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New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
Will Bikes" Come Back? (BrjdgeDOrt Telegram

Ice skating has come back because society has made it fashionable, and ! what society does, the rest of the world, for the most part, likes to lm1- tate. Fashion notes from Southern resorts now tell of the return of bicycling. Does that mean that the cid days of the wheel craze arc to be revived?
 This nation went to great eX- treme in it's first bicycle craze, and It went to another extreme in com plctely abandoning it. moderate and sensible revival of bicycling would not only be beneficial, but probably permanent,
 It was the automobile that crowded the bicycle off the earth, and yet after all, these two forms of trans portation are not competing. The automobile offers an infinitely greater range of travel, without muscular eXertion. The bicycle offers only a short range comparatively, and at the expense of exercise. But that IS just its value. A person would be silly, for instance, to attempt to commute to New York on a bicycle, as many do in automobiles: on thea other hand, a person who used a bicycle for short spins for his health and recreation, or tn run short errands, would have a mighty fine source of physical bet torment and enjoyment.
 In England, the use of the bicycle is universal. and the "mOtor' has never crowded it off the map. Both sexes. young and old alike. and all classes use the ''Whcel' to get about on the excellent English roads. On a Sunday one may see frock-coated, top hated men and smartly dressed women gravely pedaling to church. Perhaps that is a little too much for Americas sense of humOr. but there would be nothing out of the way i'll Dedaling to golf.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

Bet and other stories, by A. r.
 TchekhOv. Blind sight, by B. Y. BenedlalL
 "A love story of a beautiful, wealthy, but sadly blind young girl and a poor London clerk. The sig nificance of the book is in the con- trast between the rich girls mag nificent home and the poor clerk humble surroundings. .'-Pubhsher note.
 Bottle-fillers, by Edward Noble.
 "A vivid story of actual life at sea on a tramp steamer"
 "It is real salt and spindrift, real mans diet If you want the sea as the sea is when a living is being wrung from it then get The Bottle filters. '."-LondOn Globe.
 Coast of adventure, by Harold Bind Mixed grill, by w. pett Ridge. On trial, the story of a woman at bay, by F. l.. Reizenstein. 1 Real adventure, by H. R. Webster.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
D. MCMILLAN 199-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET.

ton must have been thoroughly aggra- vated by something else than the par ticular offense under discussion, to have warranted her in taking such ex- tremes as those which are said to have goaded the girl to suicide. Grant ed that the child must have been ab- normally sensitive but it would seem to the casual observer that other means than the hunliliating method adopted might have been employed to punish her. The position Of the teacher is most unenviable and un- doubtedly the criticism heaped upon her is unjustified as the general pub- lie is unaware of all the conditions which surrounded her at the time ot the unfortunate incident. The cx- periencc, however, will serve to illus trate anew the necessity for study ing the individual characteristics oe children as we'll as looking out for their mental pabulum.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
Cheerful News for Smokers
(prOEi6 enCe IOllTn1l.)

So much has been said about the shortening of the fife by tobacco that inc testimony of the actuary or one of the largest insurance companies on the effects of smoking is of general interest That tobacco is not crjtl- c.sed will surprise many. f The in so,rance expert knows of no reliable statistics showing the mortality rate among smokers: in fact he does not ttlieve that smoking need be con siIcrcd in making estimates on the lives of policyho,ders.
 A good many men will find comfort 1 in this assurance, even if the actuary l failed to mention any of tho benefits
 of smoking. Probably he intended
 to say only that pipes and cigars do
 rot hasten death.
 | The actuary> however, is most posi- l tive in declaring that alcohol used as 1 a beverage is q destroyer of vitality. 1 His carefully compiled statistics show
 that abstaincrs live longer than i drinkers; sixty per cent of the short 1 lived people are users of @trong ] IiuuOrs. An ir&ur@ncc ActuaTN is the most unscntimental of men-he ] studies the records unlv for the pug
 lose of learning what chances should l,t taken on tho lives af applicants
 for poicies-and d decision that al
 Ccho1 is a foe to lon gevitN undOubted- - Iv is based upon subgtantial evidence. Confidence in the correctness of the l ilG gment passed upon the liquor 1 nn bit is increased by the candid ac- 1 InoWlcdgmeDt that the insurance eN-
 perts have no particular case against tcbacco-except when used in con
 nection with aIcohol-becausc it
 would he very easy to repeat the ia
 nI;liar arguments against smoking.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
Watch For The Phoebe.
Chicago Evening Post.) )

