Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 9, 1921, Page 4

Sorwich Gulletin “and Goufied Sutpcription prics 13 & wéek: S0 & month: $5.00 Entered st the Postoffics «t Norai-n, Com., a0 Bulletin Job OZics, i;. Wilimsatlc Offles. 23 Church 5t. Telephany 3 CIRCULATIOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 2nd, 1821 11,088 FOR vr_:‘!lmu' BELIEF. Investigation eoncerning the condition of the veterans of the world war, par- Hieularly those who are disabled by sick- mess or injury, was set in .motion be- cguse it was believed that there were gonditions which needed to be relieved, because of the evidence that was pos- Gessed to the effect that impraper atten- tion was being directed to such and a long standing realization that there were bureaus conneeted with the wurk that had not measured up to the efficient standard that should be expected as a government service. In naming the board to earry on this work President Harding called for a dili- gent inquiry and it was apparent that it was to be pursued with 2 view ta getting tarly results as.well as with eare, and thus the guick statement of cenditions nd the recommendations are gratifying and quite in contrast to some inquiries which have been made, In the report of the committee, headed by Charles G. Dawes the problems as revealed promots the recommendation for the placing of all the bureaus now en- gaged in soldiers’ care under one head Fith the director general of such a body Hrectly responsible to the president and 2ot under any other department. That the committea found conflieting faws which served to handicap the ser- #ice substantlates the elalms that have teen repeatedly made that the service ®as suffering from too much red tape tnd no Way apparently of overcoming ‘he inconsistencies. The removal of such 's highly destrable and the report comes 8t a time when it sheuld be possible to rive the situation early A“!’{Ilhll during the coming session of congress. That e president will have something to say rezarding 1t s to be expected. ‘When the president is told that no cab- et officer should be burdened with the tuggested new service it is a recommen- fation that will probably get proper con- sideration and should it he a.fact that ® director genera} outside the. cabinet is fBecided wupon it eannot help being felt that Chairman Dawes would be an excel- lent man for that very place. THE RAILROAD CONFERENCE. Considering the importance of the mat- fer at stake and the meed of keeping the franspertation lines, of the country going It is impossible not te view with gratifi- tation the announcement to the effect 'hat both the railroads and their em- bloyes have sanctioned the idea of hav- Ing a conference between the two called by President Harding. Proceed as they would in the eflon/to Fet relief from existing conditions it has been impossible to make much progress loward a readjustment of conditions sur- rounding the railroad Hnes. However much there may be a disposition to re- gard the railroads as rich and making big profits in -the past it Is difficult to maintain such a stand at thé present time. During the war and since the roads have been returned te the owners they have been a losing proposition. They have not only failed to produce dividends but they have in many instances returned Fubstantial deficits instead of a profit. Btill it is ewmected that thd. roads must keep running and render service. What the outcome of the effort to get together, which is what should result Irom the conference between the owners ind their employes, will be no one can tell. There should be a sober and sane recognition of the conditions that are faced. There should be an effort on the part of all to meet them and If there 's that attitude manifested there can be 2o question but what the uncertainty that prevalls oday would be overcome. The efforts that have been made to meet the situation through rate increases have failed. Rallroad operations must be met but if the business isn’t available to pravide the expenses relief must be ob- tained. It is therefore a good sign when those who are directly concerned show a disposition to sit down and talk it over together. It is a move that should be Mtended by good resuits, AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE. It is not to be expected that thig gov- ernment would undertake (> send as am- bassador to France a man who was not receptable