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New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
CLEANUP WEEK .NT HOME.

ClcmenCCau's great in Paris; oui! OrlandO's great in Rome; But our town banks on You and Me: It's cleanup week at home Let's to the work we have to do, Nor think it cause to blush: Our ancient symbols still stand true The shovel mop and brush. Our Congress sits in old D. C., Beneath the nations dome, But sitting won't serve you and me In cleanup week at home So up and at him.. smite the foe In hard assaults and sallies, And rout him out, aS on we go Through cellars, yards and alleys. .' Foch, Hag and Pershing smote the
 Hun Across .Atlantics foash. But we've got Something on the run In clcan-up week at home. "At-ten- shun!' comp'ny! fix arms!
 for'd."
 Nor ever tire nor yield! A sWatter is our Goodly sword
 A garbage-can our shield! So rake the town of ash and trash As with q fine tooth comb; It pays in comfort and in cash, This clean-up week at home The sword may give us power and
 place,
 The pen may yield us hope But for the safety of the race,
 A rampant Bar of Soap,
 By EDMUND VANCE COOKE. Copyright, 1919, x. F. A)
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
Elm City Once More.
(NcM Haven Register

News that tho park board has set out more than 50 Clms on tho green will attra ct the attention of New Ha- ven to the new trees to see whether it will be pOsSlAc for tho city to re- sumo once moro that appearance which long, long ago gave it the so- briuuct of the Elm City. Here arc the next generation of the ems, per haps destined to succeed to the pa triarchs which yielded to old ege and the elm tree beetle, perhaps des- tined once more to form the arch above Temple street which only 30 years ago was without a peer in the country, .....
 Perhaps the newest eln1s will grow
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

meant a great deal of money spent in l coal and fuel. The preparations for the trip were also extremely costly. It will hardly pay any private corpora ton to make such trips with passen- gers even if the fare be in four figures. But the first trip has been made, and an American crew in an American plane accomplished it.
 The staten ent of the Navy Depart ment that the expense was entirely justified in the results is not hard to believe Experiments of interest and value were made. Two of the flying boats met with mishaps, in navigation and mechanically. Profit may be drawn from these accidents. One of them eventually reached the Azores, though it had been forced to land on the water because Of engine trouble A recurrence of this trouble may be avoided. The crews of all of the planes are still alive and able to tell of their trip to mechanical experts 
 Flor future construction.
 The amazing part of the trip was the success in navigation achieved hy the skipper of the successful plane. De- spite the fact that ships posted along tho course were able to give him his approximate location by means of wireless he found that the uetcrmina- tion of position at sea by the use of the sextant and other methods of nav igation was possible. Allowing for the greater altitude he was able to get a ''shot" at celestial bodies and mcas- ure their angles as we'll as he could do from the bridge of a ship. The lay man can we'll imagine that the use of a seXtant in an airship would he no mean trick but Commander Read says that it may be done. This means that ! a thoroughly reliable engine in an air ship guided by a pilot that undcr- stands navigation as ii is now known can readily traverse the miles across 1 the water with no fear of being lost.
 
 1 deal to do with the carrying out of a
 trip across as they doubtessly always
 will. But the Navy found out some | thing about weather in the collecting ! of the great mass of data necessary | for the flight. The intelligent com 1 bining of the reports of the station
 ships and the testimony of the aerial 1 crews will tell still more. It does not
 require much imagination to foretell l a future chart of the air on which the
 prevailing drift of the upper strata
 will be recorded as accurately as the | ocean currents are today. Given con- | ditions on the surface of the water re-
 ported by ships at sea undoubtedly l give rise to certain conditions above. 1 EXpcrim cnts will prove the corol- 1 laries of the surface conditions.
 Not this year. or next, will regular | flights across the Atlantic be instituted | but they are coming, it is certain, and
 in such a way that it will be safe to
 make the trip. The pioneers of today
 are taking their lives in their hands to | blaze that trail exactly as explorers | left the old world 500 years ago and l faced resolutely into the unknown in
 the hope and expectation of finding a
 new world. The ocean has been
 crossed by air, it has not yet been made
 in one hop which will probably be 1 done before the year is out, possibly | by our own NC-4 as cable advices l hint. The aerial transatlantic liner is
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
Knocking tho Judge.
CBoston Transcript. }

