Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-11
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES

now, but French cambric is always the best and has always been popular here. Shakespeare lets us know that it was in use here in Elizabeth's days, and in George H.'s it was discovered, to the national horror. that we were sending 100000 pounds year to France in payment for it. Wherefore, Acts of. Parliament were incontinenIly passed under which anyone wearing it or selling it except for exportation was liable to a fine of pounds.-Lon- don Chronicle. ..,..
 Navy cocoa, which Princess Mary thought might be good to eat as choco- late, is known aboard ship as Xxi. It is served out in the first dog watch every Thursday and it is drunk whenever circumstances Gin other words the ships "crusher,' or policeman) per init. The men grate down a liberal quantity of it (for Xxi is less concen- trated than shore cocoa) and drink it mixed in basins with sugar and con densed milk. At sea a. special cauldron of Xii, prepared by the ships cook, is sent round action stations in fan nies,' or large pitchers. Midnight for the guns crews of our fleet is the hour when the Ri boat arrives. The following story comes from a Midland war hospital First Orderly:
 We've just got chap in who has lost his voice, and the M. o. says he
 won't get it back unless he has a bit of a shock" Second Orderly: T think can put him right I'll give him some of that ere marmalade in the
 morning, and if that don't bring cut a few words. then 'e's absolutely hope | less!"
 This Christmas season, even more 1 than last, is one of Japanese and Eng 1 fish toys. The new cult of making
 over here has made great advances in ] the past twelve months, and it's pro- ducts are often pretty and quaint with
 out exhibiting that ingenious freakish- | ness which really appealed more to
 srown-ups than children. No one de- 1 plores the disappearance of German toys; they were clumsy. ugly. abomi- 1 nably colored as a rule, and, in the worst sense, cheap" Isn't it about, tirne that we rid our l speech of the feminine "ess"? We made an end of "poetess" long ago, and "au- thoress' (almost more dreadfuD fol- lowed it. By the way. did women writers. ever describe themselves as
 "authoresses" on their title pages ? Wasn't it usually author Of" so and so? But "manageress" and "proprie- tress' still unbeautiful1y finger, and
 "conductress" is creeping into com- 1 mon speech. Why not girl conduc- tor" if we must define the sex? The | French "ette" tackled on to a noun is mere abominat;on, and finds it's apo 1 theosis in the vulgarism. novelette, D which can be defended on no grounds l whatever
 French tops, on the other hand
 which are almost equally absent, al-
 ways had the finish and taste, the 1 sense of style, which is so eminently
 French. French mechanical toys, for
 example, were always far and away the best, just as the deadly seventy 1 i've gun is really eautiful-probably
 the only beautiful modern weapon. It has balance, proportion, and even
 grace. Compare it with any German field gun. and the difference between
 the two, races is appropriately illus
 trated-London Chronicle.
 At one time the Germans were con l. sSoiiliy NidIlOll HIS lCl tll EAIlS1lSi Constitution" and it was Bismarck who reminded them that before they | could have it they must cultivate Fanong other virtues, the Englishman's respect for laws, his public spirit, an6 his fear of God! T recommend to those
 who are so eager to seek ideals beyond the Vosges," he said; on another oc-
 casion. "a rule of conduct that distin. 1 guishes s@both the English and tn,
 French. l mean the proud sense ot
 national honor, which does not SC leasily or so often. as is the case witt
 us, lend itself to seeking in othel
 countries for exatnples worthy of, imi
 tation and admiration" Londol
 Chronicle.
 l The German government is beins asked to explain in the reichstag wh, it does not take the copper roof off
 chapel at Darmstadt, which is tn
 private property of the ex-tsar It i
 said to be very good roof, and it
 confiscation has been duly proclaimet by the general in command of the de pot of the 18th Army Corps. But tn
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