Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 21, 1914, Page 4

901 RVOrEgO.:sassaneres 4412 1905, @varage-.orsseseems 5,920 REMEMBER THOSE AT HOME. | Many are the demunds which always ‘exist to move the philanthropic to us gifts, while those charitably always find plenty of oppor- | funities for making good use of their aney and other contributions for the of the poor and unfortunate, but Fear the appeals are greater than . The war hes created endless Is for ald. The work of the Red is always a donation-inspiring service, while the various channel through which efforts are being made o relieve the distress and suffering emong the Belgians are all commend- able in their ambition and purpose. A great amount of interest and endeavor ‘ha= been awaltened in response to the yevelation of conditions and the ap- peals for aid which have come from =broad. Yet, while gemerous charity s the obligation enforced by the war, it must not be forgotten that there are con- ditions at home which are by no means ideal and it is well that there should e a due sense of proportion when it comes to the administration of char- ity. It cannot be overlooked that while those to whom the deservedly friendly hand is being extended abroad ‘were not responsible for their condi- tion, it is also & fact that most every philanthropic orsanization in this country has suffered from curtailed re- sources because of the crippled bus- ness conditions. Thus it is but right, the charitable , inclination is 4, to Temember that those at ought mot to be forgotten. h charity need not stay at homse, ought not to be overlooked at home. THE NATION’S DEFENSE. Just at this time when attention is ‘being called to the existing conditions JAn the army and navy of the coun- try through the demand for an inves- thereof, it is an important stetement which has been made by Major General Wotherspoon, upon Te- tirement from the office of chi staff. With e full knowledge of the existing conditions and the inadequacy of Americen forces should serious trouble arlse, hie advice s in behalf @ro E: it an advisabie precaution. It takes time to make a soldier and the time to start 15 defore there is any actual need of services. s his plan he would provide for 3¢ should be recognized as a warn- to which attention has previously called but which does not deserve be ignored. THE SOUTH’S PROBLEM. There can be no doubt but what the 1s beginning to feel a rellef from redicament in which it found it- as the result of its great cotton 8% E¢ Yei: ¢ {s now ten years was adopted in the state of Qregon that the people might have the of passing judgment upon the important questions arising in the commonyealth. It started off with en- thusiasm ®ut it has developed into @ situation with which the people are either not able to cope or are not dis- posed to devote the required time to the study which is needed. Tt is a well known fact that there are but few special questions submit- ted to voters in states where the ref- erendum does not exist which get any- where near the vote that s cast for the officials elected at the same time. Some f this is due to lack of interest but a great deal of it to lack of suffi- cient facts upon which to base a de- cislon. In Oregon it appears to be working out much the same way. The first year, 1904, all three questions sub- mitted were voted. In 1906 § out of 11 propositions were adopted. In 1908 there were 12 out of 19 successful. In 1910, § were adopted out of 32. In 1912, 10 out of 37 were approved, while this year there were 3 out of 29 which received a majority \vote. There can.be no doubt that the voters find it easier and safer to vote “no” when they fail to understand or lack information upon a matter so referred to them, while giving the time required to become properly informed upon anywhere from 29 to 37 ques- tions is more of & sacrifice than many of them are willing to make. Yet the gituation is one which calls for a vate of some kind and “no” is the safer way of avoiding radical meas- ures. When in doubt they use the neg- ative. JAPAN'S ACTION, Much fear was expressed at the time Japan decided to enter the war that its purpose was purely personal. It was imagined that it saw the oppor- tunity to increase its power in_ the Pacific and was going to do so, Such rumors resulted in Japan setting forth its position at some length, with the asurance that it was not seeking to increase its domain either in Asia or among the neighboring Islands, and promised that the