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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
POISON OF WAR
AND WHII7'LESEY
American Legion Official Warns
Public Of Danger

Washington, y. c., Dec, 3,-The
suicide Of Col. Charles w. Whittlcsey
leader of the famous lost battalion"
should serve as a shocking reminder
of how the poison OF war leaves its
trace in mems souls long after the
fighting is over" according to John
Thomas Taylor, chairman Of the legis-
lative committee of the American Lc-
gion here,
Taylor, who has been in close
touch with the situation surrounding
sick and wounded service men since
the armistice, declares that thousands
of men are in the same mental con-
dition as was Col. WhittIescN a con-
dition credited with causeing his sui
eide. The gallant leaders untimely
end, Mr.. Taylor says, is n summons to
the nation ito save its broken de-
tenders before it is too late"
Nearly $4,000 mildly insane veter-
ans have passed through our hospitals
since the armistice," the Legion Of
fetal declares in a statement, "Des-
pite orr efforts, the Government has
not yet built one good hospital for
the care of these men nor established
one good rehabilitation center for
their cure. If a highly educated, well
provided for veteran like Whittlcsey
surrenders, what may we not fear for
the thousands of discouraged, broken
minded and often destitute men
kicked around from pillar to post by
their governmental
More than one-third of the 10000
disabled veterans now receiving treat
ment are mentally disabled according
to Mr. Taylor. OF these 10000, al
most $500 are scattered through the
country in asyums for their criminal
and pauper insane.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03

p, m. This IS held in conjunction with
the Young Woman's Home Mission
ar ySociety.
Hospital all day service, Wednes
day. $3.50 a, m. The hospital is in
need of articles that cannot be pur-
chased and 1t is urged that the date
be reserved and all women interest
in this work are cordially invited,
Luncheon will be served.
Thursday 2;30 p. m, Armenian
womens bible class. 4;30 p. m, Girl
Scouts.
The officers and teachers Of the
church school will have a Parents
and Teachers meeting Thursday, 1880
p, IN. All friends interested in Pill
Prof. Wells of Hartford will speak,
followed by a social hour A home
missionary tea will be held Friday,
p. m. in honor of Mrs. Thayer, pres
ldent of the w. II. NJ. L. of Connect
cut who will speak to us about her
trip through the west, where she
visited many Home Missionary sta
tons.
Friday 1880 p. m, Boy Scouts.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
Church Notices
Trinity Methodist Church

o;45 a, m,-Church Sunday school
and Mems Bible class, l0;45 a, M
Morning worship with sermon by the
pastor; rs Thy Heart Right?" l2;l5
p. m,-Adult classes of the school,
ESQ p, m.--Masa meeting for men at
the Baptist church. $500 y, m,sSo-
cial hour Hostesses: Mrs. Roy Schil-
ling and Mrs George Ward. The
program for the social hour Is in
charge of George d. Ward and
will be a musical. The following will
take part; Mr. Tompkins, bass solo;
Miss DohrcnWcnd, violin solo; Mrs.
Dunbar reader; Mr., Hart, baritone
and Mr.. Holmgren, tenor, will sing
together. All are welcome to this
musicale.
6.3O p. m.-Devotional service of
Che Epworth League led by Miss
Irene Demarest and Miss Hazel Hart
with the subject: Thy viii be Done
With My Time" 7:3O p. m.-The
last Of the Goodcll services at the
Center church.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
The South Church

O:00--Italian worship. 10:45 -
morning worship. Sermon by DR..
Hill, THE Span of Life" Music
Prelude: First rhapsody on Breton
Carlos-Saint Saens; Anthem-"The
Night is Far SPENT Offer
tory-"The Comforter Came to my
Soul, ,-Nevin Postlude-Largo AL
legro (First sonata) -Guilmant.
12:10--Church school, 230-As-
syrian worship. 800 - Meeting for
men in the Baptist church. DR..
Goodell will preach. 6;30-Christian
Endeavor meeting. 7;30-Union serv-
ice in the First church. The last in
the series of Goodell services.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
CHANGE IN SUIT
A. f. Rockwell of Bristol, Makes Sub
stitute Complaint in Which He Asks
Only For Damages.

