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deruich 8 and Qoufied . CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JAN. 15th, 1921 ulletia -~ Disarmdment cortinues to v Tess If the action of the foi tions committee of the senate is a for judgment. And-it is apparen h bellef of that committee, as indicated the recommendations it will make to senate, that whatever move is the way of reducing our armament be done under an agreement reached Y The Borah propasttion for 3 nayal hel-{ o, **ndiog Asin sest ciih lday has undergone some changes. ertheloss it is indicated that there willingness and a desirp to g effort at first ‘was fo start out world and ajticipate that the would follow. Under the plan wWe future time wake up to the fact that we had piayed the other fellow's ganie. Wiiad 15 destred 13 to ston T artaat n:; & “”‘m;"“d"“::' ;"" 3 ¥ Sting Ing competition in the building of wa *% there 0 the tEp RSy ships, a policy which is bound to -e: %aco of child iafor day WAKR has been an increased expenditure each year and ¥et the nations would hold the same relative position 4s to naval That appears to be the effort of the for- clgn relations committes in ~ ‘mendation to the senate. Under the ides of bringing about a cessation of naval eonstruction or at least a reduction, it would mean that the navies would. re- main practicglly ‘the same as they are, that attention would be given to replace- ments rather than increases and the bur- densondo outlays for the mavy as fores | casted by competition would bé eliminat. ed. ever, the nations and certainly there 1s no better way of allaying suspicions than| ThePe are-seations of the countzy where by making such a deal and living up te its requirements. _—_— HELPING THE NEAR EAST. present time with appeals for assist. ance in order to relieve she distress be- | throu by an understanding pmeng | 2tteRtion to this highly important Ing experienced ‘eommittee. It is unfortunate, the belief exists that the Which is being raised b: Inten BDeen raised In 2 period leaying $200,000' to n the next few months in order to com- plete it within the 'year. The mainte- nance of 229 orphanages in the near east ded to take care of the needs of the|act The underiying Armenian refugees and children as well | cate the children a a8 those in Burope, for she fact is that Jeet. others through federal legislation, hopeful to expect, but it is through the M it is true, that|Imcreased thought that is brought to bear relief fund |upon the matter that public sentiment y Mr. Hoover is|can be helped to see a terested with the interested. It matter which ought not to de disregard- tecent Armenian rellef contributions of | minds -:"mm&n it the akmost a thind. Whatever the reason for | natiopal '~ obssrvance this, whether the belief that the near|ehould be cbtained. coptributed with- | it ‘gave more attention to Much concern Is being man! the fact that President-elect s cabinet, or ham't even out it the. known just who i3 going to hold ‘:fl.""» folio of secretary of, 3 merce, There 1s i fact po Shows Who are dong 1t to get than 191 siteation. Mr. Harding h: assertion defay the anmouncement of the under of s cabipet wntd such sees fit. He lilerate upon lections. i it g | 3% = f E 2 g 3 H 1] It it §i ny g i triple obsery- Chiid labor and enngwmmbm cannot fail to be of deep to those wvision for correcting abuses and for pre- for £ Mr:mmd Tfid :;‘get !mde;‘:hfif kfi:z; venting anyone tr:m taking unfair ad- 3ot e m!mh_ uch %0 | vantage of the public attitude. ocean. In support of the recommendation that | The following is an account of thess | 0, o010 " O ..,&{".’. its business fs primarily, of eourse, the pr-gt attitude should be based on nnm!