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Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15
A GOOD NATURED DRESSMAKER

nose on you so." The sympathetic lady spoke to the dressmaker, but looked at herself in the hand mirror. "I wonder whether l might borrow some toilet things and do my hair over while I'm waiting? I'll right into the bedroom and get them. can't I%
 'Now. I'm going right in here and wash my hands, may I? That towel
 will do-donst bother. Oh, what a pretty guest towel! Thanks, so much. Mercy! No one would guess that I had a manicure yesterday. Yes. please, a file. A buffer, too? How thought ful you are! There's a milkman, now. Is he the one you're to catch?" The dressmaker gave a glance and raced away. In two minutes she r1- turned
 After all" she laughed breath lessly. as she caught up her work.
 ssMirs. Peaets hadn't started down town, so she's telling him herself 'How perfectly i1considerate! DC l they let you sleep in peace at night ?" "Oh, yes. I'm hoping to be off duty this evening, too; I'm going to the theater if can only get that coat of mine together in time"
 'sWell, don't allow any ifs to come 1 in"
 A silence ensued. The nail polish ] ing went on, and the dressmaker sewe6 1 for dear life, stopping only twice--tc
 get footstool for the sympathetic lady when she lamented the highness
 of all chairs, and again to produce slugs for her when she asked tht privilege of telephoning.
 For twenty minutes the line was
 kept busy. Then: Haven't another another slug, have you? Nor 2 nickel? Too bad! There was one ,,more call I really needed to make!
 What nuisance nickel phone is any way! You must add these slugs live used to my bill, won't you forget. .Oia- the dress ready? Yes 1 I'll put it right on.
 ! A rustling. pause.
 "I believe that will do, nicely. Any.
 way I'll wear it today, and you car
 change it later if necessary. Now,
 must run along. Horrors!-it's sleet- 1 ing again. I never dreamed of it:
 doing that today. But you'll neet your umbrella tonight Oh, yes
 you must go, too. Still, no doubt i
 will stop before then. But listen tt
 me"--with the dressmaker's umbrell; over her head the sympathetic lad, paused halfway down the steps-'Y'n saying this as friend. my dear Yol must not let these people make sucl a convenience of you. It's a, weak ness, rather than a virtue, to be a good natured as you are. It reall, is. Exchange.
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Sage Tea Darkens
 Hair to Any Shade Don't Stay Gray! Here's an old.time Recipe that Any. body can Apply.

The use of Sage and Sulphur for
 restoring faded, gray hair to it's nat ural color dates back to grandnoth-
 CTS time She used it to keep her
 hair beautifully dark, glossy and at :
 tractive. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appear
 ance, this simple mixture was applied with wonderful effect.
 But brewing at home is mussy and out-of- date. Nowadays, by asking at
 any drug store for a bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound" you get this famous old
 preparation, improved by the addition of other ingredients, which can be depended upon to restore natural col- or and beauty to the hair.
 A weli-known downtown druggist says 1t darkens the hair so naturally ! and evenly that nobody can tell 1t has
 been applied. You simply dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the
 gray hair disappears, and after an- other application or two 1t becomes
 beautifully dark and glossy, Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Corn- pound is a delightful toilet reurisite for those who desire a. more youthfu] l appearance. It is not intended foT l the cure, mitigation or prevention of
 disease
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PASS THE DAYLIGHT SAVING - BILL.

piLEs
 S Perhaps it is only in keeping with 1the holding up of other legislation ~that no action has as yet been taken ~by congress upon the daylight saving -bill which has been before that body Tor a long time. but it should be re- -aiized that if it is going to amount to irnythins this year it ought to be passed as quickly as possible.
 IL will not be long before the time will be here when the provisions of the law should go into effect, and time as has been persistent1y demonstrated does not govern itself according to the likes and disiikes of congress.
 Congressman Moore of Pennsylvania does well to hasten action upon this 1natter and when he points to the fac- that the better utilization of dayIigh, win mean the saving of million tons Of coal annually he does not point out the whole benefit which is going to be Eecured but be puts his finger on a matter which is of vital concern to the nation at this time.
 The country, industrially and in- dividually, has been forced to do a Tremendous amount of eurt2iling in The use of fuel during the past winter From all indications the same sort Of saving can be anticipated for the winter that is to come, all of which the people realize they must take g part in for the good of the nation, bui Fshen it is possible to effect such $ saving as can be effected by overcom. Ing waste and utilizing daylight evers effort ought to be made to do it W, have been proflting by the experience of other countries regarding wal measures and there is every reason why we should do SO in this direction
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JOHN DILLON

