Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-28
THE MAN WHO TALKS


 science is constantly finding out is inc recent discovery of the great value of leak wood for ships. The first thing to De said in it's praise is it's non-waro- ing quality. This is of great value to the exposed part of a ships woodwork. such as decks and pilot houses. These parts are vanished for appearance only. l not for pressrvative reasons It's sec ond claim to excellence Is the stra;gbt- | ness of its grain. It is so easily enut | that ho9Es have to be bored for nails and ! screws. There is great working advan- ] taSes in having easy cleavage cornbin. l ed with toughness. It's third great uual- l ity S It's endurance and power of re- sisting worms. Old hulks in which white oak ribs and mahogany finish have en- Erely routed away have shown. the teak wood to which rudders were attached to be Serfectly preserved. There Is great lesson: Can you and I use ma. terial in the human house we build that won't warp? A good deal of our work gets badly warped in a few years Is our tVork perfectly EJ-ss syht-grainhd? Is it gn2ried, knotty arg crooked? Does our work~last? Will there be any teak wood in what we hand to posterity?
 It is impossible to estimate how much of real value Is lost through failure to cultivate one's faculties properly. Why must men grow blind before they dis cover to what an incredible extent the 1 sense of feeling may be carried? Let an experienced doctor come into a room where there are two persons, one weu. and the other sick. and if blindfolded he could immediately tell which was the well one and which the sick, by feel ing the pulse. Many a person looks well in the face whose pulse tells | different story. Seeing may deceive you but not the feeling. F. E. Spinner, once treasurer of the United States-he whose monogram looked like an angleworm in contortions-could put his hand into a bag of coin and tel, if there was any l counterfeit by the sense of touch. A very ! successful school visitor was once asked i how he could see so much in Q school 1 in five minutes. His reply was: q I see nothing at all. but I can generally l feel if anything is wrong, and what it is and where it is." As the sense of touch is well night Hnitless in its poss-
 Dilities, why is 1t not better cultivated? l In writing tho above there is no in- tention on my part to go back on that | good old friend of ours, the eye. Even
 when the time comes when most people 1 have to get 8 crutch for their stigma tisT, the eye continues to be a faithful l servant It would be invidious to at l tempt any comparison between the eye and the ear as the medium through which knowledge Is imparted. Each has 1 It's place, and each supplements the ] other. But in this connection special l attention needs to be called to the value
 of the printed page, Who can estimate what books have done to shape our lives? What has the printed page done 1 from the primary school to the universi- | ty? Experts in advertising tell us that
 ''the appeal of truth on the printed page
 to the eye is vastly more effective than
 through the medium of voices" Where
 a sermon or lecture reaches a thousand
 people the printed page its tens of
 thousands That is why tracts, leaflets, folders. whose object is the dissen1ina-
 tion of ideas are scattered broadcast
 over the land. It is the knowledge of
 this fact that men with wares and oth-
 CT things to sell know that it pays well
 to advertise liberally
 On May 5, 1913, Hon. Lewis J. Mar
 tin, representative from New Jersey in the house of representatives at Washing } ton, died suddenly in the Union station 1 of that city while returning to the cap itol to attend his duties there. Accord ing to custom, a colleagTus from the same , state at once offered resolution that the house adjourn for the remainder ot the day and that a special session be ap pointed IOF memorial SSFVlCeS at Inf : capitol The resolution, of course. was s carried. On January 14. 1s15-ont ) year, eight months, and nine days latel s these public services were held. IT this matter it cannot be said that con . gress actedewith either undue or undig nified haste Time enough elapsed fol , the grief of congressman to abate so tha they could speak calmly of the virtue! 5 of their companion. On May 10, 1921 [ | GH-n toY i, e land-another evidence of mature delib f eration. According to this selection 0
 eulogies MT. Martin was an excellen
 man. and presumably went to his re , ward. If so we hope that it didn't talk -l his friends "who have gone before" eigh r years and five days to find it out.
 $ Not very far ahead of us arc tis c graduating days for grammar schools tt academies and colleges. The boys ar # beginning to sweat over their declama d tions, and girls over their toggery. An e as far as any practical value is concern .s ed the one is just as important as tn :, other. As to the matter of dress 1t II to be regretted that greater simpricit 1t ty is presented to display finery, tn 'e poor girl is put to a disadvantage re Something neat, inexpensive, and un d form ought to be insisted upon that Boul z- save the poorer people from a foolis = and unnecessary burden. It is sometime
 said in support of the present systel
 that it acts as an equalizer; creatin 1- a chance for certain ones to shine wf I- otherwise would remain in the bacl
 ground Students are divided into tH
 classes, those vPlo have attainments an
 those who "are clothed in purple an n fine linen and live sumptuousIy ever q, day"
 According to plans suggested by fl
 chamber of commerce, it is proposed
 give to Norwich white way'' as he being done in many cities. Of couTi De no attempt will be so ambitious as
 call 1t the great white way" that is
 spectacular in New York. In a sms !. city like ours the area Is limited t~ which such display can be made. Lea to ing out the question of expense-whi
 is no 'inconsideFable factor in ci
 already burdened with taxes-there a he things to be be said in favor of the pr ,A ject. First, it is desirable to show (
 things that are worth while showing.
 the best judgment of the city believ
 that between Washington and Burnha on squares, and from Main street throu ng lower Broadway up to Union sdual
 there are enough beautiful sights to ju
 tafy the expense, then go ahead. Sc ondlv this suggestion would inyol the ~cs5eral use of the scrubbing brus
 as no one would think of giving ar
 special illumination to some spots wit
 in this area.
 It viii not be long now before scho, OA of all grades will be holding the a
 nuai examinations. That means to |
 5upersensitive boy aand girl good ds