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New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
Goose and Golden Eggs.
(NeW York Evening Post. ,

Loose talk about demanding Il hug :
indemnity from Germany, while at
the same time maintaining string
ent economic boycott against her
was brought down TO the test of fact
a a political meeting in Scotland, a
couple of weeks ago. The candidate
for parliament, after his speech had
to face the customary heckling. One
question put TO him was double bar
relied: Was he is favor Of eEacting a
heavy indemnify from Germany; and
would he do his best to prevent re-
opening of trade with Germany? The
would-be NJ. P. explained that il
would be impossible to get big in
demnity while ruling out the only
means by which it could be paid
Does that mean that if we insist on
an indemnity to pay for the war" the
heckler said, eve must begin trading.
with Germany again ?? I'm afraid
it does" said the candidate. Then"
said the heckler. with terrific empha-
sis I'D rather pay for it myself"
This canny Scot ct least knew that he
had to inpale himself on one horn or
the other of the dilemma.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
New England Railroads.
(Springfield Republican.)

While the New England railroads
have made Roadway in adding to
their facilities during the past year,
there was opportunity of carrying out
only a small part of the government s
betterment program before Novem-
Der l. The work is still going on, as
sshown by the picturesque install
lation of a new bridge at Greenfield
on Sunday. Yet it is evident that a
large part of the program must go
over to next year. Figures are avail
able showing the capital expenditures
up to Novem Der !. At that time, the
Boston and Maine had expended only
s2,2o9,097 of it's allotted SIC, sos
and the New Haven had expended
s8,193,734 of its $21,570,675. To the
Boston and Albany $685. 99 had
been allotted, and of this St87, O54,
was expended before November /. A
relatively small part Of the appro-
priatioas had been expended by rail-
ways throughout the country, though
one, the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy. had got as high as 70 per
cent. The chief problem involved Will
be in the attitude Of railroad direc-
tors. who. now that the war is over,
NAV seek to curtail the Improvement
program because of uncertainty or
financing. According to the Railway
Age. one road has already refused
any further shipments on untitled or
ders for equipment and materials.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
Stand Up,
tSpringfeld Daily News

tSpringl1eld Daily News.)
A fine line on various elements of
public gatherings might be secured
in the future by requesting:
Husbands present with their stem
ographers to step out into the side
aisle
Men who owe for their last week s
laundry to hand their names and
addresses TO the leader of the or
chcstra.
Deadheads present to pass quietly
around to the right.
Mothers who have left infants in
60 carts in the lobby to step to the
telephone.
Young men in hired dress suits TO
stand up and remain standing until
everybody sees how they fit.
Chaps intending to give their girls
expensive Christmas presents to hold
up their check books.
Any man who naver used the
wearisome slang expression, "I'N say
so" to step up on the stage and re-
'i-afva m ovation.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
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New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

cent, but when the battle there was
over, North and South alike were ex-
hausted. At the Mouse the Americans
were ready to fight the next hour, but
there was nobody to fight.
When our marines Nero nu..-.
across the path Of the Germans after
they had come down from the Aisnc
and the Vcsle and were driving a.
spearhead toward Paris, less than 40
miles away, they had more than 1000
casualties out Of the 5000 engaged.
but they never yielded an inch. At
the second Marine. the 3Sth Regiment,
Regulars, held off five times its num-
Der, despite enormous losses. In this
battle, one of the most dramatic and
important in the worlds history, we
had, according to Pers1ling's report,
500, 600 men, about as many as the
allied armies at Leipzig, or at least so
per cent. more than all the armies at
Waterloo.
The British casualties at Waterloo
were $500. BY this scale, they
fought more than 100 Waterloos in
those blasting four months, and the
French, on innumera BILE fields showed
va1or and constancy never surpassed
and probably never equalled by the
race that has burned UP more gun
powder than any other in Europe
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

