Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 20, 1914, Page 4

" WillMmantie OfSce, Reom 3, Muwray Butlélug. Telephone s b e R T m, Saturday, June 20, 1914. posteffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery The Builetin is sold in every town and on all «f the R. F. D. routes in Eas CIRCULATION 1901 average. Connecticut. 1905, averagie ceeccccecas e YALE’S GREAT VICTORY. Never before has there been such contest between Thames as that which gave Yale the wuch coveted homer of victor over Harvard, and the chances do not favor an early repetition. The form which Fale displayed and the bulldog tena- Uty with which they hung to the task jame with as great surprise as did the It was a magnificent lemonstration of old-time Yale pluck Snal result. No better matched crews ever row- it only serves to ymphasize the tremendoys uphill fight which has been made by the crew of Did Eli, none of whom ever partici- in a varsity contest before. The leats of the earlier season and the wmanner in which Harvard had carried M the smaller events offered no en- Jouragement to crew or supporters. Yhe only basis for hope lay in the lest time row which had been made, ind which indicated a strong crew might be expected to avoid a procession. Yale deserved the victory, because it won it by the bardest kind of a struggle. It was ro give-away and in view of the great amount of uncertainty which has ac- tompanied the training great credit wmust go to the coaching staff. » race which is bound to be of ‘great nssistance in determining the future bandling of the crews, demonstrating, ms it does, what can be done with a crew which has received its training along one line. It was a race from start to finish which is not likely to be duplicated and in which the praiseworthy exhi- bition and masterly fight which the Harvard crew made cannot be over- looked. The distinction between first and second honors in such a contest is but slight and nothing nearer a tie in such a race is likely to be witnessed. It does not, however, Yale's great victory. SIGNIFICANT REGISTRATIONS. ‘Wherever there is a chance to re- veal the attitude of the voters upon national party affairs, which has been disclosed in many of the states of the union, return to the republican fold, is being maintained in others. The demonstra- tion of the indirect benefit which the was to the democratic party and the uselessness of continu- ing it has had its effect generally, but the Pacific coast is the latest to man- ifest its changing attitude. The registrations in the two states of Oregon and California furnish a basis for feeling the political of that section. detract from the tendency of a grand folly of 1912 In Oregon the re- turns show 120,000 republicans, 41,000 democrats and 11,000 progressives, a decided change when it that the split in the republican ranks at the presidential election permitted the election of all electors. The same disposition is be- ing manifested in California although registration there does not end until the first of the next month, When it is learned, however, that there are now over 100,000 more registered than took part in the presidential election and of that number there were 247,861 re- publicans, 185,107 democrats and 172,- 064 | progressives, which politics have taken in that state is revealed. This tendency, together with the re- turn to the republican ranks in Penn- sylvania, South Dakota states, carries its own significance, the strongest feature of which is that it is an action which is not confined to any one state or section of the coun- THE COLOMBIAN CLAIM, There seems to be little probability that the senate will approve the treaty for the settiement of the Colombian claim in its present form as presented by the secretary of state. provisions. which are not in accord- ance with the requirements of the sit- uation, and while they are agreeable to the Colombian republic and have met the approval of its congress there are features which are against the in- terests of this country, At thé same time it cammot but be realizéd that the Colombian claim' is one which should be adjusted. been hanging fire long enough. Every administration has endeavored to se- cute a fair settlement, résuit until the large concessions made this country at the last convention accepted. ' 1t was what Colombia béen waiting but without -and working for and this country had determined to decision. 2 For the 1 jons of the countries and the’ nt of the Latin-Amer- fean feeling thére can bé no relaxa- “{ tion of effort to redch a fair basis for settlement and the quicker it can be done the better it will be for all o e IMPOVERISHED FARMS. 8 | Within the past decade there has the man who pangen for the _purpose of rhuey to modern golden rule: him ‘quick, or you!" There must be & hi A to be chased to one collector, _the per- is the measure ‘money Norwich Been n decided change in the Mumber | P2 of abandoned or unworked farms which are to be found in the eastern states because of increased thought and_attention which are being given to the overcoming of waste conditions and idle land, The example of profit- able farming has made the right kind of an jmpression for stimulating farm development and better farming in every locality, but the task of over- ‘coming the impoverished farm is bound to be slow and constant, £ The impoverishe® farm has become So through neglect. It has been work- ed for all that it was worth. Its life has been sapped and when it was found