Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 30, 1920, Page 7

of an eight-hour day? is being much about, of late. The majority opinion seems clearly to be that it cannot. That is the iment of practical heoretical t, of me te or talk about it. bother to discuss it dismiss the merest suggestio dea with a snort of disgust at such who take going. expose my i« head to the bludgeon! about it. My present contri to put into the record to w has been done. lon't pretend to assert that it es. 1 dom't pretend to .“wisely or unwisely, it o ione in other case: 1 content with the- statement of t has been done. right at the outset, w dairy cows, w milked about every tw Unless the farmer ‘ment-of two eij (Written Speclally for The Bulletin) Can farm-work be done on the basis That question talked and written farmers and of professors of agriculture, Some s of anyone who offers offering any argu- he gavety of nations is intend- , namely, that is to In some eases. wise or unwise in those partic- jurs, can be fitted into an eight-hour| y for his milk to AN EIGHT HOUR DAY FOR FARM WORK. { sen- the all. n of the. de- ings ibu- one was tell ould my- the that hich elve | gets ght- FORTUNE IN OLD CLOTHES CHEST “DIAMOND DYES” TURN OLD, FADED, SHABBY APPAREL INTO NEW worry about Diamond Dy Use guaranteed give a new, rich, fadeless color to any 2 whether it be wool, silk, linen, ton — dresges, children's coverings. how to diamond d Dye” Ci petfect resuits. n Book with each pack- that you can not make have drug- to i dye ‘olor the gentlemen engaged in city shops and factories at eight-hour labor are anxious to pay that,increase, in ofder| to put other women's husbands on & par with their own, they haven't yet! indlcated it! In fact, I don't feel authorized or competent to express any definite opinion as to its practicability for any. particular farmer on any particular farm. Circumstances _alter cases. What might be reckoned feasible, or| even wise on Hardscrabble Hill, might very well be disastrous folly on Po- dunk Filats, But, . it doesn't seem to e quite ‘sehsible (o dismiss as a neces- sarily absurd impossibility what has, in some cases, become an’ accomplish- ed fact. For instance, take a truck-gardener of my acquaintance. His work Is al- most wholly confined to ten acres of gardens. lie employes one than reg- alarly, by the season, and hires oc- casional extra help by the day, when exigencies arise. For twenty years the day of all hired help on this garden- farm been an eight-hour - day. In the first place, some garden Grops cannot be worked when the dew is on. Beans, for one, Others, which cannot be worked without imminent danger of causing rusg are, nevertheless, more, pt to be injured than aided by culti- vatibn when their foliage Is soaked and soggy and easily torn or bruised. Moreover, garden soil itself is not gen- erdlly fi ed by tools except when it | There are reasons. this gar man, garden bed while it is dew-drenched, is apt to do vastly more hurt than good. Therefore he not to appear till eight ven at that hour things are! It is-rare that they eeders or The things venture out w ators jed in getting making small repairs, doing various odd And the work-day ends at five o'clock, because the hired man has his own kitche: rden to attend do, his own home * to do, and Ris em- ployer feels that he also has a right to| ome little time for rest or play. There are times, of course, when spacial emergencies call for an exteén- m of this d: When a of weather has delayed the loss has to be rade good by Sometimes, when plants have to be during a dry spell, hoth employer and| employe work eévenings it is too dark to see, in-order to le: transplants have a whole cool, THROAT _IRRITA- TIONS AT THE THEATRE L.C COUGH DROPS stop the throat tations—moothas tha membrane and pre- vents ers home, LYSOL Large size Smill ke ..ol 28 Medium sizs .. 450 Large size ... .. 87¢ SYLPHO NATHOL- Small. size .. 10| Medium size ... 