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New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
Insects Have Calls.
(Tid-Bi

Insects, like birds and animals,
 have their calls. But the sounds they
 produce include the rubbing together
 of their limbs or wing covers and the
 vibration of their wings, so they can-
 not always be spoken of as voices.
 Flies and bees undoubtedly mean
 something when they hum louder and
 louder.
 Landoise, the famous naturalist,
 has calculated that to produce the sound of F by vibrating its wings,
 they vibrate 352 times a second, and
 the bee to create A v1brates 44O times second. A tired bee huns on E. sharp. This change is, perhaps, in voluntarily, but undoubtedly at the command Of the will, and is similar to the voice:
 When seeking honey bee huns to F sharp. Landoise noticed three different tones emitted by insects allow one during flight, higher one when the wings are held so that they cannot vibrate, and a higher one yet when the insect is held so that none of his limbs can be moved. No music. is as familiar as that produced by the locust. grasshopper and crickets, and, although they are not produced by the mouth, they answer as calls, ajnd are undoubtedly a language to certain extent;@an[ indeed, their calls have been reduced to written music. The music of grass hoppers is produced in four differ ent ways, according to scudder: E First, by rubbing the base of one wing upon the other, using for that purpose veins running through thu middle portion of the wings; second, by similar method, by using the veins of the inner part of the wing; third, by rubbing the inner surface of the hind legs against the outer surface of the wing corners; and, fourth, by rubbing together the up- per surface of the front edge of the wings and the under surface of the hind legs.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
BUGLE CALL.
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Bid thy bugles awaken the nations, America fair! There's no safety for freemen on earth or at sea or fin air Till the wild beast of slaughter Is
 hunted and slain in his lair. Let this war be the last drop of blood in the cup ere the Savior come down: The last stripe of his scoupge, the last nail in his cross, /
 The last thorn in his crown. Bid thy bugles awaken the nations, whatever the pain! Partly slave and part free tho round world cannot safely re- main. One-man-rule kills. too many; De- mocracy henceforth must reign. Let this war be the last drop of blood in the cup ere the Savior come down:
 The last stripe of his scourge, the last nail in his cross, The last thorn in his crown. Bid thy bugles awaken the nations! TheIE> reveille runs: Help the Commonwealths veto tho kings with the thunder of guns. That the world may be safer to leave to our daughters and sons." Let this war be the last drop of blood in the cup ere the Savior come down; The last stripe of his scourge, the last nail in his cross, The last thorn in his crown. Bid thy bugles awaken the nations! be thorough to save! How can man better die than de- lending his home with his grave?
 % And the lily of liberty blooms from the blood of the brave. Let this war be the last drop of blood in the cup ere the Savior come down;
 The last stripe of his scourge, the last nail in his cross,
 The last thorn in his crown.
 LOUIS TUCKER,
 in the Living Church.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
FACES ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Fire an d Rescue
BY LIEUT.. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. s. N

have the boats alongside, and shove off with all possible speed >.
 Every emergency Is foreseen. Fire men have hoses, spanners, buckets and chemical extinguishers., Carpen- ters come with tools and pulmo otors. and prepared for all sorts of quick construction work whether repairing a dam, forcing a wall, or erecting shelters for refugees. Gunner's Mates supply gun-cotton or dynamite for demolitions.
 Medical officer and assistants are always necessary. Rescue work is never without. its dead and dying. S1ngle-handed a ships surgeon has been known to take the place of a dozen medical men. At the Messina disaster, again in Central American revolutions, through the. San Fran cisco earthquake naval doctors Rave proved themselves heroes beyond com mon comprehension, which cannot measure sleepless days and nights of nerve-racking toll among the weep ing, bleeding victims.
 The sailor himself has proved him self mountain of resource and energy when such times come. He will fight blindly for the right when odds are terribly against him. He will mine after a volcanic eruption; be a steeple-ja jack at holocausts; and, when occasion demands, herd, nurse, and guard helpless women and chil- dren with all the tenderness of priest.
 He is accustomed to life full of swift, startling, crashing events. While a Civilian is still dazed by the awful suddenness of cataclysm the Bluejacket is thoroughly at home in the rumpus, and revels in the ex- citement. Cool, strong, confident he successfully applies his seamanship and mechanical ability to problems that would tax the brains of the best wreck engineer in the country.
 Wherever battleships lie, and wt1at- ever the contingency, first call for help is to the Navy. And it is an- swered with a readiness and zest that cannot but prove what cheap insur- ance the Fleet is after all, even in the piping times of peace.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
16O,OOO Food Grafters.
(New York Evening Post)