to be yielding less and less sat- isfactory results, smaller instead of greater attention was devoted to its mainteance. Farming is a busine: the same as any mercantile establish- ment and no business continues to show a profit unless there is constant attention to the upkeep of its various departments. Only by so doing can there be expectations of continuing farming as a paying pr;positiom It was upon such a basis’that an old resident recently referred to his land" being .under cultivation for a period | of fifty years and it is just as good today as it was when first planted. He had, however, put back into the soil a certain portion of what he had taken out. It is this restitution which the impoverished farm must receive, and under scientific treatment and an un- derstanding of how to get the best returns from the labor expended there {is great hope for the increased inter- est which is being manifested in this direction, A WORTHY CAUSE. From the large sale of Red Cross stamps last vear the fact that they are popufar is being pointed out. Such may explain the real attitude ‘of the people thereto, but it is rather to bg believed that there is a wide and fast srowing recognition of the great good which is being accomplished by the cause in which they are used. Each vear has seen an increased number of the seals being disposed of with the top notch being reached last December, when the total of 44,000,000 sold resulted in a contribution of $449,- 000 for anti-tuberculosis work in va- rious parts of the United States. This meant a ten per cent. gain over the previous year and shows the mon- strous hold which this movement has upon the people. Beginning with a sale of 13,500,000 in 1908 in six segsons the revenye which these little holiday seals have brought to the anti-tuberch- losis campaign has more than tripled, the aggregate for the period being over $1,500,000. The continuation of this healthy growth should plsh the sales this year to the fifty million mark, There is always opportunity for the wise use of the proceeds which come from this great effort in behalf of suf- fering humanity, and a large measure of the success and popularity of the scheme eomes from - the manmer in| which it is made possible for every- one, rich and poor, to add his mite. It is an appeal to the many, not the few, which calls for small sacrifice, but makes possible a.great amount of beneficial work in relieving a most distressing condition. . EDITORIAL NOTES, Now that it is admitted that the River of Doubt must be surveyed and the claims verified, Dr. Cook will take hope. 3 General Villa has found a way of dealing with Carranza which Secre- tary Bryan would have liked to have possessed, Of course it is impossible to please | everyone even at a hoat race, but it is possible to overcome a four mile procession, This is the time of the year when the world and the graduate look at each other through opposite ends of the telescope. The man on the corner asks: After the women have gained political emancipation will they throw off Fashion's yoke? It is welf to make use of the Azores in flying to Great Britain. There is no use in throwing safety entirely to the wing just yet. —_— Probably the little navy men con- sider that the government will save money by making targets of the two ships which Greece wanted to buy. XNot only are both ends, California and Maine, showing enormous drops in progressive strength, but it is even more noticeable among the intervening country. Ambassador-to-be Romulo S, Naon, from Argentina, is more fortunate than most of those honored in being able to get degrees from Yale and Harvard on successive davs, Even though Mr. Roosevelt has just learned the harm which he did to himseif during the 1912 campaign, he cannot say that he was not advised against -such a course at the time, There are certain people about the state awaiting with much concern the outcome of Mr. Wallace's “jelly fish” gathering at Lake Compounce for its effect upon the democratic organiza- tion. E _— Those Wellesley girls! upon being told that some day they might be mayors had two ways of leoking at it—one as actually filling the office and the other as the power behind the throne. . From the number of opinions pre- vailing in California as to who is responsible for the tipping evil the rafiroad commission of that state isn't so near through its important task as it considers. e v S College graduates are likely to be impressed with th# fact that what may seem a liberal distribution of honorary degrees is but the result of a tremendous amount of hard work and take unto themselves the lesson ‘of going forth to do likewise, t like being a little than the wrecking of a nation by men who were too slow. Tomorrow is a great human stumbling block. It was Shakespeare who penned the exclamation: “Tomor- row! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the hoary registers of qme, except hance in the fool's caien- dar.” is in matters of the heart more than in matters of passion that man delays. Most every man when his conscience commands him te r form inaudibly replies: “Tomorrow. There is never any delay in trying to get something for nothing; but we all have to pay the price of experience and there is no postponement. We should always be on the leokout for the things we can delay and the things ‘Wwe cannot. “Attention!” T;ll! llnl cmnn l.mon l?lll- tary command of merit. equiva- lent to saying “Concentrate! Get ready for business!” It s a good command for one’s self—to become conscious the time has come to shut the door against ! things else, and to pay strict atten- tion to whatever is in hand. Sir Isaac Newton wrote: “If I have made any improvement in the sciences, it is ow- ing more to patient attention than to anything beside.” It was Attention! that helped Newton to see In the apple which fell to the earth the law of grav- itation. It is attention that makes ev ery Inventor distinguished in his work, and it is attention which makes all the differences we note in the minds of men. Attention will aid you to get the best: there is in books, also tq get the best there is in life out of it. The world does not pay attention, for if it did it would not have waited so long for a Harvey to discover the circula- tion of the blood. Watts as the user of steam for power, for a Curie to dis- cover radium or for an Edison to through the mastery of vibrations to have invented the phonograph. Atten- tion, there! “Eyes right!” However much we may desire to honor our benefactors it is not likey we shall do so with complete success. The glvers of wealth for the common 00d are only one class of benefactors. {tht are we to do for those who give the best of themselves for the ad- vancement of their fellowmen, and the results of whose work no man can measure? Whoever relieves distress is a benefactor; whoever is a example in any community is a ben- efactor. The good citizen who pro- motes every good law and opposes every freedom restraining and burden- some law, is a benefactor; every hon- est herald of the truth is a benefactor. Charles Lamb wrote: The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth: and to have it found out by accident”; and he was not alone, for every city and town has benefac- tors of this sort. Oh, but these are not public benefactors, you say. about the man who little leaven amoag his fellowms which leavens the whole mass? The benefactor burrows as well as blazes and it is not easy t§ find him out. Man says: “Ignorance of the law is no defense.” And you and I have en- dorsed this sentiment. Everybody does, of course. It is up to every man to know, and if he doesn't know he can just take all that is coming to him. I discovered at last that there is more meanness than justice in this senti- ment. It has nothing upon Which to rest except the arrogance of man. None of us are ignorant of the most shocking tragedy the world ever knew and we should not be of the divine prayer offered by the Crueifieq One on that occasion on Calvary: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.” If the Christ thought ig- norance should be forgiven, how can we be right in our conclusion it should not be? Man is not always to blame for his ignorance, and this fact seems to have had divine recognition. It is man who creates the abject conditions of the race, not God. I guess we shall have to forgive ignorance as we wish to be forgiven. How we are astonished by the mighty works of man, and how ‘little Wwe are moved by the mightier crea- tions of God. Ail the men who were employ€d in creating the seven won- ders of the world could not with their united talents make a daisy seed. The Saviour called attention to the mus- tard seed which grew to a tree in the branches of which birds build their nests.” It took man untold ages to learn to fly, but the little bird from the nest learns to fly in a day and is given the ability to fly farther than man is likely to for an age to come. Our schools create experts in anatorny who do wonders, nature pfo- duces insects with a knowledge of anatomy and an expertness which puts man t6 shame. The combined wisdom of man will never be able to produce a geed; ang the seed can do nothing without its trinity—the sun, the soll, the rains. The life of some seeds 1s ver 2.500 years—what of the forece of o Szad which produces cedar trees 500 feet high which weigh thou- sands of tons, and that self register drouths and accidents during 25 cen- turies? Man is mighty and doés won- derful works, but God is mightier and does more wonderful works, We all have relatives we do not feel proud of, and they are not always poo: either. - It is not easy to tell what the matter is. We only know we feel some of them are too mean to live, and some too conceited or frivolous to be toler- ated. It is not likely such le ever have a good opinion of us. 1€ It it trae like hegets lfke, their thoughts of us are no_better than our thoughts of | them. Some peorle have not only rec- ognized that they had relatiyés who would be more satisfactory If they were strangers, but have proceeded to make strangers of them. Poor relations are always more or less of a trial .o the rich—and the rich ai the hope of the poord a p- pointment. We should bear mind no one is to blame for being rélated to us, and often it is as mtch of a mis- fortune to them as to us. A -cr{mrtnru interrogation is “If you do not love your brother whom you have seen, how can you love God whom you have not seen?" That was intendeéd as a curb upon us, but is it? One of the evidences of civilization is the garden. Civilized man has to have a garden. There was a big dif- {ference between the Garden of Eden and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, ting all the children in church ther was one of the ushers, and took his place with them later on, proud of both wife and chil- dren. ‘When asked how she did it, a laugh. ing response came from Mrs. Turner's %0 you know. The older ones help the younger