Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 28, 1911, Page 4

PRIENET t L R bl e " 115 YEARS OLD, miecriptinn price. 13¢ & week; 80c & O enr tared & Norwle AR SasbRa Ciaes Teatier! i3 % Telephone Galle: 4 SATIRICA}. ADVICE. - Judge Kavanavgh of Chicago is of the opinion that the courts and the law should be very much improved. The miscarriage of ,justice’is so_common that he does not try to conceal his dis- gust. 3 In commenting the other day upon what was apparently an amasing mis- carituge of justice in the criminal caurt of Cdok ‘cotnty, Judge Kavan- augh teld a4 man whom a jury had ac- quitted of burglaty ‘%o zo back to the police and get his jimy, as he might necd it in his buszess. Then he ex. pressed his opinica of the jury’s action in unequivoca) fashion. The evidence had heen stropely dgainst the defend- t wpd apparently there was ground for the court's heartfelt scorn of the jury that returned thé verdict. - The Chicago News say: The judge proposes through legislative enactment to overcome preseni. troubles. He rec- ommends the pussage of three bills, the first of which, relates to the amend- ment of indictments. Instead of hav- ing the whole case turned back to the grand jury when there is some minor defect in the indictment, he would permit the state te correct the error There is precedent for this i English criminal procedure,. which is So often held up to our admiration. There is precedent in English procedire also for a statutory rule that cases shail not be reversed on error, unless it can be shown that prejudice has been worked to the defendant by reason of e error. This is another provision which Judge Kavanaugh hopes will be- come law in Ulinois. “It would seem that, in this coun- try, in order to prevemt the unjust -onviction of men accused of crime, we ve safe-guarded them in such fash- jon that we have arranged for mis- Week ending January 21 THE INNOCENT VICTIMS, The death fate amone the infants of New York is 176 per thousand— ov¥er ten times the normal rate for| mdolts. and $200.006 has been raised there for the purpese of estublishing sixgy pure milk depois } infants are the victims of 1g- | norange amd neglect of mothers and | the fllthiness and cupidity of those who ues and handle the milk. n;"': faghicmed, negleciad cow sta- | Bie, Wth ‘t8 oncurried and hair matted | oows ts * becomdng a thing of he m gy be truthfully said willeawake dairy man is ac- sudh > personal fastidiousness foels that Mrty mék is an af- to his business honor He newd mot curtam s cow stable win@ows Wiee the Dutch. But light and @y and weil swept barns, and the poritying force of scalding water for B8 mik bottles have become an es- wemtinl lo W momtal satisfaction as weit a» & businese asset | The plea thut it takes dme and cosia mmemey to keep the stables clean and the etothes of the milk handlers clean and laundered s recogmized as Teasonable and there is no doubt well-to-80 patrons are willing to pay | eent or two @ dirt and bucteria o quart just to. keej ¢ the milk pai THE HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY.| The census buresu's report of deaths | for the registration area for 181 Shows that while the vear was mark- ed by a litfhe gréhter mortality than i1 1905, beth were remarkably heaithy and among the New Boghend states raporied Connecticut ranked first. The bureau recsived up to January 10, W11, transcripts of 819,639 death timt occurred in the registration area | durtng the yemr 1910, of which number MIBA04 wery from the registration states. The total muaber of deaths reported | for the year 1909 was 742538, of| which 880,057 were from the registra- tion stares. In the annual bulletin for 1909 the death rate for the registration arca was presented us bused on post-censal e#Mrates durived from the rate of STOWIh arcorfing Lo previous censuses fourd to be 16.0 per 1,009 pop- Thiy ritve, as stajed at hat was the lowest in the history of | the States. It is now found by roeans of revised estimutes. hased on the retwrne of population since avail- | wble, it the rate for W9 was even | lower, being 14.4 per 1.090. Comparison of the preiisonal desih rates per 1,000 of population for 1910 IR the desth rates per 1.000 of pop- Watlon in 1905, for those states in about 9 per cent. of the deaths For 1910 have alicady beenm returned, s s fellows: Calfferniu, 1.5 in 1916, and 134 in 2809; Commecticut, 156 in 1910, and 260 tn 1569 Indiana, 13.4 in 1910, and 129 in 1908 Maine, 16.7 in 1910, and n 1999 Mussachuseiss, 160 in and 5.4 in 1999; Michigan. 