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Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
TINE FOR A CLEAN UP.

Exaggerntion always plays an import mt part when revelations are made con .erning frauds and conditions that ought not to exist. Thus when charges are brought it is well to wait for the presen- ation of the facts even though where .here is smoke there Is good reason to anticipate fire.
 Thus when allegations are made con- cerning the amount of grating has been Hone at the immigrant station at Ellis island it may he that the amount men toned is all out of proportion to the facts, and there is likewise the possibility that an even greater amount has been obtained through such operations. With charges made. inspectors and other ern- aloyes discharged and an investigation started it seems prob lbie that the act nal conditions will be disclosed in time put now that it is LIN dertaken the in- Iuiry should be a thorough one It is a time to make good job of it. Let the probe 20 deep and let there be a thor. ouEh housecleaning while the condition. at that point are being investigated
 There can, be no more toleration oi graft or frsdd In that branch of govern iAcAiA dCtiNlll1H tHdn m any Otnef. II isn't because Of the amount of graf that may have been obtained that thu conditions should he brought to light bu because any such activities should b, indulged in.
 From all indications the government hasn't been the loser financially. Int charges involve the action Of government employees in lax enforcement of the regu lstions because of the bribes they re ceived from the immigrants, or the un just demands that were made upon tn, aliens for services. Immigrants are sub ject to eStortion from those on the othe side and willingly part with considerabl sums to get forged passports. They arr none too well supplieJ1 with funds bu they are in many cases susceptible to un warranted and unjust demands and it f the duty of this government to see tha such practices are stopped. Not onl, should those he punished who are wink ing at the regulations in order to per sonslly profit thereby but those alsc who are engaged in grating and takinI bribes.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
POSTAL ECONOMIES,

According to Postmaster General Hays his department is not going to be the only one that will not engage in economies. There are demands being made for extension of the service and it Is necessary to give attention to the many needs of the department and the condition in which N was left by his predecessor, but that does not justify the continuance of expenses which are not justified, the keeping on the payrolls of employees who are not needed or the fill- ng of vacancies where better service can oe obtained without it.
 The postal service has long been in need Of thorough overhsuling. There B need of taking the Burlesonism out of t. replacing It with efficiency and fur iishing the country with the service that demanded and paid for.
 According to the postmaster general is planned to cut the department ex- Ienditures bS s1S.0oo.o o0s in the next rear without disturbing the efficiency of he service. There is in fact need for in- -easing the eficiency. and while condi- ions which have been going to the bad or SO long cannot be checked and turn | in the otaser direction h . twtnA1tng.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
CARE OF ICE CHEST

Choose well made ice chest it us- es less ice than one of poor construct ion. It should keep a temperature of 50 degrees F. or less, say specialists in the United States department of agriculture. Test yours with ener- m1meter
 Keep the ice chest clean: wipe up any thing spilled III It aIu, Wheii de4- essary, wash it out with hot water, using two tablespoons washing soda to each gallon of water: rinse and dry thoroughly. Keep the drainpipe clean by flushing with hot water and clean
 Keep the ice compartment well fill- ing with a long handled brush.
 ed. This is economy in the long run Do not cover the ice with ice blankets neWspap pers or cloth. These prevent the ice melting, but make the ire chest less cool. Do not keep foods in the ice compartment, as the melting of the ice is increased, as the melting of the ice is increased every time the door is opened. Do not open an ice chest unnecessarily. When one is cleared cold air rushes out and warm air rushes in.
 Select fairly thin dishes for ice chest storage. Enameled ware and ordinary glass are better than earthen ware Never put hot warm food in the ict chest. Chill drinking water and such things as butter and milk by letting them stand in the ice chest
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
Norwich, Monday, July IS, 1881.
CIRCULATION MEK ENDING JULY 1sth, 1927 11,466
JApAx's POSITION.

