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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-05
THEIR LITTLE WAYS

ciding at breakfast that it would be an elegant day for us to go golfing, when I had the kitchen full of cans and peaches or tomatoes for hard which I could devote to the job. Oh, leave em till to-morrow!' Henry would say comfortably. Don't be so alarmed systematic. What difference aoes it make9'
 Telling him that the dressmaSer was coming tomorrow and I had an all day engagement the next day in Win netka and that peaches had an un- happy custom of spelling made no im-
 pression on him. He said if l loved him I would be so delighted to go gelfing with him that nothing else mattered.
 thing I simply had to do that prevent 1 ed me leaping joyously at Henry $ Hhim he has turned pale and insisted 1 that I didn't love him' Finally I sat i down and figured it all out. H ap- l reared that if we were to lead a peaceful happy existence I might as we'll realize that I should adjust my
 life till it ran like fireman's.
 must always be garbed ready for any thing. Reluctantly abandoned ne- l glisees and I have lived in tailored 1 suits ever since
 Never shalt I forget the time we
 were closing the summer cottage and l I had the las. day nicely planned so
 could comfortably take down the curtains and rut away things and do the thousand cd jobs a woman bas to do around the house. At 9.30 that
 morning Henry looked at his watch
 and said that it was too horribly 1 rough on the lake to take the night
 boat and we'd go by the noon train This meant that we must leave by Il 1 Did you ever try to do eight hours work in ain hour and a half? I spill ed tomatoes on my suit skirt in my frantic efforts to empty the eats from 1 the refrigerator outdoors, I had tc | leave up curtains and bedding thai 1 the mice eventually lunc1ed on al | winter. We forgot to turn off tn. water and the pipes all burst later. Henry said it was perfect mons Gise for a woman 10 butter around doins a lot of foolish things that weren' necessary and for heavens sake what was I so upset about? I had nervous prostra tion for week after that day! Since then I always arrange to have everything done twenty -four hours 1T advance
 "Goodness." said the bride. q sup
 pose Tom will get to be just like that too. in time! Do--can you still sta,
 in love with 'em when they worry yo; sop
 "Oh. my, yes," conaforted the lonf
 married lady, 'Their childlike en
 thusiasn is sort of appealing!''-Chi cago News.
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THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

There is no question but what Pres sdent Wilson, in his address to the URited States congress. speaks for the nation when he declares that all talk of peace at this time is out of the question This country is not to be swerved from it's purpose. It has set its hand to a task which must be accomplished and the time to do it is now This country has no more faith .ns the imperial government of Ger many today than it did when it en- tered the war. It fully understands its conduct and it is determined that negotiations cannot be carried or with #, hence there can be no idea of peace until the people of Germany put those m power who can be depended upon.
 That the president should urge a declaration of war upon Austria comes as no surprise Long has 1t been rec ognized that this country is virtually at war with that nation and yet there has been no declaration. Austria is the pawn of Germany. It is subject 10 the dictates of Berlin an1 it is per- fectly clear that this country cannot be true to It's allies or to itself as long ns if permits conditions to go on as they exist today. Ii is time that we took recognition of the real situation. 1t has been urged that the other allies of Germany be included in such a dec- iaration- This the president does not favor because of the fact that as yet they do not stand in the way of the war which this country is waging with Germany.
 Another matter to which the pres fdent gives proper emphasis Is that of dealing promptly and effectively with enemy aliens It is a matter to which too much attention cannot be given. We have been ;enient in that direc- tion too long and henceforth we should be more considerate of. our own , welfare His advice in this direction should be immediately put into ef- feet
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UTILIZE WATER POWER.

It can be anticipated that the great CT part Of the work Of the present ses- sion of congress will be devoted to wal business. That is the most i'm portant matter before the country tc- day and it must get the attention that it deserves, but there ara matters which are made more important be- cause of the war which ought to re- ceive considerate attention for that very reason.
 While the country is suffering from difficulties in getting coal. shertage s cxfsting in various sections because of the lack Of transportation facilities and industries seriously affected as the result thereot, it is time that con gress gave some thought to the de- velopment of the vast amount of wa terpover whieh goes te waste every day. which if 1t was made use of would furnish a great deaf of aid in operating industries, railroads or in fact perform any service where power is required
 It only requires little thought as to how much is already being derived from such natural resources today to appreciate how much more can be -seeured. when it is realized that there is 5e.000. 900 horsepower going to waste every 34 hours. 4 number of bills have been before congress dealing with this matter. Others are still there. It is matter which deserves careful consideration and therefore should not be too nasty but there ought not to De any uniiecessary de- lay in dealing with 3 matter which is of such vital importance to the coi,r : try and growing more so every day
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LETTERS To THE EDIT0 l
Polite Boy Disappearing

