Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 5, 1922, Page 4

cml Cmmer i [rep—————— Subsceitten price 136 & Week: 50¢ & BoBtB: $8.09 Telwphine Caffe. Sulleuts Offies. 2. T Wiiltmastle Offies. 31 Church St Telepbons et Norwich, Baturday, Aug. 5, 1923. CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JULY 2%th, 1922 11,630 BPRINGFTELD'S NEW BRIDGE. Connecticut’s handsome bridge, across the river at Hartford has been matched by the new Hamden County Memorial bridge at Springfleld which has been dedicated with appropriate exercises this week. The Massachusetts city's new bridge combines art and utility in a strueture that will serve as an addi- tional bond between the east and the west banks of the Connecticut river. The structure is of reinforéed concrete and its engineers believe it will be as im- perishable as the old Roman arches built a thousand years or more ago. The age of concrete is replacing the age of granite which was once accepted 23 the preferred material where long and en- during life was wanted in things of man’s building. The new bridge is a gracefully arched structure about 1,500 feet in length with its height above railroads and river ac- commodated to grade improvements by land and possidble future navigation de- velopments. To those who are ad- vocates of the improvement of the Connectfcut river as one of the most meritorfous of the inland waterways pro- positions, thers are details of spe- cial interest in conmection with the Springfleld bridge. The contractors demonstrated that the Connecticut river was practically useful for water trans- pertation between Epringfield and salt water by bringing their marine equip- ment from Norfolk, Va, and Troy, N. Y., to the bridge site by the use of barges that came up the Connecticut river. This was not accomplished with- sut cutting the barges lengthwise and crosswise to get them through the old canal at Windsor Locks, fastening the parts together again after the canal was passed, but this will not be necessary tor taking the material away, as espec- fally comstructed barges of a suitable size have been bulit for this purpose. In recalling the days of the fathers, Springfleld historians direct attentfon to the fact that the pioneers, in selecting a site for a trading centre on a river, were naturally influenced by the loca- tion of shallows whers the stream might be forded. It was the primitive means of crossing, to be followed with the passage of the years by the estab- Mshment of the first rude ferry, and later by the erection of the foll bridge, such as that which for several genera- tions served to give access between Springfield and the opposite bank of the river, There is a touch of pardonable pride In the references to this ancfent structure. Built of hand-hewed tim- bers from the nearby forests, it was So wlidly and honestly constructed that it withstood flood and tempest and in- creasing burdens of traffic' for scores of years. In its sturdy old age it might appropriately have been regarded as it- selt a memorial to the skilled and con- sefentioug craftsmen of a by-gone day. AMERICAN GIRL ATHLETES. Ever since international competition in athietics has flourished, men represent- ing America have participated and of- ten encugh have won the highest hon- ors. Now for the first time in history we have a group of Américan girl ath- letes going forth to represent their country in a track and fleld competition abroad. The contingent of fair runters and jumpers who will compete at the Pershing stadium in Parls on Aug. 20 will be followed by the best wishes of all their compatriots. Justly proud of American women in all their flelds of activity, every American who deserves the name will ardently hope to see the tolors of Uncle Sam flash in ahead weross the finish lines in the different wents of the International track meet. This courageous group of girl ath- letes invites g4ttention to the already patent fact that sport is no longer the sxclusive feld of man with women rele- gated merely to a place in the specta- tors' seats. What has been developing here has been developing in other lands, where women have shown a great awak- sning In accomplishments heretofore re- garded as exclusively masculine. Our girl athletes cannot expect a walkover victory at Paris, They én win only by superior merit. Furopean women were mobilized for war for several years, and mobilization for sport will be corres- pondingly easler for them. WASTE BY FOREST FIRES. Connecticut saw an uftisual humber of bad forest fires this last spring, ac- cording to Information given out by the nate for#tér, Which servés as timely watning of the state’s loss In lumber