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New Britain herald., 1916-09-23
COLLEGE MEN IN POLITICS.

Eli the days to come politics will Se on a different complexion. Col
 5 men are going in for this sort
 thing just as they formerly became #nusiastic over golf and country #5s after leaving their alma mater. %e big men who play the game today &come the advent of the men from d great educational institutions into ' political arena. There is no state he country, perhaps, where this is
 rue as it is in Connecticut. At the #aing elections in November there II be a greater number of college
 an voting than ever before in the Rory of the state. This is so for 8eral reasons. There is an unusually |Sge number of young men who are 8lified by reason of age to cast their &t vote. There has also been in the
 kt four years an added attraction
 college men in politics.
 #ohn Hays Hammond, one of the #nous engineers of the nation, and Sssident of the National Republican
 ague has always been the champion #coIlege men and their ideals. For
 past eight years he has been Binding away at that one idea,-the 31ege man in politics. He claims it *aot only the duty of the college men Renter politics, but terrible outrage &thfs is not done. Nor does he ad- Kate one party or the other. The Kin thing it to get the young grad #es interested. With college men 4ed ID on the side of Republicanism x d Democracy the two great parties 8I be better fitted to battle against *rh other. Mr. Hammond looks at
 thing in this light: Every motive patriotism and self-interest urges &lege men to active participation in &litics. It is suicidal for them to de- 1 CT the conduct of public affairs $tirely into the hands of the unedu- 8ted vote. How do they expect the boring man to vote intelligently if Se college graduates pay no attention the matter and make no effort to 8plain, as they see it, the right and #rong of legislation and party action &do not care which side he is on 4ery graduate should get out and
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 Il All political parties make mistakes his government is not perfect by any &eans When it is we may expect the But government will ap- #oach nearer to the ideals set for il linen who devote four honest years al 8ady take an active interest in the alblic questions of the day and en- &yhten their less fortunate brothers I, the problems of the hour. Many en vote party tickets without know 2 why they do so. Many are aligned 2ith one or the other political party 2ithout having the least idea wha
 Jose parties represent. The ignoran
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

White came into national recognitioR
 as writer of power and helped to de- velop independence in journalism.
 He was of the era that brought news papers from subservience into full self-respect and increased influence. Speaking at the memorial service for the founder of The Daily Repubiican$ held in Springfield Jan. 23, 1878, Mfr. White said: MT. Bow1es was the pioneer and leader of independent journalism in the United States. He made the experiment in an inland town, in the midst of a population overwhelmingly republican in politics. Re made it under the most adverse circumstances, against the most in veterate prejudices, and yet wita$ most triumphant success"
 MT. White never abandoned the freedom of independence in politics to which he grew in 1872. Tn that year he attended the liberal republt~s can national convention in Cincinnati, and in 1876 he was a leader In the reform conference in New York city that was attended by men like Presi- oent Woolsey of Yale, Carl schurz, Gen. Francis A. Walker, President Seelye of Amherstf1 pr. J. G. Holland, David A. Wells and Col. T. w. Hig- ginson. That was the first of the gatherings that then and in after years helped to promote independent political thinking and action in this country.
 In 1883 Horace White became iden- tified with the New York Evening Post and as editoral writer and edi- tor-in-chief for score of years wield- ed an influence that was of the high est value. He retired from active newspaper work in 1908, but through his writing and personal activities still rendered public service. He was an authoritative writes on f1nancialw subjects and a full man regarding everything that related to the politics and life of his time. Younger men cf independent leanings in the news |: per offices and outside looked to lis opinions as they used to wait fouG the utterance of Carl Schurtz, George William Curtis and James Russell Lowell. The country owes much to the life and work of this accom- plished and high-minded editor and citizen. A.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23
COMMUNICATED
Should Encourage Rather Than Re. press Efforts of Young Folk
 to Attain Ideals.
76 Franklin Square, New Britain, Conn.

