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Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
cHRRINa sPEoTAroRs.

E deesn't make any difference Weether they deal in tickets of adIniss- saen to epotban contests or theaters, there has always heen strong opposition te the hoidpp methods of the specula- Aeg, and whatever is done to curb their aqavties Is certain to have widespread apEcyal X e%
 erulation in tickets for the biz fas6ah games may not have been en, tirPay eliminated but 1t has been great Y aereAsed- Enorts have been made 0 do the same thing concerning the EAe~tsr ElrsEets in New York city, even to tso exEent of getting special legisla- sAA. but they haven't sotten anywhere. HaeHtregOsrs are to great degree de. Rrp4snt upen the apecula4ors, and if ca1 are insssteIt 4666n theater attend, alee tAey must pay fhe ,price demanded,
 GRdtians oe tszis kind, 1T they ser. slE lu@g .!euopeh, .tsraIIy bring aboui guh gsD@al opPpgstinn as te sAcnre SEpAalS aetisa- What bids fair to bs . @eaG nsllef s the plan now pro. eEUed h New HeEk city Of naintatntns . peNtrAI ticket eGiee where adnissfons fT All theateFs n&y be obtained, or op eDs plapp& not at the advance of hall j . fcAsr Daat wtitA the specnlators eS auosa bWt for tan cents above No G1 Jsa aarA | ceaHsl efncs
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
Today's Anniversaries

1653-Oliyer Cromwell was appointed
 Loru Protector of the English com
 monWeaIth.
 1S99-The most ceremonious and extra
 ordinary divorce in history took
 place between Napoleon and Jose
 pnIne.
 iS24-Thomas Starr King. he preacher,
 to whose remarkable powers as a
 writer and speaker has been ascrIb-
 ed the loyalty of California to the
 Union in .he Civil war, born Tn
 New York city. Died In San
 Francisco, March {, 1864. lsS5-Sew York city was visited by the
 worst fire in us history, nearly 7Oo
 buildings being destroyed 1S5S-Capt. Montgomery, with 6s men,
 entered Fort Scott, Kas., and re-
 leased Benjamin Rice, Free-state
 prisoner.
 1s94-James Black, the first presidential
 candidate of the prohibition party,
 died at Lancaster, Pa Born at LeW1sburg, Pa, Sept. Is, 1923. lS97-Joseph McKenna Of California was appointed an associate justice of tine Supreme Court of the United States.
 l9lo4-The funeral of Paul Kruger, former president of the Transyaal, took pace at Pretoria , 1921-The British parliament ratified the Irish peace treaty by an over whelming majority.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
coxHEcr1CUrs rUBEEcULOeIs

Al Connecticut has been deeply in- kereeted tn the work that Is being aSaeod against this disease, and inas- npch as 1t Is being done by the state, pnder the direction of the tuberculosis e0mqnlssion and the officials at the seV- eT11 sanatoria, 1t is to be realized that At is work In which each and every res 3asnt Of the state is playing an active or Maeti1e part. .r. :" .
 Thus must the entire commonwealth ,rejoice with the commission when it Rats forth in its annual report that as She result of the work performed there has been 8 lower death rate from tu- AeruiNos&s in Connecticut for the past Eear and pest two years than there has 0een for any preceding year, or for any two preceding years.
 Such results speak for themselves, FAat is the goal for. which Comedies, get out some years ago, and goal which 1t Is keeRing constantly before it FAere Bas confidence that through the Ensehods proDosed there could be masl 2 telling fight against the white plague an Connecticut and it is already possible 10 show that 1t is being accomplished.
 Thts doesn't mean that the fight car be ebandepsd or that it should exper. tenee any let up. Rather does it cal Ror, 2 continuance and furtherance o, he WOEk already being done. Inas HaRah es che, efforts which have beer 2Pt foyth have accomplished 90 much t s impossible to overlook the fac kAat such substantial proof calls fol ProvsdlRg tho means that will perma ehe AGencieS at work to do more.
 B1Sale importance must be attached t, !dAe Aeconplishn1ents, sight must not b tagt ef Ahe fact that the work is oni. @eh Aegrr- There remains much to b Apn sto get tuhetculosis under the con tHpl aesirsd within the state or Con Reqtaent: But inasmueh as the way ha Aeap shpgu there is clearly set fort she Anty of the state Tor the future
 NAate1er may have been it's doutbts il the past, the achievements of the Fari o~ sanAteria, of which this county ha tpp. completely eftace them.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
cHRIeFa1As cARoL1NG.

