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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
CUBAN COMMISSION
COMING TO AMERICA

HAVANA, April 2o.-Thc following
commission was appointed by President
Menooal to confer with a like com
mission IN the United States regarding
Jubas participation IN the war with
Germany
Colonel MART. chief OF staff OF the
army; Lieut. Colonel La,ama, Captain
Tayio OF the coaS, artillery, and Com
mander Catricarte aide to the presi-
den,
The commission is expected to sail
for the United States next Saturday.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Corsets Corsets

Complete line OF CorSetS for
ladies who care - Henderson.
Miller, Coverdale Special 9sc to
$500.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Ladies' Mercerized Waists

Strictly washable stripes and
plain ColorS; thu, week .. s5c
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26

Bond Issue Endorsed At n meeting of
the local chapter of tho Grange NJ Sooner
held yesterday y resolution was adop, ed
indofs'ns the plan ~ the city to pur-
chase the state fair grounds and urging
the public tn vote iof the $500 900 bond
issue ON May T.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26

This department is complete
with new, up-to-d date patterns
and fancy Noiles, Lintax, Dmi-
ties. Lawns, Organizes, FlaxonS,
Gahardnes. striped Poplln, Linen
and Cotton Crepe All colorS.
Prices can never be lower.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Ginghams and Percales

Big assortment Of GinghamS
percales Sultlngs, DomeS,lcS
Sheeting', Pillow Tubing, Pep
perell Sheetlng Prices Are Right
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Corsets Corsets

We have just received a Jew
Sl1eS Of the well known makes.
such as the Henderson, La Vie.
toria, la Princess and the Amer
ilan Lady Great bargains here.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Corsets
Corsets

! lot OF good sizes and STYLES 4oc
! lot broken sizes ......... 79c
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Teddy Bears

The newest in Teddy Bears and
Camesoles. az the popular price
store. 100 West Grand
Assorted patterns in pink and
white Teddy Bears. this week
Si.oo, $3.50, SIS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Ladies' Waists

lust received a big assortment
OF Ladies white washable waists.
exceptional values, this en-.
week, choice ............ CVN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Boys Wash Suits

Blues, stripes, check, and
PLAIN colors, newest out for boys
This week ............. SOC
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Outing Remnants

Sotth8 hNChhHhs
uSt a few remnants left, while
they last ........ sac Per Yard
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Ladies' Waists

Big assortment OF patterns IN
Organizes, Lawns and Nolles.
SHIRT Waists. new styles and
colorS, large collars, special, csc.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Kimonos Kimonos
Remnants!

Don't fail to see our big as
sortment OF remnants OF all kinds.
Exceptional values.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Crepe de Chine Waists

Exceptional values to be had
in these Waists. new colorS and
styles, this week ....... sl9s
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
Sons of the Idle R1ch.

We've cast aside our lounge-coats and our polished. sillken hats. And have given up the lure of col ors bright, And we've flung away our dress-suits and our cravanetted spats To go and don the khaki over night The hotel grills now miss us and the tango parlors, too, And no more we sway while uku- leles strum; While instead of sauntering lazily adown the avenue, We are drilling to the tattoo of a drum. Oh, the walters all will mourn us when we go across the pond" And will long to see the good old days once more, For the tips we used to scatter have all gone into bond" And we'll soon be dining on a for eign shore. The page who used to wake us in time for lunch at noon Has been replaced by a reveille's clear call; And we pop out of our pup-tents be- fore the silver moon Has ceased to glimmer through the canvas wall. Our palates would be jaded and our tempers start to fret If that steak were just a little bit too lean; But after training half the morning with a blunted bayonet We find we can't despise the humble bean. We grumbled and we grunted when
 we first dug out trench And were forced to make our muscles do their part, Hut now we tear our boulders with
 mighty heaving wrench And find we have no failure of the heart. Oh, we're glad we joined the army .,-s and will soon be lover there" To try few conclusions with the .:. Hun, ~.i... '1 And we'll do our bit for Glory when the bursting star-shells flare, For we're Uncle Sammie's darlings,
 every one!
 EUGENE w. ROESCH,
 in the Holy Cross Purple
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
The Secret of Happiness.