76 Franklin Square, New Britain, Conn. Sept. 21, 1916. To the Editor of the Herald: Will you permit me, through your paper, to express my surprise at the position taken by the School Board in its advertisement last Wednesday night?
 It seems to me a mistake to charge any fee for attendance at the Voca- tional school. It is fair to assume that the young people who will at tend the evening sessions are at work during the day. Their efforts at self should be encouraged rather than re- pressed, and to make and charge for instruction, however slight, is to render a commendable ambition so much the more difficult of attainment.
 Why reverse our old and well-tried policy of having education as easily available as possible?
 Why discriminate against those who by the fact of employment, are de- barred from the advantages of the day sessions of our new Vocational High school?
 Doubtless the School Board has a reason for its-shall we say revolu- tionary-procedure. May we hope to learn, through the Herald, what that reason is.
 CHARLES N. HUBBARD
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

It is interesting at this day to look back and think of what might have happened had not the President pre- vented the nationwide strike sched- uled for Labor Day. Suppose the President had let the men go ahead ton, who would be hollering loudest? The same people who are condemning Wilson for preventing the strike.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23
THREE MEXTCANS.

One thing which the conferences at New London have succeeded in doing is the chasing of a constant American bogey. The caliber of the three com- missioners representing Mexico at the joint conference is an eye-opener to many of our own people. There are those who think of all Mexican men in these terms: They wear broad wide sombreros; loose fitting shirts; trousers f1ayed at the bottom; shoes at whose heels dangle spurs; and they everlastingly smoke cigarettes and flash daggers from their sparkling black eyes, while at the same time seeking an opportunity to stab some- one In the back.
 Instead of the aforementioned type, those who stroll through the lobby or railways of the Hotel Griswold at New London and are suddenly con- fronted with any of the three Mexican commissioners would be hard put to tell them from any American or South American gentleman With the exception that they carry the in evitable olive drab complexion of the southern people and talk with a de- lightful accent, either one of the three might be mistaken for an ] American. And this is easily under stood when 1t is considered that one of the number is a graduate Of the assachusetts Institute of Technology ing the American manner at the font of culture here,-Boston. This man | is no bandit. He is a scholar and a l gentleman, as are his compatriots
 New London the lone triumvirate representing gentility and finish in their country. Almost every Ameri-
 can college, no matter how small can
 show a student from Mexico paying
 his way handsomely, and typical o1 all the nob1er traits of the ole
 Castilian gentlemen. These men a New London have served to remind Ameflcans that sometimes the utter ences against Mexico have been hasty
 and ill-advised. These men know
 just as much about what should b, | done as most of our street corner
 advisors or road house orators, and
 better than all, they have a profound love for their country Because o1 these things the real American people
 will patiently await the outcome O.
 the joint conference trusting that il
 the end satisfa ctory agreement vii l be reached.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

Sam Blythe, the old political war horse of literature, is telling this story about a western man who, after hearing Charles Evans Hughes speak was asked what he thought about the candidate. "The speech was all right said the Westerner, 'but Hughes looks to me like a man who if he were not a candidate, would vote for Wilson, Even whiskers are not deceiving.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Recipe for getting ill: Select the least of your aches, microscop opically examine it with worry as your lens, seek to dissolve it in any and all drugs that are handy, fail in the attempt, then see a doctor and allow him to persuade you that you are over worked.-Paterson Press Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23
It is regarded as probable that the

It is regarded as probable that the chair in philosophy at Harvard Uni versity, made vacant by the death O Prof. Royce, will be offered to tF Hon. Bertrand Russell, the English pacif1st professor who was dismiss from Cambridge University because 0 his objections to conscription. Alp, parently the sound view prevails al the American university that a col lege professor may exercise certa freedom of opinion without interfer- ence with his classroom work.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

This indeed is a pertinent question: DO the voters of the country under stand what it means to have the con- trol of Congress pass again into the hands of such men as Penrose of Pennsylvania, Warren of Wyoming, Gallinger of New Hampshire, Shoot of Utah. Curtis of Kansas. etc?
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

