Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-01
HE MAN WHO TALKS

from celebrating his millennium. l have always had great sympathy for this un- fortunate man. although have not had the privilege of shedding tears at his grave as Mark Twain did at the grave of Adam. Think of having father cor. recting your faults fer a65 yearsi And yet Methuseiah retaliated by keeping his own boys from shooting craps for 7s3 years. One wishes that the Bible had given more facts of bis life. Dld his mo. ther carry him as hshA in-her arms for ten yeara2 Was he 137 years old he renew his youth like the eagle. and lead new bride to the altar every T6 years? How many suits sf clothes did he wear out in ses yearzf How much money did he save in 600 years by ma1- ing out false tax lists9 Did he begin at q to have 8 penny day for 500 years, and what did it amount tor Was he doubled up with rheumztisn the last 2sf years7 Alas. we do not lnowi Ali we can say is the dear old soul went at last. Requiescat in pace.
 Someone temasksd ts Rabni Stephen s. Wise that he was Heartily sick of this everlasting giving :" .'1 have iiR 5auht, was the keen reply, "that little children ] in Armenia and Austria arc heartily sick of this everlasting starvationi', The null I tiplicity of appeals for help are doubtless perplexing and annoying, but it is vastly more annoying to starve to death. It 1 goes without saying that everybody wiio 1 has any surplus means ought to help. but i what ought the proportion to ha. In the | writer's judgment you cannot fix upon a ] uniform standard that would be just in l all cases Of course it is very easy for ,enes neighborss to decide what one ought i to- give. Ever since the days of Adam l se have been telling the other fellow l what he ought to dc. But generous peo- 1 pie find it hard to fx the proportion l Many give a tenth of their income to be- Enevolenee. and they ought to, and some ought to. give more, others lsEs. A man 1 with s1.eeo salary would find it hard 10 l support a family on $500. But another I man with $10,00e income. by cutting out smokes and movies, might get along on ss.ooo. The tithing system won't work
 in all cases. But give we must, and sys- t dramatically. z, I Tho preventive measures taken by great corporations against specific acci- dents enters the realm of the marvel opA The explanation is not wholly found in the attempt to guard against T compensation claims, although that may be factor in the case, For many things Il are done today in great plants that are ;, not required by law. showing that there is real humanitarian desire to protect the health and safety of WorAmen. FoI EexampIe. a machinist Is shown what kind of cravat he should not wear. and a foundryman what Kind of shoes he should ej wear. New men, in The General Flee sI tries, are taught just how to pile pipes ,l castings, heavy tirlbers, etc. They art taught how to escabe danger from acids
 metal. saWdust and from the intens'
 light of ultra violet and aetinic rays. TheJ 3 are shown how to adjust ladder prop -1 erly and how to keep tools in pfopel ? condition It is not fair to say that al g corporations are souliess.
 The question Is being quito e4teasivsi. agitated in the public press just wha : are the specific cases of the crime way = now spreading over the country. h al generally thought that it cannot be trace f ito any single agency. But there is gen z efal agreement that motion pictures Q the objectionable kind have something t de with il. HoId-ups, bufglaries an e even unproVoked murders arc made yer d real in some motion picture houses. d Showing the ease with which crime ca Is be committed is an incentive to crime O ,a-I the part of, those whose lives are nc II aetuated by moral principle. At Par
 church a short time ago, there was 3 good Illustration that 3 motion pictuI
 could be- used to teach an importaI y moral lesson and yet not be wanting r. thrills and entertainment It also shoT n ed that a film could be clean and who'll Ee some and still have a proper amount
 "pepY Why not develop the motion pi \ ture along right lines?
 G. The situation in the near east ar ,;-t continental Europe is truly aiarmiH |. And the pathos of the whole business Ii fr f6a su are made to suffer for the sins of u ch guilty. If some of the crowned hea
 of Europe. and particularly some of t 1e ex-erowned heads could only feel t he bangs of hunger America would shed SC tears; or. if bungiing. ambitious poll .~ cians who are responsible for conditio .. that make for hunger were in the bre S line a g1eam of satisfaction would ligl n. en up our hearts. If only some mea ed could be devised that would make { in exile at; Doorn disgorge his ill-g.,tt ed wealth and send 1t to relieve the 2ovel m. eNhas made in Europe, the rest of [ I+b world would soon be singing '"The H f.. leluiah Chorus" But at any rate tn, innocent little children must not be
 lowed to starve, and America will tt me down all past precedents if she does or rise to the present emergency.
 me It is . very old adase but none s2+' ess wise on that account which sa, for Where is a time to wink as we'll as al. see." Of course we alr of us want
 see, for that is what the eyes Are 1 ta and if we don't see we feel that cit = the eyes, or the perceptive faculty b ~, of the eyes are at fault But are tn -uo not, times in our daily lives when II uid just as well. and possibly a good q but better not to see some things. Do Ible the children make mistakes in petty n led ters where correction would mean
 IbaTsssmentf Is not experience l
 ter school teacher than flashing tong
 How silly it Is to neticei and to comm inadvertently upon some slip of tongue 2 public speech and really overlook
 the helpful things that were saidi M
 a family squabble would be avoided
 the parties would learn to wink more rat see less. It takes as much ability, ,ese 9 great deal more discretion to wink t
 to sec.
 Compared with the recent seasoI sten wage and business inhatIon, it may ,-as be said that times are depressed
 least business is far from being as r,
 ing as it has been, and many men ars
 the streets idle. In a small city ests ours there will probably be little that suffering. But in our great cities t
 will be bread lines and soup kitch
 Possibly the tramp will be knoei again at our back door. At such a III the down-and-eut fellow will be in II dence. Of course we pity such an
 fortunate fellow but he is not the
 discredited chap to se pitied May n new man be at the top st the financial , in social ladder and also be ,discredited
 not d social leper just as poor a {
 as tramp? The only difference is,
 fis "dowR-and-ont'' and the other is o4cA ana-aut." If anything the fellow