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New Britain herald., 1919-05-12

and buildings on Shuttle Meadow avenue.
 Richard F. Erwin to Elizabeth Ap- pell, land and buildings on West Main street.
 Stanley Rule t& Level Go. to Will liam Albrocht, land and buildings on Cherry street.
 Elizabeth A. White to William Ross, land and buildings on South Main street.
 New Britain Real Estate &, Title Co., to James Tynan and others land and buildings on Black Rock avenue
 Abbie J. Meisner to Clifton M. CroOleY, land and buildings on Har- risOn street.
 John Brady to Mary J. Hennessey, land on Long street.
 Grace M. Smith and others to Alex ander J: Oslin, land on Stanley street
 Patrick s. McMahon to William F. Meehan, land and buildings on Wake field court
 Bodwcll Land Co., to I. M. Goldstein, land at Bclvidcre.
 Anson A, Mills to Elizabeth w. Wolles, land and buildings on Lin coin street.
 T. Cherniak to Leo Levison and others. land and buildings on West street
 Realty & Building Go. to Bertha Mex. Lucas, land and buildings on Lyon street.
 Equitable Realty Go. to Aurelio Conzonetti, land on Mitchell street.
 Equitable Realty Co. to John Brun- 70. land on Mitchell street
 James J. Naughton to William ]. INc, I'll mercial street
 Leon A. Gladdng to William J. Farley, land and buildings on Main and Chestnut streets.
 Julia Klatt to Frank Malzynsky land and buildings on East street
 Arthur F. Taylor to Charlotte W. Taylor, land and buildings on Tulip street!
 Pauline Jahn to r F. and w IT, Hausmann, land and buildings or Roberts street
 John Checker to Felix kolodzinski, land and buildings on Gold street
 Fannie w. McKirdy to Bodwell Land O., land on Hillcrest avenue. BodWeil Realty Co. to Bodwell Land Co.,, land on Hillcrcst avenue. Joseph Stachclski to Paul Grabow- ski and others, land on Burrtt heights Clayton A. Parker to Gussopina Corruba and others. land and build ings on Pearl court. Emil Hjerpe and wife to B. Ken- nedy, land and buildings on Maple street Emclia Halleby and others to Ed ward ~Litke, land on East street. New Britain Real Estate &, Title Co. to Walter l.. Williams and wife, land and buildings on, Hart street Wilfred Boliver and others to Frank Se1bert, land and buildings on Stanley street Pa-p1 AnF~rsoa aud others to Frank
New Britain herald., 1919-05-12
CITY ITEMS

Special bargains at Damon's shoe store Wednesday.-ad
 r. l.. Knox has sold through the Camp Real Estate Co. a bungalow Tn Stanley Quarter to Mrs, Ezina Thorn ton of Jersey City, N. J. Mrs. August Voight has sold through the same company a two family house on West Main street to Mrs. Theresa Barron; and M. D. Stockwell has sold business blocks on West Main street to IT. Bel kin and wife.
 The board of fire commissioners will meet tomorrow evening" and routine business will be transacted. ,
 Michael Kehoe of the Naval Re- serves, stationed at Pelham Bay, spent the weekend in this city.
 Michael Riley of Johnsonburg, Pa, is visiting with his sister, Mrs. James Egan, of 4S Beaver street.
 The Holy Name society at a meet ing last evening. appointed Q commit tee to arrange for a field day.
 A meeting of the principals of the schools will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Supt. Holmes office,
New Britain herald., 1919-05-12
TO INITIATE SEVEN.

The membership campaign being Elks. is bringing much success to the organization, and on Thursday even ing d class of seven candidates will receive tho initiatory degree. There arc many applications awaiting acton of the lodge. Following the meeting Thursday evening, the house com mittee has arranged a luncheon and entertainment. Under the new house committee things are booming, and a number of social times are being planned. The amusement committee yesterday made further arrangements for the circus to be held May 20, 2l and 22 on the Ellls circus grounds.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-12
PLANS NEW SCHOOL.

Rev. LucYan Bojnowski. pastor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, js planning the erection of a new school to aid in the congestion that is rapid ly increasing among the Polish chil- dren. The parish owns valuable land at the corner of Broad and Orange street. and it is probable that this will he the site selected for the school. Nothing definite has been done in the matter as vet.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-12
SCHOOL NOTES.
Annual Meeting of School Council
 Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon.

