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Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23
THE BULLETINS SHORT STORY.
THE BOUTONNIER

while he looked coveTtly over the menu. There was something familiar about him, and when her eyes rested directly on him he looked up and caught her. Do you care for green sa1ad before or after the point, Miss Holland? 2" he asked.
 The long flowers which Mildred held in her fingers snapped, so sudden was the sound of her name. 1 If prefer 1t after," she found her 1 self answering. He went back to the menu and after giving the order for luncheon he dis missed the waiter and looked across at | Mildred
 1 Despite her anger and her desire to petrify him with a glance, Mildred lost all control of her expression and real ized with inward horror that she was smiling in a shy and exceedingly fool | ish fashion.
 Wont you please put the flowers - where they were? | Again Mildred found herself obeying him, but she felt her voice would re- turn presently and that she would give l this very handsome man opposite her a i few well toned words. That lavender cloudy thing-it will be in the way soon!" he suggested.
 Mildred put the veil up over her hat and now raised her head proudly and looked straight at him All the force of infinite scorn at herself and toward him blazed in her eyes. David Gray started-perhaps from the anger in her eyes and perhaps from mere fear at the beauty of her face.
 Don't look at me-hke that" he said Rex Holland and I are friends He wouldn't want his sister to treat Where is Rex?" Mildred found her voice. but 1t uttered with strange help lessness.
 Rex was out of his office when you called up. It was I to whom you spoke
 T cannot say that I am sorry," put in David Gray "Nor am I sorry that Rex had to keep business luncheon in place of this one"
 Mildred found the lids of her eyes unusually hard to lift.
 Aren't your" she asked finally. a little musical tilt in her voice.
 'No. Are your"
 Rex and I always enjoy our lunch I con together" replied Mildred evasfve- ly.
 | Do you think you could be persuad- l ed to enjoy luncheon with anyone else ?" asked Gray. Rex asked me to come"
 Mildred let her eyes rest easily on the honest laughing eyes,the well pois- ed head, and broad, capable shoulders of the man opposite, and she did not al the moment express her opinion.
 The flattery in her eyes answered | him.
 "But why did you look familiar to me-when I first saw youT she ques- tioned during the salad course.
 "For two very good reasons" David Gray informed her. First, because you have probably seen an old picture that Rex had, and secondly" he broke of. scarcely knowing whether or moi to continue.
 T want to know the second" sht Esaid, and waited.
 David Gray looked at her momenS and then said:
 'T referred to the old, old saying thai sometimes people seem to have hmowr each other always"
 "Oh," said Mildred. and for no req son whatever she found that her fing'
 CTS had fashioned a tiny boutcnnier' from her flowers and that David Gray'i
 hand had closed over it--Buffalo Cour' fer.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Once Upon a Time.

MT. Editor: Once upon a time the politicians of our country marched from town to town telling the wage earners that protective tariff caused high prices sycaused the rich to get richer and the poor poorer. That time was 1892. The wage earners listened to tneir pla5nkive cries and elected Grover cleveland and two democratic houses Of congress. Now as the sequel of that act will quote no less a parsonage than Samuel Gompers, the head of the American Federation of Labor:
 In 1893 he said:
 Since August of this year we have been in the greatest industrial depres- sisn :his country has ever experienced It is no exaggeretion to say that more than 100000 of our fellow toilers throughout the country are without employment and have been so sincs the time named. This lamentable in- dustrial condition is attributed to many and various causes, and 1t seems to ma that the accurate statement of them here is both requisite and appro- priake, 90 that we may be better en- abled to so frame our legislation that It may tend to proper solution of the problem dependent upon the wage workers for solution. Never in the history of the world has so large a. number of people vainly sought for an opportunity to earn a livelihood and contribute to the support of their fel- lows"
 In 1897 he sadd:
 That terrible period for the wage earners of this country which began in 1898 and which has left behind it such a record of horror, hunger, and misery practically ended with the dawn of the year 1897. Wages had been steadily forced down from 1893 till toward the end of 1895, and it was va Iirfously estimated that between two million and two and a half million wage-earners were unemployed. It is agreed by all that the wage earners are the principal consumers of Ameri can products, and it necessarily follows that a reduction in wages involves a diminution in the power of congump l tion and consequently proportionate decrease in production, and. naturally, also in the force of labor required for the production. A reduction of wages, l therefore. results in an increase in the army of the unemployed, and any cir eumstances or combination of circum- stances that will check reductions in wages, and hence the diminution Of consumption by the masses, is a hu mane act, based on the soundest laws of economics and of progress" All union men can feel safe in read ing what MT. Gompers said about "once upon a time
 Packer. Oct. 22. 1912.
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DON'T LET HISTORY REPEAT.

