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New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
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Contained in the recommendations made by the building code revision committee are a number of pertinent changes which will be of more than passing interest to the public, more especially those owning property and builders Probably the most import ant item Is the one which limits the area of business and tenement build ings. AS explained by the building inspector, this proposed change would prevent anyone from building any structure, particularly store or other business house containing more than 5000 square feet of floor aren without having the building equipped with an approved style of fro sprinkline system CT without the construction of fire walls. Hardly
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
First Stea m Warship
BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN. U. 8. N.

Her name was-not Maud, but De- mologos. And she lived up to that name, whatever it was meant to mean, with such amazing competence that we err in not being more familiar with 1t. That her prowees has disappeared in the quick sands of time may be at- tributed to the fact of her never hav- ing met the enemy and they were hers. Alas, she died in bed, as 1t were, alongside the dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
 Shortly after Thanksgiving Day. 1913, Robert Fulton who had been dozing in the White ante-room, was aroused and shown into the President. Since neither gentleman had recov- cred from recent celebrations the en- gfneer's roll of drawings was turned over to the Navy Department for con- sideration.
 Whereupon. over appropriate re- freshment, R. Fulton discoursed free ly upon his great plans. MT. Presi- dent" he said, when we fight at sea we engage not only the enemy but the clements. I propose to nberate our men-of-war from the chains of the calm and the whipcords of the tenn pest"
 Here he Is said to have paused dra- matically and drawn from his inside pocket q second set of drawings re- served for the moment when he should have gained the Presidents confi- dence.
 'Sir she shall be a vessel of 2475 tons; length 150 feet; and beam 56 feet. My powerful steam mechanism shall propel her at giddy speeds per mitting her to attack from leeward and to side-step when occasion de- mands. Rampant of oak feet thick shall protect 20 of our largest can- non, two of which are intended to fire under water much to the embarrass- ment of the enemy. "But will not her steam cauldrons be vulnerable?" ventured the Presi- dent.
 "Not by jugful, Sire! Machinery of all sorts will lie below the water lime, and her huge water wheel, 16 feet in diameter, will revolve swiftly in a we'll cut in the very middle of her.
 It is chronicled that when the Pres ident heard this he rose and uttered l the historical words, "I'm from Mis- 1 souri,
 One year later the Dem ologos was
 launched. Fulton designed and built
 engines. hull, rigging, and armament,
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
REAL SELECTTVE SERVICE.

Registered men having been divided further selection under the Selective Service Law, some antagonists have set up the howl that the country will be stripped of youthful men in the most important industries and particularly in the realm of agriculture.
 As if scouting any such idea, Pro-
 vost Marshal General Crowder points
 out that the class which contains the
 skilled farm labor will not be the cause of stripping the country of far mers, because many of the men listed thrown into another class. That Is. when a skilled farm laborer is in Glass IT. he may, by reason of having de- pendents, or because he Is an alien, or for some other cause, be placed in Class TIT.
 The men who formulated the new uuestionnaire which all men of the draft must fill out and file with the ] exemption boards were careful in the questions propounded: Tn fact this Is ! one of the most comprehensive state
 papers ever issued, as all shall see
 when the time comes to step up to 1 the mark and make ready to answer
 The remaining nine million men of military age, the men between twenty one and thirty one, will he placed where their services are best suited to the nation. This may be on the firing
 line, or it may be with the army in l back of the army. And that is why l the Selective Service Law was primar-
 lily put into operation. When 1t final l ly fuiillls this service 1t will have ao- | complished it's ends.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
DEMOCRACY AND RESERVED
 SEATS.
An Unfair Incident at Recent Meeting in South Church.