to that country. Thus when word comes to the effect that Myron T. Herrick will be welcomed as our repre- tentative there is of course no surprise. he post is not a new one for Mr. Her- ek, e held it before and at the open- Ing of the great war and France well knows the man whe is to be returned there, Few other names had been mentioned as possfbilities for that post, and those most valuable experience to the job. Mr. Herrick was obliged to shoulder great responsibilities hefore his prewious ed. itry must his re- turn as the logical step and that France would have no objection to. accepting him Wag a foregoge conclusion. BETTERING MAIL SERVICE. "~ Betterment of the postal service Is one of the things for which the country has been clamoring for years.. Instead of getting better under the .last adminis- tration it was as the result of the poli- cies put inte effect by Mr. Burleson that the bulk of the criticism arose. Knowing the eon s that have existed and the demand for an improvement Postmaster General Hays has set about his task in a way that gives grounds for believing that desired results will be obtained. He has called for the cooperation -of the department employes and placed due stress upon that “necessary relationship between employes and officials and now he is setting about the job of getting co- operation from those.who seek and ex- pect service, In ealling upon the pub- lic, and particularly the large users of the mails, to mail their matter when ready at various times throughout the day instead of waiting untl] late in the afternoon and depositing it all at onme time, he makes the same plea that his ‘Predecessor did. But there is this‘differ~ ence. Instead of first asking the public to render this cooperation he has it put into effect by the various government de- partments gnd is able to show that as the resyit of the mailing of the large velume of letters, cards™and other mat- ter throughout the day instead of bey tween four and seven in the afternoon it has been possible to expedite the distri- bution and despatch of the mails in ‘Washington where more than three-guar- ters of it originates from government sourees. The result of this is to avold the con- gestion caused by the pouring in of the day’s mail at one time whén it wa) pos- sible to deposit it at frequent intfrvals, and the result is that the mail is on its way hours® before it was previously tauched, Thus the govermment through the -ef- forts of the postmaster general has set an example that cannot fail to make its appeal to other users of the mail who can get through personal cooperation similar benefits, sueh being particularly true in the large offices where the habit appears to be to get the bulk of ‘the mail matter to the postoffices in the late af- ternoon. Instead of going at it back- ward ag Mr. Burleson did Mr. Hays gets the government departments into action In 4 manmer that wilj inspire the country to ‘similar effort. “KING OF THE MINSTRELS.” Throughout the whola length and breadth of the country’ there will be ex- pressions of sincere regret at the death of Al G. Field so long and so promi- nently identified with the big minstrel players. Even though the minstrel show appears to be fast fading away, a form of entertainment associated with years that are gone, there are plenty who have found the keenest enjoyment in any eve- ning of such amusement and even up to withinja few years a season's programme | was not considered ‘complete without a minstrel show. , About 'the only remin- der now'of: the iold time minstrels is the amateur performance which pleases even though' it*differs. Sl 3% Al G. Fiels was numbered among the leaders ‘in- his" line. ‘of ~entértainment. That he should ‘lay: claim to: the title of “king 6f 'the: big minstrels” was only the natural result of his ability ard con- | ditions. " There- was'a time when “there was warm. givalry in the minstrel field and it was during that period that Field was at his best and won his'stage lau- rels. His career brings to mind of course such familiar names as George Primrose, Billyy West, Hi Henry and Lew Dock- stader with other celebrities: whose ef- forts have furnished more melody and humor to the square inch than any other class of stage productions. But times have changed, just the same as the minstrel shows changed. Efforts to outdo previous shows were : constant when . many minstrel trounes. were