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DEVOTED TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY—NOTHING ELBE OM LE88

Vol. XIV. No. 41. WATERTOWN, CONN, SEPTEMBER 16, 1927. TWO DOLLARS PER YEAH.

A BOOST FROM THE CITY OFBRASS

The following editorial by A. B. M.appearing in Wednesday's issue ofthe. Waterbory Republican gives Wa-tertown a boost which Is greatly ap-preciated by our residents as we allfeel that Watertown is an Ideal placeto live In and to have the Brass City,whose slogan i s that "Waterbury hasSomething on Everybody," call theirreaders' attention to our attractiveHttle town makes the words ofpraise even sweeter.

"A Lesson from Wattrtown"I visited Watertown for a. few

minutes during the noon hour yes*terday. That is something I alwaysenjoy doing. Watertown may not bethe most attractive village in thissection; there are so many beautifulplaces hereabout that It is hardlypossible to single oat any one ofthem for that Otle; but it is cer-tainly one "of the most attractive.There Is an air of quietness, of rest-fulness, of dignity about the placethat makes it a pleasant retreat fromthe trolleys and busses and the mo-tors and the pedestrians that throngthe Center of Waterbury.

"Since the question of providingbetter directional signs for the ben-efit of motorists passing through Wa-terbury has been discussed a gooddeal of late I took especial notice of

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS NOTES

Total assets of Subordinate andGrand Lodges of the Knights ofPythias at the close of the fiscalyear. June 80,1927, were 131,088,560.according to fiscal year report is-sued by the Supreme Lodge financecommittee and Hary M. Love, Su-preme Keeper of record* and- seal.The tabulations were completed ata meeting of the finance committeeheld in Minneapolis, Minn. The as-sets include cash on hand, real es-tate, buildings and furnishings, bondinvestments and Lodge parapherna-lia, owned by fifty-five grand lodgesand more than 6,000 subordinatelodges In the United States and Can'ada.

Thes eassets, according to AmesT. MoCleary, Master of Exchequerof Columbia Lodge, No. 12, showsthat the Order -has developed alonglines which guarantee a permanentgrowth of the fraternity. "The sub-

ts amount toordlnate lodgeslightly over $25,000,000." said Mr.Cleerjr, of which a very large partrepresents money invested in lodgebuildings. In many grand domains,approximately one-half of the lodgesown their own homes. Last yearmore than $6,000,000 was investedin buildings for use of lodges. Realestate owned by lodges is appraisedat more than $12,000,000. The lodges

the signs that have been put up at have over $2,000,000 in cash andseveral important Mad Junctions inWatertown. They are neat, they arelegible, they are explicit, they areunobtrusive. The color scheme ofgreen and white makes them meltinto their surroundings in a waythat the conventional black and yel-low signs would never do at such aplace. The Waterbury Chamber, ofCommerce, or1 whatever other Wa-terbury agency finally solves thesignboard problem here, would dowell to study the signs of Water-town. I do not know who picked outthe design, and there is not time toflue out before this column must goto the printers, but whoever did hasat least one good job to his credit."

Credit for these neat and unobtru-sive little green and white direction-al signs should go to George Wil-helmy, (Of this town, who designed

more than $7,000,000 in Investments,mostly bonds of the government."

The report read before the lodgeby Linus F. Mattoon, keeper of rec-ords and seal, showed the grandlodges in a most healthy condition.Real estate and investments ownedby these bodies .approximat£U$6,000,-000. A large part of this is investedin buildings in .larger cities of theUnited States and Canada, accordingto Mr. Mattoon. "Some of the mostimportant buildnigs," he said, "arelocated In Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,Missouri, Texas and New York. TheIndiana Pythian building, the firstof its kind, Is valued at more than;a million dollars. It is located inIndianapolis, having been erectedabout fifteen years ago by the grandlodge, Ohio has nearly a million in-vested in Home buildings at Spring-

and made up these markers which | field. Missouri ha9 a magnificentare placed on the leading highways, Home building and Is now ready tothrough the village. Mr. Wllhelmy, J ,.rect a 2,000,000 structure in Sf..who has been in the sign paiutlng i Louis. Michigan recently complete.l

'business for some time, has beenj a large hotel and lodge building invery successful in ..this line of work Detroit at a cost of $1,200,»00. Newand is quite an artist with the brush.. York Pythlans dedicated a building

The Watertown Civic Union which |n New York city In June which costhas done a great deal of good work upward of a million dollars."for Watertown since Its creation afew years ago, is responsible for the

"One of. the most important feat-ures of the report," according to

WHO'S WHO THIS WEEKI SPLENDID HYMN 8INGING 'SEPTEMBER'S CRIM8ON TREES

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Neagle areenjoying a motor trip through NewEngland.

Miss Henrietta S t George has ac-cepted a position with the Connecti-cut Light and Power Co., Waterbury.

A son, Donald Phelps, was tarnthe 10th of September to Mr. andMrs. Fred Tbomen at the CharlotteHnngerford hospital in Tonington.Previous to her marriage Mrs. Tho-men was Miss LueHa Tinklepaugta ofWatertown.

Mrs. Frank Dadey of 'Manchester,V. Y., is visiting at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Walter Brooks of BeWenstreet

Mrs. Edward O'Connor of Mainstreet is visiting at the home of hparents in Southbury.

The Community Players held a re-hearsal of their play, "The TorchBearers," which they will present inCommunity theatre on October 4and 5.

8. McLean Buckingham of De For-est street will attend the governor'sday celebration. held in conjunctionwith the Eastern States Expositionin Springfield on Sunday and Mon-day.

Mrs. James Banning of Highlandavenue is confined to her home byillness.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norton ofWinsted were week-end visitors Intown.

Mrs. Lester O'Dell and Walter K.Wilson are substituting in the localpost office.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Canty andchildren have returned after spend-ing the past week at Walnut Beach.

A number of students have return-ed to the Taft school preparing forthe opening of school on September21.

Edward O'Connor of Main street•ailed on Friday on the Celtic forParis where he will attend the Amer-ican Legion convention.. Mrs. Mary Moore of Cheshire wasa recent visitor at the <bome of hersister, Mrs. John Virtue of Northstreet.

Dr. and Mrs. E. K. Loveland havereturned to their home on Northstreet after a 1,500 mile motor trip:

.Mrs. D. G. Sullivan entertained anumber of friend* at her home onCutler street Wednesday evening.Bridge was played during the eve-ning and refreshments were servedby th hostess. Her guests were Mrs.John Holleran, Miss Veronica Hoi-leran, Mrs. Mary Flynn, Mrs. Ed-ward Keilty, Miss Elizabeth Kelhy,Mrs. John Shelld, Mrs. Thomas Me-Gowan and Mrs. Michael McFadden.

Voters to be Made SaturdayThe selectmen of the town and

Robert W. Purvis, town clerk, willbe in session in the selectmen'srooms on Saturday for^the purposeof making new voters. Every personwhose name is on the list to bemade should be present between thehours of 9 a. m. and 8 p. m. if theywish to take part in the coming townelection in October.

• Memories of County Choral UnionRevived at the Music Shed

Sunday Night

Once again all roads led to theWhitehouse and the Music Shed atNorfolk, on Sunday night. Mrs. CarlStoeckel, like her late husband, hasa wonderful faculty of always doingthe right thing, at tbe right timeand In exactly tbe right way. Lastweek's Enquirer told of how it hadbeen the cherished dream of Mr.Stoeckel to have some of the verybest church hymns sung by thosewho, knowing and loving them, couldbest interpret Thanks to Mrs.Stockel this dream came true at theMusic Shed on Sunday evening whenformer members of tbe LrtchfieldCounty Choral Union and theirfriends gathered for a real "commun-ity sing."

In addition to the singing of hymnsthere was a splendid orchestra offifty players from New York con-ducted by Henry P. Schmltt of Chor-al Union fame. Under Mr. Schmltt's

Although no frost has yet descend-ed on this part of New England,thousands of oUr maples are flamingred. In Kingston swamp and many,another lowland tract they havedonned the magnificent panoply ofautumn or even—having passedthrough that stage of seasonalchange—have stripped themselvesto .their winter barrenness of goldand brown.

It will be noticed that the wettestsoil has produced the reddest foliage.Some of these flamboyant trees areankle deep in water. The crimsonof their leaves is rendered morestriking by tbe sky-reflecting bluepools in which they stand. Evident-ly cold has nothing to do with theirfiery display—unless it is the cold ofthe chilling flood with which everylow-lying field has been filled by Au-gust's phenomenal rains.

Except for this premature autumnbeauty, however, the woods are ex-traordinarily green. The superabun-dant downpours from late summer'sleaky clouds have kept the greatmass of trees most beautifully fresh.There is no dusty look- to nature

aswonderfully emerald as in June. Letus enjoy it while we may, for soonthe boreal blasts will be upon uaand the last trace of our cherishedsummer will be gone.—ProvidenceJournal.

erection of these markers which • Lewis Edwards, Chancellor Comman-guide the visiting 'travelers over , | e r of the local lodge, "Is the outlaytheir correct route while in Water-town. Mr. Wllhelmy decided on acolor scheme of green and white asthe signs can ibe plainly read and

made by lodges over the country toprovide permanent quarters for thelodge with commodious halls andclub rooms. Approximately thirty

with the many of Watertown's green percent of the lodges in the easternhills for a background they do pre-sent a pretty appearance.

Numerous visitors have remarkedconcerning the artist's, work andhave praised it but the Republicanis the first paper to sing its praise.The editorial writer, A. B. M., didnot'know who the designer or artistwas but ended up by saying, "I donot know who picked out the designand there is not time to find outbefore this column must go to theprinter, but who ever did has atleast one good job to his credit."

With the permission of A. B. M.we woudl say it is one of the manygood jobs to his credit.

"WHY 'KEEP OUT" 8IGN8 AREFREQUENT

It is difficult for an American citi-zen of good-will and intentions tokeep back strong words when he

and central sections of the countryown their own homes. In most casesthese buildings are among the bestIn the small cities of the country-Reports show that these buildingsin .many cases are community cen-ters and that the residents of thesetowns are greatly benefited by useof these buildings for lodge, com-munity and welfare meetings. Thereport is a real proof that the OrderIs making substantial gains in classof membership and In assets of anature that guarantees Its perman-ence and growth."

Lodge assets and assets held by

FIRST MEETING OF GIRLS' CLUB

The first social evening of the sea-son of the Girls' club was held Tues-day at the home of Mrs. H. B. Me-Crone where she entertained themembers at a hot dog roast. Gamesand songs, as well.as the deliciouslunch, made the evening a pleasanto n e . •

Among the guests were: Mrs.,Ruth Richards, Marion Lyons, Pris-cilia Swan, Dorothy Wheeler, EthelPoolittle, Lois Doollttle, Ellse Root,Edna Ryden, Elizabeth Gustafson,Gladys Dekescamp, Doris Barton,Mrs. Maude Clifford, Mary Donahue,Dolly Keane, Louise Fenton, HelenRichards, Mnude Mitchell, Blanch''Woodward, Olive Walton, ..LepnaKeilty, Novella Fischer, Erma Scott,Coletta Barrett, Edith Harrington.Mildred Kempton, Dorothy Johnsonand Marjorie Turner.

TRUCK DRIVER HELD

Milton Barron of 13 Ward street,Waterbury, will appear in town courtMonday night as a result of an auto-mobile accident on Main street, nearthe Autoyre Co. plant.

Barron, driving a Reo speed-wagon,is said to have tried to pass one ofa string of autos going toward Wa-tertown. Sherman Perry of Acad-emy hill was driving toward Water-bury and when Barron turned out ofline the two machines struck headon. Mr. Perry was uninjured butBarron was badly bruised and wastaken to 'the Waterbury hospital byMr. Perry, who commandeered apassing auto.

Constable Ted Harty investigatedand ordered Barron to appear in

ROGER 8HERMAN CAMPRoger Sherman Camp, 8, son of

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Camp of Middle-bury road, died Tuesday morning aft-er a brief illness of scarlet fever andcomplications. Roger attended theopening of school last Wednesdayso that his severe illness and suddendeath came as a great shock to hisfamily and friends.

The funeral services, which weprivate, held at his home onThursday afternoon with Rev. C. E.Wells olilclailns;. The burial was inEvergreen cemetery.

SPORTS VS. THE CLASSROOMThe bureau of education at Wash-

ington gives out tlie encouraging in-formation that students at Vale uni-versity who In extra-curricula

the Insurance Department amount-* court on Charges of reckless drivinging to $20,000,000, gives the Orderassets of more than $50,000,000, ac-cording to the report.

SHORT 8KIRT8 AND LEGS

Ninety per cent of all the legs onruns across a sign ••in: the-country, exhibition are not worth looking atespecially at a lake or river, reading: t w l c e . T h e 8 e may be divided into"Private Property. Keep Out!" It I the following categories: The grandcomes like a .blow often enough, butat the same time the person whofeels Tesentment realizes that it is

piano, 15 per cent; the Channelstake, 25 per cent; the ankleless orsalt sack, 20 per cent; the bandy or

the bad manners of the mass that b o w > 1 7 J p e r c e n t . t h e paranthetlcmake protection necessary. This Is j o r knock-knee, 12} per centwell expressed In a cartoon of today T n e victims of fashion cannot bewhich represents a farmer under a ] a w a r e o f h o w s l l l y t h e y looiCi andfine tree sadly hacked and cut gath- h o w t h e y p l a y l n t 0 t h e n a n ( l a o f t h eering up debris left by picnic parties. o t h e r 1 0 per c e n t w n o a r e physicallyAs he workB he says, "Looks like a equipped tobumper crop this year for lunch•boxes, cardboard plates, old papersand litter. Should run about ten•bushels to the acre." Which is oneof the reasons why the public is notwanted and why trespass is forbid-den.

