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New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
NEW BRITAIN MOTHERS PLEASED
 AND HAPPY
No More Fear of Baby Colic.

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 The crusade against baby collie and food trouble in this section has had . happy result.
 Tho astonishing achievements of Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup which hAs been 50 widely recommended seems beyond belief to the many thankful and pleased mothers. for practically every baby has been cured or benedtted by its uSe.
 Nrs. Windows Soothing Syrup is tho long looked for blessing that has sprung into instant popularity with almost every mother, actual results verify this.
 Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup is dl6erent From anything else in that 1t aims to ret rid of baby collie and in- digestion by neutralizing the acids. overcoming gas and strengthening the weak. sensitive little stomachs, and mind you 1t does all this without . particle of dope" or . drop of d. cohol.
 Good. honorable druggists recom- mend Mrs. Winslows Soothing syrup to all mothers with babies that have < coltc, indigestion, poor assimilation of food. constipation or teethins troubles.
 Nothsss do not fail to test this now famous prescription. Go to your druggist and get . twenty-flve cont bottle today and make baby we'll and happy. For sale In New Britain by seltzer's Prescription Pharmacy.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
SIDE TALKS
 BY RUTH oA1GERoN
Character andC dCircumstances
BY RUTH CAMERON

'.ons ship drives east and another With the selfsame winds that blow; Iris the set of the sails And not the gales
 Which decides the way we go.''
 ANONYMOUS
 Some weeks ago wrote about the danger of being made selfish by in validism.
 In response, several letter friends wrote me telling mo of people who, instead of becoming selfish, had been transmitted into saints on earth, by the fiery test of pain.
 can we'll believe them. I also know q few such. though still main tain that 1t is more common for the invalid to yield to mental suggestion and to relax into thinking chiefly of herself when she Is surrounded by people whose chief concern she Is. Character Is the Main Fact of Life.
 But the fact that invalidism and pain can have such totally different effects on different people is just another instance of that truth we are so apt to lose sight of,-nameiy that after all is said and done, char acter is the main fact of life. What circumstances shall make of you h determined by what you make of cir- cumstances.
 Illness makes some people selfish and other people unselnsh.
 IL h the same with all the other events Of life.
 Take falling in love. for instance. It makes some people 70 happy that they are eager to have other people
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
'dsc Resoaved to
 Dicky's Face.

.t
 Are you sure you're all right?"
 Mrs. Durkee's soft voice uttered the words anxiously. and her mother ly hands patted me solicitously, as if to assure herself by actual touch that was indeed fully recovered from my sudden faint.
 Absolutely. returned with de- cision. Ut always uses me up to shop, and the air down there was simply vile. It was perfectly ridicu- see how came to do it.
 ''The nurse said she thought you'd had shock Mrs. Durkce returned, glancing at me curiously. We were walking away from the rest room after thanking and rewarding the nurse, and I was glad she was not within earshot. I am afraid that knowing her understanding of the storm of grief through which had just passed could never have carried off the nonchalsnt impression of things gave my little neighbor.
 'Not unless the shock of losing my hat caused me to faint" said with Mghtness of which was justly proud under the circumstances.
 Losing your hat? What hat
 
 Then I realized that she knew nothing of my second trip to the mill linery department, and that 1t would have been much wiser not to have spoken of it. I had answered her at random with the first thing that flashed into my mind, but knew. of course. that must explain.
 "A Very Pretty Girl"
 ta11 hA l.,%1 Y meant to surprise you by purchasing that blue hat after all,'' said. "so when you went down after your sons pajamas I hurried to the millinery department after the hat, only to And that 1t had been sold. suppore hurrying 50 fast was really one thing that made me feel ill.," added men daciously.
 What . shame!' Mrs. Durkee's face. was eloquent. "But cheer up." she added. '.Tn bet you could have that hat copied right here. Why don't you do 1t? It's the most be- coming thing you could possibly get ?' I repressed shudder at the idea of ever wearing or seeing the hot which had caused me 70 much misery. II suppose could,'' said care- lessly, but really don't think should care to wear a copy Of a hat which knew some ono else was wearing" ''You foolish child." Mrs. Durkee said. and then with all the frankness ! of old friendship she added: "I'll bet there are dozens of copies of that black and white hat you bought float ing around New York"
 T suppose you're right said meekly.
 'They must have sold that hat in record-breaking tims." she said. with . new idea in her pretty head. "Did you happen to see the woman who bought 1t ?"
 glanced sharply at her. The ques- ton was m innocent enough one, but
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
ard Derby, the colonel's son2ln- law x is . major in tho army reseryN Medl- cal corps. s tss
GERMANY sEIzEs ALL CRAM
Gsrowers Ordcred to Rerort Pruspecl
 for Coming Harvest.

