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Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Bad Habit.

Don't call the children kids. A Klo
is a goat and, while goats are all right
in their way children are better. the
dictionary says "kid" applied to child
is slang. And so it is. 1t depreclates
the child. There is no sense in taxing
away the digl ity of child by calling,
him an animal, says the Columbus to.)
State Journal. We must KEEP up the
human relation, where respect, sym,
pathy, love dwell. The older people
NAV overlook the false appellation, put
it stays with the child and makes
him feel, after all, that he Is only q
little goat, and that his fond delight
is in eating old rags and paper boxes.
Really, the child is an angel, rather
than goat and is entitled to the
sweet considerations that belong to a
human being; and if he does not get
these 1t is very likely he will be sort
of goat all his life. So drop the KID
vocabulary and give the child every
chance to be true human.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
The Penalty of Liberty,

In the matter of discipline John Rus
kin's mother was Spencerian before
Spencer LET your penalties says
that austere philosopher, "be like the
penalties inflicted by inanimate nature,
inevitable. The hot cinder burns a
child the first time he seizes it; it
burns him the second time; it burns
him every time; and he very soon
learns not to touch the hot cinder.'
That was Mrs. Ruskins method. To
illustrate her way of teaching lessons,
Ruskin used to tell the following Incl
dent of his early childhood, which his
mother was fond Of relating.
zone evening when | was yet in my
nurses arms, | wanted to touch the
tea urn, which was boiling merrily. 1t
was an early taste for bronzes, l sup
pose, but | was resolute about it. My
mother bade me keep my fingers back !;
| insisted on putting them forward.
My nurse would have taken me away
from the urn, but my mother said:
"'Let him touch it, nurse
$50 l touched 1t, and that was my
first lesson in the meaning of the word
liberty 1t was the first piece of lib
erty l got, and the last that for some
time asked for."-Youths Companion.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
DAY OF BACHELOR.
War Brings a New Dignity to Un-i
married Man.
he Who May Be Merely Tolerated In
Time of Peace Is lionized When
Call to Arms Comes.

War has given the unmarried man
some of the dignity which he lacked
in peace. Ordinarily the bachelor Is
tolerated for what he may become
rather than for what he Is, observes
a writer In the San Francisco Bulletin.
Mothers would not welcome him into
society nor girls take pleasure In his
attentions If 1t were thought that he
would always remain bachelor. The
hope of converting him into married
man furnishes one of the main incen-
tives of all social activities. AS this
hope declines he becomes more and
more misfit in world which prides
itself on finding an exactly shaped
corner for everyone Of its inhabitants
who Is worth troubling about. His
socks are not 1 med, his buttons are
not sewed on, and the number OF
Jumps of sugar which he likes in his
coffee, the degree Of boiledness which
he demands in his eggs, are nobOdy's
business but his own. He Is free,
condition which in youth makes him
the envy Of his married friends. but In
later years makes him envy them. He
can go anywhere he pleases at any
time he pleases without having even
to argue the matter with woman.
but the reason that no woman cares
what he does. He Is free because no
one Is interested enough In him to
care to put shackles on him.
There is no fixed place for him. He
stands free Of the burden of the bene-
diets endeavors, but at cost. He
sees men and women doing things for
motives which he cannot understand.
Social forces of various sorts perplex
him because he does not see their hid
den origins. What Is plain enough to
any mediocre husband Is often hope
less puzzle to even the most thoughtful
bachelor. He cannot fully understand
any intangible loyalty because he Is
no longer in contact with the source
of loyalty-the relations between
parents and children. For certain ad-
venture he can be depended upon to
furnish dash and enthusiasm, but for
the steady, grinding work of everyday
life he Is inferior to his married
neighbor, Civic progress relies princl-
pally upon the man whose interests
carry over into the next generation and
are not confined to his own corporal
welfare.
But this somewhat pathetic figure OF
the bachelor is wonderfully digni1ed
by the advent of war. The married
man, In most cases. is handicapped
from fighting. His business Is to raise
wheat and children, necessary task,
but lacking the appearance OF glory.
Chivalry beyond the dreams of medic
val knighthood may animate the man
who helps his wife take care OF the
babies, preparing their bottles ana
hanging out their clothes, but In times
of war he Is not heroic figure. The
demand then Is not for men who have
found their places in the world, but
for those who have not. The wlfeless'
landless, footfree person Is the stun
of which armies can be made with the
least possible social loss. Because he
was so forlorn in peace he Is lionlzed
In war. He marries war and the gov
ernment sews his buttons on and darns
the holes in his socks.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
rhe Squirrel Dou.

