Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 6, 1915, Page 4

'1 . al federal tax. & “cdness thaat the NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY. MARC J?am ll"l gulleim asud Gouried 119 YEARS OLD Subscription price 1Zc @ weeks Goc @ nonth; $6.08 a year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., &3 second-ciass matter. ~ Telepmone Cant Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin. Editorial Roonis 35-3. Bulletin Job Omce B5-2 OMce, Room % Murray “Telephone 2 Wilite Rullaing. The Circulation of The Builetin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Cennecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Norwich, and read by ninety- three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and in all of these places it is consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five pastoffice districts, and sixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin issold in every gown and on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average ..... 2 reee 441 --5,920 9,150 ssssesescoscesaseses 1905, average .... February 20 o.... aesesss ONLY ONE HAS MERIT Between the two bills before the leg- islature relative to the change in tas- ation of automobiles little time should be required in reaching a decision to which is intended for the inter of the state and which is c to take care of the auto owne measures are proposed, Or Sugges made st Hartford as if the taxpayers of Connecticut had little direct con- cern in the financial affairs of the state, or as if the shifting of the ex- penses irom one to the other or the remova: of taxable property from one in favor of the other solved the prob- lem of inaking both ends meet. Any such proposition as removing automobiles from taxation in the towns where they are owned that there may ‘e 2 slight increase in the tax which is paid t> the state ocught to =zet but very slight consideration from the com- mittee. It may be that it will look with no more faver upon the vlan to increase the state license feo without with the town tax—a tax a iona than most property ‘based upon the contention that good roads have broush: cn the large proportion of the ¢ indebt- sreatest benefit is ob- tained therefrom and 'the reatest harm done thereto by the gutcmobile traffic and that it is but risit that the antemobilists should meet larzer share of the cost of constructlcn and maintenance. The joys of aulomobiling depend upon zood roads and it is only reason- able to suppose, as many autolsts have declared, that such benefits are worth in pleasure and comfort all and more than the extra tax would mean in dol- lars and cents. THE LAST CONGRESS. The sixty-thira congress is at an end. Credited as it is with three ses- sions and marking as it does a record- breaking legislative period, the record concerns its longevity rather than the value of the legislation cnacted. Though several matiers of importance Were acted upon favorably moro at- tention is attracted by that which has shown poor results or that which was attempted but failed. The revision of the tariff has failed to produce tie Promised changes despite the income tax and the revenue from the addition- Legislation which was expected to reduce the cost of living has failed in its mission and the much touted economy plan of the part which started out in full comirol of consress suffered seriously from neg- ligence. The credit for the keeping down of the expenditures, which still Mhake it a record breaking body, Sonzs to the minority. Just where the ave gone to but it the calling of conzress to its senses #By republicans of much experience can. not be estimated. Congress acted wisely in the repeal- ing of the free toll provision for the Panamna canal and it carried out a well started program n the passage ‘of the federal reserve act, but it is probable that it has done more harm than good by its tinkering with the Sherman anti-trust law. Wisely aid it act in the consclidation of the life- saving and revenue cutter service as the coast guard, but unjust was its stand upon the proposed immizrdtion Bill. To the credit of President Wil- son was the veto which he applied thereto though he failed to take sim- flar action in the matter of the sea- men’s bill Perhaps no more attention was di- rected to anv measure than to the ship purchase bill, a matter upon which the president threw his whole weight ang lost. It was the rock upon whicl his control went tospieces and disclosed the most serious trouble since the ele- tion of the previous fall. The dofeat ©of the bill, as well as the double-faced Philippine bill must, however, win na- tional approval. Perhaps one of the greatest resvets in the ending of the congressional ses- n lies in the fact that it terminates membership in congress of several of the country’s ablest men whose ser- ee hate been of the greatest value in_the zuidance of legislative action be- A WRONG IDEA. Througiiout the statements made by the you ‘bomb-throwers arrested in New York, emphasis was placed upon j the desire to bring to the attention of the rich the sorrows of the poor. Just ho\-’ they were going to accomplish their purpose. by the method which they adopted is perhaps one of the mysteries of the effort. There appears {to be very small chance for sympathy in the ses of those two ablebodied young men, eitaer as the representa- tives or champions -of the poor. Their {action and their ideas are just the !