New Britain should proceed slowly
In the development Of its park sys-
tenn and before it is decided to ex-
pend large amount of money com
petent officials should thoroughly in
vesticate our needs III respect to
other improvements. Al a meeting Of
the charter revision committee Tues
day night it was explained that $500
600 might be spent to develop the
lands recently purchased as an eX-
tension Of a park system and also to
improve those pa ks now in exist
enCe.
Many projects that require money
and which would be OF more practi-
cal use are under discussion. 1t is
proposed to erect 4. memorial build
ing to comm emorate the sacrifices Of
New Britain soldiers in past wars and
in the present conflict and 100000
has been mentioned as the amount
necessary for tho accomplishment Of
this purpo@e Residents and proper
ty owners in the southwest part of
tho city are aGjt0tins the need Of
fire house aud their appeal has been
recognized. The same applies to those
living o. owning property in the Bel
vidcre section and although the be-
lief exists that haste is not necessary
in this direction the day is not far
off when that district will require fire
projections There is no question of
the necessity of q now police head
quarters building which can also
house the police and city courts. The
present location of the police build
ing and the building itself are I'M
suitable. The construction of these
buildings will impose sufficient bur
den on the taxpayers, whose income
from property for the past two Or
three years is far below that Of other
years.
w. /. Brooks, who is sponsor for
the proposed park improvements is
highly priced as u citizen and no at
tempt is made to disparage his abil
4
affairs and takes al active interest in
the community. But Mr.. Brooks and
others who approve of park develop
ments must consider that the past
few years have been years of sacri-
ace for everyone and the family purse
has been called upon for many dona-
lions The immediate future is dark
and uncertain and may require even
greater sacrifices. New Britain should
have a park system Developed along
the plans of Mr. Brooks but it can
afford to wait few years until other
municipal improvem ents for which
there is an actual demand have been
bought and paid for
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
The Price We Paid.
(,New York w orld)

AS the veil is lifted in Europe we
can see how tremendous were the
achievem of the allied armies in
the immortal f19 days from July Is.
the date Of the last German drive to
November II, when Germany ad-
mitted defeat. If valor in battle be
the supreme test of manhood, then
the losses as we'll as the victories tell
that the race has grown.
An English authority estimates our
ca sualties in the Argonne-MeuSc bat
tie. bv far the greatest ever fought by
American armies under American
command. at 100000, eight times
those Of the Germans al Gravelotte,
and the figures now coming in indi-
cate that he Is approximately correct.
This gives US a loss of about 20 per
cent. At Gettysburg the losses of the
two eppaies were $1,000, OF 30 pc
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
See What Happened to DR.. SOIf.
(kanSas City starr

Berlin dispatches announce the
resignation OF the German foreign
minister. DIR. W. s. Solf
DR.. Solf is the man who began to
protest TO the United States against
the terms Of the armistice the very
day the armistice vast signed He
kept il up too. until the day he re-
signed. Every morning the doctor
would appear even in advance of the
milkman, ring the door bell, and
demand a modification of the terms.
When President Wilson slammed the
door in his face DR.. Self then began
by ringing bells and making a noise
n the street, and when the allies
~0ke& out he shouted out some new
request for q change in the ar1nistice
terms.
Now that he has resigned, maybe
the allies will be able to get some
sleep in the early mornings
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
JOIN THE RED CROSS
MANN;S CANDIDACY

In connection with the candidacy
Of the House of representatives. the
New Yorl, Sun points out the West
and Middle West will secure the
chairmaDsllips of the majority Of i'm
portant committees If the seniority
ruf. Is followed. Unless this rule is
revoked. the Sc sections will have the
Agriculture. District of Columbia, I'm
migration, Indian Affairs Insular At
fairs. Interstate Commerce, Judiciary,
Military Affairs, Post Office Public
buildings and Grounds, Public Lands,
Rivers and Harbors. Territories. Wa
ter Power and Ways and Means
Editorially, the New York Sun de-
clares wal on Mr.. Mann under the
caption Mann must be beaten for
speaker in the following words:
Mr. Mann lacks vision. He
lacks breadth. He lacks poise.
He lacks self-restraint. He does
not measure up TO the stature of
statesman. His admitted in
tcllectual acuteness is not guided
by informed comprehension of
thu duties which will Gevolve on
the Republican Speaker of the
Sixty sixth Congress.
The Speakership of the next
House of Representatives is an
Office too rich in opportunities
for the Republican party, too i'm
porta1t to the United States. too
impo Giant to the world, to have it
conferred for geographical rea-
SoNs, or merely TO sustain a ira
djtional custom.
The first progressive step of
the Republican Representatives
in the SiXty-sixth Congress must
be to select somebody besides
James II. Mann for Speaker of
tho House.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
Library Notes.

