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New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Congress and the Press.
Detroit ,JOurnaD

Press criticism of Congress has in
creased in recent years. There are at
least two good reasons for it. For one
thing, extreme partisanship is almost
extinct among the newspapers; few of
them will give unstinted praise to
members Of their own party or go up
on the principle that the opposition
can do no right. For another thing,
craftsmanship is of lower grade than
it has been at periods in the past. This
is probably bound to be where private
interests compete for brains with the
public service.
This press criticism has its natural
reaction on Congress. The CALLED jade
winces. Reprisals suggest themselves.
One of these retaliatory measures is
now in effect 1t compels every news
paper to recite certain facts about it's
ownership, circulation and states of it's
credit. The act does neither harm nor
good.
Now comes Senator Stone with
threats of muzz]ing, and Senator
Owen with a proposition to have all
political advertising marked "adver-
tising'' on pain of heavy penalty Our
patriots at Washington plainly are
feeling for something that will injure
the business of the press or hurt it's
feelings. They have not hit upon the
trick yet. But they're reaching. They
may get under our hides yet.
The way out of this trouble is not
clear Criticism of Congressional
wrongdoing and stupidity is very nee
essary to the public welfare.' Yet in
way Congress is not to blame. 1t
is low grade because high grade, free
milling material is absorbed else
where. In the dilemma, the newspa-
pers have to choose between being
patriotic and being charitable. 1t is
oh a itv which loses.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
ROOM FOR BOTH.
Autos and Railroads Seem to Get OH
Together Without Hmtful Competition

(Omaha Bee.)
When the automobile first proved
out it's practically for comfortable
touring, lots of railroad men had
many sleepless nights, worrying as to
the effect upon passenger travel. The
automobile has now become an es-
tablished institution, accepted as a
matter of fact, but the apprehension
and fears of what it would do to
railroad earnings have subsidized. From
the financial side it could be readily
demonstrated that freight charges for
the transportation of material to the
automobile factories, and of the fin
ished products and accessories from
the factories to the distribution points
more than offset any possible loss in
passenger travel.
1t now appears that the effect of
the automobile on the passenger
trains may be measured from another
viewpoint. While overnight travel
and longer journeys will go to the
railroads by preference more than
ever, and the travelling habit is grow
ing, the short distances are covered
almost wholly by automobile, and
the strictly local passenger service,
| which for the business it does, is the
, most costly of all, has come to be
merely insurance on bad weather or
bad roads, and the question is now
presented as to how far the railroads
must furnish this insurance as part
of their duty to the public. Curtail-
lnent of local train service, which
would mean money saved to the rail-
road, is sure to revoke protest from
towns and territories served. We see
that some of the roads are preparing
to try out this plan of economy, and
if it succeeds we will have the anon
ally of the railroads offering no OBJ
lection to the automobile for reliev-
ing them or traffic, to retain which
they were formerly ready to fight to
the finish.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Refuse to Read Disloyal Papers.
(Boston Transcript)


1t has been charged that consid-
cradle part of the German-language
press in the United States has been
subsidized from Berlin, and although
conclusive proof Of this is lacking,
corroborative evidence certainly seems
to bear it out The outrageous prop
uganda of the hyphenated newspapers
in the early stages of the war was SO
evidently inspired by Berlin that most
sane Americans accepted 1t as fact.
and this had much to do with the
failure of the propaganda, despite the
fact that it's stupidity was colossal and
amply sufficient to have defeated It.
The American people have never had
any use for the subsidized organ, and
it is hardly possible for newspapers
deriving their support from other
than the legitimate sources of rev.
enue, circulation and advertising, to
thrive. Our entrance into the war
has been a severe blow to the rep
tile newspaper. However great the
size of its subsidy, without readers,
it must fail and not a few such have
gone under. Loyal German Amer
leans everywhere, but particularly IN
the west, are withdrawing their sup
port of the bitterly pro-German news
papers and from time to time we hear
of the suspension of such organs of
kaiserism. Naturalized Americans
have it in their power to put an end
to all the mouthpieces Of pacifism and
treason. Let them but refuse to read.
and the editors will have to shut up
shop. Disloyalty cannot live by sub
sidy alone.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
The Appearance of Radium.

