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Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

power running to waste in watershed of the Fay.
 witiro4e wasps fig trees would not pro duce fruit. /
 Arabian dessnt natives neither smoke nor drink,
 The seventy-hour work week Is com mon in Japan.
 An acre will produce about 5000 pounds of indigo.
 Six hundred women were executed in France for witchcraft in 1909, The women in ancient Crete wore flounced dresses more than 4e0o years ago.
 Lake county is the first county in ohie to elect a woman as probate judge MademoiseiIe Neniarek1wski. famous Russian dancer. has insured her feet fo' 1aS50,Uu0.
 Madame de Grandt was forty-two yeari years old when the celebrated Taileyrand who had remained indifferent to all th' blandishments of younger women, fell victim to her charms. A form of punice stone has been dis 1 covered in Japan which can be used Ii concrete for boat building, making 1 concrete as strong but 50 per cent. light CT than the ordinary kind.
 St. Louis has ffteen-year-old gisi rab
 hi, Leona Hurwitz by name, who has de livered several sermons in Temple lsrae in that city. Miss Hurwits is said to b
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

got to haul in his horns or he won't be able to get through the winter, even on that bank account Most of my neigh bors haven't such thing, and 1 tell you their faces are drawn down to an extra length right now.
 They say prices of food haven't fallen to city consumers in any equal degree. That I don't know about. If they haven't the fault is solely due to the inordinate greed of profiteers. With foodstuffs spll- ing on the farms for prices one-third to one-half less than a year ago the req son for their failure to sell equally. low to city consumers must be found in some body's mshandling them after they leave 1 the farms.
 This is about as self-evident as that two and two make four, or that the sun ! rises in the east Yet suppose there are | thousands and perhaps millions of con- sumers who won't admit it; who won't | even take the trouble to see it. They'll l continue to keep their eyes shut to the sorry facts in the farmers case-and their mouths wide open in denunciation of | him.
 i We'll in my own individual case I've fed | to cows and hens several loads of first | class, A-No.-1 cabbage, becausu 1 cou.u44 { | sell it for enough to pay the labor cost of ] raising and delivering. I'm now feeding | good apples to my pigs and horses, be- | cause l can't sell them for enough to pay the cost of picking and barreling. My cellar is full of turnips and potatoes and | beets, etc. which had to be stored be- l cause they were drugs on the narket''- and which still continue unstable except at a loss. This though I have had 8, bic advantage over many of my neighbors il | that l have a route with regular GUS
 toners who are practically all cash buy
 ers
 I have one neighbor, a city man. wh,
 set out last spring to do farming on hi,
 own account. He has the advantage .of. f city-won income, and began in high hope
 and almost hilarious spirits. He had bet
 ter teams and better stock and bette
 tools than most of us can boast of, H
 spared no care and small expense il
 starting things right as he thought. Bu
 in October he shut down with a snap. sol
 his stock and his crops for anything il
 could get, rented his farm to a tenant fo
 Httlo more than the taxes and the insur
 ance, and went back to the city. He sai
 to me: We were in Q hole; we were get
 ting in deeper every day; there was n prospect visible of ever getting out wit
 Nvhole skins"
 l wish, just in the interests of popu1a education, that about 'steen thousan
 ether city consumers could have bee , dumped on an equal number of New Ems , land farms last April and required make good on them-or hunt their ov : holes.
 [ They might not have been any richt , or any handsomer in the fall, but sa,
 what lot more they'd have known! l THE FARMER
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31
THOMPSON

The Chris mas tree entertainment was given up because of the Illness Of one of the participants. Froddfe BsTnkiow.
 Mrs Lucy Pago died Monday at tl'c home of Me. crton Greene. She had been bedridden from a shock fer eleN en years. The fureral was he'd at tha home of George Ballard. She was an aunt of Mrs George Ballard.
 Mrs. winthrop Ballard spent Christ mas and the day following with her par en s ln East Hampton, Conn Miss Ruth Child is at home for the holidays from her studies in Springfield. Mass.
 The entire Livingstone family were at the parsonage over chrisimah.
 Mrs. M L. Eddy is spending a week with her daughter in Worcester.
 The town clock is again running, af- ter thorough repairs.
 Mir and Mrs. r. L. Hu.chins left HIon- day to spend the winter in Atlantic City \. J.
 Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler of Providence were at William N. Bates Christmas l day. Their little son, Harry, who haf been here for several months, returned | with them.
 There was a special Chris mas scr i vice Sunday afternoon at Brandy HI and celebration there on Monday eve ming.
 The Thlmble club met last weel
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HUMOR OF TIE DAY