Christmas caEoltng isn't anything new, but it appears to have taken a new grip on the people in this country. # we are to judge by the number of semmunities that have taken it up with in the past few years.
 There were scattered communities where outdoor Christmas carolinr was 3 delightful feature previous to the past decade. It was the continuation of practice that had been, established teng years previous as the result of the ,bFinging of the custom to this country grmn abroad. The beautysaof this old English custom, which has continued to 2 he followed where there have been EnEfash settlements, has made its ap- peal to others who are not bound by English ties They have recognized the appropriateness of the group singing through the streets on Christmas eve; and t is not improbable that much re- SDHsibility for the rerivai was due to fae eo9InyIity singing efforts and the eRFptAg that was arranged in connec- asa Yith the idea Of community Christ nRs tFees,
 Whet popuisr appeal the revival of de Ghristmas eanoling has made Is in- Rhaated by the fact that while there W1re sSe ettAas in this country where S1eh caroaiAg Wss reported in 1920 Ehere were 6S1 which had appare1tly been inspired and joined the procession faSt year. Whether the idea has takers e1 root, or whether it's growth was SHaV temporary will be disclosed by thu HuE1ber. participating this year.
 WhetheF these singecs devote theG, snsgts ip the singing 16 old YuletidG SoRss to the serenading of all thos. aleng their line of march or just thos, !Fhsre 1t is known such singing woult es especially blessing, it must be re sRcde6 as . splendid idea, and particu isyiy so when led or guided by thos, Whe arc singers or musical leaders. ,.,
 Norwich is happily one of those com snities where the Christmas eafoiinG deR has long been practieed to The de nht of 2 large number, both as t, sspgerS and bearers.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

he is reported to have paid sum not far from one million dollars. Many years ago MT. Mearns entered one Of the largest retail mercantile establishments in Aberdeen in the humble capacity of messenger boy. Today he is the pro- prietor of the store and a controlling factor in a number of other large bust- ness enterprises. He is nov sixty years of age, and it is by sheer hard work and perseverance that he has reached his his present position. His new home, Am boyne Castle, was the ancestral seat of the Marquis ef Hunuey, Scotlanfs premier marquis. It stands in five thousands acres of park and woodland bordering on the river Dee.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
Teday's Birthdays

Dr. William A. Granville, the retiring president of Gettysburg college, born at White Rock, Minn., 5s years ago todayi.
 Ralph Adams Cram, a noted leader in the architectural professor in America born at at Hampton Falls, N. H, 6s years ago today.
 Rear Admiral Austin A Knight. U. s. N, retired, born at Ware, Mass se years ago today.
 Rufus Hardy, for eight terms, the rep resentatiye of the Sixth Texas district in Congress, born in Monroe County, Mass. s years ago today.
 Schuyler Merritt representative of the Fourth Connecticut district, born in Ne" York city.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
CURED HER
 RHEUMATISM

