Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 14, 1909, Page 4

) ) deorwich "ulllliz mnd Goufied, 113 YEARS OLD. St 12¢ & week; 50c o mouth; #4500 Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as gecond-class matter. Telephone Callas Bulletin Business Ofdce, 480, Bulletin Editorial Rooms, $5-3. Bulletin Job Office, 35-6. Willimantie Office, Reom 2. Murray Buflding. Telephone, 210. Norwich, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1909. u yen EXPECTATIONS. It 1s expected that the Johnson- Jeffries fight for the heavyweight championship of the world will bring a quarter of a million to the muscular glants who indulge in such brutality to meet the tastes of those who still enjoy savage sport. Ordinarily it might be thought there cannot be many such in Christian America when Evangelist Chapman is proclaiming that the light of Chris- tianity is within flve years to bring India; China and most of the heathen world into Christian brotherhood with the enlightened Christian nations of the west; but those who know how to estimate the nuinber of such pat- rons place the witnesses of the fight at 25,000 at $10 a ticket for a few minutes of excitement, which rounds up $250,000 for the ticket office, and leaves over the purse of $101,000 to go to the participants, $149,000 for ex- penses and premiums to those who manage the fight; and later on the films will draw other crowds to the vaudedlle houses and the little thea- ters, and that income may be twice as large as the one from the sale of seats. This shows that vice has the big- gest pull upon the popular wallet, and that men will pay the biggest prices for the most demoralizing perform- ances. It will take more than five years to debrutalize a large portion of our own civilized population. THE NEW WOMAN. According to Mrs. Ella Flagg Young of Chicago, one of the very few wo- men in the world capable of earning 816,000 a year by her own ability, ventures to try to make us all ac- quainted with ‘the new woman,” and she seems to be worth knowing. Mrs. Young says: ‘Tt is the new woman who rates the home first among all of earth’s institutions, and believes in protecting it from saloon environ- ment and saloon encroachment, as well as from the greed of the man who would collect rentals from pov- erty for tenements dilapidated and wholly unfit for human habitation. It is she who Is tazking up the battle of the bables, hundreds of whom are murdered annually in our great cities fhyough poor sanitation, ignorant motherhood and criminal milkmen. It #s she who 1s pleading the rights of childhood to playtime and sunshine and school; who is seeking to eman- elpate it from the mill and the mine; who {8 opening mothers’ clubs and mothers’ schools; who is providing summer vacations in the country and summer playgrounds in the city, that the children of the slums may be- come the children of actual homes, the children of privileges. The ‘new’ wo- man 1s standing by her over-tempted and over-worked sister everywhere, seeking to lighten her burdens and shorten her hours of toil.” Now we see plain enough that the “new woman” is the old woman glori- fled, the woman who in future will have her sphere above the crown of her head as a mark of saintship in- stead of about her to limit her capa- bilitles. We will accept the “new wo- man” on the O. K. of Mrs. Young. She is the real thing and we cannot get along without her. A PATHETIC LITTLE LETTER. When the juvenile world is touched by parents, the press or the great de- partment stores about Christmas time, it is found to respond quickly and to know what it wants. Among the girls the demand for dolls is as strong as ever. The following is a copy of a girl's letter received by the Philadel- phia Times: It you pleas Will you ask Santi Kloss 2 give me a dol for Christmass. T nevr has one yet en | is onter ate yeres old but me mom says if 1 rite to you i ken git a dol. I aint got no pop. he died once, en { aint got no dol. T had one wunce en me pop when he wus livin he tuk it to a hock shop en sol it fer mun- nie to buy a drink with en he nevr let me hav a dol. But hes ded now en if you ken i will like to have a dol. pleas ansur. M. T, aged 8. There is a picture of life for you— an experience of innocence. One-halt of the world doesn't know how the other half lives until something of this kind 1lifts the curtain. There may b2 nothing in Norwich quite equal tn