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Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

The little corsase nosegay is worn high on the left shoulder. but the large one is worn at the girdle.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

T5abitual numbness of the hands may be removed by rubbing them for a short time in cold water, followed by dry friction.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

The water in which fresh tongue mutton or chicken has been boiled may be used for soup or added to the stock pot.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Small necl1wear of marten and lynx, also ermine and white coney, will be much in demand.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Don't forget that baked nacaroni and cheese makes a very good dish for a winter night
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

That New Jersey fellow who was crushed in bargain crowd probably lacked couple of long hat pins.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

The man on the corner says: Some like blondes and some brunettes, but others are so good natured that they are fond Of both
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

With Germany getting short on foodstuffs 1t can begin to synapathize with the people of Belgium.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

The state legislature managed to do a little business at its first Friday session, but it isn't going to require much to make it the usual failure.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Raincoats assume tho godct flare. They have pretty and somewhat use less pockets.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Our position of neutrality does not prohibit the observance of George Washington's birthday anniversary.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

In it's war zone policy Germany has no more regard for the rights of neu- trals than some auto drivers have for the rights of pedestrians.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

The dark circle around the neck may be removed by nightly rubbing with lemon juice and discarding high stiff neckware.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

What is going to happen to that merchantmen which appears in the newly established war zone flying a German flag?
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Ripple styles and cape effects pre- dominate in both evening and after noon wraps.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Baked beans will be better if, they are parboiled before they are put into the pot for baking.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Those who might be willing to tell it to the marines fail to get a hear ing from the submarines
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

When boiling a ham leave it in the water in which 1t has been boiled un- til it is quite cold. This will make it juicy and quite tender.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Evening gowns minus sleeves are held up on the shoulders by crisp lit tie ruffies with strings Of pearls to weight them.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

When cooking cabbage, turnips or onions boil at the same time some vinegar with few spices. This will destroy all vegetable odor
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

The waistline of the new gowns fcs evening wear is at the natural lire; a few models have the long waistIine.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Buying it now means go and get the thing you have been putting off getting because you were afraid the times arc 100 hard. Your putting off purchases, multiplied by several mil lion, is just what is keeping times hard If there ever was a time when this country should light the candle at both ends it is right now, other wise there are likely to be some pret- ty dark hcurs.-New London Tele- graph.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22
FOR THE COOK.

Pieces of stale bread may be saved for brown betty pudding, queen pud- ding or bread mullins.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Blouse shaped corsages are seen on the new dresses of the half season for debutantes.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Although the round length for eve ming gowns is favored some trains are worn, and the most popular among these are cut pointed and lined with a different color
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Velvet broadcloth satin, taffeta and other material.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Don't throw the feet Of chicken away, but clean them carefully and put them in the stock pot.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Many broadcloth suits are trimmed with careful cloth.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Suits are trimmed with fur bands. buttons and tabs. Do not hesitate to trim any suits with fur.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

As the screws tighten in the war zone things will happen which will more and more put American neutral ity to the test We ought to meet this increasing tension with united deter imitation to defy any attempts to make our government take sides. Back of these efforts to sway our govern rnent is only one purpose. That ----- pose is to get us into this war. Watch for it! Note its developmenti Kill itI-New Haven Times-Leader.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Is there going to be enough ice in Europe to get through the summer or is the supply there going to be so short that the price will be forced up here? That's something we'd all like to get a tip on right away.-Water- bury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

When dry shampoo is desired-as it often is when it is not convenient to wet the hair--mix four ounces of powdered orris root with one ounce of talcum powder and sprinkle freely through the hair. This absorbs all the superfluous oil and gives the hair q very thick and fluffy appearance. It Is especially useful to those women whose hair is very heavy and inclined to be oily. It is also cooling and cleansing to the scalp.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22
WOMAN IN LIFE AND IN THE KITCHEN

tho proper spring suit will be the short coat suit.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22
Heat Your House With Gas By Using a
 Castearn Radiator

Each radiator is a steam heater in itself. It is safe, sanitary and eco- nomical. There is no coal to carry in and no ashes 70 carry out, and 1t does away with an endless amount of dust and dirt.
 IL maintains an even tempera rure and the SSs flow is shut off automati- caliy when the desired steam pressure is reached thereby preventing waste of gas
 Call and witness a demonstration ct our office.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

A common cause for restlessness at should be especially guarded against with children who are prone to suffer in this way. Hot water bottles, care fully covered with felt so that there is no risk of burning the sensitive skin, should be reserted to when any tend- ency to cold feet exists, and in cases of chilly babies generally, cold is ex- tremely bad for little children, and much broken sleep is due simply to
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Scientists claim that a. woman's brain acts quicker than that of man.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Lots of the new leather handbags have fittings and trimmings Of sterling silver
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Chicago has over 15,000 woman dress. makers and nearly 5000 milIiners.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

