Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 29, 1915, Page 4

- Jorwich Bulletin § nnd Goudied 2 119 YEARS OLD | Subseription price 12c a week; 30 a month; $6.00 a year, | Entered at the PostoMce at Norwich, . . Conn., as second-class matter. 8 Telepnune Calia: . Bulletin Business OMca 480, Bulietin Eaitorlal Rooms 35-3. 4 Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willimantle Office, Room 2, Murrny ‘Telephone 210. “Butldtng. = The Circulation of The Builetin The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and from three 46 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 ninety= three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is duivered 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- ne towns, one hundred and ixty-five postoffice districts, and cixtv rural free delivery routes. v The Bulletin is sold in every town - - on ail of the R. F. D. - § routes in Eastern Connectizut, CIRCULATION i 1901, average ..........v. sssessesensssessassencenessassssetes: 4412 -5,920 1905, average .. UNITE UNDER MONROEISM, ‘When the delegate from Colombia 1o the Pan American conference at Mashington, Dr. S. P. Triana, dcclared ‘that “the United States and the other _ hations of America should join jn _ inion to defend the Monroe doctrine” _he gave expression to an attitude ‘which should not only have been taken long ago, but he pointed out an alli- “ance which should be in existence at the present time. ‘That such a statement should have come from the representative of Co- lombia is the cause for no little sur- prise inasmuch as that republic is sup- posed to have a grievance against the United States because of the injustice <Which it feeis has been done it, but Zthe fact that the suggestion comes ffrom such a source gives additional § reason for appreciating the signifi- § cance of it. £ The Monroe doctrine was suggested §and adopted for the purpose of not fonly protecting this country, but of % doing the same thing for the rest of fihe countries in America. It is a ‘I:nenlure which is decidedly in their £ nterests and for Colombia to cham- % pion it indicates an important change #pf front from that direction, % The fact is that there should be $the strongest ties possible between the iAmerlcans. There has been a grow Ring recognition of this in the past ¥decade or so and the soomer it r fsults in something tangible the better §for all concerned. Instead of looking fupon the Monroo doctrine with sus- §picion it is hish time that its value Ewas recognized at its true worth. It %8s a valuable endorsement of the po- Ssition of this country and its attitude fto its neighbors and the sooner the “suggestion of Dr, Triana is carried out the better. THE FIVE PER CENT CLAUSE. For the purpose of endeavoring to stimulate trade in American bottoms there was included in the tariff bill of the democratic administration a pro- ion granting a rebate of five per cent. for imports so transported, Be- cause of the fact that it discriminated against countries and their vessels with which this country has treaties containing favered nation clauses, the arouble which this would cause was recognized, botii before and after p sage, and lications it because of com was not put into operation. It is an important decision which has (herefore been rendered by the federal court of customs appeals which declares that all countries having fa- vored nation treaties with the United States, which means practically all the large ones, must get that five per cent. reduction. Ii is not to be pre- sumed that the decision will Le allow +d to rest there, but st how it can be expected to escape such a decision by the higher court is difficult to see. This count: under the e: ing tar- Iff bill has suffered a tremendous de- trease in its revenue, but if the de- islon just given is upheld, it means 1 apother slice to the amount of ,000,000 for customs collected which vill have to be returned. The court decision declares that it was perfect- Iy prover to include the clause in the act, but that there can be no dis- ‘rimination, which virtually means !hat the tariff schedules are five per tent. lower than they were intended to de when this reduction favorable to American bottoms is allowed. It is Jnother instance of democratic tariff fevision which shows the lack of prop- Ir consideration. RESTRICTING THE NEUTRALS. Washington has the best reason in he world for seeking an explanation ) the British order to tire effect that Ul neutral shipping planning to go to Ihe north of the British Isles must fet permission. Just what kind of a few policy has been adapfed by ths British admiralty is not disclosed, but } is plainly evident that until there b a satisfactory explanation it can 1y be looked upon as a mild pat- rn of the German war zone policy Fithout the deadly threat. * That its purpose may not be mis- dged, however, it is important that f' 1d be explained, for there are htd which neutral shipping pos- with which no other country has thority to interfere and which can- be tolerated. Although Great Bri- has manifested a gentler dispo- Jtion towards neutrals and & sreater respect for property-and life than has Germany, nevertheless it'is not to be expected that it will attempt to i regard international law when it con- cerns neutrals just because its enemy does. It is entirely possible that Great Britain