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New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

ne Of the instructors at the Vo-
onal High school has assigned to
pupils the task of memoriZing all
verses of The Star Spangled
ner'' as we'll as those of "Ameri-
$50 that they will be able to sing
b anthems without keeping their
glued on the text.
bis is a step in the right direction.
would like to see all the instruc-
in the high schools of the city
II upon the learning of these
/ ns by their pupils. We know
Il in the lower grades boys and
Il have been taught and have
8orized the verses under the cap
y direction of our supervisor of
he, but 1t seems that they are apt
8rget them when they enter the
school unless their memory is
shed from time to time as in
e present instance. The fact
8one is able to sing all the verses
u our patriotic anthems does not
#burse constitute an entire COM
Ne with the duties of citizenship
he inability to sing them shows
asst a failing which should be
#1ied at once.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
Copyright 1918 by George
Matthew Adams)

compete, or hope to compete, with
GIasgow'S aggregate. Yet, now that
the accounts have been finally made
up, Edinburgh easily leads in the
contribution per head of population.
Taking the population Of Edinburgh
at 326,e01, the estimated figure for
-915, the total amount obtained
brings the individual contribution to
f14, lis, Cd, or about So per CAPT.
ia Tho estimated population OF
GLASGOW in 1915 was 1.O72,793, so
that. her average contribution comes
to f13. As, I'D, or about s66 per
capita.
And Yet it has often been said that
Scotchrnen are not only "canny Dut
as q rule inclined to be clCSe-fisted.
AS an old Edinburgh Academy and
Edinburgh University boy, the writer
desires to extend congratulations 70
all the members Of our Order, VINO
he feels sure will fully agree with
him that Scotlands great effort dur
ing Tank Week was we'll worthy OF
her glorious record in this war and
was truly what the renowned Do
mimic Sampson used to term pro
deegious, simply prodeegious.
[ append q list of the amounts sub
scribcd by the principal cities: elias
cow, f14,171,76o; Birmingham, f6,-
7o3,439; Edinburgh, f4,764,639; Mall
chester, f$,450,020; Bradford, f4,obo-
900; Newcastle $685. 1924: Liverpool,
f2.061.012; Leeds, f1,521,702 Bristol,
IL, 4OO,dS1; Sheffield, Gl,326,o13.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

German Is going to be cut out of
the New Britain school curriculum
except for college preparation, This
ought to oe time when our boys and
girls understood German and Cor
mans better than loss. One thing
helped Germany greatly. 1t was her
knowledge of other tongues. "-Meri-
den journal. We think that If any
one wishes to study German NOWADAYS
but does not wish to pursue the col
lese preparatory course, he should
employ private tutors. There are
other things just now vastly more i'm
portant to which our students can de
vote their time
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
Tank Week i'm Great Britain.

tBy d. c.. Presgrave Of Clan Camp
bell, No. 116, in The Fiery Cross"D
AS an xample of liberal subscrip-
ton of money for var purposes (the
raising Of funds for building moro
tanks), I should like to call your at
tention to what,was recently accom-
pllshed, in GreA- Britain during Tank
Week last January, IS T feel sure it
Will prove a matter of interest to the
members OF our Order. What was
the exact nature of the premium bond
offered to investors the writer is not
at present in a position to state, but
1t was evidently something more at
tractiVe than merely a fiat rate Of in
terest, and apparently included some
mild speculative element in the shape
of a prize draw scheme. BY a great
and worthy effort, Glasgow beat bv g.
large margin every city in the United
Kingdom, not even excepting Lon
don. In raising C14,170,76O in one
week, the second city in the Empire
demonstrated at the same time her
patriotism and her prosperity.
Nowhere, probably, except in Lon
don. will there be found a greater
aggregation of wealth than on the
banks of the Clyde. and during the
three and a half Years of War Glas-
COWS industries have enjoyed such
exceptional prosperity that the aggre..
gate resources OF the Inhabitants. in
spite of Increased cost of living, must
have been largely augmented. But
Glasgow not only possesses great
wealth; she has parted with il at the
call of patriotism so generously and
so spontaneously that her councillors
in this friendly and useful rivalry Will
readily acknowledge that the achieve.
ment of the commercial capital of
Scotland is, so far as aggregate fig
ures go, far beyond their powers Of
emulation. Edinburgh with less tba,
one-third Of Glassows population
and no large war Industries, could not
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

streets as markets, and here the
farmers drove their carts and wagons
to the curb and sold directly from
them. The principal work that won-
Ell had to do, aside from getting per-
mits. was to advertise the markets
among housewives and farmers so
that they should become a consider
able center of exchange.
The women interested in the
movement through the Woman's
Committee of the Council of Nation
al Defense and the food adninistra-
ton drove through the country, not
only encouraging farmers to use the
markets, but even carrying their
wares into town for them. A strictly
cash system was observed. Complete
elimination of overhead expense made
the prices very low, while the farm
ers profits were better than usual.
The principal advantage of this
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
Can teen

