Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-04
TIE MAN WHO TALKS

 minds the moving picture horror in New York persists in clinging to us. The pub | lie has a right to expect most rigid in vestigation, and if any parties are found !, guilty of criminal neglect let them be 1 punished to the full extent of the law. l The ten innocent little victims are cry- 1 ing out from their graves not for ven i geance, but for justice. Their parents and friends are demanding it! If the ! nations childhood is to be safeguarded ] from future sacrifices, there must be no neglect on the part of proper custodi- ans Of course there is no security from hysterical people losing their heads and their nerve, creating a panic by shout ing fire" But there is no excuse for any building. however antiquated, not being supplied with the latest devices for fire prevention. Custodians of such places should be trained how to handle panic stricken crowds No young child should be allowed in such places with out a proper chaperon
 Amusing things sometimes proceed from the seats of the mighty. none the less funny because the sense of hurnor is name was not John Smith. served in the army of occupation, and when his term expired was honorably discharged and he came home. 4 few days after his return. a notification that he had died abroad was received by his parents from the war department Out of re- spect to the government his parents were heart5roken, but the sight of their strong, lusty son tended to soften down the raw edge of their sorrow John Smith joyfully informed the war de- partnent of it's mistake, but was amazed at the second notification that he was indeed dead as the report had been con- firrned and was very sorry to learn of his delusion. Then John Smith began to recount his many virtues, and de- plore his untimely death. At last ac- count he was planning sad trip to New York to receive his "corpsts' when it was brought back from France, and to superintend the burial He will spend the rest of his days lamentsDg his tech I nical death.
 Something quite out of the ordinary happened in Waterbury the other day (which is not at all surprising for this wide-awake and quite unusual place). A judge fined a mother for the delinquency of her young son. Of course the charge was only that of a minor smisdemeanor. After carefully going over all the facts in the case the judge came to the de 1 liherate conclusion that the mother, as | the natural and legal custodian of the i lad, was far more to blame than he i; 1 that is, if the boy, who was rot natural :, Iy vicious, had received the instruction i that was simply his due, in all proba- 1 bilty he would not have been guilty of i the offense The mother was very iratt | and vowed vengeance, but when the lac 1 was charged with repetition of the of fence, the judge imposed double fnt 1 upon the mother. and she at once capit FYt1.: 1 just where the blame belonged. and ma, 1 this innovation strike other cities thal ] Waterbury where there are so man. l parallel cases.
 I This is the season of the year wher I flor reasons not so easily determined ,. colds are very easily contracted and yer Il pereistentIy defy treatment. In recen :, years there has been marked change o opinion, not merely in the medical Sra
 ternity, but among us all, in regard t 'ii the danger of a cold. Once when or was griDped with this "bahy, disease" h l sed to say that he was s"very well t with the exception "of a cold,'' Bot science and experience have taught U that great majority of tuberculosi cases have their origin in colds A col | will very easily yield to treatment taken in it's carly stages; if not it wi | ave it's run like all levers. One run 9 great risk in letting a cold take car ! Of itself, for if there chances to be 2 condition of low vitality. and if one f in an undernourished state, the co a cts settled on the lungs" and that v eadng straight for tuberculosis. V Barrel stealing on and before Thank di 1 aiving seems to be coming a mere trs :. dition. On the whole perhaps this
 
 g fhe innocent fun-loving prospensity e the normal boy, but because of the e e feet it has on the moral characte of u f barrel owner. Of course it was one thir e when a barrel was thrown at you jul a to get rid of it it is quite another thir . to beg one for 35 cents. But even tf
 value of the barrel is not the seriou
 part of the situation. It is when tt $ barrel is dumped revealing it's conten e to the gaze of a critical and suspicion d neighborhood Peel1ing women (a1 d sometimes mem, find out what you a IsI ard particularly drank the day befor a revival of religion never started in .. mans heart when he saw the inside ~ that ash barrel spread all over e front lawn. Barrel-burning, then, h H. ruined many g good mans chances H. ever becoming a Congregational deacc in and it's passing will add to the sum | es tai of undefled religion.
 g. For this season football games a IT, ended and devctees of that strenuo i'll sport will now have chance to go S. church and see their devoted pastor-t
 trained quarterback of the pulpit-tacl
 the Evil One. And let us hope that tn
 will rejoice if he keeps the latter fro
 making a touchdown. Many an anxic 'h mother and not a few fathers will dri -rI, 1c -1Is
 dear boy in college has come out of
 campaign as he did out of the Argon of Forest neither killed nor maimed b. life. Football, though not to be class a. with the machine gun and automob i-, does now and then claim the victim -A fatal accident But of petty sprains a
 bruises time will fail me to set for
 In the days that now are swollen ankl xt will enjoy Shelter Island, and tr; to twisted thumbs and skinned shal a- in salve, liniment and witch hazel will ty kept from bankruptcy
 Don't forget that Christmas will
 here exactly three weeks from tod ut And if you want to enjoy the celebrat a of that day as it was intended ' ny should. don't leave the purchasing he gifts you intend to give to father, mo
 CT, grandparents, husband, wife, cl
 dren, cousins, uncles, aunts, etc, to
 night before and then spend Christi iis day with cold bandages on your hea me brow, wondering why you couldn't h
 a been spared this sffliction on Chri
 mas! The real enjoyment of Christn
 on it's material side, consists in ol st. knowledge of making appropriate g m- that are appreciated, It is not the ano
 of the money put into the buying,
 the taste displayed in the selection
 ] 77cixr rrifk +I.-4 ose a sheer waste of money No gift rst worth the effort in which vo1l dn Y,nt