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New Britain herald., 1917-10-11

adopted by the National Red Cross in place of the words Civilian relief"
 The intention is to emphasize the
 fact that while dollar buys dol
 lars worth of relief for the suffering
 family of a soldier, there are a hum
 dred acts of service of one sort or
 another which that family may need as time goes on, and the giving of
 cold cash is merely one of them. Serv-
 ice without money is not always ef-
 fective. Money without thoughtful service is often wasted. It is the
 proper combination of the two that brings results.
 Home Service" is the best possible
 description of the effort we have spent
 during the past year on problems caused by physical, mental and moral
 defects which need correction. To keep together breaking families, an- chor them firmly to their mother church, find missing relatives, locate runaway boys and girls, arrange in- surance, collect wages or compensa- tion, obtain legal aid, befriend those released from corrective schools, find employment, look up lodging places, arrange outings, write and translate letters, meet strangers coming in on trains and send blind children, lame children, and mentally deficient chill dren to suitable institutions for train ing-there are bigger jobs than doling out groceries, coal and clothing. They require more time and greater pa tience and intelligence, but their service to the families and to the community is also infinitely greater.
 Having thus demonstrated our zeal for service, we are asked to attend christenings and weddings, arrange funerals, break off undesrab ble matri- monial matches, arrange bank ac- counts, arbitrate in family quarre1s, interpret laws and customs, find new rents and perform all manner of in- innate services for scores of families, much after the manner of accommo- dating maiden aunts. Such details are many and pressing, and yet they must not overwhelm the main busi- ness of the organization.
 Time was when the old type of public almsgiver used to sit at desk and divide the poor into "wor- thy' and unworthy" giving the for mer small doles and sending the lat ter about their business. That was the almsgiving that was miscalled charity. There is no such thing as anyhow. All human beings are worthy of help, and every one who comes to our office is worthy of a courteous
New Britain herald., 1917-10-11
EXCELLENT REPORT
 0F CHARITY WORK
Miss Elsie C. Osborn Gives Re.
 Sume Of Years Activity

Miss Elsie c. Osborn, agent of the New Britain Charity Organization has completed the annual report of the work for the past year. The report is careful resume of the work done by the organization, as Miss Osborn is soon to leave the charity work
 The report in full is as follows: To the Directors of the New Britain
 Charity Organizations
 Patriotism consists not in waving a flag, but in striving that our coun- try shall be righteous as we'll as strong says James Bryce. The only way to fight a war is with every ounce of energy we possess and war needs are rightly paramount these days. But if we have faith in our work, if we wish to hold up the standard against the time when the war Is ended, even though our re- sources are depleted we must close ranks and fight the harder.
 The group of faithful standbys in civic work in times past has been just about in ratio to the standing army of our military system-both woefully lacking in numbers. But now with the quickened social conscience and broader spirit of cooperation of the times, why should there not be volun- teers for work of this sort, even as the National Army has been flooded with recruits?
 Barriers of class pride, racial feel ing, and religious prejudice are giv- Ing way under stress of war, and men reluctant to unite in a common pray CT or consent to a common doctrine, are coming together eagerly in 2 combined effort to do good The broadest platform for the practical union of all people is brotherly serv- ice. The real test of a mans creed is his daily conduct, and service, not sermons, is what counts in these days.
 Home Service" is the new term
New Britain herald., 1917-10-11
Nationalities Representatives,.

American, white; American, col Bohemian, Canadian, French; Eng fish. Gallician, German, Greek, Hun garian, Irish. Italian, Italian, Sicilian; Jewish, Lithuanian, Persian, As syrian; Polish, Austrian; Polish, Rus sian; Russian, Ruthenian, Scotch, Swedish, Syrian and Welsh.
 Volunteer Officc Assistants.
 Miss Ruth Bristol Miss Mabel Crawford, Miss Margaret Eddy. Mrs. Stanley Eddy. Mrs. Arthur Sampson. Miss Agnes Vance, Miss Edith White and Miss Eleanor White.
 Woman's Advisory Committee.
 Mrs. B. B. Bassette, Mrs. W. F. Brooks, Mrs. H. P. Carter. Mrs. c. F. Chase, Mrs. J. E. Cooper, Mrs. ham, Miss Lettie Learned, Mrs. R. R. Leeds Mrs. J. B. Martin, Mrs. F. w. Macomber, Mrs. A. c. McKinnie, Mrs. Lawrence Mouat, Mrs. M. K. Pasco, Mrs. E. J. Porter, Mrs. I. D. Russell, Mrs. E. P. Swasey, Mrs. G. S. Talcott and Mrs. Marcus White.
 Social Workers Conference.
 A. J. Hart, chairman; B. c. Con- molly, vice chairman; Miss Elsie c. Osborn, secretary.
 Members representing churches and active workers in Board of Public Charities, Board of Health, proba- tion officers, Visiting Nurses Associa- ton, Milk Station, Charity Organiza-
New Britain herald., 1917-10-11
Y|N0L MAKES
 CHILDREN STRONG
And 1nvigorates Old People

