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New Britain herald., 1919-12-06

$1,2O0. The National Education as-
 sociation commission report places it,
 at from $1,000 to S1,2O0. A recent
 investigation of the expenditures of
 TT teachers Of New Britain shows
 the average amount to be $ ,050. This
 includes board and room, clothing
 laundry, necessary travel, charities,
 church, health, recreation, savings,
 etc.
 What is being done to meet the
 emergency?
 The present emergency has been
 recognized and met in a partial way
 by state appropriations in certain of
 the states Tn New York state an
 em mergencS. GpDrO pria ton of more than
 $50, 0,O00,006 was made to be applied
 for increase in the salaries of all the
 teachers of the state. In Pennsyl-
 Nania an appropriation of $2OOOO. 900
 was made for the same purpose. In
 Massachusetts an appropriation of
 $4:O0o,OOo was voted by the legisla-
 tpre and approved by the governor
 In Connecticut emergency legislation
 was passed providing for an increase
 of S3. per pupil in the average at
 tendance, grant to be applied solely
 to the increase of teachers salaries
 amounting to approximately $70 per
 teacher.
 SoOo ROOSt in New York. New York city has voted an in crease of $500 per tea cher to be paid
 III three installments of $166 per year for three years Boston has provided an increase of $500 per teacher for the current year. Springfield and H Hol- yoke have made similar increases. Bridgeport has voted 25 per cent Sn inr, ,I the salaries by a substantial amount. Ansonia has granted a flat increase of $500 to all teachers. Reports from other cities indicate that increases are expected or are already under con sideration.
 Tabulation plainly shows that the minimum and maximum salaries for New Britain are considerably lower than the average minimum and maxi mum salaries for these ten other Con- 1 necticut cities with which we must l compete in employing and retainin g ] teachers,
 Recommendations of Committee. Your committee believes that but l one conclusion can be drawn from the 1 facts set forth in the foregoing state 1 ment. The local emergency should be l met CD by a substantial increase in l salaries to be operative during the 1 present school year, and CD by a ] revision of the salary schedule, 1 The committee has taken note of ! the request of the teachers of the 1 city for a fiat increase of /$400 per 1 teacher and has carefully considered l it.. Aftor much delberation the fol- 1 lowing is submitted as the recon l mendations of the committee. First, that ;L new salary schedule ] be adopted as follows. the same to be l fully operative September. 1920, and l operative from January l, 1920. fol l the employment of new teachers: Second, that K$t increase of S30C ] per teacher be immediately granted l to teachers with the reservation that the 50 larN schedule as above proposed l be not exceeded in any case. II
 should be noted that in addition tC the $3Oo flat increase proposed, the l present &a}Hries will be further
 augmented by tho state grant of ap 1 proxirnately S7O per teacher.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-06

production in the district was near normal were contradicted today by Lawrence DVNer, international board member of district 29 United Mine Workers. He said that the Chesa- peake &, Ohio railroad loading figures given out for the New River fields in cluded those for the Winding Gulf dis trict. According to reports given out by New River operators, production has been lJ per cent. normal. Mr.
 DWyer claimed that production there is } per cent. normal.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-06

The Winding Gulf mines which have been unaffected by the walkout, num- Der 60 and employ approximately 5000 miners.
 There are 19 of the 115 mines of the New River fields working, most of these being the largest of the opera tions'' Mr. Dvyer said. 'The active mines are those whose operators have respected the miners organization and agreement under which they ara working" ~'
New Britain herald., 1919-12-06
LKS MEMORIAL TOMORROW.

|nited States Attorney John F. sby of Hartford, will be the princi- speaker at the-ann1al memorial fciscs Of New Britain lodge, 9o7, F. Q. F.. in Fox.s theater tomorrow slmoon at 3 o'clock. The exercises
 be open to the eublic. The front Is of the theater will be reserved
 mcml}ers of the local Ellls and the PaindGr Of the theater is for the h.. 1fTSanist William +. Bishop
 arreI.ged n special musical pro- En for the exercises. The affair will Ii at 2 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-06

