Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 7, 1920, Page 4

Willimantic OMe =3 Chureh KL Teisobone 165 for the republican candidate for presi- dent four years ago. This seems to be pretty good evidence that the voters are mot deeply interested in the primary or the reforms it is sup- posed to procure. Norwich, Friday, May 7, 1920. RESULTS OF OUR LITERACY TEST. hur!” she cried, pressi arm enthusiastically as ‘the: house well lighted all those - lovely lamp shades! Len't hadorable " o -’“Th-that's one -thing that is so rful about you,” the young. man ou—you are so domestic, Louise! 7 | mever knew a girl who Was So interested in—in furniture and things as you are! I tell you, i “Why, Arthur?’ she fluttered deprecat- ingly. “I'm not & bit different from: oth- ou just think so! Why, eve ikes pretty ‘things in a house they young “ANl they think abeut hafr and dancing and They aren’t at..all domestic. e: you like to cook and everything!” Within the past few ‘months several WEEK ENDING MAY 1st, 1929 10,619 assured her. ARBOR AND BIRD DAY. Today, according te the proelamation of Governor Holcomb, is Arbor and Bird day, designated for special observance in the schools by having. the proclamation read and special exercises carried out for impressing upon the minds of the young the place and im- »ortance of trees and birds in our every day life and the valye of them to the commonwealth. S This is an annual ¢ustom that has been carried out for meny years. That it has served to direct mjuch greater at- tention to these matters than would oth- erwise have resulted cannot be question- and the turning of the minds of, the children to trees and birds lays the foun- dation for interest and respect that are to be expected in the years to come and each year's observance serves to stimu- She 'is denled admission because cannot. read and therefore cannot com- ply with our literacy law. tial Armenians will endeavor to have the decision changed through appeal makes it possible that the order will be modi- the purpose of That infinen- It is to be noted that she is not ex- cluded because she is regarded as an un- desirable in the sense that she would be 4 danger to the country. - She is not de- nied admission on the ground that she might become a dependent because that feature seems to be thoroughly guarded She is not barred because she has any dangerous disease. ordered home because she is mentally de- “I adore it!" said the pretty girl. “I think every girl should be a good cook,” . “Of course, mother always takes charge of things, but Pye watched ner and it's perfectly easy to do things. I'm sure. I could step right in—" “Of course you could,” the young man “It's all nonsence abont | baving to practice and go to. domestic scienee school and spend months learn- “There’s nothing to cooking bt just— cook,” said the pretty girl made up my mind to that and when the time comes for me to cook—" T'm so glad you take such.a sensible view of it said the young man. must He perfectly dreadful for a fellow to and then find .that his w-w-wife doesn’t know how to get 2 meal. It's the same way with puttering around the house. Why, I'm sure I could ‘beat rugs and fix water faucets and drive hails and—" “Arthur,” said the young woman, “do you know you are a perfectly extraordin- ‘When you have such a bril- liant mind, and everything, to think that you are not above helping around the house? Why, most of the men I know wouldn’t lift a finger except to push a button for a servant! “Aw, shucks !” the yvoung man told her. “I'm not a bit different from the other fellows, Peally ! $mly I think a man should help bear the burdens of the home—" “Arthur,” she told him, “really, you never ;a time, when ther¥ was need for greater interest in the necessity of re- storing trees and woodlands than there We have been going through a depletion of our forests with- out giving the proper amount of thought to the morrow. We have somehow looked upon the supply of timber as almost lim- inroads that have been made and the waste that has accompan- fed it have brought us to the realization ficient, but she is held to be unfit to come into’ this country because she has been denied the advantages which would have made ‘it possible for her to read and! In efher words because Turkey| has carried out its horrible practices for| S0 many years this Armenian girl must: be made to go back there and resume & This is one of the effects of our liter- acy test which serves to exclude those who would make good citizens just be- of