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New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
STYLE IN WRITING.
Even Billy Sunday Cannot Initiate George Ade and "Get Away With It.

(F. H. Young in Providence JournaD There is a style in writing, as in anything else man may do, which | places a distinctive label upon the performance and identifies it as the work of it's producer. After you get l to know a man we'll you can place him by the sound of his voice, by certain peculiarities of intonation or of vocabulary or even by his gait at a distance. There are marks of
 many kinds by which any man may be "spotted" if one is sensitive to the differentiations of Individuality. What fools most of us in this re- spect many times is the natural ten- dency of human nature to take on the characteristics of environment The individual tends all the time to be- come more or less lost in "type," and the more typical a man becomes the less does he show distinctive per- sonality. This tendency Is especially marked in writing. Men who have had the same training or who have long been subject to the rules of the same institution incline to write some wha. in tho same mould
 And of course the human animal is naturally initiative, and when he Is deliberately so the results are all the more confusing. There was an Eng ! fish author some years ago who had a very poor opinion of Charles Dickens
 and demonstrated 1t with several clever travesties. He wrote con-
 tinuation of "Pickwick Papers" that he called "The Piokwick Club
 Abroad" and astute critics declared
 that it was a decidedly better and
 ,,1~ 41>or 1a o} o1 Nevertheless, Dickens work lived. while very few persons in these days ever heard of his talented imitator. Any capable writer can fool us in this respect if he sets out to do so.
 The other day we were reading O
 newspaper essay entitled: ''Of to the
 Countryside and Give Your Think
 Tank a Rest These were the open
 ing paragraphs:
 "Whenever I hear a City Slicker
 exit a Hoot at Guy from the Rural
 Districts and Plaster him with the
 Title of flick, it gives me an Inward
 Grin.
 For I am flick at Heart, and I
 know that, from a Good Many Angles.
 the Boy from the Backwoods has it
 on the Aleck from the Atlantic Sea-
 board forty Ways from the Ace. And
 if I had Choice in the Matter, my
 Domicile would be so Far in the
 Brush that the Hoot Owls would be
 Roasting with my Chickens.
 Now if the H. c. of L. were not
 quite so burdensome at this time we
 would be willing to offer a liberal
 prize to the person who could cor
 rectly the name the writer of these
 pungent lines. What did you say. you literary expert? George Ade? We'll,
 that is what we thought at first, and it does sound something like the Mod ern Fable stuff, but it was bad guess. The authors name was at tached to the effusion, and tho name
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
Women in Trousers. Cincinnati Times-Star).

Let Us not become alarmed over tiae threatened appearance of nifurcated costumes for women. We predict that few of the dear ladies will wear 'em. Now and then 8 set of these sartorial abominations may appear on Fifth avenue, New York, or M.chi- gan avenue, Chicago, or even on our circumspect and rather prosaic Fourtl, street. But we seriously doubt that the satin pantaloon will appeal to the fair sex in numbers sufficient to chal- lenge the masculine monopoly in that article of apparel.
 Every now and then the arch plot ters who connive darkly in the back rooms of style factories break into print with some freak idea. Last winter 1t was a standard two-piece costume for women suggestive of the Russian peasant. We recollect alsd reading of purple evening clothes for men. None of these things has ma terialized. Therefore, no one need worry seriously about the coming of trousers for women. The treat sim ply will not come true. And one of the things which will prevent 1t from coming true will be the deadly cer- tainty of never ceasing the heartfelt jeers from the masculine side of tho human family. Therefore, let Us be calm.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
A RECOMMENDATION.

oroner Mix of New Haven county
 Ing found a motorman criminally jonsible for the trolley wreck at |by, on the night of September 8, Srein three lives were lost, now hmmends that men running trolley
 also locomotive engineers, be nsed by the state. The coroner kld impose a rigid examination and
 upon each candidate who sought Be responsible positions.
 Lonnecticut in the past Summer
 witnessed an epidemic of trolley
 dents. Cars have been smashed a regularity that is appalling. les have been tossed away with an tndon that has caused many to lo and ask, Where will 1t all end : Ter each accident the investigators k.e on the spot to find out the e,refores and the why's. Recom- 4hdations were ever in order; but 5il this suggestion from Coroner there has been no word that pred of remedy. Licensing motor may have some effect on trolley idents to the end that there will
 fewer of these calamities.
 Ereen crews, have caused more aCci- hts than broken rails and faulty hal systems. This for the simple son that incompetent motorm en a conductors do not heed warnings not watch for open switches, do pay attention to signals. It was so very long ago when a car on
 Plainville division narrowly es- bed destruction when it's motcrman h bye .'stop" signal. After having
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
LETTER WRITING.

