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New Britain herald., 1916-01-10
GIVE THE GIRLS A CHANGE.

In this matter of marrying there are some strange theories. Now comes well known New York woman and asserts that women should pro- pose matrimony not only in leap years but in other years as well.
 Every four years women get chance to do the proposing. Wheth- CT they make good can be told from the marriage statistics of any of those particular periods. It is safe to say, however, that they do not run away with their quadrennial prerogative
 They are something like the men. When they get the power in their hands they fail to eXericse it. There is somewhat a feeling of security in knowing you can do a thing. There is also a disposition on the part of most individuals not to do the thing they should. And so it is that men,
 posing act. They are somewhat Ioath to getting down on pended knees be- fore the ladies of their choice. That is why the parade is blocked so often. marry, just because they fingered too long in the offing. One of the main reasons for this shyness in the ranks
 of bachelors is because they are afraid of the bills that are incidental to the married state. They hold back on the bit. Everywhere they go they receive no encouragement. The mar ried men whom they meet say, Keep away from it. And so they do. This being the case, it might be a good thing to extend the period of
 proposing to other years than leap year and let the women take good whack at it. No gathering of women ever denounced married life,-wheth- CT they had passed through the spou- sal or were mere spinsters. They are all for it,-marriage. And, if they could be instrum ental in getting the boys to shake off the illusion of single
 blessedness they would be doing a l who would ask a man to marry her would have everything in her favor. To begin with, she would never pro- | pose until it was reasonably assured 1 that he was the right kind, that he 1 could go out and bring home the ba- 1 con, that he was not afraid to do
 something worth while in life. And, l having settled that, the rest would
 be easy. He would make good" for
 her. Ii is but in the natural order of things that man should get mar
 ried, The bible itself acknowledges | the fact that it is not good for man l to be alone. But poor fool man can
 never realize this while he is in the
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10
The Roosevelt Move.
(BostOn Herald.)

The Philadelphia North Americans, pacemaker in sensational journalism has followed the New York Tribune also under an aggressive management in coming out for the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt on the republican ticket next June. Other more or less akish newspapers may be expected to follow suit As a talking point" nothing could better serve an editors purposes.
 But MT. Roosevelt will not be nomi- mated The most that this movement can accomplish is to revive the hos tilities of 1912, which have now pretty completely vanished. The logic of the situation is entirely away from the Roosevelt idea. Four years ago he set about to establish a party of which he would be founder and head, to super sede the republican party just as 1t had superseded the whig. MT. Roose- welt failed. The minority party in con- gress remained the republican. In all the local and other elections, the democrats opposition remained in the G. o. P.
 MT. Rooseve1ts next move was to try to make republican success inn
  the gauntlet in New York state, where he proposed 8 union of his own people and republicans in the nomination of Hinman. The republicans, refusing these overtures, nominated MT. Whit man, toward whom the colonel was in open hostility, with results that every body understands. Since then it has been a case of MT. Roosecelt's go- ing over to his old associates rather than their going out after him.
 What would be the logic in these circumstances of the party's picking him out for the presidential nomina- tion? It would be the greatest ex- hibition of poverty of human resources that a great party ever confessed. And those who have it's interests at heart will not for @ moment seriously con- sider it. The only thing they might in reason do in the premises is to hasten to get together on an affirma- tive candidate of their own to occupy
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

