Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 10, 1916, Page 4

* NORWICH BULLETIN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1916 é&iarmu’z nlletin and @oufied 120 YBARS OLD Subscription price 12c a week; 50c a month: $6.00 a year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Businass Office 480. Bulletin Edlitorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-: Willimantic Office, 67 Church Si Telephone 210-2. Norwich, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1916. REPUBLICAN TICKET. President, HUGHES of New CHARLES W. FATRBANKS of Indiana. Precidential Electors, HIRAM BINGHAM of New Haven, LUCIUS WHITON of New London, THOMAS L. WATSON of Bridgepott, Staffor: of Har! GEORGE P, WLEAN of Simsbury. Representative in Cougress, Se: RICHARD P. don. ond Distriet, TAN of New Lon- Governor, MARCUS H. HOLCOMB of Southington. Lieutenant Governor. CLIFFORD B. WILSON of Bridgeport. Secretary FREDERICK L PER of New Haven, Treasurer, FREDERICK 8. CHAMBERLAIN New of ai Comptroller, MCRRIS C. W SR of Harwinton. State Senators. CRONIN of New Lon- H, BARNES of Norwich. NK H. HINCKLEY of Ston- ington. 28—ARCHIBALD MACDONALD of Putnau Judze of Probate, NELSON J. AYLING. THE NEW SUBMARINE ACTIVITY. It was demonstrated when the Deutschland crossed the Atlantic that for a submarine to ; p without trouble, pro- vided it could elude the enemy’s ves- sels. It was therefore simply a qu tion of zetting past the British ade which confronted the ‘U the other submarines which are be- licved to be operating with it off Nan- tucket, and that they were able to do. side of th ed as a to ithe ef- be conduct- utside the and 1 attained six vessels ing enough to rth the regular ps lving d Buropean belligerent nations can be expected to be the hid- s of enemy submarines arm- fect tha ed against t mile of ehipping lanes for which means ry, for even though els which are the legiti- mate prey of the German warships, it cannot tolerate the blockading of any of its pc permit the violation of The have given Ilfes E , and unless are fo rhi e not been T aled it is kept within their not be too earl ted that they have hts, but it mizht government to e to do so. THE NEW COMMISSION. President has named the erve upon the com- mi on of the ef aw and he has named three men who are well known I eral act ies or commissi ke In the choice of General Goethals as the chairman of the board, he has se- lected a man who has made a suc- cess in the construction of the Pana- ma cana He is military engineer in the U ates army and un- question. a man of high qualifica- tions in his e, but he is now to tackle a problem which is far different from those which have previously con- fronted him. That he not han- ker for the job is indicated by the fact that he says that he is an offi- cer in the army and that he cannot refuse to perform a service to which he has been detailed by the president. The other two members of the com- missicn are men who are’in the gov- ernment service. George Rublee is at present se: o the federal trade commission without pay because the United Sta enate nas refused to confirm his appointment.. He is a strong sympathizer with the president and his policies. The third member of the board, Ed- gar B, Clark, has been a member of the interstate commerce commission for a number of years as a represen- tative of the railroad employes, hav- ing been for 16 years at the head of the conductors’ brotherhood, the po- sition being that which is now held by A. B. Garretson. THE RUMANIAN SITUATION. That the Teutons are giving more than passing attention to the Ruman- jans,is evident by the reports which |, are coming from that section of the the war arena though the difficulty of telling just what is taking place is in- creased by the conflicting stories which are sent forth regarding the operations of both sides. The importance which the Teutons attach’ to the crushing of Rumania, probably for the purpose of making them understand what it meant when that country cast its lot with the en- tente, is indicated by the placing of such generals as Falkenhayn and ‘Mackensen at.the head otjme‘m the energy which can be spared from the other fronts is being thrown against Rumania, which country thus far appears to have been operating with slight, or at least inefflective as- sistancé from any of the other na- tions. Russia has sent an army into the Dobrudja, but nothing in compar- ison with what it was alleged it had ready to strike at Bulgaria from that direction, but that a larger campaign is planned in that quarter is promised by the