The general opinion seems to bs tha
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Four women in Babylon, L. l.. have taken out licenses to shoot game.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Spain enjoys more sr~~Hfne than any other country in the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

With tulle and net one can do won ders in remodelipg the old evening gown.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

It is most important for the well being of community that no class should have cause to complain of in justice and oppression. To make this the fact is the object of a legal aid society and constitutes it's chief claim to be a benefit to the city as a whole To appreciate the need of any new organization If a semi-public nature, to awaken interest and to work out the preliminary details, all require time. We urge that the public-sDirit- ed citizens of Bridgeport give early and careful attention to this matter BridSeport Standard.
 The act of the late lameHted Fran cis B. Skinrar in remembering 9 worthy Rockville institution in his will. by leaving the residuary of his estate to the Public Library is ore .deserving of emulation. It's a fine thing. People leaving no near relatives couldn't do better than heIn the town in that way. The hospital fund needs large sized contributions and people of means should make provisions in their wills for adding thereto. Thev cor'6 A0 no nobler act. They would thus be giv- ing to a good object in the town in which they are interested; their names can be attached to the fund ard be before the public forever.-Rockville Journal.
 Spain enjoys more s1r-~rine than
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Increase h 4nns=Is fer a.lp :s uotsa
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

Miss Hattie Story has been appoint ed postmistress at Bokchito, Ohio.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22
DICTATES OF FASHION

Nose veilS continue in favor. Brilliant red velvet is much used.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

French rnilliners are paid from 3 cents to z cents an hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22

For most evening wraps the sleeves are notifications of the kimono.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-22
CONCERNING WOMEN

