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New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Eggs.
ped bunting of

depend upon the striped bunting of signal flag.
 Heart murmurs, flat feet bad lungs and other more obscure physical im- perfectionS are imm ediately spotted bs examining surgeons. All are practi. cally incura ble and throw a man very shortly upon the charity of the gov ernment.
 On the other hand, if a candidate is short in height or weight, he may be given d little leeway on the sup position that proper living and food will soon bring him up to the stan. dard. This is true of many boys who, under sea tutelage, turn out to be splendid mon. It is usual to discover that lads underweight eat and drink enough just before the test to meastN'e up to the rule. They don't suspect that doctor can tell in a moment whether it's muscle or water that tips the scale. One ambitious ungster is reported to have stretched himself nearly ? inches by means of weights and straps in order to pass He didn't shrink back again, either.
 From the recruiting office success. full ones are mobilized at camps of training stations for a short prelim- mary picking over and repacking be-. fore being put into the nest. Clean- liness is sought first. The Fleet is g model of sanitary tidiness. Discipline starts in the orderly ranks and uni- forms and the snappy treatment.
 The period of incubation is about six months. At the end of the third month a. distinct scratching is audible inside the recruits shell. He begins to make noises like a real sailor and ccasionally acts like one. He su ubsti. tutes "below" for downstairs anh calls the floor a deck. By the fourth or fifth month he can swim, climb B mast signal, shoot gun, and eat beans twice q day.
 Finally one morning he rolls out d his hammock, ambles to the rail and spits to the windward. remarking:
 LAW, jus wait till I gets me owD farm out in -"
 The egg is matched; another sailor has come into the wicked world.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
WFyTS VS. SALOONS
Waterbury DemCcraD


 California drink interests, with ap proximately a hundred millions invest ed in grapes, hops, etc., have already begun campaigning against the pro- hibiton amendment, and it is slgnlh- cant that the growers of wine and brewers of beer propose to make the hard drinks element "the goat The p1an which will be voted on next Mo- yen Der. is to abolish the saloons and stop the sale of gin, wliskey, rum, brandy and such. Hotels cafes, clubs and summer resorts are to be per mitted to sell wines and beers with meals. Beverages so sold, however, must contain less than 1 f per cent. Of alcohol and for home consumption the limit is to be 7 1 per cent. UdoubtediY, the hard drinks men will consider the plan very very Bolshevil1i and refuse to support it. Such split in the wet forces, considering recent votes in Los Angeles and San Diego, might be fatat to alcoholic moisture in California put there is strong sentiment among the drys. or not-too- drys, that may rescue the undoubtedly great grape and hop growing interests. Of course. Senator Rominger's bill is a long way from real prohibition. It will substitute for saloons a lot of rank eating houses, and there is no sincere gent, or lady in all California. who cannot, by con- scientious endcaVor, get perfectly drunk on beer, wine, water or any other old liquid containing IA to 21 per cent of alcohol.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

the retreat they got lost and couldn't get out, especially since all exit doors were locked to prevent the escape of those who were being held for treat ment. sase
 Biscuit salesman in Berlin store: T hear you had a fire down here the other night
 Native: Yep"
 Salesman: "Where 2"
 Native: Down the street in Schurr's house." t
 Salesman: What Schurr?"
 Native: Don't you know him He's curate at the New Britain museum."
 One of the school teachers filling out QueStionnaires for the first exemp- ton district discovered this one Thurs day night. Registrant admitted he was married but did not claim exemption, explaining that his wife had left him and he wanted to get into the army before she could change her mind and. come back to him.
 Recently an unknown woman who did not appear to be sufficiently en- dowed with the worlds goods to stand the IOSS purChaSe0 a pair or $lO Sh oRS. at a Main street store and while n1ak- ing a purchase in another store laid. down the package When she looked for it the package was missing. Re- turning to the shoe store she ap-, prised the clerk and suggested that he be on the lookout in case auyone, returned to exchange them.
 Several days later another unknown woman came into the store to changes d pair of shoes for a pair slightly larger. The clerk recognized ths' shoes and asked if she could recall, from whom she made the purchase. She could not, but thought that prob ably her husband could and promised to bring him with her. She reached for the shoes to take them out but the clerk interfered and insisted that if the shoes were not satisfactory shet need not take them but could return with her husband to change them. Somewhat awed, the woman left.
 Since that time neither the woman, nor her husband has returned to- change the shoes and, strangely enough, the name of the original own CT is likewise unknown, so at a cor- tain store is a pair of perfectly good shoes awaiting the real owner.
 Don't push. ..-
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

