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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05

handieaps it has produced in the way of revenue over three and half mil lion dollars.
 That sum received up to the close of last year does not represent what can be expected of 1t in normal times. It of course does not equal the expense Of operation and maintenance, for that is about twice what has thus far been received as revenue. but with such a showing madc during time when shipping has experienced such a de- moralizatlon and when all business was helN up for so long time. there are good reasons for believing that this will be greatly increased as time goes on and conditions improve.
 The canal was not built as a. money making proposition. It was a contri- hution on the part of this country to world wide shipping, so that while there may be no thought of deriving dividends therefrom. it should at least provide through the tolls the expense to which this country Is put in getting the vessels from one ocean to the other and of keeping the waterway in a passable condition. And in view of the showing that if has made thus far, the prospect that 1t will meet eUpec- tations is. good.
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RECIPES.

Breast of Veal and Peas-The best part for this is the thick end of the breast, cut into pieces. The pieces are cut with the bone, and then cut into lengths of about two or three inches. Place them in a casserole with one or two onions cut into dice and one ounce fat, sprinkle with salt and pepper and cover with a lid. Put on the fire and let sweat until the veal begins to fry; turn the pieces and fry all sides, ad the dried peas (soaked over night), and cover with water If desired. a pinch of mint can be added. See that the seasoning is right Cover and let simmer till the- whole is well cooked.
 Cocoa Cake-Cream stogether one half cup of butter and ono and one half cups of sugar, then ad two eggs. beaten light, one cup of milk and two and one-1half cups of four. Bake in layer tins For the frosting and ill., ing place in bowl one and one-f.alf cups of confectioners sugar and ,one tablespoon of butter, pour ovsr these three tablespoons of strong 0bt cof- fee, ad one and one half Tablespoons of powdered cocoa and beat the mix ture hard. Flavor with vanilla.
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have an sight pound baby girl. know Lydia E. Pinkhanss VeeetabIe Corn pound saved me from an operation which every woman dreads. r. Mrs. NELLIE FIsHRAcK, 1521 Christy Ave, Louisville. Ky.
 Everyone paturally dreads the sur gecn,a knifes Sometimes nothing elsa will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound has saved the patient and made an operation un- necessary.
 Ifyou have any symptom about which you would like to know, write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn. Mass, for helpful advice given free.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
hla Eoon WAsfE.

when ir connection with the high cost of foodstuffs Secretary Houston of the department of agriculture calls attention to the fact that there is an annual waste of s7oo. 1000. GOO in food, is cannot help being realized that each and every household has an opportu- nifty to play an important part in cut ting down this enormous throwing away of money and material.
 This waste comes about in different ways, as the secretary says, through bad preparation and bad cooking, from improper care and handling and in well to do families from serving an undue number of courses and an over abundant supply and failing to save and utilize the ftsod not consumed.
 This is due to the fact that little or no consideration is given to the sup ply. or to the fact that 1t is such wastage which contributes its part to the increase in prices. Ordinarily it's efnsct might not be so apparent but when the demands for foodstuffs are equal to if not greater than the supply it is evident that the overcoming of such waste OF even a half of 1t would contribute materially towards the re- lief of the situation. People ind when they have to that they can get along without certain foods or at least with out as large an amount as they have previously considered necessary, and such action has its good effects when it cenles to a reduction not only in the cost of that which is purchased but in the general market price of such a commodity, and with a little study it would be possible to cut down a large part of the annual waste of food which Secretary Houston refers to. It simply means in most cases the check ing of extravagance.
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WILL WE CHANGE OUR sktRTa