 South Congregational Parsonage, New Britain. Conn. To the Editor of the Herald:- My Dear Sir: May I ask the cour- tesy of your columns for the pur- pose of an explanation. Inquiry both direct and indirect, has come
 to me concerning what has appeared a somewhat unfair incident of the re- cent meeting in the South church, at which Baroness Huard spoke. It has been asked, and with a measure of Justification, why there should have been any seats reserved in what pur- ported to be 8 democratic meeting. to which the general public was invited. The matter can be readily explained. When the person who SO generously obtained for us the services of Ma dame Huard, made the engagement l did not, at the time, understand that the stereopticon was to be used. Wishing to make 1t, not South church affair, but a citizens meet ing, I spoke to the mayor about in- viting the Town committee of the State Counsel of Defense as honorary guests. and arranged to provide proper seats for them on the platform. It was planned also to give special in- "IIdlAOlAS CO I1lc MlHuC0 M04l special servants of the government. Later I learned that Madame Huard would use pictures to illustrate her lecture. In that case 1t would be out of the question to have the platform occupied. If for no other reason a simple courtesy forbade the with drawing of the above special invita- tions and the necessary small num- Der of seats were therefore reserved on the floor. I think 1t will be seen, also. that the same courtesy directed that the wives of these gentlemen be provided seats with them. To these the ushers and these seats were re- served only till eight o'clock. With this exception, and the seats in the gallery reserved for the High School Liberty chorus, all other seats in the building were free.
 I trust this word will suffice to ex- plain feature of that most inspiring meeting which has very naturally seemed to some quite inconsistent with what was planned and adver- tised as democratic occasion. May I take occasion here also, on behalf of Madame Huard. to thank those present for their very sympa- thetic hearing, and the generous re- sponse to her appeal. The amount given for her work was $447.42. Very sincerely yours,
 GEORGE w. c. HILL, November 23, 1917.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
T441uBvvEnn TO. PATRIOTS.

On Thanksgiving Day in this city 1aro will be held an impressive par nde to mark New Bratain's farewell to one hundred young Polish citizens, de-
 1ormAn0d mon who leave for France U there help fight tho battle of De-
 snacEAev.
 These men, sons of Poland. while ohoy cannot fight in the armies of
 0nole Sam. will perform the same ser
 vace our own young men are called to
 10 under the glorious Star Spangled Banner. Because of various condi- Hons, the War Department at Wash Slngton has encouraged the enlistment
 of Polish citizens here in a national army of their own. Thousands of these men have been in training at Niagara for some time past. Recent Fly visited by the French military au- Ekhorities they were pronounced able soldters and compared favorably with seasoned troops
 s On this memorable Thanksgiving Day when one hundred residents of 'this city march away to join forces with those opposed to German mfli- tarism they will carry with them the God speed Of all true Americans and the hope that they have a hand in the nnal humiliation of tho Hapsburgs and Inc Hohenzollerns.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

Stanley J. Douglas enlisted in one of the local companies of the Nation al Guard last summer and shortly aft erward was sent south, where he saw service along the Mexican border. Later he returned to this city with the same company and was mustered out, only to be ushered into the serv- ice again when state of war was de- clared between this country and Ger many. The company of which he was a member was sent to New Haven, merged into the - regiment and sent overseas. Douglas is now in France.
 Douglas has lived in this city but a few years, coming here from Collins vile, where his parents now reside.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

