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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02
THE AMERICAN ARMY.

That the American army is to fight as such in the war in Europe has been made clear within the past few days, and by no less an authority than Lloyd George who in emphasizing the need of increasing the British forces declared such to be fact.
 That is what was expected when the American forces were sent abroad. It was intended that they should oper- ate together but it was also apparent at the time of the German offensives that they represented an available force which though not large enough to stand as an army by themselves was capable of rendering much as sistance without waiting for others te be brought across the Atlantic. The result was that they were brigaded with the British and French for the time being and by so doing it dem onstrated that the United States was in the war to win and not for the purpose of attaining any selfish ob- ject It showed that General Persh- ing meant what he said when he of fered his men to General Foch for whatever duty he might assign them. And they have shown that they were not only ready to do all that was within their power but that they are capable of putting LID hard and suc- ressfpl fight whether t is a case of defending their lines or taking the offensive.
 But the Americans are not to lose their identity. They are going to have their own divisions and to fight shoulder to shoulder for the objects | of this country in the war. such or ganizations to be perfected when suf- fcient men have been transported and from present indications that time does not lie in the very distant fu- fura
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RED CROSS WORKERS.

The call that is being made for Rei Cross workers. those who contribute their services a few hours day for one or more days week, is one that is in erery way justified and one which deserves generous response from the entire community.
 IL can be fully appreciated with the @Ecreased number of soldiers being sent abroad and the larger number who are being sent to the front irenehes where they are participat ting "a the active fighting, and doing so sTitA great credit to themselves. that there is bound to be greater call for supplies The hospital and other needs which are supplied by the Red Cross must be kept going, otherwise they will not be available when they are needed. which means a handicap n the work of administering to the needs of the sick and wounded.
 The Red Cross Is carrying on d most commendable work in this di- rection. It is work for which the peo- pie of the country have contributed large sums out of which the raw ma fterial is procured, but there remains TO be much done before that raw ma terial Is made ready for use as any enc acquainted with the activities of the many chapters fully understands, Many hands make light work of such jobs and it is the many rather than the few who should be anxious to participate in rendering the service. They should want to stand back of the boys over there as faithfully as they are fighting for the people back home. Thus when Red Cross workers are needed there should be plenty to heed the appeal. There is no danger that there will be too many or that too many supplies will be provided.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Gas Attacks "over Here"

Mr. Editor: For the last two or three days the peigAhorheod through which the lower Shetucket river trends it's majestic way has been subjected to waves of poisonous gases originating at our municipal gas plant. Now it's all right to fight this gas in the trenches, where everyone is equipped with masks and has an even chance, but when you are earning your daily bread. and perhaps eating it, close by the Shetucket, a man has fine chance to help the local doctors to buy f1iyers and other necessities of life.
 This is no new condition and the question is "fiew much longer must we stand for it?" Why have we a health officer and a sanitary inspector I say: Tie them on the banks of the Shetueket and let them draw their ereaths fer a while. instead of their salaries, and if they didn't know of this nuisance, then they will never know it."
 It's all right to have the sub base on the Thames but let's remove the gas base from the Shetucket. Yours truly,
 A SUFFERER.
 Norwich. July l, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

'tNo, I haven't done any knitting yet, but I'm going to soon. You see, I've been so dreAdfully busy with other patriotic service, One can't do everything at once. can one? l shall begin with knitting socks. I don't see why people waste so much time on searfs and sweaters when socks are so much needed.
 T shall make socks with gay col cred tops. Bright colors aid the mo- raie, I'm sure. It would be a terrible thing to have our soldiers barefoot just because the women aren't alive to the necessity of knitting enough socks. think I'll make little speech at our Red Cross auxiliary on Swelling the Sock Supply
 You see, that's one of my ways of helping. I'm voluntary speaker at the Red Cross auxiliaries. I was talking to a surgical dressing group yesterday on Folding for France know that I inspired the workers with new zeal for when had finished talking one of the women said tq me, yourself? You have made Us ali feel that we need every worker we can get. I had to explain that other duties called.
 No, haven't done much in surgical dressings yet. I find it makes nae nervous. Many people really like te fold gauge. I think they should be unremitting in their work. How terri ble it would be if any of our brave boys should suffer just because Momer at home don't realize the need for countless pads, sponges and conn presses. Something should be done te spur them on to greater efferts. think shall have to do more speaking although just now it will be hard fol me to give up all my time, because am taking golf lessons
 T don't know why you should look surprised. l might say shocked, at the mere mention ef golf. We all know that the health of the nation is a large part of it's wealth. I consider it 2 patriotic duty to get plenty of fresf air and exercise.
 Gardening? Well, of course, one does get fresh air and exercise spad- ing and hoeing. but I don't think they have the same effect on the physique that outdoor sports have. Do you I have observed that farmers and mar ket gardeners don't have the same bright eomplexiens and free carriage that golf and tennis players acquire However, I believe thoroughly in pa triotic gardens, and shall further then
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nlscARpINe TIE TUBES.

