to do anything whicl would be regarded as an attempt t' obtain political support, l must asl 70 be excused from answering you
 inquiry"
 There should be the end of al worry over the Hughes candidacy It is about time the politicians sav' hhe man a rest,--time they learned there are some men big enough ant brave enough to withstand tcmpta ion
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

Investigations of child labor made during the past year show the in creasing need for the regulation, af street trading, the night messenger service and tenement nome work fhe tenement home work-evil continues to thrive even in New York, which is the only state in the union which at. tempts to regulate it by forbiddine the employment of children under 4. Children much younger than that are employed all over the city and the fertile imaginations of man. ufacturers are constantly discovering new articles that can be convcnientlv end caeaply finished by children
 The keating- owen federal child la- bor bill should be passed by the pres- ent congress.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

presumably employed by persons oth- CT than their own parents. Are they being worked. injured by the dangerous ma chimes now used on farms, or kept away from school? Only through d careful and pro- Ionged investigation can those qucs- tiOns be answered. The National Child Labor committee has made isol- atcd studies of conditions in agricul- turc in recent years; the inquiries into child labor on cranberry bogs, in strawberry fields and tobacco farms, for example, but nothing Comprehen- sivc has ever been undertaken. This year agents have investigated the in tcrferencc of farm work with school attendance in connection with the cul- tivaton and harvesting of cotton, ber- ries and sugar beets.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
N OLD CUSTOM COMES BACK

Every St. Patricks Day in Chicago .le natives there. or those of them |who still hold reverence for the pat ron saint of Ireland, gather around she festive board in one of the great sst and grandest banquets of the sea son Always there is q distinguished ed guest This year the honor falls to none other than EX-President Taft. An other guest at the same affair will be Archbishop Mundelein, who was the central figure in the now famous
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
EfOttlCS and Esaw~.

(philadc1phia Public Lcd~Cr.j
 Homer Rodchcavcr the musical dl~ rector of an evangelist, said in " t9N'- pcrancC address at San Franc'Sro; ."
 ''Once on d visit to England l n"- ticed that the Ta agnan nSte Of shout ing Rags, bones, old iron! as we alt do. shouted Rags, and bottles! Rags and bOtties,'
 q asked an English ragman one day:
 'Why do you yell rags and bottles especially? Whats the point of it
 well sir he answered, the polnt of it is that my experience has shown me that wherever there's bottles there's bound to be rags.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
Passing on TrampS.
(Meridcn Journal )

It has long been a custo into re lease vagrants from sentence, if they Dc1 out of town. A conference of drlcgatcs from seven states just held at JaclSonillC, Fla, has just taken siepS to stop this practice. TranlpS arc not to be passed on unless they have means of support at destination
 Tho practice above referred to has been largely the cause of the i;- crease of VaSranCy. TrampS that arc led up to the WOOdDi1C do net return soon. But if they arc given 9 railroad ticket, or even escorted Co 'Nr railroad ticket, or even escorted .hC railroad ward where they can ,uMp f!CightS they leave the eff / r:ith q bcncdiction, and purpose ui carly return.
 The shabby vagrant is an object of some pity. It is easy to be lcnicnt and pass him over to some other town, which makes fair exchange by passing back some one else of the same class. This satisfies people $ good nature. But ii makes VaGl;'nt life seem easy and attractive to in dOlCnt young men.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

Charles salary has been boosted. Surely you know his last name. In stead of getting the $500,O0O year as was first intimated, official an nouncement from New York now states he is to receive $170,00O better than that figure, which means that this chap with the crazy mustache, the whir1Wind cane, the big feet and the baggy trousers, will be the highest salaried individual in captivity. Every hour in his life, at the present rate he will receive the munificent sum of s77.55 or a paltry five cent piece every two seconds. There are no clouds lowering over the horizon of his fu- ture-none that can be observed from this distance.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
Texas tO inc Front
{ Boston Herald. )