was once remarked by a grave psopher that only fools and on write letters. Evidently the kaan diplomats had never been ised of the warning. They have ten their letters with a vim and } that is remarkable. And, in
 these letters have been inter- ed and seized by Uncle Sam's hs with a deftness that is like
 remarkable.
 e latest capture of evidence Id to convict the House of Hohen- Tn and its intriguers is letter D March s, 1916, and sent from Herman Minister in Mexico City he Imperial Chancellor in Ber-
 In this epistle, written by Herr #Eckhardt, it is shown conclusive- kat the Swedish Legation in Mex has been playing the role of spy the Wilhelmstrasse.
 |yedish diplomats in Washington } been in a fury over the revela- which showed the hand of a ter dupHcity system in Buenos Is. The men representing Sweden been hard put to it for ex- (s; but they were gtting along busly Yesterday it looked as if
 petty excuses would clear the ts of Sweden as a neutral and
 that little country up as another tyr of the war. Now all is diff nt. and because of a letter etimes we believe the old philoso-
 was right,-at least so far as first part of his assertion goes s do write letters.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
Fairy Tales.

The good will be the great, And virtue gain the crown; The gold that's won by wicked wiles Will surely dwindle down, When Fairy Tales come true To make the world anew. The right will win it's way, The wronged truth come to light The lost ones will be found, The dark days will be bright When Fairy Tales come true To make the world anew. The strong will guard the weak, And honesty will 1hrive; While fraud will come to naught However it contrive, When Fairy Tales come true TO make the world anew. Faith will meet reward, And hope will reach it's goal; Then in each others eyes We'll read each others soul When Fairy Tales come true To make the world anew.
 TUDOR JENKS,
 in Book News
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

was Billy Sunday" It goes to show how adaptable MT. Sunday is. He is supposed to have one of the most characteristic per ''alities in the country, and yet hC.'e he Is disguising himself with the greatest ease. But, it Is one thing to initiate George Ado and something else to assume the lit erary garments of others who might be named. When MT. Sunday begins to initiate Shakespeare, we shall re- gard him as what the vaudeville bills call "a protcan performer"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

saving head-on collision. When the state, gets around to it, the sugses- tlons of Coroner Mix should be fol- novatlon, but motormen and conduct ors should be licensed by the state of Connecticut Once that is done we whom we trust our lives on street cars.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

When President Wilson issued his call for volunteers Frank J. Ramsey was one of those to first respond. He presented himself at the armury on Arch street and was accepted as 8 member of Company B, c. N. G. Re- gently he was sent to New Haven with that body of troops.
 Ramsey is Is and is the son of Mrs. Bridget Ramsey of 1s3 North street. He is member of the T. A. B. socieety and at the time of enlistment was learning the plumbing trade at Russell & Erwin's.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
To GeInan-Anericans,

Speaking as one born of Ger
 m parents, I do not hesitate to Rte it as my deep conviction
 lat the greatest service which 'en of German birth or ante dents can render to the coun- F of their origin is to proclaim "a to stand up for those great
 d fine ideals and national qual- les and traditions which they in- frited from their ancestors, and set their faces like flint against Ie monstrous doctrines and acts a rulership which has robbed lem of the Germany which they
 Fed and in which they took just
 hde, the Germany which had
 e good will, respect and admi- Ftion of the entire world.
 OTTO H. KAHN.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
The Fly in the Ointment.
(Ohio State Journal.)