German base in China being wrested from that coun- try it would later be turned over to that ‘empire. This was sufficient to set at rest any nervousness until Japan found it necessary to seize some of the German owned islands when rumors were again revived. Nevertheless, according. to all: in- dications Japan is prepared to,carry out all its promises. Tt is now report- ed that all these islands which Japan took possession .of are to be turned over to Great Britain and that Aus- tralia will be placed in charge thereof until it is determined at the closo of the war what will be done with them. Thus again has been set at rest, or should be, whatever uneasi- ness exists over the fear of Japan's policy of aggrandizement in the pres- ent war. There is every reason to believe that Great Britain is in full charge of the affairs in the far east as it has been from the start and that the participation of Japan is sole- 1y in compliance with its treaty ob- ligations. Thus far at least Japan has been true to its promises. EDITORIAL NOTES. Every additional little favor at this time is a quiet reminder of the season of the year, \ Strange to say the breaking up of the bad egg trade is likely to be ac- companied by unpleasant results, ‘When T. R. says he is *a private of the privatest kind” he realizes that he has been relegated to the rear rank. November is experiencing some of tie difficulties of trying to act like October, November and December all at the same time. It looks as if those who maintain that the dreadnought is as necessary 2s ever would have to change the name, It only takes a little of the beautiful $0 give assurance to the doubting. that ‘winter hasn’t forgotten any of his old habits. No one would blame Turkey if it tried to get out of the unenviable po- sition it finds itself in every time any- thing happens. The man on the corner says: Not everyone seems to realize it but bow- ing to the will of the majority is sood mental exercise, Unless there is relief soon the time 18 coming when the submarine will be brought into operation in the flooded districts of Belgium. Ot course everything is coming out right in Mexico, but in the meantime there must be a little daily fighting Just to keep In practice. ‘When it comes to a defense of the Panama canal it must not be forgotten that Culebra can be coaxed into ac- tion without much trouble, ‘When England puts a tax on tea it is reverting to old time practices, but that of course regches those who would be skipped by the beer tax. Money {an't the only desirable at- tainment. Look at those holders of seatg in the Yale bowl and as many more denfed edmission for lack of Great Britain appropriates a billion and more dollars for war with as much if not greater celerity than our con- gress handg out that sum to run the It 1s impossible to overlook the fact that the forces of all the countries have enforced prohibition and rtallment of glcoholic drinks are Course there are employes of gl:'l :'ho”relh.u that the send- ing ou ns of postage stamps ity, or standing. waiting for ret pionship,games. at his business as i o Joy depended up much.joy in-doing yowling over every. thrill of ple feels. Most people do not belleve can be joy in labor, but people know there ia. ‘been called “Nature's ie the ecceutric are not the ones who oftenest call a .doctor. . It is better to be as “odd as Dick's hatband” ‘than to be a lightweight in the Industrial w orld. called “eccentric,” for the epithet ;is Complimentary rather than fnsulting, Perhaps you have not | there are two kinds of war spirit—the spint which prompts one to combat, and the spirit which prompts one to speculaf They bath create abnormal conditions. The speculative epirit was very: well demonstrated recently by a little Nor- wich, girl who had some chestnuts to sell. She was told they were Worth fourteen cents a quart, and she startel out among her nelghbors to seil them. Ons woman disputed the price and de- clined to pay it She declared twelve cents a quart was all chestnuts were worth. This did not please the lictle lady who thought they -were .worlh more, and she took it to heart. When she reached home it was apparent that she was not in her usval amiable mood, o her mother asked: “What is the matter?” When ‘the_ little girl said: “Mrs. So-and-So says chestnuts should never be over twelve cents a quart, but I guess, mamma, she doesn t know there is a war in Europe!