There Is no accounting for that un'
canny faculty that enables homely,
long-legged, sad-eyed pup to 60 un'
erringly to lofty oak tree in whose,
higher branches bit of animated
brown fur is secreted. Another dog
of the same or more prepossessing ap,
pearance and of a better breed might
trot unconcernedly past that same oaR
tree without so much as casual snifr:
But not so with the real squirrel dog"
He'd pick out the right tree IN the
densest grove hunter ever penetrat-.
ed. And if that squirrel started leap7
ing from tree to tree, that dog wouid
follow 1t over a square mile of tins
ber.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17

80 near me, and then would have
given vent to my anger"
II am sure you would have" said
Mrs. Sandhill Crane.
II dislike children especially" he
said. "And the keeper didn't give me
any chance at all. He called to the
children to keep away from me. He
asked them II they wanted to be hurt
and they said they did not.
II was surprised to hear that. because
II they had not wanted to get hurt,
why did they stand SO near me and
make such rude remarks"
1T certainly looked very much as II
they wanted to be hurt" said Mrs.
Sandhill Crane. "But then, my dear.
you have a great deal more temper
than l have"
II can't help it when l am teased,
or when children get too near me, for
am not used to them. But l would
fight them II they ever came within
reach. 1t doesn't look as though they
would, though, for the keeper gave
them a great warning about staying at
a safe distance from me-
"Was that what he called it7'
asked Mrs. Sandhill Crane.
"Yes," her husband answered.
II think that's a great honor" she
said. And Mr.. Sandhill Crane looked
very happy.
"Do your" he asked. "Then l will
surely have to dance dance OF Joy"
"Let me Join in, too," said Mrs.
Sandhill Crane.
1--WE won't ask old Whooping Crane,
because he has too much to be happy
about as 1t Is. He 10 80 handsome
and has such beautiful white plumage
while we are the color of slate-gray-
blue. He Is a great deal larger than
am, too, so I won't talk about him
any more or 1t will make me un-
happy"
'That's right, don't let's talk about
him." said Mrs. Sandhill Crane.
"And I really have nothing to COM
plain about, for even the keeper
knows can be fierce II l want to be
and that l won't be trified with"
30 the Sandhill Cranes were Joined
by other members Of their family,
their cousins and their uncles and
p their aunts. They dancedl Yes, real
iy and truly danced, and Of all the
strange dances you have ever seen
theirs were quite the strangest.
But they looked as II they were
having a very gay, jolly time.
Every few minutes Mr.. Sandhill
Crane would show the others new
step, and after he had shown them he
would chuckle and then shrek: "The
keeper knows I'm not an animal to be
trified with. / can dance and can
fight!"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Communication by Flags.

Those who have read Coop'r'S novel,
"The Pilot" will remember how the
American officer instructed his lady
love to communicate with l,i.!, 10y little
flags of varied colors. Cooper with a
novelst's freedom, made his rhurac-
ter apply system which hnd already
been extensively experimental with in
the British and French nAvies. For
after much experimenting comhina-
tions of flags of various shapes and
colors We're gradually developed into
what we call n "code" today. Prob
ably the most famous flag signal ever
flown was Nelson's Trafalgar. but
it required Il great number nt comhina-
tons of flags (hosts, they ar" tech
nically called) to spell out: "Ens'nnd
expects that every man VIII j" his
duty"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
CELEBRATE THE RUSS REVOLT
Civilians and Soldiers, In Remarkable
Procession, Display Powers OF
Organization.

