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New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
How Prohibition Came.

Nncle Dudley, in Boston Globe)
1T is here.' Prohibition. MOI until
disqualification only but for keeps.
We have it, What have we?
That question is in everyhody's
mind Is this Constitutional Amend
ment the Vestibu1e Of a mild milIeni-
UNI or Pandora'S box Of fresh per
plexities? Coupled with this boWiI-
derment at the suddenncss of the
event is, in q good many quarters.
the vague Chagrin of the man who
wanted some hing. but didn't want it
quite so soon. What dream were
vaguely predicting would come a gen
Grafton hence has all al once dropped
into their laps, How did 1t happen
In a STUDY of the movement for the
abolition of slavery between the 1S30S
and the 1865 John Jay Chapman
tells how surprised the abolitOnists
were, as they agitated year after year,
that nothing happened They toiled
long. amid bitter hostility, the coun-
try in an uproar, expecting slavery to
be abolished every veek-after-next.
They could see no results Finally.
when emancipation came it came like
bolt from the blue, as a war m cas-
| urc", Il by-product The results had
been there all along, only thew could
not be seen
These changes begin as moral
movements. The moral movement
seemingly gets nowhere But it be
gets all sorts Of supplementary forces
which finally swing the original prof.
ect in to victory on a back eddy.
The moral movement Of prohibi-
ton began AS far back as the 1830s.
Powerful as its influence was on peo-
pies abits and standards, it did not
establish prohibition. The attempts
at state prohibition in that period
were abortiVe.
AS a political movement pure and
simple it made little headway The
prohibition party labored under the
! disadvantage of advertising as its
main tent an attraction which voters
generally regarded as a side show.
j But meanwhile the back-eddies had
| begun to pull. Modern science. get
| ting into it's stride in the middle Of
| the / 9th century, and investigating
everything under the sun, began to
| investigate alcohol The doc
| tors iSagreed. They were no longer
! so certain of the scientific validity
| of the Scriptural "a. little wine for
| thy stomach's sake
1he prOna gand1StS were nor SLOW
| to seize the hint. About 35 years ago
| q movement originated in Massachu-
| sets to teach school children the az
| fects of alcohol on the system. Many
| OF us can remember the cold horror
| impressed on our infant minds by
the teacher exhibiting a raw egg bad
| ly damaged by contact with alcohol,
| which she assured us was an accur-
| ate replica of the human liver or
! stomach or something after few
! drinks. Such instruction rapidly pro
! duces q generation which regards al
! cOhOl as poison.
The statsticians went to work with
! figures to prove that liquor was a
leak in eNerNbody's pocket. Along
i came the deficiency" cult. The big
corporations hired engineers 10 plot
| the curve Of industrial accidents the
! morning after holiday. and their
! reduction Of that curve was acceler-
| atod by employers liability laws.
IN the south, politically JoferS0-
Man, and therefore traditionally op-
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
Distribution Of Expenses.

The distribution OF school expenses
as shown by study Of 20 OF the large
places in Connecticut shows that the
average for general control is $50
ner cent. Here the cost is slightly
above the average. being 3.21 per cent,
instruction expense for the average is
7449 per cent. and here it is 1908.
The average cost for operation Of
school plants is 1855 per cent, and
here it is 1924 per cent. of the total
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

Another blow TO Hun complacency
and ConCeit is administered by Fred
erick F. Cutler, d publisher, recently
back from Europe. who says that the
German SPY system was far inferior
to the British machine. In proof of
his statement, he declares that "at no
time during the war did German
ship get up steam in the harhor of
I<iel, but what the British knew about
it within two hours
Ample evidence has been offered
that the enemy spy system on this
side of the Atlantic was a ludicrous
opera bouffe after the Department of
Justice sleuths became active Moth
ing occurred in Mexico or Argentina
with which the American gumshoe
men were not acquainted. 1t is a
pleasure to learn that the British in
Vestigators We're equally as adept and
acute, but what clamor 1T would
have raised in the camp Of the Berlin
junkers had they learned that gents
of the hated English had penetrated
a far as their beloved kiel and were
at every moment smilingIy Watching
them in their Intellectual efforts to
strafe the ''gobs' and the "lmcys".
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
G. O. P.-Grand Old Prohibition.

