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New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
WHAT CARRANZA GOT.

] Some senator's some representatives, 1 and some newspapers, are just at 1 present engaged in a very nefarious | work, the reciprocal agree ment made by President Wilson with l General Carranza whereby troops are l border in pursuit of bandits. At the 1 same time some .of the men in the national Congess, aided and abetted by ! the jingo press, declare that the send ing of this punitive expedition against
 Villa and his troupe of bandits is the
 beginning of armed intervention in
 Mexico Care has been taken at the
 war department to specifically explain
 that this is the thought farthest from
 the administration mind. It is pure
 ly an expedition to punish an outlaw
 It will be no fault of the President
 or the American people if it deyolves into anything else. The Mexican peo- pie do not understand the motives that prompt the American action. Those warriors and political malcon- tents in Mexico are the ones who can and may stir up truoble,-not Amcri- cans.
 In order to set the critics right it
 may be we'll to examine more closely the exact meaning of the permission
 which Carranza received from the American government to send troops across our border in pursuit of bandits.
 Some fear the First Chief now has a chance to violate the Sovereignty of the United States at will, to chase all his enemies over the line. No such thing could happen under the agreement which says, in part, that the United States readily grants per mission for military forces of the de facto government to cross the in ternational boundary in pursuit of lawless bands of armed men who have entered Mexico from the United can soil, and fled into the United States, on the understanding that the de facto government of Mexico grants the recipiocal privilege that the mili- tary forces of the United States may pursue across the international l boundary into Mexican territory law l less bands of armed men who have l entered the United States from Mex leo, committed outrages on American soil and fled into Mexico"
 The salient, significant line of the whole agreement merely gives the de facto government permission to cross the border 'in pursuit of law less bands of armed men who have entered Mexico from the United States" As there is likely to be no such expeditions from this side of the border, Carranza gets little asked for it, and he got what he
 wanted. This stroke of diplomacy on the part of our State Department
 makes it possible for our boys who
 went across the border yesterday to
 pursue Villa with some degree of CO.,
 operation from the de facto govern
 ment The only thing to hamper i
 their progress will be open revolt in ]
 the ranks of the Carranzistas. If
 these soldiers desert the First Chief
 and join Villa their action cannot be
 attributed to an agreement that stands
 the acid test.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
Americans Abroad,
(Louisvtlle Courier-Journal.

Louisville Courier -Journal.) Newspaper readers mus have Deau impressed in this war with the ubiquity of Americans. Tn whatever direction the armies of Europe hava turned they have encountered ooI- onies of Americans. And wherever this has happened the Americans have appeared in the news as min isters of communities. It was so in Belgium during the first month of the war; later the Galician campaign produced its quota of Americans aid ing the destitute non-combatants 4n the cities of Poland In Serbia tho affair has been repeated. And now comes from Erzerum ncws that Americans there have done much to make conditions tolerable for the iu- habitants.
 Apparently no quarter of Europe or Asia is so remote as to have es-- capped penetration by Americans. Prior to the present war, news de- velopments in this or that cornGr of the world almost invariably con- tained word of American activity or one kind or another. It was so with the Armenian difficulties at Adana in 1909, and elsewhere in Asia These
  only in such excited circumstances as the present, but also in the quiet and normal life of the countries in times of peace. Thus in a recent volume on Balkan nationalism the author-not an American-turnS aside to mention the part of Americans in the pro- gress of the Balkans peoples during the last quarter of a century. ..-
 If there is cause for surprise at the extent of American penetration, there is cause, also, for gratification at the effect that must follow the works of Americans in the stricken countries. Friendships between peo- pies are made so, and not in foreign offices. Friendly relations that are solely creatures of opportunist dip- lomacy will not recommend them selves very highly to the people. of Europe after this war. Friendships and enmities will be more closely ex- amined by the awakened Europeans to learn if they rest on reason and reality, or are pure politics and fic- tions. In such an examination and reValuation America can scarcely fail to fare well in more than one coun- try.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
Civilization Saw fhe Lighf
 Or Banks of the Euph1ates