I consider the most vital point in my life, as far as happiness is con- cerned, to, be the day read, in "Sar- tor Resartus'' many years ago what Carlyle wrote about happiness being like 8 common fraction.
 In substance what he said was. that happiness is as the value of a com mon fraction. of which the denomi- nator stands for e-things-you-think- you-ought-to-have, and the numera- tor for the he-thingD-you-actuall have.
 For instance, h you think you ought to have $100, and you actually have only $1o, you are one-tenth happy; while if you think you ought to have only $10, and really have $10O, you arc ten times happy.
 Now, we learned at school the rule that the value of a common fraction can be increased either by multiply- ing the numerator or by dividing the denominator.'' .~-
 Hence, if have but $10. and think I ought to have $100,eI can increase my happiness in either one of two ways: G, by getting more dollars, raising my possessions say, up to $lOO, that is. multiplying the numera-
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

tor or, on the other hand, by changing my thought, so that think ought to have only $1O, that is, dividing the denominator. In the first case the result is one hundred hun dredths; in the latter case it is ten tenths which amount exactly to the same thing.
 The secret of this wisdom is that by altering ones thought one can &C., complish the same end as by altering one's circumstances. And as to this it is worth while to note. as follows:
 1. It is alwoys possible to divide tho denominator (change ones thought), and often impossible to multiply the numerator (get more things).
 B. It is easier also to rectify your notion Of what you deserve (divide the denominator) than 1t is to get enough things to be your deserts
 3. The world is divided into two classes, the wise and the foolish. The wise strive to want less and the fools to get more.
 Those who try to gain happiness by getting more things are foolish. be- cause human nature is such that the more you. get the more you want
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
Sheep as LawnmOwers.
Cleveland Plain Dealer)

For many years European cities have turned out ,focks of sheep, mu- nicipally owned, to graze in their parks. The sheep is one of the best of lawnmowers. It crops closely, yet not too closely, insuring that smooth shaven effect which delights the eye. And grazing sheep, as well as we'll trimmed lawns, are. highly orna- mental.
 The city of Denver, keenly aware of the necessity for the utilization of all available land in the production of foodstuffs, has just decided to pur- chase no fewer than 5000 sheep to now it's park lawns next year. The agricultural experts have decided that where the grass is heavy and we'll rooted three sheep to the acre can be easily maintained. They will buy ewes ready for lambing, according to present plans, and they expect that the municipality will make a hand some profit upon the mutton and wool There are 15O cities in the United States with populations in excess of 5o.0Oo, and practically every one of these cities has hundreds of acres of park land. These park acreaRes, the government believes, could easily maintain 15o.oOo sheep each summer Here is a suggestion worth any mu- nicipality's consideration.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
GrYo Compass
BY LIEUT.. FITZHUGH GREEN, u. 6. N. <

learn that aboard ship; way d64yn about the lower edge of her liver, Wo carry little steel gyro. An electric motor spins 1t ceaseIessly. CeaSe-
 lessly It hangs, oh 90 grimly. to oAth1 famous point we call Due North. Ana sll through the great grim monster sturdy repeating compasses, cOnnec- ted electrally, register exoc4ay the same point-to the vast satisfaction and delight of the anxious NaviEat0r
 What actually happens is thia: on the pinnacle or bowl tnside which tho gyro floats is a mark called the lule ber's point. This is fixed and indi- cates the fore and aft line of the ship. The ship turns. the lubbers point turns with it; but the gyro-bleGs its balanced heart!-clings steadfastly to the original north-south line. By little gears and electric wires this motion of the lubber's point relative to the gyro axis is transmitted to all tho. other compasses, on bridge, in the top, etc.
 And to make good and sure you don't know what I'm talking about I'll close by saying that as the earth revolves the gyro axis must keep swinging to the left In order always to point north. The further north tho ship is the fngter will be this gwln9- ing. But if you swing . gyro 1t does a queer dance called 'oecill1tionG' Consequently and whereas, you wilt understand me whom say that there must be compensation for all these things.
 But like everything e1De that is well done the adjustments are as simple as setting an alarm clock-simrler in fact, for when one sets the Ameri-Y can Sperry Gyro Compass he knows it's going to go.
 No use to read 1t again. You won't can see, until they get D toy gyro and study 1t f1rBt hapd. Spin it: mediate upon it; commune with 1t. No more wonderful mani- festation of unseen forces have we in our mechanical world todAy -.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

