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New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
Animal AversiOnS.

An elephant I'd hate to De, For how do you suppose, When he gets grip, like you and me, The critter clears his nose?
 Youngstown Telegram. I'd hate to be a tall giraffe, With head in air aioat, For I am sure t'would drive me daft To get frog" in my throat.
 -Ashtabula Star. 
 I'd hate to be a whale these days, His life is hard, I ween; He's apt to be, whene'er he strays, SheIled for a submarine.
 -Birmingh gham Age-Herald. A monkey I would hate to be, With coat and cap and can And forced to climb and beg for the Old hurdy-gurdy> man.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

man to whom the purchase of a two4E cent stamp was one of the mem orab1a events of a lifetime, and the ordinary citizen who mails and receives, | handful of letters every week or every day is a striking one. And nothings perhaps, could suggest more power fully the real significance of the post age stamp as a symbol of civiliza-a tiqn. Presunlahly the man who sent no letters got none. Presuqlably, too,s, no newspapers orgma gazines came to him.. And thus for him theA great, world, which the postman Brings to most of our doors at least once every day, did not exist. All that we know of public affairs, of foreign lands, Of the mighty movements of armies and navies and business and politics. and economics and science and literature if 1t comes to such man at all. comes only as agvague, dim echo fTc is dulled and chained, when he Inigl".s even though bound to one remote spot, share the manifold life of hu-, manity in it's highest development. ' There are too many men-and wom- en-merely vegetatings for lack of a postage stamp, and what it represents.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
Funston and Wilson.
(BOSton Post.


 Of all the twaddle recently printed on the Mexican affair by anti admin istration newspapers--and it's amount has been stupendous-about the worst is that which represents the sPresi- dent and General Funston at ,odds about the. withdrawal of troops, with the general standing firm" against the wishes of the President. E.. President Wilson is commander-in- chief of all the military forces of the United States, and if he were to issue an order withdrawing the troops from Mexico, neither General Funston nor3 anybody else would stand firm'' against it. And if he wanted to issue the order he would issue it. That is a characteristic lls has. f;nF
 Everything shows. that the Presi- dent and General Funston are work ing in harmony and for the best in-J terests of the United States in the difficult matter. 2
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
Buying A Postage Stamp.

According to the Shelby (Ky) Rec
 ord citizen of Anderson county walked sintS the post office at Sparrow, the other day and asked the postmas- ter if he had such thing as two cent stamp. If, he had, the visitor rather guessed he'd take one. He wanted to mail a letter, and had been told that it was customary on such an occasion to buy a stamp. He was 32 years old. and had never mailed a letter before. / We may smile at such @ lack of sophistication, but the background it represents is a "a ther solemn thing to contemplate. The contrast between the middle-aged
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
A Wilson Republican.
Waterbury American.) )

We used to hear of Cleveland re. Bryan republican, and never before, so our knowledge. of Wilson re- publican. He is a good Waterbury republican, too, and has been for 30 years or so. He never voted for q democrat in national politics but once and that was for Tilden, and he was sorry for that. He is a tariff repub- lican too. In the days when he was more emotional than he is now he ,,sed to write letters to the neWspa- = pers on this subject. He was es- peciallv an adnirer and supporter of McKinley Discussing present condi- tions tffe other day he spoke to the following effect: 3.t
 we Know the very worst about Wilson. He humiliates usl at times and. makes us ashamed of our coun- trv. .When Roosevelt rants about it I get: stirred up and want to get rid of him. Under the impulse l might fall in behind RooseveIt's drum and cynbals But when I get home and think it over I say to myself: Where would we be now if we had Roose- welt for president, and if T and the country allowed ourselves to be hyp- notied into letting him run things
 Wilson is over cautious. but he is safe. He has got the courage and patience of hero: and the obstinacy of a Puritan saint. You can't be proud of him of. enthusiastic about him; at times you may lose all pa tience with him and despise him; but if he goes on to the end as he has gone up to date he will land us safe and sound and not too much ashamed to be able to hold up our heads, IL seems to me that he is trying to act as a Christian man would act to bear and forbear for the sake of peace. to avoid the horrors Of war and to ac- complish in the end all that he could accomplish, and probably much more than he could accomplish by war. This way of behaving like a man of sense instead of truculent up- start as a Christian instead of as gentleman instead of a savage is so novel that it doesn't work yet It may fail inf@ the end, but 1t ought to win. If every goV- ernment practices it it will revo,u- tionize the world. It is[ because no other government practices it that it is absurd and dangerous. If Wilson would only take hold and put the nation in a state of sure defense
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

