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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
BOOTHS GREAT ARMY.

On the 10th of April General Bal
lington Booth, the originator and COM
mahder of the Salvation Army, will be
eighty years old, and the event will be
celebrated in all parts Of the world
where an army post has been estab-
lished; and to properly signalize the
event 1t is proposed to found a Uni
versity of Salvation, with branches in
London, New York and Chicago, for
the training Of workers for all branch
es of the work at a cost of 5000, 900.
This great religious work is really
cosmopolitan and upon 1t the sun new
er sets. General Booth, the organ
izer, still directs all its works-the
work OF enlightening the minds Of the
poor and needy in every land-of
teaching the freedom Of the soul and
speaking the words Of hope which car
ry a blessing to every creature. On
that day the prayers Of 100000 peo-
pie bound together by this great work
in 90 different languages will rise to
heaven in Thanksgiving for their great
leader. What mortal man ever lived
to realize more from his personal con-
victions and religious energy?
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
SANFORD AND HIS CREW.

It is some time since Sanford. the
organizer Of the Holy Ghost and Us
ers' of Shiloh. Me-, has been heard
from, but The Bulletin learns from a
copy Of the Stock Journal of Sydney,
n. s. W., which blew into its sanctum
that he was in Australian waters at
Christmas time. which said that his
yacht came in without a pilot and
went out without a pilot. and the pas
sengers and crew wanted to be let
alone. They told nobody about them
selves. and would not have allowed
any one TO know thing about them.
but for the fact that they have quar-
tine regulations in the harbor and a
custom house. and the doctor and the
custom house officers had to board the
boat
And this is what the paper says
about him: This man Sanford was
educated for q parson. but his imagi-
nation was too vivid and when he
found that there were 5000, 900 more
heather now than when Christianity
was born, # drove him over the line.
He set to work and prayed for power
and got all the farmers Of Androscog-
bAA ~ NDlAAc III " III MN dIlQ UuAiu d
Shiloh on a hill top.
He only started in 1898 and already
he owns about three million dollars
worth Of property and a small feet of
ships, and the yacht Coronet is one
Of the fleet. He means to colonise in
the Holy Land and do great things,
and he has stacks Of followers, and
there you are! He is doing cruise Of
the world just now, and you can't tell
where the man will turn up next. But
It Just shows what queer people there
are in this world. If he isn't crazy. I
am. but who is TO say which is right?
1t is a funny old world. and no mis-
takel"
1t was noted that the officers and
crew appeared to go about in tail coats
and peaked caps and looked like long
shoremen and that the craft had queer
ways. Perhaps Sanford was afraid he
might hear from Maine.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
BETWEEN FRIENDS.

says l drink too much7 How dare
she? never touch a drop OF liquor ex-
cept when the doctor recommends It
for my Indigestion. 1 dare her to say
1t to my facet"
Deaf Old Mani didn't get what
you said about your face"
Deaf Old Woman (puzzled)-
What p
Deaf Old Man (roaring)-'T asked
you what you said about your face.
Facet"
Deaf Old Woman dndignantly)--'I
didn't say word about her face-even
If Hattie Williams has got a face so
ugly that ia be ashamed to claim u
for my own. defy anybody TO prove
that I made remarks about that ugly
red face OF hers"
Deaf Old Man Ito himself IN despair)
Lord! Shes as deaf as post.
Thank goodness, I'm not In her fix"
(Aloud.) II didn't say a one word
about your torn lace. I don't make re-
marks about peoples old curtains. l
didn't even know that the lace on your
curtains was torn"
Deaf Old Woman Ito herself in PITY
Poor old man! He do be getting
worse and worse. His hearing is most
gone" (Loudly.) mo. you didn't
step on my corn. You needn't keep on
apologizing. Anyway, haven'e any
corns."
Deaf Old Man downright angry and
shaking his ear trumpet)-"Don't you
dare say blow my own horn. / new
er did blow my own horn, 1 amt like
some folks that blow their own horns
because they can't find others to blow
their horns for emil Self-praise Is no
praise"
Deaf Old Woman (enraged. shaking
her ear trumpet angrily)-'How dare
you say that in my own house! The
idea Of saying folks are talking about
my bad mays"
Deaf Old Man (retreating)-"Goo
morningl None so deaf as those that
won't heart"
Deaf Old Woman Ctriumphantly)-
'"Of course you can't. IF there's any
thing I don't hear I'd like to know
what 1t be."-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
DO WE PRIZE OUR TREES?

