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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-27

We have them in all the popular
feathers and combinations. Mahog.
any tan cali cherry tan calf with
cloth tops, black velour calf. duh calf
with cloth top, black Kid, dark gray
kid with tops Of cloth to match.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-27

Mai. Tighten, OF Hellroarin' creek,
who is bringing Mrs Tighten and fif-
teen little Fightems through the win
ter on corn pone and skinned milk,
doesn't want the paper to print any
more reports of banquets-he threat
ems to place the matter before the
Council OF Defense.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-27
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-27

Col soapyds says 4 the voters Of
Oklahoma win elect him governor he
win compel congress TO have the
moon shine all night during the win
ter months for the benefit Of 'possum
hunters
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-27

Having been raised chiefly on pos
sum back in old Missouri. NJ. T.
Courtney is another man who re-
sents the slanderous remarks made
by Casey" Jones about 'possuD
eaters
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

farther than this campaign, where bers of the Jewish faith are working and striving, side by side, for the same ends. One of the principles upon which this land was builded had to do with religious freedom, though there were some cases where such a term was. rather mythical. In Puri- tanical times religious freedom was a term rather than a concrete idea Happily, we have left all those things behind. The dead past has been kind in burying the dead.
 Since the great religious organiza- tions of this land have seen fit to work on the same plane-to meet each other in the great and glorious spirit of Americanism setting aside estab- lished convictions which can we'll be left for the council rooms-the peo- pie of the masses and classes can we'll afford to do the same thing. They can support this movement with the full ness of heart so characteristic of America. It has been well pointed out in the remarks of the speakers at yes- terday's luncheon at the Elks' club that what we have done in the way of purchasing Liberty Bonds has been nothing more nor less than the in vestment of money. Investment, as such. can have nothing to do with the Y. M. c. A. and Knights of Columbus campaign. Here it must be Patriot ism-every inch. This is the gentle art of giving
 Our boys at the front will be en- couraged at the manner in which the folk at home are looking after the interests of their loved ones in the trenches. Our boys will fight the bet ter fight when they know of the suc- cess of this campaign-for it must be successful New Britain is asked to contribute $65,OO0. That is mere bagatelle when compared with what New Britain can do if it makes up l it's mind to accomplish things. It l in 8 word, that each and every person in this city Is asked to give only at the rate of one dollar, where as there are few who cannot and will not give more. For the good name of New Britain, make it $1O0,000
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
Bachelors With Dependents.

(DeS MOlnGS CaplCal)
 There is comfort for the bachelor in the wording of the new income tax section of the war revenue bill
 The question is often put to the Government collectors of internal revenue whtther man who is head of a family, but unmarried. can have the $2,O00 exemption. The income exemption for a single man is $1,000.
 The law uses the term head of g. family" In the amendment as passed by Congress the law reads, eff the person making the return be head of a family or married man with a wife living with him."
 Later on in the same section, in re- ferring to the fact that there shall be $2OO additional exemption for each child dependent upon such per son, the term head of a family Is again used.
 This is a manifestly Q fair provision. There are many men performing the duties of a household head who are not married. They are under heavy expense in taking care of parents or relatives The Government has wisely placed them in the same category with men who have wives dependent upon them.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
COMMUNICATED
THOSE BOXES.

Momentous Question, P. .J. Egan Says '"IYley've Been
 There All tho Time.' My dear forgotten Bish K. 1bble Your query is certainly a riddle. Why don't you answer your friends
 A and B, Instead of referring the question to I came to New Britain in 1864, The boxes then, were in front of the
 store, The store has been changed, and the
 boxes too, But they are the same old "one or
 two." The boxes A saw in the year 1888, Were nothing but a simple crate, Which came with the boxes mentioned
 above, And bore a trade mark buy "Mil-
 lers" Glove. In 1895 the city widened the street, And the boxes were moved back three
 feet. You could not have burned them B,
 as you say, Because the same boxes are there to-
 day.
 p. J. EGAN.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
Favorable But Quiet.
(Gertrude Atherton)

As for the great army of inherent ly domestic women-und they are mill lions strong-suffrase may improve but it will never change them. I had almost forgotten those picket women making asses of themselves at tho White House gates. It is hardly worth while to remark that every party has had Its fools and cranks, it's pub licity maniacs and its victims of mis- taken methods. They don't matter. They have their male counterparts in congress.
 Personally, it has never affected me whether I voted or not As far as I can see, it would not have helped me in the least in my career to vote nor taught me how to write a story if the abnormal spot had not been inn planted in my top-story at birth, nor helped me to sell stories when com- plotted. Nor could any mortal power resident in man have prevented me from writing or doing generally as I pleased. For that reason I never have been able to get up any frantic per sonal interest in suffrage and for the same reason my opinion is quite un- biased. I believe that the franchise would improve the lot and intelli- gence of the great mass of women without talent, and be good for the world in general.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