the fact that the time had/come when ] cause they cannot read and yet we are admitting those who can read and soon after finding that they are working and acting for the overthrow of this gov- serious thought supply for the future. tinue to take away and still expect to have all that we want unless range for the growth of new trees which are going to be required a generation or more hence. We are using more than the normal growth, therefore it behooves us must be given to the March 29, he ‘We cannot con- provision and defend it. April 1, because of his supposed un- fitness, he was asked by Sew- ard to relinquish powers and responsibilities. April 14, Fort Sumter surrend- THE MILK TRAINS. Because the railroads have changed their scheduled to comply with the ac- Five Minutes a Day With Our Presidents Copyright. 1920—By James Morgan XLVII—LINCOLN’S VALLEY FORGE 1861—March 4, Abraham Lincoln in- augurated 18 president, March 15, advised by the Cab-. inet to surrender Fort Sumter. determined to April 15, Lincoln to plant trees and increase the growth of timber through forests if we do not want to face a much tion of the states, cities and towns which have adopted advanced time complaint js coming from some of the large centers that the milk supply is being affected since the producers are unwilling to get their milk to the train an hour earlier due to the inconvenience, the labor short- age, the hardships and the dislike of daylight saving. 2 This has resulted in appeals being made for the changing of the time of the early trains which are sup: posed to carry the milk. Those trains are supposed to run to accommoadate the milk producers and the milk consumers. In the rendering of service the railroads are unquestionably willing to run milk trains at whatever hour can be agreed upon for the interests of these involved whether it is an hour earlier or an hour later provided throw out of joint the whole train sched- It isn’t the railroad that is respon- sible for the adoption of advanced time replacement of 1862— July 1, We must remember that we are in- creasing in numbers all the therefgre the demands are greater for all The question of pre- paredness for meeting requirements as well as for protection is thus one that we cannot wisely dodge. tion will not of course be handled by Arbor day observances but they will nev- crthelees serve to direct thought in the right direction. kinds of products. Fredricksburg. 1863—May 2-4, Disaster at Chancel- Such a situa- GOVERNOR COOLIDGE'S VETO. When Massachusetts was faced with the unusual situation of having the mem- bers of the police force of Boston go on ® strike and leaving the city to the mer- ey of the lawless element Governor Cool- ldge took a sound and sensible view that could not fall to appeal ter in heaven, 75,000 volunteers. Union Army routed at Bull Run. McClellan retreated from before Richmond. Aug. 2 second defeat at Bull Sept. 22 Emancipation Proe- Union Seven stars already were gone from the blue field of the flag at Lincoln's in- auguration, and still other were How to keep more states from se- ceding and how to win back to the Union hose in secession was the heart-wrack- ing problem” which' he faced while stand- ing on the steps of the Capitol to regis- as he sajd, his vow to preserve, protect and defend the Consti- ‘When he sat down at his desk in the White House the next mor~ing he found for with its clocks unchanged and its|lying on it a report () rison of Fort Sumter minded, and he received nationwide en- last only a few days dorsement for his courage and judgment. Faced with the necessity of acting up- on the bill that has been passed by the Massachusetts legislature legalizing manufacture and sale of beverages con- taining not more than 2.75 per cent. al- cohol Gevernor Coolidge has applied his veto, and he gives good sound reasons for his action. He doesn’t deal with the question as to what percentage of alcohol should be permitted in beverages and in his opinion it isn't a case of getting beer for those who want it, but it is guarding against trying to knock out a federal law by state action when the ac- tion proposed cannot be expected to af- ford any relief. trains rupning sccording to the new time by advapcing them an hour it is experiencing quite as much inconvenience as those who are not setting their clocks ahead. unquestionably There have been intimations that there are, other ways than changing the rux- ning time for overcoming some of the difficulty, or of avoiding part . of the trouble if