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New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

demands placed upon the hospital, de- mands that grow apace with the city itself, President Hart points out the need of greater appropriations from the state and city. These appropr1a- tions have remained at fixed sum during the past six years while during that period the work of the hospital has more than doubled.
 Were it not for the aid extended by the manufacturers of New Britain and philanthropically inclined citizens the achievements at the General Hospital would be greatly hampered. As it is, the sum of $10,000 was paid out for enlarging the plant and this money had to be borrowed from the banks. It was necessary to remodel and equip three buildings to take care of the patients who entered the hospital. These buildings will be of permanent value. Requirements of the state medical board call for other improve ments that must be installed in the very near future.
 President Hart need have no fear that his hopes will be dashed to nought when he and the executive committee trust that the philan- thropic citizens of New Britain will feel disposed to stand behind the in- stitution as they have in the past *." The people of this city realize the good work that has been and is being done at the General Hospital. They are fully aware of the incessant toll and cares of the good women who to the sick and the dying They know of the efforts of physicians and surgeons to make this hospital the equal of any in the state. They realize the corporea1 works of mercy done, and they will not see retro gression set in where progress is de- The people of the city will not forget the hospital and it's needs, as the hospital stands ever ready in the hour of tribulation.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
Wunich, the Magnificent,
 Pride of German People

ter the gate to the Athenian acropolis, and the relief's which decorate this structure quite fittingly tell the story of Greece's war of independence and the events transpiring in that king dom during the eventful reign of King Otho I, Louis son who was elected to the throne of Greece in 1892 but was finally expelled after thirty years. Another beautiful Munich gateway IS the Siegestor Gate of Victory), mod eled after the Arch of Constantine in Rome.
 ''The commercial life of Munich is scarcely less interesting than it's ar-' tistic side. Tn America the name or the city is indelibly associated with its most important article of export
 beer. In scientific circles Munich's optical and mathematical instruments have a worldwide reputation while the art of lithography had its birth here. More than 100 miles of canals thread the city in all directions.
 Munich owes its beginning to Duke Henry the Lion who in 1l58 es- tablished a mint here and built
 bridge across the Isar in order that he might the more easily levy toll on the salt obtained from the springs
 of Reichenhall and neighbor1ng Vll-
 lages The city occupies the site or
 the ancient monastery of Tegernsee'
 hence it's name (munichen, the
 monk) Tn 1927 the place was al
 most completely destroyed by hre'
 but it was soon rebuilt by Emperor Louis, the Bavarian, in the form which it retained up to the accession Of Louis I in the 18th century.
 America has had a share Tn the
 Identification of Munich for it was
 Benjamin Thompson, native or Wo- burn. Mass who laid out the magnl1- cent park of 600 acres known as the l Eng1ish Garden. For his many ser vices to the Bavarian government the American scientist and administrator was made a count of the Holy Roman empire and he chose as his title the name of Rumford, after the little New Hampshire village, (the modern Concord). where he had spent his boyhood. It was Thompson who, up on clearing the streets of Munich or more than 2,5O0 mendicants ana housing them in an institution where 1 they became self-susta1ning sald: 10 make vicious and abandoned people happy it has generally been supposed 1 necessary first to make them V1rtuous. But why not reverse this order? why /, not make them first happy and then 1 virtuOus,'"
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.-Mu- nich, the third city in the German empire, which recently received it's baptism of bombs at the hands of French aviator, is described in the following bulletin issued by the Ma tional Geographic society:
 ''The great railroad station at Mu nich which the French war office re- ports was hit by bombs dropped by a captain of the French aviation corps, is the heart of a great network of lines which connect the BavariaE capital with all parts of Europe. Sit uated in a plain on the River 1sar, the city is 200 miles in an airline east of the Alsatian border of France, and about forty miles north of the Tyrol- can frontier of Austria. Its latitude corresponds to that of St. Johns, Newfoundland, but owing to its prox- unity to the Alps Twenty-Five miles to the south) it's climate is extremely variable.
 Tn point of population Munich is exceeded only by Berlin and Hamburg among German cities. With 596,OOO inhabitants it was somewhat larger than Cleveland and smaller than Bos- ton in 1910, but it is highly probable l1lo1t e1lAS l1uIIIDtT udS UCCII oPPA V eiably decreased since the war be- gan, Just as in the case of Berlin which had 2,O71,0OO people in 1910 but which had only 1926, 900 on Feb ruary 1, 1916, according to official figures.
 "In physical aspects Munich Is one of the most impressive of modern cl- ties. It's royal palaces it's magn1- ficent national theater it's great royal library containing 100000 volumes and 50,O00 rare manuscripts; it's broad thoroughfares, particularly the Ludwigstrasse and Maximilianstrasse bordered by the great office, buildings of the Bavarian government, and it's famous university, which ranks first among the German institutions of learning in the number of it's medical students and second only to Berlin in the number of students of all classes-all these and many other buildings and institutions make the municipality one of the chief brides of the Teutonic people.
 Most of the modern improvem ents and practica1ly all of it's architectural sp1endor Munich owes to Louis I and his art-loving successors. Louis came to the throne in 1925 and ruled for more than twenty years. One of the impressive ments of his reign is the beautiful Propylaea, modelled af-
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
What Makes University.
Philadelphia Inquirer)