''Fheye are tens OF thousands of
wounded men in Our army hospitals
and every returning transport and
hospital ship brings more thousands.
Many of these men will he in hospi-
tails for months, some of them for q
Year or more, before they are suffl-
GENTLY recovered to be discharged
from the army. These men need
books. They need books more than
they need almost anything else ex-
cept surgical care and nursing" Her
bert Putnam, Librarian of Congress-
who is General Director Of the lii
brary War Service, thus directs at
tention to an opportunity for service
that is open to everyone. FOR fic-
ton and general literatur we have to
depend largely on the gifts from the
public. Every good recent book that
can be spared from anEone's person.
al book shelf will find its way quickly
into the hands of some soldier or
sailor who needs it if taker or sent
at once to the nearest public library.
There is no better way 10 make
Christmas gift to the men who have
been wounded in our service than to
give books
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
Low Pay for Teachers.

Philadelphia Public LedgerD
~ tic matter Of. paying teachers d
wGsr that will enable them to live
docertly, DR., A. E. Shiplcy of the
British Cducationl mission, quotes the
Greek philosophers:
The cheapest thing going today
is education I pay my cook. said
Crates. ironically. -Four pounds a
year; but q philosopher can be hired
for about sixpence and Il tutor for
three half-pence.
so today writes Erasmus a.
man stands aghast at the thought of
paying for his boys education a sum
which would buy q foal or iced a
farm servant.
The position has not much
changed since Plato wrote 1000
years ago
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
Diplomats and the People.
(New York World.)

Long before the president was
greeted by enthusiastic citizens of
France, the prime ministers of Great
Britain. France and Italy met in Lon
don to discuss the preliminary terms
Of peace. The result of these discus
sions is still enshrouded in mystery,
but the correspondent of the World
reports a general belief among the
governing circles Of the entente coun-
tries that 1.-The president has been
forestalled." That means neither more
nor less than that the entente gov
ernments have privately pledged
themselves to make a, European peace
along the familiar lines of the diplo-
macy that was responsible for this
war. In that case the United States
government could hardly be expected
to become a party to it
1t is all very we'll for the presid ent
to speak at the Hotel de Vile yes
terday about the full ownership Of
those peoples here and throughout
the world VITO reverence the right of
liberty and Justice" but that fellow
ship must find expression, if it is to
be expression at all, through GOV
ernments. To say that the govern
ments with which the president II
now to deal personally are general,
regarded as hostile to the kind OF
peace that he advocates ia merely t..
state fact of common knowledgu
everywhere except in the United
States.
Perhaps the American peopl >
themselves are partly responsible To-
this situat zion. During the last four
wears so many Of them have been ar
IDENTIFY pro- British or pro reach or
pTo-Belg1an or pro-German that the
have forgotten ab0 neCe~-
s1ty Of being ro-American. Now tina
the test has come their own foreign
sympathies are being turned against
them in support of peace which
bears little rela ton to the ideals for
which they have been sacrificing and
fighting. If the traditions of Fu-
ropean diplomacy are oVerthrOWu
and a peace based upon true liberty
and justice is finally established. hu~
mantty will owe It's debt OF gratituda
mainly to President Wilson, but !,
cannot be said tibet the present OUT
look Is particularly bright. Popular
applause Is only empty sound unless
it can change the course Of govern
ments that are more concerned about
the immediate political value of the
spoils Of war than about the future
peace and security of mankind.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
IS Minute NOTICE 1
TO STOP FIGHTING
Dix Street Boy at Front When
Truce Was Signed

