Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 30, 1919, Page 4

¢ Jlerwich Bulletin end Goutist 123 YEARS OLD Sutnerigtivn priss 120 & weoks 866 4 wieih: $0.69 . . what class thése who have returned to this coun- try belong in is unknown but it is ev- ideht that they did fiot find the sit- uation there so alluring that they wefe anxious to remain and in all probability there will be hundreds if not thousands more who left this country for Italy following the war who will gradually make their way Back to the land of opportunity. And what i true of Italy is likely to be true of other countries, so much =o WEWBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, S TET Aghts of regublication of spécial deepited. PGy ot toeal An * Bervin am abe reserved. “altind g n that the detrimental effect upon the labor &ituation here, which was threatened by their going, will not continué for long. WOOD ALCOHOL. Comniissioner Roper of the internal revenue department realizes the necessity of taking prompt actioh in securing new legislation concerning CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 27th, 1918 10,373 THE TREATY DIVISION. Interest continues keen in the sen- ate on the question There is activity both among who favor the ratifieation with slight reservations and there is a growing evidence of the desire on the part of the democrats who have been standing for ratifica- tion without any reservations to see the document ratified under the best ble arrangement that can be per- From all indications the res. ervationists and those who are sdfd changes in the Lodge to be leaning that democrats are not so far apart of way among they have thouzht In the past. Senator ehowing ats agree Fong encugh interes‘a e a od by us pre s uneasines to dispose of the doeument. There is| . " ooi son1s around. @& realizalion of the position in which \V&:)Od alcohol is resorted to hecause S “‘r"":“l Pt b= 098 1ot the name it bears. Inssmuch as o 104 ¢ presi tial i er and A 3 g : ord alcokol is used the impres- the inclination to cscape from that he Word ale e : Lenroot, increased freaty matter. has let it be known that t will be ratified whenever the dem- to accept reservations protect American should be un- possessed the war and not result of the to nd these it the to y us as the democrats the result of the failure position is growing. democratic leadersh intevests who interest has in there The entrance of Senator Ualerwood into the fight for in the senate is showing its effects in the efforts to secure a compromise on the treaty. Within the next few days, as the re- cuit of the sentiment that scems to be prevailing, it will not cause surprise got derstanding weeks the it other i? Qefinite stéps are taken to get to- ¥ on the part of the democrats the result thereo® get an un- with the reservationists, who are wiliing to yield possibly on :0logy or certain v Ahere can be an agreement e to the passagé of the treaty. an be eleared un within the next should be for the sake important questions before congress, other RETURNING THE SHIPS, In view of the manner in which this secured them it is difficult to any other the one ordered could have been made country of the seven remain- These of country see how Ly thi ] rman =higs were th it Britain, with the veted. We we 1 wes that ¢ S to use . . i when shipping ig needed the oniy | Buerilia w;rfnr* in this manter is not| proper cowrss Was to turn back the|lkely to coatribute very much of a| others, In taking the action which was or- dered by the president we have hon- out out part The idea of holding the ¢hips had to do with the dozen tank- ors that were seized under the belief | were German a matter property of the Standard Oil company Thus far this coun- fFy has not been assured that these| shipe will be returned to the rightful owners, and it was contended that we should hold the British ships wuntil the tankers, which are anchored in orfably carried egreement. that they which as of this country. pas. nger acquired property In order to faciiitate the return of our troops that country loaned the ships to the United States understanding that Vv*aw to be returned when our use for t¥er as traneports had disposition ghips, Teen of of fact British waters, were released, That might have been a sensible policy if the possession of the tank- crs rested with the British instead of the supréme council, but such doesn’t appear to be the case for the protest of this country against the