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New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
MURRAY FORDHAM CAPTAIN.
Veteran Sprintcr Chosen as Leader of
 Track Team.

New York, March 22.--Jack Mur- ray of this city has been elected cap tain of the Fordham University track team for this season. He IS vet eran of three years, and has carried the Maroon silks in the sprlntS and middle distance events. He succeeds Eddie Dale. who was called into SeFV- ice by the Naval Reserve last mohth'
 Coach Bernie Wefers is getting ms athletes ready for a pretentlo"S calll- paign on the cindcr path. The Ma-
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
MACK REFUSES SCHAUER FERRIS

Jacksonville, March 22.--Badly as Connie Mack needs pitchers he re- fused to be held up' hy Ruhe Schauer. This was the explanation given by the Athletics manager yes- ter-day for "Rube's" failure to ap- pear for training. Jean Gregg has wired Mack he is on his way to Jack SOnNille
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
BUNNY HEARNF. FOR BRAVES,

Boston, March 22.-Bunny Hearne, left-handed pitcher of the Toronto club of the International league. was purchased yesterday by the Boston National league baseball club. Hearne las been ordered to report at Miami
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
REINlER WINS OVER GARDNER

Ncriden, March 22.-BobhN Reimor of New Britain outpointed Oscar Gardner of Hartford in a slow 15- round bout before the Lenox A. C. of Meriden, last night. Rcimer was entitled to honors in twelve of the fifteen rounds.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
XyEITNSKY WINS.

NJ. Welinsky, substituting for James McAvay defeated Henry Maik- cs,i in tho pool tournament at D. J. 1p,>,n n1,.,r's G'rotC shon last evening, score 100 to 37. Tonight's game will
 retNcu:l James McAVaJ and John
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
Trimmed Hats $7.5O to $19.5O

From the foremost New York makers and reproduce tions of the foremost Paris designers.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
Trimmed Hats $3.75 to $4.95

Medium, large and small shapes in poke effects, sailors and mushrooms, faced with Georgette and trimmed with burnt peacock, glycerine ostrich, flowers, fruits and ornaments.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
OPENING DISPLAYS FOR
 SPRING,

In the Pratt street store, entrances on Pratt, Trtlmbull and Church streets.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
See These at $5.98

Girls to 6, in a remarkably aneS grade of navy and Copenhagen serge; high waisted and belted model with pique collar and cuffs.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
Boys Coats at $4. .98

Tn and tan. checks and mixtures; double breasted beted box models with brass buttons and sleeve emblems-siZes to 4
 For the baby to years, White Cashmersw Coats with embroidery collar and cuffs; excellent material and lining
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22

We are now distributing the celebrated Knox Hats; all ready to wear styles In an excellent assortment.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
Trimmings

Burnt ostrich. wings, flowers, ornaments and ribbons; if youas are looking for smart exclusive trimmings see ours. Prices 45c to $3.95.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-22

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New Britain herald., 1918-03-22
Children's Spring Coats.
 $3.98 up to $26.OO

We've selected stock of childrens Coats wits% the careful attention give to Coats for adults We buy the most exclusive little models the market and 918 spring assortment Is probg ably the finest we've shown. There Coats here suitable for boys and girls to years. Tri- cotine, poplin, checks and mohar, silks faille and de chine. The colorings rose, Cope1k- hagen, and few very pretty shades of green and lovely pastel shades
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
THR|FTLESSNESS
 CAUSE OF OUR WOE
Inherited WaSteiulneSS Blamed
 for Business Ills in U. s.

New York. Feb. 25-"American thriftlessness, extending back for many generations is the real cause of our present transportation and busi- ness ills," declared $. W. Straus, president of the American Society for Thrift, in a statement issued today.
 Lack of thrift, lack of thorough ness and lack of efficiency have been our great national weakness" he declared and now we are paving the price,"
 The war and a ruthless winter precipitatcd an unprecedented tie-up Of our transportation facilities and forced intermittent business suspen- sion. A thousand reasons forming endless applications. can be given in explanation of theso conditions. But in the final analysis the trouble can he laid at the door of American thriftleSsness.
 As individuals we have been thriftless in our public duties and ex- actions. Thrift means foresight plans, preparation, thoroughness and efficiency in their broadest concep- tions. Thrift is an attitude of mind; and a truly thrifty nation never would have allowed itself to get into the condition that has existed this winter in the industrial and commer- cial world.
 No one could have predicted this situation, it is true-the combination of war and bad weather Neither does the man who is recklcssly squandering his money, know that within few months, perhaps. he will be in a hospital, out of work or dis I,Io hx- N Ia is to be prepared for the worst-to be continually safeguarded against unexpected disaster.
 The indictment lies against the American people because we have been content to go along year after year in our snug contentnent, our criminal wastefulness, our wholly nonchalent disregard for the future
 Some railroads have been noto- riously over-capitalized and the pub lie has allowed these condNonS to take place. On the other hand the railroads have been unfairly and in some instances indignantly muck raked and impedcd. And the public has tolerated this condition. too.
 ''The public never has settled down to 8 complete and adequate settie- ment of the railway problem.
 Most of us have been content to drift along from year to year hap piEy ObliviOuS to the weakness of our national trans 2OrtatiOr systems the breakdown of which has caused such a tremendous loss of business and has slowed down our war prepa rations materially
 Let us not deceive ourselves into believing that we suddenly have be- come a thrift nation because we now uncomplainingly are eating less wheat less meat and less sugar and We are less generous with the gar bage can.
 We still must learn to think thrift in a big, national way. If we
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
FEAST OF PURIM
 BEGINS TOMORROW
Conmenorates Delivery of Jews
 From Hanlan'S Sword

