Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 28, 1917, Page 4

Don’t Worry ' LOADS OF NEW MILLINERY STOCK _ coming in every day. We sell wholesale and retail WiyPayMore THE PASNIK CO. SellFor Less (Y ke i % v | chosen well in his| selection of is in such close touch with affairs of this govern- ment, one who has had such extenstve. experience as a member of previous cabinets and one who it cannot hell. belng felt will ‘inspire mu among the Russians in the of the United States and its wilingness to help its ally in the ways which are most desirable. It 1s to be empected that others of national reputation and standing, re- gardless of political allignment, will and Goufied 121 YEARS OLD lon price 1Zc & weeks 500 $6.00 = year. ¢ d at the Postorfice at Norwich, mattar. Te Callas tin Baitorial Reoms 85-3. o i = < Bulletin Job Gffics 35-3. BEg LH 4 i | i i - i [ 2 13 i atlo Otfics, 67 Church St | L7 ected to ,.“mh,"““amg“%x“; what think Children’s Trimmed Yard Hats, worth 50c.. 100 ALt e ana Trimmed Mats in all colers, worth $1.00.. ’ 470 lh‘uv"”.rrz;d S aneel wings e e m-: Trimmed Hata in patent milan and five sk hernp, Vory who Wfin ol . "mm“" ,# neatly trimmed, worth u"h m. . c be to find himself in Heaven and to A new lot of Shapes just came in. Large and small sizes, patent 5 =flhf¢|li th;ll‘ b;m?loml ought :: ‘milan m m‘l-‘-‘m shapes, solid colors and N s B 2-tone worth vas, . e Ladies’ Ready-te-Wear Hats, neatly trimmed in combination and eolid A fow of those $5.00 Sample Hats, see them, they are wonders, at. Ladies” All-wool Poplin Comts, worth $20.00 !l i peopie might be a great ] i ; and Jabez Huatington, Huntington and Benjamin Huntington, of Norwich. When 1 hear Christians singing in apparent delight “sweet flelds beyond the swelling flood stand drest in liv tafls in conmection therewith and to do as much as Russia may desire in the way of advising its officlals re- 3 girculation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to faur times larger than that of eny 8 Norwich. It i3 delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- wich and read by ninety-three cent. of the people. In Win it 18 delivcred 1o _over 300 houses. in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it 18 constdered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut haa forty- ab o e towns, one hus d sixty- ive postofiice districts, and sixty iural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold In every town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1801, averag *90Z, average. April 21, 1917...... PLANT A GARDEN. The statement can be made and un- doubtedly fs made by individuals, who are so situated that they can do their part botter than some others, that they are not going to do anything in the way of planting a garden and aiding in the production of their own crops becaw they do mot think that it will amount to anything. They somehow have got- ten the impression that there will be plenty of others who will respond to the situation so tbat nothing of the kind Wil ‘e roquired of them. They believe that the farmers will develop thelr busincss since it is their spe- cial In> and that thus the shortage will be provided for, but such a view is not ertirly warranted under the prevailing conditions. There can be no question but what the farmers will do all that is possi- There will be many who will ntilize every available bit of property for iIncreased production, but there are others who will not plant as much as they fermery did, not because they are mot in sympathy with the movement and do not understand the need, but they are fully acquainted with the help proposition and appreciate the fact that it is going to be more difficult to get this vear than ever, and on-the farm labor is.a matter which has got to_be given conrlderation. But the help proposition dods not bother the houssholder. It is by the interest which he displays in supply- ing his own necdr that he and millions of others like him contribute the work, & jittle at a time, which would not otherwise be obtainsble for raising crops. PEvery one can do much for himself and for the relief of ths gen- eral sitvation. Thers should be no :nexm. By all means plant a gar- GASOLINE PRICES. Whenever the subject of gasolens is taken up it always Interests a large number of the People of the country. There is somcthing about it which even attracts other than those who oyn automobilss and internal com- bustion engines, so that thers cannot help being a widespread interest in the recent report of the federal trade commission which has been making an Investigation of the subject for the two years. Close scrutiny has made of the Standard Oil com- pany and the result is that the com- mission belleves that the high prices are due to the control which this regardless of the result of the decision In the ofl trust tases. The commission therefore ar- rives at the conclusion that the dis- solution has not done much good, but it does point out that whereas the sompany controlled about §7 per cent. »f the gasolene that was marketed to the dissolution decree, it now control of but about 65 per