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Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
EARLY HISTORY OF THE
 DANISH WEST INDIES.
Which Are About to Come Into Pos-
 session of the United States.

Concerning the early history of Americas abOUt-to-be possessions the Danish West Indies, the National Ge- ographic Society issues the following bulletin from Washington:
 "Of the three small islands on the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea for which the United States ex- poets to pay Denmark 5000, 900, St. Thomas and St. Jo, both smaller and less densely populated than St. CrOiX, have been the scenes of many thrilling episodes. Here white cOlonists of four nations followed each other with be- Wildering perpleXity during the seven tcenth and eighteenth centuries.
 More than a. hundred years after the discovery of St. Thomas by CoIum- bus in 1493 the island was wholly un- inhabited, although it's excellent harbor had been a port of refuge for Dutch naVigatOrs during many decades. When a handful of French COIonists. sur- VjEOrS of a massacre on Crab Island perpetrated by a band of Spaniards from Porto Rico, reached it's shores in 2. dugOut in 1647 they found evidences of an earlier settlement, but no clues as to the nationality of their prede- CeSsOrs or of their fate. These French wanderers were not disposed to brave similar mysterious end, so they sailed on.
 At about the time that Peter Stuy- veSant was establishing a representa- tiOn form of government on Manhat- tan Island some of his fellow country men were establishing the first re- corded settlement on St. Thomas. These hardy coIonists met the same fate which overlook their brother Hol- flanders of New Amsterdam for three years after the town on the Hudson became New York the St. Thomas pioneers were forced to surc@N der to the EngIish also. The latter soon de- serted the island and turned to the more fertile lands Of>St Martins and St. Eustatias, so that in 1871, when the danes, wishing to share in the colonial prosperity of other European nations, chartered the West India and Guinea Company, St. Thomas, uninhabited again, was awaiting the advent of settlers who were to establish Den marks rights in the island. With two brief Interruptions. this sovereignty has been maintained from that day up to the present time.
 ''The legend that St. Thomas was ct
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

Last night as l was reading a book by the name of Shakespeare l be came so interested that I statd up un- til 9.3O D. m, and then I went to bed and dreamed that 1 was going to the seashOre with my mother, father and brothers and sisters.
 Well, the first day I did not go swimming, the second day I did and I saw shark and ran out of the wa ter and he swallowed me and what was going to happen next I don't know for I heard my mother calling: Get up Earl, because it is getting latc!" When l woke I was so glad that it was only dream"
 EARL WHITE, Age Il. Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
Thank You.D
Norwich.

Thank you' is rather a beautiful sentence-if used correctly. We have it spoken most frequently, perhaps, at meal time in our own homes. If ia ther passes the sugar to mother, if sister to brother, we hear those oft repeated words, Thank you" CBroth- CT might possibly say "Thanks'O I think we might call this q polite thank you"
 Again, as we pass quickly through the crowded streets doing our morn bent woman, patiently turning the handle of a music box. Compassion ately, we drop a coin into this little tin cup by her side. As we perform this act, we hear a 1owly murmured
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
A Visit to the Beach.

Dear Uncle Jed:-Last Thursday ' went to Ocean Beach. It took an hour and a half to go. We started quarter of two. We never got to Ocean Beach till quarter past three.
 My father bought me a bag of pop corn, and then I was glad.
 Then we went down and sat in the sand. I built a castle with a stick coming out the top.
 We saw a very pretty sight when the New York yacht club came by, bound for New London harbor. There were two hundred boats in all After we saw all the boats we came home. We got home safely and had a very pleasant afternoon.
 ALBERT LEFFINGWELL, Age g.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
My PuppN.
TaftvilIe.

