davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25
ONE INCH UNDER HEIGHT.

Rejecting men who apply for en- iistment in the Navy merely because they do not measure up to certain height has. to many persons, seemed the very essence of foolishness. Yet, there must be limit one way or the other. For purposes of uniform Uncle Sam does not want his ranks filled with seven footers on one end and five Hooters on the other. The following story as reported in the New York Herald gives an insight into what standards Uncle Sam has set up. .
 According to the Herald reporter, down in the Marine recruiting station in Twenty third street, one James Herbert Owen offered himself to the service a few days ago. Owen ex- plained that he had come East from Idaho within the month, had obtained work immediately, had tired of it di- rectly, could fight like a tiger, was probably able. to lick his weight in wildcats, and now that there was an opportunity to fight he was ready to do so.
 Papers were set and signed and James Herbert Owen was told to take off his clothing for a physical exami- l nation. His teeth were perfect, chest l was one inch short in height. He was l too short for the service and the re- I cruiting sergeant told him so, just as recruiting sergeants in New Britain What followed in the case of Owen, however, has probably not been re- | produced in New Britain or any other l recruiting station in this vicinity When James neglected to grow the l additional inch required to gain him l admission into the Marine Corpa l Uncle Sam lost some valuable fight. 1 ing ability For James, upon his re-
 lection, threw down the gauntlet te
 the whole United States Marine
 Corps. He then and there offered tt
 fight any man in the recruiting
 station or the biggest man in an,
 marine corps in the service Ther,
 was no doubt about it, James Herber
 owen was mad. He was mad clea,
 through. And he didn't care wh,
 knew it. No siree, even if he was on,
 inch under height.
 l Just .bsfore slamming the recruiting
 station deoT. and aa -the raperte
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25
SUIT OVER HORSE.
Condon 6 Co. Brings Action Againse
 Orenao Brewing co.

To determine ownership of . horse now in possession of the plaintiR. ac- ton of P. Fl. Condon 6 Co.,. of Bristol vs. the Cremo Brewing company ot this city was heard before Judge Ed. ward l.. Smith in the court of com- mon pleas at Hartford yesterday. Judge William J. Malone of Bristol appeared for the plaintiff while the defendant was represented by Judge John Fl. Kirkham and Attorney s. Russell Mink of this city.
 E The horse was replevined from the Cremo Brewing company by P. H. Condon & Co., having been bought by the former concern from R. F. Miller. The animal originally passed from P. H. Condon & Co. to Miller. The Bris- tol concern contended that tho eale was a conditional ono. Tho Cremo Brewing company contended that the sale was an absolute one and that Miller had clear title that author ized him to dispose of the animal. sS.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25
Fight and Pray.

Fight and Pray. 'Tis not by Prayer alone we win the
 day, Or enter on the warfare and the fray; The hero will both work and he will
 pray,
 That this uncalled for war and so
 unjust,
 May fail, as Heaven grant us that
 it must
 Fer many of our heroes bit the
 dust. - Why callest thou to me- Jehovah said. Speak unto Israel that they go ahead; If they obey they surely shall be led. Today our boys in Khaki view the They are to cross, and opened may
 it be To those who go to set the nations
 free 'You stay and pray" captain said
 to me, .. .while we fight on against the enemy" There was both truth and error in 
 For every soldier with a gun or
 sword
 Shall make his deed most worthy
 of record Who says with David, 'I fight as I wot, In the name of the Almighty, not the
 gott Of Germans proud with hellish anger
 hot
 Whom Pluto helps to shell beneath
 the wave The commerce sent in love the poor to save, And children from that fate. a pauper's grave. And so my brother soldier, Pray and Fight And Fight and Pray, and both with all your might. :. And vitry's Eagle soon on you shall light. EDWIN N. ANDREWS.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

George Mackay of 70 Talcott street. and Smalley streets yesterday morning while engaged in repairing wires. req mains in a grave condition today d New Britain General Hospital. SurA geons fear serious injury to his bach
 wth . possible fracture of. the pelviSf Definite diagnosis and prediction ol outcome will not be known for ssverS1 dAyA4 l - VI
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25
NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE

Antique Greek Dance, by Maurice Emmanuel. "A translation from the French" ;" "A book that cannot be too high ly praised" of Reviews. John Galsworthy. by Sheila Kaye
 Smith.
 "A short, sincere appreciation of Galsworthy, in which the author places him higher as playwright than as novelist."-A. L. A. Booklist. Lighthouses and Lightships of the
 United States. by G. R. Putnam. Municipal Functions. by H. G. James. Railroad Problem by E. Hungerford Twenty Minutes of Reality, An Exper-
 fence With Some Illuminating
 Letters Concerning 1t, by M. F.
 Montague.
 Way of the Cross. by V. M. Doroshe-
 vich.
 "A description of the Russian re- treat by Russian journalist.'
 Whether in country or in town, he gives you scenes of extraordinary beauty and terror, scenes that con- tinue to haunt your senses, as if you had been present in the flesh. |. Amid all the literature of the war, this book must hold secure place There has been as yet nothing else like it."--London Times. Technical Books. Applied Electricity for Practical Men,
 by A. J. Rowland. Primarily a text book for trade and industrial schools but we'll suited to the use of mon engaged in prac- nical training. note. s* Home Study Course in Practical Elec. tricity. 3 Vols. by w. H. Rad- cliffe. Business law for Business Men, by U. Have You Understood Christianity, by W. J. Carey.
 How to Run An Automobile, by V. w. Page. Immigrant and the Community. by Grace Abbott. Letters and Recollections of Charles Lister, With Memoir by Lord Ribblesdale. Manual of Physical Drill. United States Army. by E.. l.. Butts. 4* Officers Notes, by Captain R. M Par ker.
 The author has performed real ! service. for young officers and candi- datse IN F. Times
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

< e. gs4s
 England on soil formerly devoted ex- clusively to farming. Again, thou sands of factories are now covering territory that in Civil War days was farm land. Yet President Edwards of the Rhode Island State College gives another reason for the present plight of New England as regards agricul- ture. He says: We have had disin- tegration in farm work, for every man has been working on an individualistic plan. There has been no cooperation, no mutual help, no common efforts to
 solve the common problems. The re- suit has been Encouragement and the abandonment of the farm for the city,
 Rhode Island, small as it is, is now doing great work toward reviving in- terest in farming There are more 1 than twenty-two organizations there doing all in their power to promote the production of food. Massachu- setts is following along the same lines. Vermont and Maine may be ex- pected to double their efforts this year And Connecticut? The Food Conser- vation Committee, appointed by Gov ernor Holcomb. is losing precious lit tie time in rounding up all available land for planting and then in awaken
 ing the people to tho need of culti-
 vating the land. In the end, Con-
 nccticut may show the way to all New
 England states. She has good start
 Through her efforts the New England
 states may be able to beat the record
 of 1861. This year of 1917 demands attention. The crops are almost as
 important, if not more SO, than the munitions that must be manufactured for the fighting men of the world. We are making the munitions here, we must also do something toward feed ing the world.
 The great western country is now getting ready to harvest its wheat crop. From the sunny stretches of Texas to the cooler spots of Minne- sota and Illinois the harvesters will soon be at their work of reaping the grain. 1t is late season for wheat, but the farmers have hope for a big
 ger crop than that heralded some time ago. By September the crop will be raked off the fields and placed in the bins. New England, of course. can take no part in this work; but the work itself should be source of in- spiration to all farmers here who have lately been taught that the world is in need of food and that any crop Is better than no crop. We have as good land in Connecticut as can be found in many states In the Union It may not be particularly fitted for wheat or alfalfa, or timothy, or oats: but it is fitted for the raising of staples such az corn and potatoes and onions and to- matoes and sundry other things. If we are five millions acres short of what was cultivated in New England at the start of the Civl War. it is the duty of every man who owns a piece
 of land to see to it that the old record
 Is beaten. 1917 must be bigger year
 than 1861
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25
AND 1917 IN NEW ENGLAND

