Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 18, 1914, Page 4

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CIRCULATION 1801 average............. 4,412 1205, average... 5,320 . 8,800 March 7 ..... 06000000600 8086600000000 65005000 0000000005045000 10000900 6006000000000005000000080£000040804008000000; es00ese0000000000000000e00s00000ss000000000 CHILDREN AND FIREARMS. ‘Whether it was a wildwest show, a dime novel or the moving Dpictures which inspired the New Haven lad the other day to assume the role of high- wayman and wind up by dangerous wounding a companion m 1 d&ifference. The fact is that while t is great danger from the effect which such have upon the young mind. vet ;‘ there is even greater danger in failing to give children sound instruction and due = warning concerning firearms. They are not proper playthin and never should be so considered. Not only should each and every child be made to understand the necessity shunning such weapons but there sheuid likewise be a full realization of the responsibility which falls upon parents to keep such things out of their way. There i8 no excuse for a chi hav- ing a revolver or gun. It is bad enough to have them in the hands of some adults to say nothing about per- mitting school children to become the innocent means of taking life. Fail- ure to understand the consequences and carelessness in the use of fire- arms exact an enormous toll during the coursg of a year. There are enough fatalities from shootings where excuses can be accepted but when a lad s allowed to have a pistol o just some such results can be anti- clpated. Such affairs have repeated- 1y heppened before and they will con- tinue to do so just so long as it is taken for granied that there is no damger in children having such pla things. There are plenty of other safe methods of amusement. of A DEADLOCKED REPORT. When ®o much was expected. in the way of setting forth the need of form in the operation of steamshi in | fog for the protection of lives and | property, from the investigation into | the collision of the Nantucket and Monroe, it is a curious situation which is revealed by the deadlocked report | submitted by the two investigators. By | this decision, which is not final, captains are responsibie and vet is upheld in the course w It is case where | agree. The inspectors were engaged | in hearing charges against the captai of the Nantucket but both captains | testified and their conduct upon that | night when two score of lives were | lost and the Monroe was siunk received | thorough consideration. The divided | decision 18 much the same as the evi- dence by the captains, each of whom piaced the biame upon the other. The catastrophe was one which skould not be repeated if it iz possible to prevent it and it was expected that the eause of it would be cleared up for the benefit of future navigation. | It s this verv thing which the pro ceedings have thus far failed to do but which the review thereof may yet accomplish. Unless it is finally deter mined that it was one of those un- avoidable affairs which occur once in a thousand times some guide for im- Proving eor enforcing the regulations should be established for there were certain lax performances of duty which ought not to exist where human life is at stake, KILLING THE DRUG EVIL. After the extensive crusades which have been made against the illegal sale of cocaine and other harmful arugs in the large cities of the coun- try and the knowledge of the deplor- able effect which such have upon the youth of the country, it is surprising that any legislature should be inclined to leave the least loophole for the traf- fic in this commodity except through doctors’ prescriptions. At the present time Rhede Island is endeavoring to senact legislation to restrict the sale. Two bills are before the legislature. One permits one per cent. in a com- pound while another allows a person to have one-sixteenth of a grain in his possession. ‘Where prohibition is demanded for the greatest discouragement of the practice of using the drug and the prevention of the formation of the habit, only a partial meeting of the situation is planmed. It is not there- fore surprising when the Providence Bulletin says: “Just why the prohi- bition should not be complete it would be interesting to know. The authors should tell. The Providence police de- partment, which savs that any excep- tioh Wwiil still promote a traffic which breeds criminals, urges the general as- ssmabiy 0 forbid possession of the minutest amount of cocaine except by medical prescription.” When it comes te hitting at that drug habit no halfway measures should be considered sufficient.” There are reasons enough for knocking it out and any legislation which does mnot serve the desired end is simply playing with & serious