Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 1, 1922, Page 4

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CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING MARCH 25th, 1922 11,736 PROTECTING OUR ROADS, The New Haven road has been blamed tar a gocd many things, soma of which it may have been resonsibie for and %weh that it wasn't, and it 1§ amusing o note that a New York paper, in its Matement regarding complaint be- #g made by motor truck owners con- terning the restrictions on the overload- 'ng of trucks, attribiites the Connestiéut ¥w regarding that matter to the New Haven road. Such Is enough to make a 1orse laugh. Connecticut is much interested in good t6ads. Tt has put many dollars into them sver a period of years and it has seen the disastrous effects which the over- oading of trucks has upon the highways ®hich were not built to carry any such oads, which under the use for which hey were Intended would have done iervice for many years and which cried sut for protection against abuse. The complaint against the overloading the sly between Massachusetts points and New York. That means that they are Artually looking a gift horfe in the nouth and because this state sees the bed of protecting itself &nd fts invest- nent in good roads undertakes to lay the blameé upon the raflroad. The tailrodd has unquestionably lost business Bécause of the motér trucks. Tt ls mot mprobable that it will lose more But it hasn't, remained for the raflroad 1o point out to the highway commission at lts competitors were wrecking our sxpensive highways. Let those motor Tutlk oWhers, Who make uge of Connéc- feut bullt roads to demand their high atés for transportation, do as they wouid like and there would be no limit ‘s the ambtint 6f money, through taxes md otherwise, the people of this state weuld bé ealled upon to pay for their} benefit There 'ma&r be a time when the restrie- fens on the iotor trucks will be raised, Sut It #hAuld nét come for the benefit St these outélde the state, with the idea that the taxpayers ehould be called upon lo maintain roadbeds Yor loads that are sgcesstve or while the roads are of such & type that unlimited damage would be fone to them. Just why Connecticut thogld Bulld and matataln an indestruct- e Mehway tor New York to Boston trafs 1§ diffieult to understand. Even e New Haven road hasn't asked that. ——— THE COAL STRIKE. Reguraless of the way in which you wgard the efforts to prevent the coal virike, they have falled. The efforts that Wete made concérned the mining o hard coal. In the bitumifous field| {Rére weté o steps taken to prevent the striké and while the conference of the hard coal operators and miners has mot Wecomplished the desired end thers that degreé of satlsfaction that a move was made which eahnet be sald of the others. Tt is whfortinate that hard coal ofodudtion eARAGt ba continued until % #blerminéd what might ba accom- wlishad, while dellberations are terway, ndications have fointed very strongly ‘6 the Yact that thers would be a striks, Ihat 1t Was inévitable and that any con-| tarerices would fall. This was beécause| % the gémands that have been made, os- poctally by the miners In seeking an ad- Fafee dver and above the peak of war is un- prices, besides other concessions, at the time when there !s a countrywide de- mand for cheaper coal. However, the inereise may be regarded, even though the demand for higher wages !s consid-} sred to be but a move for trading pur-| poses that a reduction of wages may be t70ided, it ls evident that the miners arz| not favorably dleposed to any cutting of Wages, and while the fights in the an- thracite and bltuminous ficlds a: somewhat different grounds there Hsposition oh both sides to ‘hrough. ‘The public s naturally concerned re- rarding the efféct that the stopping of srodtietion 18 bound to have upon the onBumier. It Is declared by the secre- ary of labor tha! there is no justifica- oh for any Incteate in the price of coal. It s to be sincerdly hoped that the strike wiil eavee nofe, but it Wwould stem to be 2 mattér which Would have to be deter- mingd by the length of the strike, ana it| #ill, in &l probability, be the lensth 5¢ the Btrike, and It will, in all| stobabllity, be the fength that | whether any move on| of the government !s made| is on a em he o bring about an adjustment unless the part nditions under which the strike is con- igcted make it necessary to Intervenc, PROMISING OUTLOOK. We are reaching that