Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 16, 1922, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN and Coarier ectel® 2 Toem, 5% 5L Telephone Bulledta Job Wittmete Offien. B Coares CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING MAY 13th, 1922 11,506 —_—— CHARTER SHOULD BE RATIFIED. Much bas been guggested from time o n the way of changes that Wwould result in needed Improvements for fhe efty. Invariably they have been re- ghrded as desirable and in some fn- #tances they have been cbtained. Thers ha been many highly commendable suggestions, however, that have not Been carried out, for various reasons, dut which is recognized from time to time X suffe: from in compari- son with communities. When to the matter of city plasning tmprovement, thers is nething more 1 to the needs of an other comes P up to date city than a charter that meets day requirements, Those m rests the responsi- Miity of conducting the affairsof thecity a3d who are expected to give us the best pesstle business administration have for a mumber of years, regardless of the party in power, pointed out the handl- caps that exist under the present clar- ter. Thoss obstscles to & better gov- srmment have been tolerated because no move was made to correct th They wil continue just long as Norwich sont! to do business under the ex- as isting crarter. One of the greatest civio needs of Norwich today 18 & new charter. Ttisa =y that has been hear *r than & decade. It sontinue to increass In volume and dais- gust ontll the peopls of the clity reo- ognize the fustics of % and apply the remedy The time for that action is now. The spportunity which will bs presented to tha voters to ratify ® proposed charter June § canmot be wisely igmored. There \s presented & proposed charter which Sealy with the existing obstacles to effl- lent government. No one claimg it Is perfect but 1t so well meests present setds, ac well provides for a large sav- ing Mn efty expend! s, 80 well guards Agaimst the payment of the same bill two ana three times over, go well checks bad practices, 5o effectively requires a better business administration and so sovides for the bringing to the best minds of the for for much long- & ery that will sipality that whould § an early replacement of that anclent Socument which long snce served its purposes and the cgnditions prevalling when it was drafted. Give Norwl of this new charter. Pu e delay in Bettering our city government which has prevalled too long already CLEANING THE FILMS. Because of the character of some of the motion pictures that being shown there arose a demand for censor ship, and some have established it for the protection of the theatergoing public. It was found that such a house- gleaning could be obtained In mo other were the widespread feeling in a movement it be- the producers of the d be wisdom o undertake censorship of to permit no filmg to be screens ey knew own, and hrown on the would not get the stamp of approval of | There are states of is mot sensors. whers this cotrse d except as fasts itself and walus is recog- nized of catering to the demand for the Best tn 1! and the whole- the dangerous, eqr ewise ded to of the motion ploture house owners, as was disclosed by the sction taken at théir convention n their in bar- In which n young artist, just re rope whers she gained & ot of undesirable noto It can be appreciated that it is a blow to the feeling of one who has probably fepended upon the sensational esca- pades In which she has participated to get her mew contracts as sky high fig- ures to be told that in view of her con- fSuct her plctures are no lomger wanted. It 48 quits the same as was felt by the male of the species when hs found that be had been banned from the movie screen for the good of the business. For some time there have been indi- cations that those in the movie fleld carried the idea that the more scandals they oould get into or be credited with the more peopls wanted to ses them 484 comsequently the more value their services. The rebellion of the public ha theaters Bouse owners and tho artists. Stars may continus thelr sandalons conduct if they like, but they mow understand that it means thelr solfpse as stars. RUSSIAS MOVE. From various directions has it been Mtimated that the Influence of this sountry was vital in bringing about the post war adjustment of nations. It was shrnestly desired that this eountry be fepresetned at the comference at Genoa.