Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 8, 1916, Page 4

3 ,i Jiserin nnd Goufies ! 120 YEARS OLD Subscription ovth: $6.00 n in, 88 secomd-class mattor. Telephone Calls: Business Office 450. tin Baltorial Roomis 35-3. mantic _Office, 67 Church “Norwich, Friday, D 3, 1916. Price 12¢ a week; B0c o . Bulletin Job Office 35-2 St. | something which is here today —— | trade balance in ‘ work: ‘uj | basts. This ‘means the mtry must buy the material ssince nome of the builders.are willing to take a “|chance with the future by attempt- ing to figure what price such mater- e ¥ 5 ial will command in the months to come. This means that as long as the war lasts prices’ can be figured upon to which simply points out the insta- bility of our present industrial activ ity. The trade situation is therefore and may be gone tomorrow. We had a T of over a third of a billion but two years pre- vious to that it was.a matter of but 16 million. The difference has been brought about not by the worlk of this country in reaching out into new flelds but by the orders which the war has made it necessary for this country to fill for countries whose industrial fa- cilities were not equal to the demand for quick production and those which had formerly depended upon the tions at war but had been shut off because thereof. Our prosperity is therefore temporary. We may be able to Tetaln part of this increased for- elgn trade but how much no one knows. Our customers are going to {be our competitors after peace is de- clared and too much preparation can- not be made for that day. The Bulletin has the largest eireulation of any paper In Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in | Norwich. It is delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,063 houses in 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 considered tbe local daily. 7 tern Connecticut has forty- anine towns, one hundred and sixty- five postoftice districts, and sixty ural free dellvery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every ‘town and on all of he R. F. D. foutes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average. 4412 ceeraseennee...5,920 —= 8005 JREBULT OF DEPENDING ON OTH- ‘\ ERS. 1 ‘Astonishing to say the least. was announcement from Great Brit- to the effect that coaling facili- ties would be denied to all vessels [which were not _engaged tn the ser- ivice of that country or carrying sup- iplies to the allies, and the realization of just.what that would mean to the vessels of neutral nations. This lstand 1s-¢alen because of the need of Tesources but more par- : lbecause of the relief which o oléaiagl by gis sty o with- n from 'iaeo. ‘carrying trade a |great many of its vessels which are inow engaged in keeping such coaling throughout the world sup- iplied. - ge as it may seem this has a Mirect learing upon the trade) be- [tween this country and the Philip- [pines, and we are brought once more a realization of the dependence v we place upon other countries sunder normal conditions. In spite of this we go on demanding that our merchant marine be further developed /| ‘“J" We are paying no attention ) 6 requirements which go with t very branching out. This decree Great Britain is forced by condi- tions but it 1s & lesson whichswe can- mot afford to allow to Pass unheeded. ere is a need for more ships fy- the United States flag and vet we are dependent upon another coun- try to carry on’trade between our own possessions, not because we have not q‘ means of filling our own wants but because we have falled to make ourselves independent of others. It 1s another instance of where, by lack ' of the proper foresight, we aro ne- ‘glecting our own interests. il 7 NEEDLESS PUBLIC BUJLDINGS. fi‘unnecflon with his annual re- "a8 sectetary of the treasury, Willlam G. McAdoo takes occasion o refer to the manner in which ap- | ations ‘are made for public ‘f;fldlng- and he doesn't waste any words in saying that much money is fused in that work, especially in lit- ‘tle towns, which is not justified. He declares that “the conclusion is fir- resistible that authorizations for \public buildings in these small com- imunities are too frequently dictated by local reasons an® without regard o the best interests of the govern- ment* There can be no question but what Ye is right upon this point par- ‘e ly when it is known how often sums are spent for sites and structures for federal buildings when . the, entire post office business does not equal the interest on such expen- |, secretary goes further and says at “Common sense and business ent would seem to demand that structures for the transaction of gov- | ernnient business should be author- | ized only in localities where they are Imperatively nceded and that build- i _should not bo erected where o % necessity can be shown. This b can be accomplished by divorc- " ing the public building. question from local and political consideration nd agthorizing no public buildings ti] ‘4 thorough and intelligent in- jation of each proposed building project has been made to this de- at sand a full report thereon § submitted to ‘congrexs.” "*his