Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 31, 1922, Page 5

WE ADVERTISE EXACTLY AS IT I8 — UNDERWEAR That Gives Freedom With every move of the body our Spring and Summer Un- derwear moves, too. It has that ease and comfort that every man desires. There is no binding, gripping or{! twisting. The materials are the soft, soothing kind, built for long wear. Union Suits, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. Separate Garments, 50 cents to $1.00. You'll find it advantageous to put in a season’s supply now. Murphy & McGarry 207 Main Street VARIOUS MATTERS evening. weather which could not be upon. Point. appreciated alds in the Memorlal decoratin, were appreciated during Tuesday afternoon. he holiday by battling with eeds in their plots. things of beauty just not Tuesday at 3.30 p. m., the woman’ prayer meeting at Bushnell chapel wa led by Mrs. Luclus Brown. clase of 180 at St. Bernard's church. After the holiday Tuesday the store: Beginni Sunday last, the service ::‘Trlnllyy!.‘pllcopnl church i to be omitted-till the first October. Postmaster John P. Murphy improv. ed the holiday to have the letter-boxe: about town given a new coat of govern: ment green. The shrubs are in bloom at the Blk: the grounds. Newbury, Mrs. Emma Bliss, Phillips, Louis Mousley. thermomet: SOUTH COVENTRY Rov. James J. McGinress, for the past three years pastor of St. Mary's church who has been transferred to the Roman Catholle ‘church at Suftield, was given & surprise Thursday evening, May 15, when a delegation of his parishioners called on him at the rectory and pre- sented him a purse of §125 in gold and a handsome cut glass frult set. The pres- entation speech was made by Miss An- nle OBrien. Father McGinness cordially thanked the parishioner for the gift, ex- pressing his sorrow at leaving the town where he had made many friends. Fath- or McGinniss left Saturday forenoom, May 27, for his new parish, the trip belng made with Edward Navin in the latter's rutomobile. Rev. Willlam H. Kennedy, the new or, arrived at the rectory just as McGinness was leaving. Father Kennedy celebrated his first mass and E:n.d his first sermon at the church Sunday morning. The eighth annual meeting of Telland County Association of - Congregational Churches and Ministers was held in the Congregational church last Wednesday. The convention was opened by a devotion- 1 service led by Rev. Charles G. Johnson, pastor of this church, following which felegates of the various churches in the county gave thelr reports. At 10.30 ®clock, Rev. Thomas Pace Haig, pastor of the Union church in Rockville dellver- #d very Interesting address on Christian Citizenship. A fine dinner was then serv- »d. that it ran up above the 100 notch. At the Mid-Week meeting of the Unit: ed Congregational church, the new vharter of the city of Norwich. Pentecost, is a fasting day laborious or exhausting occupationg. exercises was Warren Lee Goss, of Ruth. erford, N. street. The be examined June 21 and 22 for junio Coast and Geodetic Survey. is $2,000 a year. Mrs. C. M. Perry left Ellington at th New York, stopping at Utica, Buffal Syracuse and other places. Part of the trip will be by automobile. ning Monday, because of the demand foi the work at present. make up for closing Monday. Elmer G. Palge, local preacher of New London, occupled the M. E. church pul- pit Sunday morning, May 21. First Communion Class. At a special mass at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning forty-four girls and thirty-sev- en boys of St. Patrick’s parish received first holy communion. The girls were daintily dressed in white; all the chil- dren evidenced a devout and recollected demeanor which showed how thoroughly they had been prepared by the parish priests who have been giving them in- struction in regard to ths solemnity of this important event in their young Ilwaz. as well as by their teachers in Sunday and day school, the Sisters of Mercy, their painstaking mentors and advisers. The mass wag offered for the children by the rector, Rev. M. H. May, many parents and other relatives being in at- tendance. At the conclusion of the mass All the chiidren were enrolled in the scapular of the Blessed Virgin and ocom- mitted to her protection «nd patronage. — of electric service to their homes. ed the Otis library, Norwich, by the State Museum of New York. They ary ors, accuratetly reproduced. week getting Chelsea parade ready for melon rinds, ete. The green parrot which visited The ed by Mrs. Hannah Peckham, thirteen years. ing outing. EVENING OF BELLS BY Commanity Plenle at Lowthorpe, Lowthorpe Meadows at 400 Washington street, Norwich Town, are never more attractive than at this season of the year. The nn-ni‘t_lwr.mln will take place there on Friday eVening, June 2, § o'clock, concluding with singing on the hillside, led by Mr. Abbott. cessful entertainment Thursday evenin; {in the Parish hall. by several young ladies. tinued as follows: Bells of Shandon, School