| [t was from Great Britain that thers PRnie expressions of deep regret that the United States was mot a particl- pant. France desired that we should if not to It is known of course that Russia has been anxious to get the recognition of the United States qnite as much as it has been determined to get it at Genoa. It has even been declared by ome Rus- sian that broad proposals would be made to this country in case of failure at Genoa, and it is his bellef that, “No- where in the workl do America’s inter- ests clash with those ‘of Russia. Rus- sia is the ofily country to stand by America In a fight against Japanese ageression. Everything points to the fact that scomer or later we must come to an agreement.” As for the desirabllity of an agree- ment there can be no question. It is not a onme sided matter. Soviet Russia needs it. The United States s desirous of being In good relations with all wor- thy countries. It has been clearly set forth what the position of this govern- ment is In regard to soviet Russia. If Russta belleves that recognition by this government !s so necessary it knmows well in advance of any new efforts that might-be made just what is required by the United States of Russia. It is not a situaticn in which we could afford to g0 with our eyes shut. Knowing what Rus- sia has dome. what it has stood for and drawlmg conclusions from that as to what can be expected of it, together With the understanding of the economic conditions that prevail there today, the real need of Russia is to so conduct it- self @s to gain the confidence of other nations and it has received some golden advice on that line from the government at Washington, Plainly R w nussims move. THE WASTAGE FROM FIRE. Monthly fire losses throughout the country tell their own story of the great amount of proverty that goes up In smoke for various reasons, many of which are entirely preventable, When, however, 1t s declared by President Mallalieu of the National Fire Protection assoclation that there was wasted $1- 000,000,000 in this country during the last two years because of fires it is suf- nt to cause most people to pause and take into consideration what part, it any, they had in piling up that stu- pendcus amount, or what part, if any, they are liable to have In connection with future fire losses because of prac- tices te which they are accustomed. This great waste in the pastTwo years was to a certain degree avoldable. It would have been possible to have pre- vented much of it but it calls for the devotion of attention to the fire haz- ards, the elimination of the conditions and invite quick and disastrous fires and the checking of carelessness. / Fire prevention measures such as are frequently urged by Chief Stanton of this city, the surveys of the hazardous discricts that are made by the depart- ment and the adequate equipment for dealing with fires when they do occur haven't made fires Imipossible in Nor- wich but they have done much to keep down the number and the seriousness of thém. It is the giving of just such needed attention to the work of preven- ticn and the better means of fighting fires that has given Norwich the class B fire insurance rating. Suggestions by isesaent Iauallen that concerns warn smokers to be care- ful in the discarding of Jighted smoking materfal, that householders have their chimneys ocleaned each year and that heads of institutions of all kines eould give valuable assistance by emphasiz- ing the necessity of fire prevention are all to the point. More attention is be- ing given to it because of the' education- al efforts In that direction. The oppor- tunity to overcome 2 large part of the loss of human life and property by the exercise of care and preventive meas- ures deserveg the consideration of every individual WAR CONTRACT SBCANDALS. When It fs reported by. the attorney general that there are something like 250 econttacts totalling $192,000,000 made by the government which call for Investigation, it cannot impress ocon- gress that he s asking for an exorbi- tant sum when he sceks a halt million dollars to mes the expenss of Inquiry and presecution. These contracts have to do with the war supplies for which this country ne- gotiated and regarding which there has bemn found fo be good and sufficlent reasun why the government should give careful attention to them and the amounts collected or claimed thereun- der. At such a time it is fully appreciated that higher prices are pald for imme- diate service than would bs the ca: under normal conditions. But when it is maintained that the government has been bled to the tune of such sums as have been mentioned it 1is 'time that something was done to establish the facts in the ca¥e, find out whether thers Is any justification for charges that have been made and proceed to prosecuts if warranted or extend exon- eration if that is called for, Light is the best thing that can be provided for scandals, If the attorney general simply lacks funds to turn it on and recover the losses they shouid be furnished. It should prove a good