The Waterbury Republican refers
to Chateau Thierry as 50 little job.
drea ming, but we were under the i'm
preston that the fight al Chateau
Thierry was a man size Job with
man size men to fill it.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

Il 6Icomb sdsaiass to- tire. ,sprivate
life. AS he is the protege of John T.
King, boss of Fairfield County, it Is
expected his aspirations will not be
pleasing to J. Henry Roraback who
defeated Mr.. King in the latter's at
tempt to secure a hold on the organi-
cation Of the General Assembly,
Other gossip concerns the Success
sOr to United States Senator George
?. Mclean who Is expected 10 hang
up his toga forever after his present
term expires. Congressman Schuyler
P Merritt is said to be in line for the
nomination but he may have to fight
it out with States Attorney Hugh M.
Alcorn.
Whatever action the Republicans
take, they must keep in mind the
compa ratiVely small margin by which
the ticket was victorious in 1918. Up
to date, harmony seems to be the
Watchword among the G. O. F.. who
expect to present an unbrokcn front
in the battle two years hence
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

cost. School maintenance here is be-
low tile avcra &c. being 4.76 per cent,
while the average is So per cent. The
cost of auxiliary agencies average is
o. per cent. and mere it is .65 per-
cent.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
Cost Fer
Pupil in
Daily At Ave. Al

Mo proValIl1g average CoS1 pupil
registered is $37.62 per pupil and
$46.45 per pupil il average attend~-
ance. taking the places as a whole.
The cost in New Britain per pupil
REGISTERED is $32.3".
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
t'D&i Per
Ave. Pupil in
Combined Figures F'aHorab BILE.

The following tabulatiOn shows the
costs of the elementary and high
schools combined to the exclusion of
the cost of special schools and eve
ming schools:
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
COMMUNICATED,
TTAI,Y AND JUGOSLAVIA.
Header Comments on Recent Editorial
i'm the Herald.

i'm the Herald.
Editor New Britain Herald;
received a copy of your issue Of
The 9th inst a few days ago and
among other matter read your edl-
toria1 comment on Italian aspirations
IN +ho Adriatic as described by Capt
To1zi and Lieut. Pecorini, Of the lta)-
49, r,,v IN an article in the New
York Times for January 3, 1912
was fortunate enough to read the
aho,o article in its entirety and your
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
SCHOOL EXPENSES
NOT EXORBITANT
Comparisons Of Figures Show
This City to Be Quite Moderate

Although there has been consider
able opposition on the part of many of
those near the head of the city GOV
eminent concerning ihe eXpcndi11lle
of DlOneN by the sCOOl board still
there is feeling of guilt on the part
Of these same men when they Criti-
cizc he hoard without knowing def
nite]y the situation which exists. One
Of tho LARGEST items considered i'm the
increase is the raising Of salaries ro,
the teachers. The board of education
is seeking 100000 increase which is
about $4,000 over the current year
or this increase, SOL. 200 is found in
the wage account. or that amount,
SO 900 is the amount required for day
schools. The amount under the head
ing Of tuition is in reality the expense
Of teaching in the Bartlett and Camp
schools and the additions sum is
$1,000. The evening school expense
is inCrca sed $4,000 and the ianitorS'
salaries are increased to $4,000. This
is due to he new Eihu Burritt school
and the other enlarged city schools,
It is also necessary to hire another
clerk and an item of 500 is thus
accounted for. The summer school
work will he increased and superNi-
Nlol VI t1llS W Oh W III tOSN ilibJtEN
School Supplies Cost More.
Supplies have increased greatly
and the cost Of paper has increased
200 per cent. in some cases. Books
pencils, ink, and the other supplies
necessary in running any schools have
increased greatly in price. Additional
insurance costs money and must be
maintained at any cost. The intro
duCtion of another trade in the NOCa-
tonal High school adds cost of
$4,000 and the extension of medical
inspection and a school nurse add up
and brings the total of $3.50.
The item of repairs is a big one and
Of necessity ono which must be m ct.
5000 Is accounted for in this item.
The $4,000 for providing drcpro0f
stairways in the academic High
school is a necessity and is urged by
the state. The state officials have de-
mandcd the change and are pressing
the local board to have this work
done
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
Cost Here COMPARATIVELY Low.