. verse slowness between him and the letter he knows is in one of those bags --unless that almost hoodoo Is work ing.
 An endless hour ensues. Official mail is delivered first. Next that Of the officers. And finally the crew by divisions. A petty officer of Smiths division receives mail for the hundred men or so under his command. An expectant huddled crowd press in while he stands on a dity box and reads the names of the lucky ones. Smith hovers nervously on the out skirts. He is so tense his legs don't work right.
 Suddenly: "Something W. Smith," The cry seems to Smith to echo from the bulkheads and from the deck above. He plunges through his ship
 mates crowds in. and seizes the let
 ter He rips it open. Dear Sir it
 runs, "Would you be interested in our new mining stock *" With an
 inarticulate curse smith staggers back. It's an "almost' day-almost every day, but not today.
 That's about all. Finally the strain of these days became too great.
 Among his thousand shipmates our Smith found six other Smiths. By d little politics he managed to have them all put into his division or com- pany.
 Nowadays only once a week is hc forced to go below and suffer the ex-
 quisite torture of waiting for his mail
 The six other days he works hard on deck just at mailtme--extra hard
 while the other Smiths take their
 turn.
 Remember though, they all aren't
 Smiths. Have mercy on the one you
 know. and especially if his name is
 Gagenyslipper or something like that
 for there must be only one of him
 And think how he's waiting
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
HONOR OUR BOYS.
Suggestion That Roll of Honor Be
 Erected at Central Park.

To the Editor of the Herald:
 Can you tell nfe why we have a billboard on the saving of food and we have no honor roll to the men that have left for the army. What is wrong with our city, the best in the country and yet so slow? Why can we not honor our men at the front and put up at least a few boards in their memory? New Britain, wake up and honor your men as they should be honored. We can save food if it Is called for; but let us honor our men as befts a patriotic people. Why not put up an honor roll as other towns have done? We honor our men, why not show it? We are all for Uncle Sam here in New Britain. Why not let the people know it? We are of a mixed population; but all stand for the glory of the U. S. A. Let us hope there will be a few in the city who can see the need of honoring g our boys who give their all for us. Let us look for an honor roll, and let us work for our boys. at the front Old New Britain will be heard from in France. For, we have the best in the world here in New Britain. Let us work for the honor roll and for our boys.
 Respectfully,
 B. G. PRATT,
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
NO TRUCE.

i What I am opposed to is not the 1eeling of the pacif1sts, but their Stupidity" said President Wilson in his address before the American Federation of Labor at Buffalo. My heart is" with them, but my mind has contempt flor them. I want peace; Eut know how to get 1t, and they do not"
 The pacifists and all their i1k would have peace by bargaining with Germany; they would have peace by getting the Entente Allies and the United States of America to lay down their arms; they would have the Im- pertal German government pay slight indemnity to the Belgium peo- pie and, perhaps, to the French gov ernment.
 There is & difference between truce and a permanent peace. What the pacifists would get could be de- scribed in no better term than that of ..au armistice." They would have peace for the moment. Then, when Germany got ready, when Germany recoHered from the blows that have been dealt, she would go forth again on the warpath and take up the bur- den where she left off. Such a peace would most probably lead to a world Conquest by pan-Germanism, and we can have no such peace. President Wilson knows how to effect a peace. and 1t is by fighting to the finish. As Colonel Henry Watterson would say: ITO Hell with the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns."
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
WAR BREAD.

In war time all men are called l upon to give their undivided support to the government. Especially is this so in war that involves the great est nations on the earth. More than ever is this so when the men of the industrial walks of life are considered. The butcher, the baker, the candle stickmaker, all men who in any way serve the public wants must help con- serve the various commodities they dispense. Again, it is for them to see that profiteering is cut to a minimum degree.
 The baker is on the stand at the present moment. There Is an effort to conserve the principal ingredient that goes to make his wares. Wheat is abundant in certain parts of the world, and scarce in other parts. Due to the war England and her European Allies and the South American coun- tries have not been able to plant and harvest the crops of old. Those coun- tries that have large wheat crops are so far away from the ones that need the wheat as to make shipment matter of too great expense
 President Wilson will have a few words to say in regard to the bread situation. What he can do, under the law, is known. Yet the nation will get nowhere unless there is co-opera- tion. The Federal Food Conservators l must work in harmony with the big bakers of the country. There are | many aspects to the saving of bread. | which at one and the same time means the saving of wheat. The 1 wheatless days proposed will go a long | way toward conserving the crop that ! must so all around,-between the European nations and America at war
 with Germany. Lard. sugar, and cream, playing large pert in the
 making of the staff of life, these three
 things too must be cut down.
 War bread will be found to be far
 different from peace bread. The size
 of the loaf may be materially reduced The content of the loaf will be an- other thing that will affect the Amer ican family, but only in the nature of being not so pleasing to the palate
 We have reached the stage where
 bread must be shaped and baked to
 suit the occasion. The one way in
 which this can be done Is by all in-
 terested,-and that means the nation
 to adhere heartily to the program laid
 down by the Federal authorities. The
 bakers, first of all. must lend help
 ing hand, and this by following the
 directions for baking. The consumers
 must next fall into line, and this by
 not complaining because the bread is
 not of the same calibre once en-
 joyed. As to the price, that is where
 the patriotic spirit of the bakers can
 be best manifested.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
WHEN BROADWAY IS DARK.

