New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-10

school. Another possible reason for
the decrease in the number of girls
studying to become teachers is the
high cost of living. 1t entails a con-
siderable expense to send a girl to
Normal school for two years and this
is greatly increased by the present
high cost of food and board. What
is evidently needed is to have the
state 1naugurate system of Normal
school dormitories in this city, as we'll
as other places where Normal schools
are conducted, where the students can
live more cheaply.
There now appears to be some
speculation in police circles as to who
will be the new sergeant and several
names have been mentioned already.
It Is the position Of acting lieutenant
held by Detective Sergeant Samuel
Bamforth that creates the most inter-
est however When he was relieved
of his duties as head of the detective
bureau, Sergeant BAN forth was given
to understand that he was being pro-
noted to the rank of acting lieuten-
ant, with more congenial work and
better pay He Is still, technically,
detective sergeant nevertheless and
will remain actually in that position
until he Is either removed FOR cause"
or is officially promoted. In order to
obtain promotion it will be necessary
for the common council to create the
position of police lieutenant and many
are wondering what disposition will
be made Of this police officers case
should the council refuse to create
the position. Obviously he would be
kept in the same position he now
occupies-acting lieutenant-but to
even intimate that he might be rele-
gated back to the ranks. as certain
prominent officials might like, is alb
surd. He cannot be removed without
cause.
Judging from the way many letters
addressed to this office are stamped
the public does not yet fully under
stand the new postal laws. A letter
sent to anyone in this city and posted
in this city will go with two cent
stamp as of old. The three cent
postage is necessary only when the
letter is going out Of town.
Furniture dealers and other house,
hold furnishing merchants say that
this year the oil heater, the gas heater
and the old time parlor stove are
returning to popular favor. The argu-
ment Is that oil Is cheaper than coal
and little sheet iron stoves eat less
coal than big sheet iron furnaces.
The Municipal Farm committee is
now in anything but an enviable DO
sition. If 1t returns to the city treas
ury the appropriated sum of $4,000
some well known critics in the coun-
Gil will accuse the committee of
gam bling in order to balance its &C
counts, that is, buying potatoes at
one price and selling at another If
they do not return the $4,000 this
same clique of critics will ask "Why
not?" These council critics are
bound to criticfse under any condi-
ton.
A glance around the city shows in
many cases that the American flags
being displayed are as much tattered
and torn as those which have been
through the hardest campaigns along
the battlefront. In some cases the
same flags are being displayed today
that were hung out when war was
declared last April and their condi-
ton makes it obvious that the owners
have taken no care of them and have
permitted them to remain outdoors
continuously since that time, day and