Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 15, 1917, Page 4

Gorwich Bulletin cond Goufied 121 YEARS OLD Ifl-ew —y:::.“' & week; 50¢ o Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class matter. Telephome Cnllas Bully @ Businas Office 480, e B O Roors 35, Bulletia Job Ofice 35-3. Willimantis _Office. 67 Church St Telephone 310-2. , Tuesday, May 15, 1617. The Circulation of } The Bulletin The Bulletin has the largest clrculation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It delivered to over 3,000 of the 4.053 houses Nor- wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham cost of production ean be met by an Increase in the cost of the product and that rests with them and not some commission. It 1s therefore Important that the railroads should be dealt with fairly. It is of course necessary that they should show beyond any doudt that the higher rates which they call for are necessary but when that is done, and there can be little question but what they are ready with the facts, thelr application should be granted. It doesn’t appear at present that they are asking for any more than they are entitled to. BUILD FOR THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. With the letting of the first con- tracts for the turning out of steel ships of a tonnage of 8800, to be com- pleted and dolivered at the earliest possfble moment there is evidenced a determination to let no grass grow under the feet of the shipping board until the country is In a position to better handle the submarine problem. ‘Whether in their best or their poorest weeks, the submarines are remoying the shipping of the bellizerent and neutral nations at a rapid rate. Thus far it is Tully understood that a tremen. ! dous contribution toward the offsetting |of this effect upon the transportation facilitles for carrying foodstuffs and il other supplies to the entente natlons {can be made by the building of new ships and arming them that they may fight for their rights when occasion requires. There are many German vessels which have been seized in this coun- try which will within a few months bo used for this purpose and In addi- tion the acquisition of those which formerly belonged to Austria will be of still further assistance In meeting the menace of the subsea boats, but beyond that new vessels must be ob- tained, and whether they are of wood or steel they are going to be needed just as soon as American workmen can turn them out. These vessels are Intended first of all for the solution of the existing it is delivcred 1w over 900 nouses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1100, and in all of these places it is consiiered the local dally. Eastern Connecticut has forty- gire towns. one hundred and sixty- five postofiice districts, and sixty § furpl free delivery routes. H The Bulletin is sold town and on all of he R. F. foutes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION average. . in every D. o,nz; -5,920 1901, 1905, average......... BETTERING OUR AIR FLEET. According reports which come from Washinston this goverrment may within the coming year spend the large sum of $300,000,000 an air fleet. This makes it evident that after a long deiay this government has ar- rived at th fon that it has not been paying enoush attention to e cone this branch of the national defenss. This country has in fact been lax in its development of the acroplane, for while the heavier than air machine was perfected and demonstrated in this country, others have been the first to realize its possibilities and bring it to the point where it is to- day one of the indispensable war ma- chines. war broke out Eu- ting forth its best of fiying machines 1t there were pos- sessed by France and Germany some of the most powerful to be obtained while this country at the opening of the war was aimost without such equipment. It has since recognized the benefit of the fast and weil equip- ped type of airplanes which Europe has built and it has made appropria- tions -with a to obtain im- proved . airships of modern construc- tion for the use of the army and the navy, but it is apparent that such preparations are not adequate to the requirements of a nation which is in- volved in It was pretty onstrated during the time fhe punitive expedi- tion was in Mexico that we were seri- ously lacking in just sort of equipment and that there was a cry- ing need of bringing the air flect up to the standard of fareign mations. Any one of the chlef beiligerent na- tions of Europe is spending far more Long before th rope had been efforts in behalf with the rasuit than it is proposed to out here for air craft and it is highly impor- tant that when this country ssnds an army to France that it be accompan- ted with suck requirements In this line as it will nced. We have got to do this it our soldiers are to get the benefit of such service and if they ars goinz to have the