and timber 2nd raisés theé queation of what preventlve measures may be taken to check this waste, It will be a sur- prise to many to learn that 79,000 acres wére burned over, that a conservative sstimate would place thé damage at $500,000. The 1,002 fires occurring in wooded tracts burned mearly 5 per cent. o all the woodland in the state. o many the far reaching effects of torest fires is little appreciated and it \s Apparént thers 18 general indifferance felt by thé public in the gquestion. But Conmecticut cannot afford to have such wastage and loss continue. If thé peopld coMld be aroused to the menace that forest fires present in the loss of our wood supply, they would adopt meas- -rd- for M;ume firé fighting and for reforestation to repair the damage whileh we have already suffered. Some- ththg of thié may bs achievsd in the m ma 46 b6 held at Hart- lumber supply in the Ameriean Forentry Magazine, Prof. A. B. Recknagel points out that most of the remaining m« is In the west al Deople 1ive in the pay héavy frelght Tgh feer &b nimba .hfimd continent. Prof. Rmml sralght chirge la foddy E excass of what it _costs to manufacture Ilimber on the Pacific coast and oérs & substan- tial mar; of profit for home~ grown timber of equl quality. We have thé forest lafid, we can keep it producing trees, we can replant such areas as are denuded. If we do not delay in adopting a proper forest policy, Wwe can assure by the practice of forestry the future of the American fumbér supply. “Thére is This is a lesson ter _Corinecticut ¢ our citizens of 50. years hence are to have lumber at:a price which they can aftord to pay. NEWSPAPER LITERACY TEST. Since the result of literacy tests of men drafted for the army during the war was made public, there has been & tendency to doubt the cénsus hureau's literacy figures, the theory being that since the census. flgures were obtained by asking the citizen whether he could read and write, and the army figures were obtained by obliging the citizen to show that he could read and write, more dependence can be placed upon the army figures. . . AnotHer test, which in some ways is more conclusive, s the newspa- per reader test, which is based upon the assumption that the citizen not only can read, but also does regutarly read 4 newspapér, which brings to him néws of the important events affecting his daily lite. The Bditor and Publisher has compited a revised mewspaper circulation table for 1922 which shows, among other things,| that the number of newspaper Teaders in the United “States is steadily grow- ing, the ingrease bétweéen September 30, 1920, and March 31, 1922, being 1,408,009 The total net paid ‘circulatfon of all of the newspapers in the United States -is 29,198,665, or one to every 3.5 persons, 2 circulation sverage which in comparison with most forelgn countrles and some parts of the United States, 'Is amazingly high, and correspondingly flattering to the {nterest of the American public in current events. Tn some. of the -south- ern states the newspaper circulation falls to ome newspaper to -every teen inhabitants; a4 figure which bears out both the census and.the army liter- acy figures. New York and Ohio print one news paper to é&véry two persons, while Ar- kansas and Arizona print one to. every twelve persons, and Georgia, with 2,895, 832 inhabitants, has a newspaper circu- lation of only 311,538, Facilities for dis- tribution affect the figures to some ex- tent, especially around the larger cities, but as a rule citizens afért to the trend of affairs in the world will contrive some way to read a daily newspaper, hence the figures are probably an aecurate re- flection of the -country’s interest-in its dally affalrs, EDITOEIAL NOTES. Every man should live so that he will have a friend to write his obituary. —_— The man on. the.corner says: At least the strikes are not costly to the labor leaders. ——— Avgust weather . promises to réach normalcy- with its due preportion of hot, sticky days. The real issue Detween thé supporters of Reed and Long in Missouri was Wil- son, that's all, Doctors_say people domt driak water enough., Probably one Teason is that it doesn't cost enough. There. lately died in Homolulis the man who invented - the ukelefe. But that wasn’t what killed him. It would be hard to imagine a dough- boy feeling regret for those army officers who are going ts be dropped, —-_— In view of the thireatened coal short- age the weather man can help us. out by giving us a mild winter, If the tariff is to increase the price on ‘woolen garments there will be few, who will miss feeling its effects. —_— Voters in Oklahoma do not belleve in carryns. & joke too far. - They