Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1918, Page 4

Gulletin and gnul’i.e? K ! 122 YEARS OLD WSS I 1 8 T o c-fl?'-'-‘ at the Mfi&flfl”fll Bulletin Busiriess Office 480, o et Sob Oiee 35-2 \ 1im; 825 Ma'o, Btreet ‘Telephone, -~ I Norwich, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1918, —_— CIRCULATION 1901, everage Fevagensisenies am2 1905, average ... MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED cataalbres The Assoclated is exclusives 1y entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news despatches credit- ed to it or mot otherwise ecradit- ed in this paper and also the local news published herein. B All hts of republication of rpods\flgelwcheq_hln\n are also reserved. “Right is More Precious than Peace” ——e ey THE COUNTRY. BACKS WILSON, Lincoln day this year occurs at a time when the country finds itself for the first tfne in over a half centufy in a greater strugele than it was when the great Civil war president was di- recting the affairs of the nation. Lin- coln’s name has of course been im- mortalized for the masterly manner in which he stood steadfastly for the welfare of the nation, his honesty and uprightness and the -common sense manner in which he tackled and sofved the problems that were before the country. It is not to be supposed that Lin- coln did not have his eritics, for he did, and they .were outspoken and persistent. Dire results were pre- dicted because of the manner in which he was conductinz the affairs. Not a little of the opposition was political; some of it was organized and some disorganized,. but he pulled through, won his cause, established a govern- ment of the people, by the people and for the people, and is today* regarded as one of tho nation's greatest men. There was arrayed against Lincoln much more bitte: opposition than has been directed against President Wil- son. Thero can be no question buf what the naticn almost to a man stands firmly behird the president to- day. There are those who may be criticising but such must be regarded more in the light of constructive rather than destructive criticism. The purpose is to heip the nation in the successful accomplishment of its great task and not to handicap it and there- in les the differcnce between the op- position which Lincoln encountered and the epeeches which have been made concerning the present admin- istration. The country backs Wilson today and if help can be given to im- prove our war activities by criticism that oucht to be accepted in the spirlt it is given, CHANGE OF TAX RETURN DATE. It is useless for the government to expect the people to do the impossi- ble when'it i not prepared to do as much itself.” It is therefore a wise decision which has been made by In- ternal Revenue Commissioner Roper to extend the period for the flling of income and excess profits returns a month from the first of March to the frst of April. » Had there been no obstacles in the way of complying with the demands it would have been as easy for the peo- 9le to have filed their returns by the date first, set as a month later but no little delay has been occasioned by the inability of the government print- ing office to get out the large quan-|. tity of blanks which are required, there being the forms for three classes which have not as yet been issued apd when it comes to the matter of complying with the demands of the government regarding the excess prof- its returns no one knows as yet what is required, the problem regarding these matters being decidedly com- plex, and when it is understood that with all the study which has been given this matter there are many points upon which ro definite ruling has been established it is.only proper that this extension of time sho,ld be granted. Thus the internal revenue bureau, whether it was done on its own ini- tiative or as the result of many pefi- tipns from throughout the country, has seen the matter in the proper light and has given to the people the same indulgence which it has been asking for l’.sell. re PLAN TO PLANT. In view of the fact that it requires no small amount of planning and there are sections of the country which can engage in it much earlier than others, it cannot be considered too early for the movement to be set on foot to get the people dnterested in the homs gar- deps for this year. It will be only a comparatively short time before it will be'spring in the south, and while we wish it might be so here we know that it cannot be many weeks before the -breaking winter must come to un ond and attention can be given tp the working of\the soil. Much benofit was gained last year through the planting of home gardens. It was an experiment for a great many udumoxpuh‘neehmn;tobepm ment which has been made to the ef- foct that the bolsheviki have declared that the end of the war has come in that country and the order to with- draw, the Russian troops from all fronts. It looks like a successful ac- complishment of the German efforts. ‘What the