season of the vear when the actlvity in the building tades as well as all outdoor Work should contribute greatly to the reduction of snémployment, ‘When the department of commerce fnds that there hag been a marked galn 'n bullding activity and expresses the sellef that 1t wil eontinue through the vedr, résulting In the addition of a mif- ion new homes, it tells its owa story, It Means that conditions, ate Improving, thost who hae been walting for im- ptovéd cenditions are Impregsed by t :MAnge that hag taken place even though (Néy aee not back at notmal. The dst)- mte of thé department of commerce r. téps to thé entire country, of cofirse, and | aaving show outlool year the rest uation i§ encouraging. employment. and with = the dre at wor trial slumps, department able dezree by the figures from depression hag turned &nd that the worst is over. tihem in greater number. 100 r reaus tiere ] in January, but that numbér had credsed to 41 in February and to 43 in March, which though it doesn't overcome unemployment shows a steady trend in On a basis of the season when certain lines that are likely to be slack in cold weather will show a revival. e TROLLEY FARES, Efforts are being made in several com- munities in behalf of lower trolley fares. It is evident that thé trolley lines are doing beétter. They are féellng the ben- efit of certain economiés which they have put into effect Which servé to reduce the expenses of operation, and they have experienced some drop in the cost of ma- terial and equipment, but it seems im- probable that they are anywhere near the point of being able to return to ths five-cent fare. f 1t is the duty of tha public ufilities commission to hear those who ‘have the idea that they can show that ths Ber- viee ought to be réndedd at a 1o price, and it would iinquestiohably pleass the company quite as well as the com- pany aquite as well as the commission and the public if it eeuld b8 shown that the roads could bo Gperated with & rea- sonable return for their éfforts oa a nickel fare. Even though the ruinois competition of the jitnéys has been elim- inated it doesn’t mean that the roads are back where théy wete when a five (ifit fare was in vogue. ~They have beén able to résuiie the payment of state taxes under the ten- cent fare, but for the past month there has been in force thé three-for-a-quarter rate, the effect of which seems likely to encourage mor to rid, but it will call for the reduction in fares. The return to the nickel fares been tried out in certain cities of the state and the results are not such as to warrant the orderlng of the plan for the entire state. There i§ fo reason to ex- pect that trolley fares can go back to things can. TRat théy will get gradual. The system that is being fol- lowéd of cutting the rate as conditidns warrant is the préer oné. It i§ the plan satisfactory results in other states. first to last, does an injustice to all ¢oa- cefried. THOSE WHO COMMIT CRIMES. on faets that can be eonsidered reliable. of it? Why are so many encouragéd In the ways of crime? the success which seemed to them have been obtdined by certain others in getting away with their or murder, Likewise It seems that men and wo- of crime according to the which laws are enforced. manner In supported, if those who violate them are arrested and after being arrestén such an offense thefe | crime. It pression is gained on that théy ean decent enforcement and happen if they prising that the developed. criminal uenced without much trouble would be as #suscéptib 1y and they incline in that such peaple it direetion. triment. Not all first offenders are they are guided by what others enforcement has been weak. others, LEDITORIAL NOTES. ice storm. s is of course the day shal your wit: T on the ¢orner says: e man fo preserve your digmity. All that some of the ftril lieve it. peseible through close touch with year 'round. —e i beautiful scend upon us. and graceful manner. shut off their heating ent with the opening of the coal strike. get together it I8 to be aexpeckéa that the grenter c#lume of constriiction activity will take pikee in those centers whefe the best i L ARbements 118, % known thit industrial plants have way, ? wited and there has been no inclination 1tu try to meet the housing needs because (ul thewhigh costs but with the winter ‘a decided gain and the Be the Wherever possible public \work has béén started for the purpése of providing increased buflding activity tWo imPortant factors to