eminent inventor says. He has nroh- ably had experience in dealing with l Congressmen. His idea is to make
 them pass the examination in some branch of the civil service after they have been elected to Congress. Then
 they should be appointed to the various committees. Ostensibly it
 would be better to have a man we'll
 versed in money and banking serve on
 the Banking and Currency committee
 than to relegate him to the Committee
 on Additional Accommo dations for the
 Library of Congress. Far better would 1t be to have a man with a
 knowledge of engineering placed on
 the committee of Coast and Insular Survey than have him waste his time on the committee taking care of the
 Five Civilized Tribes of Indians or the
 committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game. Any hunter
 could take care of the work on this
 last named committee. MT. Maxim
 has the right idea. A place for every
 thing and everything In it's place. Why put a poet on the committee on
 Standards, Weights and Measures; or a plumber on the committee on
 Transportation Routes to the Sea- board? The same rule holds good for the committee on Military Affairs. Some of the members on this com r1ittee have never seen a modern military organization at work, unless it was on dress parade, probably at the inauguration of some president.
 While it is all well and good to con- sider making the Congressmen take civil service examination after they have been duly elected, and this, we take it, applies mostly to the members of the House of Representatives, it would be far better to give such an examination even before these men were voted on at the polls. Some of our Congressmen have not been Just the kind of Congressman we should ike to have,-that is, they have not been the stars their press agents pre- dicted, or they themselves promised they would be before election. Their greatest asset in trade for the most l part has been too often a gift of | gab" and a wonderful flow of mean ingless words that spellbind listeners who possess the vote. Where is the ! community that could not profit by having all the candidates for the office of United States Representative stand forth and take an examination, good mental examination, the highest man | to win? Granted that there were fair judges the result from this method l would be real test of ability, the | examination to consist of each and l every subject in which a Congressman | should be we'll versed. Start the ball l
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

prime of life. He has to get along in years, way down the long lane that has no turning before he feels the need of a companion. And then it is too late.
 So now while the girls have fate in their hands, while they are consider ing the future happiness of their beaux, let them go forth and accom- plish great things. Let them marry off the whole crop of bachelors that happens to be lying around idle this leap year. Let them tell these shirk- CTS of duty that the time has come when a minister is needed and the honeymoon hangs low over the hori- zon. All the boys need is a little coaxing, a little prod to make them realize they are side-stepping some thing for which they were ordained by nature,-to be husban If there is not enough time to do all this in 1916, We hereby submit that the time limit be extended to take in every year from now until the following leap year. Give the girls a chance.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10
COMMUNICATED.
To H. With the Ice Corporation;
 Long Live the Steam Roller!

New Britain, Jan. 8. To the Editor of the Herald:
 Dear Editor: I read in last nights Herald about the city meeting held Thursday night. Is the ice corpora tion going to run the city again? It is shameful if New Britain papers are trying to mislead people. We all remember 1913, and how we were robbed by the icemen. Are we going to get those conditions back again |? To the dickens with the ice corpora ton, and long live the Steam Roller"
 Yours truly,
 A. G. BRANDT
 329 So. Main St.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10
BTNGTIED.

B one knows the amount of money Mt by the government to prosecute
 en road under the criminal section #he federal antitrust act. And ' the who'll bottom has fallen out
 4le case, mainly because it was V gled." With a wealth of material #ab1y it was an embarrassment of
 es, the government lawyers fell Fl of the mark. Not one of the &hdants was convicted, not one of M is likely to be convicted even 8 8other trial is ordered, as hinted. #vote in the jury room showed that Jurors were well disposed in favor
 8Filliam Rockefeller and William
 pins, over whom the main dis #ement took place. If these two 3 could not be convicted by a jury
 was never any chance of send &any of the others over the road.
 8 rds show that, outside of Morgan T Mellen, these two were ring
 sEs. .sas When Morgan died and his <ern, Mellen, turned states evil 8e, it was apparent the government @d never get anywhere with it's lecution against those who had a 8 in wrecking the New Haven. 8e were supposed to be "the boys 8 did the trick" But they were NY slick customers and hard to 8 Death probably saved Morgan's #-if indeed a man of his money 1 \ have been sent to prison,-and 1
 Ems immunity got him out of a 8hole. &Wspapers subsidized will now Il up a howl of gIee over the out & of this trial. The government 8be severely rebuked, all sorts of
 Pns will be attributed for the trial Eng taken place, prominent among
 k being the old cry of politics, and l #aure1 wreaths will be taken out l #placed on the brows of the poor, Fed "malefactors of great wealth" of high character dragged into l & for no reason at all Innocent l 8sw born babes. Honorable gen l Fen, all. It is a pity the whole | ar was not thrown out of court in N1rst instance; but then it is pre- HRd that even men who are high in l Nmust sometimes suffer inconven- 1 8s if they are linked with things of 1 #y repute. In this instance the @man antitrust law seems to be a letter affair. As yet no one has heard of a rich man. being &ecuted under it, although a lot of N have been persecuted. These of the old New Haven probably sthat way, yet there are a lot of ssWs and orphans in this immediate 8ity who do not share the same Xii. No fair minded person would Amize the rascality that permeated @ld New Haven company. Instead & &ckcloth and ashes those who had Hger in the pie have been glorious @corated with their halos and now
 d ready to take their places m Franks of our national martyrs. Sa. cruel world, me hearty, a cruel, # world. And yet it is not much @ than a year ago when a young
 Evas sent to jail for thirty days be- 8e he stole a ride on a New York, Haven & Hartford coach. On End thought, it is a cruel world.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Is Italy a piker? Is she a poor spender? We learn that in the first two hundred days of the war the Land of Sunshine spent but $80O,O00, ,O00, which means mere s4,oOo,oOo a day Chicken feed!
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