terms are under which such an announcement is made is not revealed and the effect that will be caused thersby will depend thereon. All indieations point to the fact that the secret understanding -arrived at between the centra] powers and the representatives of Ukraine who are opposed to belshéviki rule in Russia bas forced the hands of Lenine and Trotzky to conclude terms of peace. Whether this is 50 or whether it is all a part of the plan of the bolsheviki will be revealed in time. It is not surprising that the nations ef the central powers are elated over the successful nogotiations with the Ukrapians. This'means that that part of Russia is going to come under the influence of Germany for future ex- ploitation and - that the resources of that richly productive portion of Rus- sia are going to be made avaflable for the supplying of the much needed foodstuffs for Germany and Austria. The Ukraine delegates have not only played into. the hands of the central powers but they nhave placed Rumania in a most awkward pesition. . THE ATTACK ON THE TUSCANIA. There is no reason to be surprised at the rejoicing which'is taking place in Germany over the success of one of its underwater boats in sending the Tuscania and a number of American soldiers to the bottom of the séa. Ger- many has reason to be elated over this as ‘much as it would have in case of a victory on land where a hundred or two lives of the eneamy were taken. There is no question but what the attack upon ‘the troop ship was jus- tified, but that is one of the few in- stances where its submarine warfare has been earried on aceording to the rules of war, \ Germany must realize, If it stops to think, that it was pot because it gave notice to the world that its U-boats ‘would sink all troop cr war ships that thig country entered.the war. It was because of the unjustified attacks which - were made upon shipping in general, neutral as well as belligerent, the taking of lives of non combatants without giving them an opportunity to escape, the disregard for the rights of neutrals on the high seas, the same kind of Prussian militarism which it was inflicting upon others that caused this nation to break away from its peutral position. Had Germany confined itself to the established rules of the war there would have been no Lusitania ecase and American troops would not be go- ing to Europe today. The sinking of the Tuscania was the first time that a successful and legitimate attack tvas made - upon .a troopship carrying American soldiers but it was not the first time that American citizens were unjustly killed or drowned because of the ruthlessness of its war policies. The only elation over the Tuscania therefore can be that Germany sank it within its rights but that of ecourse is something unusual for Germany. \ EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: A rec- ord breaking winter is nothing to the fellow who can vizualize a war gar- den. It is declared that the doctors are relieved at the progress which is be- ing shown by Colonel Roosevelt. So is the whole country. There is a large number of people who would be greatly pleaseq if they were able to confine the heatless days strictly to Monday. The revolt among certain of the Greek troops shows that all of the kai- ser’s representatives were not sent away with Censtantine. ‘When the south says that the heat- less ‘Mondays ought to be continued it is like the rich man snapping his fingers and saying “that for the poor.” It should be realized that the re- sources of this great country amount to but little if we cannot bring them into use when they are most needed. Memory holds good in regard to the Lusitania and it will be a long time before the Tuscania 1is forgotten, though the latter loss is to be expected in’ war, * The repost that Major General Ed- wards is recovering from pneumonia in France shows that the disease makes no distinction between officers and enlisted men. : “Business ‘as usual” and “school as usual” have been urged ever since the war opened but it has been found that neither can be carried out unless we have fuel as usual. 3 e et There is timely warning being given about the probability of ice shortage next summer, The natutral product is available in unlimited quantities and the resourceful should do the rest. It is claimed that President Wilson will not abuse the power which he would be given under the Overman bill, but from all indications it doesn’t look as if he would get the chance. His seventy-first birthday and too busy to stop' to celebrate. This of course refers to Thomas A. Bdison, and how much better a lot of people would ‘be if they would only follow his example: g Vow It was a peach of a Georgette walst, At least' it had been. When the shipment "had been unpacked and spread out in waist section of the am the et dary s:::-n' store particular suburban eac! roung wonien behind gl S B T and |stared at the Jast No. b. “It's & thirty- sl could mean so much to any human Wt L ” he hasn’t any too o by T ary In.Her Latest Triumph nished spreading i Bt cRernis wrud |f ' “STELLA MARES ca, 7 . 