ones, and that makes it easier for me. 1 know Timmy speaks sometimes, but Maurice always hushes him up, and little John goes to sleep on my shoulder, but the only way I can come is to have them all with me, t to form in early as they don’t disturb other people I try to be content.” ‘This_year, however, ‘were divided between Children's Day e coming week, for i led children’d w her thoughts it might well ple who devote themselves entirely to school graduations during this week. Beginning with the exercises at Academy, they fill up the following days with attendance at the school graduations, greatly to gratification, merits of costumes, decorations and literary entertainments, much to the edification of all who hear their com- ments_thereon. As 1 said, Mr were largely given to the It happened that school ation occurred during the week follow- ing Children’s Day, and her Mary had reached the end of grammar life and was ready for entrance to the How the mother’s thouglts traveled back along the years past. did not seem possible that so many years could have passed since the old- est daughter rested her head comfert- ably on her mother's shoulder, where John's now was and took a nap during She never snored, as John was doing now, and Mrs. Turner ently jostled the little sleeper to quist im. Only a year or two it seemed since Harry, the next younger Mary, marched off to school proud of his first book, yet here were the in- tervening to prove oldest two were to be accounted for. ‘Well, Mamie was a dear child, and though her mother would confess no favoritism, yet her oldest was her especial joy. She was quick at her books, too, and had gained ad- mittance to the high school by mer- itorious standing in her class. “I glad for her,” mused the mother, “for she is tired enough as at is, and her rehearsal for her part school exercises takes so much time. Her dress is all ready, too, so I need not worry over that. Her Aunt Sue sent her that as birthday gift, for her day came not long ago.” Harry was in the same school in a younger class and was to help in the decoration of the schoolroo: could find some lovely laurel he felt | His m6ther felt sure, also, ry was noted for knowing where to find such things, when other people failed. He had coaxed his mother to go with him to the Academy gradua- tion, where a favorite cousin have a place on the programi the little ones were invited to a neigh- borhood picnic that afternoon. Harry ‘was more thoughtful than most boys, and made many an excuse to get her away from home cares, and enjoyed going with her ‘Wwhenever he could get her company. So to the Academy graduation'they sermon time. t more than the in her own of his mother but the love of woman may have prompted both. The royal gardens of China, which have hills, lakes, rock- terraces and pagodas and dwarf trees and the rarest flowers in pots, are not more wonderful than the gar- dens of Damascus with their rose trees of great height holding 100,000 damask roses in bloom. The Italian with its pergolas, sun-dial an derfully pruned trees, has influenced the gardening of ali nations. The quaint gardens of Japan and the cac. tus hedged gardens of Turkey have a tures of ’u_x;_; hortieuiture in Arsbla and rica. e first gardener to live, but the gardener of today toils to | Columbus of this city to a debate with produce art effects as well. P THEN Sixty-eight years ago the ayed. The game was Knickerbocker and first match The players were m leading New York gaged in the sport as a pastime. A bevy of town belles in the group of spectators made the occasio) seem like a social function. The fleld was marked off into the base- famillar today. None of the players wore gloves, masks, or protectors. It was the custom for the batter to say where he wanted the ball thrown. pitcher, or “giver” as he was then called, delivered it with an under- hand toss, according to the rules of the game. It was thought that the pitcher had an unfair advan! over the batter when he threw the families, and en- diamond so behind the battey, ready to catch the ball on the dictated that if he caught the third strike on the first bound the batter Wwas out; otherwise he must throw put him out. Like- r “scouts,” were und. The rules to first base to elders, permitted to h houna TA:::‘::!I eam that first “aces,” was accounted er the game, the famous taverns of the day where the victors had a dinner at the #xpense of the vanquished. the winper. players resoi HIDDEN W‘ THE STUFF. ‘When of old th Saul, son of Kish, to make :L?xz‘« lsreacl, the young man could nst be found, for he had “hid himself among the stuff.” Among the tent furniture, the harness of the camels, and the housebold E plies the royal honmors and an princely service awai him; ;.n ignoble position for & potential ero. In a way quite comparable many a of great possibilities today i» hid- len among the stuff. Men of kingly calibre and capable of uses are Twenty-four men were arrested at 8o deeply immersed in business or in|Coney pleasure that their diviner powers suf- medes, plying the distaff and the needle when he should have been fight- walls of is not bad in itself. The ascetic, with terial possessions has no convincing argument. Wordly things, their i appropriate place, are never t§ be de- {he ighost. Dlace ‘and” sabeergs i the highest pl sul o soul beneath them that they become the savor of death. Absorption in the world that now is appears as the besetting sin of our time. Multitudes cannot seem to use the