We have heard a good deal in the last few days about the troubles with our educational institutions. Some think they are too rich, some think that they are ruled by ignoble inter- ests, by men who are Intellectually bound, and others say we should change our system for that of Ger many.
 All this discussion seems rather puerile. There are only two things which make a college or university teachers and students. Any school in the world can be of the best if the student wishes it. No equipment, however large, is of any value where the student is not minded to work hard. First and last, any student gets out of college life just as much as he puts into it. The trouble is that in these days too few young men are minded to put much into their col lege life.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
My Way.

Mayhap it stretches very far, Mayhap 1t winds from star to star; Mayhap through worlds as yet un-
 formed
 It's never-e ending journey runs Through worlds that now are whirl-
 ing Wraiths
 Of formless mists between the suns; go-beyond my widest ken, I shall not pass this way again. So as I go, and cannot stay, And never more pass by this way I hope to SOW the way with deeds Whose seed shall bloom like Maytime
 meads, And flood my onward path with
 words That thrill the day like singing birds; That other travellers following on May find a gleam and not a gloom May find their path a pleasant way A trail of music and of bloom
 Sam Walter Toss.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
Another HNphenated Tale.

Miss Five-Feet-Three bewails her lot, Because, forsooth, she thinks For Six-Feet-Two all seats are The selfish little minx! Suppose that she were Six Feet-Two, And her lover was Five-Feet-Three, And she sat on his lap when the
 lights were low
 Oh! where would the poor boy be? If Five Feet-Three were Six-Feet-Two And sat in a cross-seat car, She'd soon find out that her length
 of limb
 Was much too long-by far. If seated at table Miss Five-Feet- Should grow to six-Feet- Two, She'd find that storing her feet and
 legs
 Would give her something to do. Now, if in a berth of ship or train Rides little Five-Feet-Three, At least she can stretch and in com-
 fort sleep,
 But six-Feet-Two, can he? Tn attic or cellar when it is dark, With rafters and pipes forgot, There -Feet-Two gets a crack on
 the bean, While Five-Feet-Three does not. Tn many a tight place Five-Feet-
 Three
 Can go with comfort and ease, While Six-Feet-TWo, poor son-of-a-
 gun Must follow on his knees. If Five-Feet-Three were Six-Feet-
 Two
 For only a single day, I'd gamble a cookie she'd gladly
 change
 To Five-Feet-Three to stay. R. M M in the New York Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
THE PEOPLES HOSPITAL.

In the annual report of the New sitain Hospital, which appears in lother part of the Herald today, resident George P Hart calls atten- oa to the remarkable work accom- lshed during the past year, to the 'oWth of the institution, and it's needs 2 the future. Because of the heavy
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
FAILURE OF THE STARS.
High Cost of Living May Lead To
 Action by Congress Which Will
 Curtain Their Power and Authority.
(New York World).

