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Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
FRENCH STAGE NAME
 FOR LORETTA HIGGINS

A Connecticut Yankee named Loreta Higgins. a student at a French school of music, was chosen to sing a part in an opera to be given by the French Opera Comique company at Zurich. As the companys visit to Switzerland was party for the purpose of boosting France the minister of Fine Arts declared it would meyer do to have a Higgins in the cast and that Loretta must appear, if al all, under a French name Like an upcoming 100 per cent. American she refused. The threatened deadlock was averted by her consenting to drop the final ''s" and to make her name for the purpose of the tour, Higgin. which we suppose, is more Ffenchy than the original.
 We admire the girls sticking up for her name, but if she contemplates a pro- fessional career she is going against pre- cedent. Nor are stage names always assumed merely to hide the identity and and to keep separate, as it were. the public life and the private life of the artist The usual explanation. is that the name discarded would not look well in electric lights over the door Elsie Janis, beloved of the soldiers of France, is Elsie Janis Bierbauer; Trixie Frigan- ga was not Spaniard. but rightly nam ca OCallana and the latest movie star to get arrested for bigamy is not Valentino but Guglielm. or something of the sort. Mir. Cornelius McGi,licuddy, who is disappointing the baseball dopsters this year by refusing to keep the Ath- letics in last place, became Connie Mack because of the mechanical Limitations of the box score, but usually, and es- pecially among women. assumed names are selected because they sound well.- New Bedford Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NORWICH


 Good weather during the past week has been given local contractors q good opportunity to make good progress on the, buildings that are being constructed in Norwich The contractors have made the most of the weather and much work has been done. The work on the new Elizabeth street school is fast nearing the completion stage, but will not be ready in time to hold the graduation ex- ercises there this year. The work on St. Mary's church is also well along and will be completed within few months. At the Y. M. c. A. building much has been accomplished during the past week.
 Other work, which is still in the first stages of construction Is the new. build ing for Disco brothers, which is being erected by Peck McWilliams Co. and which is well along, the steel work hay ing been set in place and the brick walls ] built up several. feet. The debris on the lot on Rose place on which Murphy and McGarry will erect a building has been | cleared up and work will stoon start or l the foundation.
 A large dancing pavilion Is to be erect ed at the corner of Boswell avenue and North Main street by George Kramer and A. J. Bernard. The pavilion will be | 76 by 56 feet and will have entrances on both streets. Ground was broken or Monday and it is expected that within the next month the place will be opened
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Western Exchange.--MissM Mabel Duct has accepted a position at Swans music store."-Boston Transcript
 ''They say she's a clever gsri.-
 Too clever to frizhten away men vhs are not cieyer.''-Louisvilie Courier Journal.
 Mother-Did you tell God how naughty you had been?
 Elsie-No. mamma Thought it better not to let 1t get out of the family Boston Transcript
 Registrar-How old are you and how old is the lady7
 Elderly Bridegroom ,Cbiushins)-Thi is a case of ffty-ifty.-London Answert-
 'weil, Jim. now that you are married. I suppose your wife expects you to I've up 10 your idealsy'
 No; up to her dezIS"-Boston Globe.
 Binks-That judge is smart man.
 Jinks-He is that. He gave mo sen tence once that took six months Co wofk out.-New York Sun.
 First Row-whatt Can't even get a seat frs the bald-headed row7
 Ticket Cierk-Sorry, sir. but we're all sold out; you See. this show is claimed to be hair rziser.-Exchange
 Edith-Isn't it disgusting 10 hear men fattering women?
 Marie - Yes-other women-Bcston Transcript.
 Harry-Father. what is paradox7
 Father-A paradox. my son is man ner of saying something hat-well. hs like speaking of a dyspeptic opunist-- London Answers.
 Don't you admire a person who can be cheerfufy indifferent when things aren't going exactly rightZ'
 No answered Miss Cayenne T seem to get that kind Of partner every time play bridge. Star
 Wife (bitteriy)-The kind of woman ! for you to have married is a silly fool ! Hub-rm glad you think did the cor rect thing. my desr.-BostOn Trznscrip-
 Seymonr-What kind of girl is | Helen7
 Sailes-She's one of those who would ] rather share a fellows theatre ticket than his troubies--London Answers.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30

