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Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28

the intention of the directors to ask for an increase in the appropriation, much less to turn the whole thing on to the town. Approximately $900 of the Sll00 Gin round numbers which the work costs, was given by individuals. It is fundamentally a philanthropic work and will depend on the voluntary contributions of philanthropic people. It couldn't be made "self.supporting" and surely no one who is supporting it in Canaan is doing so from self interest ed motives. If any who supported it at the beginning have dropped out, they are few in number and the nursing ser wee has increasingly won the approval of those who know the value of its Quiet, unobstrusive and humane ser. vice.
 Of course 1t would be improper to ask the town to support such charity; but in view of the service which the nurse could render the poor of the town and the schools, it was considered proper to ask the town to make a small appropriation for such work. Practi- cally all of the larger towns have such routine inspection of pupils and it is possible for Canaan to have it at small expense. In no place is it the work of the health board, and the health officer here is not hired to do it. If he were it would naturally cost more than it does, for doctors time is valuable. The nurse is now making her first rout. inc inspection for this year. In view of prevailing conditions does anyone regret her doing itp
 The service in the past has resulted ill great benefit to number of pupils and the nurses services to the poor of the town have been invaluable.
 The appropriation for this work didn't raise the town debt one cent and It didn't add one cent to anybody's tax bill. Can anyone suggest a better use to make of tbat small sum of money? E. O. Gillette.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.

According to the selectmen's call for the annual meeting there are eleven articles to be acted on at the busi ness session to be held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon,
 Besides the election of town officers, the voters are asked to accept the re- ports of the various town officers, vote on the license question, make appro- priations for paupers, roads, bridges, schools, observance of Memorial Day, the payment of another railroad bond. To see if any specific appropriations shall be made for Douglas Library, Visiting Nurse Association, to vote on any constitutional amendment proper to come before the meeting, to take action regarding an addition to Douglas Library, also to take action regarding a general index of the land records.
 The program is full one and with these various matters to be discussed, there promises to be full attendance With fifty. three new women voters, eligible to vote on school matters and public library questions, there is an opportunity for them to express their opinions on two important questions to come before the meeting.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
THEVISITING NURSE.

It is unfortunate that a misunder- standing should occur, especially at this time, regarding the support and maintenance of visiting nurse in Ca naan. There is a mistaken idea in circulation that the visiting nurse as- sociation wishes to shift the expense onto the town, but this is not so. Those who anticipate that large ap. propriation for this purpose will be asked for at the coming town meeting, will be disappointed, and the present agitation will simmer down to a case of much ado about nothing"
 That Canaan will continue to have a visiting nurse is forgone conclusion, and the little money that has come from the town in the past two years, is less than would have been spent by the town through other channels to accom-. plish the same object, had there been no nurse here. So, as matter of fact, the town is the gainer, and the nurse proves an economy rather than an ex- pense, so far as the town is concerned. More than this, those who are doing the kicking not only do not contribute a cent to the good of the cause. but do not know of the good work that is be- ing done, ill some cases to their own worthy neighbors. This is a part of the story which, for obvious reasons, is not advertised.
 To oppose anything that will tend to improve the health of a community, either directly or indirectly, is like fighting good roads-a mighty short sighted policy and sure way to keep your end of the "nutmeg" from grow. ing.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28

The developments in the Balkan war zone are not so rapid that the mind versed in the history of the last forty years fails to grasp the reasonable 1878 patched up peace for the time be- ing. Russia had forced war upon Fur key the year before to enforce her Balkan policy. That policy was the marking of separate natiOnalities by political boundaries. There were to be a separate and enlarged Montene gro and Servia and a greater Bulgaria. These were arranged with regard to the national ties of race'Gtnd the nat ural boundaries of nations. The Ser lin congress. however. upset the plan. took away part of Bulgaria and ere ated Eastern ROumelia," which later defed the powers represented ill the Berlin congress and formally annexed herself to Bulgaria. There have been. as is we'll known, disputes, revolutions and wars between the Balkan states mainly growing out of conditions due to the action of the Berlin congress It is natural for the students of pol itics ill the near east to conclude that the great war which had its beginning ill the Balkans in 1914 and the various wars there which preceded that disas ter were due to a blundering of the powers assembled in the Berlin con greSS.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
To the Editor of The News:

The writer would like to call the attention of the voters to the fact that the number of prosecutions for drunk enness has been reduced from IT in the last year of license to two in the year of no license, and to remind all of the large number of violent deaths in and around Canaan and the hair-breath escapes of the last year of license which were due to drink obtained in North Canaan. The streets of the town have been practically cleared of "drunks" while in the previous year they were all almost daily sight. The town hasn't in years been as free from the illegal sale of intoxicating drinks. There has been some illegal selling and there probably will be as long as it is manufactured. But does anyone think that there has been one tenth as much sold in Canaan or to the citizens of the town during the year of no.license as was sold in the year before? If there has been a reduction of 90 per cent or even of 75 per cent, who has been fitted but the families of the men, the merchants and the town in general. It has been years and years since Ga naan has had such clean year. Let's have another Voter.
 Canaan, Sept. 26.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
THE BEST.
i'd you fail in the race ? il xnu fnint i'm tha spurt

Did you fail in the race Did you faint in the squirt Where the hot dust choked and burned? Did you breast the tape midst the fly.
 ing dirt That the leaders, spikes had spurned ? Did you do your best Oh, I know you lost. I know that
 your time was bad. But the game is not in the winning,
 lad, The best of it since the beginning, lad, Is in taking your licking and grinring,
 lad, If you gave them the best you had. Did your tackle fall short? Did the runner flash by With the score that won the game? Did it break your heart when you
 missed the try? Did you choke with the hurt and
 shame? If you did your best Oh, know the score; I followed you
 all the way through. And that is why am saving. lad, That the best of all games is the play.
 ing lad, If you give them the best in you.
 Souvenir Taylor.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28

It must be quite disappointment to lady who has lived in town con. tinuously for half 8 century, more or less, to learn now, upon the presenta-
 tion of herself to be made voter, that she cannot join her sisters at the ballot box simply because of an incident which occurred so early in her lite that she cannot remember it. But that's tine penalty some are paying TOT not selecting United States for a birthplace.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28

We wonder if it ever occurred to the chronic kickers who are always worry. ing over the indebtedness of the town, that the more town or city amounts to the more it is in debt While this, perhaps, should not be so, the fact re. mains that it is so. If you doubt it look up the indebtedness of New York city, or Chicago, or, in fact ssany city.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28

The News is not partisan and favors nc clique nor faction. It stands for fair play and that which is believed to be for the best interests of the people. Experience has convinced us that there are two sides to every question, and in matters of this kind we deem it only fair and right that both sides have equal representation and an oppor- tunity to express their views under equal conditions. Surely it would not be living up to the golden rule to pub. fish, in the only paper to be issued be- fore town meeting, the views of those opposed to matter of public interest and leave those in favor of it no chance to reply, therefore we give space to both sides of the visiting nurse question.
 Editor.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
A NATIONAL ISSUE.

While prohibition as a federal amendment is not subject of con. troversy between the two dominant parties, 'as is woman suffrage, it is nevertheless a leading national issue. It will loom large in the campaigns of thirty-two United States Senators and 435 Congressmen to be elected in Nov ember.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
Editor of The News:
Editor.

Concerning the spirit of the above communication nothing need be said, but there are some facts that should be stated in reply and we appreciate the fairness of the editors in giving a re. presentative of the Visiting Nurse As sociation an opportunity to reply Ill the only issue of the paper to appear before the town meeting.
 The writer was the one who made the motion last year for the appropria. tion referred to and perhaps is as we'll qualified as anyone, in the absence of the president, t9speak of the intention of the Associatisp.s It has never been
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
Her Anpeai.

"Who is that:" he asked nervously as he heard fOotstep in the hall.
 "OnIy papa" sine whispered.
 He moved about uneasily.
 Don't be afraid" she murmured, You can surely trust papa"
 ''I don't know" he said doubtfuliy. "Oh, Arthur she cried, throwing her arms about his neck appealingly, you certainly ought to. Nobody else in town will"
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER a8. 1916.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. Character is like bells which ring out sweet music, and which when touched, accidentally even, resound with sweet music. c.-Phillips Brooks.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
LOW MORTALITY RATE IN 191

A big decrease in the mortality of Connecticut for the last year has been recorded by the United States Census Bureau. Out of every 1000 persons in the state, 14.9 persons died in 1915. The United States has had the lowest morality rate in its history. The bureau attributes it to the widespread awakening throughout the country in regard to sanitary matters.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
STATE TAX.

State Treasurer Chamberlain says that the four mill tax on securities must be paid to him before the close of September. ..
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28

Deans Rheumatic pills for rheuma tism and Neuralgia. Entirely vege- table. Safe.-Adv.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
ASHLEY FALLS

Mrs. George Wood is to entertain her house guests with an auto trip to Troy, Albany and Hudson on Friday.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
MISCELLANEOUS

] NOTICE Having discontinued the express brsi. | ness. my whole attention is now given 70 tri ck-
 ing II. A. Weaver. Fire-proof Garage. tphones; ! 1S2 q; I-I.D Canaan.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-3,00c flour barrels two heaGs 25c on board cars. Lee. Thomas Norton, Lee
 Bakery, Lee. Mass.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11
RED CROSS SEALS.

