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Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
BOOKS AND POTATOES

Perdita had written a book, an act which in itself is harmless enough, but one that in Perdita's case seemed to have a bad effect on the author. Yet it wasn't much of a book, and to an impartial observer, it might seem like the baked potatoes that Perdita some times served to Paula little hard and underdone.
 But though most people know when baked potato is done, there are few who are competent to judge as to whether book is sufficiently we'll baked, and Perdita, though she was not able to impose upon Paul with the potatoes, believed that she might i'm pose on the public with her books. l And on the day the book came out she remarked to Paul at breakfast: T think l will stay at home today l Why demanded Paul.
 well, you know, the book will ap- | pear in all the book stores this nor ing and I wouldn't like to be made conspicuous by the fact and have peo- pie pointing me out as the author" ] "Oh," said Paul. T suppose it's like 1 having ones wedding invitations out; ! the bride doesn't like to make her ap- pearance on the street when she is conscious of this fact"
 Besides" went on Perdita, ignor- 1 ing allusions to brides, who were in significant creatures compared to au- increases, there might be some tele- phone calls from the newspapers, o1 visits from reporters, or
 Well. don't give them my photo granh in case thev should want th, world to see the face of the husband of the authoress, and, really. Perd ta I do think you ought to go out for little while for your healths sake a least"
 But Perdita said that she would take her exercise in the yard. and tha she must be re3r the telephone an' bell for, inasmuch as she had n' maid to receive any messages hoy was she to know what she had misse, if she went out.
 As he walked to his train Paul sa
 to himself that really Of all the want ties of which women were guilty tlai writing of books was the most deadly And Perdita said to herself:
 T think I'll put on my mauv
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
LICENSING LAWsREAKERS.

Many things that the government does are puZzline. Perhaps none is harder to understand than the recent ruling oi the internal revenue depart ment to the effect that professional gamblers will not only be expected to make return on their earnings and deduct from their income such losses as they incur. but that those engaged in the violation of the law will be protected against prosecution when they make inquiries or pay taxes or incomes obtained by breaking tha law This likewise applies to the moon- sinner against whom the revenue de partment has for years been making a stubborn fight.
 According to the ruling ot one de rartment of the government those engaged in law violations have noth ing to fear from it so long as ,hey | come forward with their income ta, i payments. and the inference Is tha tle larger tax they can pry tie more welcome it will he. regardless as tc how it is obtained
 Is it to be expected that the mur. derer can forward and pay au;incont tax on tho loo. that he has obtainet after shooting and llnifins his victim l without any move being made on tn 1 rart of this denartment to bring hin ! 70 justice? Is it to he supposed tha ! the courterfeiter can nly his trad i with perfect immunity go long as h 1 is regular in his income tax pay l noents? Can the man who plans tr | violate the prohibition law in the fu ture by bootlesging or running a loIin; l tiger go unnoticed hy this deDartmen : so long as i, gets certain percent
 age of inc business9 Can tho bursla
 step up and pay q tax and go uumo tested?
 Such may be the way to gather 1
 the revenue but it can hardly be re
 earded ds good departmental coopera
 t'on or proper effort to uphold th
 laws of the country. r. is just t}l
 opposite 10 what Is followed ir mos | cases and amounts to much the sam
 thing as a license.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Ii is announced that he reaee con- lCFcnce Comnittee on ieparation has decided that Germany must pay war rill of s120,0l0 000,00 Nc Goubt Ger many justly ewes that lnucn and more. n the devastated countries, hut how is that or any large amount to be col rcted-without the employment of e'- ns--from | people wi1o persist in
 playing possum." pretending that they haven't got T cent Waterbury Dem otrat.
 The announcernTot that Senator
 odse of Massa achusetts and Dr. Low ct, president of Harva,l university
 arc to hold q icint debate upon the l"ague of nations con<rnant will stir
 the country. ir times past great de-
 hates have been common. TnF one be- tV cen Douglas and l.inculn is inn r.ortal, And it is Onlv proper that sl:cLI discussions should take place l. is time .Ec public Was informed what was before them. They are ! ;tE'fld to change a great ro1icy. Frank statements ought to he forthcoming. Nothing will do more to provide this than q public debate between two such leaders of hoUght-Bridgjp port Stand afd-Telegra1n.
 The Connecticut laho~ council comes
 very close to less maieste- to American . Eolshejsrr an.l the I. ". ", when it l dt Clares that the funds raised for the 1 benefit Of Mooney are being used for l prrposes for which they wtre not in ! tended. Most people, who have 1 watched the progress Of rhn Mooney 1 d@fense committee, agrea with Seere- tary Ornourn that the fund is now ] being devoted more in the upbuildins 1 nF | II Is T ferse of Mooney. Trade unions, such 1 ae are represented in the Connecticut federation slo not naoi to have it 1 pointed out that the bo!shavists wish 1 to destroy tte trade unions just as i ferycntly as they do tho t5urgeoise-- Ansonia Sentinel.
 The War Time History ct the First inf7ntrE and the First Military Dis tIict. Connecticut State Guard. makes aH interesting little hooklet Tine State Guard was forne,i in haste tr meet an emergency. The haste die not prevent lhoroughne5s. The Guarc
 was established on a sound basis, il was organized with intelligence and 6 keen eye for it's military possibilities Ii has been faithful, re!iahte and eff fl tent, With the State Guard avail
 able the Staie has passed through the
 trying period of the war without dis taster, disturbance or disorder. WI : sEall never know what might havt happened had the states enemies no heen fully aware that there was read!
 for instant service larg4 militar.
 body of real effective1eas.--Har
 Times
 Housing shortage is manifesting it self all over the nation. If course certain amount of building will result hut until the plan is uffc'ed to tn
 average citizen that it $ cheaper |
 own than to ray rent, housing will con time to be a question. The education . along taxation lines has Lcen 10 dis courage the real propec[T owner an 1T looks as if it would continue tfa . way until the limit is finally reache . bl the political element responsibl
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
BIG PACKER AS WAR TIME AID.

