Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 25, 1918, Page 8

CRASH GO THE PRICES *Saie Starts Saturday Morning January 26th Summer stock, ions on all our sit up and take notice. buy or not, it will pay you to come | The question has been asked: “WHY CAN WE SELL AT SUCH REMARKABLE LOW PRICES, WHEN MER- CHANDISE IS SO HIGH.” The answer is: “WEISAI!}(E) ANUFACTURERS AND THEREFORE THERE IS N uMIDDLEMAN’S.’: PROFITS, AND BY TRADING HERE YOU MAKE GREAT SAVINGS.” EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF MEN'S SUITS, MACKINAWS, OVERCOATS, TROUSERS, BOYS TROUSERS, BOYS' MACKINAWS, BOYS' OVER- COATS, BOYS’ SUITS AND BOYS’ KNEE PANTS, TO | BE PLACED ON SALE. ALSO BOYS' CAPS, MEN'S § CAPS AND MEN’S OVERALLS. WE QUOTE A FEW OF OUR PRICES MEN’S OVERCOATS—We have one lot of about 50 Ovumb,mymkmrqmdwewiflleflghmnthelw of $5.98 value $12.00. P'lmeOne lot o?:hM'B‘{’SeBlACK OVERCOATS $7.98, value $15.00. Mls':N’S TRENCH OVERCOATS, all sizes, $12.48, value $18.00., " of TRENCH OVERCOATS, in assorted styles, BOMBARDMENT SALE PRICE $14.48, value $22.00. MEN'S FINE BLACK KERSEY OVERCOATS, BOMBARDMENT SALE PRICE $17.98, value $25.00. MEN’S SUITS MEN’S SUITS, in blue and mixtures, prices ranging .98 up. from S35 MEN'S TROUSERS One lot 500 p-n:flSL_lyGl:l"tfl‘Y IMPERFECT PANTS, at $1.00 a pair, while 5 ; Also a large variety of MEN'S PANTS, prices ranging from $1.48 to $4.24. BOYS’ MACKINAWS BOYS' MACKINAWS, a large line to select from, BOYS’ SUITS BOYS’ SUITS, a large variety to select from, prices ranging from $2.24 to $6.00. BOYS’ PANTS BOYS’ PANTS, in assorted styles, at 49c, 59¢c and 69¢ per pair. HUNDREDS OF OTHER VALUES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. FOLLOW THE CROWD TO THE NORWICH BARGAIN HOUSE “MORE FOR LESS” 3-5-7 Water St., Cor. Washington Sq., Norwich, Conn. CONNECTICUT COLLEGE Midyear Exams Begin and Winthrop House Comes Out of Quarantine. NEWS |in their power to make the order light- er for the quarantined girls by origi- ral ideas and plans to entertain. Sun- duy and Tuesday mornings, the girls of Blackstone House arranged a ma coach and drove over to Winthrop with much noise of horns and with Thursday, Ja & memorable da ry 24, will long be in the annals of the students of Connecticut College. for |Much mail and surprises. The Plant two very obvious reasons; midyear irls have sent mail, candy of examinations began and Winthrop and- description, while other House came out of quarantine. The s have sent magazines, first event was completely forgotten in the excitement of the awakening of the Winthropites who for five long days have been kept in strict quaran- tine Owing to_the fact that one.of the girls in the house had a slight at- tack of diphtheria, it was decided to quarantine the entire college body and an order was issued by which all stu- (Gents were campused for a, week. La- kter it was decided ,that it would be necessary to quarantine only the Win- throp House girls, so thas the first order passed by the heaith depart- ment was recalled. Although _the paths to Winthrop have aiways been Popular ones, the increased amount of traffic to the house during the past week was phenomenal, and the special @elivery man, the ice cream man, the candy man and the fruit man has been kept very busy. Other campus houses have done all YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE {F CROSS, FEVERISH OR BILIOUS GIVE “CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS” ce cream, etc. Thames Hall, the dining hall, which has been noticeably quiet during the t week, recovered all its gaylety at dinner on Thursday, when the Win- throp girls promenaded into the din- ing hall with banners flying and horns tooting. Cheer after cheer reached throughout the hall and the spfrit of and friendship which is the un- derlying theme of the college, broke forth in indescribable fashion. Mid Years Exams. Mid years examinations are being held at the college from Thursday, January 24th, until February 1st. Reg- ular classes have ‘been dismissed and the time will be devoted to examina- tions. The schedule of the examina- tions have been ' so arranged that| ¢ of the students will have ex-| aminations on the. first few days and | the remainder of the, time as vacation time. * Students who are working for | honors in subjects ar: putting extra | time in preparation and the entire student