Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 5, 1918, Page 4

¥ &lorwich Bulletin and Goufied WORSE TO COME, Germany is no longer:master of the air. She s constantly losing’ two to one in machines, and her resources for maintaining equality it air serviee ;H €0 limited that recouping is past ope.” German ciries across .the Rhine are 122 YEARS OLD constantly heing severely bomb- ¢d than have mmm London or Paris; and it is not strange the citi- Subscriptios price 12 a weal) 50e o rionth; 34.00 & year, Entered at the Postorfic Conm., 23 second-class mal Telephone Cuflst Bulleélnusuuli?u c:u;‘n 3 ulletin Editoriai Rooms 35-3, Bulletin Job Office 35.2 | Jarring Berlin. Willimantic gfl'.ce. 625 Main Street Telephone 210- Norwieh, CIRCULATION August 3, 1818. 10,073 1801, average ... 1905, average ton of a All rights ieserved GOOD NEWS makes a good meen-|"® ing! Gen. Foch's business way and the Norwich, Monday, Aug. 5, 1918. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED The Associated Press s exclusive- !y entitled to the use for republica- 1! news despatehies eredit- ed to it or oot otherwise eredit- ed in this paper and aiso the loca] news published herein. repyblication special despatches herein afe alse zens have protested, or that Berlin has whimpered like 4 disappointed schoel boy: “M you will auit throwing bombs, T will!” : The Entente will not stop throwing bombs, for it is actually:intent upon The spring of 1919 will see the Americans capable of fiving number- ing full 10,099 and there will be a re- serve of two machines for every man who flies. The great eontending ar- mies next vear will be on wings bomb- ing munition dumps, and rallroad janetions and munition factories, and troops massing in the rear of the foe; but sparing churcheg and hospitals and nen-combatants as far as possi- ble. Germany ig already conscious that to her werse is to come. and the only way she ean avoid ths disaster is by surrendering unconditionally, The Entente must drive to foree peace .by pnconditional surrender. A PERTINENT INQUIRY. In most Salvation Army conference rooms is this fnquiry upon the wall: “When did you write to mother?’ It is in the mother-heart that love always abides for the wandering son: it ig there forgiveness Gwells for ail his offencs and it is thenee con- stant prayer arises for the well-being of the wandering boy ar girl. “When did veu writ: to mother?* Echo answers: “When”” Byt the world knows when you will write to other, When the hea: and glameur nd gaiety of life have faded away and you need a friend vou will know where to look for the pity and eare and lave to be found nowhere else. Half the letters reccjved by one welfare buresu of Washington, D. C, eome from loving motiers asking for absent and negligent sons and daugh- ters. Mother is worried about her wan- dering boy cr girl, and passes sorry days and wakeful nights, and praver- { ful hours, hecause she does not know of their whereabouts, or how they are faring in the world. What hoy or giri wauld 2lly worry mother lik: this if thes zed that a short. loving leiter would put cheer into the mother heart and make it peaceful and glad and might and achievement of hie trosps | thankful® are pleasing to us all! OUR HELIGOLAND. al Rear tes acter and in location bears 3 s and immediately completion—the certatn exeeptions, nee unti] o for its defense. The naval general in this opinion, and said: d, as the key abey ms 'Rah!! ‘Rah!!! for the men at the front! believe the strategic importan: area (Montauk Point to Ga AR cverestimated, the problems of its defense|Mans means that the :ide of battie velopment shouid be taken up|Nas turned nd pushel vigorously to = with The farmerette from the kitehenette can hardly developments, heen 'm”!,gfiz‘c’:‘_c‘f;‘f in society, but she knows when “the . should be|'Ne i busy. o3 rendered impregnable, and should fur- ont ther be equipped for use as a sub- “When did YOU write mother?" EDITORIAL NOTES. Hot weather is hard upen good in- tentions; amd so is a war tax! Knight of the navy SRR e tells the government and is