Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 20, 1917, Page 4

N Jlorwich Bulletin and Goufied 121 YEARS OLD sal price 12c s weeks G0c a month: $6.00 a year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., @8 second-class matter. Tel Bulle .n Busin:: Billetin Editorial Rooms $5-8. Bulletin Job @fics 35-2. st Willimantle Office. 67 Churea Telephone 210-2. Friday, July 20, 1917. ‘Norwich, ;The Circulation of iThe Bulletin The Bulletin has the largest$§ circulation of any paper Ir Eastern§ Connecticut and from thres to four gume- larger than that of any in Norwich. ro over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. in Windham it is delivered 1w over 900 nouses, (n Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it i€ considered the local dafly. Eastern Connscticut has forty- aine towns. one hundred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and Gll!)’i ural free delivery routes. Bolletin 18 eold in ! H : i ;u::. end on all of he R. :‘Y‘Ki i ; H It s delivered routes in Eastern Connecticut CIRCULATION i cssvsssccscsccs ‘.412; 1905, lverugou..‘......u--5,920; average TAKE THE BULLETIN ALONG Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have it follow them daily and thus keep in touch with home affairs. Order through The Bulletin busi- ness office. —_— —— e GET THEM AT THE START. Stories have been circulated throughout the country to the effect that members of the I. W. W., or oth- ers of a similar mind, were threaten- ing to destroy property and crops if there was not a compliance with their Whether or not credence n to them, the very fact that such reports are abroad is sufficient to have them regarded as warnings until the falsity or correctness of them has been established, and 4 determined cffort should be made to suppress ev- ery such effort whenever or wherever it appears. The reputation of the L W. W. and the knowledge that there are still agents of the enemy at work in the country are sufficient to call for the giving of the most serious atten- tion to this situation, What is regarded as a substantia- tion of such fears comes through an Oregon report to the effect that a large flour mill and much grain has Dbeen destroyed by fire, while a num- ber of cattle and sheep on ranches in that state have been poisoned. In view of the alleged threats it is im- possible to look upen these happeninzs as accidental or personal affairs, whatever might be the situation under normal conditions. Until it can be chown that they are, it is obligatory upon the authorities in that state, while using every effort to ferret out those who are responsible for such deeds, to take seriously the warnings that have been given and to lay plans for frustrating them at every angle. Those who are given to lawlessness are open to suspicion at all times and It is fmportant that the federal as well as the state authorities should get the situation well in hand at an early date. It is necessary for the protec- tion of the individual, for the main- tenance of law and order in the com- monwealth and for the safezuarding cf the interests of the country. Such underhanded workers can be allowed to obtain no advantage. They should be gotten before they do any very se- rious harm. MUST STRIKE _HARD AT SUBS. Just what the real significance of the changes In the British cabinet is, except that it can be inferred that it is to bring about greater efficiency and perhaps set the men whose services| are recognized as being of the utmost value at tasks for which they are bet- ter fitted, remains to be determined. The very fact that those who are be- ing deprived of thelr portfolios are be- Ing retained in responsible positions makes it evident that they are needed by the present ministry but it is en- tirely probable that new methods are to be emploved in certain branches of the government and that the belief exists that new directors are advisa- ble. It is entirely possible that this is the s:tuation in regard to the admirai- ty. There has boen a growing demand for greater activity on the part of the fleet. It has been believed, with apparently good reason, that greater efforts should be made to reduce the U-boat toll, for while the number of vessels sunk each week has been much lower for the past month than at other periods since the submarine warfare was opened there is still a greater number being destroyed than there are new vessels being constructed to replace them. This makes it evident, even though Great Britain and the other allies are experiencing no serious difficulties as vet in the way of getting suppiies, “bat it is tme new to strike even harder at the underwater then they have been striking. ere i85 need for employing every patrolling ageney