the fizst time such a recom- [ hes been put forth, It od sound judgment but be seen whether the Which such a recommen- will-lend it ear to tho ping away of the po- ations is more easily accomplished. OREIGN TRADE. frequently made to the It 1s in “but the un- d by the 56 to n of the BETTER ROADS AND BRIDGES. “Good roads return big dividends” has frequently been urged in behalf of better highways and there can be no question put what it is an actual fact. In Tesponse to it there has been built in the past two decades, and par- ticularly in the last one, a network of improved roads in many of the states which makes the people won- der how they were ever gotten along without previous to thelr construc- tion. More advantage of them is being taken every day. Increased use is be- Ing found for them so much so that there is a constant demand for even better “good roads” than were first buflt or than are being put down in many instances. This is due to the marked development which has taken place in regard to the automobile. The light vehicles formerly used up- on the highways have been followed by the much heavier ones and a good share of the tramsportation business which was formerly done by the rail- roads is now being handled by motor trucks. This is the case in both long and short hauls and roads which are being constructed as permanent im- provements must of necessity have this taken nto consideration. This calls not only for better roads but for better bridges as the recent instance above Willimantic discloses where a truck carrying a heavy boiler went through a bridge, with the result that a new and modern structure will probably replace the present one which was undergoing repairs. There is no question but what the motor cars and motor trucks have come to stay and ‘hey must of necessity be glven consideration in the bullding of roads and bridges. AN UNKEPT PROMISE. New attentlon to the failure of the German submarine commanders to give warning to vessels which they sink 1s furnished by the Americans who were members of the crew of the steamship John Lambert on its way from Montreal to be deltvered to the French line at Havre. The claim is made that the vessel had not been offi- cially turned over to the French but It was to be as soon as it arrived in that country, but it is a noticeable fact that instead of claiming pro- tection under the American flag when a solld shot struck the steamer the French flag was run up. Thus there appears to be little ground for the clajm that it was an American steam- er, for it must have been understood that if a German U-boat commander could be expected to give considera- tion to the flag of another nation, it would be shoWn to the neutral Stars and Stripes rather than to the flag of belligerent France, so that the John Lambert’s officers must have failed to have profited by all the protectiom that was available; or else they did not have the papers to back up their claimt to American ownership. But however that may be, there was no justification on the part of the submarine commander to fire & solid shot into the vessel and to keep on shelling it while the crew was leav- Ing, without first giving warning. The very fact that there was no loss of life does not reflect any credit upon the Germans for it was apparently thefr good fortune rather than their good intentions that made this pos- sible. It is apparently another case of failing to observe the warning promise. EDITORIAL NOTES. It appears to be possible to make some important strategic moves even In a British cabinet. The man on the corner says: There is always a happy medium but the great trouble for a lot of people is to locate it. The kind of weather we have been having is .apparently satisfactory to everyone but the coalmen and the fur dealers. % bmaas 4 o If ‘the joy of Christmastide s to be measured by the drop in prices, there remains much to be done for the general happiness of the people. From the way in which the Belglans are being deported, it cannot be a very cheerful thought to the Ruman- fans to think about the Teutonic mili- tary rule in that country, The war has caused » spiit between Asquith and Lloyd George, but that Is only one of the little things In com- parison with the long list of frightful catastrophies which must be charged up to it. Even the football tearom Laven't had any too good practice for the job: cf shopping just hefore, Chestmas, un- less those who are mble and can take advantage of the chance to do their part early. In spite of all the trouble other ma- tions are go!ng toto get their mlilijons, Denmark doesn’t appeer to he very anxious for the 25 which this gov- ernment is ready to hand over for a few Islands, . Thoss who are advocating the 2 1-2 cent piece consider that it wili bs the means ‘of bringing prices down. Pos- sibly they haver't figured on the chances which it would offer for tuck- ing on an extms half eent. - ndvance, but when peace comes there red at the Postoffice at Norwlch,{is hound to be a new adjustment . The roly-5oly litte woman with the flushed face and froshly irotied last year's shirt waist dropned her