offsét témporary indus- The optimistic view of the comimercs is supported to a consider- the president's eonference on "unemployrment which believes that the tlde of businéss Those seéeking jobs are finding trations at the employment bu- ere But 38 who found jobs ins the right direction and the approach of considerable extra travel to make up for has normal &t this time any moré than other back there is to be expectéd, but it must be that has been tried out with the most It is far preferable to go about Such & thing In a manner based upon facts rather than in a haphazard manner which, from ‘When it is declared that 86 per cent of all the erime in the country is com- mitted by first offenders, it is to be sup- posed that such a statement is based up- Such being the case, what is the cause It is.entirely possi- ble that they have been turned In that direction by the experience of others, by to undértakings whether it happened to be holdups, thefts men are guided toward the commission It they are aware of the fact that laws are being made to pay the penalty preseribed for iikely to be less the other hand the im- shap fhelr fingérs at the law, that there Is no fothing will arc caught it Is not sur- inclination is y are imitators, or try to be, They to right as to wrong if propérly present- ed to them, but they get the wrong start To can be appreclatéd that laxity in administeting the law i a de- ot this class but too often it is the case that have done and gotten away with because law Insteaa of being turned from their inclination they | are encouraged through the treatment of If the peach’crop hasn't been killed it will not be the fault of the closing March to wateh your step, guard your answérs and mar- Don't kick any fortunes into the gutter just T need 1§ to e told by thuir leaders that they are millionaires and they are ready td be- Perhaps by next year or so it will be the radio to keep in spring the From the way I which March departs no one would have reason to suspect that the fly swatting season was about to de- It took some time to get them proper- ly started but once going the treaties slid down the ways in a mos graifying @ weather man has placed a check upen the plans of those who planned to systems coinei- the Turks and Greeks talk about it begirs to look as if they ner borrow orey to keep the war Zo- © the coul strike cotnes on rli doesn’t mean that it's e to be taken as a joke, and certainly the Bullding has lagged. It|public isn't disposed to 160k at it that Isi't the “sguare deal” the i« method of procedure from évéry pomt of view, in evqugh(mz, at all times, and everywhere? Postibly theré may = be timés of emergency when the profitéer, making capital out 6f necessity, may skin the publie to his momentary. pécini- ary adyvantage—but possibly-.the public mey remember it, and his over-reaching {may cause hiS ultimate undoing. As a fair sample of “square dealing” take the four pact treaty relating to China.: It provides: National integrity to be re- spected ; foreign ‘“spheres of influence” to be surrendered; her rights as a neu. tral to be recognized in future wars every opportunity given to develop a stable government; Chinese customs to be increased: internatiofial commission appointed to investigate her judicial sys- tem, with 2 view to the abolition of ex- tra-territorial rights: conference for the withdrawal of foreign| troops; forelgn control of post offices to be withdrawn January 1, 1923, if China maintains an efficlent postal service ; unauthorized for- eign radlo stations to be relinquished; China to reduce her military forces. Was 4ny natlon ever treated more justly in an intérnational treaty? _Last week I read in some paper. thée following suggestive senténgé: “Today 18 a time of intensified contrdstd.” This corresponds exactly with what was said some weeks ago in this -columh that “progress in clvilization accenfudtés dif- ferences.” The more | finely organized sociéty becomes the wider are {t& separa- tions. To illustrate: Eafly in 1817, three hundred and fifty mén were working In a certain plant. They weré réceiving about the same in wagés: living on the same planc; moving in the same Soclal ; interested in the sameé grade of amisements and pleagures. The wab comies, and the patilotio—If unemeumber- ed—enlistéd, ebmé of thein th Al In Flanders, all of them to réeélve a mére pitiance in wagés, some to come back to find their old jobs takdn, some sick and so disabled as to be unfit to