Knowing from terrible experience the suffering caused by rheumatism. Mrs. J. E. Hurst, who lives at sos E. Douglass St, C-s7, Bloomington, H.. is so thankful at having cured herself that out of pure gratitude she is anxious to tell all other sufferers just how to get rid Of their tor ture by simple way at home.
 Mrs Hurst has nothing to sell. Merely mail your own name and address. and she will gladly send you this valuable information entirely free. Write her at once before you forget
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

would be in keeping with the plan fol- lowed by the. railroads in the metro2o- lis, and it is not .irnprdnabie that 1t would develop into the establishment of branch offices about the city for the fur ther accommodation of the public
 7, This of course calls for the coopsra- tion"o6 the respective theaters, and they shout dbe anxious to give their support to the idea because Of the better feel ing it seems certain to create among it's patrons, and especially those who have long since harbored the idea that the pecuistof. was in reality enly an agent of the theateT. The idea would doubt less seriously cripple the speculator ai- though ft.might not prevent him froaI operating on 3 small, scale. The idea however. cannot tatl to make It's appeal to those who have been done by speca, I.NFS ~..;-,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
NOTICE

SPECIAL MEETING OF GREENE WILLIE HOOK AND LADDER CO., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18th, AT 6 O'CLOCK, TO TAKE Ac- TON ON DIsPosING or COM PAINTS PROPERTY. ALL ACTIVE AND HONORARY MEMBERS ARE URGED TO BE PRESENT.
 BY ORDER OF THE FOREMAN,
 ELMER E. JOHNSON,
 SECRETARY.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
saALE OIL POSSIBILITIES WHEN PETROLEUM GoEs

When the flow of that liquid gold known as petroleum gives sign of slack ing, and as a consequence the wf1ir and hum of the country's millions of f1ivvers and motor busses and tractors seem like ly to deSist for lack of fuel, the far stretching reserves of oil shale in the United States stand out as the most inn portant resources of substitutes for pc troleum oils, states the United States bureau of mines. These shales, veritable untapped reservoirs of oil, underie enormous areas of the country. Those of the most economic importance occur in Colorado. Nevada and Wyoming. Great areas of black shale occur, however, in various eastern states. notably, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. The great economic importance of oil shales is that when the industry is properly developed, the Unit | ed States will have a new domestic sup | ply of mineral oils, which cannot be cut /; off in time of war, and which, come what l may, will always be ready to help meet | the nations demand for oil. no matter what the worlds petroleum situation may i be.
 | The future of the oil shale industry il ! this country, the bureau of mines consid' i CTS, will depend primarily upon the re!a tive supply of, and demand for, petroleutf l products, particularly in the regions re mote from seaboard. There is good req i son to believe that in the next severa
 years the domestic production of petrole um will decrease, while the demand fol
 it's products will increase, and oil shale! can well make up the deficiency of crud'
 petroleum as a source of refined mlnera
 oil products. Even under the most flaw
 oFable condition development of an Amer ican oil shale must be slow; although thii can be hastened by the employment O highly-trained specialists, the proper kint of experimental work, and sincere coop
 eration and mutual helpfulness amoni the oil-shale operators.
 Large sums of money will have to b. invested before the oil shale industry be
 comes one important commercial consid
 eration. It is probable that the invest ment necessary for an oil-shale retortini
 and refining plant will approximat S3,000 per barrel of shale-oil daily capac ity. The present annual domestic out put of petroleum is at the rate of 400, o00, ,0o0 barrels, and to replace that pro
 duction with shale-oil would require near ly HOO shale retorting plants, eac putting through 1000 tons of Shale dall
 every day in the year. This is RSSsiiilE
 that the shale yields 42 gallons Of o
 per ton. The total quantity of shal
 mined would be over 400,00O,OOO tons
 which approaches the annual coal produc
 tion. The investment of retorts and re
 fineries alone: for an industry of thi
 magnitude would be over $S,000,000. Thi
 does not include estimated cost of land: opening and developing mines, or trans portatien and marketing facilities; neitr CT does it include the cost of developin subsidiary industries, without which shale-eil industry could not exist.
 Oil shale is a compact, laminated roc
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

his knees pointing northeast then in stantiy they changed to southwest. With out a moments warning. one of them be- gan to shoot out toward the northwest, and at the same time the other towards the southeast. At this point look of pain spread over his face. His arms were flying wildly as though trying to grip something. probably his conscience, for it had been hit badly. Moral: Put sand on your sidewalk, for some men don't carry it with them.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
HELPING EUROPE,