this—there may be a few gases just as bad. It is pleasant to think that nothing quite equal to this could hap- pen in the state of Connecticut; but there are enough cases of extreme ju- venile need, and those who know where a doll will do much good shounld not hesitate to meet the expectations of the child. A little Norwich girl who addressed a letter to Santa Claus and wanted nearly a whole toy shop signed herself es “Your old chum, aged 6.” ot course, Santa Claus would not be guil- ty of neglecting an *“old chum” of that age and standing. It 1s quite a Christmas present to the country when Gompers tells unit- ed labor that a demonstration if he has to go to jail is foolishness., It is a gift of peace. The mnation spends ten millions a year in feeding and clothing the In- diame, and they show an increase of 40,000 on account of kindly care, in twenty years, The self-leveling table makes pool, billiards or eroguet possible on ship- board, but the self-leveling deck is . what the segsick are hoping will soon be invented. Harry Thaw is trying to get inte better society. The environment at Matteawan does not suit him, and he has asked to be assigned to a new bughouse. The fine of $5,000 imposed npon the Tee trust is not hot enough to keep them from squeezing twice that amount out of the people, and then b —— Poet Watson has Alfred Austin com- pletely beaten, for he never had two netfons stirred up by two of his lines, U TR A S RS B SISl T ISR kS T R W55 S DRI M A CEDT ALrO CEN2h Eik S o i AR R Rl SN W8 | the peril of his limbs on cold De- CARE OF THE HORSE.. “The horse that is slipping on the icy ground or frosty pavements to cember mornings does not show con- ‘scientious care, or even that his own- er has good sense. It would astonish us if we should see the total of ani- mals that are erippled and ruine-i dur- ing the winter months just from a mistaken idea of economy or & hsed- less regard of duty toward anlmals who serve us well and deserve con- stant protective care. It is apparent often from the load that is put upon horses and abuse of the animal that the creature in the shafts is as in- telligent, if not more so, than the driver in the seat. Incompetence in charge of a horse, an automobile or a steam boiler be- cause it is cheap is simply foolishness expressed in the most glaring way when deplorable results tell the story. Any good thing from house to horse is entitled to the best of care, and the man who looks after his beasts of burden and domestic animals with faithfulness has the best of results and nothing to deplore. It is merciful to keep animals well shod and to have a care that they are not abused In any w i HOME WITHOUT A PARLOR. It will shock fashionable people as much to learn that the parlor has got to go as much as it will delight thousands of overworked women who realize that it means mnot only less expense but less tax wupon their strength and more time to be other- wise used. An, authority upon archi- tecture gives notice that the best room is really a superfluity and costs more than it comes to. A well-kept fam- {ly room is good enough for callers or guests and this fact is Dbeing more and more recognized. Comfort and sunshine are now to be found where once the haircloth furniture and the partially closed shutters repelled fa- millarity. Shades and shutters and somber fittings have all quietly abdi- cated in faver of cordiality and com- mon sense. This means that the time spent in keeping the parlor clean can be de- voted to excursions in the open air, to entertainment, to improve the health or tqQ accomplish other things of more importance than keeping up old-fash- joned pride and wasting strength up- on old-fashioned bric-a-brac and things, HE CAN SHOOT BACK. The men in this state who are hunt- ing State Highway Commissioner MacDonald do not seem to be aware that they have not taken out a li- cense.