Picture Reuben come to town. Don't laugh, think of the tragic bewilder. ment of the boy. Imagine his poor bruised consciousness staggering under the billion blows of a city's incessan, noise. His whole brain is groggy. Pic ture his utter confusion.
 We'll, that's the fix a poor compass needle is in when 1t comes aboard a steel warship. From every side in- visible forces pluck and pull and push at its weakness until it is absolutely befuddled and points most any way the last force pulled.
 We can neutralize these forces hut neither completely nor perman- ently. A compass must be depend able; safety of the ship demands it. Sc now our Navy has gyro compasses
 This time favor mo by recalling some lunatic you know. Not the fel- low that votes the other ticket, or won't see your side of the argument Ged-Cell-the poor creature that has kingdom comes.
 That's the Gyro Compass for you.
 First, what is a gyro? Take a bi- cycle wheel Spin it rapidly. Try to turn it's axles to one side or the oth- CT. The whole thing resists. Which is the gyroscopic principle: namely, that when a heavy wheel spins it gets perfectly playhouse about always spin ming in exactly the same place and space.
 Very interesting I grant you. But not half so enthralling as the fact that if you let that bicycle wheel hang ir space and spin, it will point ex- actly North and South.
 Now don't get inquisitive and ask me why. Of course I know, and if you'l send me a stamped envelope I might be able to send you the real secret expressed calculus and double barrelled trigonometry. But for today just take my word for 1t.
 Really it is sufficient for you to
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

power. This is followed by accounts of savery's pumping device, the first steam engine of 1893, Newcomen's piston engine of 1705, Humphrey Potter's automatic pumping engine, and James Watts steam engine, which replaced the alternating heat and cold method of earlier types by the separate condenser. Telep homes and telegraph are, also described as machines for overcoming space" and their part in modern industry is en- phasi7ed. The work of women is con- sidered. with special reference to the changes caused by the transfer of pro- auction from home to factory. Under the heading, "The Impersunality Of Modern Life,'' this section of the les sons compares modern city life with the more intimate life of the small village, analyses the large business corporation of the present day, and suggests the need of new standards of conduct and new points of contact be- tween human beings.
 For pupils in the intermediate grades of the elementary schools, lin ventions" is the subject taken up. The roll of inventions is called from the simple traps and weapons of primi- tive man to the printing and tele- graphy of today Iron and steel are treated historically and the modern processes are described whereby smelting is made easier and cheaper than ever before. Other lessons in this section have to do with the "ef- fleets of machinery on rural life", and patents and inventions" Special at tention is given to the farm tractor, which, besides it's use in increasing production. makes possible the move ment of heavy trench guns and fur nished the principle from which have been developed the famous tanks used by the British Army in France. All in all, the Series of lessons on the war thus placed before school children should go a long way toward creating B broader intelligence among the peo- pie of the nation
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
YOUR NEIGHBoR,s BOY.