com- peting but as. rivalry, died out and the number. decreased the return of the same old ‘show and in some'cases some of the same "old jokes never failed”to 'make an .appeal to that large element. that insist- ed upon. seeing: a minstrel show if they never attended anything else. The -passing of "Al Field comes at a time when the tvpe of show in which he had made himself famous has all but dis- appeared and many are the regrets at the passing of both. EDITORIAL NOTES, Russia reports a big trade with the United States, but does. it refer to sup- plies or those deported reds? Judging from the declarations of the Greeks it is only a Strategic retreat in which they have been engaged. —_—— The man on the corner says: Tin cans are never as attractive in the backyard as they are on the gtore shelves. Lots of valuable time is going to be lost this yegr if the home gardeners do not take advantage of the early spring. Qceasionally there are those whe not_hesitate to let it be known that they are Americans and expect ' others to be likewise. ‘With the singing of the birds, the beat- ing of carpets and the jingling of the coal as it sheots the chute these are cer- tainly typical spring days. —_— The attorney generaj says there will be much less bootlegging in a couple of years. He seems to think the people are going to have a lot of patience. Announcement to the effect that Briga- dler General Clarence R. Edwards will be promofed to major general will cause satisfaction throughout New England. ‘With film producers promising to clean up the business if New York will post- pone censorship legislation it is evident that they see teeth in the New York bill. e Charles has been told where he gets off and where he ean go, but it is hard to clear the minds of sych people of the fact that the world deesn't owe them a kingdem. — Even if no agreement is reached as the result of Viviani's visit, and none is Tikely, there promises to be a better un- derstanding both of the American and first of the drownings from a cap- is reported. Somehow there are these who never consider there is any danger in such cockleshells till they are #eiag down fer the last time an seems to have been reached, financiers tell us that now is the time to buy—which is [opaea. This heoily, Which is almost god advice for those whe ean. saye | handsomie as the enough after-coal bills have been paid te | hardier, flourishes buy anything. Isn't there a “gere hour® | the trying cond In all phases of life? A time whem .the |seems to ha little submissively to Mr. Wilson's imperieus of the doubt. It is he who must pay for allow itself to be bled? odfw iE’i# Fidat of money bacco, Is not thig s -when 50- per cent.|of the money for tobacce would of public school educa vestigator- has stated? per cent. of ‘this amount woul ward relieving distreas in Bu Asia! To thig must - be ting the ashes fly into anyene’s eyes. That does not add to physical comfort. The lighted stub also enters into the econems ical argument. From all accounts there seems to be & ponug:” epldemic of Tianw gmdu out. pe since the ending of the war. According to statistics more than dauble |, of the number of weddings occurred in Paris in 1920 than in the preceding year. One need not look far to disgover the cause: it is the attempt of nature to re- store » lost balance. Now war is the most devilish of all agents of dismating, Strietly speaking divorce {s not a of dismating, it is simply putting the ofs ficlal stamp to what other things have dismated. The soclal order demand that this lost balance be restored, hence the result. tends that “girlhgod was once spent in mulating feathers and married life in fighting mothe.” The gist of the ar- gument is that many of the pre-war frills of marriage preparation have umq to more sensible ideas, thus g riage out of the romantle and put into the econemic column. . Stock brokers in the printed commum- cations sent oyt to their clients are hav- ipg much tp say of late about “the zers hour.” By this term they refer to. that “breathless mement during the gray dawn when our soldiers crept over the top rampart of the trenches and launched their attack on the ememy.” It is a very fitting {Hustration of the bat- that the tide is turning against the form» er with the revival of business, As the “rock bottom” of standard stocks schoolbey gets the lowest mark on his card? Perhaps you have just reached [t yours, and