A new idea of the great part played
 by America iu feeding t!.e allied forces
 in Europe Is given in ;he 1919 Year
 Book of Swif. & Company, which has
 just been issued.
 Tn 1918 these products shipped abroad totaieli 5so,35S.769 pounds
 more than three times the amount shipped in .3I4. the frs ear Of the war The posi, product shipments to- tailed .691,454. .53s pouIi1s as against 921 ,913,029 in 19l4-an incl ease of S3 per cent
 During tn, year ending November | 1918, Swift X Company alone shipped 160,0e0,000 pounds of nIeat and meat products to the American army and navy at horce and ahrnal and to the allied nations for their armies and civilian populations. Tie Year Book
 says: This amounts to aiout 26,0e0
 carloads of meat. which would make 1 d single train 200 miles leMg''
 l Some of tl:e difiiculties; encountered 1 in shipping gre shown in ,te follow i ing.
 i "The meat for Europe has gone in l fleets of vessels under convoy. and the Food Adn1in:stra ton has often been unable to know very faf' in advance when cargo space woult be available.
 For this reason Swift & Company has I frequently been notified that q certain l numhe. Of millions of pounds would be wanted at a certain nors m ithin a few days Swift & ComraNv has 4Tten ! had shipments on the way to the sea board within a few hours after the orders have been received and be ! lieves that it has met witl signal suc- cess in the filing of such NIsh orders 1 The packing industry was able te adapt itself to wartime demands per naps more q ';ekly than any other in aUstrv. If ttlis industry had not beer organized on q large scale along na- tional and even international lines, i would never nave been able 10 answel all demands as nronlp:!y as it has
 many changes in methods and have
 made it necessary for us to increase
 our facilities in many respects.
 For example. wher. the United
 States entered the war. there develop ed q demand for canned hacon fol Q shipment to our soldiers overseas Swift & Cor1pany immediately tool
 over 6 semi completed soar factor, |. and within thirty days had installed , the necessary machinery and was fill ing Government contracts. More thai 1, 1 a million pounds of bacon n week. nav often been canned in ti.is factory , This means that our soldiers hay
 been getting fine, cured, smoked bacar
 whereas the Allies have been demand : ing only salt, unerrolzed tacon, whicl does not tve to be canned.
 , Another example showing the GO } operation that we hay, offered tn ) Government was when me Govern
 ment found it necessary to have iarg ] i quantities of butter, which it bough : for overseas shipment. p': into cans ] Swift x Company. aloro among tn { big butter handlers Of ti?c country, wa l willing to install the necessary equip 9 ment, and in the course of tllree week:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13