s Amsterdam, June 16.The cer-i man Federal council. according, to n despatch from Berlin has decreed Nthat during the coming harvest year. not only bread grain. but barley. oats, peas. beans. buckwheat and millek4 will be requisitioned in their enttrety for control and distribution by tho Imperial Grain bureau.
 Orders have been issued at Berlin to begin a giant card catalogie. ins which all grains on the stalk. pokS
 toes still in the ground, fruit on tito trees and other products will h4 eli.s efiIls tered, together with details of arr4
 age and the amount Of food and fodder the farmer is entitled to r4E tain for all purposes. This will be followed by regular reports thron9A all stages of growth. harvest and dS- livery through the hands Of fh6 wholesaler. the miller and the retaiieR to the ultimate consumer. K
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25

, happy. too. It Is wonderful world. they can't bear to have unhappin46A in 1t. and so they become more thoughtful and tender of others.
 Love Makes Some People 6ellasa.
 On the other hand, love makes oth. CT people so happy that they can't think of anything but their own hap- piness. The rest of the world is shut out. It Is of this kind of .. love tiaf someone writes. All the world loves lover but the lover loves no one but himself and his beloved
 Poverty and hardship make some people hard and bitter 1T am having a hard time. why shouldn't everyone else ?" Is their attitude. Yet adver- sity makes other people tender. They know what suffering is and they can't bear to have others feel it. Prosperity Is the Hardest Test of All.
 As for prosperity. though this n perhaps the hardest test of all, there are still a few who can pass tlarouxh this needles eye without losin9 tl4ar strength of character and breadth or sympathy.
 We are all very eager to know what is going to happen to us, what tho future holds for us in events.
 That Is human nature. But do not lost sight of the fact that what wN ere going to make of these events themselves. what We are going to be more important than what we arc going to do.
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New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
THE SIREN' FEATURE
 AT HOX'S THEATER

One of the most unusual dramas ever dlmed i1 "The Siren," which Is the feature df the Fox program for today and tomorrow. This picture. in which va1eslxa Suratt, the most stylish woman in America, stars, tells of the strange adventures of an equally strange woman, Cherry Mil- lard, played by Miss Suratt. She Is known as the woman without heart CT soul for the reason that no misfor- tune of her friends or acquaintances can draw the slightest expression of pity from her cruel lips. Utterly sell fish. she never hesitates to benefit by the downfall of others, and even cre- ates occasion for their ruination that she may further her own interests For q time she Is successful. but eventually she meets with . man known as ''The Stranger" and. in the toughest gambling hole of wild western town, he turns the tables on her when she least expects it. Re- plete with dramatic incident and filled with exciting situations, 1t makes ono of the best pictures that has been seen in recent months. Of course 1t would not be true Suratt picture if opportunity were not given her to deck herself in multitudes of highly original and novel costumes. Her dry-goods creations in 'The Si- ren" surpass any that she has yet worn.
 Among the other features of the program will be another funny epi- sode in the domestic career of tho Newlyweds. as portrayed so comicallv by MT. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. the latest Issue of the Pathe News. a two-part patriotic picture, Uncle Sam Ahoat and Ashore: and . screaming comedy. Max wtns and Loses"
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
MARIE DoRO STARS
 IN BIG LASKY FILM

"Castles For Two" big Irish drama. picturized by the Lasky cona- pany, is to be the photoplay feature at Keeney's during tho first half of the week. It is one of the biggest films which this company has pro- duced in months and 1t is expected to prove Q big attraction everywhere.
 There will be q number of other good releases during the week. ''The Mystery of the Double Cross' will be brought to . close Wednesday and Thursday. There will be q new chap ter in "The Neglected Wife" Friday and Saturday. This picture Is being closely followed by . large number or the city's filn devotees.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
 AT THE LYCEUM