greater as a deferse than as a for the people. The Man on the Corner says: rent-hog ough Emperor C'arl 6f Austria must feel The t to be made to squeal in char-{that a little liberty would be sweet! Island ng resemblance to Heli- The Germans are le; Americans cable “he: news. ing that the quarters for This precipitate retreat of the Ger- in| B&s no reasen to be ashamed of her trouserettes! The telephone girl is net popular The man who inventel pay day did a gre 2 ountry, marine base and torpedo boat base In | et tin# for his lountry, and for war.” As a defence to.our coast and in- land water ways, and as a protection to New York, lenge recommends. AN ASSURING ACT, The taking over of the Cape Cod canal by the zovernment proves to be both assuring and satisfactory to New England. As a private enterprise 1.0t profitable terway which tonnage The action sm land ports The devalopment by he American protect 1 slogan. A COUNTER CURRENT. different the thrif: cause of thi o N of{ have lost Block Island is not to be questioned. The importance of B a key to the situation is widely rec-|energy ognized and should be made the chal- to encmies that Admiral Knight pelc Isiand as this was to hanlle hecause its|easy. needs were sc great and jts receipts so comparatively wa- balong to the government and be devvloped to ac- commodate more than light draught 2 government means immediate deepening of the|to some 1 channel, £ use of this the eoal-car- svith|{that she will have to win the gopd in the) will of the world instead of com- t of coal coming to New Eng-|manding it. govern - ment of an nside water way all along|800d morning to the judge indicates ) is necessary and|not only how they feel, but what they and facilitate traffic |4re not yearning for. long shore. ety first” govern- 1 the country here appears to be something wrong | denburg to show their love of coun- stamp and war savings|tey; we send shells and bullets after of these|him for the love of maakind. and S inquiry as to the Ine for is suspiciously should lead to an thrift stamps, Ludendorff’s drive ts Paris did not prove to be n joy ride. He seems to way! — Some people waste more time and dodging duty than it would take to perform it. _The Germans are finding that the Yanks are as dangerous to waik over 48 so many rattlesnakes The counterfeiters ar: putting 'sib ver half doiiars in circulation, They know Uncle Sam is busy. —— Turkey flnds that rectding is not so The German hold is not so readily broken away from The Kaiser knows it is in good form to talk like a winner, although you are losing with every rising sun. A German peace seem inviting ple, but it weuld be morg widening of certain | eXpensive than war at $25.000 a min- as soon as possible, all leading | ute! o a constantly increas seventy-mile saving fo riers that feed New the result of much Germany ill diseover in the end The way automobiie owners say ——— the country, and the most expert wirepullers will be wary how they pull wires against him. — The Germans drive neils into Hin- | The German weather prophets give the German' generals the cue when 4 ’ The thrifi idea is worthy the full-|to start. Weather fayorable to smoke est development, but it is that the mauagement heen skiliful, although 2 fayit ie te its earnestness. e f 4 with scernible| @nd Bas is what they desire. ras not ‘ Shirting for the Yankee soldiers is being made at the rat> of a mile a The redemption of thrse stamps was | Minute. May thev make the Huns run made easy so that concerned | 01 the samse rate before the year hould suffer loss through adversity, | Closes. nd the term was made short so that théy might be a good object lesson The only trouple with the automa- to the people in saving to help them-|tiCrstepped car is that if bath doors “velves as well as to halp the govern-| &Y€ Open the Passéngers do met know ment win the war. Buyvers of uld he as resoluts bose 10 help win the war as the men whether ie leave by the how or the Dbonds” | Stera. thelr pur- Hew the Ameriean victories put glee ~.'re who represent the goverament at iate siipiio §pueh. It