have been imposed upon the sale of habit forming drugs, and the efforts which have been made to enforce them, it is disclosed that in this as in other instances the laws are such that they can be circumyented. At tracted by the handsome profits which go with the illegal trade there are those who are permitted to deal in or prescribe narcotics who care nothing for the effects which are bound to be produced upon humanity. All they are interested in is the long green. II is through such channels that much of the misery is being made possible and it is quite evident, regardless ot the good effects of such legislation as has been passed. that the alarming use of drugs will not be properly checked until such people are com pletely denied the opportunities they have to profit from such cowardly business
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
THE RIGHT ACTION.

Tn view of the. feeling against ev- erything German it was only what was to be expected when there was an outburst of expression against the intention of giving German comic opera performances in New York. Even those who were promoting the idea should have recognized the fact that they were playing with fire suf7 ficisntlv to have refrained from un- Gertaking any such production at this time. II is difficult to understa nd how they could have thought there would have been q teleration Of any thing Of that kind now wheE peace Has not as vet been signed, when funds are still being raised for the ~flief of the people Of Europe who
 70 been left, in such distressing
 'diti"1 hv the war which HerIna " led and when prejudice continues SC strong against anything which bears the name German
 The packer of t'-e idea is a German alien and it was his rlau to provide entertainment for those who have teen in this country for the past two years without anything of the kind because of the inability to understand English. That of course was very con- sic \ate on his part for those of his ! class, but it is directly against tn. policy which is being Insisted upon 1T this country of requiring a knowledge of the English language. If there are Germans who have been in this coun- 1 try for two years or longe" who have not acquired sufficient English to per. init them to enjoy entertainment,
 other than those in the German Ian. guage they might as well realize tha ] they must get along without them foI the present at least. There could b. TO better way of stirring up trouble and the action which was taken il | preventing the performances was il l full accord with American sentiment
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
ILLICIT DRUG TRADE.

Tn view of all that has been said re- sarding the use of drugs throughout Inc country, there can be really noth- lns very new about the statements which are being made today about he use of narcotics except that, re- :srdless of the laws which have beer passed by states and nation, there $ still such an extensive traffic il iope that it calls for greater attention han it is receiving.
 There can be TO question about the 'emoralizins effects of the use ot irUss. It aids and abets crime, il overs morality and it is bound tc ,ave & deplorably detrimental enect lpon future generations. No matte: low innocentlv the habit is acquired 't leads only to degradation and ruiI f persisted in and to q large degree Inc traffic that is still possible in mar. ,otics is responsible for a large share ,f it.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
HOW T. R. STOOD
 BY suRORDINATEs

An interesting sidelignt or Colonel
 RooseVelt's trust in his SuhordinateS while he was President. is told in a letter of Rceis II. Post. successively Auditor, Se,.re tary of state and Coy ernor of Porto Rico during the Roose- welt Administration, to the Roosevelt Permanent Memorial National Com mittee which. under the direction of William Boyrc Thompson, is collecting funds for d national memorial to The odore Roosevelt.
 ''In June. l91N." writes MI Post,
 "Beekman Win flroD, at the time Judge undet the Philippine govern
 ment, was appointed Governor of
 Porto Rico. and I was transferred from
 the position Of Auditor to the position of Secretary Of State in, :he same gov ernment. It became nee assary for Governor Winthrop to define his atti- tude on certain questions which were of very vital :nporta nee 10 the island but wherein his judgment was dia metrically opposed to t.!, policy which had been heretofore pursued. I was thoroughly lT accord With Governor Wirthrop's opinion; but "" hoth felt 1 that before taking the step against which we had been very seriously warned by OUT predecessors it would l he only proper to consult the Fresi 1 dent.
 Accordingly we cabied to Washing 1 ton requesting an appointment. ar ] rived a weei, .ater in Washington and l to my delight found that I was to lunch with the family entirely alone and forf.<aw at least an hour uninter- rupted by other business. When we
 reached the table. however, I discov- cred that the President had upon his right an elderly gentleman. whom l took for some foreign ambassador oi l other person of importance. The President hal just returned from 2 i hunting trip in the West and to my disnay. instead of ta.'ing up the prob l 1arY7s of Porto Rico a+ o~n" g+9~tad long discussion with the gentleman or his rieh1 in regard 10 l nev species D ground squirrels which he believed ht had discovered on his trip, The whol' 1 luncheon was devoted tn the manner and customs Of ground-s1uirreis.
 q approached him with righteou! indignation after luncheon on my lacl
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
PAYING THE BONUSES.

