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Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

run. There is an old saying that "the
watched clock moves slowly" but
there is no evidence in the world that
IL goes slow because IL is being looked
at. The watched clock never fiushes,
IL is the watched workman who does
that. II IN not the clock which puts
off until tomorrow that which can be
done today. It took man TO crea.> to-
morrow, "a period not to be found in
the hoary register of time" Tomorrow
ls the day when fd1eness works, and
fools reform and mortal men lay hold
on heaven
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14
Your Couch Can Be Stopped.

sure. sudden changes, and taking q
treatment of DR.. Kings New Discovery
will positively relieve and in time will
surely rid you of your cough. The first
dose soothes the irritation, checks your
cough. which stops in q short time. Df
Kings New Discovery has been used
successfully for 40 years and is guaran-
teed to cure you. Money back il IL
fails. Get a bottle from your druggist:
it costs only little and win help you
SO much.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Then there 10 the piazza. Next to a
cool sleeping room, with a comfort
able bed, this is one Of the most i'm
portant parts of the house.
Easy, roomy rockers, good porch
screens, a hammock well hung and not
of the diabolical kind which keeps the
feet higher than the head and give the
impression that to draw a long breath
would tip one out; a table to hold
books, magazines, papers, the needle
work which is dropped in response to
challenge to a game Of croquet. or
an invitation to a straw ride. all these
help toward that sense of well-being
which makes a summer boarder want
to come again next summer and is the
primary cause for messages on the
postcards home: Having a spandan-
gulous timeI" Days slipping by all
too quickly" Wish you were here 10
share my pleasure!"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

most perilous to all who venture out.
The most careful driver may have his
machine wrecked by the inefhcient or
the inebriate whose automobile dashes
around the corner.
What is needed is @ stricter OBJ
servance~ofr the laws we have, and bet
ter. laws forthe protection Of the peo-
n1n
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

It is the image OF the fabulous
wealth the contractors are going to
make which prompts American work
men to strike. Il isn't German in
fiuenee, but the hope labor may gel
its share OF sponge cake.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

What O dollar will buy Is an edu-
cative factor, especially IL 1t is
compared with what 1t used to buy q
few years ago. The dollar is getting
10 be more like the pin-wheel and less
like the care-wheei.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

The ancient tablet which mixes Noah
up with Paradise was written a thou
sand years before Genesis was COM
posed; and 1t supplies evidence Kings
have been losing their grip for 5000
years.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Since 1916 following the Napoleonic
war was summerless, the same is pre-
dicted for 1916. Ice on July 4th and
snow on August S0th. Will history
repeat itself?
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

The new American aeroplane that
can carry two men and a ton and a
half of metal IS miles an hour is a
war machine that is likely to carry
terror with 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

A great English scientist ventures
to tell us the fly is more deadly than
war. The littles rogue must be the
father of widows and orphans.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Here Is a real breach OF neutrality:
Little German bands can play any
hour Of the day or night In American
cities and the italian organ and street
piano players are held firmly TO the
hnnras az froras q q. m e. 9 Inn )
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Roosevelt calls Bryan a milk and
water statesman and some call Roose-
welt a blood and thunder specimen.
Both are good enough in their sea-
SON
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Germany's faith in itself is a good
example. She first captured the trade
Of the world and now she has faith
she can capture the world itself
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Perhaps the greatest and first de-
sideratun with city people coming to
the country 10 freedom.
This does not mean license TO tres
pass and destroy and be a nuisance;
but that sense Of liberty TO go and
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

In the south the play of politics
marks the picnics instead of the coun-
ty fairs, hence the political season
there begins much earlier.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

The Man on the Corner says he
can't see whyS some men look as If
they had to fight for their rights
every minute. and the women who are
fighting for their rights don't look
that way.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Among late orders from the allies
is one for four billion cigarettes for
the men in the trenches. Coffin nails
are in big demand at the front
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

When the war is all over we may
feel like thanking Germany. She wokr
America UP without making war upor
her.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Col. Bryan calls himself humble
Individual" So humble individuals
demand $500 night for their services.
No wonder they are rare.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

1t is queer but the most ardent
labor agitator ever thinks these wives
Of ours should have an eight hour day
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14
SUMMER BoARDERs TIME
Wr4tten spgctany Cor The Bulletin.)