Bell, group of school children recitation, Farmyard Song Bells, by Josephine Hill; represented by Marion Gibbry song, Blu Bells of Scotland, by Henrictta Morri: Convent Bells, represented by Lila Smit! plano solo, Monastery Bells, Florence Carpenter ; Christmas bell, represente: by Phyllls Irvine; duét, Sweet Christma: Bells, Frederick Fuller and Mrs. Lol Manning ; evening belles, represented b: Blsle Whitmarsh, Cecil Stevens, No Claimant For Bloyele, No claimant has yet appeared for the bleycle that {s now in’ the hands of the police, which was found In the Hast Side section hidden in the woods under a pile of leaves, et Peaceful Olty Memerlal Day. Norwich had an unuswally quiet day in police circfes Memorial day. There wers no disturbances during the day and mot an arrest for any cause whatever ‘was mmde. i ladies’ quartette Olive —_— sented by Olive Bishop, Stella Whitmarsh, Dinner New Haven Guests Rose Matassa; song, In the Morning, The Misses Chambers of Orchard | Frederick Fuller Manning; wedding street gave a dinner of eight covers Sat- prday night in honor of the Miases Kath- Iyn and Clara Spless of New Haven. Lois Manning; Old Time Belle, Ttalian R at Voluntewn, The Italian band of this city, Pas- tuale Puca, director, took part in the Memorial Day exercises at Voluntown, o - O AASERRN sy Speaker at V. town. Hon. Edwin W. Higging was the meaker Tuesday at the Memorial day sxercises at Voluntown. represented by Cecil Stevens; Belle of the Future, represented by Marjorie Gr eves Liberty Belle and Bell, quartet. en to the grateful shut-ins in the village. e SUPT. LYMAN TO ADDRESS e MARRIED F i R AR At s ¥ GRADUATING NUESE CLASS stock, May 23, 1922, by Rev. H',n""’" Arrangements are already completed Baker, John Adams of Jewett City and | for sraduating exercises of the 1922 class Mrs, Jennie Larrowe of East Wood. |O0f the Willam W. Backus hospital train- .:Aocc:-o'_“.-- ing school for nurses ’tfi be held in the L RG—At i - | Hugh Hen sg00d 1 LATROK_ )X ast Wood. gh Henry Osse emorfal parish » 1922, August Cy lia Sanberg. g VEGEX o g P AL house on the evening of June 6th. It f the address. among public weifare workers in war was deputed by the Rockefelie BOOKS .\ 5o 4 On All Subjects Subulr'l‘rthn to ::NA:: :‘a: and SHEA’S 'S BUREAU UNION SQUARE INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY several days. TOO LATE FOR et CLASSIFICATION trip to Australia, to pass five months visiting relatives. — o a: — Norwich, Wednesdny, May 31, 1982, Light vehicle lamps at 7.43 o'clock this ut with a record of spring o A ol improved Again this season there is to be = summer home for children at Saybrook Swamp honeysuckle was one of the Day n cars, running on the city lines, b the \ heat of the home gardeners improved Many of e Visiters for the holiday saw Norwich &t her best, lawn, shrubs and (rees being Bishop John J. Nilan of Hartford vis- fted Rockvllle Sunday and confirmed & will open up today offering speclal at- tractions for the end of the month sales. evening Sunday in home on Main street and cannas and coleus have been planted in the beds In The hospitality ‘committee now serving at Trinity Methodist church is E. M. Mrs. Johp ‘Tuesday afternoon the mercury in the at Shea's News Bureau, was 80 “het up” by the full glare of the sun, Corporation Council Edwin W. Higgins is to explain Saturday next, the eve of the Feast of for those Catholies who are obliged to fast—that is, those not sick or aged, or engaged in One of the Memorial Day visitors who arrived in Norwich in time for Sunday's . J., who is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Wright, of Franklin United States civil service com- mission announces that competitors will engineers and deck officer, United States The salary week-end with her nephew from Syracuse, N. Y, for a trip to central and western In the mills at Rockville the spinning and carding departments were kept run- The schools will be in session next Saturday morning to Many of the summer residents at Crys- tal Lake who have erected new cottages along the Sandy Beach section of the lake have petitioned the Rockville-Williman- tic ‘Lighting Company for the extension Two very handsome volumes on ‘“Wila Flowers of New York” by Dr. Homer D. House, state botanist, have been present- quarto {llustrated by 264 plates in col- After the selectmen had worked for a Memorial Day, it was discouraging Tues- @ay night to find the four rubbish re- cepticles empty while the turf was lit- tered with papers, peanut shells, water- Bulletin composing room Sunday evening as & mascot for the force has been claim- 21 Hm street, who has had the intelligent bird The screen door was open and the parrot took a Sunday even- GEACE CHURCH GUILD The members of the Woman's Guild of Grace church, Yantic, held a very suc- The program called for an evening of bells and opened with a song, The Bells, It was con- Cow Scitch Belle, Bishop; song, Those Evening Bells, by mixed quartette; morning