™ Everything we enjoy is of the mind. The mind brought man up from a cave fand a cliff and a tree dweller to the house, the bungalow and the palace which were conceived in the mind and then be designed and wrought in ma- terial by the hand of man. If the mind had not wrought mightlly, we should not now- have had the flying machine, the submarine or the phonograph, the horseless carriage, the smokeless pow- der or the wircless m . “The mind can turn out a 50-story bullding or poems that will last as long as Sappho's or the Songs of David: but how fow recognize that it can breal down health or better the physical conditions of our body. In relation| to our material needs we know its greatness; but somehow we have lost sight of its power for our physical perfection. The power lof its appeal to a Heavenly Father we pretend to recognize; the divine “influx ,which would make us spiritually and physi- cally whole we reject. ~Mortal man is strange, : He who counselled us to and keep to the middle of the road did not live in the day of auto-trafic. In these days we must keep clear of the middle of the road and move quick on the walk,: or the joy riders may maim us. But figuratively speaking, the old admonition is all right. Youa cannot in this life be too credulous, for if you are, you become an easy mark; and if you become too incredulous you hecome a doubting Thomas, There is a straight and narrow path betwesn credulity and incredulity, and blessed is he who walketh therein. And there are the straight paths between hones- ty,and dishonesty, honor and dishon- or. The laws of our being require that we should go straight in various directions. We do not have to &o to the coast of Siclly to find Seylla and Charybdis, but we must keep our eyes open to avoid the whirl-pools and meanacing perils of life. If we are not compelled to go straight, we have to reap the consequences if we do not. 0 slow If you do not have a care @ train of thought will get off the track, and when it does the unexpected may hap- pen. The thought that is on time is the most useful thought. | The diction- ary tells us thought'is What-the mind thinks. There is not much lucidity to that definition. Thought is an effect the cause of which seems mostly to be our own needs or requirements. Our desires expressed in words give evi- dence of thought; theories and con- clusions well voiced or written demon- strate our skill at thought. Thought may be a habit, or it may be a delu- sion. It may be incomprehensible, but too many people think of things which are not so. It is up to us all to have a care of our thoughts since they are closely allied to our success or failure. Thought rules-the wotld, and it must also be given the credit of confusing it. What a man eats may indicaie what he is, but what he thinks often gives “him away. Do not waste thought upon the unattainable or un- desirable, but “apply it to that which benefits and blesses. It is dangerous business to advise a friend even when he orders you ‘o stand and deliver. - Cordlality and frankness have their uses, but not at this point. Most friends who are seek- ing advice Would prefer to be told you esteemed their judgment so superior to your own that it would be presumption on vour part to attempt to tell them what to do. So long as men continue to ask the Lord for things which would be of no use to them, it is well to be a little wary of them when they maxe f you. The friend who asks y o will be delighted with it if it coincides with his own judgment; and it is only the shrewd who can strengthen ffendship in the relation of an adviser. * . There is nothing more dangerous than the truth when condi- tions are not receptive for it. Go to your enemy for advice and then act to the contrary and -you will be likely to come out right. Needing advice is al- most as distressing as needing money The persons who prink and pose are not the only ones who are stuck upon themselves. Those who know it all and assume the role of a. scholarly des pot, and those who are amazingly pom- pous without the grace of learning, are equally stuck upon themselves. This is a good thing to remember: “There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be thought so.