muat ajsturd ‘he front the German ‘veterams ts be so hadly L v eepui Yan- % Beware of the enemy—the adver-| [ /(Ped by aw recpulls’ from Yan “sity whisperers—who would weaken i “Syour faith in vourself, the banks or the zovernmont; and be game in all war issues—tirm for right and strong 1 your purpose! A year aga the Germun U-boat was “destroying hundreds of thousands of “wionnage more than could be produced|to be sweet-tempered even to those A A S The Editor who writes that “an ani- mal never knows it's in Jdanger of dy- ing and is spared the agony of fear” shouid have & short copversation with some buteher —— —— We are told the Kaiser has ceased in a year; but they ean no longer do|clese to him. The Christmas dinners making the output a million more e than they, gver destoyed, | § it! Uncle Sam is in the game nnalhe hag mijssed in London, Parts and Moscow fre enough to uritate an man, g 2 | tightly nailing the corn | If some of it becomes sour 1 . 8 it com: > {a frill of the plain material. The! ways be used in making pancakes Ofl qyrt was inset with three bands of Uncle Sam holds all the wires $n|’ YOMAN IN LIFE AND IN' THE KITCHEN SUGGESTIONS FOR ;gllum Illll:‘, hoe:nu“:l &lmcu:“ s:;ed- ing qualitieg, for le runpers THE HOUSEWIFE |4nd cushions to be used on the poreh, DICTATES OF FASHION. Organdie rum;-svTrim a gingham frock: Egg stains on silver cdn. be removed by rubbing with a little salt and a damp cloth. Cakes may be prevented from burn- ing by sprinkling a little sajt in the bottom of the ove: One rose trims a turban very dajntily. Cheese can be added to escalloped cabbage or caulifiower, arf mabes a nutritious dish, / Many capes are Chinese spiration, in in- Ribbon b @ ong t! V- It's a great comvenience to have a emeis'bo iongee-ew. ISR (he o separate workhag for each piece of 5 work one has on hand. A new sports fab‘rie'is of washable i silk duck. If the head of caulifiower seems toe small, mux with it a little of the firm white parts of the cabbage, Pale pink is- effeetive embroidered in yellow. e if you wish the eontents of a sauce- organdic makes a pan te boil quickly do net allow a met- al spoon to remain in the pan. because a spoon carries off a great deal of the The old time fiehu is rgvived for heat. cotton dresses. _Cr®ssbarred dainty blouse. Rosewopd is a celor mueh used by the French. Soak a common floor mop in esal oil: it will make a good dust absorber, Spak the mon thoroughly, then, hang it out in the air forsa few days. It s a gr of fringe used Wh thien by reaay Tre me: There is a great deal Tings as trimming. A square piece of cotton, pasted at each corner of the table oileloth pefore using it, will prevent the corners from wearing eut as soon as they otherwise would. Artillery rei is ome of the new colors. Hats and parasels to match come in two toned effects. When vou are cooking a chicken, the wing to find out if it is pro- periy dene. If the fork finds the wings tender, you can be sure of the entire chicken being well cooked. A very useful thing to keep in the sewing pasket is a pair of tweezers to pull out stuboorn threads left in the basting, especially those that the sew- ing machineghas gone over, — R Silk fringe is a new trimming for spoons of fresh cream or milk and 8| srauting eoters. o made of two con- st ) few bread crumbs in with it. Youwill | FASURE colors. fnd it juicy and delicious. SURPLICE CORSELETS. TO WASH RUGS. There are surplice corsets that are When eithey rugs or small carpets | made of colored erepe in nattier blue, ; mandarin yellow and pacific ceral. require washffig, dissalve four ounces(qyace have s ent fasten. of good white soap In four ounces of | T '@ ohiv one negily) Separate collars and cuffe of Jeosely knitted wool are shown. Instead of pockets on a frock, little pouch bags are attached. Your new even gown should be a eombination of white, black and em- erald over flesh charmeuse, with silver braidings. Beilne waike: When toal- and. five ing at the left side. The surplice edge | Tioui t 4 is finished with a bit of brilliant bro- ounces. of liquid o, Jae ?