the old hour of running - the milk train ‘is restored. This as well as the matter of reaching am understanding concerning the possibility of changing the time of the milk train ought to be readily solved according to ‘the facts in If the train can be put back on the-old hour, or if another later train can be used and meet requirements there certainly can be no objections. The thing a question of Scott assured the new president that it was impracticable to attempt to provi- sion the fort, and all except one member of the cabinet agreed with the veteran When the commanding general recom- mended that still another fort be given up, there came to Lincoln a sleepless night, through which he watched by his sacred charze, the rended Uninn, mortal erisis as. the shadow of dissolu= tion lay upon it. The him fixed in his determination to save it. The forts should be' defended. He had kept his own. counsel in all the soul-torturing struggles of that first decisive month of his term. While/the inner Lincoln walked alone awful burden, the outer Limcoln shuf- fled along good naturedly Governor Coolidge wisely advises wait- ing until the supreme court of the Unit- ed States has reached a decision upon the claims of ‘unconstitutionality regarding the prohibition law and the enforcement To pass a state law which would go to a constitutional federal law would simply be rushing into trouble, and to pass such a law before the court has aeted means the intimation to the people that the federal law can be dis- it is known better and when no one will be likely to make 2.75 beer knowing that they were in danger of being brought before a federal court. When Governor Coolidge points out that the proposed state law would only be a deception and such deceptions are dangerous there can be no question but what he is right and Massachusetts will act wisely if it decides to wait. more involved in this matier than pro- hibition or 2.75 beer. laws a state may well be expected to the lead and Massachusetts rati- fied the 15th amendment. apparently: is' to find out what can be dialy routine. done ‘and What cannot be dome.and Why. | s ons op o EDITORIAL NOTES. Beven Yale seniors have admitted that they are democrats. They were probably born: that way. ened. After four R T T te, bluntl ok Gt o T ihan Sena.| SCCTEtary of state, bluntly proposed that tor Johnson .who fs now singing ‘Mary- land, My Maryiand.” It is the baseball ‘léague rather than the league of nations that ig getting the bulk of attention just at the present time. Those Who persist in catering to a sweet tooth these days are playing into the greedy hands of the sugar profiteers. bimself only, Without betraying ment, but with a firm hand, Lincoln put Seward in his place so effectively that in regarded when The man on the corner says: M.cflum with the clocks turned ahead it is hard to know the right time to say the right As a respecter of — Even if the weather doesn’t indieate it, the burning of summer hotels indicates that the vacation season isn't so far VOTERS AND THE PRIMARY. The primary has long been under fire from many directions. upon at the time it was being urged as the panacea for all political ills accom- panying a state convention. looked upon as a forward step whereby the people would have a chance to voice their desires and it was expected to give each and all the same chance for prefer- ence at the hands of the people. There is a great difference in the pri- maries as carried out in the states hav- ing them. The laws governing them have been the cause of much adverse eriti- cism and it is found that it is even a more expensive proposition running for the presidency under the primary system than it was under the old convention plan and from the disclosures as made icipation of the people it is quite apparent that they care little for the primary arrangement. This seems to be well illustrated by the way they have responded to the pri- mary contests that have been conducted In a matter which can well be said to be quite as important to the voters as the election there has been scant interest manifested. Wathusiastie campaigns Much has been dome to give us better sidewalks; much remains to be done be- fore we gét all that is desired in this di- ‘When farmers in Kansas eclaim they lost money on last year’s wheat they needn’t expect it is i the pockets of the- consumer. Tt wasn't long ago that Carranza was doing the same thing to his predecessor as is now ‘being done to him. It's just a merry whirl in Mexico, “Flies Here From