davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1922-08-11
ton If there is any"

ton If there is any"
 The Herald will be glad to publish any suggestions It's readers might make for the elimination of the shovel and the saving of the hole. pro- viding that the same suggestions do not clash with any of those men, toned above. Now is the time for amateur engineers to demonstrate their ability in the solution of such problems
New Britain herald., 1922-08-11

New Haven. Aug. 11,-A claim of 225 more men hired in its mechanical departments was made by the N. 1. N. II. and H railroad today in its daily statement relating to the shop mems strike.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-11
CITY ITEMS.

The Independents will play the Colonials tomorrow afternoon at St league game.
 Meet me at Sehmarr's for dinner.- advt
 There was no session of the local police court this morning.
 Have The Herald follow you on your vacation. 1Sc a week. Cash with order-advt
 The regular meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary A. O. II. will be held this evening in Judd's hall. Arrange. rnents for the annual excursion to Savin Rock, to be held Thursday, august 18th will he completed. A sooal will be held after the meeting.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

constituents. and hundreds and
Thousands and millions Of dollars
wasted and disappearing without
. word Of explanation-filing.
docketing. teiephoning. ordering.
increasing salary lists. Increasing
floor space, Increasing static
And then just occasionally q
little scandal raised about some
question Of thirty thousand dol
lars, or about some special patent
or pension. and we are all I'm
pressed. that there 10 90 virtuous
Q stir about 90 small IN abusel
VOTES CAN CURE EVILS.
Meanwhile. children work In
faotories-meanwhiie the country
winks at bootiessing-meanwhile
babiee die ike forlorn little
starved and neglected flowers--
meanwhile the wage question. the
divorce question. the servant ques-
ton, the housing question. the
en,igrant question, taxes ana
schools and contagion ana waste
and greed run nAdi
And do I think that having
women In politics would nscsssari-
ly cure all these eviisf
Well, I am not soins TO try TO
make you think sxsctly what I
do. but my own answer to that
would DO ''yss."
For ! believe that women have
different ideals than men. and I
believe that when We women
know what We 1pnt-vhen we
stop living according to the old
harem standard Of ignorance and
idieness-that men will suddenly
rssiIss tthsy always doo that
they, the men Themselves. want
what tho women dol
Nero business efficiency and
the muitipiicatien Of brainiess, In.
sensate things lihe buildings. and
machines. and offices and tracks,
have been carried to the point Of
insanity, Non have fsvsrishly
pushed on, oatstrtppins records
a. fast AZ they were established.
compiiostins details. growing more
and more matsrial. losins all
sense Of prepertien. until new
their government sssms 70 them
but one more element % suhIu.
cate % their own amhftien. an6
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
Man Failed to Die;
Gets Funeral Bill

PARIS. Juno io.-whsther a
man can Justly be called upon to
pay for his own funeral 10 Q ques.
ton asitatins 4 court In Maine
ct Loir. France.
A wealthy contractor, Francois
Tery. was lying, 20 the doctors
said, at deaths door. Confident
that the door would open. relatives
prepered for q sumptuous funeral.
A plot cf ground was purchased
In q neighboring cemetery and q
splendid headstone ordered.
ThM the contractor rot well
and declined positively to pay the
bills for funeral which, he ss-
serted. he might not need for
years. '--eu
The undertaken brought suit
against the contractor, who
politely referred them 10 his
relatives. The relatives haven't
the money. .A,
30 fsr the court Ihas bssn
oogisatins sa TIE csss fer siz
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
HOHENZOLLERNS' LOVES QUEER