* Any man who faila to study his own defi- clencles is weal, A £0od opinion of one's self hasn't the strenzth or finish that has the good opinfon of us of anothef party. Those who devote themslves to creating a per-fervid at- mosphere about themselves suffer from a perspiration which is self-imposed; and it is not strange they are cro- chety and irritable, The exaggerat- ed ego is much more common than most_people suspect _and _ nothing causes more distress and suffering in this world. Of all dupes, the man who dupes himself is the most repulsive and the most dangerous. There are people so polito they think they must apologize for doing their duty, and this js wealk: ‘It §s true people who do not seent to know the, difference between meddlesomeness and duty do things in the name of duty thit they should Be ashamed of and trv to make amends for. Most Do pot take offense at being | mara him: not to let himself set - g}‘e,r))nl.tzd, with that weak heart of He forgets, toe, that the very bar- rel “swiping” swhich he is scolding about differs not one whit from w‘hn‘: < an For this barre! stealing for Thanks- 'ving.:oqflbu has been going on in Rorwich since & time to which the memory of the oldest inhabitant run< neth not back! But a short time before his death, the late Hugh H. Osgood, for many terms mayor of Nerwich, smiled as he related. while in conversation with a féw friends, his reéollections of barrel “swiping” in his boyhood -days. Then Laurel Hill was only a dense woods, and it was there that the barrel sup- ply Was transferred for safety. The leader of some “gans," perhaps with a_trusty scout, would cross the rocky Shteucket scuiling a boat, Indian- fashion. £ - On the “mainland,” about where the public landing is mow, the rank and file waited, réady to transfer the pre- cious barrels across the seething river by mensef & fope 2nd pulley. On Thanksgiving day morning, the barrels were brought back®from their hiding place in the same manner. Mr. Osgood remarked then that he had no recollection of a time when the boys of Norwich dld not gather and hide barrels in- just that partic- ular way. Noj; the beys of Norwich have been shocking their elders for centuries: Decauso as far back as November, 1793, the Norwich Weekly Register hoped with virtuous severity that “the @ity to make a good example of our- selves in all that tells for greater use- fulness and a nobler individuality. If we attend properly to this we shall have little time to meddie with the affairs of others—our efforts will not be needed. It is the individual that Sompriges the mass; and the conduct of the mass is likely fo represent the average character the individual. SUNDAY MORNING TALK THE THANKSGIVING OF 1914, It is a safe prophecy that Thanks- giving will be celebrated in the United States this year with unwonted heari- iness. The American citizen need not seek far for reasons to praise God. He is thankful that an ocean rolls between him and tortured Europe. He is thans- ful that be dwells in safety under the flag that is full of stars. He is thank- ful that on Thursday next ho will not be lying in a cold, damp trenich tryioz to kill as many as possible of his fel- low men, but gathered with his family 10 eat a peaceful meal, whether of two <courses or of ten. The-dominant mood of ninety-five millions of Americans Is one of profound gratitude that our country is not at war. The very interruption of the familiar daily ‘mercles of life makes us con- scious of their value. When blessings come to us in unbroken fiow we take them with dull indifference, as a mat- ter of course. Let them be withheld and we learn a juster appreciation. It is a true adage—‘Blessings brighten as_they take ‘their flight ‘The miseries of our suffering neigh- bors across the sea throw into high relief our own happier conditions. Even if during the past year one's plans have gone wrong, if one's health be not of the best even if one has met severe personal losses, he still has not touched the abyss that has yawned before millions abroad. One thinks of the bitter desolation in hundreds of thousands of Huropean homes, -of ruined families, of black- ened towns, of lost and wandering children eating the bread of charity-- and thanks God that this degree of misery at least is far from him or his immediate neighbors. ‘But one must beware taking too nar- row and vrovincial a view. I cannot Test in smug content with my own good fortune while half the world s turned upside down. Such an atti- tude is inhuman in its selfishness, L there any ground for giving thanks when we consider the conditions on the other side? There is only one possible ‘ground that I can think of. 1t is that the Almighty is still _in charge of affairs on this planet. But for that confidence the blackest pes- simism would be justified. No earth- ly_power seemi able to resolve tue present chaos into order. Henry van . Dyke teils of riding through the bad lands of the Far West with a cowboy who looked aloft at'the heavens onme starry night and re- marked, “I'm glad someone bigger than you or I is running this outht.