Lost, Strayed, or Stolen.-Some- where between March 21 and April 2S, in the New England states, one perfectly good Spring, consisting of a moderate mixture of mild zephyrs, dainty showers, and beautiful fragran mt flowers, with hours of pearl, and golden minutes, with glorious sun- shiny days and nights magnificent in splendor, with starlight and moon- light, and angelic singing in the etherial regions. Finder will please notify the weather bureau in Hart ford and receive large and excellent reward. When last seen Spring wore a suit of joy, handsomely bedecked with daffodils and geraniums, carried a, cane of sugar, a hat of lilac hue, with a long flowing tie of friendship, and fancy lightly turned to thoughts of love.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
2 MCMILLAN 1s9-2o1-2os MAIN STREET.
z When Wages Go Up.
(San Francisco Bulletin. ]

1t is pleasant to read of wage in screases in the low-scale industrles of the east It Is not so pleasant to mo- -tice that most of these increases are ostentatiously given" the men, and are not the result of collective bar gaining. Wages have gone up because jobs are plenty apd workingmen' scarce. Sugar has gone up because purchasers are many and the supply naturally or artificially short. Changed market conditiens will send sugar and men down together. Collective bar gaining is the only means, short of drastic legislation, which will take men out of the comm odity class pro- mote industrial peace, stabilize indus try, and make the social condition of the woIkingman the object of intelii- fent>attention instead of blind chance.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
against possible conseouefces of h.

against possible consequences of his policy, I would feel little safer. As it is I am for him against Roosevelt and I am not sure that I wouldn t vote for him against any republican. But I am for protection and that may make a difference when the line be- tween that and free 4 trade Is drawn tight in the campaign, if itcis."
 We wish we could give this re- publican's name. He is what nays be termed an enthusiastic conservative. at time almost visionary, but always with his feet fast on the rock of good sense and hard practical business judgment. But something of a cur iosity at this time-a Wilson republi- can-is he not?
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
.RBOR AND BIRD DAY.

is no day for tree planting, aa tree planted in such weather ch conditions should certainly
 Sand grow to great proportions.
 lee committee, for various req has seen fit to postpone the sg of several hundred trees. york, supposed to be done to- Fill be, accomplished in the near Yet those citizens of the city Had planned to take part in this F. performance, the planting of should not defer nor neglect the Kt is good to have an abundance
 as on the land. Truly are they friend. His EXcellency, the For of Connecticut, following
 ktates of the legislature, has of- declared this Arbor and Bird Tn doing so, Governor Holcomb lO lI1S uly Ol I1le 6nd the wonderfulness of the
 If bird life is to be developed
 Est have plenty of trees for these
 les in which to nest. The plant E. tree has then many significant 5gs. It means shadow and in the summer days, and music Till when the balmy air of night Ekrough its. leaves. The singing birds in the early morning when, ensconsed on the topnost
 les of the trees they proclaim
 Ieeping world the dawn of an-s
 Bay, is the sweetest music of a sden world. Save the birds1
 he trees. One careless shot Or nds life of song. One stroke.
 zlxe finishes the growth of cen Have a care.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
Peace and Perfidy.
 (New York WOrld.)