Washington, D. C., March 16.-!The Euphr9tes is the largest river in Vest ern Asia and civilization is reputed to have como into being upon it's banks. For six thousand years at least cm- pres have risen and fallen on it's plalI, Conquering armies nave lliafched to battle, and a hundred ci- 'leS nave come up out of the earth ana i2JIen into obliterate ruin again
 Descrlolng this great river as it lulls US seaWard course today, the Nauonal Geographic society, whose headquartcrs arc in this city says
 me Euphrates lays strong claim to the honor of being the most his lorlc rival on earth, and certain it is mat m the region it drains, along With it's twin sister, the Tigris, man llrSt cfnefges from behind that i'm penetra Die curtain which divides the NhoNh from the unknown past.
 from then henceforth civilizations nave risen and fallen nations have come and gone, cities of rare beauty nave ra1Scd their proud heads above the plain only to pass on into obliter- ate ruin.
 The Euphrates rises in two arms, flowing parallel to one another on the north side of Taurus mountain, through narrow valleys into which pour innumcrable small streams from the high Armenian plateau. The northermost of the two branches is the shortest, but it is generally regarded as the real source of the river It lies to the north of Erezum, while the longer branch passes it to the south.
 The two branches arc divided by the wild mountain district of Dersim.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
Where the Names Game From,
(The American Roy

CThe American Boy.)
 Once upon a time given names were the only names in use One was Tom, Dick or Harry, and that was all there was about it. Our present SurnameS arose from nicl1names. Thus Tom the Tailor became in time Tom Taylor and his deccndants used Tay- Tor as a family name. The most fla miliar of our surnames were taken from Smiths, Bakers, Brewers, etc Many men, moving to new towns had the name of the place from which they had come fastened upon them Others took names like Pope, King and Bishop, from playing those parts in plays. Hogg and Bacon are sim pie. Purcell developed from pourceI. meaning little pig. Gait and Grice are old dialect words of the same meaning. Tod meant fox, Fritchie was pole cat, and so the keen student of language traces the beginnings of our names in the old dialects. Some of the nicknames were originally dis tinctlN unCom plimentary, as Seely for silly, Cameron for crooked nose, and Kennedy for ugly head. Grace de- veloped from gras or fat.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
). MCMILLAN 189-20f-203 MAIN STREET.

issued to new juvenile readers in any one month of this closing library year was 165. The first ten days or the present month brought in 162 new readers. The shelves in tho Children's room are more in evidence than the books. An yet people find fault with us because we do not buy more genealogies! They should re- member that children may in time become ancestors, and to be worthy ones should be introduced early to the virtues bred in q book"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

After uniting, they form the Eu- pirates proper, which boldly breaks it's way through the mountains by zigzag course that carries it now to the right and now to the left. Now 1t flows for thirty miles at right angles to it's general course, nen sixty miles parallel to it, and then 180 miles at right angles again, as though 1t were headed for the Mediterranean sea. Then it winds to the south for eighty miles.
 Here it takes up its general trend to the southeast and with lnnumer- able sharp windings and bends, but with only few broad curves, it heads it's way to the sea. The air line dis tance of the remotest spring of the Euphrates from the sea is only 800 miles, and yet its waters must travel 1900 before they reach the sea.
 "In the last 1,200 miles of it's course the Euphrates is slow and sluggish, wandering all over the land when it has opportunity, making that winch it touches a marsh and that which It cannot reach q desert.
 Its fall during the last 1900 miles IS only ten inches to the mile and 1t broadens out so much that while IL contains enough water to float the greatest battleship, it is so shallo" that at places a swimmer cannot tloat in 1t.
 ''The river promises to rise this year at a time exactly suited to the needs of the armies fighting on it's banks.
 '1t'is beginning it's annual rise this month and will reach its maxlmum in May. When at it's flood stage 1t IS navigable and can play an important part in military operations.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
"Hc Never Made Anybody Crv..
 (MCridcn Record

