Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 19, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915 nnd @onfied 119 YEARS OLD " Subscription price 12c & week; G0 & month; §6.00 & year. Entered at the Postofice a¢ Norwich, Telepmone Callx: Bulletin Business Ofiice 480. ‘ Tetin Eaitorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletln Bd 0 etin Job Office 85-2. Wilimantle OMMce, Room 3 Murray Rullding. Telephone 210. Norwich, Friday, ‘March 19, 191 B The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of ths 4,053 houses in Norwich, and read by minety- three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and all of these places it is consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five postoffice districts, and sixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town ard on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average .......oeec. 4412 5,920 COMPENSATION COMMISSIONERS. By his appointment to the compen- sation commission to fill a vacancy, and the renomination of two of the members of that body whose terms expire during his incumbency of the governorship, Governor Holcomb again reveals his determination to take care of the interests of Connecticut. In this instance, as in others which have pre- ceded, he makes it plain that he is a firm bellever in merit, that he takes into consideratlon the welfarc of the state when making appointments and that partisanship does not cloud his judgment. Those who saw. or thought they 4id, a grand return to the spoils sys- tem by the action which was recently taken by the legislature and approved ®y the governor in instituting needed reforms in the civil service law, have been given evidence to the contrary, even in cases where the law has no application. In these appointments to the compensation commission Governor Holcomb has selected as the new mem- ber a man who has been closely as- sociated with Commissioner Russell during his term. His experience is particularly valuable to the state and in the reappointment of Commission- ers Williams and Donohue he was act- uated by the same reason. They have made a study of the compensation law. They are the best equipped of any to put it, and such changes as may be .authorized by this legislature, Into operation and they have indicated by the faithful performance of their du- ties that there is an added value In their services to the state. In their quasi judicial capacity such a policy of reappointment was to be expected. It is a policy which should be con- tinued. 1805, average ...... EXCEEDING APPROPRIATIONS. Exceeding appropriations is a serious fault with which municipalities have to contend, so that when it is brought out that the practice is getting a hold upon those who are entrusted with different phases of the state’s business the need of checking such a tendency can be appreciated. = It can be realized that thé deficiency of over $§117,000 by the tuberculosis commission, was expended in a good and needy cause, in which the whole state is interested and for which a great deal is being done through other channels, but to permit such excess !expenditures by one department is “bound to have its effect upon others. If one commission follows that method and it is condoned, there are the best of reasons why others should look upon it as an endorsement of that manner |of doing business and proceed to pur- Sue & similar course. With all due re- spect to the zeal of the directors of such bodies the policy to be followed should apply to all alike, and that should be a strict regard for the lim- its which are placed upon their work Bauged by the funds which are author- ized for their use. Otherwise there is bound to develop a looseness in the expenditure of state money which will Eo from bad to worse, For the past several years the state of Connecticut has been justified in its effort to keep down expenses, Un- less there is the proper cooperation by commissions such efforts are nul- lified. Proceeding to exceed - ppropri- ations establishes a dang« prece- dent and it can be readil: stood that the legislation which would make it obligatory to keep within bounds is needed. RURAL SCHOOLS. As a result of an Investigation of the schools of Colorado Pro- fessor Sargent comes to the conclusion that “while city children enjoy the best that money can buy, country children must be content with the ragged edges of our public school system,” and there are good reasons for believing that such conditions are by no means peculiar to Colorado. In a great gany states, if not all, the at- tention which is given to city and country schools is about in that same proportion, though rural schools of many states get far better facllities than others. Of the 1725 school districts in the state of Colorado having not over 330 children, the average school cen- sus for the eight years was 82,174, | compulsory attendance requirements there were 17,789 boys and girls of school age in the rural sections who were not in atténdance during each of the S years from 1906 to 1913, and while school age in that state means from 6 to 21 years it reveals many children Who were not getting even the advan- tages which the state provided which leads the investigator to believe that “the aistrict system has something fundamentally wrong about it.” The