Another cartoon in the Rural NewYorker pictures a farmer and hisfamily holding a picnic onT the lawnof a city Home while the owner de-nounces It an outrage and threaten!arrest The farmer quietly replies:"You and your crowd were out to our•place, uninvited, last Sunday and didas you pleased, so we thought we-would return the.visit" This alsoteils a graphic story of its own. Thetruth is the bad manners of the massare responsible for the restrictionsthat apply to all.—Bristol Press.

equipped to win admiration by ex-,posing their calves. For our partwe confess we are weary of legs.The Biological fact that woman is atwo-legged animal lias been amplydemonstrated; It remains to be seenwhether she Is as smart as she wasIn the good old days .when an inchof stocking above the sboetop <wasmore alluring than bare skin abovethe knee is in this "ewomandpated"era.—The Independent.

. STRAWBERRIES IN ALASKA

• Great big luscious strawberriesare reported in Alaska by the UnitedStates Agricultural . Departmentwjilch sayB it has been demonstratedthat they can be successfully andprofitably grown In quite a numberof localities in that territory. Many

and;violatlng rules of the road.

The Selectmen and Town Clerk ofthe Town of Watertown hereby givenotice that they will hold a sessionIn their office in the Town Hail atWatertown 6n the 17th day of Sep-tember, 1927, from 9 o'clock in theforenoon until 8 o'clock in the after-noon to examine the qualificationsof electors and to admit to fhe elect-or's oath those who shall be foundqualified.

Dated at Watertown, Conn., this7th day of September, 1927.

GEORGE F. LEWIS,H. E. SHAW,M. E. BRAHEN,

Selectmen'.ROBERT W. PURVIS,

Town Clerk.

of us are stitiincllned to think of itin connection with snow, Ice and«old. Potatoes also grow there atthe rate of 882 bushels per acre.

These facts lead one to wonderhow long It will be before Alaskanfruit is fotind on Connecticut tables.Taken In connection, with the newrefrigerant, "dry ice," which per-mits perishable things to be trans-ported long distances in the mailsby parcel post, It is no stretch ofthe imagination to tee Alaskan' ber-ries in New England/ There aregreat agricultural and stock-raising•possibilities in that territory.—Bris-tol Press.

work earn higher grades than stu-dents whose endeavors are restrictedto the classroom. Statistics gath-ered from the- three classes of 1926,'27 and '28 show that the averagegrade received by students not act-ive in outside work was 74.9 percent, while the average for those par-ticipating in athletics, dramatics andother such interests was 76.4 percent.

So much has been said concerningthe danger of college sports thatmany have imagined the colleges ofthe country burdened with consider-ably more brawn than brains. Foot-ball, particularly, has been assailedas demanding more time and effortth'an a good student could afford.It Is Just possible, however, that thedanger of too much athletics hasbeen exaggerated. Athletes at Yale,according to the report of the bu-reau, maintained an average of 75.9per cent in the three classes men-tioned, which is a little higher thanthe average grade of those not occu-pied beyond the prescribed coursesof study. No student in any.collegecan afford to devote more time toathletics or dramatics, or to the col-lege publications than his own en-ergy will permit, a matter to be de-termined in the classroom. And nocollege, naturally, can long surviveif it allows anything to interferewith the purpose for which it exists.There has been, on the part of cer-tain institutions a tendency in thisdirection, which explains the popularcry against over-emphasis on athlet-ics. But there is no need for worryas yet.—Waterbury American.

During September about 30,000children will enter Connecticutschools for the first time. If thesechildren are healthy their schooltasks will be easier. Wise mothersknow this and start.in infancy toguard against any defects becomingestablished. Many mothers, throughtbe Well Child Conference and Sum-mer Round-up, have learned tbe im-portance of sending their children toschool glowing with health. Thereare other mothers who nave notfound It convenient to take advan-tage of these opportunities. Maywe Temlnd them that the regularmonthly Well Child Conferences stilloffer a chance to begin. The nextmonthly conference in Cornwall willbe held on Friday afternoon, Sep-tember 23, in the Chapel, from 2 to >o'clock.

inspiring leadership the orchestra' anywhere. The countryside isrendered in a wonderful manner, fivegreat compositions, the principal ele-ments in Tellglous music. It was atreat such as the 2,000 music loverspresent had hot enjoyed since thelast concert in the Shed, severalyears ago.

The singing was led by WVB. Per-ry of Lakeville, who was a very act-ive member of the old Choral Unionand he proved himself fully equal tothe task given him.. A special feature of the eveningwas the superb Tendering of tbe solopart in Handel's Largo by Mr.Schmitt. This solo was originallyin the opera from which the Largowas taken.

The complete program was as fol-lows:Festival Chorale (audience standing)

Battell, "Sweet is the Work, MyGod, My King," etc. ,

Overture, "Tannhauser" WagnerThe key of the,hymns will be giv-i

en by the orchestra. The Amenwill be omitted. The hymn num-bers correspond w.'th thosp Inthe pamphlet hymn book. Thehymn books must not be .takenfrom the. Music-Shed.

Hymns—(Audience seated)No. S—-Come, Thou Almighty

Kirit;" (all verses). •^No. 7«—""Onward, Christian Sold

• lers" tall verses).Good Friday Spell from Parsifal

Wagner'Hymns—(Audience seated)

Xo. 20—"The King of Love"(omit 4th and 5th. verses).

No. 27—"Dear Lord and Father."(omit 3rd verse).

No. 51—"O Mother Dear, Jerusa-lem" (all verses).

Largo HandelIntermission

Symphonic Poem, "Les Preludes"Liszt

Hymns—(Audience seated)No. 63—"Now the Day Is Over"

(all verses).No. 65—"Sun of My Soul", (all

verses).Symphony, "Pathetique," Third

Movement Tschaikowsky"America"—-(Audience standing)

(first verse).Norfolk Chimes, Recessional (not to

be sung).At Nightfall

Lord, through this nightProtect us still.

. By Thy great mightFrom every ill. ,

(These words are used in connec-tion with chimes in St. Giles'Church, Norwich; Norfolk, England.)

Notes on ProgramOverture, "Tannhauser" Wagner

At the beginning of the overturethe orchestra chants the songs ofthe pilgrims, which, as it approach-es, swells into a mighty hymn, butat length recedes.

It is twilight; the last strain oftlie pilgrims' song is heard. As nightcomes on, magic sights and.soundsappear. These are the seductivespells of Venusberg.

Then the day begins to dawn andfrom afar Is heard again the chantof the returning pilgrims, which nowrises in ever gladder waves, so thatwhen the sun ascends at last insplendor, the chant proclaims in ec-stasy, and amid sublimest Joy to allthe world that Salvation has beenwon.Parsifal, Good Friday Spell Wagner

The Good Friday music occurs inthe thirds act, when Parsifal alterprotracted wandering, return* to thesacred precinct of Monsalvat Themusic here in its sweetness and tran-quillty describes the day sacred toall, the day upon which humanitywas redeemed—Good Friday.

A CONNECTICUT BRED NEWS-PAPER WORKER

The special correspondent of theNew York Herald-Tribune, who hascovered the President's vacation inthe Black Hills, is Theodore C. Wal-len, for 'years connected with theeditorial staff of the Hartford Cour-ant. So rapid has been his advanceon the New York newspaper of hischoice that he has joined the circleof the writers who sign their articles-—a distinction of merit and reliabil-ity we take it.

The Hartford Times most gracious-ly makes this comment on "Ted's"'success: "The name of TheodoreC. Wallen, an able newspaper manformerly of Harftord, Is in the paperevery day now, as The New YorkHerald-Tribune makes conspicuousthe name of Its correspondent at-taoheil IO President Coolidge's en-louratre in the Black Hills. Mr. Wai-lei.i i.s at one end of a 2,0'lO-mile wire,the .other terminal of which is laThe-Herald-Tribune office, and. wehave no doubt that he has been com-plimented by the 'big boss.' ' The"Don't Choose" article written byMr.'Wallen was undoubtedly the bestprinted. The Black Hills Weekly,published at Deadwood, S. D., de-clares that his article on Dead wood'scelebration of the days of '76 wasthe best description ever written ofit. Mr. Wallen has many personaland political friends in Connecticutand they have a right to feel jubi-lant that he has crashed the gate ofthe big newspaper game and madegood." • .

Mr. Wallen's unqualified successagain raises the question—whichyears ago ceased to be a questionwith us—whether service in whatwe may call the provinces is not,after all, the best preparation formetropolitan newspaper work.

Mr. WaUen was given Unusual op-portunities, while on the Courant,under-the direction of Mr. Clark, tocover the wide and varied field of_newspaper activity in that city andsurrounding territory. A like exper-ience in. .the same period of timecould not have been his in the great-er city, In competition wtih hundredsof others fighting for a place in thesun. . •

The late Tracy Dronson was an-other example of the solidity of pro-vincial apprenticeship. He left NewHaven and soon became a brilliantfeature writer on the staff of theNew York Times. Mr. Clifford Sher-man, editor of the Hartford Times,a newspaper man of uncommon abil-ity and judgment, on the other hand,came to the province of Connecticutfrom the metropolis thus again re-inforcing our theory of the greatervalue of the provincial school ofsound journalism. In some respectsthe country weekly journalist is thebest worker of them all and the moreinfluential in bis territory.—NewHaven Journal-Coureir.

Largo HandelIn all the vast repertory of the

works of Handel,'which altogether,make a collection, of one hundred\olumes, there is nothing more

grand, more dtgnlned or more beau-tiful, than this celebrated Largo.Les Preludes Liszt

In this symphonic poem the best,perhaps, that LJsit has written, thecomposer aims at picturing In tone*the love, the strife, tbe happinessand the misfortunes (Which enter In-to tbe lives of all mortal men.Pathetique, The Third Movement

TschaikowskyThe third movement of the.The ird movement of the. symr

Dhony.-Patbetlo.ue. is a piece of greatbrilliancy, which somewhat suggests.the march of the Crusaders on theirway to the Holy Land.

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_ INDIANOIL. SPRING,

CUBA, N.Y.

By ELMO SCOTT WATSON| HE other dny a crowd of more than

five thousand persons guthered at &woodland spring under the shadow

I of the towering hillside near the littletown of Cuba. N. Y., for the unveil-ing of a marker. As the AmericanStars and Stripes and French Tri-color which had draped the markerwere drawn aside, there wns revealed

a huge bowlder and on It a bronze tablet bearingthese'1 words:.

1027—SBifBCA. Oil. SPRIIfC—1SSTIts history forms the first chapter In the devel-

opment of the petroleum Industry In the UnitedStates—a gigantic world enterprise transformingmodern life.

1627—Oil on American continent nrst recordedIn this rcirion by the Franciscan friar, Joseph dela Koch* d'AUIon. ,

1656—Spring; mentioned by the Jesuit father.Paul Le Jeune. , *

1721—Prior to this year, spring; visited by Jon-caire, the elder.

1767—Oil from this spring sent to Sir WilliamJohnson as a cure for his wounds. •

1797—Spring; permanently reserved by Indiana. Intreaty of Big- Tree.

18S3—Description of spring by Prof. BenjaminBiHIman of Tale university. • '

Erected as "a tercentenary memorial onJuly 23, 1927, by the University o.f thaState of New York and the New YorkState Oil Producers association.

Thus was perpetuated in bronze and stone thebeginnings of that gigantic Industry which afterthree hundred years Is second only to agricultureas a wealth-producing industry. Today nearly2.500,000 barrels of petroleum are required everyd:iy to satisfy the needs of the nation, and It isestimated that annually Americans use about7^.000,000 barrels of petroleum for their motorcars, trucks, busses, artificial gas plants and the

• Innumerable by-products from petroleum. Approx-imately 70 per cent of the world's petroleum Indus-try is In the United States. Ten billions of cap-ital Is Invested In It—half the*-valuation of thenntlonnl .railroad system. It employs nearly onemillion people and Its pipe-line system, whichcriss-crosses the country, totals about eighty-fivethousand niiles., In the crowd which gathered atthe tercentenary celebration In New York wererepresentatives of the Seneca Indians, who still

. hold possession <)f t l l i s Ian<1< °'- the Franciscanmonks who have: a monastery n few miles away

* nnd of the petroleum industry from all parts ofthe t'nlted States, and their" presence thererecalled the whole romantic history of the dis-covery of oil on'the North American continent.

It was some unknown member Of the greatIroqiiols confederation who first looked upon thisoil spring, hut how far back that wns nobodyknows. Arthur C. Parker, director of the.Rochester' (N. T.) Municipal museum, who Iscompiling ,n book of froquois-legends,'which-Is tobe. pulillKlied next year, made public at the timeof 1 lie celebrYvtion Hie legend of the oil springwhich is to lie the ii|ieninf; chapter of his "MoreSkunny Wundy Stories." The tule follows:

A village w:m stricken by strange fevers andmany of the people riled slow, lingering; deaths. Inwhich they were convulsed by chlllx and thenburned by fever. (Sone (Jootie, the medicine man,could effect no cure, nor could he determine whatcau:icd the disease.

It was then that Sliunny Wundy, a youth, unnbloto sleep, crept out upon the roof of the barkhouse nrid wiiti-hed the near-by pond. To hisHiti.izement he sow the hummuckfi of ernes rise up,pushed by lung wisps of vapor. Mkc gray ghosts,these queer beings iliineed upon the surface of thelinnd and an they opened their mouths a shrillsinking Found was" hoard. Skunny Wundy lookednnd saw swnrnin of mosquitoes coming from thefoggy throats or the ghostav' These attacked him,driving him bnck to his bed and under the pro-tection of a buffalo skin. Then he fell to dream-Ing. He saw In a vision a strange spring whosegunrdlan spirit was a hunch-backed dwarf with apeaked red cap. Near-by he saw an enormouslyfat she-hear sporting nbout. A drenm guide, toldRkunny Wundy to find the spring and talk to thedwarf, for In that manner his tribe would be freedfrom sickness and given a great treasure.

The next dny the* boy sought out the spring. At -first he wan afraid of the fat .bear, but when shetalked to him he lost fear and asked her aboutthe dwarf. She laughed and told him to watchher. • I

Poising upon a fallen tree she dove Into the pooland splashed about, becoming very thin. Her fatdissolved and floated upon >the water. When shecame out the dwarf popped up and sprang to thebank. He greeted Skunny .Wundy and asked himwhat he wanted.

