Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 18, 1915, Page 4

e e 'NORWICH afiLLsWa SATURD| | GECEWBER 18, 1975 Q{Iorwuh %alletm and Qoufied 119 YEARS OLD Subscription price 12c a week; 50c @ month; $6.00 & year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as seccnd-class matter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Edlit Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Otfice 85-2. Murray Villimantic OZfi = ing. Telephon Room 210, ='l'he Circulation o The Bulletin § The Bulletin has the largest 3 circulation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- 3§ wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham t §s delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it is considered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hutdred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty s rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION average esenssssnsasesss 1901, aesasseassscen 1905, average. SIDEWALK CLEANING. With the season of snow and ice at hand there is no question which con- cerns the zeneral public much more than that of sidewalk cleaning. There are those who fully recognize the part they should play in contributing to the convenience and safety of the trav- eling public and they faithfully clear their walks or sand them when it is next to impossible to remove the ice, but there are many in the other class who give no thought to such respon- sibility and pay little or no attention to sidewalk cleaning from the open- ing to the close of winter. There is a serious lack of cooperation when it comes to shoveling snow. The experience is much the same in every city unless the city authori- ties undertake the task of forcing ev- ervone to do his part, which is being tried out in New Haven this year with increased determination. The large amount which the city has been forced to pay in the past in the settlement of claims for injuries received on ice covered walks has resulted in the po- lice making a list of the property owners who have not complied with the city ordinanca in the various sec- tions of the city and in each of the 250 cases a fine of $2 has been im- posed, with the probab: that as many more will be similarly treated. This gives evidence that New Ha- ven is determined to improve the con- dition of its walks in the winter time. It is an effort in keeping with public elfare and one which will be watch- ed with much interest by other com- muni in the state which are suf- fering from similar negligence. It ought to result in an improved public spirit which will be beneficial to all concerned and one which those who walk will greatly appreciate. 2 A SAFETY PROVISION. Another instance has occurred where an engineer was stricken with death at the throttle, but fortunately the end came after the train had been brought to a stop, yet there are circumstances connected with the affair which dem- onstrate the value of the measures which are taken in protecting the lives f the passengers under such condi- tions. Engineer Minty who died at his post had long becn employed in driving a locomotive. ~ When electric engines were placed on certain portions of the New Haven system he was taught to operate them and was an efficient en- gineer and it was only because of the demoralization of the electric sys- tem that he was again in the cab of a locomotive when his life ended. In speaking of his work on the electri: engines, only a few days before his last run and referring to the difference in work there from what it was on the steam engines he declared “It seems foolish to have two men on an electric engine for one doesn't do anything except be on hand in case of an emer- gency He little realized that just such an v as is provided for by the placing of an assistant on an electrie was going to occur so soon with him as the central figure, but it did and it proved that even though he hap- pened to be driving a locomative at the time, the precaution is a wise one. It is impossible to tell when an emer- sency is going to arise and though it may appear to be expensive to guard against it, no other course can be taken with safety and safety first is a provision which cannot be discarded in railroading. HOW IT AFFECTS THE FARMERS From the manner in which the ad- ministration is seeking to continue the war tax without advocating any changes in the existing tarift law ex cept the abolishment of the clause providing for free sugar, the impres- sion is expected to be conveyed that the cutting down of the tariff laws of this country to a revenue only vasis has been a pronounced success. At least there is no willingness to ad- mit that a mistake was made, which would have to be done in case a new cevision was asked for which would restore some of the