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New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
MUCH UNDEVEL0PED LAND

c. M. IIanders Learns That New Brit
 ain Has 800 Acres of Farm Land
 Lying Idle.
 According to George M. Landefs. of the Connecticut Committee on Food Supply, there are 1000 acres of registered farm land in New Britain and of this amount only 500 acres are annually developed. This leaves 500 acres of farm land that can be utilized. not including vacant lots and back yards that can also be used for the raising of staple food products. This undeveloped farm land alone could produce 5O,0O0 bushels of po- tations, Mr. Landers states
 That the state wide campaign to in- crease the food production of the state is to be followed ipdustriously in New Britain is evidenced by the response to the initial notices. Already many acres of land have been offered gratis to people who may wish to plant gar den and the factories too. are taking up the project along cooperative lines.
 In addition to the factories and in- dividuals noted in Saturdays Herald and offering the use of farm lands the Stanley Works offers to its em- ployes five separate tracts of land for garden purposes. The land thus of fered is located at the corner of Broad and Bond streets; on South Burritt street, on McClintock road, on the Plainville road and beyond the end of Myrtle street. Blanks have been issued to employees who wish to take advantage of the offer.
 In addition to the offers of land, J. l. Donahue has given his employees permission to develop for their own profit some of his farm land. Alder man A. M. Paonessa has given sim- liar permission for his neighbors to develop several vacant lots he owns and ninety lots owneds by an Italian society in Seymour park are also to be thrown open, 1t is stated.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
Battle Song of the Allies.

SDtACLC 0OAA6 OA S1AO AAAIACSs with Apologies to Henry c. work.) Get the garden tools out boys And wipe away the dust. Make the hoe and shovel shine. Scrape off all the rust. .<r We'll show the pesky Kaiser
 How to raise a crop or bust. While we are raising an army. Even down in Washington
 Where the only crop is ''gas," The President has set the pace !. And it has come to pass, He's raisin' corn and 'taters And other garden sass While he Is raisin' an army. Corn and beans are growing now Up to the White House door; Farmer Wilson hoes 'em = Every morning just at four. Then he runs the Ship of State And keeps it off the shore While we arc helping the Allies. Chorus Hurrah! hurrah: we'll grow our corn
 and beans, Hurrah! hurrah. we'll grow our sub
 marines, .. We'll grow the men to run lem, Uncle Sam will raise the means While we are fighting the Kaiser.
 A. M. BEARDSLEY.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
pens Every Day.

Great 1ncOnvcnience-It Hap
 pens, Every Day.
 10 the Editor .of The Herald:-
 Careless, slipshod work on the part of street railway men causes unjust criticism of the street railway com pany frequently when the fault rests with the men and with the men alone. An uncomfortable illustration of this was given a woman from Springfield. Mass, who was visiting in your city last Tuesday. The wom- an, being unfamiliar with the city, asked Conductor No. 491S to let her off the car at a certain point on Black Rock avenue. He promptly for got all about 1t and carried her mikes past her intended destination. Of course he was sorry but that didn't help the e,woman a bit.
 That conductor is undoubtedly a good member of the street railway men's' union which periodically de- mands pay increases for all its mem bers. He will be included in these pay increases no matter what the quality of his work. Men in other jobs have to show efficiency that will warrant better remuneration for their work. I believe it is the aim of the best members of the trolly mems union to have all members do their work with an efficiency that will be. credit to the union. Such men as this bring their organization into disrepute. Controling the situation as far as its members are concerned. the union it.. selfNshould organize some system of penalizing members who make so poor a showing in their work.
 E. R. STEVENSON, Springfield, Mass, April 20, 1917.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
SELF HELPS FOR NEW SOLDIERS
 SOON TO BE CALLED INTO FIELD
Army Valuable
 Eligible For Service n Legsons