tankers being German property and the ap- peal for their return to their Ameri- camn owners are awaiting decision by the supreme couneil. We have cleared ourselves, ever, of any injustice to the British, after they had given us material as- sistance by loaning the abandoned the idea of holding them “8 hostages until our case was settled to avold idleness, and it is to be re- alized that the same regarding the idle tankers would be timely. ships. BACK FROM ABROAD. Just what was expected is happen- ing regarding the large those people who picked up stakes and started for their native land just as s00n as the avenue was epened and accommodations could be secured. There were thousands who were anxious to go back to Europe for vartous reasons but the anticipa- uon that they would return here has begun to be realizeq in the arrival in New York of several hundred Italians who were_among the first to leave for steamship Traly. After what Italy ha@ gone through as the result of the war, because of the lack of information regarding rel- atives and frisnds which was not like- Iy to be secured in any other way, be- canee of the funds which many of them wanted to have put to certain uses and be mure of it, because of the interruption In travel caused by the which caused many to delay thelr intended visits some undoubtedly thought that there would he sspecially attractive advan- \agen to ba gained In the period of fe- war the treaty. those the as been the is an points, legislativ: than they com- therefore duty bound ships were returned. The Tmperator after some delay was vlaced in the hands of the Cunard line and in view of our oblj ] tion and the fact that the ships were not in an vessels, but are the how- We thoughtfulness number of and because the siale and use of wood alcohol. It has been realized for years; that sueh alcohol was being used whén grain alcohol could hot be ob- tained, even though thers are plenty of cases “to prove that those who drink it knowingly are simply ¢om- mitting suicide. It does not appear that the deaths in the Connecticut valley can be at- tributed to any willingness on the part of the drinkers to defy the effects! of wood alcohol. Everything points! to the fact that they supposed they were drinking real whiskey. Knowl-| edge of the fact that the liquid was anything else or that it was for the| most part wooq alcohol wasapparent- | ly possessed only by the makers.! There can be littie question but what| they knew what they were doing and that they acquired and used the poi- son for the purpose of providing a substitute for the real thing. Wheth-| er it would be possible to prove that they knew that the liquid was a dead- ly poison when taken internally is an- other thing, but they of any who han- deld it were in all probability the only ones who were familiar with the contents. Just as long as wood alcohol bears that name it is likely to be substituted for grain alcohol. Restrictions rela= tive to its sale would doubtless give valuable protection and its dangers are geétting the publicity that is re- quited at this very time. How long it will last no one can tell. Like a gooll many other lessons of a like na- ture it is likely to be forgotten before sion is gained that it can be used as a base for whiskey. It would thefe- fore appear to be a Wige move to 8o change the name of the liguid that it would not be associated with alcohol. THE DUBLIN ATTACKS. Just how well organized are thal?i who have twice made attacks upon Viscount. French in Dublin can only be surmised by the determination with which the demonstrations have been made. Death has occurred eacin time although the lorg lieutenant of ireland escaped each time. 1t is to be presumed that those who are participating in these affairs, des- pite the way in which they have been widely denéunced by press and pulpit, are among the most radical of those who are involved in the efiort to make ireland independent. Apparently Intention is to kill Viscount an Irishman himself and a prominent British leader in the recent wi but just how that would work to t ben- efit of their cause ig difficult to un- derstand since there are others who would take his place as lord lieuten- ant of Treland and cohtffwe to repre- sent Great Britain there. And it isn't to be supposed that Viscount French r Great Britain are going to be frightened by these demonstrations, | which also included the demolition of f newspaper in Dublin which de- aounced the first attack. Rather is it likely, that these ac- tivittes will simply mean the institu- tion of strictér measures for dealing with this very elass. The resort el favorable nature to the adjustment of| the Irish problem. And at the samaj time it makes all the more ridiculous {the report that an investigator ha Just brought to the effect that eve: hing in Ircland 1s as peacefui as a| May morning. Teaders as well as the actual guntnen, is likely to prové most unhealthy for them and non-beneficlal for the; Emerald Isle. EDITORIAL NOTES. Even Mexico is realizing that pro-| hibitiof"is taking the pumch out of the! United States. This is the Jast Tuesday in the year.