cent. 08 that decrease must at lexst be sredited to the change, sven though it is held ‘that the business of the com- pany is such as to still dominate the The commission does not find, how- that the company is evading the lw but on the other hand it was o find that there was any col- among the subsidlaries of the company, even though it believes ecommon stock ownership in these the leading officials of the not s permit- Tt shows, however, that In- in the wholesale price have greatly out of proportion to the demand and the decreased luction, and the remedy for the prices scems to lie in some sort a iment regulation of price if # cannot be obtained otherwise. AN EXCELLENT CHOICE. Interest cannot fail to be taken In of the task offered to Root to head the commission 4s to be sent to Petrograd fer of carrying assurances to n people that this country to give it such assistance ag garding the establishment of the new Sovernment on a sound and stable basis. There is every reason to not only hope but believe that the com- misston will be successful in its mis- sion. THE COAL SITUATION. The coal situation has been bad and #rowing worse for the past two years. There have been advances granted to the miners, there have been inereased transportation charges and there have been other reasens which have entered Into the situation to cause substantlal wdvances In the price of this much needed commodity. ‘Within a tew days there have been agreements reached betwesn the producers and miners in the bituminous districts whereby there will be an increase in wazes amount- ing approximately to $35,000,000. In addition to that the anthracite coal miners have asked and received an ad- vancement in thelr wage scale in or- der to take care of the increased cost of llving and that runs up to another $35,000,000, making a total of $70,000,- 000 adaiional which will be required tor increased wages for the miners. This new wase scalc means of course that the outlay must be met by the consumer. Such things are never as- stmed by the producer and It is in- iably tha case that where such ad- vances arc imade for wages that the consumer has to pay more than is act- ually required to meet the Increase. Jf this waze advance means 40 to 50 cents more a ton for the producer it might be expected that it would re- suit In coal being raised just that :nount but when such jumps are made it furnishes an exceilent opportunity to manipulate and present the excuse that there are other expenses which have never been charged up to the con- sumer, and the oppoxtunity of doing o then is never neglected. The result is that the situation is aiways clouded. No one except those on the inside can ever satisfy himself rezarding the sit- uation and it is such lack of under- standinz and certainty which is pav ing the way daily for government su- pervision of this busincss. MORE SHIPS. Aside from the need of a substan- tial incrcase in its merchant marine which this country has experienced for a long time greater attention has been directed thereto by the part which this country must play In overcoming the efforts of the ruthless submarine warfars of the Germans. There Is to- day a great demand for ships and the quickdr they can be obtained the greater will be the power of tI country in looking after its own busi- ness and in rendering assistonce to those who are fighting against a com- mon enemy. From such reports as are given re- garding the success of the submarines on the other side of the Atlantie, it becomes apparent that regardless of the efforts that ars being put forth to combat them, they are steadlly week by week, reducing the shipping of neutral as well as beliigerent na tions. This country hes experfenced no severe losses of late in this respect but there is no teiling when it will happen. American vesseis are subjsct to the same dangers as the others, ex- cept in the cass of some which fly neu- tral flags and which go unarmed, but now is the time to make provision for repiacing such losses es may ooceur and at the same time supply the ship- ping which can be utllized in carrying supplies to the entente nations. Attention has been recently called to the seriousness of the problem which faced Great Britain in obtaining muf- clent shipping to keep hunger aw: This country has an opportunity to respond to such a servies. A good start has been made but no time can be lost in putting forth every energy in this direction. The importance of ships, ships, ships grows every day. EDITORIAL NOTES. The mar on the corner says: Watch |as we expect your step. Opporturity may be a book agent in disguise. ] Billy Sunday appears to be doing about as much business in New York as the recruiting offices. The fact should be by those who are 4s no dgnger of an foodstu There is tali about a food dictator soon. But that wouldn’t mean such a great change, except that ome weuld rule whers seversl are governing now. borne fn mind tating that thers erproduction of It is about time for the kaiser to send congratulations to the Turks for the noble manmer iu which they are holding back the British znd Russian forces. With twelve of