announcement that Grand Duke Nicholas has been withdrawn from the Asia Minor front and assigned to the command of the Russo-Rumania ac- tivities, Rumania has been pushed back not only in the Dobrudja but also in Transylvania and it has little to en- thuse over in ¥he success which it has gained thus far. Whethér this is due from lack of preparation or from the fact that it has been outgzeneraled, it is having some of the experiences which others in the entente passed through in the earlier stages of the war, COLLECTING FROM THE POST- MASTERS. There has been considerable evi- dence, since the present administra- tion took hold of affairs at Washing- ton, that thers is a feeling of par- tiality .by the democrats towards the spoils system. Civil service has not received the respect that it deserved and the resuits of the examinations ordered for the holders and applicants for positions of fourth class postmas- terships have been covered up be- cause something which might prove detrimental to the administration =ht be disclosed. Now comes the revelation from Texas to the effect that a circular let- ter has been sent out at the instance of a member of the national commit- tee of democrats calling for the so- licitation of the contribution of ten per cent. of the salaries of postmas- ters for the purpose of swelling the national democratic campaign fund, Chairman McCormick at once issued a strong denial of the fact that such efforts have been made but it is to be noted that in connection with his disclaimer the democratic chairman also issued an order for the with- drawal of the circular letter. This of course would not have been necessary if the circular was not in existence. Such an effort of courss does mnot mean that postmasters, who are sup- posed to be out of politics, must give up this toll but it is mevertheless a notice to the effect that it would be wise to do so if they expected to re- main in the favor of the .administra- tion, and it shows one of the reasons the democrats are anxious to get k to the spoils system and why Vice President Marshall says that “any office which cannot be held by a dem- ocrat should be abolished.”” PROPERLY PROTECTING THE PUBLIC. Short weight is something which the consumer is frequently forced to accept without knowing the fact. It may resuit throush too much con- fidence in the dealer or it may come from a failure upon the part of the purchaser to take the proper amount of interest to see that he is getting his money’s worth. There are even a large number of buyers who think that the difference is not sutficient to make a fuss about even though it is known. The practice of getting money from the consumer through misrepresenta- tions as to weight is widespread and the action which has been taken by the commissioner of weights and mecasures in Massachusetts in calling before him bakers from various points in the state to show cause why they should not be prosecuted for selling bread which does not come up to the standard weight, is one which prom- ises to furni some interesting reve- lations. How great the need of this is, is indicated by the fact that in the in- vestigation which has been made by that department there have been zathered 6000 loaves which are from one to nine ounces short of what they should be in weight. This protectien is what the purchasing public needs but what it too seldom gets. It is a case where it is easier to 16t such violations slip by, but apparently the Massachusetts commissioner is not running his office in that manner. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: The impression is growing that the fellow ho wants little here below ought to have it. The new German submarine's com- mander does not intend that ' the world’s series shall take away all the interest in the war. Mother Jones has made the an- nouncement that she is going to leave New York city. That means trouble for some other place. While the trade reports are all in the superlatives as cne trade journal declares, it must also be remembered that the cost of living is also. Thanksgiving day may seem a com- fortable distance away, but it is not so far off that you should not be pre- pared for an early call for your ash- barrel. With the countries representing both sides of the war declaring that it must go to a finish, it must of course be realized that both sides can- not win. While the talk is going around about the standardization of gasoline, what has become of that fellow with the cent a gallon green liquid which will run automobiles? A letter has just been delivered in