belles, repre- belles, represented by Marjorie Harvey, Ralph Gibbs; song, O, Promise Me, Miss repre- sented by Mrs. John Kilroy ; song, Long, Long Ago, mixed quartett; Modern Belle, represented by Phyllls Irvin e song, Liberty Bell, mixed Eighteen dellars was realized as a re- sult of the entertalnment and the beauti- ful gloral bells that were made were giv- now expected that Dr. David R. Lyman, superintendent of Gaylord farm sanato- rium at Wallingford, Conn., will deliver Dr. Lyman is widely known this country as well as abroad. He has served one term as-president of the National Tuberculosis association and during the Foundation * for reilef work in France. He is an engaging speaker and few men are as well qualified from the standpoint of experfence and sudcess to speak on in- stitutional life and fervice. The hospital is very fortunate in the engagement of Dr. Lyman for the graduation exercises. ; Miss Jane M&G. Aiken and Miss Mary H. Paddock are at Concord, Mass, for Mrs. Thomas B. Trumbull of Broadway legves town today (Wednesday) and will start from New York Friday on a or - six the things you did not say H be regretted than the things | widow &;he former Connecticut gov- Miss Allce Buckley ‘of Hartford spent the holidays with Norwieh relatives. Dr. Ellls Bonime of New York spent’ fne holldays with his sister, Mrs. Bikin Smith, of Norwich, , : Patrick Fenton and _daughter, Miss Allce Fenton of Woonsocket, R. I, spent the holiday with relatives here. Robert O'Hearn of New York was a holiday visitor with his parents, Mr. and Mras. O'Hearn of ‘Bast Town street. Frank Murtha of Boston spent holiday. with his parent: Frank Murtha of North Main street. Mf. and Mrs. E. W. Mongeon of Ash- ton, R. I, have returned after a vielt of several days: with friends in this city. Miss Mary Shea of Boston has return- ed after a few days’ visit With lier cous- in, Mrs. M. Madden, of Boswell avenue. Misses Kathryn and Clara Spless of Frank; street, New Haven, spent the ‘week-end at the home of Misg Marga. rethe Opitz of Arrold street. Miss Elizabeth A. Olaft of Yangie, who left Sunday afternoon to DASS » few days at the home of her sister, Mrs. Camille Gavins, of New York, expects to return Thursday, Miss Marini and Bell Chambers. Mre and Miss Margarethe Opitz and thelr guests, ;the Misses Spiess of New Ha- ven, spent Memorial day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Rogers of the state armory, New London, — e W. F. W. VERPLANCK SPEAKER AT FERANKLIN EXEECISES The old church on Meeting House Hill, Frankline, was as usuzl on Memorial day, the scene of much activity and enjoyment Primariily intended to interest the young people in the deed of their patriotic an- cestry it has becomis .the general Old Home Day for all who have special in- terest in the town, old and young. ‘Lie half dozen district schools send thelr teachers and pupils, who unite in the ex- ercises In the church. The speaker is, if circums g ces permit, some old resi- dent of Fr..klin who comes back from the outer world to bring the riches of ¢ : wisdom' and experience to benefit t.c rising generation. ‘ Lunch was served on tables on the lawn in the rear of the church, and was as always is the case, b.®.tiful and Aeli- cious. Afterward the Lne of children in front of the church stood at attention and saluted the visitors, mostly sons and daughters of vetersns, who entered the church to the music of patriotic alrs. ‘While standing the children saluted the flags, afterwards reciting the Getty: burg speech. Then followed the greet- ing to all old friends, strangers and children, by F. 8. Armstrong and prayer by the Rev. W. J. Tate, Recitations fol- lowed, the full programme being: I Know, by Agnes Ladd; A Patriotic Creed, Arnold Manning; Hurrah for the Flag, Marion Browning; The Blue and the Gray, Willlam Rodman; song, Co- lumbia, the Gem of the Ocean, school The New Memorial Day, Florencs Yer- ringtop; A Song for the Flag, Nelson Robinson; In Flanders Field, John Roth- stein; Little Man, Joseph WeincAw song, America, the Beautiful, school; Flowers of May, Mary Augusta Man- ning; Sleep, Soldier, Sleep, Jacob Green- berg; How It Is Made, by Sophia Kan- en, Annie Kanen, Louise Baldwin; The Little Mother, Anna Lamb; song, Rally Round the Flag, school. The address was made by a former resident, Wm. Frederick W. Verplanek, superintendent of schools in South Man- chester. His address, intended to inte- rest the children In the great and out- standing figures of the Civil war, was an eloquent eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, a diseriminating appreciation of the qual ities and services of Ulysses S. Grant and a no less sympathetic restrospect on the career of the beloved leader of a lost cause, Robert E. Lee. His remarks were most timely and interesting and Were listened to with rapt attention. One pupil was graduated from the schools, Miss Ruth Hansen, whose es- say on Daylight Saving was both timely and interesting. The exercises