sup- port themselves. They all rétirn to find patriotism coldy their servicés forgétien, and, unintentiohally, of course, neglect: ed &nd allowed {o suffer. Whila thosé Wwh6 rémained: at home and in si!'etz fourid a premium put on their wakes, some of them getting an advanece of 200 per cent. ,and living on easy stredt. To say the least, “today is a timé of in- tensified contrasts.” In other directions we cati see most clearly that advancing civilizatlon is marked by wider separations. ~Never was there a time when the United States was the reservoir of so much of the world’s gold as today; and never was there a time when the rest of the world had so little. Of course there are sound economic reasons why this should be so, but it does not initigate the sharpness of the contrast. Never was there a timo when there were wider areas of extreme suffering and poverty in the Old World than today. We re- jolce that thers is no cofinection betweén Américan gold and Furopean suffering, the only relation is that of remarkahl® generosity in noble reliéf work. Thrift, fndustry, ability lies back 6f Affefican prosperity; thé awful séquence of efim- inal wars lies back of starving Europe. 'Nevér weré &6 many elambring for col- legé éduéation so ag to léad honorable Jives; néever 86 many eéngaged in hold- ups and bootlezzing. Never was the struggle between capital and labor, or between tha races mote bitter than t day. Certalnly it is the time of “intensi- fled contrasts.” To many pérsons the high Wwinds of March are disagreeable, if not positive- ly irritating. And yet if measured in terms of hygiene and natural philoso- phy they have their value. It is a well- Mareh act unfavorably on the unbalarc- ed mind; the insane are ays worse in March. That is due to the faet that they offer an overdose of Stimulus to dlseaséd nerves Which produees Irrita- tlon. But to healthy nérves they act as a tonic producinz Invigoration, on the principle that fresh air which is the greatest friend of living tissue Is the bitterest enemy of the dead body. The alr is usually very clear in a high gale and gives to the lungs an unusual amount of oxygen. For observation pur- poses the average March stands sécond in the calendar year. For the widest ranze of vislon from a mountain top take a frosty morning in October; ths next best is a clear, windy {ay in March. Such things redeem March from its mud and slush. Most things in life have some redeeming qualities. Thé benefit of obsérvation comes both from seeing thinzs and seein¥ into thém especially the latter. Without seeine made. He is like a_man “beholding his natural faee in a zlass * * * And straightway forgetteth What manier of he was The other' day I #aW a Rilly pasture literally ablaze. it was easy encugh to see it. but T saw in- to It which was niuch better. Mérely 16 have seéu it would have been only an teagant sight. Most of its atea 2 blackened mass, the boulders looking igger and more of them in sight. its mere appearance spelléd ruin. Rut look- ing into the burnt fleld ond saw dead grass and &tubblé cleared up. and ground Koon to become green—nbthifig frad been iniired but what injures the field. So it Is in human Nfe. if wé only at trouble, sorrow, privation and misfortune we will only see a blackened surface, but if we look into these thines v the dross removed. B¥ sinelting gold loses only the dross, the ifue is a finer quality of gold. mg o small city I was impress- the excellent sidewalks, Ex- pressing the same to my host, ha toid me that thev were the work of a reform mayor. Smilingly I asked him if he was re-clected, and his Teply was, “not on your sv life!” And then he pro- ceeded to pour forth thé vial§ of his wrath, “Do vou know,” Be said, “that the one thing we, a freé and indépénd- ent people, won't stand is féforms? A réformér is a political sulelde. Wé will tolerats Incompeténcy, crookednéss, interperance, g tisusness in, offfeials and often ré-dlect them to office, but it an official is rash énough to téll us, the sovereian people, that we must live up to the -good night!” Wis my 2 claim that it was &l fie- cined to think that the v we will excuse in an administration is an administra- tlon that attacks some remjss- ness on our part. Lét him fire awdy st something that doesn’t cost money. { Yemrs ago the writer returning from a' trip to Hurope made the aeguaintapce of = Boston lawyer, who, at that time, was trustee of Amherst. Discussing a certain newspaper published in eentral Massachusetts, he said this was the mot- to of the paper: “Whatever is is wrong.” 