the German liners ready for use it doesn't look as if the efforts of their crews to make them Perhaps It in only to be expected, but those who were for peace at price are now trying to tell the perts how to run the war. Bither that chap who dared to gest to the kaiser that he-abdicate become an important figure in history or eise e will never be heard from again. The one great cause for complaint in conmection with ideal spring days and_especially Sundays, is the return of the large number of auto accidents and fataiities. any ex- sug- ATl i i | i 1l 1 than_most Christians belleve in. like to belleve this world corresponds to a world to come; and that things invisible may be as. some things whi yes now real are unreal. Most of us do not sense ihat we shake hands with spiritual beings and that the real power of the universe is spiritual power. Every material form from the electron to the earth itself, and ¢he sun above which governs worlds, is an expression of invisible power—that the soul of all things is spirit, hence spirit is more than substance: and eubstance natural to spirit, which be- speaks a spiritua] universe as well as a material universe, and as real. The human mind has not become the per- fect master of substances, and it is never likely to become so. 1t will not be longe now before you will stroll in the fields and gather violets and daisies and feel the glow of spring in your soul. Do you long for the perception which made the poet se€ in these gay little flowers “all the years to be and all the years gone past!” They were thriving there with the white clouds in blue =skies and cinging birds fluttering above them centuries before Columbus discovered America, and centuries before Fric the Red, the famous sea-roving Sean- dinavian with his men explored the coast of Maine. Aren't they the sym- bol of every spring of the past and of every spring that Is to come for all time. Do they not bespeak to your soul the constancy of nature and the goodness of God? Why should we not all feel the thrill of nature—the near- ness of the Oversoul—and be num- bered with the quick instead of bei: classed with the dead, when we, staf before such beautiful. enduring. living presences? Life s to life from every living atom on the earth or In the ~water under the earth, and it ever attests to the love and good ness and majesty of the Creator. We have to recognize there is such a thing as righteous indignation, and it cannot be denied that it has been the cause of more unrighteous con- duct than it ‘can ever atone for. The Savior méver approved of it for com- mon use. e manifested it when the money-bags of day were openly desecrating the temrie and when the hypocritical Pharisees put up a bold front. Righteous ‘rdignation was never designed for nse by common people concerning every day affairs. Righteous indignation as usually ex- hibited seems to me to be a diabolied defence of n disgraceful irritability. T have known ministers of the Gospei who thought they were righteously indignant when they were simply vic- tims of ugliness: and laymen who a saint could not live with they were so devilist, who 2lways waved this ban- ner. Temper does not heget prayer for it is the father of violence. The righteously Indignant are seldom worthy of respect. 1 like to think men are about as g00d as thev know how to be. When you think of iife’s conditions, the in- finences which play upon the masses, the selfish interests of which they are the legitimate prey, the menacing perils and the deep prejudices, dis- trust and doubt being upon the verge of want excite, it is a wonder they are as good as we find them; and there 1s no evidence the so-called better classes would be as good under these adverse ctrcumstances and trials. Somebody is a great deal more to blame for the wretchedness and wickedness of the common _people than we think: and somebody will have to answer for mors of it than they ssem to be consclous of. A wor- never be a natural man a harrassed man. Some fee! ashamed to steal be- canse o much respectability {s bol- atered up by eystems which in effect #nd principle are no better than theft. The upper-werld and the under-world in the great metropclises simply rep- resent cause and effect on are what lack of knowledge and_ circum. stances mako them ey are not a £00d or s bad as they seem. 1 we all did our duty as promptly other beople to do theirs there would not be the lack of effie- iency now complained pf. 1 some- times wonder whether we know our duty ar every point of life. Cicero thougrt “There is not a moment with- out some dutr,” which leaves us to infer that pleasure is a duty, unless he held to the view that every duty is & pleasure. There is no doubt every duty should be recognized as = ure, and when what we conceive to Do a-duty !s not, it may be well not to_pureue It since it may resolve it- r2i¢ into indefensible meddlesomenees. There are lots of points in life “when we 80 not know whers we are going— only know we are on the way’ George Eliot tells us no man can choose his duties any more than child can select its birthpiace. It 18 our duty to do the geod