Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 10, 1915, Page 4

# NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915 Qorwich Bulletin and Goudied 119 YEARS OLD Subscription price 13c & week; 50e month; $6.00 = Fenr. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class matter. Telepmone Callst Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-8. Bulletin Job Office 35-3. Willlmautic Ofice, Room 3 Murray lding. Telephone 310. Norwich, Saturday, April 10, 1915, The Circulation ofmi The Bulletin * The Bulletin has th circulation of any paper ern Cennecticut 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 in 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 sofd in every town ~=- on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connect CIRCULATION NORWICH SCHOOLS, It is easy to make statements of a @erogatory nature without being called upon for proof, the same as was done ‘before a legislative committee in Hart- ford recently concerning the schools of Norwich, but they usually melt before the facts like the April snow before the sun. as is convincingly shown by the statement of the town school com- mittee. School consolidation was urged and put through for the benefit it would be to the school children and for the con- tribution that could be made in the way of lessened expense. Even a blind man must see that there is a decided giivastage tc have all the schools un- fler the same high grade of super- vision, the same course of study, the “same textbooks and the same privi- leges. No town should be satisfied to Bave the children in the thickly popu- lated sections getting the best advan- tages and allow those on the outskirts #o get along With anything, and that 48 what Norwich has proceeded to change with the result that the ed: eational advantages in all the sections are o a uniform and better basis than ‘ever before. As to expense, sight seems to be lost sending of reinforcements to the east- ern frontier has meant the withdrawal of troops at the front, but there is an indication of confidence upon the part of the allies which means that if there are any weak places they are going to be found. Just at present in- terest is centered upon the endeavor to drive back the wedge which ex- tends to St. Mihiel and which has been able to held its position for the past half year. It is in this locality about Verdun where some of the hard fight- ing has taken place, villages chang- ing hands many times, and from that locality it can be anticipated that there will be more severe conflicts. To retake St. Mihiel and gain control of that region before Metz would be a great victory for the allies, while its retention by the kaiser's forces must stand to the credit of .the fighting ability of the'German troops. While Russia is making progress in the east those directing the operations in the west are not overlooking their oppor- tunities, EASTERN CONNECTICUT ACTIVE. As has characterized his position since assuming the presidency of the New Haven system, Howard Eliott, in his address before the banquet of ths Eastern Connecticut Development committee thoroughly impressed his hearers with his presentation of the transportation needs of this section of the country as well as the country at large. It came at a time when the road is seeking an important change in its charter, a change which takes into consideration the fact that it is a corporation which has grown beyond the confines of one state and that it ought not to be bound by cer- tain restrictions made during its early existence when it was essentlally a Connecticut corporation. It is perfect- ly apparent that New England and tho New Haven system are so closely bound together that they must be con- sidered together. Each must look to the other for improved gonditions and through the harmony Jf their action are the best results going to be ob- tained for all, President Elliott since his connec- tion with the road has sincerely back- ed up his oft-repeated statement that it is belng operated along new lines. The past mistakes must be treated as such and it is but just in the endeavor to return it to its former position that the road should have the cooperative action of all those directly or indirect- Iy concerned. This can be done by eliminating the past and considering the future on the broad basis of fair play, There can be no question but what New England needs the road and the road depends upon New England. Bach can boost the other and every such enthusiastic get-together movement as that of Thursday night cannot fail to bring much desired results. Let there be more of them. Fastern Connecticut is only a small part of New England, but it has shown that it is alive to its interests. MORE CORN. Ohfo