Officers for the ensuing year will be elected at the annual meeting of the school council to be held tomor- row afternoon at the Grammar school hall. Superintendent stanley H. Holmes will be the speaker.
 A general teachers meeting will take place at the Grammar school on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. AL fred Mcdonald. a government agent, will speak on School and Homo Gar denS :"
New Britain herald., 1919-05-12
Seibert, land and buildings on Stanley

Seibert, land and buildings on Stanley street.
 George B. Whatnall to Henry Boh- nert, land and buildings on East Will lis street
 Patrick McCabe to Edward Green stein and others, land and buildings on Main street.
 Edward o. Kilbourne to Anthony Dorbuck. land pass and rights, High land terrace
 Alfred l.. Thompson to William Hultberg, land and buildings on Chestnut street.
 Minnie SimanskY to Harry MaXen, land and buildings on West Main street
New Britain herald., 1919-05-12
Max MuSiCnlC.

The May musicale will be given 2t the Center church chapel tomorrow evening, May 1 8, at D. m. An unus- ually attractive program has been ar ranged. Mrs Howard F. Horton, So pranO; Hubert Anderson H1ollnlSt' Theron w. Hart. pianist. Tickets 25c. -adVt
New Britain herald., 1919-05-12
MANY SCHOOL cul1nRrN ARE sIckIr

Mothers who value thcir own comfort and the welfare of their children should never be without box of Mother GraTS sweet Powders for Children. for us" throughout the season. They Break up Colds Relieve FcverishnCss, Constipation. T"cthinE Disor- dcrs. Headaches and stomach Troubles Used by mothers for over 3U years. THESE POWDERS NEVER TAII. All Drug Stores Dnnt accept any knhstitNtc.
Evening star., 1919-10-05

