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New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
Girls Are Funny That Way.
(AtchisOn Globe

A girl with a stunning figure, big brown eyes, peach-like complexion and wavy black hair lovely enough to become the bride of a prince, stood around the Union station today watching and waiting. Finally her face became illuminated; a spindly, weak-eyed, undersized young man slouched in sight; homely enough to stop clock. The two talked, and every one In while the princess-like girl dabbed her eyes with a handker- chief. At last a train puffed in under the station shed. The young man waved an indifferent good-by to the beautiful creature who chung to him sobbing, until he boarded the train, and was carried swiftly away. Is he her brother, her cousin, or her uncle :? No, he is her beau. Girls are the funniest things in the world.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
BE CAREFUL.

New Britain standing as it does on 1e main line of travel from New York many places in New England must Ft up every precautiOn against an |vasion of infantile paralysis. Be- b use of an epidemic in the metro- Plis many persons have taken their pildren away from there and plan to pend the remainder of the summer in B is vicinity. It is therefore an urgent Rcessity that the people of this city Bercise every care.
 HSo far this year New Britain has Bt been visited by the dread disease. Vt, the health department warns Sere is no immunity from so easily #nmunicable scourge and advises parents to keep children who zPw symptoms of fretfulness, &C., #npanied by feverish condition, |Rrt from their playmates for a few
 9s. The department is prepared to Nbck the first onslaught of infantile Malysis should 1t make it's appear
 Re. The people should be on the set, and follow instructions already sAsu.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
Time to Harvest the Weed Crop.
(Waterbury Democrat.)


 Weeds are a tax on agriculture. They cost the country millions of dollars annually. And they take an extra toll from Uncle Sans annual income through their effect on the general health, but just how much weeds hamper human efficiency, has not been reduced to dollars and cents. The professional hay feverite who loses his two or three weeks regularly every summer is not the only victim of the weed. Summer colds, rose fever and similar catarrhal afflictions may limit a mans capacity for eff caused by nothing seemingly more important than pleasant breeze. The danger comes when that chance wind blows over somebody's weed crop. A movement tending toward the de- struCtion of all hay fever weeds has been launched in many states, and it will serve double purpose for it hap pens that the farmer and the hay fever victim blacklist the same weeds. The flowers of the condemned plants are inconspicuous and without at tractive odor. But they produce great quantities of a light pollen which na- ture, to suit her own purposes of fertilization, has shaped to be carried on the wind. This fine dust places the rag weed, the yellow dock, the careless weed, the cookie bur and certain grasses among the plant pests. Recently, the president of the na- tional- hay fever association has point
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

ed out the common daisy feabane as one of those plants which, like flies. should be destroyed on sight. Weeds advertise themselves-and the land owners. Pretty soon the man who falls to keep down the weeds on his property will be repared with decided disfavor by the energetic members of his community. New Orleans has all ready passed the first ordinance ever enacted for the benefit of hay fever sufferers. Among those punishable under 1t are owners. tenants and oc- cUpiers of premises and firms and corporations having privileges in the streets.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
D. MCMILLAN 109-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET.

There was a time when the south shouted for protection and the north vas yelling for free trade and sailors rights. There was time when no such thing as the democratic or the republican party of today existed We had Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, and Calhoun and Stevens, Horace Greeley and Roscoe Conlzlin instead of Roosevelt, Hughes, Wilson, Bryan, Hearst and Claude Kitchen.
 It seems a fair prognostication that quite as complete a change and reno vation is in store for the generation so shortly to come.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
The Sun Do Move.
(NeW London Day.)