defeated Congressman Mlnuel Herrck. Walking has ~ suddénly come among Chicagoans. The carmen out and the commuters walk in. back walk The five-cent cigar is reported to be coming back. Who was it said this was the country's greatest need for -tran- quitity? — A handful of Americans revolted against the tyranny of King George but industrial tyranny is trying to enforce its will on the millions. Some dealers in the big citles get pears for 3 cents apiece and sell them for 35 cents, and-then wonder why peo- ple do not eat more fruit. e Don't eat-when in an unhappy frame of mind, says a medical authority. Ra- ther hard on the restaurant wayfarer when he scans the scale of prices on the menu, e e N The shipping board is selling its- wood- en vessels with the proviso that they be scrapped. Why not offer a prize for someone who could find some better use for them? We've had all sorts of ‘“Weeks"— “Safety-First Waek” and “Canned Foods Weel,” “Thrift Week” eto, but. we don't seem to be able to achieve a “Strikeless Wweek.” In some countles of the middle west where it is proposed to patrol the roads against automobile’Speeders it is suggested that airplanes are the only things that could keep up wifh the road racers, One producing theatrical manager who controls twenty companies announces his intention of producing only plays written by American playwrights. That is en- couragement for twenty but ‘what of the others? Washington will suspend at every postoffice in the land the sending out of special delivery lettérs recetved after 11 p. m. “until after 7 a. m. the next day.” ‘What special delivery means is a curious question. — Sir Thomas Lipton is said to be think- ing of challénging America for a Schoorn- er race. Ae we fecall it, it was & race with schéomers ‘which first -bronght the cup to thess shores. ' American naval skill with two-stiekers will still proba- bly be equal to undm‘ the courageous four-¢ THE MAN WHO TALKS The woid conservation dbes- fiot mri penuriousnees ; it simply means making the eatest and most ful- use of Efiu}- we_have. yox Y tHe A mflfly it tq our natural resources “lall of our constanmtly. mnummn& t!m- ber supply. The meéd of comservation here is chlefly due to the fact that we are using up our timber so much faster than It grows. -If oma " map of the world ares: ber growth he will be m;ummr from hér.nounu than we produce at home. encouraging phase. ot th: situation i3 timber are keenly Ell'e to Drsseut con- ditfons. 1f we can only reduce destme- tion by needless firés, and stop the wast- age that has marked the past, and en- ter upon some. general plan of reforesta- tlon, our alarm may.at least be abated for a certury. Judso Gery, In s remarksble baces- laureate address, last.-month, handled without gloves, the question of . disre- garding moral principle in business prac- tice. , He sees a bracing;up of ethical standards in the - great business of the leountry. If men should: do ths things {today that were generally dong twenty- five years ago - they would lose east: with their fellows. Althwmgh thers is still bitter contention now:and then ‘be- tween capital and- labor, - yet as a rule there is a better understanding be- | tween the two: much less of selfishness and_a larger disposition to act justly. Judge Gary, however, is mot blind to present evidences. of indifférencé to mor- al principle invalv ing much crookedness. The widéspread evasion of the income law in making out false réturns, and the con alment . of. other -property- of which évery tax collector “could hear abundant evidence. He also makes ref- erence to the imposition of -the profiteers lin disposing of their. gnods at exorbit- ant prices. But he reserves his chief wrath for thoge nations that regard -in- ternational treaties as.only ‘‘scraps of paper.” Judge Gary 1s eminently fulr in deal- ing with this subject admitting freely that business men ‘as a rule have not been faultless in the conduct of their af- falrs. In so doing he feels that possi- bly they have been- just as pure and honest In their motives as some others who have so relentlessly, and unjustly, criticlsed them. Some of the eritics of business men and business methods arc not likely to be cancnized as saimts- for someé years to come. They.have doubt- less had a selfish motive in mmng cap- itali out of the errors of a business sys- tem that is now largtly corrected. Some years ago the people developed a per- verted taste for muck-raking. The mag- azines saw the opportunity for big sales, and, of course, had no trouble in finding muck-rakers at five cents a word. The longer the article and the blacker the muck the more did the contribution com- mand