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Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
WHAT SOLDIERS
 MAY RETAIN
And How They May Get Arti-
 cles Back If Given Up
Congressman Lonergan Issues State
 ment

Congressman Augustine Lonergan of this state has just received notice f-om the war department concerning articles of clothing and equipment that may be retained by discharged soldiers as their personal property when honorably discharged.
 One overseas cap for all enlisted men who had service overseas, or hat and hat cord for all other enlisted men; olive drab shirt; service coat and ornaments; pair brooches; pair shoes and leggins; waist belt, slicker overcoat; two suits of underwear four pairs of socks; pair of gloves, gas mask and helmet (overseas men only) set of toilet articles, if in pos session when discharged barracks bag; three scarlet chevrons.
 Any enlisted man who served in the army during the present war, and who was honorably discharged or fur loughe6 to the reserve, since April s, 1917, and who has restored to the government any of the above articles or to whom for any reason they were never issued, may make application for such articles to the domestic dis tribution department, office of the di- rector of storage, Munitions building Washington On receipt of apphca- tion the similar clothing and uniform in kind or value as near as may be will be returned to him. Applications should state sizes, and should be ac- companied by affidavit made before g civil or military officer authorized tc administer oaths. His record as sol ! dier should be set forth, date and place of discharge, the clothing re turned to the government, and the material He must swear that none of the articles asked for were retain ed by him at time of discharge, or il retained, have since been returned. Officers and enlisted men who have returned gas mask or helmet may make similar application for these ar ticles, and they will be issued if avail able.
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REV OLUTION ACCOMPLISH MUCH
 WAR WORK

Members of Elizabeth Porter Put nam Chapter, D. A. R., will be inter ested in the report just given out showing what the society, throughout the state, accomplished in the way of war work. Every chapter in the na- tional organization undertook relief work of one sort or another and in dividually and as chapters the mem bers continued their work as long as there was any need for it.
 Connecticut's record is one special ly noteworthy. Of the women work CTS overseas, the state chapter had 13 representatives The figures from April $, 1917, to the close of the war are most interesting. They include l9,332 knitted garments, 1,574 com fort bags, 5l6 housewives, 50 bar racks bags, 195 scrap books, 92 games, 260 paper vests, 147 picture puzzles, 45 sntileage books, 3,170 glasses of jelly. $10 for tobacco, $5
 
 Christmas packets, l pianola, vic trolas, 120 records, $875 for Christ mas celebration, $309 for houses and rooms, s650 for mess fund, 2,808 box lunches, quantities of miseellan- eous gifts, amounting in value to sev- eral thousand dollars, and over $780, 900 to the various organizations do- ing war relief work, while the num- Der of garments and supplies made for the Red Cross is nearly 1000.
 Not the smallest of the items cred ited to the Connecticut Daughters is the Liberty Loan, which in all of the five loans amounted to over S7,000,- 900. Thrift stamps were also pur- chased by the members in large num- bers, and the states record is one in which every daughter takes a justiti- able pride.
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08

Live news in hot Patriot
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
'PASCOAG BOOZE
 HAS THE PUNCH
"Just As Good As We Used to Get Here Before July r."
 Says City Court Prisoner
Putnam Sends Earl Davis Down to Brooklyn Jail. Which Helps Solve Labor Problem There