\mrm te to what can be expected to change conditions. Let them look bacl over the record of adarchy and see how much has been accomplished for the poor through the putting into effect of such dap- | #erous methods. Kings and heirs. to {the tarone have been killed and still there are crowned heads. Lfforts to take from the rich and give to the {poor throush the destruction of prop- lerty or the taking of¢life has no place in wodern civilization. The blowing ip of a cathedral or the murdering of multimillionaire - would contribute nothing to the betterment of the poor. and most unfortunate indeed is it that {the poor should for a mpment have cven such a seif-lmposed agency. Such theories are the result of mis- suidance -and their danger is so ap- parent that it cannot fail of recogni- tion that they deserve immediate and | positive suppression. Any determined work for the poor and unfortunate should” be conducted in safe and sane channels. SENSIBLE SUPPORT. attitude of meutrality which has Dbeen manifested by this country since the opening of the European war and its determination to keep entirely out of it, was the one logical course at the time of its adoption. No other course was consistent with the Amer- ican dolicy and there are the best of reasons for maintaining it. Thus there was sood grounds for the:passage of the resolution in the closing hours of congress giving to the president full authority for preventing any infringe- ments, Neutrality means more than simply refraining from active participation with any of the belligerents. It means the prevention of violations by belli- gerent emissaries of the country's neu- trality. Evidence has been produced to the. effect that certain ports have been used as bases of supplies for ships of nations ensaged in the war. This means that this country Las been imposed upon through the issuance of clearance papers which were falsely obtained, or obfained upon informa- tion which was calculated to mislead. That there should be a means of put- ting an effective ttop to such infringe- menis can be readily understood wnd such is provided by the authority which has been given the president to withhold clearance where it is be- lieved the oBligations of the United States are going to be violated. In the maintenance of neutrality a safe policy has been followed by the president and there is no reason to believe that the extra authority given him will be otherwise used. He bas been determined to Leep out of the trouble from the very first and there has been no indication of a change It is sensible support which is given him, he EDITORIAL NOTES. The new fashion edict for high necks is coming into effect just in time for hot weather. Contributors well understand before this that their help has gone to the Belgian fund, not fun. Tt is about time for the sun to cross the line, but it is a race in which Rumania and Italy are also competing. It will soon be possible to discern wiiether the grass has decided upon a new color scheme for the shooting season, The business men of Washington are perhaps the only omes who can see no benefit in the adjournment of congress, According to the latest interpretas tion of the new federal narcotic law it has no bearing upon baseball and po- litical dope, The man on the corner says: The most unreasonable “neutral” is the fel. low who gets anary trying to keep out of a war discussion. Vo solicitor is ever su: the fellow Who goes down in his pock- et quickly does so cheerfully or just as a time-saving move, whether That boy who drank a quart of whis- key and died differed from some others only in that he made his exit in one ge instead of an inch at e time. reported that Turkey is short gun ammunition, but it must to the Turks even that they are getting the short end of most every- thing, The talk persists that Former Con- gressman Mahan will be postmaster of New London. But what in the world will that city do for a2 mavyor in that case? e suggestion that the malntenance of hosbitals, schools and county homes should fall upon the towns furnishes an argument in behalf of home rule by cities, There are some congressmen, or ex- congressmen, who will experience but little change now that congress has adjourned except possibly the absence of an occasional trip to ‘Washington, As a first class instance of dan- gerous legislation, that effort to have congress pass a law to aid those who may find themselves in/such as pre- dicament as Harry Thaw takes the cale, As might be expected Major General ‘Wood declares that he has mnot pro- moted the American. Legion. There can be little doubt that right down deep in his heart, however, he favors such a reserve. It would have been an unusual sit- uation had not ihe issuance of the annual report concerning the progress made on reducing the death rate in coal mines Dbeen followed by a shock- ing underground disaster. Secretary Garrison seeks to know the details about the Ame: If we remember right - tained for some time that something therefore of inestimable benefit to | mors should be dome for the adequate | v I orotection of the mational defemse. THE MAN WHO TALKS Do not thiuk every person to wh Yyou are introduced is anxious to c tinue the acquaintance. There introductions by request which can interpreted, of course, in no other w but perbaps you do not care to c tinue the acquaintance. These and busine: intr of an unknown have developed ilege to quantity until t It is every be intimate with congen people, to be social with people of sii ilar feelings and tastes, and to be © toward all. This leaves no room incivility because there is no need of i for it is indefensible. confers no license, only acquaintance if it is have como out of an An introduc intrody pleasure. 