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New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
AMERICA FIRST.

fnited States Commissioner of Edu- ion. Philander P. Claxton, always
 rested in advancing the cause of erica over all other earthly things, fs issued a call for an America bt" conference to take place on the sd day of next month, immediately owing the annual meeting of the tmber of Commerce of the United les of America. This, the first con- |nce of its kind, will deal with hricaniza ton as related to industry. Ire will be other similar confer- Sts in the future, tho plan being to huct campaign of American1za- through education.
 ot until the European war broke
 e In all it's fury did America awake | he seeming lack of interest man1- Fled toward the glories of this land ktsome who recently sought resi- ee here. The fault was never at- E,ted to the new sons and daugh- |3 of Uncle Sam. Rather was 1t led directly at the doors of those orleans who have never evinced an arest in the newcomers. Men and hen from the old countries cannot kxpected to take a lively interest in Inew land unless the peoples of this extend to them all the welcome
 should go to the visitor. If tiers are set in the way of those
 seek surcease from oppression, hey leave one form of slavery only hnd another they cannot be ex- led to wax enthusiastic over erica. Happily, this is not so ex- ! in isolated instances. Sometimes higrants have been subjected to brdial treatment in the larger Is. In the open country, however, 7 have found their earthly Valhalla. kdustrial and commercial America do more toward setting good ex- Rla to those who seek these shores
 any other agencies in the United les with the possible exception of Department of Education. Work in conjunction with this depart It the campaign for Amer1oaniza-
 of foreisn-born peoples should -e no difficulty in succeeding. It br Americans to show the true lining of America. Young and A-free, it is time America settled Tn to the business of assimilat1ng ke who enter its portals. Until ty man and woman who appre- les the advantages of living under
 emocratic form of government ex- fs a helping hand to the stranger hin the gates America First" will tonly slogan. It should be an bal reality.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

prescriptions. The pressure put upon the druggists by the savage craving of the fiends is a tax upon character in it's weakest links-pity and the de- sire for easy money. Special Agent Di Giovanni's warning to druggists ought to have results at once. It IS simply that they should lock their narcotic drugs in a safe. He does not cast suspicion on any druggists. But those who do not at once pro- vide themselves with safes and guar antee the public that their supplies of drugs are nightly secured in them will invite suspicion.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Sensations of the War,
(Century Magazine).

In the Magazines of the Trenches, Gelett Burgess quotes from ono of those 1mprovised newspapers that break the monotony of trench life the following list of greatest sen sations of a poilu at the front" sen sations every one of which, MT. Bur- gess says, has been lived through by hundreds of thousands of men:
 To eat one meal only, day or night, for eight days running.
 To go over a field of battle two days after an engagement.
 To sleep with no trenches, in the open air near the enemy.
 To live forty-one days in & trench without getting out.
 To stay for six days in water half way up to your knees. with only one meal Cat nlg1nt) and no shelter
 To endure for twenty-four hours a precise and copious bonn bardment by the enemy's big guns.
 To watch for the first time the ser- ously wounded taken to the rear.
 Not to wash for fifteen days.
 Not to shave or change your linen for thirty-flve days.
 To keep awake every instant for three days and three nights.
 To spend a night as sentinel beside a COW that has been dead for fifteen days.
 To sleep, sheltered only by branch es under the snow for eighteen days.
 To be grazed by 8 spent shell that falls at your feet without exploding.
 To gee your best friend killed at your side.
 To be awakened in cantonment by a shell bursting on the roof.
 To crawl 300 or 400 feet on your hands and knees.
 On patrol at night, to be suddenly illuminated by light bomb a few feet away from the enemy's barbed wires
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
A TOBOGGAN SLIDE.