Pascoag booze has the real punch, according to Earl Davis of Putnam, who appeared before Judge Mahlon H Geissler in the city court on Mon day morning to face charge of in toxication.
 Where did you get the stuff that knocked you out?" querted Hizhonor.
 T went to Pascoag, sir" replied l Davis Tt Is wide open over there, and you can get stuff that is just as good as you used to get here in Put nam"
 'Is it more than one-half of one per eent?"
 "Oh, yes, your honor, you can get i anything you want over there. You can buy whiskey, or anything"
 Davis was picked up by night off cer early Sunday morning dead to the world, and blocking the sidewalk on South Main street. In court he plead ed guilty to intoxication, and told the court he didn't remember being ar rested
 On consulting his record. Judge Geissler found that this was Davis third appearance since February. On both times previous, Davis was found guilty of intoxication.
 "Mr. Johnson,' said the judge, "Pll ask you to add another count, that of being a common drunkard. .
 Davis objected to this He didn't like the idea of being called com mon drunk He told the court he didn't want to plead guilty to this. Judge Geissler stated that under the statutes he was a common drunkard, having been guilty of intoxieation three times within year. "Yorr honor, l don't think l drank ! enough to make me drunk last Satur- day. It must have been something else.' said Davis.
 1t if wasn't booze, what was it made you forget everything ques- toned Hizhonor. '' Twasn't apple pie, was it?"
 Davis admitted that his condition was not due to excessive indulgence in pastry, whereupon he was found guilty and sentenced to 50 days at | Brooklyn On the intoxieation charge, to which he pleaded guilty, Davis drew 30 days Costs were taxed at $1314.
 Undoubtedly Davis will be greeted with open arms at Brooklyn. for since the world went dry, the labor situa- ton there has become a serious prop osition. The usually we'll filled cells are now empty since John Barley corn passed away. and the weeds are growing up rapidly in the big jail garden But Davis will be set to work for the county, and his stay will be long enough to help in the fall har- vesting of the large crops that are now coming along on the jail farm.
 Davis is the second man to go down to the jail as the result of arrest for intoxication since July l.
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
GOODYEAR EmPLoYES PARADE
 PUTNAM STREETS

Headed by their own brass band, employers and employees of the Good year Manufacturing Go. paraded the streets of Putnam last Saturday morning while passing through this city on their way to Crescent Park, R. l., where their fifth annual outing was held. Tn the procession were o5 cars. headed by the automobile of Agent Robert W Boys While on parade the members of the band marched at the head of the process sion. having gotten out of the large motor bus that was carrying them just before reaching the main streets of the city. Coming up Front street the procession passed to Main, and wheeled around the drinking fountain in Union square. From here the pro eession proceeded down Main street to Providence, where the band again boarded the bus
 It was a splendid demonstration, and shows what the Goodyear con- cern is doing to promote a splendid feeling among it's employees. Every one of those taking part in the outing was apparently enjoying the day to the utmost, and was entering into the spirit of the occasion in whole hearted manner.
 While the procession vas passing through the center of the city Cap tain John Bulger of the police depart ment held up all other traffic, so that the visitors might have an unobstruct- ed right of way.
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
SUNDAY MOVING PICTURES IN
 TWENTY-TWO TOWNS

Last Sunday in the state of Con- necticut moving picture exhibitions were given in p towns, among which was Putnam. Willimantic and Nor wich were the only other eastern Con- necticut cities where shows were siv- en. By August first it is believed that the list will be considerably in creased for in nearly all of the thea tres where the pictures were shown Sunday evening box office reports show that the attendance was large.
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
$l0O Reward, $l00

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able 10 cure in all its stages and that Is eatarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease. giving the patient strength by building up the con- sttution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Medicine that they orer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials
 Address F. J CHENEY S co Toledo Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. T5c.
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
SENATE CONFIRMS NAME OF
 ALEXANDER GILMAN

The reappointment of Postmaster Alexander Gilman of Putnam was confirmed Saturday by the Senate. His name was sent to that body two weeks ago by President Wilson, and inasmueh as there were no other can didates for the position, the confrma- tion was a mere matter of time.
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
CHANGES AT FORD SERVICE
 STATION

Ralph E. Sharpe. who has been in the employ of the Ford service station on School street, has resigned his po- sition there. His place is taken by Roy F. Andrews. Edward Fisher is manager of the station.
Putnam patriot., 1919-08-08
LARGE MEMBERSHIP IN FARM
 FRS ASSOCIATION

According to the latest figures the total membership in the Windham County Farmers Association is 644. Of this number 51 members are in Putnam. Woodstock has the largest membership with 174, and Pomfret is second with 149 Thompson has 58 members. The increase in member ship is largely the result of recent drive.
 Live news in hot weather-Patriot.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-30
RUSSIA