investment if it only goes to show that the government isn't always an easy mark. EDITORIAL NOTES. When vou see the sign, a dozen buns for o dime, the rrice is a dead give away ad to what is meant. It is not being . overlooked at the Genoa conference, of course, that while thers is life there is hope. The man on the corner says: The Genoa conference seems to be meeting with as bad luck as some of the ball teams, ————— It New York accomplishes what s almed at there promises to be tried some of that much approved Jersey justice in the big elty. ‘The waste of time which some sena- tors are responsible for shows why no gréater progress is made in the upper houss of congress, With great flelds of ie off Nova Seo- tia and a bilzzard putting two feet of enow on tho ground in South Dakota tender spring gets & cold shoulder from two directions, It Ffance sticks to its determination mot ty reccgnize soviet Russia until the United States does, Russia might as well bégin to tiink seriousiy of getting busy and doing some internal reforming. With the bidget system responsible directly for the saving of a quarter of & billion, think what a War debt could have been pald with what such & sys- tem would have saved in the last half came to | ‘Washington to see their senators and members of congress almost the first thing they said was “we want you to support the Roger: bHL" Tt was the main toplc thelr talk to. the Connectleut - €03 opal ' delegation when it received-the jadies in the com mittee room of Senator McLean, = and where Senator Brandegee and the rep- Tesentatives were gathered to . meet them. And now the Rogers bill is due for early attention at the hands of con- gress the members of that body are sit- ‘ting up and taking keen notice of fta terms. Tha bill is framed by Congress- man John Jacob Rogers of Massachu- setts, ranking member of the house com- mittee on foreign affairs and so in & po- sition to be famillar with the needs of a change in the existing laws governing the citizenship of married women. The Rogers bill came into being as & result of the passing by congress and the acceptance by the country of the constitution amendment giving suffrage to women, “The citizenship of & married woman. under our laws” seid Mr. Rogers; “has always depended on the cltizenship of her husband. That is, an American woman marrying a foreigner lost her American citizenship and could regain it only by being naturalized; conmversely, @ forelgn woman marrying an American citizen automatically acquired American citizenship despite the fact that perhaps she had never set foot on American soil or could speéak a word of that language. Something could be sald in favor of such a law: until the suffrage amendment was adopted. But that amendment granted full -oivil equality to women. Af- ter its adoption there seems to bs no adequate reason to make a married wo- man's cltizenship hang on that of her hus- band. The ,bill proposes.to make men and women exactly equal befors a court of naturalization, The bill says an American woman shall not be robbed of her citizenship by marrying a foreigner and similarly it is now absurd that a foreign illiterate. woman should automat- fcally become an 'American citizen and entitled to the franchise the moment she lands in this country, merely because her husband has the right of citizen- ship. The independent oitizenship of married women ig clearly in step with the trend of the times.” The Rogers bill permits a woman to resign her cltizenship and take on that of her husband and it protides in detail for naturalization and other . necessary steps both for allens and American born women regarding their cltizenship after marriage to men of another country than thelr own. The so-called discussion of the tariff goes on without let-up, but it is justly styled a “so-called discussion,”for not one-third of the time of debate! is con- fined to that measure, democrats head- in off the topic by wanderings into oth- er flelds, and thus delaying the passage of the bill. Demderats cry out in pro- test “We are not-conducting a fllibus- ter,” but all the same the windy, wordy, wandering talk from that side of the chamber is holding up the bill. For in- stance, Senator King will take the floor and talk for a few minutes on the sub- fect before the senate, then drift off in- to some political assault on the princi- pals and policles of the republicans; when he wants to go to luncheon, Mr. Caraway, Mr. Harrison, or some other democratic senator noted for cratorical endurance, relieves him by an interrup- tion, whereupon Mr. King yields the floor, and vanishes through the cloak- room door, and the filibuster goes on till the second man wants to quit, when a third stands ready to repeat the same