things we know—to demonstrate the practicality of ness. not attempt to compel another to do what he doesn't think to be his duty. good aithotigh tradition and history assurs us he couldn’t Keep down a wicked ome. Can you tell fow 5 joke that is more than haif a lie without legs or wings can outspeed the truth? Is it because man fs wicked or a freak? who desires a friend, to honestly eriticise his work thinks it to be criticlem, the lady who very plain is hoping to Tauch mistaken, apologizes because wishes to be told her —just divine! It scems to be hecau: we are what we are that truth is low. The liat may have short wings, but ~ what he says floats 3 truth cannot perish, but it frequently am impressed by the This Counci) held its first meeting June 7, 1775, at the War Office in Leb- anon; ' Governor Jonathan Trumbull, and every member of the Council was present. Smart, the historian, says that it from a memorandum in or Trumbul's writing that he was personally present at 913 sessions of this Council during the war but Hin- gets lost In the swamps of misappre- hension. 1 like Thoreau because he had the courage ©of his convictions and Je- clined to pass judgement upon his fellowmen, He could see no sense in a man's becoming a labor-siave for mere subsistence, and tried to demon- strate how little money and work it took to keep a man in comfort for a year. He enjoyed maintaining an in- telligent, peaceful relation to every- thing God had created, and by many was regarded as a vagabond rather than a philosopher, as Socrates, as a gatherer of wisdom had been in his day. In Thoreau's travels was a man_always on the road and often drunk who interested him; but one Spring day this man’s remains were shovelled up by the authorities and buried. The only comment Thoreau made was “I do not know but he was a greater philosopher than I, for he certainly knew how to live without ‘working. He had no epithet of contempt for, the victim—no word of praise. In hje charity he had no measure for hm. He recognized, as we all should, lack of capacity as Judges of our fellowmen. Sunday Moming Talk ELIMINATE PITY. An_American woman, Miss Wini- fred Holt, has instituted a remarkable work in Paris for French soldiers blinded in battle. In the “Lighthouse of France,” housed in a spacious building In Rue Daru, scores of men who have made what most of us would consider the most tragic sacrifice en- tailed by war, are being educated and won back to an interest in life. Un- der skilied guidance hands and brains are being trained to scrve instead of eyes. “Light through work” is $he motto of the institution. One rigid rule is laid upon all work- ers in_the “Lightiouse.” In dealing with their charges, teachers are told to “eliminate pity.” Instead of con- doling with the stricken heroes, those who instruct them are urged to use every effort to stir ambi store confidence. The blind man helped to believe that he may still ac- complish good work in the line of his former occupation and resume his normai place in society, with only minde disqualifications. The work Zoes on, to be sure, against heavy odds—since most brave men suddenly plunged from daylight to darkness wish only to die—and yet the resuits of the training have been so splendid- ly encouraging that one must view every phase of it with gratitude and respect. About the easiest thing in the world to give is plty—and it is generalls the least useful. No one really likes to be pitied. and easily descends to a eort of con- tempt. A crippled beggar may take our proffered coir with a word of thanks, while tn his heart there Jurks a subtie feeling of resentment at the giver. He suspects that we are look- ing down on him &s on a being of a lower order. Sympathy s another emotlon, and a far finer onme. It is fellow feeling. a putting of ourselves in another'’s place. It means an effort to _help. When weo sympathize with a friend in a bad situation we strive at the same time to get him out of it. Pity may sigh and cry over suffering. Sympathy withholds no tears, but it aiso employs inteliigent and persistent Few peo straits, are the better for sentimental coddling. We perform a doubtful ser- vice for anyons whom we emcourage to weep over his own misfortunes Indeed, the mood of self-pity is one of the least profitable of any into which mortals may fall. The danger signal is up for any man when he begins to feel sorry for himself. A falr share of burdens and defeats falls to the lot of most mortals. Against what eontinual handicaps and embarrass- ments must some of ue contend! A proportion of the sona of men are ever temipted to consider themseives used. The tendency must De fought e fight the plagte. There is & loud cal for sympathy, for heip, for encouragement. but the less un mixed pity there is the better. What we need s an added inducement to try, mot to cry. How often we we read of Jesus that any other who has lived among men. The pathetic physical aflments of bis feliow men in 2 country and time THE PARSON. Pity suggests inferiority | council together. writes Hine, with sacred care at public charge! forever set apart from all ignoble or s