Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 16, 1916, Page 4

and g‘afigfi !._ 120 YBARS OLD “Sul price 12¢ a week; 50c a ‘months year. Entered at fhy Fostorice at Norwich, as second-class matter. 1 ‘Telephone Calls: l:numn Businass Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 85-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willimantic Office, 67 Church St. ‘Telephone 210-2. | Norwich, Saturday, Sept. 16. 1916. The Circulation of The Bulletin Bulletin _has the largest B lation ot auy paver i Tasters Connecticut and from three to four times largér than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,053 houses ‘n Nor- wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it 15 considered tbe local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty- five postoftice districts, and sixty ural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. D, routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION average. 1901, THE-EIGHT HOUR ISSUE. As result of the conference be- tween the president and his advisers it is announcea that he will devote & part of his campaign for reelection to the defense of his action taken in the recently threatened railroad strike. That he has reason for making such & decision is indicated by the senti- ments which have been expressed “throughout the country and particu- larly those which have come from the south. Even in that rockribbed democratic stronghold his attitude 1 called forth serfous criticism. Where it has been possible to get much support on many measures which he has advo- cated because of allegiance to the ad- ministration such is not the case on this matter. The Manufacturers’ Record of Bal- timore has secured an array of arti- cles from the southern press denun- ‘efatory of the course he pursued. The Augusta Chronicle calls it a “cringing ifice of principle to expediency.” e Newport News Press says: “We afe told that congress has acted in the interest of peace. But is peace 80" sweet as to be purchased at the “Price of liberty?” The Greeneville, S. C; News asks “What has become of the ‘rule of reason’ which is supposed to govern the settlement of economic questions in this republic” The Roancke Times wants to know “Are the people proud of their lawmakers? The Memphis Commercial Appeal “$ays “The passage of ary law which In such cases as this is a trial and verdict without hearing the evidence is foreign to the genius of the con- stitution.” The Montgoméry Adver- tiser declares—“Again congress, led by the president, has fgnored the prin- ciple of arbitration. 1t there, therefore, not reason. enough for the president to feel anxious about the situation which he has cre- ated? RELIEF FOR SYRIA, Turkey has a way of doing pretty mueh as it pleases, and it certainly has taken its time in vielding to the pleas which have been made by this povernment that permission be grant- ed to non-military parties to carry re- Iief to the suffering and starving peo- ple of Syria. In view of the fact that such a dis- tribution of supplies as is contem- lated would be made by the Red Toss acting in cooperation with the Red Crescent societies, it is belleved that the alles will not stand in the way of permitting such rellef to pass the blockade. They will of course in- sist that the foodstuffs and other sup- plies actually get to those for whom they are intended and not be diverted for the use of the Turkish army, or any part of the armies of the Teutons, the fear of which has been the rea- son for withholding consent to the forwarding of similar relief to Po- land. That Turkey is willing to allow ald to go to Syria is an admission that it Is in need of it, something which has been previously denied, and while there can be no doubt as to the dis- ing conditions in that part of key, it is equally important that pimilar help should be given to Ar- menia. The treatment accorded by the Turks to these people has been ~ horrible but with famine and diseasc d their plight is as bad if not worse than that of the Syrians and there should be no abandonment of fi' until rellef can be carried to FIGHTING DIVORCE. |its troubles will be awaited with deep NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURUDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, vorce more difficult. Instead of lend- ing tncouragement to such action there is serious need of calling a halt. « For that reason much attention is directed to the recommendations which have been made by a commis- sion consisting of bishops, clergymen and laymen of the Episcopal church, which are to be presented to the gen- eral Episcopal convention at St. Louis next month for its approval. The Episcopal church has opposed di- vorces but the commission believes that there is need for sgreater dis- couragement. It has not approved the remarriage of a divorced person by an Episcopal clergyman except in the case of the innocent party where a divorce was granted because of adultery, and then only after a year had elapsed and the record of the case submitted. It is now proposed