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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-21

acter just as. on the other hand. indus
Try builds it UP. Gambling is highly de.
struct!re. person, young or old who
has once acquired the habit wants to
win his way by luck or cheating rather
than by earnest endeavor.
Unfortunately. many boys are addicted
to peuy thieving. They call it hook.
ing things. and are often rather proud
OF their skill at il. That it is n disgrace.
ful thing TO do does not occur to them
Yet stealing makes sneak and the
thief-hoy. even though inspired by mere
mischief in such operations, is in danger
OF developing into a criminal Many n
thief-boy may be turned into boy Of
honor by making clear to his mind the
Uniairness and nastiness of stealing.
Another photograph shows group of
small boys in whose company is an older
and bigger boy. slouchy Of demeanor He
Is nanifcstly their leader: 10 n great
extent he directs their thoughts and in
huences them in the formation OF their
ideals. II is obvious that he is moi
Sood boy. and the mischief the little
chaps suffer from his leadership is an
injection OF character which is liable TO
affect their future and lessen their pros.
poet of turning out useful citizens.
Boy fights are phenomena more than
ordinarily interesting. Al five or six
years OF age boy tights whenever an.
other boy does anything he does not like
VI ten or twelve II is time for hin, "a
think whether ighting is always right o..
when, if ever, it is right to fight.
If a boy seeks instruction on this noint
from his elders, he is likely TO he told
mat 1t Is always wrong to fight But
This Is not true, and he knows il ia NOT
Copyright, 1915, By the Star compan
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-21
Motorists Safest When Speedino :?

does the railway, il has met them quite
successfully.
Then. too, there is not the matter of
soft resilient pneumatic tires to contend
WIN IN the case OF the railway train.
the tiremaker has done as much TO
make motoring safe as any one. Then
comes the spring-maker and the high
grade specialist, who is responsible for
the little steering knuckles, which dare
not give way. You seldom hear of
broken steering knucile these davs-it
uSea 10 be quite common.
Bui while enumerating the parts max
ers nave contributed 10 safety. don't for
GET the man who makes the motor itself
Wild, unbalanced motor is one of the
most dangerous things that might enter
INTO the construction OF a motor car II
VIII rack car from rear TO front. It Will
work on every bolt and loosen il in snite
OF rate and high water. There is nothing
Which weakens motor car throughout
its whole chassis so much as vibrant
ana poorly balanced power plant
Vibration has been the anti.safe,v in.
tluence which all engineers have been
surviving TO conquer. And the battl,
was won when the multiple cylinder mo
tor attained state of perfection.
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true. The instruction therefore is worse
than wasted. What lie ought 10 be told
is that fighting without necessity is mean
and muckerish. but that there are occa.
sions when il would be shameful and de.
structive of his own character for a boy
not TO fight--as. for example. if attack ed
or IN defense of a weaker boy assailed by
n bully.
photograph shows two brothers quar-.
rellng. The Younger has done something
the elder brother did not like. After
chasing him two blocks. the bigger bov
has caught the smaller one and pounded
him till he whimpcred Quarrels between
brothers are surely wrong and dis
graceful
Most boy fights are wrong and foolish
II two men behaved so. other men who
might chance 10 he witnesses would be
ashamed and Disguised. There is no rea.
son why the code OF decent men in such
matters should not be the code OF decent
boys.
In another picture gang bully is pes.
tering newsboy and trying to drive him
away from his chosen business corner.
This is The kind of bully who, to elicit
the laughing applause OF his companions.
will make fun OF lame old man. or
knock a market basket from the hand OF
a poor old woman. He is a coward. whose
specially is malicious mischief al the ex.
pcnse Of others weaker than himself
When he fights he expects his gang 10 be
ready TO pile on"
The difference between a real Joke and
cruel joke is that the latter is NOT
joke at all; ii is simply malice A how
should be taught that mean Jokes are
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NM motor car safe? In the first
place. is speed danger or a
safety factor? At first thought. one would
be inclined to say danger" but w. f
Stainaker. well-known automobile man
uiacturer makes the statement that speed
IS one OF the most pronounced contrbu.
TORS TO safety that motor car possesses.
provided always other essential condi.
tlons are right. He cites, for examine
Inc number OF accidents in motor.car
racing when motors were slow. as com
pared to the comparative freedom from
accidents in the recent highspeed events,
where the speed ran higher than one hun.
dred miles per hour.
I do not mean" he says, that this
tremendous speed would not have been
extremely hazardous when cars wero
built poorly, but with modern construc.
ton, which is designed with speed con.
stantly in mind, the element OF speed
has very little we for the average spec.
tator
The railway has not run away from the
motor car in tho development Of safety
devices. While the motor car has great
deal harder conditions to combat than
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-21