Every cable brings from Paris the news that the skirts of 1917 will be narrow. All those in the watch tow CTS have proclaimed the coming of this enemy to full skirts since last September, but only in limited seg ments of society was the news acted upon. The manufacturers had the material for full skirts, the average woman wanted full skirts, the whole sale houses turned them oue by the thousands, and it was only left to the exclusive women and their dress makers to cut down the width and lengthen the hem.
 Even now there are skirts that are slightly gathered to the waist line, and these are coming from some of the best houses in Paris, but they are dropped over a lower skirt that is quite narrow. No matter what the fulness, every skirt clings to the fig ure, as it did in the end of the eigh- teenth century.
 Petticoats are dead, unless they are of chiffon. crepe de chine or jersey silk.
 The question which will soon con- front every woman is whether she wishes to change the silhouette of her skirt or go on wearing it until it is ready to be discarded. One cheerful feature of the return to the slim sil- houette is that full skirt can be cut into a narrow one with ease.
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women lost upon the Laconia, Is jus tified in his feeling of indignation and bitterness at the action of a German submarine commander in destroying a vessel on which his mother and sister were passengers. Whether he is right in calling upon the President
 to involve the hundred millions of people of the United States in war and bloodshed to avenge hls personal loss is a question which may be de- bated from several angles. Regardless of whether it is right that the United States should be plunged into war to avenge one. or two, or a half dozen deaths. jt is undeniajbly fact that a man who would call upon the nation to take such step would have his mind more closely focused upon his own personal loss than upon the well fare of his- country It is asking a good deal to ask a hundred millions of people to join a world war. An
 individual ought to be hesitant to make such a request, reSardleSs of the extent of his own personal loss.- Hartford Post.
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cured two or three bushels of old sprouts and decayed onions from groc- erymen, set them out early in good soil, using plenty of wood ashes. and had rare ripe ahead of all nefghbors. I ~am never second. but always first, in all garden work. Perhaps I plant too early but it's nice to have peas, beets and other good things good and early to give to your less fortunate neighbors. I have always divided my early vegetables in this way and never lose by it.
 The '.Kentucixv Wonder is the bean Miss of Columbia wants. Will send her some next week. Beans will also be sent to the Ashford man, Woodstock old lady, Voluntown man and MT. Young of R. F. D.
 Up to the time of writing this let ter. I have received over 1.600 calls for seed and can and will fill everyone in the next two weeks. As to cabbage plants about May Is I will have a good supply of Big Bill Taft. my own cajb- bage, and shall do my bit towards keeping down the price of sour kraut perhaps sour kraut will be popular next fall-by giving. away 10000. Had the money of Perkins I would, do more. Look out for the little pack ages of seeds and thank The Bulletin when you say your prayers.
 THE CLOUD DIGGER. Packer, March 2, 1917.
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Agricultural Matters.

MT. Editor: It may be I am asking too much space but in response to sew eral anxious ladies and gents who wish to know about certain matters along agricultural lines, I would like to say:
 To Mrs. H. of Montvi1le: Yes you can plant potatoes in boxes and get an early start. I have a neighbor that prepared boxes foot square, inches deep, filled with rich, well fertilized soil. He cut the potatoes up into sep arate eyes, planted them 1 1-2 inches apart near the bottom of the box. When spring came he transplanted the little plants carefully one foot apart. in the row, rows the same as any other potatoes, and his crop was the earliest and best here or anywhere near here. Mrs. G. was told right do know lady who planted her potato parings in this way and raised quite >-rop but they were small.
 To Mrs. = l. of Hebron I must say you did very wrong in throwing away those rotten onions Don't do 1t again, for several years have se-
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USES OF oILcLOTH.

White oilcloth can work a transfor- nation in the darkest, dingiest kitch- en. A yard will save you from fac- ing the indifferent or worn-out paint at the base of the dish, closet ehelv ing, and besides, make cleaning easy and gratifying. The inside window ledge of the kitchen and the bathroom treated in this way will be conductive to beauty and cleanliness
 A strip along the wall besides the sink, will catch spattered drops of dish water or trainings and may be readily cleaned with a lightly eoaped cloth rubed over the surface.
 A stretch of oilc1oth above the ja- panning about the range will catch any spatters of grease, the vapor of steam or the blackest of escaping smoke. which can then be washed off, though here one of the coarse cleans CTS may be necessary to restore the pro-stone whiteness.
 A yard of white oilcloth will cover the top of the kitchen table with some to spare. length of a few inches or more of the scalloped kind will render the tops of the wash tubs slightly 4nd convertible to table uses. The top of the refrigerator covered in this way will be taken as a pledge of the sweet, clean interior below.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
THE OUTSIDE BLOUSE.

That garment known as the outside blouse, which is merely a short, twelfth century chemise, has grown quite important and popular since the large shops copied the exclusive French models and placed them with in the reach of the average purse. The new ones started at Ss5: you can now buy them for $5 Tor $10 in those shops where vast quantities of garments are sold. They still remain at s30 in the shops that are neither departmental nor exclusive.
 Women like them They are more becoming than the white shirt waist and they do not make demands on ones purse for laundry. They have a thin lining of their own, which is a boon to the woman who has neither the time nor the money to arrange a vast variety of expensive underwear which shows through a thin white blouse.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Riuht to Differ.

Mr. Editor: notice Commissioner Shea does not approve of pen names or endorse the opinions of The Bulle- tin. 1 somehow approve of what he does not. In America we have the right to differ.
 risks his ardor in his defence of the gas and electric commissioners as it would have been wiser for him to have laid low until an expert had reported before he gets too chesty. He is rec ognized as a successful business man along other lines and he may excel the expert in gas and electric matters, but so, long as a reliable examination is to be made he might with confidence in Himself have kept calm. ~ Of course I shouldn't dare to put my name up against the commission CTS as
 A SIMPLE HOUSEHOLDER
 Norwich, March 3, 1917.
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UNIQUE TRIMMING.

