New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-19

| pect street where soldiers live who
! have lost hand and a leg. And if
| you are not then convinced, stroll
| about the city just to see the many
| significant gold stars on the service
| flags. If you are not then convinced
| it is not an argument you want-but
| characterization.
w. S. S..
A recent news dispatch reads:
KAISER says his troops are loyal to
| the core'. According to one Of New
Britain's returned soldiers, who has
| had an opportunity of observing the
German morale, ''+he fact is that q
majority of them are now beginning
to recognize that there amt gonna
| be no core"
If the war bureau never accom-
| plished anything else, it's excellent
work during these trying days of the
| epidemic is sufficient to warrant 1t
public recognition, even though the
emergency relief committee has TAX
en- over the work. The workers in
the war bureau stopped practically
all other work in order that they
might confine and concentrate their
energies toward alternating the suffer-
tngs of the sick and needy. The Home
Service department of the Red Cross,
operating through the war bureau,
has likewise rendered a service that
will never be forgotten. These two
agencies have furnished nurses in
many instances, have provided food
for homes where every member was
sick and unable to care for them
selves, have furnished motor trans
portation for doctors and nurses and
have given such valuable aid that one
shudders to thi'~' V''-"t 'nioht have
been the conditions here had not
these two organizations been on
substantial working basis and ready
to step in and help during just such
an emergency. Likewise is the health
department freely forgiven, in pub
lie opinion, for any possible errors of
commission or omission that may
have occurred in the past. 1t has
handled the situation we'll. 1t has
supplied two skilled nurses from it's
own staff. Tt has sent its inspectors
out on missions of help for the sick
and it has maintained open office
hours almost continuously that emer-
gency calls for doctors might be re-
ceived. And in the laboratory an
other good work was being done. Gull
lures taken from various patients
aided in giving a speedy diagnosis to
serious cases. The Visiting Nurses
association, that band of willing
WEAKNESS and have stood brave1y at
appointed tasks. receiving scant rec
ognition from the public, have again
proved their worth. They have gone
from home to home from patient to
patient, giving invaluable assistance
while at the New Britain General hos
pital the tired and overworked nurses
have cheerfully forgotten their own
weakness and have stood bravely at
their post ministering to the sick and
dying.
W S. S.
A number of the September q reg
istrants are beginning TO realize that
the marriage service does not al
ways secure q divorce from war serv-
ice.
w S. S.
As the Liberty Loan in this city
goes speeding over the allotted quota,
numerous stories In connection with
the canvass are coming to light.
These stories are of craven selfish
ness, and also of noble generosity. In
one factory an employe, a foundry
man who the officials declared, new
GF maze less imam 90U per week ana
ofttimes earned as much as SIS and
$50 per week, was asked to subscribe.
After much argument he grudgingly
signed his name to $50 bond and it
was only after he had felt the sting
ing rebuke of public opinion reflected
from his wOrkmateS that he raised it
to a hundred In another factory q
worker who earns wartime wages
refused fatty to subscribe. When Wis
tied by one of the factory officials he
pretended Ignorance of English and
thus tried to evade the issue. Not to
be so easily foiled, the superintendent
called an interpreter and through
him the matter was carefully ex-
planned. Suddenly flying into a rage,
the man, a foreigner, shouted: "No,
I won't buy. What do ! care for
America. [ don't care" or words to
that effect
A few hours later, according to the
story the man was summoned into
the superirtendent's office where he
was met by q keen-eyed stranger
with a determined expression.
tWhere's your coat and hat?"
"Upstairs".
"Go and get them, and when he
had returned he was ordered to ac-
company the stranger. He had been
taken into custody under the espion-
age act He had talked too much.
But there were many, many more
examples of generosity, One man,
hardly able to speak TnsIjsh and I'M
able to sign his name, willingly took
out a $50 bond. A few minutes later
he called for the canvasser. Say
mister, change that to 500" and be-
fore the man left the room he had
raised his subscription to $3.50. Asked
if he could afford IT, the fellow
smiled. Eyes 7 earn big money here.
/ have nobody to support. This gov
eminent is good enough for me-
w. S. S.