 NO tourists wanted" in any one of a half-dozen strange languages, is the unwonted sign now hung out every where in or around the war zone of Europe. All. the neutral countries bordering on the Central Powers have made very stringent regulations against people coming in from the 'hard-up'' regions and filling up" If a~German goes to Switzerland, Den< mark, Holland, or Scandinavia and starts eating his way through local table d'hotes, the authorities inter fere and tell him that he has to bring his lunch along with him if he wants to enjoy the pure air of their neigh borhood. Even inside the allied coun- tries, the different districts discrimin- ate against each other. Berlin burgh- CTS, making excursions into the rural districts, where their marks used to be greeted by the natives with ecstasy, now receive only a cold shoulder, and not of mutton, at that. A Budapest daily has started 8 crusade against permitting Germans and Austrians to flood the city and reduce Pesthers to the same level of want as the Teutonic peoples. One hundred and sixty thou sand food graf .ars arrive in Pesth monthly and the majority do not re- port to the police, but go sneaking clandestinely around to the goulash factories. In short, el-Europa, which was the paradise of tourists with money has now become the most pleakly inhospitable region on earth.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

Picture a quiet night in the harbor. Moon cuts a yellow gash in the star fecked sky. Shadowy hulks of ships loom through the darkness, their gaunt basket masts like huge naked skeletons. It is the Batt1eship Fleet at anchor.
 Suddenly landwards there Is a flash. lurid halne-perhaps shot followed by scream of agony. Fire lights the sky. Uncouth agita- tion changes the peaceful waterfront to mob-like uproar and disorder:
 On each warship of the sleeping column a watch officer stands anxious. waiting, ready. The disturbance broken out so unexpectedly may be an explosion, fire, tidal wave, or earthquake. Hue and cry through the fickering street lights may be madman at large, A riot, or reVo- lution. On merchant craft it would mean mutiny. One case heard of it was the Mayors baby with croup.
 Whatever it be, signals of dis tress will come. Police and ire con1- panies ashore are called. But tho Navy, police of the sea, is at just such times sought for help upon the land. This help is embodied on each warship in a definite organization called the Fire and Rescue Party.
 A small boat bobs up to the gang way. A man half dressed and breath less runs up the ladder. Can you help us," he gasps, quick-explosion- two blocks afire-jail threatened" The deck officer turns instantly call- ing back over his shoulder: Sure, in five ninutes-keep your shirt on!"
 By a crack he sounds the General Alarm which clangs through the ship and arouses every man of the thou sand odd to attention. Fifteen sec- onds later the bugle blares. Bosun's Mates take up the call tAway Fire and Rescue Party"
 Forty picked men spring to an- swer. Each has his specific duties and each his especial equipment. Everything from hand grenades and guns to axes and obstetfic tools is supplied. Junior officer of the watch takes command. His duty is to check off details of men and gear,
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
Lmfbery Day.
(HartfOrd Post> !

News that Raoul Lufberv. nremier or all the flying fighting men of the Alnes IT coming to America on a fur lough' interests the whole country, It interests, Connecticut particularly because Lufbery is a Connecticut boy and probably will spend mrch of his tune visiting his parents in wal1inx- lord. Lieutenant Lufbery's services in the cause for which his country is fighting have been of sufficient im- portance to warrant the States talk ing official notice of his arrival here. It would be. by no means inappro- priate to summon the daring aviator to the Capitol. where he might hear from the lips of the Governor of the State few words in appreciation of his services and where he might, pos sibly, receive some tangible and suit able memento. The whole world has been enthused by Lufbery's exploits. The State which claims him should do no less than give official recogni- ton.
 If the intrepid and skilful fiier re- turns to America by all means let us have a Lufbery Day and pay him fitting and deserved honors.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
roo MUCH. RED TAPE.