™ It-was the way the Psalmist felt wien he exclaimed, “The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice.” 1t is the way the man who hes a moral mind must feel today. He is glad that “the Lord reigneth.” One can at | ive thanks for the overruling Providence of God in hu- man affairs and hold fast to the con- viction that that Providence cannot be dofeated. From the dawn of history ‘He has made the wrath of men to praise Him, Something is going to be evolved out of this travail of the na- tions that will set the world on ita way forward; some reshaping of the map, some shaking of ancient thrones, somo progress toward . democracy, above all, such. movement. toward a program of peace for the nations as the resolutions and arguments and congresses of all time could never ef- fect. These things shall be! A loftier race Than e'er the world hath Known shall Tise, = With flame of freedom in ‘their souls Ana lights of knowledge in their eyes. - o They shall be gentle, brave and strong. Not to #pill uman blood, but dare All that may plant man's .;‘lin 1 On earth and fire and sea an of our uties are to ourselves instead| of to someone else. This is Ruskin's warning to all of us:. ‘which we omit ‘we shonld hax *“Remember, remember, the fifth of November Is Gunpowder Plot, that's never for- got! Put your hand in,your pocket and pull out your purse: A half penny or penny will make you no worse! Then give us a stick of wood to make the fire burn, Or give us a lump~of we'll begone!” i Theroe is a tradition that Guy Fawkes day was rved by the boys of our own Norwich in the earlier days, when it was the custom to carry through the streets an effigy of Fawkes, the traitor, later to be strung up and burned, while the children sang a doggerel quite like that of thelr Eng- lish cousins: ‘The fifth of November You must_always remember;. The Gun Powder Plot Must never be forgot! Ding, dong!” I3 The English boys go from house to house, asking for coal, wood, or money. The coal and wood are put into the bag, which each boy carries and are used. to make bonfires on some vacant Iot on the eventful night. The pennies are spent for fireworks. Early in the evening of Guy Fawkes day the fun,begins. Children from far and near come to see the big bonfire, each throwing into it the coal and wood collected. The fireworks are “let off,” the children dance.in a ring about the Dlaze, singirg and shouting, grown-ups assemble to see the fire, often aiding in the sport. When the midnight hour arrives, the “Bobby™ comes, too, to send the crowd home and put out the embers. This is the Program year after year. ¢oal, and then It is easy to understand how, with the passage of time, Thanksgiving day, Fast _day, ’'Lection day and Trainin’ day became the big holidays of the year in our own town, and it is logical to think too, that aftér the Revolution there would be little local zest to celebrate a distinctively English hol- iday like Guy Fawkes day. so that it would be natural to transfer the bon- fire revels to Thankssiving. The hiding of collected barrels in the barn. shed or even cellar of some fellow proudly elevated to the office of head of the gang, the frequent sortie of some rival gang, perhaps on the very night before the hollday, the triumph of the robber zang in string Ing the captured spoils on its own par- doular poles, are incidents familiar to every Norwich resident. There have been years when the.barrels, swiped o rotherwise secured, have run up in the many hundreds. Doughty and daring small boys would risk the bites of hungry dogs, the muscularly wield- ed broom of the “hired girl,” even the barrel-slat courtesy of the irate head of the house, to collect barrels, which, on the evening of the holiday, blazed upon the poles erected on the Norwich hills, where, in colonial times and earlier, the signal fires of the Mo- hegan Indians once flashed forth their warnings. £ Many a dignified citizen far from Norwich will recall as Thankssiving draws near the proud skill with whic.;, after appropriating an empty flour or apple barrel, he fled to the nearest stone or iron hitching post—so ma of them had horses’ heads on them! slammed the barrel down with suffi- clent force to knock the bottom out and then made a mad dash for safety: He might be