problem, RESULT OF PUBLIC OPINION. There is cause for gratification at the indicated dgcline in lynchings which is shown by the record kept for the past year. Although aitogether too large now, and nearly as long as the list of deaths which Senator Fall considered sufficient to bring about in- tervention in Mexico, it ghows a de- crease in comparison with the preced- ing year which gives hopes of a con- tinual movement in the right direction, There still. exists plenty of opportu- nity for reform, for when fifty-two lives are taken by -mobs In fifteen states of the union it can be readily understood that not only is an ung justifiable practice being, followed, but a dangerous method of attempting to administer, justice is being fostered. Every discouragement which public sentiment can bring to bear upon such people as resort to lynch law is de- manded. How much this is needed in the states of Georgia and Missis- sippi is shown by the fact that nine- teen of the lynchings took place in those two states, while of the total number who.were put to death with- out g trial, twentyv-two were only sus- pected. * One lynching was followed {he confession of the guilty person ile several other instances of inno- cent persons being put to death be- cause of the hotheadedness of a mob which exceeded all bounds of reason and threw good judgment to the winds reveal the terrific evil of failing to let the law take its proper course. That an arqused public opinion has secured a decrease in Iynchings by tweive over the previous year shows the value of its good work and demands that it be encouraged and supported on every side, ULSTER IN THE DARK. From the progress t is being made with the move for a compromise of the home rule question before the British parliament, not surpris- ing that Premier Asquith expresses disappointment. It was only after per- gistent urging that Ulster was able to obtain any information as to what the propo: on of the government was to be, ow that the,general idea has been disclosed it is Dut natural that the details shouid be forthcoming if it is to be expected that there will be an intelligent discussion of tje offer. It quite evident that the plan is one at which the Ulster leaders have not snapped like a hungry fish at a tempting ece of bait, but the demand for details indicates a willing- cuss the merits of the prop- it is possible to secure the acts upon which such a consideration an be based It can be realized by both sides that the extension of six vears' exemption to Ulster counties if they desire it will give time for a study of the workings of the home parliament during which they will be able to become familiar with the workin but even at the end of that period should they be perfectly willing to accept the pro- visions of the act, it is but natural that they should desire to know before the start just what it is intended shall be the course when that time comes. The Ulsterites are not inclined to vote away their privileges and trap them- e selves without knowing what they are doing EDITORIAL NOTES, The happiest man in the ice busi- ness is the fellow who is still cutting ice. President Huert 0,000 at a clip ju in that direction Postoffice employes will notice that the order admitting eggs to parcel post does not res! them to china ones. With such March contributions in the weather line the signs of spring are not to be found on the sporting pages, The man.on the corner says: It might dem e the service of po- licewomen shouid they ever try the old method of reforming men e tantalizing announcement is hed that meat 1 s will fall grad- | No such pre from shock afforded the consumer when they $ldent Wilson declares he is sat- a wi ador Page’s explan- ation but e has be br bad rlook year. ove a of past At the eleventh s appealing the pu for anc He to have gotten Il the hearted sympathy to be in tance of the a new state waterway organization in hehaif of a deeper channel In the | Thames to this city Getting in the way of a good swift left may give some of the militants 4 chance to display their martyrdom, but they will hardly be inclined to turn the other cheek Those who are looking for real ex- citing stories should get the first des- patches from Mexico. By the time the verified reports are received the thriil ‘has usually disappeared When a Scotch prison commissioner defended himself against a suffragette using a dog whip, he adopted a method which is likely to prove more effective than the cat and mouse act. The advocate of a kitchenless home suceeeded if she aimed at outdoing the statement of her predecessor who declared that ten minutes a dav was sufficient to devote to housework. Science may have made it unneces- sary to have much smoke as one au- thority declares but it requires sym- pathy and a lot of senatorial