doesn’t rank as one of the lead- ing corn production states and nelther is it doing all that it can to obtain the output of which it is capable. In that it is like a large number of the other states of the union which are neglecting their opportunities in this regard, but it is in a fair way to show steady improvement in that di- rection if the advice which it is re- cetving is followed, Belleving that increased grain pro- duction is capable of becoming a far greater asset to the community than any number of new industrial concerns Director Riddle of the Lima Chamber of Commerce is directing his efforts to creating a greater interest in boys' corn growing contests and In making of the fact that under the district plan a large amount for the support of schools was voted under the town tax in addition to such expenditures as the districts were called upon to make, While the one big item of increase, the additional salary for teachers, was by direct vote of the town, that the teach- /Ang force as well as the pupils should Be treated right. Aside from that the eeonomy which was expected Is being dbtained, Thus with better school fa- cifities, better school equipment and a more ecopomical handling of the schools Norwich has as a matter of fact improved its educational system and there are the best of reasons for belleving that it will continue to do 80 with those on the outskirts getting Just as much consideration as any other. i THE FRYE BILL. ° “The prompt response by Germany to the American note seeking reparation for the loss of the William P. Frye is gratifying. Tt means that this mat- ter 15 going to be adjusted promptly and with only such delay as the for- malities 0of a prize court require. ‘When the United States presented 1ts bill for the destruction of the Frye calling for a matter of about a quar- ter of a miliion dollars, it aid not enter into a lengthy argument as to the grounds upon which it was based. It was maintained, however, that it was an American vessel engaged in mnon-contraband trade and that though there might possibly have been jus- tifleation for seizing the cargo of wheat there was none whatever for fhe Blowing up of the vessel. It was B8 mct of a German official and Ger- Many was thersfore responsible for the unwarranted sinking of the ship.| The fact that Germany bases fts lia- bility to pay the indemnity upon two ol Prussian treaties dating way back 0 & century ago, only adds strength to the United States’ claim. It is a basis |’ which even Germany is unwilling to dodge, as is shown when it maintains that the American owners must be compensated. Though they are old and not mentloned in the discussions on this side relative to the liabllity of Germany, it becomes quite evidert from the reply that the kaisers gov- ernment is not ready to look upon them as scraps of paper, yet Germany places its own interpretation upon its guilt when it holds the act legal un- der international law but is willing to pay the bill because of the under- standing between pations. REMOVING THE WEDGE. . With the reported withdrawal of | German forces for the reinforcement of the Austrians who are hard press- ed by the Russians in the Carpathians, the allies are resuming their activity in the west. They have demonstrated their ability to break through the Ger- man defense at Neuve Chepello, even though that point of vantage was gain- ed at & tremendous cost and along the _entire line from the coast to the ‘Vosges there is action which indicates ithe result of the preparations which " ‘have been underway during the winter for the waging of a stronger offensive in spring. rfll hardly be believed that the a statewide appeal points to the fact that within the past three years the yield of grain within the trading radius of that city has been increased five bushels per acre and that this increase is valued at $2,000,000 annually, As is frequently pointed out, it is his view that what Lima can do other sections of the state can equal. There can be no question but.what there is a large amount of tillable soil in Ohio from which inadequate returns are be- ing received. Much of the land could be made to produce more under in- tensive farming and with the glawing example furnished by Lima he is jus- tified in his undertaking to have sim- flar methods epplied to the entire state. Unfortunately there is not a greater interest given to the support of in- creased corn production, not only by the boys, but by every farmer. There is no reason why this section of Con- necticut should not be producihg prac- tically all the corn that it requires, but it isn’t and as long as such a situa- tion exists thers is an excellent sug- THE MAN WHO TALKS The sermon we all like is the one that seems