1 have thought many times since that this motto might be applied to the United States senate. It would be proper to speak of the Hon. Mr. Blank, B. K.—(Eternal Kicker) and we have quite a number of such Hon. Mr. Blanks in the present body. We call' them the “frreconcllables.” Is it a consclentious attitude of mind or a cheap bid for no- toriety? Ts it an attack of supersens ‘tive patriotism? Ts it the spirit of 7 venge on the part of some for losing tiie presidential nomination, and on the part of others for not being named as a mem- ber of the arms eonferéncé? The man of the street {s asking, “Is it evidence of real statesmanship to block all lagis- lation of far-reaching importance?’ The day on which thede words appear will be April 1. Historieally it has nev er cut much of a swath in the path way of the past. It is chiéfly remarka- Dble for thé éass with which most of us Tows' thit tio: very can be ugged. It also Into thines no lasting impressions can be | the | 'THE MAN WHO TALKS BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN wiseat ‘There have been some slgnificant changes {n the industrial situation dur- ifig the past few, weeks—new trends which, if continued, may mean a consld- erabl down of business activity, in N&%d at least; writes Frederick H. CiFtlss, chairman and federal resénlt agent 6f the Federal Reserve bank of Boston in_ his _monthly review. “Thé leading industries of this district are cot- ton and woolen textiles and boots and shoes, and vhey are mot in as good a po- sition as they were a short time ago. Thé strike in the cotton industry started two nionths ago, and even now it looks as though it might be prolonged for some timé. Already it has cost both the cot- ton mill employers and émployees large sums of money in lost business and wag:- es, and is having a serious effect on trade in sfiany other lines. In the other branch of the textile industry, woolen and wors- teds, thére has also been a slowing down of production. . Furthermore the wageé probiem has spread to part of this indus- try. The woolen goods market is nof &c- tive, particularly on men's lines, and wor- teds especially are selling poorly. Sotné g not all, of the recent slackening in the and shoe indystry in seasonal, but the outlook for the fmmediate futurs {3 ot particularly good. Salesmen aré ot the road, and, under ordinary circum: stane, would be taking orders for deéliv- 3 e made in the autumn. Retail merchant’, however, are in no mood to buy on this basls, and practically all the or- ders takén are for immediate delivery. Thése industriés manufacture geods which duickly feel the effects of decrsased pur- chasing by the ultimate consumer; there- for they are particularly sensitive to fun- daiental changes in the business sitha- ifon. They weére among the very first 'y feol thé affects of the dépression which Stafted in 1920, and Wkewise recovéred tapldly during last vear at a time when many other Indusiries still feit the re- difeed deiand: These tinfavorable changes may be off- S6t, of course, by tavorabls ones in othar diréctiona. There is unmistakably, for, in- &tance, an improvement in the building &ituation, and there is ground for the be- {ief that it will bs even mors ronourncsd dufing the next few months. Also the nuinber of cars inadel with freight on thé New England rafifoads has been in- créasing consistently since the first of the Some increase would normaily be expected toward the end of winter, but this year the gain was more than usual. The ottput of the iron and steel industry, 4 Ume-proven inlex of country-wide production, has likewise been increasing very tapidly durinz the past few months. However, it is not at all certain that th: improvement in carloadings and iron pro- diétion has not been brought about through the desire to prepare for possible changes iri the situation as the effects of the coal strike hecome felt. This fatter in itself, while it moy not be menacinz immediately following Agril 1, if pro- tracted fof any considerable lensth of time. has potential posstbilities which are hot apt to_improve business sentiment. On ths whole. it must be admitted that business conditions in New England did not_fmprove durin® March, and the trénd shov]@ be watched very closely. Buslness conditio = often o con- fusing that it is Cifficult to ascertain whether manufacturine activity, taken all in all, s really increasing