June, 1919, and the opening of the present school year, the turnover in the teaching force. represented ap- proXimately 30 per cent of the entire { number ill the teaching staff.
 Reasons for Shortage. [ The cause of this serious shortage lies in the inadequate salaries paid for teaching service. and in that alone. The effect manifests itself in the following ways:
 CD General uneasiness and discon- tent among teachers.
 CD Many of the best and most en- terprsing teachers are leaving the profession for other lines of work.
 (3) Teachers who remain in the profession are generally leaving low salaried positions to accept appoint ments in towns and cities paying . larger salaries.
 CD The lessened supply of good teachers makes 1t increa singly diff cult 10 fill vacancies in communities paying low or average salaries. (5) The number of students en- rolled in Normal schools has fallen off to an alarming extent. co Schools in large numbers must
  obliged to suffer from the teaching of l. untrained and inexperienced teachers ] who are unable to do efficient and satisfactory work.
 ! Higher Salaries Needed. 1 As a measure of self-preservation ] the Am merican people must meet this 1 situation by providing higher salaries i for teachers. There are other con- 1 alterations of justice to teachers, etc. 1 but these are of minor consideration l as compared with that of the pre- ! servation of our governme anu l civilization.
 What is a fair salary? It is often said that justice demands that the teacher be given a fair salary. What, then, is fair salary?
 1 A fair salary is, first of all, enough more than a mere living salary to enable the teacher, who is endowed with average business sense and fore thought, to save sufficiently to pro- vide for the emergencies of illness and for the reduced earning capacity of old age. A fair salary is in the second place, enough more than a mere living salary to enable the teacher to maintain a standard of
 
 is approved and expected in a self respecting citizen who takes his place ! Worthily in the community and con- tributes a fair share toward com munity life and activities
 A fair salary is enough more than mere living salary to provide means for study and improvement through professional courses, lectures con- certs, travel, etc, so that the teacher may keep alive and alert and con- stantly growing in professional ef- ficiency
 More Efficiency, More Pay. ! It will be conceded that increased ! length of service accompanied with 1 increased efficiency should be reward - ed by a salary which increases each year until a reasonable maximum is 1 reached. For the beginning teacher. who has still to establish herself and to prove her fitness and efficiency, a minimum must be fixed that will en - able her to live we'll, to keep we'll, to enjoy life, to provide for professional improvement and to save small amount. This minimum has been variously estimated at from 800 to
New Britain herald., 1919-12-06
\. O. 1T. TO ELECT.

le manual. meeting and election of sr. Of Rev. William \. Harty ch <. f' H.. will ho held tomor-
 os'a'M@. in tho meeting place. olts o@ huajness now in progress
 pe la"i2, @oIloNed by discussion l.r. 3AGttci}i.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-06
siI.N N.N%TfD FOl, ARMY.

ss,1 tjft0lfl B4udouin, in , o'st'- .t2eat recruiting office. ocep Do'ii@1 1E the war depart
 s.l' ,a" .;1n# i@ in urgent o Si> 3lol2 ro& the chemical a .@a department. Previ-
 4. no l'cqui@ct!,
New Britain herald., 1919-12-06
CONTRADICT OPERATORS

Miners Say statements of Coal Pro- duction in West Virginia Arc Nron@--Output Below Normal
 EharlGston. ". Na.. Dee. 6.-State- lncnt> Of the operators of the New River coal fields of West Virginia that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
Little Bobbie's Pa.
ny WILLIAM e. KIRK.

rote littel poem for the Thrift stamp
cam pain in our skool; II like this:
Twinkel. twinkel. little stamp.
Sum day I'll be very glad
got the mummy from my dad
TO buy YOU & to put you In
The little book so neat & thin.
How you stick Wen you damp
Twinkel. twinke iittc Stamp.
That is very GOOD poem. BobbIc. sed Pa
II reminds me OF them good old days wen
used TO dash or pottery for my ;eechp- She
used 20 call me her little Thrush sed Pa
How pritty sweet. sed Ma. bet you were
deer little Thrush that. Ma sed
was small. sed Pa | remember one | rotc for
my ;cecher. ii went.
. tcecher deer. within my brane
Crate love for you | enter-tane
true to you will rename
= & hoap my love is vane.
HOW aid you cum to be romantick wen a
meer child? sed Ma. "
Oh. J was always that way. ia scd I loved
the moonlite roses & my teechers & the pritty
!ittel suris long beefoa- l got long pants sed
"a WAS just materially loving. Pa sed
loNed helpless thinss most. Sed Pa. That was
what drawed YOU 10 me
think Robbie viii talk after you about rite
Ing. sed Ma think his llttel poem a bout
Newer. newer call poem cute. sed Pa
NevIer call anything cute, Ia sed cxcep a
ilucl chicklnS or kitten or sumthinE OF tina I
kind Pottery is too noabel TO be called cute
no matter what you think sed his littel
poem was cute & that is jest what it u.s.
Maybe ] VIII rite another If doant have to
help do the choa-s. sed.
think Robbie Will be crate filter In time
Going. such as choars. etc
! can't hardly walt till grow up &: see what
am going 10 be.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
A Tabloid Tale
Crooked by n Crook.