A true American spoke when Sen- ator Husting of Wisconsin, replying to Germans and German sympathiz- CTS who had entreated him by wire to keep the peace urged them in the same interest to address their tele- grams to the German ambassador, adding, "War can best be avoided by wrong yielding to right and not right yielding to wnong.'
 The cause of peace suffers today las it always has done because so many of it's professed champions are partf- sans of wrong. To promote peace among nations as among men it is necessary to restrain the lawless and the predatory. Most of our peace ad- vOcates show that theysRre only incl dentally for peace when they waste their time exhorting congress, which is not an offender, and address no remonstrances to the blood-crazed aggreSsOrs in Berlin.
 BdDbre Sumter was fired mon sLlncoln was for peace-on terms con- sistent with his oath of office He was for peace at any time after Sum ter-on conditions of liberty and un- ion. Mckinley was for peace even when the Maine lay in ruins-if there d. Both Lincoln and Mckinley were men of peace, but not at any price Then as now the friends of wrong and tyranny shrieked from the centre of the stage and in the name of peace denounced peace~loving presidents, while actually serving the slave-pen and the concentration camp
 In the same evil spirit manifested by those who would have compromis- ed with secession, slavery and bar barism, William J. Bryan and, a host of hyphenates, some of the latter in foreign pay, now carry to 4scongess approximations which should. be ad- dressed to the power that is destroy ing American life and property vio- lating it's pledges and tearing law to shreds. They have plenty of words to instruct a peace-loving congress and president who are in the right, but not one word Of admonition for a Germany that is wrong.
 A different kind of peace maker was John Bright of England. All his life he resisted British wars His honesty was not questioned. He resisted British wars not because his sympa- thies were with an alien power but because he loved Great Britain and wanted it to be always in the right. He opposed aggression in it's very citadel. If the injustice had been elsewhere he would have assailed it with equal courage.
 In our revolutionary days when the Rev. John P. Muhlenberg found that it was useless to preach peace to King Georges ministers, he surprised his congregation one day by delivering a fiery sermon in favor of war. There is time to pray and a time to fight" he said as he threw off his gown, re- vealing the uniform of a soldier; ''Would you not sooner fight like a man than die like a dog''
 Peace movements intended to shackle right and license wrong are a mockery of peace as well as of mOr- als. When, as is the case in the United States today they are upheld by bribery, disloyaIty, demagogy and cowardice, it may be doubted if the devil of strife and slaughter ever had more efficient servants.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
William A. Whitc On Bryan.
(Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.l

Whenever we see confirmed stand pat paper exhibiting a sneaking sym lpathy for man like Lorimer or Thomas F. Ryan, in misfortune. we smile and think of our own predilec- tion to feel bad lover the downfall of a radical. So we are not glad at the defeat of Bryan. He went down partly because he was right he defended prohibitions and wanted to make it national issueeand incorporate an inF dorsement of bnationaIl prohibition in. the democratss' platform. He got out ahead of the fnaip body of the troops. and sniped; bht heds not killed, He k crippled for ths<ight ahead of him which, insofar as it concerns pacifytfg the. democratic, platform. isn't much of 9 fight. But the main body of the froops will-catch uugWith him on prohibition issue4within q decade and he will come to life. again.
 You can't keep good man down even if he is bugs!
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
JAPAN'S OBJECTION TO THE
 IMMIGRATION BILL.

1 Senator Lodge has given assurances that the pending imnnigration bill, the Burnett measure, which would debar certain aliens from the country be- cause of illiteracy, and which has the added fault that it carries an affront to Japan, will be put through with
 out some of it's most objectionable
 passages. Japanese Ambassador Chinda and our State Department will
 be consulted by the Senate immigra
 done that might be taken seriously
 by Japan. It is but right that the
 sensitive feelings of this far eastern
 nation be smoothed over before any
 rash step is taken by those framing
 our immigration laws This question
 has ever been sore spot with Japan
 and because of the antipathy held
 against the Japanese on the Pacific
 coast there is ever q chance of trouble
 between the two nations. By a "gen-
 tlemen's agreement" which has ex-
 isted between the Governments at
 Washington and Tokio since 1907 and
 which has as it's purpose the checking
 of Japanese immigration, Japan re-
 fuses passports to all those of her
 citizenry who are not wanted in the
 United States as Immigrants. It will
 be remembered that this arrangement
 between the two nations was the out
 growth of the California agitation
 which almost plunged us into war.
 Since then Japan has faithfully car ried out her part of the program. What her ambassador objects to now is the movement on foot in certain quarters which would put in the form of statute of the United States, through the Burnett Immigration Bill, the "gent1emen's agreement" which seemingly has worked very well, caus- ing little or no friction
 Treaty rights are ever to be re- spected betWaeps nations; but be- cause of ths tvidual and inde- pendent actions of some states in the Inion the Federal Government some times is placed in embarrassing posi- tons. States which disregard treaty cafs cause unlimited trou- ble to our diplomatic corps. If Japan has any treaty rights, and she un- doubtedly has, then the Burnett Inn migration Bill, or any other form of legislation cannot and should not abrogate them. The entire treaty wiped away, under joint agreement of the two nations, but no secttDn of it should be effaced. Be- sides, there are things other than inn migration which figure in the relations between Japan and the United States. Senator Lodge has rendered the en- tire nation d service in promising at tenti9hyt this phase of the proposed new imn1i grafton bill, and in under taking to smooth over the objections raised by Japan, It might be well now for Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, to go over the tahtative draft of the bill and ferret But any sections that might be cause for s4other trouble. Two sal tent. mistakes have been found to dafssANthe literacy test and the sec tion which would make the gentle men's agreement" law. There may be others that should be nipped in the bud.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