Have you ever noticed the extent to which Texas dominates the present democratic administration, and so the conduct or the nation? Three of tho members of the cabinet are Texans, Gregory and Burleson both coming from Austin.s while Houston, though d legal resident of St. Louis, is esscn- tiallv a Texan, in his longtime idcn- tifications., To crown Texas preem1n- cncc. the tf7ird housc-Col. Edward NJ. the am assi}d dor paramount of our Giplomatic. service is q TcN;n; anG there are others. Is it any wonder that Dallas secured the Federal Reserve bank or that the Lone Star state gets nearly everything else "that is going around ?'
 What would the disputants of the Polk campaign of 1914 nave Sald cou1d they have forcseen Inc large place in the affairs Of the nauoh which the people of this great area have como to enjoy? Ahd they are virilc Joseph w. Bailey, long the democratic leader of the house ana later q Texas senator, proved an ln- tellectual power cVerNWheFe. o''. sam Houston stands out as one of the great characters of the mld-ce"- turv period The Texans dlifcf m type materially from tho 'itI"cH ol '"' !;o1ltl, Atl3nti,. ard I'AStrrh '1"l re- ci0ns They have a Ga&h ol ''l' " Nt9. along with their southern S'ran'. Anu the area they occupy Is so eA'ei'Si that thev are sure to play very larse parf in the nations future-aS lhdeeo they do today.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
American Childhood (NcW Haven UniOn.)

Of all the children from 10 to lo years of age reported at work m gam ful occupations by the latest ln't'd States census, = per cent are in a@rl- cultural pursuits. Little or nothing is known of the conditions under which they work. The census reports a quarter of a million ot these cnil- drcn as farm 1aborers working out,
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
COMMlJ JNICATED
Seeks Information As to inc Where abOutS Of Private G. H. Perry,
 Civil War Soldier.

South Boston, Mass,
 February, 21, 1915 To the Editor of the New Britain
 Herald:
 Dear Sir: The Adiutant General @d~ Viscs me that Company G. First Regiment, Conn.,, Vol. Infantry was organized in New Britain in April 1861. Among some original docu- mcnts in my possession, is one from the South, reading:
 The following is a list of mon Returned to Duty and General Hospital from Sd Georgia Hospitai Augusta, Ga, August IS, 1864" The names of fourteen Confederate Soldiers, Returned to Duty, are m scribed, representing five Southcl1l States. Another list has twenty -four southern soldiers names "Scnt 10 General HospitaI' A third inscIlp- ticn bears the names of six Federal -"Returncd to Duty'' (Rc- port to Post CommandcrD These represent six Northern Army States among them being c. II. Perry, Pr- Vate, Co. G. 1St Conn. The dOru- ment is signed, J B. BaylcN, Sur On-in-Charge.
 If Private G. II. Perry is living or if any of his relations arc in Connecticut 1 will be very glad 10 send this Hospital Report, which is a small link in the chain of d Soi- dierS record.
 Very truly yours
 w. M. FLYNN,
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

"Thc woman who didn't raise her boy to be a soldier has no right to the defense of any other WOmans boy" declares a woman orator in New York. That is a better reason than the regular argument, - because.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
"DiyiC EIanf.'

(ChriStian Science MOnitOr.)
 In Mt Nrrnrn, Ohio, shortly, is to be dedicated handsome monument, erected through the generosity of James Lewis Smith, described as "a rich bachelor of Ashtabula, Ohio,"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
FACTS AND RANCHES

$. StanWood Mcnkon'$ Cpisranl calling Daniels d "Cahinet vacancy a hole as it were, is not wholly jlH- tifiCd.--BroOklNn Eagle
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

y. StanWOOd MCnEc GplSIa III calling Daniels a "Cahinet vacancy a hole as it Werc is not wholly jlta tificd,--I'rooklNn Eagle.
 The spectacle of congress frantic with fear that a president who coin cd the phrase 'too proud to fGht' will plunge inc country into war is too udicrouS for dcscription-NcW York Evening Sun.
 The moro we consider the fact that coal is selling for S7.75 in Ros ton (carricdD the less we apprcciat the generosity of our local dealers in cutting the price from $9.25 to sS.75 net carried-Portland Press
 Time heals wounds. The famous Cor infamOuS) Doctor Cook. he Of the North Pole comedy of a few short years ago, is to lecture before the New Haven chamber Of com- mcrce Shore Line Times.
 lt does not require q wide stretch of the imagination 10 get the lm- pression that the Arubi agreement is regarded in Berlin as merely an agreement not to sink the Ara lie dSaln NltnOU1 ninS---SnllnTliCi Union.
 The public schools of Mexico city will reopen on March for the first time in five years. Certainly a long vacation. Even the most l,n- willing Mexican school boys ought to be ready nov to go back for tlG novelty of itSNev York World.
 