but there is also need of de- livering a staggering blow ‘at the bases of the sub-sea boats and repeat- ing them as often as ia required in order to increase the difficulty of their maintenance. The importance of such operations cannot be overlooked. The U-boats are not keeping up to expec- tations but they are persistently at work and the quicker that menace ¢an be reduced to an ineffective point the quicker the war will be brought to an end. - WOOL SHORTAGE CALLS FOR MORE SHEEP. Not only has it been recognized for some time that there has been a seri- ous decline in the number of sheep raised in this country but the short- age in the amount of wool which is necessary to meet the requirements of the manufacturers who are engased in the production of woolen goods of va- rious kinds has glven new emphasis to !it. The decreage in the wool raising in the United States has forced those in the woolen business to look outside of the country for a large part of their supply of raw material. And just now their troubles are increased by the fact that other nations are finding use for their wool and it is with difficul for one or another reassn connected { with the war, to get the needed supply | from the outside. Rouzhly speaking there are about 700,000,000 pounds of wool required to meet the needs of the people of this country each vear. We are producing iess than a third of that amount. British interests are permitting a cer- tain amount to reach us through its channels but there is a crving need for a greater production in this coun- try where some of the best in the world can be raised. A movement has been underway for some time for the purpose of creating a greater interest in the early solution of this problem. The idea is to get more shecp on the farms of the coun- try and to thereby utilize a lot of land which is now yielding far less profit than can be obtzined from the sheep. The woolen manufacturers are offer- ing to zive ewes to farmers who wiil agree to engage in sheep raising and they have arranged with the packers to continue to buy ewes, but to sell ali they purchase at a fair price to the manufacturers for such distribution throughout the country, This is a matter in which there should be a decp intersst taken by the farmers. They should make a thorough study of the matter and un- derstand the duty which lies before them, both to themselves and the country. And at the same time it cails more than ever for a proper $0- lution of the sheep-Killing dog prob- lem which has not only been one of the great causes for the decline in the industry but is now one of the great- est obstacles to its revival HEALTH COMMANDMENTS. When it comes to the matter of health, a question is raised in which everyone is bound to be interested. That is a subject which strikes right at home, although there are a great many who fail to glve heed to its value and importance until they go through the experience which comes from ill heaith. But aside from the duty which each and everyone owes to himself con- cerning his own welfare, there is also a duty which he owes to his fellow man, for evervone {a his brother's keeper, or should be insofar as he is able, in the maintenance of health conditions. And it is possible with that in mind that the Health Bulle- tin of Cumberiand, Md., produced the following health commandments, which are applicable to all commu- nitiet 1. Honor thy city and keep its san- itary laws. 2. Remember thy cleaning day and keep it wholly. 3. Thou shalt love thy children, and provide for them decent homes and playgrounds. 4. Thou shalt keep fresh air in thy house day and night. 5. Thou shalt keep c¢lean and in or- der, thy alleys, thy bdack yard, thy halls and stairways. 6. Thou shalt not kill thine own, nor thy neighbors’ bodies, with pols- onous air and disease breeding fith. 7. Thou shalt not let the filthy fly live. 8. Thou shalt not steal thy chil- dren’s happiness from them by neg- lecting their health. 9. Thou'shalt not bear fiithy, de- cayed teeth in thy mouth nor tolerate them in the mouths about thee, 10. Thou shalt not spit upon the sidewalks, nor on the floor, nor in the street car, nor in any public place whatsoever. These are certainly worthy of fre- quent consideration and if careful at- tention was paid to them the health of communities and individuals would show an appreciable respsnse. There cannot be any too much care about health. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: To be a good listener it is not necessary to have an ear for gossi Bethmann Hollweg will now have a chance to do some thinking, and at the same time he will have an opportu- nity to figure out who will be the next to follow him on the list of has beens. It is not surprising that the Ameri- can housewives_are willing to meet the request of Mr. Hoover regarding eccnomizing on food products. They can meet any situation when occasion requires. Although the services of the Colo- nel have not been accepted for duty in France, the other male members of the family appear to have no diffi- culty in getting a chance to fight for their country. It is all right for the government burcau of education to announce that works of fiction are declining in num- ber, but this of course does not in- clude the conflict in reports concern- ing the war operations. There are some masnificent home gardens to be seen in the near vicin- ity, and if the vield is in keeping with the present appearance the cultiva- tors will have reason to feel well com- pensated for their efforts. Reference is frequently made to the fact that Kerensky, the new war min- ister of Russia, is a sick man. In view of what he is doing what a power he would be if ill health did not im- pose its handicap? And yet he is do- ing far more than many well men. “I was so ashamed,” said the young woman in the taffeta dress after the callers had gone, “when Mrs. Benks asked if 1 helped in our garden and 1 had to admit that I did every sin- bit of it and you didn't raise your nger!"” P “Admit!” quoted the other half of the sketch with vast jrony. “Why, Ernestine, you know you nearly choked to death in your haste to pub- lish your wrongs to the world! You waved banners and turned on a reg- ular brass band =0 nobody would miss the announcement!” “I'm glad you're ashamed!” said his wite. “You ought to be! Any strong, healthy man who will sit and smoke and let his wife break her back gar- dening because she is trying to be patriotic and save money as well should fust crawl off in a corner and hide! He—" “But I'm not ashamed!” her hus. band corrected. “I remember just as well back in the merry springtime when you sald you should be so glad to have a garden because then you would get outdoors more and the fresn air and exercise would be &0 beneficiat—" “It makes no difference!” said the young woman in the taffeta gown. “It’s the principle of the thing! Do vou suppose I like to have other wo- men pitying me and acting glad_that their husbands aren’t like mine? Why, you should have seen Mrs. Benks when she told me that Mr. Benks gets up at 5 a. m. to attend to their garden! She was perfectly hateful about it! I know my face got red. 1 was so embarrassed! She added that Mr. Benks was so thoughtful and so afraid she might overwork! Look at that picture in contrast with a man who lets his wife spade and hoe and dig! “T_told ou to get the furnace man cried her husband.” “Why “Well, voung woman Oscare did spade said the in the taffeta dress, mutinously. “But_ if he hadn't been [ there to do it, and you wouldn't, why 1 _ehould have had to do it myself, shouldn't I? So it amounts to ex- actly the same thing! It's just as bad as though you had sat by and watched me do it!" And I know Mrs. Benks thousht so! And if I didn't spade 1 guess I planted all the seeds, and that's no joke! I nearly got apoplexy from bending over. and T knew of a woman who died, once. while she was plafiting radish seeds! Just toppled over! Maybe if T had done that you wouldn't be %0 gay about it! And you might at least. now that all the hardest part of it is done, take some interest in it “I am .vastly inferested in it!" de- clared her pay attention to it you 't care you should take an in_ things that interest me! selfishness on vour part! never get over the awful when I had to tell Mrs. ks you didn't_care a thing about what I did or suffered!” “Why, you nev—" “Well, it meart that, even if those weren't the precise words! She'll go around tclling every onme that I'm a woman to be pitied “Well, I can't understand you _at all!” declared her husband. “You eugested having a garden and were tickled to pieces at the idea of work- ing out in_ the warm sunshine and breathing the fresh air, and have been perfectly cheerful about it up to now, and just because Mrs. Benks—" “I never realized before how I was elaving!” she told him. “And no man respects a woman who will let him impose on her. He just lets her do more and more! Pretty soon you will expect me to shovel coal and take care of the furnace! I shouldn’t be surprised if you set me to cleaning off the sidewalks next winter when it snows hard! I heard about a man once who made his wife scrub their auto every Sunday morning while he read the paper, and if we owned a machine I've not the least doubt—’ “Great Scott!” exploded her hus- band. “I had no_idea you feit this way, Brnestine! Why didn't yvou ask me before? If it is neceseary I will gladly do any work in the garden