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New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
THE RIFLE CLUB.

Plans are under way whereby the " Britain Rifle Club will augment mem bership to the number of more In one hundred and form itself into regular military company. With
 arrival yesterday of fifty new rifles reased interest is being taken in
 activities of the club and a cam gn for membership is now on. :. It expected that within a very short iod of time the necessary material men and equipment will be at the hmand of the club.
 Fnder the leadership of Dr. Frank Maguire the rifle club in this city
 made steady advancement. Pro- ionahand business men have taken active interest in the enterprise l the result that great things are scted of tlse organization. during the " spring and coming summer.
 range at the state armory is at
 
 ! outdoor season is at hand the etice will take place at a field con- lent to thisNvicinity.
 he organization of this rifle club ! prompted from a spirit of true Iiotism. The members are all h American citizens, some of i'm were born on foreign soil, kr alien flags. With the out lk of the European war and with kerrible possibilities that presented hselves to this country these men the need of offering themselves he service of Uncle Sam. To this they are preparing to be of use he event their country calls them. .H rifle shots are at a premium. hili9ent study and practice under petent guidance it is possible for
 intelligent man to become pro- nt in the use of 8 rifle. The New hin Rifle Club offers a medium 1 lhe cultivation of this accomplish k that should appeal to tho 'patri- men of the city.
 nth the organization of a military bany among the members of the Ee3xh will come many advantages ks members and the citizens of | flown. Once this company is gnized by the state as valuable hry asset thers are privileges that Sbe granted and pleasures that will Iealized which today are not num- H among the joys of living here.
 War Department cannot fail to gnixe the services placed at the ms disposal and will not hesitate vite New Britain's s company to all 1nal encampments. To thus se-
 recognition of the city is an en- or worth while.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

Dead Yesterday, by M. A. Hamilton.
 Tt IS not destined to be popular book. But by its insight, its honesty and it's able workmanship, it will amply reward the discriminating reader."-Boston Transcript.
 f"The first thing to be said about this book. is that it is fine novel It will, not however, be discussed as a work of art, but as a document on London life and opin- ions before and after August 4, 1914'-London Times.
 Desmond's Daughter. by Mrs. Ka-
 therine Diver.
 Romance of the Tirah Campaign of 1897 in India. Contains good ac- counts of Afghan frontier Hfe.-A. L., A. Booklist.
 It IS always a pleasure to read a story by Mrs. Diver, because she always has story to tell. Her style and characterization are firm and viz orous. She handles her material adro1tly. Saturday Review.
 old House, and Other Tales by
 Fedor Sologub.
 He eScels in fanciful realism. If i e>e o'i0ly grim, extremely pOwer- ful. and in The Old House'-verv beaut1fui. No one who is interested Tn Husslan literature. or in good Nt- erature Irrespective of nationality can eilofd to miss the opportunity to pecolne familiar with at least this small portion of his work. .''-Boston Transcript. 'o" Fhllosophers in Trouble. by l.. P.
 Jacks
 No1 since Philosophy four bv owen Mister, have we had such a keen ana amusing satire on the inn pract1cal1ty of moral science."-N v Times.
 slav Soul and Other Stories, bv r
 kuprin.
 Most of the fifteen stories are concerned with the peasantrv. They are as searching and as vivid a. MT. Kipling's stories, with which MT. Graham compares them: they arc dramatic, humorous. and told with the art of a first class raconteur. AthRneum.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

Queen Elizabeth, for instance-the 469 would not have been either so cautious or so docile. Be that as 1t may, and really those of us who were not here have small right to discuss a question so delicate, the little group of German sailors performed their appointed task.
 It was a fine job, finely done, and no wonder the German authorities, naval and governmental. have taken care promptly to let the world know the name of the man in command Of this prize. Deputy Officer Badewitz' is the form in which it comes to us, and of course he and all his subor- dinates will be feted and decorated as they deserve for serving their country so well. But-and this should have deep significance for Germans at home and abroad. and for all German sympathizers-the world has never been allowed to know the name of him who sank the Lusitania. We have heard that he, too, was decorated, and his exploit has been vehemently defended and Justified, but it has never been deemed expedient officially to reveal the iden- tity of the man who inflicted on the enemy far greater injury than did Deputy Officer Badewitz.
 Why not? Let the Germans an- swer.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
Who Sank the Lusitania
(From the New York Times.