protection which they should get. The plan therefcre of spending almost a third of a bil- Mon for the air fleet in the next year does not evpear to be extravagant by any means. THE RAILROAD RATES. As was to be expected thers has developed opposition to the applica- tion of the raliroads of the country made to the Interstate commerce com- mission for the approval of an in- crease of 15 per cent. in the freizht rates. This cpposition comes from shippers who maintain that while the rafiroads may be forced to pay more for their operating cxpenses their po- sition is no different than that of other employers of lator who are forced to meet similar conditions in their respective jines. It is necessary for the interstate commerce commissicn to determine what, if any, action is to be taken upon this application. It is necessary for the raflroads, as is always the case when such a matter is being pre- sented, to produce the facts ard to show to the commiz: that what they demand is act necessary. Such is of course what they should be prepared to do and undountedly are, for it s of course upon the facts that the decision must be based. It is to be remembered in this con- nection, of course, that the railroads are somewhat aifferently situated than most employers of labor. They are Jooked to for the maximum of ser- vice, they are forced to pay Increased wages, they must pay the Increased costs of materials and rolling stock, and yet it does not rest with them to say that they will get increased rates ‘or the service they render or they i1l stop business. They must con- e to do business and they must it under the rates which are fixed the federal commission. With * employers, the increase in the 154 problem. They are beinz constructed for the hastening of the successful out- come of the war, but it must be real- ized nevertheless that many of them will doubtless make up to a large ex: tent tho increased merchant marine which this country has so long nceded. Immediate neede must get first cone ideration but we ought not to lose ht of the fact that after the war there should be a great development of American commerce and the plan ito spend a biliion for new ships should play an important part there- in THE COMMISSION TO RUSSIA. With the announcement of the per- sonnel of the commission which is to be sent by thiz country to Russia, it cannot heip but be realized that the respoctive members have heen w for the ice which they selected se are cxpccted to render. It has heen known for a long time that it would be headed by the well known states- | man Fiinu Root, whose cheice could nct have been Improved ibon, re- ardicss of the criticisms which have becn offered. This is thoroughly ap- preciated by the administration from tho fact that he zoes as a special am- bassador. an honor which is in keep- ing with the man nnd his ability. In oddition thereto attention has been given to the need of getting men of high caltber in their respective lines, and this appears to have been done’ by the appointment of Major General Hugh L. Scott. the present chief of staff of the army and by the maminz of Rear Admiral James H. Glennon as the representative of tho navy. Both of these men stand high in their respective positions and will be prepared to give important aid wherever or whenever called upon. In line of manufacturing Charles R. Crane, who is already in Russia whers he has been before and whern he is weli known and Cyrus McCormicl, president of the International Harvest. er company, are in a position to help n thefr special calllnzs, while Sam- juel R. Bertron #5 a financicr, John R Mott, general secretary of the Inter- national committee of the Y. M. C. A., James Duncan, first vice president of the American Federation of Labor, ind Charles Edward Russell. an in- ternational socfalist, are strong men who can be relied upon to impress by what they have a chance to say or do in their endeavors to help out the new Russian government. The well bal- anced commission should be able not only to present the position of this country but to glve valuable assist- ance in the solution cf some of the hard problems which Russia at the present time faces, and from the sit- }uation which Is prevailing over there i they cannot zet onto Russian soil any { too soon. EDITORIAL NOTES. What rejoicing there will be when the people again have a chance to see the sun one whole day in a stretch? No complaint is belng hcard now to the effect that the British army is not doing its part, either in the west or the east. The man on the corner says: Many people are finding that they have room for a gzood sized garden after the spring clean up has taken place. New impetus to the home garden movement will be gained from the fact that one amateur tiller of the soil ;m! already dug up a diamond worth 500. Spain_ is famine but it might obtain relief if it was allowed to salvage the scraps that Germany has