tune to bore him. he was com.
plstely under the spell Of the
young charmer. ....
The old Fritz. who still swayed
the sceptre Of Prussia, had learn
ed by experience the woes Of All
unhappy marriage. and was thus
disposed to wink his eye at the
indiscretions OF his successor. on
the condition, however. that the
succession be insured along ieg;ti-
mate lines.
This command not being obeyed
with the necessary alacrity Fred
erick the Great sent one Of his
chamberlains to stress the mat
ter. who was promptly thrown
out by the hot-hsaded lover.
In the course Of time. Frederick
the Great was gathered to his
fathers and one OF FREDERICK VII.
liam II first acts upon ascending
the throne was to confer the title
Of Countess Lichtenau upon his
favorite. who out OF concession to
the proprieties had been gwen In
marriage to one Of the court
chamberlains. ..5
Her qualities Of mind and soul
seem to have exertsd ~ great an
influence upon her royal lover a.
did her physical charms. Forelgn
diplomats At the .Prussian court
sued for her favor. and her fame
spread throughout Europ,.
The English. In particular. made
the most persistent efforts 10 stand
well with the royal favorite. a.
they were In desperate need Of
Prussia's support In theif war with
France.
The countess presented the
monarch several children. and In
time her position at court became
so formidable that evsn the kings
lawful wife and the legitimate Off
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
lie WILLIE" HOFIENZOILERN in PEACE AND in WAR F.717
EXCERPTS FROM THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE EXCROWN PRINCl

safe folly comes before me, \ zee
the tragic figure OF o man who
ought to have led-osnsrai Won
Moitke."
Among the many untruths as
ssminated about me by spite on stu.
pidity." this conceited young man
says In another chapter. rs the as
sertion that I am responsibls for
the losses at Verdun anl the uIti.
mate failure there"
LAUGHING MURDERER. q
Even during these last few
days ! have read It: The crown
prince the laughing murderer OF
verdun; So that's waat ! am. 10
1t? Il cuts me to the quick. II
touches the unsullied relations 10
the troops entrusted to mo. .
30 much for my laughter. and I
can only confess It'll am still
able to laugh"
"our authorities preferred TO ~
ton the TRUTH" is . comment here.
Musinsly he adds: IAN the
faces OF pre-war years? I fancy we
have all learned . great deal by
bitter experience. And yet It is
only seven years ago. How swift.
ly life rushes on. And In another
seven years7 God knows"
He describes intimately. the
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

spring Of this union treated the
countess with the greatest defer
snoe- NsvN bsfore nor since has
the Berlin court been treated to %
delectabis . spectacle.
GREAT ELECTORS EsCAPADE.
In this connection q curious
episode 10 told from the life Of an
earlier Hohensollern ruler.
When tho Great Elector. q man
OF most inordinate vanity. received
permission from the Viennese
court to exchange the electoral hat
for the crown of a Prussian king.
he thought 1t only fitting that he
should follow the example set him.
by his royal confrere. the sun
King" OF Francs-by achieving q
mistress.
Count wartenberg. one Of his
ministers. and . man Of great as.
tuteness, placed at his sovereign
disposal his own wife, lady with
q stormy past. who was born into
the world as the daughte- OF
simple wine grower on the Rhine.
but by reason OF her beauty and
charms basked in the favor Of the
German nobility. .e-s'
The Queen Sophie Charlotte.
the learned friend of the philos-
opher Leibnitx. who once said OF
her that she wished to. know the
wherefore even Of the why
looked on amused At this naison.
which curiousiy enough was Of
q piatonic nature.
She knew that vanity was the
impelling motive and seemed not
to begrudge her unattractive
spouse the qualification OF being
seen on the Promenade with the
countess. who II was also known.
visited his apartments At stated
hours, and otherwise relieved the
tedium of bis leisure hours.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

events leading up TO the great Ger.
man collapse and the kaissr's
flight from Spa and sives u letter
written to him which runs: o.
MY Dear Bov--As the field mar.
shai cannot guarantee my safety
here tspa) and win not pledge him
self for the reliability of the troops.
I have decided. after severe in.
ward struggle. to leave the dlsor.
ganized army. Berlin 10 totally
lost: It II In the hands OF socialists.
-. TIL the troops start home I
recommend continuing at your
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
SAYS Won MOLTKE
!: WOULD HAVE LED
y. 4. y ARMS TO VICTORY
willie" Parades His Presence Through the
Various Phases Of the Great Campaign,
Never Taking Blame, But Invariably En-
phasizing HlS Superior Judgment Field
Marshals Made Mistakes Which He Would
Have Avoided. &.<

