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Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

Whether man was endowed with work as blessing or punished with it as a penalty I leave to others to dis cuss. It makes little difference. The fact is omnipresent and supra dom inant. It is as inevitable as the sun rise; as universal as the attraction of gravitation. We might as usefully dis cuss whether the circulation of the blood is a blessing or a curse. What ever we argue or whatever we decide blood will continue to circulate in our veins long as we continue to live. And work is the first law of the race as long as it endures.
 Whether we like it or don't like it, it must be done. And the man or wom- an who avoids or seeks to avoid his or her fair and equitable share of it is not only unworthy, but is stupidly unWiSe.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

We talk of "recreation:" what is it but just a recreation: a renewal of vigor spent in duty doing; a rebirth of joy after the hardship of the irk- some task is over? One cannot re- create what was never created; one cannot renew vigor which was never spent; one cannot have a rebirth of that which hasn't been at least tenn porarily laid away.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

Now, l know that the indictment which this seems to make is not a true bill against all farmers. I know there are still farmers-and a good many of them too, if they could all be punched under one tent-who work first and rest afterwards; farmers to whom the doing of their duty is still more i'm pOrtant than the taking of their ease.
 I sincerely hope, dear reader that you're one of that sort. If you are, you've got a whole lot of neighbors who are nntI
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

with rain and winding up with a snow storm.
 Silas and Joseph Woodmansee were recent visitors in this vicinity.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

It is just the commences of this state of things which makes such con- duct as this Wisconsin young farmers news" For news" is something un- usual and out of the ordinary. It isn't
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

CWritten Specially for The Bulletin.)
 They're telling the story, out in Wisconsin, of a certain young farmer who last September won several prizes in a statewide competition. The prizes included a free ten days trip to the San Francisco fair. But the winner didn't go to the fair on his free ticket. He explained that he was too busy, just then, with the neces- sary farm work, and couldn't leave 1t.
 Exactly.
 That's why he won!
 suppose it's tiresome reading the preachment of old moralities. It's surely tiresome writing them. But there are things worse than tiresome- ness. Mollycoddling is one. Namby- pambyism is another. Duty -shirk1ng is another Physical degeneracy is an- other. And moral rot is another.
 All of which five things are good deal more dangerous-and good deal more imminent over the coming gen. eration than simple tiresomeness.
 Just what are the causes which pro duce these dangers one may perhaps suspect. But what they are is neither here nor there. The sorry fact is too palpable that a big proportion of the generation now possessing the stage or coming into possession of it are fonder of taking their ease than of doing their duty; of the rewards of their work rather than of the work itself; of wages rather than of ser vice; of self f-enjoyment rather than of elf-improVement.
 It is just the commences of this
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

This idea that life ought to be and was meant to be one long picnic and amusement park is distinctively one of the modern ideas which affords the surest foundation for pessimism to build it's dungeons on. It means de- generacy for the race and woe for the world if not in some way checked and ScOtChed.
 Yet it is altogether too widespread and those of us who have seen the changes of two or three generations
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18

Nevertheless, the tendency of great numbers-a tendency which is grow ing, too--is to regard work as some thing to be avoided and escaped from whenever possible. Ease, amusement, responsibility, these seem to be the chief gods of hordes of us.
 Many who have to work look upon it as abhorrent drudgery from which any escape is desirable and to avoid which any means are permissible. They actually seem to regard the ideal of a life wholly without work and wholly given up to amusement as one worth aspiring after. They seize the chance of day off as eagerly as a hungry trout seizes a fat worm. They are eter- naIIy scheming to avoid work and spend souI-sweat protusely in trying to find some plan for escaping pore sweat
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-18
AN EXCEPTION WHICH SHOULD BE
 THE RULE