Chicago EVenlng POSt) Pretty soon now the first robin will be reported and we will be told that spring is here. Spring comes wheth- CT the robin heralds it's approach or not. The sap is mounting in the trees today and the pussy willow buds are about to burst their confines, but the spring which everybody recognizes as such is the time of warming days and hlossoming wild flowers. The room gets here way ahead of tho true springtime.
 The first bird that one sees along about this season is announced as springs companion. It may be a bluebird or q song sparrow or mead ow lark, but. whichever it is, it is proclaimed as the forerunner, with spring only a step behind. The hard ornithologcal truth is that some rob- ins stay with us all winter, and so do some bluehirds, some song sparrows, and moro than occasionally some meadow 1ar1s. The b'rd seen late in February may be one that has been lurking in the cedar swamps all win ter or trying to find coziness in the matted grasses of the winter meadow
 The true spring bird is the phoebe, for when the phoebe comes spring comes with il. If this plaintive- voiced bird in it's nuns garb did not keep spring as it's travelling Compan- ion, it could not live. The phoebe gathers it's food on the wing. and this means that ii must live on winged insects which can wheel their droning or their buzzing flights only in warm eather, lest they freeze to death. So it is that when you sec a phoebe you may know spring has come. AS an nouncers of the presence of the glad green season the other birds are Of no account.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
OLD GENERAL GLOOM"
Famous Battler Against Happiness
 Put Away in Davy Jones' Locker.
(Meriden ReCord.)

Old "General Gloom" whose de- the Atlantic to the Pacific, was given an elaborate burial in San Francisco on Tuesday. Far out in the bay his mortal remains were lowered beneath the waves, and every member of the Noe More" committee attached a brick, dumbell or a pot of lead After the old general had duly eN- plred, the bottom of the sea was se- lected as his last resting place. for those who knew him best deCreed he deserved the company of DaVy Jones and other famous chara cters. Now ali that remains to be done is to see that he is sufficiently weighted and Els casket screwed down tight enough to prevent his ghost from haunting the marts Of men.
 The old general arrived from the east on special car. His carcass had been viewed along the route, and those who doubted that General Gloom had expired were assured when they saw his familiar features
 resting Tn the casket. Sure enough,
 ho was there, and no one could mis-
 take the identity of the corpse.
 The only thing lacking in the
 unique funeral trip was tears. If friends the old general had, they failed to view the corpse All that
 one could head in the way of sym
 pathy was: He looks natural
 And General Gloom certainly looked natural. His mortal remains took the form of a papier Mache hs mmer. For the general liked the hammer above all his instruments of gloom. The knock always served his purposes best, and he induced a large following to use it generously during the past few years
 When old General Gloom reached
 the end of his railroad journey from Syracuse, N. Y, he was greeted by the uniformed members of the "Noc- No-M or committee. consisting of
 every booster in and around San Francisco. A special ferry boat, duly draped, took the corpse from Oak
 land to San Francisco. City and
 state officials were on hand to receive
 remains of the unlamented general.
 A funeral cortege then swung up
 Market street to the civic center,
 where the last rites were performed.
 Governor Hiram w. Johnson,
 Mayor James Rolph, Jr., and Gen
 cral J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A., made Cne-minute speeches, after which the m unicipal band struck up a tune, and
 the cortege moved to the wharf,
 where a vessel was in readiness to
 take the generals remains to their
 final resting place. Thousands lined
 the wharves as the vessel swung off,
 bands playing and horns footing a farewell to the famous. old general.
 Trumpets sounded the announce ment of the burial, when the big iron
 coffin rested on the bottom of the bay, and from some mysterious place of
 hiding, Horn of Plenty' was
 drought forth. Another parade will welcome this symbol of return pros
 rC rity, and the "NoC-NO-Mor" com
 mittee will send the monster horn on |, special across the country as evidence that "General C1oOm' is buried deep under the Waters
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
Cardinal Mcrcicr.
(NeW Haven UniOn.)

