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and ir looking for pointa of inmterest to visit the motorists are giving steadily increasing attention to these matural beauty spots which -have been preserved IT WAS A POOR SHOW The gir} with the piquant face, but With her and I guess I says ‘Come og oo B e tou ved Snd. moss’ too | Gert, Dot thinking shout nothing.. Hoo | NORWICH BULLETIN. "~ and Curl'gr 126 YEARS Sumergiicn piice 120 & ek 580 @ month: W » seec p K st e Pustefish ¢ Noreth Com, o - Teleptezs Cath. Bufatis Susnes Offien, Bulletin CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 9th, 1%2° #1,958 CUTTING GOVERNMENT EXPENSES In @ statement made some years ago it was declared that there was oppor- tunity ‘for this government to effect economies ‘of $300,000,000. Those wera the days when expenditures were mot as largs as they are tday, and betors 4hers had been indulgence in tHe ex- travagance comnected with the war pe- Nevertheless the apportunity economy in the conduct of the nation's business in aci o=iy possfile Wt i ia thoroughly realized by the present®ad- ministration. Certain steps have been faken in that direction. Curtailed ap- propristions and the budget system are giving much relief and departmental ye- organizations are expected to' provide ‘more. % Opposition te changing methods of sdministering the nation’s business™ one of the things that.must be over-|; come. Even though soch ‘methods are Lknown to be expeasive it is not always leasy to eliminate them, and yet such abject Jessons ®s that provided by Sec- retary Hoover iu the department of commerce capmot very well go unno- ticed, when It s ‘whown in his annual report that there has been a saving of over three and a ‘quarter mfilioy, dolla if’ the past fiscal year because of the organization efforts which he has been able to unv;:hh. What is more at~ teption ‘candet fall to beattracted by s further statement tothe effect that if it ‘were possible to put other changes into effect there could be saved another mil- lon. That is a statement regarding one department. that shows the effect of ear- nest effort n behalt of more efficient 4ad Jess expensive administration. Just (what the other departmenis would re- veal under the application of the .samq policy ‘there {s ho way of telling. There is fo justification, bowever, for clinging %, to poer ”n‘nu: practices and what' the gecritary “cf orrimoroe discloses in re- gard 10 his department shoyld strongly bolster upthe efforts .that: are Delng made by the administration for elmi- nating'defegts and getting down fo. a sound busimess system. s THINK BEFORE YOU SLIDE. There hasn't been 3 very heavy spow fall thns far this season, though we¢ Jave had a dit of ice thrown in. with what has fallen, but in the course ot} the next tem weeks or so it can be ex- Décted that there will be sufficient snow. 1o provide ‘more or less good sliaimi There are those who are already, antic pating this, and there will be others af- ter the vis't of Santa Claus whé wilt Se more eager for it than . ever, But_while we have nof\bgen getting " enough snow for sliding here, there are boints to the north where coasting has ‘bednc generally indulged in, and in' some, Tnstagges to the deep 'regret of the coasters and their families., This is due to the fact that we haven't as yet got 10 the paimt where the proper degree of safely js thrown about the places where sliding is enjoyed and thasq participat- ing ar8 nét 'Risposed to give considers- tion to safety in advence @ not death, is too often ‘the case ‘and ‘the kact that meny have already ‘beén sent &, other " thoroughfazes ' where there ‘may be carMpes. or: mumch} automobile traffic. § ‘coanting is_ indulged in,’ dicects the selection of the” ills . 