Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 1, 1921, Page 4

Herwich Builetin and Goufied 125 YEARS OLD o e pe 130 4 weeki e & mmd: 90 - i # B4 Powsfics i Nerwit, Com., m Tdesiase City, Bucin Basteess Oflen g Ballets Edliorial Reems, %-3. Bulletia Job OTies 35-3 Wifimantic Offic. 23 Church 5L Telaphone 168 Norwieh, Saturday, Oct 1, 1921 WERSER OF THE ASSACIATES The Amacisted Prew o exciusively entitisd s R T AR otberwise credited (s Bl pader 434 Al Ge lecal rems pudlissed e AL Hebis et mren CIREULAHON WEEK ENDING SEPT. 24th, 1921 REPUBLICAN TOWN TICKET Selertmen CASPER K. BAILEY CMARLES P. BUSHNELL Board of Assessors JOHN B. OAT ARAD MANNI Board of Reile: Town Clerk and CH Treasurer Agents Town Depos Fund THE TOWN BUSINESS. teport shows a balance $9.567.1 the fact ot and 1 . a ® you b nones t r 87 n Horal obe fgation in ome case is just as strong as B the other Put further than that there is another tem which, becanse the amount w %t Gefinitely known the boo wers closed and it definitel ¥nown mow, was not in That concerng the am onnecticut company will for work done for it on the bridge just as soon as the and it 1s not probable remains done by the exceed that some- have been the se. the re- $2,500 pay M town West Side work is fin et what wen will thing like Aeuded $500 $2,000 more might in the report had isetmen been willin deal in uncer- iinties and boost figures. TInstead of DMt they have dealt With the facts as Moy are Through no fault of the selectmen the liguos license money Was not returned Whether it ever Is rests with islature, but when it ia authorized sélectmen have made sure t they BAve adequate funds to meet it And ! B4 meantime the town business has not géie in the hole and what Is better thére is mo probability that it will while it remains in the same careful, conser- that it hié been in for the past years where the Best interests of the taxpeyers will bé served if 1t 13 kept. vallve and bdusinmessifke hands RESPECT THE SIGNALS. Crossing pmptection is a matter to which the rai have been obliged 4 give much Large expendi-|business in a way to serve the-best in- mites are involved in safeguarding the|terests of “the townspeople. at such points and it s interest- | right man for the place and for the good note the announcement which |of the town he should be rejlested. by road to the effect that it has adopted a new (lashlight signal for grade cross- nngs not enly because it is reliable and visible but because it is entirely prac- tical. ‘Warnings of one Kind or another have existed at most of the worst crossifigs for a long time and vet it is fully un- derstood that there are those users of grads crossiige Who pay little or no attention to signals, signs, gates or flag- men if it ean be avoided. It is because of such a disregard for danger and the willingness to take chances that a large number of the crossirg accidents océur. Thé new signals which the road has dopted are such as to direct added at- tention to the on-coming train and to give protection to those who are unwill- THE MAN WHO TALKS In describifg the condition of the unemployed during a financial deprés- sion one must dip his brush into black paint and use it lavishly. Yet is there absolutely nothing good to be said in favor of such’ depression? Is it ofly an unmitigated evil? There is one side that Is generally overlooked: \First, it 1§ only a temporary eessation of our usual long run of prosperity. During our 150 vears of national life how many nation- wide depressionis have we had? When a lean year comes we easily forget the ten or fifteen ‘fat years that have pre- ceded. The léan year helps us to clean up the long aceumulating rubbish: Sec- ondly, a lean year gives us, as a péo- vle, a greatly needed lesson in economy. ‘We are the most wasteful nation on ing to be classed as reckless. From the|¢arth. We cast away our clothes be- description it should be suffiéiént to at-|fore they show any signs of heing threadbare and consequently the deal- ers in second-hand clothes grow rich. Tt is the same With ou# boots and shoes. tract for a considerable distance so that the fast travelers will have plenty of ime to slow down and stop without|When thtown 6ut of Work we learn trying to bump the locomotive off the|through suffering that the fat vears rall ought to eover the lean ones, There 13 most decldedly a financfal value in the compuision to hustle. Take the lad Who has been walted upon from hand to mouth throughout the early pe: riod of youth, and When he comes to his first self-reflant task in the school- room he is brought un with a jolt. Take the same boy In college With his fat who gets along the his teeth” because there to nothing further what sort of a mark doe§ he make in the world? Compare him with the ave- rage boy who has to hustle