14.0 n 1870, end 3.1 in 1909; New Hamp< 167 In 1910, and 169 in 1989; 165 fn 1910, and 147 in in 1910, 118 in Pennsvivante, 155 1908; Wisconsin, o 199 rate tor the city of Wash- for 1910 was 196 per 1000 o belag L5 in excess of averages, which shows that heslth conéNious of the national need fmproving. . WINE-BIBBING FRANCE. WWhen it cctmes to wine drinking, leuds all the natfons, and if the bad Been content with the aiticle conditiens there would not Become no unbearwble. by mbeed with their hvgienic and abwinthe and mcreased thirty years since France made @t temperance reform, and then the suloons have gome on unttl new they are out of population. On of the law of cabarets and Today there are mensly 500,000, which means one saloon o sighty inhabitants, all over There are 33,000 in Paris 1In certsin quarters of the cap- is a drinking place for three inhabited houses, and ta fiod it easy enough to ac- the emormous growth of the ~the - as Frunce has pure wines drinks of every nature, it that there fs such in- tion to this needed re- carriages of justice in their favor. Thus minor technicalities frequently serve as a secure ' bulwark behind which they take refuge, delaying or caping justice.” EDITORIAL NOTES. Cook has recovered his nerve his claims are just as good They were once! (o DRSS Happy thought for today: The kiss that has too much of the flavor of a cheap cigar butt in it is not stand- ard Dr and_say as Peary it has at last been shown that the rl has the courage in the name ¥ to tell a king: “The line he almanac day for February show- ©d that we have a chance to ‘be threat ened with more water, if we do not get much, Gov. Baldwin's second sober though: n the Roosevelt case worked well. Retailation is not a fine or profitable personal quality iladelpiila Times is demand- The F ik the removal of all slot gas meters in that city because they are extra hazardous to life. The fact that the short skirt will succeed the hobble in fashionable so- iety is not being protested against by tie gentlemen. It does not strike The Bulletin that President Tatt will gain the ill-will of \e pensioners if the Sulloway pension bill is vetoed by him. The mathematician who has figured out that 744,000 bubbles can be blown from a pound of soap must have been a gentleman of leisure. s. The Charleston, S. C., News and Cou- ier savs: “They are stil voting for Depew in New York for senator, when they should be praying for hi The chesty man is the one who | wants to sue for a divorce when his wife passes a package to his mighti- ness and bids him it home for her. ners who do mot believe that trees have anvthing to do with increasing the water supply must ad- mit that they greatly reduce evapora- tion, Hoopestos is becoming econom- jeal. It is booked for a eommission form of government, and will thus save the 50 cents a year it Now pays its mavor. More open windows is prescribed for less penumonia in New York. Free as fresh air is, it is surprising how many people suffer because they deprive themselves of it. this from the Portiand, Me., Read Express: “We cannot say the back- hone of winter is broken because here in Maine winter hasn't shown any backbone thie year.” Boston Transcript says ginal manuscript of James Thomp- son's “The City of Dreadful Night' brought at tlie Stedman sale $176. A cheerful thing to have around house” “The With Springfield, Mass., bidding $3,- 000,000 for the Boston College of Tech- nology to locate there, and New Lon- don bidding $50,000 for a woman's college and preparing to bulld thirty miles of paved streets, it is evident cities have something to do to keep up. New York City Real Estate. The Jast day of the year 1910 made mark in realty values in New York city that will carry into the new vear force and influence upon the prices of all_other “downtown real ecsfate men of_the met The well Broadway. stories in height was sold on that day for about $7.500,000. if was bought by the New York Real Estate Security company of Pine street, and, the area being approxi- mately 22,000 square feet, the sale averages very lose to $341 ‘per quare foot, The asscssed valugtign of the property is $2.630,000 and fhe annual rental is estimated at $800,000. The price a square foot obtained for this property has only been e ceeded three times in sales of real es- te in New York and the price oh- tained sets at rest all the talk of low- ering of values in downtown realty in city. This sale does more than . for it will give a _strenzth to the estate market of “the cntire city act as a stimulus to real estate actions in other cities as well vated o close to the financial rict that it can with fairness he classed as within it, this sale demon- stgates the fact thai dullness in sales of stocks or. depression_in the ex- changes or the brokers' offices has-had no il effect upon the views of- the men who know -valies of realty - in New York city. They back theiricon- viction of its value with their éash, and thus close all differences of opin- 4on as to tendency of values by plac ing their money inio the praperty as an investment. This sale will cer- tafuly put new Jife into New York realty wnd eannot fall # hive & most powerful effect throughout the coming Fear upon business of that cluss.