4nd injom 4 least uSed avoldance of = ipte for just such purpoges, . These national parks are to the cour- try what the small parks are to a com-| ‘munity, There gre those to whom they appeal more than they do to others, but if it were, mossible to get the opimion % the visitors, who by change may hare béen abroad in search of something to see, there {3 little doubt but what they would be found to compare most favor- ably if not exoeed .some of the’ placas which have gottan a greater amount of publicity and attemtion. Those who vis- it these parks are only a small propors tion of those who" wouM do likewise ‘were it possible, ; - FIREWOOD FOR POOE. ‘Whether there has . been facéd ‘a shortage of fyel, there has frequently Deén' ralsed the Question”of putting ‘g some good use the .thobsands of d'se carded raflroad ties that are burneq each year along the tracks of the rafl. roads. That is said to be the cheapest method for th? railroads in disposing ef them, and yet, to those acquainted with such- material, it is perfectly evident that it meahs the waste of a large and ‘Yaluable amaint of fuel ‘that could”bs Put to excellent use-as firewood. ‘The - shortage of fuel in Boston has Brought ahout fhe cooperation of the Bestep & Maine railroad, the city au- thorities and a number of auto dealers wrhereby 1200 ties have been gottén to 2 central point where they will be- cut and spiit and distributed to the poor, That number of ties will not go far in relleving the situation, but it will help. It is a resopt to the.material that is too often wasted and 'fts utilisation #for some purpose rdther than try. ing to fltgnmmdo* Itizsa move that witl win hearty approval from those who have so persistently de. plored the failyre, 'and i may be an ex- ample that wilt inwpire other commin.- tes to similr efforts. ; Whenever smch an ided has heen ad- mnmmnmfiutn-mm. ment that the trel of the. old ties would not pay, or that ftwrould cost more to get them to points where they could be used than.it would to obtas other materia) for ¥ijel'eIn this ingtance such costs are not heing charged “up, tbut while this particular serwiee hap. pens to be gratis all fuel users are not 5[50 dependent, and many there are who would welcome the opportunity of work- ng up such material themselves. In the effort to relieve the.swtuation in New England's largest city it s gratifying to note that material which has ‘previously been wasted is being put to use. . Possibly other communities will be {nspired to follow the laudable exam. ple. = JOHN WANAMAKER, Taking a deep and sincere interest in whatever effort appealed ta “Mm Jobn Wanamaker was identified with great undertakings during his' life of over four score years. He went from the bottom to the top of the ladder, and his rise was ope that stands out as a con- vincing example to young . manhood cf what can be accomplished when there is a will. He was without other than pub- lic school advantages and as a hoy ot ‘l( was employed as a clerk in a store jat $1.50 a”week, a figure quite in cen- {trast to what is expected today. -Re was umsettled as to his foture, dut be- came deeply interested in the Y. M. C. A. and was made its first pald secre- ftary. Later he went into a- clotnt Store and from,there he got a .view of | the business that shaped -his = tutqre course. 3 - " } John Wanamaker never . Qisregurded the imvortance of ty. He recog- nized its importance ‘and he was never { backward in ‘admitting’ the part it play- ed .in connection ‘with the huge busines: ime loped both jin Philadelphia =nd iNew York. Ha"was preminently-ideny tified .with worthy causes, whether they Goncerned hif home city, the nation or humanity elsewhere. Under Pregident Harrison hy, was a most it postmaster « general, though he had been opposed to accept- ing many politiea] offices, He instituted needed reforms-and ,got the Qepdrtment on a business basis, and had he had his way would have ecstablished the parcel post. % Not only one of the country's great merchants,* and ‘oné whd had ‘much to do with, the present day pig department store, but a man ‘who Btood as an ex- ammle of dea of ‘John Wanamaker. . 8 il o hospitals for ‘repairs should serve as 3 is in'the Jime- pepnection ‘with | luu-qomi' resalution i has passed in the| white, =lid over as far as passidle into the cornec of the seat in the elevated train and ghged woodily out of the win- dow. 2 The rubiund Young man whoss dark green hat was set on his well-shaped head at a slightly rakish awegle slipped in beside her. PR 4 “Some gwell show, what?