to us designed to do our nefghbor gaod. We like to say: “The parson has the courage of his convic- tions! He hits Mr. Hury-Gurdy hard and he deserved it!” Somehow we get famillar with the failings of every one excepting ourselves; and we know the medicine they need. How much better it would be if we were conscious of our own faults and anxious to mend them. Now there isn't a single one of us in the church or out of it who wouldn't pull the brim of our hats down over them if our faults were printed on our foreheads. It would be in the best form to praise the sermon that punctured our own helmet and prompted us to immediately make re- pairs. While we are seeing faults in every one else no one sees perfection in us. There are none who can show up our faults to us like an enemy. We all have them; and he who thinks he has none Is the most faulty of all Get eagle-eyed for your own biemishes and Charity will come and sit right down with you. War is waking up the fighting na- tlons to the worthlessness of the mil- lions who indulge in spirituous liquor as a beverage. All these drinkers are recognized as a burden not a defence. They are useless in any emergency where courage and endurance are re- quired. They are a bad example in the walks of industry and citizenship. Russia and Great Britain have recog- nized the necessity for prohibiting this destructive traffic because it is recog-{ nized as the worst foe of a nation— the blight which degrades manhood, multiplies hovels and paupers and creates slums—the cancer which changes its victims into dependents and criminals and is a menace to gov- ernment in times of peace and war. The slogan of the nations is less ine- briety and an improved manhood. What is the hookworm compared with the worm which produces imbecility and every form of misery. ‘When man learns to seek the points of unity in his fellowmen instead cf the points of difference he will have made wonderful progress for general happiness and peace. Since he has spent a hundred thousand years on earth without acquiring this sensible habit, it is too much to expect him to suddenly take the step, for he has become so confirmed in discussing the differences that the true and the good which men should find pleasure in recognizing have become obscured, hence the good and pleasure of dwell- ing together in unity is lost sight of. Those who profit by keeping our preju- dices and animosities alive will never let us rest until we become conscious of their blind and selfish aims. We must abide in the truth and the truth will reveal to us its power for g0od, and bring us into better relations with one another. Our differences are often insignificant compared with the great truths upon which we all agree. Whatever else you may be led to expect do not Jet anything convince you to expect others to consider your troubles interesting. Your troubles are all your own and it is up to you to be their executioner and the only one to say a word at their burial. = No- body likes to listen to a tale of wWoe, and the rules of the courts were de- signed to cut them short. You may make oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth till doom’s day, but youll never get a chance to tell it if the lawyers can prevent you. There js always trouble enough to go round, but those who cannot wait for their share will bor- row trouble. Trouble is just as es- sential to life as joy, but man has no use for a super-abundance of either. Trouble is said to have been divinely designed to just fashion us for better things. As a wireless message 1 fear this may be no truer than some of the messages we are getting from the war zone centers. Nome of us thank God for our troubles, and we are careless about thanking him for our blessings. Our troubles are good to keep under our feet. It was Josh Billings who eaid: “If a man can’t laff there wuz some mis- take made in putting him together.” We did not dare to think a half cen- tury ago that God could make & mis- take, for we had always been taught His was _perfect work. But the Metchinkofts and the serum makers Who have devised 2) distinct cultures to kill the microbes God has let loose to “destroy = us have discovered 125 mistakes in the structure of the hu- man_body, and consider Divine work as faulty as the work of man. We are not ‘obligad to believe all this un- til those gremt scientists have im- proved msn Dby a frée use of the scalpel. What Josh Billings meant was doubtless that “the. man Wwho cudm’t Jaff’ was born without & “funny-pone” ~ But since these sclentists ~ allege that man can be morally improved by trepanning and and physically Improved by having his tonsile cut_out and. thrown away, it seems to have been 4 scientific discov- ery Josh Billings .made, altaough he lived-and dled thinking it wés a joke. igestion for eastern Commecticut in this Ohio endeavor. " EDITORIAL NOTES, It hasn't come vet, but we can ex- pect most any day the jitney in the submarine service. The man on the corner says: Just because truth isn't a bomb some peo- f‘e insist upon hendling it careless- Ly, _ That “failure of expected relfef to arrive” appears to be another part of the Eitel commander's well sustained Dbiluff. It is evident from certain legisla- tive reports that the war news ism't the only thing that-is purposely end biasedly censored. ‘With both sides claiming victory in Mexico, it is no different than 1s be- ing done by the supposedly clever Press bureaus of Europe. China is justified in considering Whether the time 1s ever going to ar- rive when it will not be experiencing Someone’s heel upon *its neck. A Pennsylvania man, kept awake by cats, kicked one off his back porch, slipped and broke his back. The moral is to put cotton in your ears. The porters in the Pullman hear- ings: have been bearing down on the fact that it is better to give if you expect to get along comfortably. It is quite evident from the war re- ports. that somebody s wrong, but it doesn't appear to make any particu- lar difference to the victorious army. The woman who killed her brother to save him from drink has the same idea as tg the kind of a foe it is as David Lio¥d-George. If the Prinz Eitel's commander Sim- ply wanted to keep the allies’ vessels guessing he succeeded admirably, but it is quite evident that there was full recognition of the Iimpossibility of getting away. The statement that man is fearfully and ‘wonderfully made should be mod- ernized to read “blunderingly made.” It is easy to sit down and write “The poorest. mortal in the world is the one Who has no purpose in life.” This may be true, but did you ever meet him. Everybody We have ever met had a purpose in-life if it was no: better or higher than sponging a-living out of some- one else; and those Who sponge their living out of others are not nec- essarily-loafers, for they .may be de- signers of ways and means, which al- ways include excessive profits as well as poli¢y and eraps. - There is a'lot of cheap talkc about having aims and ideals, but the man who has six in.the family and is trying to house, feed and clothe.them on ten dollars & week can- not be impressea that good dreams have any real value; and if he has been doing it too long hé has a faint heart when he tries to hope for good fortune. Every man has to squint along his own life-line, and some are long and some short, and too many have fphe- sians J1:17 indellibly written at the end. God made the sunshine to brighten our way and the robin to sin “Cheer.up!"* Cheer up!” but the der made man's oppressors, and most of them wear the mantle of the church to serve the devil in. “It took a western poet to discover that “freckles are the daffodils of the complexion;” and what a soothing balm that is to countless thousands who have wished -they were blondes; dnd what a knock to the freckless thous- ands who have thanked God they were not as other were. And this poetic genius finds the damask cheek is often the flush of fever or the flash of rouge, while the daffodil in form' is 5o per- fect it might be added to a Greek picture without marring it; that freckies are children of the wind and symbols of perfect health, Words- worth came near discovering this when he wrote: “And then my heart with pleasure "flls and dances with the daffodils.” A fine coat of summer tan has cost the ladies a pretty penny of late, but the wind will put the daffo- dils'upon their cheeks for nothing, The freckle ‘which has been countéd a blemish since the days of mother Eve, and been butter-milked and poulticed from view, is now considered as beau- tiful as the stars that shine .and twinkle along the Milky way. The girls LEARNING THE NEW STEPS (Written Specially for The Bullein.) Just at present, two-thirds of the nation seems to be dancing and the remaining third snarling, that the others should dance! Good people everywhere are deploring the fact that the dance craze has taken pos- session of young and old, with no re- gard for caste, politics, color, creed, or previous condition of respectabil- ity. The droll part of it is, those who complain, speak as though dancing ‘were something entirely new, intro- duced to_an effete and degenerating society through mere idleness and viciousness. Such_critics forget that even their authority, the Good Book may be cited as endorsing the dance, in case one care to go so far for a recommen- dation of the modern pastime. Do we not read that “there is a time to weep and a time to dance”? Did not the lsraelites dance