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Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
ct.ILD TRAINING AT HOME
LESSONS IN MOTHER NATURE
KINDERGARTEN

One of the greatest privileges which
a mother can enjoy is awakening and
developing a love of nature in her
children. This can be done by devot-
ing a small amount of time each day
to the concentrated observation Of
-~oo~ birds. clouds. snow and
other beautiful offerings of nature
-.>..~1e herself will outline the
yearly program to be followed.
During the winter months, wIien
much time is spent indoors, the hours
may be improved by telling stories of
animals, birds, ants, and bees, and
showing pictures of these useful
friends. There are many interesting
things to be seen outdoors on winter
walks. 1t is easy then, when trees
are bare, for children to learn to rec
ognize them by their banks. This is
a good time to discover and examine
nests which the birds deserted when
Jack Frost told them to fly to the
warm southland. When snow comes,
catch some hard dry flakes on a slate,
and let the children examine the beau
tiful crystals. Speak of snow as a soft
white blanket covering the tiny seeds
which are down in the ground, waiting
to grow.
Then comes Spring with her help
ers, the March winds, the April show
ers, the warm sunshine. The children
can be outdoors more at this time,
and love to remp with the strong
March wind. which is sweeping and
blowing the dead leaves about. Watch
for the first wee green shoots as they
peep through the GROUND, followed
soon by crocuses, daffodils, bloodroot
and the tiny woods flowers. It is a
| 70 he o1Nf -
| for walks in the woods at this season
but the little city boys and girls need
not be denied the fun Of seeing the
little seeds awake. Try this interest
ing experiment.
| Give each child a sponge, and have
him moisten it and place it in a sau-
Ger in a sunny window. Then sprinkle
1t full of ordinary mixed grass seed or
| If you keep a canary, and have bird
| seed. use that. Do not tell the child
what will happen, but let him watch
for the changes that will come. Brins
pussy willow stalks, and branches
from other bushes into warm, SUNNI
room, and observe the budding of thu
flowers and leaves.
Lead your little children to thinl
of the April rains as kind helpers
and repeat to them 'fCome listen to tn,
pitter patter of the April showers
In these verses we have thought O
the April showers bringing out tn,
sweet May flowers.
AS the Spring and Summer bird,
and flowers come, tell the childre,
their correct names. 1t is a splendit
plan to collect pictures of famiIia,
birds and flowers. and paste them i,
scrap-b books on rainy Summer DAYS
These books will help the children t,
remember their Summer friends whe,
Jack Frost and Winter come again
As Autumn comes on, notice tn
party dresses of gold and red whjcl
the leaves put on, and watch IL,
flowers change. Many seeds are fall
J ing from the flowers and trees to tn
! ground.
: Then the Autumn leaves flute
down and warmly cover the littl,
seeds which ard ready for a long slee
: after their happy summer. Notice tina
most of the birds have gone, the SOUR
J rels have finished gathering thej
nuts, and are staying in their war;
: hollow trees. and the little woods AMI
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

CThe young married woman speaks
over the telephone.)
Hello, Cert, that you? How are
your That s, good. suppose Eds step
ping out fine and handsome.
"fn tell the world he Is. Say, grille,
listen. Amt it funny how the more
a person lamps other folks bubbles
the more they get to think the Lord
was awful good to 'em when he pick
ed out theirs? I'll tell the world It
Some girls sure got funny ones.
You take, you know, Est er--
Sure, you do. Her that used to
work in the ribbons and married the
guy named Frank.
"Yeh, that's the kid. | vas down
town with him "~d - yesterday get
ting hat. I mean Ester was gettil
a hat, and the res. - Is ~ ank ana
me, went along.
"Sure; it was like this, see? Ester
phoned me in the forenoon and said
would l go down with her, and, you
know, buy the hat like 1 told you,
and I says sure, why not. And then
she told me we was to have our lunch,
and then Frank was to leave the aw-
fus reel early and so we could have
MS WHOLE NUN AOAA " AOoh al ONAAN-
at the hat.
at was like this, see? We was to
meet Frank at the front door Of this
store where Ester wanted to begin
looking at her hat at noon, and Est Ell
and me didn't show up until about
1880.
"oh. he was there all right. tbs
poor fish. When I'd called for Est Ell
she wasn't no more'n about half rea-
dy and she says: We'll just tell hin
it was 1890 instead of noon we was
to meet him. she says. and that's what
| she done. Frank looked at her like hf
wanted to eat her whole.
"'How do you get that way? he says
4 should think by this time you'd know
you can't put nothing like that owe
on me, he says. I'd like to bounce ;
brick off your bean he says, keep
| ing me waiting round with all thes
James he says. It's the last time yol
ever get me lassooed like this he save
| and that's that
cob, I don't know Ester laughe'
and says. Quit your jawing. you fres
thing, she says, and come along. W
amt got such an awful pile Of time
she says.
You bet we amt he says and h
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