—Cin- cinnatl Enquirer - - 2 the | Lt Bt e had g harsss =1 ' Aa : THE MAN WHO TALKS ‘Chere is nothing so sweetens up life as the habit of say pleasant things; and there are so many pleasant things that may be said without flattery, it is not rigcessary to become a flatterer to gee o asresablv. Tt would ‘do no to cut all of the an mishaps out of ‘conversstion Gnd Sot all of the good things in. The bless- ings of life arc always bettsr listened ty than its miseries; and the miseries of life are more quickly cured by act- ion than by conversation. We rather hear a funny story than a sensible ome, of course, for we are hu- man, but we need ot fill ourselves with the froth of life, If we are a littie careful, and miss the eream. The peo- ple who talk about what tliey are up against are erecting barriers for them- selves every day. It is the story of Qeeds, woll done the world likes to 1i en to «nd loves to remember. There has always been 4 large part of the people seeking happiness in sat- istying selfishness, when it is a fact that bappiness was never achisved in this way. Selfishness awakens ex- pectations and leads the way to dis- appointment. There are many tempo- rary delights which result from self- ishnese and most of them lead to sor- ro Happincss is the fruit of use- fulness; and the facuity of being us ful to others gives rise to a pleasu; that has lasting quelities. Money will not buy happiness, but it will procure substitutes. It is possible for man to delight in evil, but such deligiits end in regrets and pain, The cherishing of truth promotes happiness and it has been said that “Every new truth en- larges man's means and capacity for happiness " The faot is truth can ne er be exhausted and the source of haj piness is eternal. This is why it is profitable to seck the truth and to abide with it. There is an old proverb that “A favorable January brings us a good year,” and if there is anything to this 5 omens of 1911 are all right. View- from a point above Fairview, Jan- uary has been most favorable for this locality—it has to a degree saved us all from the consequences of munici- pel negligence—it has placed the star of hope a little higher up above the horizon of life, if the old bones do tingle with rheumatic pains and re- mind us of the ills flesh is -heir to. And we have escaped grass-growing weather, so the old couplet, “If the grass grows in Janiveer, it grows the worse for't all the year,” may becon- sidered nil for the next twelve months. It may be that January is “month of all_months most contrary,” but this year it has not been: “Just rain and snow! and rain again! and dribble! drip! and blow! Then snow and thaw! and slush; and then some more rain and snow,” as Riley describes it It is a good thing to_discover early iy life that the way to be somebody ds to do something. Froude spoke an in- controvertible truth when he aaid “You cannot dream yourself into a charac- ter; you must hammer and forge your- self one.” There are too many sitting in an expectant mood waiting for Op- portunity to open the door and present them with a soft snap. She doesn't do it. The fellow who hunts for the door shouting “Exceisior!” and knocks the door in if it isn’'t opened usually takes the prize. Everything doesn't come to him who waits in these ddys— it was in the day of crooked trails and horseback riding that used to happen— when slow coaches were the only mode of traveling. The patient waiter has given way to the good hustler and things move in these days because they have to. The eiixir of get there fits the twentieth century. “A friend in time of need is a friend, indéed!” As a maxim that is all right. “A friend in need gives a man cold feet!' and this is no joke, for it is simply & glance over the other side of | | the fenoe. It does us good to look over | | the fence of life once in a while if we have never been there, and do not want to he. When things are coming our way it sesms as though we could hear | the stars singing together; but when we ask for bread and are handed a stone the charity of this world looks | adamantine and we cannot tell whether there is a @oft spot in it or not. The sides of the fence of life set up a great many differences of opinfon, and Judging from experiences we sometimes err.. The world isn't as florid as some | people paint it or as black as others | paint it, but its differentiations seem | to be based upon conditions not easily | improved. _If there is a man anywhere who ex- cites the prejudice of the woman of the | house it is the man who has “the nerve | sublime to drop in just at dinner time.” | The unbidden guest is not always un- | welcome, but the self-invited guest s seldom anything else. A big appetite with no manners is enough to disturh any economic and orderly family. It is a good thing “the man of sublime nerv rather scarce; that he seems to be an incident to life rather than a regular passenger. If he understood physiognomy—if