bringing to light of such facts as are obtainable from such investigations provides a basis for a remedy and should they be made in many other states an improvement of rural school apportunities could be expected. DEER. An opposition to the protection of the deer has always been manifested. It has steadily increased as the ex- perience with them has doubled and trebled until at the present time lit- tle opposition is manifested to the legislation which has been proposed for reducing the number which is ovek- running the state and causing an end- less amount of damage and needless expense. Connecticut hasn't engaged in pro- duce ang fruit raising to such an ex- tent that it is able as yet to supply the demands of its citizens. The op- portunity for it exists, but discour- agement rather than encouragement is fostered by the propagation of deer, which roam the state destroying crops and young trees. They are pretty creatures and it is a delight to see them browsing on a hillside or clear- ing a fence as they enjoy the pro- tection of Connecticut’s law, but there is small recompense to those whose property they destroy. ‘Such a thing would not be tolerated if an equal number of cattle was turnea loose to get a living off the tilled or untilled areas of Connecticut. Thus there is nothing astonishing about the change of front towards the deer and the failure of anyene to ap- pear in their behalf against bills which are presented to bring about a reduc- tion in their number. Connecticut in the first place is no state for the rais ing of deer for the purpose of hunt- ing them. It is too thickly settled, and experience with the law protecting them indicates that it was an unwise step anl the quicker steps are taken to keep down the number the easier will be the accomplishment and less will be the danger connected there- with, ASSOCIATED PRESS UPHELD. Without finding it necessary to bring action Attorney General Gregory has declared that the Associated Press is not a conspirator in restraint of trade: He finds no ground for prosecution such as was sought by the Sun Print- ing .and Publishing assoclation under the Sherman anti-trust law even though an investigation was made for ascertaining the facts under the charges which were made, ‘While the attorney general finds that it is not impossible for such an association to develop into an unlawful monopoly, ke does say that such has not happened in the case of the Asso- ciated Press. It is given a clear title under its methods of doing business, not as the result of a cursory exam- ination but following a searching in- quiry. He finds that “it is no violation of the anti-trust act for a group of newspapers to collect and distribute news for their common beneflt, and to that end to acree to furnish the news collected by them only to each other or to the association; provided that no attempt is made to prevent mem- bers from purchasing or otherwise ob- taining news from rival agencies. And if that is true the corrollary must be true, namely, that newspapers desir- ing to form and maintain such an or- ganization may determine who shall be and who shall not be their asso- ciates.” The investization of the ‘Associated Press as the result of the Sun com- plaints was welcomed because of the knowledge that its business was being conducted in such a manner as would stand it and the result is therefore only what was expected.. EDITORIAL NOTES, It is sbout time for the groundhog to bob up and call for a rising vote of thanks. The new Pennsylvania is the last word in floating fortresses, but it is not the end. Great Britain's recent order seems to fully explain when a blockade is not a blockade, ' Given the proper chance there nothing very difficult about keep good submarine down. is a The democratic promises are being fulfilled. The price of eggs has un- dergone a tremendous drop. e N R | Ttaly cannot set forth the claim that it is not being given all possible as- sistance in making its decision. He may miss the pleasure later om, but the fellow who is without a launch skips a lot of worry at this season of the year. It doesn’t require very much investi. gation to prove that Germany has no monopoly on the die stuff that is put into ammunition. Hungary in postponing its elections until the soldlers return from the war must make allowances for a mon- strous silent vote. Countries at war never seem to think that anyone else amounts to very much or has rights which cannot be kicked around. The vice president may have a flag but it isn’t necessary for the secretary of state to be so provided to draw forth a Chautauqua salute. The man on the corner says: When- ever two enthusiasts get Into a heated argument a decided change in the atmosphere generally follows, Probably Great Britain hasn’t stop- pea to figure that its blockade means practically one-third as much harm to this country as it does to Germany. In the death of Dr. H. S. Noble, superintendent of the Connecticut state hospital at Middletown, the state not only loses an estimable citizen, but an authority on insanity and a friend of the insane. It i3 pointed out by the New Haven Register that New Haven is not whin- ing over the failure to gzet 2 new ar- ‘while the average enrollment was only 64,385, or 73 per cent. of the census. . M=is phows that whila