been making in the past few years. This country is still firm in its de- termination to have no further deal- ings with the present imperial Ger- man government. Experience shows it cannot be trusted. The suggestion that nearer the full capacity of the box cers be used in transporting goods is one that ought to contribute much relief to the trans- portation probiem, if followed. With the presentation of a bill for $430 to the town of Groton for the loss of sheep by dogs new evidence is furnished of the need of dealing with the dog problem promptly and effec- tively. Those who are opposing the In- creased tax on alcoholic beverages are claiming that it will mean a lessening of consumption and therefore reduced revenue, but they seem to overlook the fact that Increased consumption may be inspired by the fact that every drink under the new tax will mean greater assistance to the country. “Well, how was the tea?” usked her older sister as the rosy freshman came Goilcre s’ dormitary. o col 3 3 “Wait till 1 put up my things and Til tell you all about it the fresh- man girl replied with much animation. “I didn’t know any men were going to be there,” she continued, after dis- posing of books and wraps and curi- ing up in the colonial chair. “It's the first one 1 ever went to, and they had simply invited me to come in off the campus and have some tea. So 1 went in as I was, wearing this old blue serge. And the very first think I saw in the hall was & fellow I know. playing the piano—dlvinely! I didnt know he could play, so T was some- what surprised. His back was toward the door and a lot of girls were around him, so 1 giipped through without Deing seen and escaped to a dim cor- ner by the stairs. “You see, he has been sitting right next to me in the English class since the first of the year and half the time I haven’t even sald ‘Good morning.’ I was so angry at having missed ail those chances to make a friend of this wonderful musician that I must have looked pale and bashful for one of the older girls came to my corner and said to, me: Why dom't you g0 over and have some tea? You mustn’t give way to that timid feeling. All freshmen have to_overcome it “I must have said something that sounded funny, for she went straight to a bunch of seniors and told them something that made them look in my direction and laugh. 1 stood quietly in the shadow and gazed blankly past the danting couples into the fire.” eavens! You?” her sister com- mented. “I'll admit it does sound remark- able,” continued the coilege girl. “Well I gazed into the fire and noticed that the blazes from the logs were 80 bright that they made the thin little flames from the candles an the tea tabies look just as white and shaky as I felt. About that time another senior came and took my arm and pi- joted me over to where they were serving tea and sandwiches and de- licious_ cakes. “It was so near the plano I didm't know what I should do. 50 I kept quiet as a bank of snow and hoped that he might not see me. I was so ashamed of my clothes. “But that very minute he quit play- {ng aud turned sad recognised 1 Soacs some. wasn’ thing light and flufty, I Just as stiffly as I had been dolng In Cass. Then 1 put down my unfinished plate and fled to the farthest corner o parlor. was_practically deses because e was dancing in reception rooms. “When I got in there alome I felt my ehfi:- ere burning hot and my hands cold, €0 I dropped down in a chalr to collect my wits and stared at a restful statue on the table be- side me.” The older sister affected surprise. “Goodness, what a fuss over one lone she remarked. ‘The college girl ignored her com- ment. She was engrossed in lier rem- infscence., ‘“This statue represented an o'd im- higrant woman holding a baby,” she continued. ‘The longer I looked at it the more I saw in it. I imagined that she was the mother of about a dozen children older than this and that, be- ing so poor, she had to leave this last Shild with some charitable institution whnile she went out to work to support the other children. Her face seemed 80 sad and tender, as if she were hold- ing the baby for the last time. Her crudely clad shoulders drooped €0 despairingly. And in spite of their knots, her rough old hands were so clingingty caressing. The whole thing expressed poverty. love, renunciation and courage without hope. “For several minutes I sat there completely under the spell of that sta- tue. In fact, I was thinking how I would take a course in sculpture and learn through that medium to express emotions that others can feel. when I looked up, and there—there stood the fellow 1 was telling you about! He must have been standing ther: watch- ing me for a second or two, for he said: ““I never dreamed that a formal lit- tle person tike you could have such genuine appreciation of art!” And I “Wait a minute, there's the tele- phone,” her older sister interrupted, “I must answer it.” “Oh, no, I muet!"” exclalmed the college girl as she scrambled out of the colonial chair. “He said he would call me up as soon as I got home."