Reduced to terms of years, and set l ting aside even the price at which the
 horse might be sold at the end of his
 service in the coal business, we find
 the entire equipment, ,-horse, cart and harness, costing s54 year. or the
 munif1cent sum of s1.O4 a week.
 Naturally, the horse has to be fed. With the high price of feed at the
 pNesent day, the highest known in
 many years, the horse can not only be fed, but can be shod throughout the year, at a cost of $1 day, or sev- en dollars a week, since the horse
 eats on Sunday too. So much for that. Then there must be a driver. Working
 six days a week at three dollars
 day, we place this service at eight
 cen dollars, though there are instances
 where men work these jobs for even
 less.
 Reducing all these figures to the
 terms of day we have the cost of the
 coal hauling outfit placed at g. frac-
 ton less than 15 cents: the care of the
 horse. $1.00; the pay of the driver,
 $500. Which means an expenditure of $26 a week. allowing for the horses upkeep on Sunday. a non-working day. In order then to make 0 ton of coast cost $1.00 for delivery from the yard to the consumers bin, the team 11nH $o foIU twenty-six tons of coal in a week of six working days, or four and one- third tons 8 day. Yet, we have 1t on good authority that it is a poor team that cannot haul eight tons of coal day, and it takes no extraordinary team to deliver twelve tons. long hauls or short hauls all considered. For fairness, we will split the differ ence, and set the figures at ten tons day. That is sixty tons week.
 Assuming that the total expense of upkeep on team and drivers pay amounted to thirty dollars a week, in- stead of the aforementioned $26, it would then cost only fifty cents a ton to deliver coal from the dealers yard to the bin of the consumer And fifty cents Is a big drop when we recall the original price of MT. Severin Johnson, who claims it costs a coal dealer one dollar for each ton hauled. As a mat one-third of a dollar, thirty-three and | one third cents. There is one concern 1 in this city that contracts to haul the i city's coal for fifty cents ton, and that concern is not working for char ity.
 If the coal dealers of this city did not own their teams. and granted they did not have motor trucks, they could hire teams and deliver coal for much less than one dollar a ton, the price set by their champion, and in all less than fifty cents. When the great bulk of coal is being delivered teams are to be had at cut rates
 In the event the local dealers find It impossible to deliver coal by haul l Ing from their yards to the bins of 1 the consumers at a cost less than one dollar ton, there is a small fortune to be made by someone who would take this care off their shoulders. Some enterprising young man might be able to sign up a contract with the | dealers. they to give him seventy l five cents for every ton of coal he de- | flyers. In this way the dealers would save twenty-five cents, and the young man would be able to retire from bus mess after a couple of good seasons. Boy, page "Get-Rich-Q Quick walling- ford"
 REAL SELErTTVE SERVICE.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

1y be true. With the high standard
 that local goods have in the worlds
 business eyes there is little doubt
 that within the next few years the
 Hardware City products will be even
 better known in the South American
 countries than they are today. EYi-
 dently this opinion is also shared by
 a goodly number of ambitious young
 men and women in this city for the new Spanish classes at the evening school are largely attended. Even
 more popular are the Spanish classea
 than the classes in French. Young
 men and women realize that with the opening of these I.atin-American countries there will be a big demand for employees, clerks, stenographers
 and executives. who are familiar with
 the spanish tongue. They do we'll to
 thus prepare for the future and the city of Now Britain does we'll to offer
 them these opportunities through the
 medium of evening school
 Young men in the draft are leorr- ! ing more about it each day. AL
 though many are aware of this point,
 nevertheless all are not Any man
 between the ages of 21 ana 31 years
 who was registered for the draft can not now enlist, in any branch of the service if they have been previously called for examination. Thus, a man who hap been examined. while his
 number may have been so far down
 the list that ho was not even con-
 sidered for the first draft camp, car- not enlist The New Haven recruit ing sergeant, in explaining this fact to
 several local men desiring to enlist.
 said that in the town of TorrinRon tho draft boards examined all tho eligible men. although their draft quota was such as to take only a com paratively few. Now, however, not one of these men can enlist. Thi. seems to be rather of a hardship on the candidate for service, although the government has got him assured anyway, so Uncle Sam need not worry.
 How different this Thankse1vinr from any other in the memory of tho present generation. True, everybody has much to bc thankful for, but as- suredly In many homes in New Britain this Thanksgiving Day there will be sadness where year ago tnere was cheer. As the various 1amiHes hero lit down to thcir Thanksgiving dinner, whether it be a sumptuous spread or a frugal meal, there will be hundreds of vacant chairs that a year ago were occupied by bright young men, the hopes of their fathers and mothers who are now somewhere in France getting ready to risk their lives in the struggle against autocracy. Always on occa- sions like Thanksgiving and Christ mas, the vacant chair and the dinner table is 8 sad and pitiful thing and cannot but bring sorrow, coupled with tender memories, to those who are left behind. How different too, will be the Thanksgiving Day to the hundreds of local boys who are al- ready across the sea. Many are the tender thoughts that will lit through their brains as they sit down to their mess on the plains of France. Brave boys they are. and they will thus face their homesickness bravely
 Where is the old ThanksRiyine gobbler? He certainly is not as as he has been in former years.
 Do your Christmas shopping early. Remember Christmas is only about a. month away.
 The Christmas club accounts will come in handy this year.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
COMMUNICATED.
AN APPEAL FOR CHRISTMAS
 GIFTS.
Tuskegee Institute, Ala,