body is striving to keep the standards of the college high by high records of scholarship. Snow Storm Welcome. Tuesday’s snow storin was very wel- come at the college, and has been very much -enjoyed. The girls are taking advantage of the snow to go snowshoe- ing, skiing and sleightiding, while many of the campus girls are taking advantage of the smow to take their lexible Flyers out of the cellars and go sliding down the many hills about the college. The early morning is es- pecially popular for these sports, and a pagserby, passing the college about 6 ¢'clock in the morning would doubt- lessly notice forty or fifty girls on the rcad to Quaker Hill on snowshoes. The Topic of the Hour, Pre-exam social affairs have, been the topic of the hour during the past two weeks. The Harbor Club Tuesday evening dances and the Mohegan Wed- resday ‘night dinner dances offer so- cial activities which are very much enjoyed by the college girls, as well as by the many naval and army men in and about New London. WILSONVILLE No matter what ails ‘your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should always be the first treatment given. if your little one is out-of-sorts, half-sick, isn’t resting, eating and act- ing natorally—look, Mother! see if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign ‘that its little stomach, liver and bowels mre clogged with waste. When cross, frritabie, feverish, stomach sour, breath or has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, throat, full of cold, g.ve a tea- of “California $yrup of figs™ ‘mnd in a few hours all the constipated undigested food ani sour bile moves out of its little bowels BOMBARDMENT SALE!]| THRIFT AS DEMONSTRATED IN AGRICULTURAL (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) “Thrift, thrift, thrift!” It's the text of hundreds of sermons and thousands of heart-to-heart talks. In most of thesp it is spoken of, mainly, as a synonym of economy or frugality. ‘While it does have that meaning, it is not narrowly restricted to just that. My dictionary defines it as “A.thriv- ing state or condition; gopd husban- dry; economical management in regard fo_ property; frugality.”. Also, “Suc- cess in the aequisition of property; gain; prosperity.” 3 “Good husbandry,” .V?‘u'lll m;tlc,e;i. is one part of thrift. And “husbandry” is defined as ““Care of dcmestic affairs; domestic economy; management.” It might also be well to note, in order to start off clear, that “domestic” as used in these definitions does not mean solely kitchen or even indoors affairs. It includes everything which pertains to the home, the residence, the family. 1t means the getting of supplies, which is usually a man's outdoor work, as much as the handling of those sup- @ woman’s indoor work. “Thrift” therefore, while it means frugality, aiso means industry, and good workmanship, and prudence, and efficiency in present labor, and fore- sight in future safeguarding plans. It means economy, Whith i quite as of- ten the wise spending of money as the mere hoarding of money. It means, also, energy and efficiency in getting maney or other property. It means, also, the judicious and productive use of money or property already obtained. It means, also, such-a discounting Qt the future as shall insure its user against the largest possible number of to-be-expected chances. That is, it implies foresight and _foreplanning; just'as canny and careful preparation for ‘coming needs and coming emer- gencies as past experience teaches is practicable and probably desirable. “Well, what of it?” you may ark. “Don’'t we farmers have to be eco- nomical; don't we have to be indus trious; don’t we' have to be careful i our use of money; don’t we spend a zood half of every recurring year in planning ahead and getting ready for the other half? Why talk to us about doing the things we do and have to do and don't need teaching about? Verily, brethren, it seems to me that constant prodding is needed along this line for the exact reason that there are a whole lot of us very farmers who do NOT do all these things! Some of us do And some of us den't. For instance: T have a neighbor who had a rather better crop of hay than usual, last eummer. He also had a rather bigger number of cattle to carry over winter than usual. You and I would have figured that. if we had a qGuarter more hay than the year before and a quarter more stock {o feed, we'd need it all. But this neighbor didn't. He has found, past ginters, that his big mow full of hay.