Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-27
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Today the city of Boston Is having al sspreparedness'' parade and the bands win play Julia Ward Hawe's Battle Hymn of the Repubiic,H of which the day Is an anniversary. Have you ever read how this grand hymn came to- the mind of this lover of peace in the night-time when she caught the meas ure found in the opening words: Mine eyes have seen the coming of. the Lord" which so impressed her 1 that she arose in the night and wrote | it before she could again close her l eyes in sleep. How it rings in our ears, "In the beauty of the lilies Christ | was born across the sea; with a. glory in His bosom that transf1gures you and me, As He died to make men holy, l let us die to make men free, while God | is marching on!'' This grand old lady of New England loved peace and loved liberty. She believed in preparedness for defence not for offence-for safety first and prayer for peace ever. This l is the nations desire for preparedness | today, and this is what every patriot 1 feels is duty. Loyalty to high princi- | pies in world of strife cannot be de- tended by the pleas of those who have
 not arms.
 After ninety weeks of European war I the influence of the strife began to be manifest in FIora's Kingdom. The originators of neWnTarieties of flow CTS found it difficult to find names for ] their new flowers, and recently a new flower was given the name of 'the suffragette" because a scrap of a | handbin with this word upon it blew l into the greenhouse and lodged upon 1 the narneless plant. This years hor- | ticultural show at Boston revealed | that a number of horticulturists have
 named their new hybrids and other l plants after persons engaged in or in some way related to the war. There is the General Joffre," a new rose of ] deep red, cultivated by A N. PierSon l of Deep River, Conn.,; Preparedness
 a new carnation; a new hybrid Cattel- kya orchid, "The Kaiser; a remarkable Cattelya named General Petain," in honor of the defender of Verdun, as I well as the Queen of the Belgianse | orchid which was sold for $1, 900 to Edward Hardness, this sum being do- mated by the grower to the Red Cross.
 Tee Henry Ford' orchid is a deep and solemn white, and Peace is a. beautiful white gladfolus, while War 2
 is a deep red gladiolus. There are
 doubtless many other names of flow
 CTS traeeable to this same influence and we shall not be surprised if an
 other season some >of the new hybrid
 seeding dahlias of 1916 take on the
 names of popular heroes or able plead CTS for peace.
 This habit of talking to one's self
 doesn't seem to be a bad habit, but it
 is not without the element of peril,
 to be alone say things in confidence to
 themselves they would not care to
 have others l.ear. What do you sup-
 pose such people talk about? Well,
 they may like to hear talked out loud their trials, their worries, their abuses I the nninjnaS nf all fhincsc f6cxy do not care to air in the presence o1
 others. A habit of song ,or of repeat ing pleasing quotations, or even o1 , whistling, is much better, because the mind that worries and frets itself is l in very bad buSineSS-it makes tol
 more wearing, it makes of existence g l nightmare. You may think some folks cannot help it; but I fear they do moi ] try. It is up to us all to know what
 we are doing for ourselves, and wha1 we are doing to ourselves. We have . the power to weave misery out of 2 very slight thread of thought, anC we can find joy even in anticipation } As creatures of power we should bt careful how we use our power.
 F A great, many people are inclined tt think that they will be rewarded il Z the future life for the sufferings they have endured in this. It is a comfort ing thought, but it depends very mud 0POu W4AO ACOPO1SAO4C LUZ bLGI ferings. When you come to realize that man is the architect of more thar l half of his woes you feel quite certain
 that he will receive no rewards O. merit for his own errors. The per.
 iod of growth of 9 human soul is from 1, the day of birth tottae day of judge,
 ment, and under divine guidance great deal in the way of developmen may be accomplished in that time and much that is distressing be avoid l ed or overcome. Since the population , is much made up of the quick and tn,
 dead, it is to be expected that tn,
 first will be alive to every divine i'm pulse, while the last are prone to le :. the Lord do it in spiritual matters , and to leave all the rest to George 3 Spiritual laziness isn't any more com ] mendable than any other kind O : loafing, but it is not so persistent,
 assailed as the idleness which puts
 blight upon mortal life.
 You may not believe in the con
 trarities of life. but if you have live S many years and are a fairly good ob : server you must have noticed tha light remarks often give birth t
 heavy consequences. Because of ther
 great gulfs have been fixed for life There is nothing more inexcusafbl
 ness which makes people itch for
 fight. A gift of gaib is oftener a seri f ous impairment than a blessing. To t doubtless G1ave become aware tha
 most so-called natu-al orators ca
 talk a good while without saying any
 thing. A flow of words without idea . is wearing to the intelligent; but it
 common. The scholar who discerne that language is as often used to con
 EceAl thought as to express 1t, had penetrative mind. How we say thing t is as important as what we say. IT = dectfon may give good words an ot
 fensfve aura. The art of conversa
 tion is not a mean accomplishment. s In che observance of Mothers da a a11usion was made to ''the mother liJ
 ianar and Inc rnnn4l,n,. dnna do "a.