for his edu- cation Whatever cafi be furnished in the way of added frade crossihg protéction must be heartily welcomed. It indidates a disposition on the part of the raflroad to meet its responsiblities and there cannot fail to be appreciated the fact that if there was exercised due regard railroad crossing by the highway sers there would be far less accidents 1d fatalities at such places, Elimina- tion of course is desirable but that lies long time ahead and in the meantime behooves crossing users tg respect purse and Pierce-Arro skin £ The little newsboy in ouf great signd and signals erected fof theIf DFo-| oities 't apt to be ~very bright because tection. every inherent faculty is called forth in — - taking care of himself. Take, for in- GET OUT AND VOTE, stance, the historic Jew, the most unl- Every voter in the town of Norwich|versally persecuted individual in the nnot fail to resdze the importance of | life fo nankind. The compulsion to | pating in the town election next|Sirugkle for existence throueh thé long “dny. Town government is something|QTCATY centuried has bromght out latent forees of personality that has made him the most self reliant of men concerns each and everyone. There |is a auty involved in conmection there-| o R LIS BET L th that eannot be properly left 10| yatchman on the towers of Jesreel to the other fellow. Each and every VOter|geep a sharp outlock on the horizon for |should appreciate his responsibility in|he feared attack. At length the watch- | fon with the selection of town|man spied a leader and his band in s and meet it by going to the|the distance, but he.could not identify and insist upon the selection of |him. Yet he sent this message to the Wi 4rs “Bilaved Ao; be king: “The driving is like the driving ho ars belleved to be the best| p Tenu, son of Nimshi; for he Gefveth e furfousiy.” This Jehu was an hostlle o ching such a decision there | gine who had established & reputation| Jon fail to pe taken into considera-|or going a bit fast—quite a common i experience and record of those|habit with the ‘general run of kings. candidates for office. For the!'Driving furiously” was about all that <ix years the boatd of seleetmen | Was remarkable about Jehu. He was a ded by Messrs. Halley and | product ‘of s age. and. bcanse he every vear of | Eilled off the family of Ahab Jere- nd in each and every vear oflhel ought mot to discredit him. Jehu | reriod that has been a conSelen-| .5 ;n sasy time of it when there were ninistration. of the town's aF-|nc oame Sove e areen e do) The affairs have been conducted | for running over people. While| way as to have saved many | #1ad;) tHat Jeka ilved st 1626t i to the indivitual taxpayer. The five cen ago. we regret that ests of the many rather than th left so meny successors. We e bheen constantly in mind and ve no use for them today. » who glve careful consideration to| As these lines are written, trunks are six years' reccrd, regardless of pa b 'n':llrm-])(Zvr of the :m;. m&(t:d{. \ ot fay o o cked and strar to be checked fo aMiiation. cannot fail to glve credlt|ywoycqjor” or Cambridge, - Northampton ait is aue or New Haven I think all the more o o there a time when Nor-| ooy jr you find it hard to keep back d 1 to eadorse th he tears. It is a leap into uncertainty ts town affairs by a for which you are entirely justifled. 1 . town ofelals mote 2dmire vour \courage, because you are i this year. Tach vote not overstocked with money; but vou fonoer. wisteh well as m have health, intelligece, a @esire for | ena the friscHtanos b metting 10 and a willingness to work ho going back on father and are sacrificing just a bit to make do nt. also that how much it meahs rents of yours are at thefe is no money that yields al than what they put It i< no time to franchize and | All they ask of yon they O tention of good tnedred by | of the republican tick Th cdueation of children who mean | | ; e with you lads and las-} were sitting side by side on stanees and to b | They were > B by doWwnsetters—in tones up spake darling?" my d came the And thus the: tinued to “ouse” until the warm sun was ¢ behind a dense cloud and it beeame a trifing two chifly for suceessful e he Now thev Were not nigh un- B b e Their grandparents “oused” | 4 height of about seven |before them and perhaps on those very | they are how hale and |n own their cottage nearby | Let only tnose who have never “onsed t an cast a stone at them! ¥ave yon ever noticed on the smooth | h at the noint where | backwash, it leaves | BEtippinti Ahe. (eyerims: | deposit of foam? If cquipned with the latest in y | er it obliterates ?as arger, by whi | the lesser waves. If| can be made in t air, | calm and the tide on the ebb rncovi eller can be|the “shore look as if worms had : 3 : |crawled alome irregularly parallel with foqula o er gr air | wven’ atid & BRI illes Sbows sea| water edge. 1t seems to me that 3 A s | this is like the register that is made in our a lives. , Tiverythirig ‘we do nditions and experiences were dif- ces cgister. Some of them are than on the previous record w down among thesnebbles and aking trip and this new record will| 1ot weed, Then others come 7 v be smashed before long. Not| er and obliterate the lower register. | e s tuch tests disclose tho excel- | 1f @ boy gets only €0 in his first exami- | of machine and engine and theDation and at the second trial is marked Ty o ®]90. it is the latter that counts. 