There Is no doubt every American
community thinks that it prizes its
trees, even those who have for a half
century been cutting out public shade
trees without any pretense to restor-
ing them, with the result that New
England cities like Norwich have de-
stroyed hundreds in the name of pub
lie safety and progress and made an
end Of some OF the prettiest thorough
fares New England has ever known
avenues which could not be rehabili-
tated in 100 years; and the devasta-
ton is still going on by men who do
not realize that handsome tree has
been regarded as worthy the defense
Of a monarch. Beautiful shade trees
are declared to be hygienic as well as
ornamental and the elm and linden
trees Of Holland are carefully tended
by the cities.
The cost Of this care per capita in
the different towns varies somewhat.
Last year. for example, Utrecht de-
voted Fl cents (Dutch) to its trees for
each inhabitant and The Hague 2s
cents for each Of its $4,000 citizens.
It takes Ia Dutch cents to equal an
American cent. About ten years ago
the annual cost Of caring for the trees
of The Hague was 10 cents (Dutch)
per capita. but since that time many
new trees and shrubs have been plant
ed throughout the city and new parks
laid out.
These magnificent old elms Of ours
are all worth preserving and should
have the attention which will keep
them at their best-the pruning and
the protective care against pests which
the slaughter Of birds for two centuries
have made necessary.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
LEES CONVERSATIONS.

Many a man who has made his mil
hons has lost the blessings which come
OF well-doing and which support and
crown moral sndeayor. No man can
rob his fellowmen without robbing
himself, for life Is so balanced under
the immutable laws OF heaven that
man must put something into it Of
value az we'll as take something out
Of it. The man who grinds the poor
to enrich himself is making slaves Of
his workmen and q hard-fsted tyrant
Of himself There 10 no such thing
as Independence in this life, and It is
only through properly adjusted inter-
dependence that men find their natur
al relations to one another and their
true relations to God. The man who
manifests sympathy and regard for
his help wins loyalty and kindness
from them He who fails to be gem
erOus and Just to all those dependent
upon him fails to enjoy the trust and
confidence and respect Of his fellow
men. The greatest captains of indus
try have been those who we're most
conscious Of the deserts of their work
men and Of their obligations to them
for all they have attained. The man
who is too shortsighted to be just is
usually too narrow and bigoted to be
saved
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
JAPANESE VISITORS.