The Jewish feast of Purim, one ot the minor festivals in the religious calendar, will be celebrated this year on the tWentY-SiXth of February. Pu- rim according to the scriptural book of Esther, wherein the tale is mar rated. means lots lots having been cast before Haman, vizicr of Persia, for the purpose of determining tha day most suspicious for the consum- nation of his plan of e1termlnatnS all the Jews dwelling in the land. But the day was fatal only to Ha- mans plans and to Haman himself, for through a chain of remarkable happenings the Jews were delivered from their imminent peril and tho doom he had decreed for them fell on their enemy himself. From that year to the present time, Jews all over the world have celebrated the anniversary of the day on which the Wondrous deliverance had occurred.
 Strange to say, Purim is hardly religious feast. Religious features added in comparatively recent times only accentuate the essentially sec ular character Of the day. Being in the nature of thanksgiving festival, an expression of a peoples gratitude for their ancestors providential re- demption from an awful death, it has been from time immemOrial a day of ''fea sting and gladness, and of sending portions to one another and gifts to the poor" Tn the mediaeval ghettos it was celebrated with all manner of merry ma king, while in modern times it has come to be one of the days to which the children of the Jewish religious schools most eagerly look forward.
 A special synagogue service is held on the eve of Purin. a which the principal feature is the reading of the Book of Esther, from parchment scroll. In addition, there are a few special prayers and hymns of moro recent date which have been inspired by the recollection of the woes and hardships endured by the martyr race from the days of Haman down to brighter times. There have been many Hamans in all ages who have conspired the degradation ex- Persian prototype, their plots have recoiled on their own heads And so the Jew looks forward to the day when Hamans shall rise no more, the specter Of religious and racial ha- tired will be laid, and an era of tol- erance and love dawn for all the world
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25

had thought thrift in the last dec ade as we are going to be compelled to think it in the next ten years we never would have been brought to our condition of heatleSs days, in~ dustrial paralysis and lame transpor- tation of all kinds. We have been a nation of thriftless individuals and we are paying usurious prices for our superficialities.
 Let us profit by our present bitter experience and come to a realization of the fact that one of our necessl- ties is peace preparedness.
 Whether peace is a long way OH Or close at hand it will bring "ltn It just as great need for thrift as now exists.
 '"rhe tremendous losses of the war in Drnncrty. productive power, and disor.r,nization of business routine vii, h,,.a 10 be repaid by thrift, con- eor,otion of resources and efficiency
 ..peace will bring an era of in tcnsc activity; keen international rompetition--a universal speeding up
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
, WOMAN
 KNOWS
She Proved that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound Does Help Suffer-
 ing Women

Water VII, N. Y.-"Last fall when l was expecting to become mother 1
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
RANG FALSE ALARM.

Some malicious person turned in the fire alarm from Box 335 at the corner of Silver and Orange streets early yesterday morning, and on the arrival of the department it was found that the alarm was false. Ser geant Johnson went to the scene but no trace of the miscreant was found Engine company No. was called to the Cherry street dump yesterday morning at II o'clock where some rubbish had become ignited. Chem icals cxtinguished the blaze.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
ONCE HAPPY LAND
 UNDER A BLIGHT
Returned Prisoners Speak of Changed Conditions in Germany