}:! m allowadle deductions * :“flnar! to determine how far Us the effort may be more needed.than in others. -Thers gre states whete child la- gh legislative action, while it has ™ Dby people in considerable | been necessary to force the reform upon Areas in three parts of the world. There c g Is central and eastern Burope which, is belng looked after by the Hover There is China and there is also A From such special day observances it fund. | can ‘hardly be expectéd that the deplora- rmenla | ble conditions which it is hoped in time to which the means of sustaining are be-|to correct will be eliminated. ing forwarded by the near east relief|would be tgo much for evem the of six months, | betng 5ol to school children it is time that better conditions in this. re- spect weuld preval but the situation ap- the other two leading naval.powers. . | DoN® 19, be Justthe other way. .The ldes ‘nte you esecutives jocal W‘ or M ‘g‘f ""“. poat hed with > g 2 . g : and or duttons and lined :'a..::: "'Ad:afllla nmh':n z wg ute a considerable item Ins e ” roveries that ¥ relation ) Muaumm*mu‘m-gm@¢ one serve t question which is of t a : Chamber of Commerce, Inc., | portance to the com J?Mug Hartford; The Connecticut Chamber of |lio—adequate and ‘Commerce, Hartford;. Electrical Manu- |lowest rates mnfln:.t tacturers’ elub, ufacturers’ | naneg of guch serviy. Wfl of t, rd; Chamber of Commerce, Meriden; Chambe: ought to see, not only hoofs and xfi“ But The Old Fellow Himself with|< equipment. But take courage for . ; Manufacturers’ associa- exams have more lives than a eat, .and Confiecticut Hardware e g:f';"“;m"m A‘m The referendum on *public utilities is g th i the 334 taken by the chamber. This | SO : """: 53 '-::‘:“:.""P:MI IO xeat | Method Is used by the organization as @ arranged for today, Sunlfay and Monday, threb days being designated in-onder to| 23ded churches and schools the appeal is bound . to bs made in a manner that will arouse Such a policy must be accomplished | the Beeded concern for giviag the riht |y, mb- bor is much more of a problem than it is in others and where there is a deter- mined opposition to the extension of .the The United Si_gz: is confronteq at the|much needed relief. Many states have recognized the evil and dealt with it That mosy is a of “¥ges M hi rr o £ the middle of |TeanS of obtaining the consensus of bus- the 18th century, prison life was lifted iness opinion on public questions. out of pagan savagry. ites The duestions gubmitted for vote were g ¢ ore E accompanied by a report of the commit/ advent there was no vestige of Christian | ¢ ¢ "l subiic” utilities which set forth g | principle in aay branch of criminology. - culptit was not treated as & human | CPinaerations leading up to the recom- » - mendations made. There also went out e s prison life Deggars\all de| references to arguments in the negative, was inga) in of sclentiio nursing as & trained profes- | i tero 384 Uist 15 the catd af the tnfiem ang U1 04 the dotuhittee decigred) thyt fhe ~ that members might have the opportuni- £ ot e O | P P, WA e Crimean war, was the beginning v 1o.fbs i/ 50 hist'a - to- the fi o - ot R With reference to-the first proposition roras, an Iroquoia they were settled on ::: MLuouu:I ) st‘ p the Red river, later ey were far up ey * to the scope of scientific mursing, ) oot o a0y faclities should Be “eon- | continuing, as time farther and farther wes § thy itude. taken by the public should be aged. At fwst it was ald rendered to raniive gnd Bot Acifasiive. sddme the wounded in battle.and to those sick in camps. eased in the civilian world; and now, to that “the ppint of view must be that lo- its fleld was) the’ dis- | og) rtation is an industry to be d A ith those who are equal to the expense, the | siien sor moreeatiy s buma by anple pro- There seams to bo in seme spets of this funny old werld of ours a revival of the’ this | present and future of the ‘com- ‘munity, .the committee called attention to old doctrine of Naturalism.. Its adheér-|the widespread belief that in the earlier ents every. few years under some new name and has centy: coyered something new. As a matter of |had been. fin: strut: about as though they had dis- | history of many traction companies there 1 . financial mismanagement, but this