"I want to master the gray witches that dance- In' the hnxe of the ooze," came the answer. "I

dreamed that you would tell me how." ."Then take the oil end pour It upon your pond,",

said the dwarf, "nun with It aa fnst as you enn;when you KCt tired rub it on your Joints and Itwill moke jvm'run. faster. It la. good medicineand you ma«l plve It to the world."-'

Skunny Wundy took a pot of the oil back to

*& «• J*£4+r&* ****'•

WHY PLUMBERS GST RICH

Mr. 8prlns was complaining loudlyto the plumber of the high coat ofplumbing.

"Well." said the plumber. "weT*got to pay a man and hla helper."

"But you don't need a helper for alittle Job like this, do your said Mr.8prlggs. •

"No." admitted the plumber. "But.you see, If • kike thla The man whogoes out to your bouse bos got totake the machine, and it ain't worthwhile to run the machine for Just on*nan, so we send the helper with him,"

GOING MAD

UNVEILING THE MONUMENT a t CUBA, N.V.his Village and poured some on the waters of thepond, at which the gray witches shrieked and sankInto the ooxe, becoming; "hummocks of seduce."Then he rubbed It upon the bodies of the sickpeople and made them. well.

To his uncle, Rumbling Wings. Skunny Wundytold the story of his discovery. "The dwarf saya Itwill make people run faster," concluded the boy.

"Aye," answered Rumbling Wings. "Verily I dobelieve that you have found the great medicinethat will make the whole world run faster."

Although the Seneca oil spring was known tothe people of the. Long House (Iroquols) formany years, the first white man to look upon itwus Joseph de la Roche d'AUIon, a Franciscanmonk, who was making his wuy through tile wil-derness of western New York in the summer of1027. An Indian friend told him of a sacred spotIn the neighborhood which he should see, andon July IS the Indian led him to the place where.the monk saw oil bubbling up through the crustof the earth. This experience he describes In. aletter from Huronia to a friend In Anglers,France, in which he gives a careful description ofthe land. Its people and Its products. Among thelatter he mentions "a tourontbn," a mineral oil,which he saw In an oil spring in that region.Without a doubt this was the famous Senecaoil spring near Cuba and so to Father d"AllIongoes the honor of being the "discoverer of oil InAmerica." •

From that time on this spring is repeatedlymentioned by the early chroniclers. In the "JesuitRelations" for 1050 there 1* a reference to a springwhere "one finds heavy and thick water whichIgnites like brandy and bolls up In bubbles offlame when .fire Is applied to It It is more-over so oily that nil our savages use it to anointand grease their heads and bodies." In Gallnee'smap, published In 1070. one of the first maps ofthe Great lakes region, there Is marked a "Fon-taine de Bitnme" which is the Seneca oil spring,and It Is by this name that It was known bymost of the early historians. Pierre FrancoisXnvier de Chnrlovolx. a Jesuit, one of the mosttnlented and scholarly of the French missionarypioneers and also one of the most prollflc writers,In among those who wrote about the Fontaine deTtltume. and. In 1721 he was directed to the springby .Toncnlre. a French explorer, nnd from FortNiagara he wrote of "the water that looked likeoil nnd tasted like Iron."

The Seneca Indians, who from historic timeshave owned the land around the. spring, placedsuch a'high valuation upon Its medical worth thatthey refused to relinquish title to It. When thetreaty of Big Tree was signed In 1707, givingmost of western New York to the white man, theSenecns Insisted that the spring should berpserved In a tract of land of one square mile.Later a land company took possession of thesurrounding property and sold It. In 1856 Fhll-enus Pnttlson bought, the tract, cleared andfenced eighty acres and commenced to farm theland. So the Indlnns went Into court to regaintheir fnvdrlte spring and offered, In testimony anold map. showing the Indian reservation outlinedIn red with'the oil 'soring within It. It was thismap which enabled them to retain title. Althoughthe present Seneca reservation, where most ofthe tribe lives, is some distance away, one Indianfamily Is nt all times located at the oil spring,to preserve the tribe's title m It. However, theSenecas, recognizing the Importance of the ter-centenary celebration held there recently, grantedthe committee In charge a right of way for a road

" trt the spring nnd iilso'the land for 75 feet aroundIt. This road connects the spring with, a statehighway near by so .that this historic place la

He—Personally. 1 think the risinggeneration Is going mad.

She—They have nothing to get madabout. It's toe older generation that'smad,

MPW in Politic*The camera la coins strong,

And In the misty by and by.They who desire' applause may Ion*

For the comedian's cubtard pie.

CflVHClose inspection will disclose what-

ever to necessary to put a building Infood shape. In the drat pise*, thereare die plaster walls and ceilings torepair before doing any decorating.Unsightly cradia should be carefullycut deeper with • putty knife so aa toprovide grooves for receiving the plas-ter of naris filler, which should thenbe applied.

Inside woodwork will of courseneed to be gone over with enuntel.paint or varnish, or wax. as the canemay be. For touching up old varnish,whatever the color uf I lie originalwood, one may now purchase coloredvarnish of any desired tone to matchthe original color. Knuinel Is excel-lent for going over old printed wood-work. It can he applied directly tothe old material, but a better rinltthla obtained by npplying an uniiemm?of Hat paint of the desired color. Muchtreatment of woodwork will, prove nnefficient and economical aid In rite u|rkeeping of the building.

Hardwood floors should never bepermitted to wear out. The varnishor was with which they were original-ly covered should he kepi In conditionwith floor oil made for this purpose,and as soon a> floors need It viirnlsli.wax or other floor finish should heused liberally. Should the floors heIn bad condition, however. It Is oftenbetter to have the old finish entirelyremoved, using one of the compmimlssold for.this purpose, and then retlu-Ish the surface as good as new.

now more easily accessible than It ever has beesbefore.

The unveiling of this monument Is not the first,however, to be erected to "Black Gold," for yearsago a monument was erected nenr Tltusvllle, Pa.,on the spot where the first oil well was drilled.This well was known as the Drake well, and itcame Into being because In 1850 capitalists in NewYork and New Haven organized a company toprocure, rimnufucture and sell petroleum torilluminating purposes. They sent "Col." EdwinL. Drake, a conductor on the New Haven rnll-road, to western Pennsylvania to discover oILDrake was Instructed to drill for oil as if forartesian wnter nnd for this purpose he engagedthe services of William Smith, a siiltjfvpll digger,and his sons, William Smith, Jr.. and JamesSmith. . . • • ' • . " • • .

In this connection It is Interesting to notethat tliere Is still living In Tltusvllle a man, whoas a boy of sixteen, had a part In drilling the firstoil well. He Is Sam Smith, son of the WilliamSmith, mentioned above. In describing the his-toric achievement, Sam Smith tells that the spotfor locating the original well was selected becauseat Unit point a pool of surface petroleum hadcolluded for years. The Indians had been accus-tomed to »:oop oil from the puddles to mix thepaint with which they adorned themselves andlater the wMte men had dipped It to lubricate themachinery In saw mills nearby. However, theamount obtained thus was only a few gallonsa'day.

After wefiks of hard work nnd many disappoint-ments, nt Mist on August. 27, 1859, at a depth of00% feet,-Drake struck oil which rose to withina few feet of the surface. A pump and tnnk wereInstalled nnd every dny except Sundny from 20to SO barrels of crude petroleum were pumpedfrom the well. From the beginning Drake hadbeen lookerf upon as something of a fool, hut hissuccess made him a hero. Immediately there wasa rush to the region around Tltusvllle, and OHCreek valley, which until this time hud been aremote lumbering region with only n few scat-tered farms became the goul of an excited multi-tude which expected to make its fortune fromthe "Muck *old" which Drake had brought to thesurface. TI>e story of this boom cump is the storyof many others.

Cities sprang up between days, Pithole. a fewmiles, fiom Tltusvllle, being the most famous.When the first flowing well cume In, there was sucha rush started that within three months the town.

. had 10,000 people, then 20.000, nnd. It Is said, atone time a permanent population of 30,000. Includ-ing transients it Is even asserted that the num-her reached 50.000. The first pipe line was fromPithole to the railroad, four miles uwny. Threerailroad lines were later graded into Pithole andtrains run an one of them. Big hotels were built,nn oil exchange established and the post officebusiness was exceeded only In Philadelphia nndPittsburgh among the Pennsylvania cities. Petro-leum sold up to $10 a barrel and even higher, butat other times It wns as low as 10 cents a barrel.

The first excitement soon died down to thehumdrum" activity of every-dny Industry, antrafter the oil resources of* that region ran dry themushroom towns thut had sprung up soon passedout of existence. Drake himself had made a for-tune, but he soon lost It. nnd he and his familywere reduced to poverty. They were facingstarvation .vlien the state of Pennsylvania grantedhim nn annuity of $1,500 a year. Thla pensionand the monumentNereetod ro his memory 'nearTItusviile were all that Edwin Drake received for

' bis gift of ••black gold" to the world.

. NervousMadge—Dick is to ask father's con-

sent this afternoon. I feel nervousabout It

Mollle—Are you afraid your fatherwon't give his consent?

Madge—No. I'm afraid Dick wontturn up. .

PolitenessCustomer—ICs really very Vnd of

you to pick up the* package I dropped."New Clerk—Not at all. ma'am. We

men are getting tired of being ac-cused of being polite only to prettygirls.—Progressive Grocer.

NO RAISE FOR HIM

Home Owner EliminataLou From Moving

Those of you who complain ulioutyour rent, about having to move everytwo or three years because the land-lord "won't fix up the place" or sellsIt "out from under you" consider tillsfact: The rent the home owner paysnever goes upt Whether you ownyour home free of debt or are acquir-ing It under contract payments thecharges you mnst pay per mnnth aredefinitely fixed through the period ofyour possession. No one can compelyon to pay more, nor can you he com-pelled to move elsewhere to seeklower rents.

It Seems as If those who rentoftentimes fall to take Into considera-tion this Important fact It Is oneof the reasons why the family commit-ted to a program of home ownershipbegins to make headway from the mo-ment It commits Itself to such a pro-gram. Then the losses through con-tinual moving are eliminated. Theold adage that "three moves are. asgood as a tire" Is certainly close toIteral truth, as every renting family

knows. . ,

"Sir, my expenses at home are In-creasing and I am. growing old layour employ, and—"

"Well, what do you expect me todo—furnish you with monkey glands?"

Indestructibility of ChatterThere was a little Joke,

For centuries It grew.Now, when In public apoka.

It's Juit as good as new.

. Kept It"Why does Blnks want a divorce?

Bis wife had half a million when bemarried her."

"Well, she still has balf a million."

, Terms•How long la It going to take us to

get through this case?" asked theprisoner of bis counsel Just before thetrial.

"Well." answered the barrister, "me—about three hours; you—about fouryears."

Matter of Health"Out West It Is considered healthy

to mind your own business."HI don't find that Idea prevalent at

the- various health resorts."

' An Unreliable Husband• Helen—He told me I was the prat

-deal and most Interesting girt thathe bad ever met

Gladys—And you' will trust yourselffor life with a' man who starts to de-ceive you at the beginning of thecourtship?

With SauceTlie .pompous inuu demanded: "If

thlH a .first-class restaurant?". :'"nii.\vwi.- answered tlie waiter, "bui

WH don't mind nerving you." '

Making Energy PayMen too frequently regard ns ft

mere threat the Biblical statement,fSucb as.ye-sow ye shall, also, reap."In reality It Is much better than ftthreat It Is a promise. Two Missis-sippi towns In the past ten days hn<tcheese plants added to their list ofIndustries. These towns a little while1

ago were working methodically andIndustriously for milk condenserles.They organized their business men,surveyed their situation and wentafter some outside capital. Although .they failed to attnln their specificgoal, they gained something else asgood or better. No well-directed en-ergy Is ultimately wasted. It willbear good fruit In one form, or an-other.—Neshoba Democrat

KiekermFrequently one hears some fellow

kicking on the firm he works for Htirtwonders why he did not quit• and geta job more to his liking. If he has •better Job than he could get else-where then he has no cause to kick.More frequently one hears s mnnkicking on the town he lives Iri Itthat town furnishes him a better; liv-ing than any other town he shouldfeel friendly to It and say so.—New-castle Times.

Mushroom GrowthA word of caution for cities engag-

ing In the scramble for Industries Issounded by the organization serviceof the Chamber of Commerce of theUnited States. It draws the line be-tween enlargement by substantial1growth and enlargement; by Inllalionand reiterates the warning that thereIs no virtue In mere bigness.

Color for RoofDon't forget that the roof must be

protected with paint or stain, as weiras the siding. In selecting a color forthe roof of your house, consider thesurroundings. A red roof looks wellagainst high, dark trees. A huff roofsuits the house surrounded by littlefoliage. (

Restore Home Life• Many writers have deplored whatthey call the passing or the Americanhome, and the old-fashioned home life.Certainly any well-devised movementto check It and restore In full meas-ure the old home Influence Is of benefit to the community. 3

WeU Worth ItIt coats money to build np your

local pride—and It's worth It.

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be a larger nuaber of drlTen wbohare raOdrat agility of miai tomeet the Unproved condition who,had thwt JWHI IWL tmprnrTOant.

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Authorities Mu«t Consider Educationof All Participants In Traffic

a Necessity *By

Robbius B. Stoeckel. CommissionerWhi-n a doctor of medicine takes

up the case of a patient, he firstmakes an examination, then followswith a iilapnosU anil a prwcrlptjon.The process Is familiar to everybody.Sometimes 1M? IS Immediately suc-cessful, finds out what Is the matter,prescribes and gets results. In oth-er cases patience, application andstudy are needed.