Mir Editor: Mrs. F w strikes a sympathetic vein in me when she asks where the polite boy is. He simply isn't, or has faded so far into the background that he doesn't count. Oh, there are a rew left-descendants of the old New England stock who hea received the advantages of education and society as it then was, who still keep up those things, and there is where one finds real, natural refine ment. But the society (so cafled) of today has no use for the polite boy; he is given a back seat-he is left out. horn, as the city boy used to say. If we would get anywhere today we must be filled, loaded down with fads. The boy of today comes up'' with the Idea
 (and that idea is encouraged by :1Is parents) that the great aim in life is
 to get all he can of this worlds goods
 and by almost any sort of means. If the rest don't keep up with him, that is their lookout. If they are not smart enough to protect their own inseres g.
 why, that is no concern of his~ Pure
 unadulterated se1hshness. What were once frowned upon as underhanded
 tricks 6f trade" are now considered
 legitimate methods of doing business and sentiment must not stand in the
 way. Of course, we must move for
 ward with the world and provtie for the ever changing conditions. bT- all
 old laws; @ manners, , ana +,,s customs ss
 heap. All change is not progress in the right direction. We expect and are willing to make all reasonable allowance for conditions as they Art today, but they are made much Werse than they need be by these same come ups," who, instead of taking their chances and econon1izing in the use of the necessaries of fife as we are all urged to do. accumulate more thar they need, and that cuts down the supply for the rest. Those who ars l, in any way interested in holding back and speculating in these things are traitors and the worst crirnsslali among us.
 UNCLE BILLIE. Mansfield, Dec 3, 1917.
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cause Of the fact that they were pro *essers at Columbia.
 Much was heard at that time about academic freedom but in his annual report President Buffer of Columbia deals with that matter effectively when he says When teacher ac- cepts an invitation to become a mem Der of an academic soofety. he there upon loses some of the freedom that he formerly possessed. He remains as before. subject to, the restrictions and punfsf kneffts of the law, but in addition he has voluntarily accepted the restrictions put upon kim by the traditions, 6rEn aisattof ana the pur- poses of the Institution with which he has been Associated Try SIS he raay he can no longer write or speak in his own name alone. ... What he says or writes gains significance and a hearing because of the academic society to which he belongs
 This presents the essence of the whole matter and if 1t hasn't beer understood by all faculty members ir the past it should be in the future And if it is not lived up to disnfssa can be expected in spite Of the eff cfency of the member otherwise.
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Zealand. The splendid British infan- try made long night marches, and at tackled with such determination that they tore down the wire entangle- ments with their hands, and just as the moon rose over the Judea Hills Australian Horse charged, mounted, against the stfengly-held trenches, with fixed bayonets, overwhelming the 1 Turks and gallopfng, cheering, into the town.
 Our pre1iminary movements were all executed during the night. At dawn the cavalry were south of Beersheba. the infantry. were facing the nort1l2 ern. western, and south western de- fences. which were cut in range of hills hiding Beersheba from view.
 These These, en1renenments were elaborate l fly protected with wire, guns cover | ing all approaches.
 | On the night of the 30th- s1st, under a beautiful moon horsemen made a
 wide and rapid sweep round from south to south east, ready at dawn i to rush up, cover the town from the
 east, and get astride of the Hebron road in order to prevent a retirement 1 in that direction. The infantry were to attack the trenches on the south east, but before that could be done 1 Hill 1,07e tKhasrn Sanna), three miles ! to the south. had to be taken. This hill had been made into a strong re-
 doubt, comnaanding 2 wide stretch brought to bear against it, and the gallant infantry carried it with an ir- resistiole rush within half an LouT of the beginning of the attack. The se ; was a German machine gun section on the hill, but a prisoner admitted 1 that every machine gun was knock i ed out by our fire.
 i When this important outpost bod | been secured the infantry prepared .te 1 attack the system of trenches south west of the Wadi Sheba from the Khalassa road to the Beersheba Sheria (AudisD railway, the Came 1 Corps and other infantry making 6
 | holding attack north of the Wadi
 l There had been some rifle fire ano
 she1ling by the enemy just before
 dawn. Thereafter tfe guns north ot
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REMOVE coNoREsSMERs FIX
 EMPTION.

