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Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-28

It's real home, Cornelia, couldn't give higher praise. Lots of people have gorgeously furnished apartments, but the charm of home is seldom there. But here"-Mrs. Con nery waved her hand expressively- you have solid comfort combined with beauty"
 Her glance rested apperciatively on the soft toned rugs, lustrous hangings, deep tufted, inviting easychairs and lingering long on the huge jade vase filled with golden blossoms-the touch of color the room needed.
 There's an atmosphere of peace ard rest"
 You feel it, too?" asked Cornelia eagerly. My dear, I want to tell you all about it now. I couldn't before. l was afraid to voice my plans until l knew for sure that Bob would soon be back. This little home has been growing in my heart since the day he sailed I made VOW then that if he returned he'd have real home to come to. If he were wounded or crip- pied he'd need it, and if he were well he'd want it.
 "All this awful year I've hoped and prayed that Bob would be spared to me. Then" Cornelia laughed nervous ly, when the fighting stopped and l got my cable from him I almost died of joy. Such a load was lifted from my heart If he had been among those whe never return l should have felt always and forever that l was being punished for my great selfishness.'
 "Selfishness"! exclaimed Mrs. Con nery.
 "i mean it" Cornelia returned sol emnly You lifted the scales from my eyes the day I told you about my ln- sisting on Bob's claiming exemption What you said about my pcefeTTing a suite in hotel, and my financial in dependence, to solving housekeeping problems has haunted me ever since for Bob did want a little home SC badly-and 1 just couldn't see it Many's the night I've sobbed myself to sleep, and dreamed that he and were keeping house, and that i was wearing big gingham aprons and cook ing-aHd eVerything-dnG then I'd wake up to loneliness and suspense.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-28
DRE:SSMAKER
 SAVED FROM OPERATION
By Taking Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound
 in Time.

Ithaca, NY" Three years ago l suffered from pains in my right side. 90
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-28

Norwich, Friday, Feb. 2s, 1919
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
CLEANLINESS BEGINS AT HOME

HARRY G. GEAR, superintendent of
= the Nicetown Boys Club, has gone to
Chicago to tell the conference of the
Boys Club Federation that the way for
boys to start cleanup campaign is to
begin with their hands and faces, not
forgetting their necks.
The Hunting Park avenue organization
has won success because its promoters
have hammered away at the fact that the
first step toward becoming a good Ameri
can is to be physically clean American,
When clean face and clean hands
were made the price of admission to
movie show the Nicetown Club boys were
given conclusive evidence that cleanli-
ness was something distinctly worth
while.
OF the multitude of messages" being
delivered from the platforms of the coun-
try, that of Mr.. Gear is far from being
the least important
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
ENGLAND IN THE EAST

LNROM Egypt into China they have builded
them a wall
They have held the front of Eden from the
Teuton and his thrall; ..1 .a-- at
On the snowy stairs of Elburz you may hear
their buges call.
'Ye are safe Be at ease! Ye are safe ="
There are gardens in the southland where
the Tartar may not go;
There is dewy corn in Babel where the desert
used to blow;
In the vineyards over GAIA you may see
the grapes aglow:
1e are safe BE at ease! Ye are safe!
You shall watch the ships adrifting with the
Tigrs under keel:
In the crooked streets of Bagdad you shall
see the camels kneel
With the good things out of Persia that the
robber could not steal:
Ye are@afe Be at ease! Ye are safe!
In the brain of wounded England lay the
silence for span;
Then she rose and wrought a marvel by the
steppes of Turkestan:
Oh, ye women folk of Irak! Oh, We chill
dren Of Iran!
Ye are safe! Be at case! Ye are safe!
-Rhys Carpenter, in Scribner's Magazine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

