Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 23, 1915, Page 4

Hi i The Bulletin has the fargest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut- and from three o four times larges than that of any in Norwich. It is dstivered to over 3,000 of ths 4,053 houses {in Norwich, and read by rinety- three per cent. of the people. In Windham it ~vered to over 800 houses, in Putnam and _ Danielson to over 1,100 and in all of these places it is consid- ered the Iccal dail. Egstern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five pastcfice cixt rural free d The Bulletin is sold in every town on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connectizut. CIRCULATION 1901, average ............ 1905, average ... 4412 MERCHANTS’ WEEK, Today marks the opening of Mer- | chants’ Week in Norwich and it has & special appeal to every resident of Fastern Connecticut. That Norwich Lis the logical trading center for all * this end of the state is widely recog- | nized, but the opinion prevails that ft should be appreciated by greater | numbers for the benefit of the buyer as well as the merchant, ang for the purpose of impressing it more firmly Supon the minds of the purchasing pub- _lie seventy of the merchants of the ity have united with the idea of send- ing home this truth through an act- wal demonstration of the advantages which Norwich possesses. Norwich is easily. accessible from all directions and by all methods of transportation. The-stores are com- modious and arranged for the comfort of the patrons. Courteous and efficient ed and the| 'Y to Serve all who could avail them- sales forces are others, cantion. could easily have only what can.be cxpected when high- ways are being used for the operation of cars at a speed from thirty to forty miles an hour. Such is not showing a proper re- spect for other people Who have & per- fect right to be there, nor & proper regard for the lives of those who are involved. To all a there was an unwillingness to lose a sec- ond’s time. - There was a disposition to take every chance and it is on just such occasions that death can be an- ticipated with a high degree of cer- tainty. To have slowed down one of those speedirig. cars, or even to have halted both of them for a minute would have been sufficient to have overcome the sad mixup. It is this in- sisténce upon speed at any cost which is the constant cause for complaint on the highways of the country and the streets of the city, but strange as it may seem such fatalities continue to happen despite the almost daily lessons of similar character, which car- ry sufficient warning of the danger that is involved. The lazge number of automobiles which use the highways of the state make it necessary that every driver not only should appreciate but should assume - the responsibility which de- volves upon him, and respect the rights of others, and not until that is done will there be a lessening of such deplorable affairs as that which occurrgd below New London. MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. In spite of many distressing condi- tions this country has much to be thankful for this year, as in vears gone by. Full recognition is taken of it in the proclamation just issued by President Wilson in designating No- vember 25 as a day for thanksgiving and prayer when he says: “Our abii- tion o please prevails, When | SCLVeS Of our services in. the midst of it comes to quantity, quality and va- cannot be beaten in a city of its size and it leads many which may be larger and far- ther away. Trading in Norwich not only means the satisfaction of get- ting good goods and the goods that are wanted, but it means a saving to riety of goods Norwich the pocketbook. #3The manner in which the merchants k - cooperating means a constant to its value as a shopping center which is bound to react to th advantage of those who do the buy: ing. That pleaspre may be combined with arrangements have been made whereby special entertainment be provided throughout the week addition to the many points of in- The latch string Norwich welcomes all Whegher they come to buy or come to look on, knowing full well that those! ‘Who see cannot help being convinced. ‘business, terest about the city. is always out. THE NAVAL PRCGRAM. It is not to be believed that th program which has been set forth-by the administration for the stronzth ening of the navy is so firmly fixed that it will not be subject to changes. it has been demonstrated conclusively | that it 1s in need of all that is being | advocated for it, but it has been shown that the provision of destroyers can- not be expected to furnish the efficient service which is demanded from fast scout eruisers. It has been shown that the expenditures for submarines @nd_dreadnaughts cannot be made ‘without due regard for the necessity of filling the gap which cxists through the lack of batfle cruisers. . The need of adequate preparation for defense requires that full atten- tion must be given to providing ves- sels of such; types as will offset those of any possible -opposing force and that cannot be dope by ignoring the speed