It didn't take the nationalist party h7 Ireland long to select a successor 70 John Redmond. This does not nec- essarily mean that they have picked out another Redmond as party leader but inasmuch as their choice, Dr. John Dillon. has been a close party worker With the late director of the affairs of the Irish political organization there ate reasons to believe that he will fol low. closely in his fool otsteps, even as Redmond patterned after the policies of Parnell.
 Instead of starting. out for a career as a lawyer like his predecessor, Dr Dillon set out to be a doctor. As ii lhe case of Redmond following the at. tainment of his degree he was attract. ed by politics and has therefore fol The greater part of his life been en. zased in work within legislative halh and working for the attainment O
 theme rule in Ireland There can zbl
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Draft dodgers are putting the govern ment to much trouble and expense be- cause under present proceedings they are brought before the department of justice. after delays awaiting trial, are then sent away to jail and later into the army. It would have been better had the law been so framed that they would be sent directly into the army and made to serve their jail sentence later. There are men made of such poor stuff-and the shirker is just that sort of a man-that they would rather go to jail than into the army. Cowards feel a security behind the
 bars. The department of justice is recommending to the provost marshal general on amendment to his depart ment regulations which will make it possible to induct into military ser vice immediately after arrest, men
 who have been caught trying to es-
 cape the draft. That will do away
 with delays and save the government
 the expense of prosecutions.-Wat- arbury Republican.
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Such luck to find you working on
 something of your own!n The sym
 pathetic lady smiled at her own re-
 fiection in the dressmaker's mirror, af
 the same time slipping into a gown
 that needed remodeling. You won't
 mind sidetracking it, and this isn't
 much to do, is it?''
 "N-no; your luncheon is at 1, you |said? And 1t takes half an hour to get there. That gives us nearly two
 hours" The dressnaker's scissors
 were already shipping off hooks and eyes.
 Pretty close reckoning. isn't it?' said the sympathetic woman. -Bui
 after I thought of this I couldn't see myself in anything else \ today. Bother! Is that your doorbell?'' b A moment later the good -hearted laugh of the dressrnaker sounded through the apartment from the front door, where she stood. Let me gel you a kitchen chair to stand on" the dressmaker was saying. And, as she passed through the dining room where the sympathetic lady waited. she explained, Its Maudie Harmon, across the hall. She's locked herself out an6 everybody's away, and her music teachers coming, and there's a burglar catch on their front window, so that it goes up only little way, but she's slim and she thinks. she can do i Better come see the Show.
 It was worth seeing. The tai high school girl mounted on the chair tried to propel herself through tn, ridiculous slit below the window ant became wedged, with silk stockings ant high-heeled boots pathetically pointed toward the street. Amid a vol1ey O hysterica1 directions from the con, | cealed half of Maudie inside tn,
 window, the dressnaker took firm
 hold of both feet and pushed then into the house.
 Then she carried the chair to tn, 1 kitchen and picked up her. sewing 1 just as the back door bell rang. The sympathetic lady heard a nev voice. sListen, dearieIY it said, q have to go downtown, and I just can wait for the milkman The! wanted me to order cream for tn, 1 churka supper, you know. Woult you watch for him and make him GU down the price because it's for tn, | church? That's dear! Fifteel
 bottles, yes, with the privilege of re
 turning what Ve don't use. In you icebox, yes-thanks so much!'' The dressnaker seated herself by tn
 dining room window where her gav' | could command the court 1 VI don't take milk from that com l pany," she smiled. 'I'li have t, look out or I'll miss that milkman"
 'My child, you shouldn't let them i'm
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my friends. ''- Mrs. L. H. DE WEEsE, 605 Alcstraz Ave, Oakland, Cal.
 Every woman at some period or other in her life suffers from just such dis turbances as did Mrs. Weese, and If there is no interested friend to advise, let this be reminder that this famous root and herb remedy has been over coming these ailments of women for more than 40 years.
 If any complications exist, write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,, Lynn, Mass, for advice. The result of many years experience is at your service.
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MORE REASON FOR JAPANESE ACTION,

