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Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
BEING ON TIME

Anyhow" said the girl who likes to talk, I've come to the conclusion that 1 have wasted several years of my life being on time. I've just awakened to the fact that usually l sit around waiting for other people. If l promise to be at place at o'clock 1 rush In at 1.59, gaSping for breath and with my hat over one ear Then I sit down and twiddle my l thumbs for forty-five minutes or so 1 ambles in gracefully and luxuriously with her nose neatly powdered and her hair arranged just so and an aura 1 of peace enveloping her. When she sees me she murmurs Why, have you been waiting for me, dear?'
 I've simply ruined my brothers happiness by being on time. They grew ,r1 thinking that when they told a girl to be ready at 7.30 she would be ready. The poor, benighted dears found sister in her glad clothes sit ting on the edge of chair waiting for them, and they thought this was the way of womankind. Why, those boys quarreled with nearly every girl they ever had all because they could mt comprehend that when the average woman says in minute she means in an hour
 They said it made them nervous to wait-and Edgar lost San Francisco m1ul0nalreSS because ne tOld her what was what after she had kept him waiting an hour and a quarter one unlucky evening when he called to take her to the theater.
 It's q terrible thing to know you've blighted a brothers life! And on the whole, it figures out better to be slow.
 "Take Fanny McCrudden, with whom 1 went to school. That girl was so slow that her getting up in the morning interfered with her going to bed the night before She would meet herself going when she was coming back from an errand.
 Altogether Fanny would surely have tried the patience of a saint Ap- parently, she did not know that the English language contained such word as hurry. Her every movement was languorous and leisurely. Plain spoken people called her lazy if they didn't care what they said.
 Somebody was always doing the things Fanny should have done be- cause she was six laps behind and the rest of the world couldn't wait for her I can hear the teachers now telling Fanny all the things that would happen to her when she got in the world, because she was so slow. They didn't exactly say she would be hanged for horse stealing, but her fate. they were sure, was to be about on a par with that.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

We all pitied Fanny when we weren't being mad at her for spelling things by being late.
 We felt somewhat as we might have felt if she had been afflicted with a huge nose or q cast eye or some trouble she could not help. We never noticed that she was tremendously pretty with it all, to so overwhelming an extent did her one defect obscure her attractions in our eyes.
 Well, the last day of school Fanny had not started to get dressed in time I-and was late and couldn't march in with the graduating class as at last she daintily picked her way across the campus, unmindful of the fact that the dean by this time was delivering his farewell to us, Fanny ran across the rich young man from New York who was visiting in the town and he was so fascinated by the slow lift of her eyelashes that he was crazy for an introduction. f'Now, Fanny has three huge houses in town and the country ten automo- piles and a diamond chain that all her friends speak of with awe.
 That's what she received as a re- ward for nineteen years of q life spent in making people lose their tempers and wait around for her. I regard my life as misspent when I consider Fannys
 There's a psychological effect in making people wait for you" said the girl who likes to talk, meditatively- !, If you will stop to think of the peo- pie who have kept you waiting you will realize that under all your ex- asperation is a deep admiration for their power in causing you to do something you dislike doing. They are your masters in that respect and you know it. You may have fine char acter and a nice soul and all that, but they're smarter than you are!
 so hereafter I'm going to change my tactics. Pm going to reform. It will take some effort, but shall de- HberateIy refrain from starting out anywhere till half an hour after should have gone and I'll use the time tc improve my mind. How many volumes of history do you suppose l could get through in that time if good gracious"
 The girl who likes to talk was scrambling around collecting her hat and pins and gloves and mesh bag and uttefing certain inarticulate sounds.
 Whatever is the natter" demand ed her companion.
 Why" she explained. through the hatpins held in her teeth. I prom ised' to meet Agnes for luncheon at I o'clock. and here it is IF. I've got to rush if I get there on time. Good by."-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

eternal masculine and constantly finds such union The degrees of union are cften imperfect-ther is often. part of the souls desire that is not entirely satisfied. But while we freely admit the fascination of un~ likeness, it Is more difficult to admit the charm of antagOnism.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

It wsHid bS supposed that Meridea or New Britain weHfd be a Door place ts try ta self geld mine just ROW. but siIeR guliiDifity and confidence in strangers who promise everything far nothing is seldom entirely ebfitersted except by PeFssHai experience aad then lightning has been k44evta to strike iR the same place twice.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

The excellent view obtained the other day of a huge waterspout by the pas sengers on a liner coming to New York Suggests that it might be well to pro- vide steamers with motion picture ap- paratus for taking views of the rarer and more sensational wonders of the great deep. Small waterspouts are not uncommon, but it is seldom that one COG feet high is seen, and 1t is not neighbor that mariners fancy Springfield Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