can glve satisfactory reasons for such an-order and that it is in reality based upon greater safoty, but if such is the case it is only right that it should be known. It then has the best of reasons for explaining, but if it is simply another method of re- stricting the neutral commerce there would appear to be little justification for it. If contraband is going through any of the belligerents have a right to stop it, but not through the impo- sition of unjustified restrictions upon non-contraband and strictly neutral commerce. MUST HAVE THE FACTS. There are a few circumstances con- cerning the Nebraskan case about which there is no doubt, but there are others around which there is just as much uncertainty as when the affair was reported and whether they can be cleared up rests with ‘the investiza- tion which is underway. That the American ship had been flying the Stars and Stripes until a few minutes before the trouble, that it was not engaged in carrying con- traband, that it received no warning and saw no submarine are established facts. It is the opinion of the cap- tain that it was torpedoed, but the proof of this has not appeared and it is not sure that it can be proved. It is therefore highly important that the responsibility be not prejudged. In spite of the manner in which the attack upon the Lusitania is viewed in this country, it is difficuit to believe that Germany would permit another assault involving American property as well as lives before it had an- swered the American note. There are circumstances connected Wwith the af- fair which seem to indicate it may have been a stray mine, even though a German submarine was seen in that vicinity somewhat later, With noth- ing, however, except past conduct in support of the torpedo theory, no de- cision can be reached until there has been a review of the the circumstances and conditions. Suspicion alone forms a poor foundation for any definite ac- tion and it is only proper to await all the facts that can be established. NEW SUBMARINE LAURELS. The torpedoing of two British bat- tleships on successive days in the Dardanelles is the first evidence that the Turko-German forces defending that gateway to the Black sea are in possession of submarines. Warships have been lost there before, but by other means, while the allies have used the underwater craft with excel- lent results ever since they began their operations, The introduction of the submarines means a new source of danger to the attacking squadron. It is one of the elements which has kept the British navy away from the coast of Germany and the establishment of an actual blockade of its ports, and if those brought into the Dardanelles can es- cape detection they. promise to serious- ly affect the assault upon that well fortified waterway by the floating fortresses. Battleships of Whatever type they may be furnish an admirable target for the submarines and as long as they can be kept out of sight and lop oft a big ship at the rate of one a day, or even occasionally, they present a formidable defense which neutralizes the effect of the large and strong squadron of warships. It demonstrates again the importance which is attach- ed to this branch of every navy, Against the endeavor to force the Dar- danelles the Turks have made a cap- ital defense by their mines and big guns mounted on shore, but henceforth it would appear that the submarine must be resorted to for a greater share of the work even as the allies have found they can thereby do effective work in the Sea of Marmora. It fur- ther demonstrates the futility of think- ing that the Dardanelles can be taken solely by relying upon naval forces. The submarine is gaining new laursis every day. EDITORIAL NOTES. Peace has been signed by China and Japan. It is strange action indeed for these time: May has been considerate inione re- spect. It hasn’t made it necessary to pray for rain. May has thus far been doing its best to keep down the enlistments in the swat the fly war. It seems almost useless to antici- pate a season when someone is not willing to rock the boat, The man on the corned say: people would have human changed to satify everybody, Some nature When Col. Roosevelt gets a broken ib by being thrown from a horse, it s further evidence of lost control. Secretary Daniels appears to have awakened tothe fact that the condi- tion of the submarines is really worth looking into. It is a fortunate thing for the Nor- wich bluecoats that the move in be- half of increased pay was not deferred until this year. Inasmuch as the latest Zeppelin raid has resulted in the death of one woman an important mflitary achievement has been accomplished. The time is coming, it is predicted, when thinking will be done by wire, but in view of telepathy that would appear to be a step backward. The intimation has been made that Becker may décide to talk. There is no question but what he has an in- teresting story for those not concerned therein, 5 1t it is found that the Nebraskan was torpedoed by a German submarine it is possible it would have been donme just the same had it been named Wil- liam J. Bryan, There would be no reason for doubt- ing Chairman Walsh if he has said that he had dome as he pleased, but when he savs he will continue to he furiher shows his unfitness for his position, With the announcement from Wash- ington that the post office