old doctrine bobs up serenely inted out that “if it be conceded that public Interest is to obfain good ser- then- dies ,down ‘again. - This farce|vice at lowest cost and that street. rafl- ‘been - going- on- for more than ten | ways are es ries. Its main features are the sensible the the. same: “Let us get back ‘to fem 15 t6 ‘existing organizations to as a cure " At the very best Natyre | earn d sufficlent m over their operating is ‘oply man's assistant, never his lord, | expenses to induce investment of capital always his servant. Desired results come !o;xt:-lm and i{mprovements.” mostly so. t only as they work together. Nature fur- white Indians as llvn: . % N sjster gave Mrs. Blank tribations to n -t religious, trimmed sobdaroy, and Mrs. Blank fefls she It is a perfectfy gor- coat, but ‘red leather Is 'a bit 3 know, and Mrs. Blank is coming down the stairs recemt- ing the coat, preparatory to When she gaw the neighbor's ting Y at her, simply de- t wrap with Wer eyes. personal servi - e 1y ‘:,.‘,}E,":f"mmn | jeturns 19 | seiows- under 1 Sarelet? g uaddasd i g kg J hutriedly, “Haved't jou seen my mew “What do you. think of i, dear?™ “It kioda Jooks Mike you got it for Christmas, coulda’t take it hack™ One Advantage. the pupils arrived they found s posted on the schoolhouse doors: - 2F | “This ahool Wil be closed today. .laru- dky, 50 that the new eitizens will have chance to vote” “New. citizens? wondered a sixth grader. “I dom't get hat” *“Why, theé n. teachers,” scornfully explained a girl stindipg near. “They vote this year"” the little fellow, standing before a trlumphant light Into his eyes. “They'll close it he drawled, and then i T S B R B S B to im- he ? tion ules 1 3 yell. “Hurrahi’ for ‘went on,to recede | among indiviital bene! e L s E 2| and necessary ¢ s, : A $540'ta ciaptien” s , educated, erfti- it is, In a position to for ftself. We y that any con- e ownership and operation was | river, which emptied into the Red river, hishes land, suns \warmth and meis- | recommended the committee with the | Which they called the River Pogt. Ac- ture, but I have never known it to plow |declaration thaf “a canvass the field, sow seed, or reap the har- | considerztion t has been brought for- vest. care 88, argumexts in support of Naturalism. If that Loy of yours comes down with o $ Scarlet fever, diphtheria, or pneumonia | reconstruction in Europe and to minister and you turn him over to the tender [to those Who are starying. mercies of Nature withont any human B X; 3 aid the result will be undertaker’s bills | foeling of Americg toward Europer As| P gro. (0050 fying we ::: them glvab: so mlmm1 out BE their | country, they fled to ‘4 man |POVerty’ may it .a stimulus to richer | of the Mississi and as a ptoof of bodies to imitate them. Again, I say,|what they idvxp:ol'd'm-y b rolls of parchment written in blue id that these white Indians were a bold, hardy lot, very warlike, and their women were beay- THE-ATHEIST'S SOLITUDE. titul’ compéred Wit gthes womes. -and . of all was Nature gave him no.outside wraps of her | Well done! cold, as she did most of the inferior ani- mals, He could not vie with many an- ofher animal in speed to remove him at onoe frem the spbere ‘of ~ danger. “At even ment he Was not equipped With fangs, | the forlorn solitude in which I am placed ‘'horns er claws for use in offensive and ‘That is 's part ‘of the trans- | ward in support of public ownership and action, 1 havqr::\m‘ but gardens left to the |operation has resulted in the committee’s are never used |finding in it no solugion for present,prob- of Nature, They are an a gravestone, primitive far and away the most defenseless. making as a protection from the ink. Capt. Stuart i — describinj rr' tieularly the Christian gg:um coast of Fio da, and that t companying our was 3 Welsh- of every 1 0 the on {:‘“"h"" the eir abode west ght out ¢ About informa upon which the earfiest. stage of hiy develop-| I am appalled” said Dayid Hume, “at at ol fhe b ton ty by my