A Missouri girl declared before talk ing her life that fife isn't worth liv- ing when you're ugly" There arc lots of people who would have been willing to debate that question with her,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

It is courage which the department of agriculture possesses when 1t de- clares that the cost of living win go higher, and this after the democratic tariff has been put into operation.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

Edwin E. Thomas may live up to the expectations of President Wilson and of personal friends, and make them glad he was appointed. However, there are 8 good many of us who will defer acclaim until we have been shown by time that the choice was a wise one This much may be said, the choice is doubtless the best that could have been made from the field of ayoWed candidates.-Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

When that Toledo class Of eighteen young women opens it's course in ear pentPy, there's going to be an excel lent field for practice by those who are studying first aid to the inlured.'
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

When New York's new governor in- dicates that he is to be his own boss he should reflect upon the fact that MT. Su1zer selected the straight and narrow way.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

When Servia yields to the demands of Austria concerning Albania, it is a proper recognition of the need of peace in that battlefield where the war clouds are continually lowering.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

It was real considerate of Mrs. Pankhurst to threaten to hunger strike though she felt it might be her last one. For once England never trem- hIed
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

Tt is a lie" Such of course means that a progressive candidate is some where trying to deny facts or condi- tions which have been attributed to him
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

It Is over month off but the high price of turkeys is being predicted in hopes that the public will be recon ciled to it by tine time Thanksgiving gets here.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

The season has opened when others than the owners consider they are en- titled to whatever they can make use of in the summer cottages.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

President Wilson declares he is in trim to spar. He is going to need all his optimism for his tussle with the currency bill however.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

In states where woman suffrage pre- vails, tea and card party gossip is being abandoned for politics. It is an ill wind which doesn't do some good.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

Of all seasons of the year this is the most dangerous for the guides to act or look like big game. or small.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

Mr. Sulzer is endeayOring to dem onstrate. that a man can fall from a high place and still survive.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

The man on the corner says: When it comes to banking laws few New England cities can tell volumes in a brief period of time
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

Railroad accidents in other parts of the country show that the New Ha- ven is receiving the rest which it has long deserved.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

A French woman has offered to do military duty if she can have the ballot. There's no telling she might prove another Molly Pitcher.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The days are fast approaching when the janitor becomes the high potentate of the establishment.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

If we would avoid the vast pauper population of England we must be wise and provide land and homes for all the people. Comfortable homes and fertile farms will produce contentment. increase prosperity, promote trade and as a natural result crowd our schools and colleges. giving a higher degree of Iiteracy. This is the basic condition for a. great and contented republic MiddletoWn Sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

State business men in convention as sembIed took slap at our state high way system. but said the object was to keep out of politics. Of course the average commission in this state will play safe just as long as the people refrain from interfering politically. The politicians could ask for nothing better than an endorsement by the business men of the state.-Middle- town Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

Just because of it's universal appeal, it is necessary that individuals should be compelled to live up to every pre- caution to insure safety and if noth- ing less than prison sentences will ac- complish the desired end these strin- gent measures should be resorted to- Merfden Record
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

There isn't anything so disgusting and so annoying to sensitive ears as to hear people curse and swear on the public streets The habit is a bad one to be indulged in at any time, but it is worse in public places where there are children and others who, upon hearing profanity from men, young and old. may contract the habit them selves-NeW Britain Herald
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

The truth of the matter is that not a thing can be done under commission government for the betterment of the city that cannot be done now, if the people are interested and active in fighting for good government, and if they are not interested and active, all the fads and 'isms' in the world won't make a particle of difference Bridgeport Telegram.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22

Forestry experts say that glass bot ties thrown away in the woods attract the suns rays and start disastrous fires But nothing can be done that wilt interfere with the prerogatiVes of fishing parties.-Meriden Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-22
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The college professors are arguing in New Jersey whether highway signs should read Go Slow or "Go Slow ly.' Probably the motorists pass the signs too rapidly to tell which form is used.-Hartford Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
WAISTS AND new FIGURES
swirIino Draperies From Shoulder to
Heels Are Becoming to
Fat and Lean.

