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New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
Asiatic EpieTams.
(Asia Magazine).

Cheats never starve in an avaricious
country.
It is hard to chase two hares.
The eyes are of little use If the
mind be blind.
Stagnant water becomes purid.
Live contented and you will be a
king.
A pleasant voice brings a snake out
of its hole.
The breath of the gnat will not put
,ut the sun.
The stag and the tiger do not stroll
together.
1t is not as safe opening the mouth
as keeping it shut.
We do not cook rice by babbltng.
A mans conversation Is the mirror
of his heart.
Be the pig white or black it Is still
a pig.
One rushing between two camels is
kicked by both.
Who masters his tongue saves his
head.
To acquire a pound Of learning re-
quires 10 of common sense.
We heal the wounds of a knife, but
not of the tongue.
A fog cannot be dispe1led by fan.
Condemn no one. Regard him who
Is above thee as thy father; him who
is thy equal as thy brother, and him
who is below thee as thy son.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
Somewhere in France"

Somewhere in France" and cover
there
Those words fill our hearts with
cheer,
For Somewhere in France anc
lover there"
Are the boys we love most dear
They're not afraid of shot and shell
Nor all the Huns this side Of Hell
Can ever one bit of the courage quell
Those boys of ours lover there
Somewhere in France" and cover
there"
Our thoughts fondly turn today,
To those dear boys so brave and fair
AS they pr; IDLY marched away.
They're cover there "somewhera III
France"
Only waiting to get chance
To make that "blankety' Kaiser
dance
To their music "over there
Somewhere in France" and cover
there"
Is the one boy I love best:
Always so happy and free from care
And ready TO stand the test
He. it was who made me glad,
Ever cheerful and never sad
A jolly chum for his dear old dad
But he's somewhere "Over there
"A. M. BEARDSLEE.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
GLOW You Cali Imp"

tGreenwich News and Graphic).
Discussion Of the proper way to
pronounce "cantonment" continues
With al the bloodless fury that char
,cterized, a few years ago, the dis
ussion OF the plural Of Bull Moose
whether more than one Moose
we're Moose, Mooses or Meese. The
resent llnguistical controversy deals
With "cantone- ment," accepting tho
second syllable; -t'n-m'nt.' &C
'epting the first syllable; "can-tonn-
lent," accenting the second. and
'cantoonment," said to be the
British pronunciation in India.
But 1t may be, after all, purely
local question: as certain dis
i~guished statesman once said about
he tariff problem; possibly all these
ariations are correct. in their va
'ious and respective climates. Pro
unciation may be a matter OF per
onal taste, as in the case Of the
Dung lady strolling through the at
,useum, who came to the statute Of
'syche.
.Oh, here's Pssish"" she ex-
aimed. IT just adore Pss-ish."
But" said her companion, her
ame is generally pronounced 'Sy-
ee.' 4" Eyes, I know that" said the
doring maiden, tossing her head.
I'd not in the least fustered by tho
direction. Some people cal it Sy-
&c, and some call 1t, Pss-ish-I al
1ys call it Pss-ish."
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
BY LIEUT.. F1rzHUGH GREEN. U. g..
Cooling Frenaen

flame and smoke out through the fup-
mace door, Sort Of back-flrlng it i4
But the resulting curses from
scorched men are many degrees hot
! ter FFrp
Psychology comes in where the,
closed fireroom system of forced draft
is used. The idea Is to force air into
the furnaces by putting surrounding
spaces under pressure. Stokers are
then working in an air lock. They
are prisoners behind air-tight doors.
Suppose something happens, boil
! er tube bursts or torpedo strikes or
! collision-could we get out?" won
| ders the ordinarily fearless man. It
isn't actual cowardice. It's that un-
| bearable trapped feeling against which
all creatures fight desperately. Ono
solution is a set of doors which fly
open by the touch of a spring. Men
grow to trust them and feel as free
as If there were no doors.
In the early days of steam ves-
sells a firing suit was invented. A thin
metal or asbestos cover was lined
with rubber. The wearer carried .
small water tank on his back. BY
opening a small valve near his shout
der he could sprinkle his bare skin.
The inventor scalded to death trying
to prove his point. The sad part of
1t was that he was on the wrong
track entirely. The suit made body
evaporation nearly impossible, and
that is really what cools us.
Cold weather is here. Lookouts
are shivering in the cross-trees. The
navigators nose is running like leaky
scuttlebutt. Everyone envies the
sweaty fireman.
Think. Jack" exclains the deck
hand. "of standing watch round a nice
big fat open f1re!" Six months later,
say on the Fourth Of July, the fire.
room echoes with, "Never again. Bo---
top side for mine, next cruise" Which
of course is human nature.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
German Or American?
Indianapolis News).