The Epitaph-Cutters' union has de- cided that it. will have a lot of work to stencil. or \rubber-stamp, or what ever they do to stone, few sentences to have ready on demand. One cpl taph, for joy-riding chauffeurs' IS sell ing especially well lately: "The own ar of the car said he had not given this man permission to use the car. New York Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23
A. l.. Benson, socialist candidate for

A. L. Benson, socialist candidate for president has been complaining that the newspapers have failed to pay suf- ficient attention to what folks of that political party are doing. The fact that the socialist candidates are to be notified of their nominations at a ral- lv in Madison Square garden in New York on Sunday will help to bring publicity-Springfiel Republican.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23
CircumstantiaI Evidence.
(Life).

Judge-You deny having a knowledge of the affair, and ysel description fits you exactly - full face, a wonderful f1gnra feet
 "Oh, judge, I'll tell it."
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

tered at the Post Offce ar New Britain
 as Second Glass Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

ned daffy Sunday excepted) at A:ts ?. na-.
 at Herald Building. 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietora
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

only profitable advertising meItum In rhe city. Circulation books and press room always open 10 aovertfsers-
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

Admittedly. the intersection of Church and Elm streets is dangerous for traffic. yet the placing of a turn to the right traffic post there hardly seems the right solution. This is not
New Britain herald., 1916-09-23

Public corporations and public off, 7lals are always open and subject to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
Lack of Ideals

There are tendencies of the age that every
true man should resist; not to overwhelm
them, perhaps, but to confne them to their
proper sphere. For instance, the tendency
toward amusements has gone mad. 1t is all
right within reason and holds itself out as
the main purpose in life. Many people are
not happy unless they are amused. They
scarcely have room for a serious thought.
The reality of the ideal is not inside their
comprehension. They abuse sports, shows,
dances, cards, etc., by making them the
end of life. Such course destroys person
atty and the public spirit. No man or
woman who believes in true progress or
has a respect for religion will train in that
habit. They will be positive for the right,
the good and the pure. The sin of the age
Is the lack of noble ideals and the fear Of
standing up for them. This does not imply
obstlnacy, but regard for things that are
real and moral. There is no religion worth
the name that does not embrace this senti-
ment.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
Too Late

1t is never too late.
OF all the fear-forged falsehoods that
shackle the human spirit one of the crueleSt
is implied in those two words: TOO late!'
Among souls nothing is irrevocabe.
We men and women who are alive live
about on this earth, little glowing sparks of
divinity.
There is no rain of circumstance can put
US out There is no iron heel Of catastro-
phe or malice that can cover and crush US.
If have wasted my youth, well, have
yet my life, which still can be shaped to
my will. If have missed an education in
the proper schools, the school of days is
is always open, the school of spare hours,
of running time; will attend, with myself
as master, inoomitable, with myself as in
satiable pupil.
What are the habits? l make them. l
can break them. If it hurts l will not
whimper. will take myself in hand.
All about the walls of my room will
write: 81 can. can. can. can"
will not weep, nor 60 with those who
weep, over lost opportunities. For every
opportunity lost can find ten ne" ones.
Said Oliver Schriner: cit is never too
late for the soul of man. DR.. Frank
Crane
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

Most people are in the manufacturing
class. If they want an excuse they make IL.
Again our boys demonstrated last Satur-
day that they can beat any team in making
errors.
Talk about doing a rushing business.
Mr.. Nelson distributed more than 1000
uniforms in two days.
The yard crew was kept busy during
the entire week carting away rubbish and
cinders back of the foundry.
Christian Science services were held in
the Auditorium last Sunday morning and,
as usual, were we'll attended.
Last Saturday was an ideal day for
baseball and good many visitors took ad-
vantage of the weather and enjoyed the
game on our big diamond.
Any of the new arrivals who has some
knowledge in the art of singing or PLAYING
musical instrument should make it known
to the Musical Director.
The second box of new books for the
library are on hand and they are still better
than the first; by New Year we will have
library we all can feel proud of.
The first meeting of the local Chau-
tauqua circle was huge success. All bust
ness finished up and two good papers read
aud the program outlined for the coming
year. Now lets all work together with a
will. With the present material we should
make things boom.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
II Don't Care"

