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Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-11

which the government also estslns revenue. On each match pox n pf1n.- ed "a normal maxim which nay De considered the al fresro substitute Iol the framed mottoes that adern esma North American homes.
 cal extremes--it is without moantaane or korges. deserts or jungles = % Montevldeo is without social extruznes. If has no squalid slums and nc os- teutatious imiilionafes r0w. It may not inaptly be dubbed cofnf0rtaole bourgeois paradise.
 "Montevideo is famed for its pert
 which is one of the best on the At | lantic coast Of the Americas. The
 city has a population exceeding 4ee, 006, more than quarter of the poRu
 iation of the entire 7H.ooo squsr: mlles nss of the republic. In 1900 honteytoec was the largest and most important city in South America. It Is now sur passed by Buenos Aires, Rio. Ane
 Santiago de, Chile. while its rank ai l fourth city Is closely contested bT sa' Paulo, Brazil
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-11
AssAsslNs DRUG ADDIcrsr Strange Customs of Aneisns Asietis
 Secret Society.

During the latter part of the eleventh century there was founded in Asia secret society known as the "Fedavis or Devoted Ones" the members of the sect being pledged to Implicit and binding obedience to the orders of their superiors, no matter what these orders might be. Hassen ben Sabbah, the Persian who founded the dread order, was extremely explicit in the rules of the organization. The members of which he laid down Tor the government the lower order were kept in ignorance of the teachings and aims Of the body to which they belonged, and it was inn pressed upon them that unfailing obedience was their only gateway to
 success in this life and eternal happi- ness in the next.
 To give them foretaste of the teyB
 in store for them. provided they fol- i lowed instructions to the letter. Has sen ben Sabbah directed that they be given a specified ration of hashish or 1 henp-a narcotic which produced ef- fects similar to those resulting from
 the use of opium-and it was from this | practice that the members of the Soct-
 ety came to be known as hashashin or
 "hemp- caters" Europeans slightly
 altered the terms to "assissln" and ap- piled 1t to any one guilty of murder, this crime being favorite among the
 Fedayis.-Detroit News.
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storls. rh., Recall Other.
Too Much Efficiency.

'There is such thing as efficiency too highly developed" said Mrs. B the oth- CT day.
 How can that be?'
 "Well, it took me two years to get my husband to oil all the hinges on the doors kround the house. Before, they did not work so easily and could open them to any point I desired and they would stay just where I put them They swing so easily now that I spend half the time putting something against them to keep them where I wish them"
 Pennies Good, NIckeIs Better. r Mary, aged four, goes to Sunday school. Her class hal been asked by the teacher to bring pennies to aid relief work for the poor children in Armenia"
 The next Sunday her mother gave her 150 pennies. which she had been saving They were put in pasteboard box so that Mary could carry them easily. When daughter got ready to go to Sunday school J the family noted that the box seemed quite a burden for her.
 A few days later mother looked into a vase where the family had been accumu. lating buffalo nickles. Instead of S6 tc ST in nickles there was not a nickel there.
 Mary, 60 you lfnow where all oul nickels went to?' asked her mother. .'sYes mamma" Mary replied, T took them al to Sunday school for the poor chill dren !'.
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FIREPRooF BUILDINGS.

Plenty of reasons can be offered for the construction of fireproof buildings. With he destruction of schoolhouses at the late of one a day it can be appreciated Hat. in spite of the many which exist throughout the country, there is excellent ieason for including school buildings in the list of such structures
 In Rhode Island this week there was
 med an eight-room school building of
 cd on which the estimated loss is placed at S50.000 but on which there was Bn insurance of S20,O00. Whether the building could be replaced today for the price at which it was valued is not known but had it been fireproof build hg that community where it was located would not be facing the problem oi erecting new one and il would not be deprived of the school facilities as it is For the remainder of the school year the children of that community must bt puartered wherever accommodations car be secured.
 Though such may not always be tn. ease fires in scnoolhouses invariably re suit from defective nues or the furnaces Where there is nothing to burn thos, possibilities are eliminated. But wna Ia far more important is the protection that is given to the lives of the children FireF in schools do not always occur dur Ing bchool hours, and under existing re guEenents in most places and the train hg received by the pupils it is possibl To make quick getaways when the fir ean Is sounded, but in buildings whicI Are built of non-inflammable materia there fs safety assured which does no exist in the wooden building, or the WOO md brick structure The initial outla may be a trIhe larger but it pays in tn long S4. Thus from both an economi and safety standpoint the benefit of
 hreprOof school building cannot be dis regarded. That class of building, espeC lzlly when they reach any size cannot l. loo carefully protected. and no dout Norwich will give attention to this matte in connection with the special town mee hg dealing with schoolhouses tonight.
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THE TROOPS ON THE RHINE.

