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New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
BETTER LAWYERS.

#y raising the requirements for shission to practice before the bar Sthe United States, the New York Be Bar Association aims to produce letter brand of lawyer for the Son. The New York lawyers have Eted the movement and intend to
 xe 1t nationwide. The particular test against the present order of hgs has to do with the too liberal |nting of certificates to men who se completed but limited courses in lat school.
 readily at the products of night bols is not easily seen. The men \ attend these institutions of ming are generally men who know Rt they are going about, men who I not the opportunity to acquire #gal education in their earlier days who now are trying to make
 bnds They are, for the majority, 3ous minded students. Their ap~
 ation to the books is usually q
 Free or so more intensive. than
 Be who Toll through the regular @cationa1 channels. Because a man &ies law at night is no reason he 4oing to make a poor lawyer. The ' like other professions, derives it's #at men from the ranks of those VI were born, not made" No bunt of training will make a law unless the particular individual Nergoing treatment has the makings
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
McMHLLAN'S NEW BRITAIN'S BUSIEST
 BIG STORE
 ALWAYS RELIABLE" OUR ANNU AL MID - WINTER CLEARANCE
 5 ALE
 SPECIALS FROM OUR r Domestic and Linen
 Dept.
BLEACHED SHEETING

BLEACHED SLEEPING 21-4 yard wide. Sale price 2Oo yard. Sheeting from our regular stock, worth 34c yard today.
 PILLOW CASES Size 45x36, made of good durable cotton Sale price 1O1ac each.
 ALL LINEN TOWELING Worth 15c yard Sale price 12M yard.
 BLEACHED OUTING FLANNEL 27 inches wide. Sale price 6hc yard.
 TURKISH TOWELS Large size, heavy weight Towels While this lot lasts, Sale price f9c each. 25c value.
 TABLE DAMASK All linen. Value $1.00 yard. Sale price 79c yard. New designs. Sale prices on all Sheetings, Pillow Case Tubings, etc, for the balance of this month.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

of a lawyer Pushing the standard for admission to the bar to a higher plane will not necessarily do away with all the shyster lawyers, nor will It weed out all the units. But it will do this, cut off the chance of many deserving candidate who might fall because of one particular subject In the long run the law of competency decides the whole ques~ tion.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
Hail ye the King of Pork, Clark of

Hail ye the King of Pork, Clark of Florida Rather would he have "a public building in every town from dential post oftice,'' than see the Stars and Stripes float serenely over the high seas or Uncle Sam strong enough and delve out quaint old saying. What care we about the security of the nation as long as we can spend it's dough-?
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
The Teaching Art.

 Camp and outing activities, by F. H. Cheley.
 "Collects from many sources, much 1 useful information, chosen because of it's positive all-around character de- veloping value" "A. L. A. Booklist. Camp craft, modern practice and equipment, by w. H. Miller. "Gives many helpful and specific directions on tents, beds, kits, fires, accessories, etc. "A. L. A. Booklist. The child and his spelling, by w. A. Cook and M. V. OShea. "A series of investigations and tests of the spelling ability of various groups of pupils form the basis of a thoroughgoing discussion of the psy- chological causes and defective met ods responsible for our present-day poor spelling.''-A. l.. A. Booklist. Christian schools and scholars. by
 Mrs. A. Drane.
 Church school, by w. S. Athearn. College life, it's conditions and pro- blems, by M. G. Fulton. Tt does the student the further and far higher service of almost compelling him to think what his own aim and business as a student ought properly to be."-Spectator College sons and college fathers, by H. s. Canby
 Professor Canby shows here the rare understanding of the college man and his problems that makes him so popular with his classes at Yale" Boston Transcript
 Learning process, by s. H, Colvin. Manual of stories, by w. B. Forbush. Natural history of the farm, by J. G.
 Needham.
 "A series of studies for the entire year, giving methods of examining wild plant and animal life, also cul- tivated plants and domesticated anj- mals, and recording the results sys- tematically. An interesting and sug- gestive book for teachers of gram mar grades or high schools.'-A. !. A. BoOklist. New education, by Scott Nearing
  ies of articles recently contributed to the Ladies' Home Journal, this book has a constructive end in view-to put before the average person, in a style that will hold his attention. some l of the successful experiments in ed ucational organization that are be- ! ing made in different schools through 1 out the country. The writer obtained !, his material at first hand.''-A. l.. A. l BCOklist. Practical drawing, a book for the 1
 student and general reader, by E. 1
 A. Lutz.
 Primary handwork. by E. V. Dobbs
 "Sugsistive guide to the use of the sand table scissors, clay, cardboard | tc."-A. L. A. Booklist. Psychology of high school subjects,
 by c. H. Judd.
 "The science of psychology applied to the many problems in the teaching of the various subjects, and also to the general problems of secondary education. A helpful and informing book for high school teachers. su- perintendent, and progressive par ents "A. L. A. Booklist. School credit for home work, by l..
 R. Alderman.
 Alderman.
 "A friendly little book, sane and logical in it's suggestions. .'-Boston Transcript.
 Self training for mothers, by Mrs
 MI s. Chance.
 ,5o+1y vital to the home and child. Rambling full of old-fashioned wis dom, up-to-date and progressive, ].
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

