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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
GETTING At UNIFoRMIrY-

A move that ought TO bring forth ex-
celeut results Is th.a which has been
inzu-u-sted by the calling together Of
motor vehicle zGthorities Of the New
England states. New York. New Jersey.
Pennsylvania and Maryland for a con-
ference on the question Of recommend
ing ,gislztion that will provide a uni
form auto license law in the several
states
AZ the present time the varying pro-
visions existing in the different states
ro- -~'- cause annoyance 20 the holders
- r---ses but likewise to the authori-
Tee w-1 are endeavoring 10 enforce the
a75 this is particularly true
ss IS realized that licenses are not
-rG---- .or operators OF cars in nu-
-.-.-s aastanees except where they are
10 what conflicts with the
sats in neighboring states
W. 1W irivsTs OF autos must have
'--rss ear BE readily understood.
, e conference is o1cn 10 big pos
T. cannot insure the desired
Hn- such recommendations as :,
--Fe would be bound 70 have
zoo @eet before the respective 'egisla-
lures, and when # comes 10 uniformity
g IS % be realized that there is opportu-
nifty Cor much good work &c be done ir
rs hehsR relative 10 more auto laws
han thosa concerning the licensing Of
irivers- That, however, should serve i,
A stepping stone to others.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
Stories That Recall othsrs
A Marked Down Stove.

Noting a new heating device in a
home where she was calling a woman
tod of her first experience in a fur
mace heated house One cold winter day
she and her mother called on a friend
who had furnace, something she as a
little girl had not seen before.
The hostess removed the little girls
wraps and overshoes and stood her on
the register TO warm her feet Heat
coming from that little black thing on
the floor? Surprised and delighted she
clapped her hands and called to her
mother, 20. mother, come and look at
the little marked down stove"
knowledge.
Edward, aged four, fell and hurt him
self and his mother fully expected him
to cry, but was agreeably surprised when
he did not.
''Oh, you are a little man, aren't you
Men don't cry said his mother.
No, but they curse" Edward said.
knowingly
Buying a orfet Spell.
After waiting few minutes the four
year old inquired, Mother, may I have
that chocolate you promised me, now?''
Bless the child Didn't 1 tell you you
shouldn't have any at all if you didn't
keep quiet?'
yes, mother"
well the longer you keep quiet the
sooner you'll get it."
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

books have multiplied amazingly within
the last year. 1t would seem that af-
ter the war bangs of civilization the
human mind yearns for the primitive
simplicity of sayagery. The expert
ences of an artist were novelized, the
all but forgotten classics of Melville
have been revived, and "reminiscences Of
many casual trselers hae been printed.
Tahiti is tine most important of the
Society Is ands. and from its principal
city. Papeete, one may see Merea ISL
and, capped by the stately Mauaroa
mountain With its industry Of pearl
fishing. the famous society of the Are
DIS, who cultivated the arts and killed
new born babies, and its cult of fire
walkers, the Society Islands abound in
| the fascinating and the freakish.
/ But the women of the Marquesas
probably have comma nded more super
| lstives than any other human or ply
seal feature of the South Seas. They
are said to possess beautiful, luxuriant
hair, fine eyes, perfect teeth, a slender
| graceful. form, a skin Of velvet texture
| and unblemished surface and their ply.
steal attractions are combined with a
vivacity Of spirit and action Their use
of cocoanut oil for a massage has beer
| emulated by the bellies of more civilized
lands, but the lace-like tatteoing is one
| beauty aid which still is peculiarly theil
own.
"On the more than three score Tau
motu Islands DIV Ell fewer than 4.00t
people. The largest of these atolls
Rangiroa, has a lagoon 4 miles long
and third as wide. Pearl oysters
abound and the pearl are sold in Ia
HIT.
THE Tubuai or Austral Islands lie il
a crescent chain. from northwest t.
southeast, and support not more thar
1000 Polynesians. Explorers have
found certain stone structures on the
summit of Rapa. in this group. Of con
siderable interest. The principal slsnt
gives its name to the group Vsvitat
and Rurutu are the others of apprecia
BILE size. The land area Of the entir
group is but 10 square miles"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
rHE READING WRECK.