Time works in mysterious ways it's wonders to perform. A generation ago if something seemed to ail a man, they bled him in confident ex- pectation that lessening his supply of vital fluid would strengthen his vii tality. Now we take such an one to the hospital and cut out his appen- dix.
 Fashions change in nostrums
 There is a like infiction in poli- tics. For example, after Grover Cleve- land had been president a while, at the instance of IF. C. Benedict, who was the Jerome w. House of that ad- ministration, he evolved the proposal that the democratic party should stand for free trade. Free trade, thought he, is the only effective cure for the ills of American industry. Now Presi- dent Wilson is heading the democratic rarty back into the protection camp. He is for a tariff commission, pro- hibitOry legislation against the dump ing here of foreign goods, and for high tariffs to enable the establishment of an American dye-stuffs industry.
 This shift of President Wilson is not a step, it is leap, a jump completely out of the tub of an ancient logic into the freedom of practical statesman ship, as sensible a change, too, as took place when the physicians decided to abandon the foolish scheme of weak ening a man to get him health and adopted the methods of modern sur gerry.
 But if the democratic party shall fellow this leading and come to unison with the Republican point of view, as it bids fair to do, or would ic r I l., sf~ P~,, f~rr more terms in power, what can be- come of the traditional difference be- tween dem mOcrats and republicans? |? States rights is no longer a partisan issue. Preparedness wears scant party label. Sound money is a com mon shibbOleth. Radicalism sleeps in all camps. With the tariff issue gone what could be left except the personal differences represented by the alterna- tive temperaments and makeup of candidates2
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office.
A Curious Decree.
(BOStOn Post. }

A federal court has decreed that 527 bird of paradise skins seized at El PasO by the United States mar shal as the attempt was being made to smuggle hem into this country, be sold at auction. Whereupon both the New York Geological society and the Eastern Millinery association have protested on the ground that great difficulty will be experienced in trac- ing smuggled plumage after these skins have been sold by order of the court and distributed through out the country. But the court refusese to recede from it's position
 This attitude looks very much like an absurdity. The law forbids the importation of the birds plumage; but if smuggled stuff is captured, says the court, it not only can enter, but will be sold and worn in direct viola tion of the spirit of the law Even if Uncle Sam is to get the money, he ought not to be party to such a gross inconsistency as that.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

army, now said to be in such excel lent physical and mental condition, must have passed through the ter rible Gallipoli campaign. The men would hardly have elicited such praise as health specimens when they left GaIlipoH; but few months of cam parison security, with hard exercise in the open air, regular, wholesome meals and good medical care have made them stronger and keener than ever.
 Modern armies certainly have this merit of raising the average health of an industrial population and giving them better chance In Hfe-if they escape death or disa blement. There, of course, is the rub. Form erly more soldiers, died of camp life than of wounds. Now the life Is more health full, but the percentage of casualties is far higher. the strain of battle more and the mutilation more horrible.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
Standardizing Divorce Laws.
(Meriden Record.)

The eternal divorce question is up again. A Chicago pastor has been urging President Wilson to work for constitutional amendment to stan dardize the laws governing marriage and divorce. The need of such 8 re- form has long been evident.
 Since the beginning of this century there have been 100000 divorces in the United States. There are two per- sons involved in each of those divor- ceS. Allowing for those who may have been divorced two or three times in this period. we are forced to con- clude that about 2,5OO,0O0 different husbands and wives have been legally separated in less than sixteen years That is an appalling proportion of the country's married citizens. The df vorces for the present year are ex- pected to total 125,000, adding 25O,- 900 persons to the list of divorces
 It may be that better laws would not greatly lessen the number of separations, but divorce legislation tends to become more liberal instead of more strict. But certainly the more obvious evils of the present chaotic system could be eliminated. It should no longer be possible for a person forbidden to marry in one state to obey the law with impunity by crossing the state line. There are en- tirely too many men and women In this country who are legally married in certain states. and not married at all, with their children suffering all the legal disadvantages of an unre- cognized union, when they move into certain other states.
 There should of course be one law for the whole country. And in the process of standardization it is likely that both extreme laxity and extreme severity would be corrected.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
LTGHTEN THE BURDEN

