Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-06
WILLIMANTIC

 was voted that each member do sonne- thing to secure homes for the New York children who will be sent to Biili1nantlc by a New York newspaper, for two weeks outing in country homes.
 The meeting was then turned over to George Shafer. who introduced J. B.. DaVi sof Hartford, a Rotarian, as the speaker of the day, MT. Davis spoke on The Aims of Tsotary Contrasted With the Present Day Spirit of Getting By With It. Rotary, said Mfr Davis, has never been. defined by any man since 1t was f first founded. It is too great to define. Its ideal is service, justice, and equity towards all men, the principles Of aeTn- ocracy, and are the principles for which our boys fought in Flanders. It is for men such as belong to Rotary clubs to resolve that these boys shall not have tdied in vain. Rotary has a mission to lperform in behalf of democracy, and we 1 must keep our ideals always before us. { Since the last war. and it has been so after every war, there has been a | great increase of gambling. stealing, cheating, and in fact the spirit of get iting by is prevalent. High school boys throughout the country have taken up these things which they never should be allowed to take un. The spirit of get ting by with it prevailed among the men who regulated prices during the war l Perhaps there was necessity then for | high prices but today 1t is only the iup some prices. Labor and capita . th's problem. and today 1t is hard to ~>t an honest days work for any amount aF nay. The workmen in many cases e-09t all they can get for as little as they '' II give. and will do this as long as they an get by it.
 When we were boys, novels such as Diamond Dick and other so-eaHed dime novels were tahooed because of the had Influence they had over children, But a1eday go into almost any motion picture '0'lse and you see pictures of far worse character than those Diamond Dick nov ''s. The pictures are having q tremen- ions influence over the youth of the na- i Ion.
 Take the vaudeville In our theatres, st7 self-respecting man would care to Naye his son or daughter go to the the- -ros and hear the indecent jokes of the ---nlayers, In popular music today many or the words to the jazz songs are sug- feestive of evil thought and one music man told me that 30 per cent. of that itype of music was being sold to the high
 OHs ireH it to make money and will sell such tr9sh as long as they can get by with it. This spirit has got into the schools of 'e country and perhaps every man uses the same get by with 1t spirit whife dviy- ng his automobile
 - It is time for the people to think twice about what is right and what is wrong fney talk of foreign influences threaten NF the nation The great danger is from
 'thn. This country today is repeating 'lstory and repeating 1t fast Rome lived We are now living and soon fell and
 VT nation must fall If it's neopIs do not ,a2nge their get by with it methods of living. The foreigners in our country re carrying off the highest honors ir 'r sheools, ghile our own children ar. blowing the get-by-with-it snirit of the ''ents We are a foreign nation. bui Te we to Americanlze these foreirn. rs coming to our shores. or are the,
 HinE to follow the principles of radical
 m and destroy thls democracy of ours
 En'srv princirals put into the lives O
 high school boys, and the orgaRIzinI junior Rotary clubs would tend |, " ms 'get bv with it' spirit. Tn would watch their older RetariaI rothers and size them un aocerdInp- t
 
 To senior Rotarians live much cleser t ''"ir code of ethics.
 Oliver Chalifoux. 2G, of No ss cres cent street. attempted suicide Monda, 'isht at the corner et Valley and Cen "r streets, by plunging the blade of NhNBiIe into his left breast just abov ne heart. The wound made was abou m inch deep and hled profusely. He va U taken
 'roatment and will probably be release today Wednesday,.
 From what could be learned chafiso,r rlHd suicide after a loveFs' qua -el. H nd young woman with whom he Ina -eHn keeping company were seen stand ing near the corner of Center and yaIIe streets watching some small boys fire nj | hreworks Soon the young woman lei ana went into her home. Chalifoux wa notlced soon afterwards, leaning agains , fence. with blood streaming ,dewn hi shirtfront. Chalifoux was piclxed in h - men nearby and laid on the sidewaIl As it was believed he was dying Re, J. !. Panillen was sent for and he af ministered the last sacraments of tn church to the injured young man. A automobile was secured and ChailfeaI was taken to St. Ioseph's hespitai wheI ha lh'HFN WAS tfehted- At first the stoi ies were that Chalifoux had been stahbe A nv a rival, as the young woman wa = known to have two other admirers. ChaI foux later said he stabbed himself ss could not stand being fitted hy the ei he cared for. That ehalifaux had a
 tempted his life for such q reason can r as surprise to people Fhe netieea hl = and the girl talking at the corner Bot c at that time seemed happy.
 ID Joseph Stone and a party of thr, - friends figured in an accident Monds
 night near the Central eVrmont railros
 bridge over the Wiilimantic river. M
 Stone was driving his Chevrolet car Eh,
 what he termed a Tread hog met hi
 near the bridge and the lights of u
 approaching car blinded him. The roi n. hog forced Stone into the fence at u
 right of the road which resulted in u