tactics. Once in a while Chairman M- Cumber bristles with indignation and interrupts long enough to chide the dem- ocrats for their dilatory tactics, Where- upon they disclaim any such intentions and the show begins all over agaln. At this rate the tariff will not be passed till fall, when the election is on the heels of he party in power. That is the evi- dent Intention of the democratic lead- ers, who forecast confusion for the re- publican party as a result of tardy tarift action. Vice President Coolidge this made his bow in a new role. He ap- peared at a ‘dinnen given by Senator Page of Vermont, mot only as a guest of honor but as “the boy mascot” for Senator Page’s other guests wers Sen- ators or members of the house whose aes verged on or had passed the four score years mark, and who made the vice president seem but a youngster in their midst. The vice president has seen but 48 birthdays, and can nearly cut i half the festive dates of the other men present. Sedator Page, as host, counted 79 as @id Senator Dilingham of Vermont and Nelson of Minnesota; Con- gressmen (Green of Massachusetts and Stedman of North Carolina came next with 81 years to their credit, but were outstripped by Uncle Joe Cannon with his record of having turned the 86th milestone this week. Senator Walsh has intrOduced s bill in the senate legalizing the holding of boxing and wrestling matches in the District of Columbia. Senator Waish lauhed and remarked the “intellectual sparring matches in the senate are regu- lated by rules—and the referee is the vice president, and I believe the same principle should be applied to physical sparring matches outside. It would let some of the senators and members of congress, as well gs the general public have an opportjnity under legal sanc- tion to let off some of their steam in the ‘ring.” Mr. Walsh advocates a box- ing commissioner . with a term of four years and that licenses should be issued for sparring matches and his bill in- cludes what he belleves to be suitable and sufficient restrictions, President Harding seems to be firm on “No bonus without provision for means to meet At.” The Guestion is a pretty tough nut for congress to crack, and somebody recently said the desire to get it out of the way one way or the other recalled the story of the old lady, who had a husband who had long been ing.” “How's Silas " asked a neighbor for the hundredth time. “Oh, he's "bout the same” she answers. Then after a short pause added thoughtfully “I do wish Silas would get well—or some- weelk thing.” And the sentiment here is pret- Ly well expressed by that ‘or some- thing.” Now spring hds come and the little Dages of congress have put on their white sneakers, old stagers miss the kindly presence of former Senator Thomas of Colorado, who had the happy custom of marking the season by laying aside his gray toupee on May day and from then tiil the chill winds of fall, going his daily rounds with a pate as guiltless' of hair as is a baby's, Stories That Recall Others Troublesome Bird Box. Seven-year-old Mary Ellén did not wishi a baby sister and when it arrives she wae very indignant S's wished the docter to take it hack home with him, end she was so determined that to protect himeelf, ‘the ~ dodtor explained You would hurry up and 'go on home to your wonderful Eugenia! T'd like to know how you expect me to belleve n- | stories about your writing every day . I don't see Why people can't stay home once in a while thess hot nights and give of us a chance! I shan't see you again, Petrolea, till nmext Oc- tober! Drat it alll Dad writes that' it I dom't come pretty quick and tend to my job in his office he'll see | what's the matter! He expected me &s soon as colfege closed, And the minute I am out of sight you'll be going out with some- body else.” “Don't you believe me, Bmery?” the beantiful young creature asked in throaty tones. “Anyhow, there’s nobody left in town who apeals to me in the least— and I don’t see how I am golng to mee: any new ones—what I mean is, Emery, that T shall think of you every minute 41l fall axd look for your letters every day.” “You will write every day, too, won't you?" Gemanded the young man With sudden keenness. “You won't have any- thing else to do evenings till Il get back—I say, there wom't be anything else for you to do, and it would be a good way for you to fill in your time." “Of course, somebody may ask me ta £0 motoring once In 2 while,” the beau- tiful young creature reminded him. “Friends of mother’s, you know. And I can’t be a hermit. And I'm always busy in the daytime, but I'll manags to write you real often. Bmery. It will-mean 8§ much to me—just like talking to you! I expect you'll just about die when you get back home. A small town must be terribly