Cardinal Mercier is denounced by Teutons as "an agitator," and Berlin says his statements place the Ger man authorities in an awkward
 position" As follower of the Christ, a churchman of high authority, 1t would be strange indeed, if he re- mained silent when the rights of his people were trampled under foot. It may be Awkward" for the Germans to have him insist on raising his voice in behalf of the women, chil- dren and the aged in Belgium: in fact the world can well understand just how awkward" it must be. But the world knows a courageous and honest man when 1t sees one, and realizes that usually. such men are making it "awl1ward' for somebody. Of course the Cardinal is an agi- tator.' All churchmen are; that is, all should be- Agitation is the great weapon virtue has with which to combat evil. ... +...
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
How Congress Stubs Its Toe.
(CoIlier's Weekly.)

There is serious complaint that the executive is now too strong in our National government, that too much legislation is written at the White House. that something must be done to restore the proper power of cor
 gross, and so on. Well, let's take a sample view. One day recently the
 House of Representatives WsS in COnl- mittee of the whole to consider Secre- tary Lanes bill for leasing coal and
 oil lands. Representative Harrison
 of M:esissippi opened fire with red
 hot speech against the export of mu-
 nitions of war, Mr. Sayden talked
 about Mexico. MT. Quezon and threc
 or four others had some eloqucnrc
 about Philippine inde pendence. Mr. Mays of Utah actually talked for lif- teen minutes on leasing coal and oil lands, but Nr. Helgesen debated Pcary's title to the discovery of tie North Pole, and MT Bonnet infornl~ cd the house as to New Ork City'G harbOr requirements. Thirty-tWo col umns5 were added to the Ongression- al record. and three hours consumed ] One-twelfth on the subject. The pco- pie of this country don't like bluff 1 bunk. and Scattcration and congress can begin to get prestige by tending i to. business. IcS the bill was passed
 but strictly as Secretary Lanes bill;
 ccnercss did nothing for it but vote.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

There have been dances and dances never was dance like this dance that Ruth St. Denis dances if we may be- lieve the description of the Boston Transcript, which goes into rapsody the rock she danced her wonder and her nature in long, dropping, sea green veils that she moved rhythnlically the bllowing of them filled the air and hid all but the halo of sea washed hair" How sea sick she must have been,
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

war with Russia. Democrats are get-
 ting ready to sharpen their tools and
 wedge this evidence into shape against
 the Republican attack on the present
 administration for not protesting
 against the invasion of Belgium. It
 is fact worthy of note that Elihu
 Root, who the other day made a
 vicious attack on President Wilson for
 Belgium, was secretary of state when
 Korea was confiscated by Japan.
 Men and times chanse,-an axiom.
 Probably MT. Root, in the fervor of
 his speech before the unofficial Repub-
 lican convention in New York forgot
 all about what took place when the
 Japanese Russian war was in prog
 ress. In the heat of his partisan argu-
 ments he probably flung Korea out of
 his mind as a place too far remote to
 consider. But he did, happily or
 otherwise, remember Belgium; a
 convenient thing to do because it is
 uppeIulOSl III the publlC illlllu d1t IL
 makes good campagin material. That
 the administration failed to protest
 the invasion of this poor little hap
 less land over the seas is a deep cause of concern to Mir. Root and his follow CTS. That he himself, when secretary of state, or the administration under which he labored, failed to protest against the taking of Korea may now prove an additional source of worry. so long as worrying is in order.
 If the subject is made the center of a vigorous attack by one political par ty or the other it is not difficult thing to divine what the arguments pro and can will be, thus: Germany invaded Belgium because she wanted Japan went into Korea to gain the same advantage against Russia. Bel gium, game little Belgium, met the invaders and fought them tooth and ly submitted to the invaders com mands and gave up the ghost with out whimper. There are the differ ences in the situations which may be on either side But getting down to basic principles. there is not such a great difference between the invasion of Belgium and that of Korea. The mere fact that Belgium had more spunk than Korea does not ' alter the cases. Violation )f rights is violation, no matter under what condition it is wrought And if he United States had any. right to in erfere in the taking of Korea it had he same right to protest the invasion of Belgium. But the Korean case .ook place twelve years or so ago and the public is not prone to dwell on, events so aged Tn view of the fact hat MT. Root and his patron saint, MT. Roosevelt, have been harping so ong on the. Belgium situation, they might be able to explain away this 1 woeful neglect of Korea. Surely the 1 goose and the gander can live on the sa me sauce.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
UNCLE SAM FROM MISSOURI.

