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Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-01
Stories That Recall Others
She Told Him.

She Told Him.
 Grandfather was trying to persuade Betty to eat something. NOW. Betty" he told her, mother fixed this just for you. It's good for you. Taste 1t. and If you don't like 1t. then I'll eat !t." The small girl minced along with few bites, then pushed her plate toward the old gentleman. saying:
 -'old feller. you've got lt to eat"
 Observing.
 Mother. how old are you?" asked Jean.
 Past sixteen. dear" was the answer. The child remembered. and from theu on she had added each year 10 her mother's age until finally she was twen- ty. She came in one day very much puzzled Mother. you are supposed tc be older than Uncle Bill, and he's twen- ty-nine. How could you be just twen- ty7' she questioned.
 You see. dear" explained her meth CT. "I told you that 1 was past sixteen When a woman gets 10 a certain age she doesn't like to tell 1t any more. and so she makes believe that she's just past sixteen"
 Jean pondered thoughtfully for a mo- ment and then. looking innocently al her mother. inquired: Mother. how old Is woman before she begins to carer
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CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JULY 18th, 1922
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REDUCING THE ARMY.

Compelled by the limitations of the army appropriation bill board Of gen. eral officers of the army Is now In ses- sion in Washington. charged with the duty of reducing. the strength of the commissioned personnel of the army to conform to what the appropriations will provide for. There are now about 14,- 500 officers but the bill allows for only 12.O0O. Some of the present officers will be eligible for retirement on account of physical disabilities or as a reward for long service, while others will be re- duced in rank to fill vacancies. But lack of money to pay for their services leaves a remainder of about 1,T00 off, cers who must be dismissed from the service.
 It would not be so much of a prob lem for the board if the army were in poor condition and dismissals were to be for the good of the service. But it is recognized TOW that the army is at a high state of efhciency. It has a large percentage of officers fresh from active service, trained in the various branches of warfare and devoted to the army. They are busy putting into the army
 
 that the United States forces may be well prepared for such emergencies as may arise in a troubled world. To ask such men to leave the service is duty no one would seek.
 It is difficult to see how any Ameri- can who has been alive to his country s welfare during the last eight years can look on this reduction of the army with any feeling but the keenest regret. The blame for the dismissal of competent of hcers rests on the house of representa- lives, the military policy of which has been marked throughout the session by ignorance and indifference to reasonable preparedness. There Is still some ground tor hope that the army will be spared he disastrous effects of this move. but hat does not lessen the guilt of tht house, which put through its small army program in defiance of the president eading military authorities. and public opinion.
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CHILD TRAINING

Beginnings in Language and Literature.
 By Martha Gallaudet waring.
 The three most wonderful things in nature have always been to me the un- folding of flower, the dawn of a new day, and the way in which child learns the use of language There are never two of these exactly alike they are al- ways happening, and always different.
 I have watched three children closely and their way of learning to talk has been absolutely as individual as are the children themselves. The eldest began at nine months to say mama, dada, man. boy dog and 50 forth, and after a while, come, go stay, run. and all the neces- sary verbs. and then the connecting words, in such absolute agreement with the best authorities on learning to speak that I began to plume myself upon 1t as personal matter. It is in- teresting to note that this interest in language, in words and thek exact meaning and acurate use, has always been part of this childs development.
 My personal vanity as a good trainer in language received a shock when the second baby came to the speaking age
 Not a word would she say, ''Uh-hum" doing duty for everything; and so clever was she and well developed mentally that it was almost uncanny to see how she conveyed her entire meaning and got what she wanted without words. We tried encouragement, discipline and ex- ample Gas her sister was then five) and when we had begun to feel quite discon- eerted, she suddenly at about eighteen months, burst into whole sentences run together, such as Give 1t to me" 'I don't want to do it" and others of which not one single word was clearly defined, but as a whole perfectly intelligible
 As she grew older she showed the same impatients of language as a means of communication, making a language of her own to which she chung until she was six, which was intelligible only to her family and playmates, as strangers could make nothing of it, fact which rather pleased her than otherwise-"Me don't min if dey tant understan' wat l me say; me 'ikes to talk like dis" was a | frequent remark while we were trying to | train her out of 1t. We had at six to | have recourse to expert help in proper articulation. There was no physical de. | feet, and now her enunciation is unus- ually clear and she reads better thar any child Of ten I have ever known
 Why should such things be in chil dren or the same family, with the same | training and the same environment II Is an interesting problem. The thirt | child being boy, I have watched fo, his use of language with great interest i and find that at his present age of two l he has a large and growing vocabular; and very clear enunciation with a sligh tendency to let go the "s" He does not |, like his eldest sister at this age. sub | stitute ''t," or like first cousin, put ar ! h" everywhere. This little girl whel learning to talk was most amusing ol account of this propensity. Hum ant hee the ho" was tome and see tn show and she was often a puzzle to he
 elders. My own girl of her age was al | ways understood and this is the dia logue I heard one day when they wer
 having tea-party. Alice. I huck .
 hork in hase and 1t hell on the hoor'
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DUR GREATEST MINING INDUSTRY.