— Chicago News. THE WAR PRIMER Geographic Society. 8y National The Czechs—The liberation of the Czecho-Slovaks from Austria-Hungary being one of the declared purposes of the Entente Allies, a communieation lto the National Geographic Seciety on the Czechs, Ly Ales Hrdlicka, the not- ea anthrepologist, is of timely interest. A portion of Professor Hrdlicka’s com- munication is issued by the Society as the folowing war geographp bulletin: “The detcrmination of the Entent Allies to liberate the Szechs from Aus- iria-Hungary has intorduced on the international forum a most interesting new factor, of which relatively littie has been feard during the war and which in consequence has largely es- caned, in this country at least, the at- tention which it deserves. “A'1,500-year-long life and death struggls with the race which sur- founds them from the north, west, and south, with a near-burial within the Austrian Empire for the last three centuries, has failed to destroy or break the spirit of the little nation of Czochs or Bohemians. “The Czechs are now more numer- ous, more accomplished, more patriotic than ever before, and the day is in evitably approaching when the shack- les wil Tall and the nation take its place again at the council of free na- tions. “The Czechs are the westernmost branch of the Slavs, their name be- ing derived, according to tradition, from that of a noted ancestral chief. | The term Bohemia was applied to the country probably during the Roman times and was derived, like that of Bavaria from the Hoii, who for some time before the Christlan era occu- pied or claimed parts of these re- glons. “Nature has favored Bohemia per- haps more than any other part of Eu- rope. Its sofl is so fertile and ciimate £o favorable that more than half of the country is cultivated and produces richly. In its mountains almost every useful metal and mineral, except salt, is to be found. It i3 the geographical center of the Buropean continent, cq- ually distant from the Baltlc, Adri- atio, and North Seas, and though in- closed by mountains, is 8o easily ac- cessible, because of the vaileys of the Danube and the Eibe rivers, that it served, as the avenue of many armies. “Besides Bohemia the Czechs occupy Moravia and adiacent territory in Sil- csia. The Slovaks, who show merely dlalectic_differences from the Czechs, extend from Moravia eastward over most of northern Hungary. “The Czesch is kind and with a stock of native humor. He is musi- cal, loves songs, poetry, art, nature, fellowship, the other sex. He is an intent thinker and restless seeker of truth, of learning, but no apt schemer. He is ambitious and covetous of free- dom in the broadest sense, but tenden- cles to domineering, oppression, power by farce over others, are forelgn to his nature. He ardently searches for Goa and is inclined to be deeply re- ¥zlous, but is impatient of dogma, as of all other undue restraint. He may be opinionated, stubborn, but is happy to accept facts and recognize true superiority. He is _easily hurt and and does not forget the infury: will fight, but is not lastingly revengeful or vicious. ' He is not cold, calculating thin-lipped, nor again as imflammable as the Pole or the southern Slav, but is sympathetic and full of trust and through this often open to imposi- tion. “His endurance and bravery In war for a cause which he approved were proverbial, as was also his hospitality in peace. “He is often highly capable in lan- guages, science, literary and techni- cal edication, and is inventive as well as industrial, but not commercial. Im- aginative, artistic, creative, rather than frigidly practical. Inclined at times to melancholy, brooding, pessim- ism, he is yet deep at heart forever buoyant, optimistic, hopeful—hopeful not’ of possessions, however, but of human happiness, and of the freedom and future golden age of not merely his own, but ali people. ‘The Czechs and Slovaks in Austria- Hungary fight only under compulsios their unwilling regiments were dec mated; their political and national leaders fill the Austrian and Hungar- ian prisons. Thousands of Bohemian and Slovak volunteers are fighting en- thusiastically under the banners of France and Great Britain, and there are whole regiments of them attached to_the Russian army. “Here in the United States the very word of Austria_sounds stranze and unnatural to the Bohemian. They have found here their permanent home and while hoping and even working for the eventual freedom of Bohemia, and proud of their descent from the Czech DPeople, they are, citizens or if not yet citizens, all loyal Americans.” Zeebrugge, recently the victim of bombs dropped &n an airplane raid on the coast of Belgium, is described in today’s war geography bulletin issued