He may be a bad egg; he may be a good one Too often he is spoiled. Perhaps he has a shell; or like many tim orous ones he hasn't even crust Variations of his size and shape are infinite--so long as he remains within certain limits He may be of the best blood of the country, or he can be common bantam sized hen-fruit. The Recruit is the egg of a sailor A bat tleship hatchcs hundreds every year.
 Eggs are collected, examined, crated, and shipped by recruiting of fees throughout the country. Since the war began 50,O0O have been passed out Of 10000 offered. Some were too fragile. Many were under weight, and not a few were just plain addled.
 An average recruiting week in the cast coast division, from Maine to Virginia, is represented by 273 officers and men working in 11O cities and towns, including New York, Boston and Philadelphia. For six days the total number of applicants was 2,S41. of whom 576 enlisted. Of course, a great many found they were too old or too young or otherwise unqualified and consequently did not take the physical examination
 Numbers of men who are examined for military service seem perfectly sound and fit. Certain defects are un- derestimated by the average youth; :; bad teeth, for instance. Good strong boys otherwise desirable may have let their teeth go to pieces through neg lect. Bad teeth, unless remedied, un- dermine digestion and increase sus- ccptibility to disease.
 Eyes are another great disqualified ton. No sailor can afford to have weak eyes. He must point guns, read signals, study distant objects, and fre- quently on watch endure prolonged periods of eyestrain. Original weak ness may mean temporary stability or even blindness. Color blindness is, of course, not to be permitted aboard a warship. The fate of a vessel may
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

[way these things can posslbly De done lis for every family of the 20,00O,00o |hoarders, wholesale and retail, must
 go. Just what hoardings of food
 means is explained by the Federal
 Food Administrator in this fashion: |'Holding of more than thirty days supplies by dealers. manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers constitutes boarding, and the purchase of more khan usual amounts by consumers Twill likewise be so construed"
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Don't push.
"Tsn't the War Terrible ?''

l.J
 Henry, I don't like Mrs Jenkins.'a
 "No?"
 She's so-abreast.'
 "So what, Clara"
 Abreast So up on the war"
 Not defect, is it?"
 Yes, because she doesn't reallvf know. When l give up a whole dayt to the Red Cross and have to get tho4 children off to Aunt Emma's and all, i! I don't have time to read the morn { ing papers, and she bursts in on uss and says: Q isn't it. awful about Kale- [ dines or, o isn't it grand about Cam { brai, and it makes me pretty hot to- ( think none of us have the time to read a little and show her up! Now1 she's going around and telling every-1 body that what we need to win the4 war is unity.
 "She already has four knittinr~f bags; her new one opens down the; front and cost nine dollars. And sheI has one of those new knitting desks3 mahogany with compartments for everything. She always has the very latest. War novelties, she calls them. She enjoys the war Henry"
 The reverse of taking your pleas ures sadly"
 "Yes When there's a. gap in the conversation and somebody has to f1ll it up, she sighs and says, o isn't the war terrible, but she told me the oth ! CT day that she didn't know what we'd all have done for luncheons and on tertainments if the war hadn't coroe along and given us some new ideas She served five different kinds of war bread at her relief for starving Arme nians luncheons. That's the way she is.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
GERMAN PABTLTM.