Faith TrumbuIl Chapter, D. A. R.. held the annual memorial service Mon day afternoon at o'clock at the old burying ground at Norwich Town for the twenty French soldiers buried there, members of a company of troops under command of Lafayette, who died at Nor wich Town Tn ITS.
 The brief but impressive exercises were held at the boulder erected In 1901 by Faith Trumbull chapter and were conducted by the regent, Mrs. A. N. H. Vaughn
 Twenty small French flags were plant ed in a semi-circle around the boulder, which was decorated with bouquets of flowers and a group of ten Boy Scouts with color bearers and buglers stood at attention outside the seni-circle of flags during the exercises
 These began with the singing of Amer i lea. led by Mrs. Charles Tyler Bard, which was followed by prayer offered by Rev. Dr. s. H. Howe. Seven little girls, members of the Children of the i American Revolution, gave the salute to the nag, which was followed by Mrs. Louis A. Wheeler reading a tribute to the American soldiers which had been l written and delivered at Lyons, France, May so. 1921 by a brother of a French war orphan which Faith TrumbuH chap ter has been supporting.
 1 Address by Rev. c. H. RIcketts. Mrs. Vaughn introduced the speaker Of the afternoon. Rev. c. H. Ricketts who gave the following address: | What is that item of historical im- | portancc in tue life of our city that
 brings us here today in this service of ! requiem? It was ah episode that came 1 into the life or Norwich during the Rev. olutionary war. It was an event that 1 has kept this city In living touch with 1 the French nation for IA years History
 informs us that during the period of |, the Revolution attachments from the Contineital army frequently passed 1 through Norwich In 177S. a body of
 French troops marching from Provi- 1 dence to the south, halted here for 10
 or l5 days on account of sickness among
 them They had their teEts spread up
 on the plain, while the sick were quar- 1 tered in the court house. About 20
 of them died "and were buried each side
 of the lane that lead into the old bury ing ground. No stones were set up and the ground was smoothed over so that
 no trace of the narrow tenements be- low" So writes the historian in 1866. Reference is made in these words, tC
 the spot on which we stand and that fact
 alone makes it consecrated ground
 There is a tender pathos in the fac
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS
 AT NORWICH GOTF CTuR

The tournament committee C. aRoyoe Boss, chairman, of the Norwich Golf club has arranged a ball sweepstakes for Memorial day for men, Is holes and for women nine holes. Play is at medal score full handicap. Balls will be dis tributed on percentage basis of so, 30 and 10 to the three payers having the lowest net scores. In addition there will be two unknown holes. These two holes will constitute a feature in that the players having the lowest scores for these unknown holes will be the recipi- ents of prizes, first, sec9nd and third. Announcement of the numbers of the blind holes will be made at the conclu- sion of the match by the committees
 There will be golf club prizes for youths at 3 holes. Play Is at medal score; full handicap. Clubs will be given to the three players having the lowest net scores: the unknown or the blind holes ;o feature as in the men and women's golf ball sweepstake( All com petition is to be In the morning and play is to be in twosomes A buffet lunch will be served from F to O. i clock.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
sToNINGToN UNIoN BAPTIST

At the one hundred and fiftieth an niversary of the Stonington Baptist as sociation will be held at the Groton
 Heights Baptist church on June [ and 8. This association comprises now all the Baptist churches on the east side of the Thames river from the shore to VoluntoWn, and from the river to the Rhode Island line When the associa- ton was first formed in 1772 it met in the town of Lyme, and included many churches that were located in Rhode 1s- land. It was called the Ston;ngton Bap- tist association be cause the town of Stonington was looked upon as being the center of the territory covered by the organization In 1786 there was formed the Groton Union conference which was formed at Groton and at the time of its greatest prosperity included some 20 churches with a total membership of about 2.500 In the year 1Sf7 these two congregations came together and then redivided. the churches on the west side of the Thames forming the New London association and the name of The Ston- ington Union Baptist association, hav-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
KALEIDOSCOPE