you want me to! Come on out now and show me.” “Well,” said the young woman in the taffeta dress doubtfully, “I don't just see how I can show you—the trouble is yvou won't do sthings as I would do them. and youw'l always hoe the wrong rows and you'll cut roots that grow laterally and vou don't know a single thing about it! Tve| taken such pains with that garden I cam’t bear having it spofled! And really, I enloy every minute I work in ftre ‘But— yhow,” said his wife, “I guess I don't want you interfering in my gar- den, Harold. I just wanted you to be willing to do it. so vou see— W for the love of stewed prunes!” shouted her husband, faliing back in his chair—Exchange. Democracy and the church in Rus- «ia seem unable to agree, for follow- ing the election of a pro-Romanoff there comes the arrest Ly the democracy of the Archbishop of Voronezh. Even In tha ‘eighties the position of the Russian church seemed a liftle unreal. A sort of minor Rasputin was brouzht into a police court, where magisirates and police knelt and kissed nis hand. Then the presiding magistrate said, “You rasty beast, so you were drunk again sterday,” THey took him outside d gave him 50 lashes. He returned to the court, where all kneeled and kissed his hand afresh. Rain following tropical heat has brought a pilague of weeds to Wworry 1lotment holders. Very abundant in most gardens, particularly among po- tato patches, are various forms of the goosefoot tribe (Atriplex). populark called “Fat Hen,” “Good King Henry, or “Garden Orange,” which make nice vegetables, and are quite innocuous. They taste something like spinach, with less pronounced flavor, which to most palates is an improvement. These plants were formerl for garden potherbs in the counties and _Lincolnshire, and they still do duty for cabbage in Australia. —London Chronicle. Metropolitan In one of the most business-like Zovernment offices there are various admonitory notices exhibited for the benefit of visitors. One isi— Be Brief! Sit Down! We don’t Intern! Another, which smacks of American origin, is:— I am somewhat of a liar myself, but go on with your story; I am ls- tening. If the official in question were mak- ing inquiries of visitors, which he may sometimes have to do, the fol- lowing threat might have a discon- certing effect on the visitor:— T could be arrested for what I think of you! ‘London Observer. Which of the many good poets whom the war has revealed will pro- 4uce something that will live. and realise in it as he writes promise of immortality? The thought is prompt- ed by the immense popularity today of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn. In constructing that she built hetter than she knew, and referred to it as “only one littie waif out of all her work.” It annoyed her that she should be spoken of as its authoress: all her work should count. the old lady urged, not that little thing alone. The Germans are now. it is report- ed painting their submarines ‘“the color of the water.” ‘“Sea-green sub- marines” 1s how a contemporary heads the announcement. But is the sea green? The color of the sea has long puzzled scientists. and there is as yvet no general agreement on the point, though most authorities decide in favor of some bluish tint. Lord | Raylelgh, however, is of the opinion ! that the true color of the sea Is “a fully developed green’ and he as- cribes the popular belief that it is blue to the reflected color of the sky. | Naturalists gasped last week when the Duchess of Somerset was reported as saying that, owing to gunfire, more than 50 species of our migratory birds were missing this year. Inquiries as. to the facts bring this explanation from the Duchess: She stated at a meeting that she learned from her gardener that, owing to the severe weather of the spring and other causes, she had now but a fiftieth of the birds which her estates sheltered last year. It would be ifamnous to allow the misstatement to be associ- ated with the name of so steadfast a friend and observer of birds. Roehampton’s armless heroes, whose enmanship 1is being exhibited at heby’s may be reminded that Nel- son wrote a letter to Lord St. Vin- cent within an hour of losing his right arm at Teneriffe. His first “serious” occupation, however, was to learn to spin a child’s top with the eurvivinz member. Our new scriveners will puzzle some of the alienists, who say that excessive ‘“capitals,” or words singularly placed, indicates madness. Enough to make Palmerston turn in his grave, for almost every other word of his began with a capital letter. 