Poker has been declared by a New York judge to be not gambling, but gent1eman's game. On top of this comes the news from Pittsburg that a man who held two royal f1ushes within thirty minutes was stabbed to death It recalls the famous game of poker in which there were four piay eis'-ohe woman.5 She was caught cheating and the dealer called attention by saying the guilty party was not a gentleman. Somebody gentleman.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
LID AND THE NEW WORLDS.

Be day after day various nations aope are being dragged into the # war, while racial Shawed is
 bropagated for political pur- Fit is good to hear such mes
 bf assurances that are pouring 8 South America, the nations of ! profess absolute faith in the Rnship of the United States. In g run, this means the tighten the ties that naturally bind and South America to each This is the New World, and it right that each and every na- this hemisphere should stick to Before the war abroad got znder way there had been many zceptions anent the relations be- Ithe United States and those republics to the south. Some 3 statesmen thereabout were to having the United States as- Ihe role of Big Brother. But The dust began to fly abroad and Iafter nation was drawn into the E Eith big nations rudely stamping feet of little nations, the neigh 5 South America soon began to that 1t is sometimes a good Eo have a big brother standing Ay. And so it came about that 2 old fogey ideas about the States trying to annex terri gh South America were soon Iout and a bigger and broader handing set up.
 various nations in South Amer pe certain connections with the |orid which are very difficult to but they are fast coming around point where the people realize Euggle for existence will be all asier if the inhabitants of the World join together in one great zf friendship and do not emulate Emple of the Old World by being pf little provinces all arraigned \ each other, ready to kick and @ld fight and scrap at the drop
 bat. The United States, being kgest neutral nation on the globe BtIy essayed to protect the rieb+s Ineutrals and at the same time Ee neutrality among all the s of the western hemisphere. ]. B. c. powers of South Amer
 rgentina, Brazil and Chile, are |thetic towards the United States Is mission in the world and Eh the medium of these three countries public opinion is be- Emed throughout the Americas,
 h that is favorable to the people northland. It seems to be the ssus of opinion there that the
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
Best Way to Clean Brass.
(Farm and F'ireside.)

An excellent way of cleaning brass flower pots oqeraNs is to rub 6them well with a piece of lemon. Then pour boiling water over them, and finally polish them with soft dry cloth. You will find that the lemon will remove all the stains from the crevices in the brass
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

In your rambling through life do not forget the salient thought of the day: Help the Boy
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Give a sisal trust enough of it's product and it will hang itself.- Washington Post.
 Give a sisal trust enough of it's product and it will hang itself- Washington Post.
 Strange how plotters of incendiar- ism neglect to burn their letters.- Brooklyn Eagle.
 The New Haven road continues to offer distressing reminders of the per- ills of peace.-Washingto Star. Whatever may be the case with Mexico, Pancho Villa certainly has a good constitution.-New York Sun.
 It is very unkind of the New York Sun to inquire how, if Colonel Roose- welt sought to go to war, he could get there.-New Haven Journal-Courier.
 ar-bread on breakfast tables in Holland, due to inability to get Ameri- can wheat because of submarine war fare, will hardly tend to quiet Dutch restlessness over the question of the rights of neutrals.-New York World.
 Chile sets our Navy an example in sending her transport, the Maipo, to an American port as a freighter with Q $900,000 commercial cargo. In the present shortage of ships almost any expedient is worth oklyn Eagle.
 Cummins struggled long and per sistently before he got into the United States senate. In fact he hung on to the governorship of Iowa until Ali son died, in order to get in. Now he has carried Nebraska. Maybe the G.. o. P. will find him quite as persistent at Chicago on June 7.-Milwaukee News.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