the care with which he buttons his uniform; in the: way that he ties his shoes. It will be evident in the de- gree that he keeps himself washed and brushed; in the scrupulous fash ion in which he dresses his cot. his kit, his quarters. It will be obvious in the conscientious manner in which he attends to all the routine duties of the day; in his observance of the code of military etiquette.
 Discipline of this character runs throughout the whole day, except W hen a man is off duty. and then he can be as care-free as he likes. But a man whose mind and muscles have had the training of a soldier no longer finds himself at ease in the old slouchy. flabby slump of the boy of I the street corner. His body, cor
 rected. becomes the figure that nature 1 intended. both walking or sitting. The fact that discipline runs through 1 the day-ard the night-is import
 ant That is the method by which it becomes a habit. If discipline were
 confined to marching or drilling. then
 it would impress itself only when
 marching or drilling-at other times
 to be forgotten. This would not save 1 the situation If the camp were at tackled by surprise. The point is
 simply this: the soldier learns that l everything he does is the way most
 carefully studied out to bring the most
 effective results from large body of men, with the least confusion, the least loss of energy. or combined power. When he has learned this. the young American will have learned his first lesson as soldier.
 Tolmorrow's article will explain the soldiers place in a group formation. ! -
 l Copyright, 1917, by the Wheeler) Syndicate, Incl,
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

the situation is allowed to creep out of Germany. 1t is not conceivable that trained correspondents who must live in the empire of which they write can grossly overstate. the situation. We have the word of these writers that trouble is brewing in Germany and that it is of the same order as that which brought about the downfall of the Romanoff dynasty in Russia. The rev. olution which started in Petrograd may soon have its replica in Berlin. Once firmly established there 1t will not take long to find an inlet to Vienna and Budapest. Revolutions, like prairie fires, have a way of spreading America, saw its aftermath ten years later in Paris. Democracy has ever triumphed by the encouragement of previous assaults against Autocracy. Government to the French with whom it's soldiers are fighting side by side. Germany may in the end thank it's stars for the overthrow of Nicholas Romanoff. The example has been set. It remains now for a few brave souls to follow it.
 Truly this is the beginning of a new era, even more than that,-a new epoch for democracy. The last strong holds of autocracy are in Germany and its ally. the dual monarchy. With the people of these two kingdoms be- ginning to ask questions, with the spirit of unrest that is rapidly devel- oping in the Fatherland, it is no won- der that uneasy lies the head that not sitting on his throne as securely today as he was when the war broke out. Then he had something to offer his people. He had the force of thirty years instruction, something they could not overcome. They went out to fight for him. not for themselves. that the idea of kultur. a doctrine of Prus- sia, might be spread over the world. Worldwide conquest was the dream of the Emperor, and, in turn, 1t became the dream of his people. Beaten back now after two years and a half of fighting the dream is about to ex- plode. The awakening is at hand. And when tho German people fully come out of their dream tken there must be a new order of things in the old en1- M | sr-ire. Then mRst De realized the new epoch. 9 world freed by Democracy.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
CLERGYMEN FAVOR SUNDAY
Delegation of Local Ministers to Unite With Hartford Clergy to Invite Evangelist Here.

A delegation of New Britain and Hartford clergymen are going to New York tomorrow to visit Rev. Billy Sunday and invite him to conduct a New Britain Hartford campaign in Hartford when he concludes his New York campaign.
 : The local delegates will take the >S:3S a. m train from New Britain and will meet the Hartford delegation, which takes the 9:44 train out of Hartford. at Meriden. R. H. Crawford. chairman of the local committee on delegates, announces that tn, follow ing clergymen are going: Rev. H. w. Maier of the First church: Rev. Dr. G. W. c. Hill of the South church; Rev, w. F. Cook of. the Meth odist church: Rev. Dr. E. B. Cross of the First Baptist church; Rev. N. H. Har- riman of the Peoples church; Rev. G. F.. Pihl of the Swedish Bethany church; Rev. Dr. S. G. Ohman of the Swedish Lutheran church; Rev. o. Ward of the Methodist church; Rev. J. B. Rees of the Stanley Memo rial church: Rev. NJ. s. Anderson of the Emanuel Gospel church. and A. H. WashHurn. representing the Y. M. c. A. All other clergymen or those interested are invited to join the dela- gation.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
s S=
 POOR SERVICE.