Every time we see that a promi- nent Prussian .nr1litarist has risen to his feet in Berlin and declared in his impassioned way that policy based on might alone and not on right is doomed to lose this war. leading us to think it's about over and maybe we can loosen up a little and buy something we need now. we discover in the second paragraph that he thinks his sides policy Is based on right.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

record through the war And we found that record damnabfe. With fanatical faith in the destiny of German kultur as the system that must rule the world, the Imperial Governments actions have through years of boasting, double dealing, and deceit tended toward aggression upon the rights of others. And if there still be any doubt as to which nation began this war, there can be no .un- certainty as to which one was most prepared, most exultant at the chance and ready instantly to march upon other nations-even those who had given no offense. The wholesale dep relations, hideous atrocities in Bel gium and Tn Serbia were doubtless part and parcel with the Imperial Governments purpose to terrorize small nations into abject submission for generations to come. But in this autocracy has been blind For it's record in those countries, and in Po- land and in northern France, has given not only to the allies but to lib- eral peoples throughout the world the conviction that this menace to hu- man liberties must be utterly shorn of its power for harm.
 For the evil it has effected has ranged far out of Europe-out upon the open seas, where it's submarines in defiance of law and concepts of humanity have blown up neutral ves- sels and covered the waves with the dead and the dying, men and women and children alike. It's agents have conspired against the peace of neu- tral nations everywhere, sowing the seeds of dissension, ceaslessly endeav- bring by tortuous methods of deceit, of bribery false promises, and intim- idat1on, to stir up brother nations one against the other, in order that the liberal world might not be able to unite, in order that the autocracy might emerge from the war.
 "All this we know from our own experience with the Imperial Govern ment. As they have dealt with Flu rope, so have they dealth with us and with all mankind. And so. out of these years the conviction has grown that until the German Nation is di- vested of such, democracy can not be safe!'
 Not Hostile to German People.
 One thought which you should keep always in mind is the clear dis tinction between our attitude toward the Imperial German Government and our attitude toward the German people. The President said in his speech of June IA, 1917:
 We are not the enemies of the German people and they are not our enemies They did not originate or desire this hideous war or wish that we should be drawn into it: and we are vaguely conscious that we are fighting their cause, as they will some day see it, as we'll as our own. They are themselves in the grip of the same sinister power that has now at last stretched it's ugly tslons out and drawn blood from us.'
 Every American soldier in this war fights for objects dearer to all of us than life itself-for freedom and democracy, for the safety of our own homes and families, for the honor of our country. You will think often of these objects during your period of training and after you actually enter the trenches. The more you think about them, the greater will be your pride that you are one of those first chosen to defend them.
 "The world must be made safe for democracy"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
Boston RepriSaI.

If frightfulness were ever to try an air raid on Boston it is gratifying to remember that we could secure one eff fective reprisal simply by hoisting a Red Cross flag over the Germanic Mu- scum at Harvard.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

The government could do a lot to make those three-cent postage stamps popular by treating the stickum with some of the latest soda fountain fruit tlavors Press-Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
NaDOleon and the Kaiser.
(C1eyeland Plain Dealer.

Germany's invasion of Russia sets everybody to worrying over the con- sequences That is, everybody except the Germans. It was the same way with Napoleon Bonaparte.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
Luxbr!rg and VOn Papen.
(NeW York Sun }

(NeW York Sun)
 The Argentine statesman described in Luxburg'h note as notorious ass' may find comfort in recalling Won Papen's characterization of Americans as 'idiotic Yankees"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

Speaker Clark advocates a pay-as- you-go policy, but considering what it is costing to go, we shouldn't gc far if we followed the speakers ad- vice.-Berkshire Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

When you see a girl in a purple hat, yellow coat and blue skirt, it is hard to tell whether she is trying to do her bit in the war, or merely avoid low visibility.-Meriden Jour- nal.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
FACTS AND RANCHES.

That New Fatherland party in Ger many, headed by Tirpitz, should ap- peal to the editor of the old Father land, now Viereck's Weekly.-spring- field Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

The real wonder is not that haIf dozen obstructionist senators can find so much to say, but that the overwhelming majority permits them to waste the time of all in saying it. Portland Oregonian.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

If Russia continues to have rev olutions. it will prove itself entitled to franchise in the South American lcague.-Springfield Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

Despite the antics of the White ,iouse pickets. they have not yet succeeded in making an anti-suf- fragist out of the president.-Buffalc Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
Sublime Faith.
Cortland Express }

In spite of some Christians we can believe in Christianity. in spite of some republicans we can believe in a republic, in spite of some democrats we can believe in democracy and in spite of some suffs we can believe in suffrage.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
fher of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclu- fely entitled to the use for re- kbltcation of all news credited
 1t or not otherwise credited in ks paper and also the local news Sblished herein.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

And if this keeps up they'N De playing the world series on snow shoes.-Bridgeport Post.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
X Test for Imagination.