Still caked with mud of the trenches; Still baked with heil-tire heat; From deaths gray fogs ana US stenches,
 I'm back to the Worlds One street. The red of the nights @' Of fever and fights I'll lose in the dear white glow!
 But where are the lights
 The Broadway lights The lights that used to know? Plunked hard in the leg at Remy, I said, as in mud I lay, "I'm living to dance with Mamie Tn Jim's when the mornings gray: i, They'll put me to rights,
 And back to the sights Of Heavens own town I'll gol' But where are the lights
 The Broadway lights The lights that I used to know? At night, to the westward facing. I'd see in the dead-black aky Those fiery chariots racing Hellbent on signboard high.
 I'd whispeer, Look there! I'm watching the faro Of lamps on the Scorchers' Row." But where Is the glare
 The Broadway glare The glare that used to know? I said, "It'll be like Heaven Where gleams from the roof-tops
 dart" But here it's only eleven And black as a Boche's heart! Still sick from the fray,
 [ want to be gay And dance in the midnight show, But where is the Way
 The Bright White Way The Way that I used to know?
 JOHN O'KEEFH in
 the New York World
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
THE SPIRIT OF '17.

1t the Elks club, yesterday, there was held memorable meeting which marked the inauguration of the cam naign to raise money for our soldiers abroad,-money which will be ex- Dended on comforts for the men lighting the battle of democracy. Nota- bae addresses were delivered by men from the various walks of life. Note- worthy was the attitude of these re- marks. All manifested keen appre- caation of the new spirit of cooper tion that has developed in this coun- vy between religious organizations Su1axed in war service.
 What Is taking place in New Brit hin is but a replica of the same move nont throughout the country where, in hB.000 different separate communities khere began, yesterday, a campaign by the Y. M c. A. to raise $S6,oOO,Ooo for war relief work. Coupled with thls magnificent organization is the united strength of the Knights of Columbus. This latter organization has already erected and equipped eorty-eight recreation halls in the various national cantonments through put the nation. The men who belong ko the Knights of Columbus are work Ing shoulder to shoulder with the men of the Y. M. c. A.
 America can we'll rejoice at this new spirit. If the war does nothing alse than wipe away the old religious prejudices that have too long held in this land, 1t may be looked upon as
 boon to mankind. Political differ ences have long ago been swept off khe boards. Religious animosities gre swamped At the same time that these two organizations aforeme en- kioned are endeavoring to secure money with which to provide com forts for the soldiers the Jewish Organizations of the nation are striv- anR to help the men in the Nationa Army campaign was started Sun day whereby $4,o0D,Ooo will be raised for the relief of Jewish war sufferers and an additional $1,OOO,OOO for the aid of men of that race who are serv- ing with Uncle Sam's colors.
 If the country needed any proo that its people are united in the con. Auct of this war, it could look nc
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

But the press is holding J- up as the latest example of seizing op- portunity on the spot"
 That's where the harm comes in, as far as the public is concerned. said the doctor. "Other young fel- lows will think it great game to inn personate their employers. Can't you see where that might lead top
 That's so,'' agreed the business man. 'I didn't look at it that way"
 "The honest way is always the best,'' said the mother, gathering up her knitting work.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
\ Lesson in Ethics.
(EXchange)

The young fellow was q stenogra- pher working in a Senator's office. One afternoon he was working alone towards 6 o'clock. cleaning up tho days work. The telephone rang "Hello!" called the stenoglapher, Can you suggest a high -cla ss secre- tary?" asked the voice on the tele- phone, the speaker evidently think ing that the Senator was on the line
 Clever witted J- was thinking hard. Initiating his employers voice, he answered: "Yo!Fve come to the right spot. Young J. is the man for the place-brilliant young fel- low can fill a responsible post There was marked relief in the en- quirer's voice as he replied: "Al right, Senator, we leave it to you. Whats his name? Good bye!'
 Young J- rushed out in search of his Senator. and to the Secretary of War, and, it is said, he told both the ruse he had played They helped him out and he got the job.
 For moment there was silence. "Clever wasn't it?"
 "Slick, I call it. burst out Jack.
 "I don't see anything to brag about in that fellow. He impersonated bis employer" said his mother. "He would not be my candidate for pc sition of trust
 But, if he hadn't. why he would not have got the place. It was a clear case of seizing opportunity"
 T think" said Jacks mother, quietly. "that I would feel nrouA"r if a boy of mine let opportunity slip rather than seize it through a meas
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

ure of deceit. What do you think, doctor?"
 "I agree with you," answered the doctor.
 "I admire quick wit, but not enough to want one of my young men to lni- personate me. l couldn't feel just safe in having him around I would sav there was a twist in his moral makeup"
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
The Attraction.