Decision to the effect that our troops who are holdingsa bridgehead on the Rhine arA not to be recalled immediately is neither inconsistent nor surprising It is true that something has been said about the fact that they ought not to be :here and that they should be brought home. If reference is made to that it should be remembered that conditions are now even different than they were a few months ago, and while we are not 8 member of the league of nations and have not as yet concluded peace with Germany, we are not disposed to take any step that can be looked upon as ia. vorable to Germany and against the al- lies.
 To recall our troops on the Rhine at this time when the Allied forces have been sent forward into Germany to take pos- session of more territory, and when Ger many has failed to meet the reparation demai'ds Of the allies, would be open to the interpretation that the United States i was not in sympathy with the claims | made by the allies, that it did not ap- prove the sending forward of the allied forces and that it was thus in, sympathy
 with the position taken by Germany
 Nothing of course could be farther iron
 the facts and in order to permit of nc wrong impression any thought of with
 drawing the troops now must necessarily ] be abandoned
 Conditions have changed and ever though there has been change in/ thu
 administration of this government the i'm propriety of plunging into any radica
 move at this time can be fully appre
 ciated. The time is coming when tn | policy Cf the new administration will b
 definitely set forth With thatas a basi action can FNe taken which will not b op.h to the misunderstanding that woul
 result from present day conditions. How , ever much GeDmany would like the Unit ed 0tates~ to recall its troops and how ever much capital 1t might make out c
 such action there is~ no prospect that will be done right away We owe to
 much to the allies. When any step i
 taken it will be open and direct and nc . left to inference or open to such an in a terpretatioh as favoring an enemy an ! embarrassing friends.
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MONUMENTAL KINDNESS

When Miss Belinda met her brother at the station he noticed at once that her morale was low. His first thought was that perhaps he should not have left her alone at Hilltop all the spring and early summer.
 .eroo bad that old factory re organiza- tion matter kept me in Pittsburgh SO long sisl" he told her, as they drove toward nome. "TmeRfraid you've been pretty lonely, but with such kind neighbors as we have. I thought you'd make out all right"
 They're certainly kind. Ben." she re- turned with a wry little laugh. You don't know the half of it, dearie."
 What do you mean, Belinda7 Won't you please explatn?"
 Wait until we get home and then you will know all. In the meantime ] wish you to t& me honestly now, whether you think eSer am overland. l mean in- terferingly kind"
 Certainly not But what's the mat ter?"
 Well, of late I've been chastened into most humble mood. I have thought l that perhaps I was being punished for my own crimes. Otherwise don't see why I should have to endure the wrath of the gods"
 This is great mystery" said Ben.
 Miss Belinda made no reply, but she re- duced the speed of the car toNa creepine pace as they approached the entrance tc Hilltop. Her brother gasped as they came tofthe gate. My word. what's this?" he asked Where did this monstrositfes come from; Belinda. you know abhor cement on a country place like ours. Those pillars are l terrible !'
 ''Rave on. rave on. brother. dear" sh< laughted. It does my soul good was afraid you n1ightn't take, them as hard as I do. Aren't they horrible?" l But my dear girl. why are they?"
 They're a tribute of love and grati | tude from our friends and neighbors. lasting tribute. greatly fear. Mrs. Has keH at the farm thought of them, ant she went around among all the commun. l ity and collected the money. Dave Scot l actually stopped work on the new siilag, ] garage to get them up before arrived o1 the 1st of May. Mrs. Haskell and lots o
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Cleaned from Foreign Ex-
 chanpes