G.. J. Borst, of Danbury, has COM
piled a comparative study Of the e1-
penditure Of public schools in cities
and towns in Connecticut and the re-
port contains items of interest, The
cost of the High school in New Brit
ain is lower per capita than in the
average city in the state. The follow
ing tabulatiOn shows this fact:
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21
NOSI 7 { 7
Ave. Pupil in
Daily At

ne NNETaEF III .NFN JoTTTa II TISUTpN
on the basis Of he number of pupils
registered is S62.39
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

The old residents Of Berlin, so ac-
Gust toned to oheying orders, must be
nearly frantic by this time, trying TO
obey orders issued hourly by half a
dozen opposing factions-kansas CITY
Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

Some of the Observers of the stu
alton are of the opinion that the eagle
boats were respectful of natural his
tory and rcfrained from exploiting
the eagle as an aquatic bird.-Wash-
tingtOn Star.
Bolshcvism and Spanish influenza
have this much in conlmon' Both
continue to flourish long after they
have been completely OVercOme.-
New. y Ork Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

With the doom of liquor sounded,
the projected tax on soda, water and
ice cream follows naturally as the next
logical step.-New York World
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

The Sim Fem parliament is to be
perm tilted to talk all it wants to, but
it mustn't do anything, It is to be as
free as the Reichstag was before the
War-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

Is there any law that can prevent
apple juice from turning hard =
Wall Street Journal.
New Britain herald., 1919-01-21

The bitionists' new and en-
1arged plan to make the whole world
drv will doubtless include the chang
ing, of the name of the Madeira Is
lands to something less Bacchanallan.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01
THE RED CROSS DRIVE.

THE EVENING HERALD II n hearty accord with the resolutions pissed
by Tarious business mems organizations dudng the week pedging sup
port to the drive" OF the American Red Cross or funds during the period
from November ? to II. The Red Cross need III money and the nation
must carry out It has work pending here and In other lands that II cannot
abandon until the Jobs are done. There Is constant reed for such a n or
Eanizntfon in or land in time II peace as well rs in time OF war and II VIII
he well for the country II the Red Cross organization Is continued. strength
ened, sstomatEed and generously supported financially. The spirit OF It's
work Ia splendid and the objective Ct its effort is fine in every way.
We have no patience with the sensattonnism that asnus the whole
Red Cross organization and effort because Of faults In the detail Of the or
ganhahon. The recent attack upon the Red Cross by a yellow newspaper
OF Denver cannot possibly help the organization to improve II an only
tend to hamper Il In It's pending effort for funds and that effort Will be
can be forgiven it's tauts and shortcomings because of the good it has done
aud the good Il will do
Cross work at home. There is too much overhead expense; too many
salsried people doing work that should be done by volunteers; too many
cpal service TO country and soldier. has consisted OF Uccapying a sfe place
on hs payroll The newspaper o.. the country are flooded with tons Of
Gross n anything else even IL It could eNe be used; which i could not.
IThe nswspapers, re ready ana eager to support every Red Cross effort.
More than The people need to be driven into giving by mass attack upon their
patriotism. The Red Cross like every other worthy effort y the KIND. viii
and rs needs that is neither threats o begging, nr maudhn appeals to
naudhn sentiment
fixed minimum cost or contribution per pupil which carries with Il tho risk
Of Illuminating children Of parents unable or unwilling to supply the money.
does no more % establish the Red Cross principle and spirit In the mind
OF the child than does the giving OF a dollar b> the child who has only TO
oSk Its parents for he money and who gives II without IN personal effort
But these things whore they exist in the Rcd Cross Organization. are
no, cause Is TO lose sight Tor % minute OF the splendid purpose of the
Red Cross or OF the noble effort put forth by many hundreds O earnest and
kSN.ONS "h anu women Mho serve. NHtn"ut pay "F Win uherau
mol Inadequate to Tn difficult me value. Of he service they perform.
We believe that constructive criticism OF Rcd cross management a. he
erous s,pport OF M Red Cross because we know that its purpose is fine
and its work Is necessary. MANY sins are committed in the name u charity
~ others In tc name OF mercy. Yet Charty and Mercy are % con
demnod or suhied thereby.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01
SUCH
o ...... lSLIFE

"MEN." said appointment New York
restaurant manager, "make the bes,
walters"
That r.. m. ought to hesr about Miss
Anna Smllcy.-years old. Of Taylor,
Pa, who so years ago began going 20
parties and picnics with Enooh
Thompson who was then 10. Enoch
moved to Stafford. Kan, and Anna
WAITED.
Ten years Twenty years. Thirty
years. Forty years. Fifty years.
Then Enoch came back and they
were married.
No Nt-d for Wninng at Hays, Kan.
Hays Normal school, Hays Kaa.,
has furnished proper henux p%ariors'
for lts hundreds u girl students.
Polite hand holding is considered
more proper under supervision than
without. the school authorities AS
sert.
90
Nor DO They Wait In Tuba.
Edith Fain. II years old. was mar
rled 10 Jacob Munoz, 20. OF Tulsa,
oklahoma.
CouTyring Proposal supply.
Misses Simmune ana Clarettc Ham
ri. Hamilton, ont. who did noble wal
work abroad. have returned home.
The sisters are pretty. But after
YOU have read the rest ~ this story
YOU will see That there WAS no need
~ our mentioning that Simmone sud
Clarette are prize beauties.
For they curncrcd the war pro
puslis. While in Europe Simmon,
received IA proposals OK marriaga
Clurette rec. wed 100.
"The Irish are the hest proposeri
and the English next said Sim
mone,
Special notice 20 unmarried males.
The sisters didn't say yes 20 any oI
'pn.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01
HAD A HABIT.