Canada has an active rifle associa- ton composed of women.
 Only per cent of the women in In- dia read and write.
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Congresses voted three battleships IN
each year. the United States had five
Kentucky. kearsarge. Alabama. ILL.,
nois and Wisconsin-under construc-
ton. with no possible chance of An
ishing them for several years to come.
The only battleships afioat were the
original four-Ma ssa chusetts, Oregon.
Indiana and Iowa.
The session saw mad scramble
of appropriation to make up in head
long. wasteful speed for years Of waste
full Indifference. Congress hurled an
appropriation of Atty millions forth
in one short bill for national defense"
There was "A rush to buy freight and
passenger steamships. steam yachts
and even tugboats. The consequence
was such a naval spectacle as proba bly,
never was seel In war before.
81
Observers have not forgotten and will
not be able to forget while they live
the wonderful feet that Admiral Samp-
son took to lombard San Jran de
Porto Rico. There were armo and
unarmored ships. each of a lfferent
type. age. tonnage and spec There
were converted yachts, meaning
plain. ordinary pleasure yachts that
had guns mounted hastily. To crown
monitors ten years old, utterly useless
for battle and slow that at last the
war fleet took them in tow. Thus the
American Navy. by the grace of Con-
ereSS, went to war
The lesson of that war was not heed
ed by succeeding Congresses. In 1903
the general board proposed a program
of two battleships each year. In order
to build up a battleship fleet Of forty
eight vessels by 1919. 1t was not an
eNtravagant program, but the 1904
Congress authorized only one battle
ship. To make up for this. the gen.
eral board asked the 1905 Congress for
three ships. 1t got two. Succeeding
Congresses voted: 1907. one; 1908. 1903,
1910 and 1911. two ships each.
The 1912 and 1913 Congresses author
lied only one each, making the pro-
gram short five ships. without count
ing the shortage to be caused by the
retirement of Indiana, Oregon. Massa
chusetts and Iowa, which were already
rated as Anticipated. owing to the I'M
mense changes in naval construction.
boards original plan. as modified by
the necessity for replacing all ships
twenty years old, there should have
been in commission thirty-eight bat
tleships less than that age, with seven
building and two authorized. Instead.
there were only thirty In commission,
four building and three authorized.
from the number contemplated in the
program. which, it must be understood.
contemplated i'm the beginning only
the minimum number of first-line ships
that were absolutely and undeniably
needed.
Copyright. 1915. ny J. ". Muller,
Next Sundays article will expIa1s
the needs of a modern United States
Navy In detail.
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ed on some certain evidence that keeps
the hope alive.
Strange stories will one day be told
of the Odysseys that are these searches.
stories that will exceed in weirdness
any of those that grew out of the
French revolution, when the world
seemed mad-and psychologists such
as LeBon have since pronounced part
of the French nation really mad.
The writer has in mind one wife and
one mother who succeeded in finding
their soldier by a mental process the
sanity of which would not be doubted
on this side of the water today for a
moment. Their soldier in January was
in the trenches near Rheims. They got
letters from him several times a week
to assure them that he was safe.
One night the mother saw in
dream. through the binding flashes of
light and the mist of battle smoke, her
son crouching under the debris of a
trench, and beside him a dozen of his
comrades. AS she told me afterward,
they seemed to her to be waiting. as
they were not fighting.
The same night the wife saw her
husband in a dream, dragging himself
along a muddy road, and beside him
were other weary soldiers. the whole
group guarded by dim bodies, other
soldiers with fixed bayonets. The two
women compared notes the next day,
both declaring that their soldier must
have been taken prisoner. They re-
ceived no more letters from him, but
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later her husband came home, dis
charged from hospital.
No man or body of men could con-
duct this search with the faith or the
fervor of the women. l was present
lately at a meeting of two families
whose sons. of the same regiment, had
been lost in the same battle. The two
mothers present had Joined forces in
their search. I asked one of these
mothers, who had not had news of her
son for four months. just what proof
she had that made her believe he was
alive.
She recited her little tale, told me
all the circumst noes of the battle, how
certain of his comrades had seen him
by their side. how he had later given
himself up to the Germans. She said
the war department carried him as
missing" but had no other news. She
felt sure he must be alive. Finally, as
her last proof, she said: God told me
so"
She uttered these few words in such
surrounded as all of US are by the mad
overturns the sane thought of a rou-
tine world, I WAS quite afraid to ac-
knowledge to myself my doubt of the
f1nality of her proof.
And while the great search goes on.
be it said. tenderly, the madhouses. the
asylums are being slowly filed. Every
now and then, in the outer sections of
the great citiesS the passer-by may
hear a wall, cry coming from a car
riage, the cry of another poor mad
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certain important improvements, which
will be named elsewhere. but their
most direct defect is gross weakness
of trained garrisons. If the other two
lines of defense were in such salts
factory condition. or so easily to be
made perfect. there would be little need
for anxiety.
1t is regretted by military experts
that the name coast defenses has
been applied so generally to these
works. They do not defend the coast.
They protect only the very limited har-
bors whose entrances their guns COM
mand. Doing this. they serve entirely
the whole purpose for which they are
designed.
1t has been asked often by laymen
why the entire coast line should not be
defended by such works. thus putting
stop forever to all danger of inva-
sion. To military engineers such
question appears too absurd to be
worth serious reply. but it is a nat
ural question for civilians to ask.
The reply is simple. The utmost effect
i've range of the fourteen Inch rifled can
non. the largest seacoast gun, is $4,000
Yards, or trif1e more than ten miles.
Therefore. to protect the whole coast,
fortifications would have to be built a
little less than twenty miles apart If
there is to be no gap uncovered by gun
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now much the details may vary, the
object of all the proposed legislation
is the same. 1t is simply to assure to
the United States the services in time
of war of every availab BILE man who has
been trained by previous service in the
regular army.
The method proposed for forming
such an army reserve is to cut down
the term of enlistment to the minimum
period that is needed to make man
II thoroughly trained soldier. AS soon
as this is accomplished newly en-
listed man is to take his place. while
the trained man gets his discharge
from active service. on condition tina
he shall be at the instant bidding of
the comma ndcr-in -chief of the army.
II will be necessary, of course. to pay
Il certain small sum annually to the
men who thus hold themselves in re-
serve. but the expense will be vastly
