Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 4

The Ballti Glorwich Bulletin and Qoufied 120 YEARS OLD Sunscuiption” $tice: 130 9 week; 50c a m t $6.00 a year. Enter-d St the Pestoffice at Norwich, Con 1 tter. ‘Telephone Calls: Bulletin Businass Office 480. Bulletin’ Baitorial Rooms 85-3. Bulletin ‘Job Offics 35-2. Willimantic ~ Office, 67 Church St. Telephone 210-2. —_— Norwich, Thursday, Nov. 16, 1916. = Sea revessernenssesesecenciescossssessoe: iThie Circulation of | : The Bulletin has the largest circula:tion of any paper in Eastern § Connes ticut and from thres to four $ times \larger than that of any in Norwich. It 1s delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- £ Wich and’ read by ninety-three per % cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnain and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it ii! considered tbe local daily. Eastern| Connegticut has forty- £ nine townt, one hundred and sixty- 8 five postoffice districts, and sixty jural free: delivery routes. The Bulletin is _eold in every! town and’ on all of he R. F. D.§ routes in Eastern Connecticut. ! sa2i CIRCULATION 1905, average.ic..ssenn.....5, 920’ .9 7365 H i H : i m-mmmm 1901, Nowember 11. = THE LOWER HOUSE. Muchgattention is being given to the question as to which party will be in control, bf the lower house of con- gress aftes next March. From all in- dications iat the present t publicans ‘have more rer elected thain the democrats with only a few votes different however. There remains to be settled some contested cases and there are a couple of pro- gressives, a southern protectionist and an Independent’ to’ be.reckoned with but the prospects are good that the republicans will be organization of that hody. mean the breaking democratic control in Washington, the desirability of which on the part of the peopble cannot be questioned in view of the large gains which the re- publicans have made there despite the outcome over the head of the ticket. This ‘of course .carries with it re- sponsibility. It means that the re- publicans will have to bear the bur- den instead of their opponents in re- gard to whatever action is taken by That will that body and that is a matter of, no it slight consideration when real- ized that the democrats control in the senate and in the White House. There ar > the disadvantages of able to perfect the |’ up of the solid |ir, having congress divided for it breaks up what would otherwise be the oper- ation of the democratic machine along well oiled ways, but there can be no doubt if the outcome fs such as is in- dicated at the present time, that this responsibility will be fully assumed, and that the republican house will carefully guard the interests of the country in whatever action is taken therein, and that of course is what it is obligated to do. GENERAL HUGHES. Now that General Sir Sam Hughes has yielded to the demands of Pre- mier Borden of Canada and sent in his res ion as Canadian minister of militia and defense, it will be inter- esting to mote how it will be received by the people of the Dominion. It has been apparent for some time that there has been friction over .the way in which the general has conducted his office. It is not the first time that his ideas have been jn conflict with others for General Sir Sam is known as one who has much confidence in his own opinions, and it is recalled that when he was refused a chance to fight dur- ing the Boer war he refused to be reconciled by the action of those over him and went to South Africa and en- eaged in the thick of the fighting with the result that he returned to Canada with a number of coveted decorations. He has been diligently. laboring for the interests of Canada. since the war in Europe broké cut. He insisted up- on the Canadian' regiments being equipped with Canadian rifles. He has been successful in raising a large number of regiments in Canada whicl are now fighting In Europe and his latest accomplishment is the reecruit- ing and despatch of others which will relleve the strain which has been placed upon those who are already in the field. He has rendered service of great value to Canada &nd England and it will therefore be Interesting to \note.the manmer in which the forced resignation 1is received among his countrymen. MACHINE GUNS. It was only a short time ago that there was considerable criticlsm of one of the government departments be- cause of the fact that a machine gun, which had been invented by Colonel Lewis of the United States army and offered to the government had been turned down without a thorough try- out and Investigation. New attention had been directed to this