old schedules. In- stead the leaders of the party in pow- :r prefer to maintain that the war s the cause for the slump in revenue ind that had it not occurred the cut- \ing ,of the tariff rates would have seen a decided success. A study of the foreign trade statis- iics has been made by Congressman 3loan of Nebraska and he shows that inder the operation of the new tarift 'rom the fiscal year 1912 to the fiscal rear 1914 our imports of farm products mcreased $140,000,000, while our ex- orts in that period increased but $64,- i 000,000. That means that those who are engaged in agricultural pursuits lost to the extent of $76,000,000 by the present tariff law and the analysis likewise shows that other producers besides those engaged in agriculture have likewise suffered, though not so conspicuously, for during a portion of that period the old law prevailed. The fact of the matter is that the war has served to offset what would otherwise have been the great losses which producers in this country would have suffered under the Underwood- Simmons law and which will be felt after the war if the present schedules are maintained. Congressman Sloan contends that the farmers’ have been unjustly discriminated against and the figures back up his claim. PROMPT ONLY IN REBPONSE. According to the reports which are coming from Vienna, Austria s anx- jous to talk over the Ancona case and carry on a long drawn out discussion of the matter mueh after the character of the diplomatic exchange which has prevailed between this country and Germany in the Lusitania case, which, though that vessel was sunk a num- ber of months ago, is apparently no nearer a settlement. % Features of the reply which Aus- tria has placed in the hands of Am- bassador Penfield for transmission to this country prefaced by the stand which the Austrian admiralty has taken indicate that Austria is not in- clined to a speedy adjustment of the matter. Instead of getting down to tho facts In the case it gives in- cations of preferring to pick flaws with the sharp manner in which it has been called to account for the act of its submarine commander. Though it professes to know nothing officially about the position this country took in the Lusitania and other cases, it evi- dently expected that a similar course would be followed in this instance and it is now dodging the issue in order to bring such a thing about, for the purpose of debating the unjustitied order to sink such vessels “under al! circumstances.” This country made a full investiga- tion of the circumstances surround- ing the sinking of the vessels where a merchant vessel was shelled after it had stopped and where defenseless non-combatants were not put in places of safety and in asking for a prompt disavowal of the act the only prompt- ness that is displayed is in the earlv rep! Everything else has been avoided. If this is the fault of the manner in which other demands have been made by this administration it is time it was corrected, RURAL SCHOOLS. When Secretary of the Interior Lane calls attention in his annual report to the fact that this country has made less progress in the past 30 years in the fleld of education than in any of the other great industries he refers to a matter which not only concerns every section of the country, but which needs the attention of every individual who is interested in the ad- vancement of the country along this aluable line. There is great need that there should be efficiency in the educational efforts of this nation. It is not sufficient to let existing condi- tions alone for when it comes to edu- cation it must be realized that the best is none too good, and the future citi- zens who are growing up in the coun- try should be given as good an oppor- tunitq as those who are located in the citfes. Thus it will be realized that he strikes in the right direction when he urges a rural school campaign for the purpose of making life in the country desirable. Unless equal attention is siven to that as to the movement to get people “back to the farm” an im- portant duty is being neglected. Rural schools are receiving more attention calculated to bring about improvement in advantages and results, but there is still a great opportunity for bigzer efforts, Secretary Lane advocates the em- ployment of experts, the installing of cducational experimental stations and the utilization of the bureau of educa- tion as the motive force for the new movement for a new kind of rural school that would work little less than a revolution in rural life. There can be no doubt but what country schools need to be lifted out of old ruts and if Secretary Lane suc- ceeds in his effort it gives promise of giving a big boost to the cause of rural education. EDITORIAL NOTES. Lots of people appeared