Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Protection for Man and Beast.

Mir. Editor: In view of the exposure to millions of disease laden dust par tfcles, due to need of water. in our recent trotting races held at Brook lyn Fair grounds, the 23rd and 24th, will not someone arise with an in vention of sponge apparatus, to be worn over the nostrils, on the race courses for the protection of both man and beast.
 ESTELLE A. W. GILMAN. Member of The Society for the Pre-
 vention of Contagion.
 Brooklyn, Conn.,, Sept. 25, 1914.
 Call to Christian Service.
 MT. Editor: For the sake of suffering humanity, will you reprint the enclosed appeal in The Bulletin?
 "The greatest war the world has ever known is devastating Europe. Many thousands more are dying of their wounds. The continent has become a great slaughter house.
 'SWe in happy, peaceful prosperous America have little comprehension of the frightful character of the suffering this overwhelming war. May we never have such an experience. And in re- membering our blessings we now have an opportunity of showing our grati- tude to God for his goodness by reach ing out hands of love and heipfulness tO O0A OlOlltCIG dIu SlStSIS III Q1SLrcSS.
 We appeal in behalf of the silent sufferers of this greatest of all wars. We invoke your pity and your practi- cal help, not for the soldiers in the field. nor for those in the hospitals where they are being patched up that they may fight again, but for the num- berless widows and orphans in whose behalf no voice has yet been raised They are. in a very real sense, the worst sufferers by the war. Today they sit sad and helpless in their deso- lated homes. knowing that their dear ones will never cross the threshold again; but there are. alas! many more who have no roof to shelter them and who are friendless and forsaken, their little homes destroyed and all their worldly possessions. save what they can carry away in their hands. de- voured by this unsuitable war
 "Al through Belgium. France and Germany, Russia, Austria and Servia the war has left communities filled with these silent sufferers whose fa- thers, brothers. husbands and sons will return no more. Who can adeuuateiy picture the rniseries that have been wrought in the homes of the humble? |? Every day the cable brings stories of their tchedneSs-women and little children and feeble old folks sitting amid the smoking embers of their dwellings, or tramping the country
 
 less, sleeping in woods and hedges waifs of the war.
 Let us not only pray that God may comfort them. but let us do our share It We have a spark of the spirit of Christ in us. we will gladly unite in helping these unfortunates. Never has there been such an opportunity for Christian service as that which is now before us. To help them is. indeed, a great enterprise. far greater than any the Christian Herald family has ever undertaken in the pasts but, under God. we will do what we can. We know our own people and we know that their great heart has never failed to respond to the call of humanity. What they did for India, Japan, Russia Armenia, Italy, China, Finland and other nation in past years during times of distress, and how nobiy they helped our own people in days of flood and epidemic, can never be forgotten. We feel as- sured they will not falter now, for this is a clear call to Christian service which every. true man. and .Noma IM1lI