1 and T was with me. You real trial, and the agreeable greet has a rtasping effect upon vour ty panum although it wa Take introductions as s in life, and if they develop into ple: ant relations they- will ho someth more—something memorable, perha The Golden Rule is framed in loye, and is divine. It expresses the t Spirit of holiness, and it will end forever: bul man prefers to mak goiden rule, tlie material of wh own is selfishness so thinly plated w rry I did not have © introductis nple incide all rig of love, &61d that it will not stand an acid test; gets and with this faise measure he himself into ali sorts of scrapes. are Russia, Engiand, German France with all the rest of the fig ing nations holding up the golden It to their people 2nd devoutly pray’ for the assistance of God when t! are breaking all the commandments T, which the Golden rule is a divine con- I do not wonder the maxim densation, 11 lives which gives man more ¢: his hindsight than his foresish those looking clear- ed upon make no secret.of the fact that Dbeliold “the blind leading What the world needs is to have good things madde practical; we n have too many counterfeits. We cannot get along without mirror althoush it is often derided man as the' chief instrument of Van- 1f man and woman had not seen ity. themselves in race mirrored picture the carly God reversing age of mooth, and reveal waters, the hand mirror would never have been invented. The reflect! surface is really of divine origin, though its use has come to be far fr being divine. A woman uses a mir to make herself attractive, to beauties which are artificial. uses the mirror to determine whet! he looks like a hero or a gay Lothario, nd 0o many men or a mental giant, imagine they sce a hero every ti they look in the glass. Man tau: woman of being vain, and she ta the Jibe with a sardonic smile, for one has the of man lik a woman. In vanity in most other things man and woman are very cvenly matched, and from this fact came the sayving that is calling the kettle black” aids cleanliness as well as comelin: and is properly held in high esteem its best uses. “the 1 was reading a story the other day op to a Catholic and ©of the visit of a [ school in the South of Ireland, he asked the pupils if there was smgle u—xme worse thar murder. i ‘There is. rime was hy is perjur: worse crime than murder?” asked Bishop. “Because,” replied the g “a_peri: Las called upon God s that he is telling the trutl n a partner in falsehood. n enough to see what a_man o his own soul wien he v tures to put himself in tion to his M I must confess snormity of the offense was never. fore put Dbefore me in such a and this is the only excuse I e ke for presenting it to th read this column. If those who tempted {o make false oaths real what it meant to them it would ca: them to avold if, and perjury wo not be as.common as it is in the cou of all countries today of a liar: “He fi then fears men. alone, but 2 lie vect Truth ventured can upon quires a hundred more {o give it sup- port. Some people think the power y- Sunday lies in his eccentri e is Dhis fervid presentation divine truth, his fearless assault upon the enemy. He doesn't soft-pedal doesn’t have to, for he has no organ- nvolved and governed ized committee by selfish interests to advise or ch him. Manv a good minister has b handicapped by a mongrel board back of him which may be well designa as half maltese and half not maltese. His responsibility’ is to God and tells the old old story as thoush believed it with all his heart, and serves it hot not luke-warm. like any trough. ing at needed. The people know it and they hoz gets both feet in not- only applaud, but drawn toward him, for divine truth is When he told the cowboys a magnet. they were wandering in the wildern and it was time they struck they struck it; and when ne tells Dall-players if they expect o s they should make the home-run, make it. The eccentricity of B Billy Sunday's methods consists making the light of truth shine fi on the varying paths of men, It is a good time now to consi the tax laid upon woman in life. Some men of weak conceptions and blurs perception say woman goes scott free when we come to taxes. Let us s If there are ten million men un: arms ready to be called into the con- flict today there must be at least five millions wives and mothers wio stffering the most intense anxiety con- cerning their welfare; if there h: ‘been one million men’ siain and crip- pled in the past six months there are dolibtless three-fourths of a milli women - upon whose lives there ture has been made uncertain. we not .admit M praved and hoped for good only him, is heavily taxed when he is com- pelled to take up arms and face the peril of being wounded and, forever incapacitated—a death. What greal eril worse th of the wounded which_ falls to Wwoman, hundreds of thousands whom today are acting the part angels of mercy to help the wounded recover and a large per cent. dying Don’t we feel that others may live. cheap. now to deny praise ileges: claim. to woman to.