matter by the part which the gun is playing in Eygrope where it is being used in some of the most important operatlons of the allied armies. That those-in ‘charge of the matter of determining the type of machine gun this country’ should " ldtfp! had T e ‘| permitted a foreign government to,get a jump on it, as was claimed, and should have adopted a gun ‘that has come in for so much criticism at Co- lumbus made it apparent that the actual facts in the case should /be de- termined and. a machine gun board was at once made up to investigate and report. This board in a commend- ably short time has brought forth a tentative report in which it} recom- mends the purchase of 4690/ Vickers guns and states that should the coun- try become involved in war it should purchase all the guns that| three of the large machine gun factories in the country can make until the/needs are supplied. The board in this reportiappears to uphold the stand taken.by'the former. It gives preferencg to the jgun which uses United States standard ammuni- tion, which of ‘course hasiits advan- tages, and this:is ome feature which the Lewis gun does not possess. The report which will be added to as fur- ther tests are made does inot condemn the Lewis gun, hut it considers that ereater efficiency is obtained by an- other, though there are features about some of the other models which mé#y yet win approval. RED CROSS SEALS. In keeping with the wefforts which have been made in past years there will be put on sale throughout country today the Red!Cross seals which have come to be Hentified with the Christmas season. This furnishes the opportunity for each/ and every one to participate in the fhighly com- mendable work of fighting and pre- venting tuberculosis. These sales have recdived increased attention each Vear and, is the hope of the organizations which are back- ing this movement that 1916 will prove to be ‘the greatest of all in re- spect to the response om the party of the people. Bvery scal sold means so much more in the/ way of funds that will be devoted to the relief of suering humanity right here at home. This year it is hoped that there will be 160,000,000 Red Cjross seals sold. This, if accomplished, will mean $1, 000,000 for the fight lagainst tubercu- losis in this country gmd from the way in avhich the public Anterest has been aroused in’ fighting this plague and also gin preventing it{there ought to be little\ doubt thatythejobject will be at- tained. Most of the states are al- ready ! doing samething in this cause through sanatorxia but there:is oppor- tunity {for more+:good to beidone and it is not known' how those with the pennie: ri\as well jas those with the dol- lars cam participate and cooperate bet- ter in working to a most desirable end than by' swelling this fund;to a figure which has never been reached before. UNIFORM MARRIAGE LAWS. Further evidertce of the advisability of uniform legislation among states is furnished by the)action of the minis- ters of Brattlebowp, Vt., ‘Who have sent a petition to the state Tegislature ask- ing for the enactment of a state law regulating marriages conformable to the laws.of neighboring states. This has been prompted by the fact that many who have, been in a hurry to marry have found that there is nothing in the laws!of Vermont con- cerning the issuing of marriage Ii- censes to those within or without' the state which stands,'in the way of it \and the gesult has/been that a great many couples hawe been flocking to the cities of that state to have- their marriage ceremoniies performed. The ministers of| Vermont have been freaping the benefit/of this state of af- airs. They haves been securing the ffees which would have gone under or- dinary circumstances to clergyvmen clsewhere, and they have amounted to ™ small sum, but nothing has served to bring out the undesirabiiity of such a situation more. than the manner in which advantage has been taken of the Vermont law. Therefore it is recognized that the time has come for a change if the desirable effects of the laws in neighboring states are not zoing to be nullified. The situation is one where the clergymen can give no thought to the fees which they are receiving and apparently they are not when they are petitioning for a change which will shut them off. - They have taken the proper stand and it isto be hoped that their petition will receive due comsideration. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Most people will continue to desire to live no matter how high the cost. If the weatherman is bent upon cele- brating a “wet” victory, he ought to confine his efforts to St. Louis. It remains ‘to be Seen whether the starch trust has had all the stiffness knocked out of it by that federal coyrt decision. President Wilson may be glad that he repudiated the one term plank, but he doesn’t seem to be able to get rid of the high cost of living quite as eas- ily. e e Of course voting and floating a bil- lion dollar loan are different things [ but Russia goes dbout it with full confidence that it will get what it seeks. There is talk now of a Zeppelin mail line between Germany and this coun- try, and in view of the underwater accomplishments no one is prepared to deny its" possibilities. Pittsburg reports that stogies are to cost more and that they are to be shortened. "That of course in the nat- ural run of events ought to mean less smoke. Austria has named a new ambassa- dor to this country but it is to be hoped ‘and expected that he has bBeen made acquainted with Dr. Dumba’s record. Even though the president may have a plurality of the popular vVote, it shows that there are almost as many who oppose’ hig, policies as there are who-approve them, > — e It the allies refuse safe conduct to the new Austrian ambassador to this country there is- of course the sub- marine that can’be resorted to, but that will not insure safety. That there are still greater things to be expected from the war is indicated by the statement of General Brussiloff that Russia not approach the ze- nith of its power untll next year. P St e iy Congressman Tavenner of Tlinois franked campaign documents to the extent of a half million dolars. He was defeated for reelection. That may possibly be lesson enough for any others in congress who are disposed to indulge in such abuse of the frenk- ing prjvileze, the? ‘ “Did I hear aright?* mildly- inquired the middie aged man as his pretty daughter abandoned the telephons in the next room. ,Were you reilly ask- ing Tom to go with you to the golf to ‘watch their every breath! It's per- like it. Is it really true that before you were married you hurried to ask *Herod!” shouted her fathier, “It some of your boys of to-day could see the Marathon I ran to grab your mother away from three other desper- ate suitors it might make them wake up! Why, I sat up nights concocting schemes whereby I might tie that girl down to having engagements with no- body but myself for months ahead. And then half the time I found that some rival had climbed in by the cel- lar window and beaten me to the in- lvitation just as I was coming up the front steps! “Any girl twenty years ago who had ventured (o ask a boy'to take. her to a dance would have been placed in a paddeé cell by her horrified rela- tives. Only ske wouln't because the idea never occurred to her- She was too busy choosing between suppliants with bended knees and candy boxes in their coat tail pockets!” in the said his daughter, eyed surprise. “What's excitement over that?’ “Then it's true that I'm getting old,” her father said, “because my next re- mark is going to be: “How times have changed!” Why don't you let the boys do_their own asking?” The pretty girl sat down and I looked bewlldered.® “Why,” she ex- plained, “why, you always have to ask them! Why, the girls always have to ask the boys when there’s a party!” “Well, 'm dummed gasped her father in real interest. “Do you mean to say that the young chaps these days aren’t tearing around, trying to sneak in ahead of each other to get their particular girl when there’s something to go to?” “I should say they're not!' said his daughter, vigorously. “Why home forever if we waited for them! They're so used to being chased up that all they do is wait and they're perfectly sure they’ll have five or six bids if they're popular! “Then T'd lef ’em wait!” her father said, with force. ‘“Doggone 'em! Five or six bids if they're popular!” ‘Why, unless he's engaged and knows he has to a man never thinks of candy and flowers nowadays. You see, it costs them so much for their autos and they are always going away on trips to- gether. Why, lsst.w]nter ‘we girls regularly went to matinees because the boys used to go in bunches by themselves in the evening and then the next day they would have the nerve to tell us what good times they’d enjoyed!” “But, don’t vou see, you canm’t pro- tested the pretty girl, earnestly. “You never in the world could get the girls to promise not to invite them and the homely ones who have a hard - time, would be sure to break off and grab their chance. Notedy would suffer but the rest of us! And after you get them there they wom't dance unless they feel like it. They secr to think that if they condescend to come that's enough and we should be satisfied just “They ought to be licked!” declared her father. “I know they never pay dinner calls or take time to speak to their hostess when they meet on the street. because your mother and her friends Lave grown resigned to that. But I supposed they D&ld some atten- tion to tne girls! Dy the way, you spoke of their customs when they were engaged—how in the world do they ever reach that state if young idiots flock by themselves so much?~ THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society “Well,” said the pretty girl, wrink- ling her brows, “honestly, I don't know! We tried to get Gertrude to tell us about it when her engagement to Henry was announced, but she wouldn't. Of course Gertrude Is aw- fully pretty but Heny was the worst of the lot and all of us thmk that maybe she just asked him herself and he couldr’t think of ady way to stop her. It just serves him right, being engaged and getting married when he’s been so selfish and indifferent!” “Well,” said her father, feebly, “that is a new way of looking at it! It is a_ complete surprise to me, this state of affairs! If you can't go to a party without doing the usking, all right, but, believe me, if you have to do the asking to get married you can just re- Cane-. Capital of Greece—The in tense partisanship of the Cretans dur ing the crisis in Greece’s international affairs makes the cities of this historic island of timely interest in the study of war geograp) Today's bulletin of the National Gebgranhlc Society, sued in Washington, sives a word pi ture of the island’s capital and chiet seaport, Canea. “While not enjoying the advantages of a safe roadstead itself, Canea, the capital of Crete since 1841, is situ- ated on the Akrotiri peninsiila, only four and a half miles from Suda Bay, which, with a water area of eight and is- a half square miles, s the cnly har- |Si8n yourself right re to being a bor on the island. where a large fleet {Nice old maid! 1 won't have it It's can ride in safety in all kinds of |disgraceful!” weather. When the seas are calm| The pretty girl dimpled. “Well,” she steamers anchor from four to five |confessed, “I truly don’t believe Pm miles off shore from Canea, which is|80ing t6 have to! The last time Tom came he dropped ir of his own accord —and he brought me a luscious box of candy!” “Plague take father.—Chicago 25 miles from the northwestern ex- tremity of the island, but during storms the Akrotiri headland is round- ed and safety is fourd in Suda Bay, whence passengers -are transported overland to the capital. “Canpea is a congested city of low, white-washed houses with an occa- sional mmarot break: ing the monotony him!” ews. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Making Progress. growled her tions, now in a dilapidated condition, Mr. Editor: The world is moving are the relics of f¢ enturies of | verv rapidly — especially woman’s Venetian_rul islard.. The [ world, and nowhere is it more mark- lude an arsenal,|ed than in the attitude of our re- militar; 1 hespitals, and num- | ligious denominations toward woman erous soap factories in which olive o suffrage, as illustrated by .the action produced on the island, is used exten-|of the autumnal conference of the Congregational Churches of Rhode st of the city, which has a pop-|Islard. This is the first bedy of Con- ulation of 25,000, is an extensive plain |gregationalists outside of suffrage of great fertility and in this region 1s|states to indorse woman suffrage. the attractivi suburb known as Chalepe or Kalepa where the foreign consuls and most of the well-to-do merchants res:; “Canea oc(‘upnv cient city of C: “Little Rhody” led the colonies in pro- gressive and liberal spirit when received into her fold Roger W iams—driven out of Massachusetts be- causc he would not submit to re- ligious tyrany. It is consonant with this early history that this Congre- gational body should be the first of its kind to take action in the follow- ing_resolutions: “Whereas, 4,000,000 women In one- fourth of the States of the union are now entitled to vote and, whereas, the women of Australia, New Zealand, and a large part of Canada and sever- al Eupovean countries now vote up- on equal terms with men, and, “Whereas, such important Pro t- estant _denominations as the Metho- dist, Unitarian and Prespyterlan have endorsed the justice and rightousness of granting to women the political franchise, and, “Whereas, the women of the Congre- gational church are as loyal and de- voted and responsive to the calls of the site of the an- donia which differed from the other Cretan ecities of its time in that it was sitaated on the chore, while Cnos Phaestus and other farnous centers of population located