London has 22 daily newspapers- The juniper berry takes two years 10 ripen.
 Delhi. India, is famous for iis cash- mere shawls-
 Venice is built on so islands and has 400 bridges.
 The English language contains between 100000 and 5oo.0e0 words
 The Babyionians preserved the bones of their dead in coftin-shaped jars.
 The best emeraids come from Peru. where the stone was once regarded as sacred
 If the sea dried up. there would be ieft 5.o0o.ooo square miles Of salt one mile thick.
 A Japanese wooer presents his sweet heart with a beautiful sash by way Of an engagement token.
 Italy has population of sss for every square mile. or, roughly. one to every two and one-haH acres.
 The United States as whole IS spend ing $40 for earh city chiid's education. For each eouh N child # is expending se4.
 Six hundred and fifty thousand checks representing S4sOoo. 900. arc
  bureau at Washington
 The New York National guard has i2 aces" each, Of whom is credited with five or more triumDhs in all combats during the World war
 Raleigh. \. C.. has erected a beautiful memorial fountain in memory of the women volunteer nurses who served iu the influenza epidemic in l91s
 Lace was known in Venice at an eariy period. IL was not unknown 10. the Greeks and Romans. To protect the na- tive article. Its importation in England was prohibited in 1ss5
 In California. of the 2s men who re- gently passed the examination for nation al forest rangers, preference was given to IS former soldiers. and their nzmen were placed on the eligible list
 British airpiane operators and lnecha- nicians have formed a trade union 10 pro- tect the interests and remedy the rrieg- ances of the aerial taxi driver. The prea- ent pay of pilots Is ss0 a week
 Since January. 1920. the allied commis- ! sIon of aeronauticai control has destroyed 14.seo airDlanes. and the work of dIs- arming Germany in the air is ended. of the z9.5oo motors handled. some have been turned over 10 the allies. but the greater number have been broken up.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
ssUNKNoWy.-

Ga form where the far-iung rrairies iie- Where meath the blue of bending sky. Bright roses beam. and heckon and say Take of our bounties this beautcus dzyi Scatter then-scatter them deep- Scatter them OCT where heroes sleep Go to the hills where the laurel rrowE- Where soft winds sigh-where the tenn
 pest blows Gather the choicest gifts Of God That spring rom the rich and ruered
 sod Scatter them-scatter thern dee7- Scatter them Ger where heroes sleep. Cio to the tomb whore tho chieftair Hes, Where. carved in rT.ck. of heroic days story is oid-of vict'riea wor- Honcrs ,achieved-of duty well done; Then softly approach that spot pressed
 down. Where the some lies low. the name ~Un- known | ''Cnknown"-unknown in the GEht cf God2
 He knoweth who sleeps beneath the sod. Twas F mothers bOy-a brave. Ioyins lad
 Who knew no glory save his Nation's | good
 Earth's bosom holds him fin sacred e-n- | brace
 Nor tir,e. nor s,srns shall his glory
 enace.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
). A. R. MEMORIAL FOR FRENCH SOLDIERS


 that these lads died so far away from their native France. But 1t Is case where the blood of two leading nations have mingled. In 177S the bodies of 20 French boys mingled with the soil of the Rose of New England; 14e years later many times that number of our American soldiers were buried beneath the peoples of Flanders. Perhaps that was in the mind of Gen. Pershing, when standing before the stomb of the great nobemen, he said We are here, Lafa It was emiRently fitting that in 1917 We could pay back to France with compound interest the great debt we had been owing her ever since ITS. In both cases 1t was a debt in which patriotism was fundamental. In the Revolutionary war French came to America to help the feeble colonies to Break loose from the oppression of Great Britain; in the world war, America went to France to save the republic from the clutches of imperial Germany. In neith- CT case was money the prime motive, but deathless belief that little nations have the same inherent right to all the bless- 1 ings of liberty and free government as l the larger nations. It was patriotism and nothing else that urged the noble La fayette and his brave soldieSs to come 1 to these feeble shores and espouse our cause It was precisely the same mo- l tive back of the Wilson administration | that sent Gen. Pershing and the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces to France to save her from the spring of the tiger. This bond of union, cemented by patriot ism, I believe will be perpetual.
 It is very fitting, then, that on the eve of another Memorial day. we lay flowers on the graves where these lads lie sleeping I am glad that no effort has ever been made to return their bodies to France. To my mind there is peculiar | fitness in sleeping on the spot where one 1 fell in defense of national honor. No monument can so appropriately perpet- uate the memory of a fallen hero as the soi that contains his precious blood. Let these soldier lads lie undisturbed ur- | til the eternal day when 'SEword shall be beaten into the plowshare and the spear into the pruning hook. and nations shall learn the art of war no more y
 Mrs. Bard led in the singing of Th' Star Spangled Banner and the exercise: closed with taps by the Boy Scout bug lers
 Mrs. Vaughn announced that the D 4. R., Museum at Norwich Town wa open for the afternoon and invited al those at the exercises to make it a visit
 Miss Sarah Tyler and Mrs. A. c. Free man were hostesses at the museum dur ing the afternoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
BOY SCOUTS CUT TRAIL
 TO MIANTONOMOH MONUMENl

