Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-20
OTHER VIEW POINTS

East Haddam bridge celebration witnessed one of the most orderly or crowds. But a Connecticut crowd IS generally an orderly one. and especl- ally in Middlesex county.-Middle- town Press.
 If, he has been quoted correctly. Coroner Phelan seemsSto have made up his mind beforehand and has all ready put the blame on the engine and called the company a criminal. Not very good man to take evidence and pass Judgment on it.-Waterbury American.
 It is painfully evident that no amount of persuasion is able to make an impression on the minds of some people and even the futile cry for help as the man or woman sinks be- heath the water is forgotten in a few days and is only recalled when some other person goes to the bottom New Britain Herald.
 To prove that the twentieth century convention is needless Joseph Knowles a Boston artist. will plunge into the wilderness of Northern Maine without clothing, food, matches, fire arms or ammunition. He says he will live like the men of the stone age for three months. Looks like good adver- Using to us.-Meriden Journal.
 Concentration of thought on the task in hand and full attention to its successful conclusion will bring suc- cess and prevent failure and grief, whether ones work be hazardous or not The worlds experience is even pointing to this as the right way. Why should the individual wait until he has been taught by personal ex- perience that 1t is the only safe way? Waterbury Republican.
 We boast about achievements, the virtues of the modern. and progress. Undoubtedly we have achieved much But how much have we gained in comfort, in usefulness, in happiness? Is life sweeter or better or more pur- poseful more saticfactory-or safer in this era of steel bridges and trunk line highways than 1t was in the days of ferry boats and winding dirt roads? Haven't we actually paid a pretty stiff pricce for some modern conyen- fences 2-Bristol Press.
 prompted Theodore Phillips. a valiant local prohibitionist. to force the ar rests of baseball players for playing Sunday ball, but We suspect that MT. Phillips reasoned that Sunday ball is an argument against prohibition. We Gil hlOW lHdt SuHUdy Ddll IS q Nlold- ton of the law, and that 1t is tacitly approved because the people want it. But if the Sunday law could be open ly violated. why couldn't a prohibition law be violated with equal impunity? Bridgeport Telegram.
 A submarine vessel designed on a new plan remained under water off the California coast. at a depth of a hundred feet, for thirty six hours, beating all records. The inventor claims that the craft could have stayed submerged for much longer period and the six men who were on board testified that they had a very comfor- table experience. The submarine is likely to play an important pare in na- val operations and this experiment demonstrates that the United States is we'll in the advance in the develop ment of such vessels.-New Britain Record.
 Still they come. If anybody had supposed that the tide of immigration was turning from this country he is advised, for his information, to notice that half a million aliens have ar rived at Ellis Island since January l. For an excess of that figure for any given six months one will have to go back several years.-New Haven Reg ister.
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