The navy department has given no
tice that Admiral Ijichfs practice
squadron with 100 cadets Of the Jap
anese navy will make a friendly call
at San Francisco the 25th of the pres
ent month and expresses the hope that
they will be courteously received and
Hospitality entertained, and this is
certainly the hope Of the country, since
the japanese SO recently received our
own bluejackets and generously enter
tanned them. Amy manifestation of
race antipathy at such a time would
be indeed unfortunate as well as bru-
tally inimlcal
From San Francisco the battleships
Aso and Soya will sail for Seattle,
where they will visit the Alaska Yu-
kon-Pacinc exposition, which promises
to be a great fair worth going across
the continent to see. Any policy that
will promote good relations between
the two governments should be fol-
lowed, for there Is no reason why Jap
an and the United States should not
get along amicably and live in peace
for many years. We hope Admiral
IJichi and his cadets will have a very
pleasant time on the Pacific coast.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Deaf Old Man--'1t's very pleasant
day."
Deaf Old woman-"Yes, thank you.
I'm ever so much better. My rheumat-
ism Is nearly gone and my backache
isn't so bad as 1t was. If only could
get rid Of n! neuralgia and the pain In
my side l should be almost well"
Deaf Old Man-'rNo, I haven't the
toothache. What makes you think I
have toothache? haven't had the
toothache since the fall OF '99, when I
had the trouble with my gum"
Deaf Old Woman Cat the top of her
lungs)-'I didn't say that my son
Gum had trouble with his teeth He
has perfect teeth"
Deaf Old Man (inclining his carr
Did you say It was a perfect day2 I
don't think so; it's too warm"
Deaf Old Woman (grumbling to her
self)-HCant / ever make that man
understand" (Aloud.) II didn't say a
word against Mrs. Harms. I've always
said she's one of the finest women I
know. She gossips too much and she
troubles her neighbors too much by
constantly complaining about her all
ments and she's everlastingly running
in on body to borrow sugar and eggs
and other things which she doesn't pay
back but then all of us have our little
faults"
Deaf Old Man (grumbling to HIMSELF
-"She's getting so deaf q body can't
talk to her." (Aloui) You misun-
derstand me. I didn't find any fault
with you for gossipping too much. It
was Mrs. Williams said that about you,
not me-"
Deaf Old Woman (hoisting her trum-
pet)-"Louder, pleased"
Deaf Old Man (yelling himself black
in the FACET said Mrs. Williams
said you gossiped too much; twan't
me"
Deaf Old Woman with q pleased
expression)- I've AWAY said
Mrs. Williams gossiped too much"
Deaf Old Man (holsting his own
trulnpet) was that2 Did you
remark that my son william drinks
too much 2"
Deaf Old Woman Cangrily-"She
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

boughten locks. The knitted brow and
the goo-goo eyes are usually too un-
natural to be attractive. 1t Is a real
worthy ambition to wish to look neat
and attractive or to be prompt or spry-
to be fine looking as young, middle
aged or old people. In this ambition
the value Of sunlight, fresh air and a
good digestion must not be overlooked.
You cannot jack-up what negligence or
nature has knocked down. Deep
breathing and exercise will do more to
preserve youth than kid gloves and
pair Of spring shanked pumps. Be
temperate in all things. 1t Is over
doing that breaks us down and wrink
les up our faces. Beauty at any age
is simply naturalness becomingly ar
rayed
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Heavy linen in bright turquoise blue
has been used for this attractive and
simple little shirt waist. The broad
tuck over the shoulder in the front,
stitched to almost the bust line, gives
ample room to the rest Of the garment
and three broad tucks either side of
the box-plaited front, stitched from
neck to waist. distribute the rest of
the fullneSs. The sleeves, which may
be made in full or three quarter length.
are finished with straight or turnback
cuffs. according to the style used. The
back is made with a box-plait down
the center, and the low round collar is
OF the material. though white linen
may be used for both collar and cuffs
II desired.
The pattern is in three slzes-1s to
II years. For a miss of Is years the
shirt waist requires 3% yards OF ma
terial 20 inches wide, 2sk yards "a
inches wide, l y yards 36 Inches wide,
or l e yards AZ inches wide.
Price Of pattern. 10 cents.
: Order through The Bulletin Company,
Pattern Dept, Norwich, Conn.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
SUNDAY MORNING TlLK
THE PLAY OF PERSONALITY.

The more people we become ac-
quainted with the more we realize
that we are in a world inhabited by
all sorts and conditions of folks. And
the more carefully We study the hu-
man types, the optimiSt, the pessimist,
the conservative, the radical, the indi-
vidualist, the socialist, the free lance
and the stand-patter, the more we are
impressed with the part each has to
play in life and with the spice which
each has to contribute to the COM
pound called human life. II the
thoughts and habits Of all Of us ran
in the same groove, If we were consti-
tutionally alike, It would be just as
stupid a world as 1t would be If the
same human face were identically du
plicated in multitudeS of individuals.
So when you get to wondering why
neighbor Jones acts this way, and
Deacon Smith that way, and wishing
they were not 80 queer" our sober
second thought should suggest that
these very human oddities are one
fmpelling source of the worlds pro-
gress.
The play Of personality Is the one
thing that ought to be encouraged in
every arena OF life. Parents should
sedulously cultivate 1t in their chill
dren. 1t Is there at the start almost
to an exasperating degree at times,
youngsters begin to become q little
wearisome, the first parental impulse
is to repress the expression of in
dividuality. The child may thereby
become a more comfortable child to
get along with; but you may be hold
ing back or even extinguishing that
which is most precious to him, name
~ the individual contribution that he
has to make in the world. To be sure,
today II takes the form Of trying to
set the parlor furniture on fire; but 20
or 80 years hence 1t may appear in
the form Of some invention or dis
covery, some poem OF choice bit Of
literature. Our schools are organized
today with a view to bringing out the
personal note In each pupil, not to
running them in the same mold. That
is a big advance on the time wnen
each little boy or girl was locked upon
as a mold into which should be poured
a stream Of facts. The purpose now
is TO bring out the spark Of originality
beneath each blue blouse.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
THE EccENTRlcITIEs OF FASH
ION.