Inything that a city does to furnish Ia innocent amusement and sport
 it's boys and girls inevitably re- lnds to the good of the city. The Eground movement which has re- led in such widespread benefac- h to the youngsters is proof positive Iwhat may be done.
 In Walnut Hill Park New Britain lsesses treasure such as falls to l lot of very few municipalities. In | heart of the city we have a veri He Garden of Eden. The poss,- lties there for outdoor enjoyment
 unlimited. Tn Summer or Winter Spring or Fall it stands as the one ce of recreation that beckons to
 the young and the old. Here Is a derness of nature at the very
 eshold of artificial structures Yet. 5 doubtful if the city has taken all advantage of the opportunities cred to turn this plot of ground D a park that will attract the chill 4n at all times of the year.
 in the Summer the wading pool is a Tree of entertainment for the little Is who cannot go to the seashore; i; the wading pool has been Eigned by grown-ups, because it is 5 built on the proper plan. The ster is not deep enough for swim Klg. and there are no bath houses sthe immediate vicinity so that the slngsters can change from land to lining attire. These things, how jr. are to be considered at a fr date. At present, with snow at hd, it might be we'll to look at an- ter phase of Walnut Hill Park,-its hilability for furnishing winter prt. Sleighing, skating and tobog-
 ling are three separate and dis
 ct sports that might well find a
 me at Walnut Hill Park. The two s'mer are now practicedss there to ne extent. The latter is neglected bause there is no toboggan slide.
 Ne therefore suggest that the Pub
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Arkansas the Mighty.
(H. S. Traylor, Inspector U. S. Indian
 SerVico,l

(H. $. Traylor, Inspector U. s. Indian
 Service.)
 If all the rice in Arkansas were one grain it would take a Grand Canon to store it. If all the corn in Arkan- sas were one ear it would take the combined force of all stumppullers to extract one grain from that ear if all the chickens in Arkansas were one chicken it would straddle the Rocky Mountains like a Colossus and its crow would shake the rings from Saturn. If all the hogs in Arkansas were one hog he could stand with his hind feet on the Island of Cuba and his forefeet on the Isthmus of Pan anna and dig the canal with one stroke of his snout. If all the cows in Ar kansas were one COW she could graze on the evergreen of the tropics and switch the icicles from the North Pole with her tail, and it would take a canal from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico to carry boats laden with her butter and cheese. If all the mules in Arkansas were one mule he could stand with one fore foot on Mexico and the other fore foot on Canada and kick the man out of the moon.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Journalists in Congress.
Manchester Herald.)

President Luther, of Trinity, has expressed the wish that there could be a Congress at Washington where lawyers were not in such prepond- erant majority as they usually are in that august body. He believes that the nation would get a fairer representation from men whose minds were not so taken up with the technical side of the law and who, perhaps, stood In closer con- tact with the every day life of the
 people.
 In this connection it is interesting
 to note that there will be fifty news
 paper men in the next Congress. The
 profession of journalism was never so fully represented in the nations s
 laW-maklng body as it will be in the
 sixty-hfth Congress. From these men
 we have every reason to expect prac-
 tical and efficient Legislation and laws
 seasoned with that sympathy for life
 in all it's phrases which is bred into
 the newspaper man by the perform
 ance of his daily tasks. An eye for
 significant detail, a quick grasp of fundamentals, a shrewd sense of public opinion and an aptitude for being on the Job are the necessary characteristics of good journalist and should find valuable reflection in the laws of the nation.
 But however illustr1ous these jour nalist Congressman become they will scarcely surpass some of their pre- decessors in the worth and signi- fcance of their public service. Ben jamin Franklin was perhaps the first l journalist to gain national distinc- | ton in the new world. Alexander | Hamilton founded a paper which is l today, as it was then, one of the countrys leading Journals. Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, was a Connecticut newspaper
 man, and the present incumbent of | that office belongs to the same pro- | fession In the present Congress, l Senators Burleigh, Hitchcock, Hard ] ing. Oliver and LaFollette are classi- fled as journalists or editors.
 Though we have had two Presi- l dents who began life as tailors no l newspaper men have ever lived in the White House, though a number spend 1 a good many working hours there.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Keeping Employees Happy.
(Harold Carey in Golfers.