centuries Durazzo enjoyed its golden age of prosperity. With the break ing up of the Roman empire, it be- came the shutt1e-cock of all the Balkans, and has remained the sport of conquest-lusty nations down to the present day"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Whenever Colonel Harvey contem- plates Colonel House, he must think of what might have been Both go to Europe, but under different aus pices.-Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

If they were Americans the Eve know them personally crowd would say that Dug Haig has succeeded Jack French.-Louisville Courier Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

When Henry Cabot Lodge, address, ing the President of the United States senate, unburdened his soul of the following few remarks anent the subject of neutrality, in the lan- guage of the street "he said a 8 mouthfuI" :-
 MT. President, on the single point of neutrality, the test of neu- trality is whether the action of tho neutral changes the conditions creat- ed by the war. Our markets are open to all the world to buy. We have taken no action to prevent any bel ligerent or any one else from buying in our markets, and we are at peace with all the world. A condition has been created by this war, and by the war alone, which prevents one or more of the belligerents from buy ing in this market. Now, if we un- dertake to reverse a condition creat- ed by the war we at once pro tanto enter into the war and endeavor to restore a, condition existing before the war; and that is an act of unneutral- ity''
 There is little more to be aired on the subject.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

The politicians are reluctantly con ceding that Oyster Bay still remain on the map.-Oshkosh Northwest
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Manifestly the nomination of Boies Penrose is the patriotic thing for the republicans to do. It would relieve President Wilson of necessity for talk ing any thought of the campaign next summe mer.-Anaconda Standard.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

In these days it is not customary to kill fatted calves for political prod igal sons.-Albany Journal
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Colonel Roosevelt is rapidly becom- Ing next to the most popular of our sldents.-Chicago News.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

The main trouble with those al1aged German peace proposals is that they come too ate.-Philadelphia Inuuirer
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10
FACTS AND RANCHES.

When hit by the second note, the Austrian ship of State came to a full stop.-Brooklyn Eagle
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10
3. MCMILLAN
ss9-2O1-2o3 MAIN sri.EEr

when Sir Thomas Lipton and his chal- ] 1enge for the Americas cup get back on the first page again.-Min~ neapOlis Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Greece would be glad no doubt to exchange a sense of importance for a sense of security Washingtton Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Out West the tidy and handy word "hyphened" is supplanting the longer and cumbersome 'hyphenated" "-Ro- chester Ost-EXDress
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Carranza, though dominant today, is not and probably never will be popular with any large element in his country. He is not fitted for the task which has come to him. That he may rise to it we can all hope, but if he shall fail, and if Villa shall yet prove himself capable of perpetuating grievous trouble, the Washington gov ernment will have to bear a large share of responsibility for it's irreso Iute handling of the situation.-New York Press
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

It looks as if the really lucky mem- bers of the Ford peace expedition were those who never joined itt.- Chicago Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Eed at the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mall Matter
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