™ he inguired, . ! genially. 3 T A slight wive ef scord Tippled over the averted f: “Nothin' to go-cragy abowt, Jest meun- youpg man Jeoked somewhat crestfdflen, rivers. copae running down the mountains, and like that.- Kind of like them of pictares.” Well, wy don't ‘make ne !‘9!( with me,” the girl sait ungraciously. guess of movies™ i $ €hé young men. Tm sick of “Honest, kid 7™ quaried anxiogsly. “Why, I thougit you was crazy abed ‘em, 'Why only thid evening I was reading about a swell show aver to the, you know, it thea 1 kind of, you know, thousht maybe you'd like to see it tomo: “Welll, T woukin't,” 5 Ing her head. “But you chn geot awmplenty of folks to go with you, seems like.” “«OM, T dow't care nothin® about it.” mid all risht with me gjther way. 2% 900n We quit going to movies. “Just because I'm sick of movies jin't no remson why you got to quit going. said the-profile celdly.:: “I guess there' some folks 'nd be readyito you off like scat if you was to 23y mavie to Jem.” B! The yeung, man looked considérably. taken aback. “Say, sister,” he said. ‘T guess you'rs spoofing me; what? I geess it don’t take ho Sherlock Holmes to i1 T don't want goire to go<together” - “Oh, say,” safd the profils scornfully. “You can’t get away with. that stuff aftee the way you acted tonight.” “How do you mean, acted? Semanded. the bewfldered youth, - “Oh, may." ejaculated the-profile again. The young woman's oS Wero avidents 1y too desn for words for the spaée of about three geconds. the profile suddenly develoned into a three-quarter view, the natural red glowing beceminzly through the applique, ““You /don’t think vou're going to pull off nathing like that, @0 vou. old dear? Il say vou dom’t. Y js'pose the next. thing wou'll be raying vou didn’t know that Blue serge was eo- ing to be, wniting around the picture show for yoi™ Mavbe she di: Enow You was goinig to be there,/huh?’ A lght broke across the young man's faca. “Why. gosh. girlie,” he exclaimed. “So it was Gert! Honeét, kid. I never thought no maore about asking her to go on in with us than nething. Why, kid, listen! I dife’t have no.more idea than a rah- bit about Gert being there. and when Y lamned her I just kind of, you know, asked her to hitch on lke 3 person does, not thinking about nothing yemw knew. T didn't have no more idea you'd get sorc about it.” “Sore?™ jevked the thres-quamier view angrily. “It 'ud take a pfle more'n that to get me sore. Only. T juat kind, of :‘-‘«mzh& you _feeling like you do, an “What do vou mean, me feeling lke Y do. kI hrove in the bedgered vounz man. don’t feel no wavs. homest. T don’t, kid. - I guess T was kind of. vou ¥mow. goocnn when I asked Gert to shde in along with us. Seemed like she lonked like she didn't have no person to go in e ors of New: York, died in London. :ssosr;x, at. Castletown, Ireland, in 1799—George Washington, first | presi- dent of the United' States, dled at admitting Alabama :;m the Union approved by Prest- ia20n 3 Dublin; it is called the “Bottle conspiracy” - Wellesley, 3Jord-leutefiant. hundred - t Monroe. riot occurred in a theatrs “in against the Marquis 1 1892—Sir Adams George Archibald; noted Canadian and jurist. diede at Halifax. Born at Truro, N. -8, May 3, 1814 o 1393—Chris the California “ont- law, was found guilty of murder, %}d&pneu to_imprisonment for ‘1ife. 4 est, kid, den't you know I ain’t trying to spoof you?”’ “Well—I—don't—know.” _said the three-quarter view besitatingly. ‘It look- ed awful funny—her getting there like that just when you was buying the tick- &ts, all doHed up.” “Daolled up?” repeated the young man ingenuously. “Honest to Pete, kid, I don’t know if she was or mot. Itd take | more dollin’ up than what she dome to make a guy see-her for dust when you're around. Il say it ‘a* “Well, T don't konw,” mid the girl “Seemed to' me like you acted like 1%1 thought she was the bee’s elbows when 'you firgt lamped her. And her being such a good looker and everything—I guess 1 couldn’t help kind of, you katw, think [t “Well, den't you never do it agsin, girlie” urged the young man. “Gert a good logker! . Gosh, kid, that's the first { time I ever heard i.” “Well, snyway, sh | You better go buy you some row. I'll siy you detter.” The three-quarter view gradwally into a full face. Their eyes met. “Honest, E4?" she queried. “Honest, kid.” he replied carmestly. There was silence for a moment. The she spoke again. “Say, Ed,” she said sfily, “T guess I was kind of, you know, nutty when I 18ays 1 was sick of mowGs just now. I guess T'd lke to see that show ower to the Blackrock tomorrow . night.”