In the Nevsky Prospekt the inter
minable procession was formed In rWo
columns, marching parallel with each
other and made up of groups Of about
hundred men, women and children,
old and young, walking arm in arm,
according to the account of an eyewit-
ness In Scribner's. The files were Of
equal length, and no troops could have
shown better alignment. At the head
of each group, like captain leading
his company, walked a leader, who
wore wide red scarf crosswise, to
make him more easily distinguishable.
When he lifted his hand the members
of his group went forward; when he
lowered It they stopped. 1t was ex-
actly like the order and discipline of
troops on the march, and trained SOL
diers could not have marched better
indeed, the soldiers did not for one OF
the strange things about this prodig'
ious procession was that In 1t civilians
and soldiers were mingled. After some
groups Of workmen came battalions OF
troops, then workingmen and women
again. This fusion Of soldiers and
civilians made an impression which
can never forget. And as they marched
they sang revolutionary hymns' as
matter of course the "Marseillaise,"
and also other songs which must have
been composed only recently, for the
marchers had not had time to learn
the words by heart, and some read
them from sheets which they carried
In their hands. The soldiers also
sang, and their thousands of deep
voices made q chorus Of marvellous
power and sorority.
None Of these songs were fierce or
revengeful. On the contrary, they
were sad, profoundly sad-the accents
of mourning and not Of hate.
No police, no marshals were needed
to control this manifestation. Those
who took part In it policed themselves
and surely never was discipline better
maintained.
As looked at this spectacle
thought Of all the pessimists all the
philosophers stepped in gloom, all the
prophets who only predict calamity Tor
Russia. Why should not a people who
are able to organize and carry out such
o wonderful display be capable OF or
ganizing themselves3
Let US, then, give them our conf
dence-and also little time,
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Chances.

Wherever people come together the
mir is full of g'ances and yet for the
most part they are stolen, for the un-
written law IN such cases is that one
person shall not look openly into the
eyes of aIothrr unless some mutual
acquaintance has uttered the meaning
less but extraordinary important
words of Introduction. Perhaps It Is
because custom demands that among
strangers sIances of shy appraisal or
frank interest must be stolen that they
are so inteIse, so furtive and, In the
main, so interesting. The principal diff
fculty in learning about them from
observation is, of course, that in order
TO observe one must of necessity steal
a few glances. What one can learn In
a brief glance Is little, but with prac-
tice 1t becomes greater, and a skilled
observer, u,ed to thinking quickly and
to point about what he Sees can see
and learn much without making
brazen nuisance of himself.-lndian-
apolis News.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Well. Of Course.

The raising Of flag recently on the
premises of factory at Anderson had
to be postponed day because OF
weather conditions, Arthur s. Birge,
factory superintendent, was hopeful
that more of the children Of the neigh
borhood could attend the next day.
"About how many Of you can / count
on to be hereT" Mr.. Birge said, ad-
dressing a group Of juveniles.
"All that amt got the measles"
shouted bright lad who seemed to be
spokesman for the children.-Indianap-
oils News.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
No Liqht on the Sub biect.

"Who Is the author of the saying:
"Meeting the devil before day?' asks
q correspondent of the Adams Enter
prise, and the editor replies:
Dunno. Sometimes we are under
the impression that we said it ourself,
after we had successfully lodged
well-aimed kerosene lamp, on Il. m.
stairway"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Wasted Words.

"What do you do when your wire
asks you for money!
II deliver lecture on the hlgh cost
of living, the folly of extrayagance,
and my limited income."
"What does she do!'
"She huns little tune"
"Then what happens"
~ hand her check for the desired
amount"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
A Natural Leader,

"Were you fighting with that boy
next door?'
"No, mother" replied Willie Wigs.
eve were not fighting. l found it nee.
essary for the welfare of the neighbor.
hood to discipline him. And he was sc
indiscreet as to put up a show Of re-
Gistance."
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Still With Us.

Wifey (reminiscently)-Oh for the
good old days, George.
Hubby-What old days, Susan?
Wifey-Why, the days of our grand.
parents, when there were so many
brass knockers.
Hubby--Hm! Marie, there are
plenty of knockers around now, and
all of them seem to have abundance OF
brass.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Cutmatched.

"Do you think the widow Is setting
her cap for him"
mo; she tells me he is clever but
impossible"
Mercy! II the widow fnds him lms,
possible, he must be clever"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Blended Emotions,

"What peculiarly interesting face
your friend, the poet, has,s gurgled the
romantic maiden. at seems to COM
bine the elements of sorrow and happi.
ness, each struggling for supremacy"
"He looks to me more like man
who was married and didn't know it,"
replied the cynical bachelor.-Judge.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Points Of View.