in the market. But the public soon_wearled of such cheap fodder and it was given up. It taught the Amer- ican people, however, to inquire into the motives of thcse wha are o quick to | criticise men and methods. The @allr papers have recently made the statement that the United States government proposes. to pay the first in- stallment of the Panama reparation fund. Tt is certainly refreshing in these days to learn of one mation that do not propose to sneak out of meeting Just financial obligatiens. - Why shouldn't a nation he expected to pay its mnotes subterfuges /resorted to by many Burdpean nations in trying to pare down lop off, and squeeze out certain features of their obligations have tended to weak- en the integrity. .’ the-governments - n assuming these financia] - burdens. Such: things tend to put nations into the- Pon- zi class and other fakirs who sell stocks and bonds that have only a paper value. It is bad .emough -for banking houses that once had a respecied name to sell industrial stock.that is a pure swindle, but it seems worse for nations to adopt the same tactics. We hope that this action on the part of our gov- ernment will have a salutary effect on the othér nations. The immortality of s certain Roman poet does not rest on this verse: “Parva scintilla magnum ignem Incidit” -(a 1lit- tle spark kindles a. great -flame), but it is very suggestive of what commonly occurs. The machinery of a great fao- tory was once stopped by a few eels getting into the turbine wheel, hut the ecls were beyond the . twisting and squirming. Frederick the Great was not very discreet when he called the power- ful Catherine the Second of.Russfa, “an old cat” The cat seems to have had claws and it was.the beginning of The Seven Years War. In 1871 a cow kick- ed over a lantern in Chicago and even today one can see. where the - lantern went. Today some boy Is doing an ap- parently little thing. ‘which. will leave a black mark visible fifty. vears hence. A little mosquito. raises 2 big lump, and if In good working order several lumps. If you go into the lowiands at this sea. son of year to pick blusberries you wi: find this out. You will.have as many lumps as blueberries and nearly as hig. Look out for the little things. : faddressed to m suggested by 2 Shlnlns. World conditions now maks sale of 3 more difficult than ever. pfll’afim broad unléss we have our owm neuva—y Americans. 2. Wi his governmént helgy sub! cost of bullding one modérn battleship. RHSONS FOR A SHIP SUBS]DY Whit Hé cdlls tén g00d réasons for a |benefited by raisifig galling the fodd ship lubluy to make possible an Amer- |to them and their ident of the |best guide for the future. £ “as fol- | the world's hmary has been nm: with- goods i competitive forelgn markets |to Mem The American | ndtion which fm miner;, merchant and mechanic | shown.' in_selling their excess |encourage our merchant stem, owned and operated by |and-the desire for fore! “A merchant marine is as essential | traveiling everywhere f;:;ft& tional Mem as_the navy it-|allen flags, and scldom, if ever, secing we will have no mira:ut marine, heénce | tion pride need no longer be our means for defense would bs crip-|as the passage of this bill pled one-half. The cost of the entireland keep sidy will be 1éss each year than the [zen without national pri history of the 16 the 7. The history ' muawnlnx_l,nd al and dmatbe 8. We Americans hlvo m. mfl? travel. Her tofore wé -have -had to humiliated abroad mmz our flag. displayad on the ocean. Qur nn- _ offended, ; able and unworthy, is a disgrace to hlll— - 8. We have by sale of Liberty bonds |self and to his country. during the war raised and invested cver 9. ‘Without this encouragen C lO. three billions of dollars in merchant ships, | our merchant marine, we will bulld ‘Without this subsidy the'a vesssls can- fmore ships. We have, by !ntsnfldonu not be operated at a owners. | Hence they ca.nno( be £0.d, to private| agreements already stopped the buflalh. of fighting vessels. Hence, without nnv and we face the loss of nearly the entire | work to do, shipbuilding will become, amount invested. By making ship op- America, a lost art. Without iimg eratiorie profitable in privats ownership, | bullders and shipbuilding facilities the ships can be sold for at least $500,- | nation will pe helpless both for commerce 000,000, an amount far in excess of |and for self-defense—an emascuiaied gi- the ten years' total subsidy. The tax-|ant in the family of nations . payer will thereby eventually have his taxes reduced Instead of increased. 4. The opeération of ships under the |the passage of this bill, and thair emi present government managément vastly increased our foreign trade. 