news that the sun rose this morn ing or that Jabez Jenks milked his cows as usual. Both these things hap pen every morning. It would be news" It would be news if Jabez Jenks, instead of milking his cows, braided their tails and tied holly wreaths round their horns and drove them all into the parlor and played When the Cows Come Home to them on the piano.
 If it was the usual and customary and quite-to- be- expected thing that the young farmers of Wisconsin at tended to their work first and took their play only when the work was done, then the papers of that state wouldn't be featuring the conduct of this particular young farmer.
 When one comes to consider it coolly whether as a matter of abstract ethics or as one of practical hAss- sense, it is hard to see why being sensible and doing what's right should be so unus- ual as to be thought worthy of news paper notice. One would think that such plain action ought to be so com mon and general that not it, but eX- captions to it would become matter of news"
 That's just where the seriousness of the situation makes itself manifest.
 That which ought to be the rule has become the exception. That which ought to be accepted as a matter of course has become so unusual and out of the ordinary course as to demand newspaper publicity and editorial com ment. At least, that seems to be the case out in Wisconsin. Instead of it's being the customary thing there for farmers to stick to their job when it commands attention, it seems to be considered quite a remarkable affair for one not to neglect his duty for the sake of a picnic or a free trip to the show
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
HADLEY WAS BODYGUARD
 FOR PROF. TAFT

Ralph Benyon of The Strand Four, one of the big features at the Plaza this week, tells of a. very amusing in cident that happened during their en- gagement in a New Haven theatre the fore part of the week. AAt<t the request of the hoise manager two of the acts on the bill were to appear at a ban quet at the Garde hotel, which was to number among it's guests, ex7President Taft.
 After the menu had been served and the diners had prepared themselves for the entertainment part of their feast several acts were presented and, the Strand Four were kept busy answer ing encores, while MT. Taft was among the chief boosters
 Almost immediately after the quar- tet had finished their numbers the ex- presidetn quietly slipped out of the dining hall to keep an urgent appoint ment and atfer his absence was dis covered, one of the other performers should leave so early. Has he gone ?" inquired MT. Benyon of the Strand quartet who had seen him but a few moments before applauding vocifer- ously for another encore while the act was lowing it's thanks. tFYes,'' an swered the performer, CT just passed him in the doorway as he was leaving the building with his guard.
 Thinking it rather strange that MT. Taft felt constrained to protect himself with a guard, MT, Benyon asked a, prominent New. Haven man who, the guard in. attendance was and his ques- ton brought a. roar of laughter from the banqueters, which was really to be expected since the guard referred to was President Had1ey of Yale uni verstty.
 Mir. Benyon stated that the perform of
 considerably about his mistake, all though he has not heard how Presi- dent Had1ey felt regarding the compH. ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25


 A few days before he was appointed secretary of state Colgate university of Hamilton, N. Y., conferred the de gree of ILL D. on Robert Lansing. In the accompanying illustration the new secretary of state is shown in college regalia- Dispatches from Washington say that few appointments in recent years have given such widespread sat- 1Sfaction in the national capital. Lam sing is a lifelong Democrat, but he has devoted his time to international law and diplomacy and is as popular with former Republican officials as witch his colleagues. Members of the cabinet who talked with the President on the subject were unanimous in their rec concentrations that he should be a.p- pointed Colonel E. M. House and oth- CT close personal friends of the Presi- dent advised the selection, and Bryan himself, although not consulted, is un- derstood to have hoped for the promo ton of Lansing.s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
STOCK MARKET

New York. June 5.-opening.-Re- newal of liquidation in U. s. Rubber, which opened with a. sale of 1000 shares at 54 to 53, against yesterdays closing p rice of 54 1-2, was the feature o ftoday's early trading. Additional offerings sent the stock down to 52 5-S after which it rallied a point. In other quarters the market was firm with general recoveries from the weakness which marked the close of the preced- ing session Canadian Pacific, Read ing, War specia1ties and coppers made initial fractional gains, which soon were increased to a point or more.
 Noon--Sales in the first hour barely approxdmated 100000 shares, rubber, Westinghouse and Steel supplying over 40 per cent. of the whole. Stocks were offered on the rise, a. large part of the early gains being lost. Later weakness in the southwestern group, including Missouri Pacific stock and convertible bonds, Rock Island and Missouri, Kansas & Texas issues ere ated renewed unsett1ement. The usual runors accompanied, the fall in these stocks, coupled with adverse crop ad- vices. Towards midday prices again improved under lead of war shares which rose to points. Bonds were firm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
JOHN M. MILLER
 RECEIVES DEGREE
 OF PH. D. IN YALE
Washington Young Man Lived Here. Many Years and Is
 Favorably Known.


