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Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26

The body of Chester Howard Bur dick will be taken to Central Village from Norwich to Evergreen cemetery for burial Wednesday The last was ' years old and died at the Backus hospital after an illness of four days. He was a grand nephew of Mrs. Samuel Sheldon of Central Village.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
BEWARE YOUNG MAN
It's the Little Dandruf Germs That Are Causing Your Hair to Thin Out.
Parisian Sage Stops Falling Hair and Does Not Contain Poisonous Lead or Dyes.

The clever young man today doesn't take any chances on losing his hair. A man who is baldheaded at 30 looks like 45, and is placed at a disadvantage when seeking employment.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26

The moon, which is full tonight, is the harvest moon
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
LEGAL NOTICES.
LEGAL NOTICE,

At a meeting of the Court of Com. mon Council held on the 2d day OK September, 1912, the following was proposed as an Ordinance of the City of Norwich: o Norwich, Connecticut. Sept. 21, 1912. Attest: STEPHEN D. MOORE, City Clerk and Clerk of the Court or
 Common Council.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26

The paupers in London number 1OO,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26

The above and foregoing is true copy of record.
 Attest: STEPHEN D. MOORE, City Clerk and Clerk of the Court of
 Common Council. sep21d
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26

The above and foregoing is true copy of record:
 Attest STEPHEN D. MOORE, City Clerk and Clerk of the Court of
 Common Council. sep2ld
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10

looks. and Of an elderly father VINO -,
divided between adoring loyalty u :,
wife and affection for his child inc
grows I'D without a wise, experience
confidante to guide her steps. to prepaie
her for her entrance into the "oriu
the coming Of love. The shyness OIL iie'
sex in the awakening Of the new leei'ne
she mistakes for repugnance ana neaiS
wrecks her chance Of happiness ine'
ever more unprotected and left to he'-
self, she learns her lesson, haru oHe'
which spares her nothing. The authoi
has gone from the extreme Oh ul'Si
ignorance to that OF an opJeetHe
knowledge Of sin. A middle path wouiu
have been open to her, but undoupteoiy
it would have yielded less profitable ma
terial for fiction. The scene is lalo IA
London and France, among the Enshsii
upper classes, the background being fuit
of movement and incident, and well peo-
pied with minor characters. One mentor
the girl finds-a famous painter VINO I'M
derstands her and the requirements OF
her case, but who can only talk IN gen.
erallties and parallels, whose meaning
is mostly far ahead of her own expert
ence, and therefore understandable only
to her in the retrospect. society
novel; with an idea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
"KIN. PING Mel"
A French Translation OF a
Chinese Novel.

Paris, FEBRUARY ~.
"Lotus-d'Or" is the title given by
Georges Soulie to his French translation
of a famous Chinese romance. paris:
Eugene Fasquelle) NJ. Soulie. who lived
for many years in the interior OF China
as q French vice consul, is thoroughly
familiar with the country's manners and
customs, and knows it's language thor
oughly. A nephew OF Balzac's conflden-
tial secretary and companion, he was led
by his literary instincts to study Chinese
fiction. "Lotus-d'Or" is one of the most
popular Chinese novels. It's author is
unknown but the story was written In
the beginning OF the seventeenth century
of our era, since when nothing modified
the social life OF the great Middle Empire
until the present revolution. The trans
lation is in reality rather an abridg-
ment Of this famous romance, In whose
pages Chinese life passes before the
reader in highly picturesque outline and
color.
The Chinese title of the book. KIN
ping Mel" is composed of the names OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
ULTIMA THULE.

From The Glasgow Weekly Herald.
A desolate land where the white mists
cling,
And the angry waters. running hlsh'
Break on a barren shore and fing
Their foam in the face of cold, gray
sky.
Never a CLINT of the yellow broom,
Nor a sight of the bluebells noddirs
head,
No flaming poppy. no wild rose bloom.
Brown ling and the coarse sea grass
Instead.
Leafy screen there is none to hide
A songbird's nest on the naked mn
The plover circles. and. far ana Wlae'
The cry of the seamew echoes shiiii
Rut once q wear. when the suns ablaze
In a sapphire sky. and the sea at rest
And the hills are yelled by the summer
haze. ,.
On the waving grasses, with chnsing
feet
Swaying the yellow hammer sings.
With sudden break IN us cauehee
And fash and fiutter of golden
wings.
And the scented thyme on the rocAs
ablow
The purple heather is full In flower.
And nerf,ime and music and magic glow.
Meet and blend for feeting hour.
Call It a symbol; who shall say
IL we guess its meaning and READ
Alright?
But was ever a life so pare ana grey
,,shtp M. N.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10