Wi, S GSOANL. wheier- alt” Office musoum for the preservation of price- less curios of early times in Lebanon, but the location of its public library as well. The house ‘of (Governor Trumbull stood originally, and until 1524, on the north corner of Town street and the Colchester road, on the site of the later Lyman house. The War Office was west of and near it, on the Col- chester road. v In the winter of 1823-4, Solomon Gilbert, who, in 1821 had bought the premises from John Champion, moved both the house and the bffice a few rods further north, and added the por- tico to the front of the office. The Governo house still remains there, in a very good state of preser- vation; but the War Office Was again moved, in 1844, a few rods further north, where it now stand: It was in this office that the Gov- conducted his great commercial business. Through the Revolution, it became by force of circumstances not only the military, headquarters of ali the land and marine forces of the Coiony: for Gov- ernor Trumbull was by virtue of his office commander-in-chief of the, land iforces, and by a_special act of the j Legislature, in 1775, he was also made { comander-in-chief of the naval forces of the Colony. with power to issue commissions, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and to estaifish prize courts. This War Office was also one of the chief conters of communication be- tween New England and the Southern colonies, and especially between the northern and southern armies. The territory which now constitutes the wonderful old town of Lebanon was ealled the Indians as to its main part “Po-quee-chan-neeg” and was originally claimed by the great Mohegan chief, Uncas. This sachem belonged to the Pequot tribe, which had its seat In the present town of Stonington, near the village of Mys- tic. Uncas was of the royal family jand had married a princess of the jtribe. Aspiring to leadership, he se. ceded from the tribe and with a few adherents, withdrew across the Pe- quot—now the Thames River—es‘ab- lishing himself on Jjands which are <till held by the descendants of the tribe, in Mohegan, in the present town of Montville. He set up his claim to a territory wide, bounded on the east by the Thames River, and on the west by the Connecticut, extending from the Sound shore north indefinitely. embracing large portions of the pres- ent territory of Tolland and Wind- ham counties. Thie included the tract which forms the town of Lebanon. After the destruction in 1637, of the fort of the Pequot tribe at Mystio, by Major Mason, ome of the founders of Norwich, Uncas became !‘mpressed with the bravery 'and power of the white settlers, realizing that !f he had their friendship he could be defended by them against aimost any enemy. The historian states that for these reasois he ceded from time to time, either to his friends amons the white: or to the colony of Conmecticut, ali his lands and possessions. reserving to himself certaia rights and privileges. | i This claim, however, I nied by the present Mohegan tribe. the mem declare that their great cheated out of his possessions by fbe wily whites, and, when brou; an- der the influence of the de: fire- water, was induced to sign away his lands. So convinced are they that this Is true, that a few years ago they brought sult against the town of Norwich to recover some of the ~holcest real estate in the residential portior. of the city. adjoining Uncas’ monument in the anclent burial- ground. and for years they retained a Vew York attorney. to fight for their rights in the national contest of the Indians for their alleged ancestral possessions. THE DICTAGRAPH. HOME GARDENS Onions. Onions, both of the green, spring variety and of the dry sort used for stewing and flavoring, because of their immerse yield, ehould be in small garden, says today's bulletin of the National Emergency Food Garden Commission, cooperating with this newspaper o increase the food supply by planting home gardens as a war medsure. Onions grown commerclaly some- times yield as much as 800 bushels (o the acre. Therefore even a smali bed in & garden will produce & iarge sup- iy. The careful gardener may disregard @irections and plant onions even clos- er than the rujes advise. The two’ re- quisites. in very close planting are rich sofl and ~thorough cultivation, Weeds are fatal to heavy yields cf onions. Frequent, hoeing—eor if the rows are to ciose toether for but also the nava!j EH il | i OLD TIMER. ‘Willimantic, Conn., April 26, 1917. Some’Good Advice. Mr. Editor: I have been reading the many letters written to you _ and printed for public inspection. for & long time, and don't you think, your- self, that the atmosphere is a trifle heavy? With few exceptions of In- telligent and instructive letters, the space is taken up with letters that take advantage of the offer, by giving a whaek 4t someone who chances to differ in_opinion. Ten to one, the Cloud Dizger and Southerner would sit in the same seat on a trolley car and feel perfectly comfortable, probably being unac- auainted, or Mrs. T. of Voluntown, might have Mer runaway horse stop- ped by the Cloud Digger