| Make full use of it in perfecting the! new resolutions, After tho Christmas buying there is no denying the fact that these are the| shortest days of the year. With Belgium planning for an army of a million it iitends to put no more| faith in a serap of paper. The man on the corner says: The:el‘ are the days wken people are dying from, as well as for, a drink. i Within a few daye now, just as seon as the bills come, it will be possible te tell what Christmas ¢ost. It is said that all those on the Bu- ford are well and happy. Why " ~dn’t they be, lcok where they are going! Style intoxication, Impressing the neizhbers and disregard for thrift are some of the rcasons fot the mainte- nance of high prices. B From the s1dity weather thus far It looks like a case of hustle at the psychological moment if the icemen get a crop this season, What Fnthers so many of them is Laat after 1g whiskey so razi.sriy they canret see why such a ‘iqu wood zleohel 1red worry them. 1 Secretary Daniels gives enough at- tenlion to ‘he protests over the na- val awards te “ealize that out of fair- | been exceedingly optimistic for many |y, in a match of keen wits, but both | The enthusiasm of these radicals,| o ‘:;rea.cer part of Washington’s “near half "WASHINGTON AFFAIRS flm&w\n o l\;se!; sn:: (Speeial to The kxg’;:nm:.) never Iniended to stay i Italy Waghinglon, D. Gy Deo. Z-Will| i ynow how I'm going to cut the H. somb wero prepared (o base their de-|the. ufi‘mflumn/- *I know how ] _. g cisioh relative to returning upon thefmeet the tremendous tasksuzvh?chewm C. L." announced Kate. “Here we 3'91 face him on the reconyening of con- gress January fifth, is a question which official ‘Washington is ponder- ing ever, with great anxiety. Never since he assumed the office seven years agp has such a multitude of important measures awaited his ac- tion. It is now thirteen months since he has given much personal attention to domestic questions howevel press= ing, and for the past three months even foreign affairs have been brush- ed aside on account of his iliness. As a result a great mass of pressing pub- lic business is Waiting his ability to tran$act it, much of which requires co-operation of congréss and the chief executive. Officials here say it ig useless to shut ones eyes longer to the critical condition which this ¢oun- try faces unless the president is able to resume his full official funetions within a short period. The bulletins issued from the white house have rattling around in an eight room flat, while other people are clamoring for any place to stay. I'm going wo rent the pare bedroom.” E: s Jimty, her husband, scowled disap- rovingly. 5 “Have I been kicking about the H. C. 1.?” he-'demanded. “Have I stop- Kd making money to support this HiAY 7" “That ‘ign't the point, dear,’ re- sponded Kate, “Therss such a fierce derhand :otr m m\dtfims that peo e arc gett! perate” - c Py !b:‘n." growled Jimty, “But I won't have strangers walking all over e fof a dollar a week.” “They’ll pay a lot more than that” Kate chuckled. “You can get anything you ask fof a room these days. And, Jimty, dear, you're not going to be bothered a tall. I'm going to get a regular roomer.” “What's a regulaf roomer?” “Why, a régular réomer just rooms. It isn’t like a_boarder. You neyer see him except when he pays.” Jimty went away growling that if he met the roomer in the hall he’d throt- tle him and Kate sent in a “room-to- rent” ad. Her first applicant was a | woman with a questioning manner ot speech and a thin, tight mouth. When she had asked how many were in the family and where the family went to church and what the rent was she gaid the room was too large for her and that she hated origental rugs. still exists, a long line have not yet|Kate was so exuberant at the prospect been refeived by the president and are|of a roomer that she offerel to get hus unable to function their high }any kind of rug she liked and chanze office. The constitution gays the | the furniture. The prospective renter president “shall” receive such dip- | cast a fishy eve on the birdseye maple lomats and the custom ang'precedents | dresser and things, all so obviously of this country and all foreign coun- ! new, and said she'd hoped to find tries have been such that formal|°oMething more eléegant. recognition by the president is re-| Then she said. after ?