Had this affair 6f yesterday, when a dying man was carted all over town in search of medical aid,. happened in China there, might have been no req son for complaint. They ares report ed to do such things in the Orient. Yet here in New Britain, a city that professes to be in the+heieh4fof civil!- zation, a city that thrives on the prog ress of the twentieth century, there is TO room for such neglect of the sick and dying. ,x .r',.
 It might we'll be asked, What is the Charity Boardt in existence for? It was there that the appeal was first made for succor. No relief could be found, no suggestion was given as to how the case might be hand ed The man in question was a stranger. Ho had no one to stand sponsor for him., Therefore, he could die on the pubJic streets, if necessary, or in the public vehicle that carried his body. William Cullen Bryant had it right when he asked the simple question, "And what if thou withdraw in si- lence from the living, and no friend take note of thy departure?" Yet in such case. it affords little comfort to know that "All who breathe will share thy destiny" ..~~.-.-
 In emergency cases there should be no such red tape as that displayed by public officials yesterday. Nor was the Charity Department monopo- lizer of the tape. The Health Board was asked for assistance and gave none. The Police Department was asked for aid and turned @ deaf ear. Happily, the New Britain General Hospital did not live up to rule that is supposed to be in force, namely, that of demanding endorse ment from a doctor before a patient can be entered. When death comes stealing along in this fashion, even doctors are sometimes hard to find. In the future it is hoped the red tape will be entirely dispensed with.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
sBoYs OF NINETEEN YEARS.

OE GAkAfG0s
 1b9nor President Taft has given lAte unqualified endorsement to the a1EopDeed amendment to the selective
 cGv1Oo law which would include boys oeWoon the ages of nineteen and st1onty-one years. '"The average male a n1noteen years of age" says Mr. a4fk '.iD quite mature enough to make
 T<vo9y useful soldier and should not sDos exempt from military service" |Aore is much truth in this remark.
 hose who have watched the remark t1ie German army know that 1t was
 lilAed upon such a sfoundation.-
 .neteen yeas Sold boys. Our best
 Military men In the vS@ious colleges
 the land are around this age. In
 Aa Civil war our boys fought at the
 ame age. West Pointers reach the
 6ight of their student days at this
 ge. There are many reasons why he boys of nineteen years should n aha good soldiers. .-(s
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
Loves Young Dream.
(.Alice Duer Miller in Century. )


 And then there was loud, quick ring at the bell, and at once he was in the room, breathing rapidly, as if he had run upstairs or even from the corner. She could do nothing but stare at him. She had tried in the the last 10 minutes to remember what he looked like and now, she was astonished to find how exactly he looked as she remembered him.
 To her horror, the change between her late despair and her present joy was so extreme that she wanted to cry. The best she knew how to do was to pucker her face into a smile and to offer him those chilly finger tips.
 He hardly took them, but said. as if announcing a black, but incontro- vertible, fact:
 : You're not bit glad to see me-"
 "Oh yes I am," she returned, with an attempt at an easy social manner. Will you have some tea 9"
 "But why aren't you glad?''
 Miss Severance c1asped her hands on the edge of the tea-tray and looked down. She pressed her palms to- gether; she set her teeth, but the muscles in her throat went on con- tracting; and the heroic struggle was lost.
 "I thought you weren't coming, " she said, and making no further effort to conceal the fact that her eyes were full of tears, she looked straight up at him.
 He sat down beside her on the small, low sofa and put his hand on hers.
 But I was perfectly certain to come," he said very gently, because, you see, I think I love you"
 Do you think I love you?' she asked, seeking Information.
 1T can't tell,' he answered. Your being sorry I did not come doesn't prove anything. We'll see. You're so wonderfully young, my dear!"
 1T don't think IS is so young. My mother was married before she was 20"
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
MUSEUM WEEK
 DRAWING TO CLOSE
All Records for Attendance Broken Other Cities to Follow in Path
 Made by This City.