He never made anybody cry"
 With those words an old minister pronounced a culogy over the circus clown "Slivers" who died a few days ago for love of an outcast. He wasn't strong enough to battle with life after the girl he loved had repeatedly shown a thlessness. He took gas because life no longer held any charm for him, but while he did live he performed ;t mission--he made peo- pie laugh.
 Nobody knew who he was. Nobody cared He distracted their minds, he entertained them. 'Ile never made anybody cry." d distinction mighty few people achieve and one for which one should justly he appreciated If only more people would see the in,- portanco of not making people cry this old world would be a more tol- crabe place in which to live.
 One might have worse cpita,h than the tribute. He never made anybody cry"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16


 Wyck Brooks
 Essays, which trace in our social, literary, and political life the two forces, which, as yet have not mingl- ed-the "IIighbroW'' or the acquisi- ton of culture and the "LoWbrow'' or the acquisition of money. Tt has the quality we should wish our conVersa- ton to have if we were happy, clever people living in spacious world" Now Republic. Fear God and take your own part,
 by Theodore Roosevelt. Maze of the nations and the way out,
 by G. G. Atkins.
 Educational. American literature, by Leon Kcl}- Critical sketch by an Austrian university professor, designed for German readers. Useful to high school teachers.''--A. l.. A. Booklist Art of the story-teller, by M. L.
 Sherlock
 "One of the best books on story telling, written from the authors own NlOc cApeflcllCS, IlclllN lllioLlnt'@O wit1S anecdotes and quotations from literature. "A. L. A. Booklist.
 
 Bryan.
 Encyclopedia of Sunday schools and
 religious education, volumes.
 Reference room. Every day problems In teaching, by
 M. v. O'Shea
 Object lessons for the cradle roll,
 bv Frances Weld Danielson. "A series of ffty-two lessons which will enable the parent or teacher 10 instruct little children in the home, using as aids the things that arc most prominent in the little child's' world. .''-Publishers Note. Penny lunch, by s. ". Maury and
 l.. l.. Tachau.
 "A description of the plan worked out in the Normal school, I1ouis- vi11e Kentucky. Suggestive to all who are attempting to serve food as q low cost to large numbers A l., i A. Booklist
 Practical conduct of play, by II. $.
 Curtis. to practical suggestions and 1nforma- tion of use to the playground dlreC- tor in his daily work. Contains helps on how to organize and finance a playground association. A. l.. +A. BOOkliSt. Rural Denmark amt US schoolS, py
 H. w. Foght. "Rcsult of d first hand investiga- lion of Danish life and rural schools made with the hope that some fea- lures might be used in improving ru- ral education hcrc.'-A. l.. A. Book list. scout law in practice. by A. A. Carey. "A book for scout masters "A. l.. A. Booklist Story of Wellesley, by Florence Con-
 verse. "'The material. drawn from many 1 sources. is we'll chosen and combined; ! the style. makeup and illustrations 1 are attra ctive. Of interest mainly to l girls who are thinking of college A. l.. A. Boollist Teaching of biology in secondary !!
 schools by F. F. Lloyd and M. l
 A. Bigelow.
 Teaching of history in elementary 1
 and secondary schools, by Henry l
 Johnson
 "Because of the authors broad l scholarship, his professional insight, and his clear and untechnlcal pres entation of his material, his work will be of great value to all history teach CTS from the elementary school l through the university. ."-History Teachers Magazine.
  Teacher and the school by C. P
 Colgrove.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
Alcohol At Yale.
idgeport TcleSra m.