 Among those who received their de- gree of Doctor of Philosophy Wednes- day at Yale University was John Mil ton Miller, son of Mrs. w. P. Whiting, formerly of this city but now of Washington. DIG.
 pr. Miller is exceptionally well known in this city where he lived many years He attended the Bridge port High school from which he was graduated with the class of 1900. In the autumn of the same year he en- tered Yale partly working his way through the four year academic course Following his graduation he won the Sloan Fellowship for three , successive years.
 In 1907 he went to Washington, D. e., to take a position in the Bureau of Standards. He is now assistant physicist of this bureau. The thesis on which he was given his degree of Ph-D. treated of t'The Effective Re sistance and Inductance of Iron and Bimetal1ic Wires"
 Dr. Miller has numerous local friends, who will be more than pleased to learn of the honor. he has gained through persistent; hard work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
SACRED HEART PARISH
 WOMEN FROM GUILD TO
 HELP ST. AGNES HOME

At the call of Bishop Milan. the women of the Sacred Heart church met last evening for the purpose of forming a guild, whose aim and am bition will be to supply clothes for infants at the St. Agnes Home in Hartford. There were about twenty five present.
 Mrs. Coogan, president of the St. Agnes Guild of Hartford, was present and she gave an interesting talk on the work being done by her guild in Hartford. She informed her listeners that the home was organized for the purpose of taking care of dependent children under four years of age. Af- ter Mrs. Coogan's address, Miss Cath erine Tuite was elected president of the newly organized guild.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
PHILLIPS GETS MASONIC OFFICE

The 45th annual convention of Ma sonic Veterans of Connecticut was held in Waterbury. yesterday. These officers were elected:
 Venerable master-Reuben Fl. Tacker, Ansonia.
 Assistant venerable mRster-John O. Rowland, Wa11ingford.
 Assistant venerable master-Joh ohm C.9E. Humphrey, Simsbury; Benja- min Jones, WiI1imantic; Ebenezer S. Phillips, Bridgeport; Samuel G. Red shaw, Ansonia; Henry Fl Parker Coventry; Joseph F. Vedwarka, New London; Albert L. Hodge, Roxbury; Robert W. Burke, MiddIetown.
 Secretary w.. Atwood. Waterbury.
 Treasurer-c. Henry Reach, Water bury.
 William B. Hull, Wal Iingford.
 chaplain-samuel J. Bryant, New Haven.
 Marsha1l-Ei D. Weeks. Bantam
 sentinel-Nathan H. Futile. Tor anstoR.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
PORTLAND SOCIETY
 LEADER ELOPES AND
 WEEDS IN THIS CITY

Miss Persis Loring Conant, daugh- ter of F. O. Conant a leading citizen of Portland, Me, and president of large wholesale house there, and Hugh Webster Babb, of Yarmouth, Me, were married in this city Sat urday night at the home of MT. and Mrs. Charles M. Calhoun, 329 Wash ington avenue. The couple eloped because of the objections raised by the Conant family to the marriage.
 Miss Conant is a leading light in Portland society and her wedding has created profound interest among her friends. Babb is a graduate of liar Cambridge and Oxford universities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25

With Harry Thaw making what was considered the final battle for freedom in the sanity test trial in New York city there was the greatest sympathy expressed for the aged mother of the noted prisoner. From the night of the murder of Stanford White more than nine years ago Thaws mother has neveF ceased one moment in her fight to free him. The acconpany ying pho tograph of Mrs. Thaw shows her on the way to the court room in New York city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25

Emperor Franz Josef received the Spanish ambassador at Vienna and delivered a personal letter, expressing friendly. sentiments to King Alfonso.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25

United States sub-treasuries have been notified by the treasury depart nent to discontinue business at Bis D. m. instead of 3:00- o'clock daily.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25