heavy grades and fourteen miles on the way to the anthracite coal fields and the Great Lakes. Bigger cities and more hauling must go together. If St. Louis is to be what it's pa- trlots dream, the railroads of the Missouri region must do more than keep out of bankruptcy.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
AND CONSIST ENCY, IS A DIFF
 FERENCE.

There should be compatibility and Hlarmony between men and measures Mf the same type and pattern. That as consistency. There should be no &ross- firing or contradiction. Sure 8B this doctrine must belong in every aFeu organized movement, for we are areditably informed that a house divided against itself shall fall How shen shall Representative Sherwood Nender an accounting to the pacifsts End advocates of disarmament; of hom he is one, and to his lord high srince of peace, William Jennings Bryan? How shall the Representa- Z we square himself after his recent sbnduct on the floor of the national s souse of Representatives when he in- # #oduced a bill appropriating $5,000,- @p0 for a government intuition plant # his home city of Toledo? It seems ss be not so much question of con- Sstsmcy as it is constituency in this @ SC. Politics doth make paltry
 bltroons and back siiders of us all- 1 The worthy representative from the 1 bledo district is not at all unlike l Mher men who wear the toga of pub l VI office. First, and above all, he 1 @ust keep on the good side of those |
 Enc rendered him honor. His per- 1 Nnal interests are closely aligned l Eth this part of his program. Aft N these things are attended to, the Nngressman must cast about and End his other hobbies ad. lib. And s2at is where he is either made or @oken. It is mostly a matter of Elk The politician must get some 3ng favorable to the masses, to the # jority of those to whom he caters. @ this instance, MT. Sherwood put B@ political ear to the ground and up "a Tough the tympanum there was #nsmitted to the auditory nerve a Mlnd which sung in dulcet tones, SMax Vobiscum, Pax Vobiscum!" And Maightway MT. Sherwood went forth &M pT6dCIl LlIG dOCIIll1S Ol pSdCS OIl M Mth, good will toward men, and how = K lghty it is for nations to indulge in Mr. And he was getting along $ Mnously with his propaganda until ]
 s preparedness got ringing in the W and men turned their attention Mnewhat to building storm cellar. Hsaaen it was that MT. Sherwood's con- Wuency got in his work. A voice
 Elm out Toledo way said, Look here Merwood, old man, this psalm-sing-
 H of yours is immense, and we like
 Nse pipe organ notes and all that;
 M forget the Hallelujah chorus just
 @g enough to get us government
 Mnition factory in this district"
 Al Sherwood did. At least he has
 Mrted things moving in that direc-
 He has introduced the bill
 M while he throws consistency to
 M four winds still he gathers to his
 Mom the most precious of all,-his
 M stituency. A mere matter of
 k, and they all do it. When pork
 Mn hes in the window patriotism goes
 W the back door.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
1,200 Yards of New
 Embroideries

at January Sale Prices. Now on sale at 12 1-2c, 29c and 49c yard.
 Embroidery Edgings up to IS inches wide, in this sale at 12 1-2c yard. Value 19c yard.
 22-inch Baby Allovers, sale price 29c yard. Value to 48c.
 18-inch Baby Flouncing in the dainty new overwork edges. Sale price 29c yard. Value 39c to 45c.
 27-inch Hemstitched Baby Floun- cings. Sale price 29c yard. Value to 4Sc.
 27-inch and 36-inch FIouncings of dainty Swiss and Embroidered Or gandies. Sale price 49c yard. Values to S1.00
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