Colorado has! mory and it wonders whether other New Haven, March 18—Last Wed- nesday evening the March meeting of the Norwich club was held in Haugh- ton hall. Twelve of the seventeen members were present. Several mat- ters of business were brought up for discussion. Among others, the matter of sending a Yale representative to speak at ‘the Academy was agitated. This would in_ all probability be of material benefit in encouraging _the Norwich registration at Yale. How- ever, no_decision was reached, the matter of making arrangements being left with the secretar 1t was also suggested that the final meeting of ihe college year should be in the form of a banquet, at which time the officers for the ensuing year should be chosen, and in order to effect an appropriate termination of the first year of the club it was proposed that a citizen of Norwich should be the guest of hon- or. This was but tentatively plan- ned, the final arrangements will be made at a later meeting. Wednesday morning the final make- ups for the glee clubs were announc- ed. It is of particular concern to note that there were three former Norwich Free Academy students in- cluded in the selections. Raymond T. J. Higglns, 1917, was included in the first tenors of the Apollo Glee club. This club js composed of members from all departments of the university. Inasmuch as there were but 35 men se- lected for the final make-up of the club it is with considerable merit for that Mr. Higgins has been chosen. While at tho Academy Mr. Iiggins Wwas on the Boys' Glee club, and last year he was selected for the freshman club. Tho Apollo club gives a series of entertainments in and arcund New Haven during the vear. One concert will be given in New York city. The Freshman Glee club make-up which was also announced last Wed- nesday included Timothy Parker La- throp and William Douglas, both former Academy students. Mr. La- throp is singing first bass while Mr. Douglass is singing second tenor. Will- iam Douglas of New London graduat- ed from the Bulkeley school in 1913 and then took a post graduate course at the Academy last year. While at Bulkeley he was a member of the Glee club there. Mr. Lathrop grad- uated from the Academy last year, and while attending there he was a member of the Boys' Glee club for three vears, He has also taken a great interest in the rowing activities of the university, and at present is a member of the freshman crew squad. As a result of the hockey elect held last week F. V. Burgess chosen captain for next .year. hockey banquet was held at the Taft last Tuesday. Many interesting ac- counts were given of the evolution of hockey at Yale, and Captain Burgess of next year's team commented on the bright prospects for the coming season referring (o the number of men who will ret’dn, and to the spirit which the team had shown this year. At a meeting of the university basketball team Saturday afternoon W. P. Ar- nold, 1815 S., was elected captain for next year. Armold stands third in the Intercollegiate league in goal shooting and has been a consistently reilable defensive man for two years on_the university team. At the annu: Soc- cer banquet held at Heubleins las I Thursday evening W. L. Tucker, 1917, of New Rockelle, N. Y. was unani- mously elected captain for next year, to succeed R, H. Gamble, 1915. The! banquet brought to the close a most| successful season of Soccer at Yale, and the prospects for 2 championship team next season are very bright. The regular March meeting of the Yale corporation_was held in Wood- bridge hall, last Monday. The presi- dent of tihe university, the governor of the state, and all but two of the fel- lows of the corporation were present. The ‘meeting was noticeable for the clection of several new professors at the university. In the physics de- partment of the Sheffield _Scientific school, Professor Zeleny will replace Professor Fasting who resigns at_the close of this year. At present Pro- fessor Zeleny holds a professorship of physics at the University of Minneso- ta. He is an authority on physics, especially on electrical _conduction through gases. ~Mr. Hiram Bingham was elected professor of Latin Ameri- can History in the graduate school Professor Bingham’s various. expedi- tions to Peru in cooperation with the National Geographic society, . have given him a broad reputation, especial- 1y in connection with his discovery and excayation of the ruined city of Cuzco. ~ The treasurer reported gifts since the last meeting amounting to $12,800. The greater part of this amount was received from the executors of TLord Strathcona, and $1900 from William Sloane towards the endowment of the School of Re- liglon. Those present voted to au- thorize the secretary to prepare a pamphlet giving the academic records of all the Yale Doctors of Philosophy since the first conferring of the degree in America at Yale in 1861, arrang- ed according to departments of study. Regulations were adopted regarding the new prize established by James S. Metcalfe, 1879; Editor of Life. The prize which amounts to $50 is to be awarded biennially, the first time in 1916. It is to.be open to under- sraduates in all departments. Essays are expected to be about 3000 words in lenghth and are to be on the subject, The Present Condition of the Theatre in the United States, or any