some "distance inland, nossus to many times that num- ber in other instances. earthquake visited ago and it still bears the scars of this calamity. “As a tribuie to the fertility of the fruit orchards in the vicinity of the Cretan capital our common quince classical cognomen ‘Cydonia nty miles east of Canca is the city of second commercial im- portance and the former capital, Can- dia.” Fourteenth Year Attention, Farmers! DOLLARS BONUS For Fattest and Big- gest Turkey Raised $10.00 Next Best $5.00_ Third $5.00 The Bulletin proposes to capture the three fattest and largest Turkeys to be offered for_the Thanksgiving market in Windham and New London Counties. They must be natives—hatched and grown in these two counties. The Bulletin wili, buy the prize birds at the regular market price in addition to the prize to be awarded. The turkeys offered for prize must have feathers off, entrails drawn ind wings cut off at first joint. Heads must not be cut off. The first prize of $1000 to the largest and fattest young turkey; second_prize of $6.00.to the second largest and fattest young turkey: third prize of $5.00 1o the largest and fattest turkey raised in New London or Windham Countles. The contest is open.to. any man, woman, boy or girl residing in these counties.” The .turkeys must be submitted for examination and weighing the Tuescay before Thanksgiving at 12 o’olock noon, For the largest and fattest young turkey $1000 will be awarded in addition to tho market price. This turkey will be given to the Rock Nook Home. To the raiser of the second young turkey in size a prize of $5.00 in addition to the market price will be given. This turkey will furnish the Tharksgiving dinner for the Sheitering Arms. To the raiser of the largest and fattest turkey over a ysar old a prize of §5.00 additien to the market price. This will go to the County Homie for Children'for a Thanksgiving dinner. The judges will be disinterested persons who will weigh the turkeys at Somers Bros.’ market. All turkeys that are eligible for competition will be purchased at the markst pri S0 any turkey raiser who enters a bird in the com- test is sure of selung the bird whether a prize is won or not. fectly dreadful! You needn’t think we KEITH VAUDEVILLE "TRIANGLE PHOTOPLAYS CAMPING IN NEAL-SEIGAL FRANKLIN In the Variety Skit “Three in One” Five Part Ti CHESTER CONKLIN In the Two Reel Keystone “A Tugboat Romance” Christian service as any body of wo- men in the world, be it ‘Resolved, That the autumnal con- ference .of Rhode Islaml Congrega- tional churches assembled on the ninth day of November, 1916, in the Franklin church at. Howard, does hereby. endorse giving the franchise to women on the same ferms as men, and advocate securing the same,” either by state or federal action. Thousands of suffragists have felt keenly the lack of sympathy shown to their cause by thelr respective churches and will welcome this great step forward with great-Jjoy. The churches on their side have felt that their members were neglecting their churches for suffrage, which in a measure is also true. The writer has had it said when more than once, “If you gave as much of vour time and money to the church as you do to suffrage work it would be a great gain to the church.” True, but who would look after suffrage? The very faet that our ghurches have not assisted us has forced us to concentrate our forces upon this object; for we saw that enfranchisement could come only through our own united efforts. No one has deplored more than the suf- fragists themselves, the wicked waste of time, strength and money that the: DAVIST! SPECIAL FOR THREE DAYS—THE BIG SINGING PRODUCTION Five Men In a Beautiful Scenic Singing Offering - WILFRED LUCAS in THE RUMMY ngle Feature. EATRE THE ROCKIES AMY LESSER Singing Comedienne A Wonderful Picture CONCERT ORCHESTRA Mat. 2:15—All Seats 10 cents Eve. 6:45 and 8:45—10c-15c-20c Supreme Photoplays in “THE FIVE-PART PARAM THE CRIMSON VIOLA DANA in “THE THEATRE TODAY AND TONIGHT VICTOR MOORE Coming Friday and Saturday o T DAYS Beginning Mon., Nov. 20 ARE MY CHILDREN Direct from the Majestic Theatre, Boston FOUR SHOWS DAILY AT 2, 3:30, 7 and 8:30 Seats at All Performances 25¢-50c NO CHILDREN ADMITTED Matinee at 2:30 Evening at 7-8:30 All Seats 0c CLOWN?