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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.

The bill which has passed both
branches of the legislature concern
ing the appointment and duties of
school physicians is an amendment to
an act upon this same matter which
was passed at the 1907 session of the
general assembly. Binder the existing
law the board of school visitors. board
of education or town school commit
tee Of any town. or board of education
or committee of any school district
may appoint one or more school pbv-
sicians and assign them to the schools
over which they have jurisdiction. BY
the amendment such power is given
in towns OF less than ten Thousand
with the provision that they shall as
sign one to each school, but it is pro-
vided that in cities and towns where
in the board of health maintains med
ical inspection as provided in the act
such board shall appoint and assign
such physicians and the duties of the
act can be transferred to the board
OF health or local health officer. Pro-
vision is also made for the exam
ination Of female children ONLY after
the parents have been notified and
given an opportunity to be present
and If they are not present a female
school nurse shall be-
1t Is to be noted that the act is not
mandatory in that it declares such
appointments may be made The i'm
portant change is that in reference to
health authorities, the duties of the
school physician remaining UNCHANGED
except as to female children and the
expense is borne in the manner of
meeting ordinary school expenses
Wherever defective sight or hearing
or physical disability is found it must
be reported to the parents. The pur-
pose of the amending act is to i'm
prove the law which has been in ef-
feet for the past eight years.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
STILL PLENTY TO DO.

The large fire loss each wear
throughout this country is always a
cause for regret because of the fact
that so much of it is needless. With
the many fires and the heavy losses
which follow through lack of proven
tive efforts and inadequate provision
against fires there is not so much sur
prise in the statement which was made
before the National Fire Protection
association at New York this week Tn
the effect that the money expended in
the United States each year for fire
losses is nearly ten times the per can
ita average of six leading countries of
Europe When conditions which make
this possible are fully realized It is NOT
so surprising that in an accom-
panying statement the speaker who
was the chairman of the committee on
hre prevention declared that it was
possible to cut this amount fully sew
enty five per cent.
The results which can be obtained
through prevention methods fully bear
out such claim. It is revealed
through the inspection of buildings
and plainly disclosed at fires. A fail
ure TO appreciate the attainable ben
ef1ts, a willingness to take a chance
and disposition to tolerate careless
ness are responsible to a large de-
gree Tor the needless fires. but in view
of the position which this country
holds as the leader in fire losses there
is excellent reason for everyone con-
cerned to do his utmost to better tha
situation We are displaying a serious
inethciency in comparison with the eff
hc1ency shown by European countries
IN Keeping down the fire losses. The
association is doing an ex-
ceHent work in this matter but it
must be thoroughly cognizant of the
TACT that it still has plenty to do.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

sure to keep your health good in these
times as never before. The war is
still raging-one one knows what will
happen or what the result One thing
is sure, you need good health above
all things as conditions are today. You
need health right now for your spring
work, etc, etc" You bet we do, and
we are not going to try to get it out
of bottle. 1 thank the parties for
sending me such a splendid letter but
L have what they so highly commend
without the use of a bottle The bot
tie isnH such a builder up of the sys-
tenn; but it has an established reputa-
ton for depicting ones resources. The
medicine most of us need is more ex-
ercise in the open air, more moments
with the axe, the bucksaw or the
spade. We must exert energy to get
energy-the price of health really is
activity.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
General Rotha,s Story

In warning a camp of soldiers in
training to be always on the lookout
for mines and similar devices, in South
Africa. General Botha told the fol-
lowing story of the recent fighting:
During the enemy's retreat tba
burghers were crowded around a water
hole. Below them lay buried tons of
dynamite, while in a cave nearby was
a single man left behind by the foe to
discharge the mine. While they were
quenching their thirst he made his
preparations to blow them up.
First he pulled one wire. and if
broke; a second wire got caught and
could not be fired. He had a third
wire also, on the opposite side of the
cave, but just before he could put it
INTO action, somebody noticed the
wires and traced them to the cave
cutting them before any harm could be
done and taking the mine setter pris-
oner"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
Stories of the War
Art Follows the War


