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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
COMING OUT OF RUSSIA,

To those who have been clamoring
Tor so long for the recalling of the
Americans from Russia, who are
there as part of the allied forces, the
announcement to the effect that they
are to be withdrawn as fast as pos
sible comes as a pleasing bit of in
formation, whether It can he attrib-
uted TO the appeals which have been
made or whether 1t is because it has
been recognized that there isn't and
never has been any intention of keep
ing them there longer than it was
necessary to give the desired protac-
ton TO the stores which had been
gathered in the northern part Of Rus
ala for the relief of the Russian peo-
pie.
But the withdrawal of the forces
as soon as possible cannot mean that
they will be able to leave for some
time to come It will be June or there
abouts before it will be possible to
navigate IN the White sea. It is not
to be supposed that there will be any
abandonment of materials unless II
becomes abs <itely necessary, and TO
81 hAAtAll away titollS ItidL they IHuEI
60 by water rather than by land.
1t is a strange development which
has taken place in regard to Russia
That country was an ally of the en-
tente and every effort was made to
maintain it even after the revolution
took place. But Russia was torn by
dissention and 1t was unable to regain
its feet. Bolshevlsm then began to
raise havoc. giving fermany new en-
touragement and threatening the peo.
pie who still remained loyal to the al.
lies. In preventing this element from
getting possession of supplies which
II greatly needed it was necessary t
send forces to protect them and thai
protection resulted In combat wifi
those who had but short time pre-.
viously been friends. The expedition.
airy forces not being intended for Of.
fensive work, no war having been de.
cisred. the conflict between the allie.
and the central powers having ended
and efforts being made to get thu
Russian factions together the docis'
ION to withdraw those in tho Arcflan,
gel region can be regarded only al
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
OTHER VIEW POINTS

When the committee HAS decided
upon It's substitute bill, Instead Of
reporting it to the general assem-
bly, and putting upon Its passage, let
it hold another hearing, similar to
yesterdays and 60 over the details
of It's measure thoroughly. Then let
it revafnp the measure again. If nee.
essary, and finally present 1t to the
legislature. In that way Some of the
tactical errors in connection with the
Morrison bill may be avoided and the
result may Improve the schools of the
state.
All President Wilson viii have to
do in day when he gets back, will
be to reorganize the American rail-
roads make a dozen speeches adTocat-
ing the league of nations, receive sew.
enteen delegations of woman suffraA
gists, heal the alleged dessensions In
the cabinet, lay out the work of con.
gress for the rest of the season, and
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26

about equal to that of waterbury,
Conn, Elizabeth, N. j., or Fort Worth,
Texas
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
THE PRESIDENT IN BOSTON.

In his address at Boston. President
Wilson took occasion to refer not only
70 the tremendous task which is faced
by the conference at Paris and Yer
sailles in determining the terms OF
peace but ne was pleased to eXpound
on the hope for better things which
has been aroused among all nations,
the faith that is placed III This coun=
try and its ideals ard the responsible
itv which rests upon il to see that the
war is going to accomplish somed8ug
Tor the world besides the victory at
arms. the acquisition of TERRITORY and
the fixing Of peace terms which, as
has so often been the case in the
last. would be just as likely to be-
come scraps Of papers as certain ones
have in the past.
According to the president there is
a determination to bring about diff
fcrent situation. The delegates at the
conference he has found are fully
alive to the demands of their constit=
1s-nts. and in striving TO accomplish
what it desired it is necessary to do
more than to fix the terms fer ending
yhe recent conflict. It is necessary t.
provide not only for the carrying out
Of those terms but to prevent the re-
currcnce of past wrongs by having
the nations stand together for the
maintenance of the peace of the
world And he makes IT plain that he
is determined to fight for that very
thing
He made special effort TO set forth
the responsibility of this country IN
that respect and the part that it is
playing in arranging for a better fu-
ture because Of the trust that is
placed in it inasmuch as its conduct
has been such as to inspire faith in
its purposes and ideals. He pictures
in strong words the position of the
United States in its fight for the end
Yng Of oppression and insisted that
having put our shoulder to the whee
the task should not be left half done
u Is our duty to see it through un.
selhshly and do our part in seeing
that the guarantee amounts to sorlc.
thing.
II was only in this way that tn,
president referred to the league of ma
tons about which more enlightenment
is desired but he made 1t evident tina
we should back up our efforts whole
heartedly and not in a distintereste,
manner.
II was a general heart to heart tau
which was intended TO arouse tn
sympathy and interest of the peop1
IA support Of a supreme effort to pre-
vent the recurrence Of such a disaste
Or the world has recently experienced
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26