THE first session Of the SiXty-siNth
Congress has begun, and the program
of organization arranged in the confer
ences of Republican senators and repre-
sentatives has been carried out.
There is much work to do before the
close of the fiscal year; so much. in fact
that if the time shall be consumed with
much talk it cannot be done.
The country is not concerned just now
with the views of congressman on the
state of the nation. 1t is concerned with
action which will permit the government
to function properly after July /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
MORTALITY AND MILLIONS

A LII the millions of lite Ninson Walsh
"A Mclean, all the innumerabe safe
guards with which he had been sur
So did the jeweled armor of Achilles.
though Vulcan himself had forged it. SO
did all the multitudinous protective in
fuences to which the Grand Dauphin" of
France was subjected to preserve him
for a throne which he never assembled
Since time began fate has been ironically
impatient of either bargains or persua-
sion. Its terrible mood of whimsy is in
scrutable.
American babies and American boys
daily face perils from which the nine
year-old heir to two hundred million
dollars was exempt. The destiny which
SO often saves them, sometimes for noble
deeds and high accomplishments. some
times for obscure careers and failure, is
seemingly without plan. The immanent
will, with which there can be no traffick-
ing, is all that is revealed
Vinson Walsh Mclean seems to have
been fine, manly lad, whose possession
of great fortunes might perchance have
been the least of valid claims to recogni-
tion. His grief-stricken parents know
what they have lost. 1t has little to do
today with his huge inheritance. If all
his expensive coddling made him good
boy" it bitterly intensifes their loss. As
challenge to fate, however. it was as
fruitless as was the invulnerability bath
which Thetis gave Achilles.
She neglected the heel, whereat death
struck.
There las neither in Trojan days nor
is there now an antitoXin for mortality.
Neither is it discoverable VIII vitality is
so strong with many human beings tossed
upon the most dangerous seas Of life.
Natures above art in that respect"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. Nancy is the current slang name for
the Navy Curtiss (NC) airplanes.
Q. Important seats of the Skoda Works, the
huge munitions plants which made the
Austrian big guns used in the war, are
Prague and Vienna.
8. Hsu- -Shh Chang is president of China.
A. Consortium is law term meaning fell
lowship, partnership, union.
5. A pinnace is small, usually two
masted vessel.
6. Anthony Hope Hawkins is the real
name of Anthony Hope, the novelist.
7. Jonathan Swift on Thoughts on Va z
rious Subjects" wrote "Censure is the
tax man pays to the public for being
eminent" 81
s. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was an
eminent British mathematician and
logician. Under the pen name of
Lewis Carroll he is world famous as
the author of "Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland and Through the Look
ing Glass. ;"
0. The Cornish prefix ''tre," employed IN
such words as Trelawney. Tremayne.
Trevelyan and Trepassey, means 4
town.
10. A crenellated tower has open spaces Il.
an embattled parapet for shooting
through.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
DON'T GET EXCITED

| CERTAIN senators seem be unduy
excited over the report from Paris
that the peace treaty contai: 5 provi-
sion that it shall be effective from the
date when it is signed by three of the
great powers of the Entente Alliance.
The most volatile of them are insisting
that this is "tricll" provision inserted
for the purpose Of coercing them to-
pocket their objections and agree to the
treaty so that other nations may not
enjoy the benefits of the resumption of
commercial relations with Germany be-
fore we get that opportunity.
twenty-five nations were at war with
Germany The Peace Commission might
have arranged that the treaty should not
go into effect until it had been signed by
every one Of the twenty two. Assuming
that the reports of the three power clause
are correct, the commission has decided,
in the interest Of the early resumption of
friendly relations, that peace shall be
declared when a majority of the five great
belligerent nations have signed the docu-
ment
And the. have not set any new prece-
dent. If the senators will turn to the
volume containing the treaties and con-
ventions between the United States and
other countries, issued from the Govern
ment Printing Office, they will find there,
in an arbitration treaty with sixteen
Latin-American countries, the following
provsioH
This treaty shall be binding on the
states ratifying it from the date on which
five signatory governments have ratified
the same
We do not suppose that even the mad
dest of the senators thinks that this coun-
try can prevent Great Britain, France,
Italy and Japan from making peace with
Germany save on the terms which the
American senate thinks proper. If they
will use little hard thinking as a seda-
tive they will in time be able to talk of
the peace treaty without a rise in their
temperature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