This years Royal Academy Exhibit
ton OF Paintings and Sculptures in
London, shows in marked fashion the
presence of a European war. A con-
siderable proportion of the exhibits
dea! with war subjects, although the
critics find little that they regard as
of lasting merit.
Almost the only work universally
praised in the press review of the
opening day is by a Belgian sculptor,
M. Egide Rombeaux. 1t is a statue of
more than life size, entitled Prem
Ter Morning" The critic of the Morn
ing Telegraph says, without more en-
thusiasm than the others outside the
charmed circle where RodIn reigns su-
preme. no sculptor more remarkable in
originality and poetry of conception
has been seen of late years in pub
lie exhibition
This Belgian work leads some of
the critics to speculate as to the pos
slb1Hty OF the war bringing about a
great Renaissance of art, literature
and music, in the devastated parts of
Belgium and Northern France. The
critic Of the Post declares that the
only real piece of artistic inspiration
thus far produced by the war is the
poem "Chantons, Belges, Chantons",
written by Emile Cammaerts, a Bel
g1an. British poets, musicians, and
painters, he says. have felt as yet very
little of the human or spiritual i'm
pulses of the war. "Our artists" he
explains, Gin common with our liter
airy men and musicians, apparently re-
gard the war from a purely profess
siona1 viewpoint. They seem to lack
the stimulating experience evident in
NJ. Cammaerts' poem. If a new and
nobler era of artistic thought and ex-
preston Is to dawn in the course of
the war, 1t will begin in France or
Flanders or in the other countries
Vvl1nro fhe WARS no
impressed more poignantly on the
minds and hearts of men and women
The wanton destruction of old cities
and glorious architectural monuments
raised in ages of higher faith and ac-
comphshment should quicken the ar
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

try should abandon its policy Of
watchful waiting under the belief that
it will eventually lead to Intervention
while his recommendations are strong
ly in behalf Of shutting of all firearms
and ammunition shipments to that
country. The report bears no resem-
blance to that OF John Lind, judging
by the action which followed. Condi-
tons, however. have failed to improve
and they show no early prospect at
the present time.
With matters of greater importance
occupying the attention OF the gov
eminent it is probable that further
action concerning Mexico will be al
lowed to wait. especially If any
radical change in the policy is decided
upon as a result of this report
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
loo lnhuman.

Asphyxiating gas as a weapon of
war is not original with the Germans.
Military writers here recall that Lord
Dundonald submitted the plan OF
smoking out the enemy with sulphur
FUMES to various British war commit
tees from 1912 and 1S46. Dundonald
during the Crimean War asserted sui
phur smoke would reduce the fortress
or Sebastopol in four hours but the
scheme was rejected by the committee
as to inhuman
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
Help the Stomach
Digest Your Food

When the stomach fails to di-
gest and distribute that which IS
eaten, the bowels become clogged
with mass of waste and refuse
that ferments and generates
poisons that are gradually forced
INTO the blood, causing distress
ana often serious illness.
Most people naturally object
to the drastic cathartic and pur-
gat1ve agents that shock the
system. A mild. gentle laxative,
positive in its effect and that will
quickly relieve constipation is
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, sold
by druggists at fifty cents and
one dollar a bottle. It does not
grippe or cramp, but acts easily
and pleasantly and is therefore
the most satisfactory remedy
Tor children. women and elderly
persons. For free trial bottle
write to DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 45z
Washington ST., Monticello, Ills.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

II IS doubtful II any modern Graz
would be moved to write an Elog1
in the little, forgotten burial-grouns
back from the post road running
| through Mohegan; but there Is thl
history of a vanishing rece in tn,
sunken graves and few quaint. high,
shouldered head-stones.
For this is part Of the government
reservation of the once mighty trib,
| of Mohegan Indians. whose grea
| chief, Uncas is buried under an i'm.
posing granite shaft erected by ths
town of Norwich on Sachem street.
But in the old burying- ground thers
is no intrusion of modernism.
On the moss grown stone is record
ed the simple tragedy set forth II
rough lettering:
In mem. of Joshua Ashbow one
of the Royal Family who
was drowned at New
London August 21st. 1897
aged % yrs.
Nearby, is one of the most preten-
tious stones in the enclosure, marked
as follows:
In memory of the
Rev. Samuel Ashbow
one Of the Royal
Family who died
Nov 1875 in the
77th year of his life
This stone is deliberately carved. with
the ancient head, cherubs' wings. etc.
A less pretentious stone is lettered:
In mem of
Hannah Ashbow
widow of the Rev. S. Ashbow
who died July 10 1881
aged IS yrs.
On another stone, that of Martha
Uncas, who died Oct. 9th, 1859, aged
SO years and s months, there is the
verse:
She lives. Why shed we tears of woe
That she from earth is risen.
she lives for us, she lives in love,
She lives with God in heaven.
A very old stone bears the inscrip-
ton:
In mem of
Joseph Ashbow
who died Feb Is
1892 aged 20 yrs.
A rare Indian name is recalled by
the memorial to
Charles Wyyougs
who died
Jan. IA 1887
aged %
More precise is one to the memory
Of
Mr. Henry Shantuk
who died May 20 1893
aged rs yrs.
Somewhat modern is another stone
which reads:
Mrs. T. Quidgeon
died
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
Sunday Morning Talk
A PLACE IN THE SUN.