III letters to his parents PriV1j q
Conrad Weinberg of Dix street, how III
France with Company T. of the 1925
U. S. infantry, writes interestingly q
the signing of the armistice, explain
ing that the fighting men We're given
only a 15-minuto notice to stop fight
ing. At 1915, he writes, they wc"a
warned to stop fighting at II o'clock.
The young soldier also tells Of being
prom oted, successfully, to corporal
and sergeant, but later asked TO 1s
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
The Flag i'm Uearst's Papers.
New York Evening Post. }

Hearsts profuse use of the Ameri-
can flag is made only a tri1e more
nauseati1g than it always was by his
unblushing direction to keep it up on
Especial occasions" since it had the
effect of "giving us very American
character and probably helping sell
papers. All this was merely the
cool adoption by great newspaper
proprietor of the motto OF the bush
whacking congressman always to go
in for the old fag and an appropria-
ton.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

! humor and give keen and kindly crit
| icism,"
| WINGS IN THE NIGHT, by A. d.
Miller
Certain qualities stand out in
these verses: a SIM licity OF diction,
an ardent sincerity, Il psychological
acuteness. Her gifts are not common,
and a stronger passion, a firmer reli-
ance on her sense of drama may
bring her far beyond the achieve
| ment Of the present volume. Dial.
Fiction.
BOOM FRANC. by David Gray.
Based on the play OF the same
name: tho novelization is more sue
ressfuI than usual and makes an
amusing story of the two love affairs
jealousy is hclpful"--A. L. A. Book
list
CHILDREN OF THE DEAR COTS
WOLDS, by L. a. Harl1er.
"Readere in the mood to esca pc
from horrors. whether Of ia ct or fam
cy, may urn with confidence to these
stories of the comfortable world Of
Yesterday. Nation.
CLOSEUP. by Margaret Turnbull.
"a moving picture studio story Of
California just before the United
States entered tbs war.''-rublisher' s
note.
FREE AND OTHER STORIES, by
Theodore Dresser.
eleven stories of varying length
and nature, some Of them full of &C
ton others psychological studies
with rather a pessimistic tone. all
showing the keen student Of human
nature. "A. L. A. Booklist.
JOHN OMAY: and Other Stories. by
NJ. S. Burt.
Seven short stories which all have
to do with Gentlemen Unafraid here
and there around the world. They are
very cleverly told, dramatic, about
unusual people in unusual places
n. L. A. Booklist.
RED ONE, by Jack London.
"A collection of short stories. The
settings run from the tropics to Alas
kan fields
WAR WORKERS. by T.. L. DelaHeld.
This novelist Of the second gen
Grafton, who is a daughter of Mrs.
De la Pasture (now Lady Clifford),
has a touch both keen and restrained.
For her inability to deal with mere
types for her denure humor and
clarity Of narration this young writer
may fairly be referred to if not COM
pared with the great little Miss Aus
ter. Nation.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

On Victory Day in London, two
American officers walked the length
OF Il street kissing every girl they meA
and being kissed in return Boy, page
Mr.. Sherman!
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
GERMAN MINE TNPIODF,S
KILLING Is PERSONS

Paris. Dec. 10 (Havas.D-A German
mine which had been planted In q
bridge at Guise has exploded. killing
Is persons and injuring %. according
to a Guise dispatch to the Matin. The
date Of the explosion is not given, but
the dispatch says that 1t occurred
more than a month after the ar
mistice went into effect
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

The University of Colum bia has
worked out system Of preserving
steak BY drying it, Surely the pro-
fessors didn't have to bother their
thought domes about that We've all
met with steak chat must have gone
through that proces;s.-Meriden Rec
ord.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

Officers in charge of the Allied
armies Of occupation have ordered
of turning back the Watch on the
Rhine, SO to speak.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

Our war department bought 49,
100000 pieces of soap for shipm ent
overseas in the last six months,
which sounds as if we are preparing
to get into contact with the Bolshe-
viki-Indianapolis Star
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

Berlin's cabarets are reported to be
running fun blast. The Germans
dance. soon they will begin TO pay the
fiddler.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
JOIN THE RED CROSS.