On Monday, the German chancellor, Eount von Hertling, may address the Reichstag and reply to the speeches bf President Wilson and the British Prime Minister, Lloyd George. This &s the report from Berlin. In the sheantime the German newspapers re diligently tearing to pieces the Presidents utterances. thus prepar- #ng the way for von Hertling. The &ferman people are being fed enough @abulum to keep them in a state of Preparedness for further sacrifices. 8 From articles printed in the Berlin < f the Junkers, the threat goes forth That a new submarine campaign will &e launched in the very near future; &aat bY means of this ruthless cam aign the Entente Allies will be de- rived of American help; that the : reat Spring Drive of the German orffess on land will succeed in crush Ing the French and English lines, and rat then a German peace will be egotiated.
 Tn support of these contentious, ne~ Germans produce figures to show rat the intensive submarine cam zign which was started a year ago ebr-nary 1 has been successful The agebaatt points out to it's readers that bis campaign has completely upset he economic life of the entente ummarizing the results of this cam hat U-boats have sunk on an aver ge of 821, ,0O0 tons of shipping onthly from February to December or the whole twelve month, which Ill close the first of next month, bis newspaper expects the total nkings to approach 0,000, 900 tons. guring the yalue of the lost ships
 $250 per ton and their cargoes at e same amount, the German statis- cians place the total loss of the lIies in this instance at s5,0OO,- Do ,00O.
 The Gemans who place their faith
 the submarine do so in the belief lat they can sink ships faster than e Entente Allies and the United ates can build them. At the outset
 the war this was true. Now, under reed draught, the United States one is building a ship for every one nk. It will not be long before the ipyards here will turn out two ships every one sent to the bottom. The
 ures given out by the Germans are It in keeping with those in posses bn of the British, which is but
 tura1; but discounting all claims on
 her side, the United States may be
 pended upon to produce the goods. be latest figures available show con 1sively that the shipbuilding opera ms have taken. on new spurt and ht any Spring campaign launched
 submarines will he taken care of
 the good old fashioned way. When
 e Germans announced their ruth Fs campaign on the seas they
 agged of being able to send England
 d France to their knees in three
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
OUR GROWN PRINCES.

1t was inevitable that some men should seek the uniform of the United States Army and prove themselves un- fit to wear it. Further. it was to be expected that many men would succeed in camouf1aging their cow being assigned to what Senator Ken yon of Iowa is pleased to call bomb proof jobs"
 Now, out of this condition, there has tinct uniform,-one that will distin- guish the fighting soldier from the soldier who is a soldier in name only In other words, there are some mem bers of Congress who would label the Shirkers in the ranks. It is easier said than done. That is, if by shirkers not actually engaged in regular army work are shirkers.
 In the United States Army, as in all other armies. there must perforce be d tettaln uu1nDeT or men TOT SCTVlCG behind the lines. Some of these will never see gun-fire. Many of them would rush into the first line of trenches at the first opportunity Yet the mon higher up in the ranks are those to determine who shall and who shall not be in the thick of the fray And there is no telling. of course when any outfit will be ordered to the front. As to those branches of the service the members of which have nothing to do but loaf around peace full city streets, parading their uniform and emseiVeS,-though they be the ones at which the legislators aim they must be tolerated. Even an army is sometimes forced to carry dead-Wcight. The German military organization. with all it's boasted eff fciency. has the Grown Prince The Tageblatt expects the U-boats :, to win the war yet That's nothing,
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

was some talk about having the pa- trolmen patrol their beats in pairs after midnight.
 January 12-Mr. and Mrs. Edward Loomis returned home from their wedding trip today and have taken up their residence on Kensington street. H. F. Richards, assignor to Traut & Hine, has invented a new snap hook. Engineer Caldwell has been engaged to map out an electric road between ~Plainvile and Southing- ton.
 That famous French word camou- f1age is now generally accepted, on the street and in the parIor, as a suit able word where expression is de- sired. The following ditty, suggested by one who claims to know, is print ed without comment: If you see a complexion that's peaches
 and cream,
 Remember things aren't always just
 what they seem; Just take a good look and come out
 of your dream
 IT'S CAMOUFLAGE! If you're touched for loan by a
 friend who is flat, And who'll pay the day after or
 swallow his hat" Just borrow his watch till the day
 after that
 IT'S CAMOUFLAGE
 In this city it is easier to start a run on store by whispering that the proprietor has sugar for sale than it is to start a run on a bank by refecting upon it's stability.
 A number of local men just can't get rid of their wives. Several have failed to claim exemption on their questionnaires, declaring that the fact they are married will not deter them from going to war. Their wives think differently however. and in almost every instance friend wife ultimately appears on the horizon to claim ex- emption for her none too home-loving spouse.
 The elem ents are playing few fav- orites. Last week it was the plumb
 