Any doctor will tell you that the ingredients of Vinol as printed below contain the clements needed to im- prove the health of delicate children and restore strength to old people.
 D Cod Liver and Beef Peptones, Iron
 A\ and Manganese Peptonates, Iron
 and Ammonium Citrate, Lime ana Soda "
 Glycerophosphates Cascarin.
 Those who have puny. ailing or rundown children or aged parents may prove this at our expense.
 Besides the good it does children and the aged there is nothing like vinol to restore strength and vitality to weak, nervous women and over.' worked, run down men.
 Try it. If you are not entirely sat- isfied, we will return your money without question; that proves our fairness and your protection. Mill lions of people have been convinced this way.
 The Clark & Brainerd Co.,, Drug gists; Liggett's Riker-Hegeman Drug Stores; John J. McBriarty; Nathan Noveck: w. H. Russell. and at tho best drug store in every town and city in the country.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-11

regard to a certain couple whose children appeared neglected; a city official dropped in to discuss some people in whom we had mutual in- terest; a woman came for advice about claiming her garden products since she had moved to another rent; a committee member stopped for a few minutes to lend a hand, and a visitor from society doing statewide work came to consult about a neg lected child.
 Later on, after school was dis missed girl came with a message from her mother. boy came to show us what an aching void the dentist had made at our request: and some little tots came with a vague plea for clothing, and were sent home with message that mother was to come and do her own talking. Meanwhile the telephone was con- stantly in use. A lady 'phoned she had a bed to give away. Several oth- CTS inquired if we could supply them with laundresses, and two asked vain lX for maid. An out -oftown social worker telephoned regarding a fam fly in distress whom she thought we might have known previously. A lady who is befriending an unfortu- nate girl in the role of Big Sister. wanted to talk over new develop ments. Someone else asked the ad- dress of family he used to help, and still another wanted to know the of- flee hours of a welfare organization.
 During this time we did some ques- tioning over the phone ourselves. asking an employer for certain woman's work record, consulting g. factory nurse about young girl, asking advice of the prosecuting at- torney, comparing notes with the Public Charities workers, calling one doctor in regard to a sick child, and another in regard to the new baby we had just heard about. Also we talked with a landlady who had been cheated out of a board bill, and asked the probation officers advice about family we were helping. A clergyman was consulted about one of his parishioners, the health board was appealed to, a school principal was called on for advice, and a baby case was reported to the Milk Station nurse .with a request for her to make a call.
 The visitor took her share in these interviews and also went to a factory office in behalf of a young boy, visited a home where the children were said to be neglected, stopped to inspect the new living quarters of a family for whom we had recently paid moving expenses, visited @ home to which the father had just returned from jail, told a widow of some home work that had been found for her, consulted man in regard to his bereaved sister who was receiving aid in another state, talked with a merchant who had once befriended a family now in distress again in another city. and consulted an oculist about child re- gently sent to him.
 ~ At the end of the day there was still a scattering of evening telephone calls at the agents home, and lady came to talk over the condition ot some neglected children.
 This average days work was &C., complished by an agent who is also part time probation officer, a visitor and a stenographer.
 Respectfully submitted,
 ELSIE C. OSBORN.
 Office Statistics.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-11

Free From Alcohol and Dangerous Drugs
 Use-Gu aranteed.