mails have found oozy nool1s for their
long winter maps. Watch for the first
signs of frost on the glass and ice on
the puddles. Then with the first snow
fail, Winter has surely come, and our
cycle of the seasons Is complete.
In addition to the physical benefits
gained by spending more time out
doors, children win gain a broader
understanding of the processes of Ma
ture in these lessons, and more i'm
portant new bond OF sympathy and
interest will be formed between the
mother and her little ones.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

to China and Japan. that he would no
permit any Of the timber thus cut 10 b
taken out OF the United States and that
he would not permit the cutting OF tim
Der at the head waters OF rivers
The secretary added that he did not
charge that the forest service was cut
ting timber Cor the purpose Of selling Il
to China and Japan but that this was
the ultimate disposition Of great des
Of timber which had been cut for com
mercial purposes in this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

hardly justify in yiswi Of the breaking
Of treaty terms to say nothing of the
development Of serious friction that is
certain to result in that neighborhood
The course now followed by the ma
tionalists is after the example that was
set by D'Annunzio and had Italy prop
erly squelched htn at the time it Is pos
stble that others would not have fen
encouraged to repeat at this early date.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

When Ambassador Jusserand, declares
that Ss,ooo,oOe Frenchmen stand loyal
iy back Of Frances debts it sounds
more like France than the unofficial
claim recently made that France wnl,iA
never pay a sou.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

With the navy fussirg over the cur
tailed fuel appropriation It can appte-
clate the feeling of many a household
er as he gets to the bottom Of his coal
bin.
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When Philip schetdknann declares
Germany started the war he knew it
would not have to be censored by the
former kaiser.
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That fellow who called on a woman
mayor in the west and gave her black
eye must be another exponent Of the
treat 'em rough" policy.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

Those who have long sympathized
with the trolleyunen are of course p4y-
ing a ten cent fare and letting the con
ductor keep the change.
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March seems to be manoeuvering in
to position so that it can go out in the
desired lambiil1e manner
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

Baseball news is getting to be of a
kind which shows conclusively what sea-
son Of the year it is.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

There is no need Of giving encourage
ment to the propagation Of gulls-that
is, the kind that make business for the
bucketshops and swindlers.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

Being able to provide his own little
thunder storm Mr.. steinrnetz can appre-
ciate the position Of the parents in a
family Of bolsterous youngsters.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

The man on the corner says: Some
people are already worrying about
what kind Of weather we are going to
have next winter.
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EpIroRIAL NOTES

The big drop in eggs might Indicate
that they were being delivered in a
scrambled state.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

With trolley fares and gas bills tax
ing a drop in the same month tangle
reductions in expenses are in evidence
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

When Lloyd George threatens to re-
sign the British leaders hasten to ad-
NIT they couldn't get along without him.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07
ITALY FOR THE GENOA
CONFERENCE ON APRIL ii

Paris, March CBy the A. P.l-Th,
Italian government today informed the
French foreign office that April 10 wa
4 satisfactory date for the opening Of
The Genoa economic conference. This
Information was in response TO the re
quest sent TO Italy followin gthe receni
meeting between Premier Poincare sDc
Premier Lloyd George at Boulogne.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-07

Avon.-william O'Loughlin has moved
from the Avon hotel TO Hartford and tn
house has been leased by Joseph cagnor
OF Unionville. Mr.. Gaggon was with tn
Elm Tree inn at one time.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
MOVING OF THE MARKET.