8ir Herbert Tree, writing of his visit GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES to_America, says: Washington has a dignity and an old world character which seem to be the ratural belongings of the capitol. As the procession of the inauguration of the new presiden: passed down _the wide streets on its way to the White House, one felt that the scene was ap- propriate to the historic pageant which has brought America into iine with the other great nations of the world In the fight for international progress. On the occasion of my visit to the White House the suffrage women were stationed outside like séntries, bearing flags. 1 wondered how the president of thé United 'States could be so accessi- ble without incurring _considerable personal inconveniénce: but I believe that the peaceful looking attendants and the young men who appeared to be intent on the busy plying of the type- writer were formidable experts in the art of jiu-jitsu. Mr. Wilson has a gracious presence and is gifted with the “grand manner”—that of making people feel at ease at once. “At sight” the president paid me the compliment of saying that I reminded him of a well known English statesman. On my bowing with a deprecating self- consciousness he remarked that he himself had often been told of his re- semblance to the late Joseph Cham- berlain. The likeness is indeed striking, although the president's nose lacks the aspiring tilt which characterized that of the distinguished English statesman. Fan-tan, for which Chinamen have been heavily fined in London this week —is it the game in which four num- bered dice, enclosed in, then ejected from, a metal frame, are used? The writér, smuggled by a French artist with a Japaness servant into an oplum den, saw these tokens—at rest. But a greater curiosity than these was the gambling table. It is not a table in our sense of the term, but a huge square of wood, like a big packing case. Ah Sin knows his brethren, and with this style of furniture there is no passing of cards or dice under the table, what- ever may be up the guileless player's sleeve. Representatives of the press were shown specimens of each kind of the explosive machines which have been found in Norway. There were round and rectangular bombs. infernal machines, fire bombe, and bombs made up to look like pleces of coal for steamers, and calcu- lated to explode on railway engines or steamers. Altogether 95 large and 12 small bombs were found. There were also found fountain pens with electric batteries attached to some acid and a piece of some explosive substance. These pens are evidently intended to set things on fire. Two of them were empty, from which it is concluded that some of them have already been used here. One of the men arrested stated that the bombs were destined especially for American ships leaving Norway. There were also found 33 rolis of twist tobac- co, 32 cigarettes, very hard in the mid- dle, and 31 pleces of red chalk, all con- taining pulverized carborundum, to be placed in the lubricators of machines, by which anv kind of machine could be quickly destroyed. All these things were carefully pack- ed in four large and three small trunks (from Germany), which were found at the house of the Finnish tailor Witauen. The death of Mrs. Katharine Mac- auoid, the veteran novelist, at the great age of 93, severs another of the remaining links with the Victofian past. A contemporary of George Elo- ot’s, Mrs. Macquaid used to tell how she once eaw the famous writer in a vision. When George Eliot went to live at Chelsea Mrs. Macquold pro- posed to go and call on her. But be- fore she could do so a remarkable and tragic thing happened. Onme night Mrs. Macqueid awoke suddenly, and saw the fizure of George Eliot stand- ing between the bed and the wall. The apparition was distinct and unmistak- able. On the following evening Mrs. Macquoid learned of George Eliot's death. What connection is there between mining and food controlling? Both Lord Rhondda and Mr. Hoover, the United States food controller, made their reputation in the mineral world. While Lord Rhondda was busy build- ing up the vast coal trade of South Wales, Mr. Hoover, a comparatively By National Geographic Society, Stettin; Scens of FPood Riots—"In few oltles of the Gefman empire would ecomomic and industrial dis- turbances have a more profound ef- fect upon the Kaiseér's proseécution of the war than in Stettin, where serious food riots are to have oc- curred recently, “says a war geogra- phy bulletin, issued today from the ‘Washington headquarters of the Na- tional Geographic Society. “It is in a suburb of Stettin that the great Vulcan shipyards are located, where so many of the German war- ships_are bullt. Even in peace times the Vulean works, covering more than 70 acres, employed 8,000 men and this number has, of course been vastiy augumented since the Prussians be- gan with