The move which is being made by two New York congressfnen to have the taxation acts so changed that the members of congress will not be ex- ernpted from the payment of income taxes is bound to be followed by a great deal of interest. That it is a move in the right direction will be generally admitted and there are fea- sons to believe that it will meet with d better response afnong the mem bers of congress under existing con- ditions than it would at any other time
 It is not to be supposed that our congressman are any less patriotic than their constituents. There are reasons for believing that they are anxious to de their part in every way ressible to advance the interests of the country in the war and to see that the necessary financial backing is forthcoming, but they must recognize at the same time that if such Is the case they as well as those who send them to Washington should be in- cfIftied in the list of those who fur nish the money.
 There is in the first place no good reason why they should have been excluded from the provisions of the law. Trey may be under heavy ex- penses but so are other people. They may be serving the country. but SC are other people and it is only just that they should participate in what they impose upon etfsr people. IT view of the opposition which ordi. nari1y could be expected from such . move it requires courage on the part of the packers to make 1t, but the, are right and right should prevail.
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RUMANIA's POSITION.

There has been no substantiation of the report to the effect that Rumania is seeking an armistice or peace from the central powers. The position of that little country is certainly one to ne deeply regretted at the present time. Hemmed in on twn sides by the enemy. with a large section of it's territory overrun By the Austrians and Bulgarians it has been putting up a piucky fight It has to large ex- lent depended upon Russia but even when Russia had shown no signs of treating with the enemy it had failed 10 keep it's promises to 1t. At the very entrance of that country into the war it failed to get the help which it had a right to expect from Russia in the way of equipment and men to fight back the pincers like advance ot the enefny- Russia has since given a certain amount of resistance but for months the fighting spirit in that lit- tie nation has been much better than that shown by mighty Russia.
 But now with Russia in it's uncer- tain state. with the Boisheviki pian- ming for a separate peace and at pres ent negotiating for an armistice, with she opponents of the leaders of that party showing no crga niEation which has thus far carried any assurance oi strength or ability to overthrow the Lenine administration, there can be no surprise that Rumania should be getting nervous. fearful of the future and desirous of getting out of its predicament the best that it can. Ii has received assuring words from this country but the United States is 6 long way Off dnd its facilities for des- patching aid limited Rurnania to . great extent depended upon Russia With that prop gone 1t is forced tt abide by the dictates of necessity.
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T never thought Tom could act so
 foolishly!" declared the bride with
 wonder still in her eyes. When he
 left in the morning he told me we
 were to be ready to start at o'clock
 and then when he came dashing
 home at noon with the news that the
 Phillips car would be along at 1
 o'clock he simply couldn't see why l had mysteries or why I couldn't be just as ready at 1 o'clock as 1 could at
 3. He was actually unreasonable! "H'h!" commented the woman who
 had been married long time, 50
 Tom is developing into a real human being, is he? We'll, well! That's one of the hardest things bride has to
 learn-that her husband is just a plain human being, apt to yell for something whether it is logical or not! My. how I suffered in the early days when I still expected Henry to be a superhuman person endowed with all wisdom, consideration and logic. "If ever there came along a cold winter night when dinner was late and I had on a last summers gown of ilmy stuff to look pretty for an evening at home. and we fingered over ours coffee, Henry was dead sure to grab his watch suddenly. and looking l up cheerfully, announce that there was a train in ten minutes and let's catch l it and go downtown to the theatre! When the fullness %of my expression l would dawn on him he would get a wrinkle between his brows and say l "Oh, you don't have to fuss up-aren't l you all right as you are? You look I fine!'
 "Only a woman knows the woe Of ' trying to make a theatre toilet and { see that the butter gets back in the 1 incebox in six minutes! All Henry ] had to do when he arose from the ta = 1 ble was to slam on his hat and shrue l into his coat, and there he was, beau 1 tiful enough for anything. from the 1 opera to a midnight supper-and he I never could see why I had SO much : to do upstairs. My hair would De done fof the house and wouldn't fiji 1 my hat and I had to change every l thing I had on to fit my tailor suit l and blouse, to say nothing of hurlins my slippers to the four winds and l facing on shoes.
 | There would be no time to powder ! my nose because I had to hunt out opera glasses, fresh gloves ana 1 hanky-and all the while Henry | standing below in the hall was shout irg to me to hurry up and wanting tt | know what in crea ton I was doing 1 I would fall downstairs and gallop tt 1 the station, losing a glove on the way l and simply siZzle all evening, while l Henry had a lovely time at the show
 l and congratulated himself on giving | me the samei
 | He also had childlike way of de
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-05

i.1 the United States. The Baltimore fire was q neat job. Our elevator fire or the water front in Brooklyn des- troyed only s00,00o bushels of whea' but every little .bushel counts. And we had torch crews out in Kansas City, Battle Creek and Indianapolis, burning cattle and wheat and hay Good stuff Wilhelm!
 Fire is my own speciality, put I'll have to admit you've shown me-an the way from Louvain to San Fran cisco. Hope some Of those United Staters don't get impatient and shoot our fire bugs at daybreak-
 Joyously yours,
 THE DEVIL.
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ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

Not long ago the trustees of Colufn- mia university felt called upon in jus- tfee tq the institution and to the na- rfon to d:s1niss certain of it's teach erB who were placing the university in an embarrassing position because uf their activities in writing and working against the course which had ssesn decided upon by this country il, carrying out it's plans in connection with the war.
 The action Of the university officials wms ip every way justified inasmuch as ft did not approve the attitude taken by these members O. the factf- tv but actually opposed them and every utferHnce by these teachers was made to carry additional weight be-
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STORIES OF THE WAR
How ssershsba Was Captured.