2 s ‘more in the bo:helyl: ?&"ie:}""m lm almost Shvwing"l.it(h Mary in Her First i whisper. 3 reen Dual Role ul’l'nnhht it out later Miss Jones six, t0o,” she said angrily. “Just her as- |size!” Then she pounced on a small to the purchase of it—it's just exactly rl{n ev- ery single little way!” Sadie mourned ho) ly. “I never saw 2 before that so sort of , all this! Gee! But don’t 1wish could have one!” [ The head of the women's furnishings looked at Sadie grimly. She was n:znd ”m:“fil of Sadld- Jarge dark e; pling chjn and gen- eral l!r“ of fragile appeal, as of the fact that Sadie almost always was wishing for something out of reach. Miss Jones believed in toil apd self- de; because these were all that life bad ever dealt her, ®So she shivered for Sadie. - —_— “You'd better save your monsey!” Misg Jones admaopished crisply. Sadie shrugged her shoulders “Save!” . ghe echoed mirthlessly. There were four younger children at home to help and Sadie was lucky ‘when she could buy a 98 cent waist for personal wear, “Fat chance I have at over owning a peach like that!” It was Sadie who spread out the filmy tmnu]lfor the new Dboxes, and her fingers lingered longest over the 'ment of the No. 5s.. She was etérnally< arranging a fresh No. 5 in the case because they sold faster than the others, The public apparently agreed enthusiastically with the girls of the Empire storé, who sighed when- ever they had time to stand worship- ing before this especial blouse. Sadie daid not sigh. Her lips merely set in a ftile grim line whenever some be- furred customer walked out 'of the place with a No. 5 in ‘a near parcel beneath her arm. ‘With a blouse like that even her shiny blue serge suit would be trans- formed! And Sadie would have ‘liked extremely to see just what Kkinad of ex- pression there might be in Joe's eyes if she were. so transformed! If.only she hag a Georgette waist like that to wear to the Saturday night @ances! It strained Miss Jones’ nerves seeing fadie’s lingering touch whenever she handled a No. 5. It was beyopd her understanding that something to wear cally. The girl was Sadie.—Exchange. in “THE REGENERATES” 13 II:n New York Socisty Drama _+ ANIMATED WEEKLY Showing _ American Troops France in Training tear in the’llo‘ld« “Mark that last waist $2.50, Sadie,” she carelessly, “It's dam- ! ¥ on, but not before had heard Sadle’s Iittle gasp. Tremblingly, Sadie stuffed the walst in a crumpled bail beneath the whole pile. When there were so many at- tractive waists on top before you came to the last one, surely nobody would ever come across and covet it, all crumpled as it was. Ang if she put off getting those shoes for two weeks. she wouid be able to spend $2.50 for that waist! Why, you'd hardly notice the damaged spot! Migs Jonmes’ es must magnify, thank heaven! Sadie went about her work In & nervous tension, eyes shining. She rhapsodized reluctant customres Into buying the waists on top. Each morn- ing she pulled out the No. 5, thrilled over it, erumpled it up and shoveq it back out of sight. »It was amaZzing the number of waists she sold those. days.© And strangely enough Miss Jones never remarked on the absence from view of the No. 5. Every night Sadie went to sleep dreaming of- her- self in that No. 5, each day she count- ed her money. She had aimost LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 8cout Anniversary Week. Mr, Editor! Here's to the Scout Council; may it continue to sleep, e'en. though ’tis anniversary weel. AN BX-SCOUT LEADER. Norwich, Feb. 10, 181 ity LINGOLN: The day before ske wauld have her| By Ellis Parker Butler of The Vig- $2.60 she had a cranky customer to| - ilantes. deal with. The woman pulled the walsts about with a fretful hand. “Positively nothing here!” she told the:friend with her. “No style about any of them!” She puslred aside the garments that Sadie feverishly. offered. She yanked and hauled and at last grabbed a erumpled ball from the bot- tom of ‘the heap. Then she gave a little shriek, “Only, $2.50!" she cried, “It'll wash beautifilly, too! I really don’t meed it. but I can’t miss such a bargain! Ill take this, please!" White lipped, Sadie made out the chéck, 'frozen she watched the last Georgette No. 5 disappear through the door. She stood there motionless a long time. It was then that Miss Jones be- haved so remarkably as she walked by. For the first time in the history of the. Empire store she paused and patted a girl's sheulder symvatheti- ‘Washington created a nation; Lin- coln preserved it. With his embattled farmers Washington fought for the principle of self-government and vre: ated a nation based on the right ' of men to govern themselves, and the re- sult was. the first great democracy of modern times. With force of arms and ideas Lincoln fought to preserve that demécracy from - disintegration lest it mg®.ht become in time a hord: of preity, ineffectual states, powerle: against any autoeratic conqueror, That which Washington made pos- sible and Lincoln made permanent was a democracy so virile that today it is the greatest natiom on the sur- face of the globe, and the happiest, and the most contented. That which Washington created and Lincoin pre- served has proved for all time that man’s happiness and safety and op- portunity for development are great- er under a democratic form of gover: ment.