Pennsylvania which was malled 57 years ago. Lucky thing it wasn't one of those notes holding somebody to strict accountability. It could not have been very pleas- ing to that woman of 30, who is suing for breach of promise, to have read that her 70-year-old admirer was in- terested in antiques. Colonel Roosevelt points to the-fact that George Washington and Abra- ham Lincoln do not hold the place they do in the hearts of thelr coun- trymen because they “kept us out of S A new addition to the pavers of the state is The Connecticut Labor Press, published in New Haven. It doesn’t stand for any political party or can- didate but it does stand for such po- litical action as shall produce better conditions and just treatment for the people, and it stands for that strongly.| and: 3 4 SO “THEY MADE COOKIES The growhup nelghbor, sitting up- stairs in the sewing room,; smiled to herself as the screen at the front door opened and then shut with a bans. There was a sound of feet dancing across the floor in the divection of the kitchen, after which there was silence for a few minutes, then a sound as if the footsteps were return- ing to the front of the house, a scrambling nofse as though some one were coming up the stairs with some difficulty, and presently the small neighbor tiptoed = solemnly into the sewing room. “Hello, therc,” 6aid the grownup neighbor, cheerily. ‘Do you know, I thought T heard Somebody downstairs a minute azo and I was just begin- ning to think I'd have o go down and see whether it was the iceman, may- be, or the srocery man, or the meat man or the fruit man or some other kind of a man.” “And it was just me” giggled the small_neighbor, “and not any man at alll I fooled you, didn't 1?7 “You did, jindeed,” the grownup neighbor assured her. .“Come and sit here by me,” she urged. The small neighbor clambered up on the chair, carefully balancing a square box which she held in her arms. “I brought scmething to show you” she said, “and I went down into the kitchen first because it's really a kitchen (hing, and I thought mayhe yowd be down there making mayhe Cookies or pies or little puddings.” The grownup off a piece of thread. “Well, you see I had other work to do,” she expiained, “and I thought that as most of my family would be away to-morrow it wouldn't be neces- sary for me to do much cooking to- day:. No, I don't suppose rot” said the emall neighbor with another little sigh, “only I thought you most gen- erally always.did cook on Saturday morning.” “I almost always do,” admitted the grownup neighbor, “but this morning I thought I'd better mend the cur- tains. You see, they had terrible holes The 3mall neighbor comsidered this for a moment. “I don’t mind holes in curtains my- self,” she said at length. “But _of course I know some people do. My mother does,” she added, with a pal- pable effort to be perfectly honest. we housekeepers have,” the grownup neighbor. “By the way,” she added, “you haven’t shown what's in the box you're carry neighbor bit “I pretty near forgot” said the small neighbor; “and besides, I don’t know that there’s really much use in showing it to you. It isn't so very much to look at. It's cute and it's a kind of a toy, but it's really meant to_use, don’t you know She removed the lid from the box and carefully took out several small which she handed to the * cried the grownup neighbor examining one of the arti- “it's a little it?’ the small neighbor ejaculated. “And here’s the little dish to mix ‘hings up in and here’s the little $poon to measure things In and the little piepan to cook the pie in if you maybe make a pie—" “And you could use the box they came in for a cake box, couldn’t you?” chinned in the erownup neigh- bor. “Why, 1 declare! You have everything all ready so that you could really cook things, couldn’t you?” “There isn’t one single thing I haven't got!” the small neighbor ex- claimed gayly, warming up to the subject. ‘“‘See, there are two little pans and I could bake bread or bis- cuits or cookies.” Her face fell. “I thought maybe my mother would make some cookies this ~morning, but she decided that she’d buy some instead. She's just got to have a rest sometimes, she savs. I suppose you've got to Lave a rest sometimes, too, haven’t you? Is that why you didn’t do any bakirg this morning® Do you get more rested sewing than you do cocking?” The grownup neighbor leaned over A Peruvian Huerta Recognized. So long as the power of recognition 1ests with me, the gevernment of the United States will refuse fo extend the hand of welcome to any one who obtains power in a sister republic