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New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

model or forbearance or professor of ethical philosophy. He uses the self restraint which all responsible citizens use in a civilized community where there is law and order and decent re- spect for the rights of others, but his speciality is getting things done.
 Congress, which Is the board of dt- rectors of the nation, IS about to un- dertake a project-the restoration S~ railroad development. Congress is about to assign supervision of that task to an agent. Those who have elected Congress as their board of d. rectors will not be satisfied with a re- port that postponement of the result desired has been accomplished politely or learnedly or according to tradition.
 "What the nation requires is that each years end will record additions to niie- age at least larger than were made by a nation of 32, ,o00, 900 before the Civil War. They require some progress and some completion of terminal and dou- ble-track projects, construction of mo- tive power and cars somewhere near L0aL EaiOTS ICoOp 1 JS0A AA "A'N@ AA dustrv was shackled and foodstuffs routed because there was not enough rolling stock to carry material 70 or product from the factory or to convey grain and live stock to market or sea- board. The country wants results.
 i've advocate, therefore, the crea- tion of a Federal Transportation Board, which, having jurisdiction over security issues and hence over railway development, shall have the power that goes with the responsibility for results-the power of certifying to the commission the amount of revenue nee essary to the public interest
 This would designate men of action for task of getting things done. It would preserve this excellent md high ly esteemed tribunal, the Interstate Commerce Commission, as court to insure that in getting things done the men of action shall not ride rough shod over the citizens and communities who use the facilities.
 "Wtth regret we have noticed that some of those who accept our idea of a certificate of public necessity for reve- nuG W0utQ SllIi ISdNE WtN1 thS sion some discretion as to whether it likes or not the estimate of the Federal Transportation b0ard. AS well pro- vide that the auditor of a commercial company be empowered to refuse to sign checks if he believes that the pur- chasing authority has bought goods not needed by the company.
 ITO say that Congress cannot frame an authorization and the American people cannot through their chief ex- ecutive establish competent agency to make ewectual the national will is to assert fundamental pessimism con- our American experiment in self-government Your present depo- nent believes we are justified rather In a glowing optimism, and if there were no other warrant for that sentiment we believe it is to be found in the quest and discovery six years ago of the soundest banking and currency system in the world"
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24
BLANK LONG, Writes For the Kids, Introducing Mr. Noddem

DickI-Will and Bill-I-can't were brothers. Dick-I-will's father gave him his name because he was a boy who was always ready to do any kind bf work that his father asked him to fo. So his father laughingly called him Dick-I-Will Bill-I-can't was Falled so because when he was asked 10 do anything in the way of work, he klWays said: 'I can't do it, it's too hard"
 One evening. quite late, DiCk-Iwill md Bill-I-can't were returning from fhool. They should have been at Iome long ago, but they stopped to play in the woods until it was very Rte, indeed.
 It was a Beautiful, warm evening, he frogs were cher-chunk-ing' as if Rhey'd grumble their tongues loose As plck-I-Will and Bill-I-can't turned hto very crooked lane they saw 8 mall red house with a cute little : Ireen door, and ever so many little IFindows that blinked in the sunlight he sun had not set.
 There was no barking dog around be house, no green-eyed cat and no hildren playing near the door. Ev- rything was very quiet and still, and t first the boys thought that no one we'd there But Dick-I-will saw a oor- plato fastened on the door and Ipelled out the word "I Noddem.'
 "Oh!" whispered DickIwill, This
 where MT. Modem of Melville ves. I wonder if he is at home ow?"
 There he is over on the grass" hid Bill-T-can't.
 Dick Twill looked over on the grass nd saw nice, pleasant looking old
 an fast asleep under a big tree.
 Look at the sweet smile on his tee. Isn't he just the dearest old
 llow in the world?" whispered
 ick-I-will.
 T suppose he is," said Bill-I- can't But som chow, I feel afraid of him. ome, let's go home before he sees s"
 "Go home! I should say not. He pn't hurt us," said Dick-I-will. Be 1es his legs are far too short to run
 ry fast. I'm going to wake him b."
 Dick-I-will broke off a big daisy that
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

tion concerning which as business men we are qualified to speak. We choose our executives according to our lights and place upon them the responsibility of ways and means and results.
 "We expect them to make mistakes. We look for a certain degree of false motion and waste of money, insepara- ble from pioneer and creatives work. We do not regard the performance as setting up precedent for future guid- ance, but largely as containing warn ings. We cannot require that in his relations with other people the execu- tive as he hurries along will necessa- rily conduct himself with the primary aim of being a paragon of manners, a
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