to be try- ing the new dances while moving about on nature’s ice covered floor. Even negotiations among the base- ball leagues make interesting read- ing for the fans during the off sea- son. If, as claimed, nations which are fighting on both sides in the war dis- like us, it is simply a compliment to our impartiality. The man on the corner says: In every street car there are people who know they will perish if they get a breath of fresh al When rain freezes as fast as it falls the man with sand on his walk makes a gratifying response to the re- quirements of his neighbors. That New York schoolboy who pointed a revolver at his teacher in- dicated that he had gotten too much training in the wrong school. Plenty of enthusiasm has been put into writing letters to Santa, but it does not compare with the interest that is %eing manifested in his re- sponse. There is many a driver who can ap- preciate what properly shod horses mean as a measure of preparedness when it comes to doing business in an ice storm. ‘When London admits the day was saved in the Balkan retreat by threc Irish regiments, it s no wonder that they opposed the departure of so many voung Irishmen to this country. Even though ex-President Taft claims that several millions could be saved yearly by the abolishing of po- litical postmasters, no such appeal for economy and efficiency is likely to get much of a hearing before an admin- istration which knows the importance of patronage. Inasmuch as Huerta refused to sa- lute the flag, Germany refused to dis- avow the Lusitania, France proceeds to take belligerent subjects off of American ships and Great Britain holds up neutral American shipping, it is perhaps not strangé that Austria thinks it can do as it pleases. Did you ever thinkof the power of the eye? Without the power of per- ception what could mortal man do? The curious questioning eye is ac- credited with plucking the heart of every mystery. The eye conveys messages when the tongue is eilent. Franklin declared the eye of the mas- ter can do more work than both his hands. Eyes have been classified as evil, daring, wanton, curious, beauti- ful, eloquent, threatening, Ssoothing, and loving; and it has become prov- erblal that a loving eye can gaze an eagle blind. Then, there are the eyes which seem to be the home of silent prayer; and the eves which are set with the soft halo of goodness. The eyes help to make our faces as leg- ible as books: and they often reveal “the secrets of our hearts. Every eye when turned toward heaven takes on beauty. Our eyes, said Fuller when gazing on evil objects are out of their calling and out of God's keeping. It behooves us all to look out for our eyes as well as our thoughts. It _beats all how low our i of goodness can run. When our spiritual sense gets Soggy we get queer con- ceptions of goodness. A country par- son called upon a parishioner and found him busy at the pig pen. As an agreeable introductory comment the parson exclaimed: “Hello! What fine, fat hogs you have here!” “You are right,” said the parishioner, “if we were as fit to die as them hogs be, all would be well.” No one has ever heard what the parson said. It is more than likely that he was so taken aback by the sordidness of the re- mark that he could say nothing. When we think hog and profits earnestly too long there is danger we may use them as a measure for something to which they do not apply. It is pos sible to see men any day as fit to die “as those hogs” in the physical sense; but there is no evidence that in a spiritual sense “all would be well” with them. This old farmer seemed to have developed no spirtual sense. What a place we are in when we conclude s sensible people see things as we do!” It is a safe place to flee from for it it is full of peril. This glacier of conceit is full of cre- vasses and we may accidentally fall into one and stay frozen forever and ever, if we do not seek and find a more temperate climate. It never does to estimate the value of our wisdom ourselves for we can mnever make a correct estimate. Providence seems to have deemed it wise to limit our powers in the directions in which we can soonest do injury to thinss made in His image. Self-denial was made more valuable than self-esteem, for prudential purposes. Self-knowl- edge leads in the way of light and righteousness, not self-love. Self- reliance has no volce, but self-praise has, and is always doubted, while self- condemnation finds attentive and be- lieving ears. It has been found nec sary to say to the conceited: puffs up simply bladders.” care! In our enthusiasm we are apt to forget Christmas cannot be merry for everybody. With some their past is too long and their future too short; and with others their trials are too numerous and their pleasures too