Germany wants it, Russia wants it
England wants it-eYerybody wants it
and ought to have it. We all need to
get out of gloom and shadow and into
regions of light and warmth where
we can be our best and do our best.
A certain wise old pussy cat taught
me lesson one cold winter morning
L watched her circle around the room
half dozen times till she found the
one spot of sunlight that came from
out troubled sky. Finding a single
narrow streak of brightness on the
carpet, Puss lay down in the warm
zone and purred contentedly.
1t would be we'll for us if we were
always as sensible as that. There is
generally a spot of light in the most
dismal situation if we are of a mind
to ind it. We can live in the light of
the sun If We really determine to do
SO.
=, Nearly everyone has some things in
environment or experience that are
SO wrought into the warp and wool of
human experience that they cannot be
ignored. As DR.. Luther Gulick has
said, There is probably no one person
in the world but has tragedy enough
and pain enough straight along to
warrant pretty complete discourage
ment, and l imagine there is no per-
son who is so perfectly balanced in
health. SO perfectly adjusted by ma
ture that there are not times when 1T
is necessary to hold himself by abso-
lutte will power
1t is not necessary to dwell in the
gloom. however. rs it always foggy
here?'' asked lady passenger of the
captain, as the ship was crossing the
Grand Banks. How should l Know.
madam q was the reply, II don't live
here" 1t is the privilege of any of ms
to move on to the spots touched nv
the sun. AS DR.. Guliclz further saws:
There is beauty enough in the world
and enough sanity in life, SO that if
we deliberately put our minds on that
beauty and sanity we shall reach fIf
rectly toward wholesomeness.
VINO determines to do so. VIII has q
very great deal to do with the rnatfa,-
We may resolve for one thing to az.
mott a glad cOuntenance and that in
Itself. will help us to keep a glad
heart. There was philosophy as well
as renglon IN the exhortation of the
OLD hymn, And put a cheerful corr
age on" A right exterior win helm
toward right inner state
surely, no one ever chose bright
ness more resolutely than Stevenson
and his petition for himself is q, good
one for us all.
If have faltered more or less
In my great task of happiness
II have moved among nv race
ana SHOWN no glorious morning face.
II beams from happy human eyes
adve moved me not; If morning skies.
Books and my food, and summer Ta II,
knocked on my sullen heart in vain
Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take
And stab my spirit broad awake
THE PARsQN.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

shows on the same principle, are the
only things that solve the problem for
the great body of citizens. They de-
mand them and society will be relieved
of Injurious pressure when the. demand
is supplied. These performances out
doors or in. ought to be controlled and
regulated, by censor and police, so as
to protect the rights of others in an
orderly day of freedom from work and
of rational recreation. Waterbury
American
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

While Germany's action on the
American note commands attention, all
eyes are also being conferred on the
outcome of the TRANSFORMERS pas
sage through the war zone.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

1rasmuch as the last representative
OF the president to visit Mexico de-
nounces all the present leaders, "
Huerta must be chuckling gleefuIly in
his new Long Island home.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The determination of the legislature
to transfer the Office Of the compen-
satlon commissioner from Willimantic
to Norwich must be looked upon as
meeting the needs OF the district.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The new note to Germany tells that
government that 1t is wrong, that it
is wrong according to its own pre-
vious attitude, and 1t remains to see
whether it will admit it.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

China may take stock in the belief
that opportunity occasionally knocks
at the door but it must feel that II
will have to be shown
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The disposition of the legislature to
approve the suggestion that an exper-
mental farm for inebriates be started
here is a wise one. The matter should
pass
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The resignation of the italian cab
met, which was peace cabinet. tells
its own story.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The canal may not be guaranteed
against slides. but there are more rea
sons than that for not sending the
fleet to the Pacific.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

From some appeals which are being
sent to the White House. the presi-
dent is getting as much advice as an
umpire.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The Importance of preparedness
which has been advocated SO much
of late is not so much belittled as if
was.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

If Berlin regrets that so many Amer
lean lives were lost it has the oppor-
tunity to prevent it from happening
again
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The man on the corner says: Even
the rattlesnake never strikes without
first giving warning.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
Nov II 1879
aged 81 yrs.