The situation created by the sink ing of the steamship Persia will not be clarified nor will the interests of any nation be advanced, by discussions based on incomplete or imperfectly understood facts. It is not deroga- ton of the dignity of the United States for our citizens to withhold their judgment until they have re- ceived through trustworthy channels a reliable statement of all the cir cu1nstances. With this at hand the government may be depended upon to take whatever steps shall be necessary to further the policies to which it is committed, which have received notable indorsement from patriotic citizens in all parts of the country.- New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

So many of the Villa commanders have surrendered to the Carranza forces that there is nothing left of the old Villa machine but the running gears.-De las Tones Times
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

A masked wrestler is throwing all the stars of the mat, and everybody is wondering who he is, Maybe it is the Kaiser-Roche ester Herald
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

It will seem like the good old times
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

What has become of the old-tash- = toned frontier financier who got through a hard winter by going east and visiting his wife's folks.-tch- inson Globe.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Kitchener says that he's too busy to think of marriage. You never can tell. That's what we thought about Will son.-Syracuse Post-Standard.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

d daily Sunday excepted, at 4:1e ?. m. { Herald Building. 67 Church S1
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

Even when Carranza has his whole country pacified he will remember oc- casional1y the fate of Madero-Chi- cagO News.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

MT. Ford cannot say that he did not have plenty of warnings before his peace expedition was torpedoed.- New York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

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New Britain herald., 1916-01-10

German peace proposals is that they come too ate.-Philade1phia Inu,lirer.
 The politicians are reluctantly con- ceding that Oyster Bay still remains on the map.-Oshkosh Northwestern.
 Greece would be glad no doubt to exchange a, sense of importance for a sense of ty.-Washingtton Post
 Out West the tidy and handy word "hyphened' is supplanting the longer and cumbersome 'hyphenated. ."-Ro- chester Post Express.
 It looks as if the really lucky mem- bers of the Ford peace expedition were those who never joined itt- Chicago Herald.
 Kitchener says that he's too busy to think of marriage. You never can tell. That's what we thought about Will son.-SyTacuse Post-Standard.
 MT. Ford cannot say that he did not have plenty of warnings before his peace expedition was torpedoed.- New York World.
 Even when Carranza has his whole country pacified he will remember oc- casionally the fate of Madero.-Chi- cagO News
 A masked wrestler is throwing all the stars of the mat, and everybody is wondering who he is, Maybe it is the Kaiser.-Roches ester Herald.
 So many of the Villa commanders have surrendered to the Carranza forces that there is nothing left of the old Villa machine but the running gears.-De las Tones Times.
 What has become of the old-fash- toned frontier financier who got through hard winter by going east and visiting his wife's folks.-tch- inson Globe.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-08

through the barn by opening the doors
and TINS avoiding the dreaded detour
The owner watched their progress
with considerable interest. but made
no comment until they had reached
the barn doors behind them. when he
asked:
Tibet a railroad ye-all suryeyin
fer?"
Certainly" replied the chief with a
humorous twinkle In his eye.
The farmer meditated a bit as he
closed the barn doors behind them
when he remarked somewhat aggres
sively Il hain't got no objections ter
havin' er railroad on my farm. but III
be darned et LIN goin' ter git up at ali
hours OF the night ter open and shet
them doors fer yer train to 20
through,"-Youth's Companion.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-08
ANNUAL SPRING CLEAN UP.

The city's annual spring clean up
begins next Monday morning at s p.
m. All the city's wagons and men viii
visit the residence section to haul
away the trash. We request all prop
erty owners TO place the trash and
tin cans In boxes and barrels and place
them convenient for the men to reach.
The wagons will run until the entire
towns is thoroughly cleaned. and we
earnestly desire the hearty co-opera.
ton OF every citizen TO the end that
Bryan may be made perfectly clean
and sanitary. JOHN c. WICK.
Chairman Street Committee.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-08
An Application.