When we think of the value of the gold, silver. copper. iron, oil and natu- ral gas that are taken out of the earth we are prepared for large figures, but how many would expect to be told that coal mining is the most important min ing industry in the country and that it's value is nearly equal to all the other mining industries taken together. These are the figures on coal that form part of the 1920 census report that has just been issued. In 1919 the coal mined was worth f7.s per cent of the total value of all mining products, while the coal mines employed 7O.e of all the coun- try's miners. Thus more than TO out of every 100 miners in the country worked ln coal mines.
 The total amount of coal mined in 1919 was 54s,5ss,o00 tons from S,s56 mines. The acreage of coal lands was B.522,727. The capital invested in coal mining was s2,33s,31S,1e2. Coal was produced commercially in 30 of the AS states. The tons per capita mined in the United States has grown from .o2 of one ton in 1929, the year of the earliest fig ures recorded, to 5.01 in 1909 and to 5.24
 
 says: "In the recent periods when the quantity of coal mined has reached large proportions, the increase in coal produc- tion was rapid and was approximately four times as large as the increase in population except in the last decade re- ported. For this decade, 1909 to 1919, 1t was much less. but if the maximum recorded production, that for 1918, Is used in computation, the increase in coal production was three times the increase in population
 It is this immense industry which Is growing in size, which is of tremendous importance to the country and which supplies a product which is a necessity 10 the average citizen, that is subject tc Interruption and that has no machinery tc keep it always operating. to check il from prohteering or to insure economy in its operation. It is plain enough that this lack brought on our suffering 1T 1919 from the disturbance and interrup, tion of coal production and the same ele- nents are bringing on our suffering now and will continue their threat until w can devise some means to insure no in terruption in our coal supply.
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CATCHING THE FEVER