 There arc twenty miles of trenches to every line of front, so that he tween Switzerland and the North Sea the British and French armNCS> have at least 10000 miles of trcn- ches to guard and keep in order. Perhaps this may mako the war clearer to you-Providence Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

|d at the Post Office at New Britain
 Rs Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

daily Sunday cSceptedl al 4:15 p. m.
 E Herald Building, e Church St, ,.g.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
N EW CRETONNlIS

Priced i21ac, 15c, c,17c 2Oc 10 45c Yard
 smart designs and coloring for "vcr-dra pcrics pillow covers, utility boxes, etc.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
LACE EDGED SCRINvS AND MNR
 QUISETyE

Neat lace edged effects, white, cream and beige, priced 25t yard,
 one special Lot of lace edged SrFInS m White and beige, while they last price 10c yard.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
OVER DRArERJgIS

In pla1n and figured materials in Grccn, brown, blue and old rose, priced 29c. 39c, 5Or. 59c ward.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28

ply profitable advertising medium in
 |ctty. Circulation books and press loom always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
BRYAN HERALD

BALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-28
FIGURED CURTAIN MADR.AS

Priced l9c. 23c, 29c. S3c Yard Beautiful new designs in white q nd cream, also ploasinG new colored ef- fcCtS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-16
WAR SOON A BOYS STRUGGLE

LONDON, Nov. IL. The war
threatens soon to become a struggle
between mere boys. The pace is said
to be entirely too fast for the older
men long to endure.
1t is declared here that next year
the Allies will be facing the boys Of
II in the German army.
Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, command
ing the British expeditionary forces
is said to have objected to the send
ing out Of men Of middle age. He
wants young men Of from -is to 25.
After the latter year, it is said, the
fighting value Of the human unit
shows a rapid and steady decline.
The good soldier Of today, il seems,
must be Of the age which exeels in
the more strenuous athletic games =
the foot ball player type. The older
men have their place, but generally
speaking il is said now to be in "the
army behind the army the men
back Of the line, IN the supply and
transport divisions, whore the strain
is not 50 great. These older men arc
too susceptible to trench diseases "a
be Of great use on the firing line.
England is already registering
boys born in 1899, preparatory q
ealing them up when they attain then
18th year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-16
mn CROSS SEAL SALES,

WITH the opening Of the Red Cross
Seal Sale every state and thousands
Of cities, towns and villages are enter
ing a competition to see who win sell
the most seals per capita for the pre-.
vention Of tuberculosis in their com
munitieg. Over 00O0,0 900 seals have
been distributed for the sale.
The cities, towns, and villages have
been divided into 10 classes according
10 population ranging from COO t.
100000 and over. Pennants win bl
awarded by theAmsrican Red Gross
and The National Association for tha
Study and Prevention Of Tuberculo
IS in each II the classes. Similar
peunants win be awarded TO state
selling the most seals per inhsbitant
tho ssatez being divided into threi
Glasses according to population,
Last year Hershey, Pa, sold NOR
seals per capita than any other cit.
or town in the United States reach
ing a total Of 2e.04. In Rhode Island
229 seals per capita were purchase
by the people Of the State, a recorr
sale among the states.
In addition to the pennants, a specia
honor certificate viii be awarded Il
any community which sells five o.
more seals per inhabitant. 1t II
hoped that this rivalry among citiei
and states win stimulete the sale o.
Christmas seals 10 100,o0O0O0 Thii
will mean 100000 for the fighl
against tuberculosis in the United
States. Mexico should break her rec,
ord this year ard the Ledger will co.
operate ii every way possible.