TO have taken home to Swine munde as prize of war the big Brit ish steamer Yarrowdale, with her big cargo of just the things Germany needs most. would have been an achievement of which the prize crew might we'll have been proud-and all their countrymen not less even if the perils of their voyage had been only those to be feared from the cruisers of the Allies.
 That the thing could be done at all was due. of course, in no small meas ure to pure luck, but it was luck of the sort that falls most often to the brave and the efficient, and it is they alone that have a right to expect it with any. degree of confidence. The Yarrowdale's new crew, however, be- sides consisting of only sixteen men a number which in ordinary circum- stances would be considered absurd ly inadeQuate-also had on their hands 469 prisoners, every one of whom, it can safely be assumed was constantly pondering the possibility of recapturing the ship and taking her to British or French port instead of a German one. Evidently the sixteen could have done little sleeping, and that little must have been disturbed by dreams of rush on the scanty guard.
 Why no such rush was made will no doubt be elaborately explained. and no doubt it would have been ex- tremeiy dangerous for the partici- pants-no doubt it would have meant death to several of them. One can not help thinking, just the same, that l other days-the spacious days of
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
Where Society Is Wrong.
(Detroit Free Pressl

The old saying-which is by no means truism-that 1.-two can live as cheaply as one,' has many times been quoted as an excuse for mar r1age in which the parties have no financial reserve and must depend upon permanence pf employment and consequent earnings. If the girl is all so employed the pair imagine ny pooling their resources, so to speak, they can live at less expense and en- Joy each others companionship also.
 Like many other visions, reality fails to sustain it-save in the case of a few exceptions that prove the rule. It works out, theoretically in practice, the human equation enters and alters the situation. Marriage means-at least 1t should mean-tile upbuflding of a home, in which f .e woman is the main factor, and the es- tablishme ent of family. How is tLis possible when each goes about the daily business and home means mere ly a shelter and a series of make shifts? There may be saving tn certain particulars, but as the old colored woman said Tt takes fo' chops 'steader two," and clothing. carfare and other ircidentals remain unchanged. Unless the man is will ing to resign his pet extravagances and find content in the simple joys of home, and unless the girl can and will do her share toward making a home, the necessary self-denial as re- gards habitual personal expenditures soon leads to criticism and reproaches and the bluebird leaves for more con- genial quarters. The youth of today is not trained in the homely virtubs.
 But even when affection conquers worldly prudence and two embark ,.p- on the adventure, the man dependent upon his wage always lives in the Fear of the Job. If he loses it, he faces he knows not what of poverty and deprivation. If lie has that treA- sure & man should not be willing to lay up in Heaven, a good wife, foy fears being out of work the more. be- cause of the suffering it will bring to her.
 From pulpit and press we hear much about the diminishing birth rate and the extin nction of the native American stock. For this society Is primarily responsible through estab- fishing a high standard of living ant limiting the value of the wage-carn- CTS compensation. Crimes a gainst the unborn for which the woman payss in suffering and loss of health and phsyicians break the law and debase their code of professional ethics ares not committed because the welded do not desire children, but because the- pay envelope forbids. Pulpit and press encourage marriage, society dis courages it. .s- s
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
The New (Rockefeller) Education

The New (Rockefeller) Education. GIT. T. Sudduth in the New York
 World).
 "Amo, amas, amat'-
 At last we're done with that, The Latin verbs no more we conju-
 gate; No longer nouns decline; Or grammar rules define; Such rubbish old Is clearly out of
 date.
 For Virgirs long since dead, And Horace can be read Of read at alp In English passing
 fair;
 We've science now to read, To grammar give no heed, Our rhetoric would make Quintilian
 stare!
 No longer "freshies'' seek To learn the moods of Greek, Or feel the tide-ltke surge and swell that come
 Tn Homer's mighty lines; The youth at ease reclines. Nor even pony" rides to Ilium The boys no more burn "trigs" For mathematics jlgs No more light nightmare weigh upon the brain;
 'Tis useless lumber quite; Old Euclid (serves him r1ght!) In learning's halls no longer now may reign.
 For Science now has come Just hear her airplane hum!- To set the sad old world again to rights:
 Her auto trumpet calls She scales the classic walls, And drives the old gods from Olym- plan heights!
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
WORK FOR A CHAMPION.

Speaker Frank E. Hcaly of the Connecticut House of Representatives in voicing his disapproval of the state bar association's proposal to confer upon the governor power to nominate city, town and borough court judges, poses as champion of the rights of the people. The sim cerity of his stand is questioned by those who have followed his career in state politics. Taking this power away from the legislature and placing it in the hands of the governor would re too great step toward "one- man power according to the states man from Windsor Locks.
 "suppose,' says the one time con- tender for gubernatorial honors' there was a governor of decidedly DC litical tendencies. By means ot these city, town and borough court appointments he could build a glant one-man machine for the advance ment of his own interests politically. I do not believe in any form of cen tr. lizing power. That's one trouble with our American politics. We tend toe much toward taking power direct Iy away from the people and g1Vlns t into the hands of a few men, This is som ething of course which no true politicians for the moment Noulo The idea With them is al- WAYS to let the people rule. By plac- ,r g in the hands of the governor the power to appoint judges to the minor courts the politicians at large would he robbed of their power. As mat ,ers work out now, all the leaders Of inc victorious political party have ,vtack at the pie. It is not a one nan power It is a one-party power
 Without questioning the sincerity If MT. Healy it may be asked, If ne the appointment of city. town and borough court judges by he governor how does he condone tl,e present method of selecting these officials? TKen there is another mat
 