before the Ark of the Covenant? Why, dancing is as anclent a form of hu- man expression as speech; as the gestures of the hand and arms and fingers. Primitlve races made the movements of the feet and legs to express varying emotions, as history and tradition tell. The poet Jean Richepin, in a recent address before the members of the French Academy, traced the evolution of the so-called modern dances from the tombs of Thebes, from Orient to Occident, and down through ancient Rome. And as many others have done, M. Richepin protested against the vul- garization of these dances, when per- formed Dy fgnorant and inartistic ex- ponents, at the same time arguing that centers should promptly be es- tablished in every capital of the world, where the grace and beauty and classic rhythm to which the modern dance so naturally lends itself should be developed and emphasized. As taught by the most famous ex- ponents of the dance in New York, refinement is the keynote to the meth- od of dancing. The spirit of beauty and art is allied to the legitimate physical need of healthy exercise and of honest enjoyment. As sponsered by so prominent and unimpeachable a woman as Elizabeth Marbury, the modern One Step is poetical and graceful. The Hesitation Waltz is a charming and stately glide, measured and modest. The much- maligned and misunderstood Tango becomes an evolution of the 18th cen- tury minuet. The dance is courtly and artistic; and its exponents declare that it is free from all strenuous clasping of partners, all hideous gyrations of the limbs, all abnormal twisting and_viclous angles. In a word, if the Tango degenerates into an acrobatic display or into salacious suggestion, it is the fault of the danc- ers and not of the dance. So, too, of the Mazixe. It is the de- velopment of the most attractive of folk dancing; an exquisite expression of joyous and youthful spontaneity. That the folk dance should be the expression of peoples of all nations We can realize when watching children interpret these dances. They throw themselveg into the spirit of the na- tion whose emotions they are inter- preting, and even the most crabbed Sn_d radical spectator dare not main- tain that the effect is anything but charming! The Half and Half, an original drawing-toom dance, contains the best steps of the Hesitation and the Maxixe, but the tempo is different. The advocates of dancing in general. and of modern dances in particular, claim that if we bar dancing from the world we bar one of the supreme hu- man expressions of happiness and ex- ultation. It is explained that the tiny child skips for joy and prances to the music of the hand organ long before it knows the difference between happi- ness and sorrow. In festival times in many countries, dancing is the key- note of the gatherings. No person can work all the time. If workers dance, they fling aside brooding moodiness, forget the sor- did things of life, the sluggish blood pulses through their veins, they see only the brighter side of existence. Advocates of dancing claim that the best course in the interest of morals is to encourage this pastime, as a healthful exercise as well as a fitting recreation. _ The same advocates point out that if there be vulgarity in dancing, it is because it exists already in the minds of the dancers, chlefly because they do not know any better. The Turkey Trot as a dance deserved much of the abuse which it received, but it died a natural death, because more attrac- tive dances were offered in its place. So will the objectionable featurs of all modern dances be thrust aside, as the stateller and more graceful steps are learned. In a number of the larger cities these facts are influencing _leading men and women to open public and properly conducted dancing halls, where there can be clean fun to offset the hard work of the day, to good music and under proper supervision. ._Exercise for tired muscles, skilled instructors to teach, without charge the newest steps, correct positions, etiquette in general, at these do the dencing hall promoters aim. The Connecticut city of Waterbury con- ducts regularly a serfes of municipal dances and finds them not only popu- Iar but beneficial. It ig emphasized that, unless some such healthful and harmless recrea- tlon be provided, under proper author- ity, young people will fill the vold in their lives with amusements of a more questionable character. To them, as we are reminded, danc- of the mental the physical muscles, some- thing different from the dull daily round, something for which the desire is almost as natural as the desire for food and sleep. To this end, the the dance promoters are advocating decent aocial centers, where the fath- ers and mothers as well as the younger children