philosophy ; and I begin to fancy |8 L dd-n::;a h:vu-nm Wl:h‘;:;h hm:olfi.z; et o e mapat ;daplerakie <ieud lina captain, although there seems to how him and midnight sun and made wintry months|unbound and scattered to the winds by | tains in Py into the rulership of the world and have been writers are able to base their au as to this n-cul:;r tribe of F the statement the Bouth cold. The burning torch was his|ural forces and impressions, that is to be | At the foot of the Allegheny ori- ns a many accounts con- animals?” Tt was-intellect that guided L:““*""’n‘ le, environed in the deepest | cerning the white Indians in eircula- 88 ye b, ke S Eums utont.h (n tfle same %dlod ‘.t‘:d tility of fire. Without ny man who, e ume, regards | of ese stories ::!h': ‘v‘;‘:ql v: nwu‘l’nbe& “to darkness | himself as hothing but a'bundle of nat- | Charles Beatty's x:?fing y ania Mr. Beatty stop- th ¢ intellact he | death—who denies that there is any evi- | ped at the house of & Mr. John Miller, "‘“’;‘;‘:"m 7o el kg | Agnos for. (hY conbinuanc of the'.soui | whiors e “RuC with: Gas was- fmal h: don the use @ fire |after death, or for the existence of God— ?m,hu?:d"g = f:plunmu $ hics, | must ablde in solitude which Is indeed | by ever ‘{m«tfiflb ing stansas containlief that there is nothing behind Nature intellect hag been a flame and may it| Some of the modern athelsts are trying save him world supremacy. His | forlorn. g Shine! to argne that men ought to be happy in Benjami Sutton, who had been taken captive in the Indians, and had been in dif- terent nations and lived many years |mippart to the near east . among them. When he was with the |tee, for the sustainiog of life be thought of its value | the Prospect of extinotion, and in the be- - that can love us or care for us; but the beautiful . thought: ; simple fact is that men are mot has . \appy the | -irange we do not prize the musle, + |wWhen they bring themsclves to ~believe e S R e e - bl these doctrines As the author of ‘A o e e owen to s |a¥owed atheist—has written: na'z:fn' oian, Mosart. to be bur. |liness. ~Moreover” he adds. “when at did Examination of Theism"—an “I am not -ashamed to confess that ‘with this virtnal negation of God the universe to me has Jost its sonl of love- But when t4 times I think, as think at times 1 must, fed ;“u;;tml ".' ez:;”m‘:“o:":g ;’; of the appalling confrast between the 83 @ guardian?~ And why was such an In- competent ever L&w‘d to marry? It cannot be that his idiocy was 2 matter f:‘ifiwv “body of people in Amefica, d18: ¢ . Quakers, well donol | This is ane of our 2 reliigous les, who are averse £ Sucward snow o . hallowed glory of that creed which once ‘was mine and the lomely mystery of ex- ice as now I find it—at such times I shafl ever feel it impossible to avoid the shgrpest ‘D of which my nature is susceptible.” 1t is guite useless te tell this mar that he ought to be happy; he knows that he cannot be. I all men believed what he * | believes, all men would suffes the agony that he suffered. And it is no’ easy for some of us to adopt a view of the uni- verse which would reduce the whole race to this extremity of despatr. “written, Tiwood B. or. his 1ife at Bridse- of ope of the most g LeandPenne. Termingl,New York, as follows : § 9:15 am. meito 3:35 pm. " Jan. The public has a right "ulhlh.lg“ 2 ?u'fi tions as the aboye an- %W‘Wfl'\"fi 1921, now on to the impulse of the religious or otherwise, has made such Py - o % “to Mr. Hoover's appeal for help ~ Athe voint. o vemrantar ™t n.fi‘:” We will continue to sell our High-Grade Footwear during this wale st greatly re- - For Men : ~ For "'Women , A full line of W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES || We still have a good assortment of MOL 132 MAIN STREET MODEL BOOTERIE Qur First Annaal Shoe Sale , LAST DAY FOR THESE PRICES - . All $8.00 to $9.00 © $10.00 to $12.00 $12.00 to $15.00 SATURDAY, JANUARY 22nd - in before this sale closes as we can assure you that the ~ M;;u 90, A ;330 EL BOOTERIE