My puppy's name is Brownie. She likes to sleep with me. She likes to play with my brother and me Brownie likes to run after me.
 Brownie is not very big. If I go out doors she wants to come, too. She likes to bark at oIrr Nangora eats. Brownie will chase the angora cats around. She likes to lay on her back. She is my pet. Brownie likes to chase the chickens. She is cunning Brownie is q little bulldog,
 MIRA GEEFt, Age 9. Leonard Bridge.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
Hucklebe

One day last week my two sisters and l went hucl<leberrying. We went in the lot across the street from our house. There weren't many berries ripe, but we got nearly four quarts.
 In the lot where we were were some cows. They were very gentle. One came up to us and tried to eat our hats.
 After we had picked berries for a while VIC were walking around and I found a snakes skin. It seems rather strange to me how a snake can crawl out of his skin.
 4 few days after we went berryiIFa, in fathers pasture, We didn't find many ripe ones, although we got a few. After wa had picked until we were tired, we put all the berries in one pail and picked raspberrries in the other.
 When the berries are a little riper am going to pick to sell. I like to pick them and shall try to get some to can.
 AGNES N. BROWN.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Mildred Dunn of Norwich: I re- ceived my prize book entitled Tom Swift's Aerial Warship, and I think you very much for it. I have read it through and found it very interesting.
 Jessie L. 8rehaut, of Red Bank, N. J.: I wish to thank you kindly for the nice prize book you sent me entitled The Scarlet Letter. l have started reading it and find it very interesting. l greatly enjoyed reading the last book you sent me entitled The Auto mobile Girls at Newport.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
A Visit In thn countrv-

Dear Uncle Jed:-T am going to tell You about my visit in the country. I live in the city but I am visiting in the country.
 I wash the dishes for my mother sweep the floor, and make my own bed.
 I like the country better in some ways than I do the city. I play with my little baby brother most all the time.
 I have two friends I go to see and play with. Their names are Vera and InczI
 FRANCES E. BAKER, Age 10.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
XantiC
The Lost Ring.

Ruth had a pretty gold ring which her Aunt Lon gave her. When she wear it now, because it is too large for your finger and you might lose it. By and by your finger will grow and then you can wear it."
 But Ruth disobeyed her aunt and wore the ring. She went to see her friend, Fannie Ray, and wanted to show the ring to her. When she eachcd home her ring was gone, and Ruth knew that she had lost it by her disobedicnCe. She told her Aunt Lou about it and she was sorry for her.
 This taught her @ lesson and she never again diSObeyed her aunt.
 ABBIE MURPHY, Age 10.
 TaftVine.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

expense for the purpose of escertaining whether it was destroyed by a torpedo, mine from without or by an explosion within. Upon investigation by Cap tain Sigsbee of the Maine it was found that it was blown up by a mine from without, although the explosion of her own, magazines a~ moment later caused her complete destruction.
 MARY E. MURPHY, Age Il.
 TaftViI1e
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
The Destruction of the Maine.

The United States government was watching Cuban affairs with intense interest when, on the night of Feb. IS, 1898, the battleship Maine of the United States navy was blown up in Havana harbor. Two officers and two hundred and siXty-sfx sailors went down with the unfortunate vessel.
 Nobody was blamed for the disaster, but the feeling against Spain became very bitter throughout the United States.
 In 141aztha, a6aiaa was. raisad at zreat
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

twenty two men left on Elephant Is land last April whom his expedition returned from the south polar zone
 The relief party i,L- - .,.Ita Arenas Ju- ly 12 or the schooner Emma, which was to be lowed as far south as pos sible by a Chilean government steam CT, after which it was the intention Of the explorer to continue his search for
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
Booster club-An Acrostic
Uncle Booker

Uncle Booker Be faithful to yourself each hour, Or you will never have the power or helping others rise and grow. Send out the sweetest thoughts you
 know.
 Then they'll return and help you find Eternal faith and peace of mind. Rejoice that you can help mankind. Cheerful you should always be. Lest you forget and thoughtlessly Undo some work you have begun. Be filled with joy from sun to sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

his men.
 London reports that the Chilean steamer Yelcho has arrived at Ushuala, Patagonia in q damaged condition aft CT towing the schooner Emma of the Shcalleton expedition 240 miles south of Cape Horn. The Emma continued her voyage toward Elephant island after the Yelcho left her.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

These two pictures were made by Sir Ernest ShaCkIet0u himself during his present a9t"-.-':~ ~~-"ndftion. They show a scene In the great southern ice beam ends in tl.o ice. According to a message received at Buenos Aires, Argentina, Shacllleton has reached the ice fields in his effort to rescue the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
RrScs eor Young Writers.