that the church law be so changed that no divorced |.person can be remarried by an Epis- copal minister, except in cases of an- nulment of marriage ties for reasons which arose before marriage. This of course would not throw an insur- mountable obstacle in the way of the remarriage of divorced people but it is intended to throw the influence of the church in that direction even more strongly than it has been In the past, and that will be the yesult if the recommendation is accepted. THE ILLS OF NEW ENGLAND. What is the remedy for the ills of New England? That is not a new question. It may not havebeen discuss- ed in just that form but the general subject of improving New England from all standpoints has gotten fre- quent consideration but it Is a topic which needs to be dwelt upon fre- quently if the desired results are go- ing to be obtained, and for that rea- son it is to be hoped that thae confer- ence which is in session at Sprins- field for the purpose of finding the right answer will accomplish all that is expected of it. This gathering of the farmers and business men of New England for the purpose of working out together the problems of the several statcs is most commendable, for their Interests are so interlocked that what of im- portance to one is bound to have a ng upon the other and whatever aken for the purpose of is under bringing about unity of action is enti- tled to encouragement. All the states have many things in common, their problems are to a marked degree simi- ilar, and if the farmers or business men of Massachusetts can points to those in Connecti versa, it is time to get bus: advantaze of them. For the outcome of the ldeas advanced at Springfield In avor to decide on the remcd: required to meet the diagnosis of give some it, or vice and take L reason interest. It can hardly be looked up- on as a desperate case but it is an instance where many minds ouzht to result in the setting forth of ideas which will help all concerned. WAR ON THE MOSQUITO. Whether it is ultimately found that the mosquito has anything tc do witin the infantile paralysis epidemic which has been and still is attracting so much attention throughout this part of the country, there ara enougt things charged to this pest to male it a commen cnemy and one that should be exterminated whenever and wher- ever it exist: Much has already been accomplish- ed in this directicn. There have been municipal campaisn and state cam- paigns for the eradication of the mos- quito and wherever dertaken benefits have re even thouzh some communities continue Lo suffer from mosquitoes because of tn failure the part of neighboring towns to do anything to wipe out the it has been un- breeding places. This is the situation at Providence at the present time, but as the resuit of investigations of that locality by experts recommendations calling for an outlay of $20,000 have been made and it Seems likely that this nutsance will in time be apated through the cooperative efforts of that municipal- ity with its neighbors in dralning swamps and improving river beds and in fact takinz steps towards preven- tion by tackling the pests 1in the places where they breed. There is incentive enough to fignt the mosquito whether it is responsi- ble for poliomyelit not and all that is expended in getting rid of them will be well utilized if it is done thorough enough to accomplish its purpose. EDITORIAL NOTES. The only sign of peace now across the water is the preparatioas in Ger- many for a grand defense. Everybody is familiar with what it has cost in lives and money to find out that Villa cannot be caught. The man on the corner says: -Some men are good because they want to be, and others believe in safety first. General Funston reports that Villa has been located, but inasmuch as he was above ground there are reasons to belleve that it was impossible to RUt a hand on him. It is gratifying to note that work on a new sidewalk is started almost every day. At that rate the city will not be long in overcoming one of its detrimental features. It is an interesting situation when the much talked of man for the dem- ocratic nomination for governor, Col. N. G. Osborn, comes out as a support- er of Governor" Holcomb. If the defeat that the democrats re- ceived in Maine on Monday was not as bad as they expected, that party’s conditions haven’t been painted any too serious by the republicans. When the king of Bavaria says that there will be no peace which does not benefit Germany, he serves no- tice on the allies that Germany has | clepias for THE MAN WHO TALKS The gardens have been hard hit this year by unseemly weather; and when a man's garden is hit, it is taken in the same sense as that proverb of sen- sitiveness: ‘Kick my ,dog and you kick me!” What are e going to do about it? The late Paul Lawrence Dunbar sang: “Sometimes the sun unkindly - hot, my garden makes a desert spot. 