AS long as we bow down to orient.
alism we are very sure to be graceful
In clothes, because swirling draperies
from shoulder to heel are usually be.
coming to the lean and the fat, to the
tall and the short. But the orient
recks not with white starch shirt
waists and mannish coat suits. As
long as the coat is the only thing to
be considered one can have as large
a waist as one wishes, but when the
coat Is lifted and this new oriental
skirt Is attached to an American shirt.
waist the combination is not pleasing,
and no one knows that better than tho
women who are trying to make it,.
OF course, we have long since learn,
ed the art of wearing one color from
shoulder to heel, but it is not conven.
lent or agreeable to wear colored shirt
waists In summer, as our desires and
our climate call for thin wash fab.
RIGS. Therefore If one would look we'll
It seems that the coat must be retain.
ed, or one must have a figure cut off
In square way that may be fashion.
able but is not graceful.
After all, it might be better for won.
en- to work themselves out of this
problem and lend variety to their cos
tunes at the same time by modifying
the waist line of those skirts which
are worn with coats and white shirt
waists. There are many ways to do
this.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11

Mel HANlSM OF HUMAN HEART.
Average Rapidly Of Cardiac Puisa.
ton Of Adult Male fs About
b.. .. 10 Beats Per Minute -

In the human subject the average
rapidly Of the cardiac pulsation Of
an adult male is about 70 beats per
minute. These beats are more fire.
Quent as q rule In young children and
in women, and there are variations,
within certain limits, - particular
persons owing to peculiarities Of or
ganization. It would not necessarily
be an abnormal sign to- find IN some
particular individuals the. habitual fire.
quency Of the hearts action from 50
to IS or from 20 individuals tho
habitual frequency Of the hearts
action is slower and more powerful
in fully developed ana muscular o..
CARNATIONS and more. rapid and
feebler in those Of alighter form. ;
In animals the range IL from Is to
45 in the cold blooded and SO upward
In the warm blooded, except In the
case of a horse, which has a very
slow heart beat, only 40 strokes q
minute. The pulsations Of men and
all animals differ with the sea level
also. The work of a healthy human
heart has been shown to be equal to
the feat Of raising five tons four hun.
dredweight one foot per hour. or 125
tons In "a hours.
A curious calculation has been made
by DR.. Richardson, giving the work OF
the heart in mileage. Presuming that
the blood was thrown out Of the heart
at each pulsation In the proportion OF
So strokes per minute and at the as.
sumed force of nine feet, the mileage
Of the blood through the body might
be taken as 207 yards per minute,
seven miles per hour, 1853 miles pei
day, $3.50 miles per year, or $3.50.
$50 miles in a lifetime, "a years. The
number of beats of the heart in the
same long life would reach the grand
total of 1858, 776,000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
Great 0eSenaA.

The great advocate-let us call him
Mr.. McSweeney-was defending q
man In a murder case. The case
looked hopeless, and McSweeney sub.
mitted no evidence for the defense.
So the public prosecutor, believing
that conviction was assured, ended
with just a few perfunctory re-
marks.
Then, in a quiet, conversational
tone. the famous McSweeney began to
talk to the Jury. He made no men,
ton of the murder. He just described
In vivid colors a pretty country cot.
tage rung with honeysuckle, a young
wife preparing supper. and the rosy
youngsters waiting at the gate to
greet their father on his return home
for the evening meal. Suddenly Nc
Sweeney stopped. He drew himself
up to his full height. Then, striking
the table with his fist, he cried in q
voice that thrilled every bosom:
"Gentemen. you must send him
back home to them!" -.
A red-faced Juror choked and burt
ed out: by George. sir. we'll do It."
London Opinion
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
VOGUE FOR FIGURED WOLFE
Revival Of Old Fabric Has Been
Received Most Kindly by
the Public.

The public has taken most kindly to
this revival of very old fabric which
Is now called wolfe and which is dur
able in the highest degree and al
though there have been a large num-
Der of picturesque frocks made of it
the newest adaptation of 1t as a top
to q slim white skirt is interesting.
There are some women who prefer
this gown made of figured taffeta,
which In it's new weavo~is soft and
supple, but it does not really give the
effect that the wolfe gives, and does
not present as much novelty.
Any girl who is to be married this
summer should have one Of these
gowns in her outfit. If she does not
care to wear it as a dancing gown
she will find it admirable for informal
dinners in her own home, and especial
ly attractive as tea gown for the s
o'clock hour. She can add to it a cap
Of embroidered muslin or cluny lace,
which has round crown to f1t the
head, tiny ruffle to hang over the
neck and back, coronet piece in front
and wired flaps over the ears.
This is the kind of cap Mrs. Castle
wears, minus the coronet. When such
a cap is trimmed with little punches
Of tight rosebuds over each ear the
picturesqueness Of such a costume is
undeniable
In these days of fanciful footwear
~ -
scheme by silk stockings and high
heeled slippers. There is no longer
any attempt to match ones shoes to
ones gown; on the contrary, one tries
to make harmonious contrast, such
as wearing pale blue satin slippers
and stockings with a shell pink tea
gown and the other way around.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
Powder Scented With Rose.