The most eminent medical au- thorities, recognized all over the world as the highest in the science of medicine, having made public statements indorsing the value of such ingredients as we guarantee are the principle ingredients of Father Johns Medicine.
 High medical authorities say "that these ingredients are beneficial notably in wasting diseases which are curable and those maladies which are connected with or have their origin in colds and facilitating and wasting diseases"
 To give these statements in full would take too much space, but we will furnish on application the list of ingredients of Father Johns Medi- cine, the names of the medical au- thorities referred to, what they say, the publications and the dates of same.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-11

Vx7rT0 TC Women ven as mon Ako w IlO 1O made miserable by kidney
 m and bladder trouble. Thon-
 1O sands m DT. nT ANHE Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the D1kANxC. great Kidney medicine. At druggists in large and medium size bottles. You may receive a sample size bottle by Parcel Post, also pamphlet telling about 1t. Address Dr. Kilmer 6 Co.,. Binghamton, N. r., and enclose ten cents. also mention the New Britain Daily Herald.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-11

ton, City Mission, truant officer. school nurse, Sunshine Society. Boys Club, Y. M. c. A., Y. w. c. A., and factory nurses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07
Poor Old Fish!
Into The Can By
Special Decree

(Bulletin 81. Educational Dept,
New England Fish Exchange.)
Dwellers by the shore. in the good
old days. were wont to solve their
food problem by eating fresh fish in
summer, and salt fish winter. Meat
wsa luxury then and fish and vege-
tables were necessities.
< Such of the summer catch as was
not sold or eaten, was stored away
against the time when the menfolk
could not fish.
OF late years. improved Transports
ton facilities changed this to a great
extent. Salt fish increased in price.
and the shore population became
greater consumers of meat.
Now grim war has come, and with
It. the time when everyone may fol-
low with profitthe example of the
simple fishers of old.
The thrifty housewife. will emulate
by canning seafoods for winter use.
During the summer, fish are plen-
tiful and consequently cheaper than
at other seasons. The shrewd house
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07
DIVORCED HERE.
MARRY AGAIN IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Bridgeport Man After Two
Years Separation Again
Tries LUCK.
(secial to The Farmer.l

Peterboro, N. H, Aug. William
r. Hopkins, of 8ridgeport, Conn, di-
vorced from his wife. Beulah Hopkins,
two years ago, has remarked her in
this CITY,. the Rev. Ernest w. AEldridge,
performing the~ceremony in the pres
encel of a few relatives and friends
at the home of the bride.
After many years of happy welded
life difficulties between the pair re-
suited in their appealing to the courts
for separation. Recently they dis
covered they still loved each other
and arrangements were made for
their second marriage,
They were attended by Mr.. and Mrs.
Goodwin Mr.. Goodwin being neph-
ew of the bride. Yesterday they left
this. city, with the. BRIDES sister and
husband Mr.: and Mrs. 8. Stevens for
the White Mountains where they will
spend second honeymoon. Mrs.
Hopkins recently purchased home
in Bridgeport where she lived UP to
the time Of her divorce and she will
make her home with her husband in
that city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07

Rear Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN,
paymaster general of the navy, hav-
ing charge of the purchase of navy
supplies, issued an order calling for
the ENFORCEMENT Of the most rigid in
spection and for the rejection of food
that does not come up to standard.
Because adequate and satisfactory
subsistence is the very foundation not
only of real efficiency, but OF discip-
line ITSELF" says the order, -" there is
no class of purchases for the natal
service that needs To be more con-
stantly watched than provisions, our
men being no poison squad, but hui
man beings and American citizens,
for whom we stand i'll the relation of
trustees in so far as relates to the
question OF food. 1t is therefore di-
rected that every effort to try on the
navy any experiments or tests of any
food product whatever shall be
promptly suppressed.
mo provisions will under any cir
cumstances get accepted if there be
the least question as to purity or nu-
tritive value, it being constantly borne
in mind that doubtful food is bad
flood and. will be treated as SUCH"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07

tigers are not nearly so playful as
the lion cubs. They are not so
clearly marked as the adults, their
spots are faint and their. coloring is
uniform and dull. They are the first
among the animal kindergarten to
show symptoms Of hatred of man
kind.
The baby camels are curious OBJ
jects, appearing to be all legs, ana
very long legs, too. Their coats are
as curly as young lambs. Their
mothers love and keen devotion are
pathetic.
Four infant kangaroos are the most
timid among the circus newcomers.
They peep , out of their mother 3
pouch, work their tiny, flexible
mouths round and round as though
smiling for danger, drop their fore
paws, jump from their shelter, give
one or two hops, and then with ter
rified air leap back to the pouch and
hide away for a time. The mother
utters soft sigh-the only sound a
kangaroo Is able to make-as of re-
lief as they disappear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07