ing from the christening of her third grandchildf'
 Pooh" said the daughter. You'd make an awful hit and she'd be tickled to death Why, she'd be simply crazy about you! That dreadful young Perling- ton Hubble from the east works that system. He is 21 and heaven help the girls When he meets anybody like my self and discover I have child aged 3 he just smiles tolerantly at me and lights a cigarette. oh, come now he murmurs, don't play any game like that on me Hts so silly it isn't even funny It was a shock to find that you were even married although that doesn't matter. But a child aged 9-you foolish thing to think I'd swallow thatr And beam and blush and perk up and have a lovely time. You go ahead and pat all the heads you seer'
 That's no way for married woman to act,'' the nice wfite-whiskered gen tiernan told her sternly. Aren't there any ladies here. of suitable age with whom can converse sensibly on the side lines, so to speak ?'
 Lots of 'em," said his handsome mar ried daughter cheerfully. "Only they are all playing tennis and swimming and riding and golfing, and I don't know what on earth they'd think of your pa triarchal whiskers, father. It's a shame for a handsome man like you to cover up chin and mouth that can't be beat in six counties. Come on--shave off all the hay and cut dash while you are here"
 Shave my whiskers?" roared the nice elgf . 11tIelnan Indignantly. fpWell, I never neard-"
 "Weli drive in town tomorrow and have it attended to-" his daughter pro- ceeded firmly. ''Why. you'll be the hand somest young man here and have the time of your life!'
 "Hm!" murmured the nice white wfiskered father rather flustered. "I hope I know enough to live up to my years-hut if you think it would be all right, maybe It would be cooler this hot summer. And I believe I'd like to learn golf. And there never was horse that could throw me when I was young er!"
 "Goodw said his handsome daugh- ter with a sigh of relief. q guess you'll be able to travel around with us little boys and girls quite comfortably after all !"-Chicago News.
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Brooklyn bridge is good for several hun dred years yet if properly cared for. In his opinion, the roadway and the sus- pended structure could be rebuilt to meet modern requirements in traffic which has grown so enormously since the bridge was opened.
 It is to be hoped that the original bridge can be saved to the hundreds of years of usefulness which Mir. Linden thai predicts, for in contrast to the other bridges that have been stretched across the East river and the Hudson river it is the queen of them all in beauty Art has given way to utility and safety in the new bridges that have spanned the rivers. Safety must necessarily come first, but if it becomes necessary to re- place the old Brooklyn bridge, may we not hope to see some way found in which safety in the new may be combined with the dignity and distinction that be- longed to the old.
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A NEW BROOKLYN BRIDGE.

Forty years ago. when it was first opened. the Brooklyn bridge was hailed as one of the wonders of the world and It's graceful lines were the admiration of the two cities which 1t united while 1t was pointed to as an engineering mar vel almost without equal. Now the structure Is said to be slipping A: least two of the immense steel cables have slipped an inch or more on the saddles where they pass over the tall stone tow CTS. The city engineers are worried over this evidence of change in the bridge for they fear that this slipping means the weakening and eventually the disintegra- ton of the entire structure. Danger will be avoided for the present by reducing traffic over the bridge through forbid ding automobiles to use 1t, but the engi- neers are reported to be figuring already On an entirely reconstructed bridge which would cost several million dollars
 There is opposition, however, to the opinion Of the city engineers, for Gustav Lindenthal, who was the city's bridge commissioner for 20 years and con- Jtructed Hell Gate bridge, declares that
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TRAFFIC CARDS IN NEW YORK.