nine fingers. the eyes of all interested
will turn to st. Louis, where those attend
ing the one hundred and thirty-frst gen
eral assembly Of the Presbyterian Church
will discuss the quality of feminine
tongues.
William Jennings Bryan will be among
those who will help decide whether or not
women shall be permitted to be minis
ters and elders. 1t may be that he will
deprecate the forcing of the issue because
of his belief that in case of emergency a
million women will be able to spring to
the pulpit at the first forensic call.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
What Do You KnoW?
QUIZ

1. What French town is the headquarters
of the Austrian peace delegation?
. What is the meaning of Ponta Delgada !?
3. Who was Daedalus?
4. What is the nationality of Harry G.
Hawker, the aviator?
5. Who invented the shrapnel shell?
6. What is meant by the "Storm and
Stress" period (Sturm und Drang) in
German literature?
7. Who said II am glad was not born
before tea?
s. Why is Dublin so called?
8. What is the second largest city in
Sweden?
10. What is the numerical title of the Con-
gress which began its special session
yesterday?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
WISE COUNSEL PREVAIL S

fNHE decision of the opponents of Sun
day sports in the parks not to seek
the arrest of those who played tennis
and baseball in Faiimount on the first
day of the week is wise.
They are content with protesting
against the disregard of their view of
the proper use of Sunday, apparently for
the reason that they have discovered that
public sentiment supports the action of
the Park commissioners in formally per-
mitting Sunday sports.
This is better than attempting to
secure the punishment of lot of inno-
cent young persons for indulging the
natural instinct for play in the open ON
the only day of leisure which they have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
A Graceful Apology

Dear Socrates-I'm in deep distress, as
by reading my letter you may guess. for I
learn from your columns, Socrates, I've un-
Willingly sat on u lady's knees, and it comes
as a shock to see in paper that one has
been cutting such a caper. So, as this is
certain to meet her eyes, please give me
space to apologize, while. my impoliteness
to refute, I'm handing the lady my best
salute.
remember the way her escort smiled,
how his chat with us the ride beguiled in
that blamed old car that was packed so tight
when we went 20 tie circus on Shriners'
night How the dear little girl between the
two gazed solemnly up meath her bonnet
blue. but the lady effaced herself so well
what she looked. like I really couldn't tell.
When ! think that she held upon her knee
a hefty leatherneck like me- you can bet it
isn't blessings / call ON Duncan Mcdonald
Of Montreal, who was hailed as having such
foresight far when projecting the pay-as-
you enter car.
Nv carelessness fills me so with shame that
T haven't the nerve to write my name, so I
sign myself. a repentant chap,
THE MARINE WHO SAT ON
SUB ROSA'S LAP.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
FINGERS AND TONGUES

.DR. CHARLES H, LAWALL, dean of
~ the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy,
declares all objections to women as phar-
macists disappeared during the war and
all experience has proved that in many
ways women are more desirable than
men, their fingers being less clumsy, their
habits neater and their methods more
pai,sstaking-
Competent authority in Philadelphia
4{i1lG conceded the superiority Of femi-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

As all chestnut trees
Under the Spreading are subject to blight
Chestnut Blight in this part of the
country. American
press humoriSs will be constrained to plant
horse chestnut tree on the first day of
their convention in this city. John Barley
corn, who is to be planted at about the
same time. will thercupon doubtless indulge
in a horse laugh.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
vlvacIous critter!