SheTe is much cia.mor now for a sd issue to meet the extraordinary enses attendant upon the great Bme of national preparedness |gress is on the verge of passing Mil1 authorizing such action and Ere the week is over the plan may &me a reality. Instead of meeting 8e expenses out of current revenue M proposed to sell off the Panama SShl bonds that remain in the United ps treasury. More than s24O, ,0OO,- Moi these are at hand.
 Mme leaders in Congress are hesi- M about giving their support to any Bment which would authorize the E cting of revenue for preparedness R1e issuing of bonds. Yet there K hose who claim this to be the E# way out of the situation. To xse a direct tax on the people for n ecessary work would probably N a very unpopular act inasnuch sse vast majority of work to be # must come under the head of I2zAa anent improvement and should
 ore be spread in some part on 6 houlders of posterity. To ask < 1en of today to bear the entire S In seemingly is an imposition. M ext three generations will profit
 by the preparedness move 8M than those who now take up
 ork. If preparedness means
 ng it means @ protection against s8& Until foreign nations realize the t of Uncle Sam's strength along M lines the danger of attack is
 ent. Once the nation is placed R ooting to fear no foe the people
 never worry. This cannot be
 In 8 day, in year. It is the
 e fifty years from now who must S 6S n on any present investment, &&4S% O6AS1AAys AI AS 1C "lAO SIAOO
 a just proportion of the tax
 CTS of the national government
 tend to such things firmly be- nat the treasury surplus for the
 year Just closed will be in the
 orhood of $200,O0O,O0O. Added
 amount will be 8 like sum
 lg from the revenue bill which
 use is expected to pass in the
 part of next week. This bill
 obably make it possible to
 $10O, 100000 from a surtax on
 8s, $5O,00O,000 from an inheri-
 tax, and s5O,OOO,00O from a
 the net receipts of concerns
 cturing munitions of war. With
 zDney it might be argued that
 no ready need for a bond is-
 @ ct the experts might figure SC. If they do the national
 s would make no mistake in
 any measure that would
 he burden of present day citi-
 distributing some part of it lEs of a distant day.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
HeaIthful Army Life.
(Meriden Record.)

The London Globe sees benefits to it's male population even in this mur- derous war. If it destroys the strong, argues the Globe, it also strengthens great numbers of men and through them infuses into the race new vigor which may even exceed the drain caused by death and disablement
 The writer refers particularly to the British soldiers at Saloniki say ing: Tt is not only beef and brawn that the army has given them. There is an expression of character and alertness in almost every face that was not seen among the checked football crowds in the old days. Tn fact, if we were sending a contingent to a worlds manhood exhibition. it would not be easy to find a better en- try than the Saloniki army as whole."
 There is certainly something to be said for this point of view, in spite of the pacifists. Most of the Saloniki
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
American Man-POwer.

| (Waterbury Republican, How tremendous is the latest mili- tary strength of the United States is indicated in a bulletin issued by the federal census bureau The bureau es- inmates that there are at present in this country 21, 1,071 ,0O0 males of mili- tary age-that Is to say, between the ages of eighteen and forty-1ve,
 This figure includes 1,79S,000 alien whites and 92OOO Chinese, Japanese, etc., ma king total of nearly 1,900,0 900 who would be ineligible for military service. It may be reckoned as cer- tain, however, that in case of need hundreds of thousands of aliens would make themselves eligible by taking out naturalization, papers. A more inn portant deduction would have been made for the men unavailable on ac- count of physical or mental defects, and for those mperatively needed at home to carry on civilian activities and the manumacture of munitions.
 Great Britain with a population of about 46 100000, less than half of this nations, and with a larger ratio of women, appears to have raised about 5,OOO,OO0 soldiers. By no means all of them are available for actual cam paign work. Great mum bers are used for the transport service, home garri- sons, etc. It seems likely, however, on the basis of the British achieve ment and this country's resources that for a defensive war to be fought on American soil, the country could actually put in the field about 10,00O,- 900 men.
 With such man-power, it certainly has nothing to fear, provided it has made sensible preparation. With mi1i- tary plans properly worked out with adequate military supplies stored up, with a million or so of soldiers and guardsmen fitted for a first-line de- fense, and enough officers ready to train and handle new volunteer army, the nation need have no fear of any power on earth, or all of them put together.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
NOT YET.