“d,mded ribson and the sleeves are long one-haif ounces of ?‘\OnD. two and| short, tight or opem and peinted. one-half ounces of giycerine and tWolguch a corselet js worn over a black ounces of ether or chloroform. Roitle and cork well for use. . When needed to a pail of tepid water and wash the | carpet with a flapnel and soap in the SRS L usual wi One wash will have a wonderfully | cleaning and brightening| CHIC FROCKS OF ORGANDY. Scct. Stcleh bnton 4 fal BpA%R:| 'Ons of the Breftigt. of the less ex- _;"rmk, " | pensive organdy frocks noted recently ERTIDNINE- made of white organdy. The white ergandv was uged for the gown and the checked materjal formed the |large sbawl coliar which extended 8 g . i i | dOWn either side of the badice front o Even at prosent high prices milk !0 the waist live. The large turn back B Y o aharTadren (hod loufls werd aise of ‘the checksd miate. e of 1 e a8 0 TR oo ot {rlal, cuffs and cofiar being edged with informal dinpers. if necessary, 1o prev: When dry take up and shake well CHEAPER THAN MEAT. other cales. When the curd is squeezed out to make pot chesse the whey should be! drunk or used in cooking. for it still} contains much highly nutritious mat-|ooijar of white organdy which extehd- ter. > X . ed down the bodice front as tie one 0o-A nwtat natafl 7 bb mm mm M} pove gescribed, and was caught inte TP IS the girdle There was a vest of the UTILIZE FAT FOR SOAP. tucked white organdy, the tucks run- ning crosswise The cuffs and pocket Fat is needed for soap and the food | trimmings were of the whité tucked administration has suggested that con- | organdy. sumers trim coarse fats from meat — before cooking and seil it to seop- VEIL VOGUES. makers. Many housewives are so far = from fat coliectors that this function|- No woman har reached the finishing can be performed better by retail|part of heb dressing unless she is fast. butchers, who could purchase it from |éning upon her toque a veil. be it a the housewives and accumulate the|small, scroll designed cireular veil, a quantities needed in so2pmaking tightly enveloping fine mesh or one of - the large flcating chiffon metor veils. Thé small Shetland veil is in order, too. the checked material. HEALTH AND BEAUTY. When a child bymps itself and the 27 skin is not broken apply cloths wet in LAUNDRY HINTS. a solution of arnica and water, or —— very hot water alone. Frocks of a delicate color always ‘ook bétter if washed in bran water, Now, more than at any other season | no soap being used. of the year, are we apt to be cauzht S in a rainstorm and sit about in damp If the children's stockings &o clothing, and as a consequence we |through with the regular laundrv they or delta 4 of the 1 n:i?‘pu the American revoiution. : formal evening gowns are made after this manner the upper part is of trans. payent material, such as tulle, ehiffen or lace. Vi 2 mental chemists at the Tamaqua (Pa.) plant of the atlas Powder company, can make goed it will open an enormous field for women in this occupation. thing else to help women in indusiry who are injured. aceording to Dr. E. O’'Neill Kgne, the fameus surgeem, in his pamphiet on women in rallway work. s wanted for immediate use are dropped etew-pan lace skiri, or ome of knife plaited| 5 1ed | chiffon, or one of draped hlack satin,| 24 one teaspoonful of the preparation | oS 2 20, OF Srangd Ack fat | Another dainty, cool-looking frock | wag of white organdy checked in lines | of lavender. There was a large tueked | the manner S eevalien durins ————— CONCERNING WOMEN, —— 74 six women, empleyed an experi- Sympathy will de mere than eny- Determination to keep gollege ath- leties in the fore despite the depletion of the athletie ranks by the war call has resuited in the fermation of girls baseball teams at Mills college and Stamford umiversity in California. TO KEEP YOLKS. C — If velks of eggs whieh are wnot into eeld water and put into a2 eeld plece they will keep resh for several days. - FOR WIPING SILVER. For wiping silver, an oid linen table- cloth, eut up in 2 piece of eonvenient size, hemmed and marked “silver,” is very nice + RECIPES. _Green Pepper and Petate Salad.