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New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
SELF HELPS FOR NEW SOLDIERS
 SOON TO BE CALLED INTO FIELD Advice Which
 For Service i'm Anne New s .t

from the short-legged soldiers and
 pull the whole line out of shape. This
 is what aways takes place with green
 troops. The tall men strike out at
 a swing which keeps the short men
 on a trot. And not onlylis the unit
 endurance reduced according to the
 proportionsof short men in the com
 pany, but the tall men cannot hold out
 with their equipment to nearly the
 same extent that they could if they
 adopted the company stride. Uniform
 motion is contagious, and the sttmu-
 Jus imparted to all helps to carry those for whom the longer step
 might at first be an exertion.
 A man must not walk on his heels. This throws his whole physique out of gear It renders more difficult the thirty-inch step. A man must walk on the balls of his feet. He must bear the weight of the body easily with him--not drag it along behind him. The length of the step, thirty and is taken at the rate of 12o steps 1 a minute. s.
 <. Thirty 4iffches-remember! No good soldier ever steps, or marches, other ! wise unless specifically commanded to do SO. Furthermore, the good sol dier, while marching in this the sol | dier's basic or normal, step, Is, ex- cept for the swing of legs and arms, in the position of Attention-de- scribed in preceding article as the fundamental position of the Soldier Tomorrows article will describe the variations of the normal step of the soldier and the facings or directions from which the soldier steps and l marches.
 Copyright. 1917, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Incl :!
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
THE FIRST SHOT.

American ,gunners, in the first en. have proven what Americans have always contended,-they are crack shots. When the American steamship Mohgolia on Friday last met Ger man submarine in British waters the &gun crew scored the first victory in this war;. They sent the submarine to the bottom. It took one shot to do the work
 Captain Emery Rice in command of the Mongolia is a native of Boston. Far away from home. his thoughts turned to the celebration held ill the old historic city on Patriots Day. the day his ship sighted the subma- rine. It must have done his sea. mans heart good to have played such of the Battle of Lexington :.
 Germany should now know that it's submarines are not taking part in child's play. Firing at unarined mer- CHdHt SSSSSlS ttAu cIhhSu NAAAAS vessels are two different pastimes. The American navy has supplied American vessels travelling the high seas with gun crews that know how to handle tho Instruments of death entrusted to their care. They are there to shoot on sight. which is the equivalent of sinking on sight, all things being equal
 The work of the Mongolia's gum ners will add encoura cement to the gunners of other American vessels plying the high seas. The money spent by this nation in years gone by for gun practice has not been wasted when one of its gun crews succeeds in sinking the. first under-sea boat encountered Every submarine that comes to the surface in the immed- fate future will know what to ex- pect.-war. Previous to this they ha.. their own way. Now, there are two playing the game.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
AN ANNIVERSARY.

One hundred and forty years ago today the Marquis de Lafayette sailed from France to America. He came, in the enthusiasm of his youth. to help the oppressed colonies in their strug gle against the tyranny of German king who occupied an English throne Largely through the efforts of this gallant Frenchman, Washington the father of his country. was enabled to bring the infant America through it's first great fight Democracy tri- umphed, autocracy was vanquished. The House of Brunswick went totter- ing and new Republic found its place in the sun.
 One hundred, and forty years ago today was momentous one in the career of this nation. That day saw the start Of a career that is ever to be held sacred in this country On this anniversary day the American people in New York and other great cities of the United States are pledg- ing their love anew to the> memory of the gallant Lafayette. They are cementing further the bonds of friend- ship that exist between France and the United States. They are plighting their troth to a sister Republic. France, forever and day!
 It is more than coincidence that on this very day, set aside in honor of the great Lafayette, there should be on American soil one of the great est French Generals of all time, the Hero of the Marne. Marshall Joffre's reception in the nations capital yes terday. when as member of the French mission he came to offer his services to this country. was an event that will be long remembered by those who saw it. and those who read of it. Just as Lafayette came to this coun- try one hundred and forty years ago. so Joffre comes to this nation today. As we cannot forget Lafayette, we must not forget Joffre and why he is here.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
"M1DGEr MELBA" DEAD.
Sylvia Wflles Was 25 1-2 Inches Tall
 and Weighed 19 3-4 Pounds