adaption, modification, or division of this sub- Ject. = An increase in tuition fees has been made In nearly all of the large uni- versities. At Yale an added cost of, tuition in both the College and the Sheffield_school went into effect with this year’s freshman class; Columbia has changed its entire system of fees and is instigating a further careful study of the problem by the officers of the university: Princeton has made a. considerable change which will go into eftect in 1915-1916; Cornell has increas- ed the expense Of three courses, ef- fective with the entering freshman class; Harvard reports no change as yet and does not give authoritative in- tention of making such. In connec- tio with the increased cost of tuition 2 number of the universities have pro- portionately increased their scholar- Ship loans or arranged a remission of tuition whereby deserving students will not suffer greatly from the added changes. The cause for the increasa seems principally for the sake of equallizing an added expense incurred by the colleges. Concerning _the changes in the cost of tuition at Yale university.-Director Chittenden _stat- ed that owing to the increased cost of instruction in the various departments of science, especially with the elabor- ate laboratory courses now called for, BULLETIN'S SPECIAL YALE LETTER Norwich Club Meets and Plans for Future Events—Academy Graduates Chosen for Glee Clubs—Change in Tuition Fees—Hockey and Basketball Interests. class. The usual laboratory fees and incidental charges remain as hereto- fore. The annual charge for tuition for students who entered the collese prior to September, 1914, is §155. For students entering in 1914 and thereaft- er the regular charge for tuition will be forty dollars a year plus eight dol- lars per hour of instruction provided per year; so that the normal tuition charge for students taking fifteen hours of work will be $160. These tu- ition charges include fees for registra. tion and for the use of the universit library and gyvmnasium. An additio; charge of ten dollars is made in se years to cover expenses of graduation. | During the past winter those mem- bers of the last three graduating classes who live in New Haven have been gathering weekly and bi-weekly s assoclation for informal The movement has met h universal favor, and every week there are luncheons in the senior room of the ciub for one or the other of theso classes. This has given the men an opportunity to get togethe occasionally. Some of the members of the class of 1812 who live in New Ha- ven realized this winter the need of getting together once in awhile for an informal reunion. It was decided to meet regularly once a week for luncheon, and 1912 Sheff was invited in the project. The plan was greeted enthusiastic: and now there is an average of 25 mem- bers at each affair. The classes of 1917 and 1914 have also become inter- csted in the plan, and now they, too, are meeting regularly. These occa- sions are also gaining favor with the members of the classes who live out- side_the city, and graduates have been coming_in more and more frequently from Meriden, Hartford, _Waterbury and other nearby cities. ' The purpose of this project is threefold; first, to renew class friendships; secondly, to keep In touch with the undergraduate life in the universi and_thirty to promote the inter: of Mor i under the new graduate man- D is the natural meeting place cademic and Sheff. During the past two or three vears similar lun- cheons have met with enthu support by the members of the clas: es living in New York, and no doubt it will soon be taken up in all the larg- er cities of the East. Here in New Haven these luncheons have been suc pleasant gatherings that it is hoped at the succeeding classes will support the idea. to join them Stories of the War Aeroplane Raid in Warsaw. An American correspondent was in the rooms of one of the best known Warsaw clubs on the occasion of a recent aeroplane raid. Four men were playing auction bridge. Two bombs were dropped, one within two hundred vards of the club. Two of the men strolled carelessly to the window and watched the two German Taubes vol- plane recklessly from an altitude about five thousand feet to & dista of approximately two thousand, drop a bomb apiece and circle upward and westward, with two Russian aeroplanes in close ' pursuit. Russian shrapnel was directed at the two German aeroplanes from a battery on the out- of the city, but the speed of the planes was so great that the gray bursts of smoke fell harmlessly in_ the rear. The other two men in the bridge game were more interested in the hands. These acroplane raids, he indeed become such commonplace oc currences that instead of hurrying in doors, as the residents of the city used to do when the appearance of the Ger- man Taubes was an alarming novel- ty, the streets are now crowded with mildly interested spectators, who, if they have no other business on hand, it a point to be on the streets on clear afternoone at two o'cleok, at which time the German aeroplanes pear, weather permitting, with uner- Ting regularity. “Before we have tea,” says a timid looking Polish woman, “let’s plan to go out and see the aeroplane raid.” One might almost think that it was a sporting event of the season, which it had become fashionable to