‘with some corn- stalks and other fcrage, just carried him through. So he filled that mow- and sold the rest of his hay. Conse- quence, his hay mow is now more than baif emptied with ‘the longest and worst half of the winter yet to come, and he faces the necessity of buying hay at $15 a ton to replace that which he sold for $10 a ton. or of selling off some of his stock. He asked me what T thought. T told him, bluntly and un- compromisingly, that it was just six months too late to do any {ihinkiry: along that line. The time to have used his think mackine was last July, when he was haying: not this January, when the snow is two feet deen on the level and the thermometer a mile or so be- low zero. Another neighbor complains that he cant’ keep warm, though he has burn- ed ont one good stove and had to buy a new one. No wonder. He hasn't a stick of seasoned or even dry wood around his house, He wal- lows off to the woods through inter- minable snowdrifts, cuts and hauls a lot of green wood, saws and splits it and tumbles it into 7 sort of conical pile out back of the Kitchen door. The next snow promptly buries it, and the housewife has to di it out from under this snow blanket, wipe or brush it off, dry it in the oven before it will even burn at all, and then burn so much, with such an output of steam and gas, as to warp any stove that ever was made out of condition ip short order. It isn't the weather that is to blame for this man's and his family’s dis- new stove. It's his own lack of thrift, i e., g0od ‘husbandr: man's shortage of fodder is due to his lack of thrift, i. e, prudent foresight. 1 know another family which is pay ing twelve cents a pound for its sug and 1s ablg to get two pounds at that. offered the chance, last fall, to lay week, sugar at seven hundred—sayen cents and a half pound. sugar was announced and before Mr. control any food situation. But while they expected to need about “getting along” short commons. To keep on multiplying instance There is other family near which all the time live to mouth.” it has to be paid right smack again for something urgently needed. fwithout griping, and you have a well, piayful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this barmless “fruit laxative,” because it never fails to cieanse the littie one’s liver and bowels and. sweeten the &nd they dearly love its taste. Full directions for chiidren of all ages and for Mrs. Bd. Keegan is entertaining her sister from Lynn, for a few days. Mrs. Jda Childs who has been from pleuro-pneumonia slowly. Mr. Langelier, who was injured in an auto smash, is at his home for a few days. He will return to the hospital for furgier treatment. Mrs. Theroux received word Wed- nesday morning of the death of a rel- ative in West Thompson. Aiss Edith Upham, who has been i is able-to be-ont. in is gaining neighbors, have to be “trusted” other words, they're always up.” always complaining of their Lard ships. always wondering What folks” are going to do. Yes, T happen to know that they little over one-quarter more, last vear, than the family right next door to them— of the same size—which second family always has ample supplies on hand, always pays cash, and generally has a in the -stocking-to.pay received, in actual money, a comfort, nor for, his having to buy a ust as the other ar Yet, this very family was in its full and ample winter supply of dollars and a_half a a This, before any shortage of Hoover had ever heen appointed to o= o hundred pounds for the winter. “$15 seems such a’lot of money to use all for suzar at one time.” Now they're with two pounds of sugar a week instead of the five pounds a week they normally use, and are paying almost double price for those me “from hand No sooner does a dol- lar come into the home treasury than out hey never have a dime to spare, are frequent borrowers of supplies from for half their daily groceries because they lack veady cash to pay for them. In “hard- ‘poor out the Red Cross with. “Thrift, thrift, Horatio!” ..That" Both ‘are farmers. the other is not. Just where the unthrifty trouble lies, I don’t know, One is thrifty cloak which appears in public les: little suspicious. Two summers ago a farmer two-horse mowing machine of hay with it. He had a good hors saved $8 or $10 in wages which hired team and machine would hav cost him. He had to pay out 312 for 2 new horse. When he was fit. ting on those shafts and when he was plies inside the home, which is usually | cruelly overworking his lone horse he ! 