starter -BuDg 20 that horse. brig
him up.
Ridor-I can't. This here's q cab
horse, an he won't start 'tlll DO hears
the door shut, an ain't got no door.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01
nt nICmAnp sPIILANE.

from the tone OF the articles APP
pearlng In tho English newspapers
sent BY British officials and merchants
in india. II appears that Great Brit
ain has a japanese question In India
40 big that our one out on the Pacific
coast il sman by comparison.
When John Hull IL touched In his
pocket nerve. which G his trade
control. he II touched In a vital spot.
IL II bad enough when a competitor
gets the advantage In u neutral deld.
but when a friend and ally throws
the harpoon INTO the British lion right
In British territory that Is awful.
The London Times has been AWAKE
ening the empire TO the seriousness
% the situation in Britain'R chief de-
pendenCy. You cannot understand
the importance OF, Indian 20 England
unless you know that India Is Great
Hritain's chief customer and that In
some lines. cotton manufacturers for
example. India took so or more per
cent OF the whole British exports.
While the European nation were
at war the Japanose had clear sailing
in regard to commerce o only IN
India, hut In all OF Asia and A goodly
pRrt OF Africa. The 5.ondon Times
explains this ana also that imports
OF Iapanese-ma goods into India,
which In %1g1g-is17 were s44,000,0 900,
were stit.6G6. SOS In i91S-ie, or one
nth Of midas total
Jap Colonlst- Ddugc India.
II IL bad enough to gc. that much
Of the trade. but the influx II Japan
csc merchants. bankers. stesmcn and
settlers IN most threatening. Large
colonies Of japanese have been es-
tnbiiEhed In Calcutta and bombay.
and more aud mofe japs are COMING
monthly. Ia 1911 'here were only =!
ia ps in alt u India. Today there arr
geo. 600. The Japanese bank haVs
been established N are growing M
importance. Not Only that. but the
Times poin's out thai whereas for
merly such japanese products as wer
used In India were carried In British
ships. financed hy British banks and
distributed by British or Indian trad
ers. Today 30 par cent ~ Japanese
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01

It's nachural enough. I guess.
When some gifts more and some gifts
less,
For them-uns on the slimmest side
To claim II amt a lair divide;
And We knowed some to lay and
wait.
And git up soon. and set up late.
To ketch some teller they could
hate
Fer goin' at a faster gait.
The signs Is bad when folks com
monCc
4 findin' fault with Providence.
And bHlkin' n the earth don't
shake
Al wen pranoin' step they take.
No man is great TIL he can see
How less than little he would be
III stripped to self, and stark and
bare
tie hung his sign out anywhere.
Ny doctcrn Is 10 lay aside
Contentious. and be satisfied;
Jest 10 do your best, and praise or
blame
That follen that. counts jest the
same.
I've ullus noticed crate succos
Is mixed with troubles, moro or
less.
And It's the man who does the best
That gits more kicks than all the
rest.
james Whitcomb Riley.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01
front gate so 1t can't be opened quite

front gate 50 Il can't be opened qulIo
so easily.
THE REV. William Garner ~
Canyon. Tex. e. the champion long
distance ''sky-pilotr OF this country.
His parish extends over $4,000
square miles. He's rector OF nine
churches. some' OF them SOC miles
apart.
If rs WASN'T that Johnnie has
to practice every evening with his
football team he might find time TO
rake up the leaves.
Last summer his baseball activities
lnterfefed immensely with cutting
the lawn.
| And next winter skating will make
II Impossible for him to clean out tho
furnace on Saturday.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01