 You cannot make a factory hama happy by putting in hospital. Workers will be unhappy if you have not such a necessary adjunct to the plant. but it will not make them hap py and care-free. Nor, thinking for the welfare of your men and women, will you assist them up the ladder Of joy in work with a large sign recom- mending safety first or abstinence from booze. Look at it another way. What makes you joyful?A game Of golf quiet rest, little music, and light, clean surroundings. All right, then; give something on that recipe to your employees-that is, if in these days of munitions plants and high wages, you want to Keep your workbenches filled and your output at maximum figures.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
"Heads I Win, Tails You Dose."

The large number of honest per sons residing in the United States and citizens thereof will read with rejoic- ing the news that William Henry Crocker of San Francisco has sued an internal revenue collector who re- fused to allow him to deduct from his taxable income losses sustained in stocks and bonds he had purchased.
 As everybody knows, or should know, the government taxes any money a man may make outside his regular business, but will not allow him to deduct losses incurred outside that business. Uncle Sam is thus in the shameless position of saying to every investor: Heads I win, tails you lose"
 It is contemptible role for the old gentleman to be forced to play and he knows it. It will come to an end some time. and the sooner the better for public as well as private morality.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Rescuing the Rarebit.

The stewards of the police diet beyond the department, the city, the country, when they made Welsh rara- bit the resistance piece of Saturdays lucullan luncheon,
 The rarebit Is ever wronged. It is maligned by accusations Of the sins done by evil companions, as Eugene Field, on mornings after, blamed the small hot bird, not the large cold bottle. Coming often as the climax of evenings not we'll spent it is the scapegoat of preceding imprudences. Not all who indulge 1t take the ex- ercise of a rookie policeman.
 What is rerebit? Toast, an invalid S diet; cheese, the meat of strong men other ingredients cunnngly mixed. Dieticians have long known that a denatured rarebit, in which much milk replaces ale or beer, Is an ad- mirable, cheap sustaining food. Our miners eat quantities of cheese. The Greek shepherd lad who, without scientific training, won the first Mara thon was reared on goats-milk cheese, "tiri" Cheese Is full of proteids and calories. It Is an American product bringing in it's yearly fifty millions Before the war and the branding acts 1t was great traveller, returning from tours abroad as Cheddar Cheshire, Cam embert.
 If there be those that cherish un kind thoughts of rarebit let them b. heard; 1t also should have it's day 1T court. Perhaps the fault is with thu com mplainant. Meanwhile In going tt the rescue of the rarebit the men O the died squad are beginning wei their first-aid work for humanity.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
The Agricultural States.
Philadelphia Inuuirer.) )

We do not usually think of the agriculture of Pennsylvania as very remarkable, but official statistics just issued show that it ran seventh in the whole country, while New York is eighth. The total yield of farms in this state is given at almost exactly s3O0,O 900, or about $40 per capita.
 Once more Texas takes the lead but this is almost exclusively because of cotton, and Texas is enormously larger than Pennsylvania. Iowa comes second, and her standing is the more remarkable because she grows no cot
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Drug Stores and Dope"
Philadelphia Evening Ledger

Philadelphia Evening Ledger)
 The steadily increasing number of drug store robberies in all parts of the country has come to a point where there is little room for doubt that many of the druggists who report the theft of hundreds of grains of mar cotics allow themselves to be robbed by dope fiends" who pay them in advance to leave the goods on their counters and the door unlocked. Col fusion of this sort is the easiest way to dodge the law which forbids the sale of the drugs without physicians
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
COMMUNICATED. OUR TROLLEY "SERVICE.n
'"Traveler'' Enumerates a Few Objec tonable Features on Local Lines,

Why arc patrons of the road al- lowed to put their feet on the seats? Ladies use the seats and a good many nice gowns are spoiled Other cities don't allow it. Why are the motor men and conductors allowed to smoke? The writer has seen 1t on the Hartford line from Atwood's Cor ner to Newington on several occa- sions Why are Intoxicated persons allowed to ride and use profane lan- guage? Some people enjoy such things, decent people do not and it is time the road stopped it.
 Why don't we have clean cars? Derby and Ansonia once had the same trouble New Britain is now hay ing. Their trouble ended by g. change in management
 TRAVELLER.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Confederate Reunion
(From Birmingham Age-Herald.)