"One thing remains for the leaders railroad measures now under consider ation will actually restore railroad de velopment. That is to require that when the proposed new Federal Trans portation Board determines the Amount
 of railroad revenue necessary to in- sure the development demanded by the
 public interest, the Interstate Com
 merce Commission shall accept that
 estimate as basis for fixing rates"
 This is the opinion of Alba B. John-
 son of Philadelphia, who recently re-
 tired as President of the Baldwin Lo- comotive Works, and speaks as Presi- dent of the Railway Business Associa- tion, composed of manufacturers of railway accessories, who employ about
 a million and three-quarters of men. "A Federal Transportation Board,''
 MT. Johnson said, "is evidently going to be created. It is necessary to bring about the articulation of highways and waterways with rail routes; it is nec- essary to supervise such railroad con- solidation as may be permitted; it Is necessary 10 regulate security issues it is necessary to umpire labor dis. putes. Since such a board is TO be es tablished and intrusted with the resto ration Of railway credit and railway growth 1t cannot perform that function unless it's estimates of revenue reprisa are made effective by actual production of the revenues so estimated.
 <sMaov r,oay.,harS pf tfa Can1tp mo House still seem to think they can le
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

the question of adequate revenue see and get results. The whole scheme will fall to the ground if that notion is persisted in, and then we shall have government ownership in ten years if not in five.
 ''The fatal defect in regulat tion here tofore has bees, that the statute did not place npon any officer or agency of the government responsibility for mak- ing possible the maintenance of rail road development. It would be ca lamity of the first magnitude if now, with correction of that defect in every ones thought, we should either leave l the responsibility uncertain or place it upon the Interstate Commerce Commits sion, which has neither competence for the task nor willingness to perform it.' 1 MT. Johnson believes that the Inter- state Commerce Commission should be
 preserved as a purely judicial body.
 ''It is our apprehension that that
 system is in grave danger" he went on. l Powerful groups are urging Congress l to SuperimpoSe upon the present Statu- tory duties of the commission certain 1 entirely new and wholly incompatible
 duties. The common purpose is to in l troduce into the governmental policy
 an element of encouragement to rail-
 road development. Tn this proposed
 new governmental duty what are the
 novelties? Is it the object that nn-
 tional growth shall be both promoted
 and anticipated by provision of trans l portation facilities? Is it the expecta-
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24
Ho TON sy IN Hs" yoRk gsg IN yasA Too

but it proved that we could no, this would be gigantic calamity in itself. But if we could and did transform these judges into men of action what would become of the machinery of jus tice, which it has taken us thirty two years to construct and develop?
 By the word action is meant get ting things done-appraising projects, determining methods and bringing re- suits. Getting things done is a func-
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

But when the neiglIoors came in and took. the Indian away, 1 felt very proud, indeed for I heard one of them say, That's the best use an iron was ever put to-"
 " But these times are all gone now. My mistress is rich and does not do her own washing and ironing these days. I have not seen her in oh! so many years and I suppose I shall at
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

tion that representatives of the gov ernment will counsel with railroad men and waterway men and hard-sur- face road men and with users of all
 these instrumentalities everywhere, planning for the future? Is it in mind
 that the reasonable public aeed for en- larged terminals or multiple tracking or extension into new territory shall be quickly and practically judged and promptly sanctioned and that carriers
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

and would have struck my mistress with his great big fist.
 "'But my mistress hurled me at the Indian with terrible force and with very good aim. I struck the Indian on the head and he fell all in a heap on the floor. My! It makes me quite i'll to think of it. Even though I am an iron I have feelings. and that blow Indian.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