tho stage where a Judge was neces-
sary. the judge developed a new mat
rimonial wrinkle.
lie told the K~irschmans what 10
do.
They were to live IN separate
houses on the same lot, tho husband
never going near the wife's house.
and h to say away from his resi-
dcnce.
The eight children werc diyldee.
five 20 the wife. three 20 the husband.
The wife TO cook meals for both
homes. he husband To furnish the
food for cooking.
Tho husband to do the lawn now
ing FOR the wife.
The wife cannot discipline the child
rem In the husbands home. and tho
husband Keeps his hands on the
children In the wifc's home.
And the Judge expects 'em TO
live happily " afterward."
90
Thnt TAulc Baby Mutton.
Mar-Yhad al IT tlea NIB.
I tsf lee cew hswh 1t eass now.
\ nde yer ypla ceth At Mar-Yw ent
rhel a mhw as s9 1e'og o.
MILwAuKEE'S MAYOR refused
to invite the king OF Belgium TO visi,
Milwaukee. because, ~ the mayor
argued. he didn't want to associate
with kings OF any kind"
And yet, congress to which Mil
waukee If trying to send Victor Ber-
ger, has a King swope and a Sent
tor King.
RAILWAY PASSENGER tramc In
America has a new high water mark.
Everybody Is going somewhere.
a passenger agent explained.
You bet they arel And some Of
'em are getting the habit at an early
age.
Frlnsiance. Miss Dolly Crlssweil,
I three years old. Of California. PA.
Other day Dolly set out &" see
something u the world. She had
heard that railroad trains were used
for hat purpose.
Dolly Kissed her home goodbye one
bright morning n undertook a bit
Of globe trotting. Being u foxy lit
parsonage. and having no ticket. the
conductor didn't soc her board the
train.
other passengers on the train
thought she belonged 20 someon
else. So did the conductor when ho
saw her. When Dolly reached pitts
burg h thought sine had reachcl
The end Of the outside world. CSoms
people have that erroneous notion
when they first see Pitisburg1
Next day her IN came and got her
: Vow the Crlssweils have IKE thai
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01

you know Il may be full Of hat tire
collars on the way to a mongoilan
s0apsuds garage. or - parking space
Tor carrying lunch to the office. with
sandwiches In tho paper compar;-
mont and pickles Ia the pen and
pencil holder. They're even mingling
In With the market baskets. Pork
chops and string beans are being ear
ried home In "A college complcXioned
leather kimano. The Old despised pa
DER package and bundle now has "a
tricks buckleh coghldc -uuntonance
Next move viii be TO carry niyvcrs
In 'em. If wooden Indians were IN
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01
ENGLAND FEARS JAPANESE
HANDS CLUTCHING INDIA
Nippon Undermined Control Of Cotton Trade During War and Now
Threatens John Bulls Asatic Empire.

roods sold IN India come IN japanese
steamships. are consigned TO Jppan-
ess hrms and distributed by Jnpan-
.sara Gin aud Hale Cotton.
The Cofton spinners' Association Of
India. the slmla correspondent % the
Times declares, II dominated by the
Japans5e and japanese buyers OF cot
ton have become dominant In the cot
ton growing part OF India. They go
throughout the cotton belt and, In
many INSTANCES, buy the crop either
In the field or Immediately after Il
has been picked. doing the ginning
and baiing Themselves.
The Japanese must find lodement
Somewhere. They are breeding faEter
than the people Of n other great
nation. Their food problem Is GET
ting worse year after year. They
must get more territory or they Will
have famine and disaster yer threat.
ening. To keep their vast and ever
growing Industrial structure employ
ed fully they must ma new markets.
open new territory.
There has been more unrest In In
Ola IN the last few years than usual.
Many sacrifices by he native princes
to support the British government dill
not hiring TO India the concessions thu
people expected from the London
government. The arrest OF Annie
Hesant and the deportation OF Mr..
Hernimnn. together with the harsh
treatment OF EnRllshmen and Eng
lishwomen In England for champion
ing the cause OF India has made
natives welcome the japanese more
heartily than otherwise would have
been the case.
India has been a prize over which
the east and west have fought these
90 centuries.
n Is a land Of pacihs;s and yet a
breeding place and dollhouse OF ma.
tional and international trouble.
IL has been 50 since the beginnine
OF recorded time and II ncver has
changed. for II canno change.
In the seed planted In india In this
World War may be the start OF tho
growth OF the clash Of east and west
a clash hat Is as Inevitable as time
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-01
Amt Nature
Wonderful
By GENE AHERN

An epidemic ~ brief cases has the
country by the hand \ brsf 'use
Is what would be u fair sized pocket
book in the old days when money
was In vogue, and outlasted a wife's
relatives visit. Even now. according
to the title, BRIEF cases. they would
Ut In neat as a timely coln hammock,
Nearly every fist these days has a
brief vase connected To II. Originally
a brief case was meant for a single
track mission. but like hash, anything
goes in IL now. You'n see one with
a fat studious expression. but for all