1 of the drivers, but it in-| e et There are a great many branches of i e i gt DL e S e ith which we are un- jlikely to be. and how fnuich they mean | piloactefamiliar. The little ground it e country from a military stand-| hog that publishes an almanac on Can- Ik {dlemas day is the most respected mem- i e | ber of the whole bunch. The most de- i EDITORIAL NOTES. | testable representative of the whole < of the last two weeks When the | (ribe of swine is much in evidence dur- R R il fae ing these fine autumnal days. He be- jawhat inight Juit as’ well have beedhs oo i the soBolastkrbwh us tho: tvad VR hog: the fellow Wwho hag an insane de- - - sire to get ahead of the other Tellow. Tt ¢ man without @ home if yOu| pe js going along at the rateggt 30 miles » find out about the present day|an hour and another machine pulls into facilities, the highway and starts in at 35 miles, he instantly sveeds up to 40 just for Pull the republican lever Monday and | the sake of passing him, and then slows Norwich to remain under a good|down to 30 miles. If machine No. 2 government attempts to pass him, he will crowd him as near to the ditch as he dares to. This is the hog Who thinks the whole high- way is his. We see this same spirit displayed in all the walks of life: any- thing to beat the other fellow. administration. Some who go into Russia converted to sovietism come out , convinced that the leaders are a bunch of crooks. Seadr 7 = I you are smart enough to put your Golng upi seems to be the slogan of | oregitors off yet again, take the momey Lieut. Macrehdy In his biplane When he|you owe and make a trip anywhere sets out to break the altitude record. through southern New England and see how nature is putting forth her sym- phony of colors. Do now for the pe- riod is limited to mid-autumn. It the esthetic enters into your temperament you will be responsive to this riot ot hues that greets you on every hand. The £ color just mow is the vivid yellow of the golden rod mixed mobe or less With the blue and White aster. Did you ever observe how exceedingly fine is the texture of the golden rod and The man on the corner says: There is little use talking about the beamties of the golden rod to the hayfever sufferers. The senate committee doesn't appear have taker Henfy Ford any more se- that Europe did his peace ship. Somehow it is-difficult for some auto drivers to realize that two machines |the white aster? The dying sumac, both cannot oecupy the same space at the|the poisonous and the non-poisonous same time make their centribution of red. For a beautiful bluish tinge of red we look to the swamp with its early maple and hikh blueberry. Don't we see the same beauty of personality in many people as they reach the mid-autumnal period? With Stefanssen digging ln on Wran- gel island for the winter he ought to bave an fteresting time if the name means anything. What are you géing té do for good town government? Are you going to stand by an ccoflomical and efficient administration, or are you going to take chances with an unknown quantity? The observations of an eminent scient- ist as to the effects electricity on the animal body show some remarkable results. Man has much greatef power of resistance or much less susceptibility, thah many other animals. A lesch piaced on a copper plate that rests on a larger plate of zinc is unable to crawl off on account of the feebil elehric actiom excited by the contact of the metals. Selectman Balley has handled town He is the Business i§ a little betfer in New a month age, says federal reserve agent in his monthly review for the New England district. The lafker in- dustries are more activé and are .get- ting more orders and theré i8 a slightly improved feeling in industrial circiés. Retall trade, however, is 1o8lig grotind slightly a condition not unexpected in view of the fact that it has been 86 good ali this year and that unemploy- ment has se materially reduced the pay envelopes 6f the wdrkers. Retail trade has made its contribution toward end- ing the beriod of depression by having distributed the surplus stocks of finish- ed goods which had accumulated. Put- ting thein int6 the hands of the