Domestically viewed, the question
Aall continue to be America, or shall
ecome German. The issue is not
imply one between our government
nd the imperial German government
ut between Two ideals. Tho Amer
an ideal is that which our people
Ought to this country from Eng
md, the ideal-English liberty-for
@hich they fought in the revolution
nv war. The German ideal is that
T those German princes who sold
oldiers to fight for the king of Eng
ur forefathcrs who sought only those
berties which all Englishmen at that
ime enjoyed.
We in this country have a glorious
>heritance, but it comes from Eng
md, and not from Germany. The
'reat landmarks of liberty have all
cen placed by Englishmen and
observation-disclosures Charta. the petit
ION of rights, the declaration of
lights, the declaration OF independ-
nee and the federal constitution.
gainst this system we today have
,rrayed the system of Frederick the
|reat, Bismarck and the present
-aiser No man In this land can to-
ny oppose America without favoring
he Germany Of the great Frederick
he Great. One must choose between
Washington and Lincoln on the one
,ide and Frederick and Bismarck on
he other.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
WHAT EVE STARTED.
Waterbury DemOCrc

waterbury bGlnOCItlt)
"Since Eve started to make a skirt
of leaves and then decided an apron
was big enough, woman has had a
cute way of starting things and never
finishing them. "-Weil-K known Social
Writer.
That fg-leaf garment Of Ewes has
ong been the object of speculation,
md maybe the above is the explana-
ion.
The Biblical explanation for Ewes
adoption of clothes is that this orr
ginal garment was woman's first eX-
preston Of modesty, but this has not
wholly satisfied the very exact, the
garment being so abbreviated and fig
leaves 50 abundant. Remember, she
!idn't have to knit that garment; all
;he had to do was to gather leaves
and festoon them on a fishline, or
'omething equally as good, to pro-
duce an example of modesty that
would go ringing down the ages.
We've had a sneaking notion that
when the lady set out to dictate the
'lrst style in feminine attire, she was
irmly resolved to have no bother with
dressmakers in hers, and SO made a
CIV leaves go long ways, but may
>e the authority quoted above is
light. Very likely, Eve started in on
-. skirt and wound up with an apron
Us an indication of modesty.' Some Of
GER daughters of the present day
seem to be headed in that very same
direction,
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

1Aece has been a perceptible fall
ing on In the attendance at the Ele-
menfary Evening School, the classes
of which are held each Monday. We'd
nesday and Friday evenings at the
GrammAr School building. The cause
|AovAncDd for this condition has been
n1crfhed to the war; that is, some of
those who attended the classes for
the purpose of learning the English
language are now afraid they might
Be drafted into the ranks of Democ-
racy in too strenuous fashion.
Men and women of foreign birth
have been students at the Elemen-
tary Evening School. With them
have gone to the classes certain grad
yates Of the graded schools in this
city, boys and girls who had success
fully passed the examinations of the
eighth grade. Glasses in citizenahin
have been the features of this even
ing school the principal and teacher,
devoting all their energy in this one
|p&tr10uc d1rectlOn,-the making of
good American citizens.
Now comes a lull in the proceed
Kings. The attendance at the Even
ing School has dropped off. and to
such an extent as to cause worry
among those interested in it's success
ne it is true that the slowing up pro-
cess Is q direct outcome of the war
In that those prospective citizens who
|fear military duty are frightened off,
then these folk should be set Alright
r. on the other hand. the lack of
attendance at4he evening school has
come about because night work in
the factories demands too much time
&nd attention Of those who would
'lsArn American lessons, then the sit
u1tion is different. Whatever the
reason for this falling off in attend
a0ce at so important a branch of the
educational system here it is time
pome one sought a remedy.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
KNOW THY NEIGHBOR.

