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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

for my wooden leg from America that my American signora is getting me. want to have it from her.
 The devotion of Lorenzo De Capo is pathetic. He has such a longing for his Abruzzi home, but without his promised American leg he does not want to return.
 At last. one day, Mrs. Green arrived at the villa with artificial limb. It was fine American leg that worked to perfection. Lorenzo, quivering with anticipation, was lifted from his chair and the leg was fitted on. It was the right length, but when poor Lorenzo put it on the knee shot away above the sound one. And here is where one learns that Italians are shorter in the leg from the knee down than Ameri- cans. Of course, Lorenzo couldn't take the American wooden leg, and has to wait for one especially made for him.
 Still another misadventure was to befan him. A fine artificial leg was
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wooden legs is unQuenchable. There is Giovanni Ariosi,. who refuses to accept any other knowledge on the subject of artificial limbs except such comes from his American signora. Giovanni's leg was torn away by an Austrian shrapnel Col df Lana, and he, first of all of these three mutilated soldiers was to be fitted to a leg. But he re- fused.
 It must be Understood that the pro- curing Of artificial limbs from America m these war times is easy matter. one day an American woman who was interested, throush-the American clear Ing house of the Italian mutilated. came to the Villa Mirafiori with a wooden leg. It was for one of her special charges, but, alas. it was a right leg, and her patient had lost his ieft leg. She approached Giovanni and onered to give him her precious wood- en leg. which was fit for him, since ms had not arrived from America. Gio- Vann1 ga0ed at the artificial limb, but shook his head firmly:
 "signora." he said. T prefer to wait
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The Point.

E N-PREMIER RENE VIVIANI of the IS French commission has impressed the country with his eloquence
 They tell a story of M. Viyianf's youth. He had accepted an invitation to address a political meeting, and he launched into his maiden speech with trepidation. But he carried all before nm and when he purposed to sit down there were loud cries of:
 Go on! Keep her up! Go on"
 DO you really wish me to go or? % said NJ. Viviani.
 "Yes! Yes. Go on! Go on" shouted the audience.
 - Then this is the exact point" said M. Viviani, where a capable speaker sits down"
 And down he sat amid greater ap- plause than ever before.
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It Was Time.
\ CONGRESSMAN said the ot,

M NV-NIitTI'o'oNAN sdlH me other day <. of the embargo on neutrals' food
 Tt WIS time-ycs. more than time that we gave the ncutrals a strong hint that we wanted them to stop feed ing our enemies.
 Yes. with our food going to the neu- trals so that the neutraIs could send their own food to Gcrmany-and the war in it's third year-it was quite time for us to speak mp.
 We were, in fact, in the position of the host and hostess whose guests stayed on till 1 o'clock in the morning /: The hest; when 1t struck ], saw that something positively miist be done, so he turned to his wife with a pleasant laugh and said;
 Hadn't we better get to bed, my goi rffy.'"
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alled 'The Madonna of the Wooden Legs"

brought at another time by Mrs. Green
 to the bdns Eiiia But 5.a alas. s.. it was for above the knee instead of below And Lorenzo-why, Lorenzo begged
 that his leg be cut off to O fit the he arti- i- fcial one so he could go home with an American leg which his siGnora had drought him. DO you wonder love these boys and want to put them on their feet?" in ouired Mrs. Green as she was leaving
 bath robes or dressing gowns Tor the legless men who are sensitive about their mutilated stumps.
 we had just visited the workshop where Director Built an American, who is the wonder of the Italians. was over seeing the making of wooden legs on
 two wooden legs, having lost both in q railroad accident. but he absolutely de- fs iies deteetion. Naturally. the longing of wooden legs is all the stronger since Director Bull rides a bicycle, jumps and dances about and walks as nonchalantly as though his neither limbs were of flesh and bone instead of wood.
 The Villa Mirafori, once royal villa; frnsa over o tSe 1tnsn ernment. It Is used as a convalesceut home for the mutiiated who are trained In variaus occupations. Cameo carving but the wooden leg industry is the one which inspires the soldiers.
 