cour- tesy to make the U .S. senators quit. When Boston has to turn away two hundred from its free soup kitchen it not only displays the success of the undertaking, but It reveals a condi- tion which mit. ¥ no city is pleased to ad- Wherever trouble appears the 1. W. W. are soon found trying to create mor It strange that the leaders haven't realized the situation wheh prevails in Mexico, made a bid to han- dle the difficulty and set up a new gov- ernment under their own ideas. It is a capital chance and all the neces- sary opposition can he relled upon {o make things interesting | ! | “Well, it's very queer!” announced | the large woman®* in the fuzzy ETay coat, accompanied by the small boy as | she listened to the attendant in the waiting ‘room. “It's just esactly 1 o'clock, and I'm here on the dot. I can’t imagine what Dr. Yankum means by not being here when he knows that Willie has such a nervous tempera- ment. 1 told him particularly] I— you say my appointment was at 2 o'clock instead of 1? Well, I think that is decidedly queer! I guess if it had not been set for 1 o'clock I would- n't have thought it was at 17 1 can’t help it if the doctor’s gone to lunch from 1 to 2 yor years—you certainly sald 1 o'clock over the telephone. Willle, stop tearing up those maga- zines! “I am sure I don’t know what I shall do with him if I have to wait & whole hour—he is so high strung! Just as likely as not he’ll get one of his screaming spells. “However, if he doesn't kick it won't be so bad. “I certainly do wish Dr. Yankum had kept his appointment with me, because it is a marvel that Willie is in such a peaceful mood, considering what is before him! He is so delicate and dreads pain so much! Yes, so delicate! “Stop pulling the canary’s tail! I'm sure the bird doesn't like it! I can’t help it if it does say ‘Tweet'—it does- n't mean anything pleasant by it, and it's likely to fly at you, or something! My grandmother was _terribly hurt once by a& parrot biting her on her nose. “You could plainly see the scars when she was an old lady of 75, and I'm sure I don’'t want my child dis- figured that way! Birds are such tet- rible things. : “I had a dreadful time, as it was, getting Willie up here. At first he flatly refused to come, and 1 am sure I don’t know what I should have done if he hadn't wanted the Shetland pony. I promised him the peny if he'd come and have the tooth out. I believe in compromising always instead of forc- ing a child to do something against his will. lie ‘has such a strong will, and I am so glad, because no man could be truly great without one. “Willie! 1 don’t think you had bet- ter pull those upholstery buttons off the window seat cushions! Remember |vou are away from home—I always teach him to respect other people’s possessions—and maybe Dr. Yankum wouldn’t like it! T never have uphol- stery buttons at home because I think it so wrong to tempt a child. “Oh, Dr. Yankum! I'm so glad youre here! T've been waiting hours! | Yes, vour young woman out there gold me to come at 1 o'clock, when I phoned, although she insists it was 2 girls are so unreliable nowadays! “Willie came so sweetly but I could see in the last five minutes or so he | has been getting restiess—and he is {so high strung that it worried m He kicked in a glass case at the phy cian’s the other day, but it wasn’t his fault, because I am sure the doctor pinched him when he examined his throat! Willie is used to such gen- tle treatment—I hope vou will be as careful as you can. Now, Willie, re- member the Shetland pony, and be a | good boy and do as the doctor asks he won't hurt vou except a little bit. and you must be bra I'm ashamed of you teen) and—Willie! Why should vou scratch the doctor’s face like that! Tt's just his emotional state, Dr. Yankum—I have to be so careful not to excite him! “Open your mouth, Willie as the doctor asks yvou to do! Did you ever! 1 never saw such a strong will as that child has got! You'd think his lips were padlocked, wouldn't you? Aren't EVERY DAY REFLECTONS Pride and Vanity. It is right to draw a wide distinction between our pride and our vanity, as being absolutely different qualities. Vani a folly, if sometimes a mer laughable one; pride may become a moral vice, but at times it is an actual virtue. We may do many through our vanity not likely to do anything great; our pride " may lead us to noble and dignified action. But in both there are 'so many degrees of difference that qualifying terms are absolutely needed. We have to qual- ify the vanity, give it an adjective. | before we pass it by as trivial and | harmless or condemn it as mischiev- | | | { petty things and _are and hurtful So likewise we must ferentiate the pride, as belonging to s or the respect, nant There is the vanity of youth, may be a healthful stimuius to and there is