This boy and girl are at a dangerous
age, unless their outlook on life is prop
erly directed. They are on the verge
of manhood and womanhood. IF your
Mary and the n ighbor's boy. Jack, are
not wcll-controllcd morally, tragic mis-
chief may result. Just what have you
told your Mary about character educa.
ton as 4 vital necessity?
pect q "goody- goody" talk They sus.
pect il TO he more or less humbug and
are not much impressed But throw a
picture OF an actual boy fight on the
screen and they are interested at once
II is wonderful 70 see how their faces
change. They know that they are nor
being fooled. 1t is the real thing
One picture shows u boy at the head
of his crowd crossing street to pick
n fight with another boy. The other boy
makes no response; he goes on home
He is not coward, hut he sees no oc-
casion for fighting. 1t is no reason TO
fight just because another boy wants TO
fight If fellow is actually attacked
he must, OF course. defend himself man.
fully.
Any teacher or mother. once having
grasped the idea, can find pictures in
newspapers and neutrality-suspicious. out
OF real life-that she can utilize for char
acter instruction. Sunday school
lures on this page, paste them separately
on pieces OF cardboard and pass them
around among her pupils. with a few
words OF descriptive comment
Another OF Mr.. Fairchild's photographs
shows backyard devoted TO boyhood in
dustry. A hoy, on his knees is melting
iron in g little blast-furnace that he has
built himself He is casting wheels for
a miniature street car which he is max
ing for the purpose of studying out the
operation of real vehicles OF tie kind
by electricity. incidentally, though he
does not know it, his industry is develop.
ing his character Can there be a doubt
that this boy will succeed in what he i'm.
dertakes in life?
a child's character grows stronger or
weaker according as the right or wrong
solution is adopted for the conduct epi.
sodes that confront him Pictures that
touch on real life--the life OF the child
make the problems vital and concrete,
and the lessons they convey impress chill
drens minds with proportionate strength.
One photograph shows a group of bows
pitching pennies for keeps" 1t is very
bad education for them. For one thing,
1t means loafing, which weakens char.
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When the Street Bully Saws,
Gimme That Bag o. Apples or
I'll Punch Yer ew-What Is
the Smaller Boy Expected to Do?
But Suppose in This Case the Big
Boy, the Bully, Happens to Be
Your Boy. Have You Instructed
Your Boy Firmly and Definitely,
Until He Realizes How Contempt
IDLE 1t Is to Be a Bully or a
Cheap Leader of Little Gang of
Street Ruffians?
character education has done its com.
plete work. Even the intellectual educa.
ton given in schools is dependent for
its success on the character DEVELOPMENT
Of the pupils. because without serious
purposes the child does not progress in.
tellectually
Nlr. Fairchild Is the head OF the Ma
t1onal Institution for Moral Instruction
located in Washington). the whole OBJ
ject or which is to devise means for pro-
noting the character education of chill.
dren. Through this organization, which
has the backing Of many educators and
other influential men all over the coun-
try, business man has anonymously
onered prize OF $4,000 for the best code
OF morals suitable for use by teachers and
parents in the training OF children"
1t Is not in the ordinary sense an open
competition. Seventy codes are to be Of
fered--at least one from each state ne
the Union Tho writer's of them have
been selected by tho State superipten
dents OF education. One OF the five New
YORK contributors to the symposium is
Mrs. Henry Osgood Holland, OF Buffalo
massachusetts, will be represented by
7 ,oi,e
or the contributors from California will
ne MIS- Roger j. Sterrett. of Los Angeles.
from Illinois will como code prepared
by j. Howard Moore, of Chicago. All
seventy codes will eventually be bound
together in the form of textbook
some foolish persons. having learned
OF the competition, have in all serious.
ness offered the Ten Commandments "a
me pest possible code. But (says Mr..
Farchlld) the Ten Commandments arc
written for adults. The first half OF
them deals with religious duties eyclu-
sNely and not with moral problems. How
about the latter half?
Honor thy father and thy mother" !.
appropriate for children. Likewise
Thou shalt not kill" if there is question
D! USING knife in tight-a thing han.
ply rare among boys. Theiseventh conf
ptanament can have no application 10
cllidren. Thou shalt not steal" is a
~, enucu commandment in the child
world But, to children, what Significance
mas Thou shalt not covet thy neiphhor,a
mouse Most children never think or
aolng SUCH thing. A boy is usually we'll
eatished with his own house. and 10 CAST
a siur on 1t means fight.
to- mou Shait not covet thy neighbours
wife Why should child coyet = w,ifeo
what does girl child want OF q wife,
y nelshbor's wife would be some other
chiid mother. and all children want
their own mothers, Nor his man-seryant
nor ms maid-servant." But in the homes
vi nine out OF ten children who 20 To
the public schools there is no servant
at all.
unfortunately, child has TO wait to
grow up before the moral ideas of aduIts
IRE Oh any use to him. II is just this
, ,hat OF definite moral code for children
oescribed the National Institution for
Moral instruction hopes 10 supplv
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The boy and older girl are leading
!he smaller child between them, hand
IN hand. This they do to protect the
iittie one from the dangers of The
street. This little group of three, hand
IN hand, the youngest in the centre. is
not an accidental grouping-these chill
dren have been brought up by proner
character education until it has become
an instinct with the older brother and
sister to defend The weak.
never amusing: never otherwise than
disgusting and shameful
y snapshot shows a poor dog with
broken leg, hobbling along boy did
1t with stone. How cowardly the act.
considering the fact that the dog could
not throw back" 1t is worth anv bows
while to fight to save dog broken
leg: Suppose that a boys own dog is at
lacked. Should he not defend his faith.
IN four-footcd comrade with all his
might? "''
Schools tsays Mr.. Fairchldp should de-
Veiop the spirit Of work in every child
as far as possible, and not lazy bone
should be left in the child's body when
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

