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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Possibilities,

MT. Editor:-The contrast has been made clear to our citizens that the examining physician for the public schools gets $10O a year while the wis iting nurse gets $70 a month. Per haps this is so that the doctor will not do so much that two nurses will be required.
 The nurse has a double job-visit the schools and visit and inform the families. Her occupation opens the door to no other opportunities. The $70 a month is her whole hope.
 How is it with the physician? He may increase his patients by from 100 to 300 a year and swell his income. If he only gets the business the town has to pay for he is quite likely to get $1,00O a year or more from legiti- mate practice resulting from this close relation to the people.
 A good many children may go to the dentist, and as in other places it may be in this, the physician may rq- ceive a percentage upon the business he sends.
 These are progressive times when shrewd business and shrewd doctors do not get left.
 OBSERVER
 Norwich, Feb. 21, 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
WASHINGTON AND PREPARED.
 NESS

The arrival of another birthday an- niversary of George Washington at this time suggests the comparison of conditions at the time of his presi- dency and those of today upon the , important question of preparedness. The situations are not identical but national defense is not to be disre- garded now any more than it was at that time.
 Washington's advice upon such a matter was not accepted without op- position and it is we'll known that his was not an aggressive spirit unless the rights of this nation were tram pied upon. He was an advocate of peace but he didn't believe in peace at any price. He believed in holding aloof from all foreign alliances but he didn't believe in neglecting prepara- tion for war in times of peace though it was his advice that the sword should never be unsheathed so long as justice, rights and responsibility could be preserved without it.
 In his own words ITO be prepared for war is one of the most effectuaI means of preserving peace. A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined to which end a uni- form and well digested plan is re- quisite" and further does he say, What madness then can be greater, or policy and economy worse, than to let the enemy again rise upon our folly and want of exertion? Shall we not be justly chargeable for all the blood and treasure, which shall be wasted in a lingering war, procrasti- mated by false expectations of peace, or tinid measures for prosecuting the war %'
 Washington had not thought of en- couragins militarism and yet he coun- selled only the same sort of prepara- tion that is being urged today. His words displayed wisdom at the time they were spoken and they are like wise applicable to the present day sit- nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

MT. Editor:-Observer in your pa per under date of Feb. and Many Citizens of Feb. Is seem to think the school board are autocratic in regard to school matters. If there is any doubt in their minds that the school board as servants of the people are ignoring their creators application can be made to the Chamber of Com merce and no doubt they would be willing to take the matter up with the public be (-) and if the Chamber of Commerce displays as much executive ability in dealing with school matters as they did in the gas and electrical situation there will not be any fur ther cause for Observer and Many Citizens to worry as the welfare of the little children will be properly looked after MT. Editor, there are board are doing their level best to comply with the medical inspection law as enacted by the general assem- ply of the state of Connecticut and if Observer end Many Citizens do not like the medical inspection let them go to the proper place and have the law repealed instead of finding fault with the school board for complying with the law, and now, MT. Editor, through the efforts Of Mayor Murphy ana his commission of five and the chamber of commerce, municipal own ership of gas and electricity as prac- t1ced in Norwich has been fully ad Vertised in New England, and now if we can let New England know how we are trying to compel the school board to ignore the medical inspection law or the state of Connecticut there will be nothing left to be desired in the advertising line Norwich for progress as displayed on the coal bin.
 ANOTHER CITIZEN.
 Norwich. Feb. 2d, 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Nickel In Soap Makinu.

It will probably be news to the aver age ablutionist that the metal nickel is used in making his soap. And fur ther, perhaps, he will be glad to learn that although the nickel, finely ground
 Is mixed with the other soap ingredi- ents the finished product contains none of 1t. This Is so because the nickel acts as what the chemists call catalyst-that is, its presence causes certain desirable changes to occur, al- though it takes no part in the chemi- cal reaction. Offensive oils and those too thiA for satisfactory use when mixed with finely divided nickel and subjected to the action of a current of hydrogen become deodorized and hard CT and suitable for the soapmakers s use. Cottonseed oil, for example, after the nickel-hydrogen treatment, makes a satisfactory soap.-Pittsburgh Press
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Cassiterite In California.

A description of an occurrence of cassfterite (tinstone) in San Diego County, Cal, has recently been pub lished by the United States Geological Survey as Bulletin 620-P. Mir. Wald- emar T. Schaller, the author, has re- gently visited the locality, but does not consider the deposit of industrial importance. A small quantity of cry stalls found near Oak Grove, San Diego County, in the spring of 1915 is all the cassiterite so far obtained. The region, however, offers possibilities to the gem miner. The same pegmatite dike in which the cassiterfte crystals were found has yielded blue tourma- line and columbite.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
BRITISH VIOLATION THIs TIME.