TaftvilIe Boy Scouts on Saturday did ar good turn in clearing the site of Milan tonomoh's monument and trimming trees that obscured the simple granite marker from passersby by on Boswell avenue. The work was done under the direction of Scoutmaster Victor Davis and Scout Executive F. A. Benton.
 Miantonomoh, sachem of the Nara gansett Indians and nephew of Canoni- GUS, assumed the government about 1886, and concluded an alliance with Massachusetts. He aided the colonists in the Pequot war 1897, and was friend | ly to Roger Williams and settlers ot Rhode Island to whom he made grants of land Having engaged in war with 1 Uncas, sachem of the Mohegans, he was taken prisoner, carried to Hartford and | by the advice and consent of the com.
 missioners of the United Colonies was returned to Uncas to be executed He was taken to the spot where he had , been defeated, near Norwich and toma-
 hawked by brother of Uncas. Fol years, passing Indians of the Narragan-
 setts threw a stone on his grave unti | a large cumulus was formed.
 l Later the stones were removed te
 build the foundations of a barn and g simple granite cube with the following i inscription was placed on a rock neal
 his grave:
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
workmen,. compen.ation.

Six workmens compensation agree ments as follows have been approved by Commissioner J. J. Donohue:
 Archibald Torrance, Norwich, enploy- CT, and James P. Fox, Fourth street, en- ploye, right arm fractured at rate of SIS.
 United Metal Mfg. Co. Norwich, em- pIoyer, and Gilbert Donovan, employe, burnt left forearm and hand at rate of S13.19
 Hall Bros, Norwich, employer, and Joseph D. Wells. employe, wrench left knee and sprained leg at rate of $s.s5.
 Kolb Carton Co., Norwich x employ CT and Anthony Montesi 3 West Thames street, employe, left arm bruised below elbow. at rate of $9.37.
 American Bridge Go. Pittsburgh em- ployer. and J. H. Splain. Elmirs. N. Y. en1ploye dislocation of left shoulder. at rate of $1S.
 Baltic Mills co., employer and Cliff ford Lavigre, Battle. cmp.oye. at rate of se.s2.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
ITS PRICELESS
 DECLARES THIS CONN. CITIZEN
Indigestion, Shortness s of Breath and Backaches Gone and He Never Felt Better, Declares N c " Haven Man.

T consider the money I spent for Tanlac a priceless investment" said Michael Mivilie, 12 Orange St., New Haven, Conn.
 T have been all rundown and mis- erable for over two years. I had no desire for any kind of food and could not eat much because of the bad con dition of my stomach. At times gas pains would shoot up around my heart and almost take my breath away. When I wasn't constipated suffered from dysentery and often be- came very dizzy. was also troubled constantly with head noises and my back felt like it would break in two
 "one day a friend advised me to try Tanlac. I have just finished my third bottle and I have never felt better 1T my life. That is just what Tanlac ha, done for me and couldn't do other. wise than recommend it.
 Tanlac is sold by all good druggists
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMME

AT THE COUNTY. HOME
 The following Memorial day pro- gramme was given by the Third, Fourth and Fifth grades was given at the County Home, Mrs F. c. Williams teacher:
 Song, My Native Country, school; rec ltations, Our Flag. Edmund Travis :; Stand By the Flag. three boys; As the Flag Goes By, Mary Smith; song, Star Spahgled Banner, school; recitation. The Flag That Makes Men Free by five girls; A Song For Flag Day, school :: song, Old Glory, Margaret Burdick rec itation, Nothing But Flags. by four girls :; recitation, Our Flag, four children song. Our Country's Heroes, school; recita- tions, Keeping Memorial Day, Margaret Burdick; Memorial Day, Ethel Wilson ; Our Colors, three girls; song, The Pass ing Soldier, school recitations, Four Sol dier Boys four boys; A New Memorial Day, school; song. Song For Memorial Day, school; recitations. The Flowers We Gather, Cecil Cunningham Flowers For Dead, six children; song, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, school play. In Grand mas Attic, seven children; song, Amer lea
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30

tions to . close The Children of Mary society attended in a body, and the statue was crowned by. Miss Bellerose, one of the members. She was attended by ten small girls all dressed in white, and holding ribbons which were attached to the crown. Following the coronation, the service closed with benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
 Arthur Auger has resigned hls position with the Ponemah company.
 DanleIson comes to TaftviIle today to cross bats with the Taftville A. A. on the Providence street grounds this morning. It has been announced that Morin and BelaE will be the battery for the local team In the afternoon tho Taftville team will go to Danielson tc give battle to, the Danielson team on their home grounds
 Mfr. and Mrs. John Shea who were in town for the FfaberleJacob wedding have returned to their home in Pawtucl- ct, R. l.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
Post office Hours MemoriaI Day.