In connection with the international situation this country has not taken the view that 1t will have nothing to do with 1t. It has insisted that it was not prepared to mix up in all the troubles of Europe at the pres ent time any more than it has been willing to in the past. ~t
 It has not shown itself responsive ts the idea of canceNing the debts of the European countries incurred because oi the WAT. It hasn't however taken the position that it was going to insist upon their immediate payment, or in fact that if it could be demonstrated that :t was necessary that it wouldn't listen te some reduction. The view that has been taken is that unless 10 could be shown that Europe would collapse with. out it, the idea of cancelhng the debts would simply be an invitation to those countries to devote their money t. the provision of the means Her nying q each others throats the quicker.
 Statements have been made and de xelopmentS have occurred which nnak, it apparent that further appeal is to b, made to this country to lend It's afcf 4 the adjustment of he economic situa ton in Europe. That the goeyrnmenJ is in touch with conditions more close ly than some other agencies is to be ex pected. When it summons the annas sador to Great Britain to return for conference it is evident that it is de sirous c-ofs getting in still closer touch That thts country would have much in hRence in connection with the adjust ment of tho problems which have ioaI remained unsettled is evident Condi tions across the water are apparentl. being brought to a new focus. If VI are in position to help without get ting tangled upon in Buro9e's affair there's no question but what we ar ready to make a pppDer response.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

One of the most famous and historic castles in the British Isles has been bought by merchant who started his career as messenger boy. He is James Mearns, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and his new home in Amboyne Castle, for which
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
Storie: That Recall Others
He Had Enough

Political activity won for one O. - workers political plum. Quite properly, politically speaking, he ran both thumbs in the plum pudding and thought he was a great boy. But he was no bookkeeper. His accounts soon got in what might be called mess. Finally he got word to prepare for checking out He fused over the accounts for hours and late in- to the evening.
 Come on out to supper" pleaded q friend.
 'Supperr exclaimed the troubled one. ''I don't want no supper. I'm full of hg- uresr'
 wfey's Little seer-t
 Once on a time in the United State a youngster ran into the house to hi mother carrying a beaded bag. Tn child said he had found the bag In the automobile which his papa had been driy- ing the night before. It was a strange | bag. It contained a sum of money. The wife took the money, called a woman friend and the two had a theatre party a dinner. good time and-oh, such fun To this day the maid Tn the household carries beautiful beaded bag given tS her by her mistress. The husband doei not know there eyer was such a beaded bag and whoever lost it-but then thai Is another storyI
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

Tne Central American countries are experiencing the sane difficulty in try. ing to come to 2 mutual agreement The nrwEsingness to play unless each can have is ogn way is an old story.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

observaSories gre reporting three new comets. Some who have tried to, walk in slippery places haEe seen more than
 that. ~< .-.,-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
EDFE0RIAL NOTES,

F The idea of aholishing the phony home run. will appeal to many baseball fans. ....
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

Holders of Victory notes that have been called should remember that froua now on they draw no interest.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

' Those who are mailing their Christ mas packages early are heiping the postal service and insutfng delivery be- fore the holiday.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

It is important to shop early. but fl is eauaIiy inpertantr that Ysu should let others understand would be most pleasing to you on the chEistnas tree
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

December thaws. only encourage ths remark. .~4''Why we are not having any winter at all! .-s' .,,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

With the waste in five lending indus tries in. this country amounting to $1.. 4e5,oeey eco 2 year it is time at least to ent It tn half.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

Senator Couzens is pev in ;the upper house of congress, but he must know a senator is judged by the company hc keeps. t
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

What has become of that old fash toned chap who used to get out his horse and sleigh as soon as the first tsnow arrived?
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16
Wifey's Little Secr.t

Sixteen hundred married boys of Is years, and l2,3S4 welded girls of the same age, are in this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

