Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 28, 1915, Page 4

The -Budletin has the :largest elreulationiof any‘paper inEast- erm Comnecticut and from three’ . to four\times larger'than that of any in Norwich. 1t is delivered to over!3,000 of ths 4,053 houses ire Norwich, and read by minety- three per cent. of the pecple. In Windham itiis c.ivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and | Danielson to over 1.100.and in. all of ‘these places i is consid- ared the local daily. Eastern Connecticut.has forty~ nine towns, oné hundred and sixtyifive postoffice districts, and, cixtv rural free delivery routes. ThepBulletin is sold in every town - - on all of the R. F. D, * routes’in Eastern Connecticut, CIRCULATION HAVE THE BULLETIN FOLLOW ‘You Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trigs can have e THE WRONG PLACE, LiIt was not so surprising that The- ‘odiore Roosevelt should launch an at- fack aguinst the administration as he Mid in his address at Plattsburg, as 12 was that he should select that place Zor doing it. Not only could it be to cause resentment at Wash- inasmuch as the camp is un- der' the sanction and control of the nt, but it means much em- ent for Major General Wood, ‘personal friend of the speaker, who velt except the opportunity it ive him to free his mind before that uences that might be expected, unged wildly ahead. It was a typ- Rooseveltian address, even though was like creating a rumpus in the of a friend. * Under the circumstances the action Secretary Garrison In forbidding any further utterances of that char- such an encampment was be expected. Mr. Roosevelt entitled to air his views and respects he may have vaiced but when a man who has held position he has, takes such an advantage, at such a place, it is time steps were taken to prevent it in the future. No other ex-president would have thought of doing such a thing. WASTED HIS TIME. Iynch law and urged that Wwas necessary for the protection people of a state, he must have It is-a position which is in accord with his post, but one which conterence will hasten to repudi- ate if any attention whatever is. paid to it He wasted his time The ex-governor set himself up as methods, but he failed to make plain Just what the people of his own state think of his ideas and methods. It ‘was & hard punch of disapproval which they gave them when his political ring was turned out of control after his term of office during which he went to the limit in paroling murderers and emptying the prisons under his politi- cal scheme of reformation. That he . paying the n eath penalty for crime, ~and When he erred to the other three law eppealed to the ng lived in that section where ch law has prevailed and still ex- g0 the shame of the states, he jffd have brought more credit to if had he stood as the advocaté educational facilities and LITERACY TEST FOR VOTERS. New York's constitutional conven- I l?i[;i!fi'; Eig il ey b H H i w & i v I ! | j i [ i i § i g i J i i3 ; " i £ ) H fi;' it Es %; sl el i i A HH I i | 1 about that time Japen, which das been |1 relled upon for munitions, found mat- ters at home of such a nature that it was considered the part of wisdom any exportations of ammuni- tion for what might be needed them- ONLY ONE PLACE FOR HIM. Preaching a doctrine which is as dangerous to patriotism and national solidarity ag the I. W. W. policy is industrial peace, the head of the Ger- man-American socidty of New Y in by all the nations for the guidance of those subscribing thereto, is indi- cated by the declaration of this biased | individual when he says: “Well, it's & question of rights, isn't 1t? I think Germany has a right to sink every vessel, neutral or otherwise, which carries ammunition to the enemy. In- ternational law? Bosh! “Who gives a rap about international law? Ger- many doesn't. Why, Germany is mak- ing international law. International law is not up to date. It will be though. It-is the country- with the punch that makes international law and Germany has the punch in her ammunition ship, whether she carried neutrals or not and then pay $7,500 each for every American life lost. That being his attitude, the only place for him to ‘reside is in Germany. That man should be at the front in- stead -of dispensing such talk in a country which knows and lives up to its obligations and expects others to do the same. He belongs to the dark ages. He Is spreading broadcast a wild propaganda but fortunately few have lost their heads so badly as he has. Even Germany is ready to alter its submarine policy in accordance with international law. EDITORIAL NOTES. The New York gangsters and gun- men ought to get Cole Blease to plead their cause. —_—— The indications are that the Balkan states will hang on as long as the fence lasts. Dog days appear to be reaching their end without trying to make the whole country disgruntled. . The weather man appears to be-as much of an extremist as some of those who