RGECS eor Young Writers. l. Write plainly On one side of the paper only. and number the pages. 2. USe pen and ink, not pencil. 2. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over $50 words.
 {: Original stories or letters only will be used
 D. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Uncle Jed. Bulletin Office.
 Whatever ycu are-Be that!
 Whatever you say-Be true!
 Straightforwardly act,
 Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DBpAnTBENT

it many entertaining and harmless stories have been writton for the en- tertainment of children.
 If you have never seen one of these pretty rings under a greenwood tree, you may discover one some day be- meath a tree on the lawn, and then you will realize what a wonderful lit tie plant this ring-forming toadstool is, whose rings are as perfect as if done with a compass.
 THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue.
 2-MiIdred L. Anderson of Daniel son: The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach.
 8-Agnes Brown of Yantic: Auto mobile Girls Along the Hudson.
 4-AInira Kramer of CoIchester: The Meadow Brook Girls in the Hills.
 5-Esther s. shervesky of Norwich: Bunny Brown and Sister at Aunt Lu's.
 6-Leonora M. Sullivan of Taft vile: The Meadow Brook Girls on the Tennis Court.
 7-Angie White of Stafford Springs: Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-aW While.
 S-catherine Desmond of Norwich: Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts.
 Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business of fee for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

Thank you" o! Surely this is a grateful thank you"
 Then, too, there's the sarcastic thank you" When we are paid 8 poor compliment, we sharply retort, 70! Thank you" Gan ironicaI smile on our lips).
 And last, but indeed, not least, when in some bitter sorrow we hear the sweet, consoling words and the kind, loving voice of a friend bidding us "Be brave' how fervently we utter Thank you"
 Do you not love this thank you" best of all, Uncle Jed?
 CATHERINE DESMOND, Age 15.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
My Surprise.

wy SdFRTtSSs
 Monday night my sister, brother and I went to the moving pictures which were very good indeed.
 I arrived home about o'clock and to my surprise my mother had a love- ly little party for us. My aunt had come from New London and her two children, so they were just in time for a little merrymalling.
 To make it more happy my aunt presented each of us a little gift. To me she gave a gold pendant which I always wanted; to my sister a ring; and also to my three brothers each a silk tie and a tie clasp.
 We had a. very good time that even ing, playing all kinds of games with my cousins.
 At last it was too late for children to stay up so we all were soon fast asleep in our little cOzy beds.
 MILDRED E. WHITE, Age 15. Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10

After regime of colored silk and jersey underwear women are gratefully reverting to batiste. This model is fashioned of the finest quality, the seams being finished with insertion to match the lace. The camisoIe closes with narrow pink ribbon like the wide ribbon at the knees.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-10
A Dream.

A-N TlE- w LII IT, Stafford Springs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-03
Warning Against Nations
Pet Extravaganza.

IL we had poured I'll OF our saso-
line upon all OF our pepper and set
fire TO the saturated mass. We could
not be in much worse case than that
which threatens. For common peo-
pie are not going to have any OF
either. ere long. unless we cooperate
to- take care of the situation imme-
diatcly.
That careless day when the house
keeper busily invented new ways TO
use up old newspapers Is gone,
though let us hope, nos forever. Only
yesterday she could snord to make
old papers save her heaps OK work;
with them she cleaned the stove,
wiped grease from the frying pans.
brushed the mud from Johnny's
shoes, covered the floor when she
fried doughnuts. and then burned all
the scraps In the good cause OF san
itation.
But now. all papers and waste
rags must be- saved for the junk mae
al the back door, or soon there will
be no nice wrapping paper and love
ly boxes for the parcels coming In
at the front door.
Something like $4,000 tons OF diff
fercnt kinds Of paper and paper
board are manufactured In the
United States every lay. Much of 1t
could be turned over and over again,
but has not been. because one of
the nations most wiilful extrava.
gances 10 that Of wasting paper.
Now we are reminded by the gov.
eminent that we ought to be care
full. Secretary Redfield Of the de-
partment of agriculture is sending
letters 10 1000 commercial organiza-
tons asking cooperation In prevent
ing a serious shortage Of our paper
making materials.
This particular economy, which In
cludes the saving OF every kind OF
waste paper and rags. will react d.
rectly to the advantage OF every
household. II Is not more difiicuIt
than sending out the laundry Mon
day morning and getting II back
fresh and fine at the end OF the
week. although the actual processes
Of collection end distribution are DIFF
ferent.
Those nousekeepers who fail to
do their bit Of waste paper saivag-
ing are helping to promote q widc-
spread and unaccustomed hardship.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-03
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
~ H. ApoINcToN BRUCE
Psychology Farenthood etc

