Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-11

The safest and trueSt protector Of woman is herself When she uses eau ton and good commensense in her go- ings and comings nothing can harm her for her armor of protection is in- vincib1e.-Hartford Post.
 As far as known there was no elem ency proposed yesterday for Mrs.
 Wakefield. The governor and board of pardons know more about her culpabil-
 ity than do all these hysterical peti- tioners.-Meriden Journal.
 noted that in the recent New York supway smash the steel construction of the cars prevented loss of life and serious injury. On the whole, the sea
 son seems to have passed for con- tending that steel cars are no safer
 than those of Hartford Times
 Almanacs are still issued, but they
 are largely directories of information.
 They do not find the hungry desire for reading as of old. A torrent of newspaper and magazine literature
 pours through our homes. Anything must be new. fresh and original, or very brilliant to attract much notice in the wide field of print-New Haven Union.
 If the United States only gets the trade of the far east in as abundant a measure as it's prospects indicate, as 9 result of the opening of the canal, the cost of the great ditch will soon be returned to the coffers of American manufacturers and merchants and through them to American wage earn CTS and taXpayers-W Waterbury Repub- lican.
 The proper lighting of a city's streets is one of the most important matters with which municipality has to deal Well-lighted streets and avenues are net only attractive and conducive to safety in travelling, but they also aid in the protection of a city's homes and reduce crimes of violence and against property to minimum Bridgeport Standard.
 The metric system was legalized in this country years and years ago but 1t has never come into general use because the people avoid the trouble of changing over, and it is taught in schools only to be forgotten for lack of practice. It should be made com pulsory in accord with the progressive attitude of other nations on the sub Bridgeport Telegram.
 The more President Wilson's scheme for primary nominations for the pres ideney is discussed the more apparent it becomes that the proposition is un- constitutional. And, while many of its supporters say Who will invoke the constitution in such a easeo the un- doubted answer is that there will be any number to invoke the constitution all the country Waterbury American.
 At his examination before the board of trade Capt. Inch of the Volturno, in answer to the question Did you use any oil2" answered, NO. I did not think of it. If I had thought, I could not have got at it." The success with which 1t was used will make other captains think of it more quickly, but in the case of a ship on fire obviously feasible Springfield Republican.
 Another x-day bicycle grind is in those no doubt, who enjoy these ex- hiMtions of physical endurance. If there were not thousands who are will ing to pay to watch them they would of course, be discontinued But it seems as if Sport were misnamed when applied to an exhausting contest of this sort, which leaves the partici- pants mere shadows of their former. selves even if only temporarily and in which the moments of real excite ment are few and far between.-P Prov idence Bulletin.
 There is one good and sufficient req son why the militants rage unchecked 1 throughout the length and breadth of ] England. The police make the mistake 1