New Britain herald., 1917-01-13


 manufacturers, there are considerably fewer advertising calendars Tn New Britain this year than last. Many or the smaller business men have had to dispense with giving out calendars at all. while all of the business men have had to curtail their supply and distribute them with a far from lavish hand. The cost of paper is becoming a serious matter in this city and 1t IS affecting the small storekeeper more than anyone else Today he has to pay eight cents 8 pound for wrapping paper, an almost prohihtive price in many instances
 The fact that so many of the really big men in New Brftain's manufactur-, ing life are enrolling in the Y. M. C. A. efficiency course should serve as a lesson to a great many "w1se" young men about town who think they "know 1t all' When these men who have made great successes of their lives admit that they do not yet know all that is to be known @ flush should properly spread over the countenances of these young "wiseacers." 1t is nev- CT too late to learn, and to every class of citizen in the city is offered an opportunity to broaden his mind and increase his learning, via the day schools, the night schools, and the special courses offered by the Y. M. c. A., correspondence schools and fac- tories. Ignorance has ceased to be excusable in this city. B-r-r-r! It's cold. but not any more 1 uncomfortable than the recent damp. chilly days and decidedly more healthful.
 The yelled maidens of a Turkish | harem have not got much on the New Britain girls when it comes to hiding l their features. A fellow can pass hi. own sister, or another fellows sister whom he knows quite well, without recognizing her when she appears witt her high coat collar turned up under her nose, and wide scarf hiding al the rest of her face except her eyes Pickle fashion! Not so long ago thes, same New Britain maidens were ap bearing on the streets, even in jus as cold weather, in peek-a- boo waist and declared they were not the leas bit cold.
 
 paign of about three decades ago Ina, been heard. The prohibition towl 1 committee has just received. a mys terious check for $100 with no ex l planatory note. The accepted answe ! is that this Is conscience money l About thirty years ago, during bite I political campaign, a prohibition ban ner was ripped from it's moorings ol l Main street and destroyed. The cul 1 brit was never apprehended and tn party members had to bear the ex I pense. The insistent clamorings o I troubled conscience have bee I sti1led by the coin of the realm-an the prohibftionists' hearts are glad dened by the same coin. / I The clock in the old South churc tower has ceased to strike. It has nc 1 tolled the hour of night or day in sey 1 eral days. The striking of this cloc 1 bell Is missed, particularly during tn ] stilly night when it's tones reverber ate over the entire city. Immediat repairs should be made.
 
 With matters of real importanc i ruthlessly overlooked, the safet 1 board spends its time dilly-dallyin 1 with such picayune items as to wh l Policeman Rival was seen in certai 1 automobile at a certain time, whethe :! or not a pair of horses shall be house J at No. 1 or No< 3 station, whether o l not Officer O'Keefe shall have cer l tain beat and whether Officer Nealol ! shall be a traffic officer the merits o l having a recreation room at head quarters, and other questions of sucl | vital CD importance to the eff1cienc,
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