IFTO11l bIFnI1nSnam Age-H HeTaId.)
 Although the Confederate reunion, to be held in Washington, is more than four months off-June 4-prepara- tions are well under way. This will probably be the last reunion, but, whether it is or not, it is safe to as sume that it will be the last big one Not only is the Washington commit tee of arrangem ents busy every day in the week with details but veteran camps in every state of the South are perfecting plans for moving on to the national capital.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Where There is No Peace.
GA Letter in The London Mornln
 DoetN

GA Letter in The London Morning
 Post).
 A story of the late Earl Kitchener, we'll known at the time and for the accuracy of which I can vouch, is not without it's deeper lesson today. At an early stage of the negotiations leading up to the Peace of Vereenig- ing (May, 1902) a distinguished off cer and personal friend of the com mander in chief sent to the latter at Pretoria a private telegram as fol- lows May we sing at church pa rade next Sunday Hymn No. 537?" -CPeace, Perfect Peace.D The reply came stern and prompt: No; sing Hymn No. 269" ("Christian! Seek Not Yet Repose").
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
FictiOns in Public Life.
(Washin gton Starr

''Is the electoral college a sort of fiction?"
 Sort of replied Senator Sorghum. But it isn't the only one. A speaker does more listening than anyone else. and a chairman is kept so busy hus- tling around that he seldom gets . chance to use a chair.'
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

The report that the administration wants able men for the managerships of the federal land banks is worth believing. There have been too many such positions in the>past, which have been handed out as political plums.-- Ansonia Sentinel.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

Judge Gary, of the United States Steel Corporation, has issued his an nual message in the shape of good cheer. If you are in the least way pessimistic get hold of Judge Gary's annual and climb aboard the good cheer special for the balance of 1917. -Mtddletown Press.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
FACTS AND RANCHES.

It is plain that by eliminating luncheons, as they did at the start, the managers of the 25 cents a day food test, got running start on the high cost of living; but after all even a patrolman on probation likes a
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

Coal experts say 1t is not only the price that is higher. but also the per centage of bone and slate.-Boston Herald.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

tation they will try to get there them selves.---Meriden Journal.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Kentucky Finds a Real BOotIegaer.
(Marysville Independent).

Ed Barlow was arrested yesterday afternoon. Four half pints of whis- key were found in his bootleSs
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

Despite tho high cost of living, dy- ing has not gained anything in popu- larity.-Paterson News.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

cd daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:16 ?. m'' a4 Herald Building. B7 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

CoatS, SuitS,
 Dresses and
 FurS ] AT BIG PRICE REDUCTIONS l WOMEN'S AND MISSES COATS.
 Reduced to s5.9S, s7.9S, 9.ss each. Values up to $20.
 SERGE AND SILK DRESSES. x
 Reduced to s9.9s each. Values to $15.
 EVENING GOWNS.
 Reduced to s9.9s each. Value, SIS to $22.50. .s
 About twenty smart evening gowns at this remarkably small price. WHITE FOX SCARFS. Reduced to s4,9s, s5.9s, s6.9S each Values up to S9.9S. r, g SILK BLOUSES. 5sE Saturday, s1.9S each. Plain white, l flesh and mais. also many smart col ored striped Blouses in this sale. LINGERIE BLOUSES. !
 1 Saturday at SIC each. Several new | Spring models. ~f.# 1 KNIT UNDERWEAR, At Sale prices.
 CHILDREN's VESTS AND PANTS. 1 Garter make" sizes. 22 to 34. Sale l price, 55c. Values to 75c. l WARM HOSIERY. ] Mems Cashmere soX. Mill runs subject to slight imperfections that will in no way harm the wearing qualities. Sale price, 25c pair. Black, grey, natural and white. l WONIEN'S WOOL HOSE. l Al 35c pair. Rib top.
 WO2ssiN's FLEECE LINED HOSE, At 19c and 29c pair. WOOD GLOVES AND KITTENS. 25c to 79c pair. Skating Gloves. 6sc to $1.15 pair.
 NIID- WINTER CLEARANCE SALE
 PRICES ON RUGS, LINOIiEUMS, OIE CLOTHS, BLANKETS, COM a FORTABEES, BED SPREADS, cor TONS, SHEETINGS, TOWEIINGS AND ALL KINDS OF FANCY PIECES.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. s. Proprfetors.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

cred tt tho Post Omce at New Britain As Second Glass Mall Matter
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