from this time you are going to climb up hill} Are there not times | | when your business looks not only blue, but the bluest? Very likely that you, too, have reached “rock botfom.” The “zera hour” is the darkest hour, and that is just before the dawn. Now ,the will power has much to do jn putting these “zere hours” out of isaion. . Hon. Robert Lamsing, ex-secretary of state, has made a notable contribution to our knowledge of the inside working of the peace conference at Paris in which the league of nations was born. The title of his book is, The Peace Negotiations: A Personal Narrative. Mr. seems to ‘justify the president in his as- ‘sumption of power relating.to the nego- tiation of the treaty. As a constitutional lawyer, -he upholds the legality of Mr. Wilson’s actions. ‘Phe wender s that, under the circumstances, Mr. Lansing| could write with such little bitterness of spirit. The manner in which he him- self and the other members of the com~ mission were belittled by Mr. Wilson are | trouble. dwelt upon in a dignified manmer. But from the criticism the book has aroused, both in congress and out, was Mr. Lansing justified in submitting so long and so wonder that Mr. Lansing did not resign at Paris. There is a point beyond which such an upsetting of standard vaes [Bression of spirit. any lack of judgment in buying and sell- ing. 'Therefore it is he whe has a per- fect right to ask some straight questions in the matter. What he wants to know is this: Why is it that in the city of A | & be true in-three places where rents and rates of taxation are about’ the same. Has it conge to pass that the only ‘stand- ard is the degree to which the public will ‘What is the power of man when he is pitted against some great elemental force, whether fire, water, electricity, wind, snow or ice? If he wants to.see just where he belongs let him fight the elements! Sometimes long accumula- tions of ice and snow on the high moun- tain slopes take the notion to'visit their relatives down in the valley. Instead of chartering taxicabs they furnish their own mode of transportation, and woe be to anything living or gead that stands in their track! If man wants to know just what water can do let him paddle his ca- noe up the Ohio river when the mountains of West Virginia send their spring pro- ducts to the Gulf of Mexico! Quite re- cently Tokio has been in the grip of fire. At one time the destruction of the whele city was threatened, but it was saved. not by man’'s efforts, but by the chang- ing of the wind. There are some things whose mastery even man must acknow- ledge. Thete is always something cemmendable in a boy who loves to fish. It must be admitted that it is hard to give the psy- chological redson for this statement, but it is a fact just the same. There is nothing ke a to- bring eut the typical qualitles of boyhood. The boy who would rather sit down and read a chapter in Jeremiah ‘than slink- away and catch bullheads, even . though are-not more than three inches long, isn't all right and his parents ought to take him to a specialist. . Some of us older boys—looking backward over a period of ninety years—remember how. the bloed used to tingle when the trout began to run. Of course rheumatism wen't let us do much early fishin, we say: “Go te now. bring home seme trout. Emphasis was put upen the import- ance of saerifice in these lives of ours dur- gz 1 e equal the Nerth holly and much lost several fingers ts along this line. king experimen i fail as leng as i pro- have met strange ex-|congress. It Will be easy for the vigjtor|Deaceful resistanco and declared that it MRS wi‘;:’:el which has given them muchite contrast the difference after a ool |parliament should use force make | Worcester, Mass, April 7, 1981, They bad hoped that it they|at the little dingy reom, reached | Massachusetts submit, all the other eol- ever were overtaken with affliction. thelr Qistress they have |fected by the events that took place nrefrrf{me to ‘im' delezates of Ameries we ought not to swallow our resentment. | coneluded that they have mo religion, or!in other parts of the country, and also assim?eg in General Congress in Phil One of the mast vital questions thes | that religion is vain. \Peter refers to this|fo the deep snxiety with Which the pee-|adelphia. come up for discussion today relates to |e¥erience in these 'werds: &h | ple some form of personal or.national econ- [POW