 That the record for attendance for a single week at the popular Museum of Natural Institute will be broken during this Museum Week." is an assured fact. Today and tomorrow ends the first Museum Week" ever held in the country and. will mean big thing to New Britain. Other museums are to attempt having such an event Curator B. Birmingham Schurr who originated the idea has received several requests from cura- tors and heads of other institutions for information on the matter.
 Yesterday prominent physician of Westf1eld, Mass, who is an extensive traveller and we'll versed in art and science, was an interested caller. He stated that for it's size, the Institute Museum was the best attended insti- tuition he had ever entered. and that the displays were excellent. The paintings in the Talcott Art Room attracted his particular attention. and he spoke highly of the quality of works displayed.
 Many other out-of-town visitors have cAlled at the museum during the week and all have had words Of praise.
 The afternoon attendance yesterday was 276, and in the evening there
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
OUR COAL COMMITTEE

Hartford the capital. of the state, 3B not without troubles of it's own
 nent the coal situation; yet the price ss6f coal is comparatively cheaper in aaartford than in New Britain
 Members of the Hartford Coal com s9nittee appointed by State, Fuel Adj
 ninistrator Russell have, according to gur esteemed contemporary, The Post,
 ken i''a view of their duties radically
 tnerent from the general assumption
 to the nature of their work" In word. they have not held a meet
 E. apd are not likely to do so, until ,one member of the committee puts
 there is something for it. to do."
 Evidently 1t Was the same member Nho, in an~interview printed in the public presss, said that the Commis- sD4on would be unable to do anything sNntil e complaint has been made to sH by one or more citizens. He was lind enough. however, to suggest that s2 any Hartford citizen is dissatisfied
 with the price of coal he might take eeps to raise such a complaint. < It. h to the credit of the mem hors Of New Britain's Goal committee That they have not misunderstood their duties as outlined first by the Federal Fuel Administrator, Dr. Gar held, and later handed down by MT. Russell. The whole plan is simple enough. It is instituted for the prime purpose of adjusting the price of coal and preventing profteers from wax , Ing fat at the expense of public already overburdened with taxes and tariffs.
 Our coal committee started to work IS soon as 1t was possible to do so. The members took the first logical ttep when they called in the retail dealers and asked to be shown the years. From this and other data the committee can very readily determine he fafrest prices for this commodity. { Nor are they forced to take fair , what though the prico of coal would \ Automatically drop here were some of < the coal dealers to go out of business The truth of the matter is, we have too many coal dealers for the num- ; Der of consumers. "A smaller number Of men handling coal would material E ly cut prices. The overhead ex- penses of the small dealers add great H to the price of their wares. Yet, because of the various numbers and kinds of naionalities in this commun- < lty 1t is deemed expedient by some to nave a dealer for each brand of Humanity. This despite the fact that trade should not be developed along xncia1 lines. 5E,.
 Having called In the retail dealers
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

to talk the situation over, and to get information which these men were forced to show, whether they would or not, the local committee then asked the citizens, the purchasers and consumers of coal, to appear before 1t in public hearing. That too was the proper thing to do. The public has few serious complaints. and the best place to air these charges Is be- fore the tribunal erected for <. that purpose. There has been enough of street corner oratory over the price of coal There have been altogether too many store-room conferences that end in naught Good can be brought about by proper appeal to the deslg- mated authorities. The New Britain coal committee, unlike its affiliated committee in Hartford. has been open and ready for business.
 When all the various angles of the coal situation? have been gone over in public hearings and private con- ferences. when the true aspect ot things has been sized up, when tho freight rates and the cost of coal at the mine, and charges for carriage from freight yard to bins anN the haulage cost from bins to cellars have been considered, then shall this local committee recommend action. It will put before the state fuel admin istrator the facts in the case. Without fear or prejudice it should open the books and lay on the table just what is going on and where an improve ment, if any, can be made. After that the state fuel administrator will go to the final arbiter, the Federal administrator, and then shall New Britain know just what to- expect. That the price of coal must be fixed by official action is evidenced by the action of the Government in making its coal contracts for the various pub lie buildings, such as post offices, the land. After the regu lar bids were given out. the Govern ment advised the men who are to pass upon the orders to defer pay ments until the price of coal has been fixed by the Federal Fuel Adminis- trator. ,..
 The millennium, of course, has not come. It is a long way off. Yet we hold hopes that the local coal com mittee will have hand in remedying the coal situation in this city. With out being unjust to the coal dealers, and realizing what they must go through 'to secure, coal, it Rn be stated without fear of contradiction that coal is higher in New Britain than it should be. Just why this is so, and how the prices can be made l tumble, are part Of the program that l must be thoroughly gone over by the local coal committed. It is the su- preme duty of the men on this board l to arrive at a fair estimate. and to place these figures In the hands of the proper authorities After that they can wash their hands of the whole lob, Knowing they have done an in Justice to no one. @
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