Albert F. Rockwell of Bristol, in
his suit against the New Departure
Manufacturing company, also of that
city, which was instituted in the SUI
perior court in April of 1917, and in
which Mr.. Rockwell asks for dam
tute complaint.
There had been another suit be
tween the parties in which their petit
tons were removed and which was
argued before Judge Calvin of New
York in the federal court. This lat
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03

Is LAKESIDE AVE, MARLBORO, MASS.
"Four years ago, when first
learned of "Fruit-a- tives", l was
suffering severely with Kidney
Trouble and rheumatism. l had
contracted a bad cold. My back panied
all the time, hurting badly when L
stopped or attempted to lift anything
and my Kidneys would not act.
Beginning the use of "Fruit-a-
tives'', which | had read good
accounts of in the Montreal French
papers, 1 soon found they were the
remedy required.
In three weeks time, | felt like a
new person. However, | kept on
with the treatment and was abso-
lutely rid of every symptom OF hld'
ney Trouble and Rheumatism.
LOUIS GLOUR.
soc box, 6 for 80, trial size 25c.
At dealers or from FRUlT-A-IlNEn
. Limited, OGDENSBURG, N Y.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
Services at the Peoples Church of
Christ.

Sunday at 1915 a. m. Prayer and
devotional services. Followed by
morning worship at 10;45 a. m, sub
ject, why every Christian should be
member Of some Church" Sunday
school at 1915 p. m. Big mems meet
ing at the Baptist church at 2:30 p.
m. Young Peoples Meeting at
6. Union Evangelistic meeting
at the Center church. 1880. Begin
ming on Monday at 1880 p, m. Pastor
Taylor will conduct one week of
Evangelistic meetings in his own
church The public is invited.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
st. Marks Church.


Second Sunday in Advent, 10:45 a.
m, Morning services; II M, Sunday
school; 1880 p. M, vespers, subject:
The Origin of the Episcopal Church"
Monday evening the teachers and Of
tcers of the Sunday school will meet
at the parsonage. Wednesday after
noon the Missionary society will meet
at the parsonage at half past two.
The catechetical class will meet Tues
day and Friday afternoons at half
past four.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
OLD BALL PLAYER DIES.

Greenwich, Conn, Dec. 3.-Charles
A. Masline, native of Greenwich, bet
ter known as "Mu2zy," widely known
as a lover of sports and a prominent
figure in baseball circles, died at his
home in Portchester, n. Y, aged IS
years. He was form erly a baseball
pitcher and manager of semi-profes-
sional baseball teams.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
The First Baptist Church

1o:45 - Morning worship, sermon
by the Rev. William Ross, subject;
Strength and Weakness" 12:15--
Bible school. The Brotherhood class
omitted because of the Goodell meet
ing. 2:30-Dr. Goodell will speak to
Men only" Subject; Corner Lots
in Sodom." 7;30-The final meeting
of the United Campaign will be held
in the Center church.
Monday, 400 - Meeting of Loyal
Workers.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS CLASH.

Philadelphia, Dec. 3,-The undc-
feated football team of st. James
High school, Hayerhill, Mass. and the
Catholic High school of Philadelphia
met on the gridiron here today. Fair
weather was promised, but the field
was soft from recent rains
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
St. Matthew's. Lutheran.

Franklin Square. Communion serv-
ice in English at Obs. Service in
German at 10:45. Sermon topic:
How Does Gods Kingdom Come ?
Sunday school after each service, in
the respective language. Meeting of
Juniors at 3 p. m. Business meeting
of Mems club, Tuesday evening. La
dies society, Thursday afternoon.
Mid-week Advent service, Wednes-
day evening, at 7:45.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
Christian Science Church.

Sunday service at 1915 a. m. Sub
ject, God the only Cause and Gre
ator." Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
o'clock.
The reading room, 504 National
Bank building, is open to the public
daily from Il noon until 4 o'clock ex-
cept Sundays and holidays.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
Second Advent Church.

