Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-04-22
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Old gentlemen was the description
recently applied to the directorate of
busy commercial concern. The
critics suggested an age limit for di
rectors. az = . 1853
A Daily Chronicle representative
sought the views of one of Britain's
leading business men, who is ap-
preaching three scorezyears and ten.
When is a director too old?'' was
the question. and the answer was
'Nevec-so long as he retains his
mental vigor and is ready to accept
modern ideas"
Age in itself really has very little
to do with 1.-THE question is one of
efficiency" said the speaker. THE old
tag, "A Woman is a sold as she looks,
and man is as old as he feels, is as
true today as it ever was.
Men contemptuously called dug
outs have probably been incompe-
tent all their lives. The fact is that
a director of 20 can be just as useful,
if not more so, than a youngster of 35.
But he must not lag behind the times
II he keeps up with modern ideas and
methods, on proof that they are
sound, he is a valuable asset to any
business concern, because, in addition,
he has acquired the ripe wisdom of
long commercial experience.
You don't often find an old head on
young shoulders. When you do. you We
found something worth having.
"Of course. the old fashioned old
man has earned his retirement. But
the w-fashioned old man-progres-
sive, keen on new ideas and modern
methods, stabilized by years of eNpec-
ience-is worth his weight in god.
Mount Eiburz, the Caucasian peak
that towers 200 fee higher than NJ t.
| Blenc has been puAziing the world by
| bursting into activity after the lapse
Ct untold ages.
! Elburz is surmounted h., two vol
Cdnic craters, connected by Il saddle
! Or ridge. Near the base OF the great
dome which supports this are traces
| of a long extinct cone surrounded by
! lava; the remains of crater that
burned itself out in some remote geo.
logic age. before the glacial period ar
rived
There are other instances of a, vol
canic mountain enjoying Second in
nfngs.'' Vesuvius. for instance, stands
on the long extinct crater of Monte
Somma, and ether examples are the
| Peak of Teneriffe and Barren island
in the Bay of Bengal. Mount Shasta
in Northern California after having
lain buried under vast fields of ice
again renewed its activities There are
somewhat similar instances in Scot
land, where extinct craters have beer
built UP on the ruins of others whose
age can be reckoned only in geologi-
cal periods.
| Sir Arthur Conan DoyIe's familiar
proved of very practical assistance t.
him the other day. the creator o
Sherlock Holmes walked into hi
study, and after some indecisiol
drifted over to the wastepaper has
ket plunged his arm into the litter
and-eXtracted a valuable war offic
document relating to the history o
the war! 1t had blown from the tab1
into the basket.
I've never dcne such a thing be
fore said Sir Arthur, in narratinG tn
circumstances, and the unusual cours
OF action which he followed with sue
good results he attributes wholly t
, the promptings of his familiar
/ Brisbane, the scene of fred fla
+ riots" caused by a Russian mob, re
calls our former Titanic warfare fo
the freedom Of the world. This capits
of Queensland bears the name of 81
= Thomas Brisbane, who fought throug
g the Peninsular war under Wellington
t by whom he was styled the time
keeper of the British Army"
General Brisbane was not only
-. distinguished soldier. but an eminer
astronomer. Riding over some hig
ground after the battle Of vittoria, h
: exclaimed: What glorious site for
S observatory" Soon after his landin
lin Australia he established near Syd
a Iley an observatory where he compile
: the first valuable catalogue Of stal
= visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
= Sir Edward Bulfin, who has SUI
ceeded General Watson as commar
deri n-chief in Egypt, is a name lit
Il known to the general public. B,
Y those who followed closely the even
e iii the first six months of the war wi
o remember that General Bulin di
very notable work, for which he W;
promoted to the rank of major gel
> eral.
S He was severely wounded at Il
Ii first battle Of Ypres, and subsequen
o ~ went to Salonica. Later we heal
: OF him as comma nding one of Il
corps which captured Jerusalem Al
~ it was his great ability as an organ
ger and leader, and his determin;
ton in attack and dash, and drive
: pursuit" as General Alienby said
<, his dispatch. that gained him
" knighthood.
Nature in her own way is lookil
: after the solitary war graves scatter,
n throughout the shell shattered Plea
e dy countryside. Those that lie in Il
= thrice -fought-o ground betwe'
} Albert and Combies are covered wi
! early spring primroses. In Lieramo
/ the daftodiis are blooming. and t