department expenses increased $9,000,000 in the fiscal year while the receipts drop- ped @ half million doesn't speak very well for democratic management. e THE MAN WHO TALKS Only those who love flowers get within the hypnotic circle of their in- fluence and sense the fact that the commonest flower is more wonderful in its.structure than the pyramids of Egypt, and more ancient than anything man has found in his explorations of the earth. Theodore Parker declared: “Every Tose is an autograph of the hand ‘of God on this world about us. He has inscribed His thoughts in these marvelous hieroglyphics which sense and science have, these many thousand years, been seeking to understand.” If. to be enamored of flowers is a sign of weakness, to be blind to their delicacy of form and entrancing beauty is an evidence of soul impairment which is pitiable. God's inspiring creations ex- alt the soul and fill it with joy. You demand the evidence? Here it is in one of Horace Smith’s poetic expres- sions: “Your voiceless lips, O flowers, are living preachers—each cup a pulpit —each leaf a book!” Do not be ashamed to recognize flowers as the imprint of God upon His beautiful works. There are too many people who are satisfied to be beggars in the sight of God—who dare ask Him for every- thing and who strive to do nothing. An olg writer gives us the key to a more harmonious relation to the Cre- ator. He says: “Practice in life what- ever you pray for, and God will give it to you more abundantly.” Everything in ‘the universe has to work out its destiny under divine law, and why should not man have to? Resting in the Lord content is rank idleaess, and idleness is dry rot; manifest incapacity for usetulness in any direction. The acts of the apostles are a marked fea- ture of the testament—what they wers going to do was not regarded as wor- thy of mention. It is activity which gives men strength of mind, muscle and character. Everything that makes fruit, fur or feathers in this world has to get a move on. Celes; ease is doubtless a worthless dream. The fault we are inclined to find with God's methods represent the glaring faults which exist in ourselves. It was Napoleon who said: “Ven- geance has no foresight,” and he ought to be a good authority upon this subject. Revenge seems to be inspi ing the crowned heads of Europe to- day and dominating the people of many nations. The retaliation is so intense that the great fighting nations are paying no attention to the inter- national regulations, or the rights of neutrals—they assume they are a law unto themselves, and with their might and the new methods of assat from the heights of the heavens and the depths of the sea it is apparent that a new code of international laws must result from the present fierce conflict in which more than one million lives will be lost, and millions of men be crippled, and countless widows and or- phans be left in poignant sorry if mot absolute want. “By taki man is hut even with his enemy Bacon, “but in passing over it he his superior.” President Wilson is right when he shuts out the spirit of revenge from his notes of complaint to the powers. Abaut the 15th of May the wrens came and inspected the bird houses, loitered and sang for a day or two and Wwent away, so now we have several empty bird houses, for the sparrows had no use for the house they drove the bluebirds from. We think of the sparrows as little savages, but a pamphleteer writing from Bermuda saya: “The bluebird drives the redbird from its nest there after it has laid its eggs and uses its nest as a founda- tion for its own,” so he is a_depreda- tor, too. On May 17th and 1Sth a blue bunting visited my premises and this vear as last he first appeared on raiay day, and seemed to find the seed of the small clumps of grass refresh- ing. This indigo bird, but little larger than a canary, is of such a brilliant blue that one can but admire him. This vear he spent two days in the garden, and then went on his way to the sub- Arctic regions where he nests. He is a welcome visitor. There is no doubt society meets a long felt want. Taine recognized this when he sald: “There are four varie- ties in society: the lovers, the am- bitious, observers and fools. The fools are the happiest”: but Chamfort saw that “society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.” Those who recognize the advantages of so- clety are always striving to get into it; ‘and those who do not remain a society unto themselves. It is not easy to tell which is the worst. So- ciety may be the atmosphere of Souls, Dbut it is often somewhat stifling. One cannot help noticing whether in So- clety or out of it, that vice has more of a tendency to spread than virtue. Society calls for good mixers and sood mixtures and leaves the rest to cus- tom. What is called good society might be better, and no soclety is so bad it couldn’t be worse. Soclety is human nature pluming itself. Iswt it funny? A court of justice doesn’t care what you believe, but demands that you tell what you know. What you belleve is not considered evidence. On the other hand the church requires that you shall declare your belief, and/ does not demand any evidence of spiritual knowledge. If one deals with what we sce;, why should not the other deal with what we feel. Seeing and feeling both im- part knowledge. The knowledge which comes from our feelings