from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic Society. “As its name implies, Zeebrugge is the seaport of Bruges, which in turn derives its name from the fact th: more than 30 bridges (Flemish, ‘brugge’) croes the many canals that form a network in and around this capital of West Flanders, once com- mercial metropolis of this part of the world. “Zeebrugge is eight miles north of Bruges by rail and six miles by wa of the Canal Maritime, a splendid | modern waterway 230 fest wide, ac- commodating seagoing vessels having a draft of 25 feet. This canal termin- ates in the Inner Basin at Zeebruge, which communicates with the exten sive oufer harbor. The latter is pro- tected from the violent northwest winds of this coast by a massive cres. cent-shaped mole of concrete and mas- onry a mile and a quarter in length. Crowning the innmer or land side of the mole are extnsive warehouses, el- evators and railway tracks. ‘These elaborate harbor improve- ments were begun in 1895 and were under construction for twelve years, the total cost exceeding eight million doilars. “Before the war there was a regular tri-weekly steamship passenger ser- vice between Zeebrugge and Hull, England, during July, August and September, and a bi-weekly service for the other months of the year. The passage usually required 12 hours, and the one way fare was $3.75. “Zeebrugge was the outsrowth of the reviving prosperity of Bruges. Be- fore the world war castastrophe this once great mart of the lowlands had began to take on a new lease of life, with its thriving market gardens, its ceramic factory and its extensiva lace jworks ~ emplo¥ing 6,000 hands. Of courst it would probably never have achieved the size and prosperity of its 13th century fame when it is said to have had a population of 200.000, but it numbered more than 50,000, thrift; people in 1914, including a colony o nearly 3,000 English. “Zecbrugge is 15 miles northeast of Ostend and 60 miles northwest of Bruesels. Ore mile south of the har- bor, on the road to Bruges, is an gnor- mous old barn with great oaken beas, dating from 1280, the only relic of the once wealthy and famous abbey of Ter Doest.” HOME GARDENS Clean Culture. Except for one Jethro Tull. garden- Ing would be a lazy man's occupation, but the gardens would not bear good crobs, says todayss bulletin from the National = Food Garden Commission, which is cooperating with this news- paper in aiding war gardening in Nor- wich ang vicinity. Old Jethro was an English_farmer who lived many years ago. He acel- dentally discovered one season that if you stir up the sofl around a plant it grows and produces better. The modern science of farming is based largely on this discovery. The modern scientists have discovered that cultivation opens up the sofl to the air, which adds chemically upon the plant food in soil, releasing It so .that the rocks can feast upon it. More- over a dust cover for soil saves the molsture within the sofl, by breaking the pump of capillary attraxrion, whereby sofl molsture is drawn to the surface and evaporated. Now that the garden crops are be. ginning to shown in their rows, it is time to start holeng and culttvating them, and too much stress cannot be laid "upon the importance of this. Those who gitdy saw the results of hoeing thought them miraculuous and exclaimed that hoeing is manure. And os it is, and water, too. It is much better to save the moisture of the soll than to water the garden frequently with the hose. The hoe also kills the weed, which fs the growing crops deadly foe. The weed roots mot only steal plant food ang moisture from the roots of the valued vegetables, but they harbor plant diseases and also act as homes for imsects destructive to garden plants. In a garden a weed should never be seen. The new gardener can now tell ir the sofl of his garden needs drainas Plants will not grow well with w. feet ,whereas standing water will suffocate vegetation. Tile drainage is most thorough but also most expen- sive. everything vanished under an impen- etrable cloud of dust and smoke. cloud cieared away, keep and towers and battlements had disappeared as utterly as many-towered Camelot. All that remained of that fairy dream was a ragged plece of wail plerced by a window or two, fresh broken stone that poured down the steep hillside like a landship. before in its history had been ordered. Mazarin had sent forth word that it should be razed to plough on the ground where once It suffered the same fate. pondence for the first time in their ex- istence, some of the obscure ha'f for- 7otten races which inhabit the Trans of the Russian Empire. savage peoples are as from civilization as their ancestors of 2.000 vears ago and, though nominally belonging to None of the privilezes of government government to take all possible meas- ures to preserve and protect leaving some of the most fortile and richest parts of Russia untenanted and Turgusi which