story of the 1Tlatiron.
 The Story of the FIatiron.
 '"The old Flatiron,' said MT. Nod- dem. was sitting alone in a dark cor her in the kitchen cupboard, looking very sad and gloomy. I asked what the trouble was.
 The FlatirOn NaWned," said MT. Noddem. Dear mel it said, I am so lonely nowadays. There is no one to talk to, except when MT. Electric Iron gets in here by mistake, but then he is generally too tired to talk. MT. Elec- tric Iron works very hard these days. But I have nothing to do but stay in this dark corner.'
 T told the Flatiron that he should be very glad to rest, after the long, busy life he had had said Mr. Nod dem. "'Oh, mo- said the Flatiron, I wish I could get out into the great busy world again.
 Then the Flatiron sighed. There was a time, though, when I was the happiest of all household utensils How glad I was when ironing day came, and I heard the sweet voice of my mistress in song, as she took me out into the beautiful light of day.
 There was nothing I liked better than to smoothe out the wrinkles from the old hickory shirts and unbleached sheets, and from faded and darned clothing of all colors. You see, my mistress was poor in those days, and did all her washing and ironing her. self.
 "'One day when I was very young and bright and new, a lady came into the store where I was and asked how much they would sell me for. She was kind looking lady, but she did not seem to have much money. l have seen many such ladies in my long, long life.
 '" The lady and the man in the store talked about me some time, At last she gave the man some money and
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

undertaking such projects shall be pro- vided with the means of carrying them vigorously to completion?
 "If this is the purpose and the rep- resentative of the government in that field is to be the Interstate Commerce Commission, then what IS proposed is to transform the commissioners from judges into men of action.
 Ut may be that we could not effect such a transformation. IT we tried,
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24

last die in this closet all alone withou ever seeing her dear face again
 Here the Flatiron bade me goot. night and thanked me for coming { visit him for even a very little while I shall visit that Flatiron again som time. But here you boys are at you door, and l shall say good night. Sc you tomorrow evening"" and MT. Nod dem waved to the boys aIs they wen up the little path to their house.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-24
The Story of the F'Iatiron.

and on the way home he told them the story of the FlatirOn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12

Faith and foolishness will cure any
disease" says the cynic, and judging
by some instances of miraculous whole
sale cures, there seems to be some
ground for the assertion.
There is the historical episode Of the
prince of Orange, for instance, who
during one of his campaigns, cured
those of his soldiers who were dying
of the scurvy by piece of Quackery.
With his doctors, who were In the
secret, he said he had procured a med.
icine-really a decoction of camomile.
NORWOOD and camphor-of the great
est rarity and value from the East. Tt
was so strong that two or three drops
would impart healing virtue to sal.
lon of water. The men took the medi.
cine with faith and cheerful faces, and,
SO historians tell u.s. grew well rapidly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS
cheerful-How to Keep the Tree
Bright and Green.

It is not Christmas without q big,
gorgeous, glittering Christmas tree and
plenty of green's hung wherever pos
sible.
Of course you have your tree chosen
and ready for it's great purpose When
it's time or cutting, invite your
boy and girl friends to help, and
make the bringing in of the Christ
mas tree a real ceremony. In Eng
land this Is one of the big events for
young and old.
The kind Of tree to be used depends
upon where you live. Red cedar, white
pine, spruce, fir or hemlock are all
good. To keep the tree bright and
green set it in deep bucket or low
barrel. brace and fill the space be-
tween the tree and bucket or barrel
with coal. Then pour in water until
the receptacle is full.
Every home should be decorated at
Christmas. Gather holly for wreaths,
make ropes of laurel, and have sew
eral bowls filled with partridge ber
ries. Mistletoe is beautiful and can
be found as growth on the top Of
sweetgums, live oaks and other de-
ciduous trees in the territory south
of New Jersey, southern Indiana and
Missouri, and in Oregon and northern
California. Other fine plants for dec
Grating are Christmas fern and poly
pody. Black alder and lick or ink
al h4 CT ~
mas some special green that is adapt
able for decorating. In gathering
greens. never destroy the plants; cut
and pick carefully and the growth will
not be injured.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
More Than a Sign Post.