publicity"
 Wish I could book it." declared the theatreal mAnager.-Washn Star ~- Daddy pleaded the sweet young thing cant I, have an automobile? You can buy one for . song"
 Yes grunted her harassed parent and l know what the song will be Over the It'll 10 the Poorhouse.' "-Arner- ican Legion Weekly.
 A group of war veterans were discus sing Thanksgiving. One of thec guests was veteran whc had lost both legs.
 And what have you got to be thankful fof?" they asked
 Lots" he replied. i've got cork legs and l can put on my socks with thumb tacks. ."-American Legion Weekly.
 Kate--she asked that question just out of idle curiosity. don't you think? Laura-No; busy curiosity Her curl Ssity is never idle.-Stray Stories.
 Have you lip rouge?" Yes, Miss" What brand would you recommend?"
 Well, personally Miss" replied the
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

drug clerk. q prefer the taste of this.'- Louisville Courier-Journal. ,~
 she-"TIubby, dear the mere thought of furs you promised me makes me feel warm" lIe-"And the mere thought of their cost makes the cold shivers run down my back. ."-Exchange 1 Howell-Here is 8 queer color scheme. 1 Powell-What do you mean? | Howell-The story says that her light voice was heard in the dark-Detroit News.
 Farmer-what are you doing in the or chard? l Boy-Nothing, sir. Farmer-Aren't you trying to stea some apples?
 Boy-No sir; I'm trying not to stea 'em-Boys' Life.
 Little Bessie, aged five, after ca1line her mother several times during the nigh and receiving no reply said:
 Mother, are you really asleep. or ar, you just p'tending you're a telephon girl?"-Exchange
 Love is defined to us by J. R. C. a "a brand of insanity that makes a maj
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

the only girl or woman in America who has ever acted, in rabbinical capacity. Clyde Newton swung his right fist and hit Arthur Thomas, a fellow employe of the city electric light pant atAFremont l Neb., on the point oI the jaw, kn-ckI1S Thomas several feet and fratcuring his | jaw, but saving his lie. Thomas haG taken hold of plug which had bee=
 charged by short circuit and could not break away.
 1 George de Hedberg, one of the trusted l generals of the murdered czar of Russia. \ Is now mechanic in New York city garage, afd his wife, Baroness Taube, I former companion of the imperial prin- cess, is now 'plain" Mrs. Hedberg of l New York. The Reds took their beautiful I home and confiscated their wealth an, | would have taken their lives f they had not escaped
 Fishing for salmon Is prohibited at
 present time in feariY suI the rivers of Alaska and altogether In the southeastern
 part of the territory. Meanwhile the fish
 cry goes on. but it Is marine fishery. The
 salmon are caught one their feedins : grounds out at sea with purse seins. gil ! nets, floating traps and fish lines. Troll ! ing for salmon is great sport and Is par ticulsrly fine of the straits of San Jua1
 de Fuea.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

call 20o-pound woman his little sy-wootsy.-Boston Transcript.
 Jimmy: Father. yesterday at school I made 100 on my studies"
 Father-That was fine. What study did you make it in?''
 Jimmy-Fifty in spelling and 50 on | arithmetic. ."-Boys' Life He had been stealing jam again and has been severely chastised by his mother. When father and son were alone the ! fond parent could see that Tommy had been greatly impressed.
 Well my son. he said, "I hope you l have learned iaveor
 "Yes," he answered feelingly, "I have but tell me, uau4y, -t what 44ge do tn s: l hostilities really cease? e?''-Houston Post
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STERLING

A large number attended the concert and Christmas tree entertainrnen- at thc church Friday evening.
 Sergt c. W Byers Is snerdinE ths holidays at his home in Sterling.
 Miss Lulu Anderson entertained guegts for Christmas
 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barr Of oneco spent Christmas with Mr- and Nra. Ralph Barr.
 Harry Miller spent TutEday in Moo sup.
 Mrs. Clark ConEdou of 1foosrp haE been spending 9 few days with her sis- ter. Mrs. c. W. Byers. who is confined 70 her home with a severe cold.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31
KALEIDOSCOPE

London has squad of motorcycle po- licewomen.
 Toledo, O.. has a union depot for mo- tor trucks.
 Scotch interests are planning to obtain 42,0o0 electrical horsepower by harness ing three lakes and to utilize the water
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

Thursday with MrD. L. E- Feciham-
 The preparatory lecture was heb a the church Thursday afternoon. The Won1an's Missionary accftT boz it's January meeting Ti-h Ifs. n ( Paine next Wednesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