London, Feb. 25.-All England has soldiers and civilian prisoners of war from Ruhleben, Germany, some of whom are fishermen who were sur prised by the Germans in the North Sea immediately after the declaration of war and had therefore been pris- oners almost from the first day of hostilities.
 It is not because of the stories they tell. for their lips have been sealed so far as their own sufferings are concerned by order of the govern ment The remark of one of the civilians to an old friend who met the party-"We are fairly right but have all got barbed- wire fever" is said to contain the whole story. Enslishmen know what that means and there is nowhere any desire to reverse the governments order.
 "Barbed wire fever is the nervous strain that is telling with increasing force-especially in the case of the older men, who cannot take so much eNercise--upon the hundreds of men who have spent over three years on that unhappy race course,' says the Manchester Guardian. "They were bitterly disappointed that the attempt Of our government to abolish Ruhle- ben altogether by an exchange, how ever it might advantage the Germans, came to nothing and many of the repatriated men are convinced that there may be an increase of mental cases if Ruhleben continues much longer. You could see the marks of nervous excitement on many of the faces and probably the reaction from being set free will be felt severely by the men of more sensitive minds"
 From a few of the civilian prison CTS something of the condition of af- fairs in Germany was learned--il- lustrations supporting the general inn pression according to the Daily Teie- graph that the war has entirely changed the conditions of life in the enemy country. which has ceased al together to display that air of cheer full prosperity which characterized the Germany of peace days.'
 Germany, it was said, presented the appearance of a country under a blight
 II was very much struck when travelling through the country" sair one of the men. with the dead look Ot everything. Even m one Of the great towns through which we passed there seemed to be little going on, and the railway stations were almost entirely deserted. On the line be tween Spandau and Hanover we did not see a single passenger train, and the goods traffic appeared to be quite negligible. The fields were de void of cattle, and on the whole jour ney l saw less than a score of sheep"
 Other men with observant eyes had come to the conclusion that the fuel shortage in Germany must be acute, because though the weather was bitterly cold, smoke was rarely to be seen issuing from chimneys. Another thing that struck them was the extent to which women are doing work on the railways. They were seon acting as firemen on locomotives and as platelayers.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25

that when my baby came the doctor said he never saw women get along any better than I did and l know it. was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that helped me. Mrs. ERNEST BEEBE, 124 Wyoming Ave-, Watertown, N. Y.
 Women who continually overtax their strength until they get into such a weakened condition should profit by Mrs. Beebe's experience and try this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
 For special suggestions write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. The result of it's long experience is at your service.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
Y|N0L MAKES
 GOOD BLOOD
Positive-Convincing Proof

Many so-caIled remedies for anae- mia are only so in name. Their mak- CTS are afraid to prove their claims by telling what their medicines contain.
 The only way to be honest with the people is to let them know what they are paying for. Here is the Vinol formula. When the doctor knows what a medicine contains, it ceases to be a patent medicine.
 p Cod Liver and Beef Peptones, Iron
 and Manganese Peptonates. Iron
 and Ammonium Citrate, Lime and Soda
 Glycerophosphates. Cascarin.
 Any doctor will tell you that the in gradients of Vinol, as named above. will enrich the blood and banish anae- mia and create strength. When the blood is pure and rich and red, the pouy IS strong and robust
 You can prove this at our expense because your money will be returned 1T Nlnol does not improve your health
 The Clark & Brainerd Co.,. Drug g1sts, Liggett's Riker-Hegeman Drug Stores; John J. McBriarty; Nathan Noveck; w. H. Russell, and at the best drug store in every town and city in the country.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
POLICE TARGET PRACTICE.

Squad B. of the night police detail held target practice at the police station Saturday afternoon under Sergeant Theodore Johnson. The following is the result: William Souney, IS; A. c. Walencius, 20; Mi chael Massey, IS; William Hayes, IS: Frank Moore, 3; James McCabe, r.; Patrick O'Mara, 4; William O'Mara, ?: Thomas Storey, Il: James Skelly, [; John Kennedy, IT; George Moffitt, r. and George Ellinger, 13.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25

of the business machine. 1t will no time for wastefulness, incoi petency and indifference. Ameri will not dare return to her old hab of improvidence.
 Thrift is a national necessity present and future.
 Peace preparedness,
 Let us keep these words i'll c mind constantly.
 We are going to win the W through thrift.
 And we are going to attain o eventual national destiny throu steadfast adherence to these sal sturdy practices
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25

was Tn very poor health. l suffered from a f e m a l @ weakness so l did not have strength enough to do my own work and could not stand on my
 feet for any length of time. Lydia E.
 Pinkham's V e g e. t a b l e Compound core t e d my trouble and I inn proved in health so
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
HARTFORD AUTO MEN
 IN POLICE COURT
Charged With Using Wrong Markers for Delivery Purposes

The Elmer Automobile Go. of Hart ford, dealers in a we'll known car of moderate price, figured in police court again today when both the proprietor, Louis Elmer and an agent, Lewis F.. Reynolds, were arraigned on charges of using $. X. license markers illegally. It was explained that the s. x. markers are for use only in taking a car from the point of delivery to the place of business of the dealer. The claim was that the Elmer Automobile Co., sent a delivery car. purchased by H. l.. Mills, to him with these markers and when he re- fused to accept it because 1t had second hand tires, an attempt was made to take it back to the office.
 Lawyer Frank Rohyrmeyer of Hartford appeared~for MT. Elmer and pleas of nolo contendere were entered in each case. Because it appeared that MT. Elmer has made an honest attempt to see that his agents observe this law, he was let off with the payne ent of costs. Reynolds was dis charged.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
Abortion Case Continued.