.. Not a little surprise is occasioned $F the action of President Wilson in applying a veto to the postoffiee ap- -propriation bill because it contained a provision whereby the pneumatic postal tube service would be retained until the fourth of next March and in the meantime the interstate com -nercs commission should conduct an tpvestigatlon for the purpose of deter mining what would be a fair price for the purchase of the property by the gsveEnment,
 fhls of ceurse, with the sustaining sf the veto by the house, makes it evident that Postmaster General Bur ieson Is a winner in his fight against the tubes. He has been determined 10 get rid of the tubes and has been so persistent in his stand that he has threatened not to apply apprepria- tions made in their behalf for that nIrpose. He has in other words set iris authority UP against congress and Though the president dees not give that as the reason for yetoing the bill
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 it looks very much as if he had sided in with the member of his cabinet. In explaining his veto he declares that the tubes are being used less and less but 1t can be fully apprsciated that with such antagopism as the postmas- ter general has shown to the system of despatching mail nothing else could be expected. With this decrease in the use of the tubes there is no evil dence of any improvement in the mail service. The business men of the cities where the tubes have been used not only wanted them retained but extended Such a plea has however been disregarded and ten million dol lars worth of postal facilities have been discarded when the country is in need of all the transportation as- sistance that it can get.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

With the candidates for treasurer on the three state tickets picked from this part of the state it looks as if eastern Connecticut had some special advantage over the rest of the com monwealth in regard to this particular office
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02
sLAPS FOR SLACKERS

all I can by speaking, I think l shall call my little talk Seeding for Safety Don't you ike that? It will be fright full if we don't have food for our allies
 Just because people are asleep.
 Then there's the preserving of veg etables and fruits,
 aNo, don't do it myself, for I can't
 stand the heat of a stove in summer,
 but last year I had my maid do pened, most of the things she put up spoiled. She Is not clever at following written directions, and I was not able to be in the kitchen much myself. However, feel that we made our start and this season she will profit by last years experience,
 T suppose you're buying war say- ings stamps? I'm intensely interested in their sale. It would be a fearful thing if the men, women and children of this country did not respond to the call of the government for funds to push the war. People should buy to the limit
 "No, I haven't bought to the s1.00o 1 limit myself yet, as I have a great
 many expenses connected with my war work. One is asked to give in so
 many directions, and thEn, of course, i going about speaking as l do re- | quires correct clothes, and in bad
 weather my taxi fares are really quite i an item.
 1 I do wish you would come to hear
 me speak on Stamping Out Seditioni 1 and Bonds Are Bombs I'm quite
 sure that if you could hear either | speech VOL would feel that you must lend every dollar you can possibly spare te Uncle Sam. A woman said ! to me the other day that after hear 1 ing me urge economy she quite under 1 stood why so very few pople were 1 buying spring suits this seasen. She 1 locked right at my new breadcloth | which is plain but very handsome. l think she realized that I had been pa 1 triotic in my selection of a suit. fel
 it is true economy to buy good ma 1 teriaI.
 Sometimes I am perfectly aghast i at the numbers of slaekers there aFt who do nothing t ehelp win the war I should think people would be | ashamed not to do their part in thi:
 tremendous struggle. Indeed, I on so much exercised about the apathy l of nonworkers I know, who neither knit, sew conserve food nor save fol the nation, that I'm getting up a little speech called 'Slaps for SlaclSers.' de hope you will come to hear it,"- Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

The exception to the supposedly unbreakable rule has happened; Georgia has suffered a severe storm which has left the peach crop safe That certainly is relief, but there is still an element of surprise in the announcement for we had been given to understand long age that the hard winter had made 3 peach crop impos= sible
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02
Senator Erandeges took proni-