There was once detective story
written whose point lay in the manner
IL which a very familiar figure may
escape observation. In the tale several
persons SwOre no one had entered
certain building during certain
space of time. Afterward it was
proved that the postman had visited
the place at his accustomed time, but
long habit had rendered him psyche
logically invisible to the witnesses.
So it is with the familiar figures
upon our streets. How many times a
day we may pass by the traffic cop
without perhaps realizing that he is
something more than an animated sign
post, until some act of courtesy awak-
ems us to the fact that "cop" is sim
ply man, and gentleman at that.
For, in spite of the many aggravations
that must come during day of direct
Ing traffic, most of these officers re-
tain their good temper, and even go
out of their way to assist or direct
some Observation-Disclosures World Her
aid
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
Risky Food Combinations.

An Argentine doctor in Spanish
medical review states that there are
many articles of diet In hot weather,
which, although sound and nutritious
in themselves, are positively danger
GUS when taken with other foods.
Everybody today recognizes the harm
of drinking tea with meat meal, the
tannin of the tea rendering the meat
as indigestible as leather. Yet in these
days of summer dishes, one Is not
aware perhaps OF the fact that vinegar
retards the digestion OF food, and that
the smallest quantity will lengthen Ill.
gestion by 30 minutes at least. Milk
nj cherries together are. held TO be
4inguIelrlv harmful. and were said TO
Vc c3r-a', ,ls:e sleNth - Franklin
nrcc. II. -, III IL III Ill. to- States.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
Fraudulent Old Clocks.

The brass lantern clocks of the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries have
made a strong appeal to collectors.
and this fact has led to the manufac-
ture of replicas of the old clocks.
When these are sold frankly as rep
Iicas, there is nothing to be said
against such a practice; but, unfor-
tunately, the matter does not stop here
and too often the attempt is made to
palm off an imitation as q genuine
old clock. Famous makers names are
added and various expedients adopted
to make the new clock pass muster as
an old one. Such frauds are deplora-
BILE from every point of view, and the
ignorance Of many collectors makes
success possible. Every one, 1t is OBJ
vious, cannot possess a genuine old
clock. It would be well il this fact
were faced, and the clocks bought
simply as reproductions, by all those
who are not in a position to make
reasonably sure that they are really
purchasing a genuine old English
clock.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
THE BIRDS CHRISTMAS TREE.

To make a birds Christmas tree,
take an evergreen, if possible, but any
kind of tree will do If you tie sheaves
of wheat, corn-stalkS and evergreen
branches all over 1t to make it dense.
If 1t is large tree, plant It securely
in a partially protected place. A small
er tree can be put on the feeding shelf
outside your window. Hang on it wire
baskets filed with suet, boxes with
fronts removed. containing nut meats.
millet, sunfiower-seeds, wheat, cracked
corn. bread-crumbs. rolled oats, etc.
Coconut shells e1e in half and filed
with dainties that the birds love can
also be hung from the branches. Have
several shelves on which place apples.
lettuce, cabbage and vegetables.
In all cold districts. have at least
one or two deep boxes almost filed
with cotton where the half-frozen birds
can find shelter and warmth Many
birds suffer from thirst during the win
ter. Heat brick or large stone and
place a pan of water on it
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
GOT MESSAGE FROM LIGHT
cuIiar Effect Simple Happening
Had on Schoolboy.

A friend of mine-an old painter,
who went to school in the north OF
Scotland-described to me his expert
ence. The dominic had one morning
been particularly drastic in his meth
DDS, and this led to great cOncentra-
ton of thought among the pupils,
while at the same time it did not in
the least alter the usual current of
their ideas. My friend, for instance,
busted himself as usual, observing
form and color, only with keener
zest and, as | have said, more con.
centrated purpose. It was spring
morning, and, for the first time that
year, a ray of sunshine came into the
room, making a square of yellow light
Oh the dusty floor at his feet. 1t was
only at that particular period of the
year such thing was possible; later
on there would be too many leaves on
the trees, and in winter the sun was
not in that quarter of the heavens. My
friend was an unhappy and anxious
schoolboy but the events of that morn
ing and the menaces of the dominic,
combined with the sudden sunlight at
his feet, made a new boy Of him, and
he looked at the square OF. brightness
which stirred his heart. He received
as it were, his mystical message: and
some time afterward, leaving school
he became a landscape painter.-John
Butler Yeats.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
Water for House Plants.