ever it is that holds up log jam had ,
shaken out with thge vibrations from
the furnace and catastrophe had de-
scended. ] might have been smother
ed but all the consolation got was
that I had mussed theru all UP when
she had them arranged so neatly.
"As for twine"-the Hyde Park man
paused from emotion. "Jf I open
drawer to extract clean shirt I get
tempt to drag out my Snaving things
or a book from the bookcase, a water
glass from the dish cupboard or d
carving knife from the Kitchen table,
bunch of rabid string jumps out and
winds about me like young octopus.
When Imegene wants to tic q package
she reaches around most anywhere in
the house and, dragging CUT d large
wad of twiIit'. begins TO hunt for an
end There are no ends: nothing. but
loops. When she has pulled out l 500
| or SO of these loops she frowils triHe
| and says, near me. Their, certainly
| must be an end to thai twtne.' After
| fifteen minutes flushed and breathing
hard, she does run across an end. She
pulls and at least ten inches of Irvine
emerge. Shifting her position, Imo-
gene bends over the task. Every few
seconds low mutterings. small excla-
nations and foot stampings radiate
from her. She bitches about nervous
ly in her chair and yanks and pulls.
IT have brought her home presents
Of completely fresh balls OF twine, but
she scorns them. She says her con-
science will net permit her to use them
until she has first utilized the waste
she has collected. At the rate she Is
disentanglin5 it she will get that stuff
all sorted out and wound p when she
is 4 lettering old lady of - and they
will print her picture along with thai
of the woman who ha.; spent sixty
one years piecing a quilt containing
$4,000 scraps Of cloth and of the mar
. who built house Of the nails ant
pieces of kindling wood he collected
, from the streets during an argus eyet
career of some seventy eight years
And | can't s,udge her from her heroiI
] self sacrifice
"Oh, WE'LL said the EToodlawn man
: mines the same wayi Why on eartl
| can't they collect something sensible
| | like collar b,ittons? Nobody ever hat
: enough collar buttons. ''-Exchange
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
w0MEN'S CURIOUS WAYS

II believe III economy declared the
man from Hyde Park, just as his
Woodlawn friend had located an In
teresting iteiu he wanted to read. IT
am thoroughly in favor Of helping the
government, ones own bank account
and achieving that satisfied feeling
that comes from seeing 81 where pre-
v:ously there had been only one, but
Iinogehe is running the thing into the
ground. That woman is SO thorough
that If she starts out to baIy d dozen
eggs at the present high prices, she
not only knows what part Of the coun-
try the eggs hail from, b,l. she is per-
s0nally acquainted with every feather
on the hen that laid 'em.
"And when she became ifnljued with
the mania TO save she proceeded on
the same principle. I approve Of saw
ing. I've always protested in a MUS
fcal BARITONE against her throwing
away suits and dresses and getting
new ones when there was still years
of wear in the others-wlat is mere
style?
However, with one leap Imogene
passed far Tcyond my ideals of econ
omy, For months eve,v scrap OF
wrapping paper, Irvine, rope and news
paper that has come into the house
she has seized and put away. have
not paid much attention to her girlisf
domestic rastimes or I expert l shoule
have inquired what she did with it
You might think it would Re impossi-
BILE to hide a regular Malterhorn o
paper in an ordinary house, but limo
gene is ingenious. AS stopped ovel
to shake the furnace the other nigh
something hit me on the head with
| dun smash. AS surrendered withou
word other swipes anil sina fol
| lowed and lay buried. I knew tn
| furnace hadn't blown up, 50 / conclud
ed the house had fallen in and that
lay beneath the wreckage Of thre
| stories. -..-.
AFTER hours during which Inogen
never came near to investigate my alb
sence-she insists I was no. rome NOR
than five minutes. but ] know better
erawled out. Tons Of ta'ed news
papers were beaving AMI sarEitg lik
the restless sea all over me and show
ing signs of taking fire. where the
rested against the furnace. She ha
stored them On some high shelves an
the kingpin or the Keystone or what
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
see 1,7si office STANDARDIZATION
Intfrta al


