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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

Bridgeport.-Alterationsw which have been under way in the Fairfield coun- ty courthouse in Bridgeport during the last two years have been com pleted and the building was formally turned over to the county commits Sloners last week by Judge George W. Wneeler of Bridgeport, chairman of the building committee.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
O. tina to Ocean Beach.

A Carload of people went on the Baptist Church picnic to Ocean Beach Wednesday. A special trolley on the Shore Line road was chartered for the trip.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

President Wilson, Signor Salandra, and Cardinal Mercier have been ur1- aninaously elected Foreign Associates of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

For the period of the war settlers entering Canada may bring in agri- cultural implements free of duty if they actually owned them six months before removal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
Mrs. WsIthea G. Reed.

The funeral of Mrs. Welthea G. Reed was held Wednesday morning at ten o'clock at Shepard's mortuary chapel on North street. Rev. .. Harley smith of the Methodist church ofaciated. The bearers were H. R. Chappell, M. E; Lincoln, Charles Risedor, and Samuel Chesbro. Burial was in the Whitman tic cemetery, in charge of Funeral Dl- rector J. M. Shepard.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
'DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Accident to pr. F. r. BsIdwin-Ash- ford Women Lead County in can- hing Pledees--MatiIda and Eliza beth Greis Fined For Psddline With out Lieense-Men Who Were Ae- cepted Wednesday For General Ser Vice.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
DANEELSGN

New Post Office to Have No Call 5oxes-Death of Mrs. Francis Du- rocher-Excellent chautauqua Pro- rammes-CharIes H. Heath is Charged With Assault on William E. Pike, Civil Engineer.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
LYME
Entertainment Nets Over sso for Red cross-Teachers Attending Summer School Sessions.

Miss Helen Reynolds of Middletown is the guest of her grandmother Mrs. Harriet Warner.
 The entertainment given by the young people under the direction of MT. and Mrs. Moves was enjoyed by a crowded house last Saturday even ing. Over $50 was added to the Red Cross fund
 Mrs. Grace -Cowes went to Middle field last Monday to visit her brother, Erastus Bigelow
 MT. and Mrs Everett Clark of Deep River and Miss Emma Pratt of Essex were guests Sunday at L. Bills.
 Miss Rachel Tiffany is spending the week at Northfield.
 At Summer School.
 Miss Musa Warner and Miss liar riet Reynolds are attending the sum- mer school at Danbury. Lee Harding and family of Newton Mass, are guests at the old home in Sterling City.
 Mrs. o. N. Hall and Mrs. Willis Hall served at the Ladies' Aid society's meeting last week Wednesday. Red Cross work is being done by the so- ciety.
 MT. and Mrs Walsh of New London were in town Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
Junior Patriots,

Junior Patriots. The pupils of Ekonk school are busy with Red Cross work. D
 Lloyd Congdon has been called to the colors: He has to report July 25th.
 Miss Cynthia Phillips who spent the winter in Westerly has returned to her cottage kere for the summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
WILLIMANTIC
FUNERAL.

hospital and she and her family say that he was not to blame.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
Driving Accident.

While Mrs. John Tanner and daugh- ter, Minda. were driving Thursday, their horse became frightened at an automobile and threw them out. over turning the wagon and running away. Miss Minda's glasses were broken and her face was cut with the pieces of glass.
 Thomas Wheeler of PendIeton Hill was a caller here Sunday.
 Miss Chapman of Norwich and Everett Whipple of Voluntown were recent visitors at the Gallup home stead.
 Mrs. Jarvis is selling berries to Providence dealers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
EKONK
Storm Prevents Grange Visitation Mrs. John Tanner and Daughter Thrown From Wagon.

There was no church service Sum day.
 A number from here attended the Old Home day celebration and clam bake at Oneco Saturday. Lucius Slocurl had charge of the bake.
 The severe thunder storm Friday evening prevented Ekenk grange from visiting Pachaug grange as had been planned
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

Fire at a match factory at Drum mondville, Quebec. has thrown 1000 employees out of work and caused damage to the extent of e20e.000.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

Mrs. Arthur Blaisdell has returned, after several days visit with friends in Lowell, Mass.
 Mrs. William Thompson is the guest of her daughter in Mantle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18
UNCAsVILLE
Members of Social Union Entertained Successful Lawn Party-Funeral of Theodore Craig.