The Geological Survey, Department
of the Interior, has received numer
GUS inquiries about the appearance of
radium, many of which seem to have
been prompted by carelessly written
stories, appearing in periodicals of
the poorer class, that tell of remark
able finds of nearly pure radium.
Radium Is metal, and has a white
metallic luster; it has been isolated
only once Or twice, and few people
have seen it. Radium is ordinarily
obtained in the form of salts, and is
usually 80 sold and used. These salts
are all white or nearly white sub
stances whose appearance is no more
remarkable than that Of common salt
or baking powder. Radium is found
in nature in quantities SO exceedingly
small that it is never visible even
when the material is examined with
a powerful microscope. Ordinarily
radium ore carries only small frac-
ton Of a grain of radium per ton Of
material, and radium will never be
found in large masses because it is
formed by the decay Of uranium, a
process that is wonderfully slow, and
radium itself decays and changes to
other elements so rapidly that it is
imp possible for it to accumulate natu-
rally in visible masses. Radium and
radium minerals are not generally
luminescent. Tubes containing ra-
dunn glow from Impurities present
which the radiations from the radium
cause to give light.
Minerals that carry radiun are
fairly easy to determine, for they at
feet Photographic films in the same
way as ordinary tight, and they can
also be identified by their effect upon
an electroscope.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Short Lesson in Taxation.
(New York SUM

A neat example of the ease with
which a taxable golden egg laying
goose may be killed is revealed in
the story Of internal revenue tax on
sweet wine.
The 1914 emergency tax law laid
on sweet wine tax of 23 cents
gallon.
In consequence the production OF
sweet wine fell off, the industry not
being able to stand the tax, which
produced revenue the first year Of
it's operation of s3,444,0o0 and only
$2,8O5,OOO the second year of its OPP
Grafton. The estimated revenue from
the tax was $7,000,000.f
The 1916 the tax rate was reduced
to 13 cents a gallon and the tax re-
ceipts jumped up to s5,500,00o in the
first year of the new rate.
A radical increase in the tax rate
radically reduced the tax revenue; a
radical decrease in the tax rate
radically increased the tax revenue.
Again the senate proposes a radical
increase in the rate.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Staying Married.
(ChicagO Tribune }

Although the comedian in twice-a-
day can still be relied upon to ask,
What is it called when a man has
one wife," and although his partner
will say, "Monotony", clique of
| couples on the west side have found
ed club known as Lifers> their mot
to: Till death do us part
What copy for George Bernard
Shaw! "Getting Married. was nothing
to it. Positively the limit of sensa-
tons Staying Married!" Words fail
us to tell how bewitchingly that re-
solve on the Liners part tickles our
ethical insides. Having taken a SOL
think they will observe it.
o rare and unusual Lfers Mark
Twain spoke for others beside Mark
when he wrote: II would rather have
one faculty superbly developed than
two only moderately developed, so
cultivate my Unborn genius for making
promises and keeping them can go
hang" Not SO the Liners. They prom
Use to keep their promise. Bravo!
We may suggest, however, that they
risk one step more and initiate Lewis
CAROLS Bellman, who declared,
What I tell you three times is true"
We feel sure that Lewis will not sue
for infringement of copyright. Too
many couples have stood up in front
of Lewis to be married, and, besides,
he is dead.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
What Would Bismarck Say?
Syracuse Post Standard.)


Before snow flies the United States
will have 1 100000 men under arms in
this country and 100000 in France;
it will have sent several billions worth
of war supplies abroad upon credits
extended by the American govern
ment itself in the form of war loans;
it will have a navy as large as Ger
many's in the service of the Entente;
it will have brought by simple force
of friendship all of Latin America
into malevolent or belligerent rela-
tons with Germany; it will have
created an animosity of Germany so
widespread and enduring that Ger
man trade will suffer from it for gen.
erations.
These losses are the deliberate sac
rifice of German craftsmanship in
return for a submarine campaign
which has not SO much as compelled
the adoption Of new economies.
What would Bismarck say to man
agement of a nation so grossly in
competent?
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
HATS AND OATS.
Horse Didn't Know the Leaves ON
Woman's Hat Were Artificial.
milwaukee JournaD.