. The Norwich office will be open from z a. m. till F noon, daylight time.
 The money order, postal savings and carriers windows will be closed all day, all mails will be dispatched as usual. the last mail for New York and Boston will close at 8 p. m.
 No deliveries will be made by city or rural carriers, 8 collection from the same boxes as those collected on Sun days will be made at f ?. m. Rural pa irons receiving mail from the main of flee may call between and 10 a. m F. No money order business will be trans acted at any of the sub-stations
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
New Incorporation.

Coffey & Co.,. Inc, 15-1s Golden street, New London, has been incorporated with shares subscribed for 300, on which $1S,- 900 cash and s12.OOo in property have been paid. President D. J.. Coffey, 50 shares vice president, H. NJ. Kramp, 50 shares secretary, R. H. -Holabind, 50 shares treasurer, Harry Swirshy, 50 shares; assistant secretary. Philip Swirshy, 50 shares, all of New Haven |; assistant treasurer, R. R. Holabird, North Haven, 50 shares. The directors are officers.
 E. B. Patterson. Inc, New London. was incorporated May IT, 1922; to make and deal in motor vehicles and all parts
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
POETRY
WOTHERs oF THE AnnfIa.

The mothers of the arrnses,
 In churchyards old they sieep. No more to wake and worry.
 No more 10 watch and Wee7 For rust has spiked use czrrcfss
 And choked the bu1ir's tl7roet. Ard hushed OCT hfii and valley
 The drums defiant note. They sent them forth 10 battle.
 From many cottage door. The sons they loved and -chcrirhef
 And feared to see no. Tore. They sat hv lonely hearfhffonee
 And waited. sick with dread To welcome back The crirfded.
 Or mourn the hero dead And when with fragrant hiosEoms
 We deck the blue and -ray. Oh. twine a dewv garland
 Upon Memorial dav- tribute 10 the n,otho~s
 Who each with bleeding breast. Gave freely to her country
 Her dearest and her best -Minna Irving.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
Hit By, Train on Bridge.

Edson Dewey of, Groton, e1, Is pa tient at the New London hospital suffer ing from fracture of three or four ribs as the result of being struck by passeng- CT train on the Thames river bridge late Saturday afternoon. Dewey, who lives on the Pleasant Valley road was walk ing toward Groton when the 4.25 passen- ger train from Providence hit him and hurled him violently to the ground be- side the track. 5- He was taken to the hospital where if was found he had sew eral fractured ribs. His condition on Monday was reported as comfortable.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
THAMES RIVER LUMBER co.
 APPRAISED AT ss7.s4s

Frank s. Alexander and Lawrence A. Chappell. appraisers of the Thames Riv. CT Lumber Co.,, of which Richard S Warren is receiver, have made their re. port to the superior court on the in. ventory and appraisal of the company
 The summary is as follows: Fora touring car, 1921, $26o Chevrolet tour. ing car, 1920, $50; KisseI 2h tor truck and Kissel 2 ton truck, S2,2oo equity in Bartlett property, Waterford no Value accounts .receiveable $22,s57. .25 notes receivable $19755; cash on hand s1,S6S.7s; buildings $7.s0o; machinery $ssUso; merchandise $4S625.1s; total in. yentory values $S7,s45.77..
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
PLAINFrELD

The following bids were received for the new high school building general con- tract; Thomas E. Foy, $135,O0 :, United Fireproof Co., New York, $1So,16; Doyle Murphy Co.,, Willimantic, $134,e67; spe- cial. contractors, C.. E. Whitaker est, Norwich, roofing and metal work, $s,225 J. H. Stone Corp, New York, composition
 floors, s1,565; Robertson Robertson, composition floors s1,2eO c. s. Oakes Providence, s2,50o; H. P. Beausoliel, Nor wich, painting $1s50; R. F. Paine, Prov idence, electrical work. $5,8s8; J.. W. Gay Electric Co., New London, electrical work, s1,647; George Despathy, plumb ing, $7,S30; heating and ventilating: S16,Se5; Hopsin and Chapin Co, New London, heating and ventilating, $1s,sso M. J. Daily & Sons, Inc, waterbury plumbing, $7,797; heating and ventilat- ing, $12,S77; Johnson Heating O., New York, heating and ventiIating, ;io,7s6, The contracts will be awarded shortly.