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Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
NEED CONCERTED ACTION.

While both branches of the Massa- ehusetts legislature have acted fla voraoiy upon a daylight saving law much appears to depend upon the ac- lion of the Rhode Island legislature as to what daylight saving this part of the country gets this year. While the legislature by a large vote believes Massachusetts should have it as a state, the same. as New York has done, Governor Coolidge is not in- clined to favor action that would commit the state without others ad- jacent doing likewise.
 In this state the sentiment of the cities is strongly in favor of daylight saving. The return of several cities to standard time temporarily is due to the great inconvenience caused by a change in cities without a corres- bonding change by the railroads. With however Connecticut cities favorable and with favorable action in Rhode Island it cannot fail to impress the governor of Massachusetts that there Is a considerable section of the coun- try moving in the same direction. and with such move made by the states 90 that it can. be definitely known when all are going to adopt the plan and drop it there is good reason to believe that the railroads will conform thereto even as they have in New York.
 Lack of uniformity is what has caused confusion thus far. Hence. forth there should be an effort to gel together and direct the Legislation that these several states may get tn, benefits through the same periot without inconveniencing themselve pr the others.
 We have seen what comes when on city or several cities try to carry ou the plan regardless of the others They find that they are much nor dependent upon others than they fig ured- And for the same reason group of states in the same part o the country should have their effort 90 directed in advance that sirnila laws will be enacted in each.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DepIorable Condition of Animals at
 Mohedan Park.

MT. Editor: It is time that the citi- zens of our city, those humanely in- clined and interested, should know the treatment the animals at Mohegan Park are receiving.
 I do not speak from casual acquain- tance of the facts, but from study of the situation.
 The city appropriates $50o0 annual ly for the upkeep of the park and the care and feeding of the animals. Dur ing the office of the former superin- tendent, Mir. Duff, the animals were given every comfort. The monkeys were fed bread and milk and fruits. The present superintendent this fall was feeding them bread and water, inferior boiled potatoes. cabbage and onions, the two latter foods yielding almost no nourishment and hardly fit for them.
 The superintendent says he cannot afford to feed them the nourishing food that Mr. Duff fed them, although the city is still appropriating the nec- essary money.
 The room in which the monkeys are kept during the cold nights is not sufficiently heated to keep then warm. MT. Duff heated the room witf coal. The present superintendent i. using a wood stove, and burning plants etc. He said he had wood, bu doubted if he should use it. The geese, rabbits and deer hat feeding troughs, but the present su perintendent has removed them, ant 1 now puts small piles of grain on tn l ground for the deer. In this way. nor
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06

fire, and being of such obvious value were, time permitting, usually rem dered useless before either side re- treated from a sector. In parts of the Somme country water was so scarce that miles of pipes had to be laid be- fore troops in forward trenches could be supplied.
 Penalizine Thrfft-If once a capita levy is raised. whether. whether oh all wealth or on wealth acquired since 1914, no sane person will expect 1t to be the last one 4 permanent discoura cement to thrift will thus be set up: and the movement towards a more widespread saving. which made such progress during the war, will be very mulch more than undone.
 Lord Houshton and spiritualisr,- Amid all the welter of talk and coun- ter talk about spiritualism in thess days. we have not seen quoted the re- mark of Lord Houghton, the gifted father of Lord Crewe, which, uttered many years ago, would probably sun up the question today. In answer to question he said: T believe in spir- .itualism, but am hot interested in it Most people are interested in 1t but do not believe in it.
 Adventures of an UIster-You had a note about boots that would not wear out a correspondent writes AL low me to direct your attention to the case of a tweed ulster that was bought in Edinburgh in the year 1877 by. a Dundee sub editor. who wore 1t regularly each winter till 1890, when it became the property of an under graduate at St. Andrews University. After it had been for four winter sessions at St. Andrews it was taken to Glasgow. where the ex- undergrad uate wore it till 1898. in which year he brought 1t to London. He used it for six London winters, and then passed 1t on to the doyen of Fleet streets newspaper vendors. l saw the coat today on the back of the veteran at the. Fleet street entrance to the
 Inner Temple. and am able to testify
 that there is wear In the old coat yet l-London Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
THE GOAL oUTPuT.