feverish haste to multiply the units of their sinister submarine fieets. “Stettin's Importance to German arms does not end with its shipbuild- ing activities, however. Locomotives, boflers and machinery of varfous kinds are manufactursd here, while the clothing mills, empioying - more than 10.060 men, women and childrén, are probably mobilized at this time for the production of uniforms for the Prussian soldiers. “Stettin is 84 miles by rail north- east of Berlin. It has a population of 238,000 and is built on both banks of the River Oder, about 17 miles above its entrance into the Stettiner Haff, a lanalocked arm of the Baltic. Vessels drawingz as much as 23 feet of water can discharge their cargoes here, es- pecially in_the new Free Harbor, ad- Jacent to the suburb of Lastadie, with quays hhving a total length of more than 14.000 feet. Next to Hamburg end Bremerhaven. more ships annual- 1y entered and cleared from Stettin hefore the war than at any other port in Germany. The ¢ity may be con- sidersd the seaport for Beriin. It Is the capital and principal eity of the province of Pomerania, The authentic history of Stott dates from the 12th century when it was kno'vn as Stedvn. For several hundred years it belenged to the Dukes of Pomerania, one of whom granted it municipal rights as earl as the middle of the 13th century. The line of Dukes became extinct in 1637 and eleven vears la%: the town became a Swedish possession. It was not until the following century (1720) that it was aliotted to Prussia by the treaty of Stoc¢kholm. Frederick the Great greatly strengthened its fortifi- cations but thesa did not prevent its surrender to the French without a strugle in 1806. Seven years later it was returned to Prussia. The city’ defenses wera razad In 1874. thereby greatly facilitating 1ts industrial ex- pansion. ‘Stettin_might be likened to Hart- ford, Conn., for it is the home office of many of the biggest insurance com- panies of the German empire. though other citfes have tried to rob it of the distinction, Stettin may rightly claim the homor of being the birthplace of one of the greatest women of history, (atherine II of Russia. At the time of her birth her rather (Christian Augustus of Anhalt- Zerbst) was military commandant of Stettin. The future ruler of Russia was baptized Sophia Augusta Fred erica. She did not become ‘Catherine’ until she was rebaptized, at the age of 15, into the Orthodox Greek church the day before her marriage to the son (afterward Peter IIT) of the Rus- sian empress Elizabeth CANNING LESSONS Canned Jelly with Cur- rants. Raspberries may be canncd with or without currants, says today’s bulle- tin from the National Food Garden Commission, which is cooperating with The Bulletin in a campaign for thrift and for the prevention of waste roughout the nation. If currants are used, the proportion should be about three quarts of currants to ten of raspberries. Gather fruit in ehallow baskets or trays to prevent bruising or crushing, pick over and wash by putting into a colandér and pouring cold water over the berries. Pack into hot ster- ilized jars without blanching and Al up jars with bofling sirup made of one cup sugar dissolved in three cups Raspberries; of water. Adjust tops of jars and partially tighten them, and sterilize for eixteen minutes. Remove jars from boiling water and seal immedi- ately, inverting in place free from draughts to cool. Raspberry Jelly—(with currants)— Pick over and wash in cold water equal quantities of currants and rasp- berries, place a little crushed fruit in the bottom of an enameled preserv- ing kettle and put In the rest of the berres. Heat slowly and stir fre- quently. When the fruit is hot, crush and etrain through two layers of cheesecloth and then through a flan- nel bag. Do not use pressure in draining juice from pulp. Measure juice, place in clean pre- serve kettle and bring to boil. Set back and skim and then bring to boil again and then add a scant pint of_hot sugar for each pint of juice. Boil for four minutes after sugar ie dis- solved;: then pour into sterilized glasses and set in cool place till firm. To =eal glasses, cut circular pleces of thick paper to fit inside glasses, dip in 95 per cent grain alcohol and place on top of jJelly. Pour melted para- fiin on top of paper to the ‘thickness of a quarter of an inch. Put on tin covers if available: if mnot, cut cir- cular pieces of writing paper half an inch larger than glasses and _seal around edges with a mixture of the white of an egg and a teaspoon of wate —————————— e Roaders of 3 THE BULLETIN By sending this soupon to the National Emergency Food Garden Gommission, 210 Maryland Bidg., Washington, b. c, with a two cent stamp to pay post- age