New York, April 26.-"Princess Victoria the tinest woman of the stage, known also as the Midget Melba," because of her sweet voice and the fact that she was born in Melbourne, Australia, died yesterday at the Stern hospital. 356 West End avenue, in her twentieth year. Sylvia Willes was her real name, and she was the daughter of Christopher Lionel Willes, a nephew of Sir George OMahony Willes, but in Australia, where her stage career commenced, she was called Little Sylvia She weighed exactly 19 3-4 pounds and stood 25 1-2 inches high, just biz enough to permit her to have photo- graphs taken for advertising purposes while standing in the palm of mans hand.
 Mrs. Sarah Willes, the Princess mother, said last night at the Hotel Gerard that during her daughters stage experience in this country, at home, and in South Africa, she amassed approximately $250,Oo0 i'm salaries for performances and royal ties from her picture postal cards, but this had been dissipated through mis- management. Before the motion pic- ture theater became such an attrac- tion, Mrs. willes said, her daughter had made as much as $15 ,000 in one week.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
". \ THE SOLDIERS STEP AND ITS
 IMPORTANCE.

AS SOON AS THE YOUNG soldier has learned how to stand cor rectly he must learn how to step and to walk. If he does not learn how to walk, he will not know how to march. If he does not know how to march, he is of no more use to 0 military organization than an actual "tin sol- dier.''
 A soldier must learn how to step that is, to walk--for two reasons; he must learn how best to utilize and conserve his muscles, and how to conform to group movement. If he steps badly, walks on his heels, has flat feet bow-legged, or. handicaps the work of his members with any unnatural position or strain, then he will not last in the march. He will keel lover by the roadside because his muscles cannot stand the additional and unnecessary tasks put upon them.
 All soldiers work is figured. on a basis of the normal mans capacity. The normal manls capacity is like wise figured on the possibilities of the natura1-and normal-use of the muscles. The readiest way to fit one self to become a soldier, therefore. is to teach the muscles to function cor rectly. The machinery of the body will then be fitted to the product re- quired of 1t.
 The norrnal step of the soldier is thirty inches. That fact must be kept in the mind until it grows therc. Prac- tice in marching will extend the step of some to that length and reduce that of others. If this standardization did not take place-did not become habit-the step of the long-legged soldiers would invariably walk away
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
FOOD SAVING.

Physicians of London have re-
 marked upon the condition of those people who curb their appetites and eat but two meals a day. According to the medical authorities the people of London and all England are de- veloping into better physical class
 because of this, in many cases, en- forced economy. It is now suggested that the American people will be bet | ter off when they get down to war basis for foodstuffs.
 Three meals day is a habit, say the physicians of England. Break ing the fast of the night is a sensible as well as a necessary custom. Eat ing a heavy meal in the middle part of the day, however. is at, once an extravagancc and burden on the sys- tenn. A light collation is all that is needed to tide the body over the in- terim between breakfast and the meal later in the day.
 The two meal day is rapidly coming ! in America. Already, many New York business men have ceased the prac- l ticc of heavy noon-day lunch A cup of coffee and light sandwich is all that is required to keep the ma chinery of. the body in working condi- tion. At night a heavy meal Is in l order. Following this practice the ! nation will soon learn another way | of saving food.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
SCARLET FEVER IN
 STATION CELLR0OM
Woman Discovered III and Build
 ing Must Be Fumigated