~Norwich Bulletin. The law is “off” continually for public officials, and so is it off with public officials as to the hunters. The hunting of a man like MacDonald dif- fers from hunting chipmunks in that the hunted can fire back and is quite as likely to score as the hunter— Bridgeport Standard. We see that The Standard does not realize that when MacDonald does hunt his enemies that he finds that a great many of the offenders are chip- munks and muck-rakers, and that it is more profitable to attend to duty rather than to be spending his time in trying to silence the unsilenceable, There is one thing apparent and that is that the state highway commission- er is never guilty of firing any inef- fective shots. Who cares who discovered the North pole if there is plenty of coal in the bin? Japan shows up two million more inhabitants than it had at the close of the war with Russia. Two weeks from today we shall be calculating how we are to meet the surplus of our indebtedness. Man calis the ho vorm Uulicinara duodinalis. Who wonders that it strives to bring the race to grief? Happy thought for today: feminine smile and bright eyes never get lost in the shadow of the largest hat, Salt pork at 18 cents a pound In New England, and turkey at twelve cents In Texas, is a strictly 20th cen- tury condition. One county in Texas has turned out fifty thousand dollars’ worth of tur- keyvs at $1 apiece, and expects to do better next year. Insurance funds come so easy it is not strange that the handlers of them get confirmed In the belief that the revenue is endless. Down in Jersey a nominee for pub- lic office always thinks that it is nec- essary to attend church, during the campaign, anyhow. The newspaper reporter has found Dr. Cook in s0 many places that he was not at, that he is now at a loss to tell just where he is. Northern Maine already has snow plentier than potatoes, and those who are yearning for sleigh rides or snow- shoeing can find it there. When father finds that he has got a pair of silk suspenders and slippers out of the Christmas distribution he doesn't mind bills for a hundred or two. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Does Norwich Need Hired Governors? Mr. Editor: I was much interested in the up to date spirit of Gilbert Ray- mond’s_address to the Open House club. T do not wonder that he likes the German plan of hiring a compe- tent mayor; and Mr. Raymond is not the only open-eyed citizen who real- izes the fact; but if it had a sensi- tive citizenship the efficiency of the authorities would soon rise from be- low par to far above {t. How many mayors have condemned the violation of the city ordinances forbidding the authorities to exceed the appropria- tions upon peril of going to jail? One bold mayor told these offenders of his administration they ought to go to jail. They didn’t go—t‘le people do not hold them to any responsibil- ity. Why ashould they ecare for city ordinances or the voters? How long ago was it that the dis- covery was made that there had been no building line established for East Main street, and that because the government engineers had been given a false line, the postoffice sidewalk had to be rebuilt? Has any one since moved to have a building line estab- lished? Are not property owners there building and making lines as they please—lines of disorder if not disgrace? Must we go on with no building lines and shifting grades for- ever, compelling eitizens, as has been done at least in one instance, to raise bulldings to keep up with the periodi- cal grade-lifts of city surveyors? Why doesn’t Norwich have established buil@ding lines on its business streets? Is there another of the size of The | The old man and his wife sat before the fireplace, hand in hand, the light from the blazing logs playing fitfully on their fac:s. Sad faces they were, with lines of sorrow deeply engraved upon them—sorrow and a great lone liness. Now and then the woman rais. ed a knotted hand to her eyes to wipe away the tears that glistened there. "Twent);“veu-. tonight, Mary,” the old man d, breaking their long si- lence. His wife's fingers closed more tightly over his. “Twenty years,” she repeated, almost in a whisper. “Twen- ty long years.” Then her tears came fast, unrestrained. Suddenly the old man rose. ‘“I'm go- ing to call him,” he told her, simply. “Call him?" his wife asked, puzzled. “Call—our boy?” “Yes, Mary. Do you remember”—he lifted her from the chair and she plac- ed her white héad against his shoulder —“when our Jim was a wee one and used to stray into the hills after but- terflies?” The woman added. “Do you remember how I used to call him home at bedtime? And after I had called him how we used to stand in the doorway waiting to see him run across the old field, a little tired after his day’s fum, glad when you took him up in your arms and cuddled him? “I remember, trembling, then looked half fearfully into her husband's eyes. “The old call of ‘taps,’ John?" For answer he went towards the door, at the side of which hung an old bugle, a relic of his early youth, when he had been a bugler in the army, Tenderly he took the instrument from its hook, scarcely able to see it through the mist that had gathered in his eyes. It was covered with the rust of years—many had passed since last the sound of it had evoked an echo is in the hills. The woman waited, breathless, for the old man to adjust the stops and place the mouthpiece to his lips He opened the door. It was long past midnight. The moon shed bright, impartial rays upon the hills and the fields, making distinct ev- ery tree and stone—almost every blade of grass. The old man pointed to a nearby knoll. “There is where we used to see him first” he said, huskily. “First his little face, then his arm as Oh, my—" She paused, | “Hush, little woman, He will hear me. Listen.” his lungs. Then clearly, musically the call rang out, and clearly, musically from all around came the echoes. A thrush, startled at the sound, rose from its mest, circled in the air and de- scended, uttering little plaintive cries. Soon, however, it became q and again all was silent. In the goorway the old man and his wife stood, watch- ing the top of the knoll. “Oh, ¥ say, Jim, how do you suppose a fellow can sleep with that draught blowing in on him Shut that flap, will you, and lie down? What are you doing there, anyway?” The speaker, a young man, partly clothed in the uniform of a corporal, sat up on his cot, drawing his blanket around him. To his impatient queries the man at the opening of the tent pald not the slightest attention, but stood motionle: as though listening, one hand pressed tightly to his side. deuce!” exploded the “Jim, are you crazy? Come in, will you? Whew, that wind is cold!” Then in a slightly modified tone: “Are you moon gazing at your age, or—why, what is the matter with you, old man?” Still receiving no reply, and intensely curious, Corporal Healy rose to investigate, Then Jim spoke. ‘T was listening to ps,’” -he said. It sounded different sonight, somehow.” ‘Taps!" Why, man alive, ‘Taps’ was sounded hours ago! It's almost time for the ‘reveille! “Hours ago, hours ago,” Jim mut- tered, dazedly. “No, no. Years ago— years—you didn't hear it, Tom! “I heard it at 11 o'clock, of course. I believe you're asleep, Jim.” He peered into his friend's eyes, but they were alight with intelligence. “You're upset over something, I guess, old man. Come.” Deeply trou- bled, Healy laid hold of Jim's arm and drew him, unresisting, away from the opening.—Boston Post. Norwich in New England where con- tractors can build offices in a busi- ness street and force the people to walk in the streets in crowded busi- ness sections for months at a time? The city has three such instances at present. When Lorillard in New York valued a foot of land at $20,000 in front of his business place to block public im- provement, $20,000 of valuation was added to his tax list, and he came down-has anything been added to the tax lists of the obstructors of pub- lic improvements on West Main street who put a valuation of $2,400 on three ' little front-yard patches and have held up the city for more than a year? How does Norwich exvect to im- prove. Franklin square if three old buildings there have been held as worth over $180,000—could mnot be bought for that—are carried on the tax list for less than $60,000? Is this taxing them on 75 per cent. of their valuation? 1Is it operating for the growth, respectability and prosperity of the place? Look at our new brick pavement on East Main street being broken into for service pipes, and then being impaired by the slouchy repairs that are made. N. D. Sevin & Son, The o - SWISS Wales Goodyear Bear Brand in one or two buckles. black or tan, at moderate prices. FEEBLE OLD PEOPLE may have strength and renewed vitality. contains the elements necessary to nourish ~every tissue ~and replace _weakness with st;? case we K e money paid us for the medicine used. Please try it. BUTTER DA ELGIN CREAMERY BUTTER - Ib. Jdgf~-- G00D TABLE BUTTER - - 1. 