Thursday afternoon Mrs. Charles G. Turner entertained the Ladies' Social Union of the Congregational church. Red Cross work was done. During the afternoon Mrs. Turner served lunch.
 Afr and Mrs. Charles F. Bartlett re- gently entertained for brief visit their daughter, Mrs. Rufus ". Hurlbutt and son of Gales Ferry.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18

Mrs. Delore Henault is recovering steadily after long and serious ill.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

The society column developed by process
of creative evolution into the man-made wom-
ans page, and then into the woman's club
page, which women are really allowed to edit
1t in the beginning of the woman's club
era that men editors began to open their eyes
and to see that women are interested in other
things besides "pink teas"
But it took the war to give US wholly new
sense Of values. Womans work has been so
great and constructive and so indispensa-
bic that men have at last come to realize that
women are quite capable of attending to their
own business and that women can write about
women's affairs better than men. The editors
of America welcomed the news that came to
them through the womans division of the
Committee on Public information
But Mr.. Cree gave and Mr.. Creel hath
taken away. Congress cut his appropriation
almost in half, and the first thing he thought
of when expenses were to be curtailed was the
woman's division. On a Monday afternoon
he Informed Mrs. Taylor that after the fol-
lowing Saturday the woman's division would
be no more and that twenty-four women would
be out of jobs. He did not take into consider
alton that these women had been working for
half salary-for just half what the men on
the committee doing similar work, had been
getting. Living expenses in Washington are
at high water mark, and it was hard on these
women to be torpedoed and sunk without warn
ing. Women give their cooks more than five
days notice. and some one told Mr.. Cree So
Then he granted executive clemency and ex
tended the time one week.
Every woman's club and every thoughtful
ybo,
ming of the war should ask of the government
That public information and news dissent
mating bureau, operated by and for women. he
established at Washington 1t is vital
necessity not only for war times but for all
times
II the plan under which the woman's divi
sion of the Committee on Public Information
was operated is not practicable one, another
plan should be formulated
If Mr.. Creel has not enough money at his
disposal to maintain such bureau, Congress-
should provide necessary funds.
IT Mr. Creel's committee is not the logical
place Tor such bureau, then the logical place
should be found, and if Mrs Taylor's staff
was Tor any reason unsatisfactory proper peo-
pie should be secured to operate it.
The files of the womans division of the
Committee on Public Information furnish the
nucleus of a great permanent woman's news
bureau at Washington. Shall we let this op
portunlty slip? Shall we sit quietly NV and
let the only chance we have ever had for
practical publicity about our work and ma
tlonal interchange of ideas be "spurlos ver-
senkt at one wave of George Creel's hando
Let US hold the steady white light of reason
against the facts and ask ourselves, we women
OF America: What are we going to do about it?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
By IDA CLYDE CLARKE
Washington Editor Pictorial Revie1y