The stranger gripped sheerluck Bones. the
"Ah-hah! So you are the great -" began
and you are slickem Down. the oyster
shelter. smiled tho great detective. interrupt
How did l know: Nothing easier in the
void knew YOU were an oyster shelter by
came TO me TO help you solve a riddle about
Hey" yelled the man suspiciously. Are
company tina; sold me them pearls? I've been
ookin, for vow, And siiekem Down pulled gu,
detective caught his arm in midar
Clam youtrseli-ciaImT yourself" said the de-
fell from your hand as you came in. And about
the pearls a price list of pearls protruding
from your pocket, See?'
oh if that 1T. l won't mess up this knife
on YOU. Yes, I've came to YOU about some
pearls.
1T was this way. I'm straight one. ] am.
oyster an, blow me If The. whole town didn't
thinks to meseif thinEs J. sick. here's 1.e' 80 Yer
chance to net little honest coin SO l looks
P!anters-an' bought seven quarts Of their
finest. I sells the whole load OF em fer a
hundred apiece everybody thinisn' they was
blame me If the whole bloomin' bunch didn't
come back at me sayin' they was imita ton
TO hand back the money or get hung tele-
graph pole. ] undecided for a while, but
in the end hands oveS the COIN and now I
want you TO find them crooks that buncoed me
an the public"
II sorry. Mr.. Down, but you want the
United States Secret Service No one could
dollars for my time in listening to your story,
please Thanks. good-day"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
NATIONAL Problems Discussed
Authoritative Writcrs-A Daily Editorial Feature
THE HUMILIATION OF BACCHUS
ny NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS.

In the back yard OF a working wo-
mans cottage. i'm the poorest quarter
ot certain Western city. stands Il
statue of Bacchus that has suffered
Erievoms humilia,ions The marble is
from Ferrara and the sculptor made
All exact copy OF the young god Of
vine that stands in the Vatican mu-
scum. Bacchus is most beautiful: his
Trims and legs make him. for grace
ahd Ntgor. full brother TO Apollo; there
IS laughter issuing from his lips. az he
stands. with his outstretched hand and
ms upward face. greeting the sun and
pouring forth gratitude for purple
clusters and the cup of wine 3rewad
woman loves to humiliate Bacchus
She has tied clothes line around his
beautiful neck. She hangs over his
face old socks brought her bv some
workingmcn to wash. She covers his
arms win unseemly garments. and
contemptible. How low is Bacchus
fallen The children in the alley greet,
him with jccrs. IL is as If Apollo We're
degraded INTO stable boy.
The story Of Bacchus fall is full of
distilIcr. who also owned half n Score
OF saloons. built IL splendid house on
the best avenue in the city. One ,ay
he gave r houscwarmng for some
friends. Now. II happened that when
one Of the guests. who was Il wine
merchant, wns taking leave of his host
lie made the observation that the
owner ought to set up Il statue of
Bacchus in the front yard. since tho
god of wine had built his house. That
word was enough. The distillcr had
his lawyer write TO Florence. and soon
Bacchus, carved from marble as white
as snow. was sent over from italy and
set up In the distillcr's front yard But
there is a law in tho nature OF things
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
The Road-Builtiinc Program