When so much is being said in an effort to secure change in the ad- ministration of the affairs of the coun- try and when prospects for a pros- porous future never loomed up more promising, it is well to consider how such situations have resulted in the past when a change was made. Re- liance upon promises and theory can give but faint assurance of what may be expected. Rather should there be the record of accomplishments taken as a guide to action which relates to the future.
 In recalling what happened twenty years ago and the fact that history repeats itself, change from the pres ent condition of affairs such as many are urging, would result as the Spring field Union points out in the compile tion of this historic parallel:
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"HeIIo, Is that you, Rex Yes; Rex, our table has been removed, so VIII
 be at the one in the second ahcove.
 And Rex, do you mind if l make It
 130 instead of l am in an aWful hur-
 ry this morning, so goodbye. oh'
 Rex!" Mildreds tone had assumed coaxing note. T have on my lavender frock today. Good-hle!
 The girl hung up the receiver huT- riedly, then glanced at her neat !lttle lavender clad figure ill the long mirror and smiled The finishing touch would be the we'll chosen flowers she knew
 her brother would bring to her. Rex
 was unusual for a brother and lnslSteo on these little eXtraVagances. Brothers are easly pacified. thought Mildred as she swung through the ooor of the tower.
 She stood for a moment while neI glance played full upon the group ol men stading about the entrance nall Covert. open and swift admiration jumped into many pair of eyes as she stood there apparently unconscious ol the picture she presented; the sort mls' | of her chiffon veil only added suptie 1 touch to her beauty.
 '-The one in the corner, was Mil
 dred's inward decision, Ifs very gooc l looking"
 | As she passed On into the smaller luncheon room she threw hurried glance at the man in the corner Wne | had half risen at her entrance. | Rex had arrived, but had vanished ! The fact of his having been there wa: l evidenced in an equisite corsage oou' quet which lay on the table Tn the al cove.
 "Rex is extravagant today mur- mured Mildred, picking up the flower: preparatory to pinning them on | Three beautiful orchids and my fav' orite-lily of the valley" She smiled
 at them and pinned them in place. =
 suppose Rex has gone of to have smoke-since was so late she mus ed. glancing through the menu. | Rex had come-she looked up. No! l The man whom she had seen in tn 1 hall was seating himself calmly oppo' | site her.
 | She looked across at him, frankly l disturbed; her eyes then encountered l those of the waiter and indignation should have crushed him, but there was no use trying to explain to a. mar who scarcely understood English tpa1 | he had given away a reserved seat 1 She looked desperately around for Rex "You-like the fowers?" The man opposite had spoken the
 fateful words.
 An icy chill swept over Mildred | leaving her strangely helpless. l She had assumed that the flowers
 were hers-that the table was hers ! Probably the man whose eyes she found so disconcerting supposed that
 she had answered some personal 1T
 the newspapers.
 l Because of her discontinue the mar | opposite kept his eyes steadily upor
 her and whimsical smile had dawneC in his face.
 | A flush swept suddenly into Mil dred's cheeks and irritation at its on slaught made the eyes she turned
 scornfully upon him flash fire. Sh'
 made a movement as if to leave thu table, but at that moment the waitel was standing beside them. Something in the eyes of the mai
 opposite told Mildred that if she at
 tempted to leave him now he woult
 command her to stay. Hoping desper ately that her brother would arrive il time to prevent scene, Mildred sa
 back and only dropped the concealini chiffon of her veil about her face.
 She glanced covertly at the maj
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23
.REPURLICAN TICKET.


 REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
 President, WILLIAM H. TAFT of Ohio.
 Vice President, JAMES S. SHERMAN of New York:
 Governor, JOHN P. STUDLEY of New Haven. Lieutenant Governor. CHARLES H. PECK of Danbury.
 Secretary of State. GUSTAvE B. CARLSON of Middlstown.
 Treasurer, WALTER W. HOLMES of Waterbury.
 Comptroller, FAYETTE L. WRIGHT of Pomfret- PresidentiaI Electors. NORMAND E. ALLEN of Hartford. ROLLIN s. WOODRUFF of Now Haven WALDO c. BRYANT of Bridgeport. cHAUNCEY P, GOES of Waterbury. FRANK B. WEEKS Of MiddIetewn- HARoLb 5. MoWRY of Sterling. Representatives in Csngress.
 SECOND DISTRICT. WILLIAM A. KING of Wiilimhatlc.
 For State Senators. 1s-LUCIUs E. wHIToN. New London 1s-CURRIE GLAMOUR of Norwich. 3o-FRANK H. HINCKLEY of Stonipg- 2s-pDWiINS H. REACH of KilMngly. 2s-CHARLBS H. BLAKE, Brooklyn. s3-SAMUEL RUSSELL. JR., of Middle town.
 For Judge of Probate, NELSON J. AYLING of Norwich.
 Representatives,
 JOHN ECCLES.
 ASHLEY T. BOON.
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John p. studI.y's Record Appeals.

MT. Editor: I have been reading in your paper of this date your short sketch of Judge John P. Studley, the republican nominee for governor. His record must appeal, as it does to me, to every veteran of the civil war. Aft. CT reading it the second time cannot, even between the lines, find flaw, ex- cept you omit to mention that he is comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic. |,
 I have never met the man, but venture that when we old soldiers have another grand reunion, and he, as governor of the state, occupies the chair of honor. he will not follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and regale us by reading studied encomi- um of General Lee, nor will he, ike Wilson, dehounce as lavish folly" the patriotic generosity of the pension sys- tenn.
 PAUL H. BILLIARD.
 Stonington, Conn, Oct. 21. 1912.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23
IDEAS OF A PLAIN MAN

In matters of higher life the laws that govern lower things undergo a curious reversal.
 Drummond, and Butler before him, had much to say about the analogies between natural law and spiritual law. But the contrasts are sometimes as vivid as their similaritles,
 For instance. Pittacus says: The half Is better than the whole. When one possesses the whole there Is noth- ing more to be desired; but desire is the measure of enjoyment: hence a man without dAsire is necessarily un- happy"
 It Is well known that one feels bet ter always to rise from the table not quite sated.
 When Socrates was asked What ls vlrtue?' he replied Ne quid minis not too much of anything"
 Among souls the half Is always
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23
DO YOU ENJOY EATING
Or Does Everything You Eat Distress
 You.

Or Does Everything You Eat Distress You.
 Experts declare that the reason stomach disorders are so common m this country is due to nasty anu careless habits of eating. Stomach troubles and rundown conditions al- so usually go together.
 John Lind, of Oneonta, N. l.. says'
 q had a bad stomach trouble for nf- teen years and became so weak that I could hardly walk or do any work. My appetite was very poor, ana II seemed impossible to get any reneI; Since taking two bottles or Vinol find that it has already mace a re-
 markable improvement in my health, my digestion is much stronger ana l have gained In weight" Vinol makes weak stomachs strong because 1t strengthens and tones up i the weakened, tired and overtaxeo nerves of the digestive organs. Vinol Is easily assimilated by the weakest
 stomachs, and is delicious to the taste.
 Try a bottle of Vinol with the un- derstanding that your money will be returned if 1t does not nelp you. i Broadway Pharmacy, G. G. Engler,
 Norwich, Conn.
 P. S. Stop scratching, our Saxo
 Salvs stans itching We guarantee IL
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