Did you ever scent your own powder
with fresh roses? If you have done it
once you will want to do it again;
and II you never have done it try 1t
this year.
Make a powder from three parts of
fine rice starch and one part of orris
root. Put 1t in a tin box which has
a tight cover and bury fresh, strongly
scented rose leaves in it. Leave them
there for a day and then: take them
out and put in fresh ones. Keep this
up for week and at the end of that
time the powder will be deliciously
scented.
Other highly scented flowers can be
used in the same way, but perhaps
no others, unless it be violets, are
quite so sure to give satisfactory re-
suits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
FOR A SECOND White HOUSE
Mrs. John A. Logan Advocates the
Purchase Of Home for Vice.
Presidents.

Washington. Belmont, the large
town estate of the late Asa Barber.
may be purchased by the government
as home for the Independents.
This was advocated by Mrs. John A.
Logan and was announced at a meet,
ing Of Washingtonians interested in
the preservation Of the estate. She
would have the place be a sort of Sec
ond White House.
Congress should purchase the
property" she said, and in view Of
the small salary paid offer it to tho
Independents as q home"
Harry Wardman, a Washington
builder, owns the property, which IL
located at Fourteenth and Belmont
streets, and offers 1t for sale for $780,
900.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
FISH IS AVENGED :.
BY BRAVE TURTLE
Puppy Devours Three Compan.
ions Of Amphibian.
IS OF HEROIC STUFF
Glass Tank Bursts In Bird Store and
Survivor Of Aquarium Disaster
Clamps Jaws on Foot Of 0houIish
AssalIant Of tho Dying.

indianapolis, 1nd.-Three tiny gold
nsh met a tragic end; one frolicsome
puppy INDUCED In a swim and = fresh
fish dinner and one turtle about the
size of a dollar-and-a-half, with mean.
swapping disposition. made things In.
teresting for the pup when a glass
aquarium, holding about four barrels
of water, burst In a bird and animal
store. in West Ohio street.
AS it appeared to spectators, the
goldfish were wiggling about content
eddy in the big tank of water, think.
Ing how much nicer and safer it is
to he fed scientifically prepared fish
food from box than to get out In q
stream or pond and forage for worms
and maybe get hooked in the gills.
Mr.. Turtle had nosed his way under
a wad Of moss at the bottom of the
tank and was Illuminating on what q
heroic sacrifice had been made of his
fellow creatures for the friedman
cure.
The pup was peeping around the
corner of box Of stock food on the
floor and wishing with all his might
that an obstreperous kitten that had
been tantalizing him all morning
would saunter around in his direc'
ton.
Then the crash came. One side Of
the glass case gave way with roar
Water struck the pup like tidal
wave and bowled him over. Little
fish scooted over the food at q won
derful speed. The turtle chung to his
tuft Of moss and landed on top of a
can Of bird seed. A green parrot said
something apropos and the other birds
and beasts set up hubbub that drew
a score of persons to view the catas.
trophe. The door was locked. A
policeman was called and notified the
proprietor of the store, who appeared
half an hour later.
In the meantime the inquisitive pup
shook the water from his fur and set
about on an investigation, forgetting
all about the kitten, which sprang ia
the top of bird cage for safety when
the deluge came.
The pup found it awfully funny to
play with the gold fish. He had de.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
HUGE elephant LOVES MUSIC
Learns to Step In Time and Will Ac-
company Drum and Flute With
Inarticulate Sounds.

In spite Of his unwieldy size and ap-
parently inactive ear, the elephant is
a great lover of music. Not only does
he learn to step in time. but he has
been known to accompany the drum
and flute with certain inarticulate
sounds.
Button once made a series of ex-
periments to ascertain the musical
taste Of an elephant in the Jardin des
Plantes. Simple melodies, played on
the violin, seemed to give the beast
great pleasure, whereas variations
made, apparently, no impression. But
when horn-player played a popular
tune the elephant became much ex-
cited, danced and made an effort to
accompany the music with grunts. At
last he put his trunk into the open end
Of the instrument, as If to draw out
the music itself, and then caressed the
player most tenderly, to show him his
gratitude.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-11
LIKE JAIL; REFUSE LIBERTY
Five Of Seven Prisoners In Oregon
jail Declined to Make
Their Escape.

Oregon City. Ore.-Because they
"5ust sorter liked the gray walls of
the Clackamas county jail, the grub
provided them and the amiable sheriff
who 80 carefully looks after their CON-
fort, five out of seven prisoners refus-
ed to leave the place at night after
Charles Bennett and Harry Walters
had made possible wholesale Jail de-,
livery.
These two, serving year sentences,
burned a hole in the ceiling Of the Jail
Just below the sheriff's Office, large
enough to insert the blade OF a buck
saw, and then sawed their way to
freedom.
A hole about IL by Is in the floor
of the sheriff's Office and an open win.
dow on the south side Of the court.
house told the story in the morning
when officials came to work.