Florida” says a headling, however, dosn't. refer to the opening of the swatti long distance seaplane trip. season but a The overalls are net always the most becoming, or expressive of the sentiment they are supposed to proclaim if worn with patent leather shoes and white col- Word pow comes that have a bumper peach crop. This shows how much havoc the cold weather of Georgia will March @id, or else it presages a Killing As cabinet and leaders, not ‘one of whom had kndwn him a year, watched and measured this quaint, sime ple-mannered man, smiling and joking as he met the biggest and hungriest swarm of office seekers ihat ever president, they wére puzzled or disheart~ ; weeks, : ‘Seward, the new president should leave states- manship to him and continue to amuse with handing out jobs. the Jeast resent- a little while the secretary was writing to his wife, “The president is the best of us.” At the first test he had establish- ed his moral supremacy over the emi- nent statesman whom he had defeated for the nomj§:ti of the federal supply ships at the mouth of Charleston harbor was the signal for fhe Confederate bombard- ment of Fort Sumter. The South had struck the first blow, and the people of mnflh rallied to the support of the ‘When congress met in extraordinary session on July 4, the pres\l had enrolled 300,000 volunt: a few days, he started the first army to- ward Richmond, the Confederate capital, but only to see it huried back in disorder from the banks Slowly gathering a second army, he sent it forth under McClellan, who was re- pulsed at the very gates wf{ Richmiond and driven back James. Then he launched a third army southward under Pope, but it was stop- ped at Bull Rum. ) Emboldened by its success, the South- ern army advanced northward, but Me- Clellan stopped Lee in Maryland. days after that first victory for the Union at Antietam Lincoln met hi8 cabinet with & humorous story by Artemus Ward, and then, suddenly furning from the ridicu- lous to the subiime, he gravely anrounce in retreat ed'that he had promised God to free the slaves if the arms of the Union should win the battle. Thereupon he drew from a drawer the emancipation proclamation, whose existence had been known to mo The darkest winter in American his- tory since Valley Forge was yi A fourfh army that Lincoln™ hurled Riclifnond met with = disaster at Fred- ricksburg and - Chancellorsville, western army under Grant seemed to be floundering hopelessly in the swamps of “My God! My God!" Lincoln eried im “Diamond Dyes” Tell You How i G €hild can Follow Directions and get Perfect Results _would be just is a shame to waste upon R . “Well, you haye & mind that ates ideas,” he told her. “Most " None Sold Without These Coupons CUT OUT THE COUPON to Limit Quantities—N Sw Now if this were my house right here, build a trellis over the front veranda—' “And have vines all over it in the sum- added. “And flowers down furnishings and fern said with emotipn, “you To plan things ‘Why, you would have a beautifu) | no matter where you were! ‘Why, if you were put into a tent west you'd make it so attractive that—" an awful flatterer,” she told “I-don’t believe 2 word of it! [$hink those window curtains are horris ““That's another thing,” said the young man. “Have you noticed that our tastes mertime,” she We Reserve the Right one Sold to in front aad hickory 5 : " bt Each package of “Diamond Dyes” : contains directions so simple that any woman can diamond-dye a new, rich, fadeless color r ments, draperies, coverings, whether wool, silk, linen cotton or mixed goods. ‘amond Dyes”—no other kind —then perfect results are guaranteed even if you have never dyed before. Druggist bas color card. are a wonder. 'cow_’on , Swift’s Soap 4V5c a cake , ~ COUPON ' Black Sewing Silk, 5Y4c a spool COUPON Ladies’ and Chil- dren’s Straw Hats, 37¢ always agree? We like the same things “There are as many as ever.” “Well,” sail Luella, .“we could aiways depend on the soldiers, but who's going to make those 6ther men attend?" It Pays to be Neat It has been frequently said that bad news travels rapidly. was good mews. A dirty faced urchin had asked a business man for a penny. He was told to wash his face and hands and the request would be considered. When he next appeared the , business man encountered the youngster ‘with face and hands glowing power lamp . He got the penny.