Some business men on King street
open market from that thoroughfare.
They argue. and with practical force,
that King street should be free for
mercantile business: that Market
street is overcrowded. and that the
time has come for Wilmington 70 have
more than one business street. Other
merchants on King street regard the
open market as an aid 10 business,
and oppose any suggestion of its re-
moval.
Here We have the situation that
prevailed more than half a century
ago, when the removal of the farmers
open market from Market street tc
King street was first agitated. Many
Market street merchants vigorously
opposed the proposition. believing tn,
loss Of the farmers market would
mean ruin 10 them.
But the street railway having mean.
while been opened. thus making tn,
change necessary. it was effected
How Market street suffered" by tn,
change may be realized today. Tha
King street would suffer" in the sam'
manner--by largely increased mercan
tile business and splendid building i'm
provemcnts 10 accommodate tina
busincss--is just as certain.
Almost any well-located street vii
answer the purposes of an open mar
ket. But when the time comes tha
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
TEST FOR CHRISTIANITY.

Turkey used to be called 'the sick
man Of Europe" but there are many
other sick nations there now, and
Turkey is by no means the sickest,
Sometimes II seems as if Ireland were
the most desperately and hopelessly III
Of them all. A dozen times 1t has
seemed on the high road TO recovery,
and every time the Improvement has
been followed by a disheartening re-
lapse.
Statesmanship since the armistice
has been confronted by many and ex-
| traordinary tasks of almost unprece-
dent complexity and difficulty, but
none has been more battling and un-
yielding than that of Ireland. The
Sisyphus stone CT peace never gets
quite to the top before it rolls down to
the bottom, and the work has to be
begun all over again. Mr.. Lloyd
George gets back from Genoa just in
time to be confronted by new Irish
crisis. Other countries he still hopes
to save A part of his own appears
beyond his skill.
Pessimism is not unnatural under
the circumstances Even the most
sympathetic friends CT Ireland in the
United States begin to be oppressed
by the tragedy of the situation and td
realize the character of the problem
with which Great Britain is confront
led. But the British Government can
mot yield to pessimism, nor surrender tc
reaction. 1t must find a way for Ireland
out of its troubles because as long as
Ireland is in trouble Great Britain viii
be i'm trouble. In one sense il is more
important to rescue Ireland and in
sure peaceful self government there
than TO put Germany on its feet in
!, dustrially or to restore Russia 4
sanity and to membership in tn,
family of nations. To British states
manship striving TO cure the ills Of tn,
/ European continent Ireland may ap
propriately say. physician, heal thy
self"
The Irish trouble is largely an In
! herited complex over which law an
logic appear to have little influence
The sins of the fathers are being visit
ed upon the children. The sour grape
of centuries of hatred have set tn
teeth of successive generations O
edge. The siege of Londonderry sti
goes on. The battle of the Boyne
fought over again every day. That
why the task of British statesman
ship is SO hard. 1t has to reckon .Sit
the past as well as the present. |
may wipe out existing legal and politi
A cal wrongs and Injustice but il cam,
|. wipe out state of mind. No law c
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
CUT IN RAILROAD WAGES.

The United States Railroad Board
has issued an order FOR n reduction
Of wages of railroad employees which
will bring their total about S4S, 600. 900
year below the present figure. On
the basis of the present number Of
employees, this will mean saving OF
s4S ,Ooo,o year to the roads.
But the Interstate Commerce Com
mission last week ordered reductions
In freight rates which Will amount TO
about s4Oo,ooo.o 900 a year. This re-
duction in freight rates. even allow
ing literally for increased revenues
from increased business, will several
times obliterate the saving Of s4s.-
| 100000 In wages by the railroads un-
der the Labor Boards order.
Thus the railroads are handicapped
by legal interference with the very
| HhPoi 'aHl eleilieilNs OF rates anu
wages. They cannot be successfully
managed under such restrictions
| With free hand TO regulate their
business and operating affairs with
out such impractical restrictions. with
| the Interstate Commerce Commission
TO stand as a guard against any un.
just impositions upon the people, the
arrangements OF the railroads couit
soon place the business upon n basis
that would guarantee good servic,
10 the public and fair returns for tn,
millions whose money is invested IL
railroad securities.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
MORE TROUBLE IN MEXICO.