EcOrding to an agricu1tural expert
 Massachusetts, New England in
 had five millions more acres of
 under cultivation than in 1910. f11 1910 to 1917 the area has again n lessened, though probably not a {1lou acres. There is perhaps no TT section of the country where Tnro has been such a wholesale aban- knment of men from the farm. Of ourse, 1t must be remembered that uy. cities have. sprung m in New
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

They that can give up essential herty to obtain little tenn Orary safety deserve neither fAerty nor safety.
 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

Waterbury Democrat.
 Pension applications have begun to come in for the War of 1917." It's a case of coming events casting their shadows before. Who can guess what that pension list will figure up when it is completed, or how long it will be in effect t?-Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle.
 Home rule question Is keeping Eng land agftated all of the time. Local home rule questions keep the average Connecticut city stirred up also.-- Middletown Penny Press.
 ''Black Jack" Pershing, as he was familiarity known in his younger days in the army. is the logical man to lead the American troops to France and his selection by President Wilson will meet with united approval Hartford Post.
 If many more reports of millions lent by America to the allies reach Mexico, that country will climb onto the band wagon with the nations fighting Germany.-Waterbur Re- publican. ..
 When the flotilla of submarine chasers is constructed the destroyers will probably rejoin the fleet which depends upon them for scouting in default of fast cruisers.-New Haven Union.
 Americans can rest assured that they can proudly await news of our troops fighting prowess in France, for these regulars-as good fighters as any in the world-are led by one of America's best-Bridgeport Stan dard.
 The hardest superstitution to die. and the one at the foundation of all the others, is that a woman's time and energy have no money value. The most expensive thing in life is human labor. The organization and system atizing of homework in order to con. serve labor as much as possible IS l the first thing for modern woman | to learn. The extravagance of vast ing time and energy by clinging to ] superstitution can no longer be toler- ated in an enlightened community ] lWaterburytRe
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

In looking over his book of records, notes that he has subscribed for the Herald from it's first day of publica- ton to the present time. Forty-one years a constant reader of one news paper is no mean record. We ex- tend congratulations to MT. Grimes and all those who have faithfully fol- lowed the career of this paper from it's infancy to it's prime of life. There are no friends like the old friends, the ones who start out with you and re- main trua to the trust.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25
DOLLARS AND DEEDS.

DOLLARS AND DEEDS.
 How that New Britain's branch of American Red Cross fs assured naanent headquarters, through the erosity of Wm. H. Hart. the work pcruiting the unit hero up to full
 Strength should go on with re- Led vigor. War strength for Red ss work means the enlistment in nal service of all those folk not ctly connected with the military. IF man, woman and child able to Tribute to this philanthropic en- S0F must lend hand. Dollars and a# are the two things looked for. m been estimated that a fund of enst $1O0,000,00 will be needed to nce the work of the American Red - during the war, according to an- ncement made in Washington yes IT. by Henry P. Davidson at the
 meeting of the new Red Cross I'll Council, of which he Is chair
 Representatives from forty diff lt ctdee were present at the invi- m 1T President Wilson This huge
 of money will be used not only Americans but for destitute per-
 in the foreign war zones regard
 Of nationality.
 Human suffering upon the earth is
 sous at this tune. This sum sti- fed as the working basis for the Hfean Red Cross is no larger than ed. The work ahead of the Red A is gigantic It will require the I'd endeavors of each and every neh in every city and town in, the Atry. Therefore, New Britain can- ehirk. This city must do it's part
 obligaton is a spiritual one. 3n6ntality Is not the only phase
 All who are not themselves risk Aheir lives in the trenches and on battle- fronts of Europe must help Sfate the suffering at those places. Eher. they must help take care of Women and children back of the k1e lines. the homeless and har- Hess. Dollars and deeds are the essentials. A dollar to purchase 1stunes. or an afternoon devoted to naaking of bandages. Either one. 4nerica has already sent r it's hing men to Europe It's doctors nurses have preceded the armed 1es. The Engineer Corps will soon k It's work of rebuilding the French Haways. There are twelve thousand m in this first corps. In the allied gnses of Europe there are now some 4rter of million American boys Fl million American fighting men lead. At least this many will be in lice. They will require medical at- Hon, and the best means we have Extending to their wants in this Els the American Red Cross. Hos. [ stores must be harvested like 6ps of the field. There must be nc to them. Bandages and supplies 54ll kinds are needed The time te this work is now. Chairman Dav. on points out that gallant Canads m 9 population of 8,000,000 raised army of 450,000 men, and tha hty thousand of these men are deat 3njured.-. To take care of her sicl T wounded Canada raised in valu, ,DO0.0 .000 for the Red Cross. Anne
 with 8 population and an arm! portionately larger than those O
 da must make even greate
 -. And New Britain must hell
 eork by its dollars and deeds. s
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