Unfavorable comment is being free ly expressed relative to the made quate facilities maintained by the Southern New England Telephone company for it's outside wiring work or the apparent disregard of the company's general staff outside the city for the convenience and wishes of prospective patrons. Not. few persons have the money and wish to have telephone service but are un- able to attain their desires, according to complaints heard on the street. A number of instances have been cited where applications for service have been filed for weeks. yet nd signs of the service have materialized. Ere quent inquiries meet with the re- sponse that the application has been held up in New. Haven Or that the outside force is overburdened with the press of spring work.
 It is to be regretted as the New Britain exchange, from the viewpoint of interior work. has been brought to a high standard dnd comparative ly few complaints are heard relative to the service given by the operators. This is especially true when com- pared with service given in other cities The patrons daily receive practical demonstrations as to the quality of service furnished by local operators under the supervision of Miss Annie B. Russell, chief operator. What the local exchange can do in an emergency was well illustrated the night of February 21 when the facil- itjes were taxed because Of the fire bug scare.
 Whether the call to the colors. re- cruiting, and other war excitement has anything to do with the general office force and linenfen getting way behind in their work. resulting in vexing and unexplained delays, has not been ascertained. There is some thing wrong somewhere. As a pub- lie utility, the telephone company owes it to New Britain to better its service in every way possible. Having brought. it's operating department to high state of efficiency it would now seem advisable to augment its in- stalling facilities. That is where most of the trouble lies
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
The Deserted House.

Outlet Marsh Isham in Munsey's) Year after year unto the silent door The changing seasons bring their
 blight and bloom; But courtesy is cold, and yesterday Guards every silent room. Yet when. returning home, birds
 build and sing Within the gardens cloistered
 gloom. it seems To stir the topmost boughs of mem-
 ory
 Sweet, old, forgotten dreams.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

M If there be no mobility of de-, S6@nt, all the more indispensable I1e. 1t that there should be nobility sof ascent,-a character in them That bear rule so fine and high
 and pure that as men come with s1n the circle of it's influence they ginvoluntarily pay homage to that s1aich is the one preeminent dis
 fdnction, the royalty of virtue.
 # HENRY C. POTTER.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
THE FIRST LESSON OF THE
 SOLDIER.

THE FIRST LESSON OF THE
 SOEDIER.
 THE FIRST THING OF ALL THAT the young American of the New Army will be taught. and must learn thor oLghly if he IS to sefve his country efficiently as a soldier, is obedience obedience expressed in discipline.
 Discipline is the fundamental of the soldier. Discipline is not punishment. Dis- cipline is not the goose step. Disci- pline. in the proper sense, is control control for a definite purpose. Obedience is merely the adapting of oneself to such control. And to make the system effective from the private to the army corps. the discipline of the soldier must begin with the dis cjpline of himself.
 Obedience, or discipline, is not in- tcnced to convert a man into an un- thinking machine. A soldier who can think is twice the soldier who cannot. The most efficient National Guards men on the border a year ago were invariably the most intelligent. What aisciplins does attempt to do is to supply a man with the machinery of action after his thoughts have been blasted to pieces by shells. His motions must be ingrained-auto- matic. This is attained through steady drill. the routine of cann. and 'the school of a soldier"
 No man is fit to ccnAr.and who has not first learned to obey. Command ir the nature of things, will fall to those who obey most urickly, most .ntelligently.
 Discipline, to the young American soldier. will be manifest in his con duct; in the way he carries himself the poise of his head. the erect. ness of, his shoulders. It will be evi. deot in the neat>ess of his clothes;
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
MCMAHON fo BUY UNIFORMS.

P. s. McMahon, theater magnate, has announced his intention of pur- chasing uniforms for the Boys club brass band and in making known this generous offer he stated: '1 thought that band was hit. I heard them play in the parade on Thursday and the boys are deserving of recognition and uniform clothing They'll get the suits and I'll pay for them.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
BUMPED STATES DAY..