‘which she has a g When man starts out in life he has a The pure infant is a child of God starting on the way to his Father’s mansions. His course is laid for him although it is always ex- pected he- will have a tempestuous ‘voyage because of cross-currents and opposing winds. A modern writer re- the situation makes the claim toat man cannet reformy but that he definite destination. social ductions are really one’s pri the pleasure of on feel- ing as if T had been up against & bear my gun u could are a well intenced. Love, the blind pure add A man srip upon the weaknesses The mirror and . and uch a rels light, e who Plutarch says st despises God and stand - man- and vulgar methods, when its Bi Sunday tells the people the devil goes to church regularly every Sunday and that he gets-into every good worl, and Thais blow which e is stri ‘pocrisy in all holy places is needed, the trail, they has ‘been laid a deep sorrow and whose fu- the mother who has tenderly watched over a human soul from infancy to young manhood, and er tax is Jaid upor any citizen than the tax of taking care and. the: freedom and the priv- rightful om on- are be (Written Speciaily for The Bulletin.) In spite of the multiplicity of or- ganizations in this country, strangely enough, there is need of one more! Throughout the days of any Autumn, | thousands of barreis and Dbushels of frult and vegetables will be permitted to go to loss, in New England in par- | tizular, which would furnish a svin- ter's supply to needy city families. As soon as the farmer: vested all the crops whic they have room to store, they becomse too busy with husking, s 1ling, wood cut- ting and other chores to care for the waste. on- hey iv- nial for ion i R Benevolent individuals ‘who might burn with a desire to get these valu- able supplies cityward, are discour- d, first by the thought of expen- sive expreés or parcel post rates, sec- ondly, by the impossibility of any such gleaning after the gleaners, unless i d be done on a large scale and with ystematic co-operation. Again, in_the matter of fuel City dweliers' realize what a serious item of expenditure it is; but even in suburban towns, surrounded as many of them are by New England’s wooded hills, cut wood brought in seils at an average of six dollars a cord. ons ing m- nts as- ing ps. it rue ure his ich ith In the kitchen of a fine old farm- house_in the suburbs of & prosperous manufacturing town—a ferm too, with its own tall tress in plenty—the, good man was heard rebuking a new maid for using wood instead of coal, “Decause it is so much dearer” he ained. Now, a trolley or automobile ride in nearly’ any direction from that city would disclose, within the radius of a few miles, absolute cords of good fir ere and ht- le ing hey of can_ simply return to his original ourse. If he has lost his bearings and i3 off his course he must return to it; if he has not read his chart aright, or has lost his longitude and latitude, he must correct his errors and return to the true course. There are mael- stroms and gulf streams and tidal waves and shoals along the voyage of life; and every craft is confronted with a Charybdis and Scylla soon or late; and the navigator must keep his relation to the Eon correct, as upon this the following of the true course depends. He must return and then all will be well. iife the ow n by the ing ing al- om Tor Have you noticed that a man usually has an exaggerated opinion of himself, but indulges in no exaggeration in his injon of others. This is doubtless Teason he is rated as unreliable in judgement. Since a man is with himself all the time he should be bet- ter acquainted with himself than with any one else, and perhaps he is, but he never seems to be capable of putting a correct value upon his own merits. A human being is a masked soul at best, and what any man is must be judged by his acts rather than his looks. Some reputably good men sadiy need a new rating because they are greedier for their own salvation than for the salvation of others. There can be greed for other things than money, and selfishness is pictured as repre- enting a dwarfed love but a giant evil. A man's opinion of himself is always at a discount while his ac- cusations of his neignbor are usually accepted at par her me nts kes no as pot ess for 3 Sunday Morning Talk o “HE GOT HIS.” It was after the trial and a group of acquaintances were discussing the ver- dict. “Well, he certainly got his!" re- marked one in awestruck tone of the late defendant now being escorted un- der guard from the courtroom. It was easy to sep how inevitably in the light of the past career the present unhappy situation had arrived. At last the law breaker had surely gotten “his.” After all doesn’'t everyone in this moral world, get “his?”’ Aren’t the prizes reached the ones we have pre- red for, and the things we miss those we have voluntarily rejected? The Bible says: “Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.” Does that represent poetry or fact? It| is en the be- o are zed use uld rts re- of{ That it ropresents jact is one of the first life lessons that must be learned. I doubt whether there is any. convic- mn whatever morc "esgential to the moral health of a boy or girl than that this is an ordered worli—that in it we gain the rewards for which we are will- ing to pay the price in terms of labor, celf-denial and strength, and also meet the losses our sins or our deficiencies make inevitable. In a thousand specific cases the con- nection Detween sowing and reaping cannot be clearly traced.. I do mot know why it is that a good man should suffer or why 2 bad, man should flour- ish on this earthly sod like & green bay tree. The world to come will doubtless shed light on these problems. : But, meanwhile, it is useful to believe at least that neitier success nor failure is achieved by luck—by any blind play of irrational forces. What we ‘attain or lose is appropriate to our endemvors, ‘We come into our own. - Proverbs in abundance énrbody this truth that men have learned “No 1pains, no gains;” “No mill, no meal;” ‘Diligence is the mother of good luck, and so on. Through centuries of expe. rience the race has discovered the fact that, In the long run, life plays fair with us. It is one of the mysteries that, ywith all the accumulated experience af the Years, so many make unreasonable de- mands_of life. They expect to dance withoul™paying the flddler. With the solid testimony of centuries against him, debonair young John Henry will tun up an account with nature and then attempt to side-step the bill, Why should he imagine himself to be so eal of He eck een ted he he he iy the ik~ are ess the ore i1y in ght der Ted ee: der one safe prediction regarding John Henry is that he is going: to pay the bill. Moreover, interest is charged and there are no rebates. are ve The success that comes to one like- wise is his own, because he has pre- pared for it. In the largest sense it is true that each man shapes his own fortune, each woman hers. Success comes Decause one has fulfilled the conditions. We learn how Leon Gam- Detta, the French orator and states- man, leaped into fame &t one bound. A single speech of his raised him from oblivion to the post of Premiér of France. When 2 friend remarked eon his “luck” in conquering fame by a single speech, Gmabetta broke out impetuously: “I was years preparing that speech. Twenty times I wanted to deliver it, but did not feel that T had it here (touching his head). though it palpitated here (thumping his breast), as if it would Break my heart” ° For vears he had been mastering the facts of the political situation and pre- paring a line of argument to be used in the cruclal hour. He got his tri- umph _because he had earned it. Of Judas, the traitor, the Scripture records that he went “to his own place.” Judas went to_hig own and so did John and Paul So does every man. That of life. It is the first &tep in ou cation to Tearn that ofe : Teaps wl :g;u,hmin ;.?m now to the end © he is going to “Fét his” - THE PARSOX. - ion ust for han the of of the have har—| ¢l jof the junl much smarter than his ancestors? The | A NEEDED ORGANIZATION | loss along the road- the fields. Tn European countries, tne poor ple would have gatherd up all such s, limbs and tree trunk fagots would be weod, going nd i Schools and colleges are giving elab- orate courses in Economics; yet every | ¥, household, individual, wi exceptions, neglecting nexte thyn What is needed to remedy the cr ing evil of waste, is some sort of national—or at least sectional—orar ization, with agents paid by the = of benevolent, people who seem always | willing and ready to so down into thejr pockets: for any profect proven to he for public betterment. In other words, the country needs an | Anti-Wasto Guild! Truit, vegetables, «"( dl. might be cc the carload to regularly appointed distributing city ts. who would know to just what families and beuev- olences the supplies should zo. In case farmers v too bu in collecting the vast heaps duce left to decay he idle slr‘e!-t corners migm ‘)L‘ ten ungathered of law, into_gathering the sup: Up in Windham County, the ers from the jail ave ziven exer are made to-eurn their keep by ting ice in winter, d planting, barvesting, etc. which, promptly transported, would mean so much in the tenement districts o he ¢ s and would help solve for many a worthy struggler the worrisome problem of the high cost of living. The removal of so much of what is now, in rural phrase, merely “litter”,| would aid, too, in the work toward | citi beautiful, about which so m 1s written and said, but for which so little is actually done by those who conld best aid the movement Despise not the day of small thing used to be the te 1 © n)»i\me 11'\"1 Ly let even a dead leaf <, there is lementable waste and negligenge, even among the best and most scientific of our farmers. tools, decaye. tumble-down gate posts, the San Jose scale, one whit mofe blamewor than this