of the kcout ships or the com- bined speed and fighting ability of the battle cruisers. * Thus while the, plan for placing the navy on a basis where it belongs is ‘being comsidered-there must be proper thought *directed to the questlon of ‘The demand for the bigger tuated by the policy been smatl i immediate i crises has been increased by a gra- clous Providence, by more and more abundant crops; our ample financial resources have enabled us to steady the markets of the world and facilitate necessary movement of commerce Which the war might otherwise have rendered impossible, and our people have come more and more to a sober realization of the part they have heen called upon to play in a time when all the world is shaken by unparalleled distresses and disasters. * * * We ave prospered while other peoples were at war, but our prosperity has been vouchsafed us, we believe, anly that we might the better perform the functions which war rendered it Im- possible for them to perform.” While this country has watched the plight of the others, it cannot but have extreme gratitude for the fact that it has been spared the ravages which have taken place in the others; that it has been permitted to enjoy and appretiate the blessings of peace and lat the same time be favored by the { bountiful products from land and in- e| dustry. It has been as pointed out by the president, a year of special blessing for us. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Balkan countries which have national ambitions.are having their patience sorely tried. Even though t e evidence might be all on their side, it ‘s a hard task trying to defend the Turks. 4 — Those Servian women who are fight- ing in the trenches with the men have possibly been reading about Molly Pitcher. the Mexican border The activity of the bandits along indicates that Carranza still has much. to be respon- sible for. The man on the corner says the man who doesn’t care money doesn’t want the other fellow to get it all. Just about the time Carranza is get- ting ready to settle down, the Euro- Ppean countries are solicitous about his vlans for settling up. pursued by the ‘which will add the ‘where it is most need- acknowledgment that the attention for something. The next thing give it that whick wiil do it Like certain pennies there must be something the matter with that comet ot | Which has come into view. again after being lost thirty vears. Servia has been obliged to change its capital, but it isn't the first time of the only country which has been put to such trouble by the armies of invasion. s ING CYPRUS TO GREECE. comes to offering induce- participation in the Buro- keep the sides of the from sliding. Ea New London county nov cases where automobiles have peared following fatalities. It - stagnation is h, with the light we_have. There is no harm in being a doubter, the mischief is done by al- lowing doubt to paralyze you. What man is looking for is the way 2 progress, the way in a measure to ealioe: the Talth he has In Rimeelf and ?-;' i'gg‘?} fig;;i - i /] i 1ih i1 #578¥57 the hope he entertains for himself. He | PK cannot find the way alone, he needs a guide-book, not a_guide-book that. de- scribes the scenery and notes events of the past, but one which exploits the mind and the way to make. the man master of the power God has placed within him. Such. a guide- book is often worth ten times - its weight in gold and is to be had for a dollar. This is where a man can make hi vestment. “Heal wer Through Creation,” by Paul Elisworth, is such a book. It will help you to conserve | P! misdirected enerzy, how to become conscious of your mind power, and | how to overcome the errors of thought and action which prevent you from realizing your hopes. Send $1.10 to The Elizabeth Towne Co. Holyoke, Mass, and master this little book of ten chapters and you will alwave con. sider it to have been a fine invest- ment. A divine of other days is quoted as saying: “Only the fear of God can deliver, us from the fear of men.” If the fear of God made us love Him this would be true, but is it fear or love which draws us toward one a: other and toward our Heavenly Fath- er? Fear has been excited too much in the interest of goodness. Fear is simply suppression, the way of tyran- ny, while mercy and goodness is_the way of larger freedom and joy. It is a true knowledge of God and faith in His promises which delivers us from the fear of men. Life teaches plainly that fear stands for failure; and the Seriptures that love stands for power a4 gupremacy and liberty and im- e. The man may be happy who owes no man ang lets no man owe him; but we have no idea how such condi- tions can be possible. It would be diffieult to attain and maintain thes conditions of independence if they only applied to material things. We are all in debt to those who came be- fore 15 and made life more success- ful and comfortable, Every gener- ation is indebted to the preparers of the way and the dispensers of light in the generations which have preceded them. This generation cannot claim all the credit for its progress or enlightenment—no generation