witi- mate consumer has cleared thé way for a resumption if manufacturing whef general conditions permit it. How long thig improvement will last is problem- atical, but there are &sveral réalons for believing that, barring some unfore- seen event, it should continue through the Christmas season. In ths first Place there is a customary increase of mantfaeturing activity i the spring’ and fall of-the vear. when factorles' making seaconal zo0ds change thélr Production from one kind to another. The usual trend of retall sales indicates thit November and December are the best months of the year. Another rea- son for expecting a géneral impfove- ment in New England this fall is that thet the leading industries of this dis- trict are among the most active in the ountfy. The mahufacture of cotton extiles has schown comsiderable im- provement since Jast Decernber, and at the present time this industry is operat- ing at approximately 75 pér cenit. of ca- ity. Woolen and worstéd textiles have pursued about the same course. ‘The production of boots and shoes has improved greatly since last November, althéugh thie industfy has not attained such a high degree of maximum wnroduc- tivity as the textile industry. The pa- per-making industry is looking bétter now because vaper 1¢ Being comstmed faster than it s belng produced. The credit situation fh this district 15 quit satisfactory, and ample funds afe Avail- able to carry oh a normal volume of business, Money rates are relatively casy despite the usual Aemands for funds to finance the marketing of the ctops. as good a position as thoge in afiy other section of the country. Anothéer factor makinz for better business fhis fall fhat the exchiange values of commodi- ties are moving toward their nre-war level This doeés hot necsssarily mean that commodity prices are movinz to- ward the 19 basis, but that the power to comthand another exchange is approaching the former lance This is of treméndous import- ance because the reduced purchasing power of the farmer was undoubtedly one of the prime contributing causes of this depression The stability in the #eneral price levél and cost of lving, evident the past three months, has alse created soms confidence. it uld not inferred from this hat there is necessarily, or éven prob- - rapid return to progherity, are still many séflous vroblems and obstacles fo he overcome. fut on the other hand thess = latter chould not cause too mueh - pespimism. For instance, the European situation %11 undoubtedly continue to have a considerable effect on the trend of af- fairs in this country. Business senti- ment may be fickle until the tariff and taxation programmes are at least defi- nitely known, if not actually in opera- tion. The conferénce for the limitation 0f armamant fraught with tremen- dous possibilit Tt is hard to fore- e the effect of the German reparation of one commsdity in be there T T ODD INCINENTS N AMERICAN HISTORY JORNSON'S SWING CIRCLE, _ When President Johnson had served litle more than a vear as chief execu- tive of the country, and was in the midst of an exeiting struggle With con- gress, he deelded uson & presidential tour. which has come t6 he known as his “Swing Around the Circle.” This trip was taken for two purposes, one was political and to bear an influ. €nce on the coming eléetlon for repre- sentatives to congrese, and fhe other Wis that tne president and cabinet might attend the cefemonies fheident to the laying of the cornersione of a mon ument erected In Chicago to the mem- AROUND . THE fory of Stephen A. Dopglas. On the 28th ot August, 1866, Presi- dent Johnson and his party began what Was, in some resfects, the most brilliant tour ever made by any nfesident of the a4 Sta The party, numibéring xty persons. included the president and his daughter. cabinet members and senators and their wives, as well as General Grant, Admiral Farragut and a number of other prominent officlals. The tour was one continuous ovation From the time thev left Washington until their return three weeks later. their every stop was the signal for en- thuslastic popular demonstrations, while in all the principal cities along their route receptions and banquets were tha order of the dav. The first ston of imnortance was at Baltimofa, The party were met at the Annapolis Junction by tha governor of the state and his staff, and when they reached the city they foun.: allbusiness suspended and the streets thronged with interested spectators. As they made their way from Baltimore to Phil adelphia. a delegation representing the state of Delaware hoarded the train and tended every possible courtesy. When Philadelohla was reached the presidential party were sscerted to thetr hotel by a parade of ‘firemen, military and other organimptions, and beiween Philadelphia and New York