he could read the ex- pression of faces—perhaps his nerve | would need reclassification, for he al- ways excites facial expression for oth- ers to interpret. Funny, isn't it? The pity Is that custom requires that some- | thing nice should be set out for him | just to keep up the reputation of the { house for feeding well. He deserves hardtack. I have walked out under the starry canopy of heaven in the quietness of | night alone, and looked up at the pro- cession of worlds and blazing suns in | wonder, and thought the eyes of Job and Moses and Jesus all looked upon this unchangeable picture—that the men following the star of Bethlehem viewed this same glory of the night; and now science is teach- ing us that no man ever saw a star. it is the light which we see. It takes 15 1-2 years for light to reach the earth from u star of the first magni- tude, and 120 years for light to reach us from stars of the sixth_magnitud rom those just perceptible to the human eve—and the light travels at the rate of 191,500 miles a second, t0o. So, when we go out and look up this evening we see the light of stars which started earthward when George Wash- |ington was president of the United 3 There are more than seven wonders of ‘the world. There are two things we should re- fuse to occupy the mind with—Airst, with the idea that wo are not unde st00d by family and friends; second, that we are underestimated by folks Who ought to know. hetter. Tt is-be ter to conciude that you will wake yolirself - understood It you have to fight for it; and also that folks will find oul how smart you are before you ie, Top many people. make them- selves miserable by taking & negative view of things instead of keeping the mind in positive trim. 1t is a good thing to .remember you are a force, and then to always be careful and not misapply the force, as thasy might prove ag endless source of trouble. It requires no little thought and a bit of wisdom to go through life along lines of least resistance and achievement is usually the sign that you are doing it. The real test of piety is-not in lov- ing God but in loving one’s enemies. I remember of making inquiry of a professedly pious man concerning,this years ago, and he thought God might know how that could be done, but he Aidn’t! Bat since then I have found| out that a Christfan who walks near enough to God has no trouble in find- ing out how It can be donc; and -has no.estreme trial in doing it. If Jove a5 composed principally of saying weet lttle nothings and soft embraces AWritten Specially for The Bulletin) Qur fil 1ftle” village street ‘has of late a sensation. To be- sure, it dees not take much to create a sen. sation in. our nelghborhood, for our lives run along in ®o narrow limits that « siight Geviation 18 noticenple I have known the whole comnmnity to-become excited by rumors of at- tempted burglary, the mystery in. creasing until it was discovered that pnfastened blind_on_the Jenkins giris" house flapped at Intervals durs ing the might, and each -householder in the vicinity felt convinced that her own premises were threatened with invasion. I said “her” advisedly, for almost every household consists of women_folks living alone, the rem- nant of some old family ‘mearly ex- tinet. To be sure the old lady Thomp- son has a brother with her, but he never amounted to much and s now too feeble to be of any use; and old Captain Sawyer makes his home with his cousin, Mrs. Tarbox, but he spends his time mostly at the corner-grocery down in the village street, and they do say that he.sleeps preity heavily on coming home. I don't belleve even burglars would arouse him. She is forever talking about feeling so safe with @ man on the place, and not be- ing alone like us unmarried women. She always flings up to us that sho has been married, though, if the truth were known, both her husband and Captain _Sawyer have been more plague than profit to her. But she is right on one point: there are more old maids to the square foot in this locality than is the average, even in New Ingland To return to the began to tell about. The beginning was last spring. I Have reason to re- member, for I was sitting on the porch when I first saw her, and thinking it was about time for the daffies and peonies to appear and how I wanted to get out to work in the garden, for, if T say it as shouldn’t, I have the best-cared-for front yard in the street. But you will think my story will never begin. Well, it was all about a stran- ger who suddenly appeared in our midst one pleasant day strolling along as if to find points to admire. Sha was clad entirely in white from head to foot. Now, that alone would have attracted attention, for most of us wear dark clothes' to save washinz, and ‘anyway we should think white too young and gay for us. She tripped about in a very dainty fashion to avoid the pools ef water remaining on the walks after the brisk shower of the early