How similar Is this procedure tothe method of management of themotor vehicle accident situation bystate and municipal authorities.These are the doctors to whom thisproblem is presented.. In makingtlu>ir examination one coudltlon tobe considered first. U the fact thathighways and streets are bound tobp used more and more becausetransportation on them is essential

would bare been suable to sacoced.This means that all M g h n j andstreet builders most five more care-ful study to the actual environmentfrom the viewpoint of safety, alwaysconscious that they need to considerthe mind attitude of the operator ofa motor vehicle or of the pedestrianor other participant in traffic. Theroad builder or engineer most puthimself into the driver's seat of ev-ery car. and into the position ofevery | edestrlan, and-see what, ifanything, there is which he, by hisiurticular scientific knowledge, cancoirr-ct or change so that the trafficparticipant will be relieved of a prob-lem. In Connecticut, the State Highway Department has been employingthi* type of safety engineering forseveral years and it is now so thoroughly effective that accidents on•he highways are gradually becomingless. By the Installation of signs,clearing the sight lines at intersec-tions, straightening bad curves,building fences, indicating centerlines, and by numerous other de-vices, these highways have been socleared, and are now so good, thatless drivers and pedestrians are be-ing caught.

The Milford TurnpikeIn this connection It might seem

that there Is an exception to theprinciple as stated in the new four-track highway, commonly known asthe Milford turnpike. Here is anoutstanding safety Improvementwhich is making a bad safety record.It !s perhaps easy to understand thata four-track road, which is a departure from ordinary highway building.s heretofore experienced, may for a

«o human existence, and. as people, | c o n 8 t l t u t e a n e w t r a m c haiard.by reason o taore concentrated pop- , T h | - , h e p r l n c , p a l r e a s ( m f o r lbe

of methods or Improving traffic h ^ w o u M M t d o o n a n o t h e r

i n l a n d of the motor vehicle r o a d B p p a r e n t I y l e s s s a f e . I t „ a n

ulation. need more things and havemore reason to move about, therewill be added use ot the automobileso long as It is the best vehicle. ItIs obvious, therefore, that beforethere i-an be any correct determina-

• tlonhaiitllintt,accident situation, a careful studyof all highways and streets wheretransportation is, taking place mustbe niaile. Contemporaneously withthat a study of the transportationItself must be made, and eventuallythe human element which directs itmust be considered.

A State ProblemThis problem of devising ways and

means to prevent motor vehicle ac-cidents Is recognized by the UnitedStates government as a State prob-lem. Discipline, so far as it canenter Into corrective activities, is byStates and basically Is In exercise

numerous and serious accidents on'his stretch of road during the lastfew months. Actual analysis of allof these accidents shows that thisparticular highway looks so sa'fe thatit tempts certain drivers to do things

too amen a natterThat Isof allowances.

(or * Urg« nmrsbor of minor meet-lenti, Ifrr grtWBto. It may nnt mUra

of States' In the East, wherethe administrators in charge belong

_ to-the Eastern Conference of MotorVehicle Administrators, the importance of. having, statistics:is", recog-nized. "Each administrator has foryears past been working in his homestate tor the adoption of laws whichwill .secure them. But. progressionhas been slow and good statisticsare not generally obtainable exceptin a few.

Cbnnectlcut, however, has keptstatistics since 1919. Year after yearthese have been published, but nev-er, until the Legislature of 1927, hasthere- been evidence of any definitestate plan to try to go further andmake a program to apply remedies.In. this Legislature the Commissionerof Motor Vehicles was directed totry to co-ordinate' and consolidatesafety activities throughout theState. It is in connection with thisduty that this Bulletin Is writtenIntending to set forth, with everyreservation for .-uch future change

apparentlyaxiom tliat serious accidents do notoften happen in obviously dangerousplaces, but are almost Invariablyouml in p'laces which look safe. The

driving on the Milford turnpike hasan incorrect tendency to be towardsthe middle of the road,. that is, ithas been and is being used more asa two-tr^pk than as a four-trackroad. It can be predicted that with-in a short time, when experiencewith four-track roads has been ac-quired, there will be only the ordi-nary percentage of accidents, but un-til that experience is acquired wemay expect to hear of other acci-dents in numbers larger in propor-tion than on similar highways of lesswidth.

The pedestrian on the four-trackload is Invariably inclined to walktoo near, the center. A chief reasonfor trouble Is that everyone gets theImpressipn ot space and safety.When there is a consciousness in aperson's mind that he may be unsafe,lie will take care and will not becaught, but if he feels that by rea-son of ample room he does not needto be on his guard then he may becaught by some unwary driver whoseattention is distracted, and who alsohas the Idea that he has all the roomIn the world.

There have been several accidentsthere which, under the circum-stances, could hardly be expected notto happen. Pedestrians, and partic-ularly drunken pedestrians, on thathighway at night are bound to bein more danger than on almost anyother because the speed is so muchgreater there. Now as to speed, the

a great deal of difference whethera man is driving a ear twenty ortwenty-live miles per hoar so far asactual control of the oar is con-cerned, bat from the viewpoint ofdiscipline, if an authority hassonably determined that the lowerspeed Is proper, then everybodyought to be held to i t Speed, evensometimes comparatively slow speed,is a factor in most accidents becauseif the speed, even though slow, Isyet too great tor conditions, thenthe car la dut of control for thenormaUmental action of the averageoperator. So enforcement should bedirected against speed along suchlines as are indicated. This subjecthas been touched upon because ifthe principle of allowing traffic au-thorities to recommend improve'raents for traffic handling on partic-ular streets or corners where need-ed is adopted, then they must haveat their command all of the variousmachines, such as regulations, laws,rights, etc., which are attainable.

If the control of traffic can be sup-ervised in the manner indicated,especially In cities, and the responslbility can be pinned to some partic-ular paid individual, and If it Is bl«duty to make betterment whereverpossible, then he will have to studythe accidents and the environmentand accidents will drop off as fastas locations improve and better performance is demanded.

EducationThe other activity, which may by

its exercise make the traffic situa-tion better, is usually termed trafficeducation, meaning in a broad sensethe bringing of the average mind ofthe participant In traffic to a betterqualified condition to meet emergescles. Along these lines there is anunlimited field. Education shouldbegin with young children, andtransportation and traffic handlingshould be taught In the primaryschools developing gradually to theage when they 'will probably becomemotor vehicle operators. All of thetime they will be gaining experienceby being in the streets and seeingthe lessons Illustrated In actual life.This education should be continue!by using the experiences of the pastby publicity, by keeping crime andtraffic carelessness and their promptand severe punishment before thepeople, by co-ordination and unifiedeffort of all volunteer organizations,

VMC MAP.

History repeatsQuite aftea it not History ofpolitical parties to the UattedStates almost never repeats Itself.

for example, therethat

eases i s eretyJoomal-Coarier.

difference,to not thethe great Liberal-Progressive move-ment of 1924 will return to the pol-itical stage next year. This seemsto be the one point upon whichskilled - politicians agree Intheir predictions. They do notknow what else may happen, butthey are perfectly confident thatthere wlill not be another effortto combine Socialists, Radicals andand the various tribes of discontent,such as Senator La Pollette madein the hist Presidential campaign.It is doubtful it bis son and theother survivors of that zealous bandwill even muster up enough courageto present a name for nominationin the Republican National Conven-tion. There Is some talk of bringingforward for this • purpose SenatorNorrls of Nebraska, but that wouldbe obviously only a forlorn gesture.

Reasons for the decline and dis-pirited condition of the once threat-ening Progressive diversion in theWest are plain to simple Inspection.The La Kollette mantle fell to nosuccessor. In addition, the Amer-ican Federation of Labor and otherworkingmen's organizations whichwent nominally and half-heartedlywith the rebels of 1924 were so dis-illusioned and disgusted with theexperiment that they are certainnot to repeat i t To all this mustbe added the fact that at least twoliepublicans, prominently mentioned itor the Presidency, have invadedami apparently captured a goodpart of Jthe territory which wasthree years ago the hotbed of revolt.The fact that these two men, Gov-ernor Lowden and Vice PresidentDawes. are rich men associated withhit; banking and other Interests hasnot apparently hindered their suc-cess in going to the downtroddenand poverty-stricken farmer as hisbest friends. But such a turningtopsy-turvey of the proletarian Mid-dle West certainly does not con-duce to its bursting out into a pol-

PLCNTY Or VAUICTV ANYHOW

At least, not for W«vterbury. The professional and ama-teur weather prophets can talk aboutthe summeriess season to theirhearts content and Waterbury resi-dents can Join the chorus with asmuch enthusiasm as they please;but t>* fact Is Waterbury has en-joyed aulte the usual summer sea-son.

Some, vacationists in particular,are prone to confuse undesirableweather with unseasonable weather.These call attention to one or twocool days and a series of cool nightsand lay emphasis upon the rain rec-ord of August The cool days weredecidedly few; the cool nights aretypical of the section; and the rainalways disappointing and misleadingwas about on a par with other years.

All of which goes to show thatNew England is consistent in its in-consistency ot weather. No manknoweth what the next day willbring fortbj nor what the secondhalf of the present day will uncover,for that matter. It may snow in themorning, rain at noon, and bring outparasols and Palm Beach suits In theafternoon; but the program is .reg-ular In its irregularity. It has notbeen a summeriess summer; It hasbeen a most summery summer, andthe man who keeps check from oneyear to another Is satisfied.—Water-bury American.

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CONNECTICUT'S PAROLE LAW

Owing to one thing and anotherthe .parole law of the State of Conncctlcut is too generally misunder-stood and misconstrued. A commentis Invited because of the printedstatement In the newspapers thatWalter E. Shean, criminal pal of the

and finally by strong and severe dls ]ate Gerald Chapman, "petitioned"cipllne, both by Courts, and by the;the board of parole for his release

Feel Tired andLanguid?Woite Impurities in Ou Blood Mate

One Pull and Listless.

T \ O you wonder, why youI J feel so drowsy and out of

•orb? Too many feel alwaystired, dull and achy. Too oftenthe cause is sluggish kidneysthat permit waste impurities toremain in the blood and causeone to feel dull and littlest—to have a nagging backache,and annoying headache* anddizzy spells. That the kidneysare not working right it oftenshown by scanty or burningexcretions. Assist the kidneys

• wlthZ>oan'sPi//«.Utertevery-whe're recommend Doan'*.Atkyourneighbort

DOAN'S PILLS60c

Stimolq/it Diuretic tothm KidntyFo.ur.ViilbumCo..Mfi.Ch«m.,Bufalo.N.Y.

State. In this manner alone cantraffic education be accomplished.

fi-om prison and was dnled.The law does not provide for a

For children there can be models of petition for parole oh the part of anstreets and of street Intersection?. inmate .in the state's prison as itwith traffic problems to work ou:.For adults,. moving pictures, lec-tures, stereopticon views, and almostevery known means of educationmust be used. The ultimate resultso far as the Individual is concerned,will be to show him, not so much,the specific emergencies and dan-gers that will confront him, as to Im-press upon his subconscious mind anever-present sense of awareness andconcentration. No person is safe intraffic, either as a pedestrian or asan operator, who is not concentrat-ing on traffic participation, and whoIs not alert to see whether every-body else In traffic with him is alsoon the Job, or whether someone isabout to create an emergency whichhe must be prepared to meet.

Thereto^ a program for trafficbetterment can be stated in generalterms only. It practically amountsto getting everybody to take careand exercise his rights more- con-

as may appear necessary, the. under-'rate which has been exercised onlying principles upon .-which such a this highway might in conservativeliuty may possibly be- accomplished.

Cause.--(if mo-or vehicle accidents,!.•! Coiii i i-rtl iu1 a; lt-a.-1. art- now w e l lu-.di'r-tii'n!. Tiii-:-- is A ih't-mi-ew h i c h «<: i a I-J:".( i.i-!o:i d r a w n fromit sliotiM' .1:0 -withsubject as a whole.-

aii'iI qualify t h eIt 'wi l l .be fouii'l

by students that while i: is uue thatevery motor vehicle accid>'iu-.liai acause to which It is popularly as-scribed, such, for .example,-as inat-tention, failure to grant a tight ofway, skidd ing, or poor machinery,or something of that kind, y-i inalmost every instance that is a prox-imate cause only and no accidentwould have happened unless preced-ing it-there had been a mental fail-ure or slip. . In other wortls.. aboutevery motor vehicle accident has Inits background and as its fundamen-tal cause a failure of mind action.To put it even more plainly, the lackof mental agility, mental reactionto conditions, or of nerve force tomeet an unusual traffic situation suddeniy presented, is the fundamentalreason for nearly every motor vehi-cle accident. A program, in orderto be sensible, must recognize thisand be. ,-diteetei] mainly, not at theproximate cauoi, but at—the, funda-mental.

Streets and HighwaysIt forthwith appears that there

' are two possible fields in which ac-cident .prevention methods can becarried on. The first of these hasto do with the places in which traf-fic activities occur, meaning thehighways and their immediate en-vironments. Whatever can be ac-complished to make a road better,and driving thereon less complicated,

criticism be classed as unreasonablylast. It has been suggested and ap-parently agreed to by the police thatthose in charge of the highway seta maximum spr-ed which they willconsider reasonable and makjtvevery-body'keep-Uislde of.it.

Scientific Study a BasisThe whole subject of satety en-

can be brought into thecompass ot a few words. Thereought to be careful scientific studyand a wriiu-h record made by eachengineer or authority, in charge, ofevery location where traffic accidentsoccur. It should be made the duty•of-the -traffic supervisor In everymunicipality to see that this Is done.Such tralfic authority can get fromthe State all of the accident statisticsfor any particufar location. In actualpractice this is not yet done to anymarked --xtent. Such a course willde.mnns.tr.iite.af once what-is induc-ing wrong mind action and causingaccidents. In many cases it will befound possible to make bettermentin the location, for instance at manycity stiert corners a fence can betaken down, an opening made in ahedge, or possibly traffic lightsshould.b> installed.^"

As a principle to be used all overthe State and in cities particularlyit Is suggested that as a part of theworking out of such a problem, itan authority issues traffic regula-tions he should be sure that theyare reasonable, and thereafter de-mand, exact compliance: In otherwords, let us stop making unreason-able regulations, making allowances,and If we declare by a sign that wethink a >certaln speed safe for a

does in the case of an appeal forpardon. Under the indeterminatesentence law a prison Inmate, whois in the first grade, appears beforethe board of parole automatically atthe expiration of his minimum sen-tence whether It be one year or tenor what not. If he is not releasedat that time, for what are believedto be good and sufficient reasons, heappears thereafter automaticallyeach year, with time off for goodconduct until his release has beeneffected either through a parole orthe discharge of his maximum sen-tence. It was under these rules, ofcourse, that Shean appeared for ahearing which would have beengranted earlier had he not lost hisgrade standing through deliberatemisconduct while in a trusted posi-tion.