persist in talking war. The designer of summer furs must have been making preparations for these frosty days in August. By pushing on into Russia Napo- leon fourid & greater surprise than the German fleet did in the Gulf of Riga. The man on the corner says: If it should last a long time a strike of corset makers might make the maga- zines less interesting. Those who back the kaiser’s policy so strongly must have heard that “whatever is done for the kaiser is right. If it is done against him it is ‘wrong.” When it comes to exceeding instruc. tions who ought to know better than the German government .whether the sinking of -the Arabic was what was desired or mot? Cole Blease must have been disap- Dointed if he thought the example set by the soyth in upholding lynch law | tion. 'was going to carry the governors’ con- ference by storm. hat | pokey vendor they do not know how to in- calmness in moments of trial. We Wwere not created to see alike. act alike, think alike or conclude afike and we are only in.harmony when our per- ceptions, thoughts and tastes agree: but Wwe have been endowed with the power of self-restraint and the capability to quietly endure what we connot peace- fully regulate. We all have a right to our own thoughts, our own mistakes and our own miseries, but we have no right to impose them upon one 5 Trouble comes from exacting com- pliance with our views, which is really tyranny. It matters little whether we have our way or not, we have aur thoughts and if they are kept right, life will be right. The man in deit is not always so rated. - He may lack ‘may have a better It is perfectly natural for a man to want twice as much as he can pay for: and it is the part of wisdom to ignore wants and give attention to necessities. No life is well ordered where indulgence is all out of proportion to income. man who hae sickness, or who is try: ing to support a $15 family on $10-a week is badly handicapped: but these are in- the minority among the men Wwho do not pay. Some men like to be in - gel e elass who can pay but won't—who are too respectable to be charged with theft, and too mean to do as they would be done by. The larger of the bad debts are in- curred -by the incapable and inefficient —the class that has bit off more than it can chew. It is not bard luck that holds them down, but bad habits, an Stter Iack of system In the affaira of e, < How we are tried by the questions of bright children and try to conceal from them the fact that we do not know any more about the questions that are puzzling their minds than they know themselves. It is a false notion that candor would be out of place right here. Not knowing what we think it is wiser to what they think than to silence them with reply that is as unsympathetic as it is mean. We do not know at what age children come to understanding or come to our evasions, at the child thinks on the subject may be better than anything we have ever thought upon it; and if he is in_error we ar# able then to set his mind right. False pre- tenses do not make a good mental diet for children with active minds. The way to strengthen thought and to in- crease its virllity and_volume is to keep: thinking. The habit of thinking is as good for the child as the adult. The thoughts of children should be spected and they should come early to know what we think -today may be reversed tomorrow. Salvation rests upon individual thought not upon universal thought. you will regard yourself as a self- charged magnet you may be able to account for what you attract and repel in life. We manifest our magnetic forces by our receptive and repulsive moods, and often give no consideration to the consequences. We have con- ceits which attract trouble just as a magnet will attract steel filings. We shake out our antagonisms regardless of their irritating quality; we murmur until we create an atmosphere of dis- gust between ourselves and others; in fact our risibilities count in our con- extremely tivated an extremely abnormal condi- Look out what you cuitivate in the garden of thought—watch the fine blossoms and cast the and T have power over the conditions of life—drifting is not luring. Do let a look of misery spoil what should be a glowing face. e the dishonesty of | W i i | — e bakeries almost on the ‘untidy, neglected walks, with loaves of bread, led in their uninvifing windows. t—fine looking it was, too, amid its. unsavory surroundings—was offered for salé at evefy. turn. The hokey disposed of his pemny daubs of yellow looking ice cream. or Zoing on on the different floors: so there was not so much to see in the way of the regular day nursery work, class teaching. and the like. . But throvghout the summer there e what is by courtesy called a play- ground kept up for the smaller children of the neighborhood. Oh, what a con- trast to the New England town play- sround we found it! backs of tall tenement houses; their fronts were nune too attractive—so it n saxy 