morning, but evidently she was' one of those to whom dirt will not readily stick. I was called into the house by some duty and thought no more of her until glancing out of the window, I moticed her sitting on the porch in the sunshine. My first thought was to go to_the door and invite her in, but then I hesitated, be- cause, you know, we are cautioned about too freely asking strangers in- doors, and, anyway, before I could have reached the door and unlocked it, for I always keep the front door locked, living alone as I do, she had taken her departure in the direction from which she came. nsation which I After this she was often seen about the stree, always dressed in pure white and apparently engrossed en- ery grateful, "Sthih. courtesy Which select my porch es a res more often than that of any. of Self, It Was ly qul and_content, for I often heard her singing a little song to_herself as she sat there alone, while I was busy in- doors. Her laundry bills must have amounted to a pretty penny, as sho was always clothed in an te white costume, all made after the same plain fashion but perfect in fit and ent. An air of expectancy about her made. me feel that she had some plan in mind in frequenting our 0od 50_exclusively, for her walks did not extend to any other part of .the will- @ge. One day this motive revealed iteelt, ~for a gentleman _entirely clothed in black joined her and was much 4n her company during the suc- ceeding walks as any devoted admirer could well- be. ~He actually induced her to meet him on moonlight nights and frequently talked to her in loud and earnest tones, which, if they had spoken English, would, have informed the entire neighborhood of their af- fairs. Their speech, however, was not our language, which accounted for her reticence concerning herself. The neighbors about were scandal- ized at their preference for each oth- er, and shocked at their behavior. “Why, the shameless creatures,” cried Matilda Prim, my next-door neighbor, “they were sitting on the wall back of my house when I went to bed at 9 o'clock last night. I think she had better go where she came from with her fine beau. I am sure she is not wanted here” But I still liked her and treated her kindly when we met. There came a time, finally, when she vanished from our midst, and it was decided that she must have left the village, for our fine fellow in black had_disappeared, too. ‘We were mistaken; one pleasant de I sat out on the porch, when, whom should I see coming in at.the gate but the fair, dainty stranger, and she was not alone. She had with her a little baby which she carried carefully. She was dressed as always, in her dainty white suit, and was plainly very very proud of her baby, also in spot- less white, but with black ribbon tied about its waist and fastened with a large rosette at the back. Proudly she came up the walk carrying her head higher than ever, and laid her child in my lap with a look of confi- dence which T could not resist: I praised and. petted the baby to the mother’s evident delight. Seoon the little one closed its blue eyes in a sleepy fashion, and I brought from the house some cushions and made a soft couch where the sleepy little fellow could have a comfortable nap. The happy little mother placed herself be- side him, crooning the same soft song I had so frequently heard her sing to herself, and showed very plainly that she was the proudest, happiest, most contented of—cats. AN IDLER. love, and to cease to hate an enemy, or to wish him ill—to do by him in any exigency of life as you would have him do to you—is to truly love him— loves him. I do not see why people get confused over such a noble and forgiving spirit is to love him as God to maintain toward nim a continuous really easy task! SUNDAY MORNING TALK THE HIGHER LIVING. Amerfcans - cannot be called the stingiest people in the world. Records | of gifts, large and small, for a single year evince a gratifying spirit of generosity. Though the big gifts of the rich men are the Ones which are featured in the headlines, they are by no means the only ones Who are learn- ing to look upon what they have as 80 much material good entrusted to them for wise use and distribution. Our churches, social orders and phil- anthropies are maintained by the moderate sized gifts of many persons and the spirit of the age will in time lead some people now tight-fisted to unclasp their purses in the presence of human need. But money is the easiest thing to give, and such giving, good as it fis, does not represent the highest form of giving nor meet the Master's test when he said, “Give and it shall be given you” We all ought to be am- hitious to become experts in the realm of the higher living. Time is one of the most valuable things we have to give away. We often say that time is money, but it is more than money; It comes closer home to the. impersonal “life; our use of it determines our bent our tastes, our ideals. Do we busy peopls ever think about the bestowal of our time where 1t will count most?