Lord Desborough's bill for fixing Eas- ter on the second Sunday in April will, we imagine, meet with very general suppArt. To holiday makers generally the change wouldSbe great boon, and especially to those who spend their Easter holiday on their allotments. It is now a well-es- tablished custom among these tillers of the soil to seize the opportunity this hol- fday affords for planting their potato sets. When Easter falls early this oper- atien is attended with great danger of loss from subsequent frosts, but Lord Desboroughs measure reduces this risk almost, though not quite, to nothing.
 Cost of Living.-Oficial figures issued by the ministry of labor show that or February 1 the cost of living was 151 pe1 cent. above that of July 1914. This is g fall of 14 points since January l.
 Price of Sukar.-Sugar is down Id. { pound in one or two of the big Londor stores, and it is possible to get fine gran ulated at Sd. and fine loaf at I'd Durin; the rcst fortnight the average price O l sugar has been about 3d. or 1-2d., al though the reasonable" maximum price officially suggested were 3d. and g 1-2d By-EIection Energy.-Mr Asquith ol Saturday declared that "by-elections ar
 being fought with a febrile energy tn parallel of which he could not recall.
 Has he quite forgotten his own early i'm i pressions of the stricken field of politics There surely never was greater "febril energy" developed than in the home rul
 campaign that began when MT. Asquit first entered parliament, in 1886, and cor tinued for six years.
 Coming Coal Crisis.-We have severs times warned our readers of the renewe
 dangers ip the coal situation. They ca only be surmounted between now aR
 March 31 if moderate counsels win th
 day among miners and local-owners alik
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mails He was denied the low rate which is given to newspapers engaged in ths rerformance of public service through the dissemination of news, because of the fact that his efforts were directed toward the encouragement and success of the ei cmy.
 The Berger paper was engaged in 'ts activities when the country was at wal. It was dealt with under war conditions and it is not to be supposed that a sir1:- lar view would be taken or sustained if the country were at peace. The supreme court well said "1rhe Constitution was edopted to preserve our government, net to serve aEa protecting screen for. those V ho, while claiming it's privileges, seek to destroy it.
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LETTERS I'd THE EDITOR
Questions Concerning Sunday