attend. Meanwhlle the wounded are brought back from the trenches, and a con- tinuous line of soldiers, infantry, mounted infantry, cavalry and long provision trains file through the city to take their place in the firing line. But the endless activity, the countless episodes, any one of which would in ordinary times, provoke anxiety and alarm, seem only to act as a stimulant upon ‘the overwrought nerves of this remarkable capital. One soon learns that the nervous laughter which one hears everywhere in Warsaw is not far from a sob, and the apparent un- concern only the pitiful bravery of a nation that has learned not to cry when it is hurt, e Experiences of a Nurse, A young American woman who vol- unteered for service as a Red Cross nurse in Serbia two months ago has written letters to friends in London, urging them against following her ex- ample unless they are sure that their nerves and physique can stand the strain. “Many of the volunteer nurses collapse after a week or two,” she says “and the strongest of us are quite certain that we shall have to give it up after two or three months or else &0 mad. “Our hospital is not a large building, but we have 1.300 patients and have to inspect 500 fresh cases each day. The congestion of the whole place is so terrible that major operations fre- quently have to be performed right in the wards with all the other patients around. “The hospital is close to the railway, and men sent from the battlefields are brought in to be dressed before con- tinuing thelr journeys to other towns, I call the dressing room the Hall of Pain. In it are Nine Tables of Agony, and there are benches all around on Which sit the other men waiting to have their wounds wressed. “The Hall throbs with cries, groans, and shrieks of pain, rising sometimes to a crescendo that the strongest nerves cannot endure. “We have seen none of the glory of war—only the horror and suffering of the soldier and the civil population, too. But I am sure no glory can com- pensate for all this. To see the refugee children and the wounded men and the suffering women is worse than any nightmare genius could dream, “I asked a man nearly cured when was going home. ‘I have no home,’ answered wearily, ‘my house was Shabatz, the enemy has destroyed my wife and children are dead’ Alter the name of the place for va- riety’s sake, and that is the answer you will get seven times out of ten. he the annual tuition charge for the un- dergraduate students of the Sheffield Scientific school has been advanced from $150 to $180 a year. This has cities will be able to say the same. Thev should at least get the chance. Been applied this year only to the members of the incoming freshman One can only be silent before such sorrow. “I have been up to Belgrade for three days to rest my nerves. It is a desolate ccity. Normally there are 120 inhabitants; now there are about 8,000 MOTHERS, DO THIS— When the Children Cough, Rub Musterole on Throats and Chests. No telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or worse. And then’s when vou're glad you have a r of MUSTEROLE at hand to give prompt, sure relief. It does not blis- ter. As first aid and a certain remedy the: nothing like MUSTEROLE. Thousands of mothers know it. You should keep. a jar in the hous 1t is the remeédy for aduits, too. Re- lieves Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Tonsil- itis, Croup, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neu- ralgia, Headache, Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Pains and Aches of Jack or Joints, Sprains, Sore Muscles, Chilblains, Frosted Feet and Colds of the Chest (it often prevents Pneumonia). At your druggist's, in 25c and 50c jars, and a special large hospital size for $2.50. Be sure you get the genuine MUS- TEROLE. Refuse imitations you ask for. The Musterole Company, Cleveland, Ohio. returned. T worried the authorities until T got permission to visit the Palace. The enemy’s guns had got the nge of it very well. Moreover an aviator's bomb had gone through the roof of the library and wrecked the library and throne room. The chapel royal which had been made a sort of headquarters for the enemy’s pillagers, was in an indescribable state of chaos. Clothes, china, stuffed birds, pictures, state papers, and thousands of other things were littered about. In wone corner was a collection of unnum- bered bottles of all sorts of medicine for the cure of rheumatism, which the looters had brought from the royal apartments—the old king is a martyr to rheumatism, and has apparently tried everything that is sold anywhere for it. “It is an interesting fact that in the population of Serbia men have always predominated considerably, and even this war, with its hideous losses, will only balance the proportion of sexes.” Terribie Experiences. Maxine Ellott has met with markable success in getting provisi to starving Belgians in the fighting zones of Ilanders. Personally con- ucting her expedition by barge, towed through the canals of France and Flanders, she penetrated that little corner where the Belglan standard still flies between the guns of the Allied and German armies. “It is a miracle to have got there,” sala Miss Eiliott to an Associated Press correspondent who recently met her and two women companions in the midst of their work. It is