The parole law of Connecticut in-cludes provisions which should begenerally adopted in all states, If It

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servatlvely, and to demand more I Is to be permitted to do Its worksuccessfully. In this state, for ex-ample, an inmate of the prison can-not be released on parole until em-

conservatism from others. In no oth-er way will the situation get verymilch better. Education must bestressed. There must be a systemat-ic use of all means possible for thedissemination of information abouttraffic, for the why and wherefore ofevery step In connection with itmust be repeatedly explained.

Public SentimentThere remiilns the old story to be

told—that public sentiment for - abetterment of anything is always be-hind actual conditions and' there isoften delay In arousing it to a pointwhere anything can be done. Thefact is that as a people we are notyet rising up and demanding thatsomething be done. There is stilla strong spirit of "Let George doIt."

To sum up, civic authorities ev-erywhere must be required to makea careful scientific study as to wheth-er the highways and streets are Inany detail contributing to accidents.Enforcement authorities must de-mand more perfect obedience. Thismeans obedience to signs, obedienceto traffic lights, obedience to the of-ficer, and to every possible detailof preventive police work. TheState and all ofUhe volunteer organ-izations which can be enlisted tohelp must attempt education in aneven greater degree than has yettaken place.

The actual state of things in Con-necticut is that the doctors have discovered what Is the matter, areabout ready to make a prescription,and are demanding the co-operationof the patients with the full understanding that while it may not bethe right remedy, it is worth trying.Hartford, Conn.,August 20, 1927.

ployment has been secured for himunder an employer who becomes re-sponsible for his monthly reportsand general conduct;" To this pre-caution is added frequent visits fromthe state's parole agent, who checksup the* record and counsels the pris-oner in matters of .personal Interest.The violation of the conditions of aparole leads promptly to its revoca-tion and the return of the man tothe institution. The test of the Con-necticut law is found In the fact that

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«nt etttteas to nclster SBtawnofaOssIs this state back in U M . whsaregistration first still holdthe registration nnmben theywere given originally by the Secre-tary of State'* office. The threewhose ears still bear their owners'origial marker numbers are: James

• P. Woodruff of Utchfteld. holder ofSedstratlon Number 1; Harold A.Meeks of Meriden, holder of Num-ber 5; and Archibald W. Comatockof Ivoryton, holder of Number fc

These facts are revealed In asearch through the oldest records Inthe possession of the ConnecticutDepartment of Motor Vehicles,which treasures them along with thethousands of other records whichhold a complete history of every mo-tor vehicle and every motor vehicleoperator ever registered or licensedin the state.

Connecticut's motor vehicle de-partment ranks- very high In * thecountry today, and one of the rea-sons for this Is its attention to sta-tistics and its; careful methods ofkeeping administrative records,fiince its birth, painstaking effortsbare been made to keep on file acomplete history of cars and driversIn the state. Those operators whoare unfortunate enough to havecourt convictions for motor vehiclelaw violations are aware of the care-ful check that is kept upon them bythis department. Accidents, sus-pended licenses for violations, theapplication of the financial respons-ibility law—these and other thingsare all carefully recorded and nonewspaper "morgue" or Bertilllonoffice is more complete.

While motor vehicle administra-tion under its present form was est-ablished In Connecticut with thebirth of the present automobile de-partment in 1917, the work of regist-ering cars began in 1903, when'mo-tor vehicle registration was handledas a small part of the work of theoffice of the secretary of state. Thedevelopment of motor vehicle ad-ministration to its present form inConnecticut is made all the moreImpressive by a brief, scrutiny ofmotor vehicle records of 1903. Issu-ing registrations comprised the totalresponsibility of automobile super-vision then. Accident prevention, li-cense suspensions, licensing of gaso-line stations, reciprocal arrange-ments with other states, co-operationwith local police departments andthe state police, relations with thefederal government on motor prob-lems, compilation of statistics, main-tenance of owners' and drivers' recards, eyesight tests, financial re-sponsibility—these things were un<known and their future presence inadministration never thought of.

Twent>-iour years ago, on May 23,1903; the first Connecticut motor ve-hicle was Issued to James P. Wood-ruff of Lltchneld. This first registra-tion covered the ownership of anOldsmoblle, which, by the way, is-stilj in the possession of its originalowner. The original registrationcertificate like those which followedJt for several years was decidedlyunlike the present day certificate fori t was a resplendent, affair to whichwas affixed the state seal and thejgold seal of the secretary of state.Like other state papers, it carriedthe personally written signature ofthe secretary. It was an impressivedocument, this registration certifi-cate! There were 1,353 certificatesissued in 1903 by the secretary's of-fice.

The first twelve registrations inConnecticut in 1903 were:

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No. 1—James P. Woodruff, Lltch-field, Oldsmobile.

vNo. 2—Dow R. Beebe, Bridgeport,Locomobile.

No. 3—Q. N. Beebe, Essex, Knox-tnobile.

No. 4—1. L. Holt, Meriden, Auto-car. .

No. 5—Harold A. Meeks, Meriden,Autocar.

No. 6—Stephen P. Perkins, NewHaven, Locomobile. v

No. 7—Paul Norwood, Ansonla,Locomobile.

No. 8—Clarence R. Sharp, Merl-den, Oldsmoblle.

No. 9—Archibald W. Comstock,Ivoryton, Wlnton Touring Car.

No. 10—Eugene T. Kirkland, NewLondon, Locomobile.

No. N 11—Charles J. Root, Bristol,Locomobile.' No. 12—Charles H. Jockmus, An-

-sonla, Knoxmobile, Style C.Of the first one hundred cars reg-

istered by the secretary of state,only 54 were operated by gasolinepower. Thirty were propelled bysteam and fifteen by means of elec-tricity. One was registered with amysterious motive power called

. "hydro-carboni" In the 1903 list ap-pears a Knoxmobile, owned then byRoderick P.with motivegasoline,naphtha.

An Interesting sidelight of the reg-istration records of 24 years ago Isdisclosed In reading the names ofsome of the automobile manufactur-ers of that period. The WhiteSteamer, a popular model of' thatday, was manufactured by the WhiteBowing Machine? Company. The.American Chocolate Machinery Com-

Curtis of Sonthport,power listed, not as

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A gUmpee-over the lrst thousandregistrations listed to Connectleatexhibits the fact that a number ofcar owners built their own machines.When the "make of car" was listed,the words "home made" made theirappearance quite a few times. BS. B.Wilcox of Heriden received registra-tion number 43, covering a four seat-er steam runaboult, built by him-self. H. B. Philbrick of Hartfordlisted a "home made" electric run-about A "home made" four pas-senger surrey, propelled by steam,was registered by Wendell P. Nor-ton of Torrlngton. A. H. Flllow ofDanbury registered a "home made'four passenger gasoline runabout,and a two passenger steamer waslisted as "home made" by W. G. Dun-ham of Bridgeport.

The New Haven,.Carriage Com-pany registered a car which theycalled a "Seabrlght" during the firstmonth of registration In 1908. Itwas an electric runabout, and wasbuilt at their phut in New Haven.Similarly, the Billings and SpencerCompany of Hartford also built andregistered a "B and S" four passeng-er steamer.

The first commercial motor vehi-cle to be registered in Connecticutin 1903 was a "home made" freighttruck, electrically propelled, listedby the Coe Brass Company of Waterbury. •

In analyzing the early registrytlons, it was apparent that the Fordar at that time was known, at least

in some circles, as the "Fordmoblle."t was listed in Connecticut as such.

The name Fordmoblle appeared butonce In the list of the first 1,200cars registered during the year inConnecticut. It was apparent thatFords were not popularly In use atthat time In the state. .

Many of the "makes" of cars reg-stered in 1903 are still popular, but

many more would sound strange tothe average driver in Connecticuttoday. The most popular makesseem to have been the Locomobile,Oldsmoblle, Knoxmobile and the Co-umbia Electric. In those days, in-

cidentally, the Locomobile was pro-pelled by steam power. Other pres-nt day cars appearing in the 1903ist were the Franklin, Peerless,

Packard, Pierce, and Ford, althoughregistrations of these makes werevery few. Most of the familiar namesfilled in where "make of c%r" wasrequired were Autocar, Wlnton, Wa*verly, Stanley Steamer, Gasmoblle,Prescott, Rambler, Motorette, Pan-hard, Elmore, Orient and Pope.

One clerk handled the registra-tions of 1903. Today It requires over250 people to keep the motor vehi-cle department functioning efficient-ly. Instead of having one cornerof an office, as In 1903, or three smalloffices, as in 1917, the department

liar; how tie a|le Jo»a W. Darts iftird, flto tots Itsto

takea serioatly with thisnlng-mate at bis site; -BrerCharles even failed to carry his owamtopic tor Jests, like his speeches, allcompact of bad gruanar safl worsubstance; * how ho was amusinglydenounced by Mrs. Shaver, wife ofthe chairman of the Dejaoratie Na-tional Committee; bow his sets andutterances were greeted ia the Eastwith prolonged, irreverent snickers.

But the point to be made Is thata large section of the Democraticparty, which Is surely not* devoidof sense, must have suspected whatit was letting itself in for when BrerCharles was nominated. Yet nomin-ate Mm it did, to placate hi* brotherand his brother's innumerable sup-

prevents ,ttIts height by

Its bs4r«talast the air. If theeeas* their action, the body drops

Jnsgapproach a perch at full speed.alight upon it with very little vol-untary cheeking of momentum, bata heavy bird must expend much en-ergy before It can alight with safe-ty. The wings of large and heavybirds serve chiefly to "»V»?tatn speed,the height being maintained by themomentum and the kiting effect ofthe body upon the air. But thewings of small and light birds mustconstantly lift the bird and pull Itforward. That is the reason whythe larger the bird the smaller thewings. But the large birds, whilethey fly with much less effort, have

porters, and It may nominate him great difficulty in getting startedagain, or some other representative and in stopping.of the Bryan philosophy who is nomore acceptable than Brer Charleshimself, when the time comes nextyear. It nominated him because itcould not help it; because the Southand West, both Bryan regions, badto be soothed and mollified. It wasthe clash between the. almost lr-reconcillable Bryan wing and theEastern wing which brought about

'"Answers to all these questionshave been a disturbing factor in thedevelopment of aeronautics, as haswinged speed. The speed at whichbirds fly varies very much, but It isnot so great as Is commonly sup-posed. You can easily prove this foryourself by pacing birds In an auto-mobile along a country road. Onlya few birds can fly as fast as the

the continuing deadlock In Mad son f a g t e g t t r a , a n d n o n e c a n

Square Garden, and it was this clash „„ „«, . , „ „„ t h a . „ „ , , , „ * . P n n i f i n «KO as fast as the speedier aeroplanes.Wild ducks and geese have beenfound to travel on their migrationsai between 44 and 48 miles an hour.Homing pigeons usually travel at be-tweeu 50 and 55while some swifts

mlles an hour,may attain a

.-peed as great as 100 miles an hour,but most of our smaller, birds travelai between 30 and 35 miles' an hour,a1, about the average speed main-mined by an automobile."—Bristol

which placed on the ticket the nameof the two compromise candidates,John W. Davis and Charles W.Bryan.

The antagonism which producedthat clash continues to the presentday. The battle In the Democraticparty next year Is apparently to bewaged oa precisely the same .linesas the battle in 1924. Perhaps Itcan be avoided; perhaps the Easternwing of the party can'succeed infreeing the ticket of all * taint ofBryanism; perhaps the South andWest will not have to be placatednext year. Perhaps, but all this nowseems unlikely. The probability is Addlson Pierce Monroe of Provl-that next year, as hertofore, a large i l l f »"'• governor gerferal of the Gen-concession will have to be made to l"ial Society of Mayflower Descen<the Bryan faction and this conces- dants. said in his speech at the open-slon almost Inevitably will weaken I i l l« ° f the 11th general congress ofthe party in the very States which1"11' society, held in the historic FirstIt must carry if it hopes to wln.'-P"'1'*'1 church at Plymouth, Mass.:

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This concession may or may not takethe form of putting Brer Charles onthe ticket, but If it should It wouldbe a good deal less than astonishing.—Hartford Courant.

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Miami, Fla., has entered into com-petition for the Democratic nationalconvention, An official of the Cham-ber of Commerce says the city .isready to present a certified checkfor $100,000 to cover expenses and

"It Is not sufficient to be simply de.scendants of famous ancestors. Wen<ust be ascendants as well.We need in these times as never be-fore the spirit of 1620. Let Us dowhat we can to accomplish the re-birth of that spirit."

That I3 a statement to be takenseriously to heart by descendants ofthe colonists and by those whoseancestors came to this country morerecently as well. When the fathersof the republic drafted the Constltu-

promises an auditorium on the bayl-fiont to seat at least 15,000. Hotelaccommodations will be adequateand the rates reasonable.

We shall not attempt to enter In-to a discussion of the climate ofMiami in the month of July or tocast aspersions upon what FranklinW. Andress, chairmanvention bureau of the

of the con-Chamber of

today uses most of the space in two Commerce, calls "the. spirit offloors of the capitol building at Hart- Miami."ford, and operates busy branch ofn- The spirit of Miami may be a veryces at New Haven, Bridgeport, Wa- n n e thing, but just at this time theterbury, Stamford and New London. Democratic party is in need of an-

other and older spirit. It Is the spir-it of Jefferson. Despite its variousclaims to distinction, Miami couldhardly go so far as to Include thatamong its virtues.

As we have previously asserted,the spirit of Jefferson is more likelyto survive in the air, he breathed.That air Is the air of Virginia. Oncemore we go on record as favoringsome spot in Virginia for the hold-Ing of the convention. If the Demo-cratic party is successful m recov-ering the spirit of Jefferson, it willachieve considerably more than$100,000 for expenses, an auditoriumseating 15,000 and adequate hotelaccommodations.. For it will haveachieved iporcunism that has closed its eyesto Jtffersonlan principle. The Dem-ocratic party may heed cash but itneeds inspiration even more.—NewYork Sun.