by treackery and violenge—President Wilson in his speech of acceptance. This is a statement of principle en- uncia:ed by President Wilson in ex- planation of Lis refisai to recognize Huerta and in defense of our tangled course in Mexico, which followed that refusas. However, in Februa-v. 1914, Presi dent Wilson extended recognition t Col. Benavides as hea3 of the revolu- [ '~ POLITICAL tionary goverament of Peru. Col: Benavides' governmen: was founded on assassinaticn, established by as- sassination, ard had ro vestige of constitutional authority back of it. It came into power when its leader, at the head of the garrison troops at L.Dima, imprisoned President Billing- hurst and assassinated the minister of war and all others who opposed him. Benav.des camw into power simply by illing off those opposed to him. The president was placed in fuli possession of the facts by Minister McMillin, but recognition was neveitheless extend- ed. President Wileon's high sounding principle would seem t¢ have been as much honored in the “reach as in the observance. A3 a mutter of facl, President Wilson's statement is mere- Iy another example of the art of which e is a master—that of distorting and concealing fact by wel constructed phrases. As zn exhidition of intel- jectuai adroitness, it is most interest- mg. How far its exercise is compati ble with the dignity of the office he cccupies might be opea to question, — Minneapolis Journal. Good Politics But Not mics. If the Democracy had decided to panisk the Republican states for being Republican, it could n: have devised a more successful plan thun is now.in operation in the new revenue law. The income tax on individuals and corpo- rations and the emergency revenue taxes, which have produced about $210,000,000, bear much more heavily on the wealth of the North than of the South or West. One do.lar of these new taxes is pzid by every $336 of the wealth of New York, Ly every 35625 of the wealth of Massachusetts, §745 of the wealth of Pennsvlvani: $790 of the wealth of Illinois, §1.¢30 of the wvealtl, of Georgla, $2.7¢0 of the wealth <f South Carolina, $3,500 of the wealth of Oklahoma. $3,700 of the wealth of Alabama and $4,500 of the wealth of Misslssippi. The Demcracy has de- fended its course by arnouncing that it is its purpose to tax wealth. T-hese figures indicate that it has taxed not all wealth, but only those kinds of wealth that are concentrited in the states of the North.. This ~may be pood politics, but it is not very @wod Good Econo- o tand put her lips close to the small ear. “If you won't tell anybody. I'll tell you a’secret,” she whispered.. “I per- fectly hate sewing. T'd—I'd—rgther scrub, let alone make cookies! And now 1 remember that the company I'm goling to have to-morrow is per- fectly crazy about cookies and they don't care one single bit whether there are holes in the curtains or not, so I believe it's my bounden duty as a hostess to malke cookies instead of mending these silly old curtains. And if you don't care——" The small neighbor jumped down and claped her hands joyously. “Oh, I don’t care not one single bit!™ “And so,” resumed the grownup neighbor. =~ “I_— think—I'll-—just go downstairs and make some cookies right this minute. “How many are you going to make?” queried the small neighbor as they went downstairs hand in hand. “Oh, I think about enough to flil my pans about four times, and that ahvays leaves a little bit over, and I don’t know just what Il do with that. Why, I declare!” she exclaimed suddenly looking down and meeting the eager eyes of the small neighbor. “I @ declare I believe there will be just about enough left to fill your two little pans.” The small neighbor stopped and threw her arms around the gSrownup neighbor's neck. “I think you're the very nicest per- son,” she whispered. “My mother be- fore I come over here always tells me T mustn’t ask you to do things, and bother you, and so, of course, I can’t and if you @idn’t think of things your own self maybe I wouldn't get to do them at all. But then you always do think o fthem! I think it's because you're such a very thoughtful kind of person. I think you're the most thoughtful person I know in all the whole world.”