pack- ages and baskets and berded her three small childreu, with a sigh of immense relict, She Had attained the ‘upper of the excursion hoat. Land sakes!” she gasped to the equally flushed lady in the stuffy dark dress, who with her jamily occupied the next chairs, “hut I'm glad to be herc ap last! I thought that street ‘car never wou:d go along, and Johnny was so afraid we'd miss the boat he acted sometiiing dreadful. Johnny, you sit right down in thai chair and stay there! My goodness'” “My Oscar was just the same way,” agreed-the woman in the stuffy dress. “I was 'most dead when we got here, what with the saniwiches coming un- done and the—Grace Henrietla, it you don’t sit right down I'll take vou home and we won't go_at all! Oscar, stop climbing up on the railing!” “It beats all” declared the first woman, fanning herself violently, “how they act. If it wast't that T feel 1 ought o have n day off once in 2 while myseif and zet a little rest, T don’t think I'd attempt it. And then they look forward o it all season.” R and stared around, but five small chil- dren had miraculousiy vanished. With gasps of dismay they scurried down the crowded decks, ppsetting lunch baskets indiscriminafety. In five minutes the stuffy lady returned pan ing, dragsing a small hoy. “Yeu, O car!” she said, “You sit tliere - and You inove! The idea! In the midle ‘of the crackerjack man's bas- kete! Don’t you move She vanisned and presently arrived the other woman with her Johnuy's sister, whom she jammed down in a chair. “You sit right there! gasped. ‘Eating sacdwiches from Sovdness kricws whoso basket--and ours just as full as full!” She vanished and when in ten min- utes both women returned with two more of their prey shricks utose on the’ discovery that hoth Os=ar and Johnny's ‘sister had asain vanishe: “Ill_stay here,’ gasped the stuffy lady, “and keep these two while you 80 look tor the othera “I can’t find my Joamny,” wailed the lady in the stiff walst, returnirg after ten more minutes. “Do you suppose he climbed a mast or anything and fell overboard? Your Oscar is up on the captain's brid®e and won't mind defensive whom he permitted con- gress to compromise just before the adjournment of the last session. In his message he hesitates to recommend: that congress e a law which will prevent any man to continue in any otcupation which. he desires {o leave, but he does not admit that a law for- bidding a union or other organized body to stop work, or order work stopped before a public investigation can be made is equivalent to such a recommendation. There is_ where he and the railway brotherhoods: are like- 1y to find the parting of the ways, and it pror:ises to be an interesting eon- troversy that will accompany the framing of the law that the president seems to desire—Waterbury Republi- can. After a long period news comes from Moodus that th “Mobdus noises” bave been heard once more, this-time between 4 and 5 o'clock Saturday {morning. They followed the type close- {1y, for corerspondents speak of them {as “terrific sounds” whereupon the iresidents lived up to tradition and | were frightened, getting out of bed to {sec whether or not the chimney had fallen down. They found nothing ex- cept other neighbors who were eqfially alarmed. Middlesex county tradition Dr. Edwards” Olive the sub- | | stitute for calomel, bowel act on s anc it do the work. People afilicted with bad breath find ?’n‘ick'relief' through Dr. Edwards’ live Tablets. The pleasant, sugar- coated tablets are taken for bad breath by all who know them. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets act dly but firmly on the bowels and liver, stimulating ‘them to, natural action, clearing the blood ;fiqflflb Mflg the entire system. do that. wi dangerous calomel does without any of the bad after effects. Eitards Ofive Tablets yithost_grp- ain or P L were dcovered the formula after seventeen years of prac- tice among patients. aff with bowel ‘and liver complaint with the attendant bad breath. - Dr. Edwalifis' Otive szlets.la pnrz ly_a vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their olive color. Take one or two every earl Abb In_the Beautiful Comedy Sketch “S The Songstress and the Song Writer | Sensational In a Pleasing Singing and Plano Act Muscular M. Z FIVE PART TRIANGLE FINE ARTS FEATURE SSIE LOVE in “A SISTER OF SIX” A Pretty Story of a Fight of an Orphan, Against a Wicked World. Paramount scss: L. Lasky Presents THe Plcfures o ACCOMPLISHED FILM FAVORITE . Blanche Sweet in “THE DUPE” ““There's nothing hke a lake trip for rest,” “I—Oscar, if you dom't stop kicking those chairs Il spank you: I get all~owrn ou: at home what with look- ing after the childre: “Mal!” cried Johrny, crackerjack! - Camit crack—' “Me, ter. “I want some, too!” velled Johnny" small brother. “Oh, T want ecrackerjack the stuffy lady’s Oscar. “Oh, I'm hungry:” walled Jobnny, on general principies. ‘Ma, kin T have a sandwich? Please. ma!” “I just filled mine up good at break fas:,” declared the stuffy woman, shaking Grace Henrietia, ~who had tried to crawl between the railihgs to look down into the depths of the lake “You