closed with the song, America, sung by all after which, the schools were dismissed. These annual meetings, so well and carefully planned by an exceptionally competent committee, are occasions of unusual significance in the life of a rur- al community. It is the time for the knitting up of old friendships for reme- niscences sad and joyful and for & friend- ly interest in the many fresh young lives which are destined to quicken and vivity existence in these rural communities, s T o T r —_— PUTNAM MAN PRESIDENT OF FRANCO-AMERICAN CLUBS The 25th conventlon of the Union of Franco-American clubs of Connecticut closed at Waterbury, Tueaday follow- ing the election of officers, those elected including: Rev. Charles Bedard of Put- nam, chaplain; Paul Pelletier of Plain- fleld, honorary president; Adromar Bro- deur, of Putnam, president; Joseph Cas- tonguay of Hartford, first viee president ; Omer Dellier of Taftville, second vice president; ,Dr. J. T. Lamarche of Put- nam, secretary; Dumase Boulet of Willi- mantic, assistant secretary; Phillipe T. Pilon, of Hartford, and Bdmond Cadoret- te of Torrington, auditors; Napoleon Jette of Putnam, eergeant-at-arms; Plerre F. Provost of Whaterbury, and Eugene De La Chevretlere of Meriddn, substitutes. Putnam was named as the scene of the next convention. It was voted to blend all the Frando-American socleties of Connecticut into one to be known 2¢ the Federation of the Cathollc Franco- American Societles of Connecticut. g e e d s s y ° RAYMOND BLANCHARD HURT WHEN BICYCLE HIT BRIDGE Raymond Blanchard, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blanchard of 141 Frank- lin street, was badly hurt about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon when the bleycle he was riding hit the ironwork of the Lau- cel H bridge. Young Blanchard was coming down off Laurel Hill on to the ®ridge where he tried to get out of the way of an auto- mobile coming in the opposite direction. In doing So his bicycle struck the frame- work of the bridge and he was thrown to the ground, getling a bad cut over his temple, cuts on two of his fingers and brulses on his arms. Two Women picked him up and took him to the office of Dr. A. C. Freeman for treatment. —_—— ALDERMAN PEALE WILL BE ACTING MAYOR THIS WEEK Arthur L. Peale, senlor alderman, is acting mayor of the city while Mayor H. M. Lerou is absent on his trip to the International Rotary convention at Los Angeles, for which he left here on Mon- day. Alderman Peale's tenure of the of- fice will now run to the end of Mayor Lerou's term which closes With the new city election next Monday. APPOINTED RECEIVER FCR HOLB CARTON CORFORATION Earl C. Mathewson of this city was on Monday appointed ancillary receiver for the Kolb Carton Corp., which has a plant fn Norwich. The appointment of Mr. Matheweon as ancillary receiver was made in the U. 8. district court. T OBITUARY. Mary I. C. Whiting. The death of Mary 1. C. Whiting, 84, occurred Tuesday afternoon at her home in Colchester. 'She had been in failing health due to her age. She had resided in Colchester about a year and a half, moving there from 72 McKinley avenue, Norwich. She formerly conducted a rooming house at 310 Main street, this city. She leaves no immediate relatives. — Waterbury. — Mrs, George L. Lilley, Mr. and Mrs. | ORRIN M. PRICH Commander :Norwich pald tribute to the memory of its soldier dead Tuesday. Patriotic organigations of the city and town de- voted the morning to the decorating of the soldiers’ graves in the various cem- eterles in and around Norwich. In the afternoon there was the usual Memorial day parade under the auspices of Sedg- wick post, No. 1, G. A. R, a memorial programme with an address by Rev. Rob- ert L. Roberts, Ph. D., pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, and a dress parade by Battery B., and First Battalion Headquarters and Combat Train, 192nd Artillery at Chelsea Parade. In spite of the hot sultry afternoon there was a fair sized turnout in .the parade and the usval crowd of spectators lined the sidewalks along the line of march. There was 2lso a large crowd at Chelsea parade where the memorlal exercises took place. % Major Charles A. Hargberg who acted as parade marshal handled the parade arrangements in his usual efficient man- ner. The various sections of the parade reported to the marshal and his aldes at 2.16 o'clock and were assigned their places in line. ‘With the police platoon, Capt. D. J. Twomey commanding, the line moved for- ward at 2.32 o'clock in the following for- mation : Police Platoon, pt. D. J. Twomey commanding. Marshal C, A. Hagberg and Aides, Lieut. W. D. Copp, Lieut. F. B. Craven, Sergt. George A. Turner, Pvt. Horace Garnier. ‘Tubbs’ Military Band. Battery B, 192d Artillery, Capt. W. R. Denison commanding. Combat Train, 192d Artillery, Capt. H..F. Burdick commanding. Standard Bearers. World War Veterans. Spanish War Veterans. Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls. Float—Daughters of Velerans. Civil War Veterans in Automobfles. Disabled Veterans in Automobiles. The line of march was as foliows: Buckingham Memorial to Preston bridge, countermarch through Main street, Franklin square and on to Washington square, up Washington street to Chelsea parade, where the memorial exercises took place. Acting Mayor Arthur L. Peale and the city and town officials reviewed the pa- rade from automobiles as the line passed the Wauregan house. Tie memorial program opened with as- sembly at the sound of the bugle and was foliowed by the brief opeming address by Orrin M. Price, commander of Sedgwick post, No. 1, G. A. R. Commander Price addressed the audi- ence as follow Mr. Arthur L. Peale, Acting Mayor of the City of Norwich, members of the Court of Common council, Selectmen and other officers of the City and Towa gov- ernmants, and Postmaster John P. Mur- hy; as Commander of Sedgwick pcst, and in- behalf of my comrades 1 again welcome you to this Memorial serv Also the officers and members of R. Griswold camp, No. 6, Spanish War Vet- erans, Capt. Willlam R. Denison, Bar- tery B, 192nd F. A., Capt. Herbert F. Burdick, First Battalion Headquarters Combat Train, Robert O. Fletcher post, A. L., Hourigan post, Veterans of For- elgn Wars, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls and to all who have this day gathered with us to pay honor to .our patriotic ead, who freely gave their lives for thelr country. Their memorable deeds will never be forgotten, and will serve not only to make American cltizenship in these days more reputable, but also to maintaine and perpetuate through all future generations the union and au- thority of the United States of America. The cares of business, the pursuits of pleasure, the usual and common concerns of secular life are first put aside while we bring flowers and wreaths of ever- green with which to decorate the graves of the men who have sacrificed on the altar of patriotic devotion everything that men hold dear in order to preserve the integrity and unity and to perpetuate the power and glory of our American Republic. The passing years have re- vealed the worth of that sacrifice which called us to the faithful performance of the soldlerly duty and to that exhibition of loyal devotion to a cause which has proved itself to be a beacon lght to the rest of the world, thus showing that these, our noble dead, have not died in vain. To this end must the spirit of which the Grand Army of the Repub- 1llc was born, bs cbeyed In its every call to herofc service and ever preserve that liberty. Let this resolution be our tribute to our honored dead, and the watchword for those who love the country both in word and deed. Prayer was offered by James McKee, chaplain of Sedgwick post, and was fol- lowed by a selectin, Hear My Prayer, by the band. Hugh Kinder, accompanied By the band, seng The Star Spangled Ban- ner, after which Sergt. George A. Turner, commander of Griswo#1 camp, No. 6, U. S. W. V., and commander of Hourigan post, V. F. W., read the Memorial day orders issued by Gereral Logan in 1888, and the obituvary record was read by Junior Vice Commander and Adjutant John Irish, Carrying out his annual cus- tom, George Albert Kenpler gave Lin- coln’s Gettysburg address. The decorating of tffe Soldier® monu- ment was carried out by J. Herbert George. a past commander of Sedgwick post, and the response was by Seegt. George A. Turner. A large wreath from the Daughters of Veterans w~s placed on the monument by Prof. George. The Fight for Freedom. The Memorjal day addeess was deliv- ered by Rev. Robert L. Roberts, Ph. D, pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, who chose as his topic The Fight for Freedom. Dr. Roberts’ address fol- lows Man is a fighter; if not from choice from necessity. Being at the summit of creation, his enemies are more subtle and dangerous than that of any other crea- ture. Eyery specles of iife has its foe, and they multiply as-the of life H ascended. Man has been able to secure and maintaln his place only Loreugh eter- nal vigllance and aimost incessant strife, He was shacklel by - environment, by forces without and within, He was forced to fight to free himself from the limite- tions imposed by natur Part of his program was to tamse and harness nature to his tasks. He had to fight his way to Intelectual, economlg, pofitical and relig- fous freedom. None of them fell into his lap from the skles Each of ?uu precious Dlrc: of our intertance have come dowrn to s with the dust and scars of conflict upon them and sacred with blood-marks of forefathers who won them at great cost. The history of iiberty is the story of mankind. The fight for freedom sums the struggle of the human spirit that parallels the biological struggle for life, Wwhich in nature results in the survival of the fit. It touciies all sides of our life from the first strivings of the child to be free from restraint to the slimax found in the saint striving to be free from