(NeW OrK WOTlu).
 Food can be monopolized in this country only through the agencies of interstate commerce. The whole ques- tion therefore falls under the consti- tutional power of congress, which is subject to no limitations.
 In this as in many other respects the states have failed adequately to assert their authority, and the prosN pect is that the matter will presently be taken out of their hands. The railroad problem must soon be ac- cepted as exclusively a national affair, partly because the states have intro duced too many differing systems of control and partly because in the last analysis they do not possess the pow CT to deal comprehensively with theN. subject So far as food is concerned the states might have met the issue; but the fact that forestallers have in- creased in numbers and strength fast CT than local laws and energies proves that here again no true remedy is to be expected.
 It was against some such short comings as these that Elihu Root voiced a solemn warning ten years ago.
 
 the earnestness possess that there is but one way in which the states of the Union can maintain their power and authority, and that way is by an awakening on the part of the States to a realization of their own duties to the country" There has been no awakening. Prac- tica1ly every. monopoly or conspiracy. in mt of w complaint has been made gained head way in the beginning by subduing some state. From that vantage ground the conquest of whole sec tions and in some cases of the whole nation was carried oll. To profit in few ways from the operations of a' vast industry, cities and Common wealths have licensed and defended the most rapacious business organiza- tons that the world has ever known. The system of Warehousing and market control thus built up has now become too formidable for any state to master If restricted in one place it transfers it's chief activities to an- other. National regulation and in- spection, especially in sanitary affairs, have resulted in much good, but the great evils of monopoly and extor- ton are still without a check that may be depended upon
 States break down in emergencies of this kind because they have no realization of their duties to the coun- try at large. They do not control They are controlled. Instead of ex- posing and punishing wrong-doing, they encourage it. Against the ras- calls of other localities they are always in arms For their own rascals they sometimes have chidings, but rarely Dunishments.
 When in the exercise of it's consti- tutional rights Congress comes to ad- dress itself, as it soon must, to tho question of transportation, 1t should not fail to meet the related problem of 8 nations food supply monopolized or cornered. That body alone has tho power to deal with the forces which defying or corruptins cities and states are levying upon 00,000, 900 of people taxes much heavier than any govern ment of their own would venture to assess. -?
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
A MARKET BY MAIL

Department of Agriculture and Post Office officials in discussing the high cost of living have agreed to ask Congress for an extensive investiga- tion of the subject with a view to using the parcel post as a means of bringing the consumer and producer closer together. The idea is not al- together a new one. When the parcel post was first put into effect there were many cities whose inhabitants established trade relations direct with the farmers, and butter, cheese, eggs and dressed poultry found their way from the farm to city homes through the mails In order that this method of buying may be revived the Agri- cultural and Post Office men have de- cided upon three general propositions: First, they would reduce the postage on foodstuffs so that farmers may market their products by mail. Second, enlarge the service from cities to rural communities where a speciality is made of food products. Third, in crease the size of the foodstuffs basket parcel from fifty to one hundred pounds.
 It is the belief among those who are studying the question that the middle man and not the farmer is the cause for the present high prices of neces- saries. Because of this the officials of ,.fy of hn ment would give the people a weapon to hold over the middleman's head. It would be a mparativcly easy mat ter to get in touch with some farm CTS and make arrangements to have but ter, eggs, and the various by-products of milk. sent by parcel post. If the shipping baskets are allowed to carry : ono hundred pounds of these food l stuffs at a reduction in postage rates 1 the problem will be greatly simplified. l Something must be done to protect 1 the people of the country against con- i spiracies in the manipulation of food prices and the session of the Congress 1 which convenes next week must tackle | the problem. COnSreSSlOIldl dctloll will do more than anything else to al- i leviate the present condition. Speaker of the House Champ Clark believes a bill should be introduced which | would prohibit the interstate shipment of young animals for slaughter. The wholesale destruction of calves before i thev have a chance to reach maturity is one reason for the high cost of beef.
 In the end however the whole trouble goes back to the present day
 method of living in America. The
 farms have been neglected for the
 giddy life of the city. The electric
 lights of Broadway and all the little
 Rroadways in the cities and towns of the nation, have an appeal to the youth of the country that is very al-
 turing. As a consequence they for
 sake the farm, they refuse to till the
 soil when they can SOW oats, wild and
 otherwise, in the fields of amusement
 If is too lonesome back on the farm
 and as a result, there is dearth of
 farm labor When the exodus from
 the cities to the farm lands becomes
 as great as the procession from the
 farm to the city then may we hope for
 a complete solution of very VeXa-
 tious problem. In the meantime the
 plan advocated by the Department ot
 Aoriculture and the Post Office off,
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
Humorous.