—an hour or two in patlent committee werk, or conference with others in behalf of some worthy enterprise—a half hour devoted to cheery chat with an invalid, who seldom sees outsiders and who vearns for the tonic of a cheerful presence. Some parents are much more ready to draw their check for their children or supply them with spending money at their call. than they are to give the time necessary to entering into their daily life so that a Retter understanding may be reach- ed,Ygangers of misunderstandings and collision avolded and greater sympa- thy induced between those who ought alvays to be in the closest’ touch with one another: Another thing we can give pedple. and that is their dues in the way of civility and courteousnéss and the display of those qualities which per sons have a right to expect-of other persons. 'There is a vast difference Detween a curt nod on the street and a graclous salutation. A father would | rather have his son’s prompt and will- ing obedience than any Dpresent son might make -if the filial spirit were lacking. A man would rather have his neighbor’s respect than to have him bring now and then a peck of ap ples, The ordinary relationship of ev- eryday life tests us at this point of courtesy and consideratencss. We ought to he giving one another in the way of deference, civility and good manners, those things which we would like to recelve from others. And we mount one step higher when we become liberal in point of | goodwill towards others. That, per- | haps to my mind, covers the field of | magnanimity. We ought to construe| persons’ actions in the best possible | light, ascribe to them worthy mo- tives, defend -their good name when gossip would drag it through the mire, extend our forgiveness when they have wronged us. This is giving on the highest scale, giving play to the emotions which ennoble conduet, giv- ing men not simply a covering for their nakedness nor soup for their hunger, nor books for their minds, but | an expression of confidence in their es- sential rightmindedness until we have absolute proof to the contrary, our tender sympathy when they are in sorrew or distress, our word of cheer. and hope in the midst of their moral struggles. Anyone can have his name written | period we have yet seen or will see will | occur during the coming summer? Abou Ben Adhem hit the secret when he asked to be enrolled as one wWho loved his feliowmen. We need not walit for more money, but we can give what we already have—our time, our consideration and our goodwill to all with whom we have to do day by day. And depend upon it, those Who receive these things at our hands will bless us twice as mych as-if we dowered them with wealt!® THE PARSON. THE WATER QUESTION. o His Honor the Mayor, the Court of Common Council, the Execu- tive Board, the Board of Water Commissioniers, and the ~City Health Officer: My object in using the above address is, if possible, to include the Tesponsi- ble parties and get a direct answer to a few questions 1 wish to ask. What is the cause of this delay in regard to our water supply? Will it be necessary to call another city meeting for you to understand the attitude of the public regarding an im- mediate water supply? ‘Would it not be wise to use Trading cove brook for the supply now, and allow Fairview reservoir to fill for uee during the coming summer? Is there not a gemeral law on our statute books regarding the pollution of streams that would give you suffi- cient authority to thoroughly clean the | watershed of Trading cove brook and | remove any objectionable conditions that may exist? Have you ever had more than one analysis taken of the water in Trading | cove brook? Has the taken of t day? Do you think it good business to | drift along, trusting a kind Providence to_supply our needs? Can you give us an approximate es- timate of the cost to the city for the filling of Fairview reservoir with tho surplus water from Gardner lake dur- ing the months of March, April and May? Would not a full reservoir at Fair- view on June 18t each year insure against water famine? Do you realize that the most critical been a recent analysis water we are using to- Are vou willing to assume tlie re- sponsibility of & water famine at that time? The above questions I ask not in a spirit of carping criticism, but with an earnest desire to arrive at an intelli- gent understanding of existing condi- whic ; i £ 12 5! § i ! i iy By SaeERREEat Sl i i ks %:Egzg iu d of the Seamen's Benefit society for work among seamen in New York. Bdna Blanche Showalter, coloratura soprano, -educated for grand opera wholly in Amerfca and—at the age of 22—aiready a successful prime donna, is to be hcard in Meriden in Mr. Dam- rosch’s production of “The Children at Bethlehem, The Metropolitan Opera company’ revival for