pared to buy paper suit asked the
salesman for try-on.
Now the major was of substantial
avoirdupois. The salesman was con-
strained to smile. replying in effect:
what you ask of me is impossible,
sir. You should have come around be-
fore the war; We seldom, II ever.
have occasion to fill an order for a
fat man here. The fat men all went
out when the war came in."
But the major was finally able to
get a paper suit that did him enough
justice not, to make him too con-
spicuous.
X
Paper clothes. like paper everything,
were quite the fad in Berlin. as else
where in Germany, at this time. Do
not imagine, however, that such goods
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appointment I have seen cakes and
pastries that looked palatable enough
to fairly melt in the mouth, but which
certainly belied their looks when it
was discovered upon tasting that they
had ben made from this saccharine.
Butter-what there was-cost 80
marks pound. Personally never
saw any German butter during my
sojourn of six months in Berlin.
Milk likewise, though some of the
fortunate may have been able to Sc
cure small quantities to feed to
babies.
The German menu. l shall tell Of
one occasion when l had opportunity
to visit an average Berlin family, liv-
ing in Schoeneberg, one Of the decent
residence quarters of Berlin, and
where 1 was invited to stay for din
ner. / do not mention this with any
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other motive than to leave for infer
ence how the average family was put
to it for food
The first course served was plate
of potatoes, unseasoned and starchy.
With this. a thin slice of black bread.
The second course. an egg doubt
less in honor Of guest. for eggs were
black bread.
The third course, paste compost
tion. thinly smeared upon a thin slice
of black bread.
For dessert-a thin beer. like all
German beer in these days. absolute
ly devoid of the authority" that
travellers knew to respect in ante
bellum days in Germany.
The master Of this household. now a
hollow-cheeked emaciated gentleman.
took considerable pride in showing
me his picture, adorning the mantel-
piece and representing him as before
the war. / was surprised to see that
then he was a fat. plump gentleman
Of the conventional proportions that
l had always supposed were pecu-
liarly German. Though I should
scarcely have given him 100 pounds
weight at that time.
A fat German was seen but occa-
sionally. / remember Maj Jaka, our
quartermaster. telling me on one oc-
casion of his experience at tailor's
where he had gone to dickcr for a
suit of ready-made civilian clothes.
there being times when it was no:
only convenient for us to wear civil
ian clothes, but when the German
government actually cnjoined US to
wear them rather than wave red
flag before the bull. refer to the
days when the Berlin population was.
staggered with the publication OF tbs
peace terms
Maj. Iaka after pricing {. suit of
clothes ard doubtless coming to the
conclusion. .ths. he was bailsr. pre-
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streets, very often q woman. got to
bo common knowledge, one paper
took pains to publish q general warn
ing to the public against being VIC
tmized by these people.
This paper stated that the Eng
lish" cigarettes being handed out in
the streets were proved to be i'm
pregnated with opiates and that they
had highly depressing effect on the
system. 1t said that several
patients" who had visited physicians
after smoking the weed had been
diagnosed as suffering from opium
poisoning. If this were true. 1T is not
impossible (though such peddling
would be tax-dodging. of coorse)
F. that some illegitimate persons delib-
. erately "doped" the cigarettes.
always believed, however. that the
persons who got hold of the English"
cigarettes were so unused by that
: time TO real tobacco that they imag-
ined they were being poisoned from
: the effect of genuine tobacco as
against the alfalfa or dried leaf COM
position they had been reduced to.
Soap, another of the common deli
cacies'' to the average Berliner. was
in high demand. and for a German to
secure cake of this luxury from an
American source was, indeed. a high
accomplishment. The stores had some
tinferior soap, perfumed and lathery,
Lht it cost anywhere from 10 to 80
marks and more. =
The poor people used kriegs seife
-(war soap) that bore resemblance
to rumice stone. which could scarce
ly produce a lather, was as hard and
consistent as a rock and as heavy.
One was never served sugar in
restaurant or cafe. Its substitute
'saccharine. was served in little tab
'lets. resembling aspirin tablets. 1t
had high sweetening value. but 1t
slaft a disegreeable taste in the mouth
and 1t was alleged by some to have a
ds!eterious effect on the heart II used
in too great quantity. When used in
cakes Or pastries X ,was 2 great dk,
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ness underwear when he ordered the
Berlin commissary established at the
Allemania. AS 1t was, I finally made
my egress from Berlin carrying a pa
per/suit case and a paper mantle
sack" containing my baggage. Nor
can I repress a smile in memory of a
comrade second lieutenant who. see
ing in paper-clad fraulein a re-
semblance to his sweetheart back in
the U. s. A., used to refer to her some
what tenderly as the paper doll"
1 saw few dogs or cats in Berlin,
save for the fluffy little "purps" of
aristocratic blood that the Berlin
women would sometimes bring to
lunch or tea with them at the Adlon.
The proletariat dogs. l always as
sumed. had gone where the Ham
burg population later claimed their
dogs and cats had gone-into the
sausage mill-a belief which the
Hamburgers emphasized with an ex-
clamation point in June by starting
a man sized food riot eventuating in
the killing Of a manufacturer of
canned preserves. .....
l was astonished also at how the
geological gardens, the one time great
est zoo in the world, had been deci-
mated of their animals. Cages and
Enclosures for hundreds OF yards are
empty. But few of the animals. and
those the rarest specimens from the
wilds, are now seen. You would be
told that the animals had to be
killed off because there were not
means to feed them. l was told that
many of these animals, after the
killing. were eaten.
The most striking story of animal
eating told us was that of a horse
killing in the Alexander plata. main
theater of war during the March gem
eral strike, in which were registered
about 1900 casualties and 800 killed.
A horse was hit by misdirected
bullet from Spartacan machine gun.
The animal had no sooner dropped
than starved Berliners from the
nearby poor quarter rubbed upon the
dead animal, attacked it's carcass with
knives and ate the portions raw as
they stood there, careless of machine
gun and snipers' fre. The picture OF
the skeleton and entrails of the horse
was then printed in a popular Berlin
illustrated paper. where we saw
Photographic evidence. Of condition
that we until then would hove dis
missed as unbelievable.
One day as ! was turning from
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CONTINUED FROM LAST sunday
TIME arrival OF the quartermaster
service in Berlin, March /, was
an event for the most signal
celebration in our own hearts
Besides drawing quarters at the luxurtant
Adlon, We drew title to purchase COM
: nissary supplies at the newly installed
commissary. Chocolate. American tobac-
co. soap, toilet articles, sugar tea and
coffee We're among the articles Of per-
sonal comfort that passed over the
counter and turned the Berliners
green with envy. All Of these
"luxussachen" (delicacies) were vir-
tually unknown to the average Ber-
liner. who had either done without or
indulged in substitutes since the early
days of the war.
''Shokolade! cigarette" were cried at
us often afterwards by small children.
who would form procession behind
us as we walked along the streets.
: For the Berliner had to pay 80 marks
for an inferior tablet of chocolate
then. and American, or. as they
always called them, "English,
cigarettes. were a luxury of luxuries.
The Germans smoked a tobacco of
their own, an inferior composition
made of every imaginable substitute,
with very little tobacco content.
Surprising to an American was the
fact that the German cigarettes.
albeit all dolled out in fancy boxes
or packets. were but occasionally
bought by the packet. but usually by
the single piece. And one cigarette
would cost anywhere from 20 to SO
pfennigs.
One German paper once tried to out
propaganda the English" or, what
they meant. the American. cigarette.
1t happened that as the months went
by the American cigarette got on the
streets OF Berlin. Though the Ber-
liners were ready enough to accuse
the Americans of peddling 1t, know
ing it was against orders for any
American soldier to do this. the fact
remains that 1t YVES probably either
smuggled over from Holland by aero
plane or passed up In some devious
way from the south. The tobacco
stores in Berlin were certainly SO
scrutinized by our commissary that
1T was known to the packet and car
ton as to who bought them and most
OF the time they were sold on ration
basis.
When the tobacco peddler on the
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would tear, or that they would fall
to pieces in the rain.
The paper articles of clothing were
coarse Of texture, about that of an
ordinary gunny sack, as well as pill
able. Some laundries would guar
antee to wash your paper pajamas
twelve times before they would have
to be thrown away.
We ate off paper tablecloths at the
Adlon. We slept between paper
sheets. The page boy who served me
gave me boys paper hat and paper
portmonnaie. ] would have had to
buy paper underwear had not Uncle
Sammy sent up some honest-to-good-
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This ceremony was only surpassed
in Importance and impressiveness by
one other decoration ceremony during
our sojourn in Berlin. This was on
April 80, when Gen. Harries himself
was awarded the cross of the Legion
of Honor by the French government.
The officers Of the allied govern
ments, then doing duty in Berlin, fore
gathered In the court of the French
embassy on Unter den Linden, re-
splendent in their variegated uni
forms. Gen. Dupont. chief of the
French mission, delivered in French
the presentation speech He read
citation of the work of Gen. Harries
when the latter was commandant of
base port No. g. which is Brest. On
this occasion Maj. Shoge formerly
of the 10th National Army division,
received croix de guerre for valor
shown on the heights around Mont
faucon. As In all presentations the
French general kissed those decorated
on both cheeks.
An American officer whose expert.
ences of travel from our Berlin head
quarters far outshone those of any
other Of the mission was Lieut.. De.
forest Spencer Of Chattanooga. He
A., kcOntinved. On Twelfth Page.)
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BY WILLIAM T. DAUGHERTY.