can go, to look on and enjoy the healthy relaxation of may now honestly pray their freckles may never be less. Most folke who set out to reform a ‘boy have a compulsory scheme ang it seldom works. To direct the energies of a boy right he must first be made sure of your honest interest in him; and then you must get into his game not try to induce him to abandon his and play yours. The big brother move- ment for wayward little men in city sreets begins with love, Proceeds with love and ends in love. And you will find this to be the course of every true reform on earth. The Christ method ‘was not to compel but to attract. Com- pelling arouses a repellant spirit. This needs no argument here for those we would compel give notice they prefer to retire. If we have Something of value to share with people, boy or man, they will come. Cogpulsory reforms, cmpulsory medication, com] sal- vation are all a horse of the same color. What man deMghts In is free- dom, and freedom is what attracts oll ages. 'We all need be led by kindly light, and this lieht is free so_there is no excuse for not using it the voungsters. All the new danc provided they are properly tausht, have enough pretty steps to delight the hearts of the boys and girls, they are easy enough for even the awkward ones to acquire and they are good, clean exercise for old and youns. Now that so mamy of the schools are taking up instruction in dancin in connection with regular gymnast there are fewer expressions of horror on the part of those good, but too easily shocked people, who picture all dancers as being of about the same moral degredation as was the daugh- ter of Herodias, whose dance has left a bad impression for all time! As a class exercise, dancing engenders courtesy, ease of manner, grace of body, and joy of mind. Because a few vulgar persons—of the sort who would make vicious a_dance as sim- ple and innocent as the old Virginia Reel, or the Lanclers—display their savagery on the floor, as, presumably, they would if they were in a church, dancing, per se, does not merit the sweeping condemnation of those who often censure what they do not under- stand. The Dictionary is a useful book; but there are plenty of bad words in it— if you are looking for them! Of course one of the big secrets of the popularity of the modern dance is the new resolve of people to ignore such a fact as age. Dancing has been proved not only valuable as a pre- server of health, but of youth. In- stead of depending on massage and osteopathy, people take their own exercise, find it more agreeable, more economical and more rational. Then, too, as one of the leading ex- ponents of the dance points out, “There was less champagne sold I year than in any one of the ten prev ious years. Peaple who dance, drink less;, and when they drink at all, they exercise, instead of becoming torpld around a card-table.” So the world is going to continue counting “1, 2, 3, 4" and doing the Lame Duck and the rest, when such an authority as Dr. Chas. L. Dana, for instance, writes: “Dancing, Including gymnastic danc- ing and folk dancing, under proper conditions and limitations, is one of the best exercises for persons of all ages. It is especially adapted to the temperament, physique and dress of women.” It may not be known to many critics that even today, in the famous cathedral of Seville, Spain, durin Holy Week, there is the Dance of th Seises, gerformed before the high al tar afte® the manner of the dance of the TIsrealites before the Ark Covenant. A plece of carpet covers the marble floor, on either side of which stands a row of boys from 8 to 12 years of age. At a signal, the soft music of violins breaks the profound stillness and the boys proceed to ex- ecute several graceful figures, singing, like a choir of angels. dition has no record of the y which this ancient, time-honored tom originated. TH of the DICTAGRAPH. Stories of the War Snipers Worse Than the Shells. A Canadian artilleryman writing home under date of March Sth, states: “We have been in this country since the middle of February and giv- ing the Huns lots of excitement these dayvs and taking the same ourselves. It's great to get on the sunny side of some building and watch the Ger- man shrapnel bursting (quite close sometimes when we are walking on the road). The most interesting place is on the telephone with the forward observing officer at the Canadian trenches and it was there vestérday that I was first under fire. For the first half hour I felt like taking no chances against the German snipers and kept ducking as the builets went past my head or the machine gun opened on the road. The only time to get into the observing station is at night along a road swept every hour or so by German