SSt<4fA0ySs = OA SeA4f~S ktny day in New BritaiM was even lore so in Paris when the vast ma |1elty of that populace turned out to |nnor Frances new ally in the world |kr. The day there. the first real nch of spring this year, was official destgnated as United States Day.
 the booming of a salute of twent o guns, a gigantic American flag was 11Fto the sbreezes 4thats slsiss around e top of Eiffel Tower. the highest lfcture ins the :woEld Asshe same 1ne the Stars and Stripes were sent ttering from the toHg cf the City Sli. all the Government buildings. 5d from business. nd Rgiyste houses. lpresstye. es eniSnie4sin yhich the ner5caA anbA Assador tookspart were jd in front of the equestrian statue George washington in the Place des ats-Unis.
 ssUnited States Day. in France is an nor that this country will not for
 The bond of sympathy between
 
 ' two great republics has been wov-
 even closer together since the ited states entered the war. It had kays ,been sacred trust. The only be it ever stood danger of being bken was immediately preceding
 war of 1872, when this country de- &Ad whether 1t should declare war h France or England. Both of Sanst the law of nations in seizing (lr commerce. Roth had the excuse @snecessity of war. That we finally lged war with England instead of 1nce eswas due, nc doubt,t to the glor- m past relationship with France as
 mpliheh in the names of Rocham- ky'' in France on this modern occa- n should serve to rec all the great prts expended by thet country on half Of the struggling colonies here most a century and a half ago.
 The American people will never for ID what France did for this country & the Revolutionary war. In the II11Er of 177e France was not found Anting when we needed friend. So, |a the war of 1917, the United States v not found wanting when France eeds a friend. America is no longer ntent to express merely her admir- k3pn for France in the past and all lzmes and her sympathy for her today; 6ut, as Ambassador Sharp appropri- 1ely said yesterday, "In cause which s believes to be sacredzone she will nsecrate all her power and the ppd of her patriotic sons, if neces- ry, to achieve victory. that shall r all time to come insure the domin- Hon of right over wrong. freedom 4er oppression. and the blessings of Ace over the brutality of war;" That the message of America to France Sh the occasion in Paris of United Dtates Day..
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
FOUR QUESTIONS AND ANOTHER.
As Shakespeare Wrote, ''ShaH Quips and Sentences and These Paper Bullets Awe a Man From the Career of His HumOur?''

To the Editor of the Herald:
 1. Can you and will you kindly advise me as to whether 1t is any of Chairman Babcock's business as to whether H. M. Steele's boy drives a motor without possessing g. drivers license? 2. Is Mr. Babcock the sole keeper of the public morals?
 3. What is there about the chair manship of the Board of Safety that apparently affects the mentality of the individuals who unfortunately become chairman?
 4. Should the expression "Oh that mine enemy would write book" be changed to "Oh that mine enemy be- come chairman of the Board of Safety?"
 CURIOUS.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The shortage of the sisal grass crop in Yucatan is having a disastrous eff feet on the output of the pure Havana cicars.-Los Angeles Times.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

Men who marry to beat the country out of their services may be expected to beat their wives. The trait IS there. All 1t needs is development.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

When you feel like doing a foolish thing reflect that you have to live with your memory
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

It might be well while you are cor recting your disobedient offspring to remember that you did not die young.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

and, seemingly, there is none to care. MRS. J. ROBERTS KINNEY.
 Bristol, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
CURIOUS.
Pointed Paragraphs.

