Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 29, 1922, Page 8

m ATD GIVEN TO . 23 WIDOWS IN NORWIOH '!h th of the department of state agencles and institutions by Raymond . Gates, agent, jusigissued, zhows that the nmew law creating the aid to widows is accomplishing its purpose in a satis- factory manner. Direct weekly allowances have been mads to 551 Connecticut homes, hoving 1,686 ‘dependent children under 16 years of age where death has removed the ne- cessities of life and comforts formerly provided by the father. All of the coun- ties and 89 towns are now working un- der the law with a total of 2,237 benefi- claries, an increase of 515 for the year. Weekly family payments range from $3.- 75 to $19.765. The cases in New London county re- eelving state ald totalled 53 divided as tollows: Griswold 1; Groton 8; Leba- won 1, Lisbon 2, Montville 1, New London t4, Norwich 23, Stonington 4. Payments to towns included 1918 ap- propriation, New London $302.18; Nor- wlch, $542. 55 Lisbon, $22.75; Montvflle, $17.15; North Stonington, $5.72; 1921 ap- oropriations, New London, $311.36; Nor- wich, $68.26; North Stonington, $113.58; Waterford, $41. The suggestion that the present laws granting ald to widows be broadened:to inelude citizen mothers, where the hus- band and father has become permanent- 1y disabled by illness or admission to a state institution, imprisoned for an ex- tended perlod or permanently deserted the family is contained in the report. At the same time Agent Gates pointed out that considerable pressure has been brought to bear from various quarters to include alien widows as beneficlaries un- “Of course we realize there is some merit in such legis- the department considers that other classes”should be der ‘the state aid act. lation,” he says, “but MANY wst"*'ro HOLD THE. ny ways to hold the sun ies are leaden over all; on, u!ls bloomm one by one Sp A rambow-flasgmg prism batl .- A sudden bar of music golden-sweet, And from the kindled hearthstone, warm and bfight Imprisoned sunbeams dancing freed and fleet. There are so many ways for Joy to stay, victure: sn'ulmghfrom the will; ed in light - In spite of black horizons banked with cloud; Small bits of gladness building day by day, Swift understandings smiled across the crowd; A baby’s wonder-smile, the shine of stars, A-lingered strain of memory to bless, And tender, healing, on the throbbing scars Warm outst{etched hands of love and kindliness. ——Marthz; Haskell Clark, in Delineator. HUMOR OF THE DAY Hall—Justice is usually regaredd as a blind-olding figure. Mealing—Yes, but I think it peeps over the top of its bandages when a pretty girl is petitioning in a breach of pro- misé case—Edinburgh Scotsman. Young wife—Now what would you do if you heard your husband was taking his taken on before extending this class of | Stenographer out to lunch? uid to allens. Penalty Needed “It is_also desirable been made nd fraud in obtaining ald. Reliet Work In regard to the pauper situation, the report says that the total number of ap- | hell, licants during the year was 2,569, with 208 of these strictly because of unem- | Sl The aggregate number of per- | News. sloyment. wons aided for all classes was 5,074. The court cites the deportation of 271 destitute Spaniards from New Britain to} that a penalty slause should be added to meet certain sonditions where deliberate attempts have towards misrepresentation Her friend—I wouldn't believe it. My husband’s stenographer is a man with a broken nose.—Boston Transcript. The devil looked up from his daily register. “I see you got a fellow named Sherman here.” “Yes,” said Beelzebub, with the last lot.” “Well, see if he'is any relation to a general of that name who said war was and if he is. give him the limit. I ain't going to stand for the people slandering hell that way!” — Dallas “he came in Country Judge—How long have you owned a car? Motorist (charged with speeding) — thelr native homes during the fall ot |One year, your Honor. 1921, costing $4,997.21, or $18.44 per In- dividual. In the widows' ald division, receipts, including the state appropriation, total-i led $442,635.16, while the disbursements, Including all silaries and expenses to-: Of this amount $263,- talled $277.483.17. Judge—Um! Then you can still af- ford to pay a fine. Twenty dollars. — Boston Transcript. The Interviewer — And please, sir, , | what have you to say on the subject of anonymous letters? The Great Man—Stupid missives! 