It was Bainbridge Colby who put Colonel Roosevelt in nomination at the Progressive national convention held in Chicago this time last month. It was this self same Bainbridge Colby who, standing in the presence of Woodrow Wilson a day or so ago, uttered the subjoined sentiment:
 'I am a Progressive I was
 one of the party's organizers. I
 shall stick by the ship until it is recognized by passengers, crew and officers alike that it must be abandoned. I cannot leave until the water is up to my chin. I
 will say this however, speaking for the rank and file, that the friends of Woodrow Wilson in the
 party are legion. The stalking
 horse of the national committee may vote down the resolution to
 leave the votes Of Progressives to their own conscience, but I think the actions of Progressives are to
 be determined and dictated by their individual Judgment and nothing else.'
 
 Progressive party who have given voice to similar utterances, notable among these being Francis J. Heney, the famous California prosecutor, who penned an emphatic approval of Presi- dent Wilson and his principles The gist of the entire situation is that these men cannot find the heart to support Hughes because he was nomi- hated by convention controlled by the same old element that disrupted the Republican party in 1912. When Theodore Roosevelt tries to lead these men back into the Republican party he is simply making a huge endeavOr to bind them over in the old shackles. And the men making up the thinking element will have none of it. The real dyed-in -the-wool Progressives are not going to be man-handled, ham strung, and delivered gratis to Shoot, Penrose, and Crane. Not while their eyes are open.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

the border, the War Department will come close to knowing just how many mon of fighting form there are in the l country.
 l It has been roughly estimated that 1 1t will require the expenditure of al- l most $15O,0O0,O00 to keep the nation al guard on the Mexican border for one year. In the event there is noth- | ing for our boys to do but police duty, there will be criticism of this action. Those there are who will decry against the spending of so much money for this protection. Yet, the men who have served their entire lives in Uncle Sams military organization, who have devoted their time and energy to up- building the army, claim that this money need never be looked upon as
 their time and in some cases their
 positions to rally to the flag of their
 country have made it possible for a
 complete reorganization of the nation
 al guard.
 Those who have given up their
 every day life for the more arduous
 and risky business of soldering are
 the real heroes of the nation whether
 they go into the torrid stretches of
 Mexico or remain encamped on the
 banks of the Rio Grande. While they
 are away they are more or less wor-
 ried about the folks at home. And
 this is the one great drawback that applies to the task of whipping the
 national guard in shape. If the guard is ever to amount to anything, if it is ever to attain the ideals set for 1t by the men at it's head and by the officers of the national government, then those who remain at home while their loved ones are at the front must be taken care of, must be provided for. There is apprehension now that if the guard is kept on the border for a year there will be great difficulty in getting recruits at future time. This because there are some depend ents on the men away from home.
 The thing to do then is this: If there are any known cases where wives and families of national guards | men are in need, the people of the l community where these folk dwell 1 must lend a helping hand. The task 1 of taking care of every woman and | child left behind by guardsmen is | an omnipresent one and cannot be ac- by any government. In asmuch as what the men do either on the border or on foreign soil is in directly for the benefit of the entire nation 1t remains for the people who make up that nation to see to it that there is no suffering for those left behind It this Is done, as 1t should be, the future of the national guard will be secure in at least one direction. It will mean that the men upon whose shoulders these responsibilities rest will not hesitate to answer the coun- ,ry's calls. It will mean that by this the guard will eventually be placed on par with the regular army For the boys who spend a year or so around the border under strict mili- ,ary discipline will be first class sold iers when they return.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
T MEANS TO THE GUARD.