—] change. N *ETTERS TO THE EDITOR Good Besults of Prohibitlen. Mr. Editor: In reading the different minds of people in the very intevesting and sometimes amusing articles in Let- ters to the Editor, I would like to add 2 contribytien. First, I wish to state that I do not think that the drys have thelr back to the wall, a3 hes been stat- ed by a wet, by some considerable dis- tance, it the' following figures ars re- liable, but one may have quite a “rough time,” as has been. stated, to find & 100 | per cent. American who will deliberately defy the sanctty of his country's laws. I ask how can prohibition have a “square deal” if the judges in some |States do not comvict vielators found ‘w!lh the goods in hamd, or in their “bootleg™ and whers, the Volstead act is held up to ridicule by some, yes, many? Plcture houses make 2 ject of it, and | many men ‘are trying to overthrow it and feel like quoting Holy Scripture to the, “Father, forgive ‘them, they know not what they do.” But in the fact of all oppogition think what prohibition has accomplished, and think how much more it could do if all the officials would do their guty. “The- half has never beén told,” in some communities. Who, 1 make bold to ask, are the chief viola- tors? Not good American citzems, but a large group who profit in illegal™ traf- fic. We all know that there is an ele- ment to deal with that has no interest in, and no respect whatever, for the American Constitution. They aléne, are the ones that want repeal or modification iOf one of the very best laws ever made ifor the uplifting of humanity. A re- {cent Chicago Post says that jt does not come from the wives or mothers of | America, or from the men engaged in | production and commerce, oMpublic ser- vice. It does mot come from the army ;of men and women engaged in law in- { fringements, hospitals, hemes for the in- digent, or agencies for the relief of hu- man suffering, caused mostly by that greatest of all evils, “strong drink.” There may be zome in these groups who favor the repeal, but all those who are doing useful work, who are the very life of progressf in the death of this evil, even theygh its spirit hovers tomeor- | v YouWouldn’t Knowingly Take‘ Poison . Yet headaches, diszy spells, indigestion and insomnia are usually only Nature’s warning that you're constantly absorbing into your system ‘poisons that should bé eliminated by liver, kidneys, and bowels. fn SANALT the Sensible Tonic, you have a simple, harmless way of ridding yourself of these poisons, cleansing, and purifying your blood, stimulating secretive and excretive organs to normal action and regain- ing your “pep” and the joy and bloom of health. In the more than 100 years that have passed since an old New tonic, SANALT has nated the formula for this simple rebuildi England doctor orifi! elped thousands of people just as it has hel Mrs. Carl Adams, of 456 Main St., Gardner, Mass. Here is her letter: been suffering terribly bad condition of my stomach, B st & before I realised it were simply terrible. i from beckache. Sanalt through the J was pot SANALT is safo for {for Winsol Ml.hoozberiimo which came 50 graduall almost as mling e intyas besdmirs et ol of hevtuus Ut My kidneys and liver were both badly sffected and I suffered my condition. The nervousness has T have not yet finished my first bottle of Sanalt, but it has L e ol vt o S e e has ly 3 ¥s iver are acting m er, that Sanalt is true to name as ‘Senalt tiae Sessitls Tonie’ I purchased iy recommendation of Draggist Leathe, of Garduer, who said that i satisfied with results he would retwn my money.” stomach titwln to take. Contains no opiates, narcoties, or