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New Britain herald., 1918-06-26
'. ". |. A. GIVES UP
 HIRED APARTMENTS
Finds Booming Venture Is Not a
 Paying Proposition

Contrary to rumors, activities will continue at the local Y. w. C. A. throughout the summer months, with few exceptions. Because of neces- sary repairs, the lunch room will be closed from Saturday, June 29, to September 3. covering a period of about two months. This particular branch of the Y. w. c. A. will under go decided change at it's re-opening iii the fall. as it will be conducted as a cafeteria lunch room. This change was found necessary, due partly to the high cost of living, also to make it possible to serve more girls and to furnish more rapid service.
 Another change, which the associa- ton has found necessary to make, is the giving up Of the two apartments at 23 Hungerford Court. to go into effect on July 1, These two apart ments provided ten rooms which, for the past eight years, have been used in connection with the boarding home of the Y, ". c. A. Because so few girls could be housed there, the in come the past year was much lower than the outlay, causing large def icit. 1t was stated at Y. w. c. A.
  very much regretted, but absolutely necessary. However. in the general administration building accommoda- tions can be furnished for,e eight girls. The '. w. c. A, will continue also to find rooms somewhere in the city for girls who apply. Sixty girls were placed in this manner last year.
 The Y. w. c. A. wishes it to be understood that it does not intend to do away with the boarding home permanently, as sometime in the fu- ure it hopes to provide a much larger boarding home than ever befOre and accommodate all who apply.
 No other changes are contemplat- ed. The gymnasium, though not as active as during the winter months, will be open throughout the summer, also the swimming pool, and classes will be conducted. The adninistra- tion building will be open at all times ready to receive women desiring help or informa ton.
 Vacation Camps.
 The Y. W. c. A. is in a position to furnish the necessary information concerning the various Y. w. c. A. vacation houses and camps in the state and out of the state. Pamphlets containing a list of expenses location travelling accOmmO Odations and a fuii description of the various houses and surrounding grounds will be furnished for the asking. These camps are open to all women desiring to take advan- tage of the low prices and accommo- dations offered by the Y. w. c. A., but owing to the fact that only a linn tied number of applicants can be taken care of, those wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity to en- joy an ideal vacation should make application as early as possible.
 There are five vacation houses and camps for which information can be
New Britain herald., 1918-06-26

furnished by the local Y. W. c. A. The only one in this state is the Wangum Lodge-Hartford Y. w. c. A. vacation house-run by the Hartford Y. ". c. A. Others outside of the state are as follows: Altamont camp, A1tamont, N. Y, in the Helderburg Mountains, IS miles from Albany, with shacks and tents for 200 girls; Makonikey Sea side Camp for Girls, Martha's Vine ward run by the New England Field
New Britain herald., 1918-06-26

of Y. W. C. A. for New England Y. w.. C. As; Seaside camp, COnanicut Park, R. l., run by Providence Y. w. c. A., and Brookside Lodge, Chester, Mass, run by the Springfield Y. w. c. A. A number of applications have been re- ceived by Miss Zanzinger, who has charge of the Y. W. c. A. work here, and she will gladly Wecome all appl- cants who call at Y. W. C. A. head nuart orS HungcrfOrN court.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-26

The Crescent Past Grands' associa- ton picnic which was to have been held tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Miller in Bristol has been indefinite ly postponed on account of the se- rious illness of Mrs. Miller
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
HOPE RUSSIA'S ART IS SAFE
Outside World Anxious for Preserva.
tion Of Masterpieces Held in the
Chaotic Capital.