- But! the news spread rapidly for the time he appeared there was a reghm youngsters all with clean hands He was game and produced and being tried upon others who look as if they might be touched by cleanliness. IN THE DAY’S NEWS and dislike 'em, too. Why, I couldn’t live In 4 room with curtains like these, I feel sorry for any man with a wife would pick out such “He might like ‘em,’ said the young “I had an uncle who liked the ngliest things and made his wife buy In this case it “Now, that is one thirfg I can't stand,” said the young man firmly. “Interfering in the home! A woman -should have the entire say-so'in the home.” “You really must write that article, Arthur,” she told him sternly. ing just as hard as.I can to remember ull these wonderful ideas you are telling me, so I can- remind you if vou forget T've heard that when men have brilliant ideas as you do they them instantly they have spoken them, and that would be dreadful “I wish,” -burst out the young man “that I—I was sure your in- terest in me was more than just friendly I wish that we could be plan- ning our house together-—think what a wonderful place it would be. Oh, Louise | —couldn’t we?" ‘Why, Arthur Hemmingway !" the yourng woman. a 100-candle now the charm “A condition of upheaval, not neces- sarily from political causes, is nothing new to the Republic of Guatemala. This | country’ has wonderfully rich and fertile soil and its climate rarely is equalled, says a bulletin from the National Geo. graphic soclety. “The city of Guatemala, which is now being gradually rebuilt, was the scene of one of the most known in Central American history. The earthquake extended over several months during the latter part of 1917 and the early months of 1918, ber 17, 1917. USE THESE COUPONS AND SAVE MONEY THE PASNIK CO. Sell For Less' NORWICH STORE ONLY “I never was so sur- prised in all my life! I never dreamed of such a thing. into your head! Yes, you are!" put the idea Why, it Would take me vears to think it over—but, anyhow, let's not have a house—an apartment is so much easier "—Chicago News. SALE IN broken tones as he held in his hand the from Chancellorsviile. direful message What will the country say? the country say?” paced the floor of his office. clerks came in the morning they found him_eating his simpie breakfast at his desk and beside him the instructoins to the Army of the Potomac that he had thought out in the long, he had kept alone on the bridges. Lincoln never became a great adminis- Except for a term postmaster, he came to the presidency without executive never having had a clerk under him. The greatness of this man is to be found only in his simple humanity and in his leadership of the Peopie: drst dark year of the confliet, this gift of his had made possible and probable the uitimate victory by winning to the Union the states land, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and the eastern Himself born among the people of that borderland, he knew them and, with his finger on their pulse, he had slowly, pa- tiently led them away from the south and into the path of ioyalty to the Union. The secret of his leadership every- where was the same—his kinship with the people, who never fajled him. When statesmen fell away talked of foroing him Chancellorsville—the people pressed for- ward with the shoutf, “We are Father Abraham, 300,000 more.” The faith, the spirit, the soul of Lincoin was the fortress of the { stout walls withstood ever assault. Even ! when he confessed in the general gloom of the winter of 1862-3, nearly inconsolable as he could be and live,/ he sat down and wrote out this secret pledge to himself: tain this contest until successful or till{I die or am conquered or my term ex- or congress or the country forsake It began Novem- | ETound plan of what must have been a |parture at this time would be contrary On Christmas night in the | Femarkable and imposing tempie. parks of the city, beneath a full moon in an untroubled sky, the populace huddled watching in fear and misery their homes, the trees, and the earth as well, creep, writhe and twist. “On the night of January 24, the moon to all the plans of his expedition. When he left Norway in July, 1918, it was Amundsen's intention to allow the “Maude” to be frozen~in the ice, following Nansen's example in 1893, Nahsen was frozen into the ice Sep- , 1833, and not until March 14, 1895, did he reach a point where he decided to leave his “ship—400 miles But this distance was too great for a suocessful dash to the ‘In the mountains Guatemala live Southwestern pure-blooded Indians who travelers for their phsique, cleanliness and scrupulous One visitor telis of trying to buy a ring from an