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New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
The Pride of Hartford.

Connecticut is the only New Eng
 land state to oversubscribe it's max
 imum allotment. Connecticut's
 subscription was upwards of $64,-
 100000 and it is highly interesting
 to note that Hartford's share of
 that was more than $23.00O,0O0 or
 considerably more than third of
 the Connecticut total. And Hart
 ford doesn't maintain that 8 third
 of all the people in the state live
 here!-Hartford Post.
 Neither does Hartford remember that large part of them pay their insurance premiums to Hartford and thus enable the city to plume sub- scription figures which become wholly fallacious when they>a taken to ex- press relative patriotism. The fifteen millions subscribed by Waterbury to the two Liberty loans are as creditable a performance as Hartford's achieve ment. Any city engaged in the in- surance business, collecting premiums from all over the United States, has millions not of its own to invest con- stantly and so far from Hartford be- ing entitled to plume herself over subscribing one-third of the Connecti- cut total, 1t would be highly discredit- able to her if she had clipped in any less.
 Indeed. the percentage is small enough to raise a suspicion that the per capita subscription of Hartford, aside from the trust funds which 1t handles, must be very small.
 Will the Post or any other Hartford newspaper tell us how many bonds were subscribed for In Hartford, aside from those taken by the insurance companies Waterbury Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
 F1TzEUGH GREEN, U. S.
Coast Submarines
I GREEN, U. s. N.

that they can be swung up into ao-A ton the moment the boat emerges.
 But remember, K1el is a long long way from the Lusitania's grave when reached around the north ends of Scotland and Ireland. And it's long long way back home again when the hold-ups have been bloodily brought to a successful close.
 We, the States, front the County Pike And it is an inviting front that . we present. Piratical burglars of tine sea may look with covetous eyes up- on our rich gateways, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah. But the natural security of them Is tremendus-and it is defense we care for, not offense.' At these ports must of necessity stand our guards. scouts and torpedo craft.
 Defenders, mark you, not offenders. For the purpose three 500 ton sub- marines are three times as valuable as one 1900 ton submarine, can fro three times as many torpedoes, can resist attack three times as effective ly. And each can speed back within a few minutes as quickly as could the swifter but more ponderous boat n Our last Naval appropriation calld' for 27 small coast defense submarines and 3 800-tOn fleet submarines. The latter are new problem in naval warfare. We and other powers arc 1 endeavoring to perfect them, so far 1 without success. To be another tool ! in the hands of the Fleet Commander l the submarine must have speed equal l to that of the f1rst-line ships. Other | wise it can be only a hindrance. This means 25 knots speed. But as one 1 officer put 1t i've cannot get quart~ into a pint pot" We have found it impossible to get enough engines into. a 15OO ton sub to give her the speed of the Fleet. y 1 Remember then that our sub1nar- ines are designed mostly to form . defensive cordon along our coasts,
 Remember that our Navy from tou" to bottom is designed with a definite
 and studied purpose in view. If it's integral parts seem too large, or too small, Or lopsided in any way, be sure
 before you kick that you know what you are kicking about and against :
 Don't be like the inventor who pes-
 tered Peary with an idea to reach
 the Pole fin a submarine under the
 ice. '"The Pole," was the great ex-. plorer's reply, 'is but a point. What
 lies between I have given my life to
 find out. And here you would blind
 me at the outset!'
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

Grant, would fight it out on theso lines, in spite of the malice afore- thought of German mesmerlcally world-flled intrigue and peace pro- paganda, if it takes, not only "an summer but to the end of time. God give us men and women, who, behind the firing lines at least raise potatoes to help to support our patriots in the trenches while they fght~to keep un- sullied the flags of the earth now way ing together for salvation from bay onet-enforced "Kultur'' which has proved itself to be lower than the morality of the unspeakable Turk witt which it has allied itself.
 The great difference, to my mind, between a peace-m maker and ~ peace agitator is that a peace-maker is one who demonstrates the Depth of Prin- ciple in his daily life which makes his words and acts consistent and real ly beneficial to mankind.
 A peace-ag agitator is a self conceited citizen of a country, or of the world, who thinks that all the really mighty men of the world, who, today, are fighting to stem the tide of demonia- cal fury, and who are willing to die, if they must, for the maintenance of universal justice and right, are fools; or. at least, that the heads of the al- lies are in office by chance or by mis- take; and that Uncle Sam, because he dares to speak up like man, and, with long accusing finger says, thou art the man." needs a conservator.
 JOSEPH G. MANN.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
tender meat. baked apples; cookies or