18, however, costing the taxpayer dlrectly over $30,000,000 per year to make up the 1osses of government operation. This amount will be save almost in toto, .in placing these ships in private hands by means of the subsidy. 5. Heretofore we. bave been paving an average of $300,000,000 annually for freight and insurance, to forelgners for arrying our goods. This vast amount can mostly be kept in our own borders through the means of the subsidy act. In other words, considering shipping alone, an investment of $1 by the government will keép $10 at home. 6. The creation of a permanent and efficient merchant marine by means of the subsidy act will furnish employ- ment to over 100,000 American on hoard ship, in the shipyards, the steel mills, the iron mines and in the many other industrles which are necessary to build jand operate ships for the foreign trade. Every man thus employed must be weil fed, and the American farmer will be fect it may have upon themselves, It acts as a. benefit to society. There is no_objection to their rolling if they only roll out of town and keen the process up, Under this head must be classed the gypsies whose nly claim to respect is the fact that they “roll” Sometimes, perhaps, a liftle faster than they desire, under the advice of selectmen - and mayors. For such people to take root, and bear fruitage of the same order would hardly strenethen the moral fiber of our towns 4nd cities. Famous Literary Mysteries WHY WAS BRYON’S “THYRZA?" Several of the meost beautiful of Bryon's shorter poems are addressed to “Thyrza.” There is much contro- versy as to who Inspired the Eng- lish poet to write these sublime verses. The point never has been settled. Moore asserts that the poems were an imaginary person. Jeafferson; in his “Real Lord Bryon” thinks that Margaret Parker was “at least "an inspiring force of the: poems, Margaret, like Thyrza died while Bryon was separated from her, and had given him a locket, as Thyrza gives him a -pledge. In 1828 Bryon said to Trelawny that his gloom on leaving England was genuine;: that he was really in love wth a cousin and that she was in a decline. No cousin except Margaret Parker died of .a_decline after having inspired him with love. But the love affair that is given was in 1800 when Bryon was twelve years old. On her death he wrote what he truly called “a very dull epitaph.” This he published in “Hours of Tdle- ness.” His gloom in 1803 could not have been caused by love of a cou- sin who was then in a decline.. The poems to Thyrza were not written un- til 1811-12. At that time, however, he had nu- merous causes for melancholy. In four months, May to December, 1811 he had lost as he says, “six of his friends and relations.” Four of these were his mother, Mathews, Wingate and Cho- rister Eddleston. Who were the other two. In October he writes to Dallas of the death of “one very dear to him in happier times,” but the name of this bein~ does not appear and no biog- rapl as heen able to identify her.; She 1.1y have the Thyrza of the po- emis. A correspondent of the Athanaeum some years ago suggested a curious theory which identified Thyrza with “A Tolling stone gathers no moss” Is an old and familiar - platitudz { that sounds well, but does not contaln any self evident truth. To say the least it is open to careful examination. - Ts thers any pefrticular resson why k- kolling stons should gather moss? If-T were a rolling stone I. should mot care to ' be moss covered because it would hurt my rolling. If it were my business in life to roll, and it was expected that I should pick up something by rolling, why not rake in something of greater commer- clal value than moss? Whyv not pick up gold, silver, diamonds, Tubies ‘of “dol- lar bills? They are worth roiling for, but not moss that has but little utilty. A round stone covered with moss would be Iooked upon 2s a faflure as a roller, Probably the saying is intended to teach this: A person that fits lke a butterf: from one thing to -another will ny. b thrifty, and be successful as the world measures success. It must be admitted that success requires the .concentration of the best in- us: 1 cannot quit tids “roliing stome” bus. iness until fustics is dons to the other side. Tsn't there oecasion for _devont thankseiving that thers have beem men who did a good bit of rolling, and that they gathered no ‘moss while they were at 1t? Many a ‘yourg person is 86 éon- stituted that wheén he ‘enfers active life i he cannot tell ‘right off the bar what he is most fitted for. Were he satis- fifled with the first bit' 6f ereén moss that was thrown -at him" he would not keep on rolling until