Tn accordance with the action of congress the government is paying to every soldier when he receives his discharge papers a bonus of s60 n addition to his regular pay. This is q very easy matter when attended to at the time of discharge, as is being done since the provision went into eff feet the first of this month. but there were over 1906, 900 who were mustered cut previous to that time. They as well as those mustered out since and those still in the service are entitled to this sum and they will get it if they can show their discharge papers
 T. is necessary, however. to make application for this bonus and with the application which must go to the zone finance officer. Lemon building, Washington. D. C.. must he sent the certificate or order of discharge and the address 10 which the money and certificate are 10 be returned. There are many who will not apply for this onus because they do not need il. rhcr" are many others who car make ,xcclieut use Of it even if they do happen 10 have stepped into job immediately on their return home and hey should by sll means have it
 There are many ways in whicf the government service has fallen down in :etting the soldiers their pay, and ir forwarding the allotment to the de- sendents Of the men. It was bigger ask than the bureaus 10 which this work was assigned could handle un- der the red tape by which they were operating. but there is a chance now 70 show that such conditions have aeen remedicd and it is to be hoped mat there will bo no such delays or sck Of attention in the payment oi -te bonuses. The men want tn: money when it will do them the most good
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13

crepe dress in case of any calls from newspaper men,.
 But she went out to the yard for her exercise just the same and no sooner had she done this than the front door bell rang and Perdita flew, but no so fast but that she could ask herself:
 Which photograph shall I give him, the one in my wedding dress or the one in my street suit?'
 Any old clothes for sale?" de- manded a voice as soon as she had opened the door, and her answer was not heard by the one who asked the question. Perdita proceeded again to the garden and she had walked as far as the back fence when she heard the telephone bell. This time she was sure | it was about the book for of course 1 the reporters would call her up in- stead of making a morning visit, and after all, she believed she would lei them have the photograph taken il | the street suit.
 We forgot to ask you" said { voice over the telephone, whether you wanted those tenderloins vol 1 ordered frenched or not" Perdita said it didn't matter ,bu l they might french them if they would and again she retired to the bacl l yard. When, half an hour later, tn front door bell ring again, hope wa | not so high in Perdita's heart, ant she said to herself that though, o course, it might be a reporter, she re ally didn't care whether it was 0 l not.
 It was a woman soliciting subscrip lions for 8 magazine, and Perdit was pleased to give an order just t engage in conversation with the wo
 nan for somehow she felt rathe
 oaely.
 And when Paul returned in the ev 7ing his first question was:
 Well. is the authoress worn or
 rith calls D
 1 And Perdita answered meek r0ugh:
 Well. you see T have been out 1
 ae garden a good deal of the tim
 nd I suppose I couldn't always iaea he bell and the telephone, but i
 nme to dinner Paul. I have bake
 7me potatoes, and I can guarantt . them to be well done"-Exchnge.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
l for present conditions -Niddietown

for present eonG.t G.tions. Niddletown Press.
 ''The President is again a; sea" re- n:arks a contemporary. Again or 'still"? On the evidence of h:s public uiterances, that is where he has been fo" 3 long, long t.m...-Providence Bulletin.
 The more and more we are told that we are in favor O. the league oi nations. the more we hegin to lave serious doubt as to whether we are or not.-Waterbury Democrat. It is foolish to suppos. that when President Hadley said that "the pleas u"e of work in a place ike Yale will make OUT faculty content with halt the pay they have elsew here'' he meant to condemn them to bt satisfied with the poor pay they are reciving ;5c was speaking in hyperboie, try . 1 to express his idea ot Yai"'s wor;r and the loyalty of her teachers Waterbury American.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13
SKATING RINK OLYMPIC HALL
AFTERNOONS 2.3e TO 5 EVENINGS 8 re 10 p. Nj.