T. seize this opportunity to reveal
terrible truth. In all the world,
perhaps in the whole animal king
dom, there exists no heavier drinker
than the sailorman. In the y. S.
Navy conditions are astoundingl
1t has been reported that inside
of "a hours men from the Fleet have
consumed $4,000 bottles! Such in
corrigible ngaciousness--Wh
that you say-'What was in the bot
tles? Why Apple-O, of course, and
Root Beer. and gingeraIe, and dozen
other kinds of new tangled summer
beverages.
What g. waste! some think. Maybe
SO. But rem EN- Der that whether in
peace Or in war our mon must for
weeks be cooped up aboard ship.
Week ends, however, are nearly al
ways spent ashore. From the ad-
miral down every one off duty wishes
If possible to have his little spree
on the beach.
There are the movies and baseball
and walking across country. Not
much else in the ports best suited
for naval bases. Is it unnatural then
for a man thirsty from his pipe or
the preachers or the dusty road to
stop and wet his parched throat
whenever he can? Bubbling springs
are few and far between. Sparkling
pop-bottles are far more available;
and when you consider the infectious
possibilities Of modern microbia1
water, we'll steriized bottled stuff
Is better even If it is sWeetened and
colored and high-priced.
Weak is the term high priced
although these Stops do sell at five
cents. The big soft-drink companies
have planted their noxious ad boards
from Philly to Frisco and up and
down between. A bill for them all
would make even q millionaire bride
groom feel faint. Only a war tax
could cover the total cost And that
is really what we pay for Drink o
advertising
we get so hot and we drink so
much and there are so many of us
that billion bottles are sold. The
profit is tremendous. And the real
truth is that we pay someone to re-
mind us what kind of grape juice
we like best when any kind will do
SO long as it is soft enough
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

When 7 was a boy I used to go
Across the fields, where an unseen foe
Was waiting in ambush to give me
Oh, I was brave and my cause was
right!
I carried a gun that my daddy made
And a sword as sharp as hero's
blade.
And a deadly dagger that Bill Brown
found.
So I cattered away to the battle
ground,
And l dreamed, as / marched away
to fame,
That the world would ring with my
mighty name!
My gun was made out Of whitfield
That, / take it, is understood
And I had no bullets or powder flask,
SO to shoot the foe was a rnan-sized
But the ,c~ouching enemy never knew
Twas a wooden gun with an aim I'M
true:
And when I'd march to the bIoodless
fray.
He'd always scamper and hide away
You see, my name most took his
breath,
And he'd shudder and shake well-nigh
to death,
Most every day I would organize
A squad of soldiers about my size
Once there were FIVE in my company,
A goodly sight for the folks to see!
SO did I lead my daring band
IT, Iii g.
And Solly Wittig's old red drum
With a broken head-just made
things hum!
If there had been moving pictures
Ere now you'd have seen my gallant
men
Today there marched along the street
Some brOnze-faced lads with rhythmic
feet;
1t took me back to the long ago,
When I marched to conquer q bris-
thing foe
And oh, I wished I were marching
Under the brave Red, White, and
Blue.
stay,
For my step is slow and my head is
gray;
So I dotted my hat and sent forth a
prayer
For those stalwart boys who must do
and dare
WILL F. GRIFFIN,
In the n. Y. Times.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
Community Markets.

"A wall is heard on every side this
year that farmers will not plant be
cause last year they could not dis
pose of all their produce says Mrs.
Stanley J. Mccormick, Of the Wom-
ans Committee Of the Council of Ma
tional Defense. What can we do I?
Well, one thing we can do is to es-
tabIish a curb market.
Curb markets convey general
idea of the last word in frenzied fin
ance and big business, but the term
was given another meaning when
women took up the idea of using
curb markets as q direct exchange
between producer and consumer.
These markets enabled the farmers to
bring or send their wares and sell di-
rect to the housekeepers. The Wom-
ans committee had reports of such
markets in many states, including the
California Fruit Exchange in San
Juan: a market in Indianapolis, Ind;
one in Lexington Ky; another in
Deerwood, Mimi; and one at Mime
apolis. The Hoover store in st. Louis,
Mo sells surplus food and is a COM
munity enterprise of much interest.
New Jersey had 20 markets. includ-
ing those at Summit and Newark.
New York had markets at Albany and
New York city. Ohio had several, in
Guiding one at Canton. Wisconsin did
we'll with those at Madison, Fond du
Lac. and Richland Center. At Santa
Re n. Mexico, there was q children's
market and New Mexico also sup
/ported a Food Exchange.
THE system of establishing vege
table markets was very simple A
hermit was obtained to use certain
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
The War in the Back Yard.