Shaving. according to one doctor. in- creases neuralgia and ether troubics of the face.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31
Have You Been Good Neighbor ?"
 By Marianne F. Hearn, in Boston Transcript

" kE4cAtok1A1C 4kA 4SOSe0A2 A1sseAoS-sf When my final farewell to the world have said, And gladly lie down to nay rest xss5 s<.. When softly the watchers shall 1He is deadt" And fold my pale hands oer my breast; ". And Hhen with giorfied vision at last z fssze The walls of Hthat ctyhs | see Will anyone then at the beautiful gate Be waiting and watching for me There are little eancing about in my path,
 In of a friend and guide; There dear little eyes looking into mine, Whose tears might be easily dried, But Jesus may beckon the children
 In midst of their grief and their sleez- Will of them at the beautiful gate
 Be waiting and watching for me There are old and forsaken who finger awhile
 homes which their dearest have left;
 May cheer their sad spirits bereft, But the is the ong-S standing
 The will be set free Will any of them at the beautiful gate,
 Be waiting and watching for me Oh. should De brought there by the bountful grace
 Of Him who deligbts to forgive, Though bless not the about in my path,
 Pray only for self while live Methinks should OCT my sinful neglect,
 # in Heaven be, Should ] love the beautiful cate
 Be waiting and watching for
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-31

King Solomon made 10 o0o golden per furnery -censers. for the temple of Jerusa- lem.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
u. S. Pacific Ship Stock
Brings 20 Millions

U. S. Shipping Board construction
material on the Pacific Coast. the to-
tai original cost of which was about
sec. 900, 900. has been sold to Barde
Bros, of New York, Admiral Ben
son, chairman Of the board an
nounced yesterday.
The material is now at shipyards
from Seattle to San Diego. Barde
Bros. deposited a million dollar GER
tilted check with their bid, guaran-
tee to pay the Shipping Board 50
per cent of the present appraised
value Of the material. This appraisal
has not yet been made. Al over
60 per cent will be split, two-thirds
to the board and one-third to Barde
Bros. Barde Bros. get the 10 per
cent between so and 60. They agree
not to resell any of the material
east Of the Rockies.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
AN O. HENRY STORY 'f1s A. s ss e;si: sss A ss % asked %
sketchll go on again in three days. I'm
not hurt bad. the doctor says"
"STRICTLY BUSINESS"

as do that we all like that kind
of play. whether we admit it or not
something along in between
"Bluebeard, Jr." and "CymbeIine"
played in the Russian.
There were only two parts and a
half in Mice Will Play" Hart and
Cherry were the two, OF course; and
the half was a minor part always
played by stage hand, who mere
ly came in once in a Tuxedo coat
and a panic to announce that the
house was surrounded by Indians,
and to turn down the gas fire I'M
the crate by the managers orderG.
There was another girl in tke
sketch-a Fifth Avenue socifty
swelless-who was visiting the
ranch and who had sirened Jack
Valentine when he was a wealthy
clubman on lower Third Avenue be-
fore he lost his money. This girl
appeared on the stage only in the
Photographic state-Jack had her
Sarony stuck up on the mantel of
the Amagan-of the Ban Lands
drawing-room. Helen was Jealous,
of course.
And now for the thriller. Old
"Arapahoe" Grimes dies of angina
pectoris one night-so Helen in
forms us In a stage-ferryboat whis-
per over the footlights-while only
his secretary was present. And that
same day he was known to have had
S647,Oo0 in cash in his (ranch) Ii
brary just received for the sale of
a drove of beeves in the East Chat
accounts for the price we pay for
steakD. The cash disappears at
the same time. Jack Valentine was
the only person with the ranchman
when he made his (alleged) croak.
"Gawd knows love him; but IL
he has done this deed" you sabe,
don't you? And then there are
some mean things said about the
Fifth Avenue Girl-who doesn't
come on the stage-and can we
blame her. with the vaudeville trust
holding down prices until one
actually must be buttoned in the
back by call boy, maids cost SO
much?
But. wait. Here's the climax.
Helen GriHafs. chaparralish as she
can be, is goaded beyond impMIdence.
She conyinces herself that Jack VAL
entine is/not only a falsetto. but a.
hnancieT. To lose at one fell swoop
s6l7.o0e| and a lover In riding
trousersi with angles in the sides
like the Variations on the chart of a
typhoid fever patient Is enough to-
make dny perfect lady mad so.
theni
They stand in the tranch) library.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09