tender meat. baked apples; cookies or a substitute.
 5. Crisp rolls, hollowed out and filled with chopped meat or fish. moistened and seasoned; orange, ap- pie or berries; cake.
 6. Hard boiled eggs: crisp biscuits; celery or radishes; brown sugar or maple sugar sandwich.
 7. Bottle of milk; thin corn bread and butter; dates; apple.
 9. Baked bean and lettuce sand Wlch; apple sauce; sweet chocolate.
 The school lunch container should permit ventilation and permit thor ough washing in boiled water. Chill dren should be warned against let ting others use their utensils. They should be encouraged to wash their hands before each meal, by providing paper towels.
 This information is of vast 1mpor- tance at this time, although it has been dispensed with time and again by the Department of Agriculture. Those who are interested further in the subject and who would want the complete data may secure it by writ ing to the Department and asking for Bulletin 712. It might be a good thing if every parent were to follow this course. It can do no harm. It can certainly prove beneficial There are suggestions within the pages of this leaflet which will prevent such a thing as malnutrition among school children, if the advice is followed. The plan of Herbert Hoover to con- serve foodstuffs is a good one, and will undoubtedly be followed by all sensible housewives. When it comes to neglecting the children, however, even by such a thing as cutting down on the school lunches, that is another question. Before any inroads are made on the school lunch basket, it were better to find such substitutes as can reasonably take the places of those articles needed by our soldiers
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
BY LIEUT..

It may be difficult to imagine, but just suppose you were "a real Robber Baron: Your prey travel a highway ten miles distant over the hills from your stronghold. Each day you send men out there to watch and to rob- They must be strong fleet men to go that distance and back so often. And they must be resourceful dependable men to operate SO far from their Chief
 How vastly different would be your tactics were you but a peaceful Squire past whose well-stocked home meandered the County Pike. Hugh waymen come occasionally of course.
 But there are always your guards, great sturdy fellows who sit smoking contentfully at either end of your Aront. Well-armed they can repel al- most any force; and so close are they that a call for help could be answered in the same minute.
 Yet people are tearing their hair and wringing their hands because we don't build submarines like the Kei- ser's. He, Fellow Americans, is tho world-famous Robber Baron; and he hunts on a highway a thousand miles from his den. Swift must his hench- men be--the creeping Uboats, and strong\and resourceful, and beyond all else, long -winded that they may get out and with their booty get back.
 We have been and, let us hope, in years to come will be the / thrifty friendly Squire of this part of the world. We dwell peacably between two great highways of Nations, rhe Atlantic and the Pacific. But men are only men, so we must have guards. well-armed, efficient, stay at-home de- lenders. Not the Marathon Runners of the Robber but the active cooper ative watchmen of the Squire.
 If we do, the saving in money alone will be $25, ,0O0,O 900 year!
 Why? For the same reason that a farmer is fool who uses racehorse on his blow or limousine on cor ,louroy roads. Which doesn't mean that a plowhorse or Ford are other than high-class mechanisms. The point is they fit the farmers work.
 The Teuton Uboat warfare requires racehorses and limousnes. Germany has roughly $50 of them. Of these at least 1850 are of the new long range submarine type from 800 to 1900 tons displacement and cruising 4O00 miles at surface speed of 1s knots. Besides torpedo tubes tEey have and and even 5-inch high power guns mounted in such a way
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
PATRIOTISM UBER ART.