30c PURE LARD IMPORTED We carry s full ling of these well known makes of FELTS and OVERS COON TAIL Knit Boot, the best in the market; All Wool, White Felt Boot and LUMBERMAN’S Stockings with ovens to match. Buckle Arctics for men, women and children in high or low cuts. A large variety of High Cut Storm Shoes for the whole family in The Gec. W. Kies Company Should it fail to do so in any Druggists, Norwich. MoHICAN COMPANY TUESDAY, » DEC. 1ith STRICTLY FRESH EGGS doz. 25¢ Ball Brand Not made by a Trust I o g g A Is not such important work worthy attention and ’lupnrvl.non Dby the street more. Norwich, Dec. 13, 1909. ettt bu St ST A Factor in Life. The afrship may fairly be considered a factor in life as soon as it becomes a commercial mtur‘c Whh:: it n-drrhu at that stage s launc! and may be to -‘cu;!‘lly u:‘ profitably sail. The t. 'ounders Ve Tecog- nized this n?: craft and have added cuts of considerable variety of the ships that sail the upper sea. Th next thing will be a time table, rates of fare, and special accident tickets to be cashed in case of a long, hard drop, Before long the newpapers will be ad vertising excursiong to points above the clouds to see how the thunder storms work from the other side~ Bristol Press. S AT Y Affliction’s Redeeming Aspeots. Senator Culberson must look on the Il health which offers a convenient excuse for his retirement from the democratic leadership of the senate as an affliction not without its redeeming aspects,—New York Sun. Thl‘aL ‘;Ima'lllghn Foundry Co. IRON CASTINGS furmished promptly. patterns. No. 11 to 25 Ferry Street janz2d T. F. BURNS, Heating and Plumbing, M92 Franklin Strest. S. F. GIBSON Tin and Sheet Metal Worker. Agent for Richard=en and Beyntoa Furnaces. 65 West Miain Street, Norwich, Cona dec7d MISS M. C. ADLE;, Hair, Scalp and Face Specialist GLOSSY, NATURAL, ABUNDANT. Such woman’s locks must be to meet the requirements of Fashion. What your own halr lacks, Miss Adles can supply, with the finest, healthiest and handsomest human hair, imported di- rect from and rmperly steril- ized. Don’t Invi scalp diseases by wearing cheap hair! Consult Miss Adles In Norwich en- tire week of Dec. 13th. WAUREGAN HOUSE, Nerwich New York. Boston. Telephone 704. decl3d Fancy Native Chickens Faney Native Fowls Fancy Native Ducks Just the thing for Sunday dinner Apples, Basket Grapes, Malaga Grapes, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Etc. PEOPLE’S MARKET, 6 Franklin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN, Prop. The Fanning Studios, 81 Willow SL are showing some very O | pretty Chairs and other pieccs of Farniture. Call and see them. Also Wall Papers, Lace Curtains, Shades and Up- holstery Goods. nov2sa YOU CAN GET a good and suitable Xmas present for the Horse, Car- riage, Automobile and Chauffeur at L. L. CHAPMAN’S Harness and Carriage Repository, decTdaw Norwich, Conn, Fine line of Kid, Jointed, Celluloid, Rag and Unbreak- able DOLLS of all kinds. Doll Heads, Wigs, Arms, Eto. Work, Scrap, Nursery, Favor and Novelty Baskets in great variety. MBS, EDNIN FAY, Franklin Square nov30d LOUIS H. BRUNELLE BAKERY We are confident our Ples, Cake and Bread canaot be excelled. Give us a trial order, nov2d 20 Fairmount Streel. TIUERE 1s no aavertising medium 1n L T Tk Thursday, December 16th W SOUSA AND RIS on_Tuesday, D::‘u u"! 2‘.!.-&. Cars to all points after perfewmanca. CHARLES MeNL LES FEATURE PIOTURE: The Fisherman's Bride. MISS FLORENCE WOLCOTY, Prima Donna Soprano, in Selested Songs. Matinee, Ladles and Children, noviéd § music. NELLIE S. HOWIE, Teacher of Plane, Room 48, Central Bulldimp CAROLINE H. THOMPSON Teacher of Musie 46 Washingten Street upil. Same met! d at SBchawenka Censervatory, o¢ F. C. GEER TUNER 122 Prospect St Tel. 511. Norwicky €% A. W. JARVIS is the Leading Tuner ia Eastern Connecticut, "Phone 518-6. 15 Clairmoung Awe. septa2d JAMES F. DREW Piano Tuning and Repaiig Best V'ork Only, "Phone &32-3. 18 Porkine Awe. sept23a Evening School NOW OPEN Carriage TUITION and SUPPLIES FREE Also in Tafiville Schoelhguse and Cerriage and Wagan Work of all kinda Anything on wheels built to enden Automobile Painting and Trimming PRICES AND WORK R\ WW ° The Scott & Clark CORPORATION, 507-515 North Main Streat. aprisd b4 The Norwich Wickel & brasy Ca. Tableware, Chandetiers, ¥Yacht Trimmings and such things Refinished. €9 to 87 Chestout St. Norwiok, Connm ootéé Removyal Sale for next two woeeks ad Mill Re t Stere, 204 West Muin St. All kinds of yard goods, the fin rem- nants, pleces in dress go -] [ cote ds, ., at very lew prie AL: Two thousand yards of Iflt 00 to §1.00 per yard, sale e, 3%¢c, 4% a yard. Come a valued rrexg rice 19¢, 28 n and see them at MILL REMNANT STORK, 201 West Main St. noviid