It was only a short time ago that this country had reason to protest to France against the removal of Ger man subjects from American vessels proceeding between neutral ports, and in response to the representations of this country the release of the pris- oners were ordered and the practice which was being carried on about the West Indies by the cruiser Des- cartes was stopped.
 Now comes the report from Shang- hai to the effect that a British aux Hilary cruiser has held up the Ameri- can steamship China on the high seas and taken therefrom SS Germans. How this differs any from the operations which the French were engaged in, or where the right exists for such an act cannot be discovered from the details which have thus far been furnished.
 To all appearances the British cruiser is as much in the wrong as was the French. Those Germans were flag and were not destined to any port from which they could slip into Ger many or territory of the Teutonic al- lies, so that the ground for protest in their case appears to be identical with that taken in the case where the Des- cartes was found in error, which in turn was based upon the ruling in the Trent affair.
 Therefore it will be expected that this government will seek the release of those German subjects from Brit ish control or at least call upon Great Britain to explain, if it can, why those men were taken from an American ship which was proceeding not to German but to an American port
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
DANISH WEST INDIES.

Whether the strike of the Negroes in the Danish West Indies is sufficient cause for the renewal of talk concern ing the sale of the islands, the sug- gestion that an offer in excess of what this country made in 1901, when 1t was willing to pay $4,0OOO00 for the group, would in all probability be fa- vorably received by the Danish par liament brings this matter to life again in a manner which cannot be overlooked.
 This country is anxious to get pos- session of the Danish archipelago not for the purpose of extending it's ter ritorial limits, for there is a feeling that it has too many island posses sions already, but with the idea of protecting this hemisphere against further encroachment of foreign na- tions and being in possession of such islands it would have less trouble in upholding the provisions of the Mon- roe Doctrine.
 Denmark has not been able to give Gg much attention to the islands as it @hght or as they deserve. Conditions there are far from the best and it has been long understood that Ger 9nany was anxious to get foothoId there even as it has a similar desire to do in Hayti for the purpose of es- tablishing military bases. So anxious has Germany been to carry out such plan that it is reasonable to believe that its influence was sufficient to have blocked the sale of the islands to this country on previous occasions.
 If the islands are to be sold through Denmarks desire to throw off its re- Bponstbltty there, 1t Is for the pro- lection of itself that this country carry out now what it has attempted 10 do in the past. It is a situation where this country Is naturally inter- ested.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

Colombia would receive should it be passed and that is likely to result in the refusal of the South American country to accept it even should it get favorable action in the United States senate.
 It is time that the matter was clear ed up.. If the faith of Latin American countries has been shattered by the manner in which this country through President Roosevelt "took'' Panama it is time to consider whether an ad- justment ought not to be reached as speedily as possible. To have such a matter hanging fire does no credit to this country. There is no call for a demonstration of the idea that this country can be looked upon as a dis penser of charity under such condi- tions but there ought to be the dis position to reach an honorable set clement oe the claim and the quicker it can be done the better for this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Gold Mine Comes Back.

In the days when New Mexico was a hinterland an Indian showed some specimens of rock he had found on Baldy Peak to white men who recog- nized them as copper ore and who, guided by the Indian, found the ledge, and located a prospect. The men do- ing development work on this copper prospect in 1866 found placer gold and traced 1t to its parent ledge. The placers yielded S2,250,0 900 and the gold mine about $1,150,00O, but the rich ore was exhausted in a few years, and for over 40 years desultory prospecting for other ore bodies was carried on without notable results. In recent years prospecting based on the geol- ogic relations of the old ore body re- suited in the discovery of a new body of rich ore, which has yielded nearly S250,000 in 10 months and is still pro- ducing
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
TREATY WITH COLOMBIA.

While the Nicaraguan treaty has been ratified by the senate there is now much concern as to what will be done with the Colombian treaty. Nei- ther relates to the other but the lat ter has been hanging fire for over a decade during which time there has continued to be 8 resentment on the part of Colombia towards this eoun- try which of course does not serve to improve tke feeling which exists be- tween the nations of Latin America and this country.
 Under the treaty as proposed by the former administration there were provisions which were satisfactory to Colombia and the congress of that country without much opposition rat filed 1t but it failed to get similar action in this country. Now it has been changed. There has been cut pr two-nfths of the amount which
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Provinq Faith by Work.