The question OF those who contend
that the United States would be able
in case OF need. to defend herself, re-
minds me of Rastus Johnson's atti.
tude toward the food question.
When I was clerk OF the probate
court back in odd AlIzzou." Rastus ap
preached me for the laon 90 OF a
quarter. with which to purchase some
thing to eat. Merely to hear what ok,
ouse he would offer. | inquired:
why don't you 10 to work and earn
some quarters. as | do"
well" was the shamefaced reply
by de time I git so hungry dat I'm
willin' to work I'm so weak dat can't
work TIL | Kit some grub."-Life.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-08
INTERESTING ART EXHIBIT.

Forty.fiye water color paintings by
Samuel E. Gideon OF the University
of Texas are being exhibited at the
a. and NJ. College by the drawing de.
partment The paintings include
scenes from Austin. College Station.
Boston. England, France. Italy and
other nations visited by Mr.. Gideon
These paintings came here from the
College Of Industrial Arts at Denton
While there they would have been de
stroyed by the fire which damaged the
main building but for the quick work
OF teachers and are students.
The paintings are to De returned to
Mr. Gideon at Austin.
Mr.. Gideon formerly was connected
with the A. and NJ. College
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-08
A FLAG Station.

A party OF engineers we're tracing a
township line across some farm lands
in Illinois. AS chance would have II.
the line passed directly through a
large barn having double doors on
each side OF II. and they found they
could continue their measurements
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-08
Appropriate Suggestion.

Miss Heavyweight Ito man she has
collided with and Hoored) You you
oh. don't know what to call you
Victim (painfully)-Call me an
ambulance.-Boston Transcript.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-08
BRYAN co1ToN TXc1ANoE
New York.
New Orleans.
WIT AND HUMoR.

Bryan spots. II "a, middling basis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-13

Newton. n. j.. Nov. 12-Sheriff Will
son. of Sussex County, made a trium-
phant entry into town shortly after
noon to-day. kneeling on the front scat
Of his automobile with a revolver in
either fist trained upon the four occu-
pants Of the tonneau Of the machine.
These did not relish the sheriff's at
titude for they appeared downcast and
sullen. Neither did the sheric himself,
for he had ridden twenty-five miles
in this posture to bring back safely to
the county jail four prisoners who
had escape from it last night.
The names of the men are Charles
Murray, Arthur Mulholland, john Laf-
lin and Peter Wolchiski. Together
they had overpowered the "trusty,"
Frank Perry, who had charge of their
cell tier, had beaten, gagged and tied
another prisoner, John Mccormack,
who had refused 10 join in their ex-
cursion to the outside world, and had
then bent the bars Of window apart
and disappeared. The escape was ef-
fected with 2 screw driver. In some
manner one of the prisoners had
gained possession of one. With it, he
had unscrewed the lock of his cell door,
and when Perry passed before 1t
jumped out, tied and gagged him.
As soon as Perry could work free
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-13
BELGIAN TOWNS
RAIDED FOR MEN
DepOrtatiOns from Brus-
sells to Begin This Week,
Rotterdam Hears

London, Nov. 12.-Dispatches from
Rotterdam to-day say that the deporta-
tions of Belgians continue daily on a
large scale. Antwerp and Client, the
dispatches say, are being slowly de-
nuded Of able-bodied males. Sixteen
thousand have already left Ghent The
stories resemble somewhat those Of the
driving of the French from Already by
the British.
The men deported from Client have
been almost exclusively of the unem-
ployed class, but elsewhere, the dis
patches say, and especially in Antwerp.
there has been less discrimination, and
many workers have been taken. No
men as yet have been taken from Brus-
sells, but Il is said that deportations
there will begin the 18th.
According to stories current in Hol-
land, say the dispatches, in the raid
ed" towns many men were pounced
upon suddenly and escorted away by
armed guards and not permitted to
communicate with friends. Attempts
TO escape the searchers are futile. Har-
borers of men who are TO be deported
are severely punished. Hunger forces
hidden persons to surrender.
Wire barriers and machine guns are
placed around the stations where men
are to be entrained lest the crowds
threaten to make trouble.