BRER CHARLES LEAVE8 THEDOOR OPEN

When Charles W. Bryan, formerGovernor of Nebraska, was informedthat he had been indorsed for theDemocratic presidential nominationin 1928 by the Nebraska DemocraticClub, he declared,' "I am not anactive candidate for the nominationfor President." Frelnds of Mr. Bry-an point out that his statementleaves the door open.

It certainly does. One can seewith half an eye that Brer Charles,like Barkis, is wllllnV His state-ment leaves the door open for, thereturn to power of Bryanism, thefactor which has worked more barmto the Democratic party than any-thing else Imaginable. It leaves thedoor open particularly for the returnof that brand of Bryanism whichmade the Democratic ticket a Jokein 1924. Three times a Bryan founda place on the Democratic ticket andthree times the party.went down todefeat. The fourth time, in 1924, itwent down to defeat amid uproariousand contemptuous guffaws.

To many it seemed impossible in1924 that the party would committhe old error or Investing the ticketwith Bryanism and a Bryan, just asto many it now seems impossiblethat*it will repeat the error In 1928.Events showed that it was by nomeans, impossible then; they mayshow that it is by no means im-possible next year. Much as Demo-crats in this part of the country maydeny it, the fact remains that a Bry-an is irresistible in the sight of alarge number of Democrats In theSouth and West; the Bryan aims,ideals and utterances seem to thou-sands of Democrats. to combine thegood, the true and the beautiful. Asincredible as it may appear it Is notImpossible—it is not even unlikely—tha^there will be a strong sentimentin the next Democratic National Con-vention for the nomination of BrerCharles, or some other representa-tive of Bryanism, for President orVice-President

It seems almost cruel to reviewthe circumstances in •which CharlesW. Bryan played a part In 1924—how he was nominated to satisfythat important section of the partywhich' craves bis political pbiloso-

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THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS

Man's curiosity concerning theflight of b:rds has been keen forcenturies and much study and ob-servation Las been given the sub-ject, but tae problem has neverbeen satisfactorily explained. "Whydo small birds have proportionatelylarger wings than large birds?" isone of the questions that have puz-zled and perplexed. Not only dosmall birds have more wing spreadthan heavier ones, but the wing beatis much faswings of the

For example, therrow vibrate at the

rate of 780 per mnutte while thecrow registers only 120.

The Smithsonian Institute scien-tists have given these matters in-tensive attention and their findingsare of Interest in general as well asin aeronautical circles'. They say Inpart: "r""^

"Birds' wings perform two func-tions: they lift it from the ground,and they drag it forward. We allknow that if a light object is thrownit will not travel so far as a heavierobject thrown at the same speed. Ifa large and heavy bird.can once getgoing at good speed a relativelysmall force will keep him going. His>body is inclined in such a way thatit is kept in the air through itsmomentum, on the principle of akite. The wings serve to maintainthe speed, but have very little liftingto do. Th"e lighter and smaller the

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Dparticularly of the devoted band who-land an old cMUaftHont Agafa, fetsettled on the bleak shores of CapeCod bay in 1820, should be In a pe-culiar sense the guardians of Amer-ica nlnstitutions. In so far as theyshow themselves worthy of the titleby perpetuating the open-mlndednessand the pioneer instincts of theirOld Colony ancestors, they are soregarded. But as soon as they beginto hark back to the past, to adopt asystem of ancestor worship skin toIiat which was so long the curse of

China, to object to innovations be-cause they are new,, they, lose therespect and the confidence whichhey show themselves by their ac-ions no longer to deserve.Yes, Mayflower descendants should

be ascendants as well. They and allothers of our citizens may considerwith profit James Russell Lowell'sines:

"New occasions teach new'duties;time makes ancient good uncouth;

He must upward still, and onward,who would keep abreast of Truth;

Lo! Before us gleam her campfires.We ourselves must pilgrims be,

Launch our Mayflower, and steerboldly through the desperate win-ter sea,

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the year 1000 Christendom was sovery certain that the tines of theGentiles had been fulfilled that nocrops were planted and * ^ t f M Hstarved because the world did notend. •

The times of the Gentiles werefulfilled once more with the Napole-onic wars and* fulfilled again long;after these were at an end and thiscountry was at peace, in the opinionof one New England pastor. Rev.Miller. The Montreal man Is merelyone of many. All ages have seenalarming phenomena but the worldpersists.—Hartford Courant.

'THE TIME8 OF THE GENTILES"

Recently the Montreal Gazette car-icd an editorial on the numerous,

abnormal and destructive naturalphenomena of this jvar. The list Isa fairly long one. The Mississippiflood, a cloudburst in the mountainregion of Kentucky, frosts in Julyand August and snow in the lattermonth in Pennsylvania and New-York are things out of the common.We say naught of the reci-nt tropicalstorm since most summers aremarked by them. . ' '

When these happenings wereenumerated by the Montreal paperme of Its readers wrote that theyre "not without significance as a

display of God's, power in nature,and, as such should speak louderhan words to'those who are strang-trs to His grace." He added:

"You have well said, 'Little isnown as to the ultimate cause -ofuch abonrmallties.' But -it is notIthout its significance in view of

he social and ecclesiastical condi-ion prevailing through the world to-lay, and the prophetic truth assocl-ted with the closing up Of the timesf the Gentiles."There we have it. Some one sees

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should be taken into considerationiiat nature delights In departingrom the normal. The normal Is

strictly a device of human origin towhich nature pays no attention. Na-ture may say as did Walt Whitman:"Do I conUadict myself? Very well,then, I contradict myself. I am vast,I contain multitudes."

It must be remembered, also, thatthe extension of newspaper workhas made record of many an eventthat otherwise would have been un-recorded. Had the waters of theMississippi river risen to a pointequalling the record of 1927 at anytime between 1800 and 1S25 weshould have known little or nothing,about It and bad a cloudburst over-whelmed the mountain section ofKentucky and Tennessee It mighthave passed unnoticed by the restof the country.

The times of the Gentiles havebeen "fulfilled" at intervals for al-most 2,000 years. We feel sure that

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IADGB sat on a fatten log,tryingto recall Just exactly what you

were supposed to do when lost hi thewoods.

All she had remembered so far wasthat one should sit down quietly some-where and collect one's thoughts, andthis she had done, picking out as com-fortable a seat as possible In thetangle of Juniper, raspberry biwhes,terns, and what not that matted thisparticular section of the Lone Trailmountain's southern slope. Madgewas not quite sure about that Andthat was the trouble. I f tt was the southern slope. Itmust face the lake and. sooner orlater, If she kept on going down, shewould reach the shore and, by follow-ing the shore, she was bound to reachthe hotel.

She had wandered off Into thewoods to make up her mind regard-ing a tall, sun-browned young manwhom she hod seen but three times.Once on the hotel veranda in conver-sation, once In the little summer postoffice where the elderly postmistresshad Introduced them, and the thirdtime on that memorable occasion whenhe had happened along In a canoe InShadowy bay where she had beenreading and where, for an hour, theyhad sat talking, their canoes side byside.

It was useless to deny that therewas some subtle attraction for her inthe young forest ranger. It bad beendistinctly a pleasure to learn that hisbirth and education had been as un-impeachable as her own. And consid-erably better than those of the mil-lionaire she was contemplating marry-ing.

But now that she was lost, she badsomething else to do than to toy withthe possibility of counting, wealth welllost for love. She must endeavor tofind her way before darkness settled.She would -not be missed at the hoteluntil that time and, even then, no-body would be able to tell In whichdirection she had strayed.

She looked up through the treestoward the peak of the mountain. Ifshe could only climb a little higherand get a view through the trees ofthe luke, she would have some ideawhich way to work. By continuingto descend, she might find herself Insome terrible ravine quite on the otherside.

She rose and started to ascend, care-fully breaking twigs here and there

. In what she considered approved wood-craft fashion. • • •

Suddenly she stopped short anddrew in a quick little breath. Smoke 1The acrid tang of burning wood. Justa whiff that vanished all at once anddid not return. But It was enough toalarm her immeasurably, and Instinc-tively she plunged on the more fran-

. tlcally upward as If the bare knollcould offer protection from that redplague of the woods.

A break in the wall of foliage aheadtold her she was already nearing hergoal. A dozen more steps—half adozen.

She shrank back into the depths ofthe woods again, her hand at herthroat On the nearer side of theknoll a man bent over a fire. It badbeen the smoke of that fire which shebad smelted and the man who wasevidently cooking his supper was JackMarbury.

He .spoke, without turning around."Don't turn back, Miss Madge. I hap-pened to see you on the trail andcame on ahead to get a little supper

. ready for you."Madge, her lovely face swept wltb

blushes, stepped forward slowly."How—how could you possibly haveseen me? I was lost—miles from thetrail."

'Not all the time. I hesitated about1

letting you know I was near, but some-thing told me you were trying to reachthis spot and it seemed better, some-how, to wait until you came out Inthe opening before speaking to. you.Happened to have my emergency ra-tions with -me and—well, If you thinkyou can. manage a meal on six stripsof bacon and a mug of coffee, we'llhave a little spread."

Madge curled up on the rock abovehim. She had been right about theview. There below, far down, lay theclear waters of the Inke, Its scatteredinlands ringed with the green of sur-rounding shallows. Beyond stretcheda jumbled mass of peaks.

"You're probably wondering how Ihappened to be over this way." con-tinued the man In a matter-of-factmanner. ''As it chanced, I was onmy way to see you. You have a right

' to km>\v, I guess, that I love you asI could love no other woman. Yes. Ithink you have a right, even if youonly want to reject my love. And,anyhow, I just had} to tell you.", Madge lifted her gray eyes to thesoft'sky above her. Then her glance,swept the glorious panorama of forest*"nnd lake and distant hills. "Oh—" shesaid, half breathlessly.

A sudden conception of the choicethat was being offered her swept overher. A five-course dinner In the hotelbelow for the rest of her life In thecompany of a middle-aged gentlemanof portly build or bacon and coffee onthe top of the world with -lark. Whatgirl of any sense would think of hesi-tating. •»

Madge didn't She held out bothhands to the man looking at her sowistfuU.v. "Oh—" she laid, "I'vefound .so much mnrp than^tny wny thisafterncion cn'I.nne Trail?mountain!"

Detrctt. men.—Twenty-tkrc*arrests In Just three days laa reeort any experienced detec-tive, wfte la the ways of thelawbres&er, might covet. To alad of thirteen years who sel-dom mvtts violators outside ofstory tanks such a record Is at-tained <*!y In the wildest ofdreams. |

Jack V?. Worden, thirteen yeanold, refnsed to be daunted byprecedent, and in three dayscaused the arrest and convictionof nineteen Highland Park mer-chants for selling meat on Sun-day and four peddlers for givingshort weight

Jack declares be inherited hissleuthing ability from his father,John W. Worden. who for thir-teen year has served the city ofHighland Park as a policeman.Worden, now a captain andnealer of weights and measures,gave Jack his chance to searchfor lawbreakers and Jack madegood In short order.

Ail of the merchants arrestedon the evidence gathered byJack were convicted and finedfrom $5 to $23 each.

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CHECK SWINDLE* <AIDED IN CRIME

BY FARM ATTIRE

MARRIAGE HOAXENDS BY SUICIDE

Pitiful Drama of a Wife of aFew Days.

Birmingham. Ala.—In the office ofthe clerk of the northern, division ofthe United States court of Alabama,at Birmingham, the word "nol<prossed" Is written after the name ofMr?. Mary Rhodes Elliot on the courtdocket. In the writing of this wor.ithe story of a pitiful drama of a wifeof a few days is told.

Mrs. Elliot was arrested some timesinw. charged with using the UnitedStates malls to defraud. Shortly afterher arrest she committed suicide.

All the pathos of a blighted lifehad been hers. Born a hopeless crip-ple, no man had ever loved her enoughto ask her to he his wife.

Then she advertised In a magazinefor a husband: "A southern girl with$Ti0,0O0 needs only to share her wealthto make-her happy." To possess theluxurious articles which a girl withthis much money would own, she or-dered them from a mail-order house.

Donald E. Elliot answered her ad-vertisement and married her, after hevisited her at her home at Arab, Ala.Soon afterward she took her own life.

To her husband she left a note offarewell. This is filed in the. office ofthe clerk of the Federal court la Bir-mingham, along with the indictmentagainst her.

Girl Bride SpurnsMother on Street

Pitman, K. J.—A girl bride of fif-teen chose to stick to her husband ofa day rather than return to her moth-er, who met the elopers in a dramaticStreet scene on, Broadway.

The principals are Lawrence Ree-mel, twenty-seven years old, and hiswife, formerly Marlon Stowe, fifteenyears old, and the letter's mother,Mrs. Marion B. Stowe.

Reemel and the girl tried to elopeto Elkton. They failed; but went toChestertowu, Md., and had the knottied.

Mrs. Stowe threatened to have Ree-mel arrested. She traced the pair toWoodbury. They were not there whenMrs. Stowe arrived and she contin-ued on to Pitman, where the couplecame to stay with friends. '.

'I love you dearly," exclaimed themother as she embraced her daughter.•'Conie home with me." • • - .

The girl bride wept. She said sheloved her mother, but that she lovedher husband, too.

"You'll have to make your choicebetween him and me," declared Mrs.Stowe.

"I'll stay with Lawrence," sobbedthe bride. •••'•';• •'•

Swarm of Bees GivesHorse a Merry Chase

Berlin.—A swarm of bees: tried tocluster on the tail of a horse har-nessed to a light butcher wagon infront of a butcher shop here. Thehorse proceeded to entertain an ex-cited but helpless mob for at leastten minutes ...with some samples ofwild-west bucking. The frantic ani-mal suet i-edwj In freeing itself of thewagon and galloped madly down theavenue.