CwrftHen Specially for The Bulletin.)
This Is the season when the carica-
turists OF the funny papers are busy
showing UP the city boarders as they
flock to the rural districts for recrea-
ton and rest.
The humorists have created a famil-
liar type in the nervous, fussy, hurried
woman, burdened with bags and books
and wraps; angular and anxious. Her
mate is a hollow-eyed, over-dressed
male, sporting camera a tennis rae
quet or varied assortment of golf
sticks, his pockets plugging with time
tables, popular magazines and news
papers. If only he has a battered suit
case literally decorated with labels in
dicatfng travel in foreign lands, he
manifests added importance.
Up in the hill towns, or along the
shore, countless landlords await the
coming of these unknown city folk,
destined to be members of their house.
holds for two weeks or more. as the
case may be.
Each needs the other. Together they
stand for a condition of supply and
demand.
For that reason. the comfort of both
depends on the behavior Of each tow
ard the other.
Throughout q hard and busy year,
perhaps, the members of the incoming
tide have waited and planned and
hoped and economical, with these two
weeks of freedom in view. During dis
couragements, hard work, city heat
and the discomforts of cramped quar-
ters in some hall bedroom, or dingy
fiat, or fourth rate hotel each has been
buoyed up by thoughts Of the green
hills far. away; of fields where sleek
cattle roam; of charming vistas OF
river and marsh and distant village;
perchance of the majesty of the sea,
the inviting wilderness of the sand,
boldly contoured boulders, seaweed
| floating in on the crest of the blue
| waves.
On the other hand, the prospective
| landlords have had dreams of profitable
| weeks during sultry July and August,
when crisp city banknotes are to be
| exchanged for the yield of the garden
or berry patch or orchard, for the cool
haven of the freshly done rooms shaded
| by the ancient elms, the freedom of the
| wide piazza, the mild diversion Of the
| croduet ground: blissful, restful hours
| in the dory, fishing or drifting; snoozes
| in the hammock swung there between
| the big cherry trees, maybe the fun OF
a day in the bayfield,, of a picnic to the
/ woods or the hills or the strand.
Each needs the other. And the COM
| forts to be exchanged are simple
| enough. If only each go about the sum-
mer's business in the proper spirit
Il
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14
EDITORIAL NOTES,

Self-preservation may be the first
law of nature, but America was slow
to learn the Iesson.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Like good Children, the ideal land.
lord and landlady should be seen and
not hsardI That Ia, while each should
be ever ready to aid toward the COM
gest good times. ETC., there should be
an entire absence of anything savoring
of shopping, Of spying TO see that the
property is not misused, and the like.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

ere Of the farm or the shore hotel have
long since renovated each room, slicked
up each with fresh paint, daintily laun-
dered draperies at the windows, COM
fortably cushioned chairs, neat rugs,
and banished from the walls all but q
few good pictures. IL 10 O. mistake 20
fancy that a stranger Is going TO
banker to watch during two weeks or
more, each morning no awakening, that
treasured family heirloom, the group
picture (enlargcd in crayon) Of Uncle
Ben Lindsey and his children and
grandchildren ;or the framed daRuer-
reOtype Of Aunt MilIys youngest
daughter Susan, who ran into quick
consumption after getting cold because
she wore paper-soied shoes one night
when the dew was on the grass. To
tho attic with ouch, while strangers are
members Of the household.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Hattie Tying GriswoId opens one Of
her poems with this query: Where
did we go last night when sleep came
down and shut your eyes to all this
world of care? We go to the land
of peace, or the land Of dreams, which
is sometimes a land Of turbulence as
well as beauty. Blessed, indeed, are
those who have no bad dreams; and
twice blessed of those who ittn &C.
lestial groves and talk naturally and
sweetly with the loved ones gone be-
fore. What is sleep? 1t has been de-
fined as "a friend to the frtendless
and a home to the homeless" 1t is
wizard which can make the shepherd
feel equal to the king, and the poor
feel as rich as Croesus, and the in
Jured or comfortless feel as calm az
the angels. Sleep makes the weary
feel fresh. the worn feel vigorous; It
restores energy and reinforces hope.
Where did you go last night when
sleep came DOWN. Let US hope you
went not only where sweet rest was
found, but where gladness warmed
your heart, pure thoughts clothed your
soul and beautiful memories were
cleaned to check doubt whenever he
assails your mind.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

appreciation of the efforts made for his
comfort and pleasure.
THE DICTAGRAPH.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