few. Conditions handicap the mind—con- ditions which bear down over-power- ingly upcn those who have the heart to bear up with all their strength. Did you ever think how a card from a friend wishing such persons a Merry Christmas must seem to them? A simple wish however good it may be is a weak thing to those who need loving help. What is a kind wish to a person who is suffering for an un- dergarment to make him comfortable? To present a box of bon-bons to a dyspeptic is like giving a butter-thin to a hungry person who needs a pound of steak. We need judgment in doing things right on Christ's day, and warmth of heart and a resolute pur- pose. The impressions of this day would be deeper and better were it not for the selfishness which has crept into it. Once things used to be hung on Christmas trees for God; and heaven only knows who got them. Now they are hung there for men. Oh, that the right ones always re- ceived them. The scarcity of men has compelled the belligerent girls nations to put green work of skilled me- industries of the na. upon the cs in the and they bare satisfaction—they are covering themselves all over with glory by their thoroughness and skill. A viei- tor to an English munitios factory writes: “I saw a girl doing a partic- ular operation upon a lathe which had been previously worked by a skilled man; she was turning 150 per shift against his regular 30. The champion of the factory was a girl who is machining the copper bands on shells. Her record is 1,014 in a 10-hour shift, or 101 an hour. Some of these Scotch girls employed in men's work make as high as $25 a week. It is said of them: “Their hearts are in their work”; and their high average efficiency is far above that of the regular male employes. When the war is over who will dare question the ability or efficiency of women in manual employments? ILet us hope the time will come when they will have the same pay for the same work and the same rights, as men. They will not mind being denied the iron crosses. What brand of liberty do you en- dorse. Those who act from a true conception of right do not believe any one should have the liberty to and those who take a very 'w of license do not believe others should_have the liberty to op- pose them. For instance there are sects political, religious, industrial; and civil that do not recognize the liberty of partisans to do as conscience dictates or of others to act contrary to their codes. There are individuals and cliques who do not believe the church or the press should have the liberty to expose their questionable practices. Ministers of the Gospel are denicd the liberty to express their opinion of glaring evils as they see them, editors are denied the liberty of denouncing graft and political chic- anery, and intelligent women are de- nied the liberty of exercising the rights of American citizenship guar- anteed by the constitution. Liberty is sadly hedged about by barbed-wire barricades in every direction. Look out for crushing thoughts Pity the person who thinks poverty was his inheritance A sound body and good health strong Ilungs and a good heart are divine assurance against want. It has-been a godsend to many people that they were not born heirs to fortunes, which in many cases pointed the way to misfortune. Every human soul is heir to the earth’s good will and to the free ad- vantages which have resulted from a good apgliance of energy and the love men havs borne for their fellowmen. ‘The poor boy today is heir to all the free libraries and the free scholar- ships he may win and to a chance in every human competition for which he may prepare himself. There is no being born heir to poverty or hard luck, but there is such a thing as being cursed by evil suggestions which in effect may and do often prove ruinous. How do you reaard your dreams. as I'I'HEMAN WHO TALK:.‘! S are more than giving (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) Christmas without a plum pudding would lose half its joy for most fami Hes, especially those of English des: cent, so that just about now good good housemothers will be found com- pounding that substantial Yuletide | dessert, dear to the heart of every Briton, rich or poor. Of 'late, somebody who loves contradict all cherished beliefs overthrow al long-established and tradi- | all have been wrong, during these! many years; that plum pudding was not plum pudding at all, in the earlier days, but merely porridge, although admitting that in substance they were | about the same. We are told that! after meat,” he undoubtedly meant pudding _after meat. That in Shep- pard’s Epigrams, published in 1651, there occurs the expression, “No mat- ter for plomb porrldge or sher ple: maintained that the plum pud- we know it is not older than the early yvears