- The idea embodied in the na. STORIES OF THE WAR LT S With French in HKaly. (Correspondence of -The Associated Press.) Though the French troops who have come to Italy have brought much, gained during their three years and a half of war, from which the Italians bave profited and are profiting, they, themselves, are busily learning new ways of fighting totally foreign to the modes of warfare in France, and made necessary by the altered conditions in Itary. One of the most spectacular, inter- esting' and important of these is the “Teleferico,” which the Italians have made an almost indispensable adjunct of their mountain fighting, and which the French now use-on the mountain- ous parts of the sector they have tak- en over. The “Teleferico” is an aerial tram- way or transportation line which, built of slender cables supported py steel towers, spans valleys and in half an hour carries food and ammunition, even men, to. heights that would re- quire hours on fSot or by vehicle. The “Teleferico” is thorough and ef- ficlent on Mount Pasubia, just to the west of Arsiero, where, at a height of more than 7,000 feet, Italian Alpini and other Troops have held the Aus- trians in check since May, 1915+ In this defense the wonderful aerial tram has played its Silent but Important part, The Italian military authorities, who 2 week earller had permitted the cor- respondents accredited .to the French' armies to visit all the naval defenses which protect Venice and to see in de- tail the unique of warfare that goes on among the lagoons and marshes be- tween the city and the lower Piave river, granted similar permission to ‘The Associated Press correspondent to see and study this other and unique style of fighting. Boon after ‘leaving the pretty wvil- lage city of Schio, just south of the foothills that lead up to imposing Pa- subio, the broad, stone-bedded road begins to rise perilously, curving each thirty or forty feet with sickening ‘“hairpin” curves, -Soon the cars.of the correspondents refused to travel upward further over the icy roads, and were abandoned when they showed an inelination to slide backward over the rrecipice. It was then that the T“eleferico” was resorted to, just as it has pn the other countless occasions been used to bring wounded men down g@uickly when delay and laborious mule-back ;{ansportation would cost them their ives. Far out over the valley to the right of the steap road, seemingly begin- ning newhere and ending nowhere, and supported at long intervals by mas- sive steel uprights resembling the towers that carry high power electric wires, were four strands of cable, and, as the correspondents contemplated their useless automobiles, a tiny car- riage or car loaded with sacKs of pe- tatoes came swinging dizzil along two of the strands, mysteriously working s way upwfi until it vanished out of sight behi a shoulder of the mountain. “In a few moments we'll be com- fortably ensconced in one of those and won't heed the automobiles, said the dashing y6ung Italian officer head- ing the party. : A short walk up the road led to a low wooden shed—the starting point of one of the “Teleferico” lines that encircles Mount Pastbie from its base to its crest. And into the cars the par- ty crept, two to a car and in a reclin, ing position—then to be swung off in- to space on the first stage of the journey to'the top. There are several stages to the jour- ney. each requiring about half an hour, and each becoming increasingly nerve- racking since the® cars, which start off at a rather smart pace, slow down in the middle of the stretch, come al- most to a stop, and leave the amateur traveler suspended rizzily anywhere from one to five thousand feet above the nearest ed rock. Generally al- 80, cn the higher lines, the pause comes dGuring a snowstorm at this sea- son. f However, the danger, according to the “old timers” Who travel daily is small. The “teleferico” will carry a maximum weight of over 600 pounds Bt o gk man are pe 0 ride ex- aant hlg u—’n‘ urgent waundad. , The“greatest danger .of accident lies tion created by Washington and pr served by Lincoln is now existent in sister derhocracies throughout the world. Working out their peaceful des- tinies yhile assuring their inhabitants in their rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, these sister de- who are stowed away three in a car. in “rocking the boat” as it were, ag- itating the car so that it might tip or rock sideways and spill one out. The trams are supported In tHeir hair-raising journeys by a