sin. It calls for all weapons in the acsenal of man, material or mental or spiritual, The sanctified sternness of human life is a finishing school for fighters and none may shirk the courss and succeed. When I bring you some suggesting on this fight for freedom it will not be thought out of place on this day when we memorialize the men who put bayonet and body be- tween us and the enemy that wouid over- throw our liberties. Nothing is more characteristic of us than the instinct for freedom. You man do aimost anything elst to a man without robbing ‘life of its worth but Jeprive him of his liberty and you have degraded him. Slavery is hateful to all men, its name s anafhama. Lowell struck a chord that vibrates in each of us when he wrote: “When & deed is done for fresdm, through the broad earth's aching breast Runs a trill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west, And the slave where'er he cowers feels the soul within him climb To the awful verge of manhvod, as the energy sublime Of a century bursts full-blossomed thorny stem of time. ‘on the For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears afong Round the earth's electric circle the swift flush of right or weong Whether consclous or” unconscious, yet humanity's vast frame Through its ocean-sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame— In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.” Let us sketch this fight briefly as a basis for further study. Political freedom 1s bound up with the others in so intimate a way that It may be best to use that as the thread on which we hang our sur- vey. Democracy is our particular brand of plitical freedom. There was a form of democracy in Greece In her great dayi Marathon is Burope's first great battle for freedom. “Throughut the oivilized world. men of every clime, of every po- itica persuasion, fee as Greeks at the name of Marathon. Never in the annals of earth were united go closely in our applause, admiration fr the_heroism of the victors, and sympathy for the holi- ness of their cause. It was the first great victory fo opinion, and #s frults were reaped not by Athens only but by all Greece, and by all time thereafter.” Here democracy and autocracy faced each other, and democracy won. BSince that time no decisive fight for freedom has been finally lost.( Freedom has been checked in its course; has been driven back from the open life of men, but when tyrants thought she was dead she was only “mewing her mighty youth” for the hour of attack. She lived in the loyal bosoms of faithfiil men biding her time. On the whole, the progress of freedom in | was oursed Wih three. agaiost 1fb- ecty—royal tyranay, ;l:q. slavery. Tanny went fo its grave on July dth, The black flag thet had been flung agalnst the sunny skies of the west was hauled down foreyer, God. The next evil haunted the seas. TPiracy had flourished for many centuries W, the Med- i & monape tc traval &nd com- was & man ‘ther merce. Barbary pirate 10 be feared. We went over broke up the band ,smoked them out of their ‘holes and sent them to their own place in our little brush with Tripoil in 1801. The Barbary pirate ceased his iroubles and his troubling Then in the ‘60s you Grand Army men marched south to meet the slave powe: which was polluting “the fiag of the free, and slavery on this continent, that terror of the old world that had walked with bloody feet across the life of many na: tions, felt a northern bayonet in his breast and stdggered into his unhailowed grave with no hop# of a resurrection. Thus three of the foul and fabied mon- sters of the old order went to theiv death at the muszzle of an American musket and gasped out their life with cold Amer- can steel finding its way to their heats. Later, when a little band in the south- ern seas was being bullied Tnfo~serfdom by a brutal power that had not learned the fashion of the new day, you Spanish ‘War veterans went down there one morn- ing before breakfast and put the quietus on that tottering tyranny which had once been a world power. Democracy as a national policy began with us. It was a new experiment in government on so large a scale. We be- gan where others reached through long struggle. It was freely predicted that we should fail. Europe waited fulfillment of her prophecies made through their ablest statesmen. But hers we are, and here we are likely to remain. We know the value of democracy. We are its pe- culiar champions. Its welfare is our welfare, its war our-war, its defeat our defeat, its victocy ours. We stand or fail together. If on any shore of the world freedom fights with her back to the wall and puts bugle to lip to blow a blast of wild alarm, to be true to ourselves we must answer, “Lo, we come, Liberty, to die or follow thee to conquest. All our i | REV. RO.3ERT L. ROBERTS, PH. D. Memorial Day Orator treasure, all om might, all our, blood are yours.” Freedom has never called in vein though we have been slow some times to answer. She is calling now in Armenia, crushed and bleeding under the dripping boots of the Turk. O America. America, will you heed that call? Veterans of the World war, this day belongs to you, too. No mention of the fight for freedom can be made without reference to your vast contribution te that fight. ' It is no exaggeration to say that all things for which our fathers fought hung in the balance. If for any ceason the World war had been lost this Europe has been slow but sure. 