thev made short stovs at Trenton and Jersey Ci The reception at Naw York, with its na- val aid land pageantry, its millitary and civic demonstrations, its banquets and speech-making, beggars all description In every address of weicome or re- sponse to a toast the president was complimented. on- the stanch stand he had taken with reference to the restora. tion of the south. e president and his party reached Chicago on Septembér 6, the date of the laying of the corner- stone, and after pafticipating in the im- Posing ceremonies attendant mpon the occasion, they ocontinued thelr journey to St. Louls, Wwhére there was a grand naval procession of more than thifty veseels, led by the steamer Andy John- son, on whith the president wag féceiv- ed, and which was so named by it8 en- thusiastic owner in his honor, Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the party on their homeward journey until Johnstown, Pa. was reached. At this_ place a frightful mceident happen- ed, which cast a gloom over the rest of the trip. Just as the train was moving and the people, Were shouting their good will ‘after the president, the pillars of the bridge gave way through the strain of the immease throng it held. and the crowq was nrecipitated into the canal, twenty fest below. Fifteen persons weré killed ontright and ninety others were seripusly injured. A royal weleome was given thé pafty When they again reached Washington, but in spite of the great enthnsiasm the weapons of the president were tufhed against him and a more inténsely radl- Horsés are/ troubled by slight differences of potential. An ox treated for rheus matism with electricity suécumbed to a curreny absolutely inoffensive to man. cal cohgréss never assembled in Wash- ington than the foftleth. (Monday—How Our Pspulation Moved Westward.) BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. The banks in this district are in | Payments on money rates and security bridey in this couhiry. Prices and com- inddity values are not yét restored to their pre-war réelationship, aithough _rrfihesl ha8 beBn made in this diree- lof, Wages have not been restored to théir former balances. There still re- haifis & SUrpius of raw material. These sbstacies and problems, while serious, do not seem insurmountable, but at bresent they are having a real as well as a santimental effect on business. Owners -and managers of enterprises |a netunia blossom and he spoke with have natufally been much distressed by |conviction: “Your bruvver can't cry as the laek of profits whieh is so general [loud as mihe Your Bruvve The uhémployed wofkers are not the |softly—‘he dist goes ‘Waa-a only onés who "have lost money this |like that. My bruvver'—ver: year. However, the important thing ‘wa-a-2, Wa-a-a Just now from the stadndpdint of the Dublic as a Whole is not net earnings, but the volume of business being trans- heted. % Wherever men congregate and talk shop, business is usually deseribed as Deing “spotty” And that term is per- tinent It describes a condition which should areuse Hope f6f evefy one Wh business is poor For instance, a few automobile fandfactufers have been able to prodiee and sell a larger num- ber of cars € far this yeéar than in any corresponding period in their history, and to easily outsell ebmpetitdrs in their o e members of' the Grace Memorial Baptist el u,ff’,"-dw’ffi"fie?f::of e |church wish to thank the friends and s o LT, well-wishers for their contribution to therous exaffples equally as striking as tie situation in the automobils industry can be cited of specific concerns in New Fngland A man whose business Is poor, while his neighboring competitor is -doing well, should think twice befote he concludes ihat the difference is caused by conditions over which he has no control. The statement 11 bear 0 cor REV. R. L. THOMAS. répeating that. it is the volume of busi-1 xorwion Sept. 20, 1831, nesg that is important today, not vrofits. g A for without the first the second cannot | b maintained éonsistentl ! It has been recognized by thoughtful {KEAD YOUR CHARACTER men the world over that arbitfary re-| striction of output was not the proper | By Digby Thillips, method for workers to pursue in nrfltr* Copyrighted 1821 to really better .their position. It adas to the labor cost: and, as far as the employer is concerned; amptnts to an | Sl il intrease in Wages. But the worker d Pointed noses may look as though they tives no such benafit. 