half-inch steel cable, and ave pulled upwards— and allowed to descend—by a smaller cable that runs around a huge wheel at each end of the line and that is driven by a hydraulic motor. Acci- dents are extremely rare. 7 Many of the lines, those that run upwards . at the dizzest angles and that have fewer steel supports; are not used by passengers but carry only ence and to a continuance of the self- government they have voluntarily chosen. Today these sister democracles are attacked and their existence as free lemocracies imperiled by an auto- cratic power that sees its autecraite existence threatemed by the growing spirit of self-government among its own people. Governing by Might this ruthless power seeks, by a war of ammunition and supplies, . At cer- tain timeS of the yéar the Tines highest up cannot be operatéd by day because they ars in view of the Austrians and make excellent targets, but at this season it is possible to run them con- stantly because of the snow and fog. The last of the lines runs almost to the front trenches. which are hewn out of rock but which in winter are generally snowed in so that the troops embed themselves in snow trenches and live somewhere the life of the Es- quimaux. At points the first position run within thirty yards of those of the Austrians, and the warfare that is carried on is largely that of snip- ing and machine-gun interchange. It is quieter than at any other part of the present Italian front. The Italians have little fear of the Austrians in the Mount Pasubio re- gion, because of the character of the Italian ‘troops in this sector, who are among ihe finest in the Italian army. The teleferico system does not date from the war but was in part installed beforehand, and was used for purely commercially purposes, to haul up suppiies and food to the settlements up in the mountains. But with the beginning of the war, the tremendous advantages of the aerial transports.- tion lines “were instantly _recognized, and the existing lines were Increased in number as fast as possible, both in the Mount Pasubio ®ector, at Mount Grappa, and elsewhere. Importaat as it is, howerver, it is but one facter in the tremendous defensive system that has held the Austrians in check for more than thirty months. The roads, those which already exist- ed and those that have built out of the rocky sides of the moimulns,‘are another ve: important feature, " es- pecially when one considers that on their dizzy curves the high-powered, specially considers that on their dizzy curves the high-powered, especially constructed Italian camions can haul huge loads to an altiture of more than 6,000 feet. Mules by the thousand have been imported from North and Soufh Amer- ica, Spain and elsewhere, and are es- pecially valuable because unlike the horses they seem to suffer little if at all from the bitter winter weather, eat little and can go for long periods wwith- cut the water that is so precious at great heights. Even dogs have been introduced ax beasts of burden in the higher regions because they are very sure-footed and willing. The number of horges Is negligible, most of them being used lower down for artillery. And then there always remains man-power which staggers upward with uncount- ed_bundles of wood. he soldiers who hold the Meunt Pasubio sector are a hardy lot, and the majority have been nesting in the com- fortable little wooden -barracks that Aot the mountains for periods of from 12 to 30 months, because ‘while fur- loughs are easy enough to get the transportation problems in Italy are so serious that a man eoming down into the plains can get farther south to his honie only with difficulty. As compensation in part for the de- nied gpportunity of getting home fre- quently and for not being able, for| ° i months on end, to enjoy the ordinary Eocial intercourse of peace times, the men are comfortably housed and ap- parently well fed. . Many have been In America and speak English, and many more come from Piedmont and speak French as well as Italian, ‘The heavy work, such as shovelling away the incéssant snow, is now being done by deserters who were sentenc- ed to imprisonment after the German- Austrian drive, but who in many cas- es are rut to work—and find it so dis- tasteful that theyhave almost unani- mously applied for permission to go into the front fighting lines again. e A train conveying German soldiers going home on leave came into col- lision with ‘another train between | Homburg and Kaiserslautern. ' There conquest waged against democracies, to prove' that -government by Might he would stand! With his eyes turn- Where would Lincoln stand were he alive today? No man can doubt where is s failure and an impotent protec- ed toward Europe, where democracy is fighting a life and death battle against autocracy, and with a knowl- edge that-with the fall of Europe's de- imocracies all democracies must soon- er or- later fall under the heel of the autocrat, he would pray for a new birth of freedom for