'Sometimes a blight upon the tree takes all my fruit away from me; and then with throes of bitter pain rebellous passions rise and swell; but lfe is more than fruit or grain, and so I sing, and all is well” He recognized the value of a cheerful heart. There is no use of repining and continuing downcast over things which cannot be helped. The Maker of the weather cannot make it fit man’s fool- ishness—it has to accord with His wisdom. Man doesn’t know what the earth needs, but the Oversoul does. Many things have to be done by mor- tal man just as though he were blind, and the wonder is that in the strife he wins so often. “ A song is a little thing, and yet what joy it is to sing.” In the past week or ten days’' there has been a great flight of starlings hereabouts. On the 31st of August I noticed a flock of hundreds—the sky was full of “black-birds,” as the chil- dren express it, and on September 3d the same birds, or as many more, were flocking together in the same neigh- Dborhood, and again on September 6th. I had no idea there were s0 many starlings in Eastern Connecticut as I have seen in one Norwich neighbor- hood in the past ten days. While they remain with us the year round it is apparent that they have become so numerous here they must fly to other paris to subsist through the winter. These birds, like the English spar- rows, breed fast and are making their way to all parts of the countr; The first_flock was imported from England to Brooklyn 25 years ago; and the present year they have been reported from as far north as Montpelier, Vt, and as far south as Maryland; and they occur in all the intervening terri- tory. Brevity is not only “the soul of wit,” but the vehicle which has brought down to mankind the most valuable ideas of the great of past ages. The proverbs of all nations bear witness at the race is not always to the long nded. It is a heathen motto which has endured countless ages: “Know Thyself.” A hint to man to look with- in and correct his own faults instead of looking at his neighbor and advis- ing him to correct his. A Latin pro- verb hoary with age says: There is a great difference beiween deeds and words.” A German proverb, with light complexion and curly h: says: God e man; and then made woman.” When he saw %hat he had done he created tobaccc as a solace! The writer of complicated sentences and dull but classic essays should bear in mind_ideas be "easily smothered in puffs and fnrbelows. It is the briefly told truth which endures: “Be- lieve on me and ve shall have eternal life,” will sound down the ages so long as there is a living soul on earth to listen. Attention has been called to the great flight of the milkweea butterfl this year. The monarch butterfly always more plentiful in September than at any other time of year, and is toebe seen in swarms where milkweed is abundant. It is classed as a migra- tory butterfly and has been scen fly- ing jn masses resembling clouds across country. It is duller sighted than mogt other butterflies and is ea taken with the hand on cool September mornings. It is being found in some of the foreign countries, and it seems to be malking a trip around the world as has the Painted Lady butterfl which is now known as a cosmopoli- tan. Other butterflies and moths are carried a_thousand miles from home by the wind; but the Monarch doesn't zet Kidnapped by the Zephyrs, but moves in swarms _with deliberation and purpose, as the birds do when they fly to milder climes for the win- ter. Th Monarch butterflies have been car of pollen glands for As- ages; and one can tell how they became so serviceable to the ilkweeds. There are germs upon stamps, dollar bills and Mankind not only has twenty- asites which infest his body, but twenty-six millions _invisible pests which not only flourish upon the fruit he eats, but that are furnished him upon the fect of fleas and flies, and that dance in the very air he breathes and become esconced in his mouth and lungs. Man is so buggy, accord- ing to the ultra scientific ‘medicos, that he may hecome a menace while in health to his more susccptible brethen. It is agrecable to learn that oniy 2 of the 48 germs found upon postage stamps are really menacing to health. They are good to keep and Z00d to eat: and this arouses a well- grounded suspicion that bacteria on dollar bills and in the whiskers of a man are of the same gentle and do- mestic character. If these germs, which are as old, probably, as Adam, had been as virulent as the asita- tors in the interests of health would have us believe, Methuselah could not have lingered 'so many years upon earth; and even the saints of the past might therefrom have been led to doubt the goodness of God. postage whisker: x par- am satisfied it is a good thing man does not get al'! he wants, or half the things he ‘hinks he ought to have. Every day man is showing he does not know what is good for him. £ this were not so he would be liv ing for eternity not.for today. I have no doubt were a person's pray- ers shown to him in the future he would feel prompted to ask God to forzive him for the foolishness in two-thirds of them. I have recently noticed the publication of great pray- ers which might be termed powerful