If the entrance of Rumania was to be the turning point of the war; what does Rumania's disappearance do to 1t it?-Ptttsburgh Dispatch.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

only profitable advertising medium In the city: Circulation books and rress room A1wayB open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

No matter how high the cost of foonshness, the indulgence in it's con- tinues about the same.-P1ttsourgh Post.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

The hen is queen these days The movement of the egg market Is reg ulated by her activities. Portland Oregonian.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26
WARM HOSIERY.

Mems Cashmere sox Mill runs subject to slight imperfections that will in no way harm the wearing qualities. Sale price, 25c pair. Black, grey, natural and white.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-26

CHILDREN'S VESTS AND PANTS.
 Garter make" sizes. 22 to 34. Sale price, 55c. Values to 75c.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-30
Sake Held Wine,
Is Not Forbidden
Under Food Laws
Japanese Chamber of Com
nerce Gets Official Word
From Washington

q AXE, the Japanese national
drink, is wine and not a
distilled product and its
manufacture is not prohibited I'M
der the Food Control Act, accord
ing to a letter received yesterday
by the local japanese Chamber of
Commerce from David Gates,
deputy commissioner of internal
revenue at washington. d. C. The
letter confirms the intimation that
had been given some time ago to
the chamber 70. the effect that the
manufacture Of sake would not be
prohibited. The letter from the
deputy commissioner of internal
revenue at Washington reads as
follows:
In reply. to your cable received
Sept. Is, referred by Herbert C.
Hoover, food administrator. to me
for reply, regarding your protest
against the supposed prohibition,
under the provisions OF the Food
Control Act of August 10 of the
manufacture of the Japanese H.
quor known as sake, you are ad-
yised that this office has classed
sake. as a wine and not a distilled
liquor. and therefore the manufac.
ture of sake is not prohibited un.
der the Food Control Act" l.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-30
Mosquito Attack
Due To Invasion
Of Winged Pests
Expert Declares Health Board
is Unrelenting in Fight
on SINGERS

DIRk B. PORTER, secretary of
n the territorial board of health
~ and acknowledged mosquito
expert, does not believe that the
present epidemic of the singing
songsters is caused by neglected
pools or marshes in this city.
Mosquito fighters from the
health board have been as active
as ever during the last month, he
says, and have in no way relaxed
their vigilance. It is likely that
the swarms that have been attack.
ing humanity in the Manoa. Puma.
hou and Waikiki districts during
the last week are immigrants from
the windward side of the island.
If this is the case patience and
. punk sticks will go a long way
toward solving the trouble, for
the swaEms will probably vanish
in a night or two as quickly as
they came. Meanwhile the board
of health is doing all in it's power
to check the attack and is an
swering complaint calls from the
swollen populace.
Discussing the nature of the
mosquito today, Secretary Porter
said that quiet weather such as
Honolulu has had more or, less
during the last 10 days is often a
signal for mosquito attacks. Mr..
Porter believes that ~ night mos
quitoes. which multiply in swarms
in the dank swamps throughout
the Waimanalo district, lift on
their gauzy wings during the lull
periods and mount to the top of
the Koolau range, thence drop
ping into Manoa or Waikiki.
If gusts of wind sweep the VAL
ley the mosquitoes collect in
flEcks in the sheltered sides of
buildings. after which they find
their way inside to vex humanity.
The day mosquito is not a trav.
eler. however" says Mr.. Porter.
If people find him about their
premises they may feel sure that
he has his own house close nv"