caught by the owney of the booty, but that barrel was effect ally put out of business, even if re- covered. In these days of metal ash cans, the inertia of the pampered small boy and the commercial value of empty barre during harvesting season, the numoer of. barrels collected grows smaller. ‘However, -there will still be poles enough on the high hills to prove that this peculiar Norwich custom has not died out, to show returning sons and daughters on the holiday that this oae ancfent tradition still obtains. That this custom till has fascination for t'.c healthy, husky boy, as it had in the days when parents, poor but honesr, or rich but suspicious, the minister, Sabbath and day school teachers, the tithingman, even the constable, tried in vain to make the Norwich boys ~f 1792 desist from what The Weekly Register frowned on as “the sav practice of making bonfires on Thanks- ving!” ol THE DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR More Wanted the Young Man. Mr. Editor: In The Bulletin of Nov. ¥ith Citizen In his letter to the editor states that the judsment of some 59 voters—taxpayers and property cwners —Is being criticised. Will Citizen state by whom are they being eriticised? and turther, by Citizen's illustration he at- tempts to show that these 59 citizens and voters have committed the absurd and insene act of presenting a real responsible office to a youth 21 years old, barely out of school, or, in other words, in Citizen's “opinion,” these 59 other citizens are drooling, driveling idiots, who were whipped into line to vote as one or two political bosses dic- tated. Now Citizen knows that these 59 men in question had the same right that he himself had, of going to the polls and casting their ballots Nov. 3d as they saw fit. The gist of the whole matter is that 59 men voted for a ng man 21 years old that Citizen s to be moral and respectable, and less than 59 voted for -his oppo- nent, so what is the matter with Citi- zen? Does he want the minority to rule? In his letter Citizen lays par- ticular stress om the fact that he is a ’| republican and in accord with Voter's opinion as expressed {n The Bulletin of Nov. 9th over the , signature of Voter. I infer by the tone of the let- ters of both Citizen and Voter that they received a mental jolt on Nov. and seem to be dividing their equally between the youthful and the 9 legal voters Now m-gqhér—h‘::uflm 3 Cdats - You Cannot Afford to ~ On Coats, Suits and D Starts Today at 9 A. M. and Ends'W:dnesday at 9 P. M. - Coats sold up to $10.95, at. .. Coats sold up to $16.50, at. .. Suits Suits sold up to $19.50, at.,. Suits sold up to $25.00...... g Dresses All our Silk on one rack — $26.50 — YOUR CHOICE— Dresses, in Crepe Meteor, Charmeuse and Duch- the very latest styles, $12.75 THE STORE THAT SAVES AND SERVES 194 Main Street YOUR PATRONAGE DESERVES Wauregan - Block ol ——— ol — ] —=lal—r]1] competent to enter a voting booth and had intelligence enough to mark and prepare their ballots properly without the-aid of those one or two imaginary war hosses whom Citizen’s vivid imag- ination insinuates control the _elec- tions in the town? Otherwise Citizen insults every intelligent voter in the }luvr\'n, irrespective of their political be- ef. Citizen wants to know_ if I can in- form the readers of The Bulletin what influenced the 59 voters to elect this youtnful citizen. I cannot. I am no mind reader. I only have a supposi- tion. T suppose the same motive influ- enced the less than 59 voters who cast their ballots for the defeated demo- cratic candidate. ’ In the parlence of the street, Citizen s “off his nut” when he says my opin ion is that the responsibilities of this office are safe in_the hands of even Youth as lon as he béars the title of republican. 1 expressed no such opin- jon in my article on the matter in Fhe Bulletin of Nov. 1ith. Only a lurid imagination could put any such con- uction on my statement. What I aid was: This young man was elected by a majority of the legal voters on the republican ticket. I wish to_say to Citizen I don't hedge on anything 1 say or dodge behind a nom de plume when I say it. Citizen please note I have moral courage to come right out in the pen and sign my name to any statement T make. JOHN W. AYER. South Franklin, Conn, Nov. 13th, 1914, Thanksgiving and War. Mr. Editor: The Thanksgiving proc- lamations and the crop reports show that we have had much to be thank- ful for in this country, in spite of the Buropean war. We should be most