Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
HE MAN WHO TALKS


 perfection by the son, is enough to scare the nations out of war. At least by the use of Maximite no war, can be of very long duration. Cordite, or smokeless powder, is another joint invention of this wonderful family. It is a bit singular that Hudson Maxim, who in 1916-the year of his fathers death-was such a. jealous defender of preparedness, should how come forward with the most con- vincing argument in favor of disarma- ment. He has figured out that it would save the United States billion dollars a year, and earnestly urges a truce for a period te five years. He shows most convincingly what that amount of money would do in developing the natural re- sources of this country. When men of his caliber speak on the subject the powers that be are likely to sit up and take notice.
 The moral power of leading a kindly life is more far-reaching than anyone can estimate. It is one of those things that is beyond the scope of the statisti- clan. To go through this life radiating sunshine and kindness would not settle all of life's problems, but it would bring in foretaste of heaven beyond our power of realization. What sort of a world would this be very shortly if mo- body desired to take the advantage of
 
 fleece anybody? If we all stopped talk ing about other peoples faults? If we were as active in helping the other fel- low as we are in criticising him? May we not have a cheering word for the dis outraged? helping hand for the fallen? word of sympathy for the bereaved? May we not insist that the downtrodden shall receive justice; that the naked shall be clothed; that the erring shall be led; that the homeless shall be sheltered and the hungry shall be fed? Do this, and We shall soon see a new earth"
 During the summer, in divers places and on various occasions, subjects have been discussed both practical and im- practical, possible and impossible, and by speakers who themselves were both DOS | sible and impossible. There have been during the season, if correctly neported some addresses that were both timely and | able. and are worth passing along the ] line. The writer heard one man speak who began his address at exactly 10 a. | m and by one minute past 10 had set tied down to brass tacks" Mention is | made of it because it is as rare as old china. He was telling about energies | trittered away, and made this statement: No society has right to exist that is not willing to plunge right into the midst of the fight" Some definite object should ! lie at the root of all organization We have gotten into the terrible haeit of do- ing many things that are not worth do- i ing. The things worth while are the ] things worth fighting for. if fighting is the only means of achievement
 We are quite familiar with such un- pleasant terms as neuritis, bronchitis and | the like. But someone has recently coin | ed significant name for a current, wide spread disease as "Americanitis ;;'' a sort of nervous disorder that in the last de- cade has attacked the American people | with savage intensity. It has it's origin 1 in overstrain. in attempting more than one has the strength to complete It's l antidote for fatigue is to take on just a little more work of a different kind Speaking generally, our people have not yet acquired the grace of finding leisure l Consequently something snaps and we | become irritable, uncomfortable, dis 1 agreeable, and find little comfort ir nagging. Martha. complaining to Jesus that her sister Mary shirked her house. hold duties, was a good illustration oi irritability that came from overwork When you see 8 woman whose eyes fl with tears when spoken to you know tha she has claim to a fortnight at Block 1 Island. Someone has said that a gooG dinner is spoiled if you know that some tired woman has been spoiled in gettins
 it.
 Has it ever been brought home to VOL ] how long it takes to go from one point tt i another on a college campus, or in an! public park or garden? That is due tt the curvatures (not the crookedness) il the cells of the landscape gardener.
 brain He just revels in turns, curves spirals, twists parabolas and hyperbolas l hoo 4r ! and is of substantial value to his pocket ? book. It is very beautiful as we'll a
 costing so much per linear foot. o
 course, the poor fellow knows that straight line is the shortest distance be tween two given points, Why not be will ing to pay him a little more to 2 : straight and save the public from ger ting the blind staggers by his turns an s twists If pedestrian wants to 2 f straight" on c6Sege campus, he is ad i, monished to Keep Off the Grass" Sun
 pose the boys inside the class room shoul
 wander all around the points of the com pass when they wanted to go due east that is, suppose they should circumver l Inside of the class room as they do out side where would they fetch up?
 n When Charles Dudley Warner retire , from the joint editorship of Harper
 Magazine, he published thoughtful littl
 volume entitled AS We Were Saving,
 being re/int of the cream of his ed torials. Among others he has. one o The Loss in Civilization. Have we h I i upon the right idea of civilization? Tn . process that has been going on from tn e earliest age of man has a serious defet n | in it. Somehow strength, vital powe
 seems to escape through this upIiftin process. When you've got man thol
 oughly civilized you cannot do anythin
 more with him" It seemed to troub e MT. Warner a good deal as to what W y should do if we ourselves and all of tf inhabitants of the world were thorough
 civilized. These thoughtful words wei
 written in 1892. when we stood in gres U danger of becoming civilized If tl 2 great editor were living today and wei
 feeling the aftermath of the world wa
 his fears of immediate civilization of u e whole world would be somewhat alaye Is When self-styled supermen suddenly drc
 back into the blackest organism, the,
 will be some chance of working vii |. most of us for some months to come.
 It is the unusual that attracts; the e.
 traordinary and startling that is on e
 eryope's lips. Nobody glances at u
 passing trolley that is doing the vol d trolleys are expected to do. It Is wht 't the trolley jumps the track, bumps in IT a telegraph pole and upsets a motor trut
 that the crowds gather in sufficie
 numbers to block the traffic There ,e nothing spectacular in the quiet, norm e. living of the married couple; they a ! not subject to any epidemic of discussio But let either one of them jump the bes
 en track of the married life and begin
 cut up didos with more dangerous thin pr than fnlppraDh To1ec and Tpotor tr,,oI