 pcv cvernment of the people, for the oeople, and by the people. That IS the of the eight counties Of The State. The New Haven Journal Courier in dissenting from 'any form of centralizing power" calls the speakers attention to existing cond1- one Jts editOr shows how the ,ountv commissioners are all of one colitical faith, Irresponsible to prac- tically no one, beyond the reach of sven the governor should that official the removal of one of them fo be in tFfe interest of the general public" If Speaker Healy is in earn est when he sets out as champion If the rights of the people he has plenty of working material, enough to keen him busy for some time to come.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
The Government Pays Alimony.

Tn the Ashbrook pension bill, which passed the last session of congress, the American government for the hrst time offers certain of it's women cit izens an insurance against unsuccess- full marriage. Up to the present time a pensioned soldiers widow who remarried automatically disappeared from the pension rolls. But now, under this new legislation, she can resume her pensionable status on the death of her second husband. But the law does far more than that. In case such a soldiers widow marries again and is divorced from the sec ond husband for causes that reflect no discredit upon herself, she again au- tomatically regains her pension. Evidently remarriage is thus made safe for soldiers widows; the sacred institution, so far as they are con- cerned, loses it's traditional character of a lottery. Taken il connection with the easy divorce laws of many states, the eligible soldiers widow runs not the slightest risk. She en- ters the state with the foreknowledgc that, if the prospective husband prove unsatisfactory, the government stands ready to protect her against the financial consequences of having made a bad choice. Such a widow has her alimony provided for in ad- vance; for there stands the Federal Treasury, which, on presentation of a divorce decree, places the happy "gras ss widow upon the Federal pay roll at a rate of from SIP to S30 a month. In t'The March of Events" The Worlds Work.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
Life at the White House.

The White House is far and away the most desirable residence to let at the national capital. (This in spite of the nobility of vioe-presidents, which of course obliges them to the generous tradition of Fillmore, who said, when he was called to the executive man. sion, This is my first misfortune. , It is the most personal, most pictur- esQue of the governments possessions. it's history is the history of many of the American ideals.
 In the early days of the Virginian dynasty of presidents there were "le- vees'' and "drawing-rooms" at the White House and 1t sheltered some thing very like court The court ideal dies hard. Even now the red velvet rope, which in more effete civil ization separates the social sheep from the goats, is occasionally almost put into use when new administrations try to have receptions where the privl- legged few are allowed a brief encoun- ter with the royal presence in the Blue Room, serving temporarily as a holy of holies. The White House, as is natural, is the constant theater of the conflict to be observed everywhere in American life between our wish to have an aristocracy and our wish not to- But, on the whole, the disinterest- ed observer must adjudge victory to our deep-seated democracy which makes it really unsuitable that the White House should ever be exactly. fashionable.
 We never forget not only that the presidential residence is our house, but that the president Is our man. The almost utopian democracy Of pubic receptions at the White House is both engaging and picturesque. In the early days congressman used to come to them with bowieknives in their high
 cowhide boots; and in Jackson's time guards with stout sticks beat back the guests while the food was being fetch ed from the kitchens. Then an even ing party had all the charm of riot. A diplomat mplained not so long ago that even at the exclusive recep- lions for the corps the American young ladies surreptitiously cut all the buttons off his clothes for souvenirs.
 Another diplomat, new to these democratic shores. arriving late for New Years day reception. was aston ished to find that the negro hackman who had driven him to the White House had slipped in ahead of him and was the first to grasp the presidential hand! He could not understand that the executive hand is as much the ,,oop,e's property as the mansion. MT. Washington did not shake hands. but since then every presidential paw has been squeezed by the populace almost hevond the power of f1axseed pou1tces ar massage to bring it back to any thing like original shape The shake ,s expected to be wholesome and heartv-even a Boston gentleman under Tyler's administra- tion. that he had caught cold from shaking the presidents hand.-Harri- son Rhodes in Harpers Magazine.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
Modern Courtesy.
From L1fe.)

Should lady get up and give a gen. t'eman seat in the car? That. doubtless, depends somewhat upon the gentleman. If he is young and hand some or quite old and feeble, yes. If ne IS able to stand up fairly well, then ladies should be governed in such cases by their individual judgments. There are undoubtedly some men who do not expect to have women give up thelr seats There are other men who, when given a seat, do not as much as say Thank you" All this however. being frankly admitted if still remains true that every real lady will offer her seat to a gentleman if he looks deserving. It helps her as much as it does him. It is true mod eTn courtesy
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
Marriage As a Job.