PLAZA

It. would be well worth ones while
to take in the show at the Plaza
some stine before closing Wednesday
night for it is program. that will long
be remembered and appreciated by
the most fastidieus devotee Cf the
shadow-stage-
IA Strange Tranogressor" is the
title Of the picture and in 1t Louise
Glaum whose portrayal of various
vampire" roles las made her quite a
screen favorite, has one of the finest
partseof her career as Lola Montrose,
a notorious woman who seeks to OBJ
tain revenge through a rather pecu-
liar medium. z
The story is excellent, well carried
through to a powerful climax, and the
moral sermon is impressive.
An o. Henry story Of more than
ordinary merit Is 1.-THE Gift of the
Magr and it's quaint humor carried
finely through many partly pathetic
scenes is of a type that should please
all, who boast Of a, sense of humor.,
"A Dog Catcher's Ire" is the title, of
the Sennett-Keystone- comedy which,
assusual, creates a veritable tumult OF
auehter and It. Is greatly aided by an
other single reel Triangle comedy
The musical program offered with
the program is Of the best and It is
noticeable that local theatre goers are
beginning to appreciate the part play
ed by music in the attractiveness of
the moving picture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07

?
Baby bears, lions, leopards. tigers,
camels and kangaroos romp in the
menagerie. of the Sparks circus, which
will exhibit on the Barnum estate
grounds on next Friday. These wild
young creatures provide one of the
most fascinating exhibits OF the great
travelling zoo. Born last winter when
the big amusement institution was
slowed away for the winter, they dis
play little or no savageness or treach-
cry. -
AS a rule, lions breed freely in cap
tivity. Five cubs are having their
first circus experience. They are all
handsome specimens, with sturdy,
tawny little bodies. thick, heavy paws.
straight tails and remarkably we'll
shaped heads. One of the mothers,
Hypatia, refused to nurse her twins.
A milch goat was substituted for
three days and then an Irish setter
dog finished the job satisfactorily.
The babys strength is in no way
impaired.
Tie half dozen young leopards and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07
Dances at Lordship.

Dances at Lordship Manor ball
room are held every Monday, We'd
nssdAy, Friday and Saturday even
ings at popular prices and with ex-
ceflent music by Murray's big or
chsstra.a These socials have become
extremely popular with the young
people of the city and they offer
dancing under excellent conditions.
The ball room is open to the breezes
from the Sound on all sides, is well
lighted and has a perfect dancing
floor. and the nusic'is excellent. Many
private parties attend every week,
and especial care is taken of their
comfort. Take a Lordship car from
Main and Golden Hill STREETS at TAO
or every 90 minutes until 9 o'clock.
Continuous trip at one fare. You are
assured of a good tfme.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07
Japanese Scientist
Says Nations Youth
Is Getting Feeble

Toxic, Aug. 7.-Interpellating the
government about the health Of the
nation Baron Kenkwan Takagi a
well-known medico-scientist, speaking
IN the House of Peers, declared that
there was a gradual enfeeblenent in
the physique of the young men which
was discouraging. He asked whether
the government was considering anv
measures for the Improvement Of the
health conditions of the Empire.
In reply, Premier Count Teraucbi
said the government was not satisfied
with the present national hygiene and
would adopt all possible measures Tn
bring about an Improvement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07
Lawmakers Sore
At Newspapers
Show Hostility

It seems probable that the war
finance will impose a heay tax on
newspapers, on a basis applied to no
other industry. The discussion over
this matter at Washington suggests
that many Congressman feel personal
rancor at the newspaper press, the re-
suit no doubt of real or fancied in
Juries, in their own experience.
The newspaper community may
well ask itself what it has done to
provoke this feeling of hostility. This
does not mean that publishers and
editors should fawn and cringe. But
they are under the ordinary ob1igu-
ton to give fair treatment to the
men who are serving the country in
it's law making bodies.
No doubtAmany of the faults of
Congress, at which we all rail, are
faults inherent in human nature and
our national character. Electing IL
new set of Congressman frequently
does not help things a particle, and
the same traditional tendencies re-
appear.
\ Yet when all this is said, it re-
mains true that Congress lays itself
open to attack by persistence in prac-
tees contrary to common sense
Prominent among these are the pork
maui, the pdTColl1nS out OIL IaVOrS To
districts, the log rolling spirit that
leads men to vote for each others
schemes in order to get their own
through. Arbitrary traditions like
that called Senatorial Courtesy shield
unfit men in office, and in time of
war make it imjossible to secure clear
cut action.
The principal trouble is that too
many Congressman are anxious about
their political future, too fearful of
defeat at the polls. They shiver and
shake before criticism, and imagine
that if the newspapers mould only be
bottled up, they could get by. So
there grows up among the narrower
type of Congressman. an animus
against the newspaper press. mani
festations of which have been seen
in some of these taxation PROPOSE
tons. No man can advance his poll
teal fortunes by this petty spirit. The
newspapers should gladly pay fair
tax, but they should not be asked
to pay taxes levied on principles not
applied to other enterprises.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07
HENS THAT DON'T
LAY DO NOT PAY )
SAYS AN EXPERT
Emphasizes an Obvious Fact
But Read What Professor
James Has Done.