CONTINUED FROM LAST sunday
TINE arrival Of the quartermaster
service in Berlin. March !. was
an event for the most signal
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company by the creation of council
of industrial relations is start in
the direction that all big companies
viii ultimately see their way to fol-
low in finding a solution OF the great
problems confronting industry today.
To anyone giving serious consider
alton to the economic conditions of
the present time, and that includes
nearly every man in any way con
nacted with industry, THE Industrial
Republic" will appeal, clearing up as
it does many points not generally un-
derstood. and pointing out many new
and modern ideas in connection with
the employment of labor and its part
in the future development of Amer
lean industry.
Mr.. Litchfield's stand is daring, but
his conclusions are bound to be in
teresting because of his high position
in the industrial world and his long
experience at the head of one of
Americas greatest factories.
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PRODUCING A PRICE LEVEL.

That we have found all the econo-
mics possible, all the improvements,
all the elimination of waste, no one
least of all any business man--would
be fool enough to maintain. But we
must come to realize that every part
of our Industrial organism today is
affected by every other part, and that
the need today is not only for an in
crease in business integrity, but also
for determination to produce-pro-
duce-produce.
That and productive investment,
the taking of government bonds off
the hands of the banks, the dropping
of speculation and extravaganza and
the increase of economy, will cause
the price level to adjust itself.
Let each man feel upon himself the
weight of this responsibility; let us
get down to work together and aid
production. We cannot turn our
backs on the inevitable effects of the
war. We can, by labor. readjust the
inevitable laws Of supply and de-
mand. We are still paying for vic
tory But after all--for such a vic
tory-aren't we willing to pay?-The
Nations Business for October.
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Answering Census Queries
VIII Help Farm Profits
Md
and a trcatN
to Success.