The fellow who hasn't been obliged to dEAE on bis coal reserve in the safe must consider himself exceedingly inckys .c r.r,.,.-s ,,,.. ...-l
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

!. The man on the corner says: Pro- ocrastination never helps when it comes
 to Christmas shopping.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

With December half gone the only thing to worry about is that winter is still ahead. ..rz..
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-16

Not to my knowledge have eyer seen
 an old man executing any sort of dance on the, street through the Tpalignity of banana peel which may be due to my igloranre of Virginia reel though imagine that banana peel en the street in good working order might create some physical as well as moral disorder with some old men. have, however, seen 2 man of some years struggle with ice on the street and fancy that filled the bill as we'll as banana peel His desire to dance seemed to strike him all at once, and at the same time he apparently seemed to he sacing north. south. east and west Then he began to Etoop wit1
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

a majestic persuasion to calm and res
fgnation. And even here under the trees
every leaf stopped its rustling and
every bird it's song. A moment
of silence resembling the Interruptions,
the sudden pauses, in the rattle and
breathing of dying man, the minute
when night in its torpor disappears in
the abyss"
The second description is that of a
water spout:
Something on the horizon joined the
heavens to the sea, a black spiral
which seemed to twist with extreme
rapidity, comparatively thin at the mid
die and broadening out at the two ex-
remities, where it ended in two vacuum
cups, of which one sucked in the cloud,
while the other drew up the water.
Flashes of lightning ceaselessly leaped
out from this turning column
These vacuum cups this death rattle,
this fruit" in the basket of the sea- are
the images and comparisons of one who
holds himself in an attitude of detach-
ment. Between the original studied anG
the picture drawn, stretches a long inter
val wherein are working the mind and
imagination of an author prone to sim
plify, to intensity, to concretize, to give in
short, all that which we commonly near
by highly developed style"
A friend of Jaloux once wrote of him
"In the midst of Chinese lacquers, of vene-
tian furniture =. of handsome books
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

Taken as an art expression of a funda-
mental truth about life, it is quite the oppo-
site. 1t has decided power to hold the at
tention and to amuse the aesthetic taste.
Literally, the story Jaloux tells is that of
a man who. having married one wife and
been untrue to her, marries another with
the same results, incidentally causing the
death of two other women and behaving
as a most irresponsible father for a tuber-
cular boy. Fortuna tely, the very badness
of this literal aspect, its uncompromising
outline and the evident artificiality of its
arrangement save us from any mistake
They warn us that we are dealing with
symbols rather than phenomena with
means of expression rather than with the
portrayal of what the author would have
us accept as real happenings. 1t is with
this literal story as with the descriptions
of natural scenery of which l quote two
sample passages The first is a description
of sunset:
"I pointed out to her, under an arch
of incandescent clouds and beyond a
stairway of green, the descent of
celestial fruit into the basket of the
sea. Out of the flaming horizon came
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
The orldof Foreign Books
Surveyed by A. G. H. SPIERS.
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~ IFF'ERENCES In opinion between
those belonging to the older and
younger generations is nowhere
more keen than in France. Thus, it is a
rare author who, though still compare
lively young, can get support from a
reasonable number of both his seniors and
his contemporaries. The writer of lies
Profondeurs de la Mer." now A years old
Edmond Jaloux, has some fifteen volumes
to his credit. les Sangsues,' one of the
earliest Q904), is still considered with
much favor in France. His lie Reste est
Silence" Q909), which won the Vie Heu-
reuse prize, was the authors real intro
duction to popular favor. In 1918 he
brought ou "L'Incertaine," and two years
later "Au-dessus de la Vile" His recog-
milton as one of the more unusually
talented writer's of France dates from this
latter year. He was awarded the Grand
Prir de LitterGture for 1920. The younger
reviews naturally devoted much space to
this event, and the venerable ReUue des
deur Mondes published careful study Of
his works from the pen of Andre Beaunier.
If taken literally, Les Profundeurs de
la Mer" would prove disagreeable reading.