Many people fall into the mistake of be-
ieving that the expression, 81 don't care"
is a satisfactory way of handling matters.
81 don't care" is the parent of carelessness,
and careless folks never prosper. As long
as you are in the world you are of it, and
you must do your part in the affairs of man.
kind, to accumulate any of the benefits
derivable from the forward march of civili-
zasion. 81 don't care never built gigantic
railroads, steamships or massive buildings;
neither did the 81 don't care spirit have
anything to do with the wonderful progress
made in things electrical nor adj one iota
to the wealth generating industries of the
past fifty years.
Boys if you find yourselves saying 81
don't care" very frequently, call a halt on
this attitude. Get out of the rut. Put the
spur under your ambitions, resolve to fight
this thought as you would fight against bad
habi,s, bad companions or any other in
furious thing. Know that you have to live
your own life, what you do or leave undone
has its effect upon your existence. No team
could ever win game OF baseball if they
entered the contest with an 81 don't care"
spirit. You must care all the time in every.
thing you do, "what is worth doing at all
is worth doing WE'LL" If you plant 81
don't care your harvest will be ''care."
81 don't CARE will never get you any
where
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
Visitors Capture Another
Game
Continued from page u


Savannah hit Fan on the arm and he
went to second on battery error. A
passed ball put Fan on third, Lee struck
out. Savannah threw out Con. Fan
foolishly took a long lead off third and was
run down by Byers and six other athletes.
No runs, no hits, NO errors.
9th: Rowland out, Will to Con. Byers
grounded to Viii but was safe at second
when Con let the throw get away into the
crowd. Dahl singled scoring Byers.
Underwood singled to right putting Dahl
on second. Anderson hit to Lee who
tried for double, throwing to second. 1t
was a perfect throw, but Fan let it glide
through him. Dahl scoring and Underwood
going to third. 1t was a xlaring misplay.
Alvin out. Fan to Con. Lehrer was safe
when Bush booted his grounder and Un-
derwood scored, also Anderson. Berger
out. Viii to Con. Four runs, two hits,
three errors.
Dale, batting for Bush. struck out.
Wag duplicated the act Will walked and
was then caught stealing. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
My Wealthy Friend

| have friend who once was broke,
Then he considered lite a joke,
He filled the air with gladstone song
And no one laughed so loud or long.
1t was a JOY to meet him then,
He was tonic TO sad men,
But fortune stepped around by stealth
And thrust upon him sudden wealth.
He comes to see me now and then,
l wish he'd never come again,
For now he talks of naught but gloom,
Or properties that will not bloom.
He talks so much along this line,
And puts up such bitter whine
That when he leaves my humble door,
Ny feet are chilled, my heart is sore.
MORAL
Tho wealth will buy you many things,
And luxury in plenty brings,
You cannot take it to the mart
And buy a glad contenred heart.
The Castle.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
Why Not Be Friendly

Less than a third of the people in the
average American neighborhood are natives
In thousands of cases practically all the
population was born elsewhere. So why
stand off when some one moves in from an
other sectionf Why be niggardly with
neighborliness? OF course one may make an
oct asional mist AXE, but for every undesir-
able acquaintance we find several good peo-
pie worth knowing. You, your neighbor
and the newcomer are problems of your
community, and as each of you may be the
other two the problems ought to be simple.
IT you are an Older resident greet the new
conner. There is double blessing in
welcome. In giving you get.
If you are newcomer-well, your duty
was never better stated than in the words Of
Ruskin:
cit is a good and safe rule to sojourn in
any place as if you meant to spend your
life there, never emitting an opportunity of
doing kindness or speaking true word
or making FRIEND"
The way to fill the lonesome hours is to
be friendly.,-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
My Brother