—Chicago News, THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society The Modern Athenian and His City—Against a background of crurhb- iing but magnificent marble temples, of massive aqueducts, of exteasive amphitheaters, it is easy to project the ties of sentiment which hind the life of the Greek of today to that of the classic worthies from whom he claims direct descent, according to a com- munication adressed to the National Geographic Society, by George H Moses, formerly United States ambassador to Greece, a part of which is issued as a bulletin by the society. Mr. Moses in his graphic picture of the Athens of today and of the mod- ern citizens of the city which reach- ed the pinnacle of its greatness in the days of Pericles, says: “It was with only a slight shock that T learned that the man who brought me my morning coffee at the legation bore the tremendous name of Themistocles. And yet it is difficult to visualize the modern Athenian with those who once walked his streets. “Thinking of Homer, of Praviteles, and of Phidas one looks for Helen, for Hermes, and for Athene: but the only Helen I ever saw in Athens was an American girl, married to a mem- ber of ‘the Cabinet, and whose golden hair, blue eves and classic features made her at once the reigning hostess in the city. And it is only in the is- lands or deep in the country where the Albanian flood which swept across the Attic_plain has never reached, that one finds the facial lineaments and the bodily grace which the ancient sculptor has taught the modern world as being common to all Greeks of classic time. And this survival per- sist chiefly among the children, be- cause incessant toil and scanty nour- ishment soon deprive both boys and girls of their native grace and stamp them with the ineradicable marks of a life of labor. “The Attic year is sharply divided climatically into two seasons, the rainy and the dry, the latter beginning late in Moy and extending to early October, and during which there is no rainfall except a single thunder shower, which comes with great regu- larity during the second week in Au- gust. Outside of Attica climatic con- ditions are somewhat better. In the islands along the Gulf of Corinth, and in the Morea there is constant green- ery—grass, vines, and many But for one who spent, as I summers on and in_Athen: easy to learn that hills may have a beauty aside from forests, and that colors, contour, and form can lend e chantment to the naked rock. It w before my New England eyes wonderful tints w! sunset throws upon Lycabettus and Hymettu and that I learned that Athens now, as ever, should be hailed as the ed city. “Personally 1 found the Athenian climate agrceable and I cannot now recall a -single day of my stay there when, even in the rainy season, the sun did not shine at least part of the time. Cold winds there were, to be sure, in winter, blowing down from the snow-capped hills above the town or blowing up from the sea at Phaler- on; but there were no frosts; the roses bloomed during every month of the year in the legation gardens; or- anges ripened :in the open air, and we picked our breakfast fruit from the trees outside of the window, wbile the palm flourishes there as I have seen it nowhere else, not even in the Rivi- era. The summer heat is easily en- durable despite a well-nigh constant temperature of nearly 100, the absence of rain removing the humidity which makes American midsumer so intol- erable. “Socfally, too. the Athenian year di- vides itself with the climate. At the end of the rainy season the court, the diplomatic body, and the rich flee away, the Jatter going, as they say, ‘to Europe’; and to take their places there flock to Athens and to the sea- side hotels at Phaleron and to villas and resorts at Kephisia-in-the-hills numbers of rich Greeks from Asia Minor and from Egypt, and the whole city reverses the order of its winter life, turning night into day and spend- ing’ most of the hours between sun- set and sunrise out of doors. “Athénian houses are built to resist heat. The exterior and interior walls are all of thick stone, and, with tight- ly closed windows, one stays in until the afternoon tea, when the level rays of the setting sun permit adventure. Then one strolls or drives, dines wher- ever the dinner hour may find him, and invariably out of doors, jouneys by tram to Phaleron for the bathing and the music or seeks the cool garden of the Zappeion to see the movies, or goes to Alyssida for dinner and the vaudeville, and never loses caste by returning home as late as 2 o'clock in the morning. z “Bverywhere about the town, on the roofs of clubs or hotels, In the gardens or one the terraces of restaurdnts. beneath the pepper trees of the parks, and even in the strests tables are spread and I venture to say that more than 100,000 people dine in the open air each night of an Athenian sum- mer. Greek cooking is more oriental than indigenous. Lamb or kid, with