Dear Socrates Very humbly solicit
vour helb in deciding this most vital ques-
ton. Whose hand did the French lieuten-
ant kiss Friday night at the Academy after
the Victory Loan meeting!
Her Pome
Oh, to, be utterly utter
To utter, to sputter, to stutter:
lust to fit from fit to filter
Al have folks say, "Vivacious critter!" :"
CExit from the right, skipping merrily)
TOOTSY ROWL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
Short Poems on Great Topics
The plane to hop with
Is a Sopwith.

The especially sensitive wireless plant at
Ballybunnion, on the northwest coast Of
County Kerry. Associated Press dispatch
One would naturally expect Balybunnion
TO be sensitive. But it ought to be on the
toe of Cornwall.
Why be alarmed at the delay of the Ger
man Hunvoys to sign the treaty? The
longer they haggle the more Of those delicious
French meals they will be able to intern.
Yet it's hard to please real German.
One of the Berlin correspondents at Yer
sailles complains that the German delegates
are crazed by the good food they are get
ting.
The favorte toast of the German beer
gardens these days is '"The Fourteen Pints.'
Life will soon be nothing but rootbeer and
skittles.
We sometimes think, after studying haber-
dashers' windows, that most of those who
wear silk shirts must be color blind.
A German may be down, but he's never
out of talk.
The farewell address to the most en-
tangling alliance ever known will be enunci-
ated at midnight on June 30.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Attacks on govern
Knocking the Boost ment war expepdi-
lures to be effective
must be directed with wise appreciation Of
the fact that expediency and necessity are
great cost boosters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

If Uncle Sam needed as many gas bags
as he needs aviators Congress might point
the way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

OF course the real interest centers be
hind the scenes, where the wire -pullers work
the congressional marionettes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Ratification of the treaty may be q
comfort to the Armenans-if there are any
of them left at that time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Henry Ford is now
flivving ON Rails considering a tin Liz
zic street car. with
gasoline drive. He will have to hurry up
with it or it will be superseded by the tin
lizzie airplaue for short hauls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Serious problems -"
wait anu see wires correspondent
in Washington, 'con
front Congress- One of these problems is
named Lodge and the other is named Borsb
But are they really serious?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Germany must submit to the sentence
of the court, but may hope for commutation
for good behavior.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Perhaps the fact that it does not wholly
satisfy anybody proves it to be good
peace. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Paderewski has described bolsbevism
as war against the toothbrush. If he had
said "hairbrush" it might have sounded TOO
nprsOnal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Maybe the three nation clause is
paravane that President Wilson attached
to the ship of state to defect mines in con.
gressOnal waters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Constant Reader So far as we can
learn there is no truth in the assertion the,
the crest OF the House of Burlesop IL =
snail rampant on an aviation field.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

And along comes an
Robblng the Robin Illinois professor Of
OF Glory zoology who declares
that the robin is not
harbnser of spring. Some guy will be
knocking the crocus and the pussywillow
next.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
ne,rrIers Burned Away"

We hare remarked before that some Of
,be most surprising adventures IN life occur
~ .eco0d- hand bookstores. As proof of this
Games me foiiolviHo letter from oar friend
j. M. Shislds;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

OF course. Ebert would be delighted II
the American Senate should reject the treaty
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is cFClW
sircly entitled to the uSc tor republication
Of all nerS dispatches crcducd TO il or not
othcr,riSe credited IN this paper. ami also
the local nc,rS pubhShed therein.
An rights Of republication Of special dis
patches herein arc also rcScrrCd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Mr.. Marconi shares in the honors of the
overseas fight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Racial cross currents may vet cause
disaster to many ships of state ia Balkan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

What Bulgarian revolutionaries banker
after is rope enough with which 10 hang
themselves. A larist for the preletariat
pleased
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

If anything could have accentuated the
unsullied heroic splendor of the whole
phenomena it was the element of rivalry
injected by the British competition. No
recorded race was ever akin to this one.
None grappled with miracles with such
epic confidence and such grandeur of
daring.
What practical effects will come of it
all in the future cannot be forecast.
What has taken place within the last
decade had been enough to chasten eau
tious prophets. What comes of it today
is glorious cleansing of the soul of man.
Once again he dares to be strong, clean
and great-and he is winning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