24 Keeping Well Simple Sanitary Precautions For Before and After We all of us fear the flu. ' We dread the grippe. We detest the winter colds which are so prevalent. We want to avoid all this. It can be done. Eat simple nourishing foods— sleep at least eight hours every night with all the fresh air you can get—keep clean both inside and out. There are a number of very simple preparations which may be used as preventives or for treatment of frouble after it ar- rives and there are a number of splendid antiseptics which might be used with propriety at all times in every WE HAVE THESE AND AT THE LOWEST PRICES 48¢c askd] the tender a load damp| | that heiper by the day, | man, _"“?’n., t‘.;%..' o T “Thousands of pseple suftér more or less constantly from furred, coate longad, bad breath. e ‘burnin, stommach, 6 3{‘“ mbiing i Stomacn, bitter g wind and stomach acidlx' and ‘call it indigestion, when in reallty their tr 9 ble is due teo rl ot stomach,” writés a Fork Phyhlc ciag. | Catarrh of the stomach Is erous because the mucous membrane lining of the stomaon is thiskeped and a coat ing of phlegm covets the surface so that the digéstive fluids canfiot mix with the fond dnd digest shem. Thls condjtion 866n- }nm in fhe tirmented. unassimiiaton blood {5 pollutéd and carries the infec- tion_throughout the body, Gastric ulcers are apt te form and frequently an ulcer is the first sign of a deadly cancer, « Ih catarrh of the stomach & £ood and safe treatménteis to take before meals a teaspoonful of pure Bisurated Mag- nesia in alf a glass of hot water as ot as .you ean comfortabiy. drink it. The hot Water washes the mucous from the stomdch walls and draws the blood to the Stomach whilé the bisurated magnesia is an excéllent solvent for mucous and increases the efficiency of the hot water treatment. . MorSbver. the Bisuraled Magresia will serve a¢ a powerful but harmless antacid which will neutralize any excess hy- drochloric acid that may be in your stomach and sweetén its fo0d eontents. Easy, hatdral digestion’ without dis- tress of any kihd should soon foll Bisurated Magnesia is not a laxativ is hatmless, piéasant and éasy to take. and_can be obtained from any ldeai druggist. _Don't confuse Bisurated Magnesia with-othér forms of magne- sin, milks, 6itrates, éte. but get it'in the pure hisuratéd fofm (powder or tablets), especially prépared for this purpo: e night to recuperate in from the shock! lof the operation, But, 4m all such| cases, the overtime is Kept track of and the empioye is either . given an equal time for himself, or paid extra,! at his own option. In either case, he is also made to understand that his extra work is apprécidted as a neigh- borly accomodatfon. This covers the hired man’s case.| | Whethier it aovers. the owner's I am not 66 sure, It is my impression that the gardener himself works neare sixteen than eight hours on that same job, For, after the regular day i§ over, he has his own “chores” to And numberless little things have to,be |looked after and looked over; numbe: !less littie efrands done; . mumberless! |little jobs tidied up; plans for mext | day’s ‘work laid out, ete. Also, before the regular days work begins, he has | those same “chores” to attend to, every morning. In my own case, it happens that 1 | have to hire my having dome. When| | the grass is ready {o cut, I usually have too many other things demanding instant attention. For several y 5 ve noted that the men and| 1 farm have a load ac the rigging, they knock ot 4 One day last sunimer, 1 ¢ ta be in the hay-field at five o' ‘Uhs team had just fimished tak: The ether dreve inio meado y, having just pitched onte-oif into the bav. The five 0'tlot w. The river of the load- sang out: “Well, shall we un- Oné Helper caid easiér them, other "1 home. He on the emply rigging of \hl’ téam, whose driver iy ung aréund, drove out throush the ed. Thé other mun| and the deiver took their load to the itched it off,—the whole opera fon ninutes, bac ter the fitst With the trot, €6 as to catch re. they, should get $2 Smts and O’co:ts Suits 450\ We know this information to be absolutely it were not — but why not save while there is still time. SALE POSITIVELY ENDS TOMORROW. own barn. Later, | found that my bill charged e with that extra ten .minutes .as' i And the driver, who hifed told me, in ex- he had to pay the help-| it. Also, that hé couldn’t get a for love or money; to work after {tive o'clock, whether in the hayfield teams unhitched and| This fequires them to knock! ork about 5. see,! onty t eight hours, | It goes without saying that, in_ this! tase, too, somebody has to bé on hand| fed, by 6. off real they really work er for LISTERINE Small size ... Medium size Large ' size aes 69 Peroxide of Hy&ogen Small size eoses. 