There is a llH in the matter of Ja- panese intervention in Siberia for the purpose of protecting that part of Russia from the effects of the Ger man invasion. Just what it portends is not fully disclosed. Whether it Is because of opposition at home, whether it is, beacuse there is oppo- sition on the part of any of the na- tions which are fighting Germany has not been shown and neither has it been made clear that it is because of the fact that there is no stable gov ernment in Russia with which to come to an understanding as to what the aid shall be or how extensive it shall be.
 These are all matters of much inn portance, but it is nevertheless appar- ent that Russia is facing a critical condition, that while there is nothing being done, on the surface at least. to counteract the activities of Germany that country is plunging ahead into Russian territory and judging by Ger man practice there is little reasons to believe that it and its allies will be disposed to give up the hold that is being obtained on the most valuable sections of that vast country. In spite of all the promises which nave been made to Russia and the treaty which is awaiting ratification Germany continues to move forward It's latest acquisition is Odessa which controls a section of imrneasurable value and the effects of 1t will have no small menace for the future peace Of Asia There therefore appears tc be ample and added reason for Ja- pan to come forward with what helr it can get from China and do it's ut most for peace in that part of the
 world.
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TIE SECOND DRAFT.

With the need of getting our army across the Atlantic as rapidly as pos sihle and speeding up the work of getting out equipment, supplies and ships. announcement Is made that the first quota. of the men in the second ! draft will De called upon to go to camp the last of this month. This is some what earlier than had been anticipated -but # makes it apparent that our 2 training camps are going to be, able - fo accommodate the 95 ,00o men at this time and in that connection General March states that there are units of . the national army which have received their limit of training in this country. - This does not mean that in the few months they have been under arms that they have been made fit for the Trenches. but that they have made ex- gcelient progress under the skillful Euidance of camp commanders is made manifest by the fact that they are -ready to undertake the training which they must receive in the camps on the Other side.
 -e It may te some time before the en- stre S00.O00 of the second draft are Walled There may be some delay ow- -tng to industrial and agricultural con- -citions, and unfortunately there ap- Pears to have been Q handicap placed ,ppon the draft by the failure of con .gress to pass necessary legislation.
 There can be lttle question, how ever, but what the rushing of troops
 % Europe win be continued to the limit of our facilities. all of which is
 Assuring to our soldiers already ir .che trenches and our allies that we
 are not going to disappoint them 1T 1he rendition of necessary assistance Al the same time the camps on thi:
 side of the water should be kept going
 at top speed
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no question but what he is thoroughly
 in touch with the political affairs in
 England and the Emerald Isle. He Is
 man fashioned along the cerserva-
 tfve lines of Redmond. His opposition
 to the Sim Fein movement is we'll
 known for time and again has he given warning to his people of the dangers of such a course.
 It is certain, however, that he will not let up in the insistence of Ireland and it's people for home rule. His ability may be displayed in different manner than Redmond's but there can be no denying the fact that he is an able man and should make a strong and efficient leader.
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CELEBRITY THEATRES" Have Been Built in All National Guard
 and National Army Camps
 in America. "Smileage BookB." issued by Federal Military Entertainment Council. pro- vide free admission to these theatres. Send one to YOUR soldier or to
 ANY soldier.
 Price S1. For sale at the following places: The Porteous & Mitchell Go. The Reid & Hughes Co. (Boston Store).
 Rathbone's Drug Store. Ricker's Drug Store. The Lee 6 Osgood Co. The Wauregan Hotel Office. Mara 6 Eggleton George Madden Cigar Store). Engler's Pf7a rmacy. K. of c. Rooms. Ring & Sisk, Druggists. The r. M. c. A. Office. H. M. Lerou. J. c. Macpherson,
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Doing Her Bit For Uncle Sam,