 
 Here Dr. Della Vcdova teaches the boys to work on artificial limbs to the best advantage possible, with the ma terial at hand. The original plan was to introduce an American artificial limb plant, but lack of proper Ameri- | can wood and other obstacles has made ] that project a bit difficult. Despite the i fact that the American wooden legs are the lightest and most desired, cer- tain red tape has made 1t exceedingly ] hard for Director Bull to. go ahead on i real American progressive principles. l An objection to having an American named plant and American named legs has caused hitches in the work of fit ting out the boys. Mrs. Green, however,, having at heart the welfare of her charges, says a leg by any other name would serve as well, and she gets her American legs for. her boys one after another. Della Vedova has done much md it is his earnest desire to the plant perfected on American lines and 10 teach the boys the trade of making American legs"
 So far the Italian government has made no provision to supply artificial imbs to its armless and legless men. ind for that reason the work of Mrs. ireen has been indeed like a prayer answered by the Madonna.
 "I was given a sum by friends in America to dispose of as thought best" ,aid Mrs. Green, land I intend to put t ali in artificial legs"
 The boys at Mirafiori are all en- husiastic- that America has entered .
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lains were detailed to duty with this branch of work. For time fully T5,oh0 pieces of mail were handled daily. In addition to the help from the army there were twenty-nfne
 trained mail clerks in attendance
 All mail. addressed to United States soldiers of the expedittonary forces in France should bear the designation ef
 the division. regiment. company and
 organization it is intended to reach. This in addition. of course to the name
 and address of the writer, postage given proper attention, etc. All post masters have orders to forward mail addressed "American Expeditionary
 There is no provision at present for parcel post service" Postmaster Gen eral Burleson announced in recent
 bulletin. And postmaSterS should re- fuse to accept for registration letters containing money or other yaiuab1es cafed may be accepted for registration, but patrons should be informed that indemnity will not be paid for lost reg. istered mall The public should be warned that it is not safe to inclose currency in letters under any ciFcuin
 stances, and that money orders should m members of the expeditionary forces"
 Jack Tar's post office is not new in- stitution though it may take on new furbeiow or two because of the exi- gencies of the war situation. And fur below or not. a battleship post office, where.a young man in those wider-at- the-hem blue trousers may walk up to the wicket for his mail, just if he were in the neighborhood of Park TOW and Broadway or the Main street post office in Stringtown the Pike, is something to touch the imagination. Somewhere in British waters" some where in the. blue Mediterranean, or, maybe, where the dawn comes up like thunder, outen China cross the bay in many places and in many c1imes are our floating post offices seen.
 One would never think that sailor or marine sent out or received so many letters and packages until permitted to see a crowd of blue acketS -cheeffuIIy jostling one another in a seemingly endless line before the s1im-barred win working like the proverbial Trojans to get the mail stamped and delivered And now, in the business of war, when the Navy is greatly increased, there will
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the var, an ally of the Pdtria. There is decided hope in their hearts. too. and that Is that the American soldiers won't nasd wooden legs. --
 "Wouldn't 1t be awful if America kept all her wooden legs at horne?' inter- rupted one who is waiting. Tt can't be done. though, now we're allies"
 Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page has given 5000 lire. to Mrs. Greens wooden leg fund, and, according to recent infor- nation, forty artificial legs have been ordered from America.
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This difficulty is not anticipated now,
 under a yaster scheme Of things. in an effort to get to Cuba without delay and there establish postal service for the benefit of the Army and Navy, Louis Kempner. appointed United States postal Barton to take passage on the Red Cross
 snip the State of Texas when finding
 himself as far Tampa. Fla. with
 vessel sailing under war orders for per-
 It is understood that there were
 heroes connected with this postal serv-
 ice so begun; that much illness re-
 suited, and one, if not two. deaths of
 men who tried to make their appointed
 work have more than material value.
 Tn Tn an effort to get mail to the sol
 diers man ~named Brewer. who gave
 up his life in this postal service, at
 one time bought a horse for $110. hired
 native with a. pony and set of to
 eighteen miles away. over impossible
 mud roads. in the rainy season, got
 their mail. His letter to an associate
 in the Washington post ofice is still
 mail is needed at the front. It con- sists of official documents from Wash ington. besides family letters that will be appreciated. The Post Ofice De partment must not be charged with failure to deliver mail matter prop erly addressed" He died soon after this trip. as a result of exposure
 The unfortunate conditions of sani- tation are said to have had much to do | with the irregularities and attendant hardships of post office employees in l Cuba. Yellow fever. spreading very 1 rapidly at one period, made mail de- l livery and collection among the troops | an impossibility for time. There was | a great deal of discussion when the l basis of the present system of military post offices was made, in 1898. One dis 1 army officer is reported to l have announced: Our mon are here | to be taught how to shoot Spaniards, not how to shdff1e postal cards"
 Field post offices were established in Various military camps, the one at the | National Park being the most important. Rough temporary buildings were erected for this purpose n the various training; camps at a cost ,f S25O or $500. A number of chap
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Bordeaux,

