Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 19, 1918, Page 11

(Written Specially for The Bulletin.) There's a good deal to be said, first and last, about juestion of “mod- ern conveniences” in the farm house. To begin with, net everyome may agree in the exact definition of those his things. What seem everyday matters te one may be real luxuries to ano- ther. And what seem impossible lux- uries to one may be common kitchen arranzements in a different house. I suppose, though, that “modern conveniences” are generally held to include such things as hot and cold water on tap, a furnace or &team heater in t cella probably, electric barns. No doubt many other things might properly be included. A small. motor to run the ning machine, sewing machine, ete., iould: certainly be con- venient. Dumb waiters to facilitate the lifting of supplies from the cellar o the Kitchen would save many steps and much Automatic dish- washers of course are handy things. A hooded-in cooking range saves the rest of the house from some Smoke and unpleasant odors. And so on. There are dozens of real conveniences wh any working housewife could name, the adoption of which would lighten her labo still, 1 think the fact remains that hot and cold water on tap, a bath- réom and a cellar heater are the main things inténded by the phrase “mod- ern conveniences , a bath-room and, hts for house and Well, now. are they or are they not worth while in the average New Eng- land farm-house? Are they practic- able? Do they always prove to be real “con- veniences, re they, sometimes pernickety and bothersome irrations? As I remarked at the outset there’s a good deal to said on both sides in that matter. Take, to begin with, the running hot and cold water. That necessitates a constant supply from some out-doors above seurce, enough the house e hea Pip- ing, of course and faucets, traps, etc., throughout the houxé and an ade- quate and always open outlet for the waste to escape. It also requires a special heater on the range. Now it is unquestionable that more traps ard and joints and faucets ang such there are, the wider is the c e for leakage and the larger opportunity for breakage In the city, if anything goes wrong with the y, there's a plumber The aver: farm-house, 1, is anywhere from T rom lumber. t : long time for him et to the scene of a break, a about double in e way of time and labor to repair n the other to fifteen kes » to Furthermore, the likelihood of some+ thing going wronz with the farm- house plant is m greater than in the ecity. Necessarily, each farm-| house must have its own water sup- ply, used o by its own occupants. This means that the water is not meving all the time in the small pipes as it I8 in the big city mains. the danger of clogging and corrosion is measurably increased. On top, of w comes the worst Thereby risk of all, that of the pipes freezing, either in the house or ouiside of it, during exceptional winter weather. A neighbor of mine, who had occasion to do some digzing last winter found the ground frozen solid as a rock to the depth of over five feet. To lay ffty or a hundred rods of pipe more than five feet below the surface, at present rates of labor, would require the farmer who pald for it to mort- gage his farm to raise the funds. Yet, if this neighbor had had a water-pipe laid less than five feet deep, it would have frozen and purst. last winter. It is net pleasant to think of what the digzing and repairing such a break would mean. The danger is quite as great inside HUSBAKD SAVES WIFE From Suffering —by Getting Her Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Pittsburgh, Pa. —** For many months T was Bot sble o do my work Swing to a weakness which caused bnekuhAe and headache: friedd called my attention to one of r newspaper merfinmenu and immediately my husband_bough bottles of dia E. Pinkham’s pound for m After taking two 1 felt fine and my troubles caused by that weak- ness are lfil‘ thepast. All women whe suffer as should try Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound.”— Mrs. Jas. ERG, 620 pp St., N. 8., Pittsburgh, Pa, Wi 88 lacements, inflammation, ulceration, irregularities, backache, headaches, nervousness or ““the blues,”” should accept Mrs, Rohr- s m;gutinn and give Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound = thorough trial. For over f years it has “een g such ailments. If you have mfi- complications write for Ay Pinkham Medicine TO PEOPLE WHO _CHAFE Py Loges i gt ghitnd the of as quigkb and The Comfort Powder Co., Boston, Mass. ;,;,M;-'- D e g MODERN CONVENIENCES IN RURAL HOMES the | the house. There pipes- cannot be buried. Their saféty depends upon the house being Kept ivarm at all hours of day and night and in all parts where they run. If this can be done, all right. But can it always? Last wintér, with séveral nights registered