oecupy lands rich In varied pro- dnce ably to the resources of the country. Tt is argved that if no precautions are which habited and Russia will lose a source of considerable revenue. war, escaped from bondage, have just sought _sanctuary land. This completes the Entente list, for Serbians some time past figured numerous fugitives of all belligerent eighty war-worn wrecks or humanity reported tiee. Russians, and thirty-eight German deserters, be- sides two Rumanians. handles of which they had insulatgd with pleces of wood round with 4n old rubber bicvcle tire. Thus equip- ped, severed barred the way to freedom. tals in Kent, England. organization has been a revelation to British hospital managers. and Canadian business methods have been introduced with card index sys- tems in all departments. in the hospital, each of fifty-two bed: and an isolation ward of forty bed: bringing the total up to 1,080. six weeks, 1,040 more beds will be ready. rurses from Ontario, who rank as first their shoulder tain. equipment theatre, romance, “Richard Carved,” written in ‘Thé Destruction of Coucy. A French infantry ith his over the crest RS T bt nearly 200 feet from the valley on its steep acropolis the castle of Coucy, with fts great high and 100 feet in diameter and the smailer towers crowned 2 Press. ‘magni sented some of the most vital chap- ters in French history. a fow days ago, saw rising central tower 200 feet gles ts wal ondencs ot The Associated ificent castie repre- ‘The captain was the last Fremch- man to see Coucy in its perfection. As he looked there came from midst of flame. The keep and the battlements the the castle a blinding blaze of flew asunder, and for the .moment When, after many minutes, the and piles of white, Coucy had been destroyed. Once its destruction to ground so utterly that men should had been. But that order was never fully obeyed. It was left for the Germans, with many tons of explosives. to destroy a wonderful and interesiing bullding that had ceased to have any practical military value. From the military point of view they simply wasted this huge quantity of expiosives. In all this district, says the British eye-witness, the damage done sug- gests the work of a band of mischiev- ous savages. Throuzhout the country between Coucy and Noyon they have sought to annihilate every village by blowing each Individual house to atoms. Peasant’s cottage, walled farm house, rich men's chateau have all No house was S0 mean that it was not worth enough explosive to make it a pile of ruins. But no cloud lacks its silver lining. In the debris of the ruined houses, the Germans have left inexhaustible material to bul'd up every shelter that the French troops need. For the mend- ing of the roads the French now find to their hand all the rubble they need. The Germans object, no doubt, was to cause misery and privation among the peasants. but they only roused the slow, stubborn, merciless hatred of the man of the soil who will never forget or forgive. Pefore the German retreat every French soldier was determincd to drive the Invader from the sacred soil of France. Now the men who have seen their devasted villages and fields arc like that regiment described by Kipling who had seen its dead after they had been cut up by the Afgen For them it is no longer enough that the enemy should be driven out of France. The capture of Comucy descrves to rank amorg the most briliant feats of arms of the retreat. After ans- troying the castle on the ground that it would have a military value to the French. the Germans procseded to tirn the ruins into a fortress which was in modern conditions certainly a: formidable as the castle could hav. Dbeen if they had Jeft it intact. Theyv loopholed the walls that remained, and piaced machine guns behind them. They built platforms along/ them for the grenadiers and -sharpshooters, and piles of grenades are &tili left to show {hat they had prepared for a desperate stand. Half Forgotten Races. The war has brought Into Petro- grad. s: Assoclated Press corres- Caspian regions, the frozen reaches of the north, and other remote provinces Most of those far removed Rusaia, have enjoved protection conferred upon the other foreign races which occupy reglons in the central portion of the Empire. Appeals are now being made to the these tribes, who are fast becoming extinet, nezlected. Among these race: and the are the Votiaks, moyeds all of ond which contribute consider- taken to prevent the extinction of these races which is being hastened by scurry and other disease, lands they occupv will hecome unin- Prisoners Escape From Germany. The first Rumanian prisoners-of- in hospitable Hol- for the and Italians have among nationalities who say they have had their fill of fighting. In one wesk, to the authori- of them were eight Belgians themselves Twenty-eight four Poles, to the The Rumanians had managed secure a pair of wire cutters, they