MT. Editor: Is not republican gov ernment formed for political or civil, and not for religious purposes?
 Is it the province of the government to determine what religion is true and what false?
 Does good citizenship in the civil gov ernment depend upon profession of Christianity?
 Is it not true that whenever any sect has obtained political power, it has per- secuted those who would not conform te it's ideas of the proper manner of wor- ship?
 Will not union of church and state again bring persecution? Cannot man be good citizen and not keep Sunday Will it make him better citizen to put him in prison for Sunday labor? Does it disturb your worship to see a man working on Sunday? Which disturbs you most, to see a man working on Sunday, or to know he | is in prison and his wife and children at home alone, needing his support and pro- 1 lection?
 | If you are disturbed less with him in [ prison, what's the matter woth your con- science?
 | Does it disturb you for man to work | on prayer meeting night? l If not on prayer meeting night, why on Sunday?
 If it is not wrong to work on Monday
 why is it wrong to work m Sunday
 If 1t is wrong to work on Sunday fol religious reasons, are not Sunday laws
 religious laws?
 If a man can be good citizen and
 wout on Sunday, and if Sunday law
 sends him to prison for Sunday labor, doe!
 not Sunday law make a criminal ou of a good citizen?
 If Sunday law is a re1igiaxe law, ant
 the government is a civil institution, thel
 when the government passes a Sunda, law, does it not in so doing legislate or
 religious matters and thus exceed it
 proper limits?
 When the government takes control o
 religion by passing religious law, doe
 it not in doing this bring about uniol : l Of church and state? Has not persecution for conscience sak
 in the past come as a result of unio, ! of church and state? Is it not true that Sunday observanc is an establishment of religion? Docs not the first amendment to tn |. national constitution forbid legislatin, , } on religious establishment? That being true is not Sunday Ia,
 opposed to the national constitution. Is not the national constitution a goo American document? .i If Sunday law is opposed to the cor : stitution, can it be a good measure? z Would law compelling all to kee ! Saturday be unjust to those who do nc
 think 1t a duty to keep it? > That being unjust, would not a la 2 compelling all to keep Sunday be equall unjust to those who do not consider 1t . U duty to keep that day? Would Saturday law restrict the r, U 1igious liberty of those who are compelle :. against their will to keep that day v Will not the same apply to a Sunda ! law?
 . Can a law that restricts religious III n erty be a good law? Is such a law in harmony with Anne ', '. ican principals of religious liberty? - Are the advocates of such a law trl l. Americans?
 If 1t is well to compenl people to re- !, on Sunday out of respect to religion, wi = would it DOt be well to compel them o 1 go to church and support the prea cher? ~ Is it not true that mans right to h
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people around here were waiting at the gate when came, and she read an orig mai poem dilating upon the privilege and happnesSTlt was to make a return for all the things you and had done for the nesghborhood Hers was a vision. She | rhymed vision with Titan, saying they l hoped to achieve beauty even if not de- signed by Titan. You know she took a correspondence course in the history of art one winter.
 ''Yes, you arranged for it for her and paid the fee. You thought it would wid- en her outlook and make the long shut in winter on the farm more interesting. l Good heavens, Belinda, what's tnad?" A l turn in the drive had brought them to a | huge semicircular seat.
 Its present to you from Dave Scott The gate pillars were such a tremendous success that Dave made this while I wal in Chicago for a week. He said he could nt never forget how you give him a new horse when his barn was struck by light min and his old mare Dolly was killed and now, after all these years, when he'I been prosperin' in the cement. he's mighty glad to give you somthin' H wouldn't never hey thought of it. hadnt been for Mrs. Haskell and that there vi sion of her'n."' i T wish to heaven that Mrs. Haskell 1 Flush Don't say 1t, Ben! We mus endure these gifts gracefully and grate fully
 l DO you mean to say that we shal have to leave these cement atrocities or the placer"
 ! Exactly. We can't wound the tend crest feelings of Mrs Haskell and dea old Dave Scott and all the other uoIiv, s That would be dreadful. Indeed. we ough to be very much pleased and touched t be held in such high regard by ou
 friends and neighbors. And we are
 aren't we?"
 T suppose we are, but if freshe should wash out that behemeth of seat---"
 "or a. tornado should tear down tn
 gate pillars"
 "Id bear it as becomes a Christian Belinda"
 ] Lets hurry into the house and loo at the barometer. Ben I feel suSde deep interest in the weather" r."-ExchanE
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omnipresent. Most of the films they show are imported from the United States. Perhaps these modern amuse- ment places are helping somewhat to strain the bends of age-old custom. Young people of the two sexes may att tend these cinemas together if chap eroned, And the management of many of the theatres evidently ds willing to be the deus ex maehfna for youthful romances, for they make it point to ring a warning bell before lights are turned on. Hr.
 "Montevideo has nearly a score of daily newspapers, and; the voices of small army of newsboys are heard constantly except during an hour and a half at mid day when a 'siesta' is enforced by law for all business. With the voices of the newsboys ningle those of youths and derelict adults hawking government lottery tickets of boxes of matchee from the sale oi
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The miners by their action last year, not only did cruel injury to the mass of their fellow-workmen in other trades, but they overshot their own mark. They jeopardIzed our foreign markets for ex- port coal, and fixed on the industry wages which it cannot pay. They'wou be wise to recede voluntarily from a position which further strike action could only in the end render worse. But we hope that. If they honestly try to, to employers will not make it difficult for them. They, too, would be- short-sighted if they over- exploited any temporary advantage.- London Chronicle.
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many of the pictures If persons who fig, ured prominently in the history of our country are only imaginative likenesses. and most of them, were made from de- scription. The truth is coming more and more to light regarding our early his tory and the day will come when we will have only the facts and the real faces of the events and personages who organized our country, with all fallaeies eliminated
 Tomorrow-The Explorer of the Mis- I' sissippi.)
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-11
FRE(KLES
March Brings Out UnsishtIy Spots, How to Remove Easily.