against every rule for a woman to be at the actual front, and Miss Eiliott succeed- ed in her project only after weeks of achiavellian scheming and slavery.” The American actress enlisted her expedition as a part of the services of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium, but financed it largely herself, and personally conducted it in the hobe of reaching the destitute in country where the fighting still ra for these receive little or no help from the big funds administered through Prussels. “We had on board $10,000 wafth of food and a dozen enormous bales of clothing when our homely barge, the Julia, left Calais” said Miss_ Eiliott. Besides herseif there were only three members of the party, with the ex- ception of three Belgian soldiers who looked after the barge. Two of the party, Dbesides Miss Elliott were women, intimate friends of the actress. “We set out from Calais on Feb. 4th,” she said, “after overcoming in- numerable petty annoyances that one cannot_foresee because in peace time there is no precedent for them. instance, it was impossible for us to buy mattress in_Calais. We had to beg four of the base commandant so that saiflors would not have to sleep on the floor. “We also succeeded in from the ar commissariat - 10,000 ins of milk, two tons of potatoes, 500 barrels of sugar, and hogshead after hosshead of salt pork to supplement our cargo.” The barge, which the correspondent was invitea to inspect, was spic_and span from the scrubbing which Miss Elliott had given it. “Its just as comfy here as at Hartsbourne,” she said,” “Except we do all the manual labor ourselves. We scrub the floors, do all the cooking, malke the beds, and work like cooks, housemaids and odd men combined. We have cooked for the soldiers and the tug crew as well, if you please, and we drop into bed each night, exhausted but content. “My feet are done up in cotton wool, but one doesn’t mind. I am going to wear sabots like the peasants after this, with woolen _stockings under- neath. And my poor hands! Any cook in the world would be ashamed to own them!” At Dunkirk the party had its bap- tism of fire. “I saw a house blown to bits 50 yards in front of me,” said Miss Elliott. None of our party was hurt, but seven people were killed a little further ion. “I must have been made not to have brought a camera—for it has been thrillingly Interesting country through which we have passed. We have seen Taubes flying overhead, and heard the Doom of cannon. As far as the eve could see, trenches, trenches, trenches. There were funny little observation houes in the tree-tops, wireless poles, barbed-wire entanglements and swarms_of soldiers living like half- drowned rats, poor things, in a sea of mud. They saluted our flag as we passed, and gazed in amazed wonder at the spectacle of women in these forbidden places. “Near Adinkerque, a gunboat full of English officers from Admiral Ayres’ squadron steamed down to meet us. They were over-joyed to see us. It was nice to be greeted so enthusiasti- cally, though we couldn’t flatter our- selves there was anything personal in it. It was only because they hadn't spoken to a woman for ever three months and they were longing for news_from home. There were several men T knew, “The biggest gunboat of the squad- ron was lifted clean out of the water last week by a shell bursting under- neath it. The warship flopped back again with an awful smash, but no damage done, except the breaking of everything breakable. “Previously when we passed the gun. boats in the canal, one of the girls shouted to ask if it was an ‘armored tug’ You can imagine what a joke that is in the squadron now, for the boat she addressed was none other than the Admirai's flagship, and we shall never hear the end of it. “All the generals admit that it is magnificient work that we are doing, but naturally war operations take no account of the suffering clvilian popu- lace. They are bundled away from the fighting line as quickly as possible, but countless thousands are left with the wrecks of their homes, and no relief funds get to their unhappy corner, and you can fmagine what this help of ours means to them. “I hove.” she added, “I may get my borrowing MATINEE TODAY ALL NEW FEATURES 4—BANTA BROS.—4 Greatest Musical Act in Vaudeville Playing 26 Different Instruments Special Scenery YEAGER & WHITE Classy Comedy Entertainero GEORGE C. DAVIS The Man Behind the Gun of Fun Paramount Feature Picture EDWARD ABELES In the Great Dramatic Success “Ready Money” In 5 Acts and 308 Scenes MUTUAL MOVIES and KEYSTONE COMEDIES Prices: 31.00, $1.00, 75¢, 50c, 35c, 25¢ SEATS NOW SELLING COMING, TUES. MAR. 23§ The Society Event of the Theatrical Season ENGLISH Boston "o Co. In a Master Production of CPERA VERDI'S BEAUTIFUL “iL, TRGVATCRE” With the Most Remarkalic Cast of Stars Ever Heard in En Opera Including JOSEPH F. SHEEHAN America's Greatest Tenor The Superb Boston English Opera Chorus and Augmented Orchestra Prices: 25¢ to $1.50.. Seats on Sale Saturday at 10 a. m. Mail Orders With Remittances Filled in the Order of Receipt \ N. F. A BOYS' GLEE CLUB CONCERT Friday, March 19th, in Slater Hall, Assisted By Musical Club and Girls’ Glee Club. Doors open at 7.30 Concert at 8 Admission 25¢ next cargo frem America. Any money contributions which my American friends care tc