He fcund the place the Creator fitted him for. Forty vears ago a bov left a-great shoe concern cry- ing; the boss chad fired "him becatse he was a “bonehead.” Todav he owns the concern and the man who- fired htm 1s one of his pensioners. Providentially he was a rolling atone.:and kept - at it until he found himeelf: a man of vast ability. Al Amerfca is profoundly grateful ‘that Abraham. Lincoln aid¢ not find his life work .enlitting ralls. He knew that the Almighty had bigger and better moss in view for him. The “roll- thg stone” did not stop unth it reached the presidency and-the White House, both of which he touched. - with . im- mortality. et us thank God. for these “rolling stones.” Did you ever think thap i 1s & goed thing for human soclety that g certain type of man does not Stay long snough In any one plage to-take foot? This 18 vidence, that.in cerfafi respects,- the “rolling stone” s a public benefaction. There are certain men whose bad habits breed dissatisfaction with their work, their amployés and themselves. Adeoms- rovug JemiFiL - Snd- It cre- the Chorister Eddleston. There is a strong parallelism between words and allusions in Byron's letters about his dear friend and the Thyrza dirges. February 16, 1812, Byron tells Hodg- gon that Cambridge would bring sad recollections. “I believe the only human being that ever loved me, in truth and en- tirely, belonged to Cambridge and no one can take her place. There is one consplation in death—where he sets his seal the impression can neither be melted nor broken, but endureth forever. The belng to whom refers is undoubtedly Pddieston, the Chorister. In the best of the poems to Thyrza which were written in the same month February 1812, there is the same thought and phrase: The love when death has set his seal, Nor agé can chill, nor rival steal, Nor._falsehood disavow.’ Eddleston died of a decline in May, 1811 while Byfon was at Malta. Bd- diéston had given him a cornelian, which he reclaimed, October 28, 1811 from Miss Pgot. A poem followed this to Thyrza, dated March 16, 1812. In a letter to Miss Pigot, written during Fddleston's life, Bryon speéaks of his friendship for him, which is to eclipse “all classical precedents and says his Wice first attracted my mttention; his conntenance fixed it and his man- ners attached him to me forever. Bryon tells Hodgson that the Cam- ibridge organ is “a sad remembrance” One of.the poems to Thyrza enclosed in the sameé letter and written two days before is suggested by a song of former days, whose “soft notes. now !'aepelt a dirge, an anthem o'er the ead.” In this, as in the other circumstances 4! ,uton ‘would correspond to the con- dition of the problem, and it does not appear that Margaret Parker was re- membered for her singing though, as Mr. Jeafferson says, another phrase in _the same lime might apply to him. ‘Was Moore right in his inference at there was, strictly speaking no yrza, and that the poems addressed to her were intended to mislead and instead thet Bddleston was in his mind but that he used the name Thy- rza in order not to provoke ridicule— which no one dreaded more—by telling in pubMc such a sentiment about his humble friend as he expressed in his fetters to Heodgson”: He. therefors, adopted the language of a bereaved lower, and addressed his verses to a feminine name, though the poeétry would equally appropriate in either 10. Our rivals for the world's trade view ywith great alarm the prospects of has | saries masquerading, in many instances, It { as patriotic citizens are spreading insidi- ouas propagdhde and doing their utmost to defeat the measure. This is the Strongest evidence possible why the b will benefit America, and why it shoul receive the support of patriotic Ameri- cans. SUNDAY MORNING TALK WHY NOT LOOK UP? There was 2 picture bearing the (itle, “Why Look to Earth?” It showed a narrow path leading through a mountain. On each side rose huge cliffs towering far ‘above, a mortal slowly passing along and bending beneath a load great- er than his strength. The path ho had passed over may have been bright znd pleasant, but now it was lost to view, and the path before also was hidden in the depths of the great rocks. Ouly the bitter present was visible to him, and he bent beneath his load as though it were ‘greater than he could bear." With eyes fixed to.the ground he wended -his way in deep distress, while high above him was.a glimpse of the beautiful sky, and hovering over him were numerous angels waiting to minister to him it he would look up. Poor, short-sizhted créea- ture, with hedven all his own for a lcok, and God’s messenger eager to nslp him, he was passing alogn with eyes