Indian girl who re- again beamed from a cloudless sky upon | fused to sell because the jewel was not these people as they saw nearly every re- maining edifice in their city tumbie in whirlwinds of dust. ed to center under the very city itself, and spactators have said that they fear- 1 that the earth would give way and a volcano form in the very heart of the The houses and bell towers crum- bled, water ‘mains were broken, the sew- age coozed up in the streets, and, in the cemeteries, skeletons were shaken out of their coffins. “One can take ‘a steamer from New Orleans and in three days reach Puerto Barrios, on the Gulf of Amatique, along the sunny eastern shares of the coun- try, where stately palms wave in greet- silent watches ; pure gold, and a stranger. an imitati Indians wear beautiful shawls, d in briliant colors. country specimens and the colors rvelous luster.” I not wish to sell ' The tremors seem- from the goal. with not fringes, d ‘When brought to thi: have withstood washing, have retained their n mundsen did not intend to leave his ship so far from his goal: erally estimated that the drift across the Polar Seas would take three years, therefore, barring unforeseen circum- i d stances, it is not probable ide” for a final dash }jeader of the present expedition will leave his ship for a dash to the’ Pole Amundsen Still on the “Maude.” Captain Roald Amundsen, discover- er of the South Pole and now leader of a North Polar expedition, has not left his ship, the to the Pole. It was gen- of Delawire, 1 of the recent report from London that the Amgmni- sen dash had actually begun waf¥ F@- ceived in Washington recently by G.} bert Grosvernor, president of the Na tional Geigraphic soc’ety, in a eable- gram from the Norwegian Geographi- of Tennessee. onths probably will be spent in drift- ng, and if the currents and ice behave s they did with Nansen's ship, the Fram,” the “Maude” by next spring will be brought to a point Amundsen ¢an strike for the every hape of success. Scientists are eagerly awaiting news concerning the use Amundsen will be able to make of “Along this seacoast and farther inland large banana plantations cover thousands This one comparatively small country raises for its own and the out- side world’s consumption about tem mil- lion bunches of bananas a year. The val- ley of the Motagua river is considered one of the most densely vegetated regions of g to the earlier report from published in the explorer the Polar ice field accom- Had this re- Londen on| to resign after panied by only two men. port proved true, Amundson's dash if successful mi; ht have brougnt him to his goal on the same day on which the Pole was discovered by Peary in 1909 (April 6th). Geographers who are familiar with And equally beautiful are they | Captain Amundsen’s. plans will not be surprised at the denial of the report that he left his ship, for such a de- two airplanes “But the most important crop of the b ho- onrzicd (With Btm. ey the state is coffee. Upon the slopes of its ; mountains, 1,500 to 5.000 feet above the these flelds of trees in with their wealth white blossoms, are indeed a beautiful ildren Crs‘r FOR FLETCHER'S CAST ORI A when the berries have become a bright As soon as the coffee beans picked, they are pulped to prevent fer- mentation in the pulp. which would stain them, after which they go into great fermentating tanks, where they remain from 24 to 48 hours, in order to take off the sweet, gummy substance on the hull. are washed and spread to dry After the last fine silvery skin is taken off, the coffee is ready for the market. In 1916 Guatemala produced about 90 million pounds of coffee. “A fascinating land Guatemala is too, with its dense tropical forests covering more than a million acres, whose giant trees are linked together by vines above a gorgeous carpet of erchids, waxen begonias, the peculiar blossoms of the plantin, and scarlet poinsettias. “For centuries the country was the home of the Maya-Quiche Indians, whose Ristory reads like a romance. At Quir- “?zua are located some of the most re- markable ruins to be found in the Ameri- Many queer old monoliths, resem- bling, to some pextent. Fgyptian obelisks, from the top /of which gizantic faces stare at the intruder, still stand in an ex- cellent state of preservation, as well as many rocks carved in the shapes of an- imals, by an ancient people. tions in the vicinity have revealed the “I expect to @§ > loyal gar- »d enough to The Great Friend. 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