Fiction. Anthony Gray-Gardener, by Leslie
 More.
 Dark Rosaleen, story of Ireland, by
 M. B. Francis. Dollars and Cents. by A. P. Terhune. If Wishes Were Horses. by Countess
 Barcynsha
 Lilla; a Part of Her Life, by Mrs. M.
 A: B. Lowndes.
 There re many vivid pictures of London in war time."-N. Y. Times.
 Ably and sincerely written. .'' London Times. Mission of Janice Day, by H B. Long. Petunia. by Mrs. George wenayss.
 ''It sustains, if 1t does not surpass. the high level of excellence reached in 'Jaunty in Charge Ono of tho most pleasing things about the book is its sympathy with tho idiosyncra- cies of human nature."-Am6rtca. Sea Plunder. by H. dew. stacpools. slippy McGee, by M. c. osmler.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The activity of our artists in draw ing recruiting cartoons for Uncle Sam is going to take a lot of bathing girls off the magazines covers this summer.-Boston Transcript
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25
GULF OF BOTHNIA CLOSED

Traffic Between Finnish and SWed1sn
 Ports Suspended Because of Pres-
 enoe of German Submarines.
 Petrograd, May 25, via London 12:1O D. m.-Four Swedish steamers with cargoes of varied character, have been captured by German subma- rine in the Gulf of Bothnia, the ofi- cial news agency announces.
 Owing to the presence of supma- rines. it is added, traffic between Fin nish and Swedish ports has been sus- pended.
 A Copenhagen despatch on May 22 carried report from Stockholm that three Swedish steamers had been cap- tured by Germans off Oerikder light house and taken to . German port
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

For the benefit of those about to give way to despair we will say that even should there be forbidden the production of booze made from ce- reals az considerable amount of ac- ton can be obtained on hard cider Hartford Times.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

American newspapers knew when the torpedo fleet sailed and how many ships were in. 1t. Theyswere tneiE, own
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

censors. And that beats any autoc ratio censorship thousand ways Waterbury Democrat.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

Buy Liberty Bond and help Uncle sam win another war.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

Diagram Showing Executed Always
 Column of
New Britain herald., 1917-05-25

Home rule question Is keeping Eng land agftated all of the time. Local home rule questions keep the average Connecticut city stirred up also.-- Middletown Penny Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Good Bill at Colonial
William Rock and Frances
White Head Programme

William Rock and Frances White
headed bill at the Colonial yesterday
which was uniformly good. This efer-
vlscent pair has a little different act
than on its last appearance at this
theatre, and Miss White no longer has
an opportunity to display her newly ac-
CURED French, which she did 80 attrac-
lively. Instead, she plays the lady In
the old but always popular dialogue
song, "The Lady and the Ship
Craig Campbell was enthusiastically
received, and was not allowed TO leave
the stage until he had responded with
three encores Last Of all, he sang that
rollicking one which everybody loves,
"ThereIl Never Be One Like You"
Mrs. Thomas whiffen offered sn en-
tertaining little play called Tho
Golden Night" In the cast we're Peggy
Dale Whifen, J. II. Lewis and Thomas
Mcknight.
Ray and Gordon Dooley received tho
usual thunderous applause, and others
on the programme were Villa Holt
Wakefield, The La Vars, Frank Mullane,
The Gaudsmidts, AL Gerard and Sylvia
Clark and Bernie and Baker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
"HeIlo, New York;" Back
Lew Kelly Troupe at Column
bia for the Week