Rev. N. D. Weber, pastor, Morn
ing service and communion at l0:45.
Sunday school and Bible classes at
1915. In the evening at 715 there
will be a missionary pageant entitled,
THE only way out of the dark" in
observance of Universal Bible Sun
day. Prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at 5 o'clock.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
A. NJ. T.. Zion Church.

Services Sunday, Dec. A, 1921.
10;45 a. m, Rev. J. C. Taylor of
Meriden, Conn, will speak. 1890 a.
M, Sunday school; 6:30 p. m, Chris
ton Endeavor; 7:45 p. m, preaching
service. All cordially invited to at
tend. Rev. P. r. Washington, pastor.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
Italian Christian Church
(South Church ChapeD

Sunday morning, 1000 - Topic:
pleasing our Heavenly Father"
Thursday evening at Cherry street
chapel. Meeting for children in Eng
lish at 700; for adults at 7;30. Ital-
ians are especially invited. Every
body welcome.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
RANGERS AT KNOXVILLE.

The Rangers football eleven will
close the season tomorrow afternoon
at Unionville. The team accompan-
led by a delegation of rooters will
leave the corner of Pleasant and East
streets at | O'Clock.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03

Wednesday, $500 --- Womens Aid
devotional meeting, Business meet
ing at $3.50, to be followed by social
hour, Members to bring Christmas
sewing,
Thursday, 7;45 - a review of the
campaign.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03

Japanese firm will attempt to raft
timber from British Columbia across
the Pacific to Japan.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03

Forest lands in Sweden are cult
waited as carefully as are farms in
America.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-12-03
Emmanuel GOSPEL Church

Sunday, lo;45-Prayer and praise
service, lO;45 - Preaching, topic;
"Circumspect Speech" Matt 1886.
l2;l5-BibIe school. 500 49, Young
Peoples meeting. 700 49, Evening
service. Sermon, topic, The Perilous
Day"
Tuesday 4:O0-Children's meeting.
7;30-Bible study class
Thursday, 1880 - Midi week prayer
meeting
st. Marks Church.
Second Sunday In Advent, 1880 a.
m, Holy Communion; $3.50 a. M,
Church School; 1900 a. m, Morning
prayer and sermon by the rector: 7:45
p. m, Choral EVensong and sermon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-13
c3u41EIaMdAaulH
GLASS A CAT STORY

From the Waterway League Bulletin.
 Following is a Little incident that took place at the Gravesend Bay Yacht club. It is more than probable say some bull,' but it is nevertheless true. We have had big gentleman During the hauling out season he got one of his front legs so badly crushed that it was absolutely necessary to alnputate it or kill the cat. One of our esteemed members volunteered to amputate the leg He made neat job of 1t.
 After awhile MT. Cats leg healed up as nicely as could be. but he was all out of place hopping around on three legs. NAnother handy member got busy and made MT. Cat a wooden leg from clothes pin, and some leg it was. too. MT. Cat was certainly proud of that wooden leg. One night there was a terrible racket out in the boat house, and the members went out to see what was the matter. There we found MT, Cat holding down large rat with his good" leg and was beating his brains out with his new wooden leg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-13
THE RELAWyITY OF AGE

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 President Harding celebrating the thirtieth Anniversary of his maria g e whose age is 56 remarks, In my youth I considered person who had been married 30 years extremely old'
 John D. Rockefeller, celebrating on the same date his eighty second birthday, observes enthusiastically; q have friend 97 years old, and he goes down to his bank in New York three times a week. l hope l will see you all next year"
 Beyond the first three of Shakes peare's Seven Ages the mind dweils on the good fortune of being younger than some we know. Sooner or later we shall take to "old saws and mod ern instances and slide into the ''lean and slippered pataloon," but let's for get it. We are still young by rela : tivity's standards. The young man at 25 says almost laughingly: q am getting too much joy out of life. l shall not probably live beyond 40. On with the dance. At least I am not drying up." But when the srippered pantaloon reflects, is is on Cato writing the "Oedipus" when he was older than that, and Goethe at more than fourscore completing Faust at Weimar, and Theophrastus start ing on his "Characters of Men" at 90, And he declares with Longfellow The night hath not come, yet we are
 not quite
 Cut off from labor by the falling
 light;
 Something remains for us to do or
 dare.
 One of the most delightful reveries of the Autocratof the Breakfast table is the one devoted to the gradual ap- proach of age, leaving it's card in a brow wrinkle five years before 1t in sists on taking a walk with you. The subject is as old IS man. But we are glad that President Harding does not think of himself as aged at 56, glad that John D. Rockefeller is still relatively young at S2. The feeling tends to make life more aspirational and more useful, And it is probably true that modern science is lengthen- ing lives of active men as we'll as saving babies. If not, science is mak- ing us believe so, and even the illu- sion is beneficial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-13
# # x
County Can Build
 New Courthouse