The peace conference has been waiting to hear from Rus
STA for several DAYS. This is a waste Of time. The conference
is not going to hear from Russia for the simple reason that
there is no one and nothing to hear from, The Boshcviki have.
no government that can speak with authority. Neither have the
CzechO-Sloyaks Neither will any other Slav race. The Bolsh-
eviki more accurately represent Russia than any other organi
cation SO far attempted. Like the Greek and the Celt, they
express their political genius in the Soviet and they cannot get
beyond this. The Soviet S a small council composed of soldiers
and workingmen. or their representatives. These bodies try to
arrogate to themselves all the powers Of government to be used
TO follow their teacher literally. Marx taught that it is right and
proper to take from those who have and give to those who
have not, because mere possession is proof of robbery. "Das
Kapital,' which is the Russian Bible, teaches that property can
not be accumulated without robbing the proetarat-the work
es who create all propcrty-and that it is right for the proe-
tarat to take this property wherever found. This method OF
confiscaton provides for the wants OF the Soviet for the time
being, but there comes a time when there is nothing more to
take. Other Soviets come in Clamoring for food and clothing,
and a clash cnsues. One part OF the people is fighting the other
Chaos reigns. The soul of Russia is fragmentary. Into it the
spirit OF compromise, of give and take, upon which all govern
ment is based, has never come. The Russian, being nonpoht
ical, can organize only the lowest forms of government, and
these are small and limited. Some men can dig a pit and cover
it over, or build a cabin and live in it, but a house or a sky
scraper is beyond them. 1t is the same way with political struc-
lures. Some people can build or organize a clan or a COM
miuee, but nothing higher. Here is where the peace confer
ence will find trouble. 1t will do no good to tell a Slavic peo-
pie to go on and organize a government, when their poverty
of political genius prevents them from doing so. Neither can
permanent good be reached by organizing a government for
them. because the same defects Of character which keep them
from organizing a government will keep them from maintain
ing il. and II will fall a miserable wreck,
There is no material in Russia out of which to organize a
stable government. Teutonic dcspotism held Russia together
under the Romanoffs and their predecessors since the days OF
and crime.
Russia at present is saturated with MARKHAM socialism, which
is as hostile to free government as despotism, and stands as a
lion in the way of any effort that may be made by the peace
and no country that is not a spiritual unity can organize a gov
eminent that will last.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-30

dtk3N9@ot
II Coy K:Noukoa:
HOW TO BECOME BEAUTIFUL.

~" ~ W.
Science has rung the bell on the beauty problem. Prof. Somebody
announces, in a scientific journal of rare repute, that everybody in this
here :. :. can become beautiful by following his course. :.
a pound of spinach, half a pound of cabbage, half a grated turnip and a
handful of cranberries each day"
Halt the world has never known how the other half got its beauty.
Now the secret is out.
As usual, the treatment is strenuous. 1t is easy to eat an onion the
first day and the second day and perhaps the third day; but on the
nineteenth day most persons would prefer LONELINESS. Wading through
a half pound of spinach every day is more or less If a bore. Nobody eats
spinach because he likes it, but because the hostess is serving 1t, in order
to become beautiful. Grated turnips are pleasant if one happens to be
a horse. II one doesn't happen to be a horse it is different.
handful Of cranberries each day, when rich ladies are wearing them for
beads?
We suggest that this course be tried first on some of the beauty
passed the supreme test.
1t doesn't look as though there ever will be, in the history of this
country, a postmaster or a eternal revenue collector who will taxi. issue
with the national administration on any point.
They also strike who only stand and wait-at table.
The following pome, which, although beautiful, has something the
matter with Its feet. has lmped into our office:
l think it is a great pity,
My darltng's face cant be more luminous;
l wish this weren't such a dirty city,
wish 1t weren't so bituminous.
SOUNDS MORE LIKE LAUNDERING.
To become a school teacher Miss Charlotte Waddel has gone to
Twist, Wash.-Brodhead (Wis), Register.
EQUALITY?
There is one thing that vexes:
My socks are very short,
My wi(es are very long.
We hang them up
At Christmas time.
For swear words | use KS
X X X X
The short socks and the long ones
Is that equality Of sexes?
Ambe Helward is the name of man in Missouri. Is he thinking of
moving to Chicago? Perish the thought.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-30