1 thought he was practicing “thrift.” H Wasmt. | Ho was simply throwing| You can quickly heal baby’s sore, chated away money. skin with f ! : Sykes Comfort Powder For it must never "be forgotten from ‘closeness” as it is from e as grain, that is. disappears, vanishes, dissipates int nothingness. fold. sake of his harvest. have been. ers is that of shortsightedness. fore the make pro orm is fully upon -us, our greatest mistakes. Naturaily, can’t foresee; one would expect. But there other things which anvhody dict with reasonable certainty the teachings of past experiences. is a curious fact wi b us finlte hurh see ahead of us “That w shail be; h hath beel NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1975 an unexpected doctor’s bill or help | the sole explanation of the difference. one’s 1 for sure. though the iife's very handsome new than a week after they sold a cow at a fancy price, last fall, makes me a ‘“‘one-horse” I know of fixed over an old with shafts and cut his six or eight acres when the haying season opened, and a dead one soon after it closed. He that “thrift” is just as far removed travagance. When we buy seeds and have to pay almost their weight in gold for them, it is to dump them promptly into the dirt there to spoil— The seed we sow, after it has germinated and sprouts, Yet it is thrift of the highest de- gree thus to sacrifice that c#stly seed. Who doubts it? Not the farmer who knows that the seed he buries for- ever in the soil has in it the promise of a return ten, twenty, a hurtdred He doesn’t need to be told that it «js thrift to lose his seed for the 1t s alway: thriftier to spend a dollar today than to lose a hundred dollars next fall be- cause it wasn't spent when it should 'S | stop there. But, recognizing its o fallibility, it considers the vossibill ty of other thinzs happening; perhaps not very probabie, In fact, | think the most common form of thriftlessness among farm-| s our failure to discount the inevitable fu- ture, to cast anchors to windward be- to rovisions beforehand for prob- able exigencies—along these lines lic Wwe can't foresee all the future. We are not inspired prophets Things are zoing to happen which we | often things which no are can pre- from Tt beings that the surest way for us to to look behind us. ‘h hah been is that which "ONLY. TWENTY | Yet Suffered with Functional Disorder and Was Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Spring Valley,Ill. — “‘For many months. 1 ssfierged from periodic pains—I doc- = _, tored with our fam= ily physician but re- ceived no relief— thenI explained my trouble to another doctor and he ad- ll vised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- il pound. Soon after taking it I bégan to notice a change for the better, and af- ter. taking: six bot- tles I am in perfect health, and I cannot thank you enough for the relief it has given me.”—Miss KATE LAWRENCE, 725, Spring Valley, 1IL School girls and girls who are‘em- ployed at home or in some occupation | should not continue to suffer tortures e such times, but profit by the experi- ence of Miss Lawrence and thousands of others who have tried this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinks ham’s Vegetable Compound, and found relief from such suffering. If compli- cations exist write the Lydia E. Pink- ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result-of their 40 years experience in advising girls on subject is at your | service. i T o S R e, T NOTICE TO MOTHERS s s e a e 5 e which contains antiseptic, healing ingredi ents not found tn any other nursery powder. | 25¢ at the Vinol and other drug stores ‘The Comfort Powder Co,, Boston, Mass, dore is that which shall be done.” By heeding the past we may forecast much of the future. o uriihn S True thrift, basing its reasoning on that memory of the past, not only pre- pares for autumn harvest at spring seeding-time, but kewise prepares well in advancefor all such happen- ings as experience has taught us to be iikely to recur. Nor, having made sueh provision for evervining which may reasonablv be anticipated, does it tainly not