transportation there is George T. Leake. chief clerk of the railway mail service at Houston, Tex, who was selected for the post in France because of his serv- ices connected with military mail on the border. Maj. Clinton l.. Wright, as sistant postmaster at Norfolk, Va, is detailed by the War Department to go to Bordeaux as superinte endent of fi- nance, while the Washington post of fee is represented by John H. Collier who will be money order cashier
 Our soldiers will not be paid in gold or currency of the United States. They will be offered their choice of checks or French money. Many of these checks will be mailed back home for cashing by relatives or for deposit in home banks in the sender's name. For the carrying out of this plan a vast
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words written upon a slip of~paper. Thte tirle there was q hundred-lire note.

words written upon slip of~paper. This tirle there was q hundred-lire note. :, The next day an American woman at the embassy came up to her..
 You don't know .how that story of the prayer to the Madonna touched me-" she said Please take this hundred -lire note to help get leg for one of your eoys.' The same day another note was given Mrs. Green. "f keep thinking about that prayer to the Madonna" the donor said, how wish all those boys prayers could be answered."
 And so 1t went on until within three days. without asking for a penny, Mrs. Green had 1,5o0 lire, With that money the poor mutflated soldiers became ''her boys" and forever more; the prayer to the Madonna and wooden legs, un- poetic but practical will be associa ted in Rune with Mrs Green.
 The devotion of these Italian soldiers to their American Madonna of the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

Special Correspondence
 ROME,
 S|oR three successive nights Ig- tC1 nazfo Sapeli prayed to the Ma
 donna that he might walk - again.
 On the morning of the fourth day as he lay in the Hospital Regina Mar gherita, his prayer was answered. The answer came in the person of a "sfgnora Americana and from the moment she looked upon Ignazio's poor, mutilated limbs. feet frozen in the Adamello and then amputated, she has consecrated her time to artificial
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The Dessert,

6A of A ship controversy:
 These wooden ship champions show an ignorance of actual conditions which reminds me of the farmers wife
 "The farmer was describing to his wife a supper that their city daughter had given.
 ""The gall he said. told me the af do you know, Hannah"
 "'Of course I know, Hiram said sha 'Eclaw's n dessert. Didn't you never heaI. of chocolate eclaw?" '
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limbs. The "signora Americana" is Mrs. Caroline Crocksr Green. That Is a name, however. the boys at the Villa Mlrafori cannot pronounce, Instead
 they call her "The Madonna of :he Wooden Legs" Mrs. Greens friends laugh at the title until they know .he story. Then the paukos behind the name given her by boys from the Italian trenches. who have lost their limbs for the Patria, overcomea the impulse to josh this big-hearted American woman wno is beloved by Italy's soldiers. Her mission in life Is to pu. these Italian boys literally on
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| kCl&tiOa oI tt4C rGiAS OA "-
 H. y friendly interchange of per
 W sonal letters. His young sammies, "somewhere in France" and his marines and Jack Tars, who see that their brothers in khaki arrive on French soil, will have advantages for getting letters from homo scarcely less than those of us who remain to watch so anxiousIy their self1ess efforts to- ward world democracy.
 Though letters are not to be address hearts and friends, designating or even suggesting the location of the unit where the addressee may be, the city or Bordeaux is to serve as the bases post office of the American troops in France. The man most of us would probably think of "the American Army postmaster in France" but whom the Postmaster General calls the United States Army posta1 agent in Europe. is Marcus H. Bum. MT: Bum. who is now in Bordeaux, organizing the base office, it's possible routes. its nu- merouS details and elastic cont1ngen- cies, is, in the normal course of events. in the office of the second assistant postmaster general.
 MT. Bum has had experience with military mail service in nearly all of our island possessions and has associ- ated with him several men as fully ex- perfenced as himself, according to in formation rendered by the Post Office Department. AS superintendent of
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
BY ALICE ROHE.