Man. know thyseqf. That is a
vnrnfng handed down from time im-
memorable. It is a principle of re-
|liRdon. The Bible reeks with such
comment, The greatest of all Eng
~ writer's has set forth the same
slogan adding: ITO thine own self be
txt,e. and it must follow, as the night
che day, thou canst not then be false
10 any man." Having known thy
self. the next thing Is then to be true
10 thyself.
The Herald today prints seventy
Ave names Of enemy-ahens living in
New Britain. In this case the names
are all Of Germans, men who came
to this country at some time or other,
set themselves up in business or divers
other occupations here, and failed to
take out their naturalization papers.
They have all this time remained sub
jects Of the German Kaiser. the I'M
perial German Government. with
whom this country is. at war; In
some instances these folk have en-
joyed the hospitality of Uncle Sam
for twenty-five years
Man, know myself. That is a good
principle. Man, know thy neighbor.
That Is likewise phrase fraught with
meaning. In this hour of trial we
must know each and every man
with whom we come in contact. We
must know who are with US and who
are against us. In a word. we must
know who are Americans over and
above all other things, or who are
enemy aliens holding allegiance to a
foreign flag, a flag against which the
Stars and Stripes are battling.
There are many good men and
women who come under the head of
enemy aliens. 1t is not the intention
e this newspaper, or any other news
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

paper Of broad principles. to cast the
slightest reflection against these folk.
On the contrary, we have from the
very beginning of this war and par
tlcularly since our entrance into it,
solicited the sympathy of all true
Americans for these people and ad-
vised against rash utterances and &C
tions. When the war arguments
reached snch heights as to bode i'll
for those who entered them we point
ed out the folly Of talk This was at
time when pro Germanism was run
ming riot. when the adherents of
the Kaiser knew no bounds for brag-
gadocio.
In those olden days. just before
April of this year, all were well ac-
quainted with the men who shouted
loudest for the Kaiser. Their pulpits
were the house-tops. They were pro-
German and proud Of it. They prom
ulgated their propaganda to the four
ends Of the country. Even our en-
trance into the war did not dampen
their ardor. what though the activi-
ties of our Department of Justice
agents put quietus on their open
activities.
Now changes have come, and with
them different status Of affairs. We
are firmly ensconced in this war, and
the possibilities are we will not be out
of it until the Hapsburgs and the
Hohenzollerns are defeated or the
death-knell is sounded for Democ-
racy and Uncle Sam. This being the
case, we must know who is with us
and who Is against us. The names of
all enemy-aliens In this country will
soon be published. The mere act of
publishing them will serve as a be-
ginning to the process Of elimination.
The wheat can easily be separated
from the chaff. The good can be set
apart from the bad. The real, true
enemy-aliens can be known. Those
who are such in name only can eniov
the same confidence they have in the
past To all these, of course, must
come certain restrictions melted out
by the United States Government
In due time the names. of all +hose
enemy -aliens Of Austro -Hungarian
antecedent will be published The
work Of compiling this information
mas as yet not been started by the
auth critics in Hartford. When it gets
fairly under way and when all the
facts are at hand the Herald will do
In that instance what it does today.
1t will publish the list In toto. It
is good to know thy neighbor.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
A Ulliversity's Loyalty.
milwaukee, Journal)

The University Of Wisconsin has
made an efrortful protest against the
doubt case upon the singleness Of its
loyalty by Carl S. Vrooman, United
States Assistant Secretary Of Agricul-
ture. "Enortfur' be it understood.
Why doesn't the university set down
to the question? What is the use Of
begging it? Nobody doubts that the
university has given valuable service
to the Government. Nobody doubts
it's patriotism as a whole, just as no
body doubts that Wisconsin is pa
triotic The great majority of the cit
liens Of Wisconsin and OF the students
in the University of Wisconsin are un-
doubtedly patriotic.
But the objection that has been
made Is that there are numbers Of
students in the university who are I'M
patriotic. Many stories have como
from Madison regarding efforts ut sys-
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
THE MORALS OF SOLDIERS