make, would, of course, be “welcome. Brown Brothers, the New Yors bankers will accept any such donations.” Miss Elliott and her companions made a long journey a couple of days ago to Poperinghe with two of the fourth Army Division Motors loaded with provisions and clothes. “We went to the Countess Vanderstean's hospital for typhoids (all refugees she said, “and she is convinced that we ‘came in answer to praver for she told me she had simply knelt down and prayed for help that morning ang lo, two utterly strange women turned up laden with things she needed most. One little girl died when we were there, and she has had twenty-five deaths in two weeks. The patients come in such an emaciated state from privation that a large percentage of them can not be cured. “There is, scarcely any food up this way you see—the needs of the army are so great and the civillans are pushed on by the military authorities as fast as possible to get them out of the fighting zone but there are always thousands _left behind. Commander Samson of the Flyingz Division has sent me up one of the Naval Air Serv- ice Motors and an extra chauffeur for a week, so I am flying about deliver- ing food and clothing in large quan- titles to the local burgomasters in the little villages, and you can imagine how glad they are fo see us even though women are not usually wel- comed at the front. “The Duchess of Sutherland motor- er up to see me today, and was thrilled by the barge, and is now con- sumed with the ambition to have some barge hospitals. We see everybody who goes to and from headquarters, and_tomorrow night, Prince Alexander of Teck. the Duke of Sutherland, and Col, Bridges (the uncrowned King of Belzium) are all dining on the barge. We cook the dinner of course and never have anything but an oil cloth table cover and paper napkins, but the food is good. Our dining room and kitchen are all in one but it is spot- and the gleaming pots and pans ndent left Miss Dilliott she was it to paddle down to the railway station to collect 189 bundles of clothing which she had heard had arrived for her relief work. OTHER VIEW POINTS The state farm for inebriates would be a money saving device for the peo- ple of Connecticut and might be a life saver for many who had lost their g£rip on self-control. At least it would be a_boon to such unfortunates and would relieve the taxpayers of much of the burden of their care—New Haven Union, New Jersey automobilists are much disturbed over a court decision that a driver may be convicted of assault and battery if he hits a man with his car. If they didn’t mean to hit him, they think it rather hard that they should be held accountable. From the point of view of the victim, however, the question of intention doesn’t af- fect the unpleasant consequences of ‘being hit.—Bridgeport Standard. Look for the New FEngland trade- marks upon the articles you purchase. ask in the shops for those goods that you know are made in these five states_and stimulate that which will bring back golden returns sooner than if your efforts were expended over a wider area. When you buy New Eng- land goods you help your own state and your own town and when you do that you help yourself.—Meriden Jour- nal. There are some very fine dogs in Connecticut, of pure blood and are worth considerable money. When it comes to lawmaking those and the mongrels are regarded as the same and the state, if permitted. will kill one as quick as the other. Om the face of it the claim that dogs will transmit foot and mouth disease is absurd. It would be interesting for some one with a little sand who owns a cow that has the disease to treat it and see if it can be cured. So far all the infected animals have been killed as if the dis- ease was necessarily fatal. That may ‘be a delusion.—New Britain Herald. The gospel of fresh air is intended to reach the persons, who are still wedded to the-belief that night air is full of malaria and rheumatism and that it is deadly as the nigntshade. There are millions still sufrering from the delusion. Let the clear, unpoisoned air in and the stale and foul air out of the home any time convenient during day or night. And watch the result after a few weeks' trial treatment with the life-giver, ozone.—Ansonia Senti- nel. By means of friendly conferences, engineered by representatives of their chamber of commerce, New Britain merchants have come to an agreement establishing a uniform schedule of hours for opening and closing their stores. In a few other cities of the state a similar end was brought about some time ago, with resulting satisfac- tion and increased convenience to Da- trons. - 'Where reformation in this re- spect has taken place, there is little disposition to return to old conditions. Under the new order the public knows on what to count, when stores are to e open for their convenience and ‘when closed. It gauges its goings and comings accordingly, and if it comes and goes less than it did, it does its buying in larger bunches at a time. Rag-time shopping still prevails in a few localitias and alwavs where there — Colonial FIVE REELS Matinee 10 cents—Children T heatre FIVE REELS The World’s Multiple-Reel Feature ACROSS THE PACIFIC Stupendous Production Dealing With Early Pioneer Life in the West, Later with Warfare in the Philippines. Startling Effects, Wonderful Scenery, Splendid Acting Bt el s Unin iaiinidb A el iy At 5 cents—Evening 10 cents Fri. and Sat. A Bright, Clean, Lively AUDITORIU THE HONEYMOONERS COMPANY PRESENT AN ENTIRELY NEW BILL “Finnegan’s Courtship” WHERE THE FOREST END Shows 2:30, 7 and 9 Mat. 10c, Eve. 10¢ and 200 Musical Farce Comedy A Rural anc Society Drama with Pauline Bush EVERYTHING $19.75 42 Franklin Street ELECTREIGAL A NEW Vacuum Cleaner WE CAN'T TELL ALL ITS GOOD POINTS IN THIS SPACE, BUT WE WILL SEND IT TO YOUR HOME AND IT WILL TALK FOR ITSELF. FREE TRIAL THE NORWICH ELECTRIC CO. $19.75 Sunlight Building is lack of systemand lack of consider- ation and usually where there are no Business Men's associations, no Cham- bers of Commerce.