milwaukee JournaD.
That a horse, in spite Of his horse
sense can be pitifully deceived by
appearances was demonstrated in q
telling manner. A young woman was
waiting patiently for a car going east.
when a horse and wagon owned by q
huckster stopped almost before her.
The horse, a friendly looking an
imal, gradually edged up to the curb
near the young woman, who smiled
graciously and patted him on the
nose. AS the car approached she
walked slowly toward the track and
was waiting for the car door to open
when the friendly animal slipped up
behind her, and with sudden plunge
grasped the bunch of green leaves
from her new spring hat
After brief tussle with hat pins
and yellow curls. the horse man"
aged to wrest the hat from the young
woman and marched off chewing
what he evidently thought meal OF
fine green. The horse chewed the
milliner's painted leaces, and finding
them not to his taste, dropped the
hat, which was returned to its owner.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Is America LukeWarn
(Far1n and Fireside }

Immediately upon the declaration
of war with Germany the gloommak-
ers in this country got busy manufac-
turing dismal uncertainties as to the
part America would be able to play
in the war Could democratic America
ever organize efficiently enough to beat
autocratic Germany? Could the vast
half-assimilated foreign population
ever be modified into one loyal army ?
Would the American people, educated
for years in peace principles, ever do
more than acquiesce half-heartedly on
their part in the bitterest war in his
tory?
We still hear that the great bulk of
American citizens are apathetic, that
they are not yet awake to a full real
iztion of what this war means. 1t is
true that they are quiet; they ought
to be. For three years they have been
reading descriptions, pitilessly de-
tailed, of the waste and pain the war
has been creating in Europe.
They are going into a war, not as a
three months holiday from the regu-
lar business of life, but realizing to the
full the grimness Of the job before
them. And so the response has been a
quiet one. but so businesslike and de-
termind as not to leave a shred of
doubt as to what they mean to do.
The response in men and money has
been immensely convincing. Without
any splurge or fuss, $4,000 volun-
teers have enlisted in the regular
army; $4,000 men have been added
to the navy; the Marine Corps has
been raised to it's full authorized
strength of 10000 men; the National
Guard with 5000 men was quietly
drafted into federal service in August.
Altogether over 100000 men were un-
der arms before the draft became
operative; that has added $4,000
more making a total of 100000 men
under orders September 5th. All this
in spite of our enormous alien popu-
lation and our anti militaristic educa-
ton. We have oversucscribed q two
billion-dollar war loan and have CIV
en- a hundred million to the Red Cross.
If this is apathy, what would the
American people do if they once got
Interested?
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
One Touch of Nature Makes Whole
Car Kin,
{ Milwaukee JOurnal)

(Milwaukee JOurnaD
1t all happened in a street car. He
was evidently laborer. His face and
his razor had not met for some days
his felt hat was battered, his collar
shiny, his cuffs frayed. His shoulders
were bent with toll He carried a
small sack, which he was carefully
cherishing in his lap. Presently he
drew something forth, and as he did
SO the broad smile that lighted up his
face expanded nearly from ear to
eur-
Presently every che who could see
what he had was smiling also. He had
two tiny white chickens to which he
fed crumbs. Their little 'cheep,
cheep" was music to his ear. He
looked about for approval and met It,
for one touch Of nature makes the
whole world kin. A man in broad
cloth. a woman in silk and a fellow
workman-all who came and went
gave a kindly smile.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Southern Hospitality.
Charlotte On. c. Observer

Charlotte ON. CO. OBSERVER
Last Sunday the people of Spartan
burg took the mem bers of Co. D.,
22nd New York engineers, into their
homes, and the Herald says of the
experim ent that 1.-The pleasure was
mutual" The Herald says this was
done mot only for the sake of extend
ing an appropriate welcome to the
young men as our guests, but an
expression of the friendly feeling the
whole community has for the entire
New York guard" If it were pos
sible to have the entire 10000 to
dinner, says the Herald, that would
be DONE" This is typical of the SEN
timent of southern towns toward the
troops which are soon to come. They
are going to be hooked upon largely
in the nature of the guests Of these
southern communities.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Urchin and Dog Show One Touch of
Nature.
(COlumbus. o.. DispatcI