"What a wretched day." said Youth,
looking into the dripping gray. "Why,
1t is wonderful" said Old Age, think
Ing of the millions of dream treasures
the years had stored In the Clouds
Columbus Dispatch.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
A PHILOSOPHERS Wisdom,

"sir Isaac Newton was q prudent
man."
"Why do you think s0f"
"In experimenting with the law OF
gravity he sat under a tree and let an
apple fall ON his head. 1t was so much
better than sitting under ladder wait.
Ing for hodcarrler to drop brick"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Not What She Expected.

eThis paper says that more than
100000 persons In the United States
wear glass eyeg.~
"Well, dear. you know you've often
asked me why men stare at you SO;
that's probably the answer"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Not Like Other Babies.

"Mother"
"ges, my son."
"hid you ever see baby snake?"
"Oh, yes; my boy"
"Well, how does 1t amuse itself; 1t
has no feet to play with2"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
A Mild Rebuke.

"Judglng from the pictures Of Miss
Decollete in that society paper, she
ts In urgent need of being taken to
hospital"
"For what reason?"
"To have her cuts dressed"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Is II Notl

It's easy to say what another should dc
In the struggle for glory or pelf;
But when the same problems are put up
to you
Amt It hard to decide for yourself?
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Lost His Head Also.

s.What happened when you encoun-
tered the burglar?"
''He took my breath away"
"Anything else-anything of valuef''
asked the officer mechanically.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
; Suitable Place,

81 should think they could easily
raise chickens on board ship"
"Wbat are you talking abOut7"
"Aren't there hatchways convenient
md doesn't ship often lay tor
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Much Used.

"Don't you think your wife has got
q wonderful voicew
"Yes; it's wonderful 1t hasn't given
out before this"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-17
Don't Run Without Windind.

Don't Kun WITHOUT winding.
Why Is watch like riverf-Be-
cause 1t doesn't run long without wind
ing.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

TO RENT-36x18 ft space in rear cf Main street store; suitable for any purpose. Apply 394 Main street.
 6-2S-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

formed an opinion as to what was go- ing to happen. l was returning to the Islands for the Pathe people and I got talking to a soldier and it turned out that he was a member of the same eX petition. He did not know the out come as I learned when we compared notes so we made up our minds to inquire when we made a landing.
 "Once ashore we met an old candy merchant, whom we recognized. We asked him about the result and he said:
 |" 'Grande Goatee-three Germans dobe wall-pow pow pow-no more, and he pointed down to the groun1 ], meaning that the interpreters faced the firing squad"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24
DIR. CLINTON J. HYDE.
ARE YOU BOUND FOR THE SCRAP
 HEAP?

ARE YOU BOUND FOR THE SCRAP
 HEAP?
 Let me save you from the, scrap heap!
 Doctor, l am not sick, but I don't feel right" That is what many say to me when they come to see me the first time And that just expresses 1t. You are not sick enough to go to bed. You can eat. you can sleep, you can work.
 But you don't work with the vim and zest of former days. Your sleep Is not restful and you don't enjoy your food as you once did. And your nerves get the best of you. Things bother you, ruffle you, that you never noticed before. You begin to see diff faculties where there really are none. Trihes worry you, and not having enough troubles of your own, you borrow some.
 of course, to a casual observer you seem the same, because you are try ing to control yourself. And if you should tell a friend, or go to an in experienced doctor, they will tell you YOU only imagine things; you should shake it off. You begin to doubt your 
 l right and try to brace up and De | bright and cheerful. But then your old feeling will come back with re- 1 newed vigor You begin to wonder if it really is your mind only. And if | 1t is so, is 1t the first step to insan- i ity? Anguishing thoughts begin tor | turing you; you are trying your best l to fight them down, to appear happy. | but In vain. You find yourself in the grip of an invisible power that seems to sap your life blood. And when you feel your strength 1 energy and power slipping away from you, when you find you cant do jus tice to your work any longer, ther you become Respondent and migh even feel tempted to end it all.
 You are very much in the same condition as a delicately constructed engine, which has not been cared fo right. Put it in the hands of an ex ! perienced man and he will soon have it in fine working order. But tryinl your own hand at it, or turn it ovel to an unsl6illed person, and it vii soon be fit for the scrap heap.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24
Order of Notice.