Three hundred million Red Cross
Christmas Seals are being printed in
Cincinnati for the annual holiday
campaign to be conducted under the
joint auspices of the American Red
Cross and The National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
berculosis.
The campaign for the sale of Red
Cross Seals this year will be larger
than ever before. Altho in 1915 the
sale reached the record total of SO,-
100000 seals, bringing in $4,000 900, it
is expected that this year at least 1UO.-
100000 seals or $1,0o0,o00 worth will
be sold. The sale will be organized
from Alaska to the canal zone and
from Hawaii to Porto Rico. Every
state and territory in the United States
will have seals on sale. New organiza-
tons will be working in a number of
the western states, including Montana.
Utah and Wyoming. Distribution of
the seals is now under way.
The Red Cross Christmas seal for
1915 was designed by Mr.. IT. M. Gle
land of New York City. 1t shows a
Santa Claus in red on a green back
ground in the center paEel with a
pack on his back bearing red cross.
The lettering "A Merry Christmas
and "A Happy New Year. Is carried
vertically up and down the sides of
the seal, while the date and the words
American Red Cross" are across the
bottom of the seal. Tho loster eff
feet given by this seal is very striking
end makes an unusually handsome de-
sign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11
SIDE TALKS
Talking to Injress.

Talking to Imjress.
He was SO poor that he couldn't
even carry a fifty dollar a month
house." 1 heard one woman say to
another. recently.
The woman to whom the remark
was made lives in a house that
five dollars
A fifty dollar house would spell
comparative luxury to her.
The first woman must know this
if she stopped to think.
And yet she talks pityingly of a
man so poor that he couldn't even
carry a fifty dollar house"
Perhaps she does it deliberately,
perhaps carelessly.
In either case I think it is bad taste.
If she does it deliberately she is
trying to impress her listener with
her own more comfortable circum-
Stances tacy thing that really we'll
bred people do not do.
A great many people do this sort of
thing. 1t is little less obvious than
openly boasting about ones own pos
crude enough to talk about what they
paid for this or that will try to i'm
press it upon you in this circuitous
way.
L know anOtner woman VINO mar
ried a man who has lately made quite
little money. Before she married
she was a stenographer her mother
was a widow and she was brought UP
in a home where the pennies had to
be watched and where such a thing
as outside help, even with the wash
ing, was out f the question. Yet now,
to her old friends, she talks pityingly
about Poor Mrs. M, who has only
one maid with that family (four)
and doesn't ever- put her washing
out"
When that sort of thing is done
carelessly instead of deliberately it
does not show actual crudeness, but
it does a show a lack of the sympa-
thetic courtesy which teaches us to
key our conversation to the stand
ards of those to whom we talk, and
to try to get their viewpoint.-(Copy-
right by George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11
JOURNAL. ENTRIES

1t is often the case that the applause
which is passed out so freely is mis-
directed.
* X x
What's the idea of demanding more
of others than you are willing to de-
deliver yourself?
X X X
Putting two and two together in an
intelligent manner is the easiest way
to solve most of the perplexing prob
lens or difficulties.
X X X
The world is so peculiar in it's judg-
ments that what it DEGREES to be a
virtue in one man. it is likely to brand
as a vice in another.
X y X
Picnics. perhaps. are not so annoy
ing If they are staged when climatic
conditions are favorable, and soon will
be the best time in all the year for
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper PuDhsners
Association.
MEMBER:

what's the idea of these exchanges
between Governor Morehead OF Ne
braska and Governor Capper of Kan
sas as to which of them presldes as
executive for the time being over the
better state in this or that or all re-
spects? OF course, if referee or
board of arbitration has been appoint
ed to weigh the merits of this con-
troversy and hand down a decision
ii. the premises, the situation may be
little different. But what's the use
of this talkfest, anyhow, even If a de-
cision were to be made 70 settle 1t.
Both Kansas and Nebraska would ap-
near to be equally worth while and
distinctive in their own especial ways
and with many advantages of SOIL
climate, and even personnel OF cltl-
zenship in common, to dwell amicably
side by side as good neighbors and
without either of them finding it nee
essary to throw brick-bats at the
other. An exchange of bouquets or
compliments would be more to the
point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11