These democratic spelIbinders who are complimenting democratic con gress. do not tell how it held up the appropriations bill until the salaries of the judges of the United States court were unpaid for months. and the pen sion department so crippled thereby It could not pay the claims of union veteran soldiers.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Opening of President Harri-
 sons message to congress, Decem- Der, 1892:
 'Tn submitting
 my annual mes
 sage to congress,
 I have great sat- isfaction in being able to say that
 the general con- ditions affecting the commercial
 and industrial in terests of the United States are in the highest de- | gree favorable. A comparison of the existing condi- tions with those of the most favor ed period in the history of the
 country, will, I believe, show that
 so high a degree of prosperity and so general a dif- fusion of the comforts of life were never be- I fore enjoyed by our DeopIe."
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more than the whole. This is worth thinking over.
 triumphal procession he was accom- panied by . slave who said to him ev- cry time the populace burst into ap- plause, "Hominem te esse memento- Remember you are human" A like story is told of a Greek ruler.
 Similarly when the Roman high priest went to be crowned he was pre- ceded by a man who three times burnt some tow upon the end of 8 stick and, showing it smoking to the pontif, cried to him, Sic transit gloria mundi-So passes the glory of this earth"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Opening of President Cleve- lands message to congress, eight months later, Au- gust, 1893:
 "The existence of an alarming nd extra ordinary business situation, involv- ing the welfare and prosperity of all our people, has constrained me to call togeth- CT in extra ses- sion the peoples representatives in congress to the end that through a wise and patri- otic exercise of the legislative duty with which they solely are charged. present evils may be mi tigated and dan gers threatening the future may be
 averted."
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

The money spent upon highways in Connecticut has not been thrown away. Automobiling is new and the road has not yet been built that will long stand the wear and tear of such swift and heavy traffic. All good roads in all states are suffering therefrom.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

It's no wonder the tariff is the big issue it is. Americans have not been thrown out of work by the republican t1ricf. but they have by the democratic tariff. It ought not to be hard to de- eide between them. It must be re- membsred that history repeats.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Dan B. Hanna is a progressive and has paid out s1770oO for the third termers. He was indicted by the Taft administration in 1911. on April 26, to be exact, for relating He, like Bill Finn, is battling for the Lord.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Republican policies keep the wheels of industry going and enable labor to buy goods if they be high priced The country knows the democratic policies work the other way.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Sir Thomas Lipton certainly lives in hopes. He is to challenge for the Americas cup again.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

The darkey arrested for stealing Senator Dixons trousers didn't have them on and no proof was forthcom- ing that he knew anything about them. He was acquitted.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

It doesn't make much difference whether it is a balloon or an aero plane when anything happens. Death is sure to be there at the finish.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

It is quite evident that the mayor who would limit the hatpins to six inches is working for suffering hu- manity, out he surely hasn't seen the 'stast thing in hats.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Providence, R. L. has raised a third of million to improve the Y. M. C. A. building. This is a good work which finds ready money.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

If the suggestion of the Chicago Examiner that the question of the price of gas In that city be submitted by referendum to the people. be adopt ed, gas will be free
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

lt made great deal of difference to labor who was chosen president IF
 1854 when Cleveland was elected It made Il great deal of difference In 1sss when free trade was sent to the
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

If Colonel Roosevelt felt sure of suc- cess, why did he oppose Johnson in his desire to sacrifice the governorship of California In his interest?
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Happy thought for today: A sim pie minded person doesn't always rep resent foolishness.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

There is no reason why thousands of dollars should be expended from the tax funds to legally commit a criminal like Schrank!
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

A Missouri minister gives out that he does not believe the devil is a bull moose, for he never quits the old gang.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

This following a public man to kill him, smacks more of lunacy than of any ism" under the sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Governor Baldwin exhibits no great ness as a political orator. His politics are absolutely peanuttyi
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Some people are noting that the melancholy days have come; but, of course, no days are melancholy to those in the enjoyment of good health.
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rear for 16 years, and it will make a good deal of difference to the country who is elected president in 1sl2-No- Yember 5.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

The Colonel believes monopolies are inevitable, but they will be all right if he can name the board to control them
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23
EDITORIAL NOTES,

Governor Wilson need not leave the
 stump, but he shows he knows what a square deal' is.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

of the United States. It is no yon-
 der; the idea is an excellent one.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

Certainly no one who remembers conditions then desires their return, and the advice of those who did ex- perience 1t should be, like John Wan amaker's, Let well enough alone"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23

The idea of President Taft for A credit system for farmers k meeting with much favor among the governors
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-23
Way te Political Purity.

Any old political boss can be in stantaneously purified if he w1ii 1us' come out as bull mooser.-Philade phia Press. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-26
MATTRESS MAKING.