With g dead, some Of whom were
burned 10 death, and a larger number
injured In one Of the worst wrecks an
the Readi9s { ilroad Diseases con M
lions through the reports which indicate
hat none too strict measures we're
taken for the insurance Of the safe OBJ
aration OF the trains.
That IRE played a horrible part after
The collision is indicated by the stories
o. the wreck But FOR that the death
list would have been much smaller.
Ehile everything points to the fact tina,
there was q lax method of giving orders
.or the operation OF the trains or a
gross disregard OF orders by the enri.
neers. Coming together head-on, the
cos1s.on couldn't have OCCURRED at a
ucrEt poizt Thsrs vas ne epportlni-
" for the engineers to see their danger
a. they swung around a sharp cut in a
deep cut, but what the intstAtstion
which Is hound TO fellow such a wreck
vii b. eager to determine - why tive
-aisa should Be ezdeavorirg 70 pass or
= single track.
These we're trains that v4ro running
81 tbs regular schedule and there should
have been q definite point fixed at which
.hey should pass. With orders to thai
snsct IN the hands OF both. Whether
such was the method pursued will be
disclosed By the investigation. as well
AZ the reason Why II orders were given
och vsre not oeeye1, For an engineer
. ssFupe that ne bad waited long
rsoasA after remaining on > siding ter
zizutes and then proceed does net indi-
ate rood Judgment. Il is a haphazard
1sthOd OF raiiroad3ng that is bound to
Rsuit In Just such friyhtfH znairs and
s.%h hasa been the zrEseties sfolloEed
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
CIRCULATION
WEEK ENDING DEC. 3, 1891
I1,67l
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

President Harding n his message to
he seoond session Of the s7th congress
pointed out 70 the members through tia
personal delivery Of his message matters
upon which Y should concentrate its at
teuuon tlat Ders may result the nee
essary legislation, gave notice OF fur
Their plans which e sad later lay be-
fore the law n-stLsrs and indicated the
policy Of the adir.I,s.c s--ioc re alive to
domestic and foreign protl.mG.
Good reasons die K hage for the ex-
preston Of gratitude that he could once
more address congress with the nation
az peace and no sign Of a war cloud on
The horizon. and fully justified was his
BELIEF that the armament conference
would show a world accomplishment.
As vas expected the president direct
ed the attention Of congress 10 the nee
esslty q dealing WITH tho matter OF re-
fun'i7- ~ eoret-- oars he value CT
early action and the safeguarding Of uor
interests through such an authorization
as Is sought.
When the president declares in con-
nection with the plan which he has for
the mercNa-r r-aF.ra that 1T viii argue
i;s own r-7-o-aT' 10 ror=s apparently
20 ov-r-o~-- the situation which no ca Is
for fSC ahrogs:iou OF many trade trea-
ties ard The putting q the merchant
marine upon ! solid foundation by a
s.rgle move
That there should be applause
tArouEhoat the house when the Tresi-
zen; declared that the political party in
power shuold assume responsibility. de-
Ierm'r u9on policies and adhere to them
tndiacte' that he hit upon a point which
has needed emphasis. and there was
likewise sound advice offered in what
he had 10 say in regard 70 permanent
tariff legislation and the conditions that
must Be taken under consideration n
passin rit.
Likewise did he indicate that though
the tax revision bill had been adopted
by the previous session there was rsa-
son 10 believe that further efforts should
b mad 10 bring about REIMBURSEMENT
q the burdens. The billion dollar re-
duciio nreferred to Is an accomplish
nent but the country agrees with hin
that L cannot be allowed to rest there
Frorr the message r. is plain that tn
president seeks a session Of concentra
ton upoE the handling Of recognized
problems n a manner that will show
that it Is working for the nations bes-
Interests
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
READ YOUR CHARACTER
BY Digby Phillips,
copyrighted 1891

Low Brows.
The world struck pretty close to the
truth when it invented the terms high
brow" and ''lowbrow'' to- differentiate
between two classes of menaalities
The division is made in scientific char
acter reading along lines which are very
much the same, though not quite parallel
Just as the high head indicates the
man of exceptional reasoning and thinN
ing power. so the low head actually does
Indicate the reverse of this, and char
acter that in many ways is exactly what
the world means when it speaks of a
''lowbrow.'
The low head indicates a man or wom-
an who is not troubled by great ambi-
tiops, who is content and happy in the
accomplishment of modest>-atms.
Such people are very often extremely
conscientious, but their codes of right
and wrong are likely to be very simple.
and admissive of but few degrees of
r.ghtness and wrongness. They also
have a tendency to think in terms of ma
terial things rather than in the abstract
In the pursuit of material aims they can
be very determined
They are inclined to be. suspicious un
sympathetic and not, as a rule, very op.
I timistic.
| Tomorrow Blue Eyes and Dark Hair.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
coon PLACES no AVON.