is not neces- sarily religious, but the impression of a devout mind upon the heart pro- duces feelings which test the quality of our spiritual convictions, and con- firm us in the knowledse of truth and the inspiring nearness of God. Why should not a Christian _know that through the operation of Divine law he abides in God and God abides in him? If God is the All in All, how can we escape the conviction and knowledge of this truth? Do not get in the habit of scoffing at things you know nothing about ‘What seems foolish at first may turn out to be practical; what sounds sense- less may contain the germ of wis- dom; what appears to be of no ac- count may prove to be one’s salvation. Man is dull to all things beyond hi: conception, beyond his pow of in- terpretation; but he gets breadth and capaclty by maintaining an open mind Scoffing is ‘a fault, not a virtue; the offspring of intolerance and a sign of the bigot. What we do not know on any subject would make a large book. When you hear cgotists talk- ing of finalitles you are listening to something they know nothing about, Man's own' limitations mark finalities for him, but nothing else. Socrates and Christ and all great leaders have been scoffed at. A scoff and a hiss are of the same mettle, more worthy a viper than a human’ being. It makes you s lo to hear a person say he feels as though the little peo- ple of the flelds and the woods were kin to him, because you do not sense the interlacing agencies of life, The mineral kingdom is the foundation of the earth—the rocks were necessary to produce the sand;- the mixture of decaying vegetation with sand pro- duces the loam; the loam produces all the food-products which sustain ani- mal life on the land. Every creature expressing life on the earth depends uwpon mineral and vegetable matter for sustenance, and they all represent the (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) In a leading metropolitan news- paper the other day I read a letter from a woman prominent in civic and social life. Her name was familiar, frequently appeared in the list of those present at fashionable and exclusive gatherings, public assemblages, etc. But when I read that letter I smiled. 1 am sure the particular editor of the paper who had passed upon her letter must have smiled also, as he noticed its signature; for it was signed we_will say, “Mrs. Hiram Blank.” Now, with all her smart gowning; fine jewels, rare laces, entree to fash- ionable circles, the great Mrs. Blank had never learned—or if she had she ignored what any mechanic’s wife of culture understand, 1. e. that the prop- er signature would have been this form: Sarah Jane Blank. (Mrs. Hiram Blank.) The fashionable Mrs. Blank’s error was not quite so faulty as is that of the lady who, in defiance of all Tules of etiquette, signs herself “Mrs. Judge Martin;” or worse, “Mrs. Rev. John Jones.” For the benefit of strangers, it is al- ways well to designate one's identity; therefor it is proper to indicate in some way, the simplest is the best, just who one may For_that rea- son there is sanction for such a signa- ture as “Sarah Brown Blank, wife of Judge Hiram Blank;” or of Rev. John Jones, as the case may be. It is one of the droll things of life that those who know the least about foreign languages are always obsessed by ihe mania to use non-English Wwords Perhaps one of the worst offenses to £00d taste is the all too common usage of the French word “nee”, the feminine form of “born”. Even into the col- umns of the esteemed Bulletin this lit- tle word creeps occasionally past the censor, in its incorrect and ridiculous usage. Now_Mrs. Hiram Blank could be “nee” Brown; but it is clear that ehe could not be nee Sarah Jane Brown, since she was not born with her Chris- tian name, but had to wait till 1t was given her by her parents. - Consequent- ly, to write “Mrs. Hiram Blank (nee Sarah Jane Brown)” makes intelligent persons laught. If the French word is to be used, the correct form is “Mrs. Hiram Blank, nee Brown:" but the leading newspapers of two continents no longer “nee”, but instead the more sensible and simple form: “Mrs. Hiram Blank (Sarah Jane Brown”,) or (“formeriy Sarah Jane Brown.”) Occasionally, in an explanatory way, a death notice appears in this form: In New York, Mary wife of John Jones (nee Jenkins) ch explains a great deal, in a world where there are many John Jones whose wives may be named Mary. Any old friend reading such notice understands at once that handiwork of the Great Designer. This divine order in the rocks, in the soil, in the products of the soil, and in all the living creatures which repre- sent life establishes the interrelation of all life to itself and to its Creator. We are made to express divine will ac- cording to our understanding and they according to the laws of their being. There is one purpose—the expression of supreme love and almighty power. Aren't we akin to all of the expres sions of life which proceed from the Lord? Sunday Morning Talk GARLANDS FOR THE LIVING. Strew the fair garlands where slumber the dead, Ring out the strains like the swell of the sea Hearfelt the tribute we bed; Sound the refrain of the loyal and free: lay on each Sound_the refrain of free, Visit_each bed Waves the starred banner from sea- coast to sea, Grateful the living and honored the dead. the loyal and sleeper and hallow each