Water Is essential to the life of
plants whether they be in the open
ground or in pots, for only in the form
of solutions in water can the roots
suck up the juices of the earth, and
it is the water circulating through the
channels of the trunk and branches
that permits the exchanges between
the leaves and the rest of the vege-
table.
Plants in a house should not be
watered at regular stated intervals !;
do the plants out-of-doors receive rain
on Tuesdays and Saturdays? They
should be watered whenever they need
it. This is the only safe rule. And
We can tell when they need it by feel
ing the earth in which they are grow
ing; so long as this feels moist the
plants do not need water
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
MAKING THE CHRISTMAS LIST
Rack Your Brain, Count EN- Again, To
See That No Ones
Missed.

There, of course, is Aunt Maria,
pretty old, but have to go down on the
list again; and Uncle Joe and Uncle
Pete and good old Uncle Lem; wish
/ really could decide just what |
should give them. And Cousin Nell
and Cousin Kate and Cousins Belle
and Sue, and Cousin May and Cousin
Madge must be remembered, too. And
Cousin Sam and Cousin Bill, and Cou-
sins Jack and Ned-I'm sure If | had
any more would go off my head.
There's Grandma Smith and Grand
pa Smith, Grandma and Grandpa Jones
what shall / get for folks who have
rheumatics in their bones? There's pa
and ma and Brother Hal, and Sisters
Maud and Grace; before get through
I think I'll be In the crazy place. Now
what can l give all the girls who ale
ways give to me? Gladys, Hannah and
Hortense and Lulu-let me see, and
Clementine and Rose and Pearl and
half a dozen more-my gracious,
must make a trip through every shop
and store.
And there is Frieda, housemaid girl,
and Mary Ann, the cook--ere | forget
I'll put their names right down now
in my book. And. Oh! what shall
give to Will? Tee hee, what shall It
be?' | feel sure that diamond ring
he will present to me. He says he only
wants a kiss. and maybe that is so,
but how to hang it on tree there is
no way / know. A nice silk fourth
hand might do, with stripes OF green
and white; / know he wouldn't be like
pa and say it was fright.
"And now l think I'll go to bed and
put aside my list; tomorrow | am sure
to think of some one have missed. l
will be bankrupt when buy the things
from ties to muff-yes, Christmas
comes but once year, and, gracious!
that's enough" Standard
Union.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-12-12
KEYS-THEIR USE AND ABUSE
Concerning the Inventions of Lock.
smiths and the Disadvantages Of
Being Locked Out.

The key is an acknowledgment of
mans deprayity. If every man respect
ed his neghbor's goods and privacy, we
should not be burdened with carrying
keys, in bags or pockets hunting for
them in panic, and frequently losing
or mislaying them. We have the care
OF a door key an office key, trunk
key; a safety-box key (if we are cou-
pon-cutters) our locker key, if we are
sports, and automobile and garage
keys, If we own these luXuries. Keys
naturally multiply with our outward
prosperity. Diogenes, living in a tub,
was happy man, as far as the re-
sponsibility of keys went, and although
some people might prefer more roomy
apartments for permanency, at least
Diogenes wasn't obliged to turn his
toga pockets inside out in a vain at
tempt to locate his key-when return
ing to the tub after brief sojourn
at the club.
Key-rings, upon which you can con-
centrate your responsibilities, are
sometimes desirable; on the other.
hand, if lost, the whole bunch must be
replaced. / consider the mode of the
public bath frequenter, that of wear
ing the bath-house key on rubber
ring around the neck preferable to any
other method. 1t absolutely cannot be
lost, unless the bather is eaten by a
shark.-Esther G.. BabsOn, in Boston
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