which is furnished with mounted
elk heads didn't the Elks have a
fish fry in Amagansett once?), and
the denouement begins. 1 know of
no moro interesting time in the run
of the play unless 1t be when the
prologue ends.
Helen thinks Jack has taken the
money. Who else was there to take
itp The box-office manager was at
tte front on his job the orchestra
hadn't left their seats; and no man
tcould get past ''Old Jimmy" the
stage door-man. unless he could
show Skye terrier or an automo-
bile as guarantee of eligibility.
Goaded beyond imprudence (as
before said), Helen says to Jack
valentines: "Robber and thief-and
worse yet, stealer of trusting hearts,
this should be your fate!"
With that out she whips, Of
course, the trusty 32-caliber.
But / will be merciful." goes on
Helen. You shall live-that will be
your punishment. 1 will show you
how easily I could have sent you to
the death that you deserve. There is
her picture on the mantel. I will
send through her more beautiful
face the bullet that should have
pierced your craven heart"
(To be continued tomorrow.)
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09

AT FALLSALON
Paris Artists in Many Lines
Show Effect Of War
On Art.
NEW SCHOOL CREATED
Fur Upholstery andRadiant
Table Covers Among
Striking Features.

PARIS, Nov. s.--Chairs upholstered
in fur and dining room tables with
tops of wonderfully colored opaque
glass through which radiates light
for the entire room are among the
most striking notes in interior dec
grafton of theNParis salon this fall
The autumn salon, which was
founded by a group Of painters who
revolted against the traditionalism
of the famous spring salon, makes
a point to include all the arts, not
only painting and sculpture. Inte-
rior decorations, fashions, embroid-
cries, cenamies, jewelry, all are
represented. and new ideas brought
forward.
New Forms Created.
During the last years there has
been a notable dislike for classic
furniture, copies of former days.
This resulted in the barbaric art OF
the futuristic designers which came
as a complete and startling revolu-
ton and which, for a few years,
seemed to sweep everything before
IL. 1t Is now being superseded by
an art which tries to combine the
life and vigor of violent colorings
and daring designs with the grace
fulress OF the furniture of past CEN
turtles.
The effect OF the war on decora-
tions is very evident. After the tor
mented years of nervous cxhaustior|
human beings demand reposeful sur
Iroundings. and although the craving
for novelty is more Unsuitable than
ever the demand for restful lines
and harmony is even greater.
New school Formed.
The result as shown in the furni-
ture of the salon proves that French
designers of today are on the road
to creating a thoroughly beautiful
style of furniture. which will be as
famous in coming centuries as the
Louis XIV or the Empire styles are
today.
A renovation in coloring has been
! made and Is now being toned down
to wonderful ranges of reds, purples,
golds, with lacouered furniture OF
contrasting shades.
The new artists are seeking per-
fection not in carving or ornaments
but in fine woods. The strangest
woods have been made use OF.
stained and polished till they shine
like exquisite Jewels.
Fishskin polished like silver is
used for covering all sorts of small
pieces of furniture, chairs, desks. tea
tables and cabinets. 1t is very effec-
tive. for cigarette and cigar boxes
Il is unsurpassed,
The evolution in furniture Is still
continuing, however. and the post
, war styl, has not yet been crystal
lized. But II is on the way. and its
hallmarks will be simplicity and
! grace of line, beauty of material and
novelty of invention.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
MILLIONAIRE BUILDER
UNDER $3.50, 600 BAIL

NEW YORK, Nov. George
Backer, millionaire builder. in
dicted on a charge OF perjury for
alleged false testimony before the
joint Legislative committee investi-
eating graft in the building trades,
pleaded not guilty today before
Judge Mulqueen. His trial was set
for next Monday. He is under $685.
900 bail.
Edward L. Mooney, chief counsel
for Backer. asked a delay of ten
days. Samuel Untermeyer. counsel
for the committee. protested against
any delay. Mulqueen said Il was
ito the interest of the public" that
there be no such delay asked.
When the committee resumes its
sessions Thursday there is a pos
sibility that Mayor Hylan will be
summoned to testify as to why
millions of dollars worth of con-
tracts for school buildings have not
been cancelled, as recommended by
the committee
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
SECOND INsrALLMENT.