TIT MEANS TO THE GUARD. atter what the outcome of the situation, whether there be peace, the taking of the nation ! to the border and the keep |nese troops there for a good will, in the end, be a good
 pr the organization. More, it lo the advantage of the nation For even should the guard Into action, the directing heads military organization of the &ill get a line on the forces Up to this time no one has ihe exact strength of the na- hard. After a year or less on
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

Anyway, some regiments of the Ma tional Guard will learn something about the manual of arms and the value of feet before they return.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

What with Plattsburgh and patrol ling the Mexican border and keeping spies out of the aqueducts, our vaca- buyer.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

Camping Connecticut's militiamen on Cemetery Hill in Nogales, Arizona, is no way to treat real live soldiers.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

The kaiser must be tempted t tim es to believe that his God is a very tickle being.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Be patriotic. If you can't sing the star Spangled Banner,' la-la it!- Paterson Call
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

It becomes more and more evident that in discussing peace terms the Teutons must talk to themselves Providence Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

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New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

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New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
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 .AHWAYg RELIAnLE-
 Featuring
 SUMMER DRESSES
 Saturday

Never before have we offered so many dresses, such a variety, such values as you will find here Saturday. Garden Dresses, Porch Dresses, Aft crnoon Dresses, including Voiles, Beach Cloth Linons, Linens, Poplins, Sport Stripes, Silk Pongees, etc. Special prices S2.9S, $3.9s, $4.9S, $5.9S to $9oS each
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
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New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

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New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

The nominee and the Colonel are announced as 'in accord" Has either changed his attitude toward Ger many ?-St. Louis Post Despatch.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
MEMS COAT SHIRTS

" iS Saturday special COG each, value 79c to $1.OO.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07
FITRITE UNION SUITS

Saturday 39c each, 8 for $1 .OO. Reg ular and extra sizes. Sleeveless, lac trimmed or tight knee.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

Any increase in the high cost of liv- ing not heretofore attributed 70 the war in Europe can be blamed on the war in Mexico.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

Be patriotic. If you can't sing the Star Spangled Banner" la-la it!- Paterson Call.
 The kaiser must be tempted at tim mes to believe that his God is a very 1ickle being.-New York Sun.
 What with Plattsburgh and patrol ling the Mexican border and keeping spies out of the aqueducts, our vaca- tions will be busy ones.-The Book buyer.
 It becomes more and more evident that in discussing peace terms the Teutons must talk to them seIves.- Providence Journal.
 The nominee and the Colonel are announced as ''in accord" Has either changed his attitude toward Ger many ?-St Louis Despatch.
 Any increase in the high cost of liv- ing not heretofore attributed 70 the war in Europe can be blamed on the war in Mexico.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
 Over in Vienna they declare that we seek to annex all haCln- nl6r1ca. You wouldn't think that MT. Hearst's papers circulated way over there, would u?-Binghamton Press.
 Without debate and in less, than two minutes the senate past the Gen. eral Pension bill, appropriatins $15S,- 000,000. Who was it said that re- publics are ungrateful? - Boston Globe.
 Every voter must remembe that IT Wilson is defeated the country will be turned back to it's old board of man. agers-Penrose, Shoot & Co.,, Fixers, who are the underwriters of the Re- publican candidate and the prom oters of his campaign.-NeW Haven Union.
 Banners in the Bridgehampton pa rade bore the words ''LincOln was lot too proud to fight and Has the blood we shed in 1861 turned to water?' MT. Hughes neighbors omitted to state they preferred to shed their blood in Mexico or somewhere in France.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

Regular and extra sizes, sleeveless and lace trimmed, Saturday 45c each. 3 for $1.25.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

Over in Vienna they declare that we seek to annex all Latin-America. You wouldn't think that MT. Hearst s papers circulated way over there, would you ?-Binghamton Press.