world without abusing it. They almost forget that life has any spirit- ual value or significance. Finer in- stincts and devout aspirations are cov - ered over with what Emerson called the “sugar plums and cat's cradles, the tollet, m‘fl quarrels, cards and custard of life.” hey strike out the negative from the Scripture in- junction, “Love not the world, neither the thi; that are in the world.” Many many women who might be powers for the Kingdom of God are never heard from because they unwilling or’unable to climb over the | rim of the barricade of “stuff,” mer- chandise of one sort or another, wilh which they are surrounded. No form of blight attacks character more subtly than this practical ma- terialism. Before one is conscious of it business, or pleasure, or social cares may have robbed him of every heaven- ly interest. On the southeast coast of England there was, a hundred years ago, the thriving village of Eccles. But sand from nearby dunes began to blow through the streets. Grl‘l-l.l! it cov- ered the gardens and banked up the houses. In 10 years every living thing ‘was driven out. Finally even the church spire was covered and Becles lay as much covered as ancient Pom- peli. It is a parable of the submerz- uman spirit. ‘more than a getter of golid or a dealer in merchandise.| A life is a I'bigger concern than a mere living, no matter how sumptuous. Sailing the seas of time we must have a care that the water be kept out of the ship. The things of time are important but those of efernity are transcendgnt. “For | what shall it profit a man’if he gain the whole world, and lose his own 17 o THE PARSON. cialists Challenge For Debate. Mr. Editor: The Sociaist party of Norwich at its regular meeting on June 18th adopted the following res- olutions challenging the Knights of eter W, Collins who delivered a NOW T i Breeients, statomen. in its grip. milllonaires, and bm'm forsake their desks to attend the games. Over 30,000,000 fans pay morée than 310,000,000 every séason to watch the 5,000 professional ball players making up the more than 50_mador and minor leagues in the United States. These athletes ined players are than $15,000 for six months’ work The outcome of games is awsaited throughout the country with deep- er interest than many of the grave problems that confront the govern. ment. There i university or a during the year. There are many baseball nines made up of girls and o their brother piavers I many as r brother-players in 1 Bavevatt is " not flies, in the Philippines, Hawali, Porto Rico, or there are rabld baseball fans and players. In the shade of French Athletic association, has de- cided to adopt baseball as a na-. a e-nxnum Z‘; g'x‘ to represent the Knights - the Socialist party, es to the cvstreversy lune 19, 1914. ERT BOARDMAN, Secretary of Meeting. recently because the beach policemen thought their bathing fer. They are like Saul in his ignoble | costumes a trifie unusual. Some day, thoughts ; retreat, or like Achilles concealed men may rise coming | among’ the girls in the court of Dio- up for equal rights in of hing the matter Bridgeport 5 Mr. Comstock is a pretty politician and he knows thoroughly, but just why he thinks Let it be confessed that the “stuff”|there is a demand for him to head Nohmuewifeevemlny'n(nCRAWFORDI Quality Is Economy / ammocks Are the Comfort,Ham- mocks.” They are the eco- nomical Hammocks too, for they’re substantial as well as restful. - v Couch Rockers, Chairs, Grass Rugs Cool, Comfortable, Attractive. Prices at a very comfortable tem- perature. REQUISITES M. HOURIGAN 66 Main St., FISH Red Ants are making their annual call, They will stay all Summer un- It seems to drive them away. 35 ~enis a bottle The Lee & Osgood Co. comptroller, Robert V. Magee of w‘: tertown; for attorney general, John P. Kellogg, of Waterbury: for United States senator, Frank B. Brandegee of New London.—Bridgeport Post, New H ire’s law making the carrving of lights on all vehicle: com- = . will go into effect July 1. It is merely in the intemest of satety that such a law should be enacted in ery state. The smooth running fotor, the rubber tired e bicycle and all the fifty-seven ' o varieties of vehicles, have created a condition, which makes lighting a ne- cessity for safety. ‘The “rules of the road” are more Involved tham sver before, and advantage should be taken of every opportunity to draw a littie tighter the lines wirdch insure gremt- er protection—Meriden Record. ) ——— The Sunday amusement problem in the larger cities of Connecticut con-. cerns the moral and physical welfare of the masses of the people. It i3 a mere incident that a certain num- ber of people delight in baseball and, want to enjoy it on the first day of, the week. Wha' the masses are aiming at is a recognition of their rights as human beings, ocupied dur- ing the other six days of the week in nfining labor. ey cannot be made by Statute o live according to the wishes of the minority and it is only the ndinority that are perpetually attempting to interfere with an evolu-/ tion which u"wgl;lnt jtself out -lqund in_harmory uman principles.— New Haven Courler-Juornal 2 Well ventilated bedrooms will Trex morning headaches and lnu'lT’ / $6.00 good one—HERE. Finn Block, Jewett City FISH FISH COME IN AND GET OUR PRICES ON FISH FOR SATURDAY. WE SELL AT COST THIS WEEK. We have Shad, Steak Cod, Haddock, Flounders, Butterfish, Broadway Fish Market | LACROIX 40 BROADWAY Ant \ tional sport. In fact, thé sun never sets on baseballs kingdom