—» Chop four baked potatees and one Spamish onion very fine. Elice one green pepper so that it makes large rings. Plaes on lettuee leaves. Fill the rings with the baked potatoes and onions heap mayennajse dressing on top of each ring and serve. "Fish Chowder.—Three Ibs. fgh, 41 tablespoons drippings, 1 medium onien, chopped fine 1, quart siiced potatess, 3 cups hot milk Skin and bone the fish and ecut inte ineh cubes. Cover the bome and trimmings with eold water arnd let simmer for one-hali hour. Cook the emion in the fat for five minates in a stew-pan. Parboil the ced potagoes for five minutes, then drain and add layers of fish and potatees te the fat and enion in the Season each layer with salt and pepper. Strawn the liguid in which the fish bones have been beiling over all, and cook about twenty minutes until fish and potatoes are . tender. Then add scalded milk. 1€ desired thicker, sprinkie a little corn meal be- tween each layer of fish end potatoes. Self-Satisfaction. Mr. Editor; All of us bave met these self-satisfied folk. Some of them wete sure that they were living and doing their duty fo their fellows; some of them ciaimed a leasehold on a heaven. Iy mansion: some of theny refused to believe that they conld make a mis- take. All of them might plead guilty to errors of judgment when spoken of in general: but attempt to convince thern that one single action was wrong And they will defend themselves and their pu'poses with the fury of lioness protecting her cubs. They are self-gatisfied, though they would llke to make others think they dare not hold such an opinion. Life in &ll its branches is best fitted for service to God and mankind when it continnes to struggle for Dbetter things. Onee we are satisfied with ourselves ard no longer strive for bet- ter and nobler things that minute we loge 3!l we have attained and begin to thke the backward drift that leads te soul degeneration and mental oblivion. Self-satigfaction is the eancer that pollutes and destrovs the endeavors of those who are &incerely Jaboring for the betterment pf themselves and their fellows. One Self-satisfied person in any organizatien, religious, political oi social, wiil 4o more to harm and give greater setback than may be overcome by five earnest workers. I Are you seif-satisfied” Have you reached that poinr in veur life when you feel you know it all, and are con- sgious of your own superiority éver your fellows? Do you feel assured that because you are a member of 4 church and carefully -jve up to all the duties wake up the next morning with a bad | will grow faded mneh more quiekly|its forms demund of you, vou are en- sore throat, Salt and water make an|than if vou wash them out separately, excellent gargle for the throat. for the reason that they de not lie in ——— the soany watsr so long. And they One réason why many American giris | Should be dried, indooors away from find walking and tramping so difficult | the sun is that the feet are mot kept in nat- STeA 2 ural working condition. In the care of | 'When making starch try using soapy the foot nothing is more important|Water instead of the plain water. This than to maintain the freedom of me- | Will give a much better gloss to the tion of the toes. Nature gives to the|clothes znd the irons will not stick. baby’s foot an almost grasping power. st On the other hand, as has been aptly| Wash laces which have become said, the foot of the adult “Is reduced |8tained with perspiration in cold water almost to the condition of a shoe-|and soap. After the stains have been maker's last” Badly fitting shoes ac- | removed put them into warm water. count for this change. AT The washing of scrim or lace eur- tains is a simple matter if one pears So _meny people have DBeen |, 'ying that the dirt is mostly on the troubled with sore throats this spring.| ;. 7. 