impo . Wherefore. thrift not only makes preparations against the emergencies its past has taught it are reasonably to be -expected, but also prepares a’surplus of precaution against at I some of the demands which it cannot definitely foresee, but which are within the range of poss bility. I don’t know, you do that have been so, are be! exact ed reader, but ng and may) doing-it all your Life. It you don't need advice. But there farmers whose lives might he easier, whose comforts sreatly incrensed, whose { hardships might be vastlv lessened, if they would show only half as much foresight in the management of their other affairs as they compelledgto show, each refurning season, in the management of their crops. THE FARMER n n low again in a long time. Draperies and Floor Cover- ings. Remnants of Printed Linoleum, from 4 to 12 yard lengths, values 69c and 75c a 'square yard— SALE PRICE 41c Remnants Inlaid Linoleum, 4 to 12 yard lengths, values $1.15. to $1.35 square yard, SALE PRICE 63¢c 79c Tapdstry Stair Carpet— SALE PRICE 5% 8¢ Woo! Ingrain Carpet— SALE PRICE 69¢c $3350 Axminster Rugs, in 9 by 12 size ..... SALE PRICE $2950 $23.50 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, 9 by 12 size ... SALE PRICE $19.50 \s‘.mple Scrim Curtains. Theso are slightly soiled single pairs in prices ranging from 75¢ to $8.00 ,a pair ONE-THIRD OFF Duplicates of Samples— 10 PER CENT OFF 0dd Pairs of Curtains, including Quaker Lace, Marquisette, Irish Point, Madras, Nottingham, etc— ONE-THIRD OFF Remnants of Curtain Materials, including Madras, Scrim, etc.. in all grades ..... ONE-THIRD OFF 25¢ Curvex Flat Curtain Rods .. 19c Cretonne, short lengths of all .grades of pretty Cretonnes Lengths vary from'1 to 10 yards. Suitable for, Knitting Bags or over drapes .... ONE-THIRD OFF 60c Linofine Window Shades, in green, white or cream— SALE PRICE 4% ‘This big Sale now enters its second week. During the continuation of the sale the same low prices will prevail in every department. We do not urge you to buy indiscrimin- - ately, but if there is anything in our big stock which you will need in the ‘coming months, it will be decidedly to your advantage to purchase now. Prices will not bell . Make the Most of Your Opportunity This Week Silk Department 18-inch Messaline formerly 50c to 75¢ a yard., Colors only— SALE PRICE 1% 26-inch Messaline in all colors and black. Dol!arsq::lé(yp;lcs = 35.inch Messaline in a complete color Regularly $1.50 a yard . SALE PRICE $133 Crepe de Chine—40 inches wide, in both light and dark colors— SALE PRICE $139 40-inch c?m de (;Iblu‘ina—;’qtlwd weight and pure silk. alue $ire....... ... SALE PRICE $158 Printed Crepe de Chine, in small designs, 40-inches wide. -Regu- farly §200 and §250 a yard— SALE PRICE $1.35 Fancy Plaid and Stripe Silks, 35 inches ‘wide and a big assortment fo select from. Value $2.00— SALE PRICE $1.77 Satin Radiant—a soft medium satin, 40 inches wide, in all colors and 'black. Regularly $2.00 a yard .......... SALE PRICE $1.79 40-inch Crepe Meteor, in light and -dark colorings. Regularl; $3.00 SALE' PRICE $2.45 40-inch Charmeuse, a $250 grade in street colors principally— 5 SALE PRICE $2.19 fine. Moire Poplin, 42 inches wide, suiting weight in all desirable celors. Value $3.00— SALE PRICE $229 Beldings Fancy Lining Satin, a yard®wide, in handsome designs and colorings. Value $1.75— SALE PRICE $157 Skinner's Fancy Lining Satins which we have sold for $225 a yard. A yard wide— SALE PRICE $1.89 Satin Stripe Voile, 40 inches wide in a choice seiection of handsome colorings. Regularly $250 a yard*. SALE PRICE $2.17 Haskell’'s 'Black Silk in all weaves. Every weave Guaran- teed..AT SPECIAL SALE PRICES 8 Department 25¢ Tuxeds veilinga LE PRICE 15¢ 8c.and 10c Val and Irish Laces— - - SALE PRICE 8¢ Special Lot of Laces, comprising Torchon, Cluny and Narmandy Vals, from 1 to* Were 15c"and 18 1% inches wide. yard— a SALE PRICE ‘10 Filet Lace Edges from 1 to'4 inches wide. Formerly 12/ to 18c+a yard ..... SALE PRICE 100 Embroidared Edges from:Sita 8 inches wide and priced at and " 10c .. SALE PRICE 8o 15¢ Swiss and Nainsook E G ; SALE 0 Embroidered Edges, ;10 inches | wide and suitable for Efifleo-h. Were 25¢ a yard..SALE PRICE-18s ' Embroidersd Flouncings of extra - fine quality.. Were.45c-a yard— SALE PRICE 2% 45-inch Embroidered Flouncings . .. that are siightly soiled. Were - marked - at ‘$125 and $150 a yard : SALE PRICE 680 Semi-Made Camisoles of fine em- broidery in__ whits, pink --and blue. Were 750 °a yard— : SALE PRICE 49¢ Gold and_Silver.Lace Flouncing formeriy $1.50 to $2.00.a yard— 5 - SALE-PRICE 7% Odd Lots of 'All ‘Our Imported " Novelty Lace and ‘MetalBands and Edges— AT SPECIAL SALE. PRICES Bands, App! for dress trimmings— , AT LESS THAN HALF-PRICE - Marabout and Ostrich Trimming— . | "AT LESS THAN HALF-PRICE 1 | i Stories of Activities and Conditions Large as in Spanish-America War. There were 1,482,650 enlisted me; {and 110 officers in the Unite more than one and a half times this Nation by Secretary of War Baker. During the war with Spain and officers. The Army in the fiel and in training now is practically si ber under arms in the Spanish-Amer ican War. as many as the number of officers i the Regular Army April 17, 1917. Library Assos for Fighting Forces ready have been furnished and sailors in training camps and i director of this work. in the tangible shape of books tion of camp libraries. struction. accommodate 250 men. tions at all points steps on a transport will carry men back of the trenches. works of distribution. From Foreign Mails. peditionary Forces packages con called “Sterno” or canned heat. cluding marines on shore countries. Tewnty-three Per Cent. Noyember 15, 1917, prices of food as cline in chops, 48 per cent.; beans, pbr cent.; and lard, 27 per cent. [ waR News piest - | R NEWS DIGEST on the Battle Fronts, American Forces Now Six Times as| higher on November States Army at the opening of 1918, as rge_as any force ever mobilized by according to a statement the Army of the United States at its max- imum strength aggregated 27,000 men times as great as the maximum num- About 45,000 officers were commis- sioned from civil life in the two series of training camps, nearly cight times tion Provides Books More than half a million books al- soldiers France by the American Library As- sociation War Service and the flow is steadily increasing, according to the A campaign for funds inaugurated by the association last autumn netted more than $1.500,000 and real results and comfortable libraries are being felt by the soldiers and sailors. The Carnegie Corporation gave $320,000 for the erec- Nearly all camps now have libraries and in the others buildings are in course of con- The reading rooms each For the men in France the associa- tion has organized distributing sta- of embarkation, where books are assorted for ship- ment abroad. Soon every soldier who book with him, which he and his com- panions will read on the way across, after which it will be forwarded to the No attempt will be made to establish libraries in France, but the association will have representatives there to supervise the Matches and- Other Arcticles Barred Postmasters are directed not to ac- cept for shipment to members of Ex- e ing matches, cigar lighters, or solidi- fied alcohol. including the preparation 1t is not deemed safe to admit these articles to mails for foreign countries or for United States naval vessels, in- in other Cost of Living in One Year lm:ulu! According to the bureau of labor statistics of the Department of Labor, in the year from November 15, 1916, to whole advanced 23 per cent. . Potatoes is the only article that shows a de- price. Corn meal advanced 7 per cent..; bacon, 62 per cent.; pork 39 per. cent.; salmon. 38 per cent; milk, 33 Tood as a whole was 48 per, cent. Throughout the United States and i 1917, than on November 15, 1913, and 46 per cent. higher than on November 15, 1914, During this four-year period corn meal advanced 127 per cent.; flour, 109 p cent.; Jard, 104 per cenf.; bacon, per cent. gar, 75 per- cent. potatoe. per cent. No ar clined in price. n n | d | and cle de- Defective Eyes Cause Many Men First Passed to be Rejected at Camps. Examinatiin of the records of 10,000 men passed for military service by local boards and then rejected by camp | surgeons show that nearly 22 per cent. of the final rejections were caused by defective eyes. Teeth were responsible for 8.50 per cent; hernia, per cent.; ear, 5.94 per cent.; heart disease, 5.87 per cent.; tuberculosis, 5.37 per cen Attempts ‘to evade military duty by deception regarding physical condition were very few. d x n Manufacture of Shoes in Italy Stand- ardized by Government. The largest shoe factories