ever-present waste of food pro- ducts, fuel, etc., which would mean so much to somebody, if only there were proper system in making supply and demand meet! In other wor £ there were National _Auti-Wast Guild, with branches ramifying every state and county and city and town| and borough and village, so that not| one atom would be permitted to zo to| loss old trees o Rusting i “Dirt is good material out of place, is the modern asiom. Now what ar pears to be dirt to the eves of ome, fo another has in it the possibilities of utility and money-value. TFortunes are made in the collection of what care- less persons tirow away. No city I re: made important enough the Wwo man and scavenger, the real clean-up agents! It is an American characteristic do things with a_swagger which im- plies thaf, oh, well, we are the biggest people on the globe, and a fig for stingy, anywar! So wc order " | meals so many di that stomach of the ostrich could not | gest them, and after a taste of cach, | We_waste the re: | We scorn tne careful methods and | strict economy of peoples of othe we fancy it implies generosit tter plenty about; and while this spirit of bigness and prosperity has its ‘merits, it leads unconaciously to an extravagance and carelessness and Wastefulness certain to end wrong. it was said of men who_had worked along the docks in New York Dbefore the war suddenly paralyzed commerce and left them in direst want, “‘They had so much work and made such big wages that they never thought of a change comd: so that few of them had ever known what it was to economize.” The wasteful spirit of parents ex- tends to their children and is copied by them. The boy or girl who gaihers up apples, or chips, for the garden or lawn, or sw walk, or in fact does anything i oughly or well, is getting to be almos as rare as the dodo! - It is foolishl accounted an indication of wealth and the power which it bring: to llve lavishly, carelessly, often dis- honestly in fact, since what wasted | too often belong to other wasted material and goods not paid for. voluntaril The habit of waste leads to dis- regard for the property of others. The tenant thinks he is not geeting his money’s hvortih, unless he defaces the ! walls, damages the woodwork, wears out before their time the blinds and gates and stairs and what not on his landiord’s property. There is no con- science in throwing away or abusing one’s own possessions, no realization that one is merely a steward; con- sequently there is even less compunc- tion about doing damage to what is one's neighbor's. - Perhaps, as one- beneficial effec the terrible war, people will have to learn how (o ecomomize—some have had to learn the lesson already—and there may be formed this needed Anti- Waste. Guild, to leave a clean, thrifty, careful nation! of THE DICTAGRAPH. { Stories of the War Why One Farm House Stood So Long. The mystery of a lone farmhouse which stood for months undamaged on a_conspicuous knoll in the very heart of the battle zone near Rove, with nothing but ruins all about it, has just been cleared up by a French in- fantry captain. From this building the French watched the operations of the Ge; mans in their trenches a quarter of a mile distant. They expected every day to become the target for the German artillery which played all around and even demolished the hut of an old| pessant_woman only a hundred yards away. Every morning at dawn, they crépt up to the place from the rear arid took their observations. A peas- ant: farther back of the lines suggested that the owner of the farm had paid the Germans a round sum to spare his property, and this explanation pre- ‘vailed for some time. One morning as the French ap- the place they were met by the peasant women whose hut had been demolished and who had taken refuge in the cellar of the farm house, “A spy .came last night into the gar- ret of the farm house,” she declared, “and he made illuminated signals to the Germans from the window.” The French officers could not believe it. he mext day and the mext the old pozsant declared positively that sne ad again seen thie man come and had IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT your con- every to give the matter sideration and in stance insist upon OUR CONFECTIONERY, excellent in appear- ance and delicious in flavor. We offer a variety, and you can rest assured that you will get full value for your money is for it quality, pure, of attractive if you buy our Candy. SPECIAL.! Home-made Garamels 27¢ in- ICE CREAM Wholesale and Retail Progress Confectioner FRANKLIN SQUARE SPECIAL SEATS FOR WAITING FOR CAR v seen the lisht py couldn’t po: line of pickets ted. following morning the woman ced.the officer to take particular no- of the stairs leading to the garret. a thin coating of a: ver the were unmist: about that tonight, rough ficer i outlined. said the returning to the French mpleting their day's ob- ¢ detachment concealed tscif in by ches around the Louse and hed the garret window. At o e e the building, lights appeared in ndow and the captain ordered a upon the stairway. At the same e a heavy body dropped (o the und on the other side. The Germans had tolerated the use house by the French during the order to uiiize it themselves at A _complete signalling appar- a but the spy, who knew than the French seem- had made good his escape. Relief in Belgium. ere T went there was a cr: More. more’” sald James M. Ben- of Roanoke, Va., who has just ar- in .London -afier a motor tour himself the re American Relief e the poor Belgiuns are e sald. ‘We flew a lit- and Stripes on our motor ungrateful,” tle Star | #nd hundreds of women came up and ssed Little children fingered it i ingly. 