New York city is adopting a new reg ulation applying to automobile drivers that will aid in the Identification of of lenders against the rules of the road. All resident drivers will be required to carry traffic cards" which will have on them a photograph of the driveT. The card will be good for five violations of trafac regu- lations, without recourse to the police court, and will have space on it for an entry by the patrolman for each minor violation of the rules. When five have been entered, the card will be taken up and a new one issued, while the old card will be used to keep a record of the shortcomings of every driver in the city.
 Strange as 1t may appear to Connecti- cut drivers, who dare not venture on the road without both their drivers license and the certificate of registration of the car, this does not seem to have been re- quired in New York, for the next leg islature Is to be asked to make the car rying of the drivers license compulsory. as 1t Is in practically all the adjoining states.
 One step forward in road rules was taken last week when the motor vehicle departments of ten states agreed upon styles of headlights. uniform in eleva- tion and direction of rays and intensity of light. AT New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mary land are joined in the agreement, which will assure every driver that he will be free to drive in any other Of the ten states if he knows he Is complying with the rules in his own state. The regula- tion is aimed mainly at abating the use of the glaring, dazzling and dangerous headlights.
 Such conformity in rules of the road is much to be desired. Each state may be a law unto itself as far as license fees. taxation and such matters as have no relation to use of the machine out side the boundaries of the state. But il can be readily seen how advisable it Ii that there should be substantial agree ment on some points of the rules of tht road such as has been reached by thu ten states from New England to Mary land This may yet offer a field for fed eral regulation and be seen to fall un der the interstate commerce clause O the Constitution. which always seem standing ready to have new dutie thrust upon 1t.
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The nice -whiskered father who was visiting his married daughter out at Lake Forest sat up with some interest as a splendid horse,, well mounted, gall loped by down the bridle path
 My, my!" he said. That little girl certainly does ride well, doesn't she? Do you know her folks, Prunella?"
 Why, father !" remonstrated his hand some married daughter. That was no little girl--that was Mrs Ellington Bunks-she is 37, has four children and has been married twice! Of course she is rather small and has bobbed hair and does look 16 in her riding habit!''
 You don't say" cried the nice white whiskered father Aren't women won derful these days Why, her hair fiopped just as yours did when you were T. How can she make her children mind if she looks as young as they do?"
 "Oh, she has elderly governesses, who attend to that" his daughter explained to him. You can't be sure about a single thing in regard to women, father Do you remember the one you admired yes terday at the golf club in the white plaited skirt and orange sweater?''
 "Yes. indeed" said the whisker- ed father. ''She seemed such a sweet faced, innocent child"
 Well" interrupted his handsome daughter she's grandmother, Mrs AL onzo Dickens. She has her face skinned every year in Paris, and all the f1appers just hate her because her complexion is so much more delicate then theirs could ever hope to be"
 'Grandmothers, remonstrated her par ent, have white hair, Prunella and large waists and no shape to speak of
 Whats the use of white hair when dye is so cheap?" inquired his handsome daughter. '"The minute I find a white hair in my head I shall hasten to the dye pot. simply could not stand having young men arise respectively and gently lead me to chair as though fearful that my tottering footsteps were going to plunge me into the fireplace or the lamp. And gy1nnastic dancing and banting do keep ones figure down."
 1T call 1t insulting Providence" the nice white-whiskered gentleman told his daughter trif1e warmly. Consider how upset I should be if I patted a dear lit tie girl upon her golden bobby head and chucked her under the chin and asked for kiss-and she should turn out to be a bank presidents wife just return ing from abroadqis l and when he re
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and then from my own baby, "oh. you mean you tuck a tork in your tace and 1t tell on the toori
 The best helps to a good and early use of language as far as my experience goes. are first, no baby-talk talked to the child. then all the nursery rhymes that there are. told over and over again until they are known; then all the best and simplest stories that have become baby classics. told again and again in good language or in the words of the books; especially containing much repe- tition. My two-year-old is already lay ing the foundation of good literary taste by saying the last word on every line of the nursery rhyme. with occasional de- lightful variation drawn from his own experience such as this one 'If I had a pony that would not 40, Do you think I would whip him. Oh.
 no. no, mol
 I'd put him in the barn and give him
 some tea
 And treat him kindly the rest of the
 --iIk!"
 No child should lose the delight oi this first flight into the realms of fam cy. Not to know When was a Bach. clOi anu me Olu hoNdu or Nne Shoe"-not to sympathize with Dap pie Gray" and Simple Simon"-not tC enjoy all the hosts of nursery friends oi birds. beast and very human beings why. child has not begun life without them Nothing can make up for thii ] early loss. Besides everything else these right beginnings" give a right us' | of words. enlarge the vocabulary ant make the foundation that will stand tn. child in good stead all the days of hi! | life!
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Today's Anniversaries