Chaos has now apparently descended
upon the Russian capital, and the out
side world car only hope that someone
In that unhappy center of revolution
and discord has seen to 1t that the
hundreds of masterpieces in the ma
tional collection shall be placed In a
comparatively safe hiding place until
the storms Of war are over. says the
Boston Transcript.
A brief summary of the facts given
in the preface to the three volume
French catalogue Of the Hermitage
(Petrograd's great art gallery will
suffice to convey some idea Of the won-
derful riches of this collection. At
the time that this catalogue was pub
lished the gallery contained 1,0A paint
ings, Of which 331 belonged to the Ital-
ian school. III to the Spanish school.
949 to the Germanic schools (Flemish.
Dutch and German), eight to the Eng
lish school, 172 to the French school,
and 81 to the Russian school.
These 1874 pictures were selected
from a total Of more than 1000 pic
lures acquired since the time of Cath
crime ii. Those Of the 1000 which
were not given a place in the Petro-
grad galleries were hung In the winter
palace and in the other royal resi-
dences Of Tsarkoe Selo. Peterhof and
CATCHING, and In the museum of Mos
COW.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25

this front. Again, shortly after The
battle of Verdun started, the French
railroad which was to furnish many Of
the supplies to the troops was de-
stroyed. The French government, how
ever, had Il macadam road 81 feet wide
on which four lines of traffic, two In
either direction. were maintained. Day
men and equipment.
The traffic eve stopped. When II
hole was made in the road, a nan with
a shovelful of rock slipped in between
the lines of trucks and threw the rOck
into the hole. then jumped aside to let
the truck roll the rock down. Then an
other man would follow his example,
and so on until the hole was filled.
Trucks that broke down were showed
aside and repaired almost Instantly.
Had the French depended on their rail-
road or on poor highways the Germans
would have won the battle.
There are few places in which good
roads will win great military victories.
Put there ARE many places in which
they will win great victories in time of
reace. Whenever a criSiS-military,
economic or sOcial-OccurS in the life
of a community, the condition of the
road is Il significant factor in deter
mining whether the community will go
up or down, forward or backward. The
community with good roads is the COM
n,unity that will deliver the goods
when the necessity comes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
FEDERAL AID FOR HIGHWAYS
Under Terms Of Act Secretary Of Agri-
culture May Deal With State
Highway Department.

Much misunderstanding seems to
prevail as to tne means by which fed
eral aid in road building under the
federal aid road act Of 1916 may be
obtained, says a recent publication Of
the United States department of agri-
culture.
MANY county officials and private
citizens" says the publication, Sub
nit to the department Of agriculture
inquiries or applications looking to the
obtaining of federal aid for a local high
way. To these inquiries and applica-
tons the answer is invariably made
hat under the terms of the federal
act itself the secretary of agriculture
may deal only with the state highway
department Of roads. Responsibility
for repair of roads upon which fed
eral aid is to be expended rests with
the state highway department"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25

Gee! Did You See II Go That Timer"
things as they were would sound an
grateful. Would, indeed. be most i'm
polite. And then, exactly why had he
away?
Suppose" said the king, you draw
up a chair and tell me about it. We'd
better talk 1t over, l think"
His royal highness drew up a chair,
and sat on it. His feet not reaching
the floor, he hooked them around the
chair rung. This was permissible be-
cause, first, the king could not see
them from his bed. Second. 1t kept
his knees from shaking.
"Probably you are aware" said the
king, that you have alarmed IA great
many people"
I'm sorry, sir. l didn't think"
"A princes duty is to think. Where
did you go?
ITO the park, sir. II thought I'd
like to see the park by myself. It's
very hard to enjoy things with Miss
~Braithwaite, sir. She does lot really
enjoy the things l like. Milky and
l."
"By Milky you mean Lieutenant
Larisch?"
"Yes, sir"
"GO on"
1--WE like the same things, sir-the
Pike's-Peak-Or-Bust, and all that"
The king raised himself on his ell
bow. "What was thatT he demanded.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
blushed, and explained. 1t was Bob
by's name for the peak at the top Of
the scenic railway. He had been on
the railway. He had been-his en-
thusiasm carried him away. His
cheeks flushed. He sat forward on the
edge of his chair, and ge~sticulated.
II was awfully happy, sir" ne ended.
ut feels like flying, only safer. And
the lights are pretty. It's like fairy
land. There were two or three times
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25

His grandfather said nothing, but
looked at him.
"Here-here l am. sir" said the
crown prince from the door.
The king drew a long breath. But
the silence persisted. Prince Ferdi-
nand William Otto furtively rubbed
n dusty shoe against the back of a
trousers leg.
I'm afraid I'm not very neat, sir"
said Prince Ferdinand William Otto.
and took a step forward. Until his
grandfather commanded him, he could
not advance into the room.
"Come here" said the king.
He went to the side of the bed.
"Where have you been?"
"Im afraid ran away, SIR"
"Why?"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto cOn-
sidered. 1t was rather an awful mo-
ment. 81 don't exactly know. just
thought | would"
You see, it was really extremely diff
fcult. TO say that he was tired Of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
Sugar Acreage In India.