4 You remember the first time he was wheeled out in his carriage by his proud mother. You stopped to pinch his rosy cheeks and to see the sparkle in his wide eyes which expressed wonder what this great world was all about.
 Then few years later you saw him daily whistling his way home from school with his books under his arm and not a care in the world except whether the Giants could beat out the Braves for the pennant.
 You remember him next as a stall and helping his ageing parents to meet their bills. From the pink checked little baby he had become real economic force in the world.
 Next. raw, red war came to Ameri ca and your neighbours boy went marching down the street with a rifle on his shoulder. His chest was out, his eyes were shining with a deter mlnatlOn to OO SOOO JOD. HIS step was elastic. He wore the khaki.
 Aftcr that. the breadth of an ocean separated you from him and you wondered how he was faring. Then one day his mother came in with a letter from Somewhere in France" He was there, a unit in the Army of Democracy, ready to lay down his life that this nation might not perish from the earth.
 Women of America, this same boy that you watched creep from baby hood to manhood needs your help. It will not be long before American troops are in the thick of continuous battle. Many will fall, never to rise again. But hundreds of others, yes thousands, will recover their health and vigor if the women of America will spend a few hours a week making surgical dressings to staunch wounds, to bind together the shell-splintered bones, to cover the gashes made by l Hun shrapnel. ..;~ Women of New Britain. don't re- main idle. Your .neighbor's boy may be the next to need that surgical dressing.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
r1gsEeoAG UNDER.

taED -coxning by way of
 IIf1El element in Russia are
 e no peace terms. The Gen.
 cs h9~e taken t1ris course
 k thetr time-woFn doctrine
 1necatAens, no indemnities' to
 rld Cous-Czernin Is the clerk hpeace.counter. handing over the |o3s. The goods, this time, are ly worn. Aside from that. they - obscure as ever. and capable many translations. Therefore. g Will not be accepted by the En- te A2lles or the United States of; IArica as a permanent basis for v. The truth Of the whole thing sthe Kaiser does not really and ly offer a plan fof peace on terms tho annexations, no indemntties." |gium. Poland and Lithuania are ing proofs Of the falsity of this Urine. What the German Emperor leally trying to do is evade the inn Iding defeat coming at the hands Uncle Sam. .-. t>.8
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
The Ravings of a Lunatic.
(Capper's Weekly)

Here is a proclamation to his army of the east by the lunatic who rules Germany:
 "Remember that you are the chosen people. The spirit of the Lord has descended upon me as emperor Of the Germans.
 1T am the instrument of the Most High.
 1T am His sword.
 TWO and death to those who resist my will!
 TWO and death to those who be- lieve not in my mission!'
 If he lived in a civilized country there would be a hearing in the pro bate court and ths dangerous maniac would be locked up.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
LESSONS ON THE WAR.

))chool children of today, aside n the advantages already given n over former generations, are |nting exceedingly because of the \. The colossal struggle now on turned the expert minds in the eational realm toward a better t of the school system throughout United States, with the result that ee will be a new awakening of nght. Subjects of vast importance now being brought to the atten-
 of more than a million school 5 and girls throughout the United ee. The work is being carried on Ethe United States Bureau of edu-s on. under tlje Department Of thes rior. Each month a special ne will be placed before the pupils A1l schools in cities and towns fa- ang the plan. Superintendent of nols Stanley H. Holmes has sub- he'd to the movement, insuring
 Britain boys and girls place in 0rst line.
 ee bureaus series of lessons on nmunity and National Life,' as
 were termed by President Will Fin his original Announcement to schools. have nov reached their 1 issue. Machinery, Industry Community Life" is the special me for December. October and kemb issues dealt with the orga- k1ion of modern industrial life as hpared with pioneer days, the effect war on commerce in nitrate, the
 and airplanes, production and consumption, and similar topics idea of teaching the principles of servation underlying successful secution of the war originated the Food Administration. but the
 has now been taken over by the eau of Education. Professor rles H. Judd, of the University of cago, with the assistance of a corps writers in the various fields. is pairing these government texts for pupils in the elementary and high 1ols. #~
 ADents. as we'll as pupils, will be rested in the December lessons.
 older high school students will n of the rise of the machine in- ry. from the day of the hand loom .the "spinning jenny through the
 Ees wrought by the industrial
 4tion to the large-scale produc-
 world markets, and social prob
 Nf modern industry. The various tents of cost in factory operating,
 4tion as encouraged by industry cDntribution of the press, are also ted in this lesson for older pupils
 the section intended for the first of the high school and the upper
 - of the elementary school the
 ct is 'How Men Made Heat tc The lesson reviews the use o1
 wind and water as sources o1
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
COMMUNICATED.
REPLY TO J. A. COOPER.
Ohio Man Taken to Task for Criticism
 of Bible,