a canning and drying manual free of charg All you have to do is fill out the space and enelose the two cent stamp for postage. These twelve page manuals, fully il- lustrated and are sent out in co- operation with this paper as a part of the personal service we at all times aim to give our readers. NaR® ...cooliinoeocococnsoncsnsios Street rreteceimietesranreraanennts City ............... State DANIEL FROH MAN Prosents PAULINE FREDERICK SENTIMENTALITY V8. TRAINED NURSING By Gelett Burgess of The Vigilantes. /Many were the blundérs made by th British at the outset of the war. We are destined, ppparently, ¥ Trepeat many of them. One of the most iamentable of those mistakes is now possible, It concerns evéry man and woman in the country. This danger is that our wounded doldiers may be nursed by incapable and inexperienced women. Wait a moment—dont biame the Reéd Cross; it has carried preparedness almost to perfection. Blame, rather, the sentimental en- thusiasm of “personal” patriots—those women who are romantically anxious to don a ¢ap and go to France and ‘urse” wounded heroes, 8o anxious that they are willing to océupy p'aces that should be filled only by graduate nurses with years of hospital exper- ience. ; This is the situatio; The Red Cross has alréady enrolled _ Spanish Main TORAY AND SATURDAY ALICE JOYCE and HARRY MOREY In the Thrilling Problem Play “THE QUESTION” Vitagraph Biue Ribbon Feature Hearst-Pathe News Big V. Comedy COMING MON. TUES, WED. The Million Dollar Patric Speoct. “WOMANHOOD” THE GLORY OF THE NATION —Featuring ALICE JOYCE HARRY MOREY. PEGGY HYLAND, NAOMI CHILD- ERS and a Cast of 800. almost 12,000 graduate nursés—all picked women, experiznced, skiliful, reliable—for work in the war hospi tals. More are joining every day. There ars some 100,060 to ca’} upon. The Red Cross, however, does train some v women as so-called “Nurses' Alds,” but intends to use them if at all, only for housekeeping work in the Kokpitals, or as assistants in the diet kitchens, and such comparatively un- skilled labor. Tt is with these Nurses' the aanger has arisen Partly inside, but main'y cwtside the Red Cross there has lately devel- oped a stronz movement to extend the training of the Nurees' Aids to include a few months' hospital work. Now, although at first giance thie would seem to be a practical step, bé- hind the projcci is quite evident an attempt to place, later, these super- ficin/ly trained students as regular nurges in charge of the woundad There can be no doubt that women after their short hogpital .training will feel themselves quite compeétent to for ck—else why should t all? They will be fous to enlist. ne influsnce will be ex- erted to place them as nurses into our war hospitals—much as similar no- vices are used as “auxiliary nurses” In Alds that Fgance. \o do you want vour father, your rother or hushand In their terrible | seir deéath beds—gared | for by amnateurs? Is he best skilled attention in the wor d—and our grad- uate nurses are the hest In the world one bit too good for our men who, fnighting £ maimed, bilnded or mortally wourded on the battle field? If your sweetheart’'s jaw is shot a . do you want that awful wound dres ed by a girl who has had only three or even six months’ training with sur- zeons? That's what may happen What shall we do to prevent {t? This: Insist that the wounded in our war hospitals sha'l be attended only by graduate nurses:'and see that, in your district every graduate nurse be urged immediately to volunteer for war work under the Red Cross, so that ny attempt of incompetents to enlist shall be overwhelmed by the number of_experienced, professionl volunteers. But, abbve ali, if you are a patrio- tic woman and wouw'd give the full measure of devotion to vour country, enter some hospital yourself as a stu- dent nurse, and take the full course suffering, on that will fit you in two years to be a competent Red Cross nurse eligible for the Army Nursing Corps. Be pre- pared! TFor the war is likely to be long and the wounded many. OTHER VIEW POINTS In a oconsiderable area of Massa- chusetts the copper cent, one of the most unpopular of coins, is coming into general use again. But this does not mean that peopie are using it be- cause they like it. They are obliged to have the copper pennies on the street railroads on which six-cent fares were approved by the Public Service Commission. An idea of the demand for the cent coins may be formed from the statement that the Massachusetts electrics supplied it conductors with 1,500,000 cent pieces for uee recently, when the new fare schedule went into effect.