" 7HEN the government at Washington
wv set about creating it's war machine
it followed the precedent of the
Maker of the universe in that it created the
man body first. When it got good and ready
to make the woman body it extracted nothing
whatever from the man body, not even rib
piece of governmental backbone Some
people say it was because the Council of Ma
tional Defence never had any backbone 1
don't know.
Anyway, the woman's committee sub-com-
mittee of the Council of National Defence, was
empowered only to "advise," and was fire.
quently admonished not to "nitiate' Now,
of course, when you appoint committee to
advise you, and when you never ask it's ad-
vice, the committee naturally has plenty of
time on it's hands.
1t was the same way with George Creel.
When the President said that the right kind
of information must be disseminated from
Washington about the war and that the wrong
sort of information must be suppressed, and
when he appointed Mr.. Creel civilian chair
man of COMMITTEE on Public information"
Mr.. Creel Immediately gathered unto himself
a staff composed of number of men, but not
first-class news dsseminators. perfectly
lovely young man was told to "drop around"
once in while to see what was going on at
headquarters of the womans committee of
the Council of National Defence Imagine a
nice young reporter of the class of 1925 check
ing up once week on Anna Howard Shaw,
Carrie Chapman Gait, Ida Tarbell and the
rest of them!
On June 10, 1917, representatives of two
hundred national organizations of women were
called to meet at Washington to discuss plans
for making women's work effective in the ma
tional war programme. 1t was great meet
ing. For the first time in the history of the
country all of these organizations came to-
gether on common basis and expressed
common purpose. Jews and Gentiles, Catho-
lies and Protestants, suffragists and anti
suffragists said with one voice. "Here we are
take u.s.
looked in vain for the newspaper report
ers, for this was the most significant meeting
OF women America had ever seen, and back in
forty-eight states were waiting to hear
what was happening at Washington
Late in the afternoon one newspaper man
dropped in" But he had orders, so he said,
to take nothing about womens stuff that was
not sensational. A second one arriving few
moments later was given wider scope for
the exercise of his genius-sensation or humor
would do for him!
That day Herbert Hoover made his first
ofhclal pronouncement to the women of Amer.
lca' ana the hrst food-pledge campaign was
launched. But there wasn't anything either
humorous or sensational about it, and so the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

on Public Information was veritable gold
mine Of information.
In that department has been gathered for
the first time in the history of the country
information concerning the work Of women.
In the files are hundreds Of pictures of prom-
ncnt women, and many interesting facts and
figures concerning women and their work that
have never been collected and classified before
Every day thousands of newspapers all over
the country were informed by means Of bule-
tins from this division of the activities of
women-activities that are most inspiring and
helpful to other women everywhere.
This is the first chance women have had to
hear through q reliable, governmentally au-
thorized agency Of what other women are do
ing. Newspapers were orig inally made Of, by
and for men, study of the earliest news
papers will reveal that for great many
years after they were established woman, to
get publicity, had to do at least one of three
things-she had to be born, get married, or
die, and even then she had to pay for what
notoriety she got. Women got their first per-
fecty pure and untrammelled publicity when
they began to go to Reno and the divorce
court took rank along with the cradle, the
altar and the last sad rites. Then the mas
culine editors decided that pink teas entitled
women to publicity, including decorations and
menus and behold the advent of the society
editor-masculine, Of course, for what woman
was qualified to write about her own sex?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Creel Gave and Creel Has Taken Away

newspapers of America conveyed no message
eminent expected of them in the prosecution
of war.
BE 1t said to Mr.. Crees credit that soon
after this he was convinced, after the matter
had several times been brought wildly to his
attention, of the wisdom of placing a woman
on his staff to gather and disseminate news
concerning women.
The woman selected was Clara Sears Tay-
lor, newspaper reporter of Denver, and her
mere job soon grew into the woman's division
of the Committee on Public Information. In
those early days Clara Taylor had hard Job
making the men on the committee see things
as she saw them. In the first place, the
committee itself has never been strong in the
graces of the public-to say nothing of Con-
gress. Some one has said of the "Holy Roman
Empire that it wasn't holy, and it wasn't
Roman and it wasn't an empire. Well, that
was the way some people thought about the
Committee on Public Information-that it
wasn't committee, that it wasn't public, and
that it had no information
But Clara Taylor began to put the news
division OF the committee on the map. In q
few months there wasn't a newspaper editor
IN America who didn't knew that the women
OF America were doing great big share of
the nations war work. and there wasn't a
magazine editor in America who didn't know
that the womans division of the Committee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Red Mud, o. Man
and Chiuahy
By MARTHA GAMBLER

