Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-11-12
THE MAN WHO TALKS

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made in heating our hoIses as in llum- |
| mating them. People are still living !
who can remember the tallow candle as
1.-THE only means Of lighting. Since those
days we have had paraffine, whale oil, PEI
| troleum, kerosene through all its refining
| grades, coal gas, to some extent acety-
| lerfe, and now permanently electricity
VIII science ever give us anything SUI
perior to the latter? If so, what? Dur
| ing this period of development what
| changes have we had in the line OF fuel?
When the tallow candle reigned supreme
| the only fuel used in this country was
!, wood; and since that day the only COM
| petitor wood has had is coal. In spite
| of prophesies and experiments nothing
| else Is in sight. But electricity as light
| ing is vastly more satisfactory than
coal IS as heating. While electricity IL
clean. light Gin weight noiseless easily
handled and with no disagreeable after
>matn, coal is dirty, heavy, noisy, difficult.
with the aftermath of ashes and cinders.
| bad to handle and hard to dispose of.
| While we are thankful for coal, we would
like to see something better.
| 1t is perfectly logical to carry this
| trend of though into the world of trans
portation. Has science spoken the last
| word in the production of the automobile
| and the airship. Skilled mechanics have
expressed the opinion that the automo-
| bile has nearly reached the zenith of its
development. Surely there is nothing at
present even distantly seen that is to SUI
| persede It. But who will venture to say
/ that it is the finality of science for land
transportation? For motive sea power the
hydroplane is attracting the attention OF
transportation companies. Like the frog it
| is amphibious; it can Give and move and
| have its being in the air and on the
water. 1t has the capacity of function
ing in both 1t has already passed beyond
| the toy stage, and the only question that
now remains is, can it be made useful
as a common carrier? It would not be
the strangest thing in the world if it yet
completely revolutionizes the whole
question of freight and passenger haulage
for seaport towns.
During these mid-autumnaI days. one
of the minor problems we have to deal
with is the proper disposition of dead
leaves. As a matter OF. fact leaves are
very thoughtless as to when, where and
how they fall They show not even the
common courtesies of life. The leaves
that drop from my trees, may first of all
fall on my property, and perhaps they
don't even do that. AT least in few
hours they have mostly left my premis-
es and have completely covered my neigh
boris freshly-raked lawn. On the morrow
by a change of the wind-they go sour
rying across the street where they will set
tie down to winter quarters on some
premises that are never disturbed by
rake. But how to dispose of them?
Burning is most common and most unsat-
| lsfactory. Burning is unpleasant and
unsanltary. During period of drought
leaves are catch-all for floating impuri-
, ties and the smoke of burning leaves
transfers the virus to ones lungs. There
| is always an epidemic OF nard colds dur
ing the period of burning leaves. The
only proper disposition of dead leaves is
the compost heap-weighted down
) where they are changed into humus for
next years garden.
l If John Bunyan had only written the
Al Holy War his fame would have been es-
$ tablished among the greatest OF religious
writer's of the age. But The Pilgrim's
Progress is SO evidently his masterpiece
in both conception and execution that we
forget that he wrote anything else. The
Holy War is full OF the most striking an
. alogies Among others he uses the "eye-
: gate" that is the eye as a gate through
q which knowledge makes entry into our
/, being. The value of the eye as a medium
d for the communication of knowledge can
z not be over-stated. As evidence of our
i acceptance of this fact We are making
n | much of the parade and pageant as a
= great public educator In no other way
can the great events of history become
SO realistic, and, therefore, so firmly fix.
II ed in mind, as when they enter through
= the "eyegate'' For instance the story OF
e the landing of the Pilgrims might be very
g dull as told in history, mt when tht
IS moving panorama reproduces the liying
:. scenes it can never be forgotten.
Is there some great message that ough
s to be delivered to the world today? II
q other words do the nations seem to stanC
in need of some clear ringing. Statement
i of the truth that shall be productive o
= positive results? The Puritan divine
W preached the government. and the essenc
O. of their messages was 'sbe good" Sbrin.
= forth fruit, meet for repentance Afte
the Revolutionary war the pulpit still
y said to the world ''be good" But tn
ie modern world is such a strange com
lie posite we must explain just what W
mean by being good There must b
lie the establishment of internationa
10 agencies as a medium through which on
IS nation can show its good will to anothe
n nation. Modern science has broken III
o. the possibilities of national isolation. An
= hence fof nation to ''be good toda
means uniting with other nations in tn
establishment Of peace and good will o
earth.
We must always take the bitter wit
n the sweet. And the more of the sweet
es that come into our lives individually an
collectively. correspondingly more of tn
bitter must We experience. 1 take it fc
III granted no one will protest against m
q. calling the building up of vast armament
the bitter things of life From whatevt
standpoint you look at them they are tn
very bitterest things that have grown u
IS in our political life. In point of expens
n in wastefulness, uselessness, destructio
en- and sorrow caused, big ornaments al
the most hideous nightmare that now di
turbs the peace and security of the worl
he today. The whole world applauds IL
l,o act Of President Harding in calling tt
~. armament conference at Washington tn
&c month to carefully review the whole 81
uation. Whatever maybe the tangib
results of this conference, a point he
he been gained in getting the master mint
ut to consider it.
These words will appear in print
they appear at all-on the day followir
the third anniversary of the signing
Ist the armistice, Nov II. 1918. Since la
lat November it's significance has been col
Ia siderably enhanced by the passage of IL
peace treaty by our federal congress d.
claring war between Germany and Amer
ca at an end and the resumption of g
10 those relations that suGbsist between n
'er lions living at peace. Declaring a tru,
he merely does not restore peaceful rel
ed tons 1t simply gives a breathing spt