thirty or more Below zéro on this par- ticular farm,—there was qne whole week when the thermometer mnever once got as high as zéro,—even at mid-day —water froze thickly in dishes and pitchers in the pantry sink, not eight feet from the kitchen stove.One night, when theé fite went out, water in the teakettle standing on the stove froze into a selid block of ice. Yet the average farmer cam't sit up all night, throughout the winter, to see that his fires keep up adequate heat. Nor is he usually, rich enough to hire some one to do it for him. 1 have one neighbor who, three or four years ago, had a complete water gystemi put in his farm-house. That house is rather bétter than the average In construction and weather-tesisting qualities. He and his wife took a full year to study over the whole question and compare the various systems offered. They chose one whieh seem- ed to provide the highest degree of security with a reasonablé cost and had it put in by competent and ex- perienced workmen. One day last winter the wife told me that they were frozen up, pipes burst, several rooms were made uninhabitable by leakage, furniture damaged,etc. They had sent for plumbers to repair things, but found that nothing effective could be done till the ground thawed out in spaing, as the supply pipes were frozen outside. A few days ago the man of the house told me, con- fidentially, that he had already paid out, in the three years since the sys- tem was put up, more for repairs and renewals than the entire original cost. “And the d¢——d thing is dry again, now,” he concludeG. He faced the ne- cessity of still another big bill to have it put into commission again. | know of anather farm-house where a similar supply has been in use for eight or ten years and still giving ex- cellent service. But this Nouse is never occupied in the winter; every fall the water is shut off from all the pipes at the spring. And the owner is 5o rich that he doesn’t care what his plumbers’ bills may be. Most of us farmers are not as rich that. And most of us have to live in our farm-houses all the year ‘round. ! Then there's the bath-tub. It is, without doubt, a comfort, a conveni- ence and conducive to cleanliness. But it is inextricably tied up with the running water problem. Few people, city or country, would use a bath-tub, if they had to fill it with water, part of which had to be first warmed at the kitchen range and all of which had to be carried to the tub in pails. No, a bath-tub without run- ning water, both hot ang cold, would be a foolish investment. Yet the task of keeping a bath-room warm and sup- ied with ample hot and cold water a winter as last, may well make any working farfner shrink at he thought of the'cost and the risk. | Yet it is in the winter that the bath- tub is most needed. When the good old mmer time arriv the swim- min’-hole in the brook is just about as handy, quite as sanitary, and a mighty sight less trouble. Same with basement or cellar fur- naces. I know several farm-houseés which have been equipped with them. In some cases they'are said to work satisfactorily: in some they have been taken out. Last winter I asked a {neighbor who has a rather big fur- ynace in his cellar if it kept the whole |house warm, all the time. He re- flected a bit before answering and then said, in effect: “Well, when the wind’'s easteriy. we don’t try to sit in the rooms on that side of the house. And when the wind's northwest, we keep out of the rooms on that side. Otherwise, it does pretty well.” His was a wood-burner, and he regularly put up forty cerds of hard wood to feed it for a winter, using the wood in full four-foot lengths. He later ad- mitted that they had to have a few oil stoves to “kinder brighten up” the livin’ room, and the bed-chamber if they happened to have guests. In the particular old farm-house which I inhabit—built a hundred and twenty-one years ago—any possible installation of such “modern conveni- ences” as running water, bath-tub, furnace, etc,, would necessitate a com- plete reconstruction from cellar to garret. That, as any man of experi- ence knows, would cost more than to build 2 new house. And to build a new house, these times, at present prices for material and labor, would cost more than the whole farm it stands on would sell for. If | were rich enough, | think | could build a house, with hollow-wall construction and plenty of deadening interspaces, which would defy even a New Hngland winter. I think I could provide for it a water supply which would never freeze and a waste outiet which would never clog up. I think I could find some sort of heater that would keep it comfertable, all over, whether the wind was east or north- west. But, if I had money enough to do all that, I should also have meney enough to go to Florida and spend my winters at the Ponce de Leon. And probably I should do it. . Not having sueh vast wealth and not knowing any other farmers who have, either, it would seem a dictate of ordinary judgment for us to go a little sl about plunging on “modern conveniences,” even though The Ladies Own Counsellor and the various other inspired organs of Guff and Gammon do preach them in season and out, THE FARMER. HAS BEEN “OVER THE TOP"”. 