A discouraged counsellor remarked to the court, My poor client is little likely to get justice done her until the judgment day"
 Well, counsellor" said the judge. If I have an opportunity I'll plead for the poor woman myself on that day" ...t...
 Your honor." replied the othes. twill have troubles of your own upMl that day" N*
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

than at Versailles the German empire was born.
 Why France wants the papers now does not appear. She surely has no interest in protecting the memory of Napoleon III. or the reDute of forgot ten German llinSletS. Perhaps he re- turn is to insure d complete prcScnta- ton when the documents arc pulp 1jS}1c1
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
CHILD WELFARE CONVERTING,

Washington, D. C.. June 2.-Dr. Mulon, French woman pnysicia has arrived in America to take partl a series of conferences on child w fare standards in various cities in F. United States under the auspices the federal childrens bureau. will tell how the French ministeI war worked to save babies VI mothers were working in mul factories during the war She charge of the nurseries eslar61 tl.ese factories,
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

states will be considered and many preliminary details in respect of the 1920 campaign will be decided
 It now appears certain that the adoption of the equal suffrage amend mcnt will be one of the first acts of the republican congress. Chairman Hays and his committee are none too early in their deliberations
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
Food Prices of the World,


'lBritish Labor Gazettc.)
 T~is j& a compilation showing in crease in retail prices of food in va rious countries since July, 1911. The most striking advance occurred in sweden, where tho rise in costs was 220 per cent, Australia, south .Afri- ca and India had the smallest in creases, ranging between Fl and 35 per cent. The figures, with the dates on which the calculations were made, follow:
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

One can't help fearing that presi- dent Wilson has lost the support of w. J. Bryan by a certain recomm en- dation in his messa ge.--Omaha Bee.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

Everything is always blamed on the majority anyhow, and probably even Champ Clark can get through all Journal.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

Watch your step, Fritz. Those are marines that have landed at Danzg. Don't want another Belleau Wood, do you ?-NIanchester Union.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
Austria gets hers" today.

While the world argues out the German question the Kaiser says nothing and saws wood." With eight guards and a large retinne~>we feel failure.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Where do the Huns gets the idea that the chief aim of the peace terms is to he popular in Germany ?-Tor- onto Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

Gay paragraphers now make fun of booze and after the dryness sets in they'll make fun of that. For gay para graphcrs must be gay.-St. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

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New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
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New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

Switzerland is not only to be the home of the League of Nations. but apparently of ali the Cast-off kings and princes of the old regime-Spring- field Union.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02
Britain Herald.
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New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

The anta conism of a lot of people who do not like Woodrow is not 90 ing to prevent their whole- eartcd CO., operation in his entel prise of defer ring the arrival of nation wide prohi- bition by sX months.-Portland Ore COnian.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

The fellow who really got, stung in this peace deal was the uhe who thought that the end of the war would bring lower ces.-IIidianapols
New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

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New Britain herald., 1919-06-02

s$g.oo a Year $2.o0 Three Months ". e
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New-York tribune., 1919-03-29

we have a miracle! Through the
mediumship of Cesar Napoleon Gail
lard, M. Farmer comes to US, lives with
us, and presents US under the magic
of his pen, with a clear, vital compre-
hension which holds US astounded.
Such duality of accomplishment can
result only from the deepest sincerity
and its accompanying artistry.
AS the book progresses we find un-
derlying a philosophical treatise on
the difficulties Of youth which casts off
the protecting mantle of its fathers to
establish itself Of itself in the mad,
useless hurry Of general existence.
And as we read we realize that it is
only the youth who struggles first from
out of the ensnaring ease Of family to
the terrifying vision and opportunity of
the world itself, who is worthy Of the
material opportunities arrogantlv with
held from him by the established
powers. 1t is of this stuff alone that
heroes are made.
Viewed as a novel the story is un-
important. 1t is life itself and not arid
romance which is set before US. The
book is brought to up the minute
pertnence by its incidental but solemn
dissertation on temperance. Yol see,
Cesar-Napoieon's entrance on the
scene of American finance was finally
made by virtue of his ability to raise
the selling of booze" to the dignity of
an art. M. Z.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29