and classic; but not one of them equalled that praver on_Calvary: “Father forgive them for they know not what they do” It seems to me this is the greatest prayer ever of- fered; and that it is a good model since’ it asks forgiveness for others and contains no literary frills. Ask- ing God for fair weather when in His wisdem a foul day is needed, is an- tagonism to the divine wiil; asking Him for anything from selffishness is in violation of Christian principles. Man prays foolishly; but God endows him wisely. not reached the starvation stage. It is entirely possible that the Gulf Stream 1is higging the coast more closely in:order to gather a little of the extra heat- which can be expected to be thrown off by the political cam- paign. i It isn’t so much what is agreed to by the joint commission at Groton, as it is the assurance the Mexican dele- Interest cannot fail to be directed Jo the efforts which are being made stop the fast increasing number of throughout the country. the large number Wwhich are se- geaz and the disregara gates can give that the promises will be kept once the dispute is settled on paper. It may be all right for von Hinden- burg to place the crown prmces in charge of the armies, but he knows by this time that if they fall some- one else must be found to bear the The swallows have flown to their rendegvous on Long Island sound where the island_beaches are black with them every September, and from which they, disappear in a night en route for the inviting climate of Cen- tral America. The swallows have been growing fewer in numbers ever since Aug. 25th, when I saw them playing beneath a sunset sky of crimson and gold with a cold cobalt blue for a background, forming a pic- ture delightful to the eye of an art- ist. 1 do not think' I have seen a swallow since Aug. 81st. It is not strange their sudden disappearance led the people of the ‘long ago to think they burrowed in the swampe and hibernated with the frogs and other cold-blooded creatures. Pepy’s in his diary makes a note of this be- lief in his day; but the English natu- ralist of today know the swallows fly away over Gibralter and the Medi- ABOUT THE HOMESPUN AGE (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) Now that the soason of fashion openings is at hand. It is interesting to take a look backward at what eld- erly people are fond of calling the £00d old_homespun times in this town of Norwich. Somehow, the impression has come down to us that the wcmen of earlier generations were cuite set against anything savoring of frivolity—that their gowns, like their tastes, were exceedinly plain; that they were al- together in_ that atmosphere of high thinking whicl. eliminated any fea- ture of extravagant living. To correct this impression of the women of anclent Norwich, the his- torlan has some surprising facts to ofter. Even Miss Caulkins is forced to ad- mit that ‘“the dress of the middle period of the town's history cannot De euiogized for its simplicity or econ- omy. “The wardrobe of the higher circies was rich and extravagant,” she declares, “and among the females of all classes there was a passion for sathering and hoarding articles of at- tire beyond what was necessary for present use, or even for years ahead. It was an object of ambition to have a chest full of linen or a pillow-bier terranean to Africa to spend their winters, and some of their leg-tagged birds have been killed 13,000 miles from home. The flight of the swal- lows is past finding out. You would not think from casual observation that true life s in being not seeming. How _prevalent the habit of seeming is! Not a few peo- ple worship their own conceit more than they worship God: and they be- come so befogged with vanity they are unconscious of it. When man is weighed in at last what he is will be found to have weight but what he thought he was will be as light as thistle down. We can win a crown with vanity just as easily as we can make a whistle from a pig's tail. I remember a devout man who used to say he felt proud to be a Christian; and he was unaware that Christianity doesn't recognize pride as a under any circumstances. goeth before a fall”. the Tt is the enemy of achievement. better to find joy ir servi take pride in it. Being means doing. Seeming is false pretense, or hypocri- sy. Seeming is a fraud—Peing is the passport to the more abundant life. The dahlia_seasor is alwavs at is best in late September and at present dahlia fields are all 4glow with won- derful blooms. The Hilerest acres of Mrs. Otis P. Chapman at Westerly are rizht up to date in all thc new things, and ail dahlia lovers are made welcome. It is not strange that toists drive more than a hundrea miles to see the real up-to-date dahlias which are grown tc perfec- tion by her and her assistants. Thera is nothing in this state like them. Sunday Morning Talk A BIT OF GOOD READING. The “movies” have influenced public taste in several directions, but'at no point, perhaps, more than in the taste for reading. Audiences sated with thrills and lurld situations at