Tuskegee Institute, Ala,
 November 24. 1917 TO the Editor of the Herald:
 The late Dr. Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute, is- sued an annual appeal to generous friends for Christmas remem brances of one kind or another, to be distri-
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
CONSERVATION.
How Did the Coal Dealers Ever Overlook This Good Bet?

OVoTlOOk HIS GOOO Bet! Editor of the Herald:
 Please allow me to throw my pen into the ring-or should 1t be coal pit ? In communication published in the Herald Thursday, a coal dealer en- umerated all the expenses he is forced to bear But he overlooked one point which, I am sure, he will thank me for suggesting. He actually forgot to charge Up for wear and tear on the shovels.
 Another point: Why should 1t not be a good plan to give each of the drivers a warm shower bath after each trip and strain the water, there by reclaiming a large amount of dust which Is otherwise scattered along the public highway and pollutes tho air?
 EDISON THOMAS.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

cannot the council move more speedily and see that such a shelter is erected before spring?
 Following the recent Y. M. c. A. and K. of c. War fund campaign comes the story of how one well known New Britain young man, work ing his way through college, "did his bit" and made good his pledge to assist in swelling the fund. Being without the necessary funds on the day his pledge was due this young man cut his classes at Yale and with a bundle of newspapers and periodi- calls under his arms stood at a busy corner in New Haven selling them. In this way he obtained enough money to meet his pledge. It is men like this one and spirits like his that are to win the war for the United States. New Britain should be proud to number this young man as one of her native sons.
 Failure of promosed improvements at the Smalley street entrance to F>airview cemetery to materialize has been explained by members of the cemetery committee. On July the committee voted to make repairs but subsequent expenses, particularly the construction of passway underneath the railroad, have exhausted all the funds. Thus the work will have to wait until next year
 Pair of stockings, please" an- nounced the portly man as he puffed up to the woman's hosiery counter in a certain Main street store.
 "Silk?" asked the tall girl with the queenly figure.
 ''No, heavy lisle or cotton" num- bled the rotund one with an effort at an apologetio smile.
 What size?'' sl
 Tt doesn't make any difference. Just give me whatever is handy" he replied.
 The girl rested a white hand upon a slender hip. and surveyed him with a look of such infinite pity that ho felt called upon to explain.
 You see," ho sputtered as his full 1 face blossomed into full flush, I'm a great believer in old-fashionod rom ,, edies. I've had a beastly sore throat | for a week, and I can't cure it because 1 my socks won't reach around my neck"
 Tho sugar shortage in New Britain has now reached such an acute stage that the consuming public is plainly worried. A careful canvass of the stores about the city shows that the supply here is pitifully tnadtquate for the needs of the community and many of tho dealers have none to offer. Those who have . small supply on hand are doling it out in one pound lots to their customers Yes terday. according to one of tho traffic policemen. 8 woman living in the south end of the city came down Main street at 10 o'clock and asked to be to a store selling sugar. At 2:30 o'clock this same woman re- turned, weary but happy. She in her right hand a small parcel containing one pound of loaf sugar she had purchased on Spring street. Whether or not the woman was unable to get even a pound of sugar without. a city-wide search we are unable to state positively, but the fact remains that the shortage is here.
 Evidently some people fear salt for during the past week many of the stores have experienced a very brisk business in this commodity.
 New Britain manufacturers should l be, and undoubtedly are, seeking to expand their South American trade and after the war will this particular
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

News of the sinking of ship by an earthquake in West Indian waters is a reminder that the sea dangers of peace still exist to augment those of war.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

What has become of the old fashioned man who used to have three spoonfuls of sugar in his morning cup of coffee?
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

The old war song, "The Vacant Chair', isn't half so mournful as the up-to-date one. "The Empty Sugar Bowl wl'-springneld Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