Because it furnishes the only nate of acceptance that was not enthusiastic considerable emphasis is being laid upon the willingness of Japan to enter the disarmament conference and it's wari- ness concerning the consideration Of tie matters concerning the far east.
 It cannot bc believed that Japan in- tends this to be regarded as the stumb- ling block to the conference It thor oughly understands that there are dues- tions involving the far east in which other nations are deeply concerned It cannot fail to be appreciated that these ought to be adjusted, that an under standing should be reached concerning them for the future and that it wou'6 be advisable in fact if this could be done before stems wehs taken for definite ac- tion regarding disarmament. With thost cleared u9 it would be far easier to give better consideration to the decrease oi armaments and the scope thereof.
 Japan knows what the opposition Is tt the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Urea ty. That opposition doesn't by any means come entirely from this country There are British domnions which have deep concern in Pacific affairs maknt their feelings manifest. What is needed is getting together regarding these questions concerning the Pacific quit, the same as there Is a desire to do tn. same thing regarding disarmament. Ja pan cannot fail to appreciate the spiri which the other nations have manifested in replying to President Hardng's note How can 1t expect to enter into q con ference of other nations concerning dis armament and supposedly abide by tn, terms reached therein if it does not de sire at the same time to have these mat ters which have long been regarded a! disturbing concerning the peace of tn, Pacific adjusted before such an agree ment goes into effect7
 It is to he noted that Japan has no said that it would not participate ih tn, suggested conference on Pacific matters By its action it stands where it cAl move in either direction and certaini !here are good reasons why 1t shoul come in and it is believed these will b made plain 10 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
READ YOUR CHARACTER By DiEby PhiHlP4,
 Copyrighted 1891 RECEDINa CHINs.

There is a popular impression that the square, Drotrudihg chin is the siEn of strong character. And 80 it is-of a cer- tain type of strong character.
 There is also popular impression that. as the reverse of this. recedlne chin denotes weakness of character. This is an error.
 In reality the reeeding chin. providing it is not SO extreme as to be classe6 as q defect Gin which case it is essential to draw no conclusions hastily), is a sign of an aggressive element In a persons na- ture. It is also an indication of quicker tendency to acton.
 You're always taking a big chance if you think you can insult q man with this sort of chin with impunity. AS matter of fact. he's more likely to be quick in his resentment than the man with the so-called "strona chin" He's more like ly to resort to his fists, too.
 On the other hand, if man of woman i with a receding chin hared up and said some sharp things as the result of sont clash, don't take them too Seriously They're far more likely to say them tc | your face than behind your back. Fur 1 thermore, the chances are that they'll l forget the whole incident more quickly than you will unless. you have the samt sort of chin yourself. Such people art not greatly given to breeding oversensi. tiveness or "srHdges"
 In general. the receding chin is tht | mark of the energetic tyne. the type tha loves to start things to blaze new trails to do pioneer work. but which is not. of | the other hand, so patient or enduring.
 (Tomorray: Prominent Eyes.)
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
swuGGLERs.

Liquor smuggling las been a profitable undertaking for many people since the prohibition law went into effect. Across our northern border, if reports are true, there is enough liquor coming into the country to prevent any possible drought Liquor at bootleg prices encourages many to take the chance of engaging in the business of evading the law
 We have heard considerable about pi- rates operating vessels off the Atlantic coast with the responsibility for the dis appearance of 6 number of ships placed at their door. There is really nothing to warrant it except bottled rnessa ge picked up after a creyless ship was found on a Carolina shoal, information received a long time ago by the gov ernment that soviet Russia sanctioned such operations and that vessels have been observed acting in a mysterious manner. That there are priates huggine the shores Of the United States for the seizure of American vessels gets little credence. The fact is there are so much better reasons for believing that the yes sells that were lost disappeared like the great number that has preceded them namely through the action of the sea ol defects aboard ship that the talk about pirates is heavily discounted by the be 1 lief that the mysterious ships are vessel. engaged in smuggling liquor into tn, country. which fact gives the government none the less reason for hunting then down.
 Ships which are operating in tn, steamship lane without the required lights cannot be regarded other than menace. There is danger to all shippin, although 1t Is to be expected that the! are more vigilant than ever because o their business and the fact that they ar without the prescribed lights. Bu smuggling these days is not entirely con fined to> liquor since the drug handler are likewise dong g profitable business but whichever may be involved snug gling activities are such as to call fo vigorous opposition on the partso tn federal authorities.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18