1t is a social | were meant to be stuck into cther Waste. As matters now stand the nor- | Déople’s business, bur in reality, they in- mal progress of business is heing fe- | dicite no such tendéncy on the part tarded befause the relations between | their owners, unless it a characteristic thé wageée of one group of workeéts and | of th ordin: quick, ¢ r mind to con- another,- between the prices of ®roup of commodities and another between the exchange rates for the rious foreign countries t with one and United States, are wsét. The | disloéation of foreign exchange rates | has been partly overcome by higher prides prevailing in foreign countries than in ours. For instance, while the fierman martk seils in this country for | about one twenty-fourth of its brice, eommodity prices in Gérman; at least sighteen times higher hey were in 1914, ‘while oufs & V¢ half agdin a& high. Much the same proportion is found in commodity prices and exthange rates of the other éoun- tries Which are promifient purchasers of our exports. As already noted. thé dls- location between values of the various {To1ps of eommoditiés in this country s recently begin in 2 méasure to di§ appear. Wheén wages are readjusted so that work requiring a certain amount of skill pays about the same wage i§ one industry as in another, then condi tions will ‘be well on the Way to pros- perity. The three largest industries this iistriet are cotton fextiles, hoots and shoes and leather products, and woolen and worsted textiles. The products of | these industries enter into the groun of commodities classed “cloths and cloth- in j¥ng." This group of commodities have pommanded prices, since we entered #heé war, such as have given them a high purchasing power, which it would seem mist decline during the next few wears, for there Is nothing inhérent in ‘this -gfoup in the nature of natural mo- nopoly or of declining supolies that would tend to make an increase in the fexchange vaiue. Collections are slow, as Is natural in period such as the vresent, though ithére §s some evidence of a moderat improvement sifce the first of Septem- ber. The mercantile agencies report \that the size of the individual accounts placed with them for collection i8 much larger than usual. Dealers in food- Etuffs fihd collections. generally good, | and they are fair among the hardware the 2int and ofl trades. Payments in itextile field, though somewhat siow are igenerally satisfactory, but collections have beén drhgging during the last few weeks in the dfy goods and men's fur- inishings trade. Sunday Morning Talk CHRISTIAN LIVING. Tt has been objected to Christianity that it requires of the beliover a super- human type of livine. The objection is well taken—it does. No mere moral- ity, however high no mosi scrupuious| observance of the outward things of the | religious life as Bible reading, prayer,| church going, almsgiving will fill out the demand of the Christian ethic. It is a heavenly standard for earthiy liv- ing. The whole environment is hostile to that standard; Satan and his hosts are determined the believer shall not realize it in his own experience; nay, the believer's own flesh rebels against i Here comeg tha perll. The bellever Wil be temoted to say, This 18 an ideal merely. It helps just as the moon helps if T make It my target, for, while I shall not strike the moon, I shall shoot higher than 1 should it 1 made the barn roof my target. No, ten thousand times no. The mod- ¢l of Christian living which we have in this ana other, passages is fot set forth on an unattalhable ideal. It is indeed above man's natural capacity, but mil- lions of God's dear children from Paul down to this bresent Aay have lived in steadfastness helpfulness miliions have lived obediently and so have known the constant peace of God. And they have lived this type of life because they have learned the secret, “I can do all things through Christ, my strength, And the one broad distinction between Christian and Christian s that some are seeking by seif effort to attain to the standard and of right Christian It ing, and that others, in utter self dls- trust, ave vielding themselves to the great supernatural enablements which aré the birthright of every belfever. Some are going about to establish thely own rightcousness, others are submit- ting _themselves unto the righteousness of God. The first are ever hoping to fulfil the rightéousness of the iaw, and ever faillng (Rom. vil. 18); the second. walking in the dpirit, have the blessed experien¢s of Rom. vili. 4). AR Y RS S e S Stories That Reeall Others Good Logle. | open i! CHILD TRAINING AT HOME I {stop asking me questions I'll send you tthen a hesitant, “Say, mother?” “Charles b e tive households, though quite a task for théir age, for they are only fivé. Bachk has a brother about two months oid and in their daily meetings they dis- cuss these juniors, each one stoutly in- sisting that his is the better bfother by every process of comparison. The other day a neighbor heard the men-of-five | in a heated debate on thé sidewalks “My bruvver's head is bigger than your Bruvver's head” said David. “My bruvver's fatter than yours