Many ~financiers and writer's on eco
- -. 49, ,rdortoLirg 70
"olH'c quesl'oh9 are u'uei aNII
prove that Germany could not pay inc
cost of the war to the allies, and base
thar s+o+a,ror+s an Gerranv's sup
- s'e va - o,+iroly
posed income prior 10 Ihe war e"'ie'y
ignoring the fact that under modern
inventions and modern machinery the
world progresses at such a ~stupendoqs
rate Of wealth increase thai 1t Woulu
be utter folly to base any argument
on Germany's inability in the future
to meet indemnities by Germanys IN
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-30
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW,
The world famous writer on vital subIects,

teresting story, ! think it might well
be read with profit by the parents Of
a young girl who has written me. This
Is her letter.
- and for the past year have been
keeping company with a young man
two years my senior. He wishes to
marry me. but my parents seriously
object ON account of his being afflicted
with the loss Of a limb. They claim
that a man so handicapped would have
qlfticulty in properly supporting u wife.
Yet he has worked steadily ever since
have been going about with him,
Also he has no bad habits. Please ad-
wise me what to do.
"A CONSTANT READER"
You and the young man are both
very young, and 1t will do neither Of
You any harm to wait a while, but |
tel you frankly that on your presenta-
ton of the case ! think your parents
are making a mistake.
The loss of r limb never yet prevent
ed any man from making q living who
wanted to do 1t, On the other hand.
It usually acts as a stimulus, bringing
out latent powers of mind and ingenu-
ny In order that he may Counteract his
intirmity, We all thrive upon our han
dicaps, II we've got the right stuff in
us, and It's wha a man iS from the
neck up that counts. Besides, in the
chances OF life Drawn is no particular
Insurance. Suppose you were to marry
a physical specimen as perfect as the
Apollo Belvedere. Can your parents say
that within "A year, he may not be a
cripple or an invalid?
And there Is yet another point to be
considered, The old myths and legends
all had their basis in some profound
truth Of human nature, and 1t Is a sig
~niflcant fact that of all the gods on
high Olympus lame Vulcan was the
only one who could In any sense be
called a good husband. The beauty man
the show-horse type-vain, selfish;
nourted and admired, is not a pleasant
person to live with, and It is his kind
that usually appear as defendant in the
divorce courts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-30
WHAT Is H REMEDY?

During the past year and a half The News Scimitar has
issued repeated warnings to officials upon the necessity OF en-
iorcement of speed and traffic laws. In fact, it has had some
thing 10 say nearly every time there has been a killing.
Following each homicide there has been a spasmodic show
OF law enforcement, but within a week or SO things are about
as they were. and nothing more is heard of the campaign until
someone else falls a victim to gasoline and rotgut whisky.
1t is futile to appeal to the man who loads up on bootleg
whisky and tests the productivity Of his automobile by seeing
how far it will throw a pedestrian. For him we have no more
concern than he has for the law, and would have none for him
even if some relative OF a victim should go to the extreme of
teaching a lesson with a gun loaded with buckshot.
But we do have a concern and have a right to speak a
word in behalf of the safety of the pedestrian and the peo-
pie who drive their cars within the speed limit and take the
risk of being run over.
At the bottom of this and other crimes is the outlawcd
liquor traffic, When there is a genuine effort to enforce the
law against the sale OF liquor there is a corresponding decrease
in the preparation of crime, such as holdupS and porCfrclmb-
ing and other outdoor sports that so hand in hand with the
camouflaged saloon.
II our officials could have talked with the heart-broken
father of the splendid young woman who answered the call Of
her country and was fitting herself for the service OF humanity,
when she and a companion were run down and killed, perhaps
they would consent 70 extend the closed season for automobile
sports,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-30
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled BY John @. oulnius. the
Sunshine Man.