—Hartford Time: THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society St. Gall—“Among the innumerable cities and towns hich have been ruined by the war, is St. Gall, in neu- tral Switzerland, from whence here- tofore has come so much of the em- broidered muslin used in America. It has seen its trade of centuries growth away by a struggle in which its people have no interest. St. Gall is a town of one industry and that for the export trade. It is a world-famous centre for the manufacture of ma- chine-embroidered ‘white goods, and its wares have found sale over the whole earth. It has done an annual trade in these articles with America of between six and seven millions dol- lars a year. It, also, had heavy bus- incss with the countries of Kurope, Sonth_America and_ those of the Ori- ent. Since the outbreak of the war, its exports have been closed, while some of its largest customers have Dbeen forced by their war expenditures to stop all purchase of foreign-made Tuxuries. The town has grown wealthy through the centuries, and it has con- tinually developed its one industry, built many factories, large and smail, where an important percentage of the embroldered white goods of the world are worked, and through all the neigh- borhood around the city, the same in- dustry has found development as a home industry, in which band ma- chines are used. St. Gall perches high up on a moun- tain_shoulder, considerably back from the Lake of Constance. It srew up around the mountain cell of a learned Irish monk, St. Gallen, wWho, taken sick in the seventh century while on a pilgraimage to Rome, built him a celi 1,000 feet up the mountain side, and, upon his recovery, vowed to de- vote his life to the conversion of the mountain tribes. Around his cell there has grown np a city of more than 30,000, which bears his name, and which is known to the dry-goods buyers of 2ll countries. An abbey was built, and its Irish monks, distinguished throughout Eu- rope for their devotion to learning, here made a safo retreat for their studies. Centuries before the Renais- sance, the monks of St. Gallen studied both Greek and Latin, and painstak- ingly copied many of the ancient texts. These manuscripts are still preserved in the library of St. Gall, and they form a priceiess nucleus of its collec- tiops. Considerable been attracted to tle manufacturt American captial has this energetic lit- city, Some of the great factorie: h their scores of ghly intricate, almost-intelligent machines, are entirely owned by Amer- can manufacturers, who regularly visit their plants, and make prepara- tisns for New York's seasonal sup- plics. The American consulate at St. Gall is a very busy office, and it has to do almost solely with the embroid- eries and the machine-embroiered laces of St. Gall and of the surround- ing villages for American cohsump- tion.” CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years e T s the THERE 1Is no acvertising medlum in Sigrature of Eastern Connerticut equal to The Bul- letin for business results. DON'T SUFFER! REGULATE YOUR UPSET STOMACH IN FIVE MINUTES; Do some foods you eat hit back— taste good, but work badly; ferment in- to stubborn lumps and cause a sick, sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr, and Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape's Diapepsin digests everything, leaving nothing to sour and upset you. No difference how badly your stomach is disordered, you get happy relief in five minutes, but what pleases you most is that it strengthens and regulates your stomach so you can eat your fav- STOMACH SOUR? STOP INDIGESTION, GAS, HEARTBURN--PAPE’S DIAPEPSIN orite foods without fear. Most reme- dies give you relief sometimes—they are slow, but not sure. Diapepsin is quick, positive and puts your stomach in a healthy condiiton so the misery won't come back. You feel different as soon as Pape's Diapepsin _comes in contact with the stomach—distress just vanishes—your stomach gets sweet, no gases, no belch- ing, no eructations of undigested food, your head clears and you feel fine. Put an end to stomach trouble by getting _a large fifty-cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin from any drug store. You realize in filve minutes how need- less it is to suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disorder. Yesterday’'s Auto Accidents Remind you to talk AUTOMOBILE INSUR- ANCE with me. Accidents, likg fires, come unexpectedly. This agency makes a strong feature of Auto Insurance. L. Jc. FONTAINE Insurance and Real Estate May Building, opp. Chelsea Savings Bank, Narwich, Ct.