It is gratifying to note from the report of the department of the inter- for that the production of both an thracite and bituminous coal for the last full week in March shows an ap-, preciable increase over the preceding week. This coming at a time when the increased bituminous wage in crease had not gone into effect and while the hard coal miners and opera tors are in conference indicates a tendency in the right direction. Just what the gain can be attributed to is not indicated but it is coming new ertheless at time of the year when it is going to aid materially in help ing out the fuel problem.
 The production of coal depends to a large extent upon the cars that are furnished to transport it for without the cars mine. activities are at a standstill. With sufficient cars to take the product away, however, there can be no question but what the at in production can be attributed there to, is the. right one. More production is what is needed in many lines in order to meet present day conditions and more trouble is being expert enced in getting 1t now than there was more than a half century ago fol lowing the Civil war. It is to be hoped that the increase is not simply g short lived spurt but one that vii contintie to increase weekly during the entire season when transporta tion is or should be the best equip ped to keep the output moving to des. tination or seaboard.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
Stories That Recall Others.
Her "Ami."

Her "Ami."
 .- A three year old had been spending the winter in Florida with his par ents and the family has spent much of the time motoring to the coast towns. One day the mother said to Bobby: ITO day believe you and papa and I will go to see Miami"
 Fore I go," said Bobby. .-Fd like to know what your Ami looks like"
 His Question.
 Finding a New Years card which she had received from her best fel- low. but which she had Uncovered in looking over some letters, she looked at it a minute and then smiled and handed it to her younger brother. Read the verse" she said. T think it's rather appropriate-don't your" This Is what 1t read:
 May this New Year be a glad one, And when all its days are done. May you rest secure in knowing Seeds of love you're daily sowing. He. nodded his head. aYes, that is all right for you to do." he agreed then asked: But what will the har- vest be?"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06

many months, he broke the power of ] the savage allies of England. After one of the battles, tender pity was awakened in him for an Indian baby still clasped, in the arms of it's mother
 as she lay among the dead on the field. The squaws among his prison CTS stolidly refusing. to nurse 1t, he took the motherless infant to his tent and finally to the Hermitage, where
 the red boy grew up like son of the 1 family
 In his home no one could be gentIer than this hard hating, rought fighting
 man. who gave his plain, simple tifi- educated wife the chivalrous devo- l ton of a knight and the happiness she had missed in her first marriage. Chfldless like Washington and Mad | ison before him, he adopted one of Mrs.
 Jackson's nephews, who was re- christened Andrew Jackson, and
 brought up another who wore the name of Andrew Jackson Donaldson. It was to fight the red foe and to defend the frontier that Jackson | entered the war; but when he had | fought his way through the Creek
 country, he found himself face to face win the white foe on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. First repelling
 the British from Mobile, next he ex- ] pelled them from Pensacola, where they had stolen into the territory, of l neutral Spain, and thence he marched
 to the defense of New Orleans.
 With the banishment of Napoleon to Elba, England was left free tc deal with her one remaining enemy the United States, and an immense fleet, with 10000 soldiers and sailors I was hastening over the sea to capture T New Orleans. The future of the er.
 tire west seemed to * be at risk, anC
 the Kentuckians and Tenesseans rush. ed to Jackson's standard.
 4 By closing the mouth of the Missis , sippi with strong fortification, Jack son deprived the British of the ad vantage of thier sea power and com 1 pelled them to atatack the city b, : land, the decisive battle opening il 1, the misty dawn of Jan. s, 1915. Tn story that the Americans won tn day from behind piles of cotton bale carded them early in the campaign up Is familiar myth. They had dis ! on finding that the flaming cotton, ig 7 nited by the fire of the enemy wa i more peril than a proection. Mothe 1, earth saved New Dreams. It was a , early example of trench warfare, nov r So familiar.
 t The battle of New Orleans is re : markable in two respects. It was on d of the most complete disasters in tn ;. of the most useless engagements eve
 records of civilized warfare, and on e fought. In 23 minutes the Britis n lost 2,117 men to the Americans 13- and the war had been over Is days
 Yet it was not until Feb. IS that Jack
 son heard of the treaty of peace, d
 though it had been signed at Ghent 0
 the day before Christmas.
 N Had there been an electric telt graph, the battle would not have bee
 fought; there would have been no ht
 TO of New Orleans, and Jackson nevi
 would have been president. The ma was unambitious in politics. He ha
 made only single speech in his of x term in congress. Promoted to u S senate he had not even answered tf
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
TEMPTING FATE