It is a right and beautiful custom to honor the blessed dead. No flowers that bloom are too lovely to heap on the grassy mounds beneath which rest the mortal dust of “the kind, the brave, the true, the sweet, who walk with us no more.” Memorial day, dedicated in the beginning to the failen comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, has become a country-wide observance. With one impulse young and old seek out the cemeteries of the land bearing their tributes to the departed. How often we wish that some of these bright garlands had been woven earlier! How often we wish we had placed them on heads of the living rather than now on the graves of the dead! At the funeral of a man promi- nent in his home town and active in every good work, some of his asso- ciates spoke in glowing terms of his genial personality and of his splendid career. Hearing the tributes the widow laimed: if these men love Charlie so, why couldn’t they have tol him before!” Pathetic mistake indeed to wait until the flowers of apprecia- tion couid be laid only on the dead man’s casket! That we withhold praise from the living is due more to thoughtlessness than to anything else. We forget how. like bread to the hungry is the word of appreciation erybody likes to be praised. The deslre is inborn. God put it in us. Thousands of people all around would do_better work if we could break our glum silence once in a_while in a few sincere expressions of_approbation. 5 Waiter CL: director of the University of California, out of his 25 vears of experience, testifies that onme fourth of the efficiency of runners and hurdlers comes directly from the cheering of their comrades. Further, he says that the athletes slow down going past the rival . “rooters” and speed up to the top notch when going by friendly grandstands. - The boy breaks into his reserve strength when a thousand throats help him to do his best. And what is good for lads In running trunks is good for the rest of us. Look about you for.the faithful peo- ple who merit garlands of praise be- fore the clods fall on their caskets. There is the teacher who patiently in- structs your child, and often for & beggarly wage. Have you ever shown enough interest in her work to en- courage her by word or note? There is the orgenist in your church. Have you ever commented on the fact that for 10 years he has been as regular as the sun at his post and all the time, it may be, without a cent of pay? There indeed, is the wife or husband of your bosom. How often have you whispered the words that make sunshine out of the darkest day? Let us quit being misers with praise. It is better to give some of it ncw than to wait till too latc and try to crowd it ell into the obituary. = By THE PARSON, THAT COUNT the woman dead is, not the wife of John Jones who before marriage was Mary Smith, but the spouse of the other John Jones, of Jones Avenue, who was one of the Jenkins girls of Hartford, etc. it always seems a pity that so many persons who win wealth, or are born Wealthy, or have wealth thrust upon them, and for those and sundry other reasons should be up in the usages of 500d society, do not at once invest in the useful little book “Don’t!” so as to get posted on what not to do! For instance, when the engagement or marriage of a woman is_made known, it is the most glaring breach, not alore of good taste, but of man- ners, to congratulate her! Mercy eakes! It is the man who is to be con- gratulated, on having the good fortune to win such a splendid girl as Hepzi- bah Hinks, or Betty Bodkin! There need be no end of congratulations to him; but the proper thing is to ex- press good wishes to the girl, or bride, for the future; for the continuance of her happiness! The lucky man will receive all congratulations beamingly, convinced that he is the most founate fellow on the globe. But to congratu- late the girl—as so many supposed-to- be smart set folk do— My it is the Very worst sort of betise, as the French would say;—blunder, stupidity, awk- wardness! To be sure, it is not quite such an evidence of betise as was the expres- sion of the guest at a wedding, who in his embarrussment, expressed his hopes to the bride for “many happy returns of the day.” Even in this flippant age, when Reno is the capital of the sociai and fashionable world, ;hal man’s blunder was a bit too glar- ng! Another exceedingly reprehensible evidence of bad taste is the fault into which some men fall, of signing them- selves “Rev Cotton Mather”, let us say. The world has a poor opinion of the man who is “reverend” in his own sight, and so will have his brethen up the scale in the religious world. Naturally, there are times when such a men requires to have his calling definitely known. Then the form dic- tated by modesty as well as good taste would be: “Cotton Mather, pastor Ninth Christian Church, Blankviile, N. Y. Inteliigent persons will at once recognize the necessity of giving him his proper title, and he will leave the good impression that he is emulat- ing the modesty of that cultured gen- tleman and scholar Saint Paul, who had a habit of reminding his friends and the world, “but of myself, I am as nothing.” Of course these little lapses are not strictly social crimes; but we all like to kmow what's what, and to feel that ‘Wwe are not giving people @ reason to criticise. . Writing on another subject, a prom- inent