'In Brussels they are talking of putting up a monument to mark the gratitude of Belgium to America. They are already at work on the design. “I saw box after box containing thousands of little letters waiting to sv to American children. All of them were quaintly pathetic expressions of thanks from Belgian girls and boys for the Christmas presents sent in the The children in Antwerp have stic card which reads: 1 the cordial thanks of the poor ren of Antwerp to their kind ted comrades of the United State: their nice Christmas presents, nderneath ave the scrawling little zatures of waifs who have seen war. In Liege I saw a trainload of sev- enteen cars bring in relief supplies all the way from Virginia. I saw these same supplies given out in the bread lin, and I was proud and glad to:be a Virginian. “The Germans are not taking a mb of the fool which the Commis- on is sending in. So far as I could see, the Germans are honestly helping. The work of the Commission is won- derful. s simply clockwork., I didn’t dream that anything- like it could be set going in so short a time.” er OTHER VIEW POINTS: New England ought fo start a cam- paign for the restoration of the Irish potate, which is such an important native product, to its proper rank among the ordinary foods of the human family—Waterbury Republi- can, 1t the present legislature does not do away with the billboard there will be one soon that will'and in the end these things will be absolutely foroidden in the state as they should be. We hope that this question will not be passed over this session but that a vote will be taken—DMerlden Journal. It makes no difference from which angle we view this financial probiem, whether the state angle or the local angle. The dominating gquestion is one of revenue. Nothing will be gained by transferring the burden from one pocket to another. The problem : will still be one of increased revenues and decreased expepses. The way out is to make a study of the condition as was done during the administration of former Governor Cooke, and to formu- late a budget system of revenues and expenditure which will possess some of the characteristics of science. The entire Connecticut financial system needs overhauling from top to bottom. —New Haven Journal-Courier. Tt is hoped that the city will furnish the money to the health department S0 that it can engage nurses and start m active campalgn against consump- tion in this community. It is a great work and the citizens of New Britain should stand Dbackeof the board of heaith and see that it gets the neces- sary funds to successfully combat tuberculosis. There is much to be done on the preventive side, as well as taking care of the patients when they are affected with the dread disease.— New Britain Record, As a first step in prepuredness the formation of the American Legion planned by officers of the United States army and navy and endorsed be ex- President Theodore Roosevelt, General Leonard - Wood, and meny’ lesding Americans is excellent and res that she bad | sieps a man's foot- | shining from the win-|Beyond ; | ! | ten peradventure the war has brought_home to all with open minds, ang a desire to weigh facts, the in- controvertable reality that this coun- try is unprepared to baclk its position on international affairs or domestic rights with proper weight. — New Haven Union. pages, each page containing forty lines and each line fifty letters. ty-six_hours Dumas had done rk—35 lines—in his fair flo hand, disfigured by no era: lie bet was won with six re.” —London Chrenicle, Dumas’s Rapid Writing. For rapidity of composition the elder Dumas probably bears off the paim from any modern outhor. A story illustrating his met! Arthur F. Davidson. solved to put his powers to the test. | “Dumas had at that time in his head | the plan of the ‘Chevalier de Maison Rouge,’ of which he had not vet writ- a word, and he now made a bet of a hundred louis with sceptical nd that he would write the first volume of the novel in seventy-two hours (including the time for meals . The volume was to be seventy-five large foolscap O=O=°=°tfl © Today Is The Last Day @ Of Our - s Ladies’ Tailoring Sale Suits-to-Order $22.50 From an unrestricted choice of smart Spring styles and materials. Regaining Ancient Dacia, The Roumanian statesmen who an- nounce that they are to demand from Austria-Hungary “vast territorie comprising the province of Bukowina, Southern Transylvania, the di Marmaros-Sziget and Kris: the Banat of Temesvar’ might gessedly be giving a_ complete the Hapsburg territories which formed part of ancient Dacia. If Roumania gets all these territories, in addition to the territory she aiready has, she will lack nothing of Dacia except southern half of Bessarabia. Mall Gazette. 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