Mrs. Eliza Pongetti. charged with abortion, was again arraigned today but her case was continued until March 16 when it was stated that the alleged victim, Mrs. Julia Montara of Bristol is still i'll in a New Haven hospital.
 John and Paul Dziochan, brothers, who live at 181 Grove street. were charged with assaulting each other. Testimony showed that Paul, the older brother, tried to calm his younger brother and the latter bounced a whskey bottle off his head. John was fined $5 and costs
 Sam Applehaum was charged with using 1917 automobile markers but was discharged when he produced a paper showing that the secretary of states office had authorized him to use the old markers until the new ones, delayed in delivery, arrive Judge Meskill instructed Traffic Supervisor T4amphere to notify his patrolmen of this phase of the automobile law
 Husband and Wife Arrested.
 John and Mary Sparma of South Main street were arranged on churges of assault and drunkenness respec- lively Mary accused her husband of hitting her on the head with a pitcher and John said that Mary was drunk Officer Axel Carlson, who made the arrest, agreed with John. Judgment was suspended in each case. Attrney A. A. Greenberg ap- peared for the husband
 Eight boys, charged with damaging property of the Polish Orphanage, were given a hearing in chambers and placed on probation.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
Arms Covered With PiInp|es Which Itched erribly. Could Not Sleep. Clothing Irritated.
 Very Painful.
 Spread to Body. Two Cakes Cutieura Soap and Two
 Boxes Ointment Healed.
"A slight itching began on my arms at first, and it increased rapidly. being

worse at night. My arms IIMIA were simply covered with MMs tM small red pimples which " ,JW itched terribly. could not {@ sleep nights, and my cloth a\ ing irritated the eruption, SaS and caused it to become
 very painful. My arms got so bad I could hardly move them. The pimples scattered on my body.
 Finally sent for sample of Cuti- cua. purchased two cakes of Cuti- eura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment which healed me-" (Signed) Mrs. ii: M. Clark, 113 Seaside Ave, Gultord, Conn.,, August 6, 1917.
 For hair and skin health Cu.icura Soap and Ointment are supreme.
 Sample Each Free by Mail. Addres. no,t. card C"ticara. Dept. R. Boseon." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and soc
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25
Boston Store
CORSETS

It is an easy matter to get properly fitted at Our Corset Department.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-25

it's own babies if they are to be saved at all. State and federal agencies, either official or voluntary, can make plans and offer suggestions but each community must bear it's full share of responsibility in making the cam paign a success
 Connecticut's quota is 1,O56
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-26
ERNIE.
France, 1878

Dear Father: Your letter If July
23rd, inst, to hand, so now hasten to
reply. l wrote to you, also Ida and
Cora the beginning of last month, so
that ere this letter comes to hand
trust you will have received them.
think that get most of your let
tiers, father, but l am sure that a
number of mine go astray, but still
we have to be thankful that some get
through at all-there is always the
risk of the mail being lost, perhaps
being blown up by shell fire or else
sunk at sea by enemy action.
The last few weeks the weather has
been all that one could desire, bright,
warm, sunny days.
The sad failure of the great Ger
man offensive to the south has
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-26

brought great Joy to everyone and the
successes on the British front are
steady grind to the morale of the en-
envy opposite, waiting, waiting for the
long promised victorious decision.
All the boys are greatly pleased
with the progress America has made
the last few months. The troops that
have already engaged the enemy have
been highly successful so we look for
ward to some very interesting events
in the near future, which, I guess,
will not be to Fritz's liking.
I think that told you before that
I met Ern in Southampton. How lit
tie did we both think when we said
goodbye to each other in Central
Otago over three years ago that we
would meet again under such circum-
stances, but "C'est lie Guerre."
l forwarded on some weekly papers
which I trust you have received.
They are some that have been sent
out to the boys, SO bit knocked
about, but, nevertheless, | expect will
be very interesting to you all.
Am very pleased to report that I
am in great health and so far have
stood the numerous trying ordeals
rather we'll. had letter from dear
grandma two days ago; she assures
me that she is we'll, though feeble.
Now I must bid you goodnight to
turn into my blanketless bed.
All good wishes and love to all at
home.
From your loving son,
Your Loving son, LEN