Wonderful woman, for her age, that Sarah Bernhardt! She's still able to travel with 30 handbags and thir- ty-two trunks-Paterson Press Guard ian!
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

Germany does not balk at learning enemy languages; on the contrary, 1t Is training new linguists to sell goods after the war. To be ignorant be- cause of dislike is like the ostrich sticking it's head into the sand.-Nor- wich Record.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

It would serve Daniels and Baker right not to get any slippers fol Christmas, after what they have sai6 about the soldiers and sailors sweat. ers.-New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

The DeSaulles trial gives the sob sisters chance to shine. but the dim culty is that the country is too busy with other matters to pay much at- tention to them-Hartford Post.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
No AutocTacy.

", NO xAWUUCI68Cys
 This nation lives, not in one man nor in 8 hundred men, how evor eminent, however able, how ever endsAred to us; but in the af- foot4ons, the virtues. the energies, and th0 will Of the whole Ameri- oAn people.
 PARK GOODWIN,
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

Russia is about to learn the differ ence between free and free and easy New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

The real name of Lenine, the Bol- sheviki premier, is Vladimir Hyitch Uulyanoff Sounds like a barbed- wire fence across an Arizona canyon. Paterson Press-Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

California convicts are knitting socks for soldiers. Thus does the old expression "doing ones bit" assume Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

So long as the Bolsheviki had nothing to do but rip government up the back they found statesmanship pleasurable occupation. Now that the responsibility is their own. the days are long and full of trouble.- New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

Railroads say they are willing to provide cars for coal. Now, if some one can be found to provide coal for the cars we may be saved the neces- sity of sewing newspapers on our bed clothing this winter.-Brooklyn Stand ard Union.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

Kaiser Wilhelm won't recognize this new head in Russia because he can't pronounce his name.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24

Lieut.. Gen. Sir Julian Byng is in command of the British forces that are smashing the Hindenburg line. Putting the bfng into the attack, as it were.-Waterbury Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
FACTS AND RANCHES.

| fACxS AND 1kANOk6Os l News of the sinking of a ship by
 an earthquake in West Indian waters
 is reminder that the sea dangers of
 peace still exist to augment those of | war.-New York World. It would serve Daniels and Baker 1 right not to get any slippers for l Christmas, after what they have said
 about the soldiers and sailors sweat 1 ers.-New London Day Wonderful woman, for her age, 1 that Sarah Bernhardt! She's still able to travel with 30 handbags and thir- l ty-two trunks-Paterson Press-Guard- ian!
 The old war song, The Vacant Chair', isn't half 50 mournful as the up-to- date one. '"The Empty Sugar Bowl wl'-Springt1eld Daily News. The DeSaulles trial gives the sob sisters a chance to shine. but the difH
 culty is that the country is too busy with other matters to pay much at- tention to them.-Hartford Post. Germany does not balk at learning enemy languages; on the contrary 1t Is training new linguists to sell goods after the war. To be ignorant be- cause of dislike is like the ostrich sticking it's head into the sand.-Nor- wich Record.
 Kaiser Wilhelm won't recognize this new head in Russia because he can't pronounce his name.
 California convicts are knitting socks for soldiers. Thus does the old expression "doing ones bit," assume both of its meanings at once.-New Haven Union.
 Lieut.. Gen. Sir Julian Byng is in command of the British forces that are smashing the Hindenburg line. Putting the bfng into the attack, as it Republican.
 Railroads say they are willing to provide cars for coal Now, if some one can be found to provide coal for the cars we may be saved the neces- sity of sewing newspapers on our bed clothing this winter.-Brooklyn Stand ard Union.
 So long as the Bolsheviki had nothing to do but rip government up the back they found statesmanship a pleasurable occupation. Now that the responsibility is their own. the days are long and full of trouble.- New York World.
 Russia is about to learn the differ ence between free and free and easy. New York Sun.
 The real name of Lenine, the Bol- sheviki premier. is Vladimir Hyitch Uulyanoff Sounds like a barbed- wire fence across an Arizona canyon. Paterson Press-Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-24
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