riveted the eatrh and his thoughts only om his hard path and_heavy load. How ‘many. of us, like that earth bound traveler, let-our cares and troubles weigh us down, forget to look up -a-td thereby lose the beauty and comfort God always_has at hand for His children. What if our lnt is hard. He may. be putting the finishing touches to us, His handiwork.. If our lives have faflen in hard places let us take comfort - in thinking that God has great faith in us to give us such heavy load. “In just that very place of his Where He hath put and keepeth God hath no other thing to do. No othér one can fill our plice: we only can do this work of His, and He wante us to do our very best. He may be just fitting up for higher service, for a fuller life where our influence for good may be greater. So “let us forget those things which are behind and reaching forth- into those things which are be- fore, press:toward the mark for the high <calling” of God in Jesus Christ. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Pleads For West Virginia Miners. Mr. Editor: coal, Everybody is interested in ‘whether for our stoves, or for our factories, or for our transportation, but everybody realizes that the coal strike if won by the miners will mean a just settlement as to wages for this group of citizens, who are doing. the most dangerous. the most isolated, and yet the most necessary work for us. When I speak of a just settlement of wag- es I mean that the miners should bc assured a wage, on a yearly basis, suf- ficient to support their families aveord- iLg to a decent American standard. 1 spent some days in June in Favetia ana Raléigh counties of Wes: Virg! and went from camp (o camp arn1t found the ejécted miners and thewr familtes Jiv- n’ tents or In sa-crs bulle of tar T, fed by the can:. raticas vf corn meal, , bacon and beans, sent by our committee and by ‘others. They are 2 gallant set of people, mostly of old American ‘or British stock, striking for their - conviction that their unlon must be recognized and that their wages must be standardized. Last year a large pro- portion of them were oniy given 80 days’ work, which meant only $800, on which to support a family (the average is from three to four children), for a whole year. Which of us could do this, we are forced to wonder. Since T ‘Have been in Norwich I have interested varlous people, in these, our brothers and sisters—one church gave a helpful danation, unlons are taking it up, and now T hope that individuals will be willing to send donations to pay for a supply of ‘klim; a preparation of dried milk, which is generally needed in this' warm weather by the Iittle children, who cannot thrive on pork and beans. A hundred dollars should be ralsed here and be sent t6 me, as the treasurer of the West Virginia Miners' Relief asso- ciation, 330 Washington street, Our committee has had its. headquar- ters in Baltimore since January and the miners are ‘not. only deeply gratefM. for the material assistance, but also deep- Iy appreciative that groups of their fel- low citizens realize that their fight is a fight for justice. In the name of i | -LAMB FOR SCOTCH HAM, pound ... NATIVE CHICKENS, Ib. 50c NA’HVEFOWL,]I;,& quumnnmxomsspmd o053 o B%e SHOULDER ROASTS, pound ...... -suoumms-lnx,mna FORES LAMB—Boned and Rolled, pound ... . LEGS smuc LAMB, pound . (meSeleeudBI;hmb) 'RUMP CORNED BEEF, pound - ......: . PLATE CORNED BEEF, pound . ... BONELESS SMOKED SHOULDERS, poiind ... . SOLID MEAT POT ROAST, pound NATIVE VEAL ROAST; pound ... .......... BACON, Genuine Sugar Cured, by the piece. ... EASTERN CUT PORK LOINS, pound .......... Jesus, the June Omé, I plead cause, “Give ye them to eat.” ELIZABETH GILMAN. Norwich, Aug. 4, 1922. Miss Gfiman, who {8 the daupghter of the late Donald Coit Gilman, president of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, is at present staying at 380 Washington street, this city.—Ed. thetr Preston 1s Surprised Mr. Editor: People in this vicinity, bBoth wets and drys, are very much in- terested in the Griswold cider case. The wets are elated and the drys disgusted with the outcome of the eivil suit brought by Mr. Potter. Mr. Potter we believe, had a falr trial and was convicted of selling cider and wé can't understand why the six good mén who acted as jurors in the civil suit wanted the cider returned to Mr. Potter for future use in- stead of being dummped. 