chicken—which has always seemed to me to be the natlonal bird of all Eu- ‘violet-crow TRY THIS TO BANISH ALL RHEUMATIC PAINS People who have been tormented for years—yes, even so crippled that they were unable to help themselves—have been brought back to robust heaith through the mighty power of Rheume. Rheuma acts with speed; it brings in a few, days the relief you havel prayed for. It antagonizes the poiséns that cause agony and pain in the! joints and muscles and quickly the torturing soreness completely disap- Dpears. It is a harmless remedy, but sure and certain, because it is one discov- ery that has forced rheumatism and sciatica to yield and disappear. ., Try a 50-cent bottle of Rheu and if you do not get the joyful relief you expect, your money will be returned. Lee & Osgood always has a supply of Rheuma and guarantees it to you. —_— e from the shores of Eleusis come de- liciovus 'wild duck, and bther game birds are found near by, while pilay, & Turkish dish of rice with chicken or lamb, and giaourti, the Bulgarian fer- ment of milk, are standards in every Hellenic bill of fare. “With the renewal of the raing the brown flelds and hill-sides quickly clothe themselves in green. The Royal Family returns from its ‘cure’, the dip- lomats come back from leave, ghe great houses of the city open, the hotels and sumer gardens close, the Levantines takc themselves home, and the winter season begins. “Entertaining in Athens traveis a somewhat narrow circle. State din- ners at the palaces, reciprocal enter- tainments at the lesaticns, few recep- tions, and still fewer dinners at Greek bouses form the backbone of the win- ter's enjoyment. Greeks rarely invite a stranger to their board, although among themselves exisits a society which the foreign coleny knows of chiefly by rumor “There is much conversation in | Athenian salons, and always of a_high order. In no capital of Europe, I be- lieve, can be found a more cultured society, and in no drawing room that 1 have known does conversation flow so smoothly and at such a high level. Art, politics, and the drama are all well known in Athens, and the Greeks | are such accomplished linguists that v foreigner may use his own speech ¥ hesitation, French, of course, is the prevailing foreign tongue, with English pressing it hard for frst place.” LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Wilson Strikes When the Iron is Cold. Mr. Editor: “The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,” was President McKinley’s cherished song, he was a man who usually got some where; President Wiison has no respect for this popu- lar hymn because it doesn’t mean any- thing to him, and in governmental problems he finds great difficulty in getting anywhere. The other day President Wilson told 15,000 citizens of New Jersey, if he vere elected to office by the repub- licans he would be afraid to take the presidency because the republicans are for making war. This fear does not commend Presi- dent Wilson to the American people. His apprehensiveness figures too much in_all he does. He had ordered the army to invade Mexico twice, and has built some good military roads for Mexico along the border, but he has never struck the right kind of a blow. As Roosevelt says: “Wilson always strikes when the iron is cold, not when it is hot!” BILL. Norwich, Oct. 9, 19186. In Defense of The English Sparrow. Mr. Editor: So the war between human beings is not sufficient, Garrett Serris, a writer for The Boston Amer- ican agrees with the United Stafes ex- perts and others that the “snarling,” “high keyed, snapping” nerve shatter- ing-bird must be exterminated. Who ever heard of any bird snarling? 1 never did and I have made them a study for years. The English sparrow spends all of his time in or near the city. Then how can he be a nuisance to the farmer. They help to keep the roads and streets clean and thaf is a help. T am sure. While it's true that the English sparrow is a quarrelsome bird with its owns, is that cause for| it being gotten rid of? Why not use the time and energy ctting rid of the guarrelsome, screviyng cats that delight in getting un windows, especially on a wind; ‘ht? The barking dogs—and teac! children not to scream so loudly? The little birds aye with us when all others have fled to a warmer and more congenial climate. They feed with the ohick- ens and never once have I seen a sparrow and_never any other bird. seems to be a_trait of some people hen taking a dislike to a thing to do all their power to harm it. If they do not jar upon my nerves—how can they affect one who has never Today and Tomorrow HODGE & LOWELL Comedy Singing and Dancing Duo DAVIS DIRECT FROM KEITH'S PALACE THEATRE, NEW YORK PAGE - HACK -~ MACK “AMERICA’S ENTERTAINERS” Three People in a Wonderful Novelty Offering EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE IN HIS LATEST WM. S. 