man said to me lately, “It is a fault for you or me to eat badly; but if we invite our Itallan vegetable man to lunch and find him eating with a knife, against our established table manners, we forgive him. More than that, If we go on the Continent, and find ‘people regularly eating their soup from the front of the spoon and think- ing we are barbarians because we eat it from the side, we get an insight in- to the lack of intrinsic value that so- cial customs really have.” Perhaps so! But I am sure the ma- jority of persens are anxious to know what is the proper thing to do; and they are uncomfortable when = they have the consciousness that they are behaving in a manner contrary to ap- proved usage. In one family, where the parents had had limited educational advantages, the members formed themselves into a Mutual Correction Society. Every in- correct pronunciation of a word, each breach of table etiquette, all errors in expression, were discussed in a non- critical, helpful w: Because the <hildren had college educations, they did not attempt to be snobbish with their parents, but to give them the benefit of the training and culture which they themselves had received through money which the parents pro- vided. Quite as often it proved to be the children who were at fault in care- less pronunciation, etc. and the good horse sense of the practical father, the innate refinement of the gentle mother, offset mere book-learning. At any rate, the practice proved most profit- able; the discussion of books and class- work and experiments helped the stu- dents in their review of the year. It it a hint to other families! THE DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR June Weather. Mr. Editor: One cannot blame me for feeling a little bit as if the many favorable letters I have received con- cerning my May predictions, were well earned. Cold and disagreeable began the very first day, and I rather think has continued; frosts from 8 to 15 were on the exact dates and another the last of the month also appeared on scheduled time. I wish to say now in connection with the old sailor's log that guides me in my predictions, that four generations of sea captains sailed out from Camden, Maine, guid- ed by the same rules, and in 80 years not one of them lost a vessel. The last deep water trip I made was with Captain Thomas French of the S. D. J. Rawson, three masted schooner, I never shall forget the trip, for while at anchor in San Juan, Por- to Rico, we were all taken to the U. S. consulate and lo and behold, who should be the American consul but Hon, John D. Hall, of Norwich. It was while becalmed off the coast of the Gulf Stream, that I copied “weather rules” from the ship’s pa- pers. There is no guessing and no “long distance” predictions in my re- ports. I simply follow. the rules 1 found in that old log, and more often find my predictions verified as they have been in May, than fail. At present the June indications are much Detter than they looked a month back. I do not see signs of the destructive drouth. I do see the frosty periods one about June 7 to 10, and another from 15 to 18. We may generally es- cape these frosts here in Connecticut, but helieve me, the escape, if escape we do will be narrow. There should be plenty of rain to carry all crops through the month. ~TwO Very se- vero storm periods, 12 to 15, and last week in the month, strong north east wind during both periods, and while the rain may not be heavy the indi- cations are that it will be. June will have her hot davs but you will find many a night that the Second quilt will be looked for. The last of the month will see many elec- trical disturbances. The rose bug cabbage worm and other garden pests will be here in un- usually large numbers. THE CLOUD DIGGER. Packer, Conn.,, May 25, 1915. Danger of Too Much Talking. There has never been a time in na- tional affairs when the temptation to run the risk of talking too much was stronger than it is at present—Wash- ington Star. " Are ‘Your Kidneys Well? Many Norwich People Know the Im- portance of Healthy Kidneys. The kidneys filter the blood. They work night and day. ‘Well kidneys remove impurities. Weak kidneys allow impurities to multiply. No kidney il should be neglectad. There is possible danger in delay. If you have backache or urinary troubles, It you are nervous, dizzy or worn out, 4 Begin treating your kidneys at once; Use a proven kidney remedy. None endorsed like Doan’s Kidney Pills. Recommended by thousands. 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Get a bottle of Sloan’s Liniment for 25c of any druggist and have it in the house —against colds, sore and swollen joints, lumbago, sciatica and like ailments. Your money back if not satisfied, but it does give almost instant relief. Stories of the War Patching Up Soldiers. “You don’t need to thank me for this. It long ago lost its significance.” The “this” was a woman's wedding ring, worn and scratched. The mes- sage was blurred and poorly written. Ring and message, indicating some hidden tragedy that never will be re- vealed, were sent to Dr. Christian Bruhn, one of Germany's most dis- tinguished dental surgeons, for the furtherance of his present life work —the patching up of soidiers whose jaws and teeth have been shot away. The patching up process required much gold. Dr. Bruhn's clinic is free, and, - thus