see 1,7el office STANDARDIZATION
Journal.
The general assembly Is doing ex.
eellent work in filling UP its waste
basket with rejected bills. Very few
Ct them have right to a place in the
statute books, which are already over
burdened.-Bristol Press.
General Pershihg having assured
lis that the overseas mail service is
all right, now says that the camp at
Bfest liz little short of ideal. The
generals optimism seems to be like
tl1at Of the Youth Of Quebec, who ad-
Ifiittea thst he was ''friz' but that
wasn't cold for Quebec.-Waterbu
Republican.
Indifference is a pump for drawing
secrets from women.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
For Prohibition But Not Fer Daylight
Savins or Woman Suffrade.

Mr. Editor: The letter by ~ Far
mer'' of Feb. 18th / thoroughly agree
with. To smash with the daylight
saving on a farm. I'd like to visit
Farmer No. 2's farm. It Gust be after
the war garden style, Xxi, grown to
weeds,
/ am a real farmer ana fully real
ize what it means to crawl on at s
a'clock in the morning. Anyone who
knows ANYTHING about farming wenld
not say hay was fit to cut early in the
morning.
1t is the sun that makes the day,
rot the government and praise the
Lord they can't change that.
Hurrah I say for prohibition. But
dcwn with daylight saving and wo-
man suffrage.
FARMER 10. 4.
Thompson, Feb. "a. 1919.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
the new time.

the new time.
Why should this plan of setting the
clocks ahead be called saving day
light anyway? The sun rises no ear
lier. (When the sun c2n be made to
come up an hour earlier you will find
the farmers as eager as anyone to
have the clocks set ahead and not till
them. It is not as though we had
not tried it out for we have.
The Rural New Yorker says, IS per
cent. of the farmers are opposed 10
the daylight saving law.
In closing let me ses all praise TO
the farmer in Daniels0h. His letter
rings like a true tiller of the soil
To the Brother Farmers In Wind
ham and New London counties there
is an amendment to reneal the day
light saving law before the senate and
the house. Get busy and write youl
representatives at Washington an6
help remove this breeder Of diseon'
tent and inefficiehcy..
HAIRY p. CHEsBRo.
Scotland, Conn, FEB. "a, 1919.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
WORKING for Peace,

People here complain because the
president neglects home affairs, and
people in Great Britain are making
precisely the same complaint: concern
ing their prime minister. Both men,
a day and they will be fortunate to
survive the peacemaking.-Sp Springfield
Republican.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
RaInw ZerA Part.

The peace conference cannot pre-
vent Germany from making Count Won
Bernstorff ono Of the delegates to re-
ceive the peace terms. but the Their
raemeter will record extreme frigidity
when he arrives.-Albaay Journal.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26

the logical thing to do. II IL unfor-
tunate that they cannot be started
home tomorrow
The evening world., 1919-01-25

Then the doctors began TO wonder
There was no physical reason why he
should not recovcr--yet he was fatl-
ng steadily. Instead Of the fine
looking boy In the early twenties he
should have been. he was coming TO
resemble n worn old man. And In
little while kindly Capt Bradford. the
Red Cross officer IN charge or the
ward. discovered that George Murphy
was literally dying OF homcsickness
and mother sickness The doctors
admitted. after due observation. that
Il he could not SEQ his mother he
would not live.
There was an appeal in the case
which could not be resisted by "the
father and mother, plain farming
people, could not afford to como to
New York The Rcd Cross was Just
on the point OF sending for them at
Is own expense when word was re-
ooiyed that friends and nelghbors in
Glendale. H., had passed around the
! hat and collected q travelling tund.
George Murphy took the first step
| on the road to real recovery the day
he heard dad and mother were IN
the way. Not many hours later they
were AT his bcdsIlEfdad smoking
his little old black cuddy pipe.
mother with her brown eyes, her
smile, her quaint old-fashloned black
| shawl.
The Red Cross had met them at
the station, ptloted them gently
through the mysterious maze OF New
York, ana established them In a
quiet home on West 25th Street, all
at no expense 10 themselves. A Red
Cross automobile called for them in
the mornings 70 take them to
Georges hospital.
Dad has gone back now 20 look
after tho farm, but mother Is stil
with her boy. Another hospital rule
has been stretched BIT ani she
brings in daily tho dainty custards,
cakes and jellies she has prepared
herself from the old fashioned recipes
The evening world., 1919-01-25
ANSWER TO THURSDAYS PUZZLE
HOD Many Fighters in This Flock?