1t was supposed for awhile that the
Obregon administration in Mexico had
become firmly established, and was
proving 30 satisfactory to the people
OF the country that revolution was
no longer to be feared. The subsid-
ence OF the doughty and dangerous
Villa gave hopes for reasonable
permanency to the reign OF President
Obregon.
But again revolution Is raising its
head. and there are uprisings In vari-
Gus sections. None has assumed
threatening proportions Of itself, and
up to very recently there was no in
timation OF cooperation OF the various
small revolutionary leaders in a COM
mon movement. Now. however, comes
the report that General Felix Diaz,
nephew OF that firm old Dictator
President. Porfirio Diaz, who gave a
stable government to Mexico for more
than quarter OF a century. Is about
to start n general revolution by pro-
claiming himself President. And It
is said he has an army OF $4,000 men
to back him.
An army of this size. even of Mexi-
cans, could be made formidable under
good leader, but It Is not assured
that Diaz is leader of the proper
quality. There Is sentiment I'm his
name. but strength in Diaz himself
is an essential TO the success of the
movement.
II Obregon is TO fall. 1t would be n
good thing for Mexico If another Por-
| frio Diaz could come to tho front
and take firm hold of the reins of gov.
ernment. Another quarter of cen.
tury of peace would mean much &c
Mexico.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
PLAIN STEALING.

A New York jury has returned a
verdict Of guilty ON n charge of grand
larceny, brought against n self-styled
broker, who had "bucketed' the orders
of his customers. The maximum
penalty is ten years Imprisonment. i
have contended right along said the
District Attorney who had the In
dictmcnt drawn, that bucketing IL
only n polite word for stealing" The
Iconviction sfactorily sustains that
contention.
The penal code has many polite
words" for what, elemcntolly, are
vulgar crimes. Larceny itself may pe
said to be of this character. II GER
tainly sounds nicer than thievery or
stealing, But II all the fine distinc-
tions Of the criminal statutes. based on
the different methods by which per-
son may Illegally possess himself OF
! tho property of another. are brushed
aside, the act in common speech II
always theft and the person who
commits Il Is n thief. One who serves
a sentence for embcZzlcment may HAT
ter himself that he Ia on higher so
cial plane than piclspocket, but tt
ordinary moral conception there Is ne
distinction. Or, " there is one, u
should be I'm favor OF the pickpocket
He runs the greater risk In the pur'
suit of his evil practices. and. besides
cannot he accused of callously betray
Ing his victims confidence.
1t seems improbable that tho cas-
lof this New York broker" convicted
of a larceny establishes n precedent
widely. though the example may p
IA novel one In that jurisdiction. Bu
lit is always refreshing when, In TN
execution of our refined laws for dis
pensing justice. prosecutors Judge
land juries handle a fragrant offende
without gloves. Though masquerade
hy n brass wicket and an ornat
banker and broker" sign, the busines
Of the bucket-shop operator is identi
cal with that Of the common thiet.-
Providence Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
REDUCTIONS FOR POLITICS.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion's order for n horizontal reduction
of 10 per cent I'm freight rates through
out the country must evidently be read
I'm n broader light than It's own fully
to comprehend It's meaning.
IL follows by only three days Prcsi-
dent IIardings appeal to leading rail-
road executives at a White House
dinner for voluntary rate reductions.
II IL coincident with the delivery of
Senator Watson's Keynote speech"
to the Indiana Republican State Con-
vention. which was prepared several
days ago. which contains the predlc-
ton: 81 can say TO you with some
thing OF assurance that another re-
duction In rates Is imminent. IL is
likely to occur at almost any time"
This proves to have been remark
ably accurate forecast. The fact. In
deed goes abreast of the prophecy
And as the prophecy was set up as a
| Republican achievement fer influence
upon the fall elections. so the swift
realization will be made to stand.
Whether these are all merely pre-
llminary steps or the elimination of 6
lcampaign To make rate reductions 9
partisan Republican affair remains tc
he seen. But so far the scheme seem,
to be working in order and hopefully
ION Saturday night the Presden
ostentatiously comes to the front OF
this issue and speaks to the railroa,
executive face TO face. And OF Wed
nesday morning tho commission fol
lows up the good work with an orde
long In preparation that the road
must reduce rates whether they woul'
or not
| Whose. then, Is tho moving fore
land whose the glory? The admins
tration knows. and IL the voters ar
not led TO know. 1t will not be Re
publican fault. The commission In It
turn Is not loss To Justify it's re
ductions on the "adequate-returns
lguarantee of the Transportation Ac
All IL has to do Is To mark down fror
l6 To 5A the percentage which spe
lcilcally constituted an adequate re
turn for the first two years of tn
Transportation Act. As for the res
the roads must know by this tim
that for the election of a Republica
Congress next November they cam,
hope to escape without making sac
riiiccs of their own--New Yor
World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
PICK VP THE KNITTING.