10e Mediom size Large size ... 2 { | whole, felt myself lucky in gétting thé|those mechanical or not, without agreeing, beforéhand, to pay him extra if continuance of work after that was called for. carlier in the morning to' fee stock, and later at night to ! |things up. While the tegular field _Consideting all the circumstances, I'hands have practically an eight-hour hought this Was cutting things prettyqay, somebody else has to work twelvel But 1 had had a dusty Job find- povte or more, anybody who”would do my haying s, however, is not unusual in! nder any conditions, and, o6n thél ptner | industries than farming. In| establishments which | |crop in. atter any fashion. hive adopted the eight-hour day for And I will say this for those fellows, | nired labor, it is usually the fact that} in simple justice: they did work, while {he managers and stupérintendents they worked. I think they barned the'responsiblé heads work a good deal hay as quickly and in as good shape! mere than that limit as when Wb all put in from 4 . m. 86} I'once knew, somewhat intimately, 8 p. m. in handling it. large emplover of labor. 1 dof’t hiae Neéar me is a large farm, the largest pen to remember what the fixed hours, nywhere if_my neighborhood, whers|for work were in his establishment,| all the farmwork is done by hired help.' but 1 do know that he worked longer| Everything on it is governed by clock;hours than any man in it. He was 3 and bell. lts regular work day 1s from ways at his place Dbefore the first| 7 a’m. to 6 p. m. with an hour off at! workman arrived in the morning,| noon. This counts as a ten-Hour day. b" the clock. Ia faet, the men, whoiat closing, and usually carried hom are supposed to appear at the barns at; with him enéugh extfa work to kee 7 a m. never get to the fields before his study lamp burning late into the! 8 o'clock; they take riearer two hours! night. than one for their noonings; and they| | think must be admitted tHat| there is work on the farm — and )n\ I most other industries; as well, which| Yellow Mustard : For Rhenmatism simply cannot be done in an eight-| PR A good hot mustard plaster or poul- hour day. Somebody, somewhere, has] got to put in mere time than that to| tice i8 pretty sure to overcome most rheumatie pains keep things meving satisfactorily Incidentally, it may be noted that the men who aré willing to give extra time and do extra work, for the secur- ing of results, are usually those who rise. 1t a man doesm't ever expect to be anything else than be a hired hand| for someone else, I don't know that I| and even sciatica blame him for sticking out for all the| ’ time he ‘can save. ::‘:‘xl:yuu:_f?:itru‘:n: That, unfortunately, seems to be the| generafly blisters. attitudg of a great many workers, Fr g e It, on the other hand, he hopes s < sometime to lift himself out of that| . lutely necegsary if bunch, he isn't apt to be such a stick- you want perman- ent relief. Besy's Mustarine, made of true yellow mustard with other pain relieving - in- gredienits added is just as Hot, is cheap- er, cleaner and more ler for short hours. Someé wise guy orice wrote this sug- effective than thé old fashioned pouitice or sgstive aphorism: “The man Wwho never does any more! than he géts paid for, never gets paid| plaster and camnot blister. Besidés rheumatic for.any more thar he does.” As a matter of fact, with real men, the question of how lomg they shall work each day is ene of minor import. ance or interest. Such men are more solicitous about what results they shall accomplish than about how many| pains and swellings Bagy's Mustarine is speedily effective for lumbago, backache, neuritis, pleur- isy, bronchitis, sere throat, chest colds and all aches and pains because heat eases pain—30 and 60 cents at drug- g!murbymlLS.C.Wefl!hC it hours they shall pu:':n accomplishing | them. i They say that Edlson works eigh- CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always m%] stayed at it till the last one had left|, | pected to aet or think $34.50 8400, $45.00, $50.00 (15509, 36000, $65:00 Suits, and 'coats &Mfifi and ('coats To Buy Kuppenhenner——Clothanftfi%cnety Brand Well Known Makes of Men’s and Young Men’s These Drastic Price Reductions. OVERCOATS Next Winter: Will Cost Fully || For SpnngAreMSOPerCent. Double Present Prices Higher reliabl‘e-—-wewish SUITS élothmg at hours a day, some. ' t a stretch, when he} fome important re- He simply can't rest tll he has| the fob and done it to the queen’s . tod. i We can’t all be Edisons. True, but E the point. Edison himself} Y.ul!