Tonight and tomorrow the Lyceum presents Americas most popular star of the screen. Douglas Fairbanks in his initial Aircraft picture. produced by his own company entitled "In Again, Out Again." . typical Fair banks picture showing smiling Doug at his best in subject of rapid-flr theme and hundreds of hearty laughs
 Never before has he had better op- portunity to give his admirers 50 much of his inimitsble self and vari- ous surprises are in store for his many friends who will witness the picture. Because of the various twists
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25

of the story disclosing many surprises, the details of the story must needs be kept secret. Staged in New Jersey. tho subject offers a mixture of rural scenes, the humor of which are ac- cepted by the smiling Doug in the playing of his role, that of Teddy, . red-blooded. young man, who. as 1t would seem, would rather remain in jail than out of 1t. Starting tomor- row the Lycsum presents Charles Richman and Dorothy Kelly in tho greatest serial of the day. .'The Se- cret Kingdom" Another feature on the same program is the famous o. Henry stories that are we'll known. Also the Lyceum Weekly showing the latest news of current events. Don't fail to see this show as 1t is ono of merit. Matinees at 1880 p. m., eve- nings at zoo p. m.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
REVELATIONS. OF A WIFE
By ADELn GARRISON

wondered if by any chance she could have stumbled upon the true story. But her face was as innocent of guile as a child's. I drew . long breath of relief and answered as carelessly as possible
 Why. yes. did,'' I replied. ''Shs was very pretty girl. and the hat looked Very well on her. She had just bought 1t as came into the de- partment. If I only. had been five minutes earlier would have had it.
 "How perfectly exasperating!" she exclaimed, and for fully 20 minutes hat, and expatiated upon it's suitability for me until thought I should shriek aloud from sheer nervousness
 What shall mo do now?' she asked when the possibilities of con- versation about my lost chapeau had been exhausted. Do you feel strong enough to so over to that loan ex- hibition of pictures before we tele- phone the boys? Or will staying down town for dinner be too much for you?''
 Madge Lays Her Plans.
 "I'm sure I shall be perfectly able to so through with 1t all," said steadily. Indeed. I am quite looking forward to that dinner with Dicky and your son.
 spoke nothing but the truth. For the thing had resolved to do was to meet Dicky at dinner as if nothing had happened. and to relate as casu- ally as possible our adventures of the afternoon at Hambers. of. course, emitting any reference to seeing him.
 But from my description of the de- partments. and> my reference to the time was there. knew he could not help realizing that had seen him, especially as was certain Mrs. Dur kee would. supplement my description with the story of my sudden faint.
 wanted very much to watch Dicky's face when he should grasp the situation.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
RHEUMATIC KNOCKERS
 NOW BOOSTERS
All LonA in Praise o1 sNeutrone Pre-
 scr1ptton oo''

They all say "it does beat the Dutch" how quick "Neutrone Pre- scription 99" got rid of that Rheuma- tism. It's almost magic. ''Neutrone Prescription % gets all forms of Rheumatism every tifne, as sure as the sun rises. The nrst few doses show results. Those horrible Rheu- matic pains stop. those poor inllamed joints go down, and oh! what . blessed relief Dvar try anything like that? We'll. it's true. There's no more ahery, vile smelling liniments, just . good clean internal remedy that purifies the blood. drives all i'm purtties out of the system-makes you feel like new. like doing things Don't delay. get a bottle today and your troubles arc over. Soc and &l.O0.
 Ssltzer Drug Company and le4ding druggists everyykhero.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
TEDDYs SONS IN TRANCE.
Two Now There, Others to Follow
 Soon.


 Soon. : New York. June 25.-Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt. in 2 speech delivered in the interest of the Red Cross at Oyster Bay last night, made public the fact that two of his sons had already gone to France. and that 'the others are to follow" The two who have gone are Major Theodore Roosevelt. IT,. and Captain Archie Roosevelt. both of whom, it is under stood, will be attached to General Pershing's headquarters. The an-. nounce,ment that they had been de- tailed to special duty was recently made in an army order.
 This is the first installment of the colonel's famous pledge that he and his four sons and at least one of his sons-in-law would be ready to join the country's forces whenever the occasion arose. The other sons are already in the service and nr. Rich
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25

general weakness that was % hard to bear. I am able to do my work during such times and am recommending Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to META TMpEllAlGS, 1922 Jeneeson AvsL, Brooklyn, N. Y. ,
 To know whether Lydia E. sdvioe % es,R L31dia 3"d1is iI2 E2Pi.ksm is Medicine Co. (confldontial) Lynn, Mass. YOurletter will be opened, read and answered by . woman and held in strict confidence.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
BOTH MOTHER
 AND DAUGHTER
Relieved From Pain and Suffering by Lydia E. PinkhaIn's Vegetable
 Compound.