New Haven RegiSter.)
The man who cannot shoot a rifle
can WELD g. hoe.
The man who knows not the Morse
code in flag waving can draw the
rake.
The man who is unfamiliar with
the entrenching tool can use the
spade.
The man who is ignorant of the uses
of the hand bayonet will find it easy to
manipulate the dibble.
It is not necessary to be soldier
or a sailor to help win the war. The
attacks can be made upon the ground.
The next three weeks are the period
in which the garden and truck farm
must be sown and planted.
If food will win the war, the garden
is the place for getting the am
munition.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE new BRITAIN INSTITUTE.
a merican Women and the World
War, by Ida G. Clark.

American Women and the World
War; by Ida c. Clark.
Eerril1.
history and resources of the islands
and is enthusiastic over their seem
cry, climate and possibilities. "A. L.
A. Booklist.
Deductions From the World War, by
Baron Won ytag-Loringhoven.
THE book has instructive value,
but one leaves its perusal with an
increased disgust for the heartless,
eccursed spirit which pervades the
nilitarism. so captivating to the au-
thor Weekly.
Fragments From France, by Bruce
Bairnsfather.
More cartoons by the author of
"Bullets and Billets."
Life and Letters OF stopford Brooke
by J.. P. Jacks, volumes.
Life of Robert Hare chamist, by E.
F. Smith.
''Important biogra ply, not alone
because of the eminence of the au-
thor but also for the Invaluable ma
terial with regard to the development
of chemistry in the first half of the
18th century"
Loiterer's Harvest, by E. V. Lucas.
'"The light touch, the lack of the
controversial, the wholesomoness of
the essays makes you loiter through
every phase. IN. Y. Times.
Mrs, Humphry Ward. by S. L. Gwynn.
"A critical estimate of Mrs, Wards
more important books"
Oldest Music Room in Europe, a Rec
ord of Eighteenth Century En-
terprise at Oxford, by J. Fl. Nee.
1T is valuable commentary on
the history and conditions of music
and singing in England
Political History of Japan During the
Meiji Era, 1S67-1912, by w. w.
McLaren.
Three Short Plays, by II. G. Barker.
Rococo-vote by ballot--FarewelI
to the theater.
Training and Rewards Of the Physi-
clan, by r. G. Cabot.
Gives q clear idea of the prepara-
ton and personal qualities needed to
become successful In the practice of
medicine, considering two types the
family physician and the public health
worker. Helps and hindrances in the
doctors development are discussed
nom technically. "A. l.. A. BoolzIist.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

1t is possible that a thing of this
sort will some day be- handled by
the government, at least for its own
employees. The fleet paymaster
knows at the beginning of each year
that during the ensuing IL months
approximately so many tons Of choc-
olates, so many cases Of fruit JUICE,
SO much tobacco and other canteen
luXuries are to be bought by the men.
If common brands of 'rot-gut' are
sold to the blue-jackcts they pay
Wholesale prices to the SHIPS ac-
counts with just enough over to cover
depreciation and add a little to the
welfare fund,
What they pay buys not only what
is in the bottle or package, but tha
bottle and package itself. Fancy
wrappers, useless strings and RIB
bons, fancy shapes, and foolish ms
scriptions: all NUT be paid for With
the sweetmeats they enclose. .
Transportation is high; labor is
high; statesmen from the counter to
the road are more expensive than
private secretaries. Factories are
run to pay dividends. Dividends are
run (up) to draw Investments And
the total grows and grows, until
Out Of the dollar bill our seaman
lays on the counter for his little
weekend dissipation he buys no
more than about 10 cents worth of
actual material. The rest goes into
the pocket of q host of men abso-
lutely unnecessary to make the drink
either wholesome or appetizing.
That ships canteen may do
$4,000 worth of business in a week
means nothing now. That hundreds
Of thousands of dollars are put into
the undeserving hands of jitney driv-
ers and other managers of eXtempo-
raneous transportation, including the
Coney Island roller coasters, that
watermelons are sold to the sailor az
81 per, is maybe forgotten by the
men who spend the money. Bur
Progress has a long memory; and
Progress is going to put all this into
bigger hands, and faircr hands, SONG
day.
Some day, when Uncle Sam goes
into business for himself Fox. Ra
knows that the men who fight hua
be fondled as we'll as fed, And cut
ting the cost is one of the neatea
little caresses in the book. y.aes5
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