The manner in which Carranza's s soldiers take delight in parading through the towns of Mexico with the corpse of Miguel Baca Valles, Villas whilom "Butcher" merely goes to show that the First Chief means busi- ness and intends to make good' for the United States.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

worth we'll the reading of any moth er.'-A. l.. A. Booklist, Stories and storytelling in moral and religious education. by E. P. St. John. Teaching in the home, by A. A. Berle. Those who disagree with the au thor on certain points will at least be stimulated to think out the prob lems for themselves.' .'-Springfi Re- publican.
 Teaching of poetry in the high school, by A. H. R. Fairchild. "A suggestive, even stim ulating study of interest to every high school teacher of English. The author em- phasizes the aim of developing a real appreciation for poetry rather than of instructing as to it's form."-A. L. A. Booklist. Trades and professions, by G. H. Palmer.
 Attempts to clarify the distinction between the professional and the com mercial attitude toward work and re- muneration, with special reference to it's bearing on teaching profession In spring reading for teachers and oth- CTS. "A. l.. A Booklist. 1 Fiction. Between the lines by Boyd Cable. "A series of vivid sketches of what is going on between the lines in the western theater of war, and also what may be read between lines of official despatches. They are real and vivid and so touched with humor that they are not painful reading. g.''-Living age. Beyond the frontier. by Randall Par
 riSh.
 "This time is about 1880. A nob1y born French girl forced into marriage with an enemy of La Sale, and M. de Tonty furnish the chief characters, and a waterway journey from Quebec to Fort St. Louis, now Starved Rock, on the Illinois river. the setting. An interesting story, com bining love and hardship and thrills in plenty with some historic fact"-A L. A. Book list
 Eve Dorre, by Emily viele Strather
 "The heroine is the daughter of an American army officer who grows up in Paris"
 Tt is delightfully."- written with the direct simplicity of literary mastery. The spirit of youth pervades it, youth of gayety and tears and white ness of soul''-Catholic World
 But it makes, on the whole, an ur- 1 usual and wholesome little story hav- | ing such beauty and idyllic charm.'- | N. Y. Times.
 ''The story is replete with intimate ! and sympathetic descriptions of French family life, and affectionate pictures of the people of Paris and of French characteristics and institutions y."-Springfel Republican.
 * Little Iliad, by Maurice Hewlett.
 The "Helen' is Helena the Baron ess Won Broderode. She is pitied and loved by Hectory, by his three broth CTS and their father. each in his own way. The outline of the plot gives nothing of the book, which reveals all the authors well known mannerism, skill in characterization and amused of the situations he has L. A. Booklist.
  Maid of old Virginia, romance of
 Bacon's rebellion, by William
 Sage.
 Rogue by compulsion, an affair of
 the Secret Service, by Victor
 Bridges.
 Treasurer, by w. Dane Bank
 'The story of two marriages, one for love, the other for money"
 Our army cannot be made a real school for officers until it begins to
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

Congress will have to get away from it's two great stunts, CD praising the purely imaginary excellence of our defenses, CD eloquently pleading for a substantial appropriation for the purely imaginary conversion of Squash Hollow or Onion Creek into a naviga ble waterway. This matter of preparedness will not down and has to be gone through with.-New York Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

So long as Won Bethmann- Hollweg assures the world that Germany has plenty of everything in the way st foodstuffs, how can the Germans ex- pect the Allies to allow the shipment of milk and cream into their coun- try from the United States ?-Syra- Cuse Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

Sweden has had no American mail since January and more than sus- poets the British censor knows why. Yet neither Sweden nor the United States is at war with anybody Pittsburgh Dispatch.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

If this country does not enact tariff barrier to protect us from econ omic invasion by the world when the war of Europe is over, we shall have only a short time to live in our fools paradise.-New York Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

could our officers of the higher ranks be expected to handle large units with which they have never dealt be- fore except on paper? Our para mount military need is a regular army with minimum active strength of 250, 900. When we get that it will be time to decide about orea'7i7'-'-- -' serves of second and third line troops. New York Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

On the conscription issue there are still Britishers who believe it's better to sacrifice their liberties to Ger many than to their own government. -Binghamton Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