the cine- ma Xows carry their demand for ex- citement over into the field of lite ture. As a voung friend of mine, ad- dicted to attendance on _photoplays, said the other day: “They make everything else seem tame.” You have here one reason for the tons of spicy and high-colored magazines that fill the newsstands. It is rarely safe to make generaliza- tions, but one can only wonder whether the American public, as a whole, is reading as £0od books as a generation ago. Public librarians who_ought to know have recently assured me that the overwhelming demand is for the frothiest fiction allowed on _their shelves. Thousands of good books, to be sure, are in circulation, as the num- ber of readers is always increasins. But the millions of the lightest books and magazines turned from the press show how the publishers, keenest of all critics, gage the public taste. It has sometimes seemed as though, in matters of the mind, our countrymen were turning aside from a diet of meat and bread to one of jelly roll and soda water. Some people read for information; a class to which Lord Bacon refers in his essay on “Studies,” when he s “Reading maketh a full man,” Most people, however, read for recreation— to rest a tired brain or to soothe chafed nerves. Aside from the news- paper which keeps us in touch with the broad sweep of human affairs the printed page is valued by the largest class of readers in the world as the standard means of passing a pleasant hour. The mistake that many of us make at this point is in supposing that the only kind of reading that is pleasurable is “trash.” The novel must have vel- low covers and a catchy title if it is to hold_our interest. Out of this error hundreds of readers have found their way in discovering the host of whole- some and stimulating books which vet serve a recreative purpose. They have been amazed often to find the amount of mental food that is nutri- tious and, at the same time, extremely palatable. It is folly for anyone to try to read what he does not enjoy, merely be- cause someone else says he ought to. It is no disgrace whatever, in this crowded age, to confess complete ig- norance of some book that everybody else {5 talking about. No one could keep up with current literature if he read day and night without ceasing and took his meals through a glass tube. But each one of us, following the line of his own particular taste, has the privilegze of choosing some- thing that is really literature, and get- ting acquainted with it. A worth while book kept going, as one has intervals of time, for a month it may be, will vield dividends of in- spiration ‘and pleasure, that _the “Coney Island” series can never rival. When' you are through something re- mains in the way of solid mental fur- nishings. Don’t take it on anyone's say so. Try it for yourself. Suppose, for an experiment, that one should turn aside for a time from the current magazines or the “best seller” of the week to some of Parkman’s his- tories or to Motley's “Rise of the Dutch Republic,” or Boswell's “Life of Dr. or Scott’s “Tvanhoe” The mind might revolt at first, but it would be a tHoroughly stimulating and, in the end, delightful experlence. It would prove Ilke a brisk walk in the open air, followed by a cold shower bath. Dentlsts tell us that the race is los- ing its teeth through the eating of “mushy” food. Let us not lose our minds’ through a similar indulgence. A Dbit of good reading each day is, as the English say, a genuine “heaith lift.” ‘Why not bring it into your scheme of lite? _THE PARSON. of stockings and other articles in pro- portion laid by. As a glaring example of feminine frivolity is cited the case of the ward- robe of “Widow Elizabeth White, of Norwich” as contained in the inven- tory of her effects, taken Aug. 16, 1757. She was the daughter of Sam- uel Bliss and relict of Daniel White, of Middletown. After the death of her husband in 1725, she® returned to Norwich, and died here July 2nd, 1757, aged 71. The items of her jewelry, plate and appar- el are enumerated at length; but this summary will give an adequate idea of the possessions of this Norwich gentlewoman of the late eighteenth century: Widow White had gowns of brown duroy, striped stuff, plaid stuff, black silk crape, calico and hlue camlet; a scarlet cloak, blue cloak, satin-flow- ered mantle, and furbelow scarf;. a woolen petticoat with calico border; a camlet riding-hood, long silk hood, velvet hood, white hoods trimmed with lace, a silk bonnet and tweive ceps; a cambrick laced handkerchie silk do., linen do. sixteen hankies in all; a muslin laced apron, flowered laced apren, green taffety apron, four- teen aprons in all; a silver ribband, and blue girdle; 4’ pieces of flowered a parcel of crewel; a woman's Turkey-worked chairs: A gold necklace; death’s head gold ring; plain gold ' ring; set of gold eleeve-buttons: gold locket; silver hair peg; silver cloak clasps; a stone buttor set in silve: A large silver tankard; a silver cup; with two handles; do. with one ‘han- dle; and a large silver spoon. And