its three heroines. "Golden-L Lotus. "Har-
mony" and Spring Plum" A complete
translation would fill ten volumes. There
is some faint analogy between Kin ping
Mel and the Arabian Thousand Nights
and a Night" The novel SO impressed
the Monaghan conquerors OF China that
a brother Of the Emperor Cheng-tsu
made a full translation OF the work IN
the Manchu language in the eighteenth
century Among the characters or the
novel are a grand old Chinese nobleman'
Tseng: a sort of Chinese Don Juan. The
Glorious Male; fascinating lady Of
rank, Younger Sister of-the- Moon, and
a malicious. inexorable coquette. Cold
en-Lotus."
An interesting feature Of the book as
il appears in French is that it contains
fourteen reproductions of the original
prints that illustrated the Chinese edi-
ton and two pages of the Chinese text
g I r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
Literary .Nese,s and Criticism

he claims once more that Talleyrand YVES
but one of its children, not an abhor-
rent example:
Double dealing prevailed all over Europe
treachery was rife in every soul. The En-
peror of Russia received a touching letel
from the King of Prussia, and on the Fefy
next day thought II most natural proceed-
ing to propose to the Ambassador OF aus
tris a division of the remains OF the hi ais
dom The same reproach OF dls-
loyalty. and bad faith was not only rlchIy
deserved by the Cabinet Of Vienna, but py
every chancellery in Europe. All those VINO
handled the threads of foreign Poltlcss
looked upon intrigue and double dealns -
legitimate and Indispensable elements Oh
success. They considered them the only
means of overcoming intolerable SITUATIONS
imposed upon Europe by the abuse %
strength. Having endeavored 10 save Ho,e.. r1,g
Empire In 1870 1872 and 1913, Talleyran9
precipitated its downfall and thus hastelleu
a catastrophe that had become ineVltdpie'
NJ. Loliee enters at some length into
a consideration of Talleyrands three
missions to LorSon under the repuphc
his selection. paradoxfcally enough
was due in no small part to the 1acI
that he was grand seigReur, polished
courtier. this same fact leading. how
ever. to his being suspected in Paris the
moment he had reached England MOI
withstanding his efforts. the enn1ity be-
tween the two countries grew more
acute: he was indicted by the Conven-
ton and prescribed by Pitt. He sought
refuge in America.
On his return to Paris. after thirty
months. he found new society-that OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
JUST MAX.

zULEIKA DOBsON, OR, AN OXFORD
LOVE STORY. BY Max Beerbohm.
l2mo, PIP. 35s. The John Lane Company
It is not the least OF the attractions OF
Max Beerbohm's work that apparently
he writes much OF il for his own whim-
steal entertainment. without thought of
his readers. This story Of a well-born
English vaudeville artistic" who visits
her uncle. the Dean Of Judas College.
Oxford and drives all the undergrad
yates of the university to suicide
through love Of her enthralling lowell
ness. is capital fun in parts, forced in
spots. and occasionally of interest only
10 oxford men In the spirit and the
substance of its humor. 1t contains a lit
tie Of everything, parody and satire
parody that ranges all the way from the
conception OF fate in Greek tragedy to
current fictional fashions. satire of Eng
lands hereditary legislators, OF Eng
lands love Of lord. and many other
things. Mr.. Beerbohm also amuses him
self hugely for spell with the Ameri-
can Rhodes scholars. with their mod
est desire 10 please. and their not less
evident feeling that they ought merely
10 edify, and their contant delight in all
that of oxford their English brethren
don't notice. and their constant fear
that they are being corrupted" II is
their gift OF high flown oratory and
their readiness to indulge it, however.
that distinguishes them most Of all, ac-
cordng to Mr.. Beerbohm, whose carica-
ture bears a certain resemblance I'm this
regard to Mr.. Shaw's I'm Man and Su-
perman." The particular American of
his invention had during his year of
residence been sorely tried by the quaint
old English custom of not making pub
lie speeches after private dinners"
Those who choose may suspect some
profound hidden meaning beneath it all
their search for 1t will no doubt, be
part Of Max's own private entertain
ment They may also speculate upon
what will happen when Zuleika Dobson
reaches Cambridge. We leave her here,
ordering special train and dropping
gracefully off to sleep after a day Of
glorious triumph. of wholesale deadly
conquest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
FICTIO ION
A Melodramatic Tale of Dipso.
mania.
INTEM FRANCE.