Meanwhile the fire brigade wascalled out. It started in hot pursuitwith the ho.-e" assiduously sprayingthe horse's hindquarters wheneverhe spraylng^was good. After the

chase continued for half j a mile thebees were driven away and the com-pletely, exhausted horse was corralled.

Favors HatbandWllkesbarre, Pa.—A wife who at-

tends public dances against the wishescf her husband need not be supportedby her husband. Judge Fine ruled inthe Domestic Relations court.'

Parson Fined:s Carlisle, " Ajk.—Rev. E. H. Owenshns been fined $5 on a charge of whip-ping his sixteen-year-old daughter fortalking to John Lowe, jo whom shewas secretly married. ;•_•

Merchants Are FooUd byCrookWho Looks Like

Sioux Falls, 8. D.—The northwesthas been Invaded this summer by oneof the most dangerous and expert pro-fessional check swindlers who haveoperated In South Dakota and otherstates for years. What aids In makIng him so dangerous in carrying onhis check-swindling operations Is thefact that he goes about In the attireof a farmhand.

To all intents and purposes he Isjust a common farmhand, such as areseen by thousands at this season ofthe year when farmers are commenc-ing to harvest their small grain cropssnd require extra hands to help takecare of their work.

Makes Small Purchases.When the swindler strikes a town

he appears to make a practice of as-certaining the names of farmers livbag remote from the towns. Then heenters a place of business and makesa purchase of some article costingonly a few dollars; ' -

It may be a repair port for a har-vesting machine or some other smallarticle needed on the farm, and thentenders In payment a check purport'

Tenders In Payment a Chock Purport-ing to Have Been 8lgnsd by aFarmer. ' : ' " . '

ing to have been signed by a farmerwhose name seems familiar to thepeople In the store. The checks ten-dered by him always are for a summuch greater than the amount of hUpurchase. '

Fooled by Appearance.He may tender a $30 or $33, or u

$20 check in payment for a purchaseamounting to a few dollars, Invariablyreceiving the difference in cash.When the name signed to the checkis discovered to be a forgery, theswindler has disappeared. In some ofthe smaller towns he has victimizeddifferent merchants and then made hisgetaway.

Notwithstanding that the StateBankers' association sent out a warn-ing concerning his operations, he con-tinues to find victims among businessmen who are deceived by the fact thathe presents the appearance of beinga real "dirt" farmer.. It Is estimatedthat thus far during a period of afew weeks, he has swindled businessmen out of several thousand dollars.

Jailed for Whipping•Daughter; Won't Leave

Lexington, Ky.—Arrested on a war-rant sworn out by his wife, charginghim with assault and battery by whip-ping his sixteen-year-old daughter,Chester Laytart was committed to theHarrison county jail at Cyntkiana,Ky., fifty miles north of here, to awaitexamining trial. Laytart Is amply, ableto furnish bond, but declared that hewould stay in jail as long as there wasone stone upon another, before hewould furnish bond In the case.

Laytart claims that his daughterdisobeyed him when he told her tomilk the cows, and cites the scripturesas authority for enforcing obediencefrom his daughter. The unique case iscausing a decided sensation in' Har-rison county, where the Laytarts re-side, and it is expected that the court-house will be packed to Its capacitywhen I.aytart Is brought to trial.

$1.SO Watch Saves Lifeof Worker in Sawmill

Alnmosa, Colo.—The life of WalterSwope, a carpenter, was saved by a$1.50 watch, when he fell Into a rapidlyrevolving rip-saw^?

The saw cut the heavy-cased tirae-plece, which,was In a pocket just overSwope's heart, neatly in half, .andwas biting into his flesh when he re-covered hls/balnnce and leaped back.He bus a slight cut and the halvedwatch as souvenirs of the incident

Looks Like ItNew York.'— This tulk of the

"changed younger generation" musthave been exaggerated. Twenty-threebeys ranging up to fourteen yearswere haled to court, charged with theage-old juvenile pastime "of "hitchingtides."

Scenes at Ftmeral of a QBMB of Siam

The funeral*of Dowager Queen Sukhumal Marasri of Slam provided a number of spectacular, scenes hiBangkok. Above are shown the great burges accompanying the remains along the Menam river. Below Is the proces-sion bearing the urn containing the body of the queen.

Chicago-Dallas Air Transportation Opens

Passenger and express air service between Chicago and Dallas, Texas, was Inaugurated over the regular airmall route when the first ship to the southwest of the National Air Transport company took off from the Chi-cago municipal field. In the photograph Ed Mntucba, plane pilot, is shaking hands with the driver of the old-time stage coach drawn up near the plane.

Navy's Huge New Bombing Plane

Striking picture of the new naval Douglas torpedo and bombing planenow'undergoing tests at naval air station at San Diego, Call! The plane Isequipped with two air-cooled motors, and has glass panels In the sides as wellas In the floor, enabling flyers to aim bombs more accurately. Machine gunsare located In rear cockpit ,

Making Sweetest Sugar on Earth

Dr. It. J. Jnckson of the Cnlted States bureau ot standards In Washingtonis making the sweetest sugar on earth at the' bureau's experimental.plant.The product, called levulose. Is (hade from artichokes on a serai-lndustrlalscale In order to demonstrate methods. At the present time it has a marketvalue of $113 per pound. - - ' , \

MARY TUMULTY TO WED

Pretty Mary Patricia Tumulty,daughter of Joseph P. Tumulty, for-mer secretary to the late PresidentWilson, and Mrs. Tumulty, whose en-gagement to Robert F. Calilll of Wash-ington, D. C, has been announced byher parents.

DEMPSEY'S COMEBACK

Jack Dempsey, shown In tlie photo-graph, will mnk'e a desperate struggleto regain the heavyweight champion-ship title when he meets ChampionGene Tunney nt Soldier field, Chicago,on September 22.

Physic if He's SickOne day the new physics, Instructor

came Into our assembly room andsaid: "All those who expect to takeany physics this year, rome withme." Then he wondered why wolaughed.-rBoys1 Life. ,.

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Drama of Gold

Pardon of Voco

Strange Life.Kansas City. Ho.—When President

Coolldge granted absolnte freedom toVnco Perovlch the other day •>•_••*•ed a drama of the gold rush wnlchreads almost like fiction.

Behind bars a yeara and In .theshadow of the gallows. Perovlcb'sapectacnlar battle for liberty was end-ed by the Executive pardon. Be baanot been bitter over .the misfortuneFate has heaped upon him. And now.at forty years of age, owner of twobarber shops In Rochester, he sees ahappy future. Some day be will visithis fatherland. Montenegro, where bisfather was a nobleman.

He was released from the federalprison November 6, 1926. by JudgeJohn C. Puilock, of the Kansas Fed-eral court, on a writ of habeas corpus.Bis plea was unusual; he asked free-dom or death. If his plea had been al-lowed be would have been taken backto Alaska and banged according to acourt decree there.

Hla argument was based on his de-clared Innocence of a murder forwhich he was convicted. The murderwas In 19M. At that time he couldnot speak English. It was his conten-tion that death would be preferableto an Innocent man than a cruel im-prisonment

Judge Pollock held with him. rul-ing the President of the United StatesIn 1009, William Boward Taft had noright to commute the death sentenceImposed on Perovlch by the Alaskancourt without the consent of the ac-cused. In bis decision, however, JudgePollock declared Justice would not beserved by sending Perovlch to the gal-lows after he had served twenty-oneyears In Jail and prison. That pointwas not decided.

President Taft was asked to com-mute sentence after Perovlch hadbeen In Jail four years. He did this byExecutive order. Perovlch wa» takento the federal prison at Leavenworth,Kan., to pass the rest of his life.There the young nobleman studiedAmerican laws .and customs, master-Ing both language and law. He cameacross the legal-point which proved tobe the sesame for his recent release.

He applied to the court and GeorgeMcDermott a Kansas lawyer, was ap-pointed to represent him. Then camethe presentation of facts In the case.Strangely, time had shifted charactersIn this drama so that former Presi-dent Taft waa now chief Justice of theUnited States and was called upon topass upon the legality of his ownExecutive order that saved Perovlchfrom the gallows. Last May the courtheld against Judge Pollock, and Mc-Dermott and Perovlch shaped their ap-plication for a pardon from PresidentCoolldge.

Early Life Waa One of Ease.Few of the romantic novels ever

written about Imaginary principalities

In Europe are dotted with stranger andmore unusual eUxumstanees than haveentered Into Perovieh'a life. Hto fa-ther was chief Justice In Montenegroand a friend of Kins Nlcnohu. Bismother was of the royal family.

As a child Perovlch played with theroyal children and no expense wasspared In his education. At fifteen becould speak eight Slavic dialects andSpanish, French and Italian. A fewyears later Russia and Turkey becameInvolved in one of the Balkan warsand he enlisted In the Russian army.The youngest officer in the army, bewas decorated for bravery and com-missioned s lieutenant When war wasover he desired to Join a brother whohad come to America. Reports of goldin Alaska also attracted him and final-ly be obtained permission to come.

In Alaska he met an American pros-pector named Sam. Perovlch couldonly speak a few words of English.They found s claim from which theytook $14,000 worth of gold. Then wentto Fairbanks, Alaska, to buy machin-ery so they could take out gold Ingreater quantities.

One day while Perovlch was stand-ing In the door of a saloon In Fair-banks his partner came staggering tohim. wounded and bleeding.

"Our claim has been Jumped," Sammuttered.

Perovlcb said recently he hurriedback to their cabin and found threemen there. He asked for his clothesand other belongings. Answering, themen drew knives and started to at-tack him. He was six feet tall, weighed205 pounds and was toughened bymonths of hard labor. Seising a hugeboard, he fought them off and finallyobtained hla clothes.

A few days later he was arrested ona charge of assault He was given tounderstand an assault charge meantlittle In Alaska.

Accused of a Murder.While he was In Jail pending the

outcome of the assault charge, he de-clares the three men accused him ofthe murder of an old prospector at awood chopper's camp to which Pero-vlch had'moved after the fight Thesewitnesses, he declared, produced cloth-Ing said to have belonged to the oldman and accused Perovlch of havingthreatened to kill the old prospector.The cabin in which the prospectorlived was burned and the accuserscharged Perovlch had murdered himand had burned the cabin to concealthe crime.

Before Perovlch knew what It wasall about be was charged with mur-der. The membera of the Jury werequick to believe the accusers. It wascharged In the prosecution that Pero-vlch's lack of knowledge of Englishwas only a pretense and that accusa-tion prejudiced the Jury against him.

He was convicted. Then the ques-tion arose In the minds of those whoreviewed the case that the testimonyof the three men might have beenprejudiced.

After President Taft commuted his

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that the bulkfly-baflt„ with paunches and

windows" are Jolly andnanlonaNe. but dumbcompared with the lean, slith-ery ones.

In the experiments on the 480subjects, their physical char-acteristics were compared withtneir Intelligence, as evidencedby gnutes. special tests andpersonal ratings. Summing apbis findings. Dr. Sheldon says:

"While no definite conclu-sions can be drawn, the bulky,pot-bellied type of man seemsInclined to be less intelligentthan his slender opposite.There seems to be no relation-ship between height and Intel-ligence. It Is rather a matterof how the various parts of thebody are proportioned."

However, Dr. Sheldon Isyears late with his alleged dis-covery. It was Caesar whosaid, in effect. "Bring about memen who are fat. These leanand hungry dogs think toomuch."

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sentence, Perovlch became one of thelost legion In the Alaskan gold rush.He heard of hla brother who hadmade a fortune In Alaska and was re-turning to Montenegro to be mar-ried. Perovich refused his brother'soffer to forego his marriage and spendhis fortune to obtain freedom. Hisbrother went to Europe and never re-turned, abandoning the case as hope-less after receiving the decisions ofthe courts.

Released on-the habeas corpus plea,Perovlch went to Rochester andbought a barber shop with a smallInitial payment Before «long he hadpaid for It, and purchased another.Now he has the latter shop clearedand owns a motor car.

Besides his brother who amassedwealth In Alaska, Perovich had threeother brothers. They were killed Inthe World war. Their widows, witheight children, are living In Minnesota.Virtually all the money -Perovlchearned from special work wlflle heacted aa prison Interpreter was sentto the widows to support the children.His lawyer estimated that he bad sentthem almost $2,000.

Blocked by Mere ManKnoxvlUe, Tenn.—An attempt of

woman members of the board of edu-cation to equip a beauty parlor In thevocational school here was so frownedupon by male membera of the boardthat the move has been abandoned.

PersistentNew York.—Moses Welntraub wilt

peddle beads on Fifth avenue even IfIt's against the law. He has been ar-rested an average of twice a weekfor two yeara and has paid fines to-taling $500.

Neah Bay Indians Are Fond of Whale Blubber

IThe Danish torpedo boat Seadog. which la commanded by Crown Prince Frederick, entering Copenhagen Uurbor.

This la the prince's first command.

Lincoln Tomb toBe 500 Feet High

Monument at Springfieldwith Beacon for Aviators

Is SuggestedSpringfield, 111.—A Lincoln tomb

and monument 500 feet high, to besurmounted with a powerful search-light which would serve as a beaconfor aviators in Illinois, has been, sug-gested In a carefully worked out planby Herbert Wella Fay, custodian ofthe Lincoln tomb. and monumenthere.

Fuy's plan would put to an end acharge that the state has been un-appreclatlve of Its great statesman asfar as building a suitable memorialfor him Is concerned.

Fay asserts that the present memo-rial is sadly In need of repairs andentirely Inadequate, considering theprodigious Increase in the number oftourists who visit It dally. In Itsplace he suggests the construction ofa 600-foot monument which would bevisible for i» miles, to serve aa theair traffic beacon.

Statue 200 Feet High.Fay's carefully worked dut scheme

calls for a competition between archi-tects for a gigantic statue of theemancipator 200 feet in height, mount-ed on a base 300 feet high. The struc-ture would be surmounted by a pow-erful searchlight to make it visible,at night especially to air pilots.

The grounds owned by the state, to-taling nine acres, are adequate for•uch a monument, according to Fay,Around the base it would be possibleto build a memorial hall to match theproportions of the monument and ac-commodate Lincoln memorials.