machine guns and lit up by star ehells and an ex- tremely powerful search light. When this occurs everyone piles or the ditch or drops fiat. Many of the in- fantry have been hit on this road. From one observing station to an- other is about forty yards which is done in about five seconds with the ping ping of the snipers’ bullets trim- ming the hedge over head. They dropped thirty four shells into a place about fifty yards from us a coupie of days ago. One Tommy heard one coming and dropped. The sharpnol landed 10 feet from him and didn't hit him, but the snipers are worse than the shells. To ex- pose oneself in the open is straight suicide. We have funk holes, or dug outs’ near the guns which are made as -comfortable as possible with straw on the floor and little coal stoves, where the gun crew live. I am on the line of communication tak- ing my turn on the telephone. About my arrival in France and our trip of & week in a box car there is noth. ing exciting to_relate except that it was a big night when we left De- vizes. It Is very cold at present, a light snow falling today. There was 2 bliszard when we let for the firing ne. “The Germans knew immediately we ‘were here for tifey shouted to the infantry, ‘Come on you Cana- dians with your rusty Ross _rifies. How's things in Montreal” We are nearly surrounded here as this is the apex of the British wedge into the German lines and if they only feed us better they can prolong this war for a couple of months. I am going to find some place to live where the rain fall is zero per annum and when I reach that Utopia Il have beef- Steak and onfons for every meal” OTHER VIEW POH’TI'S_’ With eggs at twenty-three cents a dozen and pork products almost down to normal in the good old living days of a guarter of a century back, does not bring startling headlines in the newspapers, It is a rising market by the way, causing publicity, just like Wall street at this time, when prices are going up. There is some- thing to write abdut, as the saying is, when prices boom; but when they go down, the dear public keeps as silent a3 the proverblal sphinx—Miadletown The chief thing that protrudes from the returns in the Hartford election is that not quite half of the voters in the city felt enough interest in the election to go to the polls and register their beliefs regarding the question at is- sue. The next is that for good and sufficient reasons to the rank and file it was determined that Hartford is not yet ready for the alderman-at-large ided. It prefers to have its legislators pieked by wards as at present and a two to one vote approximately testi- fled to_the repugnance to the at-large sort of statesmen.—Ansonia Sentinel. A dress suit becomes some men but 1t does not look well on others. The CATSUP MOHICAN PURE 18¢ 16 ounce bottle. . .. NONE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOWER YOUR COST OF LIVING By Taking Advantage of These Extraordinary Saturday Bargains Round, Sirloin, Short STEAKS . 16¢|Potatoes » 15¢|Butter LATE ARRIVAL OF FRESH MUSHROOMS, BERRIES, ENDIVE, TOMATOES, CUCUM- BERS, PEPPERS, ASPARAGUS, STRING BEANS, DANDELIONS, CAULIFLOWER, NEW BEETS Fresh Pork Loins to Roast, Ib. .13%%c Sliced Ham, Ib. .20c Lamb Chops I s et acd2iic Legs of Lamb Fresh Pig’s Shoulders, 1b...11c Fresh Cut Ham- burger, Ib. ...12Y5c Ib. Liver. }/2 Ib. le:::on.g l Oc Pork Chops Native Dressed Fowl, bb.......24c Fine Sausage, Ib. 14c Ferris Bacon, Ib. 25¢ Native Veal to Roast, Ib....14c Lean Pot Roast Fine Rib Roast Beef, Ib........15¢ Fine, Firm Cran- berries, 2 quarts 17¢ Sunkist Juicy Oranges, 20 for 25¢ Lemons, dozen .10c Russet Grape Fruit HO foxs! -7 L = 25c Sugar Cured, Smoked SHOULDERS b B¢ Mealy Cooking Fine STRAW- 63c 2 cans String Beans . 1 can Lima s Beans ..... Sliced Pineapple, can. Condensed and Straight Plain Granulated SUGAR 10 Ibs. Evaporated Milk 3cans ........25¢c Mohican Special Coffee, lb. can..35¢c Buckwheat,5 lbs 22¢ Uncas Creamery .32 3 Ibs. 95¢ Parksdale Process Butter 1 Ib. print.....27c Mild Milk Cheese Young American For |Cheese, Ib......20c e .15¢ Imported Swiss Cheese, Ib. . ... .29¢c Best Maine Corn Confectioners’ Frosting Sugar 3dbs . n. 21c Mohican Crushed Oats, 3 pkgs. ..25¢c SPECIAL SALE OF FRESH MADE BREAD AND PASTRY 1 qt. Hot Baked Beans)ls 1 loaf Brown Bread.. | C (2 doz. Plain Round Doughnuts .... 5 15c RYE BREAD, loaf..... 8 Delicious Jelly Doughnuts SANDWICH BREAD loaf Fo i .. 