of the eighteenth cen- tury; and it is rather flippantly refer- of settlement” dish. Furthermore, Ditchfield informs us that the tempting pre-revolution or Stuart preparation of plums and other ingredients was a porridge, or pottage, and not a pudding at all; and that it was made with very strong broth of shin of beef. Perhaps so. But as far back teenth century times, there is re ord of the pudding—porridge, or pot- tage, though it be—in the old verse describing customs at ‘Christmas time: “Good bread and good drink, a good fire in the hall; Brawn, pudding and sauce, and good mustard withal; Beef, mutton and pork, shred pies of the best; Pig, veal, goose and capon, and tur- key well drest; Cheese, apples and nuts, jolly carols to hear, As then in the country is counted good cheer.” evidences of diseare or as good evil omens? ‘Some people think dreams are the outcome of weak di- gestive organs, and others that they have a meaning often of value if they could be properly interpreted. To be candid we all have to admit “dreams form and shadow;” but the dream book which classifies and symbolize: them does not appeal to the intelli- gence or confidence of the investiga- tor. To dream that you saw a black- bird might be taken to mean that yvou are a tight-wad, If you are conscious vou be one; to dream of a white horse may be accepted as an evidence that vou are good unless you doubt your own qualities; or to dream of a yel- low Jog might be interpreted as a sign of hard luck, but it does not count unless conditions support it. Dreams have come true, but the dream which is true has to be spoken of with caution or the speaker may be thought to be a littie off. The world at large regards dreaming as a bad habit, and a dreamer as an un- fortunate. Sunday Morning Talk THE STAR IN THE EAST. The star the wise men saw lowed, in the well-loved story,” is a symbol of the hope of mankind. Amidst terrible eras of bloodshed, terror, and spiritual night, when it has seemed as though human kind were reeling back into the beast agaln, the star has nourished the hope of a com- ing dawn. There has always been a haft of light in the east, even when gross darkness has covered the face of all peoples. A glimmering and prophetic bright- ness has beckoned good men onward ever since the march of time began. It has inspired them to labor and to suffer in confidence that the bet- ter days must come. Saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs, beholding the brightness along the eastern horizon, have known that their struggles and nd fol- Christmas undying the most sacrifices were not in vain. Nothing in iiterature is more im- pressive than the expectant note that ! runs through the ancient Hebrew prophecies. The Old Testament spokesmen for Jehovah, living often in times of moral chaos, anticipated the coming of a Deliverer, and with such_enthusiasm that no language they could use seemed quite adequate to portray the completeness and glory of their Messianic hope. One fails to understand Hebrew history who takes no account of this sublime expecta- tion. That the Christmas star pierced a thick gloom, centuries ago, even the secular historian testifies. In the vear 1, the mass of men walked about in what was, at best, a moral twilight. Suppose, for an instant, we try to vizualize the long course of human history by thinking of it as being, in- cluded in the span of a single calen- dar year. Then this present week, the one preceding Christmas, will cor- respond to a long pre-Christian era of darkness and distress. The ener- gies of society, that make for social redemption, were at a low ebb. Of that age the poet writes: On that hard Roman world disgust and secret loathing fell Deep weariness and sated lust made human life a hell. The statement is not too strong to find justification in the state of so- ciety. But all the while the prophets were saying that, notwithstanding present appearances, the golden age was on the way. “The scepter shall not de- part from Judah nor the ruler's staff from between his feet until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the obedi- ence of the people be.” A nation with such a hope held before it is never going to succumb to discouragement. May we not in our day still behold the star in the east? In a time when men’s hearts have failed them for fear, when frequent voices cry out that Christianity has failed, that civil- ization has collapsed, may we not gain again the vision of past centuries and perceive the light still shining? Even amid the unprecedented hor- ror of current events, a light that has never gone out burns on the horizon and heralds the dawn of a tomorrow. The frightfulness of the day’'s news must not stifle hope or utterly quench optimism. Christianity is as yet only