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New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
Because I am 8 German, by Hermann
 Fe1nau.

BeCauSe l am 8 German, by Hermann Fernau
 Blackest page of modern history, by H. A. Gibbons.
 The Armenian massacres. Eleftherios Venizelos, his life and work, translated by Beatrice Bar stow.
 "dve-story of the great Greek statesman who was premier during the Balkan war."-A. L. A. Booklist. Emma Darwin, a century of family letters.
 ''The wife of Charles Darwin and author of many of these delightful letters, divides with her husband the chief place of interest. The editor is their daughter, Mrs. Litchfeld."-A L. A. Booklist. First seven divisions; being a de- tailed account of the fighting from Mons to Ypres, by Capt w. Hamilton. Holidays in the open, by Theodore Roosevelt.
  Impressions and experiences of a French trooper, 1914-1915, by Christian Mallet
 An astounding piece of work simple, poignant and heroic" Kitchener's mob, by J. N. Hall. My home on the field of honor, by Frances Wilson Huard. Written by the American wife of a French off1cer' My secret service: Vienna, Sophia, Constantinople, Nish, Belgrade, Asia Minor, etc, by ''the man who dined with the Kaiser" Ruling caste and frenzied trade in Germany, by M. Millioud. Through Glacier park, by M. R. Rine- hart.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
COMMUNICATED.
Action Of Rand.

It is a faot the public should know that all organizations do not show patriotism at all times. The Phil harm onic band of this city wished to volunteer it's services to our soldier boys when they left for the front, but no permit would be given them by the local musicians union as it con- f1icted with the laws of the union to volunteer, however, a permit was giv- en to a band in nearby city to do the same thing that the Philharmonic was refused.
 However, through the efforts of one of the members of the band and lnan- c1al aid from our patriotic citizens Employes of the Stanley Works and members of the Chamber of Com merce, the services of the band were secured just the same, thanks to the donors.
 Whether all organizations or in- dividuals believe the soldier boys should be called out or not, it matters not, one thing is sure they were called and responded; every one of them are our citizens and many our own personal friends and IL was surely LID to all of us to give them a good send off in any way we could. Let us all hope that every one of the boys re- turn.
 A MUSICIAN AND A PATRIOT
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
Something on Preparedness
Bridgeport Telegram. )

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 Here is a paragraph from the speech of Raymond Robins as chair man of the progressive convention in Chicago:
 Marrow chested and gray-blooded children living in dark rooms in con, 'gested tenement districts, eating adul- tefated food and corrupted in their childhood by an environment of dives, gambling dens and brothels, are poor foundation for @ first line de- fense. Men and women who receive regularly less than living wage of work eXhausting hours in daily toll under anti-sOcial conditions will have little enthusiasm in defending a coun- try that has so poorly defended them The social human waste from insani- tary homes, sweated labor and inn moral living conditions Is as much a fact of national weakness as the lack of guns and amm unition. A nation must be worth living in to be worth dying for"
 There is truth in every word of this statement; The first line of defense is at ha5he, not merely within the boundaSHes' of the nation, nor yet within the boundaries of the states; but within the boundaries of home itself
 You cannot produce, by however a painful and lengthy process of train ing, a race of soldiers from a race of weddings sucked flat by economic oppression. Still less can you call to arms in an emergency such a race, without even preliminary training The first step toward making soldiers is to assure hardy men; and to this end, civilizations rally cry, "women and children f1rst!" is the guide.
 Putting aside all racial prejudice, sympathy or -anttpathy, the student
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
Simplify Dancing.
(Meriden Journal. )