During thu period Of the war there
were few tranars. The demands for la
Dor was sEeh that all able bodied men
were at work II not at the front Or in
the training comps, and the country ex-
perieneec relief from that A..is of
weary traveisrs going from one end of
the country to the other. some in search
OF work and come determined to get
their itvtsg By asking for it.
Traznps sNre nat as numerous as they
were in years game by but they are re-
turning. To sore it is by no means 4
hard job to turn to such q manner o!
living, while others are forced to It
In an honest search for employment.
In gein gahout the country. espee-
tally where big jumps are undertaken
stealing rides on freight trains has been
q popular method of travel 1t has its
dangers to the rider and It Is possible
to be arrested when caught and where
the laws are being enforced, but there
are plenty who are willing to take the
chance. Preterring greater speed there
are those who travel underneath or on
the platforms of passenger trains re-
gaFdless Of the hazard. Death from ae-
CldcIlS anu dTfcSt dT6 iHtitcu pJ IAcir
action, but by the new orders of the
postefiee department still greater dan
ger is faced, since the mail trains nov
carry marines for the purpose, Of pro-
lection and they are directed to shoot
to kill in case It is necessary.
Jumping mail trains is therefore a.
practice which most Of the ho5ees
should be inc ined to avoid. They may
be innocent enough as far as any iaten-
ton Of rohbing the mails Is concerned
but the armed guards have no way OF
understanding that Caught on or about
such a train in suspicious places means
more trouble than 1t did once, and even
thought 1t would have been considered
great enough by the average individual
under previous condIfon9 taking a
chance on drawing the fire. of the ma
rinos is not such as would appeal TO
many however much they might want
! to get to the next station. Under such
conditions the next station Is likely "a
/ be the one from which no traveller re-
turns For that reason tramps. profess
sioraI or otherwise have good reason
I for swing the mail trains a wide berth
] bic conditions.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

take Cerizane, for 1t had none of the
nasty, sticky sickening effects of other
cough medicines. But in four or five
days I surely was better. Cerizane
has one mighty fine effect that is
different. You don't walt for it to
work from your stomach. You feel
that it does something to your threat
every time you take a dose. 1t seems
to act on your throat as it goes down
and kind of smooth, cool and heal it.
Cerizane is the greatest cough and
cold medicine ever made"
Cerizane is enc of the famous
"WinsoT' preparations and has been
made by the same people for over
three quarters of a century.
Any obliging druggist will sell you
Cerizane. The following will always
be glad to. Fl. NJ. Lerou, 2a7 Main
Street. Norwich; Peter Benoit, Taft
vile.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

cline of "a per cent. in the same peri
cd. Even in the latest month. August,
in which the general export trade
shows a slight increase over August
of last year, although the value of
the imports from Mexico for the month
is less than one-third that of August
of last year.
Even this big gain in total values
of our sales to Mexico does not repre-
sent the actual increases in quantities
of merchandise sent her, since in most
cases the prices per unit of quantity
are so much less than a year ago. In
cotton cloths alone, the value doubles
but the quantity quadruples, the value
of the cotton cloths sent to Mexico in
the eight months ending with August
1921, having been S7,350.00 against
50, 4I9, 600 in the same months Of last
year, while the 1921 quantity is 1885,
coo yards against 9,TS4,000 in the cor
responding months of last year. In cot
ton hosiery the quantity is nearly dou-
bic that of last year while in raw cot
ton the number of pounds sent TO Mex
leo is 1S,151,o00 against 900 in the
same months of last year.
In many other articles the increase
in quantity is very large. Bituminous
coal exported 10 Mexico in the eight
months of 1921 was $4,000 tons against
| 5000 in the same months of last year
| commercial automobiles 1913 against
| $50 last year; passenger automobile,
| 1853 against 1885; freight cars rs!
against lis; locomotives 220 agains
! "A; flour 269,oe0 barrels against 1885,.
900; corn S,4S5,000 bushels against ~,
! 600; wire nails 5.s74.OO0 pounds agains
2,906, 900; barbed wire ASS, 900 pound
! against 2,6S2, 0O0: pipes of iron ant
| steel 260,000,000 pounds against 137 =,
100000; lard $4,000. zoo pounds agsins
II, 900; cottonseed oil $4,000
against $4,000; printing paper $500, Oet
pounds against 1908, 900; refined suga
1S,26S,0 600 pounds against 1,447, 900 arC
fuel oil 3O,575,OO0 gallons against H..
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
COMING BY FORCE