Si'9 aaoi DiS EOE OuStS SdtUs
 Mir. Editor: we have been reading the word war in your columns start ed by MT. Cummings of the wonder ful profits farmers are asking for pro- duce and the like and from the tone of his article that I refer to 1 think MT. Cummings rather imagines that all farmers should be ciassed as pork Whether he means pigs or hogs 1 dc not know. I suppose if he should hear how my Poland China SOW Bess is doing her bit for Uncle Sam. He will still think farmers are getting rich Well, the SOW had thirteen pigs last night; this makes 45 pigs in four lit ters and 27 of them she gave birth to in six months and five days time No so bad for war times.
 VIII. A TATOR. Canterbury, March Il, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15

Germany has taken Odessa, threat ems to get Petrograd and there are plans for abandoning Moscow if ne- cessary and yet Lenine says that. there is danger that Germany might exact harsher peace terms.
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uOIotdtlNO OL1 ny ASOk for any long period of time and did not sleep well. Thephy- sician who treated me did not seem to help me any and Q friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Com. pound. Itook 1t and before I realized it
 l was well. l shall recommend your vainahla remedy to
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15

it appears that the Berlin authcri- ties still persist in their raids at the railway stations and the confiscation of such food as people have been able to collect on excursions into the coun- try. The Vorwarts publishes the fol- lowing sketch:
 It is cold foggy morning. On the suburban railway platform long rows of cold and hungry creatures are waiting for the train-careworn men hollow checked women, and scantiiy clad children, with sacks and bags which for the most part are intended to hold potatoes. During the journey conversations take place which ii would be worth while for upper cir cles to hear. A woman tells hel neighbor her sorrows. Her husband is at the front, and she is forced tt work for herself and her children Oi course she does not complain at that; on the contrary she is glad to go t6 her daily work. But the want! Hert again the woman does not complain for herself but only for her children .. A pale young man. who is expect l ing to be called up, speaks of hi, mother who is i'll in bed in her colC room. The doctor has told him tha l he must give her up il she canno have good nourishment. Where is h, to get the food? .. ... One hears man! such conversation5.
 Twelve hours later. The people ar rive back. almost all of them lader with potatoes and other food. Whe1 they arrive. the police confiscate thl food which the peasants, partly ou of sympathy, have given them iron their own stocks. There are unpleas ant scenes. The women, men, ant children have their little possession taken from them, in some cases b. force. It is enough to melt ston, to hear the women and children sol and beg and cry. The men stand b, with clenched fists, but can do noth ing.
 Perhaps many people who reat
 these lines and still have full store cupboard will give up their prejudic against the "hoarders."
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One bit of evidence that high prices are doing some good Is furnished by the announcement that counterfeiters are discoura ged because of the pre- Vailing cost of metal.
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If the food administrator contin- ues to close ns restaurants and stores in New York which fail to observe the regulations it will not be long be- fore respect is secured.
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When Berlin newspapers tell of in- creasing corruption and lavlessness fin Germany it is only what can be ex- pected from the example set by the government.
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Inasmuch as some of the bolsheyiki have announced their determination to fight to the death. it would be in- teresting to learn whether 1t is the end of Russia or Germany which they are seeking
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The more we hear about the ship yard investigations the more it is made apparent that we need to get down to brass tacks in the produc- tion of increased shipping facilities
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Those who think they haven't trou- bic enough are going into the chicker and home gardening business this spring, a combination which should certainly please the chickens
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There is no use for Scandinavia to cry over split milk, the thing to do now is to see that it doesn't get com pletely into the clutches of Germany.
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Gefmany is to float another war loan; relying in all probability upon the taxation of Russian cities to fur nish whatever additional funds are called for to keep the war going
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Sir Robert Borden has issued a statement explaining that it is im- possible to conscriRt alien enemies for labour. as requested by the farm CTS of the West.
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Strange, as it may seem we are not hearing so much about the desire for peace in Austria as we did few weeks ago.
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The man on the corner says: Too many people seem to feel that it is their duty to speed flying rumor on it's way.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15

