Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-14

wish to see all these sacrifices thrown l away by an unjust peace, which would 1 only be the precursor of further wars. l Such peace would be victory for l crime, and a justiica tion, for the use
 There will be fairly keen bidding, we imagine, Eor the rare Exeter | apostle spoon, dated 1920, which an old age pensioner has sent to the Red Cross. The collectors dream is a complete set of such spoons, repre- senting the twelve apostles and their Master. Only four such complete
 sets, however, are known to exist, and only one of thern-beionging to the Goldsmiths' Company-comprise 13 spoons by one maker and of one date-162S. The last time a set came into the market it sold for z 900. year "lilac-tide" and lilac, in fact. somewhat suburban, as was he. An l unequalied splendor of color, an open. frank fatness of form has made | April and May so beautiful every where this year that one might rather call the time "dandelion- tide" There ! is not on earth a richer yellow, but
 who cares? Only James Russell Low i ell, who turned a verse in honor of that noDle noWef:- Thou art my tropics and my Italy! | Jack Tar has seized upon "ehevren,"
 and made it his own But Jack does
 not care much for alien words. The l Bellerophon. as we know. soon be- came the Billy Ruffian; the Aga
 memnon is known throughout the Fleet as the Aggie; Scapa Flow with l less affection, as Scabbie Liz. Thus
 the chevrons, eyed with hostility be- cause they are new fangled and
 therefore very probably a nuisance, are earning a rather mixed welcome
 by the lower deck as shove irons ? In a report on infant welfare in Germany during the var. prepared by the Intelligence Department of the To-
 cal Government Board the most
 striking fact is the heavy fall in the
 number of births. The first three | years of the war reduced by over
 100000 the number Of babies who
 would have been born had peace pre-
 vailed. Some 40 per cent. fewer
 babies were born in 1918 than in 1913. During 1915 and 1918 the infantile
 death-rate was markedly reduced, but
 in this respect We in this country are
 far ahead of Germany, our infantile !
 lower. Tn contrast to what prevails here, the infantile death rate in Ger man country districts is higher than in the towns.
 WriAing from the Holy Lan5l 2 former contributor to The Daily Chronicle relates how in a bazaar al Bethlehem he was offered q very sil- : very looking article which the seller :, swore by the beard of the Prophet was Q genuine Homemade Bedoujr knife. Unfortunately for it's fashion I. CT he did not understand English. fol
 in a part of the scroll work whicf / adorned the hi't one could just reat t the words '"S,6 Open- '"Tlle knife 2 had been made of one of our biscui l tins,
 t Souvenir tattooina" is the lates
 fad of the fighting men in France. Tn : cid fashioned designs of lovers knots I flags, and coiled snakes have givel I way to miniature colored reproduc u tions of tanks. aeroplanes, machin t guns, and Stokes n1ortars. Absolut s accuracy in detail is insisted upon. an = rome really excellent work is bein y executed Expert wielders of the tat $ tooing instrument are in great de mand. Their fees range from five t q twenty francs, according to size of de q lsign and amount of detail required. 5, Cambridge is coming round to Cob . den, it is to make the United State u its main study at the impending sum - mer meeting. Golden would have like :. to endow a chair of American histor 2 at Oxford and Cambridge. He declar