Apples have been such a popular form of decoration that they are ap- piled in a conventional way on some of the spring hats. The home sewer could readily make this trimming for the apples are just disks of huckram covered with silk and then buttoned around the edge with black silk floss. The leaves are long, pointed pieces of velvet, wired through the center so that they can easily be bent into any position. The apples are sewed fiat to the hat, but the leaves are only slight ly fastened. Three apples in different colors. with a couple of leaves, make an affective trimming.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
THE LATE CONGRESS.

Tha sixty fourth congress is now a thing of the past. and in view of the spirit that was displayed during the closing days it is perhaps the best thing that could happen that it was forced to adjourn.
 Goaded on by the demands of the country it has taken certain aRion which should have been done some time ago. It has been brought to the realization of the need of making greater provision for the army and navy. Never before has there been such large appropriations called for for the defense of the nation, but even with a realization of the shortcomings in both of these branches and the ef- feet of the failure to pay the proper attention to their requirements in the recent past. 1t has required diligent efforts on the part of those who have had the welfare of the nation at heart to bring certain of those who have tendency towards peace at any price to a recognition of the needs of the hour
 The short session faced a. certain amount of business put before it by the administration Dilatory tactics prevailed, however, regardless of the international situation and the result has been that the greater part of the work has been crowded into the last month, and there is still a large amount which has not been reached.
 What cannot help being looked up- on as a serious mistake is the failure to take action which would give the president the authority. in addition to what he may already possess, to or der the arming of American merchant ships that the rights of American shipping on the seas may be properly protected. Such is bound to bring an interpretation from abroad which will not be credit to this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
AMERICAN SHIPPING.

There has long been a demand for a greater American merchant marine. The war situation has added enrpha- sis to it. but regardless of the oppor- tunity which has been placed before this country it has proceeded to adopt legislation which was detrimental thereto. The inducements, however, have temporarily caused these to be set aside since the financial returns from war rates are such as to offset the harmful effects of the seamen's act, but the nation has not responded to the situation in the manner that it should because it knows what the situation will be as soon as the ad- justment following peace takes place.
 During the fiscal year ending June 90, 1916. the foreign trade movements in and out of New York amounted to the grand total of $3,525, 72o. s32 and of that amount there was but $620. .0s5, ,61 9 transported in American bottoms. This represents f7.6 per cent, while over S2 per cent. was carried by foreign vessels. A little over one quarter of the goods which were imported by this country was carried in American ships while less than a seventh of the exports went in vessels flying the American flag.
 There is no question but what if there had been more American ships available that they could and would have been kept busy. This country was short of vessels when the war opened because the proper attention had never been given to the building up of such a merchant marine as this country ought to have. Congress has not seen fit to improve the situation and the result is that business which would ordinarily use American ships must depend upon those of other countries for it's transportation facili- ties to foreicn ports
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
OTHER VIEW POINTS

A town meeting will be held in Saybrook next Thursday evening at which the voters will consider the momentous question of disposins or best to sell it, to authorize the select men to do so. As Saybrook includes the thriving village of Deep River, the meeting does not signify that the population has been reduced to the point where there can be no funerals, so the real cause for the gathering is obscure. None of the Couran'ts mar ket reports show whether or not there is a brisk demand for second hand hearses; at first thought it does not seem possible that there is much call for these vehicles. Yet all the papers carry advertisements calling for sec ond-hand false teeth which seem just as improbable articles of barter. IT Saybrook can sell it's hearse, in which it's citizens once took melancholy pleasure there may be chance for Wethersfield to realize something on a like possession.-Hartford Courant.
 The George Junior Republic is an institution of great merit, It oper- ates upon the principle of self gov ernment and seeks to catch the first youthful offender before he Is sent to one of the states houses or detention where he is necessarily subjected to correctional regulations. The George Junior Republic is in reality an ex- tension of the probation principle which seeks to save the youngster by other means than those of incarcera- ton. His incarceration at the re- public in Litchield is in large meas ure offset by the opportunity he has to become a part of self-governing community and there learn the les son of discipline and seif-restraint. The film entertainment to be given at ,Shubert theater this afternoon at 4 o'clock for the benefit of the republic should fill the house to the galleries. worthy object.-New Haven Jour nal-Courier.
 The son and brother of the two
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
How Things Look to Observer.