think stout women realize how they take
on weight"
Voice (acidly)-"Well, when one is as
skinny as you are, Doris, the wrinkles
show SO and there's no camoufaging
, ones age 1 don't think this clerk is
any good, either-she's tried on at least
sixteen dresses and I don't like any OF
them
Friend-'It is so hard to look really
stylish when one is large, l know Why
don't you try that new reduction system
that Isabel Dobhins went in for? She
was perfectly. dreadful-she must have
weighed as much as you do, and now
she's human looking again! You just
eat bran and celery and walk ten miles
a day-perfectly simple!'
Voice from booth 3-"And that's al
| the diet permits to eat. OF course
am not one of those disagreeable per
sons who make everybody uncomforta-
| BILE when invited out. If I'm at party
just eat what is served. But I an
strictly on the diet otherwise. we
were out at dinners three times asst
week and then there were several after
noon affairs and one luncheon, but Tn
going to cut down this week to maxi ak
| up for It, I shall not eat thing bu
! diet articles. What on earth ails thi!
dress? The skirt seems to eateh.''
| Clerk (resignedly)-'Yo take
larger size than what you asked for
I'll so see whether we have this mode
| in anything larger"
| Friend ttriumphantly)-"Wh I jus
knew when you told her 4s that yot
certainly must wear something bigger
! than that"
! Voice from booth 4-"Why, these
dresses~nake me look perfectly enor
| nous I think these mirrors must b.
queer or something. I don't think vol
understand the style I require at al an
there just isn't any use trying on an.
more"
Clerk tnatiently)-"T'n sorry. Iv
brought YOU exactly nineteen of our hes
models and it does seem as thoug'
among them We could find something
Voice haughtily)-"Well. Tna Ger
| tainly not going to buy anything tina
makes me so outrageously big as thes
/ do! The ideal When I've been reduc
! ing and lost three pounds last MONTH"
A gong strikes. Tt is the closing hour
A large and explosive sigh of relic
| nearly lifts the roof off the section.
It is from the heroic erks.-Chicag
News.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
HOW CERIZANE BROKE THE COLD AND
CURED THE COUBH OF A
PAWTUCKET MAN

Mr.. James Haigh, who lives at 20
Hancock Street, Pawtucket, r. l., was
very sick man in 1920. But, let Mr..
Haigh tell his own story: In Deem
Der got mighty bad cold from ex-
posture. I had had other colds, but
never such as this. Every passage in
my head was Allied UP. l sneezed.
coughed and spit. Then the cold kind
of dried UP and ! stopped sneezing
and splitting, but my throat got worse,
and how my head and chest did hurt.
could not sleep, eat or talk. All this
time I had been taking cough med
ieines, but they did net do z bit of
good. Then nay druggist told me to try
Eefi4ane Balsam. ! took one bottle
according to directions. I did not
feel much different for the first couple
Of days, for my condition was too bad
to be cured quick. 1t was easy TO
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