Brooklyn, N. N.Y.-''For three or four years suffered . great deal of pain periodically, 70 l would have to lie down. My back would ache and would feel
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
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New Britain herald., 1917-06-25

very weak and miS.
 erable. I renem-
 bered how my H1oth-
 CT had found relief
 from pain by using Lydia B. Pinkham' g Veg table Com pound and I decided to try it, and thanks to the Compound 1t |helped me just asit did my mother. and II am free from pain, hn~lrarhA and <hn3.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
Menu for Tomorrow

Breakfast.
 Fruit
 Broiled Kidneys
 Vienna Rolls
 Coffee
 Egg and Potato Salad
 Toasted Crumpets : Cherry Pie
 Iced Tea
 Brown Soup
 Stew with Dumplings
 Boiled Potatoes
 Lettuce
 Snow Ball Puddings
 Foamy Fruit Sauce
 Coffee. Snow Ball Puddings-Beat the yolks three eggs until light, then add gradually ono cupful granulated sug- ar, beating all the while. When very light add two tablespoonfuls milk, one cupful -four, and beat again. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff frotk. add quickly to the batter with ono rounded teaspoonful baking powder. Fill we'll buttered cups two thirds. full and steam for twenty minutes. Roll In powdered sugar and serve with sauce.
 Eoamy Fruit Sauce. Put three ta- blespoonfuls apricot marmalade. juice ono lemon and ono cupful boil- ing watsr into . saucepan. Bring to tho boiling point, sweeten to taste and stir in one scant tablespoonful arrow root dissolved in little cold water. Boil for i've minutes and pour 1t over the stiffly beaten white of one egg. Serve at once.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25

Across a hat, scarf and parasol of natural pongee g flock of fiamingos scars off into the heights of style. If you want to be very ultra you must match your parasol with your hat trimming.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-25

ly bordered and collared by scotoh moleskin. Worn with q taupe horse- hair turban 1t sets high mark of modishness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-08
SIDE T ALK S
We Do the Same.
BY RUTH CAMERON.


He, of all the world, creeps the
closest in our bosoms, in our favor
and esteem, who thinks of us most
nearly as we do of ourselves. "-Haz-
lett.
A wave of indignation and dislike
swept over me the other day when a
friend kindly repeated a criticism
which a mutual friend of ours had
made of me.
l felt an intense animosity one mo-
ment ana the next a sense of hurt,
as if some one had struck me.
1 felt as if 1 never wanted to see
my critic again.
And then, all on a sudden, it came
across me,-why that S not bit
worse than criticisms you've made
of her. You don't approve of every
thing she is or does, and yet on the
whole you like her and are glad to be
friends with her. Why shouldn't
you expect her to feel the same way
towards you? OF course she didn't
expect the criticism to be repeated
to you.
1t is funny, isn't it, how intensely
we resent an imputation On the rart
of our friends that they do not think
US altogether perfect.
We know they aren't perfect and we
know we aren't.
And we'd know, if we ever stopped
to think of it, that just as we talk over
their little imperfections-and still
like them-so they must sometimes
| talk over ours-and still like us.
We know all this in the abstract.
And yet when some thoughtful mu-
tuaI friend brings the fact concretely
to our attention, we (byr"we"sI mean
that bundle of Instincts and preju-
dices, the average human being) fair
ly seethe with resentment.
L suppose that is inevita BILE.
1t is as natural to resent criticism as
it is to lift up ones arm to ward off
| a blow.
But it's the next state of mind that
| tells what fibre we are of.
Do we feed the resentment and
work ourselves into a regular mad?
Or do we let 1t lie down and then
laugh at our own unreasonableness?
Do we dismiss the criticism as just
some foolish prejudice on the critics
part.
Or do we say, Now I wonder if
| there is anything in that?"
I've ceased to justify my deeds
| unto mySef-the last infirmity of
evil" said a great poet once. He GER
| tainly had reached an exalted plane of
living if he told the truth. One can
quite forgive him for patting himself
on the back.
But I wonder if he stayed up there.
I wonder if anyone ever stays on that
plane long. Anyhow, the air you
breathe and the view you get up there
makes it worth while to climb up even
IL you do keep falling off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-08
TRAWELETTE