Opposition to the appearance in
 Hartford of Captain Fritz, Kreisler, violinlst, and captain in the Austrian lrmy, is greeted in philosophical vein by our esteemed contemporary The Times. In patriotic tone is hailed the Kindred opposition to German mu-
 dcians and German music. Put ling its finger on. the spot the Times shows that opposition to Cap tain Kreisler is voiced not only on
 account of his nationality but because he Is sending out of this country the money he obtains here for his con- |:erts. German music, is opposed be- |cause 1t is German As Edgar Allen Poe might have added, Simply that and nothing more"
 In the situation which confronted Hartford when the Austrian captain (yiolinist attempted to make inroads lon it's patriotism and box-off1ce re- |ceipts the Times found "something |grim1y humorous Referring to the Opposition to German musicians and |their particular brand of music, all the outgrowth of the war, the Times has this to say: The Germans made . cult of their music, and we accepted (At, at their valuation-the best. Be- |eauoo 1t was German we considered
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
THE REAL HOPES OF IRELAND.
Autonomy Prevailing In Canada and Other Provinces Should Come
 to Emerald Isle If-
 (Ansonia SentineD
(Ansonla SentineD

One may be allowed to wonder 1 what the representatives of the Sim Fein in the United States who have been protesting their staunch Amer 1canism, think of the actions of their brother Sim Fetners in Cork. Ire
 land, who recently made a hostile demonstration against American sail
 ors on leave of absence in that port
 and stoned them with cries of ''Up
 with Huns
 If the Sim Fein movement, as this
 shameful riot indicates, Is merely an
 adjunct of Teutonic propaganda and
 those involved in it have no better
 idea of how to win sympathy for Ire-
 land than to make it's autonomy a
 tail to the German kite and to insult
 and decry the American republic
 we would suggest that the American
 members of 1t either resign or elso emigrate. As voluble friends of this country's enemy they have no loRiral place here.
 Only on the suppos;tion that the Sim Fein movement Is engineered largely by idots can one understand such an open insult to the United States. The Sim Fein movement has labeled itself entirely to the satisfac- ton of the loyal Irishmen in tho United States, the great body of that race here. It has demonstrated that It's hatred Of England has overrun it's sanity and that it is not merely will ing put eager to give Ireland over to CIVIL war If 1t can vent its spleen
 The United States is not in the least because the Sim Feiners wish to cut off their own noses to EnNfa 1o- the ban on Cork as long as Cork al- lows those unrepresentative Irishmen to stage anti-American riot in it's streets. The loss is not the United States but Ireland's.
 In any event there is no dlsposi- ton here to abate in any measure the keen desire we feel to see Ireland hon. estly and freely governed by its own people as an integral and important part of tho British empire. There is every reason to believe that the auton., omy that prevails in Canada, in Aus tralia and in the South African re- oublics can be secured for Ireland, if he people of Ireland will unite in for it. The Irish republic of he Sim Feiners is an imposslbility IS long as the British empire exists in ts present form. It would be, more- over, 8 colossal joke if Germany ,hould overrun the British Isles for he Teuton would make short work of he aspirationR of any part of the British dominion for freedom if it lad the chance to put it under foot. The real hope of Ireland is in tho great mass of it's sane and sensible people. not in it's extremists and while he latter make the more noise the de. ision will be reached by those who hink before they act.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