8EVERAL TIMES John T. Atkins, Formerly a Salvation Army Maor in Chicago. Paris, July 10.—(Correspondence of . P)—John T. Atkins, formerly a Salvation Army major in Chicago now serving with a famous battalion of the United States army as a Salvation Army worker, has. been mentioned in battalion and regimental orders, has been ‘“over the top" several times with the battalion, has been acclaim- ed the most popular man in the bat- A _ NORWICH, BULLETN, T N e FRIDAY, JULY W N £ - t‘i‘-u" too late. large quantities of ice. faulty circulation. sumption of ice. and built with the finest heavily in food 4nd ice. READ THESE $12.50 REFRIGERATORS . $15.25 REFRIGERATORS .... $28.00 REFRIGERATORS ..... $35.00 REFRIGERATORS ....: $45.00 REFRIGERATORS ...... 19, to18. " : 'Time _an& Ticle Wait Foi' No an The Wheels of Progress Are Daily Grinding Out Opportunities That Will Go To Those Who . Take Time By The Forelock PEOH.Ethewcrld call “lucky” are those who are alive to their opportunities and take action in time. - The unlucky ,ones are those who see their opportunities Refrigerators That Conserve Food and Save Ice There is a wide difference in refrigerators. Some will preserve a very low femperature but only by consuming Others do not use so much ice but only part of the food chamber is cooled because of A really efficient refrigerator should cool all chambers with equal facility with a small con- . Designed by refrigeration experts insulation known to science. You will find in our refrigerators a constant circulation of dry, cold air to the remotest corners of every food chamber and an unusually low consumption of ice. We now have on display styles and sizes for every home— side-icers, top-icers, chests, etc. tinned material, enamel and easy to clean. ’ Refrigerators are sold on credit exactly the same as furniture and a small payment delivers it to your home. You can almost pay for the balance out of the saving Shelves are made of food chambers are white SPECIAL PRICES $21.35 $29.50 $37.50 12 Cane Back Suites Enter This Sale At Exactly 25% Less Than the Regular Selling Prices These are sample Suites that have served their purpose on our sales floors, and from wrich hundreds of Suites have been sold. duplicates of them in stock they would never be sold at 25 per cent. less than the regular prices which start at. It we had . $76.00 ONE ounce of action is worth a poiind of good inten- _tion. Don't put off. Procrastination is the thief of time and opportunity. Attend this sale NOW before it is too late, Bed Room Furniture Repre- sentative of Every Period The Furniture of Your Home Is The Visible Evidence of Your Good Taste How quick we. are to judge people by the ex- indicate their judgment dnd The home is the expression of a terior things that taste. mate, personal tastes, and reason than for this alone, if niture atmosphere to the home. Summer Is When You Need a Tea Wagon A Tea Wagon is convenient and desirable at all seasons but never do you have more use for it than in the summer} to serve lemon- ade, ice drinks, etc., on the porch or lawn. A complete exhibit mow on display. Prices range upward from $9.90. Carpet Sweepers of OQuality Much Below Market Prices ESTABLISHED 1872 furniture should be chosen with care. The popularity of Period Fur- bears evidence of the fact that home furnishers now are using more discrimination than heretofore in the selection of the things that give inti- for other no all finishes from chased on liberal credit terms. _SEE WINDOW DISPLAY Luxurious Upholstered 815 0 Arm Rocker from ' A Massive Fireside Rocker In Beautiful Tapestry Nothing adds a touch of com- fort and luxury to the living room as does a massive over- stuffed rocker. The pleasin; design, the careful workmanship and the exceptional quality of this rocker makes it a splendid value. SEE THE NEW HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, 2nd Floor THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. 