BY NIKsAH

The Matterhorn was the favorite
peak of those who went in" for the
hazardous sport of mountain climb
ing in the Swiss Alps. Now reports
say that there is no more mountain
elm bling being done. 1t is easy
enough to guess why. For those who
went around the world looking for
hazardous occupations before the war,
there is now no need to make extend
ed search, to stop at expensive hotels,
or to hire a retinue of guides. Nine
teen nations offer the adventurer
more or less of a salary along with
board, lodging and hospital facilities,
for the pleasure of risking his neck.
No wonder mountain climbing has
fallen off
There are those who say that it will
never regain its old high estate. They
rather think aviation will attract most
of the devotees who survive the war.
But your true mountaineer laughs at
such a suggestion For him there is
no thrill to replace the one he feels as
he swings by his finger-tips over a
five-hundred foot drop.
There are two sorts of mountain
GERS, it should be remembered
those who climb to get to the top,
and those who climb for the pleasure
of climbing. IN order to afford them
pleasure. the climb must be diff
cult and dangerous as possible. The
first class regard any unconquered
mountain as challenge. They will
take ship TO the Bolivian Andes or to
the HimalayaS to vanQuish a peak on
whose summit no foot has ever trod.
When they reach the peak. they sit
down and figure out the easiest way
to climb it
Your second type of mountaineer,
however. takes his pleasure in the
climb itself. He does not care whether
the peak has been climbed before, or
whether it is much of a peak or not,
so long as it can furnish him with
the thrills peculiar to his sport. For
instance, there are three routes up the
Matterhorn. Two of them are dan
gerous but practicable. the third is
about twice as difficult, and to the
Impractical eye looks like nothing but
a laborious form of suicide. Yet every
year come mountaineers who elm bed
the Matteshorn by the most difficult
route And they never, never, sal
anything family humorous in the idea
that they were deliberately choosing
the hardest way up and the longest
way round.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-08
THE PEACE OUTLOOK.

Germany sincerely wants peace. OF
that fact there no longer remains any
doubt. She needs it in her business.
Every intelligent and thinking Ger
man by this time must realize that she
cannot win the war. Every day that
it continues brings her nearer to I'LL
innate exhaustion. She may be able
to continue the struggle for months or
even years but at what a cost. Every
month of the war leaves her just so
much further and more terribly be-
hind in the race with the world.
Even IL it were possible to settle
the war now with a drawn game, says
the Boston Transcript, if the status
quo ante bellum could be restored
without a mark of indemnity to be
paid and without the loss of an acre
of Alsatian or Lorraine territory, the
German empire would be immeasur-
ably crippled. Trade lost, capital
squandered. the common people i'm
poverished, and, more than that, the
whole worlds goodwill, upon which
the future sustaining business of Ger
many depends. lost and gone forever
enemies and none but enemies from
Belgium clear around the world to
China-what an Indemnity is that
which Germany has already paid and
has still to pay! How infinitely slow
process to build up again what Ger
many has LOST The thought of it
must really appal every German who
thinks. And as the continuation of
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struction with every day, it must in
deed be evident that Germany sin
cerely desires peace"
The question is not whether Ger
many desires it. but whether the rest
of the world now wills it, For peace
in the abstract all may indeed yearn
but it must not be temporary and a
false peace. 1t is not alone in Ger
many that the task of reconstruction
looms France is exhausted: England
sorely strained. Even America, still
inconceivably rich, her resources al
most untouched, will have to recouu
with enterprise and endless labor the
billions which have already. for a
most righteous purpose, gone into the
maelstrom. But there can be no peace
until the corsair nation, Germany. il
rendered militarily. economically, So
cially incapable OF continuing the war
That is the thing upon which the
achievement of peace now solely de.
ponds. and it can come from no other
/ source whatever. Germany's cup OF
bitterness must be drunk to the dregs;
no one will take it from her lips.