in Italy have started manufacturing the n : na- tional standard shoes, using leather supplied by the ministry-of_industry, commerce, and labor. The " standard types were established by the central shoe committee in Rome, but every factory is making little modifications, according to its means adn system of manufacturing. The government is organizing sys- tems of sale of shoes to the public. They provide for the opening of stores in the principal Italian cities, to be engaged exclusively in the sale of na- tion shoes and to be controlled by the t authorities. It is likely s will have to obtain cards, The private shoe stores will be sup- piied with an adeuate number of shoes an_d will be granted a reasonable commissian. a 75,000 Colored Men Called Into Army by Selective Service Law. Eight per cent. of the 9,586,508 men registered under the selective-service law are colored. Of these nearly 209,- 000 have been called and more than 75,000 have been certified for-service. Out of every 100 colored men called, 36 were certified for service and 64 were rejected, exempted, or discharged, while out of evefy 100 white ‘citizens called, 25 were certified for service. German Newspaper Criticizes Punish- ment of Soldier’s Wife. The Cammittee on Public Informa- tion has made the following transla- tion of an article appearing in the Bremer Buerger-Zeitung: “A soldier's wife who had gathered wood in the common forast of Wald- kirch, near Freiburg in Breisgau. was sentenced for the offence in the fol- lowing terms: “ Afrs. Clara Ganter, on June 13, 1917, has removed from the ‘common forest of Waldkirch, Sec. 1 23, one fagot of dry fir twigs of the value of 10 pfennig. In punishment thereof, she is sentenced to a fine of 1 mark a understands how to emply this period of shortage of wood and coal on a large scale for the benefit of the treas- Men Training for Navy Have Benefit! of Libraries and Clubs. The Army and Navy Commission on Training Camp Activities, in addition to the work being done in Army camps and cantonments, now has its repre- atives in every training station of the Navy and at every place where anlisted men afe preparing for sea service. There are 86 clubs for sailors at camps and in adjacent cities. There are reading and writing rooms, as- sembly’ halls, and some of the cities have arrangements for athletics, swimming pools, and gymnasiums. In the 18 camps there are = given each week 92 entertainments ranging from professional performances. lectures and exhibitions, to club nights and weekly dances. More than 60,000 books have been furnished ships and stations by the American Library Association. The Y. M. C. A. has 42 buildings and tents in tha various camps. Color of Cord on Hat Denotes Service of Wearer. Just as the sleeve chevrons and bars stars, and eagles on the shoulder pro- claim ranking officers, tha hat cord de- notes the branch of service each pri- vate has entered. Light blue signifies Infantry; scarlet, Artillery; vellow, Cavalry; buff, Quar- termaster's Corps; scarlet and = white. Engineers’ Corps; orange and white, Signal Corps; scarlet and black, Ord- nance; black and white, field clerk: maroon, Medical Corps; black and gold, officers; silver and black, adju- tant general's clerk; green, instructor Home Guards; green and white, Home Guards. These cords are worn only on _service hats. Cadet aviators wear as hat bands inch and a half white ribbons and on coat collars imsignia representing the aviation branch of the Signal Corps propellor blades. Manufacturing Plants Working on Navy Orders Must be Guarded. Contractors working on orders for the Navy are required to provide watchmen and devices to protect their plants and property and the work in progress against espionage, acts of war and of enemy aliens. ~Upon r quest they must report the citizenship. country of birth, or alien status of all os. has forpldden the export of foodstuffs to countries at war with the United States and countries as- sociated with them in the war. The Italian wheat crop for 1917 was 30 per cent. below the average. The year of 1917 established new high production records for corn oats, rve, white and sweet potatoes, tobacco, beans an donions. - Arrangements have been made for some relaxation of the restrictions on the export of foodstuffs. to Cuba whose people dre greatly dependent upon the Umited States for their food | supply. . Among the exports which may be licensed in limited quantites are condensed milk, butter and_chees, pork and prok products. beef and beef products, and dried, fruits. and one day's imprisonment.’ P “The husband of the culprit has been ‘for thiree years at the front, she her- self has four small children to sapport in the direst poverty. Similar reports of punishment’ should be reported in greater numbers. Our bureaucracy The 16 cantonments built for the training of soldiers cost $134,000 000, with a net profit to contractors of 2.9 per cent. ) Government estimates of the pro- quction of petroleum in the TUnited States in 1917 play per vear. A second training camp will be held at Porto Rico, starting February 1. The attendance of 400 will be selected from, citizens and.residants’ of Porto ico. > it at nearly 14 entfl greatar than any previous ‘HADDAM NECK Two Hundred Quarts of Milk Lost When Autotruck Skids—Cattle and Poultry Raising Unprofitable. R. S. Baile Long Hill s autotruck skidded on rsday last, and upset, spiliing 200 quarts of milk, besides smashing the car. Mr. Bailey es- caped with a badly cut finger. 7 Roland Ladd was a week end visitor at Dan Sextons, returning to Hart- ford Monday night. Shortage of Fuel. The lack of fuel prevented the ser- vices at, the Congregational chuych last Sunday, Private Clifford N, Raymond, U. S. A, was a week end.visitor with his parents at the parsonage retmrning Sunday_afternoon to Camp Devens. The icy traveling resulted in some severe falls. William Brainard of the T. 8. S. Narada, has been promoted to boat- swain. 5 Mrs. Frank House is ill. Farmers in this town are disposing of their cattle and poultry owing to the high prices of grain and low pric- es recelved for eggs and butter, mak- ing it unprofitable to raise either stoci or poultry Foxes Kill Ten Fine Ducks—Bounty and Good Price For Fox Pelts—Tall Fir Near Parsonage Cut Down—Fu- neral of Polish Man Who Died From Concumption. Roland-Kenyon of the Nayal Reserve Coast Giard Point Judith, R. L. s home for several days this week. He made the return trip on his mo- e Tuesday. Andrew’ Tathrop of Norwich was home Saturday and was in attendance at the funeral of his uncle, C. W. Barnes in Preston. Foxes Kill Ducks. Foxi s are zotting numerous and hold again. A. Thomas shot a nine nound fox ahead of his fox hound on Saturd: Foxes raided the hand- some flock of Indian Runner ducks of Deacon J. Y. Thomas early, Sunday morning, ciliingten. Pelts Valuable. Foxes are often’ heard by fheir pe- culiar bark these frosty nighis. There is'a_town bounty of one doll it is claimed » number one nelt is worth from $15 to $20. : Eighty-Seven Foot Fir Felled. The Jarge fir tree that has been a landmark within a few feet of the front of the Goshen parsonage was cut » Monday. Tt was thought best to remove the tree for the safety of the building. The stately fir was $7 feet tall. 22 feet higher than the spire hen church just across the ] one rings at the butt in- dicated the tree the first thi vears was noted to have heen of rapi growth. “As straight as a forest pine. quoted one of the workmen, while trimming the branchesa B The funera] of the Polish man who died from consumption was held-Sat- urday at the home of Peter Snvder at Breezy Hill farm. T. A. Willlams of- ficiated. Burial was in the Goshen dom heard at this distance. CENTRE GROTON Cord Wood Sawed But Not Split Sell- ing as High as $12. Local wood dealers are er prices for cord wood more and men with: saw more a cord and per hour for’ into ‘stove lengths than a year Some are asking as high as $13 a. sawed, but not split, for wood delivered. The - sals - is the biggest known in- years large gangs of choppers ‘are rushing business in this William Hempstead is having'e.! tract of land near Great Brook cl of wood. ‘William - Sherman who . is - ezaployed! ivré;lm'ltncéi_wk L was o caller on’ illiam. s family. 38y, Fletcher S. Dayboll of Nl::‘r'm called on his father,’ George ‘Dabel], Sunday. 3 —_— SOUTH WOODSTOCK Miss Ethel Carpenter of Providence is _visiting ' Mrs. Belle Young. : - Robert and Henry Lowe have in- stalled electric lights recently. Miss Ida Sanger is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright of Providence. Miss Nellie Lowe .has been staying a few days with her sister in Potaam. 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