“»nihfi S garded as essential before ambassa-|WAs Much too smali for af Ngloh dors and ministers take their places|longings and hide ,Ka‘t‘e z:‘om ~byb:\:,:,t at the head of their embassies or le- | S @ Rreat stalwart, handsome e gations. ' Secretary of State Lansing 1558 WOTIHM came stamping up . ithe is fot in touch with the president it|StAlrs. Ebe uve her referénces at being understood that he has not even|PRCe and oM Khte éverything abou seen him since last summer. e TR L T “Why, that room’s chean <he The railroad bill will be put before|cried. “I didn’t know there was anv- im as one of the first measures need- fthing so fresh and exquisite in Chi- ing presidential approval after con-|cago. My, but Tll enjoy cheering you gress reconvenes January Sth. Wheth- weeks, but the fact remains that scarcely a dozen men in high official life have as yet even seen the presi- dent fewer having had the opportu- hity to discuss important measures with him. and so far as cangbe learn- ed even cabinet officers are not in personol touch with him, all messageés being carried back and ferth hy mem- bers of the family or officials con- nected with the executive offices. The diplomatic ‘situation referred to several weeks agd in the Bulletin _BULLETIN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1919 ROOMERS {mv griddle, and hroil t remre e o two wp in vour loneliness With my banjo evenings. They say I'm as gooa as a whole jazz band. Now, What time do you breakfast? Half past 7? That will just suit me. I'll cook ‘hé wheh you do yours and sit right dewn with rou and your husband with mv owh ittle meal, Of course, you give Kitchen privileges? By that time Kate managed to re- cover speech and to invent the excuse that’ she had just rememjbefed aunt was coming and sheé Todld not rent the room just then. _And that afternoon Fanny ¢athe andl she and Kate were having fuh over and Kate thought it would be funny to tell her about the business vénture. And Fanny jumped at the réof her- self! #Why, Kat ® she squealed, “ifs just what we want. We'll stére the furniture and rent our flat tomérrow.” “But you couldn't keep house in my spare bedroom, dear,” protested Kate. “Yes I could! Henry and I and the twins would sleep there, then I'd do our eooking in your kitchen and we'd eat in your dining room, and_ you'd never notice What fun_well have and what a relief to me! %he burden of takinz care of that big apartment Was sbmething awful and We'll jus. have one room to pay for here and hot even our electric light of gas. Tl be able to buy a new fut cont py Christmas The great thing, though, is the twins. I can't get & nufse for love or money and I've beeh so tied down. Now I can leave them with yon.” . “Yes, Fanny, dear,” said Kate, “it would all be too; perfectly eharming for Words, only—it can’t be dnne. Two ‘amilies can’t oeccupy the same space at the same time. If you think veou and I could roll out piecrust on the same board with the same rolling nin at the same time and simuitaneouslv dive info the refrizerator for-thines, and bake pancakes svnchroméusly on o stenks to- cether, and still keep Speaking. ferms, you're mistaken. It wenln't last a week: human nature is too frail. Put it was nerfectly dear of you to think of it. Thar~ks awfnily.” Kate isn't really certain now that che wants to rent her spare room.— Exchange. 