Women Of good taste are not taking
kindly to the Easter hats and do not
hesitate to condemn them as mon
strosities. while the men look on and
smile in a spirit Of amused wonder.
All the lines Of beauty are dehed In
them; and, as a matter Of fact, they
are too crude to attribute to savage
taste. These hats have been very
properly described as inverted coal
scuttles, bath-tubs, fower-pots and
laundry baskets with trimming as ad-
verse to taste as the hats themselves.
Perhaps the clergyman who declared
that they we're originated in hell was
not 80 far out Of the way, since it Is
not possible that the devil could by
any possibility have designed any
thing worse. Better be dead than
out OF fashion" has long been a re-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

spected proverb, and this may be the
reason that there is never any femi-
nine opposition to any pattern fashion
sets up. Seneca in his day declared
what were vices had become fashions,
and now we see what is supremely
ridiculous elevated in the name of
STYLE.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

IL ought to be a richer world fifty
years hence when the individual re-
sources of every man are made con-
tributory to the life of other men
Meantime, we must learn to be toler-
ant of those human types that relish
and seek for satisfactions that do not
appeal to US. You do not care for this
or that system of hygiene. Very well,
let it alone; but accord your neigh
Dor full right to get along with one
meal a day, II he wants to, and to
chew each separate morsel of food at
least 80 times. You do not care for
the great revival meeting, with its ap-
peal to the emotions, and its catchy
gospel tunes. Well, then don't go and
have your soul or your aesthetic sensi-
bilities narrowed up. But accord your
neighbor the privilenge Of being help
ed and uplifted by those same SER
vices If they lead him to turn over a
new page in his moral history, be glad
that something has had that effect.
The minute we begin to set up our in
6iividual taste or preference as the cri-
terion for everyone else, we cultivate
every latent germ Of tyranny within
us, and the only result is the useless
irritation for ourselves for we had
not become strong or tyrannfcal
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Stonington.-Rev John Mcdonald
of st. Michael's church, Hartford de-
ltvered an eloquent and interesting
sermon in st. Marys church Tuesday
evening and was listened to with the
closest attention by all. His subject
was Delay Not Thy Conversion.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

A New York man admits that he
has not taken a bath for ten years. but
he is not regarded as a menace to
any health but his own, which is not
so very bad, although his atmosphere
must be.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

The news that the crop Of bluefsh
is going to be unusually large fore
shadows considerable sport and rea-
sonable prices.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

President Taft shocked the Wash
ingtonians by putting pretty Jersey
COW on the White house lawn, al
though it gave a new and artistic
touch to the landscape.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

After the Spanish war tax on to-
bacco was repealed, the package ma
kers forgot to restore its original size
and made three hundred millions
thereby.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

1t is announced that eighty more
congressman have signihed their de-
sire to speak upon the tariff bill. The
passage Of a good bill would beat 900
good speeches.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

With icebergs 140 feet high and. 400
feet long in the Atlantic wasting away,
1t does seem as IL Ice ought to be
just hundredth Of a mill cheaper.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Happy thought for today: The
man who has to take Caudle lectures
on the trolley should sue for an in
junction.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