thankful that not one of the 4S stars in Old Glory is a “shooting star”: not even Texas, the lone star state” although it has had some provocation from Mexico to become one. There was a “Boston tea - party” Oolong before the Daughters of the American Revolution first gave late afternoon teas, when Bnglish break- fast tea”was steeped In salt water (to create war thirst) in an unusually large teapot and Young Hyson gave the inspiration for a war-whoop, which was the first patriotic “college -yell" that was ever heard in cultured Bos- ton. We should be thanikful that the: is now no such “tempest in a teapot in this country and that Uncle Sam is too wise and busy to go out to up- to-date teas; for the little oriental matron, Japan, is washing up her China to zive a Gunpowder tea to some of her too intimate acquaint- ances before our uncle takes his Thanksgiving dinner. We should be thankful, too, that woman's forte is not to wear “hoops, as she did some years ago, to keep an enemy at a proper distance from her. Even the swordfish in the North sea, when a inan-o'-war goes down into its briny depths, are thankful to get a chance to partake of a feast equal, in the estimation of a cannibal, to Thanksgiving delicacies. ~ They may capture too, perhaps, submarine “arks” by decapitating “sh-arks.” The chick-in the cased is now trembling with fear of being “shelled” out of its fortress soon, as Turkey has sonuded the alarm; yet we should for our own sakes, at least, be thankful that it will not meet the fate of the chicken in the Thanksgiving fricassee. We should be thankful for a great full stomach as well as for a grateful heart after the Thanksgiving dinner. We should be thankful that, a necessary export. the “corn crop” of Turkey will be taken out: and that, as a desirable import, Turkey dressing will come in free of duty (except that which falls on the cook and the wait- en). till we are stuffed to our satisfac- on, ‘We should be very thankful for our bables “in arms” to defend our coun- try in the future and we should be thankful, too. that we now have h—lmr.: and strength to wiel e carv knife. Thus armed. we shall take' no sauce on Thanksgiving day from any ‘saucebox” on the table! as-a matter of diplomacy, we'll politely wait for sauce till we're helped to ‘some “Discretion is the better part of valor,” after all: and on daw it is better to “laugh and 3 fat” and in that way become and handsome, than to be “as poor as Job’s turkey.” : Lastty, we should be very that we have had sufficient adversity in Jife to fght our, way to prosperity RS SRS is many a poor but worthy fellow not living in a “flat” who would be thank- ful to get ever a tailor's goose to press out the wrinkles in an empty stomach. C. H. TALCOTT. Norwich, Conn, Nov. 20, 1914, THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety Havre—A French seaport, at the mouth of the river Seine, ‘110 miles north of west of Parie, about 150 miles southwest of the Belglan border, and $1 miles from the nearest point of England. Next to Marseilles it is the principal seaport of France. The cit is in the second class of fortl laces, Francis I Richeliu and Vau- Ban successively planning and bulld- ing fundamental _defenses. The town, which grew from a village in 1516 to an important seaport in 1580, underwent numerous _sleges and bombardments in the 17th and 1Sth centuries. Havre makes oil, lumber. dyes, chemicals, rope, soap and flour. Its commercial prosperity has kept pace with the rapid increase In im- portance of its ship-building Yards and sugar refineries. The population is approximately 135,000. Moreuil—A small town of northern France, 12 miles southeast of Amiens and 35 miles south of west of St. Quentin, on the Avre River. The town manufactures hoslery and beer, and possesses several brick-works. A large ruined castle and the church and other remains of a Benedictine priory of the 14th century may be seen there. Moreull has a _population slightly exceeding 3,000, but a few hundred more than its population of & century ago. Romilly-Sur-Seine—A French town, 65 miles south of east of Paris and 23 miles northwest of Troyes, on the Seine River near where it is joined by the Aube. The town has large fac- torles for the making of caps, stock- ings and needles, and the machinery necessary for these industries. There are also large iron-works, rope-works. and railway shops located in Romilly. Approximately 11,000 peopls live there. The place is on the direct line from Paris to Belfort. Fumay—A