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Mrs. Ada Larrabes has returned from a visit in New York and Brooklyn. Goodwin Watrous of Boston spent the Memorial day ere. Renaissance broke bound men's min The Reformation 8et men's souls free. The French Revo- lution broke the power of the divine right of kinds, on the continent, and the guillotine cut away the power of the no- billty with their head: Perhaps we are more concerned with the growth of freedom in Britain than on the, continent, for there the roots of our national life lle. We cannot fully understand our own institutins until we are familiar with those over there. Green's History of England is the ac- count of a great people fighting thelr way upward to full possession of political and religious liberty. We follow the road alogg which freedom marched and find her mile posts macked Magna Charta, Petition of Rights, Bil of Rights, etc. We find ourselves in the revolution of the 1600s. Charles T loses his head, James IT is chased from the kingdom, Charles II is deprived of the succession. The long fight 'between kng and pariament ends with parliament In charge. It is par- ltament that ocers the crown to Wililam and Mary on condition that they ruie under the provisions of the Bill of Rights. Since then no sovereign wears the British crown without the consent of parliament. The king is a figurehead intended to be as ornamental as useful. A century later George IIL. of German descent and leanings, though born in England, tried to bring back the old regime. He would be king. He would rule by divine right. -He defied parlia- ment. He deiiberately tried to snatch from the hands of Englishmen all the re- sults of the long struggle which began the shackles that when John was forced to sign the Great Charter by which power found its way into the hands of the people. For that power they brought John to his knees, fought the wars of the Ros For this the protectorate and grim old Oliver Cromwell came; for this a king was for this some of the most sacred tradi- ms of the kingdom\ were put under foot. And now this insane king would dare to restore the old order! It was one of the most crucial hours that had come to the British nation in five hun- dred years. Their liberties were In peril, their proud place among the nations menaced. France dared to Insult her powerful rival and went unchallenged. Pitt deplored the degradation of a nation held under the heel of the king and his creatures. Englishmen in Bingland grow!; English. men In America act. Our fight for inde- pendence is on. Not a mere tax led to the open break but a principie. They d clared their right to tax without repre- sentation, but as Webster said later “That claim was inconsistent with liber- ty.” The democratic people in England agreed with us. . They refused to eniist in the armi The fight was for their liverties as surely as for ours. Every statesman of note was on our side. In the lords Camden deciaréd that “taxation and representation are inseparable. This position Is founded on the laws of na- ture, It is the distinction between slav- ery and freedom” Pitt, in & flaming speech in which he denounced the gov- ernment, sald: “They may be rebels but surely not for defending their unques- tionable right. If I were an American as I am an Englishman so long as a foreign foe remained fn my country I would never!” defeat America and urged an honorable peace. Fox and Burke, the notable men in the commons, were our able cham- plons. It was not the English people that opposed us, it was the king and his creatures who were rebels against their too. | fering that ‘wi tractive than killed, for this succession wes changed, dom would have been crushed and stran- gled. in the merciless clutch of the mailled fist. Your foe was a nation of soldiers. His legions were 2,800,000 strong on the day 'war was declared. In the first year they grew to 4.800,000. In 1916 they had ieaped to 6,800,000, and when the United States deciared war the troops from the eastern front brought the total well up to that figure. It was a foe prepared to the last buckle. Your foe was also unserupulous. He stopped at no iniquity. He had a spy system in times of ‘peace prying into our affairs. He used his embassy as a center of intrigue against a friendly nation. Our guests used the privileges of hospitality to spy upon our privacy. and utilized their information in an attempt to de- stroy us. The cowardly, Infamous thugs had neither decency nor conscience. In