On his part, the boarders obligation
is to be prompt at meals, affable, will
ing to enter into any plan for the gen.
eral entertainment. modest about ad-
vancing his opinions, judiciously re-
framing from being what is called too
smart" from describing better accom-
modations, etc, which I'VE have at
home" There should be no delay in
paying board, no complaints with SER
vice ard no stinginess in expressing
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

healthy activity, irrespective Of ones
diet. A bottle of this splendid remedy
should be In every household. It Is
not expensive and can be purchased
everywhere. A free trial bottle can
be obtained by writing to Dr.. W. B.
Caldwell, 4s3 Washington St. Monti-
cello, III.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14


Wise 10 the landlord or iandIady who
realizes this. Who. after q good, sub
stantial meal, sends the city guests
out Of the dining room, joyous in the
sense of wide. unlimited freedom TO
enjoy themselves according to their
individual tastes, whims, caprices.
There must be a carefully screened,
inviting parlor or living room, where
no one will complain in case the piano
or Victrola may be worked overtime;
where papers and books may be lit
tered at will. Where there is a solid
desk or table for the inevitable writing
of letters home. or addressing the end
less chain of postcards. The furni-
ture here need not be expensive-in
fact. 1t should not give the faintest i'm
preston that 1t is too good to use.
The draperies should be dainty but
simple; for this is the season when
the soul yearns to get away from up
holstery and business and frtppery
and to get back to the Simple Life!
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

is big part Of the success OF keeping
summer boarders. City folk do not
care for timed meats, canned fruit and
vegetables. bakers food, condensed
milk and the Iike-they have too much
they do like IL a substantial filling
meal Of simple meat, fowl or FISH, with
vegetables right from the garden;
fresh fruit and berries, home made
bread. rolls, cornbread, pancakes. sim
pie cake or gingerbread. plenty or good
milk. first quality tea, coffee and cocoa
when these are used, sweet butter. The
tables must be daIntily laid, the SER
vice prompt, the china and glass and
nappery irreproachable. no matter now
plain and simple. There should be the
adornment of fresh field or garden
flowers, preferably of one sort, and ar
ranged with taste and care.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Why should the other fellows opin-
ion nettle US? More than half the opin-
ions in the world are either based upon
false conclusions or senseless prejudice.
Dependable conclusions upon what we
hear cannot often be made. He may
tell us we are fool in his opinion, and
it is up to US not to prove that he
tells the truth. Because he calls US a
fool doesn't make US one; but to brawl
or fight over a prejudiced or base
less conclusion surely makes us appear
like one. Few people really have opin-
ions that are worth airing; and those
who keep their opinions to themselves
escape disclosure and are frequently
credited with wisdom. Angry persons
venture to tell others their opinion OF
them, and it is best to let them have
ali the feelings over 1t. Silence is
never more impressive than when in
their wrath people say untrue and pro-
voking. things. You're anot11er!'
never made the other fellow feel chear
or sorry.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

No person in this world can help
another unless the other person de-
sires to be helped. The law of CO.
operation is founded upon mutual de-
sire, a condition of harmony necessary
for the uplift and progress of all.
There would be great deal more good
done in the world If kindly interest
was not SO often met with suspicion,
or checked by false idea of personal
independence. Half the world is a
slave to prejudice, and the other half
through the overcoming of selfshness
has not attained in righteousness the
fullest freedom which can be known
to man. The oppressed and their OPP
pressors are slaves of ignorance, and
cooperating in darkness injure one
another. Whatever the relations of
man they have to cooperate. There
is no independence such as the heart
of man dreams OF. If they will not CO.
operate in the light of righteousness
they must in the darkness and bit
| terness of ignorance. He who puts
selfishness under foot and neither OPP
presses nor is oppressed. is free.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

come at VIII, about fields and roads
and grounds, which mean 50 much TO
the town dweIler. who. for the most
and grassless street from his fifth or
tenth or fourteenth story. Who must
assiduously lock his apartment door.
keep his valuables jealousy guarded in
safe or strong box; whose windows
have to be barred, whose sideooard has
to be watched, for whom life even at
it's best is a sort of polite and fashion
able watching with suspicion every
next door neighbor.
The privilege of stepping direct from
the doorway into the grassy yard, OF
being freed frorn the incubus Of lock-
ing and barricading and watching and
warding ones few precious possessions
is a big factor in the delight Of getting
into the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