At the commencement exercises of Harvard University 1,217 degrees were awarded
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
Order of Hearing on Petition for LII
cense to Sell, Mortgage :or

Order of Hearing on Petition for LIZ
cense to Sell. Mortgage or =
Lease Land. = =
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
st: Louts-ss. In Probate Court.
0lin: Decedsnt -.o.
cedent, having been filed in this Court.
representing. among other things that
for reasons stated in said petition. it
is necessary and for the best interests
of the estate of said decedent and of
all persons interested therein, to sell
certain lands :of said -decedent in said
petition described and praying that Ii
cense be: to- her granted to- sell the
IT IS ORDERED, That said petition
be heard before this Court, at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in. the Court House.
in Duluth, in said County. on Monday,
the 22nd day of March, 1915, at ten
O'clock A., NJ, and all persons inter.
ested in said hearing and in said mat
ter are hereby cited and required at
said time and place to show cause, if
any there be. why said petition should
ORDERED FURTHER, That this. or
der be served by publication in The
'Labos World according to law. -
o. Dated at Duluth, Mimi. February
u. BY the Court. g.
-. - >, s. w. GILPIN. j.
Judge of Probate
(ssal ln Probate Court; St: Louis County.
Attest: a. K. MORTON 49, - 3 -.
Clerk Of Probate. r s.c i.
l. w.. February 27. March g., 10. 1915.
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TRADES A|l|| VI : !.
H0LDSGOOD. MEETING
Clerks Carrying On Campaign for:
4 Six O'clock Closing Meet
ing With Success.

Az the regular meeting of the Su-
perlor trades and Labor assembly
last TUESDAY night the committee an
pointed to aid the clerks in their cam
pa1sn for early closing Of all retail
stores In the city reported that they
Were meeting with considerable sue
cess. - g =
Among the stores visited that have
practlced Keeping their stores open
o1ter SIX O'Clock were Brandser, Seigel
orotners, Lasky brothers, H. Luyre
and sons and the Globe Furnishing
mousse. and a haherdashery store on
broadway. All of these firms with
the exception of Lasky brothers and
the haberdashery were inclined to
agree to the arrangement under GER
tain conditions. Lurye and Sons and
the Globe: Furnishing House were
among those who showed the great
est Willingness to comply with the re-
quest Of the clerks.
Ekstrom O. *.
special attention is to be drawn to
Andrew Ekstrom's clothing store on
the corner; Of: Seventh St. and Tower
Ave. When the committee approach
ed Mr.. Ekstrom in regards to closing
on Monday evenings he drew atten-
ton to the fact that in doing SO he
would be loosing. money because OF
the other stores In that ~distri ct that
keep open. Regardless Of this con
d1tion however Mr.. Ekstrom agreed
to close his store at six O'clock on
Monday evenings until April at least.
Mr.. Ekstrom> has always shown the
greatest consideration for the labor
organizations in the city and right
fully deserves laak support THAT Or 4
gan1zed< labor, can extend to him.
The G1sinf Shoe @et4np any will agree
to close, It, six-thirty O'Clock.
Other matters. Of Importance to or
ganized labor, were >1eonstdered espe-
cia1ly in regards to organization work
and the: boosting of the union label:
Next week the: building committee
aims to yisit or consult with the*vari-
Gus labor unions affiliated with the as
sembly to secure pledges for the pur-
chasing of5as site for the proposed
LABOR 1emple:3 81 ~-, =. ,.,
The next meeting Of. the. assembly
will be held March 9. 80: -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
CANDIDATES Nd | Fill:
). FOR FOL CITY I OFFICES: Fl
First Registration Day for Voters
AT Spring Election Will Be,
MARCH g. -