and be pro- fuse in her thanks, hoth being strang- ers, and yet thers appears very often among these writers, and others as well, a battde of words which gives the renders a splendid chance to look into their characters, dispositions and attitudes of mind. Face to face thes would hesitate to say what, being strangers, they dare to write. Why not be as fair on paper when it is a public_one ana for the public and not for a few individuals The space, we know, is donated, free to all and Iy a privileze that is being abuseq by a few writers who cannot seem to keep out of it, and when in it use their entire vocabu- lary to abure Instead of use in a prop- or ‘way. Biting werds, sharp criticisms and uncalled for sentiments are fought among entire strangers in °a space that should be devoted to some- thing worth while, which 1 am sure is what the space was intended for. These people remind me of a “purp” standing on a street corner, watching and waiting for another “purp” to come along so as to indulge in a scrap. Tho space should be used for interesting and helpful lotters, interesting or in- structive_or occasionally a humorous latter. Personally, T do not know the Fditor, but 1 sometimes feel, that he in rending over the letters that he woula like to cut out the space and devote it to something more profita- bla that back-biting. If a letter anpears and a reader does not happen to agree with the write-. how much good is done by answering as promptly as possible in a sarcastic tone, challenging the other writer to square himself? Each is privileged to his own opinion and one can't keep it if it is given away. Keop it to your- self uniess you can debate with rea- son and_common sense. In reading public letters, one should be a little blind, a littlé deaf and a whole lot dumb. T should like to call all the readers’ attention to The Social Corner page in_every Saturday’s issue of The Bul- letin. Th writers, Harmonious writers, ligent ones, ana heiptul ones. page is without discord. and yet many and most of them are strangers. Criticfem. harsh words and sarcasm are omitted. It is botter so, there, as everywhere. The page will last longer, sgtisfaction reigns supreme, and friendship f ciinched. T wager the Editor is more prond of that page than of the page devoted to editorial letters. It is something worth striv Ing for and_nothing to regret. Do not #buse the Editor's gift of free space by making the letters so very per- sonal that they ar¢ offensive to him and to the one it is supposed to hit, and to the many readers who read them. “ADVANCE.” 27,1917 27 Iy, se ves sei on! re; th tos ou = to be at to ex; des an ex £ ni be of th: th ce: to do Voluntown. April his jealous court. Enghien was at this time only |spect.” services hav Professor wait. ments. will be some sort of service for ev-| oo ryone to render. i ganization, and until this is_effected, |y, e itier thaa the WHIte Brotessor ‘Lowells advice THight Well | oems wra ehont alike a8 {0 Dr ory at Springfield and put emery the ofl cupe, from which it flowed on coal,” Ladies’ Up-to-date Serge Suits, werth $15.00. Ladies’ 8port Coats, worth $0.00. Ladies’ Skirts, niade of all"wool serge, worth $4.50.. Ladies’ Waists, made of crepe-de-chi Ladies’ Waists, made of fine veile, worth $1.50..... A wonderful line of Children’s Coats and Dresses at a great saving to you. ine, worth §$3.00. Why PayMore THE PASNIK CO. Sell For Less 158 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. enemies at the TFrench years old, but for five years he had been recognized as ome of the two greatest captains of his day, an e timate which history has ungrudging- confizmed. ‘In the battle of Lens Enghien’s star emed at Brst to have set for at the ry beginning of the combat panic ized his own regiment and It was iy by the comander's personal di gard of danger and his coolness that e tide was turned and a great vic- ry achieved. “Lens is the hub of a number of emall branch railways which spread t over the cbal-fields. OTHER VIEW POINTS President Lowell of Harvard talks advisedly and logically when he urges is boys” to drill all they want, but keep cool until the need for their is made manifest. The college men all over the country hown a_wonderful spirit which inspiring and invigorating, but, as weil says, they may well This is not a time for snap judg- Unless all signs fail there There must be or- accepted for general comsumtion. “Drill, but keep cooL"—Meriden Rec- ord. We can bt now lay an embargo on food exports to England, France, Russia_ and duty largely than ever. do 1s to Italy, and are even in to pply them more t we need to ‘put an embargo on waste home and on ignorance in regard what we should eat” as a_medical pert has recommended. We are bound told that ome form of waste, and no insignificant one ,is over-eating. | nts on the subject are agreed that in ordinary times the leading Euro- pean nations consume from 25 to | per cent. more food than is needful, Stu- a that the cose ot bodily eater in the rcentage of eating in requirements Is even United States.