How liks men clocks be: most of
them are either too fast or two slow;
and most OF them have to be wound
up before you can get anything out of
snsia .,.,s h.rs;,s, tiroa ~ +na;1 Ss Az
and 1t doesn't disturb them If they do
not tell the exact truth. When clock
runs down It doesn't mind; and 1t
would as soon kill time as not.
Whether It Is making time or losing
boss cot OF ten minutes day its face
gives no sign of feeling: and if any
weighty matter disturbs Il, like a
faint hearted politician It declines TO
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

The consciences of too many men
are like cold molasses, slow to action
in fact, they operate so slowly that
they give them little trouble. Per-
haps you may have noticed that all
consciences do not seem to have been
designed after the same pattern; and
it is more than propable that there
may be a great variety of them.
Madam de StaeP& conscience had a
voice; and Napoleon found that no
class of men were 50 difficult to man
age as those with bewitched con-
sciences. Someone has been careful
to say: "a disciplined conscience is
mans, best friend; and perhaps an
undisciplined conscience is mans
most constant peril. If the foundations
of true joy are laid in the conscience,
none of us can doubt that conscience
can also be the source of true mis-
cry. Bovee tells us, What we call
conscience is in many instances only
a wholesome fear of the constable
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Those who counsel youth to have an
aim in life do not realize that many
a man who has aimed to tell the truth
has become the greatest of liars. Bet
ter tell them to have a purpose. Men
with an aim have been known to miss
the target and kill the scorer. Aim
depends upon the eye, which 10 oTten
deceptive, while purpose depends upon
the will. which may be weak. Resolu-
tons to be superior in all things which
make for goodness or skill is the real
| thing to be invoked. As someone has
said: ct is not only necessary to re-
solve to be good. but to be good Tor
something" In our counsel we ire
quently fall short of our aim. In
speech we get half way there oftener
| than we reach the goal. II We propose
| to give good advice it Is necessary to
say enough to make it effective. Tell
| ing youth to have an aim in life Is
| far from being bulfs-eye shot.
A philosopher says: The Lord
made woman and she made herself
over into a lady" There is no doubt
the first specimens Of her handiwork
| were quite a credit to her, but the
| lady has become SO variable that the
original lady no longer serves as q
model. When it comes to the idle, or
butterfly lady, and the galeslady, the
| latter is most useful. Think of just
| being an ornament in socity and basing
| the hope upon 1t that you will in
| heaven become an angel. The founda-
| ton looks too f1imsy to sustain the
hope, doesn't it? There is such a thing
as true womanhood, but who would
| dare to speak of true ladyhood? The
| washerlady would obJetc to wearing a
| hood. or to being hooded in speech.
| The true woman is a divinely appoint
ed helpnate, while the modern lady Ia
| only running mate. And some wom-
en- insist upon being considered ladies
as indicative of something more re-
| fined than being a mere woman.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-14

Look out for your Lam ness, for
the taller it gets the greater your
peril Our regard for ourselves should
always be kept so we can look down
upon it, instead of up to it. If we
make our love Of praise manifest
there will be plenty of people willing
to contribute to our weakness It
doesn't pay to recognize our own gen.
ius, and then to fall in love with it.
1t is better to let others discover our
praiseworthy qualities than to dis
cover them ourselves. Those who
lend their ears to praise soon become
fond of flattery although they know it
is untrue, 1t Is a sign of strength to
be able to discover quality in others
while we remain apparently blind to
quality in ourselves. None Of US can
be wholly unconscious OF our own
merits. but 1t is better for all that we
recognize the merits OF others in pref
erence to our own. No one can fool
US as we can fool ourselves-no one
can make US such easy victims as we
can make ourselves.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
DISTINCT CHANGE IN FASHION
Now 't Ia Smart to Look Demure, and
the Wise Woman VIII Adapt
Herself to the Mode.