CITIZENS of Virginia are informed in de-
- tail, though somewhat tardily, what they
may expect in the way of good roads build
ing during the next six years. In that time
it is proposed to expend approximately
s62.ooo,000 in giving this State highway
system of which il may be proud OF this
sum. onc-half will be contributed by the
Federal government; the other half must be
raised by Virginia. part by taxation and the
remainder. should the Constitution be
amended. by bond issue. Vast as the sum
is, ii is not too much for the contamination
OF SO monumental task. 1t can be raised
without imposing an irksome burden on any
person or any interest, and the benefits that
will accrue will be worth many times the
cost.
The road-building program as It will be
presented to the special session OF the General
Assembly, has been drafted by the advisory
committee appointed for that purpose That
committee is composed OF practical con
structire business men. accustomed to hand
ing great projects. Its report is the result
OF close study OF Nirginias road needs and
resources. and clear thinking on the best
methods TO supply them. 1t is a document
that will stand monument in the road
history OF the State and it should simplify
and clarity the task which the Legislature
has been called into session to perform. There
Is !ittle question that the program as laid
down will be accepted in principle and that
the people of Virginia will give it their
hearty approval. Changes in detail NAV be
necessary and there are certain phases Of the
great problem still TO he worked out This
was foreseen by the committee, but as a gen
eral plan on which the State can proceed to
bulld its network OF modern highways il
leaves little to be desired
No section Of the State has been neglected
IN the general outline OF main highways. and
AS they traverse north. east, south and west,
hterlaclng with other improved roads they
VIII bring together all parts of Virginia and
introduce an era OF neighborliness good feel
ing ana prosperity such never before has
been known
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
Revealing His Heart to His People

THE Presidents brief speech at Carnegie
i Hall was an appeal from his heart to the
great heart of the American people. He re-
Trained from discussing the treaty in any
of its details, referring to- it only i'll the
general sense in which it has inspired tho
world with new hope and confident expecta-
ton. Rather he opened his heart to his
audience and told of the JOY he experienced
in being back in America after more than
six months absence. in which he felt all the
panSs of inconsistencies. In thus revealing
his heart, lie pleaded that the American peo-
pie would sound their own hearts for the re-
Spouse they should make to the completed
work OF the peace congress- in which is
bound up the hopes of the earth's millions
in the new world order which it is designed
to usher in.
Fresh from contact with the longngs of
peoples released from centuries of oppression
and looking to America TO help safeguard
their new-found and dearly bought freedom.
he appealed to those who had not seen the
vision which inspired his labors at the peace
conference. who had looked too much upon
the ground" and who had thought too much
OF the interests that were near them and
had not listened to the voices of their neigh
bors. to lift up their heads and get vision
of the brighter outlook for all humanity that
will be brought in by the new world order.
As for himself, the President said. II have
never had moments doubt to where the
heart and purpose Of this people lay
And the President has not msjudged the
heart OF the American people. Though parti-
san rancor has done much TO obstruct their
vision. and confuse their minds as 10 the
great issues involved in the arduous abors
of the President abroad. they have not failed
TO glimpse the vision of the man who went
out from among them to bring peace to a
war-stricken world and in their behalf ex-
pended his consecrated energies to laying the
he shall have gone before them and explained
in detail the plan by which this world secur-
lily is to be established, their response will be
SO overwhelming in its approval that his heart
Will thrill with new joy over confidence full
MED to the brim. For in this response,
there Will be all awakened sense OF the
fruftion of the promise: He maketh wars
TO cease unto the end of the earth; he break
eth the bow, and cutteth the spear in sun
der; he burneth the chariot in the fire"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
MAMMA CAI,,pA

ROW beautiful are the feet Of them
thinss!" soou
Hail. newest charter OF the hopes OF
Greater than every scroll that hitherto
has pledged our safcty--many against
few, "hse
Few AGAINST many. Seems it but a
span
Toward Freedoms goal what Runnv.
mede began.
inc pace and pattern that our fathers
drew.
Incorporate here. is glorified anew.
ANA seals the waiting world American
Kings are no more, but only names OF
kings;
Hcnccforth arc crowned the States
that serve the sphere.
Come. patient Heaven, with healing dn
thy winSs
Haste. choir OF Earth. with your har.
monious chord!
Madness shall yield to Order.
Who shall fear
When all the world gives bond to
break the unhallowed sword?
UNDERWOOD JOHNSON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
copyright 1918. by National Newspaper serv. o.,
SUN Burn.