Every once in a While-and not so frequently as formerly-I find a. bus mess girl who rather looks on thar riage as a deliverance. She is not really g. business girl; she is only g girl in business. To the real business woman marriage is getting to be as much of a side-issue as it is to a man. l can rem ember when there were only two vacations open to woman: sine could teach or she could enter domes- tic service, or she could carry and combine these occupations. If she did not succeed in marrying by the time she was thirty, she was looked upon indulgently as one who was forced to enter the business world to forget the fact that she had been drug on the matrimonial market. My business hours are from nine to five; but. as nearly as I can learn, my mar ried friends keep office hours eight cen hours out of the twentyfour, try ing to catch up with their domestic. duties.
 I heard girl in an elevator. r'.ss the other day discussing with a sympa- thizing friend her differences with a fioor-walker
 ''Aw,' she said, q don't have to take any more sass off'n that gink. I'm goin' to quit here, anyhow I'm goin' to be married. No more work and no more bossing for me-
 Any girl of her mental caliber who enters the married state is walking right into the hardest job she can ever hold down in her life. and totally un- equipped for her position. Inside of a year, if she is as poor a wife as she has been a shop-g girl. there will he another man hanging around the cor ner saloon trying to forget in a glass of cheap beer the confusion and the bad food in the flat at home. When she gleefully announced that she was going to stop work, the thought of the meals, the cleaning, and the laundry had evidently not occurred to her. And the fioorwalker doesn't live who can hand out orders like a husband. You have to take them from a nus band, too. for you cannot quit your job in matrimony as easily as you can in Va shop.-Elizabeth Sears in Har- per's Magazine.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
Some Sitney Conversations. (Helena Smith-Dayton in Cartoon
Magazine. :

Hello! Petunia mine six thr-r-ree- seven! hold they please! There's your call, number nine booth. WaA- "Petunia nine-six -thr-r-ree -sevenv was a cane-svinging broker type, well preserved. By his leisurely air it was evident that his call was social and not concerned with business Every one present strained ears to listen in" when he said: Hello, give me Mrs. Dashleigh's apartment" &
 ''Is this you, Maud? -. I'm down town at pay station. I thought perhaps you'd like to go to a matinee =. Isn't there something you'd like to see . .. Oh, I wisf5 yoa would, dear You Hent
 A headache-Oh, thaYSx too bad . It would do you good to get out . I felt Just like going. I haven't anything else to do .. ;"
 AS the above conversation was re- iterated for the fourth, fifth and sixth time the women listeners looked at each other with understanding. Wis., ualized before their eyes was dash- ing blonde widow at the other end of tho wire.
 'Wel1. if you don't care to go to the matinee, dear, I'll come home I've got a lot of work to do Oh, you are going out . All right then, I'll be home in time for dinner
 Good land. he was talking to his wife all the time. That just shows you never can tell,' remarked a woman to her friend.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
North DakOta's Women,
(New York Worldly

North Dakota, which rejected at the polls an amendment giving women the ballot, now extends to them by act oe legislature the right to vote for presi- dential electors. This is following the example of Illinois. One house of the Tennessee legislature has passed a sim ilar bill, and t is probable that other states would take the same action if the amia ble ladies who are picketing the White House just to be disa gree able could be called off,
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

Francis Ouimet, the former golf champion, in declining to give up the business which debars him as an amateur. follows the precedent set by all former champions in every line of athletics. With them 1t Is not a case Of when business interferes with pleasure. cut out the business It is just the other way around.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

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New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

The farmers of Nebraska are hold ing 8 convention this week, and will all go to 1t in solid trains of Pull man cars. And still Nebraska talks about Massachusetts, as the strong hold of predatory wealth.-Boston Advertiser
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

The kaiser is a great admirer of Napoleon, but the peace talk indi- cates that he draws the line at fol- lowing him as far as Waterloo.-At- lanta Constitution.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

e only profitable advertising medium .n the city: Circulation books and r1ess room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

Men are divided into two classes those who stay at home and those who make other arrangements.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

Napoleon said that armies march on their stomachs, but the Germans appear to be marching on the Ru- manians' tomachs.-Toronto Mail and Empire.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

tered at the Post Ofce at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

Among the welcome visitors to our city are the Great Bay smelts--sweet- CT and better than ever-Portsmou outh, N. H., Times.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

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New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

In all the encouragement of the cost of living there has been no change in the wages of sin.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Because the government has a S1SO,O00,000 deficit while the rail- roads have $1098O0 O00 annual profit, a correspondents thinks the government ought to run the rail- roads. Vice versa, we should say- Cleveland Leader
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

the activity of German raiders.-To- rOntO Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

When you want to be thought fun ny, say something about imburger. knickerbocker Press.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25

The submarine peril is more se- rious menace to British shipping than
New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
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