Lot merely proper for the state 10
intervene. IL is the business OF the
siste TO intervene.
As with the schools, so with com
munity life in general.
State intervention, for example.
&c compel men 10 refrain nom the
.disease-breeding habit Of splitting In
public places is justified on the
same ground OF community welfare.
So is state intervention TO prevent
food adulteration and to make sure
that food is sold and handled In
such a way as to avoid its becoming
infected with disease germs.
And likewise with state interven-
tion to Danish infected dust from
churches, thesters, and other places
OF public resort.
Call this socialism II you please.
Il is something that has TO be done,
both because too many individuals
lack a sense OF social responsibility,
and because many others are una
ware of what they ought 10 do for
the public good
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-03

Today I want 10 say something on
a subject that is OF deep concern 20
AL of us--the subject or social re-
sponsibiliiy. II Is OF special concern
because In certain quarters there is
evident q quite inadequate apprecia-
ton Of the basic truth that the well
being OF every community depends
or the wellbeing Of the individuals
Of the community. and that there.
fore the community has a right to
intervene for the safeguarding Of in.
dividuai health
Many people are prone TO think
and act Is II their personal and fam
ily health affected themselves alone.
They resent attempts TO regulate
their lives in the interest of the
community. They are even inclined
TO see in this a menace TO family
life.
Thus the writer Of recent
pamphlet that has come 20 my hands
declares:
you will ind that in our schools
under the guiss Of humanitarianism
socialism Is being translated from
theory into practice.
Nowhere. think. II this more
true than In New York city No
where has the pc, socialistie theory
OF state supervision OF the child. OF
the substitution of state control for
family control, had a more practical
result.
For the public schools OF New
York not only teach the child how
to read and write and figure. but
how to sew and cook-things that
the mother was at one time sup
posed to teach
The state doctor now examines
the child, looks AZ It's teeth. It's hair
its clothes: takes into his hands the
latter OF the health of the child
and recently has also taken up the
question Of feeding the child"
w IN lie pshphNbrNf SuS7T
quent plea for the developing OF a
stronger morality In school chill
dren, I am In hearty accord.
But would not this likewise be ar
extension Of state supervision Of the
child--an undertaking by the state
OF q task supposed TO be undertak
en- by the father and mother
The fact OF the matter Is that
both In the field of morals and that
OF health. many parents are derelic'
In their duty. Many others, well-in
tentioned enough. through poverty
or ignorance fail TO do all they
should TO keep their children heal
thy.
Under these circumstances. and II
view of the dependence On eommun
ity health on individusr Meath, Il 4
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-03
A Poem aDay
THE GOBLIN or THE House

THE GOBLIN OF THE House
when I come home in the dark o.
night
And everything's still as mouse
There's one who greets me with all
his might
The Goblin OF the House.
hear his voice when I put the key
silently into the lock,
But he's SO eager TO welcome me
He doth my silence mock.
And when I'm safe inside the door.
r thinking once more he's still,
He walks with me across the floor
Talking To me at w-ii.
He goes with me right up the stairs.
steps on my toe and makes me
BewItchss my match so Il never
But IL does no good to srumble.
He sta on the hinge OF my door that
swings
A quarter circle full.
Then Just as think he's taken wings
He breaks the quiet iuii.
The lock on tho window is his de-
light
lie sings as I raise the sash
And always sets a chair Just right
For me To bump--kersmashi
When the sun is high 7 can roam
about
Then he's az still as a mouse.
But in dark o. night he will come out
This Goblin Of the .iouse.
Chester Chapman.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-03
From Another Point OF NieD

What John Redmond means is, just
another error for the erin isle.