To paraphrase well-known advertising
slogan, the Wilson label protects the peace
table.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
REAL HOME RULE
Cities in Michigan and Several other
States Have Power to Make and
Amend Their Own Charters

uOW modest are the charter revision bills
IL before the Legislature in their promises
for giving home rule to this city will be
better appreciated by the residents Of cities
in states which permit municipal home rule
than by citizens of Philadelphia.
There is no home rule when the city is
required to go to the state lawmaking body
when it wishes TO amend its charter. Nirtu-
ally the only home rule provision in the
bills--arguments on which legislative
committee are hearing today-is that which
gives to the city the right to decide whether
work for which definite specifications cannot
be prepared may be done by contract or di-
rcctly by city department.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
Victims Of
Speed Mania

and nineteen injured, testify in at least
one instance to the fact that. though speed
regulations for automobile drivers are per
haps already sufficiently drastic. there is
no effective remedy for plain foolishness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

If the theories of his
Has later life have proved
Wider Range correct, Sir William
Crookes has since
April 4. when he passed away, made
greater discoveries than in all the wonderful
years Of his earth life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

craft which helped to save Europe and
our own land in the war crisis. The navy
has CALAMITY justified the tradition it
has so consistently maintained through
all our history.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
WORK RATHER THAN WORDS

Ph.Iudelphto. Tuesday. Ma, 20. 1910
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20
TWELVE states have constitutional

TWET.NE states have constltutlonaI or
l. statutory provisions which give the cities
control in greater or less degree over their
local affairs and over the processes by which
those affairs shall be managed. Arizona,
California. Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Texas and Washington have
granted home rule to cities with a population
in excess of fixed minimums. In Colorado
the minimum population is 2000. In Mis-
souri, it is 100000. Michigan. Minnesota,
Ohio and Oregon permit cities and villages,
regardless of their size to decide within
certain limits how they are to be governed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

Sundays automobile
accidents in the Phil
adelphia district. with
their toll of four dead
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-12

Jongleur do Notre Dame" "Manon"
Don ouiclotte,' "Thais," "Dinorah."
The Tales OF Hoffman," la Boheme,"
Madam Butterfly" "Tosca," Tho Bar
Der OF Seville" al Trovatore." "Aida."
"Rigoletto," ia Traviata'' and FRAN
cesca da Rlmini."
Tho Friends OF Music announce that
their first public concert this season will
he a recital by the French pianist Alfred
Cortot. 1t will take place at Aeolian
Hall on Wednesday afternoon, Jnnu-
AIRY 20.
Tho recital TO be given ny Rudolph
CAM at Aeollan Hall Thursday after
noon, January 20, for the benefit of tho
Societe Mutuellc DIES Professors du Con
servatoire de Paris will be the pianists
only recital of tho season in New York.
Jascha 1Yeifetz, whose recital was ar
nouricad for New Years afternoon in
Carnegie JIall and then was postponed
owing to the violinists second attack OF
influenza, will give this concert on Feb
ruary .. The tickets sold for the post
poned recital Will DO good for the new
date.
Plans for 4 musical festival to ccle-
brate victory were formulated AT the Ill
rectors' meeting held recently of ths
Oratorlo. AZ this meeting il was unan,-
rnouslv decided, following the sugges-
ton OF Walter DatnrosCh. the societNs
leader, that the next pratorio Society
concert ON March : should offer wiz
tory programme" All the choral num-
hers on Oh n programme will he esreciallv
selected to symbolic the world war and
final victory. TO round ont the idea
~ n victory and peace festival the SO
cietv VIII combine with the Synnhouv
Society IN performances on March Il
and 10 OF ReethoN ems Ninth symphony
with its choral flnal typfy,nG the b-oth
erhood OF man and tho world miller
mum.
The full programmes 90 The festival
will he announced later.