1 57156 was distributed as benetits to wi-|admit I invariably read anonymous let- fows. The aggregats number of people aided totalled 5.074, divided on natlonalities as ftollows : Albanian, 2; American, 994; Armeni- an, 35 kemian, 2; Canadian, 6! 7; English, §3; Finnish, 6; French, 11 German, 25; Itallan, 1,846; Lithuanian, 89; Norwegian, 2; Perslan, 13; 492; Porto Rican, 1; Roumanian, 4; Russian. 266; Scotch, 35; ; Cape Verde, 5; Chinese, 3; Czecho-Slovaklan, 9; Danish, Polish, Portuguese, 27; ters—but I never answer them.—L'Il- lustration, Paris. “Where are you going, girlie?” * “To the Capitol An investigating committee is taking up the matter .of Austrian, 228; Belglum, 1, Bo-|ghort skirts.” “Are you an exhibit?” — Louisville Courier-Journal, ?i A man walked into a garage where »lhis car was being repaired and was heard to reprimand the garage owner for ‘| telling him how to run his own. car. i|saying: “This is my car, and what I South American, 10; Servian, 1; Spanish, | say. poes” ¢ 410; Swedish, 13; Swiss, 5; Greek, 56:| 4 moment later a tired, gre < Hungarian, 243; Irish, 70; Syrian, 14; oo kit 'rurkl-h 13; West Indian, 7; Unknown j "In the state hospitals, there were 4.866 inmates on June 30, the report shows. These were divided as follows: ticut State hospital, Norwich State hospital, State Tralning school and hospital, 561. “Total disbursements under the hospital Atvision appropriation were $62,219.98, inclusive of salaries and expenses, togeth- er with payments to towns totalling $108,586.10. The appropriation for this was $165,375.87 for the year. TAKEN FROM COUNTY JATL TO SERVE PRISON TERMS Sheriff Sidney A. Brown tool two pri- soners to state prison and one to the county reformatory at Cheshirs from the eounty-jail in New London TWursday. All three were sentenced at the September term of the superior court in Norwich. The prisoners who were taken to state prison were James M. Brassill, who was sentenced to a total of three years on two counts of forgery; and Alex Litwood, alias John Smith, who was sentenced to a total of four years on three counts for the theft of a motor vehicle. Ter- cance McCabe, alias Al Minnehan, was taken to the reformatory. His offense was theft of & motor vehicle. The man who says one thing to your face and another behind your back has two different points of view. chanic looking up from under the car and said: “For goodness’ sake, say ‘engine’” —Western Christian Advocate. Death seems the only sure relief from Connec- | the many troubles man stirs up for him- Middletown, 2,686 1,619; Mansfleld selt. , KALEIDOSCOPE -Public service corporations of the United States require new capital of $20,000.000,000 annually. The first bicycle of the present type, two wheels of abeofit the same size, was brought out in 1885, The Indian of the Brazilian wilds ap- peases his hunger with rats, snakes, alli- gators and parrots. The people who have the best eyesight, as a rule, are those who are mostly em- ployed in the open air. Bureka, Cal, claims the distinction of being !he flrthest ‘Wwestern city on the mainland of the United States. So dense is the population in some parts of China that millions are forced to llve on the water in boats. The “sugar ash’ of “Sicily contains a sap that hardens into cane sugar which the natives use without refining. ‘Whale sharks, found in the Indian and Pacific oceans often attain a length of sixty feet, but are quite harmless. Confirmed criminals -never dream, is the conclusion reached by & medical re- search soclety after long investigation.® American, British, French and Ger- man wireless companies have formed a pool to: establish one large station in Argentina. Of the 200,000 negro soldiers sent over seas during the world war, battle deaths amounted to 474, while the total dsaths were 9,765. The eyes of snails and slugs are perch- ed right on the ends of their feelsrs, so that they can look in every dlrection without moving. After bathing in a river in East Africa a white hunter suffered from temporary blindness, supposed to be due to some pe- culiar element in ‘the water. 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