less. both in pay and in ma intenance,
than If the nation attempted to sup
port a big force actively in the army.
An army reserve begun under this
system would increase in astonishing
arithmetical ratio. Assuming the term
of enlistment to be one year (enough
to assure perfect training), the reserves
at the end of five years would be four
times the standing army. In other
words, for each soldier enlisted in the
fifth year. there would be four men in
reserve ready for immediate service in
defense of our more than 10000 miles
of coast line. the protection of which is
the deciding factor in the problem of
American defense. This condition
makes it impossible to rely completely
on either navy alone or an army
alone. Therefore the principle has
been accepted permanently that there
must he three American lines of de-
fense-a fleet. system of harbor de-
fenses and a mobile army.
Unfortunately the harbor defenses
and the army have come to be regard
ed as one. both by the public and Con-
gress. This grave fallacy has led the
nation to fall into the mistaken belief
that harbor defense meant defense of
the entire coast.
Furthermore. the garrisons of the
harbor defenses known as coast artil-
lery. have been counted as part of the
strength of the mobile army, which has
given most misleading idea as to the
actual size of that army. The coast
artillery cannot possibly be used to
strengthen the mobile army in time of
war.
In point of adequate preparedness
and efficiency. the present values of
the three lines of defense are, % har-
Dor defenses. (2) fleet, go mobile army
This is fatally incorrect proportion.
The correct relative values, If every
line of defense is made properly eff
cient. will be % fleet, (2) mobile army
go harbor defenses.
This means. of course, not that the
efficiency of the harbor defenses should
be lessened. but that the fleet must be
so strengthened that it will serve as
the first and most powerful line of de-
Tense. while the army should be in
creased because in the event of inva-
sion it has to defend the harbor de-
lenses as well as the country.
The harbor defenses lead in efficiency
today largely because they are matters
of permanent engineering. They need
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the terms of the department meant
that he was probably dead.
After months of waiting, always with
no news. one morning the postman
brought in letter from her husband.
He had been in a hospital all the while.
suffering from ira umatic shock. in a
dazed, dreamy state caused by the ex
plosion Of a SHE'LL and only just now
had been able to identify himself and
write home His wife read the letter.
began wildly. ioyfully to embrace every
body in the shop. and fell dead on the
floor.
A woman of Toulouse. after waiting
and searching Ave months for news of
her husband, threw herself from her
window and was killed. A few weeks
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war. or else so badly crippled they can
do no more military service.
The merely unhappy are those who
are sure their loved ones are no more.
Death has become commonplace, suf-
fering and sacrifice the lot of all; the
beautiful. joyous life of peace seems
the news of death at the front does
not plunge a wife or mother into ex-
travagant grief
The unhappiest women are those who
do not know for sure what has become
of their soldiers, whose loved ones may
be prisoners. or, for all the laws of
chance say to the contrary, may lie
hidden under the wreckage of some
mined trench, or in a namelesS grave.
1t is the uncertainty of the search
ers that is more than human nature can
bear, the cruel suspense that becomes
each day more dreadful. the never
ending quest which begins in hope,
pauses in despair. is always begun
again because of the hope that will not
lie still.
The history of humanity has never
presented anything more remarkable
than this unceasing search for sons,
fathers, husban ds Sweethearts, con-
Quoted on tremendous scale by mil
lions of women. And one peculiar de-
velopment of it is that the German and
French wives and mothers have begun
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of waiting.
If the woman does not go mad
and, thank goodness. she gets enough
human and divine comfort. as a rule.
to keep her balanced-she may vet be-
come a prey to the fortune-tellers.
among whom are some of the many
criminals who are reaping a harvest
from the war that Is impoverishing SO
many homes.
Slowly the woman puts together her
little house of hope and how her
heart leaps when the doorbell rings.
These personal searches are not by any
means fruitless, nor the end tragic. il
the beginning Of the search was found
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TO write to each other about their lost
soldiers, and to aid each other in every
way they can.
Strangely enough. the very intensity
of the bitterness with which the men
are fighting in this war is what is
building up between the women of the
warning nations this rapidly growing
bond of sympathy and helpfulness. And
since letters cannot pass directly be-
tween France and Germany. thousands
OF kind women In Switzerland are now
acting as Intermediates
Where is my soldier?' That question
is on the lips OF half the women of
Germany. OF Bfunce. of Austria. OF Bel
GUM. They lEJo- quit thinking about
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Victories. SO famed for vows answered
Is hot night and day with the heat
from the thousands of burning candles
each pickering flame an emblem of
silent prayer. Notre Dame, usually so
dark. is lighted as never before by
these symbols of prayers offered.
8 In the poorer. home quarter of MONT
rouge. it's church presents the strange
spectacle of women praying with arms
stretched heavenward. frantically up
lifted. imploring God to save their sol
diers Everywhere a prayer. and. above
all. prayer for news of the missing.
The least unhappy of all these un-'
happy women OF Europe are those who
know their loved ones are prisoners Of
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was held. mother had received Of
fetal news of the death of her son in
the trenches. His body, of course, could
not be sent her: but she held the fu-
neral just the same, over an empty
bier. as is the custom. inviting friends
of the family to attend.
A few days after the funeral, when
the mother was becoming resigned to
her loss. she received personal word
from comrades of her son that he GER
tatnly was not dead, that he had, how
ever, been wounded and taken prisoner
by the Germans. Since then the mo-
Their. always without direct news from
her son, has begun a distracting search
for him which is wearing her out, and
may end in her own funeral.
The writer knows of a poor shop
woman of the Marais quarter Of Paris
who received news months ago from
the war department that her husband
was 'grievously wounded which in
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off the main streets. in the small shops
and in the homes. he Will hear TINS
question asked over and over again.
Searching has become the chief occu-
patton of the women and absorbs them
even when they are caring for the
wounded sending children to school.
keeping up the old make-believe exist
ence that so surprises the stranger.
They have formed themselves into
searching societies that far outnumber
in membership the total of the troops
of all the armies, into little groups that
carry no name. And they write and
write, millions Of letters. and then
write again. to every conceivable per-
son who might have some news Of their