The woman with tender skin dreads March because it is likely to cover her face with uglY freckles. No matter how thick her veils the sun and winds have a strong tendency to make her freckle.
 Fortunately for her peace of mind, Othine-double strength, makes it possible for even those most suscept- ible to freckles to keep their skin clear and white. No matter how stubborn case of freckles you have, the double strength Othine should remove them.
 Get an ounce from your druggist and banish the freckles. Money back if it 1Aila
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Head of Moose slated for Secretary of Labor, James J. Davis, of Pitts burgh, director general and chair man of the board of Mooseheart Governors, Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose, will be the next Secretary of Labor. Twelve years ago he organized the mother lodge of the Moose, Pitts burgh Lodge, No. 4s, and since that time has devoted his energies 10 the order. Mir. Davis Is married and has two children
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time is as sacred as his right to his money?e
 That being true, if the government can take part of a mans time for the sup port, of religion, can it not as rightfully tax him to support the gospel minister? Is 1t not the only safe rule to 'keep the church and the state forever separ- ate ?'--U. s. Grant
 There is not a shadow of right in the general government to iatermeddle with religion. ."-Iames Madison.
 GILBERT P. COATES. \.Norwich, March 10, 1921.
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Kerensky is rt ported to be directing the counter revolutionists about Petrograd. Apparently he believes that he can come back and has got quite a number of oth- CTS thinking the same way.
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While getting the fishing tackle out in anticipation of April first it isn't too ear- ly to get in some early practice on the fish stories, if practice is needed.
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A Rhode Island school was destroyed by fire this week with a loss of $50,o00. A fireproof building would have prevented the financial as well as the school room loss.
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Down in Mexico they creased the rail- road track for miles so trains couldn't climb the grade. What stunt that would have been few years ago 50 as to have prevented profiteering.
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In Spain the bloody work of the assas- sin is still to be noted, but the United States hasn't progressed beyond lynchings and burnings at the stake
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The man on the corner says: Both comedy and melodrama are likely to be encountered in making out the income tax return.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-11

With physicians allowed to prescribe beer as medicine, druggists will never be able to carry a stock large enough.
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Tonight's special town meeting should take care to see that the interests of the school children are properly served.
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Berlin IS betting millions on the horse races, but it didn't take any chances of that kind on the London conference.
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EDITORIAL NOTES, Special town meeting tonight.

See that adequate school facilities are provided to meet the requirements of the children.
Evening journal., 1921-08-29
DEMOCRATS MAY
ELECT WOMAN

Continued from First Page)
was decided at the suggestion OF
Mrs. Ridgely and Mrs. Marshall to
raise $1,000 towards getting trained
organizers from the National Com
mittee headquarters to come to Del
aware to assist in organizing the
Democratic women Of the State.
It has been suggested by some
leaders that as there is no cam
paign this year, the matter Of elect
ing a National Committeeman be
postponed until after the new DEM
ocrauc State Committee is chosen
next spring. There is much opposi-
tion to this suggestion, however,
and those favoring an early election
OF a National Committeeman or
committee woman say that informal
word has been received from the
National Committee TO the effect
that committee may be reorganized
shortly and that under the circum-
stances Delaware should have a rep
resentative on the committee.
1t is reported that Chairman
Isaacs may call another meeting Of
the Democratic State Committee to
be held at Dover the middle of next
month to elect Chancellor Wolcott's
successor.
Evening journal., 1921-08-29
MARvIL-woorrFN

Miss Pauline Hastings Marvil and
Bayard Lee Wootten. both OF Lau-
rel. were married on Saturday even
ing at the parsonage OF McCabe NJ
+. Church. 703 West Twentieth
street, by the Rev George c. will
liams
The bride is daughter OF the late
!. Wesley Marvil Her father was a
cousin OF former Governor Josiah
MarviL She is a graduate OF the
Woman's College. University OF Del
aware. Mr.. Wootfen is the oldest
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. Wootten.
His father is cashier OF the People s
National Bank at Laurel. MI. Woot-
ten is bookkeeper OF the Marvil
Package Company OF Laurel After
a wedding trip, Mr.. and Mrs. Woot-
ten will live in the Marvil home on
West street.