sc on, indicating that the Widow White was pretty well provid- ed with wearables and comforts, for what we are pleased to call simple colonial times! Nor was this the acme of _smart dressing amonz the women of earlie: days! Miss Caulins goes on to say At the period of this inventory there was stil a certain homeliness and frugality apparent about even the fashionable attire of the day. But in the next zeneration richer goods were imported and more splendor was ex hibited. The folowing is an illustra- tive instance: “The daughters of Gen. Jabez Hunt- ington, (afterwards the wives of Co Chester of Wethersfield and of D Strong, of Norwich, respectively) were sent successively, at the ages of four- teen or fifteen vears to finish their ed- ucation st 2 bearding school in Bos- ton. Pxe lady, who kept the cstab- lishment was of hish social standing, and made it a point of taking her pu pils cften into comvany, that their manners might be formed according to the prevailing codes of politeness and etiquette. “Of course the wardrobe prepared for the young ladies was rich in ar- ticles of orname: and display. One of the daught who had been care- fully fitted out with twelve siik gowns, had been a short time in Bo: ton when her instructress wrote to her parents, requesting that another dress should be procur for her, made of a certain rich fabric that had re- cently been imported, in order that her appearance in society might be equal to her rank. A thirteenth robe of si of the requisite tern was therefere immediately procured and forwarded.” Ladles at that peroid wore trains to their gowns and these were often quite long, so that when the wearers walked out, it was the vogue to throw the end of the train over the right arm. Great ‘attention was paid to foot- wear, also; the foot, when properly dressed displayed a silk stocking, a sharp-toed slipper, the latter often made of embroidered satin, and with a high heel, At one period, sharp! and cumbrous hoo; gored gowns were in vogue. Women of mature age, in those times, would wear a zlose linen cap. Parasols and umbrellas were unknown or rare; but a fan rly a foot and a half long and spreading like the tail of a peacock, was often carried, quite as much to keep off the sun as to stir and vivify the heated air. So the foremothers of the town decked themselves with quite as muech vanity as do their descendants, and were not ahove enchancing those charms given them by Nature by util- izing all the aids suggested by fashion and fancy. TH DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A ‘Question. Mr. Editor: It is apparent enough, if Mr. Ed. T. Curtin believes in plac- ing Irish before American because he is proud of his origin that he may be an Irishman who would put the green flag first if the Stars and Stripes were to find its place in an Irish com- munity Jf it is necessary to be Irish-Amer- fcans and German-Americans and Po- lish-Americans here, why is it not im- portant that they should be Amer can-Trishmen, American-Germans or American-Poles when they visit the fatherland Being first an Irishman and then an American looks like get- ting the cart before the horse: American stands first with every true citizen, whatever his country or his birthplace. Men on the Mexican border arg not there because of the hyphen, but because they are Ameri- cans. H. I. ROLLER. Norwich, Sept. 15, 1916, Herbert E. Kinney. Mr. Editor: In the sketches which were printed at the time of the ge- cent death of Herbert E. Kinney, who lived in the town of Griswold, no mention was made of his interest in and work for the causes of social- ism and equal suffrage. He worked for both causes incessantly by uso of his ready pen contributing weekly to the columns of the New York Call and especially to the wo- man’s section of the mmgazine supple- ment of the Sunday edition. The ed- itor of the Woman's Sphere said last Sunday, “We knew Mr. Kinney only through the always informing and inspiring articles he sent so frequent- ly to the Woman's Sphere anq we were greatly surprised to learn that he was seventy vears of age. The virile, youthful note in his writing, his unflagged hope and enthusiasm, his boundless faith in the forward The War A Year Ago Today September 16, 1915. Hindenburg drove the Russians across the Dvima north of Pinsk. British submarine E-7 lost Dardanelles. German cavalry reached the rail- m{ at Molodechno. nglish prize court condemned seized Am n meat cargoes. “that Entente allies demanded Russian duma prorogued. [} Bulgaria declare her position. the | march of socialism, led us to belleve him a far younger man. A constant subscriber to Clara Zetkin's ably-ed- ited paper, Die Gleichbelt (Equali- it was his great pleasure to keep American Socialist women informed of the activities of their German So- cialist sisters. His faith in the work and fighting power of Socialist wo- men everywhere was an inspiration. The Woman's Sphere is grateful for all it has received from this fine type will be greatly missed in these col- umns.” An article by Mr. Kinney