WELL" said Hart, you've got the
proper idea all right all right, any
how. There are mighty few actors
that amount to anything at all who
couldn't fix themselves for the wet
days to come if they'd save their
money instead of blowing it. I'm
glad you've got the correct bust
ness idea Of it, Miss Cherry. !
think the same way, and 1 believe
this sketch will more than double
what both of US earn now when We
get it shaped up"
The subsequent history of Mice
VIII Play is the history of all sue
cessful writings for the stage. Hart
and Cherry cut 1t, pieced 1t, re-
modelled it, performed surgical op-
erations on the dialogue and bust
ness, changed the lines, restored
'em, added more, cut 'em out, re-
named 1t, gave 1t back the old name,
rewrote 1t; substituted a dagger for
the pistol, restored the pistol-put
the sketch through all the known
processes of condemnation and i'm
provement.
They rehearsed II by the old-fash-
ioned boarding-house clock in the
rarely-used parlor until its warn
ing click et five minutes to the hour
would occur every time exactly half
a second before the click of the un-
loaded revolver that Helen Grimes
used in rehearsing the thrilling cli-
max of the sketch.
Yes, that was a thriller and q
piece of excellent work. In the act
real 32-caiiber revolver was used
loaded with a real cartridge. Helen
Grimes, who is a Western girl of
decidedly Buffalo Billish skill and
daring, is tempestuously in love
with Frank Desmond, the private
secretary and confidential prospec-
tive son-in-law of her father ARA
pahoe" Grimes, s25o,000 cattle king,
owning a ranch that, judging by
the scenery is in either the Bad
Lands or Amagansett, L. I. Des-
mond Gin private life Bob, Hart)
wears puttees and Meadow Brook
Hunt riding trousers, and gives his
address as New York, leaving you
to wonder why he comes to the
Bad Lands or Amagansett Gas the
case may be), and at the same time
to conjecture mildly why a cattle
man should want putteesl about his
ranch with a secretary in 'em.
WeiL anyhow, you know ~ we'll
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
SCHWAB SAYS STEEL
DEMAND DECLINES

NEW YORK, Nov. Sit would be
useless to deny that the mental at
titude OF consumers who are expect
ing lower prices for commodities is
causing a decided let-up in the de-
mand for steel, according to Charles
NJ Schwab, as quoted by the Dow
Jones Financial News Agency today.
Il am not pessimistic regarding
the outlook" the chairman of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation said.
He said there is a latent demand
for steel and that this demand will
make itself felt. His company Is in
satisfactory condition as to future
business. with shipyards filled with
orders and the steel mills in fairly
satisfactory shape.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09

come to Washington for a visit and
are at the Shoreham.
First Lieut.. John B. Haines has
been relieved from duty at Walter
Reed Hospital and ordered to Bal
boa, Panama Canal Zone, for duty.
MARRIAGE RECEPTION
PLACE IS CHANGED.
The reception following the mar
riage of Miss Lillian Mankin Palmer
to Lieut. Herman Lucien Mcleod.
U. S. NJ. C., retired, at Mount Vernon
Place Church on Wednesday will
take place at 2509 Hall place in
stead OF 1888 Monroe place. Illness
necessitates the change OF place
w. P. Wooding has left the United
States for Haiti. where he will con-
duct a reconnaissance geologic ex-
animation of the Republic of Haiti
at the request of the government.
Lieut.. Col. John NJ. Dunn has been
relieved Of duty on the general staff
in Washington and will go to Fort
Monroe, Va, to take the field off,
GERS course at the Coast Artillery
School there.
NAVAL OFFICER AND WIFE
GIVE HOUsEwARMING.
Comdr. and Mrs. Claude B. Mayo,
who have recently taken possession
of their new home in Georgetown.
Will have a house warming this
evening
Theodore f. Burton, of Ohio, re-
Gently elected to Congress, has ar
rived in Washington and Is stopping
at the Hotel Lafayette. Mr.. Burton
was formerly a member of the
United States Senate.
Capt. Fred Beall. commander of
Washington Camp III, United Con-
federate Veterans, announces that
the next meeting of the Camp will
be purely social one and not only
all the veterans of the District, but
all the Sons of Veterans and the
Daughters of the Confedracy are in
vited to attend. 1t will be held at
the Confederate Memorial Home.
1922 Vermont avenue on the second
Tuesday evening in December. Capt.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
NOSE cL0GGED FROM
A COLD OR cATARRH
Apply Cream IN Nestrils h !,
Opea Up Air Passages.


= All, What relief! Your clogged
nostrils open right up, the air pas
sages of your head are clear and
you can breathe freely. No more
hawking, snuffling, mucous dis
charge. headache, dryness - no
struggling for breath at night, your
cold or catarrh Is gone.
Don't stay stuffed upi, Get q small
bottle OF Ely's Cream Balm from
your druggist now. Apply a little
OF this fragrant, antiseptfc cream
in your nostrilS let II penetrate
through every air ..passage OF
the head; soothe and heal the swol-
len. inhamed mucous membrane.
giving you instant relief. Ely's
Cream Balm is just what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has been seek
ing. It's Just splendfd.--Adv.