From Washington comes the glad tidings that the corn crop is expected to be the greatest ever harvested in this country. Experts place the num- Der of bushels at 3,1e1,083,0o0. More acreage was used for the planting of corn this year than any other. This in itself will go long way towards insuring the production of the largest crop on record.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

it the best: now, for the same reason, we consider it as far from the best. And so because of the war and not entirely from the exercise of artistic discrimination, we have arrived somewhere nearer the truth. Ger
 many was successful i'll art as she was successful in industry, and for the same reason. She wanted su- premacy in the manufacture of dye stuffs and she obtained it. She want ed supremacy in musk; she went at it in the same manner and she dld not fully obtain it. For the German
 thing you want by mathematical
 formulac, properly worked out by an
 efficient organization
 Of which we can say, There is much
 truth indeed Before this world war
 started, and our entrance into it, the
 American people were ready to be-
 lieve only the good of Germans and
 the Fatherland. If it came from Ger
 many it was all right The word
 Germany was the stamp of approval.
 Made in Germany" was the slogan all time the summum bonum of all
 earthly goods. The dream has been
 dispelled. We have awakened in the
 cold dawn of facts. It was German
 I7
 not know it; we did not recognize it.
 In a word. we were blind; for the
 thought never occurred to us that
 so long as three or five or ten or twenty or forty years Germany was
 preparing for this war, and one of the methods of preparation was to tell the world how great was Germany and everything German.
 The appearance of any alien musician in Hartford is of interest to New Britain. This for the reason that since there is now no playhouse here we are forced to journey to the capital city for our high-class enter ! tainments. That art and patriotism, are two separate and distinct things 1 there can be no doubt. Yet no mat | ter how high the art, when it Is flung 1 ill our faces as the best thing in the 1 world simply because it was bred in 1 the bone of nation now our mortal 1 enemy we must refuse to accept it if merely for the sake of patriotism. Good American dollars have no right ! to fill the purse of any man who sings the glories of an enemy nation, es- pecially when many of these dollars will eventually find their way back ] to the enemy land. The time has ! come when sentimentalism for foreign ! music must come to an end. We have | enough musicians of. our own. Fur ]! ther, we have American soldiers to l take care of and our spare dollars 1 should be- directed to them.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
SCHOOL LUNCHES.

So long as great number of our public school children must carry their lunches to school, they being un- able to dine at home during the mid day period, just so long must these lunches be matter of concern to parents and guardians. Anent this question, one mother has written to this newspaper for advice, calling at- tention to the fact that the Federal Food administration is repeatedly calling for curtaiment of food stuffe This woman asks how any saving can be effected in the matter of school childreps lunches, and if there can be such a saving, is it ad
 visable all things considered.
 Physicians and nurses have con- tended that the growing child must nourished. There then should be no , sacrificing in that field, except per- haps where some children display pro pensities of gluttony far beyond the requisites of their physical necessi- ! ties Some children could never be l content even on three meals day.
 There is always the .hankering after more The Russell Sage Founda-
 ton has for some years past made special study of this same question,
 the proper nutriment for children, and ohc nf 1 to the fact that at noon-day the : school children who live too far from the school house and who must neces-
 sarily carry their lunches can be fed ] on a minimum of foodstuffs with a
 maximum of profit, if the good moth ] CT, or guardian, so disposes.
 While some of the schools have 1 instituted campaigns for thrift and 1 economy in the proportionm of foodstuffs we firmly believe that any
 saving in this line should be the work 1 of the older folk, where it is possible,
 and that the children should be al- l lowed to have. all the food absolutely 1 necessary for their physical develop 1 mcnt. It is merely the logical follow
 ing of the time-worn principle, A l Sound Mind in Sound Body. To 1 this end we present herewith a few
 sample menus which have been pre- 1 pared by those who studied dietetics 1 for the Department of Agriculture. i These bills-o fare which can be
 varied to suit the occasion are guar anteed by the doctors to carry the re- 1 uulred hfe-giNing nourishment, and l at the same time are recommended as being comparatively cheap in the
 matter of preparation, Following are
 few of the lunches suggested:
 l. Sandwich or bread and sliced
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
COMMUNICATED.
REFERRED TO P. J. EGAN.
Lively Dispute Concerning Packing
 Cases On Main Street Sidewalk.