If we are afraid to fight the Mex icans if we prefer our ease and com fort more than doing those things by which we shall demand respect in Mexico, there is not the slightest req son for 'preparedness!" The time to act has come.-Philadelphi Star.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

Our army cannot be made a real school for officers until it begins to furnish complete facilities for modern
 training. Staff experience is the ripened growth of years How should be plunged into war, how
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

The greatest menace to interna- tional peace between the United States and Mexico is embodied in the attitude of the Texans along the bor- der. They have suffered greatly. The Texans know how to fight and they fear nothing. Most of the men along the border are gun men-not in the sense New York uses the term as meaning criminals, but men who are crack shots and carry the weapons that can do execution in region where the value of human life is held lightly but where personal honor" and national honor'' are warmly cherished. The Texans have never forgotten the Alamo.-Syracuse Jour- nal
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Whatever MT. Bryan has up his sleeve will soon pop out through his hat, as usual.-Boston Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

First, in Congress-; next, in Pork; and then in Right with his Country men.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

Treasurer, by w. Dane Bank ''The story of two marriages, one
 for love, the other for money"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

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New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

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New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-08
Seventy-nine Papal Bulls.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sfr: In
an editorial article, June 3, on Some
Benehcent Results OF the War" THE
SUN quotes from the recent reply OF the
Pope to the letter OF Louis Marshall
II others regarding the persecution Of
the Jews, that "as head OF tho Catholic
Church he agrees firmly with the belief
thai all men are brethren and ne teaches
them to love one another" or this YOU
say. This has been hitherto only n doc
trinc. but the fact that tho Supreme
PontiN has actually directed his clergy
in Poland to use their best endeavors to
put an end 10 the prosecutions Is a mar
vellous reversal of the policies Of his
predecessors"
The Jewish Encyclopedia" gives a
list OF se~venty-n!ne bulls relating to
Jews issued by the popes. of which
forty. by twenty-five different popes.
were favorable TO the Jews, They fur
nish ample proof that the Catholic pre-
cept of brotherly love has not been up
to now merely doctrinal and that Bene-
diet XIV. but followed the humane poll
Giles OF many of his predecessors.
BROOKLYN, June I. G. A. WEBER
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-08

rangements Of this keynote speech
which recalls the famous verses with
which the late ROLLIN NJ. SorIRi
adorned the facade Of our neighbor
the City Hall on the occasion of
General GRANTS funeral:
"He held aloft the sword Of FIRE,
A world watched envied nation,
When Victory sang while trembling
Kings
Respake our desolation.
y faltering marked the Titan's task,
No shrinking from tho trial;
lie faced tho foe ere Freedoms hand
Fell shattered from Times dial"
The Republican party may thank
the Junior Senator from Ohio for his
excellent Intentions and conscientious
rhetorical efforts, and ut the same
time hope that he Is to have no hand
in the literary construction of the
Republican platform.
As for Progressive Brother RoBiNs
in the other camp. his keynote job
was simple enough. Tho trouble with
his keynote does not come until No
vcmbcr, If It comes at all.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-08

He CSir WILLIAM R~oBERrsoS) could
not serve "a Secretary of State for War
without being raised TO the peerage or
occupying n seat in the House OF Com
mons.-London despatch.
Sir WILLIAM ROBERTSON, who has no
blue blood and began life asa footman
is becoming a problem to the nobility
and the governing class. terms almost
synonymous. lie might qualify for
Secretary of State for War by taking
a scat IN tho House OF Commons. a
~mediocrity retiring In his favor: but
though brewers and tradesmcn. pro-
vided they draw large checks for party
campaign funds, are ennobled, there
would be n determined stand against
admitting to the peerage n man who
had worn the uniform OF a footman.
The odds seem TO be against the
capable RoBERrsoN. Would It not, be
a petty subterfuge 70 squeeze him into
the House Of Commons? England
might as well raise him TO tho peer
~ now and have done with It. for (:
he survives tho war he will have to be
made "A lord with a grant Of money u
support the title.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-08
Satan's Practical Joke.