Dancing is like golf for there will always be ambitious young people striving to make it more difficult and the older people trying to simplify both. The dancing teachers are now getting together and they announce that they are going to return to first principles.
 This does not mean rejuvenation of the really beautiful dances of our childhood. Far be it from the profess sional trainers to do anything quite so sensible as to rehabilitate the stately waltz or the graceful polka. Nothing of the kind. But they do say that there is to be a return to "the simpler steps that require less mental effort" A frivolous com1nenta- tor has advanced the opinion that most dancers, and certainly the ma jority of persons watching them, had supposed that the irreducible mini mum or mental effort had been at tained in the one-step. But this, it seems was 8 grave error. In spite of the infinitesinal fraction of cere- bral equipment required to do the one-step, it is still too much of a mental strain upon the youth of tho land. ;
 One of the leading dancing mas ters has put the matter thus: Here tofore, dancers have been so intent upon thinking what steps are to come next that they have had no opportun- ity, to talk with their partners The mental strain of trying to remember how to dance has been so great that 1t has been impossible to think of anything else. It is this condition we are fghting''
 The heavy and inexperienced novice who has found himself upon the floor face to face with the problem of trying to perform the tricks of the modern" dances will appreciate this explanation. The strain of try ing to dance. and talk in an intelli- gent and entertaining way to ones partner at the same time is too much. It has already filled many 8 sanitarium with mental wrecks.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
Praise for Connecticut Boy.
 (Brideeport Farmer

Some of the praise given to the consular service of the United States comes home to Connecticut in the kind words written of Arthur B. J. Reilly, vice consul at Warsaw, by 8 representative of the Hebrew Shelter ing and Immigrant Aid Society of America, who tells of the devotion and industry brought to the problem that arose at the outbreak of war, when Am mericans took over the duty of representing subjects of nations at war with Germany, when the German armies reached the Russian city. MT Reilly is a son of Congressman T. L. Reilly of Meriden, and received a portion of his training in newspaper service.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
Or The Edge Of Treason
(South Norwalk SentlneD.


 A citizen of Colombia, located Tn New York city as correspondent for 53 Latin n-Amertcan newspapers and magazines all over South and Centra; America, a sincere friend of ths American people. writes despatringly of the present attitude of some of our newspapers.
 For more than two years, he says, he has been trying to convince the Jatin-An2ericans that the real spirit of the American people is one of fair ness. righteousness and justice; that if it is true that some Americans and some administrations have committed wrongs against Latin American coun tries, the nation Es a whole has not sanctioned them, and that we have 10 intentions prejudictal to the welfare of any of our neighbors. And the Latin-Americans,h he says, had begun to accept the assurances Of such in tcrpreters as himself, backed by many convincing proofs of friendship given by our government and people. But now he fears that the delicate struc- ture of Latin-Anlericans confidence may be wrecked.
 He points to a recent issue of a metropolitan newspaper containing q cartoon representing the American flag as waving over the six republics contained between the Rio-Granae and tho Panama Canal and 'lnder f. this motto: "Eventually-why rot now?"
 He refers in scathing terms co tho "crilninal attitude of those who advo- cate the conquest of six independent republics just because they are not strong enough to defend themselves" Such cartoons, he says. and editor iai utterances of the same tenor from the jingoistic part of our American press, naturally find their way into Latin American newspapers. And when the natives see these excerpts from the impudent yellow press 1f rhis country, they may think that I am betraying them, for they are not here to understand the situation and take those libel for the nothings they are worth"
 It is a timely arraignment of news papers and public men who urge the annexation of territory south of the Rio Grande, in reckless disregard of the rights of our neighbors and the solemn pledges made over and over again by our government. Such pa- pers and such Americans are really few in number We know it; but the sensitive millions of Latin Nn1 rica do z not know it. And any such propa- ganda put forth in the present crisis is not merely foolish and dishon or- able. It is so inimical to the true interests of the United States that 1t ffsIf fro uen,nfl1n
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29