 made happy. Dispensers of rubber overshoes and the trade engaged in call1ing horses feet have been favored this week.
 Attorney George Levitt, question ing registrant who is filling out ques- tionnaire: Are you married ?"
 Registrant: ''No, sir"
 Attorpoy Levitt 1bSCntlV why not?'
 Judging from the number of dogs seen running loose the recent lex ample" made by fining several owners in court was without effect.
 Pickle is fame. But short time ago 1t was the farm committee that was the center of attraction. Now the Town Farm investigation commit tee holds the calcium. And most peO- pie, members excepted. have forgot ten that the ice committee ever existed.
 Chief Robert M. Dame Of the fire and Chairman Alfred F. MagneIl of the fire commission went to Midd1etown Thursday to view the ruins of the fire at the state insane asylum. While there these officials took occasion to visit the various depart ments of the institution and during their wanderings got into the main dining hall just at the dinner hour.
 Building Inspector Arthur N- Ruth erford, who accompanied them on the trip, eventually tired of waiting for them to return and set out to find them himself. Finally reaching the dining hall he found the two local Of ficiaIs firmly entrenched in two chairs, while attendants fitted about.
 "I guess wed have been there yet if Ruthe erford hadn't come to our res cue" state both men who add that 1t was a narrow escape for once inside
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

The meatless days and the wheat less days may culminate in the eat less days, when you may be glad to revert to what the Connaught man called the kerry sandwich "a slice of fried turf between two prlcks' Greenwich News and Graphic.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Joseph Gill of BIO Washington street was employed by the Stanley Works as an inspector but on Septem- Der 4, 1917, he decided to abandon civilian life and enlisted in the en- gincering corps. He was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y, and later was assigned to Camp Merritt, N. J., where he was made a corporal on November 1. He has been in France since December 1. Gill was a mem ber of the Hi Henry minstrels and was well known as a clog dancer. He is P years old and was gradu- ated from Sacred Heart school in 1910. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Casinir Gill.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
EEK EMPT''

'I," said man claiming exemption in New York, 'am the sole support of an aged hivver ''-Ladies' Home Jour- nal,
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Thirteen States formed the Union; i; thirteen States, honest with them selves and the foundation, could save it from the menace of Federal en- croachment by constitutional amend ment on State rerogatlVes.-NeW York World.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

A Columbus hotel cat fell 3 stories. No, not in the least. You ought to know Witho1t asking g.-Paterson Press Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

The Prussian guard seems to have lost some of it's efficiency" ."-Meriden en Morning Record
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Every cloud has it's silver lining every rainy day it's silk stockings Paterson Call.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Won Tirpitz declares that American military help in the war is phantom Perhaps he's just whstling to show he ain't afraid of ghosts.--New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

For a fellow who keeps forging ahead, the blacksmith doesn't seem to make all the progress that might be expected.--NeW London Day.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

The only thing woman hates worse than newspaper notoriety is not to have her namc in the papers at all.--Capper' Weekly.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Sometimes a small boy is so patri otic he wants to observe soapleSs days seven times a Week.--C4a weston News.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

The Tageblatt expects the U-boats we know a man who expected his wife to buy smokeable cigars last Christmas.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Mayor QuigIev is causing cons'der- able adverse comm ent by his atutuue toward the Town Home inVeStlgauoN
 Apparently he favors a secret mVeS- hgation as he condones it ana oe-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-22
WALL PAPER WEEK
APRIL % TO "a