At least hens to be worth keeping
as LAYERS must be the kind of pro-
ducers that will shell out, enough
eegs month after months to show a
profit. The sooner the non-produc-
ers in the laying house are sent to
market or Canned not in the slang
meaning of the word only, but cooked
and put into glass jars for use on the
table next. winter, the quicker the
poultry man will save on his feed
bill. or the poultry-woman for that
matter. "
If YOU have never seen Prof. Roy E.
Jones, Extension Poultryman, Con-
necticut College Of. Agriculture. de-
nonstrate how this is done, you might
saw it would take Soloman to do this
trock. but after being shown by Mr..
Jones. you understand that, wise as
Mr.. Jones is he can teach any intel
ugent interested person to be JUST
as wise. and just as efficient in culling
the poultry flock. And that is the
great advantage of a demonstration,
the whole. matter is made so clear
and simple.
Thtrty-two hens of a Ridgefield
flock were sorted out last January
into two pens, choice and "culls'
and record kept of the eggs laid
from January 18th to May 23d. in
clnsiye. The result was that the
"choice" hen laid. 1146 eggs, the "culls"
SAT eggs. Other equally conclusive
tests have been in other places In the
state.
The Fairfield County Farm Bureau
has arranged for Jones to give demon
STATIONS in Fairfield County next week
as follows: Friday, Aug. 10th,
Brookfeld, Conn, at 10 o'clock In the
morning at the farm of Mrs William
Parker, Obtuse District; in the after
noon at 2 o'clock at MIR. Seth Low
Pierrepont's Shadowbrook Farm,
Ridgef1eld; Saturday, Aug. 18th, at Mr..
Percy A. Rockefeller's Owenoke
Farm, at 2 p. m.
All persons. interested are invited
to attend any or all of these demon
STATIONS, and it is evident that the
poultry man, large or small, Will md
It worth while to go some distance to
profit by Mr.. Jones demonstration.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-07
POLPS

Princess White Deer, assisted by
Oskamon. in. a musical. dancing and
comedy offering demonstrate clearly
that the Indian race is not deficient
In the finer sensibilities or the higher
education. Princess White Deer
said to be a grand daughter of the IA
nous Mohawk chief Running Door
is charming In personality and with.
Oskamon scored hits at every appear
anee. at the Poll theatre last might :
Undoubtedly the live pictures of
. current events taken by the Hearst
Pathe photographers at naval camps
in America and showing scenes at the
draft examination places hold the
American public's eyeE-at every per-
formance of Polls screen showing
Moliie King. the winsome and win
ming leading woman Of Blind MANS
Luck" drew plaudits from her au-
dience last night even though she only
appeared in photography. There are
I'VE reels Of well photographed real
ism shown in this new picture which
shows Miss King to better advantage
than she appeared in the recent SER
ial The Mystery Of The Double
Cross"
Valentine vox, ventriloquist, is a
marvel. singing one song in two diff
ferent voices at the same time and
also handling his dummies with that
easy grace and humor which is the
keynote of the ventri1oquists success,
The Rolando Brothers, also appear
tng at Polls. performed some re-
nnarkable stunts in the air and thrill
ed all who witnessed their dexterous
work.
Tanean Brothers offered a, musical
farce entitled "A Riot of Fun" Their
work throughout kept the audience
in laughter and speciality of train
tn1itation by means of comets was
unusually clever. :
Brown g. Taylor songsters, that
have a punch in every number will get
an ovation at every performance this
week
There Is nothing to Polls show that
does not make one sit up and take no
tice. feel happy and contented and re-
alize that there is good in vaudeville
and pictures S,.s ac M