1 er or not it could be passed over the president’s veto, should he'take such|fereq by a government employe, who action is a matter of doubt. Probably | obligingly left some dynamite in a it could not, as that requires a two|rusty tin can, within the reach of thirds vote. But towering above all! Widew Willards pet cow. There is the peace treaty. Its fate is ab-|wasn't much left of the cow when solutely in the hands of the pre: che finished her meal. Mike's tecth Notwithstanding the optimisti was a new case, hut the Willard cow ments made by Senator Hitcheock, | has “figured in court several ye the administration spokesmen of the senate that the treaty will be aceept- ed with reservations and that the president has not said he will reject reservations,. there is a siring tied to that statement, for Mr. Hitchcock re- and cach time been disallowed. Con gress however, was in a svmpathic mood that & The snow blew and the mercury fell to a near zero point. So with many “whereas’s” and much dignity of diction it decided to help | fers to reservations made Dby him-|the Widow Willard over a hard win-| self, and not by the majority of the| ter and advised Uncle Sam to tuck $60 | senate. That is quite a different mat- | in the stocking it would find h:mging, ter. Not only have the foreigh rela-|by her chimney. tions committee a big majority of followers but Senator Underwood, as staunch a democrat as ever sat in the senate, is a reservationist by sec- ond choice. He wanted the treaty to stang in full—finding that impossible he wants it in the best obtainable form—and wants it done quickly. Un= derwood and Hitchcock are out in open rivalry for the democratic lead- ership of the senate—each will com- mand a strong following, and each will have a broad influence on ‘the treaty vote, whenever it is next taken. "LETTERS TO THE EDITOR American ism and Bolshevism, Mr. Bditor: 1 would like to correct the opinion which seems to be preva- lent at the presen# time in regard to bolshevism and Americanism. In the first place, the word bolshe- viki simply means the major ‘while the mencheviks, the opposite, or minority. But in these days the name bolshevism is applied to anyome and! anything which does not conform to But that it is the president who|the rules laid down by the conserva- must decide the matter is acknow*]tives and certain reactionaries who ledged by every ome. Tt must bejare still dwelling in the middle ages. cither the treaty with the so-|The communist party. which the called Lodge reservations, or their is what is equivalent with possibly a slight mod- referred to when the word ification of phraseology. or the Knox|belsheviki is used. Now the great resolution last filed. Both require the signature of the president. So mat- ¢ presidential decision and a e momentous and from 2 near viewpoint look as if they would require much closer apnlication and vigorous ireatment at the hands of the executive than he has been able to give public matters for many a month. The outcome is widtched with anxiety. Regarding the floor leader- ship, at this moment it looks much | like a fifty vroposition. Hiteh- cock has the advantage of seniority in senate serv i v the presi-| dential spok Underwood is fear which is abroad in the land is that insidious propaganda is about to oyerthrow the Sovernment of the United States and place the rule of the soviet in its place. If the people who are fostering this outery agains Woisheviem were honest and |- wished to be informed on the subje they would investigate before they ¢in a campaign of misrepresentation and fraud. Give the people the truth | and there is no damger of a terror of anv kind in the United States. Bolshevism hag no blace in Ameriea, and any thinking man knows it. Bol- s sman: < o |shevism is an outsrowth of oppression born leader and left behind hifa th the | 21d for that reason is peculiarly Rus- house a splendid record of floor lead- | Siah. Because it has "f""’," fimd:m 1 ership. Ile is unhampered by pledges | ot e i G e it make him holq fast to the ad-im ¢ T e DAl e Russia from the voke of the c Uhderwesd Wins, the not understanding the psychology of cans y e oy a % America, may_have imagined that it must keep their eves opem, 1o helouid be possible to initiate the soviet knows every move of the game when, ryje here. That this would be im- it comes to parlimentary rules and|,coible of accomblishment nearly vights But he has the reputation of | Domeyors nows oo T con Fos no coanry piwuys” piaying fair” I he and sen-| (s 0oy on that kcore. ator Lodge are pited against each | “\william C. Bullitt, who was chief ther as floor leaders the sparks Willl ot the division of current intelligence summaries connected with the peace! conference, was sumtnofied before the| ~ommittee’ _on forcien relations on Sept. 13, 1919. In the course of his before the committee he sides wou'ld be as=ured of statesman| leaders who would scorn an unfair Hitcheock is fair but lacks itiative as he has always been guided by administration instructions and wishes. The young