British India's sugar cane acreage
Is from 6 to 10 per cent larger, accord
ing to the second official crop estimate
for 1918. This forecast Is based on
reports furnished by provinces that
contain 80 per cent of the sugar n
Of India, and these reports indicate ar
acreage for the crop Of 2.565,OOO. as
against an estimated 2,34O,OOO acres at
the corresponding date a year ago, an
Increase Of 10 per cent. As compared
with the final estimate (~2,414,OOO
acres) for 1867, the present estimate
shows an increase of 6 per cent.
The Indian Trade Journal states
that, while the crop was affected to a
certain extent by heavy rain and floods
in low-lying area In parts Of the Unit
ed Provinces, the Punjab and Bengal.
and by disease and insect pests in
some Of the eastern districts of the
United Provinces, the prospects Of the
crop, on the whole, are good.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
ROADS SAVED FRANCE TWICE
Had II Not Been for R~adiating System
Germans Would Have Crossed
Marine and Reached Parl&

Good roads have twice saved France
in the present war, observes Farm and
Nreside. Had 1t not been for the radi-
ating road system maintained by the
French government, the Germans
would have won the battle Of the
Marine and reached Paris. The Ger
mans had calculated on only three d.
visions being sent out from Paris to
stop the invasion. Instead, the excel
lent system Of highways made 1t pos
sibIe for five divisions to be sent to
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25

Grimm, In what he called the lingo Of
the country. whats wrong? Lost
anybodyT
But Hedwig's lieutenant had wheeled
his horse without a word, and. Jump
ing him over the hedge Of the alice,
was off in a despainng search Of the
outskirts of the park, followed by his
cavalrymen.
As the last horse leaped the hedge
and disappeared. the a came to Q
stop at the platform. Quivering.
Prince Ferdinand william Otto reached
down for the despised hat.
"Would you like to go around
again?" asked Bobby, quite casually.
His highness gasped with Joy. IF
If you wsnld be so kind!" he said.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
Ski In Land Of Summer.

Californians are not denied the win.
ter sports of tobogganing. ski-running,
sleighing and skating. but In order to
enjoy them they are obliged to ascend
into the Sierra Nevadas, q mile above
the coast and the central valleys.
There, amidst the fragrant pine for
ests of the highlands, they enter into
keen out-of-doors recreation with all
the zest Of people who see snow usu-
ally from a distance. The winter
sports season at Truckee. near the
summit of the Sierra, has become well
established as an annual event.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
ARMY TRUCKS INJURE ROADS
Enormous Cars Do Almost i~rreparable
Damage to Highways, Improved
or Unimproved.

Every state highway department
which has had experience with army
trucks knows that these enOrmO cars
do almost %irreparable damage to all
roads, improved or unimprOved. This
is particularly true when the autos
move in trains, as is customary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
Annual Cost Of Roads.

Road construction and maintenance
in the United States involve IN an
nual outlay of over $500, 900. a sum
which, if capitalized at 5 per cent,
would represent an investment of &c.
OOO. 10000.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
Good Roads Easential.

Good roads are absolutely essential
to progressive farming and satisfying
country life. The best farmers IAN
not afford to live where there are nj
roads and no means of marketing
what they produce.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
Money-SavinQ Power.

The tractor is a money-saving power.
plant for all road work. 1t is the ma
chine that fits in with the new slogan,
Not more money for the roads, but
more rOads for the money!"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
Make Friend Of Him.