mystical essence of religion and ten
dency to deny that morality needs
sanctions, landmarks, AMI inspirers-
The same two tendencies toward error
are in the world today, but it seems
likely to some observers,-and there
In lies the hope of reunited Christ
endom,-that eventually all Catholics
will discover, as great numbers OF
them have, that religion is meaning
less when made an end in itself; and
that all Professionals will find, as great
numbers of them are finding, that
morality without mysticism, at least
Christian morality without Christian
mysticism, is so difficult as to be i'm
possible. Religion, for such a reunited
C-ristendom, will be a thing essential
~ mystical, a thing of ceremony, of
ritual, a thing awe-compelling, a
thing which breathes of God Incar-
nate Glorffied, and yet thing to be
used of men primarily in the gain
ing of Gods strength for the fulfill
ing of the highest ethics, the bringing
in upon the earth of the Kingdom
where the Divine will shall be done
as it is in Heaven"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11

incidentally. the kind of a pugilis
tic contest that was staged recently in
Colorado Springs by Freddie Welsh,
Charlie White and the referee of the
match, was of the same type of the
''manly-art" exhibitions that killed the
boxing-game in New York state for
so many years, and until the legisla-
ton which officially put it out of bus
mess was repealed or recrranged q
couple of years ago and the sport
revived in the Empire state. Slaugh-
tering the goose that lays the golden
eggs appears to be an unusually pop
ular pastime in this country in many
lines of cndeavor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11
Preacher-COusin of President
Condemns S-HOur Law.
He Says RailrOaderS Now Make
More Than Ministers.

ST. Louis. Mo-, Sept. 1.-THE Rev.
Samuel w. Woodrow, pastor of the
Pilgrim Congregational church here
and a cousin of President Woodrow
Wilson, made the subject of his Sun
day sermon the recent enactment of
the eight-hour law by congress, in
which he assailed that body and execu-
tive for what he considered complete
submission to the demands of "a COM
paratively small portion of the popula-
ton
No one element should have the
power to force such legislation, he de-
clared, especially when they could
have no reasonable complaint on the
subject of wages. He said that the
railroad laborer was one of the best
paid laboring elements in the country
and that they got more on an average
than teachers or breaches.
If this kind of legislation can be
forced upon the country he said,
there is no such thing as govern
ment for the people and by the people.
mo man or group of men should
be able to dictate to the president or
congress. When that condition arises
we have mob rule and not govern
ment
| There can be no more pitiable
| spectacle than our president and con-
greSS frightened into yielding to the
| demands of a small element of the
| population"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11

such chance is given, or remain for
ever in the Jumper" class. From
whatever point of view one considers
such an apprenticeship" it must be
admitted that it does not meet the re-
quirements of the industry, the needs
of youth, nor the best interests of the
employer. Such system o. lack of
system discloses the indifference of the
employer, lack of forethought on the
part of the boy and his parents, and
downright betrayal OF apprenticeship
education which should not be per-
mitted in any enlightened community.
This condition unfortunately gives
some basis for the frequent condemna-
ton of workshop training. When
trade instruction is given in public
trade schools. it must be clearly I'M
derstood that this type OF education
must be differentiated from the trade
training which can be obtained in the
shop, as the public trade school can
teach only part of the required tech
mic; the remainder must be acquired
thru practice on actual work under
trade and commercial con 1itions. In
the case of trade instruction thru ap-
premiership, on the other hand, the
public school can effectively supple
ment shop study and shop work thru
correlated continuation instruction,
even though the shop apprenticeship
system provides, as it should, for trade
training thru practice in actual work
and for applied instruction in related
sciences, in order to develop both a
mastery of the trade and an Industrial
understanding and intelligence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News
When a sculptor makes a cast he
fishes for fame.
1t is sometimes difficult to bring a
girl of the period to a stop.
A painful silence is unknown to men
but women know about it.
A homelike hotel is the kind a mar
ried man usually tries to avoid.
After a girl marries she loses inter-
est in curl papers and fairy stories.
Small favors are thankfully re-
ceived and often unthankfully re-
membered.
The ocean of life is filled with
breakers; that's why SO many men go
broke.
All mans best deeds and all of his
worst may be attributed to a woman's
influence
Don't think for a minute that ac-
tors and actresses kiss every time they
make up
Gold is said to be maileabIe that
it can be beaten as thin as the ham
in a railway sandwich.
There is less wear and tear on a
woman's mind than on a mans
probably because she changes it
oftener-
If a rich man tells you that the
greatest happiness is to be found in
poverty. remind him of what David
said in his haste.