0 503 for that reason they should It ls most unwise to allow this con-|he washed in cold or lukewarm water dition to progress, since many serious 2 = : forms of sickness start with “just a Soiled curtans sheaid never be put : djrectly into hot water. Shave eome sore throdt.” When the throat feels S 4 raw, half hour zargling periods, using | VPite €0ap and dissolve in hot water S and add enough to cold water to make | rm , are vil This | ..o P = { :&an niat‘xlxe;?:‘:e;n: rex:gs"eie?he irrxis— slghtly soapy. Ajlaw curtains to soak | tation. Again equal parts of listerine, | Ve or ten minutes. With the hands water and peroxide is even more effect- g ‘is’dup ’“[‘ b"' = mi “d cu]- (wo—l-— ive. Fer an annoying tiekling in the!f“ I 0 “‘°‘ ”’f' ain and place. in throat an application of hot glycerine | [e8h supply of oapy water and re- rubbed thoroughly into the pores and | Peat process til dirt is removed. It . 5 not badly soiled two or three changes \;ered with warm flannel gives re- are sufficfent. R TWher. curtains bave been indows wkieh are frequent- CARE OF COMPLEXION, el A certain well known woman who drives her car comtinually in the sery- ice of the government declared thatj the seeret of her clear, smooth com- plexion lay in the frequency and in the manner of her cold cream applications. It is sefe to say that before sallying forth to breast the elements, boating and walking as wieu‘ one lhoul;d plaster the face with cold cream and powder. An sbso]ule.padstle mnfi' be Dl\:t nnl iin VOGUE FOR SAEHES. this manner and it will not show if it 3 is done with care. Rub in with the{, Sashes Bz ;’““Cd’.x’m‘:‘ B e They finger tips & foundation of eold eream,|® s arrangfi & s be.y.v ol thén with a puff dust powder ever||BSance the eas D \ this and with p softcioth rub in the | 250Und the waikt once or twice and cosmetic Jightly. If gt the end of a|ted In 2 loose fold over & knot at the of soap and hot water, scaldibg or by the cold water process. Ecru cur- tains may be improved by lying some time in hot water to which has been added some clear, siropg coffee, > i few -minutes the gresse shows in|frONt or op either side or at the back| o SRR IS L N Sleon Jaces, repeat the ~powder rubbing|OF i mav encircie the waist once an@ Frestment antil n smoath finish has |'le in apron sach effect 3t the back; been made. This will withstand che | OF It may be looned over in g most direet assauit of sun or wind and ::hy!e at (e thE bha i other it is remeved after returning from the """::g" i g s il out of doors there is no danger of the EM' it e the. BN vy, skin receiving an everdose of ecream. O Sobris WACK the s To remove this makeup use, instead of JERSEY SUITS. elear 'I(ar. a mi‘ulion g( borax or aileohel. ther will cut the ase. e hieh _...*l - e The sleeveless idea is in high fayor in three-piece fuifs of jersey, or jersey ; P 3 NEW oW, DRAEERIEE and silk stackinette, or of silk stock- A new mohair curtain material for)inette and tricotine. The very smart ejther symmer or winter uge is both | three-piece semi-sperts suits have a good )M\img and practieal in eharae- | SWeafer-like podice of silk stoekineite ter. The mehair weave of cotten and | With jersey sleeves, a skirt of jersey silky angora sheds the dust as ne|2Bd a thirty-two or thirty-fepr inch other drapery weave does, and the | Sieeveless jacket of the jersey. The fabric is not affeeted by dampness or | SKirts are plaited or mdy be cut om night air and never becomes limp and | Straight, elim lines. stringy, as many other summer cur- S TS tain materials do. These new mohair FOR INFORMAL WEAR. draperies are in printed effects and D have a rich colored, trangiucent sug-| There is a stroj gestion of staiped glass, They are ad- | fabrie of the evening gown high at the €x- arms, and then 10 ODER It I #-0Quare € till clear, and if| curtains are white scald if it seems | ly open they are apt t0 have streaks, | which can be removed only by the use | boiling hot, but this should not be| done until all surface dirt is removed | draped | attempt to run thei titled to a seat in the sacred circles of Heaven's elect? If you are self-satisfied on all these points, of which Your conscience alone You can be ihe jpdge, you have reached that development of an organic body that