sit right she admon- ished her rescued child. “Du vou want to be drowned? I don’t know whzt T'd ‘do without a_ lake trip to rest up in once in a while, I— “T want a drink!” demanded ¢ “Kin 1 so get a drink—-right there, ma?” “Let me go get ‘I want have =ome some 3 too!” shrieked Johnny's sis- echoed ar. over, a drink,” echoed cried Johnn: “Lemme g0 get a drink Grace Henr: “My land:" said the stuffy lady “TlLere won't be any peace till you g I suppose—you come right back, now. “Come straight back here” admon- ished the flushed lady in the StIf shirt waist, still fanning. ‘Seems like I never would get cooled off. I had to keep after Johnny all the time on the strcet car. That child's so active. You can’t_imagine, “Grace Honrietta got down Letween two seats and 1 had a time her” said the stuify lady. * body had to get up and they mag, Seems like thcy can’t makp lowdnces for childrer. Where've they gone The two women sprang to their feet = My gocdness! THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soctety Darfur—The rebelllon in Darfur, the most westerly state of the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan, wiich was vecenily suppressed Ly Lritish troops, has at- tracted the attention of the world to a section of Africa that up to the clos- ing years of the 1stn century had never been visited by a white iraveler. The Natlonal Gengraphic Society, in a war geography bulletin, ives some interesting data corverning th's land which has an arca zhout cqual to that of the State of Mortana but with a population almost twice as large as| the American commonweaith. The bulletin says: “It was more thau a quarter of a century ago that Germany and Italy recognized the State of Darfur, sonth of Egypt. as within the sphere of Br ish influence, and 26 years ago it w made a part of thc Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, but the internal afiairs of the region’ were left to the administration of the sultun, Ali Dinar, who a few days ago was killed by a British force of 200 men sent out to quell the rebel- lion which this «nler had fcmented for several months. “Darfur, which derives its name (House of Furs) from the nesro tribe of Furs comprising more than half of its population of 750,000, was for many years famous for the slaves which it furnished to Kgypt and the western world, an annual caravan being or- ganized to carry the numasn chattels together with ivory, gum and ostrich feathers to Assiut, miles ‘south of Cairo. “In connection with trade the followinz interesting anec- dote is told: ‘At the time of Mapoleon’s campaign in Egypt the sultan of Dar- fur was Abd-er-Rahman, surnamed the Just, great-grandfather of the re- cently slain Ali Dinar. This sultan sent a letter of conzratalation to the French coniuerer applauding his vie- tory over the Mamelukes, whereupon, b Darfur's slave his_ attention bems directed to the monarch far to the soath, Napoleon replied witn a vequest for more sub- stantial evidence of the sultan’s geed wishes, in the form of 2,000 vouthful slaves. “Abd-er-Hahman, an able ruler, was succeeded by hiz son Mahommed-el- Fadhl who died of lcprosy, bequeath- ing his power to Mahommed Hassin, one of his forty sons. It was during the reign ot Ha: youngest _son, Ibrahim, tkat the Lhedive of Bgypt made war on the Darfurians. Ibra- him was slain inbattle and his king- dom annxed to Egpt, tae royal family being removed (o Cairo, in 1575, Eight years Jater the country fell un- der the sway of Mohammed Ahmed, the Mahdi who slew General Gordon and his men at Khartum. While the Mahdi was all-powerful in this part of Africa Al Dinar, the future sultan, was held a _prisoner at__Omdurman, across the Nile from . Khartum, but upon the former's death the Darfur royal family wos restored to power, and up'to the recent rebellion the country had cnjoyed comparative peace, All Dinar paying an annual iri- bute ©of $2,500 tc the Sudan govern- ment. “Darfur s traversnd from northeast to wonthwest by a range of volcanic mountains, while - the eastern and western edges of the land are sandy and non-productive. Thefe ave num- erop- tertfie valleys in the mountain- ous rectlon, however, where cotton and tobaceo are Indlzenous, and where considerable whear is wn, Cattle- raising hes been the chief oreupmtion of the natives, howcver, dines the abolishment of the slave traffic, The chief exports of the eountry eentinue to_be feuthiers, ivory and gns, “The capiial of Dartur is 1 Fasher, a town of 10,000 inhabitants situaced about 500 miles youthwest of Khor- tum. It was fovudod by Abd-er-Rah- man and is, In. the main, & coilection of straw huts, althongh there are anc agreed the stuffy woman. | me at al and the -aptain is awful mad. Oh, where is my Johnny?" “I want a drink,” wafled one cap- { tive. } “Iwantaa ) ink,” echoed the other. “They're all here now but .your Johnny,” reported ‘tae stuffy lady, re- turning with the two who had escaped and shaking them indiscriminately as she thrust them Mto chairs. “You sit right still!” He's drowned!” sirieked the shirt waisted lady. “I kiow he's drowned! Stcp the boat!” It was an hour later when Johnny was discovered in the depths of the enzine room, just finishing the family basket of sandwiches. The members of the crew who found him slammed him down beside his hysterieal inother with great_j “I—I'm hunzry,” he wailed. o get a drink, ma?" My goodness!” sald the stuffy lady, she di; wiches with the velling »r¢ of the gorged Johnny. ‘most wi “Kin T “Seems like I h this trip was over.” I never iry to came on one if T didn’t need the rest.” agreed Johnny's exhausted parent—Chicago News. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Why Not More Enthusiasts Shooting? Mr. Fditor: Two year§ ago this coming winter if I am informed cor- rectly,” there was organized in Nor- wich a rifie club affiliated wWith the National Rifle Association of Amer- ica for the purpose of arousing the old-time interest in this sport which in my bovhood days, took the place of ail other sports. How good it is to remember the old fashioned tur- key shoots of long ugo and rifle t naments held on_each holiday, every red-blooded man and boy at the tournament bright and with his favorite flintlock or percus- sion cap rifle, some of which had the kick of a mule and many is the swol- len cheek and sore: shoulder carried home, with its owner the proud pos of a turkey. side of a beef or tever the prize happened to be. - Modern firearms are the acme of e No longer is the nerve- and in Rifle Ve the smaller shooting. In those davs we 'had clear-eved, straight shouldered men instead the round shouldered. hollow vouths of today holding down treet corner with a cigarette ped in one corns Clean living w combined with the prop- of their mouth. plenty of exercise rifle shooting made the men that devcloped the United tates in 100 vears intc onme of the largest world powers. In rifle shooting is developed the self-reliance that no other sport can bring out in a man. In the past few years the sport of fle shootinz has been rapidly on the increase due to the interest in the sport developed by the National As- sociation. In Middletown, Conn formed a rifle club last year, the most prominent citizens being in back of the movement, women as well as men shooting. They now have an orzani zation which Is a credit to the cif But still here in Norwich a city of three times as many inhabi as Middletown does not have the backbone or courage and patriotism to_support this organization properly Maybe it has not come before tsc public_properly for there must be in the city of Norwich more rifiemen than those that meet 4t the armory every weel If ‘my eyesight and age did not pre- vent me I would be a member of the club_immediately. Will someone tell me why there aren’t more enthusiasts of this sport in Norwich? hera was AN OLD RIFLEMAN. Norwich, Dec. 7, 1916, Not Open to Suspicion. Mr. Editor: It surp: me that anyone shbuld suspect C. 3. Montgom- ery of being the Jloud Digger,” for a man of his genius would be ashamed of the constant failures and false pre- tence which mark those weather pre- dictions. The *“Cloud-Digger” doesn't come within a thousand rows of apble trees of getting anything right: and he has the effrontery to claim he is wonder- fully correct and commended by the intellectual in all parts of the coun- try. The “Cloud Digger” 1s a. big fizz! Mr. C. B. Montgomery in his de- bate with “A Southerner” leaves no doubt he has shaken hands with all the famous Americans in the past half century, and he is full of real facts and reminiscences to put up any pre- tence of being a wealk and_independ- able weather prophet. When Mr. Montgomery digs he knows too much to dig vapor. BILL. Norwich, Dec. 7, 1916. OTHER VIEW POINTS Progressives want to get back n G. O. P. ranks, They want a volce in the management of affairs in the future. The average politiclan, whether Moose, o stand-patter or a roci-ribbe Jeftersonlan democrat, never forgets that seif prescryation is still the first law of nature.—Middletown Press, Now the New Haven road is talkins of instailing the “so-cailed deghouse Bwitch” whereby n brukeman enters a bullding to throw a switch, opening a slding end remalins ayiomatically lock- ed in the bullding untll the awiteh is thrown again, elosing the sidng, when the Jock {s released, If a train runs into the siding while the brakeman is dn thie “deg-house,’ he pays the pémal ty with his life, we presume, This plan is, perhaps, somewhat related to the ldea suggested during the Mellen regime, when wrecks were of frequen. cccurfénce, of having an official or di- rector of the read strapped to the eow. or two buildings of seme size, nclud- ino tha sultan's residence.’ -t catcher of every engine passing through the wreck sone _between af | has fed for years upon the Moodus noises, and before the war of 1812 the Courant spoke of them in a manner to indicate that all its readers had heard of them. They have been ascribed to various agencies, Satanic and voleanic, but two things are Jacking as yet, one being exact information as to_ the starting point of the nolses and the other a lucid explanation of the cause. —Hartford Courant. Some of the offenders responsible for major crimes in Bridgeport recent- ly have apparently beéen brought to bar. Let the police push the clean-up work to the limit and Bridgeport will soon be rid of the class that is a det- riment to the city. The Eridgeport police deaprtment is large enough now to meet the needs of the city, and in its personnel it is as capable as other departments. Persistence in a vigos- ous policy is all that is needed in or- der to make the city a place of terror to wrong-doers. We believe that the police should quench every kind of disorder with a rigld hand. The minox offenses quickly lead to major crimes. The young tough who insuits people and destroys property and “gets a with it guickly graduates into high- er roles. He assaults people dnd steals property and the police have a law and order “problem” on their hands. Some of the cases coming before the city court develop circumstances which show that a sympathetic hand- ling is the better part of justice. But a great many of the cases, especially those concerning old offenders, call for the wielding of a rod of iron. The po- lice and the crimina! courts should co- operate to make Bridgeport a place of tarror to evil-doers, and the “prob- len caused by this phasewof the-con- gested population will then quickly disappear.—Bridgeport Telegram. | H STORIES OF THE WAR AMONG THE AMBULANCE DRIV- ERS. A letter from an ambulance driver| in_France follows: 5 | Through various channels the highly colored articles in magaziaes and newspapers about “the brave Ameri- can boys” at the front cone fvating | into _our corps, stationsd temporarily within' sound and aimost sigh: of the guns beyond the town ~dun. They are our greatest mmusement and relaxation. I do believe our Amer- can public_loves to be bulllozed and stuffed. The half based war corces- pondents who write the rot about the ambulance drivers at the front I imagination that is stupendous awe inspiring. They should head their “War as she ain't." Stories of regiments returning from the trenches crowding around umbu- iances to thank them ar= bull pe simple. They are either tos tir do anything except k Eing else are apt to sling the usual soldier jokes—same the world over Any fellow who cannot distinguish the sound of one of his own guns zo- ing off from a shell coming is apt to spend a miserable life is ne stays lon: In_these parts. Most wounded are 1co their own nerve in both er about ball room speezhes. The first wounded load-1 had any acquainiance with had one among them who spoke a little English, and his first question as "When does ihe train leave for 3 keeping ands to both- there arem't | pass_horse wazons be- nick Camions pull ar you if they hear out when they b and can pull out. One man has written come after troops ter ammurnition 2rd food wagons. 1 ~Jnt therd left on the road after all these but am- burances. This road vusiness is ail a matter of expediency? If you can squeeze past a string of camions you do. otherwise you fall m 1lne and wait vour chance. Because you see star shell it doesn’t mean you are within _sight of Bosche and right benind the firs by a long shot, for you can see them 20 miles from behind th2 line: Sentries asking for pass w under fire is foolish, go right up to any front iine trench if you are o Lout wor- rying about any pass word. Evervon takes it for granted you uldn't be there unless you had to. Oane night 1 went out bevond Verdun toward the lines, back through the town and half Wi to Bar-le-Duc and no oie wanted to_know anything. You can’t make all life serious cut here and this “driving by the stars with an iron grip on the steerin: wheel” may please some pecple but can’t see why. T wish you could have seen our corps the other day indulging in an after- noon game of one-old cat when five German Taubes came sailing over. When they began dropping bombs every one did a 220 ir. record style and in ail directions and did not wait for “Taube bomb” checks eithcr. But cven as they started to run the gang bezan to laugh and it deveioped Into a pur- suit race in two minutes. Don't get tho idea though that they come over evory aftornoon—they don't. Don't get the idea that the daring nttle Ambulance Driver lives - in a constant atmosphere “of shoil strewn ronds dashing through fires of barri- age”, for he don't thank Meaven, I don’t belleve they ever put a barringe fire on n rond an ampulance had to travel. They have put roads nnder Beavy shelling for hours and lays at periods, but no ambulanes or anythin ©lse can go through a barrlage--that's cold fact. . At times the corps has been through periods of night and day work all night and day but it hasn't lasted more than 2 io 4 weeks at a time— and the worlk has been dangerous to ‘a degree, It has been a miracle that it has eome throush with no easval ties, but mostly it goes on jts way doing its daily tal¥s and making no fuss over it—but the Krenen govern- ment and the Army Division to which it s attached are more than appreeia- tive of everytbing it dons, an the ot citations prove and they have repeat- ‘Ambnlances fing. They night for a week and note the effect. 