New Britain herald., 1918-09-14
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l owners of many trucks, and drivers
 of many vehicles, should remember
 that 1t is the wish of the national fuel administration to have economy
 practised seven days a week, instead
 of only on Sunday. Vast quantities
 of gasoline could be saved right here l in New Britain every day by a. little
 careful driving on the part of chauf- ] [eurS. For instance, a big truck, ! which probably uses a gallon of gas | O1ne every five or six miles, was mo- l ted early in the week on Church
 street. The driver was in a, restaurant 1 eating his dinner and during the or 20 minutes that he was so occupied he left the motor running, thereby ] wasting considerable fuel. Probably ] the machine had to be cranked by 1 hand and the driver thought it easier ! to keep 1t running than to crank it. Also one can see every day someone in 1 in automobile stop for a five or ten
 minute conversation, leaving their mo- 1 tor running all the while. It is a
 common thing to see two drivers stop 1 in the middle Of the street and en- 1 gage in conversation, accompanied by 1 the hum of their motors. If car own 1 CTS would instruct their drivers to be l more careful of these things, and get l an example themselves there would l be an added saving. ". $. S..
 1 While no one is inclined to weigh 1 this war in terms of gold, neverthe- l less the effect that it is having on i the offices of the personal tax collec- 1 tors about the state is material. Right here in New Britain alone. where
 there are about 5000 men in the ser | vice, it means a los to the collector | nf 1 tax collector is based on the taxes col i lected. And as more men are called l into the service these fees will de- 1 crease, yet because it is the younger | men who are being called the most
 rapidly it is evident that the ranks
 of the tax payers will not be readily l augm ented. And after the war it is 1 hardly likely that the soldiers will be called upon to pay personal tax again. 1 Thus it will be some time before the l job of personal tax collector becomes what it used to be.
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 Although the summer has not faded into memory as yet nevertheless it will not be long before the autumnal frosts are here. The self professed naturalists talking on the weather, de- clares that the frosts will arrive in a
 
 fall cricket has been singing his grooming song for several nights and he is a sure hamburger of frosts and he will keep it up for sometime after the frosts do come. The katydids are
 out also, and they are another sure sign of approaching fall. Already the evenings are much cooler, but the ideal Indian summer days are yet to come.
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 The entering class at the New Brit ain State Normal school is surprisingly small, but 5 young women being reg istered, while the total enrolment is only about 138. This is even less than it was a quarter of a century ago when the chool had 20 students en- rolled. The New Britain State Nor mai school is an educational institu- ton second to none in it's line and the ! calling of a teacher, whose duty it is to instruct, educate and assist in moul- ding the life Of the coming generation,
 is most noble one. It is unfortun- ate that more young girls do not ap- preciate this fact and take advantage of the opportunities offered them. But unless conditions change soon it means but on thing and that is that the salaries paid teachers will have to be materially increased. In fact, schools will have to enter the field as active competitors with business firms who seek the services of the young women.
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 Poor old baseball seemed to run a
 very poor second to the Great War of Nations now in progress. During the series the crowd that gathered in fT-o ' T ble. Contrast this to past years when the street outside. the office used to be so crowded that the police had to be present to keep traffic open. That the war is uppermos in the public's mind
 is likewise evidenced by comparison of the number of telephone calls re- ceived here asking for information about the game, Naturally, there are scores and scores of such queries, but no such number as there user to be in past years. Tn fact, the office probably receives more calls each day from people who want to know the latest advices from the front than it does from those who want to know "WhO'S ahead''.
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 While there has been but little real information given out concerning the coming Liberty Loan campaign, 1t is expected that within a week or so full details for the fourth loan will be made public. New Britain has strong organization for this work and it will require but little extra effort to set the machinery going at full speed ahead. Hon. A. J. SIoper who
 so successfully handled the first three drives in this city will undoubtedly be in harness again, and with his able staff of aides New Britain can be ex- pected to do her share as she has al- ways done in the past This, despite