stupid. The girls never have any style in a little place.” “Oh, you mustn't think Artichoke Vale 1s behind the times,” the young man pro- tested. “Why, nearly everybody there has been to Europe and there's lots of money and the girls—say! There's one gir, Eugenia Bayrock, wWho wears styles before they even hit Cificago. Her hair is always dressed in the fashion nobody else knows anything about for six months to come and Whenever a new face enamel e e i that bira house right away, before any more birds can build nests there.” The Wind®w Stayed Open. He has very thin, sandy hair. He does not become irritated when his friends twit him about it and in fact he himself frequently makes jokes in| regard to it. But nome of them equals | the one his stenographer played upon| him the other day. The room was warm and she had opened the windows several times dur- ing the morning ,only to see them closed several times by the thin haired man. Finally she protested and he explained that “The wind blows my hair out of order so bad! She sald nothing more, but at moon, when he came back from lunch, a red hair net was on the desk. That after- noon the stience in the office was elo- quent but the windows rematned open. IN THE PUBLIC EYE Breckinridge Long, who reaches his forty-first birthday today, was formerly an assistant secretary of state at Wash- ington and is now a candidate for the democratic nomination for United States senator in Missourl. Should he succeed in his present ambition to wrest the sen- atorial toga from the veteran James A. Reed he will become one of the young- est members in the upper house. Mr. Long is a native of §t. Louis and a law- yer by profession. His education was recelved at Princeton university, In Jan- uary, 1917, he entered the state depart- ment by appointment of President Wil- son &s third assistant secretary. The principal work accredited io him while holding this position was the negotia- tion of a consortlum composed of tha United States, Great Britain, France and Japan to provide loans to China, He was entrusted especially with far eastern affairs. In June, 1920, he re- signed to enter the senatorial contest. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Opposed to Prohibition. Mr. Editor: The writer regards the eighteenth amendment as the most tragic and the most deplorable event that has ever occurred in the history of this coun- try. I honestly believe that this mon- strous piece of legislation has caused more evils, trouble and untold misery than the liquor traffic ever caused. Pro- hibition to me is a nightmare, it is a gigantic fallacy and is pulling and en- gulfing the best of our American citizens into a maelstrom of {llicit living. Prohi- bition can never be successfully enforc- d because the vast majority of the peo- ple are strongly against it. Any person exploring the map of this country and taking note of its thousands of miles of seacoasts, its bays and islands, and its over three millions square miles of territory must be impressed with the gigantic and impossible proposition of the task of enforcement, and the stu- pendous cost of attempting it. He should also reach the coficlusion that prohi- bition 4s impossible, unenforceable, and a fanatical farce. He will also reach the conclusion that prohibition 1is a smudge and a blot upon the constitution of the fathers seeking to safeguard the liberties of the people. The government supports a vast horde of dry agents, re- formers and fanatics to hold down a soft job and collect a fat salary, liv- ing on easy street. To remedy these colossal evils is" for the voters to make a cleanup In congress next November, of all drys and bring to an end the present deplorable conditions, A. E. JUNO. Worcester, May 13, 1922. when you know perfectly well that your every ‘spare minute will be spent on her. doorstey. I have no doubt that Arti- She i coery pictlonlas that Foud won- ing In every pai o you'l der why you ever wasted time in ‘Chicago! I suppose you thimk I‘vl}‘- lieved, every word you ever sald—’ “Why, I don't care 3 cents about B\;— enia!” the startled young man pro- :uud. “She's a sort of town institu- tion like the soldiers’ monument and the new high school.’ “T'd like to know how you are so familiar with the face enamel she uges! proceeded the young woman icily. “Here I was planning how to help you bean your loneliness and I see plainly that you won't even know how to spell the word! That's all the thanks a girl gets for d-devotion and self-sacrifice—and I guess I've been foolish to pay attention to the things you've s-s-sald. No man appreciates sincerity and single-mindedness and—" “Good evening, Miss Spargol” said a masculine voice behind the bench. A car had stopped across the walk and the tall, Hvadsoms ySung xmen wis descendin “Pardon me for interruyting, but I sai you here and T just wanted to ask wheth- er you wanted me to call for you at & or eariier tomorrow night—the beach party is a good ways out on the north side and we'd better start in plenty of time A large silence followed his enlight- erment and departure. ‘“Welll" sa'd the yowh with Dempsey shoulders, bitteriy. “Sou haven't lost any time, have you, Petrolea? And the hot air you were giving mel Say: !d just lke to remark that— fLbs man Wiih large ears on the mext bench bent double and slapped hisknees. “There ism't a bit of use going to the movies these warm evenings,” he told | his companion with the scraggly mus-| thing right here and laks breeze be- sides!"—Exchange. the peace for at least five years. Let a bond support the pledge. Leét any for- feiture of the bond accrue to the benefit of Backus hospital. Let the bond be for $20,000; its custodian any savings bank in Norwich; the givers of the bond to _bear the expense of its existence. It is not my wish to reopen in the press the character of the votes in the town meeting of May 3rd, and I hope that F. K. will have from this ' note some understanding of “what in the world 18 coming over G. WARREN DAVIS?" Norwich, May 13, 1928, Famous Folks of Fiction By H. IRVING KING—Copyrighted PAUL PRY Paul Pry is certainly one of ‘fhe tamous folks of fiction. When you ¢all a man a “regular Paul Pry” there is no doubt regarding the character you impute to him. But probably not one person out of a thousand could tell you just who Paul Pry was. The play to which he gave a name, and which for so many years filled crowded houses in many lands—is’it ever pro- duced now anywhere in the world? Our grandfathers, and perhaps our great grandfathers—it depends upon how old we are—never wearied of Paul Pry. The play was written by John Poole, pn Hnglish plapwright, and was produced first at the Haymarket theatre, london, in 18%. Pools, by the way, llved to be ninety-three years old, dying in 1873. Judging by his plays, the sense of humor contribut- ed to his longevity. The Paul Pry of the play was a person of no occupation except to meddle with the affaits of others, a vocation which he pursued with zeal and ability. He was not only pos- sessed of a marvelous inquisitiveness but satisfied it in a resourceful and painstaking manner. He “butts in” on the most private fnversations with “Exaquse mey I hope I don't intrude;” or, having left the room, he returns in the hope of surprising a bit of gossip with “Ex- cuse me, I have forgotten my umbrel- Tar Poole is sald to have drawn the character.of Paul Pry from Thomas Hill familiarly known as “Tommy,” a well-known man-about-town in the London of that day. Tommy's &pe- cialty was a distressingly accurate knowledge of the private affairs of the acquaintances which he detailed from drawing room to drawing room. He used to drive Charles Mathews to the verge of distraction by ferreting out the comedian’s whereabouts every time he left London and publishing the information in some newspaper. Many a long year has passed since Tommy Hill departed with his budget of gos- sip, “where no one knows;” Charles Mathews made his final exit a century ago lacking fifteen years; Poole’s play is no longer acted—but Paul Pry is with us still. Tomorrow—Meg Merrilies Today’s Birthdays Medill MoCorfmick, United States sen-| ator from Illinois, born in Chicago, 45 years ago today. Andrieus A. Jones, senior United States genator New Mexico, born in Answer to T. K. Mr, Editor: In your issue of May 13th, inst, F. K. inquires and makes statements concerning me and my re- lationship to the unsettled question of the use of standard time in Norwich. He avers, “The town meeting was lsgal.” No ome, 1 think, has questioned that point. “And legal votefs voted on the question” says F. K., “and the majority was in favor of {t” ' Adherents of standard time assert that both legal and illegal voters voted on the question; that both ballots were placed in the same ballot box and counted as legal ballots. The chairman declared a ma- jority of two for daylight saving. The adherents of standard time assert that enough illegal votes were ocast to have given a majority for standard time, had only legal votes been cast. Please let me say, Mr. Editor, to F. K., and to all other feaders of this note that standard timers did not start this contusion” fermenting in Norwich, ‘We simply ask for a vote when the name of each yater voting shall be call- ¢a_aloud and checked. You speak at some length sbout the laws surrounding the use of, the voting machines. If the daylighters will quit Dbreaking the standard time law, there tha: he Ladn't brought it 1o thiir i b1z that it had been the work of