For some reason or other there are
those who everlastingly profess con-
Germ over the spiritual condition OF
Uncle Sans fighting men. Recognize
ing that the men who abandoned the
multi for the khaki are having their
bodies we'll taken care of by COM
petent physical instructors the moral
lists now query, What about the spir-
itual welfare Of our boys?
Well, what about the spiritual well
fare of our boys? And, what is the
main question, what about their
morals? 1t all seems to revolve
about that point. Some few fanatics
in New York and other states recently
visited army environments, saw in
about the soldier-heroes. and in1me-
diately concluded that all was not
we'll; that there we're not enough
chaperons to go around in army life.
The physical we'll being of our boys
in the American army and the navy
having always been a matter of prime
importance to the Federal authorities
there came time when there was
need for spiritual supervision. And
then chaplains were appointed. All
faiths and creeds We're taken into
consideration, and no man in the
service need now go without the con-
ISOLATION of his religious practices
Ways and means of performing these
duties are always at hand
On top of the regular constituted
religious chaplains in the service, the
Y. M. c. A. and the knights of Co
lumbus have Jointly entered upon a
plan OF providing good wholesome
recreation for the boys at the front
and those who are preparing for bat
tie. In every cantonment and en-
campment throughout the length and
breadth of this land there are set
aside we'll equipped buildings for the
use of the soldiers. In these places
: may be found books and periodicals
and, what Is source Of even greater
JOY, plenty of writing material Then
! there are pianos and other musical
| instruments. Nictrolas and graphic
nolas and other like machines. as we'll
| as moving picture apparatus, are part
! and parcel Of the plant
We have little sympathy with
those who while worrying themselves
| over the morals of soldiers are at
! the same time casting reflection upon
the good chara cter of the men in the
national service. A soldier is more
! than a soldier.-he is at the same
| time human. He Is open to the same
| temptations that beset all men, when
t these pitfalls are thrown in his path;
but the national army and the navy
} as they are now conducted mostly all
f! Of these things have been removed.
I The morals of the soldiers are as good
as can be expected from mere men,
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

Sailoring is an outdoor life. Makes
a man tough and rugged: tans his
skin and brightens his eyes, Makes
him eat like two horses.
However itis not all in the open.
There's the fireman, and the engi-
neer: 800 Of them and more on a
battleship. They are pale, and their
skin pores are open. But their mus
cles are like iron, and their lungs are
steel bellows,
Start at the boilers. Men there
shovel coal in temperatures up to
1870 deg F. Their misery Is indie
scribable. 1t isn't the actual pain.
It's worse than pain because it is so
intangible that a man can't concen-
trate on enduring it.
New ships have new ventilating
systems. Suckers strip, to be sure.
but they do so in the moderate COM
fort of bodily heat which they enjoy
in the same way that Hans Wagner
says he can play better ball on hot
day.
There are two ways of making fire.
rooms livable. First keep heat from
the men. This is done by heavy
asbestos tagging which covers all
steam-pipes Boiler shells and up
takes are double. the air space pre-
venting radiation. Furnace doors are
backed by fire brick. One huge Their
mos bottle is what it amounts to.
Secondly, bring cool air to the men.
This is done by big ventilating hoods
or win-scoops on deck trimmed to
catch the wind: and by means of
electric fans and blowers. Draft Of
the furnace sucks the air through all
connections to deck. And the fans
circulate it through every crack and
Granny of the working space.
On some vessels air is pumped d.
rectly into the ash pits. Suction is
from the fire room. A good plan ex-
cept that occasionally pressure inside
the furnace is great enough to spit
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

was threatened, and the French
seemed likely to undo the work Of
Give; while at home we were SQUAD
bling and rioting about Catholic
emancipation. Posterity has been
content to remember about this war
that we were beaten by our own kith
and kin in America Contemporaries
knew that they had trembled for Gil
braltar, for India, and for Canada, and
that they had kept them safe through
war in which Great Britain was
without a single friend or ally, and
during great part of which she stood
acne against world in arms. Let
one who lived through those evil days
tell how it struck a contemporary:
1.-THE empire was shaken and con-
vulsed IN almost every quarter Do
nestle faction pervaded all the de-
partments of Government. infected
the navy, and manifested itself in
every debate in either House of Par
lament A large proportion of socie-
ty here at home regarded the Amer1-
can rebellion with favorable eyes ond
secretly wished success to the cause.
Our distant possession, unprotected,
fell into the hands of France and
Spain. Our commerce was intercept
cd, captured, and greatly diminished.
Each year seemed to produce new
foreign adversaries and TO augment
the public distress. Futurity presented
to all men a most discouraglng pros
pect, and peace appeared to oe not
only distant, but unattalnable, except
by such sacrifices of national revenue,
territory and honor as could not be
contemplated without dismay.'
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

tcmatic organization Of the students
by the Socialists and La Follette1tes
and the Journal has heard OF no eff
forts on the part of loyal organizations
to upset such plans.
The Journal has no means to get
all the facts or to learn what success
has attended the preaching OF dis
loyalty One thing, however, Is GER
tain: there are numbers of things that
the University of Wisconsin should do
If it wants to satisfy the loyal sentl-
ment Of the State.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
Farmers Want Help.
(Des Moines CapitaD