which delighted George as a boy. The
two spend long. quiet happy hours to-
gcther In the corner OF tho ward.
which has been screened or for
them. And the best OF It Is that the
hnmc-and-mother medicine is help
ing George Murphy TO gain steadily
in strength, 80 that the doctors nave
good hope he actually win recover
use Of the limbs now motionless. and
so that they know he viii at least
grow well enough to be discharged
by and by from the hospital. take
examinations for a civil service po-
sltion and lead n life made reason
atly vAole
The evening world., 1919-01-25

to bo sot FREQ u 10 wear a black
dress. look pale and interesting and
smile sadly and mysteriously into mis-
eyes.
Take me case Of Mona Lisa. who
has smiled her way across four cen
turios- A homely woman. n ever
there was ono. Yet because OF a SD.
Iaded. crooked quirk OF the lips. $40
has engaged the Imagination OF every
man from ia viuci. who lfnmortalased
her in paint: Pater and Gautier. who
eternaized her In literature. to the
Italian thief who elopcd with her
from tho Louvre a few years ago.
Suppose Mona Lisa could talk? SUP
poe's she could explain that smile?
Men have invented a thousand FAM
tastio reasons for II, but the explana-
ton must no very simple PERHAPS
she was bored with da vinci. who of
course talked about himself while he
was painting her. Perhaps she was
amused by some gesture OF the mua-
clans he employed to keep her In
terested, perhaps the innocent prattls
OF some child bloomed like a sudden
primrose IN her gray thoughts. $40
may have been thinking even about
her husband. though every man win
consider II a decoration for me 70
suggest such a thing.
Anyway. every woman knows tnas
she smiled at some simple thing OF
every day. some beauty. some irony
OF the hour; yet because she knew
enough not 70 tell all. her pale. 'fssr
from perfect countenance has nred
the minds OF men for four hundrod
years. Yet have heard women call
her stupid.
The charm OF the woman othsr
women so describe depends very
often on the fact that she Is too
lazy or too Indifferent 10 explain
herself. Hence men endow her with
mystical merits she is too stolld To
deny. But no woman who marries
successfully in our age can be con-
sidered altogether dull. 515
For she has triumphed over many
obstacles and much competition. ~
Any one, no matter how limited
can marry n man under twonty- -fvs
or over sixty. But the girl who sue
ceeds in being led TO the altar by q
desirable male between those ages
has to be a master OF tactics and
strategy. l do not mean 10 assert
that she - working out her own
noblest destiny necessarily; merely
that, however empty her head may
appear. she must be In reality a high.
ly skilled fisher OF men. For there
are no more founders In the sea OF
matrlmony. And who wants 10 catch
a founder. anyhow There is no run
in fishing for something that comAs
over the side OF the boat with no
more fight than n II were the old
oaken bucket. And II you want to
troll for blueAsh or cast for striped
bass you have to get up az o'clock
and keep your eyes open every MIN
ute and you have 20 remember, also.
that a good fisherman never talks
much, even after the haul Is all as
sorted and ready for market.
The evening world., 1919-01-25

front line hospitals and 10 equip
them"
Mrs. Vanderbilt has been named
godmother several times over. She
numbers as her foster children the
entire Garbaldi legion OF 5000 mon
and a French battalion OF over l5,OUO
men. Bcsidn5 her work as dlrectress
NJ the Canteen Service OF the Red
Cross she also spent her SATURDAYS
as an inspector or military hospitals
N Paris, deyoting her Sundays to the
American Military Hospital No. at
Neuiny. which she had founded and
which, during the hrst four months
Of the war. she had helped to sup
port.
Sho does not consider finished the
heroic hnc devoted work which she
did without stint, but OF whioh she
can be induced to talk only in the
interests OF the Red Cross. She will
return % Franco wtthin six weeks.
The evening world., 1919-01-25