~” OUNT PHOTO DRAMA STAIN MYSTERY LIGHT OF HAPPINESS” Thr, Fri, AUDITORIU THE SUPREME PHOTO-PLAY FEATURE The Valiants of Virginia A STORY OF THE SOUTHLAND WITH KATHLYN WICLIAMS SHOWS 230, 7, 845- Mat. 10c—Eve. 10c and 20c have been forced to put into the long, renuous fight for the true seal of citizenship which has been so freely and easily given to every forelgn man, irrespective of education or character —the vote. Our churches have power to hasten the great expenditure of and money, may flow back Into the life of the church. The suffragists were never relax in their zeal for po- litical freedom. More and more will all they are and all they have, be spent upon gaining the enfranchise- ment of women. It is a part of our religion and_our' civic du MARINDA C; BUTLER ROBINSON. Danielson, Nov. 1916 1t within their day when this time, strength, . Signs and Old Saws. Mr. Editor: At a social gathering last evening the question of signs and old saws was brought up. The host- ess declared her belief in the sign of a dropped dishcloth. She re- counted the experience of a friend who tore her dishcloth in two in the morning, and dropped half of it. and Lefore night she had as a calier a one-lcgged man. As a momentary relief from considerations of the war, and the elections, and the body blows of old King Booze in the West, I would like to ask your numerous readers what significance to attach to the following: Passing a cemetery just al it sun down about two weeks ago, aw a flock of hens wending their way to their place of rest. A white rooster lingered behind and mounting a grave gave three lusty crows. The Deutschland turned up in 2 London harbor the next morn- ing. Was he crowing for that? One man to whom I told of it said, “Per- ha he knew on whose grave he was crowing.” At any rate, a white roosted, crowing three times on a grave just at sundown ought to be the basis of a first rate superstition. Let vour readers become famous for starting a new one that shall rival the “13” superstition, or the “knock- ing on wood.” O. E. RYTHER. \'ov 15, 1916. Norwich, \"‘onn NEW BOOKS Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline En- gine Encyclopedia. By A. L. Dyke E. B Cloth, plement, ch 521 pages with sup- dictionary and index. Published by A. L. Dyke, St. Louls, Mo. Price $3. The fitth edition of this encyclope- dia has been issued in revised and enlarged form and treats on the con- struction. operation, and repairing of automobiles and &aséline _engines. There are many new ideas incorpor- ated in this book, for instance: the as- sembly of a car, ensine, transmission, etc., with a progressive system of il- lustrations. It is a simplified and practical book, easy to read and un- derstand because of the many charts which. are included. All of the text matter is written in short, terse par- agraphs, right to tne point The reader begins to master complicated and technical subjects before he real- izes it. He became interested from the beginning and this _interest is manifest throughout the instruction. The book is more than a reference it is a teacher and guide to everything pertaining to motoring. It gives a complete treatise on leading _electric systems, repairing, .overhauling, ad- justing, carburetion, ignition, ~valve timing, operating and care of a car, digest’ of troubles and many other things which an anto owner from time to time is anxious to know about, and anyone who has made a study of its_pages should krow an automobile and its intricacies from a to z. Not a small feature of the volume is the dictionary of automobile terms and the supplement of instructions concerniug three of the well known makes of cars. It should be of great help not only to those wh& own a car but to those who work about them. impressicns Calendar, 1917. Desigred by Harold Sichel and printed in varied delicate color tones. Publish- ed by Paul Elder & Co, San Francisco. Price 50 cents net. The Impressions Calendar consists of 54 beautiful mctto leaves and is an influence of vigor and a stimulant to brave endeavor but among the selec- tions are many of poetic fancy and graceful turn. Almest a dominant note in this new calendar is the ap- peal of nature, the freedom, uplift and delight of the wide out-of-doors. Le- Gallienne’s “On (ha Mountain Tops’ Walt Whitman's “The Open < Bdwin Markham's “The Joy of the Hilla” and Maurice Hewlett's “Appeal to Nature” are but a few of the con- tributions. It is so designed as to be an agreeable companion for the round of the coming year. —_— God’s Minute. A book of 365 daily prayers, 60 second long arranged in calendar form. Cloth, 384 pages- Published by The Vir Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. The idea of the book was suggested b1 by the thought that so mauy Christian people offer as an excuse for not hav- ing family devotions, that they have not time. Tlul spiritual mtflb o CARTCON COMEDY | GEORGE LARKIN in DARE DEVIL STUNTS to the Christian world's literature proves that only a minute daily de- voted to the worship of Go2 can be made