"Hello, New York; a two-act bur-
lesque, written by JUNE McCree,
opened at the Columbia yesterday. II
is a return engagement for this ex-
travaganza, for it occupied the stage OF
this theatre all last summer.
Lew Kelly heads the list OF enter
tainers, which includes Lon Hascall,
James Tenbrooke, Earl and Marie
Gates, Nettie Nelson and score OF
others.
Hello, New York." is quite a pre-
tentious offering, with eighteen scenes.
The last is a battleship called "Pre-
paredness," and the chorus imperson-
ates American flags and the band plays
the national air and every one becomes
most enthusiastic.
Nettie Nelson is called Sundae Tymes
on the programme. She sings song,
DAILY Newspapers" in which each
paper appears in answer to its name.
The costumes in this number are clev-
erly designed 20 represent the different
dailies. Miss New York Tribune wears
q large white satin hat, with Truth
written boldly across the brlm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Pailthorpe Drawings Sold
Two Sets for Dickens's Books
Bring S775 Each

Original signed drawings made by +.
" Pailthorpe for Dickens's "Pickwick
Club" and Great Expectations" each
accompanied by proof etohings, were
sold at SITS for each set to Gabriel
Weis last night at the opening Of the
sale at the American Art Galleries OF
library sets and first editions. Mr..
Weis also gave S445 for what is said
TO be the finest first edition Of the col
ored plates for Westmacotts The
Harry S. Hardness bought Coach
ing and Driving a collection Of first
editions Of the works of Charles u.
Harper. Stanley Harris and James
John Hisscy. For these forty-one vol
umes he gave S43O. He also gave $500
for the book of the Burlington Fine
Arts Club, with an exhibition binding
by Rivi6re containing ivory paintings
BY Miss Currie. The same buyer gave
$3.50 for a set, in forty volumes. OF
I,vtton's works The total Of the ses-
sion was S13,569. The sale continues
this evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Too Many Old Tricks Burden
The Case of Lady
Gambler"
By HAYWOOD BRoUN

THE Case Of Lady Gambler" is me-
chanical contrivance run by poison ana
more in need OF oil. Horace Annesiey
Nachell. who has written play en-
tirely foreign 70 his usual mood, has
csntrived a certain number. OF effective
scenes in the melodrama which was
presented at the Lyceum Theatre last
night, but he achieves them by dint or
labor which is too obvious and per-
sistent.
Thus. for instance, he began men
tioning tanaline. the deadly drug which
he needed in the third act, almost as
soon as the play began, and kept COM
ing back 20 IL again and again. 50
much planting should have yielded a
larger crop of thrills than that fur
nished last night. Moreover the au-
thor takes such particular pains 20
build up a circumstsntial case against
the heroine that he actually establishes
her innocence in the eyes of the audi
ence Even the most unsophistlcated
person must realize that a character
cannot possibly be guilty when every
indication links her TO crime. No
tradition is quite so firmly established
in the theatre as that the stronger a
circumstantial case may be the more
certain is it 10 be overturned in the
end.
The play concerns the very rough
progress Of the true love of a doctor
for a trained nurse. Through an elab-
crate chain OF circumstances the nurse
is suspected of poisoning patient
who suspected her of an intrigue with
her husband. The nurse was no muir
deress, nor was she even guilty OF the
intrigue, but it must be admitted that
here, too, evidence was black against
her. A most unfortunate person was
this Esther Yorke. She would have
been no wife for Cesar.
Vachell is less happy in his dialogue
than in most of his lighter plays, but
he has done some good character draw
ing The best part falls to Mary Boland,
who plavs Lady Gambler, a former must