The men who put on foot that dis
wal society in North Dakota the So
'etv which held a meeting at Mime
nolis where Senator La Toilette made
is speech are now knocking at the
'nor Of the United States Treasury.
'he head of the oIEanization has been
liking to President Wilson. He says
Nat they need fifty millions of dol
>rs with which to tide the people Of
North Dakota through the winter and
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
BEFORE NAPOLEON.
''In Clear Dream and Solemn Vision,
the Olden Days Now Stand
Before the World.
(LOndOn TimeS)

dondon Times)
Now we know what it felt like t.
live through the Napoleonic wars ant
the struggles which preceded them
We can see Gin clear dream and sol
emn vision the days in the middle
the eighteenth cntury. when this cour
try, with it's astute and not too re
liable ally, Frederick Of Prussia, bat
tied with France and Austria. whe
disaster followed disaster and WI
liam Pitt made the boast he wa
faithful to redeem-"My Lord. I ar
sure I can save this country and NO
body else can" We can picture tn
time when we were fighting a losin
battle with the American Colonie,
when France and Spain hoped
take for Pitts victories a. revenT
that would have destroyed our clair
to rank among the great nations o
Europe, when Denmark, Sweden
Prussia and Austria formed all arme,
neutrality to threaten the sea powe
on which our hope depended, ant
when we found it better to have Hol
land as an open enemy than as a,
treacherons neutral.
There was an SYNONYMOUS summC'
when the French and Spanish fleet
commanded the channel and lay fol
nearly q month before the indignan
and Inundated eyes of the people a
Plymouth. There was anothers sum
mer when the French landed In Jer
sew. For three years Gibraltar was i
grave peril. Enemy cruisers infeste
orr coasts and our fleet more thai
once lost command of the sea, India
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
More Expensive to Travel.
New York WOrld).

Male passengers on parlor cars OF
Pennsylvania trains between Ne"
York and Philadelphia will no longer
have the option Of free seat In the
club smoker, but will have to pay
for it If they want to smoke. Tho
new regulation curtails privilege OF
de luxe train operation which can
well be spared as a measure Of war
economy and likewise for equipme nt
conservation after peace.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
THREE INJURED.
One Man Hurt in Accident Near DAN
bury Will Die.

Danbury, Dec. 11.-Robert Clam.
of Waterbury. section hand Of the
New Haven road, who was injured in
a collision between a train and hand
car at Osbornetown, near Danbury i.
last night, is, in critical condition
at the hospital here. He has de-
pressed fracture Of the skull and a
compound fracture of the left leg.
Louis Purserolla, also of Water bury,
received fractures of both legs and
Arthur Fps, colored, was cut and
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11
EVENTS TONIGHT

Lyceum theater. superior photo
plays.
Fox's theater.- high-class photo
Keeney's theater, vaudeville and
moving pictures.
Wesleyan 0lee club concert, Gram
mar School hall.
w. L. Morgan lodge. K. of p. meets
in Vega hall.
Eintracht lodge, o. D. H. S., meets
at 1877 Arch street
Court COLUMBIA, D. of c., meets in
Electric hall
New Britain Camera club meets al
173 Main street
Valiant hive, L. O, T. M, meets al
EFT Main street.
Canton Foster. P. NJ, meets in Jr.
O. u. A. M. hall.
New Britain camp, NJ. w. A., meets
at "a Church street. e
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

In American politics we crush a
man with a. steam roller; In Russia
the unfortunate is thrown off q train.
Politics, on the whole, Is politics.
New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

With the kind Of shoe leather you
get now, after you have put on new
sole to save the upper, it soon becomes
necessary to- put on a new upper 10
save the sole.-Stamford Advocate.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

Thomas F. Kane enlisted first in the
army. He joined one of the local
companies during the spring of 1916
and shortly afterward was sent to the
Mexican border, where he saw active
service. The troops were brought
back and mustered out. only to be
called into service again this year.
Kane did not go back to army life.
Instead he Joined the regular navy as
seaman. Kane, who is 10 years of
age, is the son Of Mr. and Mrs. Mich
ael Kane, of II North street.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-11

Letters from the men at the can
tonments indicate they fear the wal
will be over before they are able to
get to France. Talk about the Amer
lean spirit!---New Haven Union.