to pass over her artistically rounded
studies of Emily Lawless, Charlotte
Yonge, Joseph Joachim, sweet Saint
Catherine Of Siena $50 human as to
awake alive-in book reviewD, Vim
cent de Paul, Duchess Sarah, Rousseau,
Southey, Mrs. Browning, Barrie, Mrs.
Piozzi, Hannah More, du Deifaud, de
Lespinasse, the Duchesse d'Orleans, de
Genlis, Manet, and others-with
one word for each It is not
fair to slight Dorothy Osborne and
Octavia Hill while spending at least
reviews length against Edith Sichel's
woman-limlted grasp of whom she be-
littingly calls "the Brahman of Con-
cord"
We look upon the ancient for a while
with poetic eyes-a world war; invert-
ed ideals, and only parasitic husks of
Bourbons and snuf-taking gentlemen
who really had souls of sort remain.
1t is easy to imagine there will be no
more Edith Sichels to understand old
hearts meath gaudy cloaks. Edith
Sichel was a scholar and could review
dusty notes on the dead and show them
shining seed. A book review of book
reviews on ancient notes isn't easy. 1t
is our hope that Edith Sichel's winged
words on others will not be ignored.
They Will not. But the greatest hope
is that her humble, sincere hearts,
verses shall deny her in confidence
A critic and poet, in denying the "tip
of fame" in herself the torch-fires
of ancient others turn their illumina-
tions upon her-a sort of quiet Jeanne
D'Arc of her peaceful dead.
L. C. w.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
Ansericanisill
What Every Citizen Should Say
and Why He Should Say 1t

THE AMERICAN's CREED AND ITS MEANING.
rp Se. Doubleday PAGE X Co
No purely human document or utter
ance is perfect. There are those who
see blemishes in the Gettysburg Ad-
dress, and in the peroration of the
Reply to Hayne. Perhaps they are
there. Far be it from us to challenge
the omniscience of criticasters. Where
fore. as a platitudinous principle we
predicate potential imperfection of
every human speech That Includes, of
course, William Tyler Pages "Ameri-
cans Creed" which by notably
worthy committee was selected from
among numerous competitors as worth
lest of all to receive the City of Bal
timore's prize for tho best brief sum
mary of American political faith. But
for us, in uncritical humility, we pre-
fer not to essay the task of pointing
out its blemishes. If any reader as
pires to do so, here is the authorized
text:
II believe in the United States of
America as a government of the peo-
pie, by the people, for the people;
whose just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed; de-
mocracy in a republic; a sovereign
nation of many sovereign states;
perfect union, one and inseparable;
established upon those principles of
freedom, equality, justice and human
ity for which American patriots sec
rifced their lives and fortunes.
Il therefore believe it is my duty
to my country to love it; to support
its Constitution; to obey its laws; to
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29

which are only little less difficult to
learn familiarly than the Chinese
alphabet. yet which must be learned if
we are to get its full value from the
book. Again, it has most cumbersome
system of nomenclature for vowel
sounds or the method of their produc-
ton. Thus we are told that "u" in
"butter' is mid half-back slack slight
ly widc," and there are numerous other
similar definitions. We should also re-
gard the book with more confidence, as
an authority on pronunciation, if it
did not mention without rebuke the
usage in popular speech" as distin-
guished from "standard speech" of
making elm, film, realm, etc, words Of
two syllablcs, as "cllum." "hllum,"
"reallum," etc. AS for the attempt
positively to identify the vowel sounds
in "err" and burr" in bird" and
"fur," ctc., as one and the same, VIC
must positively dissent, even at the
cost Of being condemned by the author
as "aifected" "
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
4 Dozen Chan,pions