for a geason, if meed be, ve are in |tions. omics. There has never been 2 fime in | Reaviness through manifold temptations. The plans and discussions of our national histary When ecomomics | Grace does o4 stware: producy empery. | Kress :;m- 1590 Want ‘Seacivicty sees |- Worsd fiyming with Cubab are scaree It is some times aceompanied Wi ‘were - 2 ing ic bave heen 30 sEratio e Rim... ThRe W is written of the |extracts as penmed by the Adamses, we i‘,’e‘dlh‘;’:k,l‘,"{'g suffering public shewd : Son of God that when He entered the |see what men composed that’ assembly, e e T o peales o |shadow of His passion Ho “bean to be (and by what labor. unslfishness and very heavy." A e atrs arled, alos” thas |like as we are” He traveled the whole |the freedom of the great American cither is the consumer, upen whose inno- [ len&th of '5" :‘“’““ road. TM):"’“ “‘_’,‘3’“‘« e 5 . nt shoulders always rests the benefit |Sheuld we think it strange we also are wou columns,” wrote Mr. Ly depressed in spirit in time of afflietion?| Adams, “to give you an “Though | ple waited fer news of their delibera- Surely He “was tempted | devotion to duty, those mreat men won Read again the words of Peter |congress at 9 and there we stay most their relation te the whole mentence: |earnestly engaged in debate .upon the ; “Wherein ye greatly rejoice; though now | most abstruse mysterles of state until ?h:egxno:rgcgemsm eso cex;mo?! But :': for a seasan if need be, ye are in heavi- | 3 in the afternoon. “ Then we adjourn costs but 35, cents, and in C it is 40 cents. [ %8 This has been repeatedly shown to through manifeld Saturday Specials INCLUDING MILK AND SEVERAL OTHER KINDS, * FRESH PACKED IN ONE POUND BOXES POUND 6%¢ | ANOTHER ASSORTMENT OF CHOCOLATES POUND 39%¢ FUDGE, Pound .................. 4% i ot e oy 0o cus.|| Assorted Bitter Sweets, Pound. . . .. 45¢ fornia Privet, Amur River—Privet, and the Ibota privet are evergreens, and ad- mirably adopted for making living fences grami A=l S, F. PETERSON, Inc a th ot show thelr e ot e T e aliet o = o ? . adbg o Qs o pr ibbe o 130 MAIN STREET ers which are highly attractive. It is such a general custom to shear the privets that many people never see their blossoms, and do mot realiZe how hand some they are when in flower. berless plans of poliey and mary a~|{ FTTERS TO THE EDITOR Still anothsr broad-leaved evergreen|ouments to consider. 1 have many gunlm : n‘:edsan:nrzn;n .T:.h gsflz visits to make and receive much eere- No Anti-Tobaceo Campaign. B] o Japow; mony to endure, which cannot be . Edftor: May I, through The Bul- glossy leaves of which afe a delight alll; ;3.9 1 am wearied toddy with the mgf addrisy ' the hll-'!fllnto my sts the year through. ' And fimally there iS|)ir, | 1¢aa. The husiness of the congress |ters in the W. C. T. TL%. Euonymus radicans vegetus which is Te- i ioqaious beyond expression. While I deeply deplore the ally a climbing shrub, and an exceeding-| “upiory’ man s a great man, an ora- fwhich the 1y useful piant, the vajue of which s 10t | (o, "5 critic,’ a statesman ' and, -there- fully appreciated as yet by amateur Ear-|gor, “every man upon every question deners. Thie ia the very best substitute | W% “TEY TAn ST €W, SRER T for the beautiful Enmglish fvy in e, hiy political abilities. The eonfd- north. It will cling to brick or stone as quences of this is that -business freely as ivy, although for some reason drawn and spun out in an immeasur- liva for 3 lsig Mo there 16 nome {a 1 doss y:n‘fi";fl;‘bfl’“; GaLler able length. It i the general- dispesi- tion . to proceed slowly.” to selve, It is still bolding ws fn de- feet high, and when well' establishied| ", eolonies made this. congress |fiamee, and we have yot & )-.,-uu. produces in the fall great guantlties off ity no other thousht than that.of |bitter fight, hefore us. 1 do feel That handsome fruits, very much like those| ,ying the strongest protest possible |we should bead aur whele emergy, of the bittersweet, a fact which has fed| oqing/ the oppression of Enzland, and TAnY, Menswpmen - give "-‘M;Rl;::; Ihelno ane expocted that it and_the emes common . name ergrée | that Immediately followed. it would be) Tobacco does not make a man shuse Althoungh it can be used on walls and ' ;¢ the helm of the country for almost|his family; make a drunken fiend of buidings ag described, and it also makes, geore of years, that it would divect |Bim: does net cause him