Seized with an attack of scarlet fever while an occupant of the won1- ans detention room at police head- quarters awaiting hearing Saturday on charges of misconduct, Mrs. Min-s erva Vogel, aged 19, of Reading, Pa.. was transferred yesterday afternoon to the Isolation hospital at Hartford by Dr. T. Eben Reeks, superintendent of health. It will be several weeks before she has sufficiently recovered to stand trial Police headQuarterA especially the court room, where Mrs Vogel was present at a largely-attend- ed session Monday morning, the wom- ans detention room and other parts of the building will be thoroughly fumigated as a precautinary measure. There is believed to be comparatively little danger of contagion. the case being diagnos fin its incipient case.
 Mrs. vogel complained of not feel-3 ing well Monday and after, court be- came more seriously i'll. Because of this and the fact that the authorities wanted to question her more closely relative to her alleged relations to at
 least one New Britain man she was. not taken to jail but held at head-i quarters. Dr. Wilbur P. Bunnell hap pened to be in the building Tuesday
 night and, upon the request of Chief
 William J. Rawlings. examined the woman. He diagnosed the trouble ass
 suspected scarlet fever and reported his suspicious to pr. Reeks. The lat-s ter confirmed the diagnosis and took immediste action.
 William Vogel. husband of the woman, arrived in the city this morn ing from his Pennsylvania home and conferred at length with Chief Rawl-s ings and Detective Sergeant Samuel Bamforth. His feelings toward his. wife appeared to be more hurt than vengeful. It is intimated that infor- nation furnished by him will mate rfally aid in court proceedings and furnish important evidence that is likely to materially bear on whether Mann law proceedings will be brought.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
TO RAISE 9i,ooo.
If Amount Is Not Given Zion Church May Gloss.

If Amount Is Not Given Zion Church May .Closo.
 If outside financial aid is mot re- ceived by the African Methodist Episcopal church 1t Is probable that the local church will pass out of ex- istence in this city. Pastor J. E. Gurley has issued the following state- ment:
 ''The time has come when the Afri- can Methodist Episcopal Zion church of this city will have to give up its services and abandon it's property un- less it's friends outside of the church will help it. At the present time there are about fifty members of the church and about one hundred and fifty per- sons who are within the congregation. It would seem a pity to allow this work to be dropped at the present time. The members of the A. M F. Zion church have made a heroic effort to keep the church intact but the large mortgage indebtedness which amounts to $6,00O, has proved an en- 'cumbrance which it is almost impossi- ble for the members of the church to meet. If the indebtedness was paid the members would probably be able to raise sufficient funds to meet the expenses of the organization"
 Plans have been made by the mem bers to raise $1.0O0 in thirty days and the dates for the campaign will be announced to the congregation through the pulpit and to the people through the daily papers.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
AN IMPENDING PERIL.

#k German aSsnts are now getting in 15ear work in Russia The Liberal vesnment that but recently came S9k of the, imire, surrounding the kyna5ty of the Rdfhanoffs is threat ned with . revolution within the eyolu4ion. There is litle danger of return to royalty. There Is great rAnger of fight over land ownership. Whatever the outcome, Russia's future 3ngs in the balance. What happens H the immediate future will stamp Rnssia's fate one way or another. he danger to lRussia is the danger Tt threatens the whole civilized orld. If mighty Russia is turned Skay from the side of the Entente 3Iies by this latest thrust of German ntrigue the war will be set back al- ipst to the beginning. Talk now
 the struggle ending,in. three months
 foolish. Years alone will measure
 duration Aif the great slumbering ant' of Europe awakes to find itself red into another camp. With the unitions and men of Russia avail- 6le to the Central Powers Germany ouid be in position to wage the TIT with even greater ,refentlessness Ian In the past. The problem of Grnishing foodstuffs to the soldiers nd populace of Germany and her 4lle& would thus be. solved overnight. hat would happen after that is food F thought in America. 7
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26

1t took the old warrior, Joseph Choate, a long time to give in: but he now admits that President Wilson was right ill his uphill fight for peace. so long as peace was possible. Says MT. Choate: Some of us in the past have criticised the President. Some of us long hesitated and doubted: :: some of us thought that watchful waiting would never cease. But now we see what the. President was waiting for and how wisely he waited. He was waiting to see how fast and how far the American people would keep pace with him and stand up to any action that he proposed
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
The Universal Prayer.