columbus. o. Dispatch.)
Just a dirty little yellow cur! I
called him homeless until I heard a
dirtier little urchin yelling:
Jaw gowan homeland pelting
him with stones.
The youngster swore and I felt
sorry for the dog. I wanted to wiring
the urchin's neck and save the dog.
Just as I was about to put my thought
into action a big black limousine
came swerving down the street. The
child darted before it, grabbed the
little yellow cur to his heart and the
two came rolling from beneath the
whirring wheels AS I helped them
from the gutter the boy was moan
ing:
"Where are you hurt, boy?"
asked excitedly, turning him around
on his sturdy bare legs
"Dey didn't hurt me-but--dey
dern near got my dog" walled the
urchin between dry sobs.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
nfno nf

Commissioner on Domestic Animals.
Rules concerning dogs in the town
of Plainville.
Whereas, a rabid dog has recently
been at large in the town Of Plan
willie having bitten or come in con-
tact with other dogs, thereby eN-
posing persons, dogs, and other AMI
mails to the contagious disease known
BIS rabies, and to protect the public
therefrom, the undersigned Commits
Eioner on Domestic Animals, by viz
tue of the. authority given in Chapter
ITO Of the Public Acts Of 1907, and
Chapter SIS of the Public Acts of
1909, hereby makes and promuigate3
the> following rules and regulations
for the confinement and control of
dogs in the town of Plainville.
1 All dogs in the said town Of
Plainville that are known to have
been bitten by a rabid dog shall be
forthwith mercifully killed by the
Dog Warden of the said town of
Plainville.
2 All dogs known to have been
In contact with a rabid dog, but not
positively known to have been bitten
by said rabid dog, and all dogs show
Ing symptoms of rabies, shall be quar-
Rntined in close confinement to the
acceptance of said dog warden, until
released by the Commissioner on
Domestic Animals.
3 No dog shall be allowed to go
nt large In said town of Plainville for
a period of three months from and
after the date these rules shall go
into effect, except it wear wire muz-
gle of such construction as to be OBJ
solute proof against the dogs biting.
DOGS ON LEASFIES WHILE ON
PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES MUST
ALSO BE MUZZLED.
Hunting dogs while actually en-
\gaged in hunting and accompanied by
the owner or hunter, may be relieved
of their muzzles
The Dog Warden of the town of
Plainville shall capture and take into
his custody every dog in said town
of Plainville not confined or con-
trolled agreeable to the foregoing,
and shall impound, hold. and kill
such dog as is provided by section
of said chapter SIS, of the Public Acts
Of 1909.
These rules shall take effect at
twelve o'clock in the noon of Tues
day, September 4th. 1917.
AUTHORITY.
Section of Chapter SIS of the Pub
Tic Acts of 1909, provides as follows:
~rha Selectmen or Dog Warden may
hill or caused to be killed all dogs
which shall not be controlled or de-
stroyed in accordance with such rules
or which shall be found rabid, or are
bust1y suspected of being rabid."
PENALTY.
Section 4 of Chapter ITO of the
Public Acts of 1906, provides as fol-
lows: Every person who shall violate
or neglect or refuse to comply with
any rules or regulations made under
kAe provisions of Section l of this
vt, shall be fined not more than
seven dollars
Dated at Hartford, Connecticut, this
80th day of August. 1917.
r. M. WHITTLESEY,
Commissioner on Domestic Animals
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Elaborate Sarcasm.
(Women's World.

The people of the little frontier
town had met to decide upon suit
able name for the place.
"Mr. Chairman said man with
rasping voice, rising in the back part
of the hail. 1T move that we call this
village old Glory.
What is your reason for making
such motion as that?" demanded
the chairman.
Because. sir" rejoined the other,
this is nothing but flag station
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Treasured Him.
(Boston Transcript.)