The Count Zeppelin airship has had
a mad run over Germany in a gale,
but 1t did not get wrecked, although
out of control.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Japan is showing that she knows
how to keep expenses down by cut
ting out S17s,OO0,0OO from the appro
priations.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

A Vermonter summoned for fury
service had never heard Of the murder
or the murderer. He was all right for
an unbiased opinion.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

The st. Louis parson who has cured
a case Of typhoid fever by faith should
apply It to those who put buttons in
the contribution box and see how it
works.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

About the only place where automo-
bilists cannot exceed the speed limit
is in the legislature; there they have
to go at the olden-time gait.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Colonel Bryan says that he is grow
ing younger every day. This indicates
that he is sticking to the 25-cent-a-
plate banquet idea.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

The great corporations do not at
tempt to disguise he fact that they
have no love or respect for the Sher-
man bill
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03
EDITORIAL NOTES,

When it comes to eating up money
the modern Dreadnaughts have the
lead, and promise to keep it.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

There is a general conviction that II
the revision Of the tariff is not right,
President Taft will not hesitate to dis
approve the whole business.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Japan does not care to arbitrate her
differences with China, for she feels
capable of forcing a satisfactory set
Element herself.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

A woman suffrage bill has passed
the senate Of Wisconsin but II doubt
less realized that It will never pass
the house. The good senators.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

"a am glad you are knocking the
woman who wears her hat in the pic
ture shows, after she has been DO
litely asked to remove it by the
management. Hit EN- aginl I am
spending my hard earned money to at
tend these picture shows and these big
hats rob me of rights. I hiss and
make offensive remarks so the wearers
can hear them. They seem to think that
Ipay the price Of admission to see their
millinery nightmares!" writes reader
He is hot and he is not to blame. The
neck that can carry that kind of a rig
aloft is neck enough for anything,
though. There is only one remedy for
the men, and that is to all wear beav-
ers. file into the front seats and out
hog the hat hog. This would not be
nice. but it would be a rightless sort
of warfare. Look out for the police.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

How funny an old man or woman
appears when trying to look young, in
stead Of maintaining a fresh and nat
ural appearance. Age dressing too
young looks as made-up as the face
touched up with a superabundance Of
chalk and rogue and bordered with
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

President Eliot condemns the two
branch city government as obsolete,
and way which favors corruption.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

AS a solemn confirmation OF our trust
In Gods merciful Providence, and in
obedience TO a custom established IN
piety, and continued in reverence, 1
hereby appoint Friday, the ninth day
of April next ensuing. as a day Of
FASTING AND PRAYER,
Requesting the people then to lay aside
all commtn cares, and in the churches
and homes humbly TO seek His guild
anoe IN the undertakings of the year,
pledginR with repentant hearts q new
devotion and g. faith that shall not
falter.
Given under my hand and seal Of the
State, at the Capitol in Hart
SEAL ford. this thirtieth day of
March, in the yeard OF our LORD
one thousand nine hundred and nine,
and the Independence Of the United
States. the one hundred and thirty
third.
GEORGE L. LILLEY.
BY Hts Ercellency's Command:
Matthew Fl. Rogers,
Secretary.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Were you asked what gimme"
means you would not recognize It as
an English word. and you would not be
to blame If you declared it to be mean
ingless, but 1t isn't. II is just as COM
mon as 'guesso." We all recognize IL
when some one saws on the street
gimme match" We obligingly hand
match over to the petitioner; but it
is not confined to any particular class
of people-all Americans have way of
clipping short words and punching up
sounds. The clerk at the postoffice
knows that old and young say "eimme
postage stamp" although they in
tend to pay for it, and in the stores
the patron says gimme" everything
from a souvenir card to q silk dress
pattern. This is shocking to many who
like to hear words clearly enunciate1
but the majority do not mind-they
haven't time to space their words so
they clip them in a wav that Is often
grotesque, but the world rolls on.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-03

Heaven offers the largest field Of
all for the play Of personality and for
that reason it has gates on every
side, on the north three gates. and on
the east three gates, and on the south
three gates, and on the west three
gates.
THE PARSON