prince of Wales sent hol- iday giits back from England to cer- tain of the white house employees. One of the giils was to the white house chaufter who drove the prince| around the city. The gift was a stick | pin of diameonds and opals in the form | of a crown and bore the words “Ich Dien”. The chaufier’s name is John- son and he also received valuable gifts from the king and queen of Bel- gium whom he drove around the City|mpene are few rohheries. Prostitution in the white house limousine, Ih|pag ajeanpenred from sieht. Famile tact the employees of the white hou €| lifa hag been unchanged bv the revo- seem to have monopolized the hol | Intion. the canard in reeard to nation- day celebration. The cook Was mar-| .iization of women motwithstandine. ried on Christmas day, but co0K | e theatres opern and hallet are per- shortage and sugar shortage g stated that en ¥eb. 18, 1919, he re- ceived an order from Robert Lansing. a for the purpose of studvine condi- . nolitical and ecohomic, therein, ¢ American com- to neeotiate peace. Mr Pnllitt Yeft for Rvssia on Feb. 22 and about the first of Anril made his re- nort to the president. The followinz are a few extraclis from this report: “Fxecutions are extremely rare Qand otder has been ecstablished. The streets are eafe. Shooting has ceased is, | ies imbibe the spirit of America who has not had it thoroughly instilled into him in his vouth. Personally, I was| born and ted in a cpmrmunity which was utely free from foreign influence of every kind. With several cenerations back of me reared fn the United States, it wonld be impossible understanding the ideal of per cent. Amerleanism. 1 was taught that the Declaratior of Inde- endence was a real and vital factor n Americ life which by no stretch of the imaein~fion could in anv shane ot form be abridged. T was also taught t the first amendment to the con- tion was the vital groundwork of all our laws which made this cAuniry different from all other nations— ramely. a free country. I believed those thinzs then: I believe them now. At the present time a new factor has crept in which threatens the verv foundation of our free America, and that is falsehood. Disseminate the iruth among all the peonle of this TTnited States and_the peonle can be depended unon to do the correst thing. Then holshevism. radicals, reds or anv other scare heads will ceage to carry any terror {o the heart of a true American. GFORGE. E. CAMPBELL. Norwich, De: y 1919, Gleaned ;'rn?Foreign Ex«i changes In view of the probable issue of 5s. in the near future, it is ing to speculate in what place ilver erown-vieces are hiaden. yone possessing one of these un- wieldy coins might keep it as a sou- venir, for no, crown-pieces are ever likely to he issueq again. Nené has " | been struck during the reign of King George V., it being moré than 20 years wince the last 5s. piece was made. Women Boxers.—The growing pop- ularity of the “manly art” mfkes us wonder if some of our letie women will now give an exhibition of their hoxing ‘skill. Such bouts were quite popular less than a couple of centur- ies ago, and the challenges Sent out by some of thesz Amazons now make interesting reading, as, for example 7721, when Ann Field, a Stoke. New ington -driver, challenged Mrs. Stokes, “European championess,” fora vurse of £19, “fair rise and fall.” To this the “championess’ replied: "As the famous Steke Newingion ass woman dares me to fight her for ten pounds. I do assure her I will not fail meeting her for the sald sum, and doubt not that the blows which I shall present her with will be more diffleult for her to digest than any she ever gave her asses.” As Portia would say, “Good sentences and well nounced.” Getting Rid of “Truck.”—Truck, in inverted commas, is all sorts of stuff, useful or worthiess, good in quality or bad, that accumulates in every house: througheut the years, and that is never really wanted, but is permitted to remain. seems to be dawning when “truck” shall be doomed. Slowly, but surely, people are beginning to see the sense in clearing out what they will never want and what their neighbors would wometimes “give their eyes for. Only the other day there was auction sale of land girls’ leavings, after a long war time occupation in g0 hand | toemine as in peace. Thousands of in hand here, after her honey-moon new schosls have heen opemed In all she will return to the white house|narts of Russla, and the soviet gov- kitchen. The president took her 