Candidates for city Offices filed their
nomination papers last Thursday with
e.. s.: Palmer, city clerk. Ten days
are allowed for the filing of nominal
lions after which no other papers will
be received e, ....>
City attorney Harvey Clapp has
ruled that each candidate filing for
the spring election shall pay fee of
IS as required by the state law. This
law was not enforced at the last
regular city election.
The first registration day for voters
will be held on March and another
day will be. given for this purpose
March 10. Arrangements are now
being made for polling places and the
hiring OF election officials.
Among the candidates who are ex-
pected to make the run for the two
vacancies this spring are the present
commissioners, w. A.. Hicken and
Robert Murchison. Opposed to them
will be Bert Farrell, Bernard Sill
berstein and R. e. Mcfarland.
w. l.. Window, Capt. w. H.. Small
and M. E. Louisell will file for the
Office Of municipal judge.
Rumors are rife that the Electric
company will have "candidates'' in
the field but it is impossible to SUBJ
stantiate the verify of the rumors.
Several dark horse" candidates are
looked for before the time for filing
expires
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
NEAR-SIGHTED?


Professor Sudbury. who was ex-
tremely near-sishted, went to the bar
bers, sat down in the BARRIERS chair,
took off his glasses, and allowed to be
shaved. When the artist was done
with him he did not move and for a
While nobody disturbed HIM But
other, customers began to arrive and
the chair was needed. The head bar
Der, suspecting that his learned patron
had fallen asleep, asked his boy to
wake him., The professor overheard
the order. =
mo, my good man., he said, II
am not asleep. The fact is I am
frightfully near-sighted. When took
my glasses off just now I was no
longer able to see myself in the mirror
opposite. Naturally I supposed had
already gone home. y New York
Evening Post. y "a
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!: !: ! LEAST LIVING. WAGE
s. *&t .~-S -
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Reports Conclusions From
Long Investigation.

:. MADISON, WIS, Feb. 26.-That
$3.50 a week is the lowest wage upon
which a woman. worker can maintain
herself, is the conclusion reached by
the Wisconsin industrial commission
after an exhaustive investigation of
more than two years. Z
The $3.50 is apportioned as follows:
Board and room, $3.50; clothing, $3.50
laundry, 40 cents; dentist, 20 cents;
carfare SO cents. This is the lowest
living wage for a city the size of Mil
waukee, and in other cities of the
state the commission deducts only 50
cents a week, the amount allowed for
carfare. /
1.-THE above estimate Of $3.50, d
week, allowing $3.50 for room and
board, and SO for. other expenditures,
does not include anything for sickness
or. dependents, contributions to
churches or societies, insurance prem
iums Drawings, newspapers or period :
icals or any form of recreation" the
commission points out. 1T allows
only for the bare necessities that make
possible reasonable comfort, reason
able physical we'll being, deoency and
moral well being. -" ~: - - - s. +.
= The commission found that i'm ESQ
per cent of a given number Of cases,
the < wage paid to women living at
home runs below the standard living
cost. 1t was discovered that boarding
houses are fast disapp caring in the
cities, cafeterias taking their. place.
Over Is per cent 81 the women inves-:
tigated live away from home 81: y s s.5;5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27
WILL SUBMIT ONE
CHARTER AMENDMENT
Proposition to Increase City's
Purchasing Limit to Be Voted
On At Spring Election.

Members of the Duluth charter
commission are slow to change their
handiwork.
Only one Of the five charter amend
ments recommended to the commits
sion two weeks ago will be submitted
to voters at the spring municipal
election, according to announcement
yesterday by T. T. Hudson, chairman
of the charter commission.
This amendment would raise the
city purchasing limit without ordin-
ance from 800 to $500, to give the
council more leeway in buying through
eliminating delays in expenditures.
Proposed amendments were placed
in charge of a charter commission
committee, including Hudson, John G.
Williams. J. H. Crowley, City Attor-
ney Clapp, T. w. Hugo and H. H.
Phelps. This committee has decided
to recommend only submission Of the
purchasing amendment. Other pro-
posed amendments were:
To require payment Of delay penal
ties on assessments on which appeals
were taken;. to enable the council to
cancel assessment rolls and spread
the amount lost by incorrect assess
ments over property involved; to low
er the limit for payment of assess
ments by installments, and to change
the board Of review by making it in
clude the mayor, city assessor" and
finance commissioner, instead of the
two former and the city clerk. -
At an early meeting of the charter
commission, the amendment commit
tee will submit it's recomm e1ldations.