tbFlNSepOft lClcSIdlti')
 Out of 140 members of the Vale senior class who confess to drinking intoxicants, 54 acquired the taste for alcohol while at college. Here IS great chance for moralistS, "ctnrln2Ts end prohibitionists, to draw a false conclusion. If Yale were 'prep" school it would be a bad record. But the students at Yale are of the age, or approaching it, when,"e under the law they have a right to drink liquor. That only "A avalled themselves of this ught is a very rem 9rkah'e show ing. How about the prCraratOr schools that educa ted 96 minors in the charms of booze?
 Yale students dabbling in etynlol- ooy learned that kohol was the name Of black powder with which Arab women used to darken their eve brows. "Al' was the prefix, and al kohol" (meanng the kohol''D came into use as a word meaning fine es sence. From a word meaning dry powder, it came to be a word mean ing something very wet, speaking fl or the viewpoint of whistles. The word really came into general usage m it's present sense in the 18th cen tury For a time it was @erE nopu- lar in colleges, as attest the Yale grad" who recently bemoaned the day when. after the Harvard game, jhc Yale seniors used 10 "cone roar lng down to Morey's drunl: with booze and victory'' But those days are sane. end alcohol, both as a dackoner of women's eyebrows and fuddler Of students brains is losing its ap- peal.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
lkE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.

SNow that the United States Senate 8s seen fit to unanimously approve A joint resolution to bring the Ab1le army up to its full fighting Mength, the pacifistsa and peace-at-
 -price men may we'll give thought 8the reasons that led-fo such action. 8e House had previously passed the #olution with but one dissenting Me. thaEsof Meyer London, the Social 8c member from New York. who
 pbabfy voted against it because of 2 inborn political faith and not from sloyafky. Even Meyer London, the cts e6 whose political party forbid sn to believe in war, must know that B United States must be prepared s the worst in Mexico, must be in a Aition to meet adverse circum- Anees, that mi ght arise out of fur
 r revolution in the ranks of the
 Eranzistas. If Villa has done noth- s more he has shown the United s tes that it must be ever ready to
 bel invasions, to uphold the dignity s1 honor of it's citizens and it's flag Taking all the circumstances that # up to the sending of our troops Spursuit of Villa it is readily seen
 At the United States has never
 slrted such an expedition, that it has
 bn ever loath to use it's armed Bees against the man Villa or the lalntry Mexico. The pacifsts must slsider all this. Those patrons who @ant the requiem, "I didn't raise my
 AH to be a soldier" must know that @ some instances it is a good thing x raise a boy to be soldier. The Eve boys in khaki who swung over #b line yesterday to avenge, if they @l. the deaths of their fellow citizens End as living proof of the falsity of z zeh a, doctrine of weakness and hu .lity. If we had no such lads in the .vice the entire international boun Nry between Mexico and the United .ates would be ever the scene of N1rder and pillage. More than that would be pushed and showed ever Hrthward until our refuge would be Fer the line into Canada. We can at court war, but we cannot stand H V by and see our rights violated by Hery outlaw and bandit who wishes heap outrage upon outrage on the Enerican people. Villa persisted In
 s outlawry because the powers that in his own land could not prevent s forays. He stabbed at the United .ates because he had been led to be- i've that we would not strike back. this respect he is like a good many hers greater than he in the uni srse. This lesson must be impressed bon Villa and all who have like pre- Insities. "The United States does bt court war; but when war is thrust
 bon her she fights"
 DO Il Nl1ld Dy SIll11llS Ool CoiiSL CFoS
 hd our people to action has succeed in impressing on the minds of Rme men that the United States is huent only up to a given point, we
 light forgive him in some measure lr the dastardIy deeds he has conn fitted. although we will want him, had or alive. Without our fault we lust go over the border to get him. our fault we may some day 5 called upon to line up on that same order and defend the nation from an tack by a greater and bigger force lan villas. Therefore it is but just nd reasonable that we must pre- are. We must be ready to meet the Leyitabie. Like death, war comes as
 thief in the night.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