forbids any further advance to- ward perfection. Though vou still live ‘and breathe walk and talk, you are spiritnally dead; and that is worse than physical death, for one wha passes to the great beyond is never a decaying apple in the great barrel of good' ones. MARYLANDER. This Job Will Hold Him. You will kindly print Miss P. Weiss of 189 Y., in a let- Mr. Edito this angwer by Ross street, Brooklyn, ter to me a eouple of Wi a fellow who was drafted, that pre- dicted the war would end in four months, beeause he could never hold a job longer than four months. Evidently, writes Miss Weiss, the| war will prove of great service to the individual, partieylarly to mem who have not been able to'hold on t¢ their jobs long, for T feel that the feilow who hag not been able to hold kis job| longer than four months has at last found a job which he will hold for a longer period, for even shouid peace be declared, the men will be detained for some period longer. 4 JOSEPH SECKLER. Ledyard. BACK OF THE BOY. How does he dare to dare so well, Thiz soldier of the west? ‘To face the fangs and pangs of hell Which heat against his breast? Where did he get that soul of ateel Which serves him nebly now? ‘What brave descent has et the seal Of knighthood en his brow? Well, Back of the hoy is Wilsen, Piedge of his high degree; Back of the boy is Lincoln, {ineoin and Geant and Lee: Jackmon and Tippecynos. Baeck of each son is Washington! And the old Red, White®and B He m; have entered at our doors As Saxos, Celt or Siav, But. new or oid, upon our shores He's heir to all we have. We care not what his eiass or clan, Or whit his name, or whese: A free. upstanding Yankee man, He knews not how to lese! For Back of the boy is Wilson, Wiison and You and Me Back of the bey is Lineols, Lineoln and Grant and Lee: Back of each san is Washington: What better blood could be? Where is the lad whe has ever had A knightlier pedigree? —By Edmund Vance Cooke. Prospective imports in the.Belgian vernmest of Belgium - “LETTERS T0 THE EDITOR | MATINEE 2:20 =S Private Danny in France. War is o funny thing after all. Sometimes when you're rever think about it at all soldiering is more like De! great camping out pariy than any- thing else. People back home I guess have got st as soon as a soldier the idea that lands in Fra ke jumps right injo a trench and ke lasts about four days bumped off. there before he gets £heoting a gun and letiing somenedy take a shot you is on parc of running a war. five men to heep a fizhiing man go- ing, but even the fizhting men taem- selves are ony right up in the front a small part of the time. Then, t00. it takes a sheoting and shells to 4 man. Un- appen to he where thérs 0 or a bad pattle on there ain’t more'n one-tenth of the kiiling Most of the boys here are going to get back home all right, s0 people don’t need tc worry quite 80 much as they beéem that people think there is. doing. Last night I got thinking about this whole business. Here we was in re- serve, about six or seven mites from tiie fighting front line and the moon was out and crickets and bull-frogs was singing along the litti¢ river that runs through this town. And up on the hill there was 4 lot of felios gath- ered singinz old songs and down the other way a dozen or so soidiers was a ukaleiy that some soldier Once in a while vou would pass a soldier walking with some French girl —and she might just as easy as not been a girl from home. And over by the hospital a regi- mental band was giving a concert in the moonlight. And there on 2 door- step a boy from home was sitting talking to an old French grandmother —and even :f it was kinda dzrk she was sewing a button on hie blouse. Just as | strolled by a liitle kiddie come out and sat in his lap just as naturil as if she had been his own lit- tic_sister. Then from away off came the acho ¢f a bugle, calling men back to their quarters. The day's work was done and it was time to go home to bed. You could see the moonlight in the river as you crossed the bridge—al- raost as old as the hills around this town. And the river and the moon