When the census euumerator comes
around 10 the farm shortly after
January / next year, he will ask
some questions that may souId like
prying into the purely personal affairs
OF the farmer. Now, the farmer. like
every other self-respecting man. dis
likes having his private affairs
peeped into and. unless he thinks
about this thing in advance. may
have disposition to be uuresponsive
If not actually resistant.
the enumerator will ask is an essen
tial question and has a direct bear
ing on the personal welfare and pros
perity of the individual farmer as
well as upon the advancement of the
agriculture of the nation as a whole.
When the bureau of the census de-
cided to take the farm census in Jan
uary instead of in April, it did so
upon the advice of the United States
department of agriculture. The
farmer is less likely to be very busy
in January than at the spring plant
ing and breeding season, and his
products and live stock are in better
shape for statistical treatment Also
every new question-and there are a
number of them--inserted in the
agricultural schedule was placed
there after consultation with the de-
partment of agriculture and for the
purpose of clearing up some specific
situation in which the department of
agriculture is trying to aid the
farmer.
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Another Way to Help.

Every farmer will be asked how
many acres of drained land he has
and how many other acres of land
there are on his farm that could be
made suitable for cultivation if they
were tile-drained or ditch-drained.
When these questions are asked you,
remember that they are asked every
one of your neighbors. Possibly YOU
have a tract of land that would be
the most productive field on your
farm if you could get the surplus
water out of it. but you can not do it
because, to be effective. the drainage
ditch would have to go far beyond
the borders of your own farm, would
have to be a county enterprise, and
the county has not seen fit to do any
thing about it. If that be true. sew.
eral of your neighbors have land that
should be drained. If all of you tell
the census enumerator how many
acres you have that need drainage.
the department of agriculture will
have the facts to show what is need
ed in your community. When the
opportunity offers, it will be in posi-.
ton to do what it may to secure for
you what you need.
Those things are fairly typical of
the questions that will be asked in
taking the agricultural census In
order to answer all of the questions
intelligently, the farmer will have to
think about the matter little before
the enumerator calls on him. He
ought to give the enumerator the
most accurate information he can.
What the individual farmer tells the
enumerator is likely to benefit that
farmer individually, but it is certain
to benefit any number of other farm
ers. 1t is not too early now to get
the facts straight in your mind
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Here are some questions that viii
be asked: DO you own all OF this
farm DO you rent from others
part but not all of this farm" do
you rent from others all Of this
farm, 'If you rent all of thfs farm,
what do you pay as rent?" IF you
own all or part Of this farm. was
there any mortgage debt or other Ell
cumbrance on the land so owned on
January ], 1902" What was the
total amount of debt or encunbrance
on land on this farm owned by you.
January l. 1920?'
pertinent-Not impairment.
what the Sam HILL" you may in
quire. has the government got TO
do with how much money | owe on
my Iand?" Well. two Of the things
to which the department of agricul-
ture has been giving deepest thought
during the past several years are
farm tenancy and rural credits. The
past three censuses have shown an
Alarmsts have felt--and said-that
the country is going to the bow-woWs
by the landlord route. The depart
ment of agriculture, however. looked
into the matter as well as it was able,
and refused to be alarmed. Where
it was able to make surveys it discov-
cred that while the number of ten
ants 25 years old was greater in 1910
than in 1900 or 1890, the number of
tenants As years old was consider
ably smaller in 1910 than in 1900 or
1890.
step toward ownership, that the
young fellow who becomes a tenant
farmer when he marries, say, is like.
ly to be farm owner before his first
child is grown--the farm paid for
and the money that used to go to pay
off the mortgage available for send
ing the children to college.
Now, to the department of agricul
ture, that looks like thoroughly
normal, healthy. and beneficial pro-
cess. To just the extent that ten
ancy leads to farm ownership, it is a
good thing for the country and for
the individual
But it has not been possible to get
complete, nationwide survey OF
the situation. The forthcoming cen
sus offers the opportunity for doing
that. II every farmer will answer
the enumerator's questions fully and
fairly the department of agriculture
will have the data from which to
analyze the situation accurately and
to determine what things can be done
to best advantage to help the tenan,
in his aspiration to become a farm
owner