Father of all! in every age, In every cline adored. By saint, iby savage. or by sage Jehovah, love, or Lord! Thou first great Cause, least un- derstood,
 Who all my sense confined To know but this: that Thou are good, And that myself am blind: Yet gave me in this dark estate, To see the good from i'll; And binding Nature fast in Fate, Let free the human Will.
 done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to
 shun, That more than heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty
 gives
 Let me not cast away; For Godvis paid when man re-
 ceives; To enjoy Is to obey. .-. Yet not to earth's contracted span Thy goodness let me bound. Or Thee the Lord alone of man, When thousand worlds are round. Let not this weak, unknowing
 hand
 Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the On each I judge Thy foe. If am right, ,Thy Grace impart Still in the right to stay; If am wrong, oh teach my heart i, TO find that better way. Savc me alike from foolish pride Or impious discontent. At aught Thy wisdom has denied. Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault see; That falercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. Mean though I am, not wholly so. Since quickened by Thy breath; Oh. lead me, whercsoe'er I go, Through this days life or death. xS.
 
 This day be bread and peace my
 lot:
 All else beneath the sun Thou knowest it best, bestowed or
 not, And let Thy will be done! To thee, whose temple is all space. Whose altar earth, sea- skies, One chorus let all being raise; All Natures incense rise.
 ALEXANDER POPn,
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW, BOOKS NAMED , IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

"A very spirited story of a bright. and pretty girl who is suddenly taken from the simple and calm life of girls boarding g-school in the country and Brought out by ambitious par ents who have beqome almost strang- CTS to her. |. It famounts to very graphic and often caustic presentation of the society of wealth by one who is intimate with it."-Publisher's note. Chosen People, by S.. L. Eyburg. The hero is a young Jewish rabbi.
 "A brilliant piece of work. .. From first to last the book Is excep- tionally interesting. Detailed as it is, it never drags."-N. Y. Times.
 
 Jerry, by A. s. Pier
 'The story of an ambitious young Irishman who begins life as a worker in a steel mill. becomes policeman, studies law in the evening, and gets position >as assistant in the district attorneys office. The story, which is told with spirit, is an appeal to young men to enter the fight for purer public service. e.''-Springfield Republican.
 The Job, by Sinclair Lewis.
 Shows with honesty and vision the struggle of a girl from a small town to find herself in the business world of New York. The whole story leaves one with more confidence in the women who are beginning to realize the possibilities of "the job" A. l.. A. Booklist.
  Lost Endeavor, by John Masefeld.
 "An adventure story of the seven- teenth century in which a fourteen year old boy and his schoolmaster are kidnapped and put aboard sepa- rate ships. They tell their own experiences, which involve pirates. buccaneers. smugglers and an island mystery.'-A L. A. Booklist. Wilt Thou, Torchy, by Sewell Ford.
 Clever stories, told in the latest up- to the-minute vernacular. . Tor chy is hero who rivals Shorty Me- Cabe in public favor. This book con- tains seventeen new stories"
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
TT RECRUITS FOR COAST GUARD.