tinue as lavish of men and artillery fire as they have been from the first to carry a point that will have little more than moral weight, the most probable answer is that the Crown Prince, being at least the nominal commander at that place, he must be brought in a victor at any cost. The dynasty" requires it and that's enough. It is a sort of military axiom that any place can be taken if the assaulting force has the price and is willing to pay the price. Well. the German war chiefs seem willing to pay the price, though it means the lives of scores of thousands of men better than themselves. Let this vast host be marched into the shower of deadly missiles, let them welter in their agony, die, and be swept uuder the ground out of sight so long as It's for the glory of "the family" Is it too much to hope, that, out of the un- paralleled human slaughter of thiss war there will come such revolt of the human mind, such a radical and profound change in political systems, as shall make it forever mpossIble that the glory of any Royal or Tm- perial house, or the will of one man, shall be able to senG hundreds Of thousands of his fellow men to tho shambIes of slaughter. Surely tho civilized world should permanently gain that much in return for the un- matched affiictions it is now suffer iyoc
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29

1 There is a gleam of hope in the situa- 1 ton though as later issues of the l Congressional Record will probably 1 carry to us most complete infOrma- ! ton as to what the gentleman from -- thinks of the plan to de- velop the military resources of the country. In a time when action is absolute long and weighty delibera- tions are under way. The Hay bill has created dissension. It is neces- sary, because of a clause that calls
 for pay for National Guardsmen, to
 hold it up in the Senate, appoint
 conference committee to meet that of
 the House and draw up thousands of
 carefully chosen words to SOW in the
 propositions that might be included
 in the bill, any necessary plans for
 defense go by the board until the
 question Of pay is decided.
 The army can go ka1ooting or
 something of the kind. There are
 only a few thousand men that have
 enlisted and not asked for extra pay as proposed in the bill, they are mere handful of soldiers called to the
 colors by their American spirit not the question of remuneration, there more and any quantity of equipment but Congress sits back and argues about pay. Who said pay anyhow? Not the men that have enlisted. Practically every man could earn more by his individual effort if he remained home than he thought he was going to get when he started for the front. It might help if guards men were to receive a greater salary than they do now, but that it not the great question.
 What are you going to do about improved defenses, aerial and naval as well as upon land? Now that the possibilities of the times have been showed before you by fate what do you propose as a remedy NOW luAt your constituents are serving at the front what do you propose to do to help them? They don't regard pay as uppermost. Their lives are at stake. Let's have less talk and more action in the order of necessity MT. Representative or Senator. It is all l well enough to make work for the l printers and postal clerks in time of l peace when you occupy the center of l the national stage and when perusal l of the Congressional Record will in | cite the public, which has time to wade through it, to marching to the l polls election day, but now that peace Is rapidly vanishing over the horizon l turn off the spotlight take off your coats and get to work. Otherwise ] your efforts will prove fruitless and the national glow will be greatly l by the Mexican blot.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
At Nerdun.
Stamford AdVocate)

The situation at Verdun is such that, if the Germans once get pos session of the old town, and hold it, it will be hailed as a tremendous tri- umph, and if the French make good the defense to the end-that is, until the Germans abandon their special as
 sauIts on that part of the line, 1t will be a memorable victory for France. For all that-with all the moral inn pressiveness that must now attach to the outcome, it is admitted on all sides that nothing at all decisive as looking to the ending of the war can happen there in any case. To the natural question, therefore. so often
 asked. as to why the Germans con-
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEN

Under the apple trees, by Joh1
 roughs.
 We, a confession of faith
 American people during
 ter the war. by Gerald What is coming? A European
 cast, by H. G. Wells.
 
 Who is insane? by Stephen Smith 'The author was Commisstoner Lunacy in New York state. Ee er phasizes the fact that a large prov portion of brain diseases are aaN cur able as diseases of other parts ofNth organism. "A. L. A. Rooklist. A Blind mans eyes, by William Mao
 Harg and Edwin Balmer
 Readable mystery story, with life. like characters and an original and interesting plot,''-A. L. A. Booklist, Long road home, by R. D. Paine. "A story of the coastwise merchant marine told in a vigorous, simple styple. "A. L. A. BookHst. Passing of Oul-I-But and other tales
 by Alan Sullivan. Phantom herd, by Mrs. B. M. Bower. Good western story with plenty of action. Introduces a resourceful mov- ing picture manager and shows some of the adventures and hardships en- countered by the members of the Fly ing U Ranch."-A. L. A. Booklist. Seed of the righteous, by Mrs. J. W.
 TompkinS.
 Shepherd of the north, by R. A. Ma
 her.
 "Vigorous story of the Adirondack woods and of a wise large-natured Catholic bishop who Is the guiding tn- fuence in the lives of the boy and girl in whom the interest centers. "- A. l.. A. Booklist.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29