Julia Burdick Hubert vs. George w. Hubert.
 State of Connecticut, Fairfield County, Superior Court, ss Bridge port, August goth, A. D., 1918. Upon the complaint of the said Julia Burdick Hubert praying, for reasons therein set forth, for a divorce returnable to the Superior Court in and for Fairfield County, on the first Tuesday of September, 1918.
 It appearing to and being found by the subscribing authority that George w. Hubert the said defendant is gone to parts unknown, his last known place of residence being New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut,
 Therefore Ordered-That notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the New Britain Herald, a newspaper printed in New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut; three times suc- cessively, commencing on or before the 22d of August, 1918.
 Michael J. Flanagan,
 Asst. Clerk of the Superior Court
 for Fairfield County. State of Connecticut Fairfield County, ss., Danbury, August 28th, 1918.
 The within and foregoing is a true copy of the original order of notice.
 w. E. Luke,
 Deputy Sheriff.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24
NOTICE.

rent electric vacuum
 cleaners $1.00 per day. Telephone
 2079. ~87-eod-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

Have you lost a sum of money? Glasses, Pins and Rings are found in surprising quantities and turned in at the Herald. Your money will surely remain in the finders hands if he does net know who lost it.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

TO RENT-Desirable rent, five rooms first floor, 101 FairView St.
 8-22-d3
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24
HELP WANTED-FEIN

WANTED-A reliable woman for housekeepink in a family of two. Address Box 93, East Berlin, Conn.
 8-24-2dx
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

mes of mountain battery gam battery boys were, in the toughest men in tes army. Talk about as fighters, they have mountain battery. They As lon mules and they'll pf q house.
 rt took us as close to ble, but the ships had e a way off shore be- hpa1. Sand bars ard e 1t impractical to go small boats, so we live boats, known as PerShing completed men, arms and pro- aT1set and sunrise and Htile natives were Rpearance of the sol Hh he outlaws was ar M the natives came, H1l a couple of Ger M were to act as in
 Arted and was ap-
 Tight, at least so
 made to Capt.
 arned. 1one of the
 the terms of g translated to
 Ming been on tho
 p, quickly under
 sreters were giving
 1puble cross. The
 Snt known to Capt. 3ie barley gone along Srstandin.g of terms, l49%@H 9%@HbSGil d 5S4 lobS 1tHO 3d es. Consequently Brdered the Germ ans kArd New interpre-
 rand the troubles |atil several years later ke final outcome of the (hhe Germans although I
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

WANTED-Woman between age of 25 and 10 for collecting. Gately &
 Brennan, 1T Main. S-24-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

WANTED-Girl for general house. work. Family of three. One who can go home nights preferred. Ap- ply 267 Washington st. S-23-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

FOR RENT-At Maple Hill. ten
 room house. on trolley, near school.
 Phone 441-2. 8-23-2dN
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

TO RENT-NeW three tenement house all modern improvements, furnace tor three floors, Ready for Sept. 1st, call 3112, GAS West Main St
 S-21-4dX
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

FOR RENT-Five-room apartment available in few days. Steam
 heated, also hot water supply. Main
 street, corner Elm st. Apply George Levitt, Lyceum theater S-24-tf
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24
WANTED,

WANTED-Coupl to share my home.
 Write for particulars. Box 12, Her. aid. S-24-2dx
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24
TO 1sEVE.

FOR RENT-Storage room. 1Sx25; also garage for two cars. No. , Sherman Court. Apply 2S Vine. Tel
 11-3. S-24-3d
New Britain herald., 1918-08-24

NOTICE--The Y. w. c. A. would like to know of families who have de-
 Sirable rooms to rent to young ladies. Tel. 1905. 8-23-2d
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-31

GERMAN massed
attacks make it nec-
essary for the Allies
to give ground to
a vol d the same
h w losses the
enemy seems willing
to sustain. Pictured
to the left are Brit
ish machine gunners
awaiting these as
saults.
British Official Photo
graph.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-31

IN THE PHOTO
GRAPH above and
that to the right
some of our Phila-
delphia Scouts are
S h o wn practicing
first aid for the
wounded and maxi
ing fapjacks with
meager camp equip
ment.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-12-15
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