publish- ed in_last Sunday's Call, “The For- ward March in Oklahoma,” shows how familiar he was with the most inter- esting political situation in that state. My slight personal acquaintance was broadened and deepened by a fa- miliarity with his writings and al- thoush he had reached his three score and ten, this lover of humanity is a type which socfety can ill spare. It was my privilege to march in the suf- frage parade in New Haven on the day of the opening of the republican convention On that day I was proud to bear the sign carrying the name of the town of Griswold as a slight honor to the memory of that moble soul and champion of equal suffrage, Herbert E. Kinney. EDWARD PERKINS CLARK. Hartford, Sept. 15, 1916. POLITICAL Where Wilson Has Failed. Whether one feels any sreat en- thusiasm for Mr. Hughes now comes to be a matter of no moment what- ever, in view of the outburst of pub- lic indignation against the abject pusillanimity of his _opponent, the president of the United States. Mr. Hughes may be an icicle, but no one ever accused him of being a coward. He has had his full share of nitting to do, in positions of great responsibility which he has occupied, and he was never accused of “hitting soft” as Mr. Roosevelt aptly though ungrammati- cally puts it. No onme ever accused him of not knowing his own mind. He went_after the insurance grafters— and he got them. He went after the racetrack gamblers—and he got them. e went after the corruptionists in New York politics—adn he got them. He never grovelled before anvbody as Woodrow Wilson has grovelled before | these railroad bosses.—Lowell Courier- Citizen. Southern Policies Only. They don't raise sheep in the South, but in the North, so wool is on the free list. But peanuts are raised in the South, and there is a democratic tariff on peanuts. Same thing in Te- lation to potatoes, they are largely a product of the North and especially such states as Maine, Michigan and New York, so potatoes are on the free list, while rice, which is grown in_the South, has a tariff. But whenever we tell a Northern democrat that his party is a Southern party with Southern policies only, when they are in power he thinks that he thinks that we are waving the “bloody shirt."—Portland Express. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Socioty Tanga—“When despatches from the East Africa battle front recently an- nounced the successful operation of British forces under General Smuts between Tanga and Korogwe, and of a force under Brigadier General Sir C. Crewe at Muanza, few readers real- zed that the distance separating these two scenes of hostility in German East Africa is as sreat as the airline d tance from London to Frankfort, Ger- many, ing to today's war ge- ography bulletin of the National Geo- graphic Society, issued from its Wash- ington headquarters. “From Ta to the southern shores of Lake Kiwu, -wher> the Belgians from the Congo made their first descent the Teutonic enemy’s. African it is nearly twice as far as sels to Berlin. “The scene of General Smuts' suc- s alons the Usambara Rail- ich, at the outbreak of the war, Germany was constructing from the seaport of Tanga to Lake Victoria yanza. When completed it will prove an outlet for ane of the richest sec- tions of the ‘dark continent’ That part of the road already in operation ps. the rich agricultural region of ambara, the first districz of German frica_to come under the juris of the kaiser. It was just 32 ears ago that three young Germans, Karl Peters, Count Pfeil, and Dr Juhlke, made their way inland from the ccast and won the friendship of a chieftain of Usambara. With him they negotiated a treaty, which was followed by others insuring protection for a_colonization society chartered by the German government. For five or six years the Sultan Zanzibar disputed the ‘right of.the Germans to make treaties with tribes supposed to be subject to him, but a quarter of a cen- tury 2g0 he surrendered his claim to the mainland territory for a million dollars. “Tanga. whose name means ‘the is a town of 3,000 inhabitants, about 100 of whom are Europeans, About 30 miles to the east is the fer- tile island of Pemba, with an area about equal to that of Cape Cod. It is famous for its cloves, exporting an- nually about 10,000,000 pounds of this pice. The popularity of clove plan- tations_with. Pemba planters dates back about 45 vears, when a cyclone devastated the neighboring island of Zanibar, and_temporarily created a shortage in the spice market. “Tanga is about 30 miles South of the boundary line between British and German East Africa, and about 10 miles southwest of Mombasa, the chief seaport of the British Bast African col- ony. It is 30 miles north of the port of Pangani, situated at the mouth of ithe river of the same name, down which the Germans are reported to have retreated before the troops under General Smuts. “Muanza, the scene of General Sir C. Crewe's success, is 125 miles south- west of the British-German frontler, on the southern shore of lake Vic- toria Nyanza. The