Mr. Editor: I enjoy the letters of Mrs T. and Mrs. Loeffler. both writ CTS of pith and point
 : The Cloud Digger predicted that March was coming in like a roaring lion but four days of March have been bland and lamb-like. The lion may shake his mane later.
 I never belonged to the National Guard, or said I was prepared at any time to defend the flag, only with Gen. Banks in Louisiana in the campaign against the Confederates at Port Hud- son.
 never once thought Yankee" was a "Quaker-Pacifist." but indicated he might be a Pacifist-quakcr.
 He is right in this: There are two sides to every issue. This is an un- deniable affirmation. He seemed to me though to be on the wrong side of the issue.
 Germany seemed to be the one hunt ing for war with us- America doesn't strike the first blow. : OBSERVER.
 Norwich, March 4, 1917.
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there are two applicants, tt recalls that the people should demand homo rule and select their own judges. Such officials could just as wei as not be elected, along with prosecutOra. clerks and other ofaeials, thus doing away with the apointive office to a certain extent and at the same time clipping the wings of those commsrciaiiEing poltica and making the people believe they are doing a grand work by keep ing certain appeiHtive positions out of politics. The whole app0intlve, Ohco brigade is nothing but network Of politics from the highest t0 the low esf---A dlefoWfl Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
Some Questions by a MiIkman.


 MT Editor: Last Thursday morning twenty-six milkmen were lined up in police court like lot of overnight buns. The prosecutor looked us over and though he may have discovered some hayseed he probably came to the conclusion that we didn't look like city disreputables to be fined or sent to Jail, so our cases were continued for two weeks. giving us a chance to obey the law, i. e., obtain our licenses from the city milk inspector free, then take them to the city clerk to have them recorded and pay our fines Qi- cense feel of fifty cents. Now why all these delinauents? It surely was not the fifty cents. as fifty cents is very small matter to milkmen who are accustomed to paying from $2.50 to $500 per bag for their grain, neither is it 2 fight against the principle of the thing. 1t twas merely a case Of neglect and trouble involved. In the first place the Inilkmen, the most Of them. have finished delivering milk and left the city long before the in spector's and the city clerks offices are opened, so that to attend to the matter may require a special trip to the city. and then he will expect to ind the Dr. with his extensive prac- waiting room full of patients, neces- sitating a wait of an hour or two, or another trip to the city. After you obtain your license you make a trip 10 the city clerks off1ce. If he is in and not too busy your license is soon recorded You pay your fine (called a feel then you are all right for another year.
 Now why all this bother? Why is it necessary that the license be re- corded at the city clerks office when it is already recorded at the milk in spector's office? Why are we fined fifty cents?
 Why cannot the milk inspector send us our licenses by mail? He knows who are entitled to them
 ONE OF THE CULPRITS.
 Franklin, Conn.,, March 3. 1917.
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RETURNS FROM THE CANAL.

Thus far the Panama Canal has not had a fair chance to demonstrate what can be expected of it Tn the way of revenue producer because the condi- Honz have been far from normal ever since it was thrown open to use. Not only has there been serious--inter- ruption of transportation business but the canal itself has been closed be- cause of the slides for a period of seven months. yet regardless of these
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HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

This is a simple remedy for clearing the voice: Granulated sugar and enough lemon juice to dampen. the sugar thoroughly. Take a teaspoonful every hour until the voice improves. Bathe the throat and chest with cold water and do not dress the throat too warmly when on the street.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
TIM ELY TIP.

When you have just a small amount of cream to churn try putting it into half gallon fruit jar, adjust the ruber and cover, wrap in a cloth to avoid its slipping around and place it on the treadle of the machine. You may then either slip off the band and run the machine rapidly for a few minutes, or place the Jar between your feet on the treadle and go on with your sewing, and in a very few min utes you will have a nice little dish of butter. More than a half pound of butter may be made in this way.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
FOR OLD MAHOGANY.

Boiled linseed oil is the best polish for genuine old mahogany, as it hard ems and preserves the wood. Make a soft pad of flannel and pour the oil on to this and rub the wood we'll If there are any cracks in the wood the oil will fill and harden them Wipe off the super1uous oil and polish with dry soft cloth. If you will add a little vinegar to the oil it will result in a brigher, cleaner polish.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
TULLE AND FUR.

There are so many charming rnuffs made of various materials other than fur. and often combined with fur. that it is difficult to pick out any for attractive, however, is made of tulie. velvet and fur. The foundation of the huff is tulle and there are wide triming bands of velvet, with a little fur along the edge of the frills at the bands. There is a collar to match, wide and fluffy, and there is a most interesting little hat of the three fla brics combined.
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Hu1encQ. The doc- tors said I would have to be opera ted on and l simply broke down. A friend advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound, and the result is | fee. like anew won1- an. I am well and strong. do all my
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05

That a mixed diet is imperative is emphasized by the recently discovered fact that habits of digestion may be formed. For instance. if child eats no fatty food. the power of producing those secretions necessary to digest fat is greatly lessened and may be lost entirely. He would then be un- able to eat fatty food for the rest of his life and would. therefore, suffer from impaired nutrition.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-05
SHRINK YOUR COTTON

If before embroidering, crocheting or tatting, you will shrink the cotton the work will look much better. Inn merse the balls in warm water until saturated, then suspend in a breezy sunshiny place to dry. You will find as result your finished work will re- main as smooth as when first done.