Time was when the month OF April
was the month of moving; when the
older habitats were discarded Tor the
new: when the slower neighborhoods
were left for the more up-to-date sec
lions of the town, and moving vans
were frequent visitors ut many and
many a door.
Time also was when the month OF
Apru was the month of houseclean-
ing: when rugs and carpets had to be
taken to the backwards and paunded
so we thought, until all the germs had
vanished into the atmosphere; when
collected trash had been thrown upon
the ash-heap, or given to the junk
man: when woodwork and floors were
scrubbed and scrubbed-and the walls
were all re-papered
In most communities practically all
of these are things of the past-ex-
cept one. re-paporing the walls-lor
the people now move when the spirit
SAYS go" vacuum cleaners now make
dirt vanish without it's attendant
clouds of dust. and good inexpensive
paints and varnishes have replaced the
scrubbing of woodwork and floors.
However. one custom of April re-
mains.and that is the re-papering OF
the Frightening up the interior
of the home TO vie with the great all
outdoors And this year il will be
brought to the attention of the people
in this city in a better, and more
forceful way than ever before, for the
wall paper dealers here have, this
week. joined with the wall paper deal
ers throughout the United States and
Canada in a special wall paper week
so that YOU may have better oppor-
tunity of retaining your homes from
the thoughts of winter
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-22
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
STARTED FOR WEEK.
Two meetings In Anne Arundel
Scheduled For The Coming
Friday Afternoon.

Starting out today four teams of
speakers, one of which will come to
Anne Arundel next Friday to speak at
two points in the rural sections which
are yet to be selected, began a tour
under the auspices of the Liberty Loan
Committee for Maryland.
They will have enthusiastic recep-
tions wherever they shall appear and
results of their tours will mark a
swelling of subscriptions to the third
loan. That is the reasonable forecast
based upon reports of notable incl
dents in the counties brought to head
quarters by county chairmen and by
speakers during the first two weeks
of the campaign.
No movement in recent years has
appealed more directly to the country
population, men, women and children.
Women's committees have We'd with
mems committees in assuring warm
welcome to men of the City of Balti-
more and other localities who have
been giving their time and their tai
ents by day and by night to the task
of impressing upon large gatherings
and small the urgent duty of every
citizen TO do the utmost by buying
bonds to strengthen the hands and
the hearts to the boys who are fight
ing in France for Maryland and
America
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-22
NEW BICYCLE STOLEN
UNDER NOSE OF POLICE
Daring Theft Perpetrated In
Front Of Police Headquart-
ers. No Clue OF Thief.

Stealing bicycles and parts of BIZ
cycles seems to be the fad of the hour
here at this time On Saturday Mr..
George Davis was a victim of the
third bicycle theft that has been per-
petrated here in the last two or three
days,
Mr.. Davis rode on his wheel from
The store on Maryland avenue, of
which he is proprietor, to visit his
mother on Duke of Gloucester street,
corner of Market. directly opposite
the municipal building and the police
headquarters
He remained in the house for about
twenty minutes and when he went to
get his wheel it was gone. At first
Mr.. Davis thought a joke had been
played on him, although he does not
relish such jokes, he said. He soon
realized ii was no joke, that the
wheel was gone and there was no
trace to be found. OF course, no one
had seen it taken The thief, a bold
one, took and made way with the BIZ
cycle directly under the nose of the
city's custodians. as the police head
quarters are directly opposite the
place where it was stolen.
The bicycle is Reading Standard,
practically a new wheel. as Mr.. Davis
only bought it a month ago. 1t is
painted black with nickel trimmings.
MIR Davis says he paid $50 for the
wheel
He Immediately reported the theft
to the police, but up to this writing
no trace has been found.
Two other wheels were rifled the
past week. one belonging to Mr.. Hen
ming and one owned by Mr.. Vehey,
musicians of the Naval Academy band.