in its youth. The Babe of Bethlehem ie a babe still in the thoughts and motives of men. In God's good time he shall come to full stature. Slowly the twilight of early dawn gives way to the full glow of day. Slowly, too, the Prince of Peace gains universal sway over the wide range of human affairs. But the great process, whether of the physical or of the spiritual world, can no man stay. THE PARSON. or| full oft are found of real events the certainly the energies | ‘ PLUM PUDDING TIME i when Shakespeare spoke of “porridge | Ins and red to as a “house of Hanover” or “act | | | ther, | Then, hallo! | feet. That was the period, by the wa hen_people had had bcgu'n to dwell in , ©f brick or utone to subumute pewter plates for wooden trenchers, and when the hard, coarse bed and bolster gave way to comfortable feather beds. Then, as now, there was a writer to complain ! against such yielding to effeminacy, u,land to declare that “when the walis of houses were of wattled willow we had oaken men,” with a nice filng at tions, has arisen, to assure us that we ; the moliycoddles of that day. What would that writer_have said, :a-! he fived as late as 1895, when, in our own land, the <Christmas plum pudding was expected to contain, not alore the traditional sweets and rais- aried currants, and to be top- ped by the legendary sprig of holly, but to yleld gold pieces and bits of Jewelry to the feasters? Some of the writers have gone fur- in their consideration of this long-flma Christmas dish, finding in its very richness of ingredients some- thing emblematic of the costly gifts of the Magi. Throughout the works of many writers occur references to these pud- dings in one shape or another. Everybody recalls at Christmas time, the famous pudding at Bob Cratchitt's the breathless anxiety lest perhaps It should not be done enoush, or that it mignt “fall”, or that it should break the turning-out; or, worse calamity yet, that somebody micht have got- ten over the back wall and stolen the savory compound, while the guests were making merry over their goose. All sorts of horrors were supposed. A great deal of steam The pudding was out of the copper! A smell like a washing day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating- house and a pastry cook’s next door to each other, with a laundress's next door to that! That was the pudding! In half a minute, Mrs. Cratchett en- tered, flushed but smiling, with the pudding like 2 speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half a half-a-quartern of ignited nd bedight with Christmas stu into the top. Oh, pudding! holiy & wonderful It used to be the old custom to| make by other tempting sweets they were alled Yule ba- doughs. or pop (iollypop) ladies, which delighted the children. These were principally of dough, made in the shape of dolls, their eyes and mouths indicated by currants. They are described as fat cakes about the ize of a hand, roughly shaped in the figure of 2 baby or woma the lat- ter case with the arms crossed, and supporting a child. Some writers be- lieve this was the reverent but crude means used to impress the children of that day with the thought that Christmas has its_significance in the pictures as the old prints represented them, of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Child, just as the Hot Cross buns on Good Friday originally intended to teach a lesson above that of the mere pleasure of the table. at But no mere sweet cakes children could take the place of the big, steaming plum pudding for the whole family gathered about the Christ- mas table; and women cooks and men cooks, too, won fame by their com- pounding of new and better puddings than their neighbors had ever been able to achieve. The typical pudding of past Yule- tides was wont to have almost too much of what we are trying to get away from in this age; and how the ers were able to devour huge es of the substantial pudding fresh om its blaze of booze, yet later sing Christmas carols, must be a puzzle! For, like a funeral in_Colonial times or ever later in New England towns, mi its “treats” for the mourners, the idea of a plum pudding without s liberal concomitant of tangle-foo: s never entertained by the feast- for The annual building of the pudding was an affair of moment and gravity. For that matter, it is so yet in most Snglish, households. We read, too. of the enormous number of individual puddings being prepared to be sent to the soldie t the front, that they may in this way have even a smail taste of Christmas cheer during their dreary holidays. Yantic housekeeper has furnished the following old recipe for the typical English plum pudding: Two pounds of raisins, seeded; pounds of currants well washed: 1 pound siiced citron; 2 pounds crumbs; 2 Ibs. chopped suet; juice