far at least, unsupported from any official quarter. As his fame has gone out over Germany, how- ever, his gold reserve has increased amazingly. A famous actress has given a heavy medallion, the gift of the ruler of a German State. A noted literatures has donated a similar gift from the King of Sweden. Wedding rings, seal rings, necklaces, gold coins from England and from Turkey, even old gold teeth, have poured in on Dr. Bruhn, to be melted up and find their into the mouths of wounded sol- diers. Men who have viewed war from all angles and who are intimately ac- quainted with its horrors have de- clared repeatedly that the worst of it is in the hospitals. The orthopedic institutions, where the soldiers are painstakingly made new again so that they .may go back to the front, are infinitely depressing. But they cannot compare for sheer horror with the great institution in Dusseldorf and with Dr. Bruhn's pri- vate clinic, where dozens and scores of men sit or lie with half of their faces left, with noses and upper teeth missing, with hands enclosed in steel framework that supports broken low- er jaws until newly inserted bones shall have had time to knit. The Dussoldorf institution, of which Dr. Brubn is the chief surgeon, is de- voted exclusively to the care of sol- who have been injured in the jaws, and is far and away the largest of its kind in Germany. Weekly it is tumning out men who, aside from scars and somewhat impeded speech, are about as good as before the war, men who a few weeks or months be- fore were brought in in such shock- ing condition that the layman, if he could endure to gaze for long, would despair of ever saving them. The patients frequently are found to have rifie bullets imbedded in the Dbones of their jaws, bullets often that have been flattened out or twisted by the compact of lead against bone. More serious are the shrapnel and grenade wounds, which tear away whole sections of the face and leave a jaw fractured in a score of places. Through use of the Roentgen ray, or X-ray, the patient's exact injury is established on his admission. In a majority of cases there is some por- don that must be replaced by bone from some part of his body. Each patient is his own bone ply, so to speak, and generally thesshin bone that serves. The ribs also are a fertile field, and so fast does nature work, the piece of bone aken out for use in the jaw is rap- idly replaced by new growth. One patient in the hospital late in April, slowly recovering from a shock- ing wound that gouged out his whole lower jaw, has a strip of shin bone 14 centimetres long in his mouth. On top of that is a new set of serviceable teeth. The man is healthy and rea- sonably happy. In dozens of cases it is mot only necessary to replace bone, but skin as well. Here again _each man must supply his own. Great strips of skin are taken from the patients’ arms and grafted on to cheeks or chins. Aside from the ecar along the line of stitch- ing there is usually little indication of the original injury. Fach man is photographed on the day of arrival, and then at intervals later as his recovery progresses. To the layman the results accomplished are little short of miraculous. In a recent trip through the hospi- tal an Associated Press correspondent had opportunity to compare many of the original photographs with the pa- tients in their patched-up state, and it was all but incredible that so much had been accomplished. Treating the Wounded. The treatment of a wounded man from the moment he is hit until he sup- it is finds himself in a base hospital is the suhject of a comunication by the eve- witness present with the British gen- eral _headquarters in France. ‘When a. man is shot down during an advance, he is probably left living in f ——— o) ——— () COATS, SUITS Suits $15. Coats $7.7 Dresses SHOP TODAY fl o WOMEN'’S and MISSES’ and DRESSES - SPECIAL FOR TODAY Any Suits in the house now at this price—were up to $45.00 riety ofu::leuing 'uylu fl Q WH and fabrics were up to $16.50 fl ) A splendid showing of the newest styles in Crepe-de-Chines, Voiles, Linens, Ramie and Nets Store Closed All Day Monday—Decoration Day Manhatan 121-125 Main Street u “Where Shopping Is a Pleasure.” (o) ———{e) —— (o) e (<] geon. The stretcher bearers may be ecither men selected from his own company or from the Royal Army Medical Corps. After first aid, the wounded man is removed either by stretcher or horse ambulance to the nearest dressing sta- tion, where he passes from regimental aid to one of the divisional fleld am- bulances. These ~organizations are composed of three sections, each con- sisting of one section of bearers, who collect the wounded, and a section in charge of the tent dressing stations. The advanced dressing stations are pushed as near the front as possible. On the arrival of the patient, his wounds are carefully attended to and an injection of anti-tetanis serum siven, The next place of treatment is at a more or less safe distance behind the firing line, generally in a church or school or other public building, pos- sibly in a town. In this larger sta- tion the wounded man is made com- fortable and given food and _drink. The wounded here are assorted as to degrees of gravity and prepared for transport to the nearest casualty clearing station. Transport to and from these stations is done by the mo- tor ambulance. The clearing