motor suddenly collapsed and Capt
Ben. who was with me, got out and
hghted match
-pamn YOU. souse those lights!
rang out from a canton not far from
m
-Capt Bell Immediately shouted
back that there was lady in the car
-The man answered: Wei, it's
neil OF a corner for lady
mo sooner were these words out OF
nds mouth than not hundred feet
away crashed bomb. scattering
shrapnel broadcast, fortunately no
pieces o. which bore the name OF any
one around us Az we drove away
from the spot we looked back to see
another shell explode night where we
had stood. During this trip did not
take of my clothes for four nights
and the cold was intense
But this was not an isolated expe-
rience for Mrs Vanderbilt On many
occasions since America entc cd the
war she has been under fire, has slept
out OF doors IN caves has not been
able 20 change her clothes for days at
a dine, has gone without meals when
she was hungry In order to meet a
rush Of work.
Mrs. vincent Astor has fried eggs
a1 a part OF her wer work. Mrs, Theo-
dore Roosevelt jr has made dough-
nuts Somebody asked Mrs Wander
bit II she too had performed the
manual tasks so foreign TO women OF
wealth and distinguished position in
tho pre-war days
pIsAoREEABLE WORK coNSID-
Erred A HIGH PRIVILEGE.
- ''Every American woman over there
who was there for service and not for
a good time did whatever came to her
to do" replied Mrs Vanderbilt I'VE
all scrubbed foora secured tables.
made beds, swept did anything there
was 10 do in the early days not
thinking about It as scrubbins floors
or doing disagroCable work. but TAX
ing It as a high privilege to be a
small factor in the Freat fight for
right"
'"The Red Cross can have every
thing I've got'" a young returned
warrior enthusiastically exclaimed t.
me the other day, after a story OF
how a Red Cross unit had saved his
The evening world., 1919-01-25

life" with coffee. doughnuts and Gig
arettes when he, being temporarily
penniless, had appealed in vain TO n
certain war relief organization AS
head OF the canteen department.
Mrs. Vanderbilt reports that thirty
American Red Cross canteens fed
from G,00o to 10000 soldiers daily, IN
addition to other canteen work for
the French soldiers and for the avia-
tors. Nor was there anything OF the
"embusque' about the Red Cross
canteen worker. The big guns had
no terrors for her.
MANY WORKERS OFTEN UNDER
SHELL FIRE.
we were near the front on many
occasions" Mrs Vanderbilt de-
clared. MANY OF our workers were
under she'll fire. They have known
what 1t Is to sleep In the abris or
tents for days and days at a time,
scarcely closing their eyes at night
when awakened by the omSnous
whirr OF the GothaS At Chalons
some OF our girls did not sleep in
beds for Ave months They Just
wrapped themselves up in blankets
and, taking pillows, went into the
abris or the woods. where they were
shclled and shelled and shelled.
sometimes Just a handful OF them,
FIVE or six, would serve from 5000 to
10000 men n day, working in eight
hour shifts, but often rallying to
emergencies and working as long as
twenty-four hours at time without
even taking a minute 10 lie dowa-
''At Chantilly also they were bomb
ed constantly. In the Evacuation Hos
pital the canteen girls worked con-
tinuously, sleeping In tents in the
mud Just as the doughboys dld-and
never a word OF complaint from them.
They looked upon themselves as Just
as much a part of the game OF war
al tho boys who wero fighting in
the trenches, realizing that theirs was
but minor part in comparison with
the tremendous misery and privation
OF the soldiers. tell you our girls
over there were just wonderful. No
work was too hard for them 20 do
and no hours too long. and when It
was over they did not return to warm
rooms in comfortable homes.
even in Paris they had tiny rooms
The evening world., 1919-01-25
THREE IN ONE.

A SPORTSMAN Of great imagina-
~ tive gtt was telling how at
one shot he had bagged two
pnrtrdges and a rabbit. His ex-
planation was that, though he had
hit only one partridge, the bird in
falling had clutched at another par
fridge and brought that to earth en-
tangled in its claws
"But how about the rabbit" he was
asked.
'oh." was the calm reply, my gun
kicked and knocked me backward
and | fell on the rabbit as IL ran past =
-Boston M Anscript