the pride of youth, may be a defense agai tain debasement. There is amiable vanity that loves give pleasure and ceive appla and there is the worthy native dignity and f- as false, baseless, to € pride that loves to resist evil, to over- come difficulties, to guard its honor blameless. There is the pride that {loves to give rather than to receive pride that COTNS meanne; tha es untruth. But while it ways t | w éncourage a right and lofty pride, it is never necessary, it is us- | nally’ injurious, to encourage vanity 1 vanity no time can be elevated into a dignity and a virtue. There is this immense difference be- tween the two—that pride may he an attribute of greatness, buf vanity, though it may sometimes exist with what is otherwise great, is never a true attribute or assistant of that greatness, ! re- you going to open your mouth, darl- ing? Think how bad you are mak- ing_Dr. Yankum feel! ; “Will you open your mouth if we wait flve minutes, Willie? T'll send out and get you some candy. Just teil that young woman to run out and buy a pound of the best chocolates, doc- tor. With the =soft insides. Willie hates the hard ones. Last time he found a hard one he threw it with such perfect aim it broke one of his father's eye-glasses! He may make a great pitcher some day! “Mercy, Willlie! Don't touch that stuff, it may poison you! Oh, it's just gold leaf he {s throwing around! ell that's not poisonous, is it! Oh, you've made him begin screaming by taking it away! I am perfectly sure he is going to scream! “Why doesn't the young Wwoman hurry with the candy she was sent after? “No; to scream! strong willed? to break it and ruin his character. want him to grow up a strong man. “Dear me—our hour isn’t over, is it? Well, just explain to that woman that 1 can’t hurry Willie, and she’ll have to he don’t even open his mouth Isn't he wonderfully I am very careful no; wait! That tooth must come out or the second one will come in crooked! “Willie, dariing, you are grieving mother! Please open your moutn! Here is the nice candy, too! Open—o —o—o—h! Dr. Yankum! He is poisoned! What is it—my goodness gracious Willie! Just the upholstery buttons, and he had his mouth full of them! “Why, he might have swallowed one! What a dangerous thing for him to do! “Now, quick, while he is yelling— get the tooth! What! It isn’t there? Why, it must be there! It—what's that, Willie? You pulled it out with a string before you came? Well, did| | you ever! If this isn’t a joke! That child certainly is cut out for a great humorist! Of course seeing V n’t pull the tooth or have a do there won't be any bil amusing experience must be a treat to you, Ur. Yankum, with all the trying you must have! Come, —Chicago News. OTHER VIEW POINTS e S AT, DS RATC. Those Yale students who threw things at the Gaby Deslys show in New Haven simply vielded to an in- clination which - polite Providence Providence audiences resisted.—Prov- idence Bulletin. New Haven must not be deterred from seeking to enforce the law against illegal sale of liquors by the fact that it costs more than the fines amount to. But need it cost more?— | New Haven Register. If both Hartford and Springfield are dissatisfied with their railroad stations what would they be if they had such an antiquated structure as Rockville is forced to point to, (not with pride |We assure vou), as the depot?—Ro i ville Journal. It seems inevitable when the ma- chinery of the government is compli- cated by having different branch #nd an unnecessary number of Com- missions. Hartford has suffered from complexity of municipal government and we can easily - sympathize with New Haven in its efforts to secure a greater degree of simplicity in the management of its local affairs.— Hartford Times. Spending fortunes on kindergarten work 1s silly. It is time enough to be lavish with money when we actually know how to get a dollar in value in return for each dollar expended. There is not today a road maker known in Connecticut who can give us that value. The logic of the situa- tion s to go slow untll we are sure of getting decent returns from our princely donations.—Bristol Press. The legislature should be informed he amount of revenue there is e, when that is exhausted ap- propriations should cease, if the members know anything about what they are sent to Hartford for they will cease and if the governor is the right kind of an official they will have to cease. The go-as-you-please method of handling financial matters in the legislature ought to end and a good way to bring that about is to elect the right kind of men and t them what they are expected to do in regard to such matters, w Britain Herald. Wireless Sixty Years Ago. James Bowman Lindsay, a Scotch- man, began experimenting wit elec- in 1820. 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