10|armment seems to have done more for France with him, also on his_trip|the edncation of the Ruesian neonle across the counury last fall. There|n a vear and @ half that czardom did was no Christmas tree at the white|in 50 vears, * * * * Fuervone is hunerv bouse this year, but the president|in Moscaw and Pefroerad, inclndine had turkey and fixin's in his bed room | +he peonle’s ecommissaries themselves while Mrs. Wilson and Dr. Grayson dis- | The dailv ration of Lenine and the tributed gifts to the children living | nther commissaries is the same ' as long the road leading to the Country | that of a soldier in the army or of a olub where the president formerly | workman at hard lahor. * * * * The spent much time at golf, and where | Red terror is over. Durine the perind the children watched the big limou-|of its nower the extraordinary com- sine dash past them, followed each |mission for the supnression of the day by their shrill piping cheers, counter-revolntion, which was the in- =5 strument of th eterror, eveentad ahant The Louisiana senators and con- 1500 persans in Petrograd 500 in Moeg. gressmen played Santa to congress|,nw and 2,000 §n the remainder of the by presenting their colleagues with 3 couintrv—5.000 in al' Russia. Geneval a five pound box of sugar, but the|Mannerheim at the head of the White terrer in sonthern Tinland alone exe- eited without trial 12000 workinsmen and women.” Space forbids my auoting any mbre from this renort, hut- it is worthy of note that nome of the neare commis- siohers was ready to take the resnon- sibility for nublicity in the matter and it was referred to the president. The nresident received it and declded that he did not want it given out, and in spite of the urgine of the other com- missioners he continued to adhere to that point of view. So like many other things commected with the neace con- ference the public were kent in fenor- anee of the Russian situation and the million” people had scanty sweetening for their feasts, angd it ranged all the way from exceedingly small choice eugar loaf, to old fashioned molasses. Mike McGarvey put a claim before congress for $35 for a “set of false teeth lost in line of duty” and con- gress, decided that any man who got a bump on the head which jarred his first store set from their moorings de- served to have Uncle Sam play Santa Claus to the extent of a new set, and passeq Mikes bill with shouts of laughter just. before the holiday re- cess. Mike said he was working at one of the government navy yards ness the list ought to be gome vver again. One omission on the part of the manufacturer of the woed alcohol whiskey was that he didn’t take the troubi® to gueranice that ome drink wouil cure the habit, when 4 beam fell on his head. So congress voted him $35 and sent him to the dentist, 1919, The house was in a generous mood | And now Colonel T/istran e s ) ge Malone. that day and advised Uncle Sam to{ar, P.. has just returned from soviet people were unable to get the truth until Mr. Bullitf was summoned he- fore the senate committee on Sept. 12, give a certain Mrs, Willard $60 to buy | Ruasia and confirms “evervthing which A cow to replace the one sheé claims to| Mr. Bullitt embodie4 in his report. have lost through the cow’s appetite] Now as to Americanism, I belleve it for aymm-ne, and the opportunity of-]is next to impossible for anvene to WATERY PILES ON CHLDS HERD Spread to Face, liched Badly, Was Fretful, Cuticura Heals, she was fretful with it. ““A friend asked me to try Cuticara Ointment and I bought a twenty-five cent box. In two days an improve- mentcould be seen,and in ten tofour- teen days She was healed.” ( ) ber Ave., R.F.D. 4, Box 55, Attle- boro, Mass., Sept. 23, 1918. 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MACPHERSON QUALITY CORNER the park of one of the most famous houses in England. The chatelaine approached ‘the auctioneer with the !;es. of getting rid of some of ‘the mhan. Mrs. Blackwood and Mrs, Oni- phant were of the same opinion: whilst Mrs. Carlyle conceiveq “a man of middle age, with a wife, from “truck” in the vast house. He fell |whom he has got those beautiful fem- in with the idea, and the result was|inine touches."—The Loudon Cchoni- much local excitement, many valua-|cle. ble acquisitions, and something like a spring clean in the house itself. OTHER VIEW POINTS President Wilson's postponement ‘of the date for the Teturn of the rail- roads is justified on clearly expressed Erounds Thé congress should, how- lever, hasten the protection which they must have to live after a rugged ex- perience with Uncle Sam.