our nation—for freedom to stretch our arms beyond our own coasts to help our distressed and bravely fighting sisters. Abraham Lincoln, were he alive to- day would not counsel us to turn back from what we have so gloriously he- gun in the'cause of world freedom. Turn back? Looking across the sea he would say, as he said once before: “It is rather for us to be here dedicated —that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” 42 MEN WHO CAME BACK WHAT THE ENGINEERING CORPS MEANS. Copyrighted by the British-Canadian Recruiting Misson. By Captain W. D. Powell. Something of what the engineering corps means to the army is shown by comparing the casualties among the men in the trenches the first winter with those of the second winter when we better understood what trench warfare meant. During the first winter of the cam- paign in France, the British Expedi- tionary force had 60000 casualties from what is termed “{rench feet.” In general ~“casualties” refer to men killed, wounded, or rissing, and about 6 per cent of the wounded are able 60.000 men, casualties feet, are still living, although unfit for further army service, and many of them incapacitated for life. The next wiliter we were better prepared. While the British expedi- tionary force had about ten times as many men irf the trenches, casualties from trench feet were almost insigni- ficant as eomnu? with the previous winter. 3 The work of the engineers in mud and ice in the trenches, putting in proper drainage systems wherever possible and putting in a flooring, “trench mats” wrought big changés in the casualties lists. The work of the engineers In France is totally different from that Stofi ¥ That ,Cold At Once Wy mocracies have won a right to exist- | to the great task remaining before us. FOURTH.NEW VOM("MING&C Tfl“?fll MUSICAL GOMEDY | DIRECT FROM YE WILBUR THEATRE, BOSTON WITH THE SAME BIG CAST AND PRODUCTIOR - Book and Lyrics by Guy Beltén and P, W. Wodehouse Music by Jerome Kern JOLLY TUNES AND PRETTY GIRLS PRICES 25c, 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50. 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Occasionally we get a few shell, say ten shells from the German line and then the officer in charge is pretty 1apt. to retaliate in a way that makes the Huns pretty uncomfortable for a time. A reply of about 40 shells keeps them quiet for a while. OTHER VIEW POINTS Ships, and then some more ships, and then more and more ships, are the needs of the nation. Any man who can lend material aid to the nation at this time in helping to perfect its ship- building plan should do so, providing of course he can leave his present o<- cupation without tending to disrupt other industry. There should be enough detached labor to lighten the burdens on the shoulders of those building the ships. The need is for 386,000 men. To be.a shipbuilder is as patriotic as to be a sailor or a soldier. This is recognized by the fact that the United States government will exempt from military service each and every man who is accepted for the work of building ships. The fate of the Tus- cania is the reason for the demand for volunteers in this line of work.—New Britain Herald. 7 There are big things ahead for the Connecticut general assembly, and one | iof them is the federal amendment to the constitution prohibiting the manu- facture and sdle of alcohol. & The “dry” forces are already in the field with speakers urging a campaign Dr. F. C. Jackson AXES Compact, Safe, FEATURE PICTURES EACH EVENING 7 P. M. Wednesday and Thursday EMILY STEVENS| “Daybreak” From the Famous Broadway Suc- —iN— cess of the Same Name Burton Holmes Traveiogue Victor Moore Comedy . THEATRE CLOSED TODAY for the sratification of this emendment. The rally held here the other night was a part of that campaign. The dry forces call this a “war for ratification” and undoubtedly it will be so. But it ought to be and probably will be a war in which certain rules and standards are to be abided by. We don’t want the Prussian idea of war. It is certain that if the majority of our people want this amendment, to pass the legislature, it ought to pass. On the other hand, if the majority is against it, then the legislature should act accordingly. All should be willing to abide by the ruling of the majority.—Bridgeport Telegram. Painful to the Kaiser. It must be painful to the Kaiser to have a man named Schwab tell how Schwab's shells made to kill Huns number 50 per cent. more than Krupp can make.—Brooklyn Bagle. Ontario last year raised - $1,602,000 (320,400 pounds) for the British Red Cross, of pounds) was subscribed by " DENTISTS CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK, PLATE WORK " AND EXTRACTING 203 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. Office Hours: 9a.m.to8p.m.; < Keen Kutter Hold Their Own After Ten Years. Every One Fully Guaranteed. Keen Kutter, Jr. Safety Razors Nothing Better. with 6 blades which $825,000 . (163,000 ‘Toronto. Dr. D. J. Coyle Telephone