is." retorted Dickie. “My Bruvver's got more halr than vours, 1 guess” persisted loyal David, Dickie's mouth assumed the shape of he bruvver”—here the mouth took on the form of a trumpet flower and emits ted a soiiid 1iké a sirén Whistle. Little David &tood silént for a min- ute, hering a 1iRle hole in the Qust with the toe of his shoe. Then he swunz his arms and turned away Wi the manner of one who kpows right well when he is beaten LEYTERS TO THE EDITOR Grace Mem>ritl Bullding Fund. Mr. Editor: The paster, officers and our financial drive for the repair of the church. The amount ralsed Was $92.22. Thi amount will not meet the fequited need =0 if we should call on you again nmext summer when times are better please our heart and pocket book for the -cause. cern itself with the affairs of others The long pointed nose is essentially an indicatin of mentality, ahd a comparison of gathered i the Study of character indications shews not only tht it is found almost etclusively in nefsons | who actually give eviderices of unusual mental ahility, but is found most | often in persons Who have the meniai type head: that is to say, the head which is broadest above the eves and tapers down to ich is narrow and pointed rather than spuare in combination with such a head you'll find that the long nos seldom accom- panied by any excess o physieal abilit or energy. But they have been quick penetrating and accurately functlohing minds. [Environment may hot havée made such things familiar to them, but they are naturally appréciative of o turé. refinement snd the artisdc. and though they are not overly energetic or vital physically, the luxuries they seek are of the mind rather than the body. Monday—Timid Fingernails CONTROLLING CHILDEEN By Margaret Wright North The adage that a man is not fit “to command others until he can command himself is neéver more trpe than in tha trajhing of childrem A mother whe has acquired self control has more than half won the struggle of controlling her children. g In the course of a conversation the other day, a mother remarked to me, don't see why Charles has to pick t the time when 1 am busiest to bs the most exasperating” What a ple- ture that gave ime of the miother! 1 could e her in the afteérnoon sit- ting quictly with her mending basket, anawering Charles’ interminagle ques- tions with tact and patience, entering Into his pretends, and making the child feel thal his mother was a real pal and playmate. her a liftle while | Then 1 can see later, bustiipg about the Kitchen get- ting supper. Charles stil asking que tions. After a few half hearted r plies, mother turns on Charles with an impatient, “Charles, if you dew't to bed, you drive me tild.” There is a moment of silence and then another question. “Wh: i tell you? Now not anvther wetd.” Anot moment and your clothes off Go right upstairs, take aid go to bed.” Now where was the fault? Was Charles being most exasperating or was JELLY STRINGS, pound . . FRUIT NOUGATINES, 80c LIQUID MARACHINO CHERRIES, $1.00 value. .. 6%¢c CHOCOLATE COVERED CHIPS, pound. .. .. JORDAN ALMONDS, pound . .. OLD-FASHIONED VANILLA CHOCOLATES, Ib. . 1 Pound Box of ASSORTED CHOCOLATES. THIS SALE FOR TODAY ONLY Ye Chocolate Shoppe 49 BROADWAY cseibesaiiaasiaatas it just that Mother was not in the mood and lcst her patience? That thother was expeeting 100 much of her child. She wanted him 1o appre- ciate the strain that getting supper put upon her mifid, body, and merves. Sinc cooking was outside his esperejence, he could™ not put himself in her position. Hven if she bad quietly toid him that she could not play with him any more, giving the reason. he would not have been able to change his play without her help. ‘He was so filled with one idea that a new suggestion was necessary How easy | d have veen, when could with his chaiter going on. have suggested that he go nd count the num- Wwhi ske 14 teil how. many windows he ¢could see in thée houses across the street: or that he show her hew nice a house he could build with his blocks. Because the myher expect to havg the seif control W self lacked. displens nd resentmént riplaced the sympathetic friendliness of the afterhoon, and Charles was unjustly plinished. not to t0 the front window e horses going by tting supper ; 1 the child he her Let us remomber that children are vérs much vers, it is imposibl to ‘stop them, but comparatively eas: to change their course A RAINMAKER It yon Wwant {0 make easy money learn hoWw to make it rain. The Medi- cine Hat (Alta) Agricuitural Associa- tion has paid Rainmaker Chariés M. Hatfield $8,000 for three months work which in the days of Cotton Mather might have resuited in his trial for witcheraft. Under his contract, Hatfield was to! be paid $1,000 a inches for radius of All over inthe up to four ail