THE DRUNKARD BY Guy Thorne. Emo,
PIP 49, The Sturgis & Walton Company.
II is from the physicians point Of
view that Mr.. Thorne deals with the
problem of intemperance in this tale OF
two crimes. one committed with the bru-
tally Of beastly intoxcation, the other
with the Internal ingenuity produced in
a highly developed brain by prolonged
indulgence in drink. The remedy
he proposes is that of eugenics. the
Intervention Of the state in the mar
riages Of dipsoma He assures us
that his story is throughout based upon
ascertained physiological facts as well
as on first hand observation. and :hdt
the diary Of a drunkard which forms
part of his narrative was in reality writ
ten by a brilliant English author VINO
succumbed Ia his craving for drink-a
sort Of pendant to De Quincey's Con
fessions OF an Opium Eater" However
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10

melted out TO Prussia by the Congress OF
Vienna, and sought consolation at the
gaming table. When news was brought
him of the return from Elba he was de-
lighted. Now" he cried, "the war Will
begin again. and our armies Will make
good all the faults committed IN
Vienna On March Il, 1919. he was
appointed to the supreme command OF
all the Prussian armies. The English
author deals fairly with that delicate
question. the credit for the victory AZ
Waterloo:
The question at issue of course is, DID
the attack Of Zieten decide the defeat ana
flight of the French? An account not OFTEN
cited. that published by the Au isWh Tho
enemy saw himself taken in the rear,
flight commenced. which soon became
total rout when the two alned a ar ne
Prussian report. though apparently inde-
pendent Of it, Zieten's attack In the rear
caused a flight which became rout Wheh
Wellington charged Wellington = UNn a..
nun credit for the victory 10 Bluecher
assistance. and then entirely takes that
credit away.
The book Is capital on its military size.
II tells the career Of Bluecher II shows
him to have been far more than me
pious. hard-living. eccentric cavalry
leader Of tradition brought 10 the verge
Of insanity by his hatred Of Napoleon; II
demonstrates that he did possess stra-
tegic judgment, perhaps most OF all IN
his reliance on his chief Of staff; II cx-
plains fully the patriotism which won
him the confidence and the love Of
nation. until he became its predestlned
leader in the field: It accentuates his bet
ter qualities Of mind and character. but
vet. II does not altogether draw COM
plete picture Of the interesting man be-
hind the picturesnue warrior.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
STILL MORE DECENTRALIZATION.

BOUGHT AND PAID FOR A Story OF
To-day. From the Play Of George
Broadhurst, by Arthur Hornbiow II.
Illustrations from scenes In the play
12mo. Up. 800. The G. ". Dillingham;
Company.
II is on intemperance, also, that inc
plot Of Mr.. Broadhurst's play is based.
II is not a great play by any means,
but II has won n measure Of popularity,
and that. no doubt. fully justifies its in
clusion in the growing number OF
"novelized" plays. Mr.. Hornblow Is
full playwrights. a profitable occupation
which he has won by much ingenious
work. He knows how 10 transform
scenery into description-and the guam
tity OF il that is advisable: he knows
how TO translate stage direction into
fluent straight narrative: he respects
his authors dialogue as well as the
main outlines of his plot. which he elab-
crates no more than is required by
different medium: and he has the knack
Of transferring climaxes from the boards
TO paper. The great scene which gave
the play its vogue, and at the same time
provoked considerable criticism, certain
" loses nothing in the transferrence from
theatre to book-in short, the drama is
here for consumption at home. What
more can he asked of the ncvelzer?
The conversation OF the two sisters, it
may he observed in passing. is not al
together on the social level of their an
tecedents, but. no doubt. Mr.. Broad
hust must be held responsible for this,
rather than Mr.. Hornblow. A general
observation, drawn from the reading OF
many novelizations. suggests that the
serious passages of drama lend them
selves far more readily TO the process
Of novelzation than does what is known
I'm the theatre as comic relief" The
illustrations from the play are six in
number. but the names of the players
are not given.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
Two Great Figures OF the
NapoIeoniC Era.