What John Redmond means is, just
another error for the erin isle.
We seem to need, more than anything
else just now, another kind of patriot.
he need not die for his country if he will
make it for his country.
Subscriber suggests that in addition to
the Keep Welr' talks on this page, We
run series of articles on "orial dentis-
try" What he means, of course, is oriole
surgery, pertaining to the process that
comes just before the swallow.
If this report is true that they have
SO soon suppressed that Irish uprising, il
couldn't have been an Irish uprising.
We are bit disappointed to ascertain
that "HelPs Hinges" which we see adver-
tised on the billboards, Is movie produc-
| ton and not the name of song. We
wanted to remark that it would seem to
have nice swing to it.
Will the police kindly ascertain for US
the kind of sound deadener used by the
Co. safe? The safe was blown Sunday
night and the public didn't hear of il
until Tuesday.
We want to get some of it. Across the
street from us there is a photograph
which still plays ''The Trail of the Lone
some Pine
Anyway, that's one or two saloons that
closed during Marks term.
] What spring seems to need is oiling.
| Why is an attack on OF our most es-
teemed fellow citizens always cowardly?
Why do the night shades always fall fast?
Why is II that death seems 10 claim only
Il those who are well and fsvorably known!
Why does a deaf man prefer to walk ON
railroad track!
How does II happen that the automobiles
who hits the pedestrian IL never driving
y faster than 10 miles an hour,
i Beware Of the sane driver and the slowly
moving auto.
Il Where 'er we go
There meets our view
- The same old sign:
4 "GAS-22"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-03
The Daily Reminder


lsie-Samusl Dexter. u. q ssnAtol
from Massachusetts, and secretary o.
s.s: sasF f.'' ss;s a HafsS s:.s s,'S ass
''isss..coasr.s. ers.a...d tn. ars'
e0 isssrs. ?" ss'sslssr' e.nnon.a.s
Fort brown. on the Americas side q
sat issl~. .sscn q z g.sss are ss e
| isSs-Dsscendants OF sBounty- mu.
20 Norfolk isisnd.
the xassrisns from isSiy. go
isSl--President Lincoln called for
added s37iS men 20 the regular army
isss~consrsss tsndsred IN. thank.
OF the nation TO ofncera soldiers and
seamen who had fought for the
isss-It.iy celebrated IN. .octA an,
isss-An international exhibition
was opened In Paris In celebration Of
the centenary OF the French rsvo-
issi-The centenary Of the Polish
constitution of 1874 was celebrated In
Austrian Poland.
Isss-rhe Tennessee legislature de-
vor OF Peter Turney.
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY IN THU
WAR
Germans announced capture OF
farms on British front In Belgium,
Canada put ban on shipment OF
grain to the United States
German submarines sank nine Brit
ish trawlers in North Sea In one day,
German and Austrian ofnctal re-
ports announced Russian southern
armies had been severely defeated In
western Galicia.
TODAY's BIRTHDAYS
Prince bernhard Won Buelow. for
mer German imperial chancellor, born
In Hnlstsin 6; years ago today.
William r. Uphsm. Former COVER
nor OF Wisconsin. born In Westmins-
'ei Dixon {. Williams. Ss, appointed
by President Wilson TO be POSTMASTER
OF Chicago. horn In Yeiivilie. Ark. o,
years ago today. 3
OF the board OF missions OF the Pro-
| ezfAni- Epiacnpal- church horn In Al.
exandrls county. Va, 50 years age
Roland @. Usher. professor OF his.
tory In Washington university and
author OF the book. Pan German
! Ism. born at Lynn. Mass. IS years
Most Rev. Edmond +. Prendergsst
Catholic archbishop OF philadelphia
born In Clonmei. Ireland. 70 year;
ago today.
| Nelson Phillips. chief justice OF thu
| Texas supreme court born IN Jencr'
/ son. Tex, ts wears ago today.
! Edgar w Howe. noted Kansas edi
I tor and author. born In Treaty. Ind.
l So years ago today.
Lincoln HUXLEY. president OF Johr
u Stetson university, born at Cam
| den. " J.. 81 years ago today.
! Charles g. Harrison. former provost
OF the University OF Pennsylvania
/ b6rn in Philadelphia % years age
| today.
/ Julia Arthur. one Of the celebrated
actresses OF the American stage. born
/ in Hamilton. Ont. ~ years ago today
| Eppa Rixey. pitcher OF the Phtla
dciphia National league baseball
team. born In Culpeper. Va. rs ycar'
ago today.