is going to win is bound to cause ruc- tfons in the family, too. The logical thing to do when you own an expef- sive trunk is to take 1t on a trip and have bellboys and clerks kowtpw to you as a persons of means, and I have a feeling that it is going to cost me a lot of money could more proftably put into cigars or something in which there is some sense. Besides, 1t is too fine a trunk to go down in the cellar and there is no room. for it except in the middle of the bedroom floor
 "Then there are the three beaded bags all warranted to be worth over sl00 apiece, and already Inogene is losing her mind trying to decide which one to carry with her velvet
 dress. And she is so afraid she will lay 1t down somewhere and lose it. or have it stolen.
 "As to the grand piano--well. may be that was a mistake. With our small room she never should have bought a chance on grand. But when ah expensive thing like that is ] just dropped into your lap, ii. would seem crazy to refuse it, With the liv- 1 ing. room a garage. there will De nothing, to do with the piano but put \ 1t into the dining room and eat in the | kitchen. Of course, going back and forth into the rest of the house will | fieceSsitate leaping the instrument; i but maybe we can learn to crawl un- der it in time. fmogene doesn't play and neither do I. but piano of that kind lends such tone to a home, you l know.
 l We can give the victrola to some 1 relative and if we win the ham nd doubt. we can put it to good use, al though we shall h,1ge to hang it out from a window on a rope together with the sides of bacon from the nexi 1 booth and the neighbors are so apt tC congregate, with stepladders. Imo; gene is disturbed, too, over the geor. gette crepe negligee, as she Is posi-
 tive the color, on second thought
 wou8d be unbeeorning to her ana O
 course you never in the world can dy,
 6ne of those weirdly composed af,
 fairs. It's a perfect shame about tn, hating. As to the rugs and lamps, VI
 are just throwing up our hands. Per
 haps we can hang them from the iigh fixtures or stand them In rows dow
 the wall. But I'm afraid if we sta,
 in our present cramped quarters ou
 house is going to look frightfully fun
 ny.''
 aAw, forget it." said the Woodlaw, man. T took chance once at a fai and didn't win thing"
 Well, I'll be mad as the dickens i we don't win something after all thi
 worry;" declared the Hyde Park ma1 5 Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06

or less of the grain is wasted. As result, the rabbits and deer and the geese appeared half fa1nished all through the suninier, autumn and winter.
 Others have noticed this condition and have made remarks The rabbits have been removed from a sdnny hill side enclosure. to the duck enclosure, which is low and damp. and not fit for them.
 Viii sotneone see that these condi- tions at the park are changed? !? If the animals are to be kept there, why can they not be comfortably cared for since the money is appropriated for that purpose?
 The humane agent at Hartford, MT. Preston; was appealed to, and he writes: T hope that have succeeded in .appealing to Mr. Smiths reason, troughs and other improvements re- lating to the comfort of the animals but so far nothing has been done, and | it looks as though nothing would be done.''
 Many people who know the condi- tiors at the park feel that we should have an. efficient superintendent in
 charge, and efficient commissioners back of him. s | | park twice, but nothing has been done. He says all the complaints are | justified, and should De remedied, hope the geese and ducks will be allowed on, the lake. this summer as l they used to be, and not shut up in l the enclosure where they are now
 kept, with dirty water and no green to eat; also that the rabbits be put
 back on the hillside where they can 1 green grass to eat.
 l The Superintendent says. the rabbits | were removed because the children l could see them better where they are now, and that the rats destroyed the young rabbits when they were on the
 hillside. This hardly seems to be a good excuse. as the place they are l now in is damp and alive with rats The pheasaflts were kept in an open
 shack this winter and were seen
 sleeping in the snow during zero wea-
 tfer.
 | The humane agent suggested to the
 superintendent that he board up the
 cruel to keep the pheasants in ths
 open.
 Another very important fact tha should not be overlooked is the fac
 that the peacocks are not allowed their freedom, but are placed in {
 cage that is so small, that they car
 scarcely turn around. The reason fo caging the peacocks is the fact tha : they scratched an automobile belong ing to one of the commissioners, an, , he ordered them .caged as a result
 Should this be allowed? i, I trust that since the facts ar : known the public will interest itself il f the welfare of these unfortunate ami a mals at the park. -. -, A PARK LOVER. Norwich, April 5, 1s2e:
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN
 EXCHANGES.