small town of northern France, on the neck of French terri- tory jutting up into Belglum to the southeast of Charlerol, The town is on the left bank of the Meuse, 14 miles north of Charleville, picturesquely sit- uated among wooded heights, two of noted for its lace for years, many the mprovement ot Wiksiand. which mprovement of w] in less than a century has been trans from the most sterile to the most fertile region in um. The 0ld chateau of the Counts of Bergeyck is one of the historic points of inter est in the town. About 10,000 people make their homes thers. Sambor—A Galiclan town, in the large plain of the Dniester, 43 miles southwest of Lemberg and 160 miles cast of southeast of Gratow. The town is well-bullt and has had & rapid §rowth in -recent years. Its popula- tion is about 20,000 and its inhabitants are in the manufacture and of linen and the making of | sait. town has considerable trade in grain and other agricultural pro- ducts. Lofty mountains are not far to the south. . Basel—The wealthiest and, next to Zurich, the most populous city of Switzerland, two miles from the bor- der of Alsace and 22 miles from the French ~ boundary. The city is & clearing house for merchandise from north and central Burope. The Rhine cuts the town into Gross Basel and Klein Basel. The Emperor Valentin- ian founded the town in 374, It was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1356. It has a population of abouc 116,000 and derives _ its _importance chiefly from its transit trade. OTHER VIEW POINTS It is the knowledge that the coun- try is at last freed the proapect of everlasting meddling with the & tails of the country’s business to make them conform to the visionary ideals of a theorist that has furnished the greatest cause for confidence in the future.—Bridgeport Standard. Apparently, then, the difference be. tween the “small” or “family time,’ vaudeville act and the the big time vaudeville act is the same as the dif- ference between the old time cop Who worked from ten to twelve hours & day, @nd the three-platoon-system cop, shorter the stint, the higher the bill, if the public yoll pay.—Waterbury Republican. ‘The great majority drivers are keenly alive to the dan- gers of highway travel and they will not oppose regulations that will de- crease or eliminate perils on hte highways, but while the use of the which, named Dames de la Meuse | (“ladies of the Meuse™), overhang the river. Besides iron works, Fumay possesses the largest slate-quarrles in the Meuse valley- Its population is about 7,000. Bailleul—A emall and picturesque French town, eight miles east of Hav- erouck and 15 miles north of west of Lille. The place is tolerably well- bullt and has the aspect of an old Flemish town. While a large portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the making of hand-made lace the twon finen, eine, tape; poliary. leather: en, ing, tape, pottery, , beer and brandy. A species of cheese which s much esteemed is peculiar to the town. 1Its population is about 13,000. Vouziers—A town of northeastern France, 2 miles north of east of Relms and 24 miles south of Mezieres, on the Fopuiation:of Joss thaz 4,005, tha town population of less t ,000, the has not increased in size by 500 Inhab- itants in the last century. It is sit- uated in a fertile district snd has an extersive trade in grain, wine, and fron. The town is near the northern border of the Argonne Forest. Beloeil—A Belgian town. five miles south of Ath and eight miles from the French boundary, famous for the es- tate of the Prince de Ligne, a m sesslon of ghe family for more 500 years. ‘Among the works of art the chateau are said to be paintings Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Salvator Rosa, Van Dyck, Valazquez and Holbeln, Many gifts presented to the family by rulers from Charles V down to the time of Napoleon are ex- hibited there. Drohobycz—A - Galician = town, miles southeast of Sambor, on the Tizmanka River, with a population of about 21,000, most of whom are Jews. A large amount of salt ig secured from neighboring brine springs, and town has a brisk trade in iron and g L, e of the wealthiest of Belgium. seven miles west ty is to be increased—Torington Regs ister. £ Let Mr. Roosevelt sail on Geubtful rivers; let him put of even sharp criticism to hi sion of publlfi matters: let preaching and expounding ous and virtuous life, and we applaud in full measure. But let fgis ] & The thought of what mguahmctm the Mulcahy school in Waterbury the