can. len you come to think of it, the debts which cannot be paid in dollars and cents represent our greatest obli- gations, and these debts of honor can only be liquidated by _doing some- thing great and lasting to make the rising generation deeply obligated to us. ! have always noticed that the chap who tells what he did last week has the fellow beaten who tells what he is going to do next week by just that lap. The habit of anticipafing is a bad habit—the habit of doing now what is to be done is a good one. To tackle the hardest chore of the day the first thing in the morning is to have the day’s work more than half done ‘at noon. The work that is done should loom up, not the -work which is undone It is the part of wisdom to keep the mountain behind us instead of before. To look down and see how high we have climbed boosts—to look up and contemplate what is ‘before us checks. All insph stion comes from things which have been accomplished, not from things that are going to be done. What man does know is always eclipsed by what he doesn't know; and what he really knows is nothing com- with what he thinks he knows. We used to be told the earth and all things thereon were created = 6,000 years ago; and now we are assured man has inhabited the earth for 15,- 000,000 vears, that the reptiles have been doing business here for 30,000,000 years and that it took the newly evolv- ing earth 75,000,000 yeafs to get into condition to’support Jving creatures Lots of folks dp not beliece either statement, and no one knows. which. is It 'doesn’t matter whether we believe it or not. Some people who cannot figure out what has been, risk their reputations upon figuring -out what is to be. These know when the world is' coming to an end by the signs: but all their definite dates have in this world is how to live right, and man's lack of special interest in this has never been remarkable. It was William Penn who sald: “Th truest end of life is to know the life taat never ends!” t 8 is between the mind such.a picture of Hfe pictured this world “a: I7 wo intend to make the most l-'we maust have a broad conception of it. It is not n¢ to of the rogressing civilized to the civilized state! still thinks more of a fat doughnut than of his arithmetic lesson and be. moans the fact that there are not more holidays In the school year, that a i, to acquire new ideas, habits, tastes: to incline toward new pastimes, com panionships, books, thoughts, The question is,'Is he going to remain just where he {s? Worse still, will he re- vert to his early stages of barbarism, savagery? Or, on the contrary, will his evolu- ton ‘bring him to the state of true E Few of us think of such problems, as we oftentimes find it difficult to explain Why a young man, well-born, surrounded by évery comfort and lux- ury, with devoted, indulgent parents, somehow always Keeps in the hobbl dehoy ‘stage, or worse, is all his life rougk, bearish, vicious, dishonest, evil Sunday Morning Talk CHANGE YOUR MIND. ‘Why should it be held disgraceful to change one's mind obe sure a per- son always doing that is hard to live with It 1s_true now, as io ancient days, that “a double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” The fickle people often puzzle us, if they do mot vex and alienate us. Yet there are times when a change of mind is not only desirable, but de- manded by the facts in the case. Thi privilege granted, by special dispen- sation of nature, to woman becomes everyone's duty. Consistency is a gleaming jewel, provided one is in the right, but when he is in the wrong, it is & Jump of lead. When consistency means a steadfast course of error in thought or conduct, it becomes a vice and not a virtue, One who, in the prebence of new evi- dence, surveys his old position and has the courage to say: “I was mistaken,” is to be praised. The world owes much to the people who have been ca- pable of changing their would have been a stagnant affair ‘without them. > ew occasions teach mew duties Time makes anclent good uncouth They must upward still and onward Who would Keep abreast of truth. . The mind is often heiped by the in- troduction of some new viewpoint as a room is helped when we let fresh alr into it. Tnought t i* run In a hard and fast mold is apt to lose pow- er of appeal to oneself or to others. It may sound well to say, “T change my opinfons.” The declara- tion lends a certain impression stabllity and power. Yet an opinion 50 fixed that it cannot be changed is more than liable to .be a millstone about a man’s neck. Some people need to change their minds about themselves. They ought to take a and better view of their own capabilities and powers. Too long they have slunk into hopeless attitudes. alf the fallures of might be avoided if we-could learn to think optimisticaily, to form ik hadit of_victory, to expect to succeed. How need to ehange to their habitual ns, to come into' a new attitude of hatred for them, a new resolution to nish forever! If one has been thinking that meral evil is not so very evil after all, that wild oats are about as desirable a crop- as good . spring wheat, it