The Press., 1918-04-11

| purohased by Henry Fisk from the
 Hudson Garage Go.
 Miss Dorothy Pinney of Dana Hall
 spent the week .end with her parents
 and returned Monday.
 Attorney Willis H. Reed has pur.
 oIAased new Buick touring car from tie Hudson Garage Go. Miss Anna Carlson of Hartford was
 the guest of her sister, Mrs Emil
 Hansen, for the week-eud
 Miss Marjorie Stevens of Triton Haminary has been spending her spring Vacation with her parents
 Most of the water pipes which have been frozen are thawed out, with the exception of on Furnace avenue and a feW short streets. It is thought that all will have water by the end of tllis week.
 The medal contest in the Methodist vestry last Friday was enjoyed by a large audience, The honors were about evenly divided between Gertrude Bruce and Geo. Molitoris, the latter winning the medal with the selection
 Young Amerioa's War Cry" All of the other contestants received two thrift stamps. The music was ex. oellent and the patrioticz exercise, Pleas in Columbia's Court," we'll received. The contest will. probably be repeated in other parts of the town later.
 The Carrent Events club will meet at the Current Events rooms Monday evening. Hostesses: Ms ". Me. Culloch and Mrs. T F. Mullen. The program will be Roll.call, quotations from Lincoln; Kipling; Teutonic Bern, 1191.1891; Booth Harrington. Committed: Mrs. R. W. Ellis, Mrs. Q. R. Newton and Mrs. H F. Bur- well. Music will be a solo by Miss Alberta Eaton. The subject that the club will study next year will be voted on at this meeting, and full attendance of members is desired.
 The war rally directed by the State Council of Defense, Sunday evening. met every expectation and the speakers were of upusual ability. Rev. O. J. AIdrich of the Metho. dist church offered prayer and Attorney M. D O'Connell presided. Attorney General George E. HinmaH of Wilt. mantio gave brief outline of "TheI Indispensable Conditions of Victory" Soldiers, finance, thrift, conser vat ion and transportation were among the necessities mentioned If every body offers. to the cause the best iu their power, let it be what it may, victory will be sure MT. Hinman believes that no able bodied man young or old should or will idle away their time at summer resorts during the war period but will offer l,elping hand to aid production especially in farm work. This in 8 measure would help alleviate che labor shortage confront ing the farmer. A clever parody on James Whitcomb Riley's The Goblins will get you if you don't watch out' entitled "Mr. Hoover will get you if you don't watch out closed Mr. Hinman' s address. Miss HannaBailey, 8 teacher in the Brown school Hart. ford, spoke especially to wofnen telling them most forcibly of their part in the victory. Any woman or girl in the audience, who was iii doubt of what could be or ought to be done, was informed in most direct manner of what was expected aud must be accomplished if American womanhood was to be saved the fate of the brave women of Servia, Belgium, Armenia and France. "There is Ho place in this great undertaking for three classes of women, the grumblers, the tired and the over sanguine. These latter are those who believe that Uncle Sam can lick the world, entirely ignorant that they themselves are each strand in that mighty cable which constitutes the power known as Uncle Sam. '' Thrift by substitution in maintaining the family, self-sacrifice, buying of liberty bonds, war and thrift stamps and work for the Red Cross were duties incumbent on every red -blooded American woman Principal Henry T. Burr of the Willimantic normal school was the last speaker and his audience was very enthusiastic in his praise. "Victory or SeEvitude" was a subject proving intensely interesting and, to many, it was a revelation of Germany's plans and purposes as dominated by Prnssiau militarism. Since the time of Frederick the Great and Bismarck, German high officials have plainly written, with apparent pride, of their intrigues and strategy, and for the benefit of the masses, unable to read German, a demonstration in plain English is now being given to the whole world, Germany has gained about what she planned, in this the first of her great series of wars, direct corridor to the Persian Gulf, and now is willing to relinquish a few of her i'll gotten gains to obtain temporal respite from active warfare in order to pull herself together and load up again. The short sighted be. lievers in any kind of peace would give her this splendid opportunity: Mir. Burr believes that though there are many excellent motives for the United States being in this war, the prime reason is to save ourselves from Prussian servitude. The theatre was filled and the audience joined the chorus in singing national airs with Miss Alberta Eaton at the piano. Rev. N. ". Heermans of the Episcopal church gave the benediction.
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