we suggest early choosing from our cafefuIly selected stock of Under. garments. This store is looking for ward all the time keen to discover Instructions that might impede Is progress, even the little things are moi ignored, for it is the little things ths round out a business and make ser vice" more perfect.
 Eyes are front here always.
 CORSET COVERS Lace and Hamburg trimmed, more than twenty styles to choose from, Gt 25c, 49c, 9Sc each.
 SHORT SKIRTS
 49c Each.
 LONG SKIRTS
 9Sc to S2.9S Each. Lace and Hamburg trimmed in a. big variety.
 SPECIAL ATTENTION is paid to the quality of Lace and Embroideries used In trimming our Undermuslins dainty, exclusive kinds that we know will look right after laundering.
 DAINTY GOWNS 75c to $450 Each. (ReaI Gems.)
 ENVELOPE CHEMISE
 75c to $1.9S Each.
 COMBINATIONS ?
 98c to $2.49 Each.
 WINDSOR CREPE GOWNS
 8Sc Each. Tn white, pink and light blue.
 CREPE COMBINATIONS In Corset Cover and Drawer style, 9Sc each.
 CREPE DE CHINE and WASHABLE
 SATIN Covers, CamiSoleS, Gowns and En- velope Chemise, priced 98c to $4.50 each. SILK CAMISOLES and COVERS
 49c Each. White and ColorS.
 "MARCELLA" COMBINATIONS Priced 9Sc to $1.9S Each. For which we are exclusive dis tributers for New Britain. EMERALD GREEN NECKWEAR For St. Patrick's Day, Middy Ties, Crepe de Chine Ties Windsor Ties, narrow Crepe Silk Ties, Green Rib bons in all widths. St. Patrick Post Cards and Booklets for mailing, etc.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

When the Rev. Billy Sunday char acterizes women who play cards TOT prizes as "black legged gamblers he leaves himself open to criticism from those who have been following the styles. Short skirts, high boots' and
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

More than thirty-five per cent of the 325 members of the Yale senior class wear glasses, but while this shows that many of the seniors arc short-sighted only twenty-five Of thsm admit that they are engaged. d.-BoSton Globe.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

An oficeholder who thirsts TOT praise sometimes has to resign to get it.-Atlanta Constitution.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

It is a mansion when you arc hraS- ging to your friends and capln when the assessor comes g.-Ph1lauel- pllia Telegraph.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

Nobody is pinning any medals on MT. Mann for his "lCadersh1p' of the house min nority.-Boston Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

Recent events in the Vlcln Verdun show why tho first eAPc''lliu,. from Berlin to Paris was perSoii''i' conducted through Belgian tclll'oi' New York World
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

a+ Isliy tSunday eXcepted) at 4:15 D. m. ae herald Building, e Church st.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

We cant see the Douma holding up any of the czar's supreme court ap- pointm ts.-Indianapols News.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
FACTS AND RANCHES.

A house divided against itself should Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

'7ssred oy carrier to any part of the city W io cents Week, G5 Cents a Month zse1lpIlo for paper to be sent by mall
 ICY aple Tn advance, 60 Cents a Month
 S1.o0 a Year.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

egrsa at the Post Office at New Britain
 ss second Class Mail Matter
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

It is interesting to watch the growth of library privileges; or, shall we say, the slow recognition of readers rights. It seems but a few years since librarians meetings solemnly discussed the issueing of an extra card so that he. who was we'd ded to his novel might take an addi- tional book of non-fiction. Some of our readers will remember the large blue card which the Institute adopt ed The librarian will never forget the jar to her satisfaction produced by reader, who had taken out history every week for several months, one whom the new privilege seemed to be leading from the f1owery meadows of fiction to new height of thought
 Then the day nature reasserted herself "Why do I have to take out these things, I never read them ?' The next revolution was in the best library circles was to offer the reader all the non-fiction he would carry home Later two books of fiction were timidly permitted. The skies not falling. a few libraries, among them the New York Public Library, now issue six books of fiction on one charge The Institute isn't in the van of progrcss. We issue two books of fiction on a card and non-fiction at the discretion of the librarian who understands the relation of demand and supply.
 Probably library rules" will in time simmer down to this declara- ton of principles" we are here for public use, all that we have is for your use, but we cannot. and you must not, forget that you" are a I multitude and that we must appor- ton the means to the end"
 
 The children arc flocking in now -a-days. The highest record for cards
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

Among the historic s1eses O. hi'tui' must be included Port Arth"l' ,. anople, Przemysl and the pop-il o1;+ioi,,r aro11nd Justice Hughes.- Meriden Journal
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

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