were POP visitors, total of 47S for the day. Many prominent citizens were among those present, and they too, expressed delight over the ex- tens1veness of the exhibits and the manner in which the museum has grown. k;
 Tomorrow morning the museum will be open from g until noon, and as usual from to 5 in the after noon and 2 to at night,
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
FOR SHEEP INDUSTRY

Boston, Nov. "A meeting in the interests of developing the sheep in- dustry in New England was held at the Chamber of Commerce today un- der the auspices of the federal de- partment of agriculture. Renre- sentat1ves of state boards of aericul- ture were present, as we'll as leading sheep breeders.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

Another of Uncle Sans tackles is pictured above. He is Joseph M. Smith, son of MT. and Mrs. William A. Smith of 107 LaSalle street, this city. Smith enlisted in the navy last February as a second class yeoman At present he is stationed on one of the battleships in the United States navy and is somewhere on the Alt lantic."
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
In Retreat.
-(Buffalo Commercial

This incident told by the Lamb might have happened in Russia. "Who are our rear guard" asked the commanding general as the retreat was assuming the proportions of a rout "Those who have the worst horses, sir" replied the aid without the slightest hesitation.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
In tho Course of Time.
(Washington Star).

England, France, Italy and America are rapidly learning one another's cus- toms and pastimes. In the course of time, no doubt, there will be a hase. ball big league including I.ondo, Paris, Rome and Washington.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
Who Shall?

H1ro the free spirit of mankind
 1t length Throws its last fetters off; and
 who shall place { \ Unit to the giants unclaimed
 strength, CT curb his swiftness in the
 forward race? -WuGIAM CULLEN BRYANT,
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
A Tip for T. R.
(Buffalo Enuuirerl.

(bUIIdIO. HuQUITerI. Cutting corn would reduce the Colonel more than any exercIae the trainers can give him and would do the country more good.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

The constant kicker has no best foot to put forward. He Is always trying to "get there" with both feet. Desert News.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

There are some mighty clever camouf1eurs these days, but the Con- necticut gentleman who made and sold wooden nutmegs has not yet been equaled.-Albany Argus.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

Russia needn't be discouraged. the United States once moved its capital to the back of President Madison's horse.-Boston Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

As we recall the old copybook
 notices this one was the most dts- heartening: There Is no effort without great labor."-Toledo Blade.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

1ssued daily %fsWnday excepted) at 4:1b p. In.,
 at Herald Building. e Church St.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

FIindenburg is receiving new hon ors from the kaiser every ,day-but as Fitzsimnons used to say, The bigger they are, the 'arder they fall" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

Entered at the, Post once at New Britain
 as SecondScfass Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

A shorter name for the Petrograd council of soldiers and workmen's delegates, which declares that the only salvation of the country lies in an early peace? would be the Rus sian I. W. W-Hartford Times.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

Emp. William" we quote from the telegraph, "cherishes a lively de- sire that the vatican's appeal may meet with success" To a man who Is being kicked in the slats there is no more cheering sight than a friendly -Capper's Week.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02
FACTS AND FANCIES.

A sweet temper will make the loss of sugar a little more tolerable- Meliden Record.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

Is worth 8 half dozen American hags in your Coat lapel-St. Louis Post Dispatch. F|' 1- '@5&' ts'+