ADAME'S massive person the per-
wi sonifcation of ar almost pagan joie
de viure she swung westward tow
ard the d." shoulders up, eyes sparkling,
tasting at the air and finding it rare in
toxicant.
you keep the change, sonny" she whis
pered to tired looking little vender Of
p;pers, and hurried on to buy carnaton for
her buttonhole. She passed the avenue, and at
the next corner caught sight of a timid, bent
old woman, like a crawling thing come forth
from dark places and, dazzled by daylight,
standing at the crossing, hestatng. Madame
rushed forward, but before she got there the
leader of small group of workers had seen
the woman also.
He was distinguishable as the foreman Of
the group by certain quality of leadership,
and not by his general appearance, for his
waist-high topboots-those worn by sewer
workers-were as thickly caked with wet, red
dish dirt as the other mems. He, like them,
carried tools and metal luncheon kit. With
out a moments hesitation he walked up, and,
taking the little woman by the arm, piloted her
across to the other side. The other men, fol-
lowing, nudged each other and laughed Safe
ly on the other side, the little derelct looked
up full into his face, and Madame caught in
her dimming eyes something of the brightness
of sunbeam which has suddenly found it's
way gloriousy into dank cellar, long dark
lnstlnctively, the mans hat came off, and he
stood uncovered a moment-then, swinging
INTO step with his men, went on his way.
Just a moment sir, if you please"
Madames deep, rich voice halted him. With
out word she held out her hand. AS she
Srasped his muddy palm, she said, too low to
ord b,+ bo
You've redeemed many one of your sex
to-day, sir"
d SNUG conventionality!" she NUT
tered when she again stood alone on the side
walk, looking ruefully down at her erstwhe
immaculate glove, and bethought herself of
the luncheon with some artists and diplomats
and others. "Now I'll have to tell them / fell
down, and hate being awkward!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
All That 1t Needed
Was a Chance

In ten days mimeographed copy was on the
table for the thousand best correspondents in
the world to call for and wire back from WASH
lngton to their home town, the news of women
ana what they were doing for the war. The
Associated Press and The United Press and
1hs international News Service in the hall sent
The stuff out 30, so right from the beginning it
mad a pretty wide circulation. All it needed
was start
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Women GiUe as
the Need Arises
By MIRA BURR EDSOn

WHlIE mans work has been extensive,
w woman's has been intensive: while he
has had to do with subduinp nature
and Transforming things her work has been
in serving and in relating personalities. She
IS, as woman, past master in human rela
tlonships. She has always provided that $50
cal glue which is so important and so diff
cult to see or define
Woman's interest in the life element is not
mere sentiment, it has been so often called.
1t IS constructive idea as well, and one which
mas lam at the base of her very practical ac-
INVITES. She has had to care for those who are
unequal, who not to be rewarded accord
ing to their deserts, but given to according tn
their need. She has had infants. strono -.
weak, and the charge of the old and the mfr,
she has cared also for the needs of her lord ,nd
kept him content, and in times of hurt mr. i'll
ness she has nursed him. In some wav she
mas met the needs of ALL and that at the in
s'ahc "nen there was need, and not according
to schedule or justice. Some sort of iust,c.
'oo' became established IN the midst of all this
"a justice in which the thought of tbe;r do
~ T'ii6 was Haiuiy present, and any measure
OF tne value OF their productivity was notice.
ably absent
consideration for the young the old, for all
sor's ana conditions of mankind, must now
enIer 'heo our plans for laws and for the con-
oi'iohs 70 De made IN industry. 1t is found.
moreover that the human factor" is an i'm
por'aho one and that it is variable. Its
amount OF energy is increased or diminisae,4
~ multitude OF seemingly extraneous thinox
anu our having perceived this means that the
making over OF political economy will result.
, F1nu IN 'nis making over it may we'll be-
lhat the work of the woman citizen will he
10 orlng into the larger life of the world those
qualities and gifts which hitherto have besn
700 closely confined to her own hearthstone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