next week, the 12th of the season, will be Franchettl’s spedtacu- lar lyric drama, “Germania,” which will be given on Wednésday evening, with Miss Lestinn, Miss Maubourg, Mrs. Gluck, and Messrs. Caruso, Ama- to and Didur in the cast. Mr. Tos- canini will conduet. Joseph M. Gates has completed ar- rangements with the Soclety of Au- thors, Composers and Editors of Mu- sic, inc., whereby he wiil have exclu- sive rights to utilize Massenet's origi- nal score of the opera “Thals” in his forthcoming production of Paul Wil- stach’s dramatiziation of “Thais” founded on Anatole France's novel. “Thais” wiHl be first presented in the Court Square theater in Springfield, Mass., on Thursday, February 9, after it goes to Philadelphia, prior to its New York engagement. The Dramatic Mirror has arranged for a notable series of articles on time- ly Subjects by leaders in the theater, including dramatists, actors and oth- ers. The first will be contributed by E. H. Sothern, who is to tell in a frank and interesting way his reasons for confining his productions to Shakespeare. Henry Miller, Henry Arthur Jones, the noted English play- wright; Mrs. Fiske, Edward Sheldon, the author of “Salvation Nell,” and “The Nigger,” and many other noted writers "and artists are included among The Mirror's special contribu- tors. Bird Killing in the South. At this time of the year when the southward migration to the orange groves and the shelving beaches of Florida shows signs of becoming fair- ly general among those who can envi- ably afford it, it is well to direct the attention of bird lovers to the peren- nial “massacre of the innoeents” that is taking place in Florida, which will presently Tesult in the virtual exter- mination of the snowy heron and the egret. The soclety for the prevention cruelty to animals has just issued a bulletin in its efforts to arouge pub- lis opinion to the end that vigorous prohibitive and puitive measures may put a stop to the wanton destruction of these beautiful birds for the sake of thelr plumage. As long as there is a demand in northern markets for these plumes, which are worn by the birds at nest- ing time, the Everglade hunter will forget every consideration of common humanity in his search for the showy adornment of the bonnet of the woman of fashion. It is said that the hunters, instead of using rifles, prefer to en- trap their victims and pluck them alive, in order not to run the risk of injuring the feathers. The bleeding birds are then thrown heartlessly in- to the swamp, to fall a prey to water rats and snakes, or to the foxes and wild cats which in their hungry ex- pectancy follow in the trail of the bird hunter. 1t is pointed out that it is of little use to pass stringent laws for the pro- tection of birds during the summer in the northern states, if when they go south again they are to be killed wholesale as in Georgia and the Caro- linas. Twenty-five years ago wild pigeons were abundant ‘in Pennsylva- nia, as well as in other northern states, today they arve never seen. Northern visitors, whose opinions are influential in Florida, can. put a stop to the slaughter of the heron and the egret by merely declining to pur- chase or to wear the plumage whose quest means the annual sacrifice ‘of thousands of these beautiful birds and the eventual extinction of their spe- cies.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. One Way to Fnd Out. Carnegie said he would like to live long so that he “might see what is to come” If that is all, let him read what Tom Bdison predicts.—Chicago News. HAS NO SUBSTITUTE tions with the sincere desire to have something done to relieve such condi- tions and greatly benefit the long euf- fering and patient taxpayers, who uni- versally regret the discredited position into which our city has fallen by rea- son of the failure of our water supply. FRANK HAMILTON SMITH. Norwlich, Jan. 26, 1911 MUSIC AND DRAMA The engagement of “The Fortuns Hunter at the Grand opera house has been extended for another week. Australian managers have made an offer to the management of Christie MacDonald, in *“The Spring Maid,” to bring that play there after the New York run. Della Fox is to return to comic opera. On February 2, in Toledo, she ' appear as a star in “Delightful Dolly,” an adaptation from the French of Henri Morvant. Rehearsals of “Rosaltd”, the new comic opera in which Fritzi Scheff is to appear under the management of the Schuberts, began Wednesday. The buok of the picce is by Katherine Stewart and Joseph Herbert, and the music by Victor Herbert. A one-act comedy, “The Careless Sophomore.” by Ralph' D. Paine, with Harry L. Tighe-in the title role, has been booked for a long season in vau- deville. The opening scenes in the play were taken from Mr. Paine's col- lege novel, “The Fugitive Freshman.” Fo it iy 5 Oream of Tartar NOALUM, KD LIME PHOSPHATE 1. 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