If there is one place an alien should never be given a position as draughts- man it is in the Navy Department. The people of the nation, therefore, will rejoice in the action of President Will son in revoking a recent. advertise mcnt of the Civil Service Commission offering such positions open to out sders. There arc plenty of good American boys and young mon who
 chaniCal drawing to qualify as draughtsmch in the Navy Department cause of the very nature of the work,
 because these draughtsmen become
 familiar with certain secrets in bat
 t1eship construction it is unwiSe to
 solicit or even allow aliens in the
 drawing rooms of our shipbuilding plants-surely not in our Navy De-
 partment. Where once anything or
 anybody was acceptable to kind heart
 ed Uncle Sam, events of the past year have put the old gentleman on his guard. Once he thought everybody
 was loyal until the contrary was proved. Now he is beginning to be- ! lieve the other way round. He is i from Missouri.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
SHADES OF REAL PATRIOTS.

# Not since the declaration of war on
 pain has Congress been in such a
 Irmoil as it finds itself furthering
 bday. No one is ever surprised
 hen the members of the House of 8 representatives lose their reason; but
 is ever a sad blow to see such 8 # #eliberate body as the Senate flying @ff the handle. Congress for some 2 #eason or another. can see nothing Mut war in the Presidents policy as #e gards submarine warfare. Senator's And Representatives, Republicans and Democrats alike, stand ready for a Flash with the President because he x III not tolerate any interference with N&ae diplomatic negotiations being con a #ucted by the executive department. N g5Yhfie' no one can predict the out &orhe of this controversy between tn, President and the Congress. this much 8 certain: Whatever demands the Emitted States may have made upon #fermany are now materially weak #ned because of the confusion. and Ambassador Von Bernstorff has shown 8lis wisdom in withholding from pub $ication the, latest note from his &sovernntent, the message which ar Rived in Washington late last night. Knowing that the President of the United States has been shorn of his Support in Congress. Germany would Moe foolish to accede to a full settle &nent of the Lusitania case or recog- %lize the illegality of attacking armed &nerchant ships of her enemies. Ever @f Americans have the right to travel Bon these ships under international Flaw, Germany has found a friend in #pur own Congress who is willing to
 Hay that citizens of the United States %Ehould not exercise such privilege #Thus shall another principle of Amer
 Ecan rights go by the boards
 Congress is afraid that if the Presi- &dent insists upon upholding the rights #of American citizens the United States Twill be perempterially drawn into the Xworld war It is@the belief of man, <Senators and Representatives that i SAmericans persist in taking voyage Ion armed ships of the belligerents,- aevens as,if ftFeGernlapy py. 5a4 recognizes tn 2ftght,-the ! nation might have to g' fo war if one of these vessels should b. sdestroyed with great loss of Ameri can life. The way things have beer going, there is just as much danger 0 Americans being sent to the bottom even if they travel on unarmed mer chant ships of neutral countries. S what is the difference? There is nor chance of a war with Germany be cause of the foolishness on the par of Congress than there ever was be fore such an issue was brought UT How that galaxy of real statesme and patriots, John c. Calhoun, Danie Webster, Henry Clay ct al, must tur over in their graves at the cowardl Congressmen who now hold thci places in the national chamber.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK.