Iowa stands by MT. Cummins on light vote; but MT. Cummins seems to be light didate.-Springf1eld Re- publican.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

The unanimity with which the fress of the country is backing up President Wilson must convince T. RESthat joui-s- nalism has gone to the% dogs Albany Argus. I'd
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

CR COUNTRY: IN HER IN
 ICOURSE WITH FOREIGN HONS MAY SHE ALWAYS ITN THE RIGHT; BUT OUR
 fNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG.
 STEPHEN DECATUR.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

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 WOMEN'S SILK COATS.
 $500, S17.9s to $25 each.
 WOOL FABRIC COATS. .I for Women in Poplins, Gaberdincss and Whipcords. $99S to s25 each. l
 CHILDREN's COATS.
 in every wanted color priced s2.9s to $6.98 each. !
 SILK TAFFETA DRESSES. s165O to s25. I WEDDING DRESSES AND EVEN
 ING GOWNS. at saving of $500 to s1o on each | gown, we offer about thirty of these | exquisite creations. Saturday price | S15 to $25 each. LONG KIMONAS. Fancy Crepes, 9Sc to s1,9s each. | Figured Silk Kimonas s19s and s2.49 each
 THE NEW BLOUSES. Crepe de Chimes, s1.9s, s29s, s3.ea each Georgette Crepes, s2,es to 1 $4.9S each. Tub Silks in white and 1 colors, really smart at $198 each.
 LINGERIE BLOUsES. 97c, $1.49, s1.9s each Emb Voiles, Swisses Silks and | Cotton fabrics, etc., in big variety of styles. SATURDAY HOSIERY SPECIALS Women's white and black lisIe hose, l 25c value special, 19c, pairs for soc 1 Women's Mcrcerized Maco Hose, l "''''S A"" .''a'A' SpS''Al A'' pair; '
 BOOTSILK HOSE. g. 35c pair. 8 pairs for s1.O0.
 Womens Silk Hose, soc, $1.O0 to l $2.oo pair. All at the old prices, old | dyes, fast colors. COME HERE FOR GLOVES. Existing conditions in the Glove Market are such at the present time | that We are fortunate to have the gloves to supply your needs. E
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New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

ally Sunday excepted) at 4:15 D. m,
 Eaerald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

Whatever may be the case witI Mexico, Pancho Villa certainly. has z good constitution.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

at the Post Office at New Britain Second Class Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

The New Haven road continues to offer distressing reminders of the per- ills of peace.-Washingto Star.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

Strange how plotters of incendiar- ism. neglect to burn their letters.- Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

It is very unkind of the New York Sun to inquire how, if Colonel Roose- welt sought to go to war, he could get there.-NeW Haven JOurnaI-Courier.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
BRITAIN HERALD

HALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
LINGERIE RTOuSES

97c, $1.49, S198 each.
 Emb. Voiles, Swisses, Silks an Cotton fabrics, etc., in a big variet of styles.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
THE NEW BLOUSES

Crepe de Chimes, s1.ss. s2ss, sa.e8 each. Georgette Crepes. s2es to $4.9S each. Tub Silks in white and colors, really smart at $1e8 each.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
NEW RUFFLINGS,

25c to 75c yard.
 New Collars Vestees. Guimps, Col lar Cuffs sets in white and colors 25c to $1.9S each.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
SATURDAY HOSIERY SPEECH
BOOTSLK HOSE.

s. 35c pair. 3 pairs for s1.00
 Women's Silk Hose, soc, $1.00 to $2.00 pair. All at the old prices, old dyes, fast colors. >
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

Give a sisal trust enough of it product and it will hang itself.- Washington Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

Give a sisal trust enough of it's product and it will hang itself- Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
COME HERE FOR GLOVES.

Existing conditions in the Glove Market are such at the present time that We are fortunate to have the gloves to supply your needs
New Britain herald., 1916-04-28

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