PRINCE TALLEYRAND AND HIS
TINES. By Frederic Doliee. Adapted
by Bryan O'Donnell. NJ. A. With pho
togravure portrait and fifteen other por-
traits; svo, PIP 4l6. Brentanos.
BLUEcHER AND THE UPRISING OF
PRUSSIA AGAINST NAPOLEON, 1906
1916 By Ernest f. Henderson, Phi. D.
(Berlinl. L. H. D. CTrinity). With thir-
ty-two Illustrations and six maps. He
roes Of the Nations" series. Emo PIP.
xix. 347. G. p. Putnam's Sons.
1T is not articles or essays that should
be written about Talleyrand, but whole
book, a weighty volume" said Sainte-
Beuve. Many are the weighty tones
that have been written about the French
statesman since then, and most of them
have been unfavorable to his fame. NJ
de Loliae's biography is to be COM
pleted in two volumes, the first one now
appearing in a satisfactory English
adaptation. whose only offence is the
retention Of one or two passages that
might well have been omitted for the
sake of good taste without impairing
the historical value of the book in the
least.
This first volume is complete in It
self, closing with the Congress Of
Vienna and the end of the Napoleonic
era It deals with Talleyrand's birth
and childhood, with his education and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10

scure: the other rich. with the world
before him, and in both cases 1t is the
women they marry who suffer. This is,
indeed. Mr.. Thornes other purpose-to
appeal TO womanhood in the campaign
for the extirpation Of alcoholism, which
he treats as a physical disease directly
transmitted from generation to genera
ton. Fiction as criticism Of life in all
its forms has its limitations, as has been
pointed out often enough Apart from
its thesis and purpose, however, the
story has a strong melodramatic inter-
est. It contains also some rather clever
gimpses of contemporary literary Lon
don.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10

that may be, Mr.. Thorne gives us a
curious psychological study of the grad
ual development In young poets mind
OF another intellectual and moral self.
increasingly consistent in every detail Ct
its perversion. proceeding with unfalter-
ing logic from the premises established
by alcohol In the brain-the substitution
there of the principle of evil for the prin-
ciple of good. The two murderers are
halfbrothers, the one illegitimate, OBJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10

through his brilliant part in the cam
paign of 1913. analysing the strategy
of the Allies in order TO demonstrate the
appalling amount of incompetence and
confusion Of purpose that prevailed at
their headquarters Then came tho
Prussian's great record in France in
1914. Created Prince Bluecher Won
Wahlstadt after his triumphant visit TO
London, the hero retired from the army
in q towering fury At the treatment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
LESSONS OF LIFE.

EARTH BY Muriel Hyne Mrs Sidney
Coxon) limo. PIP. 352. The John Lane
Company.
The heroine Of this story has to find
herself in life. TO grope her own way
toward an understanding of its realities
and their meaning. The daughter of
self-centred. fretful. vain mother, clutch
ing at her departing youth and good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10

poleon fully understood the Cars mean
ing. At the New Years reception o.
the diplomatic body he went up TO
Count Kisslew, the Russian Ambassa-
dor. and said to him: Il have received
letter from your sovereign which nat
ters me greatly. He writes to ME: Mon
grand ami" adding: "One chooses his
friends he cannot choose his brothsrA
ZanowiIPs Plays.
Israel Zangwilrs drama, The Ne1t
Religion" which has been suppressed
by the British censor is announced for
production in this country. II VIII also
be issued in book form by the Macmii-
Ian Company. which recently issued his
War God" the political drama IN
which War and Peace are opposed 10
each other in the thinly disguised per-
sonalities of Bismarck and Tolstoy
Joseph Chamberlain, Playwright.
An English actor. Frank Archer, re-
veals in his recently published volun'o
of "reminiscences, AN Actors Note
Books" the fact that Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlain once upon a time wrote play
and submitted ii TO the great NUS
Robson" at the olympic. Another VIC
tim of the lure Of the playwrights ar
was the late Sir Spencer Wells, the Ia
nous surgeon who submitted 10 MI
Archer five-act tragedy. Like
doubtful wine" says Mr.. Archer
was deficient in body for IL would hos
have taken more than twenty minutes
The late Sir B. w. Richardson was an.
other famous medical man who wou'u
have wooed the tragic muse through "''
Archers help. DR.. Richardson's pay
was called "A Day with Cromwell
must have cost its author considerao''
research says Mr.. Archer, but l ies
was not calculated TO prove attractive.
In fact, according to him, the merit
these plays by famous amateurs ihNa''
ably stood I'm inverse ratio TO their suS-
cess in their own fields of activity
Thomas Hardy's Manuscripts.
Thomas Hardy has presented the Mo-
of his "wessex Poems" together WIN
his original illustrations thereto, to 'p'
Birmingham, Museum Of Art He ha'
presented other MSS. Of his works !"
the British Museum. oxford and cam
bridge universities, Manchester, Aver
deem. Dorchester, Washington and nv
Royal Library at windsor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10
LITERARY NOTES.