of opportunity to talk over matters which I had come i.500 nsilcs to dis cuss with him. He turned around with the sweetest smile and said l have put you two men into that place to run it and IS long as you run it well l don't want to hear anything about it. I sincerely hope that 1 shall meyer he called upon to discuss Porto Rico with you
 Therein I got quite the most satis-- factory answer in the ssiertest possible time We carried through ihe change in policy with the natural results that everybody whose toes were trod upon bombarded :ae. White House with let ters of complaint and accusation. The Presidents only comment was to have all letters which came witt regard to Porto Rico simply mailed Eack to the Governor, ani he never questioned in any way tine wisdom of inc policy adopted, probably, I think, because the policy so ;:U0Dted was Ju,t exactly what he would have done himself"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13

under the most unfavora5le circum- stances, began canning butter for the Government. Up to the time this Year Book goes to press we have put up some thr 2e million pounds of butter owned by the Government and also two million pounds which we have gathered for inc Cover nment. making a total of five million pounds of but ter that have been put un in tins"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13

scribed a few lines whict. translated mean, Seen aild approved by me, com- mandant of the city of Cotlenz. Jan 1, 1s14.'
 "Coblenz is 57 miles southeast of Cologne. It's population, before the war. was lit,lc more than 59 000"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13

WAsa the kiddies' tongues turn white; breath feverish; stomach sour. When your little pess become cross, pale, bilious, eonstipated or have X cold, g;ye cascarets as directed or each 10 cent box. Cascarets taste like candy but work out the nasty bile, sour fermea- tations and poisons better than castor oil, ealouel or pills Children need never be coaxed to take this harmless candy cathartic Cascarets are given to children aged one year and upwards. They never gripc. Never G;sa22oi1i the werr.d mother.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-13

An executive decree of Mexico dated
 December 27, 1918. provides for an
 extension of the period in which de-
 rouncernents of oil claims manifested in accordance with the Mexican decree O. July 3l. 1918. snail be made, this period to be extended until such time as the congress enact- the new pe- tIoIeum law.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-28
level in fifty years.

level in hfty years.
 Anaconda, Cerro de Pasco and In- spiration Copper, are reported well
 bought. Good buying has been found
 in United States Steel and Republic
 Steel, following short covering on the
 failure of the steel strike. U. S. Steel
 directors act today on dividends for
 the quarter and will give out the
 quarterly earnings, which may re-
 fleets strike effects.
 Judge Gary in his testimony before the Senate Committee Investigating the steel strike asserted that the
 value of the U. S. Steel Corporation s properties was not less than $225O,- ! OOO,0OO, and that they could not be i replaced for that aHlount-that this being the case the earnings of recent years were not excessive. The Texas Company is to increase it's capital stock and reduce the par of shares. A good demand has been noted for the so-called Whelan stocks including Retail Stores, Tobacco 1 Products, and American Tobacco Se- curities, the latter now dealt in on the Curb but likely to go on the Ex- change.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-28
!. l. IIATS0u'S
 WEEKLY LETTER

Following a division of sentiment that apparently built up a substantial short interest in the stock market, a contest between the bear and the bull elements resulted in control by the latter up to the middle of last week, and prices in the industrial list ad- Fanced sharply by groups with specialties very prominent and at tracting outside interest on a larger scale.
 Labor rOubIes have now assumed greater importance in the speculative mind, however, and there is g. tend ency toward more conservative action on the long side. The prospect favors a period of cross-currents and irregu- larity in a trading area of readjust- nent, with advances from current levels largely restricted to speciaIties which have specific reasons justfying g further improvement. We do not believe the technical posi- ton of the market as whole to be as strong as it was ten days ago because of the elimination of part of the short interest. In the event of any important break buying opportunities should be accepted, on the outlook that the peace treaty will probably be ratified in the course of