re- fleeted in it leoked just iike rivers and moons do way off in the States. And yet all this was.a part of war— the part that people back home don’t seem to understand ahout. ¥razier Hunt, in Chicago News. A GREAT ACTOR—A THRILLING § HALL CAINE'S GREAT NOVEL THE MAJESTIC ROOF GARDEN TONIGHT - Always a Good Titne—Prize Dance This Evening OPENING NIGHT- MOOSE CARNIVAL Under the Auspices of Norwich Ledge, No. 930 Leon Washburn’s Might'y'Mi’d\Jay Shqws STARTING. MONDAY, AUGUST SthT AT BATTLE GROUNDS awful Iot of itre | -~ JEVENING -6045, 8:45 P YA Y Mon., Tues. and Wed. Super Feature Photoplays ELSIE FERGUSON In the Six-Part Artcraft Picturs THE DANGER MARK BY ROBERT CHAMBERS A story dealing withithe theory of heredity as a-pstential factor in shaping the destinies-of -men and women. ALMA RUBENS In the Five-Part Triangle Drama “Madam Sphinx” A Clever Detéctive Story Special Exclusive 8| s Weele~ -~ THE U. S. OFFICIAL WAR REVIEW Distributed by the U. 8. Govern- ment ing Every “HOW COULD .~ - YOU, CARGLINE?” 19TH CHAPTER OF THE EAGLE’S EYE Hearst-Pathe News OTHER VIEW POINTS This “kiss the flag” business as a penalty. for seditious utterances is becoming too common and too light R penalty, Almost every day we read of some misguided individual damn- ing the United States, or the admin- istration, or the American flag, who is condemned to underge the ordeal of “kigsing the flag,” as a “"punishment.” Where does the punishment come in? Any loyal American will kigs the flag| at any time, and deem it a privilege | and an act of consecratien. It would \be more to the point to compel. the seditionist to eat a peek of dirt in which the flag-pole is planted.—Green- wich News-Graphic. No one has to stop at neon and pray. But anyone who feels like it may. He will have the reminder and will be in géod company: It won't metter what prayer is spoken. A praver in thought will do very well The influenceé of prayer upon God is doubted by some, But there can be no doubt of its effect on those wheo pray. In private prayer is a seurce of refreshment and strei Prayer in mass reacts upon the indlvidual with the force of coneentrated sym- pathy in a common need, & common feeling, 2 common dependence, a com- mon help. It is team play of the spirit. [t assurés us of each other. And Ged may hear—Waterbury Am- eriean. Right here in Bridgeport, along with the rest of the lapd, we must gst ready to de with less sugar. Two pounds a momth per person is to be the limit for the future. The sugar crop is short and great quantity is needed for the ailies and for the sold- iers. Sugar i& a useful aid in tiding the wounded over their paips and nerve rackings. Cut down vour sugar use. It is very mueh a matter of Kongo will be requixed to obiain the|habit make one lump do where two mirable for the living room, library or back, to have it entirely cover the|appreval of the F00m. maierisl is wers required before. Cut out sugar LR DANCE MONDAY, AUGUST 5th MUSIC BY PICKETTS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA of Willimantic DANCING -830..70 1130 s e although that - is harder. Anyhow, thereemust be reductions if the soid- iers are to get the needed quantity.~ Bridgeport Telegram. Bven with the viewpoint, it is rather surprising t6 find men and women vacationerg taking up farm work a8 much as they are doing this summer. This is not incidental war gardening of desultory work of that sort. It is real-laber on the farms. They hawe gome-into it judiciously but actually. They are laboring hard in the fields with the hgnds. They are tumbling into bed as the sun goes down. Thev are sleeping 4s ‘they never slept be- fore. They ave finding pure water the sweetest drink they'sver tasted. Mueh of this is 4 physical experience new to them end its effect will be more than ineidental. They will be surprisingly fortified men and women, with a vast- Iy clearer understanding of life, when they have closed these marvelous “va- catiens."—Hartford Times. 1t's all up with a drummer when he loses his grip., - - Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S 0 S ™ -