entertained and some fine times en- jOyed.
 Wenonah camp will break up today after a charming session at Esker Point
 Village Varieties.
 George Porter is enjoying a vacation of one week from his duties at the Ship & Engine Go.
 M L. Gilbert of New York have been a business caller here.
 Capt. Albert Fletcher has gone to Bath, Me, on a business trip.
 Several of the young men of the village have gone into camp on Ma sons Island.
 B. W. Morse has returned to New York.
 J. J. Murray is spending a few days in New York
 Mrs. J. F. Ferguson has returned to New York
 MT and Mrs. w. H. H. Meyers of Brooklyn are expected in the village today for two weeks.
 Miss Marion Young of New York is here for the summer.
 Miss Frances Porter has returned to her home in New London after five weeks stay here.
 Contractor F. E. Barlow has com pleted the repairs on the Main street schOolhouse.
 John Grey of Bridgeport will spend the weekend with his family here Miss Stedman of Westerly is spend ing the day here.
 Rebekah lodge will have a basket picnic at Wequetequock Aug. 8.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
Personals.
EMMA PHILLIPS ESCAPES
Local Girl Slips Away From House of
 the Good Shepherd.


 The police here were asked Friday to be on the lookout for Emma Phil lips, who escaped Wednesday from the House of the Good Shepherd at Hart ford, where she has been an inmate for some time. It is believed in Hart ford that she will attempt to make her way back here. Her father is FL mer Phillips, of this city.
 Car Skidded on Oiled Hill.
 AIr. and Mrs. William Valentine of Pomfret were hurled from their auto mobile to the street in Pomfret on Thursday evening, and though their car had its top smashed in, the wind shield broken and front axle smashed, they escaped with minor bruises and injuries of that nature. Friday after noon Mrs. Valentine attributed the ac- cident to the sllidding of the car on the freshly oiled Pomfret hiIl lead ing from Pomfret station to the street, and she mentioned that another car had slid off the greasy highway and into the gutter Friday morning. This freshly oiled stretch had not been sanded and to this, it is charged, the accident was due.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

including charter fee, bonds and state league charges $38.02; cash in bank, $1034.92
 Organized only six months ago, the association has done exceedingly well. It placed mortgage loans to the value of $3,200 before June 30, and two oth- CTS amounting to SLIGO shortly after wards, making a total investment of $4,360 in the first six months, and permitting the declaration of a divi- dend of per cent. from the start.
 The accounts of the secretary, M. H. Geissler were audited by Daniel J. Byne, Arthur c. Keith and Joseph Lapalme.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
British Revenue Seventy Million ster