faithful bird called the stork, Mary Ellen gtared at hia a minute. Then she said, “I'm golng fo tear down \ will not be any call to break the toting machine laws. This entire ‘running to and fro” about time in Norwich ‘could very readily be settied. In the settle- ment should be incjuded a pledge to keep '{firm’s soap. or the other firm's pills. Obion county, Tenn., €1 years ago to- day. Breckinridge Long, candidate for the donrocratio senatorial nomination in Missouri, born in St. Louls, 41 years ago teday. ° GLEANED FROM FOREIGN RPN ENTL 12 [TTTTTITII brand of whiskey. Late martls grants, were late In arriving in ccuntry, and as far as London is con cerned, there are many districts in which the martin has not yet appeared, al though as a rule it s at this time of the year almost as familiar an object tache, “when you can get the very same| there as the sparrow. It seems, too, that owing to the rareness of the swallow, Londoners who wish to see it will soon have to journey into the country for However, they have not to go far afleld to see the ewift, which looks in flight so like a swallow, but is that purpose. not one. This chattering littls migrant made its first appearance in South Lon- It was, ac- cording to Gilbert White, only two days that siight Jelay. for it avill leave us long hatore summer does—London Chronicle. don on Saturday, April 29. late, but its lovers grudge even Today’s Anniversaries 1771—Governor Tryon defeated the reg- ulators on the banks of Allemance Creek, N. C. 1861—William H. Seward, Presiden Lincoln's secretary of state, bor: at Florida, N. Y. Dled at Au- burn, N. Y., Oet. 10, 1872. ministry declared the whole coast of Europe, from to be under the Elbe to Brest, blockade. 1824—Levi P. Morton, vice president of the United States, born at Shore- Died near Poughkeep- ham, Vt. sle, N. Y, May 16, 1920. 1844—Sir John Hare, the third of distin- gulshed English actors to b Knighted, born in London. Die there, Dec. 27, 1921, 1860—Abraham Lincoln nominated for republican na- president by the tional convention at Chicago. 1885~—Snow fell in parts of Michigan t a depth of meveral inches. 1910—United States Bureau of Mine established, 1913—Business in Winnipeg tled up b; & strike of 30,000 workers, Child Training at Home TEACHING CHILDREN TO APPRE- CIATE BLESSINGS By Edith Lochridge Reid. Mothers often get Qiscouraged because the children seem thankless and unap- preciative of their blessings, when with a little thought and effort on the moth- er's part she could train them to = bet- ter gense of appreciation. “I bought <ome lead pencils when wis down t § . today so they would b on hand, anu I hope I won't hear any moré about lead penclls when you are starting to school at the last minute. ‘Wil Johnny appreciate one of those pencils when he 'takes it from the shelf, He certalnly will not: He do you think? will grab one and off with it withou! even a tbcught of thanks, to say noth ing of voicing his appreciation. “Here's your collection money children are scurrying offt to school, coliection is an_event in classes, for which they should say “Thank You. Now it would be splendid discipline to let the children ask for a few ¢hing: once in a while. This gives them a sens of obligation to mother because she has ¢ favor, and nearly always a well- done maundred child will say “Thank Yo for something which he himsei has-re. Quested Ton't feel, mothers, as if yo Were shirking your duty if you mak Mary ask you o sew on & button o mend the pocket of her sweater. Sh Will be impressed with what the littl EXCHANGES There is one, and only one proper way of helping Russia financlally, and that is by advancing money, or guaranteeing advances, for actual Dbona-fide trade. The proper method is that adopted in our own already existing export credits scheme, under which advances for ex- porting goods into can be guar- anteed by the exportirg country. The advance will not be direct to the Rus- sian government, but to the western trader who risks his goods in sending them into Soviet territory, Sky Signs—A new terror is added to the lives of péacetul oitizens, and & new fleld is glven to advertising agents, by the evolution of a smecke which, emitted from an aeroplane in flight, retains its| form for & considerable time. Experi- ments have recently been carried out by the R, A, F., and the mysterious smoke signs created in the heavens have given rise to much spseulation. Soon it will be impossible to escape the virtues of this One of these evenings we shall be startled, when ths moon rises full, to read, written across/its round and chub- ‘A 2 Eh+oy life Dont be self-conscious because of a badskin e dabruset flpt hedaiy sed! Ointmentand havea complexion thatwill stand thefestof the brightest