 Those able-bodied young men who enld find An outlet for their pa ttotism and offer their services to 3ncle Sam must not overlook the op- reunities offered by the Coast uerd. Tn peace or. war the Coast jard offers a magnificent chance to SDe who would know what active fvice in the navy means. The name Jeff implies just what sort of work done in this branch. of naval serv- ce The Coast Guard is the out sOwth of the Revenue Cutter Service nd the Life Saving Service. Under Soant legislation these two institu- fons were formed into the one,-the. cast Guard. Ordinarily under the npervision of the Treasury Depart aent. the Coast Guard has now been aaced fully at the disposal of the fAvy Department. This will continue ntil the close of the war.
 Enlistment in the Coast Guard is er a period of one year, an advant- Ire to those who do not want to Ind themselves for the longer pe- [ods of enlistment required, by other 6anches of the nations fighting efces. Aside from that, the Coast hard is the best paid unit that be- hgs to the Navy. It pays even cels that Of the army. The Coast 6ard is exceptionally attractive. or ould be. to those young men who 6xe life on the ocean, who thrill the thought of . cruise up and down 6e great coasts of the United States. ghe cutters in this service are never dle. even in times of peace. Then hey give chase to smugglers, and all hose who violate the customs laws E the United States. :. Training facilities, for recruits to
 Coast Guard have been opened at tt Trumbul1, New London Since
 declaration of war the personnel the Coast Guard has been mater IT increased by some five thousand 1ers and six thousand men, So paf has been the rush Into this vioe that the ranks are rapidly IF, leaving limited opportunities 1aose who do not respond quickly <Ie call. The Coast Guard in this k will have as much to do as any xAnch of the Navy. In the event hat the Atlantic Coast is harassed V the dreaded submarine the boy. eho wear the uniform of the Coast 4aArd will get first chance to cover Themselves with glory.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
ALL COAL ORDERS c. o. D. But Bridgeport Is Getting It for
 $500 Ton

Bridgeport, April 26.-No more coal for household use is sold on credit in this city. There is coal here, but no dealer will deliver it to any one ex- cept c. O. D. This drastic innovation. changing the custom of generations, w&s put into effect this week. Families that have been customers of certain dealers for forty years or more, laying in their winter supplies in the spring and paying at their con- veniences were shocked when they tried to place their usual orders in the usual way. In every case the c. o. ID. stipulation was made
 Some dealers went so far as to de- cline orders except for indefinite future delivery. with no price guaran- teed. The present price, where de- livery is immediate, is sS a ton.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
HILL LEFT $51.17e,sss.
Estate of Railroad King Will Pay
 $1,489.S7O Tax.

/ St. Paul, Minn., April 2S.-James J. Hill, who died about tear ago. left an estate of s51,179,S89.5S, &C., cording to a report of the appraisers, Theodore A. Schulze and Major Thomas P. Wilson, filed in probate court here yesterday. Of this $1,373.- 719.5S is in real estate, the remain der in personal property.
 The inheritance tax, which will he paid today or tomorrow, will total S1.4S9.370. the largest ever levied in Minnesota. Of the tax Ramsey county will get one-tenth and the state nine- tenths.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
MORE GARDENS OFFERED
Landers, Frary and Clark Will supply Prepared Plots and Seed for Eru. ployes Who Desire to Bcneft.

X { $ "
 Adding it's official impetus to the al. ready strong Home Garden 1nove- ment in. New Britain. Landers, Frary & Clark announces that on. land fur. nished by the Ems estate between South Stanley street and the railroad. on land owned by the company front ing on South street and on land be. tween SInalley and East street and the railroad, about twenty-five acres in all. the company will raise potatoes to be sold to its operatives at cost under the following conditions, and all who wish to have share have been in-f structed to SO notify their foremen3
 ''We will furnish the land, fertilized. z plowed and made ready for planting and the seed for the planting, wtthal cut charge, the work of caring for. the land to be taken care of by such. of our employees as wish to share in the benefits of the plan, work to be in general charge of committee of the Mutual Aid society. to be in tho immediate charge of Charles Abell."
New Britain herald., 1917-04-26
POOR BOX <SS ROBBED.

According to word received at po- lice headquarters last night from the, Waterbury authorities, Frank Anas- tasia of 102 Fremont street, this city. was arrested in the Brass City charged with robbing poor boxes in churches. A request was made to be furnished local authorities regarding him. They were notified that he has no local record.