an inspiring cne to begin the duties of the day. Among the contributors to the book are Wilfred T. Grenfell, Professor W. Reverends John Meyer, Washington Gladden, Hugh Black, Timothy Stone, Bishop Quayle, Kussell H. Conwell, David J. A. L. Burreil, Hoyt 2 Dobs, Ira Landrith, F W. Tom- kins, Biskop Woodeock, Maud Bailing- ton ‘Booth, President E. Y. Mullins. The pravers were written y 365 of the most eminent evangelical clergy- men and laymen in the English spea ing world and especially for this book. There is a prayer to a page, with a verse of ecripture at the top of the page on encouragement to worship. OTHER VIEW POINTS \ If Hughes could have had the presi- dency with a republican senate and a republican house to support him, that would have been a splendid start. He would have been able to do things in acocrdance with his powerful con- structive abilities. But let Hughes be president with a doubtful house and a hostile senate, and what could he do? He would be the responsible head of a government that he could not control. Much would be expected of him and disappointment would have to follow.—Hartford Courant. New York city has announced with- in the past few days that walking clubs kave been formed comprising many well known people. There is much merit in walking clubs and Teion on the subjeet. sinister record of one hundred and forty killed and many more injured by automobiles in this state so far this ear there is surprising little discus But here and there a newspaper is waking up and prodding the public indifference. It is high time. When the people once be- come aroused this needless slaughter will stop£and not till then, for the legislature cannot be expected to pass the required laws unless there is an emphatic demand.—Eristol Press. “Waste not, want not” is an old, old maxim, but there are times when wastefulness seems of no account. Workingmen who would marvel at the wholesale destruction of food in the kitchen are today throwing away the good will of their employers and the public in a most extravagant d sin- ful manner. They are spending their high wages foolishiy in various forms of dissipation and an impatient pub- lic, as well as impatient emplovers, are not blind to their error. For the moment punishment is suspended. It is certain to come, however, for in this finite existence of humanity there has never been wilful waste that v-as not followed by woful want, and from the garliegt days of the world men have been made aware that if “the mills of the gods grind slow they grind ex- ceedingly. small”. Workmen who are quick to demand higher and higher wages must be prepared for a sharp reckoning when there is less demaznd for labor.—Waterbury Republican. Much is being said about the plight of the salaried man in these times of high prices. The pinch does come hard on a good many men whose wage is stationary, but who are p: higher for everything, particularly this fall when food products are so scarce. Yet if the salaried man's wages re- walking is certainly a type of exer- cise which yields a great Senefit men- tally and physically to those who in- dulge in it. The weather this fall has been ideal for long jaunts out into the country, and those who have failed to avail themselves of the many beauti- ful Indian summer days have been distinctly the losers. There will yet be € | many fine days before the weather be- comes uncomfortably cold and the Telegram recommends to its readers to get out into the open and walk as one of the surest ways of building ur a healthy —~bodv to withstand the many ills to which flesh is heir dur- ing the winter time when most of us live too much within doors and fail to get enough fresh air. Why should Bridgeport not form a walking club?— Bridgeport Telegram. It is astonishing how reluctant Con- necticut newspapers are to take up the vitally important matter of better regulation of automobiles. With the main stationary while the pay of oth- er workers has increased, let him not altogether blame the fates and the opposite political party. Perhaps he has been at fauit somewhere. It has generally been true, where a man has been thoroughly on his job, growing in efficiency and resourcefulness, that he has had his raise in pay, largely com- pensating for the higher scale of prices. If he hasn’t had any, l:e may be the one to blame. Perhaps he has spent too much time reading about the high prices, when he should have been thinking up means of enlarging his productiveness.—Meriden Journal. A Matter of Years. It is given out that the administra- tion is investigating the rising cost of living. 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