Exposure OF tho body to the air Is a health
S re n tSs.d
is 9"S SaS fs yoSns
old, old II you dare not take complete air bath.
The skin namm ma fonSi preduced by exposure
to the sun is not merely from the heat of the
posure to the rays OF the Finsen lamp ii;s (Which
@emSrane es H%s5 w Sa e s,ss
reHness s. and ELIMINATION although the heat
u, the SKIN KIN Enhusiastic young people going on
the dose OF sansht ts sh
"" WI endure cannot be gagged by the degree
%s ace to exposure WIN stand not over
a a 'r rss of a lire snnght three times
pe increased five minutes daily. This pre-
means Of the i}s prol
most powerful remedy known to cause AN i inn
sSd m w
nssSf;hoi"Sy can II brings sleep to the victim
remedy. II you do not take an overdose. II is
, a powerful fon remedy and must be used with
DO not uncover the head in direct sunlight
exposure. which takes weeks OF time ne "ou'S OF
to s s ssa %
sunieh s nut such lection asalns,
Mild ,sunburn requires only the applica t ton
NOT NOT at hna ns and en- n these
With talcum or zine stearate corms,arch
sunburn severe enough to raise bls,ers re-
CURES the same treatmen, as ordinary burns
break the blsteTs usiess the mae eHe f,uid
Sansss s,s 70 puS smatter' and then puncure
Never apply cotton directly to the surface. but
or Sr nd S! ha s'sre se
padding Of soft cotton. then bandage lightly TO
s S Sssee se sSGa be
s,ekins \ nandkerchiet or other cloth freshly
carelessy handled with the fingers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10

that seems TO work against man who
deerades his fellow by feeding their
passions. The distiller became his own
best customer, and second only to their.
father were his three sons, now become
young men. Soon mortgages were
placed on the distillery: one by one the
owner lost his saloons: the older son
money. and soon died In II Southern
city: the second died In debauch;
the third son fell and was killed, just
after the saloonkeepcr himself had
passed away. Then came the sheriff
to levy on all the goods In the house.
wife found herself turned out OF doors,
brokenheartcd. alone, friendless and in
poverty.
For years she had known that at
the bottom of the cup OF liquor there
was something that bites like a SER
when the officer and creditor sold her
husbands goods in addition to her own
personal possessions, they left her the
statue of Bacchus.
When. finally. settled In the little
house. she had begun TO earn her liv-,
bered the object OF her hate. She took
the last few dollars and had Bacchus
set up in her back yard. that every dav
she might humiiiate him. She flinEs
u sock. dripping with dirty water. in
Bacchus face. She wraps soRgy gar
she stopped tho laughter on. his lips.
Bacchus Is Inundated to the lowest.
Helpless the god that promised pleas
urc and brought pain. The woman was
right: she judged righteous Judgment
For Bacchus sowed lies and deceit
herself reap poverty. chagrin. misery
and hcatrbreaS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
News of Fifty Years Ago.

There is no longer any doubt whatever about
how this district. composed OF Richmond and
Hcnrico County has gone. The city has given
about so majority and the county els major
ity for the walker ticket This insures the re-
turn Of eleven Conservative members of the
Legislature. The official returns arc not In, hut
the Conservative majority tn Richmond and
Henrico is not less than $50
Gov.rnor-ciect Walker viii reach Richmond
this morning by the Petersburg train due here
at II o'clock. He will be received by our cit
izcns the depot and escorted through the
city. cornet band has been employed and
from all indications there will be a grand turn
out OF the people, and the reception OF our
new Governor will be affair unprecedent ed
In the late history OF this city.
In view OF the grand results of the day. Rail
mtticc. sent the following telegram to Presi-
state Executive Committee of the Walker par
policy In Virginia. The gratitude OF the people
for your llberaIity is greatly enllvened by the
overwhelming majority by which your policy
prevails"
The Dispatch last night received tho follow
Ing greeting from the Virginians In New York:
we. The Xirg inians in New York, send greeting
Ia ihn Old Dominion, and congratulate her
upon her success in the recent election
Married: AZ Union Station Methodist church
on the LIST OF July by Rev John r.. Edwards.
u. ID. William r. Breeder to Miss Fannie c..
Briggs. all OF Richmond
Walkers majority In the County of Augusta
is put down at 2,613.