1T N it's report on Jefferson county's U financial affairs, the public if nance committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce suggested a way to get funds for building new courthouse.
 Although the committee strongly advocates good roads, it does not be- lieve that the entire resources of the county should be spent on one form of improvement and it rec ommends that sum of about $780, 900 be provided for new court house and jail in the next bond cleo ton.
 Contrary to the general impress sion, the committee, after ,a care ful investigation, found that Jeff ferson county IS strong financially and enjoys excellent credit. The problem of financing a new court house is not an insuperable one, but could be easily solved.
 The committee thinks that both good roads and courthouse bonds would be favorably voted on, if a thorough campaign were made. There is probably no one citizen in Jefferson county who will not con- cede the necessity for new court house. If he would vote the way he feels there would be little doubt of the result.
 In the meantime this matter should be kept before the public un- til some definite action is taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-13
BURMA; LAND OF PAGODAS

complete charge of the business af- fairs of the family, retailing her wares in a stall in a bazar- or mar ket. figuring her accounts in her head. for she never has any school ing, and meeting eher husbands friends on the same plane with him in the household.
 "Courtship in Burma is more open and natural filtration than it is in almost any other part of the east. The young man usually manifests his interest at one of the pagoda feasts by shy attentions; he then calls in company with his boy friends to find that the young lady with bevy of her friends Is awaiting him. He means business. however, and if the families consent he persuades her to eat a meal with him in public, and by virtue of this procedure his bachelor hood Is brought to an abrupt end.
 Before the young girl in Burma makes her debut she must have her ears pierced for earrings. The holes are kept open and enlarged by wear ing in them glass or metal tubes of increasing size until they are half an inch in diameter, capable of car rying weights similar to the decora- tions worn by the South Sea Island CTS. In olden times the fashion de- manded much larger holes than those in vogue at the present time, and many an old Burmese lady uses hers as holders for her cheroots, somewhat after the American dough- boys conceit of wearing flag be-f hind his ear.
 "A dead man in Burma always pays his fare across the mystic river of death with small coin which he carries in his mouth. The curse that rests on grave-diggers as class probably comes from the fact that most of the men of this trade have no scruples about digging the poor wretches up for their coins. It is believed that this causes the spirits of the disturbed ones to return to this world to suffer all the ills that the Burman imagination can conjure up for them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-13
Businesslike Proposal N sIs Fade by Henry Ford

X LABAMIANS favor the nego- A tiations pending between Henry Ford, automobile manufac- turer, and the federal government for utilizing the nitrate plants and the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals for two reasons.
 The federal government has made a flat failure of operating the rail roads and demonstrated the su- periority of private management
 Henry Ford is a man who has done things that were not done before and has successfully met every at tack on his methods.
 The Ford proposal, as reported to The Age-Herald by it's Washington correspondent, seems a reasonable and businesslike one, embracing $10,000,000 for the two nitrate plants and lease of the Wilson dam for 50 years at rate sufficient to meet interest charges on $50, ,000, ,000
 Mir. Ford, it is understood, pro- poses to locate southern automo- bile works, which will bring these machines to the south less the freight rate from Detroit and to retail power and fertilizers at not more than 10 per cent above cost of manufacture. He isfalso believed to intend the manufacture of small and low priced tractor especially available for southern farms.
 This seems an eminently fair proposition and is in linswith the proposal of Secretary Weeks to turn < over the Muscle Shoals enterprises to private parties able to finance the deal with satisfaction to the public interest.
 What Alabama and the south wish is the speedy utilization of the in- vestment and the potentialities at Muscle Shoals. Henry Ford presents the most practical plan yet offered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-13
Human Eye Has
 New Kind of Punch