tiny gulf on which the station is situated is called Speke, in honor of the great English explorer, John Hanning Speke, who discovered the lake in 1558 and recognized it as the sounce of the Nile, thereby solving a_problem which had puzzled geogra- phere for 2,000 years. This _voung Englishman, to whose memory a gran- ite obelisk now stands in Kensington Gardens, London, accidentally Kkilled himself while out hunting the after- noon before he was to meet his former associate, Sir Richard Burton, i pub- lic debate on the question of whether Victoria Nyanza or Lake Tanganyika was the true source of the great Life- giver of Esyp! apon of man, and his valued contributions || | | Suits, Coats and Dresses B NEW FALL SUITS ol ——=lo|———|slc——|0|=—=]0l————]ol——=c] Now Being Shown Choice Assortment of New Fall FOR WOMEN AND MISSES Smart new Fall Models have been arriving every day for the past few weeks, and our assortments contain many of the prettiest models of the s Wool Velour, Broadcloth, Poplins and Ga- bardine are the favored materials. Trim- mings of Fur, Plush and Velvet are freely used. Colors, Burgundy, Seal Brown, Myr- tle, Navy and Black. NEW FALL COATS 516 50 $49 50 Great, roomy Coats for Fall slo 95 in Wool Velour, . 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Mosquitoes have been as well as yellow fever, and have been suspeéted Even when not carrying disease, And yet nearly everywhere communi- ties endure them through sheer ertia. ways if the mosquito theory of infan- bur Mr. Pinchot is And he is justified in his view by the record of Mr. New York legislative and Federal in- Yorfl. Mr. Hughes ranks hat why he sends his men over the so frequently to kill and rob? seems to think he is going to find Mr. Wilson’s to Mr. of the has left the editorship Grand Trunk piers at Portland. that's nothing. Until the The News has not only lost definite but the n of Canaan has lost the most influence for ‘good it pos- Someone has blundered.—New steamships are required two clephants may be scen tied to Providence Bulletin, | The celebration of Lafa known _for malaria, al opportunity for American good will toward and of French good will America. at that but they owe to France. Neither Americans resist the conviction France has fought the cleanest, est fight of all le for rs to be responsi of various other offenses. they intolerable nuisance, making ble for human beings and the value of real estate. an dinner, America is m. reciating in- It will be a blessing in many paralysis leads to a general on- sht on them next year.—Water- 'y Republican. cost the principles that hold Jear. certain that “the honor and welfare of the coun- ill be in immeasurably surer * if Mr. Hughes is president. miration for the French people boundless—New London Telegraph. Hughes as counsel in N. Y., cost $61,854.60, or $3.08 each. OTHER VIEW POINTS | It gives us joy to read in a news- paper dispatch from El Paso that Villa bears _no animosity towards Americans. He is reportéd to have pald so himself. He says the Ameri- can soldiers fight harder than the Carranza soldiers, but he bears tham no grudge on t.hu account. ~All he There is Nothing Like it, Nothing that can take the place ot 5 nmia“&“m“m associated with the use of: this mmamflmwnfi%?‘émgrruufi;gh Jm n‘ clwnuer;,_n;:!:e: the h-ii bfigy&-‘g é.eeps iteo.yItis mdkp-mh 1o the SEND 10CENTS FOR SAMPIE BOT'I'If AND BOOK P Abe A e Evary man aad woman fs A sample of N o% Bmxcxbz and the bool ‘will be sent to any. %ot Ten Centa'tn 1 i il X upunmedp ?mfi,' silver uh:wn cost. Twosizes, 50tlnd$1 oo—&unm-flwbymnwec.. o Mfififiml&flnmhrbflflmundm?nbn. Demand Genuine Herpicide and GET IT. STATE OF CONNECTICUT. ‘All Residents of Connecticut owning taxable securities are liable to tax at local rates unless the State Tax of four mills on the dollar has been paid to the State Treasurer ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30th. The estates of those who neglect to pay this tax raust pay A HEAVY PENALTY. 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Instructions and blank lists sent on appli- cation to State Treasurer at Hartford. vestigations and as governor of New In frankness and civic courage “one hundred per cent.” The change in this respect from Hughes’ manner of filling the presidential office seem- ingly would be as great as was ever session.—Hartford Courant. effected by a presidential election in the country’s history.—Providence We do not know why John Rode- |Bulletin: A white whale has been scen off the But Providence extension is completed and connecting white the Grand Trunk pier at New London— rette’s birth- day in New York city offered a natur- an outpouring = of TFrance, toward As Judge Parker remarked neutral, Americans’ cannot forget the debt can that brav- the belligerents and that to her more than any other na- tion belongs the credit for uphoiding and perpetuating at an immeasurable Americans The_bond between France and tRe United States today is strong- er than ever before, and American ad. is Billy Sunday converts in Syracuse,