Forever with the Lord
Amen, so let it be
Life from the dead is in that word
lis Immortality
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The fellow who makes preparations
week ahead of time to do his clean
up work realizes the importance of
starting early to avoid the rush.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
OTHER VIEW POINTS

One of the most encouraging bits of
news that has come out since the de-
struction of the LusitaAia is the dis
patch from Bradford, England, to the
erect that a deputation of prominent
German citizens residing there called
on the lord mayer to present a writ
ten protest against "inhuman methods
employed by the German government
IN Waglng war against non-combat-
ants including women and children,
Which eliminated in the sinking of
the Lusitania." There is no doubt that
in many homes of Germany, back of
the trenches and the battlefields, the
same sentiment is felt, if not actually
MISUNDERSTANDING Republican.
Aside from the catching of the mi
gratory shad, the oyster industry, one
or the great and growing occupations
OF our people, is already badly effect
ed and seriously imperiled by this con-
dit1on OF pollution, which contaminates
and corrupts the waters of all our
coasts. The oyster industry is entitled
to protection, indeed it pays for pro-
lection which 1t does not receive. But
the eyes of the people who make our
laws have been opened at last to the
situation and its requirements and an
effort has been made to remedy the all
too obvious evil of the pollution of
streams in this state, of which the
waning shad catch is only one of the
unden1able evidences. Bridgeport
Standard.
But the inevitable is coming. Sun
day. amateur sport and free shows
viii not prove to be enough. They will
only attract. and interest those who
do not constitute a problem in society
But professional sport, and paid ad-
and theatrical and movie
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15
EDITORIAL NOTES

This is the day when the straw hat
can be worn, even though the snow
flies.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

IL beats all what an interest the
makers of patent medicines take in
our health. 1t is real good of them
to tell us that "the cost of doctoring
is only a small part of the cost of bad
health" Just read this warning: BE
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

Another stone may bear the tribute
OF a sorrowing widower, since it
reads:
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

The liberal Sunday idea seems to be
having hard shedding in the general
assembly and it is more than likely
that it will die quietly between the
house and the senate because the
members of the house will have none
of it. Naturally this idea does not ap-
peal to the residents of cities where
greater latitude prevails in regard to
the observance of the Sabbath than in
the smaller towns but it must be re-
membered that the cities do not rule
Connecticut. The small town represen-
tatives do that and every once in q
while they demonstrate the fact. And
in the present instance they stand for
the Puritan Sabbath and make it stay
put.-AnSonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

Even if the war in Europe costs &c.,
000.000,000; if it destroys 100000 hui
man lives and devastates the fairest
countries of the world it will be
small price to pay compared with the
value of total abstinence among those
nations for succeeding generations"
This is not the rawlings of an extremist
carried away by the situation which
the war has been the means of reveal
ing. It is the claim of Col. L. Mervin
Maus of the United States army medi-
ca corps. Certainly no maudlin senti-
mentality attaches to this desge ratioc,
It is the pyodgc2 81 TIRE hard headed
mesa 81 affairs who talks of what he
knows and on account of whose ex-
perience the claim carries weight
Meriden Record.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

WHEN You WANT, n rr-
mess before the public, there ,s Du IS
= e1ium peter than through The az ~
sefsisans columns OF rt1e BuIisfts.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

and sold at a profit at a scale of prices
ranging from 40 cents per 100 lbs, in
small quantities, to Is cents per hun
dredweight in carload lots. This, at
any rate, is the experience of the first
municipal ice plant in America, located
at Weatherford, Oklahoma. Since the
success of the Weathford proposition
a number of other municipal ice plants
have started at widely separated
points points all over the country and
so far as can be learned all are OPP
Grating with considerable success. The
purpose of the municipal plant is not
to create a monopoly, but to wipe out
a monopoly. Ice is too important and
too necessary to the public welfare, to
be controlled by private combination.
Bridgeport Telegram.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

Sarah A Smith
died
Nov. 1858
aged 81 yrs.
Jesus my all to heaven is gone
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-15

We have lost our warbling tenants of
the bird house in the Sheldon pear
tree. Two happy bluebirds took it on
the Thursday following Easter Monday
and before night a pair of audacious
English sparrows appeared to DISPUTE
their right to it. The bluebirds are
quiet. peace-loving birds, but they in
disnified and persistent way stood
by their home for 10 days before thew
quit. The sparrows know the value Of
organization and one rainy day five of
them came and challenged the blue
birdssto battle on the ground, and thew
acquitted themselves nobly, pitted two
to five in a combat in which they won
without killing or manning their enc
mics; but these sparrows seem to have
adopted the old motto of the insurance
companies-soc ct tn em-and they
lived up to 1t. A robin who was en-
tranced by the old site for a nest at
the top of the tree fought the blue
birds one day, and a catbird gave the
pair battle on another day These
birds did not come back, but the spar
rows had a real Prussian campaign and
they wore the bluebir6s out What do
we know about the competitions OF
life? The sparrows have the house
and we shall tolerate them as unwel-
come tenants without song or beauty,