noted the Balkan States ee<ns to hs~s sauirmed its queer way nerthwafd to- wards the Baltic. As now countrier are scattered freely about, Montenegro. of romantic memory, has disappeared. And familiar Turkey has all but gone.
 Ukraine tentatively slices of a cor- ner Of Russia. an area comparable 10 that Of France. Jugo-slsvia Is ths arcnitrave for pediment- of states that bear down upon the tripartite Kingdom of the Serbs. Greats and slovenes until t fairly bulEes into the Adriatie.
 "A map Of the New Europe visualiz- e some phases of geography more clearly than many pages Of explanation obvi- onsly, peninsulsr peoples have a pre- ferred safety insurance in modern war fare. The freedom of the sea seems 10 have double enfendre respecting the shores that reach out for itH kind ly protectien
 "All Europe is a peninsula of Asia. Then aeain Western Europe is q second@ ary peninsula. pendant from Russia. is broad isthmus spanning the eastern boundaries of Poland and Rumania from the Black to Baltic sezs
 Scandinavia. Denmark. Spain. Italy and Greece. therefore may be deseribed as third degree peninsulas. The first | three were aloof from She war: actual
 
 I latter two
 '"T'he eve notes ohrtacles that rtrew [ Berlin's one-tine path Of ambition 10 | Bafdad. One may trace the sea | route which island Briiian- -rained hy legitimate means to her Asiastic spher- es.
 'Karlsbsd may he as charming by its new name of Karlovy Vary. but q is ] harder to find. Our mythical xerizn needs with his map an index with old and newnames 10 learn his way about. Patriotism has made many restored cities unrecognissbie without such aid. l Formerly the average laymsn re- |, garded a map much as he did a resI- ! road time table. II was essential upon rare occasions. Today the ver in- formed must employ a map to under stand the great educational value of hi. 1 daily newspaper.
 "To him who reads q map with the care that he scans the printed column the map win impart its fascinating story Of historic peoDlst. their present-dsy 7 | struggles. the constant inter-zction of tho human being and his physical environ ments."
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
DICTATES OF FASHION

Since the midst of the travelling season is here, mummy silhouette cape like wraps are coming much to the fore.
 Toques of tulle are smart. They are very small, headfitting and sometimes quite unornamented except for the winding of the tulle itself.
 Things that stand out in fashions for children are the straight line, the very short skirt and the sleeves which almost arn't.
 Short bloomers with the shorter chemise are being worn most now, in the way of underclothing. Bloomers lend themselves well to the tailored skirt.
 For millinery, jet and steel ornamen- tai novelties are being shown, Large medallons of solid sheets of jet are fr4nged with strings of jet or steel beads.
 Wide moire ribbons in various col- ors are being utilized much for sash- es Many of the black ones are hand somely fringed and worn with white ffeeks.
 Striped satin is being used for the undefeafmerts of some of the smarter bridal outfits. Sometimes the stripes are self-colof and sometimes d deli cate tint against white.
 Grey and brown which you used to believe you could not combine, are being combined now for dresses for fall street wear.
 Girdles of braid of different colors sewed together to form stripes are particularly smart. Each strip if braid ends in tassels of the same color, st
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
HENRY FORD's7 PRor0s1m0N.

