New Britain herald., 1917-05-05

the command Squad Right (Left) are being expressed Husbands. broth CTS and sons everywhere are racing the same grim possibilities and mothers, fathers and sisters every where are suffering the same mental anguish. If as has been said, there is any consolation in the thought that misery likes company" New Britain families need not feel lonesome. In reality they have plenty of company and in the final analysis they are but an infiinitesimal unit in this whole terrible affair. Do not many Of us magnify our own troubles somewhat selfishly to the exclusion of other peoples and feel that we are being discriminated against. when as q matter of fact the same thing Is true of one hundred million other souls?
 How different was the May day of 1917 as compared to the May days of our childhood. Cold, rainy and chilly and almost barren of spring flowers. May 1 of 1917 was entirely different from the May days of years ago. In the years past the spring had gener- ally advanced sufficiently far by May 1 so that apple trees were beginning to blossom, cherry trees were in bloom oftimes and the woods were hiding quantities of early spring flowers. In addition to that the days. as we re- member them. were sunshiny. warm and balmy. In the early evening 1t was custom of the youngsters to make little paper May baskets. i'll them with blossoms and flowers. hang them on the door knobs at the homes of their friends, ring the bells and scurry down the street. Where were the flowers with which to do that this year? Times have changed.
 Various patriotic and public spirit ed actions of the local factories of late have done much toward eliminating the one time strong feeling that the manufacturers ruled with the mailed fist and their employees were as so many servants. Particularly the ac- ton of the Stanley Works in granting a months pay to all soldiers enlisted from their plant is proof that some manufacturers think of their men as other than slaves. True, they can afford to do it. but 1t isn't every con- cern that does do 1t. And, 1t Is safe to say, as many, if not more, soldiers in New Britain companies come from the Stanley Works as any other piant in the city. Then too. the action of various concerns in loaning their lands for garden purposes some on a cooperative basis, also does much to bring closer relationship between employer and employed. To this spirit. possibly. may be attributed the absence of alarming labor troubles.
 
 
 grove, brother of Policeman Michael J. Cosgrove, who was said to be the youngest volunteer in Connecticut who answered President Lincoln's call over half century ago. has called to the | mind of J. o. Deming, past command CT of Stanley Post, an incident in the life of another Connecticut boy who rallied to the colors in '61. He re- fers to the record of Eliphalet Pack ard who received two bullets in his body at the battle of Antietam on his fifteenth birthday.
 How's the garden neighbor? How's ! the back brother? How's the appe- ,tite after digging so industrially in ] said garden? Most of the "rubes'' feel that they have developed an inner 1 man capable of devourinE all of the 1 produce he expects to raise.
 A time worn adage in that "clean- Illness Is next to Godliness." Presenv ly New Britain people may find the equally musty joke. cleanliness Is next to impossible" coming true if statements of certain grocers are at all correct. It ts said that even the price of soap. one of. the ..cheapest of the modern commodities. Is on the rise. Grocers% tells us that during the 7 past eight weeks the price has. in some instances, Jumped from fifteen to twenty-five per cent. It Is the laundry and perfumed soaps that are to be most affected and, some opinion X states. these soaps may reach the class of luxury ere the war Is over. Grease and animal and vegetable oils are seil- ing at higher prices now than ever before. The price. of paper. much e which Is used in wrapping up expen- sive soaps, also accounts for Q part