—Providence Bulletin. The last legislature amended the motor vehicle Jaws relative to the use of glaring headlizshts, and the law went into effect July 1. The major- ity of auto owners have complied with the statute and have either pur- chased lights that have been endorsed by the motor vehicle department, or bave fixed their old lights so that the glare is eliminated. However, there are hundreds of mo- that still have the old lights of the statute. Any night vel the city streets and see s that blind other motor- this law for all? Why should hundreds be made to buy new lights and others calmly use glaring ones? Is it iair? Why hasn't the Bridgeport police department enforced the law through the motor vehicle department? As a matter of justice, to those who do respect and comply with the law, let ict enforcement begin at once—Bridgeport Standard. ‘There is a strenuous effort on the part of Mrs. Gilligan's lawyer and others to save her from being eyecut. ed for the murder of Mr. Andrew The principle argument that is being brought to bear is the fact that no woman has been executed in this {them . Majestic Roof Garden TODAY AND SATURDAY EDWARD L. CONNELLY In an Entire Changs of Programme JUNE CAPRICE in “A SMALL TOWN GIRL” Casey in The Pawnshop The above programme will be shown every afterncon at 2:30 and all rainy nights at the AUDITORIUM since 1788, although some of ve been sentenced and after ad their sentences commuted imprisonmeént Whether this will have any effect now | but sentiment has had a ith other murder men o bern The women of Connecticut only splendidly protected by ths laws of the commonwealth, but thers ivalrous attitude which gives the best of things, especially are invelved with the law, A hag more chance~to win A ldwsuit tha: man, all othér things being aqu and she is hound to get the best of ar- rangements when they are left to the judgement of one man or a body them. Why should the women Connecticut demand equality w state wards to life appa; questio; to do whic cor are men here in this state when they ge: had best of it now? If they they would be losing mu have now.—Meriden Jour- all the equality that they nal. Thers was a time, as the story runa that an automébile party stopped for the night at a small New England country inn. The smail stock of quid refreshmer(ts was disposed of during the brief stay, which led one of the party to observe that “Blank- town had gone dry without the con- sent of the voters.” It is some such philosophy as this, we suspect, that will account for the amusing inflation of our etate and local population by the War Department. Certainly it cannot be accounted for on ordinary grounds of comman sense. Conmect!- cut is not as large as the War De- partment says it is by many thous- ands. The town of New Haven Is smaller by many thousands than the War Department says it 1is, whi ewelling Bridgeport is given a popula- tion quite equal to its vanity but not in accord with the facts. As the fig- ures of the War Department are to be taken as the basis for the draft the Connecticut Council for Defense does well to protest. We do not propose if it can be helped, to have our men etolen in_just that way—New Haven Journal-Courier. South Dakota Mines. South Dakota mines in 1918 pro duced $7,460,489 in gold, 215,201 oun of silver, and 35,406 pounds of lsad with a total value of 37,004,524, which was a small increase over the pro- duction of 1915 and the jargest output since 1912.' The output for the first six months of 1917, according to Charles W. Henderson, of the LUnited States Geological Survey, inditates that for the whole vear 1917 there will probably be a_reduction of $200 000 in gold, as the Wasp No. 2 and the New Reliance mines and mills, both closed at the end of 1916, were during the first six monthe of and probably will not resume opera- tlons during this year. Work w probably not be resumed at the Bi marck mine and mill, idle since 1 The high price of machinery, zinc, and chemicals necessary in the cyanide process and reduction of the cyanide precipitates to bullion may force some of the other properties to close be fore the end of 1917. The Homestake mines and mills, which produce the bulk of the produection of the Black Hills district, ' South Dakota, hpve been operated continuously, with & regular output, during the six first months of 1917, and unless the labor eituation interferes will probably conm- tinue steadily throughout the year. French men, women and children under £ and over 50 are being returned via Switzerland by the Gerans at the rate of 1,000 a day. = Leave New London daily. Due New York Pier 70 E. Due Pisr 40 N. R. ft. Houston Comfortable Staterooms—well ventila G. W. ADAMS, Ticket Agent N. New London (Norwich) Line To New York Strs. City of Lowell and Chester W. 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