rain that fei! within a 100 miles of, Medicine Hat. four inches was to be free. Between May 1 when Hatfield began to brew his enchantments and Ang. 1 when the long drawn out miracle end- So the pa do ed.four and a half inches fell. rainmaker received maximum Many déubting Thomas credlt Hatfield with responsibility the rain. These skeptics pont out th: the rain 4id not come when it was needed most. They declare too that when it did come, rains were genera! throughout the Canadian West. When it poured in the Medicine Hat dl. triet, it was also rainng hard n i mixed farming regions alohg the Cans dian National RailWays in Manitéba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. When the precipitation was heaviest in Southern Alber.a, it was also heaviest in North- ern Manitoba. However the majority of people here- abouts give Hatfield full cr He professes to create froth a mixture of chemicals in an elevated tank vapors that rising to the sky, condense the moisture of clouds that otherwise would £ail over without distilling drop upon the thirsty earth. The ag. ricultural association plans to hire wizerd Again next year. METEORS = t Our planct is getting heavier. How does that happen? Because of the me- teors that are constantly falling on it. You may not have seen any of them fall, but the earth is a large place. I Bfig. Gen. Malia Crals, Who has been assigned tc the comand -of the Army Cavalry School at Fort BUly's repors card with It averagé of 78 had brought down father's wrath. And he was not fnelined to grant the youngster, favors. S0 when Billy ask- e him for a ifhe for a hew lead pen- il the sife handed him & nickel and sald: “DidA't it ever oeeur to you. young man, that a five-cant pencll will Solve probiems quite as well as a dime one?” Billy didf't say anything to his fa- ther but he went into the other room to his sister. “I wonder if it aidn't ever occur to father,” he teld her, “that 78 will pass you Into the hext grade just as far as the 98 mark will" Achiévements. Two little friends are always ready to uphold the dignity of their respec- - TR o Riley, Kansas. General Craig was considered one of the most brillisnt officers who served withithe A. E. F.—he was chief of staff of the 41st Division upon its arrival in France with the advance party of the division in 1917. Hs was mads Chiet of Staft of the First Army Corps when it was fermsd and served in that capacity up to the timé of the armistic Genoral Craig 18 the holder of eleven differ- ent decorations from all the Allled Governments whose armies fought on the Western froiit, including the highest military honors awarded by the separate governmenta ' a year 11,435 tons of meteors fali This gives an average of 70 pounds per minute. Much of this tonnage comes in the form of fine Mmeteoric dust that set. tles all over the earth. However, a large meteor—too big to burn oa en- tering our atmospjhers—talls occasion- ally. Several years ago one of them feli in IsWa and exploded on hitting the earth. Over 5,000 pieces were pickel up aiidgsome weighed over 400 poulids —Popular Science Monthl How the Barthmakes from bits of clay, first did not Bake him long enough and he came out White, and secondly baked him toc long and hé eame out black, and thirdly Baked him just right and eashe out red, is the Cree Indians' explan- atibh of the creation of the races of iman. This and twenty-four othef In- dian myths are contained in a_col- lection of Indian lore recently com- piled by Charles E. Brown, curator of the Wisconsin Etate Historical Muse- um at Madison.—Detroit Néws. THOUGHT SHE HAD | AR DISESE . A-TIVES” Made Complets’ .fn-—l-n-u- making man ®An account I read about ‘Fruit a-tives’ or Fruit Liver Tablets in one of our néwspapers prompted me io try this remedy. 1 was all run down and work was ‘buidensome owing to Indigestion and Fullness, due to gas on my stomach which caused me to belcha good deal. My heart seemed fo be afected. Tt was two years ago that I wasin this condition and began the use of *Fruit-a-tives’. Even though the trouble had been of a few years standing, the use of ‘Fruit-a-tives’ proved the very remedy I required. | Xwas freed of the Indigestion, which | Lattributed to my heart; and I ean eonscientiously recommerd ‘Fruit. stives’ as a remedy of merit”, Mrs. FRANK W, WALLACE. c. a box, 6 for §2.50, trial size 25e. At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENSBURG, N. Y, WHEN YOU WANT to put your ness betofs the public. there is no | um better than through the acvertising {columns of The Bulletiz. he Utmost In Home FOR The home is where the spends most of Comforts FALL y ou will see in our display of Fall urniture suggestions for making t!le home comfortable and home- like. HOURIGAN BROS. 62:66 MAIN STREET NORWICH FINN'S BLOCK JEWETT CITY