When criticising Russia imagine now how the Russians felt when they read about East St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

Having let the horse out. Sweden is now willing to lock the stable door.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

Senatorial Bevilderence, Whats the matter with Senator Wombat?"
 "He can't seem to realize that he can't end this war with a resolution.'s
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
Favored of the NIuseS,

Favored of the IuseS. He's made millions out of litera- ture." "A best seller, eh?" NO, he owns paper mill.'
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
HOME READING COURSE
 FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS

dona Army practical help attempt binding ing informal in These lessons mcnt which o
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
NEW FALL DRESS GOODS AND SILKS
WOMEN'S HOSIERY

We have 25 dozen pairs of Ipswich Hose which are now on sale at 10c per pair, 3 padrs for soc.
 Your choice of white, black and
 tan.
 (sames prices for out sizes.l We eefecommend the purchase of this Hosiery as an excep- tional value at today's prices.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
Britain Herald.

D PUBLISHING COMPANY. E Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

Gaaiy tHunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. Aefaio Building. 67 Church St.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-12

Jacksonville. Zee. 2.-"There il
no shortage of labor in Florida at
this time" says J. c. Privett, State
Labor Inspector, but the recent con-
ditton was caused by the neglect Of
the Legislature to establish sys-
tenn which would care for the dis
tribution. The trouble was not in a
shortage of permanent employment.
but merely a demand for large nun
bers needed only a short time.
I'm the past year every lumber
mill in the State (and l visited ma
Jority of them had men unemployed
in the quarters, and some kept from
25 to SO per cent more than were
required to operate the mill in order
i to tc prepared for rush orders.
The causes which lie at the bot
tom of the difficulty may be sized up
as follows:
First st-Inadequate wages.
"Second-Long hours, ten to
twelve day.
Third Poor labor camp condi-
tions
"Fourth-Is Issuance of commissary
checks discounted for cash
"Fifth-Long time between pay
days
Punishment by irresronsi-
bic gang foreman.
"Seventh-A lack of clearing
house for needed labor.
"Eighth-No State bureau of lab
or to place men where most needed
and no record of employed and unem-
lpIoyed
Watch Daily Papers
IF those interested will only
watch the daily papers columns and
note the advertising for employment!
and then go to the help wanted col
umn they will note the difference
In my Office. 7 have had fifty applica
tons from men wanting employ
ment to one needing help
about $1,000 extra men were re
qaired in Jacksonville in the ship
building and quarter masters caml
| work. and a sufficient number Of mel
will be on hand to finish the work OF
time. 1t will only need organization
of the different groups to meet tn
requirements The Miami and Area
dia aviation camps will take up
majority of the men now being le
: out by the Bentley Company, hav
seen no time, regardless of the tr'
= mendous activity in shipbuilding
Florida, where plenty of mechani,
| could not be secured. AS an illustr
> tior. no particular difficulty was e,
1 perienced in securing several tho
4 sand mechanics for temporary er
I pigment in the erection of the qua
> termasters' camp In Jacksonvil' du
J ing the height Of the shipbu.ldir
season.
= Two for Every Job
3 "My years of experience ha'
I taught me that the average larl
y employer Of labor in Florida fgur
y failed to adequately provluo -
J construction of its part of the ~
Highway, the Association shall
q time proceed to make re-
I This is not joke but an s~a
made necessary by the require
q of the Dixie Highway Commits 2
4 The time has now come when
Il is of the country must deliver l
I art of the construction so that y
2 mpleted Dixie Highway may be
\ ,leted work.
I gates were noticed from the
6 ng countless Hillsboro, Pinel- g
I )lk. Lee. and Orange.
I entertainment furnished by the
= people of Haines City was >
{ etc surprise. The lunch which
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-12
No Labor Shortage In Florida,
Says State Labor Inspector

down the wages of the 30 per cent
who are in employment, and can be
made to bid against their more for
tunate brother for the right to work
and live.
Certain employers of Jacksonville
rave asked that wages be not in
creased on the quartermasters' camp
in order that they might be able to
keep down the old standards before
the increased cost of living, but the
merchants and otb9r business mer
nave appreciated the small raise over
The old scale, as they get the benefit
as the workman has just that much
to spend for the necessities of life
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-12
WHEN TO HIDE
YOUR HEARTS SORROW