"Marcella ?" "Yes, Waverly--" "Where is the milk? ?"
 Right there is the bottle" t'This one"
 NO. the next one. That is just like you.''
 What is?''
 "To reach right over the sweet one and pick the sour one. You always do that
 Not always"
 "Id like to know when you didn't. . When 1 got you.
 "Huh!"
 "When I got you, Marcella, I reached over a whole bunch of lemons and picked peach.
 "Oh, Waverly!
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
A Palmetto State Veterans Thrilling
 Feat
(From the Mccormick Messenger.)

(F'rom the Mccormick Messenger.)
 MT. George Banks, a Confederate veteran, 81 years of age, splendid soldier of Company c, Seventeenth South Carolina Regiment, now living in this county, a good husband and good citizen a good farmer. a good hsherman and a fine shot. He killed sixteen snakes at one shot one day last weel. .
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
The Silver Lining.
Patterson Cal1.)

Riverside mother was injured 1p a motor car accident lately and few days afterward her little boy said: Mamma, I am glad you were hurt
 "Why," exclaimed his mother.
 "Because" he replied, now you are always home when I get back from school
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
Well Trained.
Buffalo Express. )

"Subster is a perfect husband.'' "I never heard he was so wonder full"
 Well, every time he sees mail- box he feels in his pockets"
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

Billy Sunday having remarked I've cut out slang since coming to Boston," the audience said Good night."- Meriden Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

This is the week in which Massa- chusetts deer and hunters get shot, Connecticut Western News.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

We are waiting to read what John M. Parker says in his after election message to Roosevelt. It ought to be rich.-Indiana Times
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

The men who sell on the street pamphlets entitled "How to Become an American Citizen," should get out with companion booklet telling how much good it does you to be one
 for sale to people about to take passage on liners bound for the submarine zone.-Don Marquis in New York Evening Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

Some of the eggs boycotted in c,bica 20 may escape from cold storage in year or so ana then the dealers will get their revenge on spiteful public.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
WAftcr the BayyI."

The Boston Transcript understands, on excellent authority, that the in augural rawl will be exclusively a re- publican function
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Millionaire" used to be a title, but now it is generally an epithet.-Gal- weston News
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

The saloons can't close, because the Unitel States government needs the $325, 100000 of internal revenue. We must be loyal as taxpay ayers.-Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
A Mean One.
(Brooklyn Eagle.)

(BrOOklyn Eagle Col. Roosevelt is not going to the Fiji islands Too many Is there al- ready?
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

ntered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

ued daily Sunday excepted) at 4:15 D. m.,
 at Herald Building. CT Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29
7 Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

le only profitable advertising medium in the city: Circulation books and rcess room always open to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1916-11-29

Miss Five-Feet- Three bewails her lot, Because, forsooth, she thinks For Six-Feet-Two all seats are
 made
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-14
CORRESPONDENCE
Benton High School Notes.