106 and 25¢ per box. Al druge: edly expressed their confidence in it by putting it in every big attack for well over a year since the war was started—und it has “made good.” They have asked for arother “sec- tion” (1. e. 30 Ambulances and _60 Volunteers) under the American Red Cross—and to be commanded by our “Chief” Richard Norton and that is another proof that the Harjes section (geing since the beginning mt the war) and Norton's section the same have filled_ every requirement and Proved that they could handie their jobs right. The work is interesting and has a £ood_element of chance but it is not filled with nights and days of dar- ing deeds, out good soMd helpful ef- fort where it does count. And of course our close aasocia- tion with all the business of war has a never ending- thrill—for we are a little part of the geat game. Terror Caused By “Tanks.” A story of how the famous Eritish “tanks” go into action was issued re- cently by the Officia! Press Bureau in London. The story was written by a Yorkshire cnlisted man and is as fol- 1o “During my first day with the ‘tank’ we were working h a, Yorkshire battalion. For that reascn our ‘ship’ had its name chauged from ‘Biting Billy' to 'The Tyke. It was a strange experience at first. but we got used to it, and soon found it the most excit- ing kind of joy-ridinz imaginahle. Our first experience of pntting the fear of God into the heart of iritz was the day fhey irled to cut off the West Co:kshire: They delivered one of their steam-hammey surprise aitacks just after. the Wost Yorkshires had setlled into a new trench had that been captuced after x had to s defenders under heavy guufire making the attack, and the Vorkshire lads were greatly outnumberéd all the time. They put up a yume fight and were holdinz their ‘nwe got very there, though the: ng bard pressed and obv 1 a rest. Ve cut in at n of a misty morning, an apeared suddenly out of mist behind our own trenches we have given the Yorkshire chaps 73 big a surp we were to give the enemy i went right over the ireach amd cut in- an’s Land’ It was so mi ould see nothing at gradually, as it cleared, we c tect hurried moven, all arourd. They of anything happe: ind were mov- g about to further their j rusiing the trench lLeld by the ves. Rizht ahead of u detachment came up a into pesition to cover York- i pat its the attack Another set of jokcrs brought up a lot of tackle looking like fire hose and exinguishers. Afte: d T learned that tois was flamesaairting tackle. Unseen curselves, we were able to| waich all this coming and =oing with interest. We didn't make tlhe least move until the encmy had comfertabl setiled down. Tien we got up steam, so o speak, and reened right it: among the whoie cuitit. If we had been the lat couldn’'t have ¢ meat than ugly ne fam sroents we astonich. - poked our loct little -or Do o, war 1 nonjact: So terrin the ground i the most astoni ed on the face of tzes! A f t they stood r as though turned rest_ boiled thouz fiends were after thom. We didn't want to colle fied chaps, but went off ¢ er the rumaways. \We ot at with our guas’and bro t before they had run returned to await thc was delivered in igng that had overtaken ree of the fate machine gw ntil the its_objective T and put ourselv the advancing ene frizhtened leading ' troops turned and discarding their arms in their fl We went fall blast at them and euns played great bLavoc with all the time. In about twenty utes their whole plan of atts knockad in tite head, and they were in full retreat. Thc West Yorkshire lads were relicved and ihey save us a good receptien w we got back.” tail min- was Customs and Peculiarities of the Peo- ple of Arabia, (Special to The Bulietin.) ‘Washington, D. C., Dec. manner of peéple constitute the “body politic” of the worid’s newest king- dom, that of Arabia, forms the sub- Jec: of a timely war geography bulle- tin issued from the Washington head- quarters of the Natloral Geographic Soclety, The bullctin ‘s based upon the obhervaticns and exp one of the Soclety's ccrrespondents who has spont many years In the Near East. Concerning the lLiedouins the nomadic class in Arabla. whose exten- sive camps are veaticred over the in- terlor of tho groat WOUIBWESIoIn Pen- insula of Aaia the bulletmn s Of the Bedoulns und the Fellnhs, (the settled agricuitural clnss) the for- mer are the mere numerous people and by far the, more interestl The Be- douin pities the city Jdweller becansa fato has decreed that he must pass his days In the confinement of g housa or enclosed city, while the city man eengratulates himself on hiz goed for- tune in being spared the dangers, in- eanveniences. and exposures that are the lot of the tent-dweller, “The lite of the latter is an uncer- tain, one, His tent.is heme made, spun and woven Dy the women of his harem from geat's hair, the accumula- tion of many years. This tent cloth is waterproof #nd a good protection against the fierce sun of the desert. It is very peptablo and serves for many generatiens, Fach samp has its chief, part of whose tent is st apart for | a machine | our | them | FROM THE STORY BY HECTOR TURNBULL PATHE WEEKL' || ST. IGHT COMEDY Friday SHOWS 2:30, 7, 8:40 