(Boston Transcript
He-You don't really care for me
you are merely flirting with me to
make Jack jealous
She-Nonsense! I'd have picked
out a better-looking man if I'd want
ed to. do that.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Timely Counsel.
(Syracuse 'Post-StandarC

Syracuse 'POst-Standard)
If you should come to any place
where soldiers are on guard and one
of them orders to you to halt, halt.
Don't ask questions, and don't start an
argument.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31

WOMEN'S HOSIERY
1se s S:st e cGe' Cotton Hose Worth 122c
Childrens School Hose, all sizes. 17c 101Z
value. Sale price ................. xA7ZC
Women's Fine Lisle Hose in black and white y
Csc value. Sale price .................. / l.
Silk Hose in all shades 79c value. Sale 49,
price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~ ~
New Britain herald., 1917-08-31
Vision.
(Life.)

Can your wife see two sides Of 4
question:"
Eyes; her own and her mothes'A"
Evening star., 1917-09-23
The German Method.

~ARL EMIL JUNCK. a dye importer
" of Chicago. was talking about Ger
many.
THE German spirit today is tricky,
shifty and false" he said. THE Ger
mans today think it's clever to cheat.
Their war with it's violation of every
war law and every international agree
ment, is a cheating war.
Here is an illustration Of the Ger
man spirit.
when 1 lived in Elberfeld I organ
lied foot ball team among the Elber-
field boys. Once, when the team was to
play a neighboring team, I gave the
boys 100 marks to buy shoes, leg
guards or whatever would most help
them to win.
We'll. they won. but their shoes and
leg guards were very old and shabby,
and 1 said to the captain after the
game:
"'GIad you licked 'em, though GER
tainly some of the decisions were close.
But what did you do with the money
l gave YOU?
"The captain answered with know
ing smile:
You said. Herr Junck, that we were
to use the money in any way that
would best help US to win: so Of course
we made a present of it to the UNI
pire.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
Love VS.. Marriage.

Copyright 1917. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
kk a ND then we'll go to Atlantic
% A CITY"
moment.
You can start shopping tomorrow
and do nothing else until Saturday.
The kind of clothes my wife needs is
the kind I got the money to pay for.
They couldn't come out of your little
fifteen per II we waited for you to save
for five years. Therell be a check in
your morning mail that will make it all
right. Dearest. you just be ready for
a Monday morning wedding. And we'll
have the swellest little Honeymoon
The girl leaned her pretty, powdered
cheeks on both hands. He thought that
she was bending so that her hat brim
might shield her shyness, but when two
tears splashed hotly down on the table
cloth to raise two damask blisters, con-
sternation blotted the tenderness from
his face.
Crying! Crystal crying. In Murray's.
He looked about anxiously. Tears-in
a room filled with mirrors and music
and dancing and tea tables? Whatever
would head waiter say?
But even before her escort could
frame protest Crystal gathered her
self together shaktly and pulled a hand
kerchief from her mesh bag.
lin just little foolish" she
smiled. carefully drying her lashes.
Nerves, 1 guess-and-perhaps because
I'm bit tired
Sure you're tired; Arnold was
breathing his relief that there seemed
to be no immediate danger of hys-
terics. I'm an office all day. Enough to
give anybody the Willies: And little
queen like you-well, after Monday
Nothing to do but dance and swim and
get rested up for Homecoming"
Crystal did not kindle to his enthu-
siasm. She was looking into her lap,
lips frightened with queer little twitch-
ing.
"Why-honey''- began Arnold, terri
fed. Don't you-want to go?-Don't
you want to marry me? II I thought
you didn't love me-"
"Why-yes. do" the small head
nodded emphasis. But Arnold, after
the honeymoon? Are we-where are
we going to live"
"Why-that's up to you. Cuteness,"
beamed the reassured bridegroom, my
place is for bachelors only. but-well
find neutrality-suspicious. you like, 1
suppose. How about a nice, comfy lit
tie apartment in hotel? No house
keeping-no bothers. Just a sort of
continued honeymoon. I haven't had
money for such place very long. but
practice in learning how to spend it,"
"A hotel?'
you wouldn't have to bother with
servants. or furniture or housekeep-
ing"
His voice trailed into whisper The
little fgupre in the gilt chair opposite
was stiffening, the small face lifted to
his was white.
"a hotel?" she repeated family. ''oh.
Arnold-a hotel?"
Between them the waiter was insert
ing two service plates and a couple of
snowy napkins. But their eyes never
wavered.
"Why Honey" spluttered Arnold
The automation who was serving