iic race In the Beriin-Potsdam RIA
ing Club" he writes. "Nsxt morn
Ing the kaiser ordered me to ap-
pear before him at the new palace
In regimentals. There was thunder
In the Air. .....
you've been racing7"
''Zn bsfehl."
you know that II 10 forbldden."
'.zu befehi."
why did you do It. thenf''
Because ! am passionately fond
Of II and because I think Il = good
thing for . crown prince"
We'll. anyway, did you winr"
Unfortunately. was beaten
BY . short head"
"The kaiser thumped the table
irritably. That's very annoying.
Now be of with you. This time
my father had understood me.
"on the whole" continues the
crown prince. my lieutenancy
was an incomparabiy pleasant
time. What I learned in the Foot
Guards formed the foundation Of
my entire military career-iron
discipline and Prussian drill"
II WAS A SOLDIER"
Tn those days, however. I was,
above all, heart and soul . soldier,
and every evening looked for.
ward with pleasure to my next
days duties"
Later. he adds: The hours OF
my delightful Bonn days that
were not occupied in study or In
corps life I employed in inter-
course with all classes OF the
people.
I'm visit to the Sultan Abdul
Hamid at Constantinopls my
brother accompanied me on the
piano. and we played for the Sui
tan an air from 'Cavailsria Rusti-
cana and q cavatina by Raft.
I'm my twenty-seoond year I
was appointed to the command Of
. company Of the First Foot
Guards. Ny general principles
were energetic spells Of duty. un-
molested rest. plenty OF furiough.
fun In the barracks. excursions,
theatsrs, and minimum OF
punishments." &E
. Speaking Of court Festivities. the
ex-crown prince says: For my
part. these festivities. In which
everyone made q show Of his own
vainslory, soon lost their attraction
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

''Bethmann: Your imperial high
ness IL goins to the front2"
Myself: Yes"
"Bethmann: VIII the army do
itf"
Myself: Whatever an army can
do. we shall do"
"Bethmann; England will Ger.
tainly remain neutral
Myself: You will receive the
declaration Of war in a few days
And little Willie" was right for
once.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
Like MAN, But oens Votes Cam Change Morris

were $4,000. 900 Russians or Chi.
nese who had broken away from
our old country and come to the
new with the express intention OF
becoming citizens. the world would
stand still until It was informed Of
what our intentions were. Ware
We for the old order, or was ou.s
q new platform?
It La safe to say that America,
and much less any other country
In the world. would not for one in
slant consider the admission Of
this incalculabls power without
due promises and safeguards.
Yet ws have been admitted to
citisenship-so. 200. 900 women who
should Be already leasued together
to accomplish the first and m Jst
important steps toward oontribut.
ing our share to the Government
Of our country.
Not outside our own sphere. no.
not with ignorant and danger Gus
msddiing. But In those vital mat.
tsrs that are essentially ours; In
everything that affects our Own
lives. and those of our children.
and those Of our men; which II to
say, In the greatest questions In
the business Of living.
Homes. husbands. children
Why, are not these essentially the
nation3 What else 10 important,
beside them, and who can deny
that they are womsn's special
sphere'
MEN HAVE MADE MESS.
The government at washins>
ton--that 'ramified and involved
and complicated ana battling mri.
tipiication table OF errors-that L.
Just what the men who went out
OF our grandmothsrs' kitchens
and psriors have made II. IL
towers before us. We newcomers
with our cramping past behind US,
and our ballot with the ink not yet
dry. and ve shrink from II, We
cannot understand Il, ws plead,
Il b all % mixsd and % disiilusion,
ins and % csnfussdI if means do
iay and expense and humiliation
70 touch n a AM .
have spent many months In
Wsshiustsai I hs~s sat IN ,ths
esaass fsr vAsis HAyu. a.a n ths
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
Master" "