\l never have been the Edison we know ‘of if Ye had started out with the detérmi to work only on t] eight-hour b in life, eps tak which deeply It is the g Inasmuc teen and twenty times for wes tryin sult. done tais t isn't the number of| in getting anywheré| interests the world however, as a very large number of workmen dor't seem to care for such considerations; can’t seem to) think beyond the bread and butt, pie of today; don't expect or hope {0 e out of the ranks, we must m as we find them, and do the best we can with them and for them. ‘ it they ght-hour da m work, ble that, ln‘ some ca demand can be gratified, It won't ituati particu one far o us any hurt to look the n over, and see what our own work will permit. Perhaps| ind employment con-| ditions ich would be disas-| rous impossible for another. The! wise (hing is to approach the problem| vith an open mind, and the candid ad- mission that not all people carl be ex< alike. THE FARMVR. NORWICH TOWN W. D. Francis ,and choir of McKinley Avenue, A. M. H. Zion church, will have charge of the Sun- Qay afternoon services at the Shelter- ings Arms. The Home Missionary society of the First Congregational church will meet this (Friday) afternoon in the chapel to sew, preceding the second in a se- ries of society teas. Miss Pauline Christle returned to Groton Monday, morning, after a few davs’ visit at the home of Miss Ma- rion Ro?rrs of upper Washington street, After a stay of eight weeks at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Daniel Davis, of Wash- ington street; Mrs. Mary Eaten left Wednesday to visit for a Wweek with relatives in New London before re- turning to ner home in Bast Lyme. Burton - J. Robbins, and Mrs. Allen Kinney, of Providence, R. L. are pass- ing several days at the homeé of their brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs, David M. Dear, of Town street: being called here the early part of the week, owing to the serious iliness of | their mother, Mrs. Mary Robbins.- | Wednesday _evening, twenty bers of the Neighborhood Whist club were entertained by Mr. and Mrs, Fd- win €. Gay, at their home on upper Washington street: Owing to go much sickness ahout twelve memibers were absent from this meeting. There et and| yy, o Frank Sterry, In serving sandwiches, cake and coffee. Dr. and Mrs. Arnand J. LaPierre and daughters, Fanny and Charlotte, of Eim avenue, and Dr. LaPierre’s mother, Mrs. Hénry LaPierre, of upper Washington street, with Mr. and Mrs. | Stoith, and daughter, Elean- l ‘Washingtén street, 1aft on Wednesday unorning for New York, | n route to Florida, where they will he! guests of Mr. Smithi's parents, Mr. and | Mrs. Owen S. Smith, at theéir Wln\Br’ home in Busti Following an illness of a few days! | with pneumonia, Mary K. widow of | Robbins, died i1 the home n-in-law, David M. Dean, of 6 Town street, Wednesday morning. Mrs. Robbing was born in Peru, Mas: 28th, 1843. She was umited in marriage with Reuben H. Robhins, in| tain an averagé of 90 per cemt. or het- ter- in all subjects, including deport ment and effort will each month be | noted as receiving highest homors. Pupils who mmintain an average of | whose deportment and efig isfactory to the faculty Wil be noted } as _receiving general hosors. To in- suré promotion aa average of 70 per cent must be maintained #t all times. The following pupils are cited for honors for January oMié Frederica Baxtér. class Louisa TLaura = Annie Maggia, Cora Eflén Belknap, 1923. Gen Honers—Ma, Eleanor Egan, class of 1921; Dorothy Evelyn RKnight. | 1921: Robert Francis Sherman, 19%¢; Winogene Lucy Pratt, 1922; George Maurice Tprrey, 1372; Lauretta Bro- duer/ 