Seursey AUDITORIUM 5200 20 7102 Sha 200 - THE STAR OF MANY SCREEN PRODUCTIONS -‘ucE Bmy IN A WONDERFULLY IM- PRESSIVE PHOTOPLAY THE WOMAN IN “47” Eleventh Episode of BEATRICE FAIRFAX—Eleventh Episode Concert Lectures By JOHN LOUW NELSON Lyrio Baritone Monday Evenings, Dec. 1ith, Jan. 8th nd 22d. Norwich Club House St. Agnes Guild of Christ Church Course Tickets $1.50, Single Tickets $1. On Sale at Cranston & Co. 88 a guest room, in which visitors are entitled to three days’ hospitality. “The chief gives the order to move camp and decides on’ the®hew pitch. Local disputes are referred to him for settiement and in tize cvent of his be- ing unanle io adjust the matter the disputante must go to the capital and present their case to the Emir. This they are slow to do for it means a long journey and absence from home for an uncertain time. as well as some amount of expense. The chief, 100, is responsible for the good hehavior of the people in his district and for the return of the tax due from tue tribe. “The desert which the Dedouin ealls home has to be lived in, crossed, slept on, made one’s abod: for a time before it ‘can be thoroughly appreciated and houses are doorless, accounted for by the scarcity of suiteble wood. “Wherever people are found in_the Arabian peninsula with the most lim- ited number of milk-giving animals such as sheep, goats. or carmels, there will be found the national substitute for lard of the Occident, or the olive oil of other lards, a very favorite pro- | enjoyed. The hoasting of the i3edouins | duction calied ‘semmin’. This is a about the free liZ» they and | butter which is made in primitiv their pity for their city neighbors, con- | simple and unappetizing manner by fined in iheir close a can be excused after a sojourn in their tents. But thc desert life is not all honey by any means, for is there not always the darger of attack from the nothing-to-lose and all-to-grain mem- bers of society, or the risk of peri for want of water, cr tho : of ome's food withont the possibility A dark dwellings, being churned in a skin ihich has becn none too well cured and does not recomend itself for cleanliness. The mode of procedure is simplitity itself, the milk being put icto the skin and then either swung buckward and for- ward on a tripod, or rolled to and fro on the ground until the fat of the milk forms itself into Lut: A foycrite of being able to replenish the sup-|dish to set hefore the Aistingvished pl guest is a mixture of dates and but- When traveling throush inland Ar- | ter. abia the doutine of travel is somewhat| “Throughout Arabia there are many arduous. Up with tne daybrezk and|things in common among the Bedou- as soon as possible lond i~ ramels; |ins and the Fellahs. as for example ridc for some four or five : then | the manner of clodiing amonz both put down for the lirst morning meal, | sexes; little distinction Is jnade be- which usually consists of i and | tween rich and poor. and from a man's cr: then Off azhin urti! late in the | apparel it is impossible ro gct any ilen | afternoon, when i for | of his sowial standing. jthe nighi. Supper y sts of | “In all homes it is rustomar: for the th Bread is p n bread w a relish- 15 | host to assume the place of waiting 1s sim- | during the ‘serving of food. He takes plo a2 manner as p ille the | his meais after all the others have coarse and water being | heen served. knvaded dousli' a la fire sl s in other Mohammedan lards, | made which pro %ood hean of ! the women in the citiex and towns of I hot ashes. On par: these the dat- are cluded. hut in the village { tened dough is laid, then covered with [and camr life they enjoy the sam the remainder of ‘i ashes. In about {freedom as the men: the women, 100, {15 minutes the douzh is sufficiently {do a Jarge share of the work in co- jbaked. It is then weil heaten to free ! operation ith th: maie members of it from ‘he bro in pieces, | the fam and da ded amon; those who frem | ————————— 'thvn" ba have contribuzed to the| Paper Also Necessary. e e administrtion will tale no sters to e the powers of rred by Congres resources of sted. Those reltaliation con- until after ail of diplomacy are ex. resources will never and in tiny cops hanced ror egard be assc th ha inied in the | in the larg-| e it T Zak be exhausted by this administration jER Sl e e - ;1 |as long as the supply of typewriters J14 ConvetsationsnesErad nd urtillygias out—Senttle Post-Tntelligencer. ate in the eveniug the men talk, e g ling imagiuary sto others mpromptu poet tired | Has His Troubles. cpt_those de ted to| Those who are embittered sgainst ol un n their large | President ‘Wilson on account of his i cloaks and are s ecp. re-election chould tnke a look at the | “Xost of of Arabia are|U-boat sitaafion, the Mexi sizi- v of them | buiit i ali have are three fiat roofs te devold { roaster, pounge t all the Jy life and : mn and aticn, the A of-livinz situation and ‘cheer up. Oxygen and alcohol vapor are being used to stimulate the heart by Eng- lish physicians. e that savors of Ma of the needs. Don’t You Want Good Teeth? 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