Cases On Main Street Sidewalk.
 Nov. 18th, 1917. Editor Herald:-
 Can you settle the following argu- ment "A' states that in the year of 1888 he first set foot in New Britain. He claims that at that time there were two or three large empty packing cases displayed on the sidewalk in front of Main street dry goods store, and that now, in the year of 1917 they still remain-practically in the same position as when he first saw them when small boy twelve years old.
 'B" claims that he is mistaken. He insists that the cases now decorating the front of the aforementioned store, are a new set-or at least placed there some time after July 3, 1895. He states positively that on the night of the above date when he was a little boy, he helped to remove the original cases which were used as fuel for 2 bonfire, in the good old days when New Britain used to "whoop Ter up' on the night before the Fourth. In other words "B's" contention is that the cases now on exhibition have only been there twenty-tw two years. Can you set us right? Lets get down to cases and settle this argument right away. Anxiously yours, /
 RTSH K. BIBLE.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

Edward J. Hickey is another of Uncle Sans fighting nephews who is doing his bit. Hickey, who is but 19 years of age, enlisted in the navy as an apprentice seaman July 19. 1917. He is the son of John W.\Edicley of 451 West Main street and before en- lfstment was employed in this city as an electrician Fraternally he is member of the T. A. B. society.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

Wonder how those Americans who gave farewell bouquets to Ambassa- dor Bernstorff are feeling about it now!-Lowell Courier Citizen.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Judging by the increased earnings of the telephone companies, talk isn't one of the subjects of war economy.- New York Evening Sun.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

Anybody who has doubted the value of a public school system should ob- serve Russias disadvantage in a large percentage of population un- skilled in the "3 Rs.'--Washington Star.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

The German fleet is game rooster in the Baltic and a dominicker in the North sea.-Charleston News and Courier.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
PEACE AG1TATORs TRAITORS
Joseph G. Mann Declares America Cannot in Justice Treat With ~~-
 AutOcraCy.

Autocracy.
 Christ Jesus, the standard of whose example was the divinity which can not be improved upon by any human being said:-" Blessed are the peace makers,-'' not peace agitators.
 Woman suffrage, prohibition, and every reform based upon Principle, ves. the Christian religion itself. .---is jeopardized by the abortive personal aeitators who cry peace, peace, before the time.
 Instead of by every loyal and prac- tical cooperation strengthening the cause for which our nation is today fighting, these many-hued peace advo- cates and agitators become the worst enemy of a stable government in that their puerile prattlings tend to con fuse the world tissue and to encourage the enemy.
 In my judgment one might as we'll plead for peace with murderous and wholly unprincipled highwayman, as to think, that our nation, founded by the fighting blood of the pilgrim fore fathers and remothers, could do less than join hands with our outraged European allies, who had so conr- ageously undertaken the world-task of arresting and sentencing the guilty perpetrators of the worst crime against civilization known in history or made possible by the wicked and misguided advocates of Prussian- made "Kultur." The least that pusil- animous beings who are too selfish or fearful to fight for a true peace could do, would be not to take ad- vantage of Uncle Sam's unselfish oc- cupation at doing his duty; and if they are too weak to help him do 1t, at least not to be so craven as to en- joy the protection of the flag made possible by real Christian fighters. while they disseminate personal vag- aries to the advantage of the enemy of mankind.
 Indeed one is himself nothing less than an enemy of mankind, if one harbors even a thought tending to- ward acompromise with the miser- able autocratic head of the autocrncy' which, after trampling under foot all international law, now absolutely knows no law but the malicious hu- man will of might regardless of r'sft, or righteousness.
 Democracy can never afford 70 sue for peace with autocracy; and
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

Governor Capper puts a Kansas thought into these words: America is waging war against war. ."-Buffa- To Courier.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

It is good thing for Che country that the President doesn't adjourn; and sometimes good thing that Con- gress does-Savannah News.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
Coming and Going.
(Iife.)

The people who are coming to the front these days aren't nearly so im- portant as those who are going to the front.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
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New Britain herald., 1917-11-13

In Quebec the idea seems to prevail that the Military Service act was passed in order that the male ponula tion might be largely exempted from military service.-Toronto Mail and Empire.