~—New Ha- ven Journal-Courier. Of course, it was a foregone con- clusion that some mathematical fan would keep tabs on the growth of the Harvard Endowment Fund and note and announce the precise moment when it amounted to 311,113,111, Probably he also recorded the attain- ment of $888,888 and $T77,777, and earlier marks of distinguished numer- ical character, but he now appears to have teached Ris climax, unless in- deed the ¥und should happen to reach to $222,222,322 —Providence Bulletin. ‘Chairman Steenerson of the house i post office and post roads committec, {in snarp criticism of Postmaster General Burleson for allowing this profiteering, suggests that the post of- tices be instructed to use the rates of exchange quoted in the . newspapers and financial journals on the first and fiftteenth of ‘each ménth, with per- haps a fite per cent. increase to al- low for variation This sounds prac- ticable® Certainly something should be done for it is not pleasant to thinik that the government is profiteering at the expense of thousands of poor peo- ple—Waterbury Republican Coverntent éxpenditure is the most vital, fundamental factor in increasing the cost of living, says Carter Glass, than whom few Americans have come in closer contact with govern- wment finance. “Tt is earnestly drged,” Glass ar- gues, “that Congress deny every |pro- posal for expenditures in new fields or the continuance or expansion of old unless they represent imperative and unquestioned need.” His idea seems that the way to save money is to save it, and you of this month Mr. Fred E. Weatherly, the famous song writer, is to be en- tertained by a group of _composers an@ publishers at dinner, when he will receive a presentation and ho doubt listen to tWe specches suited to such an_occasion. The occasion will be his jitbilee as a song’ writer. It will be an interesting one, because it is doubtful if ever be- fore in English history has there lived a man who for fifty years has written sings that have been sung with fervor by generation after gemeration, as he himself has survived the singers. He bas caught the spirit of each, from Nancy Lee and The Midshipmite to Roses in Picardy and the gramo- phone. He is 1, and one cannot remember having seen his potrait in a picture paper. He was a successful law coach iat Oxford, and is today a very suc- cessful barrister. He looks as young as ever he did, and has probably stir- red the pools of sentiment as has no other man in his time. An Epicene Writer—“To an author net aiready famous, anonymity 15 the highest pestige,” wrote George Eliot o her publisher John Blatkwood; and for a long time she managed to keep him in the dark as to the real am- ther of her stories. From a lettgr written to him by Lewes he was”led to believe that the author of Scenes of Clerical Life was A clergyman. Later he decided that Professor Owen must have wtitten them owing to the simifaity of their handwriting and the scientific knowl- edge displaveq therein. ITis surprise was, therefore, not to be wondered at| when Mr. Lewes brought forward the quiet, dignified woman whio had pre- sided at the dinner-table, and intre- duced her as “George Eliot.” Dickens Guessed Right—Dickens, with remarkable insight, hit on the truth without knowing it in a letter of congratulation. He was not convinced i by the name on the title-page, and wrote that “I should have been + can’t spend it and save it too.— { strongly disposed, if I had been left to| Briggeport Telegram. my own devices, to addreés the gaid s writer as a woman.” He remained of the same opinion after reading “Adam Bede,” and told Frith ‘that unless he was mistaken, G. Eliot was a woman. Froude voted for the male and Thackeray declared emphatically that the stories Were not written by a wo- No Orders Go With Him. Ttaly has retired 22,000 army officers by official decree, but even if D'’Annun- zio is fweluded he probably won't pay any attention to it—Cleveland Plain Dealdr. ‘9% MILL SUPPLIES A New Year is ahmost upon us. Begin right— “Buy Near By"—Save delay and incon- " veniences ‘due to lost shipments. Our stock is here for your use—Send us your next order. Use your telephone—get quick service at a fair price. Our ‘slogan is “Concen- trated Sales We are on the job—all we ask _ is your to-operation. 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