M7 OW comes a British scientist 4 NJ who declares, according to a dispatch to the New York World. that the sight rays from the eye strike the object on which they rest, with measurable impact.
 He has even rlgged up an instru- ment so sensitive that it goes through certain motions when looked at and remains at rest when the eyelids are closed. His discovery is characterized by other scientists as amazing.
 But is it so amazing? Many a man can testify to the force of the light that flashes from certain eyes. The impact is so violent in some cases as to knock men cold. Even Fthe poets have sung of the light that lies in woman's eyes.
 The snake charmer's charms are thus explained scientifically. Her eye rays have punch so vigorous that they daze the object on which they rest and the victim is forced to take the count.
 The mesmerist gives his subject an eye ray uppercut, followed by a left ray hook to the iris and short jab to\the retina and the subject is helpless.
 Much of the practical value of the London discovery will be to reveal to both men and women a new source of power. When they have definite objects to attain they will go into training. They will coach their eye rays for stronger punch, for longer reach, for more di- rect hit and for right and left see-saw which Will soon have their victim groggy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-13
Tale of English Tongue
From the New York World.

| From the New York World.
 With the approaching publication Of the last volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary, q work will be completed which sprang from roots of/1s57 and which had it's beginning in actual type fin 1889. The publish CTS contract was signed in March, 1s79 Steadily for more than 40 years, the tasks of the editorial staff have been carried on. Dr. James Murray the first editor. .n-cAief, be- gan on the dictionary as q man about 20 and died at 7s. still busy, with half of the great work to his credit. He won s baronetcy by his zeal
 The growth of the work may be compared in dignity and deiiUcratlon to the process of building a great cathedral. And even as the times change while the church builders la bor, so the English tongue has marched on, developing and expand ing continuously while the dictIon- ary-makers have toiled
 When finished, the Oxford Dictlon- ary will run beyond 15,6o0 pages. It will be a history and review of words as well as a vocabulary. Think of 22 columns devoted to the worI Get" in all it's derivatives and variations, and of oA rotun,ns for sr,i,.au .,.I for "set~ And to Illustrate points of usage, quotations numbering more than 1,150,000.
 Germany France and other coun- tries have had their great diction- aries, but none built to the scale of the Oxfo- q. In America, the Cen tury is the nearest approach to the English example, although both the Webster and the Standard rival the Oxford in point of simple vocabulary about 100000 words. curious fact about Britain's giant lexicon is that rare quotations for it's pages were furnished by wealthy American scholar, w. c. Minor, who, having de- veloped a violent turn in alteration, had been sent to the Broadmoor asy- lum.
 The value of a work like the OK ford-sDictonary goes, of course, far beyond that of a Smere presentment of words and meanings. In such a lexi- con the story of a whole races evolu- tion lies behind the tale of its parts of speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-13
MARRIED MAN IN TROUBLE

From the New York Times.
 Light on an unpleasant possibility of married life is cast by lost and found advertisement that appears in the Chesterton und) Tribune. The advertiser is finder. for he says that the owner of handbag put two weeks ago in his parked and unoc- cupied car can get 1t on application and by paving for the notice. Then he says. If she will explain to my wife that l had nothing to do with it's being there l will pay for the ad myself"
 This offer is hardly large enoagh to indicate the impending of domes- tic tragedy really serious, but there must have been some straining of relations. or there would have been no offer at all.A
 And would the happiness and safety of the advertiser be assured If the loser of the handbag merely ex- plained how it came to be in the car? Explanations are easily sup- piled; to make them convincing is the difficult task-sometimes; and this seemingly is one of the times, for 1t is obvious that the one already given by the owner of the car has not been accepted as she truth. the Nhahe truth and aesAsng but the truth.