other harmful us Winsol remedies it can be bought at any drufi preparations are onc'line of trade-marked proprietary medicines sold by ‘Winsol Agegts and non-agent druggists. No need to accept substitutes. If doesn’t carry SANALT he can get it for you through his jobber. store, both your druggist NEUROPATHIC DROPS, the greax emergency medicine, ang CERIZANE BALSAM, for coughs, are two Winsol remedies theg should be kept in every home. Ask your druggist about them, B.O. &G.C. WILSON, Inc., BOSTON, MASS: B. 0. & G. C. Wilson, Inc., established in 1845, is conducted on s hich benefits everybody - ployee and the general id of the Winsol by rned—the Winsol Agent, all non-agen last word & concel public. The Winsol m iness to & position as ape of the largest and most = = from three countries, were landed on our nerth Atlantic. shores, the majority of them at the port of New York, ta settlc in around to haunt us awhile, and the very | Git! men who' have defied the law, “lied about the law, cursed the law,” and bave never raised a finger to help it, are the loud howlers. Every evil thing les; practically whole ‘provinces of Austria, Poland, an Italy, as to numbers. Our eastern cities are actually being Europeanized bodily, If any one wants an object lemson of is laid st the door of prohibition, when | W8t the plain fact remains that with the sa- loons closed the “crims wave has. been greatly reduced.” An officer can control [ a company of his meh in their right mind, but it is utterly impossible when regaled on a glass of “toddy.” Neither the ‘wonderdful effects of ‘prohibition. Arrests for drunkenness for the year 1916 in Detroit were 12,408, In there were 7,220. Note the decrease. In New York in 1915 there were 22,635 ar- restd; in 1921 only $.160. In San.¥Fran- cisco in 1919 there were 17,354 arrests; in 1921 only 5,817. Note that! <«In Los Angeles, in 1916 there were 1,756 ar- rests; in 1921 only 6,837. Portland, in 1918 had 6,635 arrests; i 1331 only m | 304, In Des Moines, Jowa, in 1918 there Duke. of’ York, second of thelr British fimewma forX Cottage, 27 years ago E | 53y8: 'flmi: K bution may net get esught stepping on the gas but it unsualty scorls. s ehow not™ much: publicity is given unless’ it 'Il the B e Valera can get to this country’ o collect enouglt vést of Mis lfe 2 ;u De probably expects monsy lam aim the of pictuge “stary,pal. Postmaster General of Canada, born in Quebec, 43 yéars ago today. - Rt Rev. Frank’ A. -McBlwaln, Episco- N. Y, 47_years today. > born at.Derry, N. H., gay&usm e i today. N hop of Minnesota, born at Warsaw, | earth. were 4,427 arvests and only 1,940 in the that these with the men individually, but collective- 1y, I fear it would be a faHure ‘Ameri- eans, and Amevicans ‘by~adoption, stand by me_but Constitution.on “God’s green .. MBS. R A. MORARTY. Norwich, Dec. 13, 1922, Electric FLAT IRONS GRILLS LAMPS TOASTERS PERCOLATORS WARMING PADS The Norwich Electric Co. ;S‘:'ln.mhnhulonemm “Yes, mother, and I may want that other plece. SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION WIELL HOLD INSTITUTE The regular monthly meeting of the executive committee of ‘the New Lon- don County Sunday Sthool association > | was held- at the New London ¥. M. C. :| A, Monday afternoon, present from varidus, parts of ‘the county. P A budget for the coming year was adopted. . . ‘The following fingnce committee wras appointed: Chairman, Alfred Coit, New London; James L. Case, Norwich; Rev. Howard M. Wells, Lyme. The opresident, James H. Wesks of Stonington, Rev. Allen Shaw Bush of Gales Ferry and C. H. Piphear of New London, were named as a committee to some :nndly evenifgy in the near fu- ture the Groton ‘Heights Baptist church. Those present at the meeting were: President, James H. Weeks, Stoning- ton; secretary and treasurer, Sussn Penhallow, New London; superintend- ents® Young People's division, girls’ wek, Mrs; Wm. H. Dawley, Norwich; Y boys® work, C. H. Pipher, New London; superintendent adylt - division, Rev. Al- len Shaw Bush, Gales Ferry; superin- tendent home department, Mrs Richards, Wazterford ; Workers were ! LOOKS ™ fiz= " EA SAVINGS BANK |