Honest industry is always rewarded.
No young man need complain Of being
kept poor II he rolls UP his sleeves and
goes cheerfully to work,-Christian
Globe.
From the cultivation of the earth a
second paradise of beauty and sweets
springs up to our delighted view; from
exertion and industry our most Valu-
able comforts arise. and the endeavors
we use in the attainment Of any earthly
good stamp a double value on its pos
session, and give a keener relish in its
enjoyment.
The gospel does not abolish indus
try, but changes its nature and chief
design. 1t dignifies toll, mitigates the
evils connected herewith, and creates
new motives to diligence. The triumph
achieved on Calvary never was de-
signed to supersede the duty Of close
application to enterprising duty. Its
first command compels us to some hon
orable and useful pursuit. Its language
is, Study to be quiet, and to do your
own business, and to work with your
own hands as we commanded you. y
IF n man will not work, neither let
him eat."-E. 1. Magoon.
o Thou, who safest at Jacobs we'll,
give me to drink Of the river of the
water of life, and to hear Thy voice,
which Is as music; and let that spring,
Of which Thou spakest, rise within my
heart unto eternal life.-F. B. Meyer.
Dayton, Ohio.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-30

Would you encourage a girl to marry
a cripple?
Would you try to prevent 1t II the
girl were your own daughter?
1t is rather n pertinent question just
at present, when so many OF our young
men are coming back to us on Crutches
or with all empty sleeve, blinded, she'll
shocked, permanently disabled.
The country gives them It's hohor
and its gratitude for their sacrifices
and regards their scars as badges OF
gallantry, But the individual girl, no
matter how much her heart may yedrnr
and the individual father or mother,
mindful Of lifes probabilities. must
consider the years stretching ahead,
Fapnie Hurst touches this phase OF
after-the-war existence in one OF her
recent stories, THE Comeback" Lyla
Doane, a ~Clear-headed, pretty stenogra-
| pher at n large manufacturing plant
Is In love with l1efty Sims, a young
Hercules employed in the freight de
partment Of the same concern.
Hefty, being made boss Of his de
partment with a raise Of wages to
$50 a week, urges LYla to marry him,
But she refuses and pleads with him T.
give up the job OF which he IL 30 proud
and to cultivate n talent he possesses
for mechanical drafting. Cogently she
| states her case.
My dads been n freight-heaver for
80 years" she says, land he'll die IN
| his o~vcralls notwithstanding. He reached
the top Of his job 30 years ago, Hetty,
| Just like you've reached the top OF
yours now, That's why I'm fighting
| you"
Then she voices her slogan: ITS
what a mans worth from the neck VI
that counts, not what he's worth from
the neck down
But Hefty is hard to persuade, "l
don't see myself throwing over no SIC
Job in the hand for no sttff-collar pc,
| have | got the biggest chest expansion
and pair Of biceps In this town for, i
It's not to turn them into good, stttl
pay? I'm ready to take care OF YOU
now, Lyla. III tackle the other aftel
we get II start"
Yes" she retorts. that's what pool
old dad kept saying TO my mother fol
90 years with us kids coming so fas'
that he couldn't leave off heavinl
freight long enough to even give hi
brain n sunday airing, much less TRAN
It. No man living Is ever going t,
earn my support for me from the necI
down"
Rut while they are still arguing tn,
matter Hefty IL drafted, sent away t
France, and mn back with n misSln'
arm and one eve gone. He Is received
with proud acclaim by the town aht
begins to rely on 1t. Only Lyla stand
aloof. He believes It's on account o
his dlsablement, but she %enlightens hin,
"Hefty, cant YOU see it?" she cries
That's what is behind the way ! act
You're no invalid, no has.been. Sou'v
got a big comeback in you II they
let you alone You're letting this tow
make n Cripple-a professional hero
out Of you. But you've got a biggc
chance now than YOU ever had in you
life. A fellow that never had time O
money for any more than a few year,
daY-sChool all Of "A sudden with tn
whole government behind him wantin
to educate him for any kind Of wor
he's fitted for"
There Is a good deal OF food 70
Thought in Miss Hurat's strong and In