and grated A _good rind 2 lemons: 6 eggs: 2 lbs sugar; 1 cup molasses; 1 gill brandy: 2 nut- megs; 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and salt; milk. Mix all the fruit thoroughly, then add the eggs and milk, a li just moist le at a time; make it enough to stick together, not wet. Fill bowls the desired size, even full; put a little flour on top, then cover with writing paper, then with a cloth tied over tightly and boil five hours. When wanted for _use, boil one hour: turn out on a flat dish; sprinkle pulverized sugar on the top, and stick a_sprig of holly in it; pour 1-2 gill of brandy in the dish around the pudding and light it: bring to the table blazing. Eat with any nice sauce. This will keep all®winter. A more simple pudding for those who ‘object to the brandy, is made with 6 common cracker. uart milk. 1 cup raisins, 3 eggs, 4 1-2 tablespoons 1-3 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons . 1-4 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1-2 teaspoon salt. Split and butter the crackers, allowing three-quarters tablespoon of butter to each cracker. Stone the raisins and place between the cracker halves, putting them to- gether in their original shape. Pour over the crackers the milk, scalded and cooled. TLet stand over night. In the morning, add the eggs, beaten and diluted with the 2 tablespons of milk, sugar, salt and nutmeg. Bake 45 minutes. Serve with any rich sauce. THE DICTAGRAPH. The annual cut of British Colum- bia timber is approximately 2,000,000 There are 420 mills and 90 log- ging camps in the province, employing about 60,000 men. The War a Year Ago Today Dec. 18, 1914, Allies occupied Roulers. Heavy fighting in Lille and near Arras. Russians won in Gali Sanok and Lisko. Austrians announced capture of Piotrkow and Przedborz. Turks in Asia Minor were re-en- forced. n Black Sea fleet sank two between Ru: Turkish ships. Allies gained at several points from North Sea to the Oise, but lost near La Bassee. Germans captured Lowicz. Severe fighting on the Bzura and in_Galicia. ians held lines on the Duna- jec river against fierce attacks. brandy, | Notice To Collectors of A Green Trading Stamps IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE EARLY SHOPPING WE WILL GIVE Double Green Stamps EVERY DAY UNTIL XMAS—WITH ALL PURCHASES MADE BEFORE NOON Manhaftan 121-125 Main Street were not present to learn how familiar songs by him should be sung. “There was natural curiosity about the interpretation of Erlking. We h. lieard many sing this dramatic scene, from Gabrielle Krauss in Paris of tnc eighties to the latest importations from Germany. Mme. Frisch made her of- fects, not by screaming, not by a tor- rent of sound, but by cunning co: trasts; by a crescendo of the bov's terror, by the sturdy reassurance of the father, by the seductive, yet mali- cious, whispering of the spectre; by legitimate facial expression. A subtle and emotional diseuse, a rarely complished singer, may she be a fre- quent visitor! Mr. Vert accompanied her in an artistic manner. The audience was cn- thusiastic. Few singers, heralded or unheralded, have so held the attention to the end.” LETTERS TC THE EDITOR Mme. Frisch in Norwich and Boston. Mr. Editor: It was the privileze of the writer to hear Mme. Povla Frisch sing in Slater hall recently, in the first of the series of concerts arranged fer this season ané I was greatly surprised |on that occasion, to note that the hall was not crowded to hear this superb artist. 1 could not help thinking that Norwich was lacking in musical in- terest or Slater hall would not hold the audience that would be attrac by the announcement of a recital this distinguished Danish soprano. Mme. Frisch gave a recital in Bos- ton on Wednesday evening, Dec. and the following criticism b Hale, musical critic for the Herald, will be of interest to who had the pleasure of hearing Mme. Frisch give practically the gramme in Slater hal ‘Mme. Povla Frisch, soprano, assi ed by M. Jean Verd, pianist, sang r'hnm A MUSIC LOVER. Norwich, Dec. 17, 1915, Smith Are Resident. If the writer of the letter signed - - sident” will send his or the first time in Boaton yesterday e R o e e =t IS 3 PrOSTAM | published, but as an evidence of zood was as follows: Beethoven. (loire 2 |fain the communication will be print- la Nature; Handel Air of Poppea:|lcd. Letters which do not bear t Durante, Danza; Gretschaninol 2 | name of the writer as well as the pen Steppe: Borodin, La Reine de la Mer: ? Gl Saint-Seens, . La ' Clothe: _Gounod, [T S0 10 e wiste, basket, = Chanson du Pr!nl(m Cimetiere; Loeffler, OTHER VIEW POINTS | \lrd.lcfi Wiegenlied: Brahms, hes Staendchen; Schubert, Wohin? Erlkoeni Mme. Frisch is a remarkable singer of songs: in certain respects the most remarkable that