Having spent more than $50 ,o6o, e6s in connection with tine nitrate plant At Muscle Shoals Ala, the war depart ment may we1l hesitate before 1t makes any recommendation concerning the spending of ten to twenty more millions for the completion Of that plant. The government is not keen for using more of the taxpayers money for such war time proposition and undertake it's opera ti6n. Likewise it would like to get ont of 1t with as near A whole skin as pos sfble. Considering the magnitude of tha proposition and the fact that it was un- deftaken during the war the prospects have not been good. However, rather than lose what has been put into 1t seere- tary Weeks has indicated that the gov ernment would consider making the nee essary appropriation to eomDlete the job provided the government could be as- sured fair return upon the money in vested
 Therefore when Henry Ford indicates that he is ready to buy the plant for $5.- O00 O00 and take the dams which have been constructed for power purposes lln- der lease of 1aO years at figure that wotld amount to about $1 800 .060 a year and use it for making fertilizer and for power purposes there will of necessity be due consideration given to the proposition and the idea of providing the funds for completing the project. Mir. Ford is man who does things in a big way. He must be regarded as a man in earnest when he makes this prop osition. The fact that he intends to use the plant for the purpose intended means much in the way of meeting the fertili- ger needs of the country, and important is the provision that he will see that the needs of the government for nitrates is supplied during war as well as peace i time.
 Here is a proposition that insures the ] government the return of it's money. It
 will take time to get it but in the mean i time the country will also be getting the | benefit of this nitrate and power plant
 which is an important consideration. That the proposition will be carefully
 scrutinized is to be expected.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
FOR SUMMER HOMES

This summer the note in house dea- orations is one of extreme simplicity. Wall and floor coverings are plain. Few ornaments are in evidence, and the simpler the designs of your furn- iture the better.
 The summer bedroom may be made most attractive by using the same fig ured net for window draperies, bed coverings, lamp shades and dressing table covers.
 If it is too much trouble to em- broider these articles in wool the note of color needed can be obtained by buying a yard or so of eretonne with large flowers of the shade you want and then cutting out the flowers and applying them on plain net.
 Cretonne roses look very pictur esque on the corners of curtains and arrang- ed in cluster in the middle Of a dressing table cover.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TsnemeAts and Children.

Dear Editor: 1 feel that I must snsws, the lady who seems to want to ipa9e All children guilty of sabotage.
 If she had had my two boys in her palace they would never have done snch a thing as fill up her well with rocks, Of course not My little innocents would simply have dug up that well And took it away with them. But of courss they are only human beings and don't know any better.
 As for her lights, well, my boys have sling shots just as their father used tp have and they are pretty fafr shots. too.
 Now, then, Mrs. F. I. ". wants to know if I have ever rented a house to a family with children. 1 have not han that experience but my mother has, both in the city of Boston, Mass. and Port land, Me, and I do not ever remember Of barren couple occupying any of her houses. although I viii not say that She made a point of filling her rents with children.
 As for eurbInE the children of the hab. it of slamming doors the only cure know of for that Is to put on rubber doors. for you know that the wind is oft en guilty of the act of slsmming doors
 I must say that in each case where have been rrtused houses on account of my criminal act of having children. the owner of thesS houses had children them.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
IN THE DAYS NEWS
raE sroRY A MAr cAN TELL.

"Maynower conolists encountered . new continent in 1920; Americans of 1921 can almost imagine their sensations as we gaze at map of the Kew Europe. " says bulletin from the Washington. D. G. headquarters of the National Geb- graphic Society.
 ITO man who has been On Mars since 1914. the continental Europe of 1921. save for it's periinaulas and islands, virtually would be q new world" con- tipues the bulletin. ssued in connection with . map recently published by the Society to record changes effected by all treaties, agreements and plebiscites to date
 Even & brds-eye view of the made over continent would disclose:
 "Cleaver-sbaped Czechoslovskis. un- wittingly symbolical In contour. jamnins it's western wedge far into Germany, light tipping with it's eastern panhandle a much magnifed Runanis.
 "Shrunken Austria and pared down Hungary nestlink be.ow, remnants of by- gone splendor and objects of pleasant economic charity. seem not much largef than Maine And they are not.
 "Resurreeted Poland to the north be- speaks a reincarnatien rather than relic Two free cities, Plume and Dahzig, give added flavor of the medieval
 ''Even the shapes of the nations ot Central Europe tell significant story Conpare their eufvihg contours, as | they had been kfound And rounded by | ceaseless war stcsFAs. with the angular mosaic pattern of the western states ei | the United States
 Three tiny republics-Esthonia Lat via, Lthua nia-rear heir Aphrotite heaa ] from the Baltic waters. Aboye them | | suspended Finland. born without the ter rible birth pat g of the new lands furth | CT south.
 The patch work that formerly ae
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
HEALTH AND BEAUTY