1o fancy What & rear view must No matter! In the playground so- called, were about seventy-five chil- dren from two to eight, perhaps: smil- ing, cleanly dressed littie cherubs, chattering like-a lot of canary birds. This, too, with not one blade of grass, not a single tree, never a flower to be seen. Why, some of these small folk had never seex a cow or a hen—that is, outside of a picture book! It is a great city of many parks and municipal breathing-places; but not for Benedict, or Rosie, or Lema or Peter, who is one of eight or tem or twive children, and for whom their parents, fond though they may be, cannot spare so much as a car-fare for an outing. One day in the Spring, a benevolent man came the settiement and took 40 of the older girls and boys to the circus. My, what an event it was for them, and no less for the wondering playmates to whom they related their adventures during the fol days and weeks! But if these little Sicillans are poor as are their parents, nevertheless they are proud; and even this playground, ‘whiie a charity, is robbed of some of that distasteful impression by the fact that each child brings two cents for his lunch—bread and milk in these hot summer times; substantial soup, macaron: and bread, or similar filling dishes during the regular school terms. Then the poor kiddies’ sand-box! It a|would have been laughable had it not been so pathetic! - Just a cormer boarded off from the paved court, in which was, not clean, nice, tempting, ite sand from the seashore: but sort of black dust, very much s gesting what one might dig up from the unpaved street. But how happy were the crowing little omes who had a chance to dig in it, to make it into piles, to build imaginary’ houses and skyscrapers with chance bits of sticks and chips! There were no compl teard there! The visitors had taken the children some candy; and with wonderfu: obedi- ence, at a word from the two young women of their own nality who had charge of the yard, the gleeful children seated themselves on the hard wooden benches along the dividing fences and waited to ses what was going to happen. It made me rather ashamed for some children 1 know, to see with what gratitude, orderliness, quiet expecta- tion these little Sicilians received their treat. Ome Little Mother—certainly not more than eight—who solicitously clasped a fat little brother who slept through all the commotion, enjoyed the lollypop which fell to her share, but refrained from even a covetous look at the pink and white candy baby siven her for the sleeping brother. Two of the most joyous of the group were deat and dumb brothers, who trust. To confide is better than té distrust, even though we get severely stung by error. No one is smart enough to play with deceit and not be injured; but there are those who venture to make deceit dusty. | than it comes to. Is not such a victory. imevitable in | nominal Europe, whoever may be the a to ad- real gain for the victors. jion is not borre in on dhe pPresent generation, infl with patriotic ardor, it will at least be a tragic fact to yet unborn. 'y of any the of success in any line of en- ar carefully higher cost t is going to yield no fair compen- sation for the labor expended. The fruit that hangs so temptingly on a high bough will prove to be, on_ pos- session, Nke Dedd Sea aj bitter ang full of dust. Many a man bas rid- den to wealth or to h- ehod over the hearts and homes of other men. only to reach, for himself, 2n old age of acrid disgust and self- loathing. The expected happiness did not come. His very victory proved to be defeat. “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own scul? That is not merely a familia: Scripture sentence; it is a pressin question of life. Answer—nothing! The dupes in this world are not all caught by gold bricks. A great many of them are caught by gold dollars. The rank- est delusion abroad is that a hoard of dust, or a sounding reputation, or a place of power, can be depended ments of defeat lie in every apparegt suocess. that is achieved through de- ceit, crueity, or any sacrifice of right- eous principies. Nor worldly advantage ‘whatever Is worth so much that one must have it at the cost of his self- respect. 2 ‘There are some things that every one of us would like—but not at the price often asked for them. There is many a man who would like to be rich, but who, i he found that he could ‘only become @0 by cheating his friends or sel his partners, would choose to stay poor. He would refuse to pay the staggering price of wealth, Many a woman would enjoy a repu- tation for wit and quick repartee. But if thht reputation must be gained at the cost of bruised feelings of people around her she will not seek blilliangy. The laughter and applause of a few cronies is mighty poor compensation for the flush of anger or of pain brought to some other woman's cheek. The cost of being clever becomes too great. Many a boy or girl would like to be popular to be “it” with the “bunch.’ But if ome can be popular only by throwing away ideals, by doing every- thing the “bunch” may do, he had better forfeit popularity. He will make a bad n if he pays the price demanded. How much is it worth? In the pres- ence of some supposed advantage one must put that guestion honestly to himself: One must ponder the physical, mental, and assuredly, the moral cost of obtaining it.. Only by such ap- praisal may we learn to shun a lot of victories that come too high, that have in them, liide those of poor Pyr- rhus, of final rout and defeat. THE PARSON. What is asserted to be the finest o ghip E ks Many are already asking whether or not Major Elakesles will again seek the gubernatoria | nomimation. The Times-Leader has mo information in respect to that questiom. but if the major decides to try again he will have the support of leadiig men in every town in Conmecticut—a suppert given because of cordial and con- fidence in a man who is fitted by character and_al for any office the people of Connecticut have to give. —New Haven Times-Leader. The editor of the Fatherland admits that he ‘took some money from the ut small sum he mentions. His a is so damning that his qualification of the purchase and its price are rath- er lost sight of by real Americans. Citizens of this country, who take money from a foreign nation and then THE BROWN FLETCHER TRIO BEAUTIFUL SCENIC VOCAL OFFERING. ONE OF THE BEST, SINGING ACTS IN VAUDEVILLE. HEAR THIS ACT EE GHOSTS o OF THE BIRTH OF A NATION HENRY WALTHAL Today GOLONIAL THEATRE Today “THE BONDWOMAN"--Kalem A Beroadway Feature in Three Parts His Ward’s Scheme. Biograph!| VERA FULLER MELLISM The Twin Sister. Lubin Muggy's First Sweetheart with Mary Pickford Charles Chaplin in a Screaming Two-Resl Comedy Matinee, Sc—Always Cool, Clean and Cemfertable. Evening, 10c he grew fowers for the London market. He volunteered for the air service, however, at the beginning of the war. BEST IN NEW ENGLAND! THE BIG o (COMECTIGUT FAIR partment of Loir-et-Cher. The meod- est family dwelling that he occupies there near the main road from Paris to Bordeaux is kept filled with flowers by _the peopie of the regio: The general who lost one eye only but who still wears a bandage over both, recently attented a village festival leaning upon his wife’s arm. and to the compliments addressed to him he declared he would soon have sufficient strength to return to the front. Knife Instead of Bayonet. launch into_virulent attacks upen the |27 President - of the United States and his advisers, are not classed very high by the imperial citizens to whom the oath of alleglance is something real— Ansonia Sentinel Two weeks hence all the cities in the state will be marvelling at the overcrowded condition of many of their schools and wondering_where all thé children come from. Thus they an- nually give testimony to the lack of zystematic and business-lke manage- ment of the very Iimportant business of housing and teaching the children who are forced to school under the compuisory education law. Yet the cities and towns of Connecticut take great pride in pointing out that they spend more on the education of their children than on any other single pub- lic. work.—Waterbury _Republican. If the administration, which has had the official chaperonage of the muni- cipal ice plant since the subject was first broached and voted upon, is really ted in giving the city what it then there will be no further In place of the evidences of any carrying out of the plan, however, we hear nothing but disquieting rumors. The success of the project depends absolutely upon its getting a clean start, in a modern, well equipped, scientifically efficient plant for the manufacture of artificial ice. To cutset. The citizens .must be watchful.—Bridgeport Telegram. ‘most,| Stories of the War Crosed Wires Helped Austrians. An accidental crossing of telephone wires was responsible for a recent Austrian victory over the Russians, jccording to & story that is current ere. Officers at one of the Austrian staff lquarters were amazed one day, on trying to use ome of their telephone lines, to hear Russian words An officer conversant with that % was hastily summoned, and got to the telephone in time to get the most im- portant part of the message that was being transmitted. The chief of staff of a Russian di- vision was trying to to brig: adier. Perhaps because of the crossed wires, which enabled the Austrians to hear, the connection was poor and both had 'to speak with unusual and much tion. The order was for two baftalions to attack decisively at a given hour a Austrian position, while three companies were to_assist by & flank attack. M: Paulban, the French aviator, who was sent to Serbia several months ago by the to assist the Serblan army, bas been promoted to the rank of captain for gallaat conduct in bringing down an Austrian aero- plane._y years M. 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