or decreasing. an overdose of ability t6 trlck those who are much greatsr than we. All of which goes to show that not one of us is on his guard gainst the decelts and trickeries of life a8 he 6ukht. If the people wers as alert as the ciréumstances of modern life re- quire, men like Ponzt wouldn't have such a soft snap. We have only to look at is not requiréd known fact that the blustering gales of | the millions sunk every year in fake easy, but like all our Lofd's wi stocks and bonds to real human gullibility. The buffooner April “fool’S day” began probably the middle ages where so many other fool things began. It was connected with festivity. It seems to have pre- vailed in all Eurppean countries. And it téally shows the seriousnéess of the old saying: “What fools we mortals be!” FAMOUS MEN. e the extent of of CERVANTES Miguel de Cervantes is the best known ef all the representatives of Spanish literature, and his “Don Quix- !ote” is the most widely read of any !book translated from that language. {As Columbus stands for the Spanish :genius of discovery, Cervantes, in the mind of the eivilized world, is ana- logous with Spanish literature. Cervantes came of a-good, if not poble family, which traced its origin { back to the tenth century, He was born at Alcala in New Castile in 1547. Whils vét a youth it is noted that he won much commendation for verses that he had written in_commemoration of the death of Isabel ds Valois, the third wife of Philip 11, He was still a strip- ling lest in the acted drama, which he nev er_entirely lost. When Cervantes was fity -one life of a privaté soldier in Africa, fighting with enthusiasm, enduring wounds and hardshjps with fortitude, ahd acquired that knowledge of men and thing#® which he was after- wards to employ to such good pur- poses. Following this period, having ibeen captured, he spent five years in serfdom of the most rigorous and un- relaxing character. Cervantes accomplished his greatest work, the writing of hjs “Don Quix- e” when he was well past middle age. He finished if only a few months before his death. Thspired to renewed activity by the chorus of praise, which greéted this production, we find him in his 68th year, arranging his plans for thé output of three more works— “The Weeks of thé Garden,” the sec- ond pdrt of “Galated” and the, “Trav- els of Persiles and Sigismunda,” which latter was td be ‘“either the Worst or the best of books of entertainment in our language.” The sequel to the “Gale atea” and the projected “Weeks of the Garden” were probably never com- menced, although he refers to them bojlr again in thé prologue to “Pers siles” which was written on hig death- bed at the age of seventy, and publish- his widow in 1617. n'a letter to thé Archbishop of Toledo, shortly before the death of Cervantes wrote: “If for the malady, which affects me there could be any relief, the repeated marks of favor and protection which your illustrious per- son bestows on me would be suffi- cient to reliéve me, but, indeed, it in- creases so greatly that I think it will make an end of me, although not of my gratitude. In his valedictory dedication to the Conde de Lemog he speaks of fimself as “with one foot in the stirrup, wait ing the call of death.” “Yesterday, he continues, “they gave me extreme uniction and today I dm writing. The !time is’short, my agonies increase; my hopes diminish.” An then comes his brave, blithesome, parting message “Goodbye, merry friend: for I perceive I am dying, in the wish to see you hu.pgy in the other life.” g This was Cervanfes’ last greeting to his patron, and to the world that had learned to love him so well. His dedication Is dated April 19 and on April 23, 1818, nominal on the same day that Shakespeare died, the jllus- trious Spaniard heard the summons of g@nth, and passéd Into the great in stoicai ! England, wiich £ n the sum total of the activity of the major ind varing gdgvx ;d“mfi"'mfi month month, gives the g 'Efi"" atl flLrnm:cuoi- in the factoried ;t' & dis- The rate of manufacturing activity New Engiand rekenct iy hihoid January. 1920, and aeeliné throughout that yeas, | ¥ 1t ‘was again on an alme nt | grade. It is significant that the started in New hrllhd_iivt&ij 1 before it did In most parts of the country, and conversely that it started r¢ this district several months E% That is chisfl; Industries In New t athiér products, felt the on- coming depréssion befors the of industries, and; on the othér hand, in< shoes and leathér ereased activity befor others: Diseretion must nagfi |:?