We are inclined to eat too much starch and too many golf oods Our teeth literally do not get enough ex- ercise, and as starch ferments in the mouth decay sets in at an early age.
 If for any reason sufficient ventila- tion by means of windows and doors is impossible, a pitcher or ball of cold water placed on table in the centre of the room will absorb many of the impurities. This, is a sometimes useful in the sick room the water being al- lowed to stand not way more than an hour
 The right away to air a bed-if bed clothes are not\ moved from the bed placed on chairs, is to throw them ov- CT the footboard across a chair, plac- ed to keep them well off the floor, and then lift the mattresse in the middle tilting it over up so that air passes under the middle and over 1t. One half an hour of this will thoroughly air bed the windows being open for all the year around
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18

Secretary Hays has indicated his appre- citation of the importance of providing adequate postal service. Hs believes large outiays are necessary but he aise sees where money isInow being spent that is not producing results. Thus he plans to put an end to such use of gov ernment funds quite the same as it is being done in other department by the dropping Of employees who Ars not need ed, and there are reasons to believe that such would necessarily Be accompanied by the resdiustment of postal forces whereby improved handling of the mails would result This great big public ser vice vehicle W41l certainly stand all the considerate attention that the postmaster general is dev6tinE to 1t and as the re- suit the country has reason to anticipate the improved postal service so long de- sired.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
NnnpnEWoRN NoTts.

A wrist cushion instead of a wrist watch is a good Idea for the home dressmaker. It should BeA small and tackled on a ribbon which oSsps around the wrist.
 A table runner for the dining table should either be of coarse Italian flet Or cut work, while for the living room vel vet or satin faced tapestry is the style.
 Fagoting is one of the decidedly good ways of ornamenting a frock. And if you are home woman you can easily ornament your own gown with this et- pensiss looking work. The needles you use for 1t should be heavier than darn ing needle.
 Buy gray alannelette if you can pro cure it to cover both sides of the spread, then tack with pink and white saxony, you will not only nave an attractive comforter but one of extra size. Old chenille curtains washed may be used for quilt filings in place of cotton bat ting,
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-18
sssrI.. Th.. Recall Other,
She Liked If.

Ene l<ike1
 Father and mother came to the city for few days, leaving little Elsie with grandpa and grandma
 There being other guests Elsie slept in the folding bed. A few days later F. sic sent the following letter to her grand ma: Dear grandma I slept in your bureau drawer and liked very much"
 A Surprising CIassiheatIoA.
 It happened at the circus. A person with a wine colored neck and a v6iee like Caruso suffering from frog-in-the- throat stumbled up three rows Of seats and paused before a couple giving . unique view of the drops of precipitation chasing themselves down and out to tns tip Of his nose where they hung tantiliz- inEly.
 ''Jwsnt q cushion? Haven't yeh the cush for a cushion? Are yeh bench lis- Ardf wot yer tryiH' 10 do-wear out them boards? Wots the matter7 Got prickly heat in yer yer wrist? Dig up S quarter Say" --ss
 Peanuts, popcorn. lemminade."
 Don't be 4 piker. Buy the lidy . cush-" -.f.-
 "Cho'iits. candy. chewing gum"
 Are yen going to set on them hot blanks and let. tho lidy git"
 Ice cream Cohens."
 say, wot sort us of a sport"
 Thereupon the lady freind spoke up Sweetly: Please 20 away. l want 10 see the other clowns"
 The barker with the wine colored neck thereupon fell through the Seats and and landed upon a heap of elephant chains far below. striking on his head and thus escaping serious injury.