London, July 21.-The Treasury re- turns for the first quarter of the cur rent year, April to June, shows that the total revenue amounted to over seventy million sterling-an increase of over twenty one million compared with the corresponding period of last year. The first return of excess profit duty is shown to have yielded nearly six and Q quarter millions. Property and income tax increased nine millions, customs six millions, and the postal service one and a quarter millions. Excise yielded nearly two millions less than last year and estate and death duties one million, four hundred thousand less.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

l Keeper William Roberts, of the staff
 | of the State Hospital for the Insane | at Norwich, was in this city Friday | afternoon making search for Henry | Page, who escaped from the institution l a few days ago and who was in this
 | city Monday of this week, calling upon 1 relatives.
 | Keeper Roberts quest here was un- 1 successful, as far as locating Page Was ! concerned It is probable that Page
 1 is many miles from here. He made l the statement while talking with rel
 1 atives here that they would never get
 l him, they" being the hospital authorf- l ties or officers who might be sent out l to search for him. because he was go- l ing to make direct for Worcester with
 1 the idea of getting out of the country
 and into Canada.
 l Page is husky, only 28 years of age. | Excepting on one subject he is ;4p-
 parently rational, and in letters writ 1 ten to a member of the local police force while he was confined at the
 , state institution at Norwich he has l repeatedly set forth that he wanted to | be released so that he could get out l and earn his $4 or $5 Q day, as is be- l ing done by thousands of workmen. Page is said to have an obsession 1 for women, ard 1t is predicted that the newt heard relative to him will be sn 1 connection with an assault upon some member of that sex. He is said to 1 have attacked nurses at the hospital | Nothing has been seen of Page in 1 Putnam since the first of the week, so it is assumed that he has carried cut l his intention to get into Canada. 1 where he figures he will be safe from pursuit.
 l George LedouX, another patient who | was sent from this city to the 3ame 1 institution near Norwich about four years ago is regarded there, Captain J. A. Ryan of the local police is in formed as violent and is kept con- fined to his bed. He is one of the most powerful men ever committed to | the hospital and in his state of mind | is regarded as dangerous.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
scientifie cIeanina in Poland.

LOdz. Poland, July 21-To correct Q condition which can only be appreci- ated by those who know Lodz, the po- lice president, Herr vOn Oppen, has issued an order providing that such of the inhabitants appearing on the streets wit hevidences of personal un- cleanliness are to be arrested, scien- tifCalIy cleansed and shorn, and held until their clothing can be disinfected and mended. If any expense is at tached to the ceaning process the cteansee must pay 1t or work it out
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

home who have been assisting him recently as berry pickers.
 Death of Mrs. Joseph Corey. Mrs. Jennie Grey, 31, wife of Joseph Corey, Jr., died at their home in the East Putnam section Thursday.
 Mrs. Stewart SfckIes. The death of Mrs. Eunice SickIes. 67, wife of Stewart Sickles, occurred Wednesday at their home in WOod- stock.
 Personals.
 Miss Grace Smith is spending a va cation with friends in Willimantic. Mrs. Helen Wiley has returned from a visit with BrOOkIine friends.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

FlgaE aut specifications for the Vault f.r Public Records to be built 1 -Ae Town Hall building al Daniel -.u. may be seen at the Snlectmen's s JL.e. Daut=isuu. Sealed bids for the work to lo sent 10 F. T. Preston. later than 2 o'clock p. m., July 2s, 1916. marked FEDS FOR VAULT'' Right reserved to reject any and all bids
 r. T. PRESTON, Clerk of Committee.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

Arthur Alexander lost a valuable cow killed by lightning in 9 recent thunder shower.
 Mrs William Price and daughter, Sarah of New York are guests at E. [. Smiths.
 Mrs. Arthur Chaffee of Moodus en- tertained at luncheon Wednesday
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Attendant From Norwich State Hos- pitai Searching For Henry Page Post Office Business Shows $1,722 Inerease-Mr. and Mrs. William Val- entine Thrown From Automobile Building and Loan Association Has Good Half Year.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
POST OFFICE BUSINESS
 SHOWS $1,722 INCREASE
Big Years Business Entities Postmast-
 CT Gilman to $100 Extra Salary.