(By Betty Tansey of The Vigilantes)
When you tell your boy goodbye
as he entrains for cantonments,
don't break his heart with your
grief
The other day a party of khaki
clad soldiers boarded a train on their
way back to business after fur
Tough at home.
Their mothers, their sisters anu
their sweethearts accompanied them
to the train. And what did those
women do? They wept bitterly and
convulsively, they clung to their
! Boys necks, and as the train pulled
out. one gray-haired woman tainted
| That woman's son sat down by me.
lie pulled his service hat over young
brcws tortured by his mothers sor-
row.
! Pm ready to co." said he. I'm
not lodging my duty to my country
and I'm willing to go over there and
fieht it out with those Huns. But my
mothers heart is breaking and it's
mighty hard to bear"
Is that what you want your boy
tc say as he leaves you to do his
duty? Is the last sight Of you to be
misery to him and pain? Or Ia
it TO be an inspiration, something
wonderful and full of hope-some-
thing which he will recall with a
: thrill of pride when he thinks
ard he will think every day his
t mother and his loved ones?
Q Am | asking too much? You know
: in your hearts that I'm not. Boy
n have gone out into the world day b!
s day since the world began. Thel
4 mothers grieved to lose them. bu
= " hat grief to have them SO mucl
l. less than men that they would no
/ so that they would today hide il
r the home nest when their duty an
: their country calls them!
t' w leIl tueTt WAS ptdCt III I'll
,world, our boys-I have one, fight
ing age-our boys went out into tn
'e world, out of their homes to fight an
q to make their own place. The
20 kissed us goodbye, and their eye
lwerc set, not on our faces but o
their own future.
And now with the world in mourn
Ing. with mothers lover there" wear
ing their sorrows like crown. re
membering with pride that they ha
a son to give that the world migf
live. what are we mothers over heI
thinking of that we tear the cou
age and the young smile out Of o,
boys eyes when they go out to figl
for the flag?
Shall they be less men than II
'English boys and the French? Tha
IEnssian lads or Scottish, than Iris
soldiers, or the high hearted italial
who hold the ramparts of the Alp'
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-12

~ THE CIRCUIT COI'RT OF THE TTNTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT or FLORIDA, IN AND
TOR FOLK cor NTi. IN ,IIANt ERl .--
D. G.. HELLER. Complainant. vs.. 4
BROWN. W VI ANDREWS and VI II.
THATCHER. Trustee fer W. II. Jones.
John T. HASWEI.L. JR., FRANK A. BEST.
& W ARIES ,ud VI, II. THATCHER. De-
(. ndants FORECLOSURE Or NOR rGAGE.
hder and by virtue of a decree IcT derei
in the above entitled cause on The lNtl, da2
Of November A u 1917 nv the Honorable
John S. Edwards Judge Of said court In favor
~ d. G. Heller, againSt a. T. Brown, W NJ
Andrews and NJ II. Thatcher. trIste, for w
n Jones. John T.. Haswell, Ir. Frank \ Best,
g. W ArnCs and VI. II. Thatcher, !. tie un :
dersgned special master IN Chancery, will sell
at public outcry before the south door Of the
court house In the city OF Barlow. Polk county.
FlcriGa between eleven O'Clock r. M. and two
O'Clock p m. on Monday. the 7th day Of Janu-
ary A. d. 1918 the same being the first Mon-
dav in said month and legal sales day. for
cash to the hghes: and best bidder the fol
.6ving described property situated In Polk
county Florida: Lot thirteen tl3l olock OIL
~ Lake Bueah Addition to Lakeland. SAID
NJ aperty will be sold tO satisfy said decree.
attorneys fee and cost.
H. G. PETTEWAY
Special Master in Chancery.
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