1922; Ruth Vera Davis, 1922, are sat- eral South raham, Mase, Sept. 7th, 1864, She was a past chaplain of Sedgwick Woman's. Relief corps, and as” deeply interested in the orger, having joined _soon after locating in Norwich Towr, where she had resid- ed for the past thirty-five vears. She was a kind and loving mother and her jovial disposition made _staunch friends wherevere she' has lived. She is ssurvived by three children, Mrs. David M. Dean, of Town street, Mrs. len Kinney and Burton J. Robbins of Providence, R. also @ grandsom, Burton J. Robbins, Jr. Richard Carter of Sturtevant street, was faken Wednesday to the Backus hospital where an operation was per- formed on his foot which received serious injury a month ago in the Glén Woolen Mils, it being neécessary to amputate some of the toes. Thurs- day evening Mr, Carter was reported to be resting comfortably. PLAINFIELD At the monthly meeting of the Men's club of Plainfielq Monday eve- ning in_St. Paul's hall, Rev. Mr. Jep- son of Danielson has héen sécured as speaker and the club hag arranged to have a supper ang soclal Theé club ig non sectarian and open to all men of Plainfield. - It i8 organized for the purpose of promoting a feeling - of friendship and good fellowship and te gét better acquainted for the better interests of the town of Plainfield. . Tonight, Collins' Singing orchestra of Marlboro, Firemen's ball, Jewett City. - Daneing until 4 a. m—adt. The Children of Mary Society had their weekly whist party Wednesday evening at ihe Holy Name Club room. A large crowd attended. The prize winners wer isses Rose Brodeau, first; Corinne Gileau, second. All enjoyed the evening. A bowling rhateh was helg betwesn the overseers and the High Bowlers defeated two out of thrée. Another game 8 to be played next week Dbe- tween the two teams. . A crowd of young ladies had a sleighing party Thuesday évening, go- were five tables played, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kelley won first prises repec- fively, and the consolation awards | wenf to Miss Mary Donohue and Ralph Marsh, Mrs. €ay was assisted by Mrs. Charles Marsh and Mrs. ing to Danielson, The party was made up of the girls of No. 1 eard room. Announcement, is made of the é¢- Tuesday evening. The Overseers were | JEWETT CITY néver before in the history of any 6né of them has thgre béén ag many tak- ing the degrees or waiting as uniiti- ated candidates, The Kaights of Co- Jumbus, Masons, Odd Fellows and Pythians, the four leading orders of the town, have in the total thirty men waiting to become members. day, 230, 645, 8.30.—adv, K. Adams, starts this week, as fol- lows: E. B, Cheney, Mirror; W. S. Rood, Burleson, Love Storfes; ingham, ‘A Chapce. to Livé; G. C Hull, The Greater Glory: S. K. Adams, The Forbidden Trail; C. E. Spicer, A Woman Named Smith: Anderson, Dangerous Dayve: A. M. Anthony, The Recreation of Kent: . Richardson, Lad; & Dog; | E. H. Hiscos, Yellowleaf: A. A. Brown. The Arrow of Gold: E. Jo- doin, The Lamp in the Desert; A. A. Young, The Branding Jron: . H. Prior, The Harbor Roa Rob- inson, Sherry; Fred Robinson, The River's End: H. A. Dawley. Sir Har-{ . Johnson, The Sky Pilot of | N6 Man's Land: L. V. Whitford, The Desert _of eat; Lottie Pace, Rain- how Vailey: G. W. Rebinson. The! Search; F. Ranaban, Red and Smiles: F. L. G. Buck L. (Al Geode Covered by | FALL RIVER--NEW l;"q" cting Points PIERCE.ARBOW and Conne EQUIPMENT—NINTEEN Phene 1250 135 WATER STREET NORWICH 482 SOUTH MAIN STREET PROVIDENCE i tablishment of a gystem of honors in Phu\fldd Hi; how 1 effective from Jln\l*ry 8 who main- | Pheré Unign 3842 ' from S0 per cént. to 90 per cent and | Highest Honors | of | A canvass among the fraternal or-| ders of the town shews the fact thvat| Miracle Man, Ashland theatre, Mon- Theé Girl in the | ol Brian | papleis - of Biack; C. Mackay, Helema; P. Gelst, The' Disturling Charm; C. D. Wolf, The Vinegar Saint. Tonight, Colling’ Singing Orchestra, ot Mariboro, Fiteman's ball. Buffet nch—adv. . Health Officer G. H. Jennings :re- ported five new. cuses of infinensa on Thursdiy, 4 total of 20 to date. One man in evlry three was rejet- ed by drafte boards for physical dig- aBility. 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