Germany evidently likes our detsc,,,..
stories. The Messrs. Holt have 1ust i.
ranged for the publication in that Ia.
guage Of Burton Egbert Steyen,o,,-
THAT Affair at Elizabeth" This 1, -,
third of this authors books to appea, =
a German translation. the previous am.
having been THE Marathon Mystsrs.
TRANSLATED as Seine Kreolen" and al.
translated into Italian) and The Ha-
laday Case"
TroIIope's Clerical Ancestry.
In the course Of recent discuss,o.
in England of the measure Of Trollon.,.
opportunities to gain first hand know.
edge of clerical life it was pointed on,
that his father was the son Of the recto,
of Cotterel st. Mary, in Hertfordsh,r.
and that his mother was the daughter a,
the vicar of Heckfield. Hants. Moreov.,
long before he began to write clerical
novels his mother had written her yerv
successful story. The Vicar OF wre..
hill" and there is little doubt that whs,
he was at Harrow he would have MANY
opportunities of observing the manners
and customs Of the clergy. His father
was for many years engaged upon AN
Encyclopedia Ecclesiastical, or Complete
History Of the Church"
Anna Chaplin Ray.
Anna Chaplin Ray has just returned 10
this country from a prolonged trip
abroad. The Brentons," published a
few weeks ago. is her tenth novel. She
is also the author of two series of books
for girls and Of series Of books for
boys. Miss Ray is a member Of the Ly-
ceum Club, of London. and while in that
city resides at the club. in Piccadilly.
She is a native of Westfield. Mass, and
a graduate of Smith College.
Causes Of tho crimean War.
Arthur Meyer, the editor of the "Gau'
lois" suggests in his book Of reminis'
cences, "Ce Que Je Peux Dire" that a
slight put upon Napoleon by Car Mich
olas l undoubtedly had its share In
bringing about the participation o.
France in the Crimean War. On ascend.
ing the throne, Napoleon notified the fac
to the sovereigns Of Europe, addressing
them as Monsieur Mon Frere." With
the exception Of the Car, they all used
this customary formula in their replies
The Emperor Nicholas, however. began
his letter: Mon grand ami" This is the
style adopted by sovereigns when ad,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-10

To-day. From the Play of George
Broadhurst, by Arthur Hornblow. II.
Illustrations from scenes In the play
l2mo. Up. 800. The g. W. Dillingham;
Company.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-14

for negotiations | have doubt they will pay You
much more than that if you will DO they wish; they
might even pay you twice as much.
After some general discussion t. how the thing
might be accomplished the detective went away with
the understanding that would meet Congo-ipS agents
in Philadelphia two days later, though had not told
him so. He gave a card on which was written the
time and place Of meeting. and il was lnimatcd that
would find Congosto himself there.
INSTEAD Of going to Philadelphia on the appointed
dav, went to the revolutionary headquarters IN
New York at ST Ncw-st., where found Mr.. Palma.
Mr. Rubcns General Nuncz, and DR.. Castillo. handed
nv interesting letter to Nuncz but his mind filled
with the subject they were discussing and after open
ing the letter, but scarcely gancng At IT, he aid II on
the desk Mr. Palma Carclc,Sly picked Il up and began
to read it. As he graSpcd il, purpo he became greatly
apitatcd and hi, hands shook that he had 10 put the
to the Others and they joined in hi excitement with
the exception Of Rubcns, who never lo,. his head no
matter what the provoca,ion.
"Whcrc YOU get il, where you get IT. shouted IdIm
in the broken English he always used when he WAS dis
turbcd.
told him it had been delivered to me by a Spanish
agent two days before and gave him resume Of our
conversation
"Wcll. what YOU do what YOU do;" asked Palma.
"I'm not going do anything about II. rcpicd Il
brought il give to you. You can DO what you
like with It.
~Wc will have Scnor Congosto arrested" exclaimed
Palma I'VE will punish him for trying TO corrupt our
Rubcns smiled. "Wc will DO nothing Of the kind,
he calmly said "Wc not in strictly legitimate bu~l-
ness ourselves us not forget that.
The force Of this argument was apparent The qucN-
ton was then raised to whether It might not be per