for asking this change in contour of our policemen. But the reform has not stopped, and let us hope will not stop, with them. The American has a tradition of leanness behind him, and 1t is a good thing to return to. It means preparedness for so many things pleasant and important that it is more than worth pains. May new school of masculine architecture ex- tend its sway and prosper!
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
RES CONGRESS?

@sebiy over the wires now and then port asto the deliberations Pty body dlctating to the course whenstbe youth of
 concentrated uSaa the bor- United States read4to take
 gainst the enemy aso as fe1op more rapidly at xha neWs of what is being de
 in Washington reaches us
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29

It is reported that Carranza has collected 17,000,000 rounds of am- intuition, which should provide every Mexican general with a cartridge Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
HE SITUATION CLEARS.

1hg and get down to business &he United States to settle this m question without the further $f blood? It begins to look so forming though there is no tell nat will transpire within the Eventy-four hours. It was with rab1e relief that America heard he cavalrymen captured by Ery and carried To the interior kican forces were to be turned the Americans again in com with the demands of the mt, backed by some ten thou oys in khaki rushing to the There is a saving element. forget though that there are accounts that must still be and settled definitely with the lief before the matter is wound us hope that the agreement reached and, what is more to nt, abided by.
 punitive force in Mexico will pd search for Villa fruitlessly y, but earnestly nevertheless. raids across the border must more expeditions will be the Carranza must assure us that mplates no action against our his country. Having proven t in corralling and restrain unruly countrymen he must ose hurt by their actions to with the pursuit. Finally e some score dead troopers, Rmeful1y, to be accounted for Mexicans. Granted that all things are understood and by Carranza there will be Granted that he does not, er childish fit, change his in and allow his underhngs rate another outrage Mexico be left to work out her own
 It is almost impossible to nd just how the matter may
 by arbitration but the Tor arbitration are much m they were. The worst of we have no guarantee that ment entered into by the will be kept for any length lile there have been any f acts committed by Mexi- nst citizens, of the United It give reasons for war, but to fasten upon the actual in the crime and to declare st them. With the single of the Carrizal incident been nothing done against Fymen by the present Mex nment as far as we know. with prompt settlement of Pr the United States is in h to declare war against blf, as government cannot to account for the doings bponsible citizens beyond already been done; asked the cu1prits and told that will be done to capture the roviding the country itself so. Our punitive expedi- stay and any further eff c.> it will open immediate against the entire country. e it is best for those in se every means to prepare ftingencies, to build up the
 ts equipment, to get ready n the event that there IS
 uch will be gained and @
 at the border Is the best
 n the world against any
 Tt acts. It must be borne
 all that the situation Is
 be brea king point and the
 of this city as we'll as
 try must continue. It is
 ht our boys wijs~be on the
 some time to come, war
 forming patrols to protect
 citizens and comprising
 be thrown immediately
 if of General Pershing
 eed it. Let us be thank
 hre is a prospect of an
 tIement of our difficulties
 pared to punish we'll the
 case of further outIawry.
 RES CONGRESS?
 fsebiy over the wires
 Fhiilstep now and then
 port as&o +1,a ao1;1,o4
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29
FACTS AND RANCHES

Khaki Is now a fashionable color for mems garm ments.-Rocheste Democrat and Chronicle
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29

One test of national self-control is a safe and sane Fourth in the midst of a presidential campaign and foreign war.-BuffaIo Enuuirer.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29