Lets go to church."
 It's raining too hard'
 well. let's go to the movies; it's only four blocks further"
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

1t would seem as if the caretaker of even small cemetery was never theless invested with very grave re- sponsibility.- London Day.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

The unusually early and heavy fall of snow in so many places con- vinccs us that Santa Claus plans to do his reindeering early.-Paterson- Press-Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
Among These.

Among These.
 We hold these truths to be self evident:-that all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their Creator with certain in- alienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

War weariness affects those ac" customed to ease and who dislike to be disturbed in their daily orbit. Those who seem to be winning are not willing to quit. Those sorely pressed dislike to give up. The war is far from ended.-Berkshire Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

run by the Teutonic armies Is much less an academic question than it used to be.-Springfeld Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

Senator Borah wonders how farm labor is to be secured next season. We do not know; the refusal of coal to non-essential industries might help. New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Those Russian dancers are doing some wild whirling these days- Bridgeport Post.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

The above picture Is one of Uncle Sans military musicians. He is Charles V. Banner, a member of the 3Oth infantry band of the New York state regular army. Banner is the son of William l.. Banner of 225 Cur tis street, this city. It is safe to say that he is one of the most popular men in the army around meal time as one of his duties is to signal when mess is ready to be served.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

What will happen to Switzerland now that northern Italy is being over
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

It is early to predict yet just how far the Italians will continue to re treat, but probably not much beyond Sicily.-New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

Russia wonders what the British navy was doing while the German fleet was out in the Baltic. we don't know, but we'll bet the ofncers weren't out dicIxering for shameful peace with the enemy!-Norwlch Record
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

osued daily Sunday excepted> at 4:15 p. m.
 at Herald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

Entered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14
Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-14

A thousand Germans have los their jobs on the Brooklyn water front. In six months there have beer AZ suspicious fires in this territory That's the reason.-Syracuse Post Standard.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-12
Musical Vibrations.

We can take the scale of vibra thons.
beginning with the shortest wave
lengths that have been measured-the
gamma rays given off by radium.
dredth of a millimeter long-and end
ing with the longest known electro.
magnetic waves, 10000 meters or more
in length, and arrange them in a scale
Of octaves like the musical scale. In
the Scientific Monthly Professor Da.
vid Vance Guthrie Of the Louisiana
State university says they will cover
just about forty-eight octaves. OF
which the rays that are visible to ouI
eyes comprise but one. ~s-s.-- ri r.: T.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-12
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CHARM OF FLOWERS.

Gardening Is Hobby That Becomes
Akin to a Passion.
Barring the equally ancient and al
Turing pastime Of going a-hshing. no
hobby has a stronger grip on its devo-
tees than gardening. At O'CLOCK
of a summer morning Celia Thaxter
could be found at work in her radiant
little island plot. sister in spirit to
old Chaucer when on his knees in the
grass at dawn to watch a daisy open.
And these We're not exceptional. not
extraordinary, cases of devotion. They
were merely typical opponents OF the
true gardeners passion.
Nor is this tense enthusiasm fleeting.
Not in the least. 1t is not more tran
sient than the bibliomaniac's passion.
no more evanescent than the collec-
tors zeal, which only death can
quench. 1t is no sudden. youthful
fervor. Indeed. it is rarely found In
youth at the storm and stress period.
while it may be observed to be strong
est in those for whom the days of wild
enthusiasm are over. The bachelor
clergyman or the quietest Of spinsters.
for whom other passion is nonexistent.
will yet lavish on their gardens enough
devotion to have won the heart Of the
most obdurate of persons. enough ten.
derness to have sufficed for the moth
ering Of dozen little ones. 4 garden
is the world of the recluse. the passion
of the lone mar or woman. the diver
sion of statesmen. the recreation OF
poets and artists Of all ages. except
perhaps musicians. who may be over
careful of their hands.-Frances Dun
| can in Scribner's.
Judging q Potato.
A good potato should be firm and
crisp when cut. and thin cross sec
ton when held between the eyes and
the light should show a relatively uni
form distribution Of starch throughout
it's whole area. as opposed to large
translucent, watery central area. which
denotes a lack of starch in this portion
Of the tuber. The even distribution OF
starch insures greater uniformity IN
cooking and in texture Of the flesh
when cooked