to sguander his an admirable ground cover, and I have' thoir war if the troudles came to war. | whele earnings on it, and we should do- Seen It used as 3 hedge. beIng ETOWN ON o steer them intn thé onen.sea of the |vate .cur whole time fn trylng to con- 2 wire fence six feet high. and being 0| woria's great Powers as one united [quer this greatest of all evils. Until this thick as to completely hide every vest-| n,tion Nor “were, there any plans, |is fully accomplished, I am not in favor ige of its rt. The' evergreen BX-|nen or at’the beginning of the 21 con- {of a campaign against the lesser of the terowest ia afl excellent plant to ETOW|.roge of declaring for indensndence or|three evils at this pasticular trying on sun dlels, and every garden amateur|.s y.wing a war if- it possibly -could be | time, as I gregtly fear that #t will be . | should ‘make its acquaintance. avetded. - , an impediment to the cause of prohi- A — The work of this congress was stm- | bifion. ply to state the grievances of the Amer- It would be next to impossible te im- icans with ‘decency. firmness and wis- |prove oa either evil until we have an dom: It has been summed up by a|absolutely sober United States, and umtl historian jn_these words: “It agreed up-|We have mastered this vast achievement, on new declaration of rights. It assert-|1 would advise to let the two less im- ed the right of the colonies to govern |portant of the three evils exist and then AT THE FIRST CONGRESS. and, tax theimselves, and named elev-|take them up one at s time. congress in session at Wash-{en acts of parliaments which were at-| We, the women of Worcester, are op- lnéo:’,fl;).mc.. in the wonderful capitol | tacks upen these rights. -It sent an|Dosed to any such eampaign as advoost- building, oné of the most striking pieces |address to the peosle of Great' Britatn, [ed in Chicago, as we feel if the men must of architecture in the world, should be|@nd a petition to the king and did not |be deprived of thir glass, they may at followed by a visit to-Carpenter’s hall in | now petitfon varliamen® Tt commended |lcast be allowéd the freedom and ocem- Philadelphia,, where .assembled the_ first|theDeople of Massachusetts for their|solation of their pipe undisturbed. . R. A, MORORTY. ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN ) HISTORY hrough a eaurt vuaning from Chestnut | Onles would use force to help her™ :&:::5 w%Lh a ‘!ew hardwood chairs la-{ All had been dome in this first com- Certain human expressions, such ag the belled Jused by members of the first |gTess With dimnity and judgment, and |baving of the teeth in rage and the bristl. " the moderation of Its resolutigns while | ing of the halr under extreme fear, have - % t] t [was bef tinually |been put forward b; o5 3 y scientists a8 proots ted te Elory in tribulation. But to| From letters of John Adams and his|the country [was being continmally treatment? Every human being has g:: surprise they have not found. it |wife we get almost our only glimpses |Smarted by new wrongs. “I know not [of man's descent frem rights that every other human being is|so, Instesd of ecstacy they have found morally bound to respect. It is-a growing | depressfon, of what was the daily life lof these de- |3 People or genate,” exclaimed Lord Their spirits have sung like | voted patriots during the 1st amd 24 |Chatham. “who, in such a complicatien congresses, and of how they were af-|0f difficult circumstances, can stand in (Monday — Press Agent of the Revelu- tion.) cura Soap The New Way Without Mug - idea of the stenes T behold and the characters I converse with. We have so much busi- n s mueh ceremony. We o to and go to dine with some of the nohles of Pennsylvania at 4 o'clock, and feast upon ten thousand delicacies, and sit drinking Maderia, » claret and Bur- gundy till 6 or 7, and then go home fa- tigued to death wXh business, company and care” Again he writes: = “The business be- fore me Is so arduous, and takes up my time 8o entirely that I cannot writd | oftener. I had the characters anil tempers, the principles and views of fifty mentlomen, total strangers to me, to study, and the trade policy, and whole {nterest came here. I havé mul-| of pamphlets, newspapers an letters to read. I have num ' Watcli Ou‘W'mdow for the Mic-Mac’ Indian From Nova Scotia all out of style, and not So those we have now. baby Mary—just arri -BARROWS THE SHOEMAN SHEA & BURKE