HAIR AND FELT MATTRESSES RENOVATED
and reinade. 50: all work by experts and guar
anteed frst-class. CAPITOL BEDDING Co.
1922 Tth n phone N 526
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wANTED-HELP.
MALE.

MEAT CUTTERS, retail meat
clerks and managers high
grade, competent men want
ed for steady, all-year-round
positions; frst-class men
only need apply. Call 3 to 5
pm. today or Friday morning
between 9 and II am. at Old
Dutch Market, $50 Louisiana
ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-26

GUNS AND SIREARAiS FOR SALE; REPAIR
ing and cleaning: factory and hard loaded
shells. GEO. A. EMMONS. successor t. Va.
Wagner. 207 Pa. ave. Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-26

wANTED-TENANT FOR GARAGE EITHER
for storage storage and repair shop. TO be
built on lot in rear 326 G ST.; % feet by about
so IT.. fronting broad alley. between Srd ana
Ala SITS. NV. JOHN Il. BRENT. 1919 II ct. n, n.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-30
NEW H.ANEhEECHiEF CASE.

u" sou wish to HIrangn your finest
h~an@lkerchiefs in such a way that you
VIII be able to find a special one
without lingering tho entire collec-
ton If YOU do. make On" of the
slipper cases which are Of the same
size and shape as the regulation heel
less "mule" and made over the kid
lnso'" Of an ordinary shoe. HAvin.
covered this insole with two thick
ncsses of fine white linen and between
these layers placed an interlinins of
sachet-sprinkled hating. make a deep
t~oe-piece of embroidered fine linen.
edged with embroidered scalloping
falling over a frill Of Valenciennes
Finally place straps of white ribbon
across the inner side of the sachet-
scented sole from the top of the toe
piece TO the me of thu heels place.
Through these narrow straps YOU
may tuck the plain points Of the
twice-doubled handkerchiefs. Thi:
arrangement will bring the decorated
or initiated ends on the surface OF
the mule" in clusters of points. each
one overlapping the layer of hand
kerchiefs directly above it. This is
a nice gift to a friend who does not
care to pack handkerchief boxes into
her trunk when travelling. and sucil
a mule is especially practical for
the usually over-crowded weekend
bag.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-30

The Vegetables offered this year are
the iinsst that have been seen in
Grand Forks RETAIL stores for several
wears. This has been an cXCeptional-
~ good Year for vegetables, and the
truck farmers OF Minnesota Point aro
offering all kinds of them in large
quantities.
New potatoes are except!onall>
plentiful. and arc selling AT Il lower
price l"r this time of the ear than
t"r MANY Years past. AT present.
they range in price from 30 to ~
cents q hUsh-!. ana tn" indications
ar" tina, they will become a drug on
the market. Tho fact hat $" man!
people planted potatoes this year in
tn" hop" of securing lnrS" profits is
r. Sp"uSibl" for III" unusually larg.
supply
other Vegetables ar" very plentiful
Green corn Is coming IN nicely and
- lis Al 10 cents . dnz"n Tomatoes
ar" not Very plentiful as yet, and re-
tail at - and 70 cents. Carrots
h""ts. ~rutlhagns and other vegetables
ar" moro than plentiful and are Very
reasonable in price.
Sugar is always a hic item dIrins
IN" canning season. The housewife
can nov purchase II and IL pounds
for a COLLAR. or. if h prefers to
h'ly n hv IN" TOO. pound sack. She has
4" p9E ~. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-30
Some Useful Hints
For Housewives
* * x x * x j; i. x

Fine linens and all pieces of
handsome lingerie should be
wrung out by hand and never
through a wringer.
L%acqlered brass can he cleaned
by washing in hot water and a
little soap may be added if nee
cssary.
II there is not an ice box in the
house, put butter in large jelly
glasses. and then place these in a
basin and let cold water run slow
~ round the glasses.
Rubber gloves should be worn
when cleaning silver or when do
ing any rough work around the
house. as in this way the hands
will remain smooth and white.
In Very hot weather do not put
c in the drinking water. but in
stead place bottles of water in the
refrigerator
When running curtain rods
through thin summer curtains
place a tainlhle on the end of the
rod To prevent it from catching in
the material.
Every kitchen should have
strips of carpet placed on the
floor. Rag rugs are the Very best
to buy. as these wash we'll and last
for years.