to ramify ana elaborate and ex.
pand to their own profit and their
country's loss.
This il our opportunity This
II the hour In which the women
Of America should come forward
with Q new ideali
To we women In small towns
and villages, the task, II com
psrauvely simple; the politics OF
q email town are those OF the
greatest city on . smaller scale.
There 10 nothing In them that an
intelligent woman cannot master.
and can promise her that when
she does master them she viii be
northumberland perhaps ashamed.
POLITICS LIKE THE H0ME.
And to us Of the cities the prob.
lem 10 only Q little moro difficult.
and the sense Of developed power
and Of conscious responsibility
that knowledge brings us . rich
reward.
After three months-after three
wssksl-of study. you and I viii
realise that the elaborate structure
men have built about the simple
business Of running rich and well
intentioned and intelligent nation is
just-wsll, ~ we 10 often say
"just like . manr' and that we
may say to them In this affair
what We do when the plumber
comes to put up the furnace. or
the painters come 10 paint the
house, or on moving day, or when
the cock leaves Just before the
company dinnsri ,..
..Now, please don't get 20 sx.
cited. dear. and make 20 much
fuss about svsrythinsi It's quite
simple. there's nothing mysterious
snd dreadful about Il. You only
confuse me when yod say ] can't
% q. fsr vhsa your welfare -
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
MEMOIRS FILLED
WITH CONCEIT AND
SELF-ADULATION
rhe Exile Admits That He Was a Good Soldier;
That HE is Alfectionate, and That He and
His Wife Had Good Laughs Over the News
paper Stories Of His ''ImpcndL 2 Divorce"

post and keeping the troops toseth-
or. God willing. trust we shall
meet again. Your sorsiy stricken
father. Wilhelm" -H%
And with . few details Of his
exile In Holland he concludes: II
have finished. But ] would NOT
say Goodbye to those Germans
who have followed my course with.
out expressing to them the wishes
that fiii my heart for them. for us
all. for our sacred fa1herlnnd."
1881, By The .Intsrnatiena
News Bureau. Ino.)
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

House. Te me the whole admins
tration Of eur national business
sssms something IKE this'
Clerks at high salaries that yeu
and I pay-smpty ssats Il repre-
sentatives Who know that nobody
vfn sves susstiea 60 know any,
Ihing-trensn6sus straininG a.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

"YE all know the old fllustra.
w tion used over and over
w again to typity a certain
asrt OF neglectfui husband. It IL
aid Of him that he is like the man
who has caught q car.
The man has run for the car.
chased the car. painted and strus.
sied madiy in the wake OF the car,
made q triumphant spring FIR the
last platform, congratulated him.
self upon his good luck. and then
--settled down comfortably in a
good seat, opened his paper. and
siven the car no more thought
from that time on
To too many husbands the wife
II In the position Of the car. She
was desired. she was pursued. sl.e
was vitality important in his life
until she was secured. And then
she n dismissed a. . fact accom-
plished. something to be taken en-.
tirely and comfortably for granted.
10, Women resent this attitude Bit
=, terly, and In almost everv mail
have . Letter from some indignant
wife asiring me why this Character
isticaIiy. masculine" potnt-of-visw
should be endured. sr
SITTING BACK C0NrENTKD. ~
But I wonder n II 10 characters
tioaiy .mssculinef II seems to me
the illustration Of the caught car
applies even more accurately Just
! now to the position Of American
women toward tho ballot,
= I don't mean the women who did
not want Il, their stand has isen st
last consistsnt throughout. Thoy
sxprssssd themselves as being On.
tirsiy satisfisd with . world man.
aged By men. and with the purely
domsstic duties u rhsir hernes.
ana asserted that Whenever they
nssdsd civic rsprsssntation Thy
wsuld prscsr % Cd their ssn 90
ruprsssus them n ths asv1sus
hannAs q psaiaisA,
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

gnats and the quiet swailewiRs
Of sasei aftss samsi--seems and
rooms full Of useless papers piled
up year after year. and other
rooms full ef highly salarisd men
and women employed to. write
more papers and pile than up--
tactfui lists and budgets 10 silence
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