Senator Ersndeaea took prpn,i- nent part in the passage of the great army appropriation bill within the past few days. He advocated making it compulsory that 9 greater army be raised and rot have the matter left to the discretion of the president. as was the case in armipg merchant vessels when the German submarine warfare begun. Commenting on the heed of a large army overseas MT. Brandegee said in part: T want an army over there and a large one-big enough to do it's business. I do not believe in authorizing the president to do this thing for I believe we should direct him to do it. I am in favor of directing the president to raise an army of five million men" Later in the day MT. Brandegee sup ported the bills before the senate to provide some sort of distinctive badge or button for such men as had been honorably discharged from the mill tary service and men of draft age whe had been rejected on account of phy- sical sability. In fact the past week las been a busy one for Senator Brandegee. Not only has he been ac- tive m forwarding the various war measures before congress but he made 'HS iedAtHg dFS Su1neHl dsdIHSt woman suffrage as a federal measure. He referred to the sufragettes as "a noisy minority who absorbed to themselves all the virtues Of the women of the country and gets the ear of congress and the newspapers"
 Perhaps the suffragists feel their defeat a little more keenly on account of their recent boasts that they had won although the ten senate votes we have gained have cost us fully S5,0O0 each" referring to inc heavy
 expense they had assumed in lob bying. The fact is that the amend rnent was lost even without the James pair as an issue. The suffragists lacked one vote. leaving the flames matter entirely out of the question. If they accorded the usual courtesy and permitted him to pair, they would find themselves two votes short. On the
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The importance of keeping their registration cards with them at all times is being realized by the drafted men as much as chauffeurs are com ing to understand the necessity of carrying their licenses.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

The man on the corner says: Hu= man nature aroUses all sorts of criti- cisms but there is no consistent de- mand to have it changed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

Realizing the necessity of it the size did not prevent the house from talk ing quick action on the authorization of an additional bond issue of eight billion
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If everyone is going to keep to his allotment. it looks as if there would have to be some regulation concerning the size of the sugar spoon.
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Now it is declared that Won Kuehl- mann is not to go. So the kaiser wasn't as mad over what he had to say as he thought he was
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

It looks very much now as if the Fourth of July was certainly going to be an international holiday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

It apparently takes more than a world war tp separate Amundsen from his pet hobby. He is at least going where he can have his neutral ity respected.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS

Billions of Dollars For the Conduct Of the Wan-New Pension Bill Will Affect 26s, ,ooo-5usy Days For Ssn- ator Brsndegee = A Fire Eating Congressman From Kentucky = More Pistols For the Army.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

These are the days when it is ap= parent that the ex-czar lacks a relia- ble press agent.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

It can be expected that there will soon be millions of bushels of new wheat to be ground into flour, but it might as well be understood that there will be none to burn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

To meet the changed condition of
 European warfare and the growing needs of the great army, the war de- partment has revised it's requirements as to the use of pistols and will here- after expects to equip 80 per cent of the troops with such small arms in stead of only 20 per cent. as was the former custom. This will be done as soon as the pistols can be produced. The change is brought about by the change in methods whereby men who so over the top must do much hand to hand fighting. in which the auto matic pistol is found invaluable. Heretofore only about 20 per cent. of the troops were armed with pistols, and their use was principally con- fined to officers, cavalry and gunners who did not carry rifles. Now it Is the intention of the department to equip all the troops as far as possi- bIe. This proposed general equAp- nent will make it necessary to tre- mendously increase the production of automatic pistols to meet the needs of the million or more men who must be supplied with as little delay as possible.
 Before leaving for CQnnecticut to preside over the state convention, 1 Congressman Tilson, who is recQg- nized as the ordnance expert of the military affairs committee, was in
 conference with the chief of staff re- 1 garding the sufficient production of
 pistols to meet the proposed new reg ulations. While in Conaectiert Col Tilson made an investigation as to the
 capa city for producing the necessary
 number of automatic pistols and learned that the Gelt company had very largely increased its capacity and even that was found insufficient and in addition to the work done at 1 the Colt plant the Winchester com
 pany is tooling up for the production
 of the Colt automatic pistol This is
 being done by arrangement with the
 Colt eompany and by early at the
 Winchester will be turning out the ! Colt automa tics. Tn the meantime the
 war department is equipptng the l troops with not only all the Colt pis- tols which can be obtained. but is also
 using the two Colt military revolvers
 the Smith & WessQn and others which are available. These important has
 the use of them become to grenade
 throwers the men handling machine
 guns and others who must meet the
 enemy face to face.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02
One Advantaae of War.

Wedding presents of rice and old shoes may not be made this June, says Betty Brown. No, 1t was not Betty, Rice is needed for food and the old shoes may be sent to Belgium or France.-Saginaw News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