we have heard for several years. Her genius shines in classic German Lieder; in Italian airs of the 1Sth century: 'in the modern songs of France and Russia. Her tecl nic—as, for example, her uncommon control of breath—enables her to terpret without too apparent cons eration of mechanism. i ligence and imagination, and true dramatic power to be found in one with brains as well heart. Announced as a Judge Greene of the superior court has done a very unusual thing for a Connecticut court in sentencing a man found guilty of running an au- tomobile while under the influence of liquor to a term of six months in the ounty jail. The sentence is a com- mendable one and does not err on the side of severity. When it is once the fashion to impose sentences of this character generally for similar of- fenses there will be conspicuous thin- ning out of drunken automobile driv- ers. A good sSUff jail sentence is the best deterrent known.—Bristol News. It is unfortunate that the Roy Scout She sings s with voice and “dramatic sopran movement has been clouded by the she is not a dramatic soprano as the [dropping of the man who was so pedagogue classifies singers. She is a |prominently mentioned and whose Iyric singer ability. “Born in Denmark, the greater part of her life in Paris, where she has been associated with such artists as Tribaud, Pugno. Casals, Cortot. ot only Pari has applauded her; her art has been recognized in Germany and England. “The voice is exquisite! tresh; it is flexible: it to be so «d ag to express the most opposite ntiments and emotions. All this was e known, even in the first group vesterday. She sanz the iliar song of Beethoven so majestica that one did not miss the tonal volume that has* been ociated with the proper interpretation. And then she with unusual dramatic name was so frequently used to rec- ommend it when it was being estab- lished. Ernest Thompson Setgn is not an American citizen and the American izens who were identified with the scout movement failed to convert him even to the extent of naturalization. Now he's fighting the scouts and or- ganizing a rival society. Will it suc- ceed in the face of his widely adver- tized character as an alien? If 1t doesn’t the scout movement wil he entitled to a goodly share of credit fo- having set the nation thinking of the present day value citi she has spent pure and lows itself of American zenship, at home as well as in the w zone.—Waterbury Republican. This is a slight reminder of a real sang with delightful fluency and in- |old fashioned New England snow timate_roguishness an air of Poppea, |Storm, a touch of by-gone days when from Hand. Asgrippino, if we are|the biizzards raged in all their fury: not_mistaken. when the milkmen were wont to “The prosram was pleasingly uncon- | serve their product in tatough the ventional. How admirably did the [Second story win the snow was voice express desolation and loneliness | S0 high: when the family remained in the first section of Gretschaninoi's|cooped up for a weex or {wo, unahle impressive song, Borodin's a Queen, [to get out of ths house. Those wwere composed nearly 50 vears ago, is toda ultra-modern in its impressionistic spirit, its vague and enchanting h monic structure, Other features of this group were Gabriel Faure's song in which the eternal quict of the grave was expressed by the singer with awe-inspiring monotony of tone and color: Loeffl fanciful and beanti- ful Paons: and the fluttering flicht of Chausson's Les Papillons. Even Mme. Frisch could not give substance to the bombastically empty song of Georges, but she lent distinction tor the inherently commonplace melody of imbued the hackn It was the days when father used to slide out the second story window o he could to work. It was then tley used to dig tunnels n: » £ireet orossings the pedestrians who were brav enough to be abroid covld get fror one side to the other, Those were :he sleighing was lovely and the goos honked high. All this, of course, be- fore the advent of the automobile, which leads us to remark that if the olden days intrudce their snow-storms upon_us we will be crying, with Rich- ard IIIL, “A horse! A horse!” And we'll give our kingdom for a horse. providing he has a sleigh hitched to bim with jingling, jingling, tingling tingling bells—New Britain Herald. Strauss and song of Brahms with new life. a pity that more lovers of Schumann ||||1\L:£][]HIII"UIHH i , « ! uuw Special Offering Ev, o1 FINE FURS A large stock of Men’s Fur Coats, Ladies’ Fur Coats, Ladies’ Muffs and a large variety of Skins that must be turned into cash. The Furs include Lynx, Black Fox, Red Fox, Coon, Muskrat, Persian Lamb Collars, Marmot, Astrachan and other skins made up in sets and coats. 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