Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-26

An exchange asks what has become
Of the man who used to keep his
money in a knot hole in the attic. be-
cause savings banks were not safe
enough? Wen. he is dead. while his
son is investing his funds in war
stocks.-Meriden Journal
It's awful to learn that Emperor
william has already suffered a per-
eonal loss of at least sac, o00.0 900 in
the war, mostly due to depreciation
in stocks which he holds in shipping
and manufacturing concerns which
have suffered And he so innocent and
undeservingi-Wate American.
With the 1S.ss7 automobiles that
had been registered in Connecticut
up to July IL constantly bu8zing over
the highways Of the state, 1t is not so
very surprising that Secretary of
State Charles G. Burnes is working
overtime sitting in Judgment upon VI
olations of the motor vehicle law
Bridgeport Standard
Let bachelors. who think they know.
talk of freedom The married man
whose wife's away doesn't wont any
around who knows where In the deuce
everything is. somebody who can find
tie make q bed, cook a meal and boss
him around. August is. the worst
month in the year for the married
man.-New Haven Register.
-
The Duke Of the Abruzzi, now ad-
miral of the italian navy. ascended
Mount Everett to the dizzy height of
q. coo feet, but the peak towers q
mile above that mark. 1t Is doubtful
whether any human being can scale
Fits precipices and glacial walls or
live in the raref1ed air Of its summit.
II DR.. Cook makes the attempt, and
never returns, he win have made
amends for any deception he may
have practised in the past.-Torring-
| ton Register.
People given to short cuts in their
walking have another warning in the
| filming Of q man in East Providence
yesterday for trespassing on the rail-
| road track. The track-walking law is
/ not entirely a dead letter. The east
shore town is peculiarly planned with
regard to the location of tracks, high
ways. shore and railroad stations SO
/ as TO offer q strong temptation to
use the track for pedestrianism. How
ever, it is worth a long walk to gain
safety first-and save fine.-Prov-
| Now we know what has become
| of Morton II. Plants big steam
/ yacht. Iolanda, which used to MI VI
a large part of the Thames estuary
| off the Fort Griswold. Her captain
| adelphia. reports that after being un-
| der charter to a Russian family she
was taken over by the British gov
4 eminent to serve as flagship for O
British Submarine patrol feet. One
of the largest OF pleasure craft. she
| is certainly big enough for the job
| The Jibboomers' club Of New Lon
don used to wag their heads and
/ reflect that if Mr. Plant ever went
broke he could make money enough
| by putting the Tolanda into the ocean
| passenger trade.-Hartford Times.
In one club Jun Bridgeport there are
4 upward Of 400 adult PLAYERS of goli
and at least 400 tennis players. When
all the other clubs and non-club men,
bers are added in. the total of golf and
tennis players in this city win be
/ brought to a figure exceeding the aver
age attendance at baseball games In
| Bridgeport in the palmfest days of the
baseball crane. Never before in the
history OF this nation did golf and ten
mis- have the number OF enthusiasts en-
rolled in the ranks to-day-and the
number is steadily swelling, especially
as the addition OF golf links and tennis
courts to the public park systems open
the Inviting possibilities Of the games
i to those not having access to clubs on
Il
gram.
In European countries the people
have demonstrated what can be done
by intensive farming. Some OF the
little farms over there are no bigge1
than the average back yard or ar
American city home. Recently q move
ment was started among school chill
dren for the purpose OF interesting
them in cuitfvating small parcels o.
land. After school hours the boys
and girls set to planting and they
manifested great interest In theil
work. So marked has this movement
become that in some Of the western
cities the municipal authorities have
Il given the children privilege OF work
ing ON small tracts belonging TO tbs
city and for which the city has nc
present use. Private interests have
turned over 20 the children vacant lots
until such time as building viii be In
order. In this way the cities OF the
west are doing away with the vacant
lot evil and ugly spots are being turned
into beautiful vistas. II Ia a good and
i nro1itable wcrk and with any sort a