He parades his virtuous presence
through the various phases Of the
great campaign, never taking blame
and invariably emphasizing his su-
perior judgment. Chancsliors. field
marshals. statesmen-whet are
they? They simply mako mistakes
which the excrown prince would
have avoided. Thus:
Whenever I think OF the sense
less and incomprehensible flingipg
away OF successes gained. when.
ever all the horror Of tnat insen-
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

belieUe that IDon,en haue different ideals
than men, and believe that Uhen zoe loonen
knoD Dhat lDe lodnf-,Dhen lpe stop Hring
according to the old haren1 standard of igno-
rance and idLeness-that men lDiH suddenly
realize (they allcags do!) that they, the men
fhemselpes IDGnt IChaf the Iponsen do. ..
The elaborate structure men haze built about
the simple bHsiness of running rich and loeiI-
intentioned and Intelligent nation is just-lOelI,
"just like mani .a..f .T.s.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
TO Women In Small Communities, the Task
Is Simple-There is Nothing in Small-town
Politics That an Intelligent Woman Cannot
Master"

that Of the children 10 concerned I
can DO anything!
Politics 10 only the children. and
You. and the home. after sll--and
I've been running you since Cain
cut his baby teethr
tcepyrtsht, 1891, By tn. Republic
syndicsts.
This 10 one Of series Of Woman
to Woman Talks on present day
family and social problems that
Mrs, Norris. Americas best loved
and most popular woman writer, Is
writing especially for this newspa-
Per. Another talk win be printed
next Sunday.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
LONDON. June 10.
Of Germany-"Little WIZ. -

"H HE tneffAble ex-crown prince
Of Germany-"Little WIZ I"
- to the popular Imagination
has been spending his exile In Hol.
land writing . book about himself.
The result II now published a.
The Memoirs of the Crown Prince
Of Germany"
With the text, which 10 fun Of
vanity-struck. selfadulation. are
twenty-five pictures Of author"
Including Little willis!'
AZ q sportsman.
Killing elephants.
with his wife in the trenches
Az an artist.
In pre-war days.
In exile.
Hunting antelopes.
A Q general.
He has absolutely dissscted him
self. and tells the world about his
childhood days; describes his train
ing a. q soldier. sportsman and
student: his movements and sx-
psrisnoes matrimonial and post
matrimonial In stress and storm;
in the war and In exile. He opens:
when 1 look back upon my
childhood there rises before me. as
Il were, . submerged world Of
radiance and sunshine.
"As far a. I can rsmember .he
center Of our existence has been
our dearly beloved mother.
The relations between US chill
dren and our father were totally
different. In reviewing our child
hood I can scarcely discover a
scene in which he joins In our
childish games with unconstraInei
mirth or happy abandon"
MEETING WITH BISMARCK.
willie" tells Of walking into q
room and meeting Prince Bismarck
for the first time. 'The prince laid
down his pen, grtpped my shoulder
with his giant palm, and looked
into my face with his penetrating
eyes. Then he nodded ami said
Little prince. I like the look Of
you. Keep your fresh natural.
ness"
He goes on to describe = scene
with the ex-ltaiser. The crown
prince was restricted from races
or drag-hunting on account Of the
danger.
IT had just ridden my firrt pub
The Washington times., 1922-06-11