1 We were much surprised when we learned the decision of the jurors on the case, but we were much more surprised when we learned that one of the six good men was a Rev. and another a deacon. The wets tell us that even ministers and deacons are opposed to prohibition and we drys hardly know how to answer them, but of course all ministers are not alike, neither are all deacons. As long as people are upheld in violating the prohibition law they will contitnue to do so. A PROHIBITIONIST. Preston, Aug. 4, 192%. Today’s Anniversaries 1749—Thomas Lynch, a South Carolina signer of the Declaration of In- dependence, born in Prince George parish, 8. C. Lost at sea in 1779. —Lafayette was accused of treason before the Frerih’ national assem- 17y 3 bly. 1322—William Hendffcks was elected to the governorshfp of Indiana. 1800—The Anglo-French agreement re- specting Africa was signed. 1896—George T. Anthony, former gdv- ernor of Kansas, died at Topeka. Born at Matfield, N. Y, June 19. 1834, l!Dl—gellh of the Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany, _ eldest daughter of Queen Victorla and mother of the Ex-Emperor Will- iam II. 1909—The Payne-Aldrich Tariff bill pass- ed the senate and was signed by the president. 1919—The Prince of Wales left Po&s- mouth, England, in the cruiser Re. nown for Canada. IN THE PUBLIC EYE Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, who has been ap- pointed a special financial advisor to China, formerly represented the United States as ambassador In Peking. His has been a very active career in educa- tiondl work and public services Born in Milwaukee in 1849, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin and later studied in Berlin, Rome and Paris. From 1899 until his appointment to the Chin- ese mission in 1913 hé was connected with the Eniversity of Wisconsin with the exception of the years 1911-12, when he was. Roosevelt ‘Professor at the Uni- versities of Berlin and Leipzig. Prof. Reinsch has traveled extensively, has represented the United States at several international conferences and has writ- ten coplonsly on law and polfics, some of his books having been translated into Chinese, Japanese, German and Spanish: Two years ago, following his return from Peking, he accepted the democratic nom- ination for United Siates senator from ‘Wisconsin. PEA COA'L Today’s Birthdays Blanche Bates, a noted actress of the American stage, born at Portland, Ore., 49 years ago today. Dr. William S. Culbertson. vice chair- Tarift man of the U. S. Commission, born at Greensburg, Pa., 37 years ago today. Clare A. Briggs, noted cartoonist and comic artist, born at Reedsburg, Wis, 47 _years ago today. Richard Washburn Child, United States ambassador to Italy, born at Wor- cester, ¥(ass., 4l years ago today . C.- W. Beckham. former United States senator from Kentueky. born at Bardstown, Ky., 53 years ago today. Stories That Recall Others . Maks F Lillisn. P . man informed g bank pres!- tly that he wished'fo start s savi| iecount for his little son. The bank pFeSfdent, seeing the smile on the man'e face, guessed that it was a mew born - haby and offered his congratula- tions. * which the patron smilingly ac- knowlédged.. The sccount was opened in thé regular. way with the father as trustee for Arthar Several days later the young man entered the bank and ‘dgiprdached the president. . Smith,” he sald, “T'd like to mme on that account T open- f Arthur a couple of weeks ago. #t Liitian.” ag But Not Marths, Katherine and Martha, six and four, respectively, visited ‘a neighbor woman ‘:‘hn ‘;l‘l‘ no shildren. Affer playinz th sthe. for a time she said: “My I wish x.g;’.do or three girls like you erth' jsoberly replied: “Mamma tmight-fét hth-nne come and stay w'th vou, hu{ she Fouldn't let me come.” “Earth Galntag Welght, Some people- will sympathize heartily with Mother Earth-who, the astronomers report, is gainfng weight. Others, on the other hand, will find a common bond of symipathy in the fact that it is esti- matéd that it will take her four hundred million years to' incfease her diameter by a couple of in spite of the fact that meteofs or shooting stars act- ually-fall to the earth ih such quanti- ties as to increase. its weight a hundred tons a day. Scientists, the London Post reports, estimate the earth’s weight at between five thousand and six thousand billion tons. Fopes France Will Be Dropped. It is hoped that Maryland will drop Franee from public life. He is not only a borer within the republican party, but & borer within the United States govern- ment.—Buffalo Express. Yale University was founded in 1701 ThlsunTradeNmefogasmflsiuofAnthmte Our Pea Size Anthracite is the same as our other Domestic Anthracite in grade and quality. AllAnd;nderdu:mp Companies make this size over a ;-inch mesh screen and through a 3 mesh. If this size contains 8 per cent. Slate and 10 per cent. Bone it is Standard. 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