crawled to the border and the “wire of death” that The Latest in Military Hospitals. The latest word in military hospi- is the Ontario Military hospital Its equipment and American There are at present twenty wards In The staff includes eighty and wear two stars on straps. The matron, Miss Fanith of Ottowa, ranks as & cap- Jieutenants One of the features of the hospital's s a fine moving picture pictures are shown ‘where twice weekly. A correspondent recails the prophe- tic closing of Mr. Winston Churchill's 1899:— Ere I had regained my health, the War for Independence was won. I pray God that time may soften the bitterness it caused, and heal the breach in that noble race whose motto is Freedom—that the Stars and Stripes from your druggist. This helps to prevent baldness and grayness and keeps the scalp clean. A lady visiting friends says, risian Sage is the best hair treatment 'xn ever \.&d. Tt keeps theamx\v tr; dandruff, prevents hair falling a stops itching ecalp.” paetore going 0 bed 1 run a litde Sage in: my scalp,” says a £ hair T greatly sdmived This kovrs r i greatly the halr from falling oiit and makes it easy to dress attractively Beautiful, soft, giowsy, heaithy hair for those Who use Parisian Sage. You can get a bottle of this inexpensive, deficately perfumed and non-| hair invigorator from Lee & Co. and druggiss evervwhere. sure you get the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Why Hasn’t a Better Search Been Made for the Lost Child? Mr. Editor: The Boy Scouts stand ready at any time to do a %ood turn. The police officials know that as a call they may have the help of a large number of trustworthy buys Friday afterncon ~a fivc-vcar-o'd sireet. No trace of hor uad been found Saturday morning. Why were the Scouts who would have Den available all dav Saturday and Sun- day, not asked to assist in the rearch? An American family would proba- bly have known that they m:ght have this assistance. Not so, this Greek her. It certainly was “up to the police” to use every avaflable mcan: A thorough scarch on Saturday ard Sunday might have meant the Aif r- ence between life and death to the little zirl, thouzh we sincirely h:pe she will yet be found safe and well. Tuesday afternoon a number of scouts are to watch woods and fie'ds, but it does seem a terrible pity trat they were not calied on earifer .n the case. child bren one from a Had th» wealthy family would no greater ef- made? forts have Lee Is there no way to ensure that every means available ir such instances wil |be used by our police force in the fu- ture? F. H 8. Norwich, May 14, 191 OTHER VIEW POINTS It seems difficult for some people. to realize that we are gt war. They can not, or will not, adjust their meazre mentalitics to conditions which every broadminded individual must ac- knowled Tt is just and right and patriotic to keep business conditions &s near normal as possible, but it is unjust. wrong and unpatiiotic for in- dividuals to whine and plead for spe- cial privilege, against the interests of the general pubiic merely because their pocketbooks have been touched. —Meriden Record, We see that prominent individuals arc offering their services to the gov- ernment. That is all right; but real- Iy, the best way is to hunt up a re- cruiting officer and enlist, just as the modest, brave American boy does. Thers is no king’s highway into the service of the country. Bvery man who is honored must be able to pre- sent for recognition, not a name merely, but an energy and _purpose that will take rank of themselves. This war is going to turn out many a splendid name, and achievemnt, not favor, is to do it.—Torrington Regis- ter. The Connecticut committee of food supply announces that it has purchased 60 bushels of soy beans for seed purposes and offers them for sale to farmers at cost. While admitting that we have no acquaint- ance with the soy bean, the Post is glad to learn of the committee's act- jon. It isn't necessary to have techni- cal knowledge of this particular pro- duct to rejoice in the action of the food supply men. It is sufficlent to know that the federal department of agriculture and many agricultural ex- perts and trade publications are urz- ing farlers to plant soy beans, which are useful as silage feed and for sofl enrichment. The fact that the state food committee is preparing not only to urge but to assist in such planting is evidence that the committee is alert to avall itself of all possible ways of achiecing its purpose—Hartford Post. Yesterday in the house at Hartford the constitutional amendment for sub- mitting woman suffrage to the voters was adopted by a vote of 128 to 96, in striking contrast to the attitude of the legisuature in previous considera- tion of the question. Previous to vesterday's action, the general assembly had proved stfongly unfavorable to amendments allowing women to vote. Whether the reason for such a_decided change in senti- ment was that “it would do no harm” to let the voters consider the ques- tion, or some other cause, is uncer- tain. At any rate, it s a victory for the suftragists and should give them hope for future success, even though not as complete a victory as they had hoped. It's a 10 to 1 bet that the suffrage question will fare better at the hands of the voters in a referendum than it will in the legislature. The question will come up again at the next session, when a two-third vote will be necessary in both branches to send the question to the Ppeopls Let's hope-the next assembly will be as favorable as the house Was yesterday.