FIGHTERS FOR PEACE BY Mary n rarhman.
illustrated. Emo pp sll. The Century Com
pany.
"Thc world said John Morley long
ago, will never be able to spare its
hero Assuredly, in this time Of times
it should not seek to do so, but should
cherish and celebrate the personalities
OF those who, by their valor, physical
or .spiritual, hacv been the saviors of
civilization. Mrs. parkman has here
prepared sketches, at once biography
and appreciation, of a dozen of the
foremost champions of humanity
against the Hun. These twelve arc not
the only heroes of the war who deserve
commemoraton; but there is not one
of them who does not abundantly de-
serve it. AS biographies, the sketches
are accurate and sufficiently comprc-
henslve, AS appreciations they are
generally marked with admirable taste
and judgment. To young and old alike
the volume is to be most heartily
commended, as a reminder of the men
whom the world dclights-or should
delight-to honor.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
Hebrew VS.. Hum
Mr.. Zangwill's Incisive Analysis
of Their Differences

foeword BY tie Rt Hon GI morbe1 Samuel and
an aiterword by Dr.; Israel Abrahams. l2mo
pp. JIG. The Macmillan Company.
The prime object of Mr.. Zangwills
absorbingly interesting discourse was
to vindicate the Jews against the odi-
Gus aspcration of similarity to the
Germans. 1t has often been said, in
deed, that they are much alike, in that
each claim to be the chosen people
of God, and each speak of "Our Cod
as though He belonged exclusively to
them. Yes; and so there is river in
Monmouth and there is river in
Macedon.
Mr. Zangwill makes the radical con-
trast clear between the Jews, who
clam to be chosen people, set apart
by God for service to all the world,
and the Huns, set apart by themselves
for worldwide conquest. 1t would be
difficult to imagine a greater differ
cnce than that between service and
conquest; and the beauty of it is that
it is absolutely true.
But that is not all. The author takes
up the too common fling, that Jehovah
was merely the tribal deity of the
lsraeHtes, and demonstrates its alb
surd falsity. Doubtless some few of
the Prophets thus spoke of God. But
most of them, and the greatest of
them, proclaimed BIN to be the One
and Only Son of all the world and of
all men.
1t is an eloquent and convincing
little book, and it is eminently apt to
the times.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
Aeroplane Adventures

IAN o, THE sCoOTs. BY Edgar Wallace H..
itlStTatea- l2no. pp 2i6. small Maynard
This volume contains ten short
stories, all connected through the ner~
sonallty of the chief actors, telling of
aeroplane adventures in the great war
as the title indicates, the hero Of them
~ Scotsman possessing the character
lstlc courage, endurance and humor OF
that race. We do not know that anv
CT the stories are literally true. but
we have no idea that any one Of them
~ impossible. Indeed, they all bear
we were inclined to find fault WITH .hc
work it would be to this effect, that
the author seems to assume too hirh n
degree Of knowledge of tho technicalj-
ties of aeroplanes and their use on the
part Of the general public. Still the
technical references arc seldom OBJ
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
Points and Sounds
The Philosophy of Punctuation
and Pronunciation

MODERN PUNCTUATION. By George Summey,
jr 12mo. pp. xii. 265. Oxford University Press,
PRONUNCIATION OF STANDARD ENGLISH IN
AMERICA BY George Philip Knapp limo DID,
1y. 2S5. Oxford University Press.
Professor Summey's treatise is COM
mentatory rather than dictatorial. That
is we'll, to a certain extent, because
punctuation is to only a very limited
degree an exact science, susceptible of
diction by fixed rule. There arc of
course some general and specific rules
which al! educated persons are expect
ed to observe. But the mass of punct-
uation is a matter of taste. The same
passage may be punctuated in several
radically different ways, and like the
ways of constructing tribal lays, every
single one of them may be right. The
most notable and perhaps the most
valuable feature of this book is its ex-
ploitation Of that variety of usuage.
We might wish that it were in some
respect more dictatorial; but the
reader will at least be nightly con-
vinced of the need for exercising his
thoughts in the matter of punctuation
so as to be able to give reason for
the use of every point.
Professor Krapp's work would be
of far greater practical value if it
were much simpler. 1t employs an
elaborate system of phonetic symbols
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
Juvenile PLAYS