By a rapid, weIl-delivered surprise blow General Allenby's army has snnashed the eastern ends of the Turks
 entrenched line in Southern Palestines and has wfested one of the most am cient Biblical towns from the enemy. In the esrly moonlight hours of last night Beersheba, where Abraham dug the well of the oath, was occupied by Australian mounted troops and British infantry after d stern, day-long fight. in which our troops displayed great endurance and courage, doing every thing planned for them, and working out the staff scheme as if by the clock. Although meeting with strong feefstasace from the enemy. who hled extremely strong positions. nothing went wronx, and the story o. the day will add to the military glory Of the stldtefs from the English cities and shjFes and from Australia and Nav
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With revenue stamps thrift stamps, Red Cross stamps. besides the regu far postage stafnps to say n6thihg of the prospects of those cofntng from cold feet, December pr6nises to be r1onth for d as6sfap hkx1. . utAnap there sAhd stamp Altogether.
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The first .of the wooden ships for the U. S. merchant fleet has been EEanched. but 1t took 42 more days to build this wooden ship than it did to construct the first steel vessel of the fleet.
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With the reopening Of congress tn, troubles at Washington have mani foidiy increased.
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Lord Lansdawne declares that his letter was his own. that he consulted no one. The reception it has received in England indicates it.
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There IS nothing surprising abou, the fact that the American engineers put up a good fight in France. They are over there to win and they can be depended apun to do we'll whatever they undertake.
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All the world was amazed at Rus sia's long stride from autocracy to freedom, but the allied congratulated themselves too soon. The Russians oppressed for centuries and utterly tg norant in matters of government, were left to the leadership of theorists and theorists and demagog,Ies. and the in evitable experiments are being made with the enemy at the door, Nobody believes that the present clique can last long, and even Germany in dis- cussing peace terms with them can have no confidence in the permancy of any arrangement that may be made: at the same time the negotiations may serve to stop hostilities for a time and enable her to withdraw many of her troops from the Belgian front. lnas- much as the end of the war can only be brought about by the destruction of the German armies, it may be after all that this will be hastened by their transfer to the western front within range of the superior French and British artillery.
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All sorts of excuses are put forth by the speeding auto driver when caught, but crafty AS he was the New York driver who claimed that he was hasteili1a to the Erooar's to bay su- court
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What will be the handsomest and largest fish hatchery in the world has been started on the eastern slope ca the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Cali forria, where the golden trout abound
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The United States has offered it's help to Runania now and after the war and that is something in which greater confidence can be placed than as if it were made by Russia.
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It should be resnefnbered that through the war and thrift stamps it Is possible to bring every dollar and every quarter into play
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It was strong republican wave which sswept over northeastern Con- nsctfeIit an Monday. That, section is living up to past reputation.
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The man on the corner says: rake the imp out of impatience afad there would be less accidents at railroad
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It took a. long time nevertheless tc get Mayor Dunn of Willimantfc into the class of the also ran.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

While some of our economists are sitting in their easy cheirs they tues ton the value of the .l-rny Y. VI. C. \ work and the sold .cr boys are crcwding into the association hu:a and standing up fo1 la..,z of seats. = Meciden Journal.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Have you made your initial invest ment in thrift or war stamps?
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Those turning out tine grist of off cers at special tratlIr-. canps folue out with the statement highly prais- ing those wilc failed to get a cpmmis sion, for ths IT. u.1ti' .aS If 'y' in that behalf Some are ID: G:tr by lia- Iure to e .ftlse g. :r sne n1in"nt of the training nas-4-s, wilici, is tr-.e. ami ow readily ' it ss.1 s':.tifn 2:lt can Le applied ;n triina-y If" Tn. profass..,rs Are f'ti' ,i -i i1:Ials en tirely unf1tted for the profes son they practice. yet the profession itself acts as scren for them to go through the world as dismal failures iil the line they sought intender years. when they did not really nnov their uwE mind.-Middletowa Press.
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though he had been a ruler he was no traitor, and he chose to lose his
 throne rather than save it by betray- ing his country to her mortal foe.