Postmaster Alexander Gilman's first annual report shows that the business transacted at the Putnam office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, ir creased $1,722.20 over the figures for the last past fiscal year, this increase emitting Postmaster Gilman to an in- crease of S100 in salary, which in- crease he will receive.
 Figures from his report are as fol- lows:
 Sales of stamps and stamp papers Year ending June 30, 1915....$ .$1, ,8924.61 Year ending June 30. 1916. 20, ,647.21
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
Money Order Business.

Domestic money orders isued and
 paid during year eiding June 30,
 1916-
 No. issued 11899. amount s77,643.97. fees collected $67741.
 No paid, 4469. amount $35.577.41.
 International money orders issued and paid during year ending June 90, 1916:
 No. issued 258. amount S2,962.98. fees collected $29 90. No paid, 69, amount $1,171.41.
 Picnic For County Home Children.
 Moses L. AIdrich gave @ picnic for a number of children of the county
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

PortIand.-Lieutenant Raymond V. Cramer and family expected to leave Corregidor, P l., July 18th, when they were to sail for home. He has been appointed instructor of math- metics at West Point and expects to- arrive at his new post the latter para of August.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

Miss Sarah Parker, Mrs. w. I. GiIston, Mrs. Edwin Moore and Mrs. w. NJ. GilldIe.
 Farmers are improving these fine days. Having is the business of the day.
 Lawn Festival for Suffrage.
 A party from this place took a sail down the river in the Yankee Boy to attend a lawn fete for the cause of woman suffrage at the home of the president, Mrs. William Crook in Hamburg at Red Gables. About 150 were present. Speakers from out of town were enjoyed and a musical pro gram was also arranged, followed by dancing. Ice cream, cake and candy were on sale for the cause" The ev- ening was ideal and the entertain ment a success.
 E. E. Swan is the latest to purchase a touring car.
 Mrs. T. L. Conner has rented her house for the season to the Misses MaCsing of New York city.
 The residence of E. F. Smith is re- ceiving repairs and a fresh coat of paint.
 Mrs. F. L. Daniels is entertaining Miss Phelph of BrOOkline, Mass, at her bungalow at The Ledges.
 s. E. Aclzley made a business trip to Ivoryton Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
PROSPEROUS HALF YEAR
 FOR BUILDING 6 LOAN ASSO.

Total investments $4,36o-Dividend of
 Five Per Cent. From the Start.
 The first semi-annuaI report of the Putnam Building & Loan association was issued Friday afternoon. The re- port covers the six months period from January 1 to June 30.
 The receipts show a. total of $4,370.- 49, of which amount $3,986 came in as dues, $30.33 as interest, $11.66 as fines and $342. 50 as subscriptions.
 In the disbursements list it is shown that the mortgage loans placed total $3,200. Supplies cost $97.55; expenses
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22

4 wag presented a Florida town with a snow blow. The next thing he'll be doing is sending a talking machine to Bryan.-Detroit Free Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
sHELLAc PLANT BURNED. Works at Fall River of Which Late Arthur E. Park Was Treasurer.

The plant of the Bay State SheIIac company at Fall River was destroyed loss of $25,000. The cause of the fire is unknown. Arthur E. Park. treas Grer of the company, was killed in the automobile accident at French's crossing, PlainfeId, Monday morning, in company with Miss Anna |. Cush- ing.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
StranGe.

Brandeis has been on the Supreme Bench a month and the world still goes around.-CoIumbia (S. O State.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-22
Gain over previous year %. $L722.G0
Postal Savings.

No. of accounts opened dur
 ing year end. lone 90,
 1916 ..................... 388 No. accounts closed during
 year ending June 30, 1916 POS Total number of deposits
 during year ending June
 90, 1916 ............ 18g8 Total number of withdraw
 als during year ending
 June 30. 1916 .....-...... 69O Amount deposited during
 year ending June 30,
 1916 .................. .$64, ,984.00 Amount withdrawn during
 year ending June 30, 1916 36, 8O5 10 Total number of depOsitOrs.. GOT Total amount credited to
 Depositors .............. 81,320.CO