A clever little girl distressed over a brothers bird-trapping, once pro- vided a very telling example of the faith that is allied to work Her mother, whose assistance she had inn plored in behalf of. the birds, declined to interfere, but suggested that the child pray for her feathered friends Presently noting that a serenity had succeeded the sadness, she asked fo1 late details of the affair.
 "Oh, it's all right, mamma" came the prompt and smiling response I've fixed it three ways. First, l ask ed God to make Johnny a better boy so he wouldn't want to be trapping the poor little birdies, then l prayed that no poor little birdies would gel into that trap, and then I went out and kicked the darned old trap to pieces -Bryantville News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

ufacture of artificial silk. This Is the first attempt in the industry in Japan. In compliance with the request of the company professors in the Yonezawa Polytechnic Institute have been en- gagged for some time past in the per lection of the process of manufactur- ing the goods and a patent has been taken ut for the result obtained quite recently. The perfection, or rather invention, of the manufacturing pro- cess has been arrived at quite inde- pendently of the German invention and is reported to show a great i'm provement on the foreign method - East and West News.
 A French scientist has invented c microscoue using X-rays.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Attic Athens" Ii was natural

Attic Athens" It was natural that Greek cities should take their name from Athena, the goddess of wisdom, warlike prowess and skill in the arts of life, who, according to some leg ends herself founded the City of Vio- lent Crown. Others ascribed the nam ing of the city to Theseus or other mythical kings The IS" of the ter imitation is a real plural, for the city was given a plural name (AthenaD, as being made up of several consti- tuent parts.-London Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
SORROWS OF THE BUTCHER

If I thought she was ignorant was mistaken. because she had taken @ thorough domestic science training and weighed everything. and she was very indignant. When she stopped for breath I said meekly that maybe she didn't know that meat was all ways weighed before it was trimmed and chickens before they were drawn and lost their heads and legs. And then she was madder than ever! She said she should stir up all the women's clubs in town to protest against such robbery and she should tell all her friends what I had just confessed. T."
 The telephone tangled again and the pessimistic butcher glared at it as he rolled up the porterhouse steak.
 'I'n be-" he said between his teeth as he strode toward 1t, that it's one of them there brides trying to tell she let the sausage fry by itself while she read novel in the parlor and when she looked at the sausage it was noth- ing but queer little, hard, black, smelly Jumps. and what do mean by send ing her such meat? Sometimes I get real discouraged!"- News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Artificial Silk in Jaoan.

The busy silkworms of Japan are to find a chemical-mechanical rival. At Yonezawa a big f1lature outfit has been lately secured by the Adzuna Leather Manufacturing Company for the purpose of inaugurating the man.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

There have been blfzzards in March and ice crops harvested in April but every dealer in frozen water knows the value of making hay while the sun shines.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

There are a lot of people who fail to remember that if it is impossible to get the ice off the sidewalk there is still 8 chance of contributing to safety and comfort by applying ashes or sand
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Only One Athena Now.

There is and has been TOT many cen turies only one Athens. But antiquity knew no fewer than nine cities or towns of that name in various parts of Greece, and even in the time of Plautus it was sometimes felt nec- assary to distinguish the great one as
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

Much is being said about the fall of Erzerum but there are lot of peo- pie in the past few days who have gone through a similar experience in much less time.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

The only trouble with that fight in the Oklahoma legislature is that it was not caught by a moving picture man for displaying to every succeed ing general assembly as an example of the wrong way for legislators to get into action.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

If Germany simply meant in its Arabic note that it would not further molest those vessels which have al- ready been sunk there ought to be no hesitancy in saying SO.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

From the pugilistic and too realistic way in which Geraldine Farrar is playing Carmen there is likely to be a lot of sympathy expressed for the bridegrooIn.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

Built of tan novelty cloth Is this topcoat with its brassy novelty but tons and brown velvet finishes. Please notice how smart the pockets are, pendent fro mthe belt. The tan straw hat has an oiIcloth band of brown and white check.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

The determination of Germany to put its new submarine order in effect as planned would indicate that Ad- mira1 von Tirpitz had returned from his vacation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

for an average" mule, and the rest need cause us no anxiety, because sta tistics are terrible only so long as you believe they are true.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

It must be evident to those who listen and read that there are safer and healthier places to live in than Armenia,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