Special Correspondence
 ROME.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
Old papers for sale at this Office.
FRYING LOCAL OIL sHA1E

George Willard and Alva Mitchell
rigged up retort, improvised from an
old pump cylinder, and made several
tests of specimens of local oil shale a
few days ago. Of the various kinds of
shale tested, each gave apparently very
good results, considering the crudeness
of the retort and condensing equipment.
No very elaborate attempt was made to
arrive at correct estimate of the
number of gallons per ton the shaie
contains, but a crude calculation placed
it at about 40 gallons in the best speci-
mems. Doubtless large amount of the
lighter and more valuable, oils was lost
from lack Of more perfect condensa-
tion. The oil is heavy and very dark,
though some of this may have resulted
from having the retort overheated. 1t
gives of heavy fumes and is strong OF
ammonia. The gasoline odor can also
be readily detected after the oil has
stood while.
W. NJ. Porter also has a small reto,t
which he is rigging up to use in max
ing tests. Further results of these ex.
periments will be watched with a good
deal of interest.-Plateau Voice.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
How Luther Valued Music.

Luther had keen relish for the
beautiful In music, but the relief and
comfort 1t afforded him through ex-
pressing his own feelings were with
him trivial concentrations as compared
with its use in bringing home Gospel
truth to heart and conscience. The
melodious cadences and clear and
brilliant phrases of sacred songs were
for him golden characters by which
the knowledge Of God was to be i'm
printed on the memory. Never is the
singleness Of the mans heart more
conspicuous-the concentration Of his
soul upon one grand life-purpose more
evident-than when. with congenial
toll, he sets to simple words and sim
Pile tunes, for children to sing, the
main verities Of Christian faith, the
main facts Of Christian story.
Luther gave the initiative for count
less psalms and hymns and grave
sweet melodies, sung by the Protestant
vanguard of mankind. The best re-
ligious inspiration of these last ages Is
in spiritual song.-From Peter Bayne's
Martin Luther"
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
AlIERICA'S GREAT sPECIAILsTS
TO LOOK AFTER QUE BOYS

Washington, Aug. Give intend to
make our new military cantonments as
safe as science can make them," said
Maj. Gen. William G. Gorgas, chief Of
the medical department Of the army, in
an interview here. "When a recruit
has once passed his examination
which will be rigid-he may rest as-
sured that the government will put him
into as nearly an ideal sanitary environ
ment as is found anywhere, either in
military or civil life.
"We are putting the best brains in
the country to work on the problem and
have commissioned, as majors in the re-
serve, specialists in the medical and sur.
gical branches we wish to cover. Maj.
William M. Welch, the famous patholo.
gist of Johns Hopkins hospital is work.
ing with US at our headquarters in the
Mills building. Maj. Victor G. Vaughan,
dean Of the University Of Michigan
medical department, and nationally
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
THE EASIEST METHOD

OF the several methods for evap0rat-
ing fruit and vegetables which are be-
ing advocated by the government, the
electric fan appears to be the simplest,
as it avoids saveral causes for failure
which are present in other methods.
In the sun drying method there is
danger of discoloration and the pro-
duce must be covered with screens
against the minutest flys. The air cur
rent from the fan drives off flies and
the evaporating, being done inside the
house, does not subject the fruit 20
darkening such as may occur in the sun.
In oven drying, constant watch
must be kept that the oven does not be-
come overheated. The fan requires no
watching after it is turned on.
The cost of the fan may seem objcc-
tionable, but, when it is remembered
that a small household size fan will do,
and that such fan costs less than an
adequate supply of fruit jars, the cost
of the fan should not be an obstacle.
Besides, the fan will be useful for many
other purposes in cold weather.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
Eaaelnatlen In Ala,.san Llt..