4 boys first pair of trousers always it if the pockets are large enough.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

our land.
 The decision of the supreme court of the uaeonstitutienality of the fed eral child labor law has added 8 fresh stimulus to our fight. for it shows us the futility of our work for reforms as long as we have not the power of the ballot behind us. Now in Connecticut children may be worked under the law ten hours a day. under the federal eight in any manufacturing or me chanical establishment. Women must help to build a democracy in which
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02

other hand the antf's couldn't muster but one vote to the good without the James pair And although they may seem a safe proposition. the leaders did not dare put the question to test believing the tacit defeat was
 better than run the risk of even one absentee at the moment the vote should be taken. So both sides grasp ed at the James Pair miK-qp even though they flung verbal threats across the senate chamber as to fu- ture action.
 Chairman Ben Johnson, who has held up the so=called anti proateering bill by making himself as objection
 2 hle 10 the senate conferees that they have been unanimously excllsee from further conference until 2 therwise ordered said he didn't care a hoot about the senate or it's dignity and dared them te .ceme en." Johnson is a fire eater of the old fashioned Ken lucky type of which one reads of in various tales of the hills He brides himself on it and never loses an ep- portunity to make it evident in words, if not in deeds. He is tall and power i ful. but his voice is high pitched with q tendency to squeak under intense SAAlOIlOl4. SCld tl411CtS III SOllStESS dIG
 quite accustomed to see the excitable | Eentuckian rush down the aisle with i long arms waving as he shouts de-
 runciation at those opposed to him. i Perhaps the most notable incident
 within the past half dozen years was i just before Uncle Joe Cannon was succeeded as speaker by Champ Clark l Speaker Cannon made ruling not to
 the taste of MT. Johnson. Rising 1 from his seat far back in the great
 chamber Johnson strode down the
 center aisle. Making straight for the
 speaker he shook his fist and shouted 1 'If it were not for your age and gray hairs I'd throw a brick at you!" AL 1 though within full range of the Ken 1 tUcl1ian's long arms Uncle Joe stood his ground and called the bluff. Lean
 ing politely forward over the speakers desk he said calmly T hope the gen
 tieman from Kentucky will let nei-
 ther my age nor my gray hairs stand
 in his way!" And Uncle Joe, nearing
 his 8hth birthday. had the satisfac- ton of seeing the Kentuekian back ur
 hill and take his seat. And how the house did cheer Uncle Joe!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-07
EAT THE GARNISH.

The best dishes in American cook
cry have never needed garnishes nor,
in fact, has the gentle art of garnish-
ing-that assumes such large impor-
lance in the eyes Of the European
attention on this side Of the Atlantic;
save, of course, in those kitchens
manned by Partisan, Viennese or other
old-world cooks.
We are told that the esthetic side
of cookery plays a real and important
part; that what looks good to eat is
already half digested. Well, then, some
of our best dishes garnish themselves.
for nothing could recommend an apple
pie more to the palate of the pie-eat..
golden brown brought out upon its
crust by the well-timed baking and
the burnt-sienna oozing of sugar
mingled with apple juice that shows
itself in the slashings in the top. And
although Creole cookery that left its
mark on all true southern kitchens is
in part the heritage of France, it is
not concerned with any save inherent
garnishes.
Still. there are some quaint tradi-
external garnishings-the peacock
feathers that stood up proudly from
one side of the peacock pie of Old
England and the gilded beak at the
suggesting ludI luC pTOuuSSt
of barnyard creatures was still domi-
nant in the dish into which he had
been baked. And the apple in the
mouth OF the roast pig, invented by
some humor-loving old English cook,
has become tradition.
No doubt some rather mournful fig
ures could be compiled that would
show us just how much food was an
nually wasted in furnishings: for no
one-at least before the war drove
room-thought of eating the festoons
of mashed potatoes on the plank on
which a shad was cooked. and usually
pastry shells that were used to con-
tain creamed sweetbreads and chicken
were sent untasted to the kitchen.
Here, then. would be a good rule to
make for the housewife who wants
to eliminate such waste--make your
furnishings like those of the brown
on the crust of the apple pie, an in
herent part Of the dish itself. or make
them from non-edible materials-like
the peacock's feather. strips of orange
or lemon peel, little cleverly cut de-
vices of the reddest of apple skin or
the claws of the lobster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-07
POPULATION STARVING
WHEN AUSTRIANS LEFT
Red Cross in Districts East of Piave
River Hears Reports of
Enemy Brutality.

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
EASTERN ITALY. November 6.-Peo-
pie living in the districts occupied by
the Austrians east Of the Piave river
were left in destitute condition when
the allied advance drove the enemy
eastward.
Maj. julius Roth. chief Of the traf-
fc supply department of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, says that at ConegM-
ano and Vittorio the population was
starving when the American Red
Cross trucks arrived. At Conegliano
the people rushed to pick up beans
and grains of rice which dropped
from the trucks going through the
town. There was not a single candle
or a doorknob left by the Austrians.
Many stories of Austrian brutality
are being told. Ferrucio Bernine, rela-
tive of the widely known playwright,
whose home was occupied by Aus
.trian officers, said that an English
aviator whose machine fell near the
house was kicked to death by the
officers. In numerous instances Ital-
ians who were taken prisoners were
mutilated and murdered.