It takes a, long time and some bad burns before some people learn that fire and gasolene form dangerous combination.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15

We are not to have five shilling notes-yet, though France for decades has had them for five francs, while one of the curiosities of the war are the paper issues for one franc, and even for fifty centimes. These notes are for local circulation only and are issued by a municipality or chamber of commerce to relieve the scarcity of bronze or small silver in. say, Am iens or Abbeville or St. Omer. In- cidentalIy, they occasion hard words from the newly arrived Tommy, who takes Boulogne's or Rouen's fivepenny or tenpenny notes in change, and on moving to Doullens or Hazebrouch finds them not accepted as currency there.
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A remarkable experiment is meeting with great success at Oxford. In the famous Sheldonian Theatre, Dr. H. F. Allen conducts a service for singing hymns. No other attraction is pro- yided and yet such is the popularity that tickets have to be applied for in order to obtain admission. Dr. Allen introduces new tunes, which adds to the interest. Last Sunday. for inst ance. Kipling's 'Recessionar' was sung to new setting A choir, which re- hearses the music carefully, leads the singing.
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THERE Is no advertising medium in EaeteFn Connecticut equal to The Bull taasin for business results.
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Those who have heard her sing this this season will feel inclined to dis pute the fact that Mime. Patti is f5 today (Feb. 5. But the books are unanimous upon the point. She is so much one of ourselves that we are apt to forget something which our fighting Sammies will remember-she is American born. More than half 8 century ago, when she was creating furore in Vienna Motley Sir Will liam Harcourt's father-i Jaw, heard her, and left us an interesting person. al note.
 "She is a dear, unsophisticated little thing" he wrote, "very good, and very pretty and innocent. She considers herself an American, and sang Home, sweet home after dinner the other day, because she said she was sure we should like to hear. 1t, and she sang it most delightfully."-" But Home, sweet home'' to please Americans? Well, the song which stands to us next to the National Anthem, as the song of our native land-is American! John Howard Payne wrote it, though 1 Sir Henry Bishop composed the mel ody. It is the home song not of Brit ain alone, but of all the English l speaking race.
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MRS. DE WEESE
 COULD NOT STAND
Because of Functional Disor. der-Cured by Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
 Compound.

Oakland, Cal. suffered from ir- regularities and congestion, 30 I could
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EDITORIAL NOTES,

If ships are going to win the war they must be built before the war has been decided.
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 An English nurse home on leave from France relates striking story of captured German .airman's. funk in the presence of danger from his comrades bombs. He had taken part in a recent raid on London, and on the return journey his machine was crippled and was forced to de-, scend in France.
 The crew were captured, and it was found that one of them was badly in jured in the knee. He was sent to a hospital, where he boasted of the ruin and death caused by German bombs.
 Two nights later an air raid by his own comrades took place in the neigh bourhood of the hospital in which he lay. So terror stricken was he that he clambered out of bed and tried to seek refuge in the room below. In his condition of halnlessness and
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THERE is no advertising medium in Eastern Connecticut equal to Tao Bul- letin for business results.
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Raw meat, is in the general view, food fit only for savages. and wild beasts But while cooking makes it palatable, it also results in deplorable waste loss which in these ratioped days is hardly to be borne. Still. the desired economy can be effected and uncooked meat rendered palatable-- at any rate, if it be pigs flesh. Our Italian Allies show us how it should be done, for an Italian ham is pickled and cmoked, but it is never cooked. Nevertheless. it is fare which no epi- cure would despise.