There ID q faseinahon about Alas
Ian LIE, which, despite its privations.
makes men loath to leave and eager to
return. There IL NO fear Of starva-
don nor even Of destituton. The
rivers and woods supply salmon aud
the venison Of moose and caribou suf-
Acient to meet the wants Of all. A hole
In the ground makes . Refrigerator
which will keep meat fresh through
out the hottest summers, without re-
course to pemmican. And, II white
man 10 too lazy to hunt or dsh him
self, he can always obtain 4 living
from 4 sQuaw and . dshwheel. As
soon a. suitable means Of transporta-
ton exist, the country should be more
crowded with visitors than was Switz-
erland before the war, and must also
enjoy business prosperity.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
BAcKAcHE Is A WARNING
Glenwood Springs People Should Not
Neglect Their Kidneys

Backache is often natures most fire.
quent signal of weakened kidneys. To
cure the pains and aches, to remove
the lameness when it arises from weak
ened kidneys, you must reach the cause
the kidneys. If you have pain
through the small of your back, bladder
weakness, headaches, dizzy SPELLS. or
are nervous and depressed, start treat
ing the kidneys with tested kidney
remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have been
proved good and are especially for
weak kidneys. Doan's have been used
in kidney trouble for over so years.
Read Glenwood Springs testimony.
Mrs. R. W. McGuirk, 800 Blake Ave,
says: "My kidneys were inflamed
and my back caused me considerable
misery, especially when I tried to Do
anything. It took but a short time for
Doan's Kidney Pills to cause every
symptom of kidney trouble to disap-
pear. have recommended Doan's to
many people because know they are
fine.'
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for q kidney remedy-gct
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same TINT
Mrs. McGuirk had Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. 56
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11

known as an authority on sanitation, al
so occupies desk here and responds to
the title of "major." We have Mai.
William H. Mayo of Rochester, Mimi,
ON our sanitary board, and Maj. Charles
Mayo reports here for duty. Maj. Theo.
dore C. Janeway, the physician -in-chief
of Johns Hopkins hospital and sec-e-
tary of the Russell Sage institute of
pathology, heads our eardio-vascular
section, and Maj. J. L. Goldthwaite, one
of the great orthopedic surgeons of the
country, will look after cases involving
defective bones and joints.
"We will take special care of nervous
and mental disorders, and DIR. Pea:e
Bailey, famous as a neurologist and
psychiatrist, is working in our dpart-
ments with the rank of major.
"Speaking again of the cantonments.
A million men-as sound of mind and
body as we can choose out of the ma
tion s youth-will soon be moving into
camps and barracks under government
supervision. We want the soldier s
folks at home to feel that he is going
to stay sound, that he is not going to
sicken in camp without the privilege of
striking blow for his country.''
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
SIGNS SEEN IN THE FLOWERS
Many Popular superstitlons Are
Woven About the Raising and
HANDLING Of Various 0lossoms.

To burn faded flowers Is sure sign
Of coming sorrows. To plant flower
hedge Is to bring good luck. II per-
son wears flowers with the stems up
ward it is a sign that he or she Is
in love and does not know 1t. To
have flowers wilt quickly in the hand
denotes Ill health.
II a person smells flowers gathered
from a cemetery he will lose the sense
of smell. It is considered unlucky
to gather flowers out Of season, as
before and after the season they are
said to belong to the fairies.
The first wild flowers which are
gathered by young woman in the
spring are supposed to give the initials
Of her future husband. Spearmint
is believed by some to prevent illness
when worn about the wrist.
II catnip is held in the hand un-
til heated and then put into the hand
of another, superstition says that It
will so control that person that he or
she cannot leave you as long as the
catn. Il retained in the hand.
Pc oval Is said to make quar-
relso band and wife stop bick-
eri- given to them BY some
friend.