§%m this index of manufacturing 1 “33 primary purpose is to Indicate ‘,&a for Ins Sioha 1921. 1t sumed that it is perfect, alt belifved to be as aegurate as thé mahi facturing statistics now availablé will pers mit. It is a practical ynifimmflmm for measuring approximately Eng- land manufacturing canditions, For those intergsted in the méthods used in its constrietion, it thay d Ithat it was first necessafy to ascertaln | thé rate of mamnifacturing, leading Néw Englana industris was dstermined éithef ffomi actudl pro au_?uén statidties or frem fna B vit¥ In the tion Statistles wesd cajoulatéd on a work- ing day basle, because it is, of edurse, otvious that the total entgut ol try would &p eousiderably ldes fi Febru- afy than In Janiary dis to ¢ha Tharer Aum- Lel Of Wobking da¥h in FEbruary, was deSiréd to detériming mierély the raté of produetion. Furthermore, no attempt Has becn made to eliminate those chatiges in the raté of production which are aue 80lély to the différent seasor because it is felt that the seas: afe Very lmportant, and must Ar:m with. Nelther has it been dbemned néces- sary to dllow for normal greWwth of the manufacturing output of the dlstriet. o gy \:oul;l be comparatively small from yedr {o yéar and the punpose of this particularly index is mierely to show thé genéral trend ffomi honth to month. After the madufactiring rates for each of the several Industries had been calculated, it was necessary to eombin: then intd one Single 1AA&K Humber. fe Wwas not doné by shfixly Lv!figg-;lt all o: the ratés, bt by what ik called th “weighting” process; that i8. lfi?’ im- portance was u‘:lgnéd ta,fl& ir ’g;'fis than to oth of inStahicd thé taxtlle industry is the largest in New Engian and theréfore has béen glvén Hmoré im- portaiice—or welght—than any other. The Welghtlhgs asflgfiéfl e-phodd a:\lfiw felative “valué added _r&fl! kmtvnutfi- tutc ih cdch industsy, &8 Showh by the 1914 cénbus. SUNDAY MORNING TALK PRAYER |, Jesus gave shany teachings regard- ing prayer. The Lord’s Prayer gath- ers these teachings together into an example in a few great senteces. This prayer seems to us very simple -ntd s, its petitions aré wide and deep, each one carrying an ocean of meaning. The Lord'syPrayer teaches us that we all need to pray. Not to pray is to cut ourself off altogether frof God the source of all good, of all Blessirij of all life. No doubt there aré men who do not pray and who yet seer {to live on and to receive mercles and blessings from God. He doés not ctit them oif from his love though they pay Him no henor, recognize Him hot as their Father. This tells us how gra. clous God is. “He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and the and sendeth rain on the just and the un- Jjust.” He continties to love, even when His love is slighted and rejected. He never shuts the door on hi# enlld—it | stands open day and night to theé last. INeverthéless he is an infinite loser who does not pray. He i§ leaving out of his lite all the best things. He is gathering the weeds, and 185 that lie at his feet and missing thé erowns {which hang above him, ready to b itaken and worn. He is mlssing the {love, the companisnship and the help of God, without Wwhich )llr' in th g..S i3 h. fcan be ofily a poor shriveled thing, to be cast out to perigh: The first thing oheé bEBins {o do whén one comes to one’s seif, when one has beén born from above, is to pray. The Lerd said of Saml, an hour age e fiérés pergeciiter, iow a Christian, “Beheld, | he prayeth,” That was evidenes enough |that Saul was no longer a dangeréus {enemy, that he was now a Christian man. Christ's teachipg makes prayer ery easy. We do not have to journey |far off to some ternplé of marble and |gold to talk Wwith our Father. Wg are {to pray as children. This takes it easy. It is not hard for a child t tell a loving parent its' wants, to open its heart and reveal its inner feelings and desires, Glorious as God 18, overwheélm- iing as is the majesty which burns iabout iis throne, hik c’hllvlra% should | never dread drawing near im. We may come boldly to His throns, it i8 a thrane of grace and love. “To strefch my hand and touch Him, ~Though He bé far away; To raise my eves and see Him Through darkness as through day. To light my voice and call Him; This is to pray! To feel a hand extended, By one wiho standeth neat; To view the 16ve that In eyek Beéréné and clear; To know that Hé is calllAg; Thig