LAFAYETTE NJ r,- CHRIsTorHER COLUMBUS THE
stone Walker. l2mo. pp. 252 Henry Holt & Co.
Lafayette" "Christopher Columbus"
and "The Long Knives in Illinois,"
three new more or less historical plavs
for children by Alice Johnstone Walker.
author of the recent Little Plays from
American History" are also cxccllent-
ly adapted, all III all, to the dramatic
Abilities, rlslbilities and needs of Amer
lean school children. They all have, in
some measure, all the requisites: op-
portunity for easy staging; opportunity
Tor goodly number of children to take
part. or, in case of a limited number
, available, for "doubling"; simple, nat
ural, delightful touches of the better,
Intellectual sort of humor; appeals to
the imagination, to spaces great and
scenes unknown; to great historic per
sonages, in appreciation of personal
worth; patriotlsm; and, of course. the
triumph of right, always, over wrong
leVen TO the extent of somewhat false
glamour thrown over the essentially
personally very tragic life of Christo-
| phcr Columbus).
The Long Knives in Illinois" is more
inclined toward slowness of action.
PAD proportion, artificial, ovcr-clegant
language IN its dialogue Ca thing a
chlld can much too often "spotD, and
"grown-up's 81 language in its child
characters. and forced humor (Which
thing could never safely attempt to
".tool' the young). Yet, even this has
its moments of delightful poignancy
touching upon early American Zines"
pioneering, dangers, captivitics, res
cues, romances, fricndships-though, in
general effect. in truth, too "off stage"
to be much Of play" even Juvenile"
".Lafayette," with its second act, where
the coatless, hatless, shoeless ancestors
of many of Gus older Americans" re-
fuse "a pass to dodge the Southern
campaigns simply announced but ter
rlhc dangers (though by the actual
psychology of armies, void of "clash"),
Is nevertheless, all in all, whimsical, /,
moving, If slightly burlesqued bit of
history, romance and proper nonsense.
Picturesque as to scenes and costumes.
with, most fortunately, touches of
poetry, romance, "big scenes" "big
names,' hcre,--so to speak the child
performer first stepping out on the
stage may also, as on diving board
step out and plunge, here, into "a sea
OIL lmagihatlon" l.. G.. w.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-29
A Teacher of Teachers
THE LIFE OF NAOMI NoRSwORTHY.
Frances Caldwell Higgins. l2mo. pp
Houplton hfiffin Conpaiiy

TIE LIFE OF NAOMI NoRswoRTHy. BY
Frances csidwen Higsins. l2mo. pp. 243,
Houglton AnfDm Company
Here we have a readable and inspir-
ing book. The sixteen active years of
Miss Norsworthy's life were devoted to
the task of teaching in the Department
Of Educational Psychology in Teachers
College. and it is obvious to the reader
that she made deep and lasting i'm
preston on all who came under her in
fluence. Dean Russell, of that institu-
ton, in his Foreword declares her "a
great teacher" and the admiring and
sympathetic author of the Life says
OF Miss Noteworthy that For her, be
ing teacher was not business; it
was joy" She was slip of a
woman" and yet proved to be, as was
said by one Of her superiors. zone of
{the strongest men on our faculty"
The impression created by the book is
that of woman delicate, sensitive,
magnetic, exceptionally inspiring, fond
OF poetry and music, optimistic, and
w:thal shy and reserved. The keynote
o. her character may be found in a
sentence from one Of her letters:
Life is just big chance to do good
Job with promotion awaiting us here
and hereafter" Unhaopily, her career
was cut short by an incurable disease
while she was still on the hither side
of forty.
Nearly forty pages are filled with
extracts from Miss Norsworthy's cor
respondence-"Bit of Letters" they
are termed--and very readable this
chapter Ia. For some the value of the
letters would be enhanced II their
dates, or at least the years in which
tLey were written, had been inserted.
A novel feature of the book is the in
clusion of dozen or moro of Miss
Norsworthy's favorite poems. among
which we are glad to note parts Of
Laniers Marshes of Glynn" ani
Matthew Arnold's Buried Life" The
frontispiece of the volume Ia we'll
executed reproduction Of q photograph
Of Its subject, A. e. p.