for me"--an extraordinary utter.
ancs from Little wiiiie."
CALLS CzAR WEAK.
Indignantly he asks: "shai !
take any notice Of all the nonsense
that has been talked and written
concerning my married iifsI !
can say this: whenever the news
papers printed such things as
Divorce Of the crown prince i'm
minsnt.' my wife and ! had
good laugh. What q craving for
sensation Possesses the pubiicr--
and others. s.
Discussing the late Gar Mich
olas. the author declares: He was
not. IN my Judgment. the person
that Russia needed on the throne.
He lacked resolution and touch"
% therSi ,,i. ..... ...s..,
''In octobsr. 1907, I welcomed
the kaissr's attaching me to the
homo offios. to the .exchsquer,
and to the admiralty at Potsdam.
I was, however. to walt before b.
Ing Initiated into questions "
foreign policy. Thus I
found myself absorbed In the
study Of the German and foreign
press. The pulse Of our life 10
the Newspaper; In It beats the
heart Of the times"
In an interiuds he comments:
Il felt that sooner or later the
German empire would become In.
volvsd In . war unless the opposi.
tion between II and England was
removed. Prince Bis
marck once said that he was will
Ing to love England. but England
refused to be loved.
II am aware that there is a
tendency to impute 10 king Ed
ward . personal hatred Of DER.
many. - To my mind. such q
presentation Of his character is
totally lacking In reality. .
That trait which was 20 often 10
Be observed In the kaiser Of read
lily attributins his positive failures
to the activities Of individuals di.
rsctedr against himself NAV here
play some part" What win the
ex-kaiser say to thatf
Again he Jumps forward to exile
In July, 1919. thus % Three
quarters Of Q year have passed In
which the closely ciroumscribed
space and its Inhabitants have be-
como dear to me. In which the vast
silence and sky and sea. the
privacy and seciusion have brought
me much that had never pos
sessed before. T.. .
II am not unhappy In my. lone
liness, but 80 Il makes me hope
that Q future will somehow open
up the possibility OF my working
- . German for the German Faith.
erland."
II AM AFFECTI0NATE..
He gets of some intetestins per.
sonal analysis thus:
II am not sentimental" II wss
always precise"
Sport II ingrained In mo-
Naturally. I am aftectionate
He comes to the eve Of war. Au.
gust 2. 1914. and recounts a scene
with Bethmann-H n-Hollwess. the i'm
perial chancellor.
The Washington times., 1922-06-11
Being Made Voters Has Not Changed Actual
Position of Women; Ii Merely Gave Means
OF Changing Ii, Says Noted Woman Writer.

But what about us other women,
who wanted representation a. citi.
sens. and fought for ~ Aren't we
already somewhat In the position
Of the man who has caught the
carr
II was only . few years ago that
We were maintaining our right 10
say who shouN rule II. what laws
should BE- made for US. what condi-
tons should govern our lives. But
to how many Of US II the ballot an
end in itself instead Of q means to
an end-to any endf
WAS the hope drunkf" asks
Lady Macbeth.
Was the hope drunk. wherein you
dressed yourssiff
Hath + slept sincs' And wakes II now
50 rr;:. :sa pale a. what 1T ala 50
what did We hope for the hai,o.,
what did We plan. what was II TO
mean TO us7 .F'#
We know that the msrs fact Of
being made voters did not change
our actual position at ali; II msrsiy
gave us the right to change II, II
We wanted TO. II was a. II We
were made members, In a large
club. whether We use hat club
wisely. whether .we over enter II
at al, 10 an entirely persnnai mat.
ter. ..-...- .-. g.. 49,.
LEAGUE OF se.oos.sos WOMEN.
{ suppose that nsver before In
the history OF the world has \
movement that affected the citi,
ssnship of so.ooo.ooo persons besn
20 quietly affsctsd. No great var
ever freed % many unfranehised
people. and no country ever st,
tempted to assimilats even ono
hundrsdth part Of 70 tremendous .
body NJ onos. The circumstances
are srtraerdiaary, ws have no
precedent. and vs hardly know
ourselves szassiy vhst has ssp-
psasd
mvs ss.sss.sss A.srses. v,~sa