out press service for the women which goes
into the newspapers of the country. It has
connections with a.. of the women's societies Of
the country, and it works through the women's
clubs for patriotic purposes. It is particularly
active among the colored women of the country,
trying to drive home to them the truths of the
war and to get better spirit among them In
addition to the press service it gets out bro
chures for the colleges and schools: but the
larger work is the stimulation of women's
groups, bringing them together so that they
may understand each other and learn what each
is doing"
During the hearing Mr. Creel was closely
questioned:
The Chairman-"Mr. Cree what have you
to say IN answer to my inquiry as to whether
or not this field is being more or less occupied
by the Council of National Defence?"
Mr.. Byoir, associate chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Information, answered:
Il think, Mr.. Chairman, that there is dis
tinct difference in the field of operations, in that
all of those other organizations are doing de-
Capitalization work in the way of organizing
these groups away from Washington That
takes place in every department of the govern
ment. For instance, the food administration. in
It's conservation campaign, goes out and organ
ICES the women in all the localities of the coun-
try for food conservation work. 1t has been
done IN the same way with respect to the labor
situation The function of this bureau mrs.
Iaylor's dlvisionl is not that of organizing
I'VE DO not go outside and do field work and
establish offices, but we maintain in Washing
ton Tor all parts of the country and for the in
formation of those women's organizations a
press service which handles all of those actiyi-
ties and ways in which women can help serve
the nation in times. 1t is useful in the
negro situation which / mentioned where there
is great need for definite information. because
we are running into great deal of rumor and
propaganda in that field. That is something
that is very active among the negroes. and the
war Department has special Assistant Secre-
tary of War especially designed to work in this
very unsettled situation. The value of this
bureau is simply to be clearing house for in
FORMATION as to what is most important for
women to do, and they are doing it through the
cooperation of colleges and womens organiza-
tons all over the country"
The foregoing is dated June 11-not much
more than a month ago.
To-day there is no Division on Women's War
Work in the Committee on Public information
1t has been abolished to save money-as being
the least important department of the bureau.
The womens division was factory for raw
material-for women in the making-but the
factory has been shut down.
Women no longer sending the women's
story out to women.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
THE NEW CITIZENS POINT OF VIEW
W omen's Committee on Public Information: Obitua1
BY DEEMS WELLER

n 1INE months ago two women sat Mound
l ing typewriters in a vestbule at 3
Jackson Place, Washington, D. c.. and
this was the Division on Women's War Work of
the Committee on Public Information
1t started suddenly. Clara Sears Taylor.
Denver newspaper woman, had an inspiration
She in Washington and wanted to find
out something about women. She spent a dav
chasing her information and then didn't get it,
Washington was blind alley; everything was
there but you couldn't find anything
She was reporting for Mr.. Creel at the time
and she went to him and said that the effort
OF women should~be coordinated and that the
Creel committee should be coordinating it,
Mr.. Creel was interested; the only trouble
was that available space was lacking at 10
jackson Place. 1t was crowded to the DOORS
But at last Mrs. Taylor discovered vesti-
oue that was empty 1t didn't even have a
vestibule light in it. So she put her desk in
there, pulled the droplight from the hall
and set up headquarters as best she could
Then she asked the business manager for
stenographer. He gave her typist Their two
desks stood side by side in the vestibule and
things began to hum.
Soon 5000 letters were drafted and written
and posted to 5000 women's organizations do
ing war work. asking them to describe their
membership, outline their activities and send
pictures.
The typist worked overtime that week. for
when she got through with the first 5000 let
ters she wrote all the editors in Ayers News
paper Annual, and any one knows that is fat
book.
And then Mrs Taylor was stumped Where
vas she going to put the answers to her letters?
There was hardly enough room in the vestibule
tor two women, let alone a lot of mail.
But between the two desks was a space of
almost a foot and two files fitted in there.
This packed the vestibule tight as drum,
but provided a place for the letters
They came in fast and furious, so that Mrs.
Taylor begged college girl whom she knew to
come and work for her for ten days for moth
ing. She knew that in ten days the project
would either swing or fail.
All That 1t Needed
Was Chance
In ten days mimeographed copy was on the
table for the thousand best correspondents in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
GEORGE Creel Chairman of the COn,n;ffee
on Public Information
in Washington

The division kept growing. 1t moved out of
the vestibule into room, then spread until it
occupied almost entire floor. The letters
that were stored in the vestibule grew into
stupendous and valuable collection of material:
grew into living, breathing, working files. Moth
ing went into these files that was not simn1v
screaming for attention.
There was the personnel file, listing the name
OF each organization and it's newspaper and
magazine publicity manager; there was the
clipping file, which correspondent to a news
paper "morgue," and the photography and in
dex of releases, cards by inches, listing
womens activities and giving a short news
story
In addition to this the division kept up
constant, open, intimate correspondence with
the women of America. If they wanted to know