What has become Of that old
fashioned idea that the Kaiser was
to eat his Christmas dinner in Paris:
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

If Here Ebert cvc1r Desired to as
sumo d royal title he might, with rea-
son. dub himself the Prince of Walls.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

The bill against Germany is one
hundred and twenty billions of dol
lars, and it sounds even more In
marks. Cheer up, Fritz! The first
hundred billions are the hardest
Chicago Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

A French army is now occupying
Budapest For q, nation that was
bled white every year through n long
period. France certainly does act Wig
Orous iike-Dallas News
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

Considering the remarkable prog
ross that has been made in camou-
tagging 1t ought to be possible to over
come any Christmas tree shortage
Norwich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Mr.. Vail announces a new teie-
phone invention whereby four con-
vcrsations can be simultaneously car
ried on over one pair of wires We
can't get this improvem ent upon our
lines too quickly.-New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

Faced by our bankroil and ou'
Christmas list we understand th'
way the kaiser felt along about Octo-
her New York Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19
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HOW 4 SC1,DrEB NAV sr7r,r~rrD
AFTER TIE WAR bv r TT con
"A number Of simple. interesting 2.
little stories taken mostly from civil
nntovine srccsssf,,I ~, roo,s aa OF"
s,it of+a,. t1,o ,,or" 80
,ier ''00"-
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IN THE SOLDIERS SERVICE nv
Mary Dexter.
War experiences ENGLAND Palo;-
UNI. France, 191A-191Y
This American girl has had an
unusual variety Of war service. almost
uninterrupted!v since the fall of 1914
.,1,o bo,.,,, ,- ,,;..+o,,4 :.
pital in England and late, want 70
Belgium as a Red Cross nurse She
became Interested in psvcho-ana1y>
sis. and studied and worked in one Of
the big clinics for trea+inp sha11
a vacation from the strain OF this
i.'l 100. CIV u,"''oe OH Tue Frehch
l. .io'e
r1rv,rn1,rrno ,>-,> >-,,r-
, 49, ,o..I1- 'AA1'A ~
"'1"' ny MILL o'1i8ih'
JACK WRIGHT,
So.
"-ba MO-, ,a++ar. ~ oiux4
vaar-old Arnerican t,c,, t,-,,o 80.
cs+ed in p1rsrca ,x-toso o,,1n4a.,
u,ere tho cbi1drar 80 u,,a,,o1, a-t;e,4,,
and poets ard vho .a+,,rnod ~
r,r.~ce - e,h+ fo,. H. A141so,,.1, 49,
his commission as First Lieutenant
Pilot-Aviator. The book stands out
OF the ordinary run Of war letters by
virtue OF ITS youthful high spirits and
1deailSm' -Publlsher's note.
RED HEART OF RUSSIA, by Bessie
Beatty.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

Sir Thomas Upton wants to CON
tinue the war on the seas-for the
America's cup.--Now Haven Register
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

It seems superluous for William
H., after trying suicide, to tear as
sassins, but he might very well be
afraid of hosts.--Springfeld Repub-
ljcan.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

N117I@ I VI u II WI " INV US 47IVI :
edith Nicholson.
These are delightful chapters
about the Middle West written by one
of her SONS who can see both without
and within, who loves his own part of
a great country, yet can see weak
nesses and touch them with genial
New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

HOW \ SOLDIER MAY SUCCEED
AFTER TIE WAR, by r. Fl. Con-
we'll.
"A number Of simple interesting
little stories. taken mostly from Civil
War life. OF soldiers who used their
spare time in study and
enjoying successful careers AS 81 re-
suit after the war, A, l.. A. BOOK
liSr.