The man on the corner says: Now that there is a scarcity of goats there is golden opportunity for the re- turn of borrowed property.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

Prominent in the doings of baseball magnates is James H. O'Rourke. Where have we heard that name be- fore?
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
EDITORIAL NoTEs

A few more of these cold waves and the standing room only sign will be hoisted along the Florida coast.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

School officials will be astonished beyond measure to hear that five thousand Philadelphia school teachers have petitioned that school shall re- main in session on three customary holidays of the second half of the year but vii recover somewhat on read ing further that it is proposed to ex- change these three days for a weeks s Easter vacation. Philadelphia may be slow, but the teachers are not. - Providence Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

The Panama canal law contains a clause against railroad operation of steamships that prevents the New Ha- ven railroad from contining it's steamship service and making rail and water freight rates to New England points. Our experience of the last few months shows that this might be very unfortunate. But even if the combined control were unwise, what business had congress to end it by passing a law to prevent railroad owned steamship lines from monopo- Ezing coastwise traffic through the Panama canal? Such ill-considered political legislation is one of the curses of this country.-Waterbury Republi- ..an.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Connecticut receives full credit for the success of the hanging which took place at Concord, N. H., yesterday morning, for those in authority car ried out the instruction which they recently received at Wethersfield. Per haps, however. 1t is an instruction in Which we may take too much pride. However, if hanging must be done, 1t is admittedly desirable that it be done well.-New Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

Much complaint is heard from new corners regarding the sidewalks of Bridgeport. They are patchy un- even, broken or lacking in many places. Main street, even. is moi immune. In other places they consist of flags, which were popular 50 years ago, and some of them have never been reset since then. The frost has heaved the flags and they stick up at all angles. with depressions in which the water forms unpleasant puddles for the discomfort of pedestrains Un- fortunately for the appearance and comfort of the residents, the city or dinance requires only a six-foot side walk. It may be of any material and apparently, in any state of disintegra- tfon. Some work was done last year Tn rectifying this condition, but the sidewalk inspectors either overlooked some of the poor spots or lacked the authority to enforce their orders. - Bridgeport Standard
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

The sentiment in the Naugatuck valley will be practically unanimous in favor of the dyestuffs bill that has been introduced and eloquently cham ptoned by Congressman Hill in con gress. The purpose of the bill is to provide for adequate protection for American manufacturers and workers, who engage in the business of making dyestuffs in this country in competi- tion with the great German monopoly There will be no difficulty in main taining these industries during the course of the war but it is imperative that the government take summary steps now to assure to this new and important industry a market for the future and one that cannot be ruined by the making of this country the dumping ground for low priced Ger man chemicals and dyes after the war is over,-Ansonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Doing Their Level Best.

Norwich, Feb. 21, 1916.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-06

IL I might wish and the wish come
true.
Pray what do you think that wish
would be?
Twould be for nose that could tell
me OF
The things ! can neither hear nor
see.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-06
Fashions for Americans

The knack OF the French of adapt
ing prevailing fashions for grown
ups 10 frocks and wearing apparel
OF all sorts for the younger genera
ton Is well illustrated this season.
and certainly American. designers
merit credit for the showing.
The drop shoulders. tight bodices.
Spanish draperles. etc. approved for
garments designed for the grown-ups
are very charmingly modified and
adapted for the younger generation.
This spring even the six-year.old
daughter OF the family possessed a
suit" and one style adopted this
season for children Is the plain,
practical tailored type OF dress that
for the older member OF the family
is classed under the general heading
OF sport" apparel.
The youngsters are not tc Re de-
prived OF frilly and frivolous party
frocks of lace and ret and ribbon;
but their linens and ginghams arc
usually severe and sedate, following
Russian blouse, coat or bolero lines.
Events Of a military nature are
given as the source Of the Russian.
and numerous blouse dresses that
are fashionable for girls of all ages
In combination effects-p)ain blouses
with striped skirts. and vice versa
these sport dresses are very smart.
and are becoming to most children.
An exceptionally smart little sport
dress is shown in the sketch. Plain
white, and red and white striped cot
ton wolfe. were the material selected
for the original design, although this
dress would develop admirably In
linen. Bingham. Galatea cloth. or any
of the sturdy tub fabrics available.
For its best effect. however, plain
color and striped or checked fabric
should be combined. The comfort
able short sleeves and low collar and
the big. smart pockets would delight
small girl,
To make this dress for a six-year.
old would require one yard OF ma
terial 80 inches wide in plain color