—Tor- rington Register. Our careless way of thinking every- ing is all right untll it turns out to wrong, and resenting the necessity taking p#écautions against danger at we 40 not mee, is exemplified in e easy way some ememy found mc- ss to the engine of tlie national arm- in the bearings, where it would speed- ily have put the engine out of busi- 2 ness if the cause of mischief had not jacetone, which Is the chief ingre been discovercd before the mischief of cordite. was done. shut 'hé armory had to be of wn for 48 hours. What kind 1t everyone who Waterbury American “War economy and the shortage of says the Dusseldorf General Anzelger, ‘has taught Gérmany to de- THE WAR PRIMER | By National Geographic Society. the anciént TFyench city of 27.000 inhabitants in the neigh! of which the English and Canadian troops are now making phemomenal gains in thelr spring “push”, is the subject of the following war geogra- phy bulletin ssued today by the Na- tional Geographic Society from its headquartrés in Washington: “Lens 18 in the center of one of the richest coal regions of northern Framce (Pas-de-Calals). Tt 1s surronuded by 209 square miles of coal-fieids which prior to the war yleldsd annuaify 15,- 1906,000 tons of fuel and which gave { employment to 15,000 men. In -addi- tion to this greai industry the city itself had numereus steel and irom foundries, engineering works and stesl cable manufsctories. 6 city is 12 miles north of Ar- ras by rail and some 18 miies south- west of Lille. On the line betwees Arrag and Lens is the village of Vimy, whieh gives ite name to famions ridge over which the contending ar- mies have been fighting for two years. To the nosthwest ls Cal- ais, 70 miles diatant by rail. The Deule or Souchet River flows {hrokgh the town, theraby. with the Leus. oun- northward Lya “The town, which was formerly for- tified, was captured many times dur- ing the wars which devasted Flan- ders during the 16th, 16th and 17th the event which gives enduring pl in the chromicles Thin ettty By . (be Great "Conde " ini lous 11 de nm,&"&‘.mr life. Preat missary " gresth Treat misiary o suffered through the - unheard of extent. ! benefiting by more water power than lop and use its water power to an 50 that it is now even those countries which have SWIFT’S PREMIUM or ARMOUR’S STAR Specials for Saturday ENGLISH HAM and BACON Fancy Capons, Roasting Chickens, Native Fowl, Guineas, Genuine Spring Lamb, Little Pig Pork Loins, Extra Choice Beef, Native Veal much greater resourtes In that re- America is one of those countries. Throughout the length and bread of this nation one will find st and rivers with sufficient drop to ford water power worth devsioping Very little of this power is developed it is going to waste, while the produ. of our vanishing coal mines is reck- lessly consumed. Worsé than that, the larger wate power developments which pro most to the public have been allowe to fall into private hands, for the ex ploitation of the public; and the de velopment of whole communities ha been held back by the water-po monopoly thus created Shall we never learn? Telegram. ‘Women can enlist as yeomen. can volunteer for hospital They can help rajse funds, ib ca make bandage They can drive am bulances and trucks. They can close to war in many capacities, the vast majority of women can no close active part. Dr. Harvey ley, America’s famous food says that the biggest war work which the women of America can er gage at this moment is to whole wheat flou He adds that every Amerfcan who shoulders a there should be two to join the agr icultural army; that we must ch jwar bread now or bread tickets Ip Bridgeport T ser expert £ | There is no question but whole whes crop in turning wheat info flour the lers discard 28 per cent. of the Over a quarter' of the whea lost as human food simply becau: |Ameriean women demand flour {white as possible; In other words, |the women demand of thetr groce whole wheat instead of white flo they will save to this country betw 80,000,000 and 90,009,900 bushels wheat. ;8 One of the big parts that Un Sam 1s to piay in the war Is' that provider of food. How deep is m of the housewife who rea ew Haven Times-Leader ! STORIES OF THE WAR What Indi Any account of what Has Done Indla in the war must include mention the fact that she has put her mh irees at the serviee of the munit tactorics. Svery traveler in Indis has see mhowra frees, which afe plentifu all parts of the countrsy. S the war began it was discovere he mhowra was the best eource Up to that time acetc |was extracted mainly from wood nd starch. In England the T guarding would let a man capable of |Admiraity erected a great 1 such a crime come near the emgine? |extract acetons from corn. XNo déevelopments have followed such | investigation as has been made. would seem as though H could possibly have done it would be |larger quantities than any other Known. Hyde Two English scientists in ibad discovered that the flowers ¢ mhowra contained acetone in factories |table substance, and large {were immediately established to eur [Py the needs of the munitions plant P — Ohildren Orv FOR FLETCHER® CASTORIA HAM, 28¢ 1b. 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