—Bridgeport Standard. COMMERCIAL SOUTH AMERICA. Argentina authorized $15,000,000 ex- ternal loan, the proceeds to be em- ployed in the purchase of seed for agriculturalists for the next harvest. Exports of cotton goods from the United States to South America show very large gains, the total for the eight months ending with February amounting to 112,000,000 yards against 50,000,000 vards in the same months of last year, and about 25,000,000 in the corresponding months of the year pre- ceding. Exports of tin plates from the Uni- ted States to South America show very large gains, the quantity sent to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay alone in the eight months ending with Feb- ruary, amounting to 65,000,000 pounds against 48,000,000 in the eame months of last year, and about 10,000,000 in the corresponding months of the year and the Union Jack may one day float together to cleanse this world of tyranny.—London Observer. preceding. Reports from Brazil state that the Government has under consideration chiid disappeared from North Main | SWEETHEART OF THE DOOMED A 5-Part Tria tionai ansity B cont Climax Siren Becomes the Angel of the Armies of France. ROAL WAY | LOUISE GLAUM le Dr of Emo ising to a Magnif Wherein a Notoriou: In the 230_AUDITORIUM Ev Triangle Pbotopl:‘ MAT st 2:18; EVE 6:45.¢ SPARKS-ALL COMPANY In the Novel Scenic Comedy “Kat Tales on the Whar! 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TO 9 P B PEGGY HYLAND & ANTONIO MORENO| REE]) THEATRE Feature Photoplays Concert Orchestra 3 Shows Daily 2:30, 7, 8:30 TODAY AND TONIGHT CENUIE i: 16th Ly " " IN THE VITAGRAPH BLUE RIBBON FEATURE ““ROSE OF THE SOUTH”’| " Last Chapter of “THE GREAT SECRET” COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY VIOLA DANA in “THE MORTAL SIN” the removal of the entire import duty | ment of a tin eme on flour coming from the United [U'nited States has States and Canada, and a termination [ nearby market In t of negotiations which have been In|suming country progress for a special rate on flour| Exports from from Argentina, of which the SUDDIY | Sout)y America wil be extremely small, owing (o & |gespite the lack « shortage of the wheat crop in that| country. . Brazil is establishing a new indue- y try in the exportation of meats. tae 000,000 the quantity of frozen meat exported in|iais and $5 0 1916 having amounted to 33,661 tons|imports from Sout against 8,514 in 1915, and practical'y | 500,000 agninst nothing in 1814. This new industry is | $133,000.000 in 191 being developed as a result of activi ke h 10a6 < Bhats ties of capital and management from | late advices f the United States. (oo o g Brazilian _imports show gains in|from that count 1916 as compared with 1915 and 1934, of hides amounting to $196,00,000 against $146.- 8 Dbe 000,000 in 1916, and $173,000,000 in ) 1914. They arc, however, less than Sout those of the prosperous year of 1913, | about 150,000,000 which amounted to $327.000.000. The | 241,000,000 pound exports of 1916 are $268,000,000 against | por: hus £ A high 1915, and $226,000,000 $255.000,000 in apan is weeking South America Is now the chief re- | foas and ot liance of the United States for wool, | tapiished 4 line the quantity imported from that con- | iween Japan and tinent in the eight months ending with | gouth Am ™ February having been about 135,000,- | Chinese ports 000 pounds out of the total importa- | South Africa, tion of 185,000,000, the quantity from |South Atlantic to Argentina alone amounting to about | tavids, and o Jar 112,000,000 pounds, or practically two- | cargo is axpe ' thirds ‘of the entire amount of wool | [uata rubber. " received from forelgn countries in | pechidiuis that period. Bollvia is now for the first time AR Tow 0 sending her tin ore to the United| When the quest States, the value of the ore imported [with a former from that country in eight months of | Germany he w the present fiscal vear amounting to | America (o about $2,527,000. Formerly all Boliv- |cago stockyards fo fan ore was sent in the form of con- centrates to E rope, but the establish- ambition has ville Courier-Journal trained without charge U. S. GOVERNMENT LIBERTY LOAN THE UNEXCELLED FACILITIES OF THE THAMES NATIONAL BANK are offered to subscribers to the above loan