Possession is nine points of the. law and the attorneys fee is the tenth.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

When fortune knocks at shiftless mans door he is usually over at a neighbours trying to borrow some thing.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

Our observation is that when a girl is making a good salary she isn't apt to consider it her duty to marry a de- iected suitor.-Galveston News.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

There seems to be a disposition in administration quarters to take T. R.'s assertion that he is "a private of the privatest kind" literally.-Boston Eve- ming Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
No Backslider.
(Boston Transcril

Prospective Tenant Have you steam heat?
 Janitor (who has hit the traiD- We have steam pipes, sir.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

The Virgin Islands are to keep their name only temporarily. That's the case with most maiden names Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The Danes, officially and by the public at large, regret the entrance of the United States into the war. What is rotten in the state of Den mark?-Baltimore American.
 Wheat gamblers in Chicago appear to be electioneering for the speedy ap- plication of the price-f1xing powers of government. Perhaps a lesson taught in that place would not have to be repeated elsewhere. = New. York, World.
 Mir. Penfie!d was able to leave Aus tria without insult or annoyance. That benighted country is obviously not yet completely Germaniked.- Philadelphia Ledger.
 The possibility of the United States making 8 separate peace with Ger many seems most remote, yet there seems to be no harm in the passage of Senator Sherman's resolution bind- ing us to stick by the allies with whom we have joined.-New Haven Register.
 We can say one thing about the Germans: They have made us be- lieve things we didn't believe we could believe.-Macon Telegram Y Though the Turks in Mesopotamia l have no Hindenburg line, so long as their legs hold out they appear to have something just as good.-Chi- cago Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

The Virgin Islands are to keep their name only temporarily. That's the case with most maiden names Cleveland Plain Dealer
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
Notions

 Sc per dog. for spool Darning Cotton, worth 20 each. -. ..... Sc each for horse hair Clothes. Nail and Hand Brushes, worth 25c.
 Pc per card for Pear Buttons worth 5c.
 15c. per pair for Shears and Scissors, worth 25c. ..2c> per paper for Imported Hair Pins, worth Sc.
 15c for Blue Ribbon Black Shoe Dressing, worth 25c. 2c per pair for Toe Guards. saves the toes of stockings, worth Sc.
 Sc each for Shoe Buffers, worth 10c.
 Sc per pkg for White Rose Woolen Wash, worth 10c. .... 1Oc pair for Hirsh's Adjust able Shoe Tree, worth 50c. 5c per can for Yankee Metal Polish, worth 10c. ~ 25c per dozen for Fancy Coat Buttons, worth soc.
 10c per dozen for Fancy Suit Buttons, worth 35c. .. ...... 1Oc per dozen for Fancy Dress Buttons worth 19c.
 % per dozen for Button Thread. worth 2c spool
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

We can say one thing about thu Germans: They have made us be lieve things we didn't believe we coallt believe.-Macon Telegram. Y
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23
COMMUNICATED
THE CONDUCTOR FORGOT.

Carelessness Caused Stranger in City
 Great IncOnvcnicnce-It Hap
New Britain herald., 1917-04-23

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 VESTS AZ. 10~
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19
Drama of Revolution.

A touching drama of the Russian
revolution was enacted the other day.
One of the political refugees who was
returning to Petrograd w1nt to the
embassy for his passport. When he re-
ceived it and read one of the sigma
lures he said: "It is with special
pleasure that receive my passports to
liberty from the son of the man who
signed the order for my Punishment to
Siberia many years ago."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-10-19
WORDS LOST THEIR FORCE
Photograph, He Is Told, When
Discussing His Speech.

A banker who was told that Charles
NJ Schwab, the president of the Beth
lehem Steel works, was one Of the
most forceful speakers ever heard at
banquet table, said he believed it, and
then told this story:
About the time that Schwab was
buying Bethlehem steel, and had made
arrangements with Pliny Fisk of New
York, to handle the bonds, he went
over to New York, and, of course, was
entertained at a dinner. There he
made one of his most forceful utter
ances. Mr.. Fisk was moved to such
an extent that he said to Mr.. Schwab:
"That will sell the bonds. Only, you
should write it out for me when you
return, so I shall have an accurate
statement"
Mr.. Schwab wrote out his remarks
as soon as he got back to his home and
sent them to Mr. Fisk.
Mr.. Fisk saw him soon afterward
and said: "Why didn't you write me
what you said?"
81 did," responded the steel master,
II wrote the exact words"
''Well," answered Mr.. Fisk, much.
disconnected, ''you should have spoken
them into a monograph"