The Progressive party was founded
~ a protest against the steam roller.
During the last Presidential campaign
Bull Moose orators could not find
words sufficiently strong to express
fully their detestation of political
bosses. Party machines were attrib-
uted to the creative ingenuity OF
Satan and their eternal abolition was
m end to which the Progressives
pledged themselves.
1t has taken less than four years
Tor Satan to make the steam roller
the mos precious possession of the
Bull Moosers. What could they do
without II? Whenever 1t strikes n
gnag, all that Is needed to set 1t to
running smoothly again is a long dis
lance telephone message from Oyster
Bay. Never In the v~ariegated history
Of American political parties has there
been an organization SO supinely sub
missive to the will Of one man as the
Progressives Of 1916. Their steam
roller Is a juggernaut beneath which
the Bull Moosers throw themselves
with a fanatical ardor that would be
Uublime II It were not so Supremacy
Illogical.
And the party from which the Pro-
yressives revoltcd because OF It's sub
Uervience to the steam roller Is hold
Ing a convention today that Is to n
marked degree a free for all, go ms
you please affair, with the old fash
Soned type Of boss relegated to a con-
Alton Of innocuous desuetude.
There is a good deal Of the humorist
about Satan. He is cracking n fine
practical Joke mt Chicago by eliminat-
ing the steam roller from the Rcpub-
Ncan convention and making It the
most striking feature Of the Bull
Moose gathering.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-08
DetrOit's Convention.

While the elephant and moose had
their day at Chicago, on Wednesday,
the Holstcin cow had hers at De-
troit. The Hon. u. n. AITKES Of
Flint, Mich, president Of the Hol-
stcln-Friesian Association Of Amer
lea, spoke for the 3O0,OO members OF
that useful bovine breed that browse
in American pastures.
Gop made the cattle, and man has
made them better. A prize COW Of
not sd many years ago would grade
low to-day. "Type," ono established.
is preserved by constant care. tests
of conformity TO standards OF pro-
~ductiveness, size, vigor and hardness.
Fine cattle are fit creatures. success
full passers Of examinations more So.
we're and searching than those the
colleges or wen the recruiting ser
geants apply to candidates for their
Endorsement as scholars or soldiers.
A mature COW to he n champion
must produce more than forty-four
pounds Of butter In seven days, more
than 1.5OO pounds in n year. For n
~two-year-old the requirements are 81
and 200 pounds. \ New York COW,
Ormshy Jane Scgis Aggie. gave 1888
pounds Of butter fat IN one week Of
1915, but n Minncsotan. Duchess Sky
! lark Ormsby. made the record for tho
year with 1.oO5.O3 pounds of butter
| fat. Strange names good works.
, However, averages mean more than
champions records. The supcrintcn-
dent Of advanced registry. NJ. II.
| GARDNER Of Delavan, Wis. reports
1850 cows under test last year for
milk and butter yields, and their av-
erage in seven day product was 40S
pounds Of milk and LAO pounds Of
butter fat. Good butter. we are told.
IS So per cent. fat.
President ArTKES celebrated the
value OF milk MS a food: A quart of
milk is equal to eighteen cents worth
Of beefsteak, tw~enty-four cents worth
Of eggs or twenty-four cents worth Of
chicken. Be that as 1t may-compara-
tive statistics are not film, and meat
Is meat and milk Is milk but there
Is more nourishment In the assertion
Of this authority that the United
States can, by taking thought and
spending a little money, double It's
wealth in dairy products.
The Holstein-F riesian members OF
our community are an admirable Gle
ment in our population, md their ex-
ample Of industry and contentcdness
Is to be commended to all who have
hyphens in their makeup.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-08

There is the dickens 20 pay, on ac-
count OF existing International rcla-
tons. in connection with the naming
OF six newly discovered planets on the
outskirts OF our solar system How
TO chr!s;en these stellar strangers
without hurting the feelings e any
n of the warning nations IL the diff
ficult task that has devolved upon
President HiBRES and Professors RVS
SELL. and TEOwHRrDGE OF Princeton Uni
vcrsity. As tho names chosen have 10
be passed upon by an international
board OF astronomers sitting at Ber-
lin, the problem presented 10 the COM
m.ttec on astcroid nomenclature Is dif-
hcult. II Is not rendered easier by the
fact that astronomical usage makes II
necessary for the selected 10
be Of the feminine gender.
II would be possible. perhaps. to avoid
a~ntagonisms existing even among as
tronomers because OF the war by ee-
lcct'ng names from Americas fem
mine honor roll.