Am l my brothers keeper Through the
years,
The long, slow years, each with its crowd
ed page,
From that dark morning of earth's first
told age,
This question comes unanswered to our
Yet must each soul make answer in that
day,
When naked it before the Judge shall stand i,
And know that he who but wtholds his
hand
Is guilty of the deed which he might stay.
Thou art thy brothers keeper. Thine the
sin,
And on thy soul his lost years all shall
weigh,
If thou strive not his faltering steps to win
To some safe path, from which he may not
stray.
Thou art thy brothers keeper. Oh, take
heed;
To will is not enough, be thine the deed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
Here And There

Here an there teardrop,
Here an there a song,
Here an there hand reached
Just to help you long
Shadow deep a-hlttin'
Right afore your way,
But always comes a somethin'
Keeps you middlin' gay.
Here an there desert,
Here an there a flower,
Here an there the sunlight
Breakin' thro' a shower.
Summer skies of azure,
Winter skies of gray,
But always comes somethin'
Keeps you middIin' gay.
Here an there the cruel,
Here an there the kind,
Here an there a birds song
Floatin' down the wind.
Very strange the mixture
Life gives every day,
But always comes a somethin'
Keeps you middlin' gay.-Es.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
The Obligation of Friendship

You ought to be inc for the sake of the
folks
Who think you are fine,
If others have faith in you doubly you re
bound
To stick to the line.
It's not only on you that disnonor
descends,
You can't hurt yourself without hurting
your friends.
You ought to be true for the sake of the
folks
Who believe you are true.
You never should stoop to deed that
your friends
Think YOU wouldn't do.
If you're false to yourself, be the blemish
but Small,
You have injured your friends; you We
been false to them all.
For friendship, my boy, is bond be-
tween men
That is founded on truth;
1t believes in the best of the ones that
it loves,
Whether old man or youth,
And the stern rules it lays down for me
and for You
Is to be what our friends think we are
through and through.
detroit Free Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19

Slated for Bush in ninth.
SUMMARY;-Left on bases: Visitors A.,
NJ. S. p. 5. First on errors: Visitors 5.
Stolen bases: Anderson, Alvin 2, Fan,
Lee. Two base hits: Berger, Lew, Wag.
Double plays: Dahl to Byers to Rowland,
Lee to Fan, Bush to Fan to Con, Lee to
Con. Struck OUT by Savannah 9, by Lee
I. Bases on balls: off Savannah 2, off Lee
2. Hit by pitcher: by Savannah; Brad,
Bush, Fan; by Lee; Alvin. Passed balls
Byers 2, Wag 8. Time of game, 2:O5.
Umpire. Mcdonald. Attendance, 95s.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
Another World
adjournment.
S., Secy.

1t is pleasant for me to believe in resur-
rection. l have no more doubt thar shall
live again than have that live to-day. l
have no more doubt tina, | shall in another
have known them here. | do not know
just what kind of a body am going to
have-and l do not care. have had seven
already according to the scientists. The
scientists say that the body changes every
seven years-if that is true, now have my
eighth. l had a baby's body, and then a
boys. and young mans body; and then
| changed again and again and again.
do not know what kind of body God is
going to give me in the next world, but I
can trust Him, and l waste no time specu-
lating, He can give me any of the bodies
have had if He wants to, and l will do
the best can to use it; but know that He
will give me the kind of body need.
There is an invisible something in grain
of wheat that can discard the body that we
see, and from earth and air build new
body, so much like the old one that we
cannot tell the one from the other, and
know that if that invisible something in
that grain of wheat can pass unimpaired
through thousands of resurrections, my
spirit can clothe itself with body suited to
its new existence, when this frame of mine
shall crumble to dust.-William J. Bryan.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-19
w. B. BOURNE

Mr.. w. B. Bourne, who for several years
was Office Manager at this institution, died
Tuesday morning, Oct. 10th. at St. Luke
hospital in St.Paul.
The funeral was held from his home in
ST. Paul, last Thursday afternoon at one
O'Clock, interment being made at Red Wing,
MINI.
The following were the pail bearers
E. G. Williams, G.. D. Soubier, X. b.
McPheties, H. w. Parker, f. W. Owen
and w. F. Macintosh.