is to hear! IN THE PUBLIC EYE "John L. Léwis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, 6“ been the head of that erganization since the early part of 1820. A native of Iowa, reared in a mining town, and with practjcal experience as er himself, he early became s more than a worker. His qualities as an organizer soon made him pro ent, first in the American Fei on of Labor, and later in the United Mise Workers. [n 1917 he was elected vice- president of the United Miné Worksrs and some two years later suceeédsd to the presidency. Mr. Léwls seFved as a member of thé Coal Production Cofft- mittee of the National Counell of De- fense and during the period of the war with Germahy he co-operatéd with the United States Fuel Administration 19 maintain the maximum production TSI R | | | R w the nu._ t"l'vnlm”‘ — 8 Cents have stoed Each HUNTOON & GORHAM CO. Setaviishes 10is LUMBER WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF ROOFING PAPER -« CEMENT — PAPER SHINGLES-ZBRICK—SEWER PIPE AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF BUILDING MA- TERIAL, AT A VERY LOW PRICE. SEE US BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER. OUR QUALITY IS THE BEST—OUR FRICES THE LOWEST. SHETUCKET COAL & LUMBER CO. REUBEN 8. B. WASHBURN, Mgt. Tel. 1257 ish House of Commons, bor} 87 years 12Bo today. . General Sir James Willcocks, notéd British soldier and colonial adminis. trator, born 85 yearg ago today. _ Daniel C. Ropér, Pormer U. S. Com- filssioner of Intérnal Révenue, born in Marlboro county, €. C., 65 years &go today. _Mrs. Aurélia H. Reinliardt, président ot Mills Collége, bofn in Ban Franeis- co, 45 years ago today: Mary Miles Minter, promifigit as a fotion-pleture actréss, boFh at Shréve- | port, La., 20 yéars ago today. Today’s Anniversaries i8io—State ma}rl:? of Napoleon Bon- aparte ahd the Archduchess Ma- ria Louisa of Austria, celebrat- ed at St, Cloud. 1865—John _Miiton, war_ governor of 1 Florida, died at Mariana, Fla. Borni in Jefférson County, Ga., April 20, 1807. 1872—Holland celebrated tha tercen- tenary of the beginuing of the war of independence against the Spanish rule. 18%4—A popular vote in Nova Scotla showed & majority in favor of prohibition. 1897—Andrew D. White was appointed United States ambassador to Gerniman; ¥ 1899—Mataafa's forces in Samoa at- tacked the Amiérican and Brit- ish naval forcés. 1916—Twenty-eight persons killed and forty-fouf injutgd in Zeppelin rald on Engmnd. 11920—The New York Assembly, after {&ll-night debate, expel®d the five So- | clalist membérs, Stories That Recall Others | April Fooling. Betty, aged Tour, had been =colded by aunty for Eome misdbmeanor, and fer feelings wers badly Hurt. =he kapt referring 13 thé matter #8d wA¥isg te aunty: “All right fer you. I don't care o 64 any mere.” Finaily aunty retorted: “Wall, all right for you then. If you don't cafs about me any more I Won't get vou that lee creAm eons I intended to buy for you. Betty looked abashed for a moment. She did not wisk~to ufibend ed far as to mccept a bribé, but she disitked to losa the ice créam cone. Then heér face brikhtened with happy thought. “Oh, uh—April fool 8he said triumphantly. Musle Was Extra. John had moved from a small comma- nity to a large one. He was accuBtom- ed to the tén cent moving picturs shows, with the extras thrown in. One night thége was a well advertised préduction that John was particularly ansious to see. Tis mother gave him 50 cénts and started the ten year old off. Short- Iy he was back. “Why, What's thé mattér, John?" his mother asked. “Didn't you gét to the pleture show _ “Naw,” was the disgusted reply. “1 dian't have monsy enough. It costs 85 QUICKLY RELIEVED rheumatic "RHEUMATIC ACHES | MR. AND MRS GOOD CITIZEN Are you interested in the Sai. vation Army ? Do you want to help in it great task ? READ THE WAR CRY ! Sincerety, Capt. & Mrs. Chas. Carpente cénts." “Eighty-five cents? Wi sbfie mistake,” mother answer “No, mother—the music alon cents. There was a sigh that sa! seats 50 cén tra. That makes 85 cents, 8o I back home.” Unlike a man, a hen with a picked up dinner. is satisfie LARGE PIMPLES DISFIGURED FACE Hard and Red. Lost est. Cuticura Heals. trouble began with pimples haed, ) abd red, and ible. were scat- &ll over my fice, which was disfigared for the time being. 1 lost %ifldnhhtwmmdm Hon. “The trouble lasted sbout tws but they did sot help me. I begen Cuticura Soap and Ointment usibg two cakes of Cuticura and fwo boxes of Cuticuma