, Virgin Islands Of the United States.
by L. K. zabriskie. sA
Tells their history. . gives facts
concerning their finance, commerce
and industry; 1t describes their eli
mate, their goyernm ent, and in detail
the ceremony Of the formal trans
fer. "A. l.. A. BookHst.
Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tribu-
taries, by Hudson Stuck.
Does for Alaska in summer what
the authors Ten Thousand Miles
With Dog Sled does for it in win
ter. He describes the country and
its people. a. l.. A. Booklist
Fiction.
House of Intrigue, by A. stringer.
Pawns Count, by E. P. Oppenheim.
Soldier Men, by Yeo.
Source, by c. B. Kelland.
Tideway, by ]. Ayscough.
Library War Service.
Books are still coming in for the
soldiers 175 volumes are packed for
Somewhere in Connecticut and we
hope to send FIVE or six hundred vol
umes to the Dispatch office in New
York within a few days.
Testimony to the value of books to
the soldiers was found accidentally in
a book which required a little mend
ing to fit it for a camp library. HART
tack and coffee" by John D. Billings
describes the life of the Civil war
soldier. He writes: .a.
Besides letter writing the various
games of cards were freely engaged
in. Many men played for money.
Cribbage and euchre were favorita
games. Reading was a pastime quite
generally INDUCED in and there was
no novel so dull, trashy, or sensation
al as not to find some one so bored
with nothing to do that he would
wade through it. l. certainly, never
read so many such before or since
The mind was hungry for something,
and took husks when 1t could get
rothing better. A great deal of good
might have been done by the Chris
tan commission or some other or
ganization planned to furnish the SOL
diers with good literature, for in that
way many might have acquired "a
taste for the works of the best au-
thors who would not have been likely
to acquire it except under just such
condition as they were then in, viz:
a want of some entertaining pastinle.
There would then have been much
less gambling and sleeping away Of
daylight than there was, Religious
tracts were scattered among the sol
diers by thousands, 1T is true, and
probably did some good
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
T0DAY'S TABLOID TALE
All tho Way Bugs.
BY jos Blast.


Your honor, the defendant
Is undoubtedly insane, and IN
behalf Of the other mem bers
of tho family, whom I repre-
sent. l ask that he be- COM
mltted to an asylum" said
Causeway Pleed. attorney for
the offense. II ask your honor
to remember that witnesses
have testified that the defend
ant, Tor Instance, suddenly
ooheetves the Idea that he Ia a
bhtterlng ram ana that at such
times the family have to take
refuge behind locked doors.
inhsmuoh as the defendant
believes them to be c1tstles that
1t Is his duty to storm"
ooh, WE'LL tnurmured Judge
Spindle. "psrhaps that's mere
playfulness-how Is one to
know"
but your honor" pursued
Pleed. ut has also been testi-
fed that he is in the habit Of
spending an entire meal try
Ing to drink bouil1on with a
fork
He may be a bit absent
minded" Judge Spindle OBJ
served.
But your honor-his pas
sion for sitting on the front
steps in his undergarments"
persisted the attorney for the
offense
"A mere physical culture
fad, no doubt nodded the
Judge wisely.
Causeway Pleed scratched
his head.
Your honor" he said,
"there was one point that 1
neglected to bring out. The
defendant frequently argues
by the hour that Napoleon
Lajoie is q better all around
player than Ty Cobb
Judge Spindle, who. in base
ball season, never missed a
game, flushed an angry violet.
1.-The man is stark, staring.
raving mad! 1 sentence him
to the Looseworks asylum for
life" he cried.
Copyright 1918 by George
Matthew Adams)
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
OF THOUGHT.