You may not agree to accept either
the material or the Victorian idea In
dress as whole, but If you are even
wee bit fashionable, 1t is not posi-
Bile to avoid them in part You would
have to invent a new line of acces-
sories, to begin with, to say nothing
Of changing the silhouette in serious
manner; in other words, you would
have to be an insurgent.
3 In these rushing days no one has
time to give over to insurgency, which
means acute individuality with study.
It is far easier to drift along with the
tide, only adjusting ones self to do
this, and outside help does not always
count for as much as one thinks when
1t comes to practical decision of the
exact thing to accept or refuse. This
is a condition where one must learn
reliance on ones own conviction Of
intuition. SO, as to this wave OF new
fashions which is swooping down upon
US as a striking expression of a seri-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
FEATURES OF NEW DRESSES
Many New Effects From Which Wom-
an Who Knows WIN Choose
Those That Best Become Her.

Taffeta.dresses are made In combi-
nation effect, the skirt being of blue
and white striped taffeta, for instance.
ana the bodice of the plain blue. or
black and white striped skirts are
worn with black bodices. A skirt OF
brown lowered taffeta may be worn
with a bolero of plain brown taffeta.
entire dresses Of taffet& or foulard in
stripes, polka dots or chicks are worn.
Dress bodices are usually very sim
pie. being finished with soft lingerie
collars and cuffs. Full length sleeves
are most often seen, although there
are some of elbow length. While all
skirts are full. the more moderate
style, with a slight flare, are best
liked. Many double and triple skirts
are finished with a band or cording
around the bottom to give distended
appearance. Flounces are much used
on soft materials, some skirts being
nounced from waist to hem. All
skirts are short, some reaching Just
10 the high shoe top. others to just
above the ankle.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
KILL HESSIAN FLY
BY EARLY FLOWING
Fifty Million Bushels of Good
Wheat Fed to Pest Every Year
How to Destroy 1t.

We feed 50,000,0O0 bushels of good
wheat to the hessian fly every year, to
say nothing of what it costs us to feed
our chinch bugs and other pests, and
have only ourselves to blame. There
is only one subject in which all farm
ers agree, and that is, high taxes.
They want pay for sheep killed by the
neighbor's dogs. Why not ask pay for
the wheat killed by the neighbours hes
sian flies?
Cut the wheat high, above the Sec
ond joint. Remove the grain from the
field and stack it somewhere else. The
fly is now in the resting stage and the
safest way and only sure plan is for
every farmer to pillow every acre deep
ly and thoroughly within two weeks
after harvest, turning'under the stub
BILE completely. This will fix Mr.. Fly.
Team work is necessary. Teach the
schoolchildren to look for the fly, and
report it at every stage. Appoint
captain in every school district, who
should be the best wher,t grower in
the neighborhood.
This early complete blowing will not
only reduce the fly, but will be a
great benefit to next years crop. 1t
does not let the field dry out after
harvest, and gets it ready to hold all
OF the moisture which is SO badly need
ed in most sections. 1t is stated that
other things being equal, three acres
plowed in July are worth five acres
plowed in September.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-27
HEALTH AND BEAUTY

The average woman should wear
her hair softly around her face. the
tightly-drawn back effects being very
trying.
II is bad enough for her physical
health when a grown woman chooses
To squeeze her figure in a space too
narrow for it, but girls should not be
allowed to do 80.
Eating bread and butter which has
been thickly sprinkled with cayenne
pepper is recommended by many ply
sicians as an effective means of pre-
venting seasickness.
Tight lacing prevents the free cir
culation of the blood, which is SO i'm
portant for young girls. Good circu-
lation Is necessary for sound health.
and when 1t Is stopped by tight stays
anemia is the result.
salt bath Is very beneficial and
restfuL Purchase of druggist box
of sea salt; dissolve about fourth
Of 1t in hot water. Saturate a bath
towel in the salt water, then let 1t
dry. After the regular bath, rub the
body with the sailed towel, or use 1t
mornings after the cold bath.