New Britain herald., 1918-02-16

my boy, you can use your own judg- ment.'
 The monthly meeting of the com mon council will be held next Wednesday evening" If the council is capable of acting with any degree of intelligence and business acumen let it show it at this meeting. When council meetings continue until 12:35 o'clock on the morning of the follow ing day, without doing much other than wrangling and talking about petty things, as was the case at the last meeting of the council, it is about time to discharge the members and get new council. Or better still, judging from the calibre of the last few councils devise a new system of city administration. Without much doubt, the present council is the weakest assemblage that has occupied the limelight in years. A majority of the members are not really conver- sant with city affairs, yet do not seem to be big enough to realize it and insist on trying to appear wise. Many people seem to be favoring a board of a dozen alderman to take the place of the council, but as this is not likely to occur let the voting public exercise more caution in whom they elect to the council The spring election is not far off, so let the pub- lie do a little intelligent thinking, also voting. and see if New Britain can't at last get a council that amounts to something.
 Five War Savings Stamps will buy some soldier a rife. Don't let him go unequipped---it might he your son, your brother or your friend.
 That diplomacy is practiced else- where than in the capitoIs of the world is the belief of Maple street woman who. following the last snow fall, entertained a tramp" with "back door hand-out." This is how he got it:
 Please lady, if you'll give me bite to eat I'll clean all the snow off your sidewalk"
 But there isn't any snow on nay sidewalk. My husband cleaned it this morning.. Why don't you try that house across the street? Their sidewalk is covered with snow.'
 Well it's like this lady. I've al- ways noticed that folks what don't clean their sidewalks is always too mean, narrow minded, grouchy and stingy to help a poor guy whats down and out"
 At least one local dentist. far over the draft age, is doing a really pa- triotic service, and the more so since he refuses to permit his name to be used in it's connection lest he he sus- pected of free advertising. Already ie4 of quite 8 number of young men who have been called In the draft, or who are about to be called, and when they have asked for their bills he has turned them aside with the brief re- mark that he cannot fight, but wants to do som ething. Such men are an asset to any community.
 We wonder just how all the mem bers of the local barbeTs' union re- ceived the proposal that they utilize their spare moments in knitting for the Red Cross We can imagine some of them, with more humor than patriotism, saying nit.
 Ad in local paper:
 TTat-Will the man who accidental lv took hat with HI. F. M" in band from F"ox's theater last night please return to Herald and get his hat with I'll. A." in band
 And thereby hangs a ia te of W. k citizen who went to 8 local theater on Monday night and came away with another mans hat. He did this be- cause the other man left first-and with his hat But the tragic thing IS that owing to the, peculiar formation of this mans cranium his missing hat is the only one he can wear and un- less it is returned forthwith he needs must take 8 special trip to New York to procure a new chapeau, for he cannot get one to fit him here. Tn