Treat your enemy as generously as
you treat your friend. and 1t may end
In FOUR having two friends and no enc
my. Which is much better.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
Exeeptiona 70 All RuIes.

In so complex a thing as human ma
ture, we must consider 1t hard to find
rules without exceptions,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25
EininQ. the Silo.

Silo filling is a hurry-up job In order
to get all the growth possible and to
avoid frost.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25

And at the lordly wave Of BObby's
hand. the a moved on.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-25

Diet for Human Family.
The human family obtains 20 per
cent Of its diet from the Dairy COW.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-21
IF East Adams

cntly by the war. no one who sees them in Europe can doubt. They arc we'll fed. well-housed. and are determined to be well educated They know that they can use their ballots to get their share of the wealth they produce. They are never going to be content again with crusts. They arc motived now by hope rather than by fear. and they are going to react strangely during the next ten years on the social structure of this old world. But even the new majority will not change everything of course. Grass will grow. water will run down hill, smart mon will lead fools. wise men will have the places of honor and power, in proportion to the practicality of their wisdom. But for all that. we shall have in a rather large and certainly in keenly inter esting degree a new heaven and a new earth.
 Now as these speculations upon the new order came to us as our journey drew to it's close in England. the war seemed slowly to change its meaning. It became something more than con- flict: it seemed to be a revolution world wide, and all cncompassing. Then we thought of 'the front in new terms.
 (Continued Tomorrow
Arizona republican., 1918-09-21
WAR GRAF TIERS WILL
 GET POLICE NOTICE

Chief of Poliee George O. Erisbois called attention yesterday 10 an article appearing in the Los Angeles Times concerning war grafters" and snid the same advise would apply to Phoc- nix. The chief said persons. before giving money or other valuables to agents. or. supposed agents. of war ac- tivities. that such agents first be asked to show their credentials.
 The article referred to by Chief Brls- bois follows:
 It is amazing and distressing that 50 many grating schemes falsely repre- sented as war charities should flourish here at a time when every dollar should De wisely used and none diverted into the pockets of unpatriotic swindlers. Entertainments and dances have been given. books and other articles sold under the pretense that the money goes to our soldiers. recent investl- gation in New York disclosed that an astonishing number of alleged war charities were fakes and that large amount of money had been mulcted from people by mercensry. swindlng l promoters. From one entertainment alone. there, it was shown that S74,000 Of the receipts went into the pockets l of private individuals. Similar spur
 ous charity affairs have deceived the people Here and in other cities.
 The Times warr~ people to be .yigi lant and watchful. Financial or other support should not be given to any en- terprise represented as a war charity. unless 1t has the solid backing of the State Council of Defense or the War Donations Board. Beware of graftors
Arizona republican., 1918-09-21
REGISTRATION FOR
 ELECTION |S SLOW

Registration which was reopened after tho primary. for the general cleo tion win close on October IS. Though it has been five days since the list was re-opcnCd very few have called to reg istcr though there must be three or four thousand who are otherwise qualified to vote. Most of those not registered are believed to be repub- licans who, if they expect to cut an important figure at the polls, must move.
 ft is known that many republicans, somewhere between 800 and 1000 reg istercd as democrats. some to vote for Suttor and some for osborn at the pri- mary. But the great bulk of repub- licans had no special incentive to reg ister for the primary as there was no contest within their party.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-21