Strange as it may seem, the war in Europe hasn't stopped for an in- stant because of our troubles with Mexico. This does not mean lack of interest in it, however.-Buffalo Comm ercial.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-29

stant because of our troubles with Mexico. This does not mean lack of interest in 1t, however-Buffa1 Comm ercial.
 England is going to get one big ad- vantage out of this European war, for it introduces baseball. The Cana dian soldiers in the concentration camps have given baseball a firm foothold in England A famous British general once said that Eng lands military power was developed from the cricket field Perhaps that is the reason 1t has been so slow. Baseball is 8 faster game-Water- town Times.
 Long before an American army of occupation could be prepared and hurled into Mexico the life could be starved out of Carranza's s resistance by an alright blockade of the coun- try. That is the procedure that should and doubtless would be adopted. The United States has more than ample naval power to enforce such a blockade. It can clamp the 11os on tight almost in a period of hours.-New York Press.
 In volunteering for military service with the National Guard no doubt Judge Emory A. Chase of the court of appeals reflects the feeling of many men under similar physical disadvan- tages. He is sfxty-two, but in spite of his years desires to be of use in the present situation. He will prob ably be assigned to duty with 8 depot battalion of the Tenth Infantry, in which responsible position he will find room for play for executive ability and business experience At a time like this it Is a question of expediencv as well as duty into. what rank the average man shall step for service. Many must stay at home who are eager to go to the front if need by. because they have passed the military a ge or are not physically fit. Many are worth more to their country where they are. Many, like Judge Chase, will seek to serve as best they can in whatever capacity they may be assigned to duty.-New York World
The Detroit times., 1916-06-03

help these people by giving theni
definite and authoritative reassur.
ance regarding the state of their
health.
In the case OF the Harvard fresh
men II was actually found that a
number were treating themselves for
ailments with which they were not
afflicted. Their relief at learning
the true state OF affairs may be
imagined.
Periodical examinations TO deter.
mine the physical condition serve,
therefore. several useful purposes.
They help men arrange their life
work in accordance with their physi
cal abilities. They help detect seri-
Gus disease In a durable stage.
And they help to give reinsurance
to those who wrongly believe them
selves TO be seriously i'll. This IL.
self Is an invaluable service in view
of the extent to which people suffer
from secret fears as TO maladies that
exist only in their imagination.
Surely II is well worth making II
a rule to go &c your doctor for a
careful physical testing every six
months.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-03
Poem a Day
MOTHERS INEVITABLE LOVE

Somewhere, from the blue sky up
wonder IL mother looks down
On the lad she brought to existence,
Does her face wear "A smile or
Ar. there moments Of INFINITE pathos.
When she knows OF his many de-
Or does 10y OVERLOOKING possess her.
when her long cherished wish he re-
spectsg
In the bosom OF God she Is resting
Ia abe now from all memories tree.
or do ne'er severed bonds stu unite
with the boy that she held on her
Does the bIissful perfection OF Heav-
Prevent her from thinking OF one i.
who looked I'D to her with DEVOTION
Does mother still think OF her son:
Sometimes. when the shadows are
II seems that dear mother must know
or the trials that beset her lone baoy.
or his Joys. his brief triumphs' ms
That the magical wand of her pres
ence,
Ger the stretch Of the long-vanished
s,ill rises 10 guard and protect him
And shield him from all earthly fears
Oh. YES. there is hope and protection
In the ties OF invisible love.
Holding fast. through temptation and
struggle.
with a power that comes from above;
And that love nils my soul with new
longing
To look upon mothers dear face. =.
In the land where she waits TO enfold
me
In the warmth OF her loving embrace.
Then. down through the pathway OF
memory
Comes a vision. inerably pure.
With the love light upon me stu
shining
From eyes. bright with purposes
sure;
And when vision becomes lasting
substance,
In that place Christ hath gone TO
prepare,
I shall know my steps thither were
aided
BY mothers long v'gils Of prayer.
William l.. X. Barrett.