stations are generally situated at the railway heads so that patients can be removed direct to am- bulance trains. In the true sense of the word, these stations are not hospji- tals, although they may retain cases of abdominal and head wounds when the men can not be removed without danger. During the battle of Neuve Chapelle one clearing station of a nor- mal capacity of 200 handled $00 daily for four consecutive days and received and passed on 3,653 cases within a period of six days. They are quite slastic in make-up, but their staffs have to work day end night during battles. It is in these stations the pa- tient experiences for the first time the luxury of lying on a bed and having a woman nurse in attendance. His length of stay depends on the train facilities, but as a rule he is placed on an ambulance within a few hours. The train takes the wounded from what is_known as the Collecting Zone to the Evacuating Zone, which means from the medical authority of the fighting army to that of the line of communications. There are fourteen ambulance trains now running in France, each with a personnel of three officers and forty-seven attendants of other ranks and three nursing sisters. The number conveyed depends on the nature of the cases—whether sit- ting or lying. Several of these trains were especially designed and built, but the rest were converted from the or- dinary French coaches, with rooms for staff, dispensaries, kitchens and stores. Eventually the number of trains will be raised to twenty-four. On arriving at one of the British military bases, the patient is carried in a motor ambulance to a fully equip- ped hospital. The permanent hospi- tals are divided into general and sta- tionary. The general are the larg- est and best equipped, while the so- called stationary are intended to be mobile and moved up at various points on the lines of communication. Red Cross and privately endowed hospitals are also found in the base cities and receive their share of the wounded. Hotels, casinos, convents, schools and temporary huts are used for both the army and civilian hospi- tals. The object of this system is to re- lieve the fighting force of its sick and wounded as soon as possible, not only to romove a military burden but to give the wounded the best care, and what is often needed more than any- thing else, a change of scene. OTHER VIEW POINTS | Governor Holcomb has every reason to feel satisfied with the outcome of his _association with the legislature. As he said at the opening of that ad- ministration, he did not propose to relieve it of responsibility. Therein he took the right view of the veto power. There have been governors who set up their Individual, and often class opinion against the best judgment of the state and the plain mandate of a lerge majority of its citizens. Govern- or Holcomb was not of that type. — Bridgeport Post. Waterbury will be using two high school buildings next fall, perhaps, be- cause of the lack of sufficient accom- modations in the present building, and if the aldermen and the school board continue at odds, it may be holding its the open under @ hall of shrapnel. From this position he is rescued by two stretcher bearers who chose an opportune time for rushing out and bearing him tc the shelter of a trench. He is then conveyed through a com- municating trench to the regimental aid post in a dugout or cellar. There he Tecei SR GUIDY BuE= POWERS BROS,, high school pupils in the same schoo! as the graded pupils a few yea hence, while waiting for amew building to be erected. The pupild are bound to go ahead no matter what the poli clans do, but they are not necessarily 2ssured of the attention they are en- titled to in view of the exvenditures for education as long as the city fa- thers insist on attending to politics first.—Waterbury Republican. It strikes us as rather a pity, when we see the names that are mentioned in connection with the republican nomination for mayor, that so much undouited excellence’ should have simultaneous ambition, or rather, will- ingness pro bono publico. It is going to be a pretty painful end embarrass- ing thing for a wholo lot of people to have to come between two such splendid men as Capt. Ernest E. Rog- ers and Henry R. Bond, when the nat- ural disposition of any appreciative person, would be to honor them both. We can’t help hoping that something will happen to Tesolve this _difficuity before convention time, and yet we must be grateful that there is 50 fine an outlook that the republicans in- tend to pick from their best when they make the final selection. Of minor, but not totally immersed considera- tion, who would succeed to the seat in the ‘council chamber made vacant by Ipromotion if fortune should pitch upon Mr. Bond? That is a gquestion in some quarters quite heatedly dis- cussed.—New London Telegraph. Lots of men secretly tramp’s independent life. envy the BAR PINS PENDANTS RINGS and BROOCHES Franklin Square, Fishing Privilege and Boats can now be had at Anderson’s Pond at Ashwillet. OTTO ANDERSON MISS M. C. ADLES Hair, Scaip and Face Specialist A BEAUTIFUL FACE Makes all who see it sad if it goes with gray hair, wrinkles at the sars and a sickly complexion. Miss Adles notices this in her travels. Have your skin toned up by massage, as your husband or brother does. 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