South Africa Is passing through the phase which almost every country in the world is experiencing-the period of reaction following the sangulne hopes occasioned by the conclusion of the war, a period of disappointment caused by high prices. and of politi- cal and social unrest which IS epi- demic in its nature. But General Smuts Is in no Respondent mood. He has strong personality. and he rep resents great cause. He has no doubt foreseer this temporary set- back, and declares that he is ready to fight election after election until the people. know the truth and vote ac- cerdinkiy."
 Wells In Franee-A novel use has been found for some of the army lor- ries still in France. Miniature la borartories have been installed; and a series of tours are being organized for analytically testing the water h the wells throughout the old battle area. Wells were always targets for sheIl-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING APRIL 3, 1920
 1O,624
WHAT IS NORWICH DolNea

What are the business interests of Norwich doing to prevent the aban-l donment of the Norwich and Wester- ly trolley road? It is a matter of deep concern to this city and town. and yet it is to the people of North Stonington that the credit must be given for securing the withdrawal of the petition seeking authority to stop the service. and remove the equip ment
 North sStonington, Preston and Ledyard are interested in retaining this Transportation service for their particular benefit, but there are equally good reasons why the benefit which has been obtained and which is bound to continue to be received by the business houses of Norwich and Westerly, as well as the accommoda- ton that is provided for people leav- ing and coming to this city, should be prevented from being swept away if there is any possibility of such a thing being done. A conscientious ef- fort, however, must be made to reach a solution of the problem and it must be done before it is too late.
 HASH Hall awakened to the meaning of the move to abandon this Ine.i We are at the point of seeing certain of our facili- ties removed. We stand to lose a considerable amount of travel and trade and we face the loss of the means of getting to points between here and westerly and beyond that are direct and reasonable.
 A local merchant in deploring the threatened junking of the. road de- clared that he had put a considera- bie sum in the original company That money of course he understands Is gone, but he doesn't rate it as a loss for he confidently believes that the trade he has received as the re- suit of the existence of that road has more than returned the investment he made. And his experience is only that cf many.
 r been trade producer sui more than make good the rockholder in the road, it i. C believe that the bushes. ha.. of Norwich are going to lei that trade go by the board without z struggle. There are many other req. sons why Norwich should lead in tn, effort to retain this trolley line. 4 city that is endeavoring to deyeIor cannot afford to lose such advantages
 But aside from the comnitte, named at the public meeting what ar those who are bound to benefit iron this road doing to save it? What ii Norwich doing as a community? D, we yet realize the full meaning of tn situation?
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
coMMEMoRATIvE COINS.

For the purpose of authorizing the coining of half million half dollars and a fifth as many of another de- sign for the respective purposes of commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pill grims which is to be noted this year and the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of Alabama to the Union, two bills have been presented in congress. It doesn't seem unlike ly that the legislation will receive ap- proval, it being understood that tf1e government will be under no expense for dies and therefore it will mean nothing out of the government to comply with the bills.
 It is realized of course that the , observance of such a state anniver- sary will be reason enough for others ysel1iug the same favor, but there is
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06

I've got to move into a bigger house. said the Hyde Park man to his friend from Woodlawn, removing his ear rndffs. we've got So many things coming
 why buy sd muchs' asked the WoodlaWn man.
 Do look like a man who can af- ford to buy things these days?" re- buked the man from Hyde Park Like all the other niillionaires the papers tell about am curtailing my expendi- cially, thus showing that belong to the best set. was, dragged to a bA- zaar the other night by Imogene and against my pale tipped protests that women bought chances on about a hundred different things
 "Ohs if it's just chances, the Wood lawn man said, q shouldn't worry"
 'But you don't know Imogene's luck his friend insisted. There Is a very fatal affinity between Imogene and the right number. And she IS so assured of her success. For instance, She is terribly wrought up deciding what to do with the sedan. and the touring car when they. arrive. For keep the sedan because 1t is so nice for opera and functions. but. on the otter hand, what about touring in the summer time2 As to the electric, oi course she will keep that, as there is nothing like an electric for a woman to drive. and naturally I'll be wanting to use the other car constantly. q think we shah have to keep ths electric in the guest r6ofn and stable the gas car down cellar; Knock out wall if necessary to run it in, as tn, back yard is too small for a garage. 1 did suggest turning over the livini room to both of them, as we shoildn' need it-after riding all day and ever, l day ii the cars we shah want ofii. beds to sleep in When we reach home I can't imagine where Iinogene Is go ing to put, the electric washing ina
 chine, the large fria1igle and the vac
 uunn cleaning apparatus She h4 chances on those, too. When they ar all adjusted and set up in our iatndr; it will resemble q machine shop ani the laundress will not be bit happ
 about having to leap belts and pulley and wheels and shafts every time sh
 wants the bottle of bluing or a fires cake of soap I know what will hap pen, too. some dark night when tn
 furnace has gone out and I prowl or
 that way to the kindling pile. I'll fa
 headfrst into some piece of rnachiner
 and press button or something an
 quicker than. scat I'll be run throug
 that mangle and hung Kicking and fis
 on the clothesbars. with a satin finis polish.
 That big wardrobe trunk Itnogef
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
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