is time to give up thai gerous = and untrge notion. He should cultivate a new point of view. It is what the meant when he declared: th men - To reglent Ix, en 0 minds. Life ! l i i I i g £ ] 5o B i i i his state of savagery to such a stage of Enlightenment as is - | not attained many ity who has mever recognized anything higher than his own material exis- tence! every instivet, intuition, up. There has Dbeen that in which Jed them to cry out for some Great Spirit—as our_own Indlans hrased it—for aome Brahma, Allah. Heacher, Great ~ Ruler, High Priest, even a Medicine Man, for eomebody with wisdom and au- thority, who would point the way to nobler ' thing: chastise t con- sclences by the reminder that, in case they broke the law, they deserved some penalty for their disobedience. And we ourselves—ars we in_the Enlightened state?..Or with the Caveman and Cavewoman? It does not matter \Waat learned books we have read, even though we may have acquired college can 4 hank account of are in the habit of praying loudly. The X-ray of Truth imay discover us; still back not cover up our savagery! The woer is filled with men, whe while indu their families, yet de prive their children of their birth- right. Of women, who, while exter- forly refined, have never sensed thelir true miesion: whose philosophy—in Action—is the old pagan one. “Eat d drink, for tomorrow we die!™ It Is of such that the poet cries out in bitterness, “Oh, ‘wasteful woman! How broke the bread and suilt the with due, respective t, Had made brutes men, and men di- vine!" THE DICTAGRAPH. Stories of the War Stepping Picture Fakirs. In attempting to put a stop to the pernicious activities of pri sald to be confined in a camp where |y letter ‘writing was forbidden, the au- thorities have had renewed evidence of the desperateness with which peo- ple cling to the hope that their sol- dier relatives, reported as “missing” imagine that at last their missing rel- atives were located, to fancy they. could make out resemblances, to re- vive hopes almost dead and believe that the long silence was explained by the letter prohibition and to invest their little savings in the photograph. ‘The German Sovetnmient, inding t resemblances disco ture, got In touch with the French government through a neutral power, ang sifted the matter to the bottom. The original photograph was taken, it has been established, at Issoudun. Every in imprisoned h French government has assured Ger- many, has been reported through the re: as a prisomer of war, and every one of them is allowed amd in this pie- “at Washingtor, February 8, 9, 10. Washifgton, D. C, Oct. 33—As a Eifby e H m-';aflwmn-ur\:‘zn; inezs, it ia predicted that there attendance. iifi locked like the bustle of an industri- ous swarm of bees on a busy day. In perfect order and with remark- able activity Iines of ambulances made their way to tion: are we back | munition amounted to RO one can S&Y even approximately. It has been es- timated at a million shells in 7% hours! Plans for Louvain, Plans and description of a rebullt Lonvain, prepared by German artists and architects, have been distributed in Louvaln In order to get the Bel- zians interested in this work, but 8o far only a few new houses have been erected among the ruins. The descrip- tions are in the Flemish language. A t ties and who has come to London & clares that the Germans are ush places country are full of male, who pretend to be Belgian patri. ote. so that the people are cautjous in what they say to strang- ers. While Belgium appears calm enough, there is a strong undercurrent of an- tagonism, and the Germans have to submit to conetant pinpricks. Humor-. ous remarks under official posters is common form of annoyance although heavy penalties, amounting to fines of imp! posed for interfering with Gi or German official prociamations. OTHER VIEW POINTS Derby will be wise in extending its fire limits so- as to include all con- of the city where the few years. far M'ronx in thus facing the fire peril with adequate presentive methods.— Ansonia Sentinel. They are now talking of a tax on Incomes in excens of $60 as meas of raising money for the naval program. ‘nuanl a contingency which did mot occur to those wi gaily Stamford Advocate. President Wilson bears up well un- der the infliction of a corps of news- ate in the Union, but urged n —is meeting to provide for the not only of a full number of the dele gates to which it is led but of & number of alf well. will be ves from the FOR THE HANDS PRICE TEN CENTS There’s 2 Romance of Sweetness In the Romance Chocolates You will all enjoy. Then, too, we sell the Apollo and Russell lines and, and if you like Mixed Candy or the Just remember, we practice what we preach, that “Purity first is safety first.” Haw“'r&«a—!-fl-uhh Prof. Joseph French Johnson of New chill off Sl - York university told a_state legia! X tive tax committee on Wednesday that encouraged to write home. Most of | on them have dome so. covered bout it quisite four marks SPECIAL - Pure Cream Caramels Ty~ 3 The Progress Gonfectionery- o Ohildren COry 218-224 Main Street | ‘FOR FLETCHER'S