1 _35 to 143 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. All The Periods Among the many new Suites now on our floors you will find exquisite examples of the periods of William and Mary, Italian Rennaisance, Adam, Etc. plicity, a richness and a peculiar attgaction to a Suite of this character. tiful Suites, which come in either antique mahog- any or American walnut, are typical of the Period Suites now on exhibition. jansmaid | B i e i 3 ai i bt ] ¥ i WAl e { Laa i PRPME PR Foonepmnsaiad § § i R Queen Anne, Louis XVI, There is a sim- For instance the beau- The price for Suite in $55.00 and up,®and may be pur- The colorful harmony of the fioral design of tapestry makes a pleasing contrast with the deeper tone of the polished Ma- hogany frame. Deep coil spring seat and back cushions give it a rare comfort. H talion and recommended for a commis- sion a schaplain. “Major” Atkins who is know to the officers and men of the battalion as “the little major” to distinguish him from the real major of the organiza- tion, Major Theodore Rooseveit, Jr., is said to carry the good luck of the unit with him. The boys believe that when he is present with them in an en gagement, their casualties are light. On one occasion, when a raid was to be undertaken, the little major's unit suffered only four casualties, while the next organization suffered severely. ‘When s day was a long time coming recently, he gaye each man in the battalion an order for seven trancs on the canteen. Each took ad- vantage of the “jJawbone” as the army boys call a loan, and when payday came not one failed a visit to the little major with the rewurn payment. Dawn to Date. Thanks to this freshet in the Plave, all the Venetian gondoliers will be using Austrian pontoons for trailers. -Boston Herald. THE PRESENT WAR IS A “WAR OF REVENGE.” German Newspapers Disclose It Had Long Been Desired. New York, July 18.—The present war is a “‘war of rexenge,” long desired by the Pan Germans, writes Kurd von Strantz, a Pan-Germand leader, in a book entitled “Our National War Goal,” published in Germany. German newspaper Treceived here quote the author as saying: “In my boyhood days the ‘German war of retaliation,’ as we must name this world war more correctly, was the dream of my life, the realization of which I have never despaired of, al- though I did doubt that I would live to see it in view of the unfortunate peace policy followed by the -post- Bismarckian administration. “But I have lived to enjoy that happinegs. By word and letter I have fought for this war of revenge which finally is to -restore our old national and. political frontiers which we had gradually lost in the east and west since 1552. Neither 1815 nor 1871 re- stored those frontiers. “Bismarck started our national rise but he-did not complete it. His dis- charge impeded the victory-promising course, as his successor gave half ‘of German Africa senselessly, without any compensation, to our new arch- enemy, England. Therewith began the descent which only this world war could arrest- and which I longed for and foresaw when such thoughts were unpopular.” The Berlin Vorwaerts says that the entire enemy world will learn of this confession with great satisfaction and adds: “If Herr von Strantz had been paid for his book by enemy agents, he could not have better worked into_the hands of the enemy countries. “The book,” says. the Vorwaerts, “is proof of the criminal activities of certain Pan-German circles which now openly boast that they had longed for this war as their greatest happiness.” The more you think about some men the less you think of them. HEARING BY WAR LABOR BOARD IN BRIDGEPORT. Claim Made That Advance in Wages Has Exceeded Increase in Cost of Living. Bridgeport, Conn., July 18.—That the cost of living in Bridgeport has in- creased 61.4 per ceni. during the pe- riod from Jan. 1, 1915, to June 22, 1918, and that during the same period there has been an increase of S1 per cent. in weekly earnings among industrial workers in Bridgeport shops, was the substance of the testimony given be- fore the investigators of the Taft- Walsh board here today by W. E. Freeland, who has for several weeks been working on the Bridgeport sta- tisties at the head of a committee of nearly two hundred investigators. In testifying today, E. P. Bullard, Jr., president of the Bullard companies, said in relation to an agreement which would make wage adjustments retro- active to May 1, that he did not and other employers likewise did not think T R TR it fair if they were to be inciuded in tht retroactive agreement when they had not been a party to the trouble.l } They had agreed to accept any de- cision on wages made by the war laborj board, but believed that the increase,? if any, is granted should affect otheri : facto only from the date of thes i award and not extend back several? § months in their cases. 5E QUENTIN ROOSEVELT WAS : LAST SEEN ON‘JULY 145 Was Then in Combat on Enemy’s Side of Lines—General Pershing Cables. =t & 23 £5 iz Washington, July 18.—The followin, message from General Pershing wa transmitted by the war department to- %:y to Colonel Rooseveit at Oyster’ f v: H “Headquarters, First brigade, Air’? service, reports: First Lieutenant. Quentin Roosevelt, 95th aerial squad-? ron, Irst pursuit group, missing. Last# seen on enemy’s side of lines in comgi bat with enemy plane (S) about 9.15%* morning July 1ith.” A