16o4-John Eliot, the famous apostle to the Indians, born in England Died at Roxbury Mass, May 21, 1890. 1714-Death of Queen Anne of England and accession of King George I. 1831-Steven T. Mason became acting governor of Michigan territory up- on the resignation of Gen. Cass. 1SS3-The parcels post system was in troduced in Great Britain. exposition opened at Melbourne to celebrate the centen- ary of the foundation of New South Wales.
 l8s9-The German emperor with a large fleet arrived at Spithead on a vis- it to Queen Victoria. 1919-Seventy thousand railway shop men went on strike in the Chica- go district.
 1920-J. Frank Hanly former governor of Indiana and prohibition candi- date for president, killed in an au- tonnobile accident near Denison o. Born April 4, 1863
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-01

journalism. but in 1890 he went to the federal capital, where he became a clerk in the census bureau, rose rapidly to an important departmental position and incidently studied law at Columbian uni- versity. With his professional aducation gained and his right to practive law af- frmed he left Washington for West vir- gtnia and ere long was influential in roli- ties education and philanthropy and leader in the "good roads' movement. He ran for congress as republican in 1913 and was elected and served until he was elected to the senate.
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 Many cases of childlessness are curable. Perhaps yours may be. Why be discouraged until you have given Lydia E. Pfnkham's Vegetable Com pound a faithful trial?
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 We believe that Lydia B. Pink hams Vegetable Compound is 30 well adapted to the conditionswhich might cause your trouble that good will come to YOU by its use.
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Howard Sutherland, whose seat in the United States senate is at stake in to- days primaries in West Virginia, is now completing his first term in the upper house. Senator Sutherland resides in Elkins, where he is a fourishing busi- ness man, with large coal and timber tracts producing revenue for him He was born and educated In Missouri For a time he. engaged in the profession of
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Kultur cannot have lost it's grip on the rest of the world if German universities have to consider the exclusion of for eigners. However, we notice with pleasure that not many Americans are accused of intrusion.
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Today's Birthdays

Ellison D. Smith, United States sem ator from South Carolina, born at Lynch burgh, S. C., 5S years ago today.
 Rt. Rev. John J. Milan, Catholic bish- op of Hartford, born at Newburyport, Mass, 67 years ago today.
 Mrs. Frederick J. Manning (formerly Miss Helen Taft), born in Cincinnati. S1 years ago today.
 Rev. Dr. David James Burrell, for 30 years pastor of the Marble Congrega- tional church, New York city, born at Pleasant Valley, Pa, 7S years ago to- day
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conrress pead to Rebuke.

What better proof than the continuing record of the contests at the primaries does the machine control of congress need to convince itself that its reactonary. selfish. stubborn. defiant legislative course is alienating the American people? Or must it go on in blindness to the last deadly stroke?-New York Herald
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-01

Coast guards on our Pacific shore get orders from Washington to cut out de- mands for brandy to resuscitate partly drowned persons, and use nothing but spirits of ammonia Physicians will smile. Science has little patience with some modern fads.
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The disturbed condition of the coun- try leads to the conclusion that the vast amount of investigating. official and un- official. that has been done wasn't done in the right places.
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They say the horse is coming back It has never gone away in some industries. For Instance, even the most intelligent hivver cannot learn the milk drivers route as Dobbin does.
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Our emotional enterprises call for su- per-regulators Augustus Thomas is to function for the theatrical profession as Will Hays does for the movies and Judge Landis for baseball.
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It Is said that there are 5oo,0o0 idle cars In the country, or enough, in case of emergency, to haul an army the size of the American expeditlonary force, four men to the car.
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England's vickers seaplane crawled out of the water to be repaired at Gloucester, Va, blacksmith shop It arrived more like a crocodile than 8 bird of the air.
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London reports that with twenty eight buttresses cracked the 6O,oOo ton dome of St. ,Paurs is in danger of fall ing. But the faith which it stands for still has substantial buttresses.
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Lydla E. Rnk-
 hams Vegetable
 Compound. It has
 done so much for
 me. My baby is
 almost a year old now andis thepic- ture of health. She walked at eleven months and is trying to |use her little tongue. She can ] say some words
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Strikers wives in Toledo used pins on men who took their husbands jobs. Whether rolling, hat or coupling pins is not stated.
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Miss Mccormick declines to talk about her impending wedding. She is saving her conversation for the Swiss riding master afterwards.