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Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 10, 11, 12 BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER A PLATFORM SHOW OF GREAT MERIT CLASSY HORSE RACES FOR $1,000 PURSES EXCURSION RATES ON RAILROADS , THE PLACE TC SPEND COLUMBUS DAY SEE VALLECITA’S LEOPARDS THE MOST CISTINGUISHED ANIMAL ACT IN THE WORLD We Want YOU With Us W. H. HALL, President R. W. SMITH, Secretary OTHER VIEW POINTS The twemendous demands which bhave been tarown on Bridgeport's hospitals by the sudden growth of the city have comrplicated’ ali problems. Not only is the question of finance ‘nade more prominent and serious, but what is worse the very limit in ‘he matter of accommodations has been taxed, and if hospital accommo- dations cannot be quickly incr?ased or supplemented to meet the situation, the time Will come when serious cases will be turned away. The workers in the Bridgeport hospital have accom- plished a miracle in takinz care of 621 patients during the year. DBut the city shouid not si* by supinely hoping for miracles, when the care of the sick and injured is the issue at stake.—Bridgeport Telegram. What doth it profit a city to possess artistic buildings and beautiful nat- ural scenery if it surrenders itself to the billboard evil? This public nuis- ance has gone on unregulated and un- restrained for the mos: part, in spite of esthetic progress alonz other lines. Beautiful buildings and streets and parks have been constructed in cities, but always there was the vulgar bill- board to mar the artistic effect enjoy- ment of the citizen. Most foreign ci- ties keep outdoor advertising in its proper place and give natural and ar- chitectural beauty a chance, but American cities, with all their wealth and natural scenery, are not as beau- tiful as they should be because they have not vanquished the unsightly billboard.—Waterbury Republican. suffered from any nervous disease? 1 for one say, let the little bird stay. MRS. F. J. W. Norwich, Oct. 10, 1916. \ STORIES OF THE WAR Sad Work. A letter received from the dated September 7, reads: “We are still on post duty, and to- y is the fourth day on which I have day duty (after twenty-four hours of no duty). Al the cars are getting Vedunitis, from constant wear angd frequent accidents. “It's five weeks yesterday that I have been near the front, and three weeks day before yesterday that I've been here, at what is generally thought the finest job an _American section has ever had to do. We'll soon be leaving now, and will get a period of rest, such as we had before com- ing here, before we.get any more ac- tice service * "y‘ Our work is sad, not so much be- cause of the horrible wounds--they are already dressed before the men are brought to this post—as because of the deadening cf life by constant con- tact with destruction and terrific physical shocks. The men are dead- ened, stupefied No one gesticulates; I used to think a Frenchman could not talk without using his hands. But the infantry is worn to the poiut where all joy has left for the moment. Naturally, the wounded, if not in greater pain, are happy by compari- son. They are going to he quite away from the war for a few days at least. The prisoners, of course. are in & sim- ilar situation. Many of them are working even right bekind the front, harvesting etc. t they are much relieved to be free of the strain of trench life or even shell-hole life, for such it is in this flerce vicinity. I rejoice more at the taking of pris- oners than anything else: it is happi- ness for all and it saves a little of the youth of Europe. Every one thinks more of the loss of life than anything else. ‘“La jeunesse de France est fauche” (mowed down), said Mme. Bersier in Paris to me. Glad To Be Taken Prisoners. A letter received from a member of the American Field Ambulance Ser- vice “somewhere” near the Verdun front, teils of conditions where the fighting has been bottest. In writing: front, One of the big mea: trust concerns is to cut a melon in the shape of a nice cash dividend to the stockhold- ers, and also to increase its capital twenty-five miilion dol'ars. The dear public in the meantime will continue to swallow the dope of . scarcity of live gtock as one of the reasons for boosting the price of