6c-10C Entire Wheat Bread, loaf 4¢c Home-made Bread, If 6¢-8c Mohican Bread, loaf... 4c Fruit, Pumpkin, Custard PIES, each ........5c10c short man who wears a long tailed coat is apt to cause comment in pub- lic and If it is his first appearance in that kind of a rig he is aware of his postition himself. He shows it by his inability to so adjust himself that he can tell just what to do, especially when he feels the tails striking his legs. He is often tempted to ascertain just what is there and his search is seldom conducted without being ob- served and some inquiries made as to the trouble. Then he Will try to pass it off asa joke and grin. The specta- tors usually grin too.—New Britain Herald. The creation of a new and smaller board of agriculture to take over du- ties now entrusted to the cattle com. missioner, the dairy and food com- missioner, etc, is unquestionably a wise step. So too the plan to give increased powers and responsi- bilities to the state board of health, by conferring on it the duties now attended to by such boards of the examiners of barbers and embalmers. The registrars of osteopathists and various other schools of practitioners, etc. All these matters relate to the public health and If we have a state board of healih it should have au- thority in all these directions.—Hart- ford Post. A curfew is to be established this week in Philadelphia for.children un- der fifteen years of age. Any such children found in the streets after 11 o'clock will be taken into custody and kept at the house of detention over night. Their parents will then be asked to explain why the children were out so late. Many cities have tried curfew laws but they have in- variably failed because it was difficult €€ 7’, FOR COLDS, INFLUENZA, COUGHS, SORE THROAT GRIP The Grip is here with all its di tressing symptoms of Influenza, Ca- tarrh, pains and soren in the Head and Chest, Sore Throat and aching bones. Be sure to keep Dr. Humphreys' “Seventy-seven” handy and take a dose at the first chill or shiver, to in- sure best results, 1f you wait till your bones begin to ache, it may take longer. Pleasant to take, handy to carry, fits the vest pocket. o 25c. and $1.00, at all druggists or mailed. Humphreys’ Homeo. Medicine Co., 156 Willlam Street, New York. Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER All String Instruments repaired Violins sold on easy terms For appointments address E. E. BULLARD, wich, Conn. to fix responsibility. Unless the pres- ent_scheme proposed for Philadelphia is followed up by a more or less per- sona] canvass, it, too, will go the way of all the others and become a mere flash in_the pan for righteous- ness.—Meriden Record. Of course there are many country- women, just as they are many city- women, who are not up to date in dress, or in housekeeping, or in social pursuits, but it is doubtful if farmers’ wives are really as much in the dark as some recent articles would have oné believe. In recent years there has been a marked improvement, due to the slow, but steady turning back to the farm of familles that were reared in the city. Social competition is just as keen in the rural regions as in the congested municipalities and there is no wife more observing of her neighbor's ways and methods and possessions than the wife of the Amer- ican farmer. They do not deserve to be put in a false light, even through the inadvertence of uplift workers.— Waterbury Republican. Joffre. Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre was born in January, 1852, the son of an artisan. He had a talent for mathe- matics, but a native dislike for com- position, either in his own language or German. Yet he steadily perfected himself as an engineer-soldier, and ANGEL CAKE, each..15¢c LAYER CAKES with Fruit Filling. . 10c-15¢ LARGE CUP CAKES Assorted, dozen ......10c Delicious Buttered Coffee RINGS, each ........10c ceptional delay. His mental develop- ment was not of the kind which is brilliant and rapid. But when at last his promotion got him among those who were directing large affairs the had no doubt about the man he was. It was in the year of the Agadir af- fair, 191, that Pau was offered the honor of ‘generalissimo. But Pau re- fused it. He declared that the post should be given to one who was young enough to leave his mark on the arm: Joffre was appointed—London News. Things to Worry About. If the chautauqua salute is unhy- glenic, as the assistant health officer of the District of Columbia affirms, the next discovery in science will be that a deserving Democrat needs his Jjob.—Brooklyn Eagle. Only a Few of Us. Dr. Shailer Mathews says the Japa- nese are pained at ile unfriendly at- titude of the American nation. Some- body should tell them that California and Hobson aren’'t the whole show.— Pittsburgh Gazette-Tim Ready for Wa Italy is already for the war unless she discovers a bolt that needs tight- ening before the signal is given— Rochester Herald. Children Cry became something of a pundit in Ger- man military MHterature. 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