 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteous- ness and what communion has light with darkness and what contact hath Christ with belials or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel This is the verse that came to me when read in the Herald last night what J. A. Cooper had to say against Pastor Harriman's sermon. It made my blood run cold to read such speeches against the Bible saying we don't know if the Bible is true or not, say Sunday school are the only ones that ing those that are brought up in the believe such stuff that God can change a mans heart. I am sure by MT. Coopers letter that he never was brought up in any Sunday school. If he had been he never wOudl pick the Bible to pieces and take out the Blood or John 3-16: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlast- ing life.' Then he will say people are sick of this slush about God of Love. Now I call this man Cooper a fit subject for the insane retreat, right down infidel. By this letter MT. Cooper writes he thinks that the kaiser and his people are going to have the same place in Heaven that we who try to serve the Lord to the best of our ability and do good to all That man must be crazy. For God says: "Henceforth there is laid up for me crown of righteousness which the Lord thy righteous Judge shall give me on that day and not to me only but to all those that love his appearing." You put this same Coop CT on his death bed and he will be the one that is afraid to die; not the one that believes in the Blood and the love of God. I could say a great deal more but it don't pay to waste eone's energy on such as MT. Cooper for perhaps if he counted up his blessing in his life time he would see that God is Love.
 A READER OF THE HERALD.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

Captain c. Harry Barton, until he was commissioned at the last Platts- burg training camp, was employed at the office of the P. & F. Corbin divi- sion of the American Hardware cor poration. For more than 15 years he was affiliated with the Governors Foot Guard and an attendance at the summer Plattsburg training camp for civilians helped materially to fit him for his important commission. At present Captain Barton is stationed at Camp Devens.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
MAKES APPOINTMENTS.

New Haven. Dec. 28.-Mayor-elect David E. Fitzgerald today announced. his appointments, including the fol- lowing: John J. Lane, director of public works; Harrison Hewitt, cor poration counsel until April IS. when Judge William l.. Bennett will take the place on his retirement from the bench; Thomas R. Robinson, assist ant corporation counsel; secretary to the mayor, Innis G. Osborn. a news- paper man and son of Col. N. e. Os- born of this city.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

New England is to enjoy a soft coal supply. While the product will not be 4relished by the housewives and possibly 1t will not come to that, still soft coal Is preferable to no fuel in these trying times. Mddletown Penny Press.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE.

Washington. Dec. 2s.--At 6 o'clock last night the earthquake which de- stroyed part of Guatemala City was continuing, destruction of property was unabated and thousands were without4she1tcr. Americans and other foreigners were safe.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

Defendant-I couldn't help but hit him. Judge. He kept picking on me.
 Judge-HowE
 Defendant-TeNing me what a big salary he got, what a fine car he had and how healthy he was.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
BRIERH- RH--MoUNtT.

Supernumerary Policeman and Mrs. Harold Mount of Hart street have ana noumced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Ethel Eleanor, to Henry W. Briere of Maple street. Both are we'll known young people and are receiving the hearty congratulop tions of thetr friends.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

Probably 1t will not disconcert tho Kaiser in the least, but the fact" ap- pears to be that American theologi- ans are unanimously opposed to his theory that the Lord of Creation Is "an avowed and unconditional ally" of Prussianism. If there had been any arrangement of that kind tho Battles of the Marne and Verdun would have had different ending New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

Unconsciousiy when you multiply tho numerator. you multiply the denomi- nator at the same time; the value of the fraction remains the same; you do not become any happier
 DIR FRANK CRANE in Nautilus.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-28

Probably the unfortunate nature of woman's selection in Christmas cigars has been somewhat exaggerated by the prominent humorists of the last three centuries, but it really is pretty bad.-Ohio State Journal