the laboring class. Thus democracy has it's savings in war bonds, which would be wiped out by an indemnity to Germany. but would be greatly inflated by an Allied victory; and where the treasure is, there the heart is. Per haps it was political strategy which placed the war bonds in the hands of the people. But more than likely it was financial necessity. For the tre- mendous financial burden of this war was too great for the investing classes to bear unaided. So even the financing of the war has been more or less dem ocratized. In fact. the whole conduct of the war is democratized.
 Officers As Mascots Only
 One of the corroborating proofs that this is after all not kings war. but 8 peoples war, iS found in tho kind of stories they were forever telling Henry and me about the war. They arc not hero stories. Mostly they are funny stories. more Or less gently guyng the "pomp and circumstance of glorious war" for it is the proud boast of the British army that this is a noncoms' war. Doubtless the stories have small basis in fact, but the currency of these blithe stories reflects the popular mind. Thus they say that when General Hais and his staff came down to review the Canadian troops and pin a carload of hardware on their men for bravery in battle. medals of one sort and another, the Canadian general lined his huskies up, and as the staff approached he cried anxiously. Say boys-here he comes. Now see if you can't stand to attention. and for heavens sake, fel- lows don't call me Bill willie he ia here." And then they say that after the heavy hardware and shelf goods were distributed British officer lifted his voice to say: Men, you have written brave page upon our history. But with such magnificent coura ge why can you not display other soldierly qualities? Why are you so loose in your discipline? Why don't you treat your officers with more respect?" And in the pause voice from the ranks re piled, They're not bad lot, sir. We like 'em all right. But we have 'em along for mascots,"
 French Elect Officers
 The French also seem to have their easy-going ways. For current smok- ing room fiction relates that last spring after a troop of French soldiers hao been hauled out 10 be shot for rcfusins to go into battle under orders. a whole division revolted and demanded new
Arizona republican., 1918-09-21
SOLDIERS WILL A|D
 LOCAL DRAFT BOARD

The Maricopa County Local Board took on a more military appearance than ever yesterday when there arrived from Camp Cody two uniformed sol Giers detailed to the board as clerks to assist Secretary Martin T. Weyant and his force of volunteer workers.
 The soldier clerks are Edward A. Johnson and Henry G. Tuckey. Their detail to Phoenix follows as the result of a ruling by the war department that men be sent from military camps to To- cal boards to serve in whatever Ca pacity needed to expedite the work Of the draft. Both Johnson and Tuckey are Maricopa county men and are pleased to get home and at the same time have 0 chance to serve in the army.
 The work at the local board is nov ing ahead rapidly and the work caused by the last and greatest draft of ali is Weyant saiu yesterday. The assist ance of Johnson and Tuckey, both ex- being put through on schedule time, perienced clerks and stenographers. was much needed and the board appre- ciates having them with us," he said.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-21

officers-and got new officers-before they would move forward. And the same smoking room fiction says that in the revolt the men were right and the officers wrong.
 Why" asked a new English officer of some Russian troops who had made splendid assault on a German posi- tion in the spring of 1917, an assault that required high courage and great soldierly skill, why did you men all lift up your hands just before the charge was made?" The noncom grinned and answered, We were talk ing a vote upon the matter of the charge. sir!"
 In a theater on the boulevards in Paris recently hit was made by in- troducing a stage scene showing the princes and nobility in poverty. looking down from a gallery at the top of the theater, on the rich working people in the boxes below; the princes and no- bility were singing a doeful ditty and dancing a sad dance about the changed circumstances that were glooming up the world
 Simultaneously across the channel in England they were telling this one. Lord Milner, who in Germany would be one of the all highest of the high command. was calling at an English house where the children were not used 10 nobility. They heard their father refer to Lord Milner as my lord" And asked, % sir, were you indeed born in a manger?" The all highest smiled and quoth in reply, No my child. no, was not born in a manager. but if they keep on taxing me I fear I shall die in one,"
 Dreams Sometimes Come Tue The Italian have high hopes of har- messing their nine millions of horse- power in Alpine waterfalls, running their state owned railroads and public utilities with it, and introducing cleo tricity as an industrial power into Italian homes, thus bringing back to the homes of the people the home in- dustries like weaving which steam took away century ago. But this is only | a dream. Yet sometimes dreams do come true. And dreams are wishes un- expressed; and in this day of demo- cratic power, a wish with & ballot be- hind 1t becomes a will. and soon hard ems into fact The times are chang | ing. But of course human nature re- mains much the same. Men under a l given environment will do about the same kind of things under one set of circumstances. But we should not for l get in our computations that laws
 customs. traditions. the distribution of
 wealth. make an entirely new environ
 ment, and that circumstances are not
 the same when environment differs That the surroundings of those people
 known collectively as the poor have changed. and changed perman