meat. The more water is put into the beef trust the —_— “I know from talking with German wounded that they are glad honorably to be taken.” A letter dated August 30 reads: “We are still on duty at the same post, each man working three nights and one day out of every four, and the section carrying about two hun- dred wounded a day a distance of about nine miles * * * * “The Germans seem _delighted to bs taken prisoners. One Frenghman told me he thought many wolild surren- der if not prevented by their own and the French tirs 'de barrage. doubt this, but I know from talking with German wounded that they are glad honorably to be taken. One pleasant fellow who sat beside me in my ambulance the other evening told me that he had never served militar- tly (being in the Lippe street-car service) till he was called out last Merch * * * I stopped to change a spark plug and a gendarme came along and said to my wounded man ‘Sind Sie zufrieden? and he said, ‘Ja,’ perhaps on the general principle that acquiescence is the best policy, but I think with the entire honesty, for he seemed contented to be in his en- emy’s hands instead of under his fire. He also said to me, referring to Ger- many, (if I understood correctly ‘Der Krieg ist wahrscheinlich fur ums vor- be' & s ¢ « » “A captain who had been deafened by a shell which killed all his com- panions said the front was like the Sceam, the whole terrain torn _and ploughed by high explosives. There are no first line trenches, the men being in the temporary troughs of this brown-waved ocean. The line is, therefore, quite irregular, and many are killed and wounded by their own artillery shots. “The stretchermen are chosen, so far as I can ‘learn, because of their profession—medical students and priests—or because of their responsi- bility—peres de famille. The work is less dangerous than fighting, of course, but they have no cinch. The wounded are carried four or five kile om-tres by them before they reach the poste d’evacuation from whickh we take- them.” other a.u%nu. Sl S more the peopie will have to pay. The particular end of the trust making the announcement recently increased the wages of its empicyes 2 12 cents an hour. You can figure In your own mind your share ui Jhe increase in connection with the millions in water and the cash taken ou: by the trust owners before thel philan- rhropic part of_the workout goes into effect—Midletovn Press It was a woman who directed the activities of her mers-male compan- ions in that New Jersey hold-up. It was another woman wio, though se- verely wounded, saved the money and the surviving men of the party by driving an automobile 1) miles at racing speed. That may scem 1o indicate a modern devclopment of masculine ability in the weaker sex, but it doesn’t ‘Women have been doing things like these since the be- girning of time. Trere, for iIn- stance, are Judith and Delilah and Lucrezia Borgia on_ tiwe’ one hand and Boadicea and Joan of Arc and Molly Pitcher on the otaher—Water- bury Americar. A notable step in the movement for physical culture was taken in New York a few days ago, when the state regents planned for physical_training in all schools of the state. It is lit- tle use to stuff children's heads, and send them out with weak bodies end’ shaky nerves. Even athletics do mnot meet the need. While the nine and the eleven are being trained for base- ball and football, all the rest are mere- 'y sitting on the bleichers watching and velling. This does not provide physical development. Every town can| do something along tals line. If it' can't hire a physical ctiture teacher. regularly, it can at least have occa sional inspections of clildren, Teach- ers should be shown how to give Lealthful exercises—Meriden Journal.| Helpful Little Economy. | Owing to the high cost of paper we have asked the missus to start a new| fashion by leaving onlv ons of our, calling cards instead of two when she | goes a-visiting.—Gray T!mes. 1 Something Just as Good. ‘While avoiding the use of the short | and ugly in his correspondence, Gen-; eral Bell displays considerable inge-! ruity in_ finding something just as! good—Washington Post. i The War A Year Ago Today October 10, 1915 Teutonic allies under Macken- sen captured ‘Belgrade. Entente allies rushed troops to aid of Serbians. Serbians retreating Danube. along the CATARRHAL DEAFNESS CANNOT BE OURED by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of ‘hs ear.| There is only one way to cure tarrhal | deafness, and that is by a constitutienal | remedy. 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