Young woman ut the church cow
ing society observed that she hau
completely forgotten how to KNIT, ana
tbat she supposed we had better
bave another war, 40 that she might
learn again. -,
RIess her Jolly little soul, she did
not realize how well she had epitohi'S-
cd the main trouble OF the postwar
world. We have all forgotten how 10
knit. When the need was on uS the
neodles few swiftly and surely in and
out. The minds and hearte and actions
of all Americans were drawn together
aa was the warn. In every Allied coun-
try II was the came.
Life In those days had purpose,
and every muaclc and every thought
yas bent toward It's Accomplishment
Now therc are almost as many con
nicting PURPOSES az there are people
| The interests of no two natione are In
agreement. Then men were heroes and
moet OF those left at home self-eacri
| ficing.
There was no unemployment, and
for the time Il seemed that poverty
| had been abolished. Railroads. mines
| farms and factories wcrc viewed a'
means 10 an end rather than tho end
itself Flushed with new hope and NH
| cd with the conviction that tho cas-
uaIties overseas were not in vain, Il
was heard on every hand that th'
world would never slip back into th'
old petty ways. England. Lloyd Georg,
exclaimed. was TO be II land ht foi
ncroes 10 live in. The same though
was in every mind, on every tongue
in every ear.
The spirit Of devotio is past. Th'
world has forgotten how TO knit an'
Instead is unrayclling. The gains o
the war are being lost. and worl'
which might be richer is poorer. boil
in spirit and in goods. The failure 1
only in part that of the people, and II
large measure is the fault Of leader
ship. II is time for statesmen to at
tend once more 10 their knitting
Omaha Bee.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
JUNE FANTASY"

Priscilla Davidson. danseuse. Line
kin, Maine. West Chester. Pa, as
sisted by pupils, and Mrs. Miriam
Sheppard Davidson, soprano soloist,
will present a summer fantastic, en-
titled "Fleur-de-lis." Saturday even
ing, June 10th. at $50 o'clock. in the
"Out Door Theatre" at Longwood. the
country home of Mr.. and Mrs Pierre
S. du Pont, near Kennett Square, Pa.
Admission sl.00. Benefit regular hos
pltal fund from gate fee. Seating ca
pacity 1000 persons.--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-30
FAVOR HEAyIER PENALTIES.

At the meeting OF the American
Bar Association to be held In San
Francisco during the week of August
.. the committee on law enforcement
will present n report favoring more
drastic punishment for convicted
criminals. In view of the general
employment OF automobiles in crimi-
nal pursuits. the report will recon-
mend special enactment. making
this use an offense additional to the
crime committed by its aid, and pun
ishment I'm addition.
Another important recommendation
will he for the enactment of a law by
all the States providing for the per-
manent incarceration OF repeated Of
tenders. This would mean life i'm
prisonment for one convicted for the
third time OF criminal wrong-doing
no matter what might be the grade OF
the offending.
This action indicates opposition &c
the policy of pampering convicted
criminals and making their imprison-
ment more like n bed OF roses" thar
punishment for breaking the laws. A
recent movement, which Is being for
warded in Delaware. is designed to Sc
cure a system OF parole. by which
those sentenced to long terms may
secure release at the expiration of ;
stated period.
The alarming increase in crime il
all sections OF the country indicates
that something is needed. Many he
lieve the increase. which is marke,
in nearly all orendings save that q
drunkenness since prohibition wen
into effect. i- due to a considerabl
extent 10 the policy of leniency in tn
treatment of convicts in prisons. Thi
leniency is regarded by some as a
encouragement 20 crime. Hence tn
movement in the direction OF maxim
punishment mean something the re
cipients will realize as punishment
instead Of regarding terms in priso
, az periods OF pleasurable recreation
The verdict of the American Bar AS
soclation on this subject may be {
/, much importance