war yvour foe acted with all the un holy distregard of human rights that char- (Continued on Last Page, Col. Four) WINDHAM Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bingham and Miss Grace Bingham of Watertown. N. Y. are guests of Miss Josephine= Bing- ham, who entertained a few friends in their honor Friday evening. Those pres- ent included Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hatch, the Misses Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Chappell, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Woods, Miss Maria Rizzo, Rev. W. A. Borchert, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lathrop, Dr. and Mrs, F. E. Guild, Mrs. Ada Larrabee, the Misses Neale, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larrabee, Mrs. Logy. the Misses Kanan, Mrs. R. T. Bixby, Miss Anna Claassen, Miss Maud Stokes. Mrs. C. R.- Utley. Miss Gertrude Arnold, Mrs. Woods and Miss Rizzo entertained the guests with several vocal duets. Ice cream and cake wera served, The. June meeting of the League of Women Voters will be held in the school house Thursday at 3 p, m. the business session an address will b glven at 3.30 by Judge Foss, of Willi- mantle, Mrs. W.'A. Raymold, Mrs. A. W. Clif- ford, Mrs. Robert Pegman, Mrs. R. T. Bixby and her guests, the Misses Ka- reau, attended the meeting of the L. W. V. In Putnam Jast week. Several Windham people attended the meeting of the State Library Association in_Willimantie. There is to be a stereopticon lecture on John Huss, and the Bible, in the Con- gregational church Friday evenin Memorial Sunday in the Congregation- al church there was a speclal sermon by the pastor. The choir sang Stainer's Who Are These in White Array, ani Mrs., John F: Woods sang by request ‘There Is a Green Hill Far Away. The C. E. meeting was omitted and the service in_ South Windham where stereopticoni lecture in Northfleld was given. g Miss Julfa Burpham, who has been in Har s ~d for several weeks, returned to the “inn Saturday - r/ Bingham and Miss Grace Rates of Neéw York were at Miss J. W. Bing- ham’s Sunday. Postmaster T. H. Johnson comfortably at St. Joseph's is resting. hespital, —_— HEALTH THE SECRET OF ATTRAC- TION. Women of today depend a good deal upon the modern modiste and a know- of the cosmetic art to make them attractive. Too often there exists be- neath it all a suffering woman whose nervous laugh or forced smile covers a ?lng of agony caused by some feminine ill. To such a woman Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound wili health a P-nw relief h 1 make week-end at his home Twelve were present at the meeting of the Woman's Missionary soclety held with Mrs. George Keeney. of the recent food sale were §13. Ele en dollars will be given in response The proceeds - to appeals frem three mission schoois, the remainder will be used for general e usual sewing was done. Mrs. §. C. Hi bee invited the members to enjoy & P! nic at Fernbank Farm sometime June. ford Springs wes and Mrs. H. F. Robinson. " The death of Cornelius Taintor, Port Richmond, occurred recently. was a freéquent visitor in town. Fred Adamg of Lynn, Mase, was home over Memorial Day. STAFFORD Mrs. Edward Brown Mass., was the guest recently of Mrs Glover. Miss Morgan of the Universalist pul Mr, and Mrs. C. to Moosehead Lake, Me. They March 21st was brought mantic Monday for burial Street cemetery. music for Memorial day. Joseph Hagert of York guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Denis is ing of the Cc\lecli\) Assoclation Nurses at Mohican notel day. Number of Academy Journar The May number of the reading tising. The cover design is in oolore, scene from a baseball game where runner is being tagged out stealing. inspires you to noble things. penses. Chapters from Survey to Ser- vige were given by Mrs. A. W. Ciifford. Light refreshments were served and the - e in Judge and Mrs. Joel H. Reed of Staf- & Tecent guests of Mr. ot tol- lowing an fliness with Bright's dssase. Neil, a8 he was known by his friends, of Worcester. F b lishing house, Boston, gave a very Mate- resting talk on Sunday school work al the assembly room Monday afternoon. B. Pinney have gond wil spend about ten days on a fishing trip. The body of Albert Seripture who disd trom Willi. in Stafford ‘The Phoenix Leitierly band burnished The opening of the Stafford Golf coursd fod the season will take place Saturday: the Miss Mary Dibble of Hartford has been spending & few days with Mrs. Arthur Cady. Miss Anna Miller attended the meet- of last Wednes Academy Journal has been issued this week, mak® ing an attractive booklet of £0 pages ofs atter and ten pages of adver- Next to saying you are jealous a gir! would rather have you tell her that she Dr. Piles to be interpal ing relief. Hig harmless prescriptio HEM-ROID, removes the CAUSE OF PILES That's why salves and operations fail to give last-" cause, Money back If it fails. Lee & Osgood ¢ RAKES, FORKS, HOES, SHOVELS, SEEDS. FISHING TACKLE SOME NEW BAITS.