Plying the misery of the ladies' who,
deavored to buy gowns in the usual
dress sections, there has arisen in most
Of the stores haven pertaining to
"stylish-stouts." In them, when one
asks for size 40, the saieslady does
not raise perfect eyebrows in com
miseration. She acts as though there
really did exist size 40 ladies in the
world and goes right away and brings
back armfuls of frocks to try on.
Voice from booth 1-"Of course when
I've been on the diet I've just started
I know I can wear a Ssl 1t does seem
SO odd, having to come to the large sec
ton because Just a few years ago 1
could wear sSs-this is awfully tight
through the shoulders-"
-.IClerk-"Yes, you can't possibly wear
that think We have it in the next
size"
Voice (irritably)-'What size is
this?"
Clerk-"Why, this is a."
Voiee-"Why, the very ideal I never
were ~ in my life 1t must be
marked wrong"
Voice from booth 1T was just
ready to cry VIXEN / came in herei
went to the regular dress sections,
where I've bought my gowns Al my liz.
and the clerk 1 drew was just unspeak-
able! None of the gowns fitted in the
least and she tried to make out it was
nay fault to cover UP the shortness Of the
stock If the neck was awful she said
mercy, but didn't I have a high chest
and if the skirt wouldn't go on sne woud
sigh and say well, of course, I must re-
alize that my hips were extra large in
nropertion-"
Friend-"why don't you try rolling
dear? Estelle Dreamer lost five inches
around her hips by rolling twenty
min"
Voice (frostily)-'I don't think it il
necessary! My hips are not a particle
too 'arge for my height! Something is
wrong with this dress-it pulls and
Clerk-"Yes. doesn't 1t? Well, wen
trya larger size"
Voice (exasperatAd)-fI certainly
wish they would mark things right
never wore a larger size than "A ir
my life, and I weigh hardly bit more
than-'
Friend-"Oh. you've grown quite a hi
heavier this last summer. dear dom
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
GROWTH IN UNITED STATES
EXPORTS TO MEXICO

Exports of the United States to Mex
leo continue to show remarkable in
creases despite the reduction in our
imports from that country. The value
of our exports to Mexico, says the
Trade Record of the National City
Bank Of New York, shows an increase
of 80 per cent in the eight months of
1921, for which we now have figures,
as compared with the corresponding
months of last year. while the value
of the imports from Mexico show a de-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

on that linz TIE wem4er is that Faoss
wrecks have not occurred.
Once more Is thsre disclosed the
menace tn humanity Of tina wooden rail-
road coach. Ths line 10 apparently ona
where ~ath . proper ehservancs Of rules
and regulations eoilisions ought to be
few and fer between, where wooden
coaches miEAt be expected TO be used
with 8 high deEree of safety, but there
Is revealed nevertheless how the wooden
cars increase the danger and serve to
swell the dpsath list under most hcrri.
bic condftic1A
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

vigorous for Davis. he journeved 10 Cuba,
and from there he went to New Orleans
and journeyed North through the section
with which he was so thor ughly familiar
He returned to Canada and embarked
with his family for Europe.
The case Of Mr.. Davis was drn2red on
Feb II, 1883. and after his discharge he
become president Of life insurance COM
pany at Memphis Tenn. He eventually
settled at Beouvo.r, Miss, where he die
on Nov. 80. 1859.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

This Yqrwaerte Of Herlin Gays the
old military leaders are not feols enough
to make q new wsr. Yet mast people
would have been inclined TO give them
as much credit before the last war.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

What will Me1ico be saying to US
when II becomes necessary For the Brit
ish embassy to make an investigation Of
the Digging VI British subject in this
country?
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

By a vote Of more than two to one
the people OF Des Meines have voted for
trelAeys rather than jitnfys 1t post
something 10 find out but the decision is
conclusive.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

There sse sise eeanseticut Judges who
believe intaEieste4 dripsrs ct autos
should be Substantially fined and sent
to jail. Generally iaaulEed in such
punishment wsuld have the desirsd ef-
feet.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
Patent Office Breaking Down

The Patent Office, as officially re-
ported by Comm. ssioner Is3bertson,
is at the breaking point. Nearly $4,000
applications now await action, and a
year must elapse before they can re-
ceive their first considerable
ington Post.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

Business is gaining slowly, and it is
the slow but steady progress that is
bound to insure . satisfactory recovery.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

December goes at the job of filling the
reservoirs and streams which Novem-
Der started with vim that ought to
bring quick results.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

Statistics may show that murders are
decreasing. but the governor Of Texas
claims that human life is the cheapest
commodity in the state.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

The man on the corner says: There
are those who seem to think that any
time is a good time to be a pessimist.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

We are getting to the point where
the rebbtes will be concentrating their
attention on eggs instead of gold and
silver.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The eection result in Willimantie is
what might be called intentionally
close.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-12-07

One thorn of experience is worth
dozen roses of theory.