com mentfng on a recent article
aese columns relative to certain
8rs of The Herald's MONDAY bull
i whose facial expression betrays
action when they read of Ger
successes or Allied .reverses,
! Esteemed Hartford Times" of
6esday evening had the follow
b say edttorialIy:
do not like to believe this. We
Ht think 1T in any way represent
n of the New Britain we knew.
M cas- of New Britain harmonic
Ut. Col. Sam Moore Of the Four
4 Connecticut. and Color Bearer
Ting, of Stanley Post, G.. A. r.,
The long list Of names on the
s. monuments, and the hun
of boys who represented New
rs quota IN the Spanish Amer
var: with young Palmer and
who gave their lives in the
*1pines and whose remains We're
with public honors in Fairview
|ery; with young Heinzemann
hinton, mere boys, who have al
yielded their lives on the west
bnt, and with these associations
III more in harmony on the first
Nj the esteemed Herald in the
1cement that Mr.. Sloper that
n bond sales up to Monday
&#e.-, 10 -
blowing day would undoubtedly
$500, thus placing the city
Hardware cult on par with
balthier and more pretenti Gus
Springfield.
3siree, we have not lost faith
n Britain, even if it has lost
kriotic poet editor who fsrt
h ctum for service in the field.
wv editor will see things more
e old one did after a time.
IS not yet lost. One cannot
and New Britain in week.
are more than glad to know
Though we have been here a
n ne, our views correspond in
every detail with those Of the
of the above, whose evident
lie knowledge Of local affairs
8only have been acquired by
Aontact with New Britain and
zple during a period extending
number of years. We mod
Admtt with becoming bushes
are a little bit fattered to
hat our ine8perience has not
led us from arriving at view
which harm onizes closely with
the veteran observer in the
City. He does not like to
that there are disloyal per-
New Britain. Neither do we,
fact remains that there are
houg,h fortunately their num-
not large and they are being
are of by federal agents. He
BIT think it in any way repre-
e of the New Britain he knew.
do we, although, TO be exact,
4 not discussing the New Brit
lin our esteemed contemporary
MI rather conditions in New
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

Matthew Schumacher, a Hungarian
resident Of Stamford, fell victim to
the old sWindling game of substituting
tissue paper for real currency. Mat
thew wanted to get rich quick, but he
should have been satisfied with re-
naming a Schumacher instead of be-
coming one of those things which are
born every minute
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

these times. Hardly a day passes
without an opportune article on some
phase of the war situation, written
in q tone that reflects the deep-rooted
patriotic sentiments of the mind
rliments to our Silver City contempor-
airy.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

Eat EN- up!' is said to have been
the war cry Of the American troops
in France. Go to it! There are no
food conservation regulations on the
battle front to prevent-New York
Hotel Review.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

The purchase of Liberty Bonds
need not interfere with the purchase
of thrift stamps, any more than buy
ing life insurance policy keeps you
from getting the daily paper.--C1eve-
land Plain Dealer
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
FACTS AND F'ANCIES.

Germany wants peace by the
sword. She shall get it. But the
sword must be in our hands.-Chi-
cago Evening Post.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

Poor little Serbia is hard hit but
she still has enough strength to call
the premier Of Austria a liar.-Mer-
iden Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

Germany is paying a. terrible price
to demonstrate her devotion to the
doctrine that might makes right
New Haven Journal Courier.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

Folio wing closely on the heels of
the story of Doug Fairbanks sena-
ration from his wife comes the run1or
of ae enstrangem ent between Mary
Pickford and her husband, Owen
Moore. When news columns are
empty We always have plenty of
screen gossip to 'fllum.''
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

That New York man who asked
the court to issue an order compell-
ing his wife to keep quiet seemed to
quite overlook the fact that the courts
consist of mere married men. just
like EMBELLISHMENTS Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
You remember the old axiom to

You remember the Old axiom to
the effect that conscience makes
towards of us all. Well, it isn't that
The thing that makes towards of
us all is the fear that we shall lose
some votes or cash customer
Capper'S Weekly.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

Those big pugilists who are con-
templatmg staging an alleged fight
ON July may find themselves before
that time included in the governments
classification Of these engaged in use
less or harmful cupations.-Louis-
vile Post.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

Fued daily (Sunday exceptedl at 4:15 p. m.
at Herald Building, 81 Church st.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

The weather man seems hound to
n axe us use that last shovelful Of
coal.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18
Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

tered at the Post Office at New Britain
as Second Glass Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

system of retailing is to encourage
greater production and to avoid long
hauIs The certainty of an imm ed
late market makes the farmer glad
to plant larger crops than he would
SOW if disposal of them presented a
problem. The more locally grown
vegetab les and fruit used in a town.
the less that town must draw on our
overburdened transportation system
for its food supply
New Britain herald., 1918-04-18

The editorial page of the "Meriden
Morning Record is indeed inspiring