lights. RESINOL by face, a message extolling some new Arrivals—Both swallow and like many other annual mmb this all ready for you” says mother when the Sunday Now not for anything would the tots go without their pennies, for the the primary Byt when mother hands it out this way they take it as a matter of course and not as one of the blessings 5¢, 10c and 25¢ Store Norwich Market Growers’ Association Rhubarb, Lettuce (both head and curly) plenty. Aspara- gus in large quantities daily. Get vegetable plants inip the ground now, especially Cabbage and Lettuce. Take a chance on some early Tomatoes. —— means if she has to wait for you to get your thimble and thread and busioa or she will say “Thank you.” But if clothes are mended and tucked away In her bureau or closet ALWAYS, she will take the blessing of rally we are not grateful to a marked degree for things that we get on sched- ule, But let something go wrong &t the electric light plant and we fuss about using candles and exclaim “I'm eeruln_-l ly thankful they have the wires fixed' when once more the power is restared. So if you feel that the children are showing ingratitude, do not blame them—Ilook for the trouble in the train- ing &ystem. Turn the power off and let them use candles, and you'll be sur- prised how thankful theyll be for blessings that they are in the habit of recelving with no show of apprecia- tion. it EARLY DAYS IN THE UMBRELLA'S HISTORY Among the Greeks and Romans um- brellas were carried solely by women. and it was regarded as a sign of ef- feminacy for a man to carry one. It is not likely that the materials used were Of any use against a rain storm, and they were designed solely as a pro- tection against the sun. The use of um- brellas became very general in Italy and France in the sixteenth century and they soon became an article of luxury and fashion. Drayton, a poet of the seventeenth century, writes: t n ; And like umbrellas with their feathers Shield you in all sorts of weathers From this we must cgnolude that feathers and ribbons ornamented the article. Early in the eighteenth century it was the practice to keep umbrellas in the coffee houses as a sort of pro- tection to guests who were caught in an unexpected shower, but the use of individual umbrellas in the home wi still_to come, In 1752, Colonel Woife, an English soldier wrote from Parfs: “The ease-loving French carry um- brellas with them whercever they g0, and in color, material and ornamen- tation, they are indicative of the rank and wealth of their owners. They are used as a protection from both seun and rain. I marvel that they have not yet been made popular in England.” Amusing Misinformation. The rush of Frenoli journalists to the Washington Conference, and the general interest in things American which the now historic gathering in- spired in France, has given rise to the spread of some amusing misinforma- tion in the Paris press. Also it has opened the eyes of the Parisian public to some of the things that Americans actually think they do better than any other people, says fhe Kansas City Star. Articles on the way American street traffic is handled, on the press arrange- ments_at the Washington gathering, and, above all, on the miraculous tele- phone system to local follies of the day. 3. De Gobert of Lintrausigeant, for example, is much surprised to relate that motorcars pass along the streets of the Capital City at the rate of sixty to the minute. And he fairly shattered the imagination of his readers in Paris city of Old World alleys and narrow passages, by affirming that “in Wash- ington there is no street smaller than the Rue Royale’—which is quite & large and wide order. M. Marcel Ray of Le Petit Journal made Paris rock with glee at his de- scription of how prohibition worked out. He paiated a glowing word picture of Secretary Hughes and Vice Presi- dent Cooldge turning down the old Haut-Brion and Pommery sec at dip- lomatic abnquets. Only his point about o s y I e t s | o u e r e € rn. 1f she sits and watches you for| apartments are not {he ‘ien minutes that this duty requires | plied with those necessities a3 the pe, “they make beer in the um‘zm' fa- ther fafled to get over, for ar as liberally But M. De Gobart pulled the prize one in locating the Hudson River Fight mended | ack of the White House gardens. That clothes as a matter of course. Nalu-|aimost equals the ekploit of French newspaper man at the more convention in 1912, who transiat ed the stirring chorus of the Missour! “Houn' Dawg’ song, as closely as he could into: “That they shall cease to give of the strokes of the feet to my dog.’ Appointed To Staff Of Unit- ed Confederate Veterans Dr. Clarence J. Ownes, of Wash- ington, D. 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