A Christmas program is being pre-
pared by the various departments in
school, to be given in the High School
Auditorium Thursday night of next
week. The numbers selected are typical
of the festal season and collaborating
with life and Christmas cheer.
Superintendent Fortson spent one day
OF this week inspecting the work in the
various grades. Judging from few
complimentary remarks and his pleasant
countenance, he was well pleased.
Captain Kouns Burt, of the seventh
grade, has just received a check for Sc
from the National Farm and Live Stock
Show (Which was held in New Orleans
several weeks ago. for the best exhibit
OF ten ears Of Stewards yellow dent corn
CAPTAIN Kouns also won prizes on his
corn at Plain Dealing and Shreveport.
The girls of the high school depart
ment were very much disappointed last
Friday afternoon On account of the Bos-
sier City basket ball team failing tc
show up, since it prevented them from
playing the game that had been SEIZED
uled for that date. COR.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-14

Tuesday, Dec. 12.-Seems like cold
weather is here to stay. At any rate,
lots of our folks are killing hogs and
making sausage. This means that the
meat trust must worry along without
their patronage for some time to come.
Mr.. J. C. Thomas received a card
yesterday from relatives at Lindsay,
Okla, reporting the serious illness OF
his mother, Mrs. NJ. E. Goforth. He
will probably leave to-day or to- morrow
for that place. .....
A lot of building and repairing is
being done in this community. Mr.. W.
A. Johnson has built an addition to his
residence, which is being occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Mccain. Mr.. J. S.
Giles is busy getting out timbers to use
in improving the residence being occu-
pied by Mr.. Monroe Leggett. Mr.. ]. c.
Thomas has improved the appearance Of
his home by installing few sets of glass
windows. Mr.. J. H. Cole has the foun.
dation for his new residence almost com.
pleted and has informed your cores
pondent that he intends to get the lum-
Der and begin the building at an early
date. - - eG.>s GOOD EYE.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-14
Let the hat-passer pass the hat.
Death of DR.. Jacob Wise.

The remains of DR.. Jacob Wise were
conveyed from Orange, Texas, to Shreve-
port after his death last week. The
funeral took place last Friday from the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Herndon on
Jordan Street and the body was laid to
rest in Greenwood Cemetary. Many OF
the old friends of the deceased from
Benton attended the ceremony, as did
others from other parts Of Bossier Parish.
AS indicated in the Banner last week,
DR.. Wise died at Orange, Texas, where
he had gone with hunting party to
shoot ducks in the marshes along the
coast. He had been suffering from dia-
belts for some time and the disease de-
veloped into the acute attack that proved
fatal.
DR.. Wise was born near Vanceville
this parish, and was a son of DR.. G. A
Wise of that place. He leaves one in
FAINT son and widow, who was Miss
Matte Wilkinson of Coushatta. He
has surviving brother, Mr.. G. A. Wise
jr., and two sisters, Miss Agnes Wis
and Mrs.J. B. Railsback, both of Shreve
port:
DR.. Wise was twenty-nine years o
age at the time Of his death. He wa
well known and greatly esteemed in Ben
ton, where he practiced his profession
until about two years ago.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-12-14
The Sidewalks of Benton.

The last time the sidewalks were re-
paired in Benton the cost of the work
was secured by passing the hat. AS We
cannot issue bonds for this purpose, it is
about time that the official hat-passer
should remember his mission.
In some places on what is left OF the
old plank sidewalks, nails-old and rusty,
blood poisoning nails-are sticking up,
waiting for some child to step upon
them and thus cost the parents of that
unfortunate infant more money in doc
tors fees than the building Of lot of
sidewalks would cost. A citizen return
ing from the postoffice some dark and
wet evening may step where a rotten
plank sidewalk ought to be and land in
ditch, breaking his leg or something's;
and that may prove more costly than a
timely passing of the hat for new side
walks would cost that particular citizen.
| When the winter rains set in-and they
are about due-some person is going To
speak disregardfully Of our sidewalks to
the imperiiing of his immortal soul; and
what will it avail? The thing to do is to
pass the hat now before it is too late
A few dollars invested in new sidewalks
may save many broken shins and maybe
something still more precious than ones
shins.
Let the hat-passer pass the hat.