American diplomacy, by c. R. Fish.
 ''The first survey of the whole field of American diplomacy, from 1789 to April, 1915. For either the student or the general reader it iS a valuable companion to the regular histories, and is of special interest at the pres ent time" "A. L. A. Booklist Anthracite, an instance of natural re-
 source monoply, by Scott Nearing. An autobiography, by Edward l..
 Trudeau. "Eminent physicians own record which amid most distressing circum- stances, is full of a Zest for life and devotion to a great cause. Begins with boyhood in France and New York and the AdirOndacks. Chapters on guides and hunting and the doctors account of his distinguished friend and pa tient, Robert Louis Stevenson."-Pub fishers Weekly. Everyday life of Abraham Lincoln by r. r.. Browne. "A valuable. volume for any shelf l of Lincoln books. A diff ferent type of book from all other l lives of Lincoln. ."-Boston Transcript. FrinGes of the fleet, by Rudyard Kip ] ling.
 Tells how England guards her coast and six new poems" ]
 George Washington farmer, by P. L. HaWorth.
 Prom research among Washing tons private papers, the writer has 1 gleaned many details about his life on l his Virginia estate--his attempts at i improved agriculture, business meth i ods conduct with his slaves, ways of i entertaining company, amusements 1 and reCreations, and a chapter on i Martha Washington, the farmers 1 wife. "A. L. A. Booklist. 1 Monroe doctrine, by Albert Bushnell i Hart.
 This is a satisfying book on a 1 topic out of which very little satis- faction has been had by those fond of l clear thinking. The whole work is ] careful and what is rare in such writ ! ing, entertaining throughout. Ma 1 ton.
 i Monroe doctrine: national or inter-
 rational? by w. I. Hull. l "In three addresses delivered be- ] fore the war, the writer outlines the i changes that have transformed the l doctrine into it's present formidable 1 proportions; and after examining and | ii. ic.ciI, rf+ tions. states his own."-A L. A. 1 Booklist.
 1 Over the front in an aeroplane and scenes inside the French and Flemish trenches, by Ralph Pulitzer.
 Stakes of diplomacy, by Walter Lipp- man.
 "It is real joy to find it of the same order as his first, "A preface to politics.. It is a book that widens horizons and quickcns consciousness" Life.
 Story of Canada Blackie, by Mrs.
 Field.
 His story reveals anew the power i of human sympathy and trust in 1 transforming an enemy of society into i d loyal and helpful friend and sup i porter of powers that make for righteousness. - North American, Phil.
 | Tt is impossible to read this mans letters and the simple story of his life without feeling, as he did, that
 wiser prison methods have come to stay that the old, dark days of stupid l brutality are past."-N. '. Times.
 Writing on the wall: the nation on
 trial, by F.. F. Wood.
 By the author of the Notebook of
 an attache.
 Fiction.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
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New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

civilization cannot be made an en- zine of war and perfected to foresee every contingency. It is inherent in liberty that it acts slowly, clumsily perhaps, but this very slOwness and clumsiness constitute the strength of free people. king Peter of Serbia
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE; SAUCE
 FOR THE GANDER.

There promises to be lively political timber cut out of the United States Senate's action in unanimously adopt State Department for the correspon- dence which transpired when Japan eeized Korea at the beginning of the
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

This is the most sincere and succinct declaration of faith in the spiritual strength of liberty as against the nna- terial efficiency of absolutism that we recall having read since the war began Democrats all over the world have been mutely feeling this conviction It took king to express it!-NeW 4ork World
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24
FACTS AND RANCHES

There's no poultry trust in Germany but the kaiser's Turkey is costing him $100,0OO,000 more. Worst of all, no Thanksgiving goes with the brd.- Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

The British house of lords has con- tained peers who exceeded Lord As tor in heir dislike of everything from America except their dividends, but we doubt if it has any now-Bingham- ton Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

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New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

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New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

It does not require a wide stretch of the imagination to get the impress sion that the Arabic agreement IS re- Sardcd in Berlin as merely an agree ment not to sink the Arabic agaln without warning.-Springfie Oh'oh'
New Britain herald., 1916-02-24

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