The present tomh and monumentwere erected In 1974 at a cost of $350,-000. The memorial at Washingtoncompleted a few yean ago cost nearly$3,000,000. . '

Fay, in presenting his suggestion,declares that 400 people visit Lin-coln's shrine daliy whereaa five yearsago the number each week hardlyequaled that Last year 150,000 tour-ists signed the register at the tomb,whereas In 1020 but 30.000 signatureswere attached. It Is claimed that re-cent works on the life of Lincoln,coupled with a general Increase Intourist travel In the Middle West, ac-counts for the Increase.

Outlines His Plan.Fay, In describing his plan fpr the

monument and memorial, says:."Make three circles of rooms. On

the outer wall arrange to record theprincipal events In Lincoln's life, es-pecially from the cradle until he wentto Washington. In frames on thewalls and In show coses put picturesif every spot he ever visited, letters•nd speeches he wrote, things he said,stories be told, friends, documentsnnit surveys he made. A systematicarrangement of nil these would givea patriotic thrill to every visitor,American or foreign.

In this exhibit could be shown acopy of'every letter/speech, surveyor document he made In chronologt-

cal order. Pictures of every personmentioned and place visited could b«shown. There could he shown allpublications about Lincoln, authors ofbooks, photos of the scenes and every-thing. Make It answer every questionasked about Lincoln. Have even-county of the state represented.

"In the center circle reproduce hisbirthplace, probably exact size, show-ing Its surroundings. Build In minia-ture the contour of the country andmake it show all the places he fre-quented In Kentucky.

"Then In the nest room fulthfullyreproduce the Indiana home and vi-cinity. In- adjoining rooms of thecenter circle show a miniature of theDecatur home-of Thomas Lincoln, theColes county home, nnd reproduce theNew Salem log cabin village. Oneroom could tie devoted to the BlackHawk war, showing ' the contour ofeach county traveled.

"Rooms could be set aside show-Ing Vandalla. the campaign for con-gress, Lincoln-Douglas debates, bat-tles of the Civil war, the assassinationand funeral. Another room could beset aside to the Lincoln memorialserected In his honor.

"The Inner circle of rooms next tothe base of the statue could be de-voted to a display of paintings ofLincoln, scenes of his life depicted Insculpture and photographs."

Blow Torch Enlistedin War on Fruit Pest

Lansing, Mich.—The state orchardand nursery Inspection departmenthas adopted a new method of rogulngdiseased raspberry plunts. The In-spectors are using a specially designedoil-burning blow torch to kill theplants.

Use of the torch has resulted fromdiscoveries by Michigan State college

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Chipmunk Kills Rattler "Then Diet From Poison

Bellefonte. Pa.—A chipmunk,weighing scarcely half a pound,thwarted the plans of forestersu«*ur here to witness a buttleroyal l>etween a rattler and ablack snuke.

Capturing a rattlesnuke 4V4feet long the foresters decidedto hold it until a bluek snake-traditional enemy of the rattler—could be found.

Unable to locate a black snake,the foresters placed u chipmunkIn the rattler's di-n to providethe reptile with a meal. • Th«chipmunk had other plans and,taking the aggressive, literallybit the >"iike In two.

The. cl. .nnunk was bitten dur-ing the struggle and died of thepoison from the rattler's fangs,hut not until it.had lived to see

! Us enemy die.

entomologists that the germs of suchv!run dlseuses us mosaic, curl, streakand wilt' are curried from diseasedplants to healthy stock by aphlds. Un-der the old method of roguing withgrub hoes, it was observed that the ,aphlds fell to the ground and migrat-ed to healthy plunts.

By using the. torch to kill the plantbefore removal the state Inspectorsulso are killing the insects beforethey have an opportunity to migrateto heulthy plunts.

E. C. Manderberg. chief of the In-spection service, advises growers tohave their raspberry plantations In-spected by the state, which employstrained men to do the work.

Discover AnestheticWhen Flowers Die

Chicago.—Because Wisconsincarnations went to sleep whenbrought to Chicago, science wasable to discover ethylene, a newanesthetic as powerful as etherand less poisonous, doctors say.

Discovery followed an Investi-gation by William Crocker andL. L Knight University of Chi-cago botanists, according to Dr.Arnold Luckhardt of the univer-sity's physiology department.

The botanists were colled Into explain why carnations wiltedwhen exposed to Illuminating

Laboratory work then dis-closed the gas possessed theprinciple of ethylene. DoctorLuckhardt conducted tests, eventrying the new anesthetic onhimself, before he Introduced Itto the medical profession.

Leaping Scribe LuresBear to Death in Pit

Rock Springs, Wyo —With an eye todetail acquired In a newspaper office.Robert S. Wilson, Rock Springsnewsapper man, recently told a bearstory that makes all other similartales appear no more exciting thancrop reports.

And since he had no eyewitnessesWilson silenced scoffers with steakfrom the benr he cuught Inadvertentlywith the aid of his feet and one ofWyoming's cunyons.

Wllwn's bear epic started. when hecovered his typewriter and went tothe nearby mountain for a day ofpeaceful fishing.

He hnrdly had cast his first fly,Wilson said, when the bear saunteredup. He looked hungry. Wilson added.

So-Wilson. remembering how he hadevaded the left tuckle when he was afootball star at the University of Wy-oming years ago, took to his heels.

The bear gave chase. Wilson, keptJust ahead of the animal's teeth forabout a mile, more or less.

Ahead loomed a small canyon ap-proxlmutely 100 feet deep. Wilsoncouldn't stop. Momentum and thehear wouldn't let him. So he leapedand landed safely on the other side/

The bear couldn't stop either. Buthe wasn't so lucky as Wilson. Helanded with a crash at the bottom ofthe chasm.

The bear's carcass, except for thesteaks Wilson cut from Its flanks, was

I left at the place where It fell.

WHISTLING GIRL "TALKS" TOBIRDS IN HER TEXAS HOME

Feathered Warblers Give Dally Sere-nades for Miss Dorothy McFar.

land of Dallas.

Dallas, Texas.—From early child-hood Miss Dorothy McFarland, seven-teen-year-old daughter of Mr. andMrs. Dwlght McFariand of Dallas, hasbeen talking to birds. She comesnearer understanding the meanjngs ofsongs and notes of the many differentkinds of birds that she has about herthan any other living person, herfriends declare. By. Imitating the callsof birds she quickly makes friendswith them and they come In great(neks to,her home and serenade hereach day.* Miss McFarland Is a pupilat North Dallas high school juid'ahefrequently has delighted her/ school-mates with her Imitations of songsand calls of birds.

Dorothy doesn't know 'when she be-gan her childish pastime of "talking"to'the birds. , ,

"They seemed like little falriea tome when I was young enough to be-lieve that falrlea really existed." shedeclared.

"After a while I began to Imitatethe sounds they produced. T had neverheard of professional whistlers at thattime and knew no one of my own sexwho was Interested In whistling/ So Ididn't go at. the art In a conventionalmanner, but Just practiced and prac-ticed until, with the aid of the dia-phragm, tongue and lips. I could pro-duce sounds that were very like birdnotes."

When she told her elders that shecould really "talk to the birds," theybad to see and hear her performancesto become convinced.' ---

MI would come very close to a mack-Ing bird." related Dorothy, "and what-ever was sung by him I ImmediatelyImitated. There was one bird whoturned his eyes toward me with won-derment; his bead would tilt over to

one side. Then he would apparentlypull down his vest, swallow hard andsend out a perfect torrent of sounds Inan effort to lose me conversationally.When I persisted In/answering In mybest bird talk, he would listen curi-ously, then with a disgusted look bewould fly away.

"I wish everybody In Dallas couldhear the bird concerts given at myhome every morning," generously con-cedes Dorothy. "Birds don't have topractice In order to^be able to sing.They Just fill the air with melody.But I practice sevesal hours everymorning . during vacation "~>aj>aT Iwouldn't change rammer for any otherpart of the year."

A visit to a local bird store foundDorothy McFariand 'able, to makefriends with even the shyest canaryand the most captiona critic amongthe parrots. "Birds like to be noticed,just like humans," sb'e said, "and they,know when yoa love them and whenyou are Just fooling;them. Some dayrm going to have costumes Just likethe canaries and the gorgeous macawsand Til five such, line Impersonationsthat Dallas will be proud of me yet* |

RACE OF SLAVES IN CHINAARE FREED AFTER 550 YEARS

"Laxy Men" Tribe, Descendants ofMongol Conquerors, Are Given

Full Citizenship.

Peking.—After being held In bondagefor 050 years, the descendants of theMongols .who conquered China In theFourteenth century and who havebeen keptln-a-atajke of virtual slaveryever since In Chekiang province, southof Shanghai, have been freed by for-mal edict of Gen. Chiang Kalsbek.

From the year 960 to 1127 theSong dynasty ruled China undis-turbed. -Then, at the time of theCrusades In Europe, when Russia alsowas being overrun by Mongol tribes,the Mongols descended from the northand west upon China.

After a long period of civil warand chaos the Mongols founded theYuan dynasty, with Peking as theircapital. In the year 1280. This dynasty'lasted less than a century, *belng

superseded In 1308 by the Mingdynasty, which In turn was over-thrown by'the Manchus in 1044. thelater holding the throne until the re-public waa founded In 1911.

When the Mongol dynasty, collapsedIn 1368 and the Imperial Yuan, familyretreated northwestward to Urga.about 30.000 Mongol garrison troops InChekiang province wereWut off. AnImperial edict Issued by the firstMing emperor made these Mongols allslaves and, though they have not beensubject to personal sa|e for some hun-dreds of years, they have been harsh-ly oppressed for five and a half cen-turies;

For 600 years these marooned Mon-gola have been officially listed as an"inferior race." They have been de-barred, from taking part In civil serv-ice, examinations and have, not beenpermitted to hold public office.

So strong has been the prejudice

against them that not a single case ofIntermarriage with a Chinese has beenrecorded.- In! occupations they havebeen limited to Hthalr bearers, rick-shaw pullers, firemen, barbers andshoemakers. -

Today these Mongols number, about20,000 at Nlng-Po, w'bere they arenicknamed "lazy men;'' 200,000 live atChu-Chow and Wen-Chow, where theyare called "cheap men," and others,distributed throughout the province-number 130,000 more and are known,as "the nine degenerate families."

Under the new mandate all.tradesand professions are thrown open tothese Mongols; their children may Meducated with Chinese children (whenand If the war lords release any rev-enue for educational purposes), andthe ban against intermarriage Is offi-cially abolished.

Where Women RuleBaku. U. S. S. a—The Yassat

tribe Is the nearest approach yetfound to the mythical Amasoris. Thewomen lock their husbands and sonsat home when they go out

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WOODBUKY NEWSThe Glebe Howe 1« proving to be

» more popular resort than ever to;"visitors. Xearly one thousand peo-ple have already visited this ancientshrine this summer*

Mr. ana Mrs. William Hegeman ofBrooklyn. X. Y., have been guest*this wtfk at the home of Miss LottieHitchcock.

Miss EUie Spauldlng ot Waterburyis spending this week in vacationwith her mother, Mrs. Vesta SpaulU-ing.

MUs May McDermott was a pa-tient at St. Vincent's hospital,

: Bridgeport, for a short time thiswt»-k while she had an bperatlovfortht- n-moral of her tonsils.. MissMcLvrmoti is a graduate nurse ofthis institution.

Miss Lila Field has a position atthe Curtis Art Company, Waterburyand began work yesterday.

Mrs. Jarvis Thompson has gone tobe with her daughter. Mrs. JohnPlan of Waterbury, attar spendingtwo weeks with her'sister, Mrs.Frank H. Thomson.

Elliott Barker of Milford spent theweek-end with Mrs. Edward 31.Smith. Mr. Barker was formerlyemployed at the Hitchcock store intown and while here boarded at Mrs.8mith's.

Mrs. Jennie Newton of Hartfordis visiting at the home of Mrs. C.L. Dean in Brookfleld and will laterbe with her sister, Mrs. EdwardSmith ot Woodbury:

Philip O'Brien and family willclose their. 'Woodbury home and re-move to Waterbury tomorrow forthe winter.

Mrs. William Drake of New Yorkand South Britain and daughter,Mrs. Field%Orville and daughterFrances of Pittsburgh and MissDaisy Watson were guests of MissAlfhild Johnson on Tuesday.

Miss Goodale of "The Spicebox"recently enjoyed a visit from hercousin, Myron Blackman of Chicago.

Mrs. James Travers and childrenspent Sunday at B. H. Lynn's in Wa-tertown.

Mrs.' Herbert Grlswold and sonare spending a month's vacation atBay View. Miss Dorothea Cooperhas been spending the past twoweeks with Mrs. Grlswold there.- Mrs. Katherine Koch of JacksonHeights, L. I., has purchased theproperty known as the Erwin Daw-son house on West Main street andhas already moved in.

Louis Cable had a party on Mon-; day which celebrated the first seven

years of his life. The seven friendswho joined with him in the festivi-ties, chief among which was an ap-ple hunt, were Louise CoW, SylviaCavaenu, Gladys Wilson, • Alfred

.Eyre, Stanley Eyre, Andrew Pesenteand Vernon Morris.

Miss Dorothy Richardson Is re-covering from an operation for ilieri'ir.o-va! of h-r tor,.-i;.-. p.-rformed atth* Wavrbdiy ho.-i>i;al a rv.--.v daysaxo. .

Mr.-. Geoii.".- Cunies aceomiiunle.iMrs. ••Edward Anibl-r to'South Wal-lir.gioi'd. Vt., -Aii?:-- the funeral o:

, Mrs. Hrehie ;cok j;!ace on Saturday• Mis* Louise Curi.-s is spendingher vacation at Plymouth, Mass.

Miss Augusta Xtf.leton has re-turned ;ioni a few days' visit withMrs. W. C. Linsley in Merlden.

Charle.-1 Adams and Sherwood Al-len left on Sunday to enter North-eastern University at Boston.

The selectmen and town clerk willbe at the Town Clerk"s office on Sat-urday to "make voteTS."

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence RipleyClapp and daughters, Eleanor andMarjorie, moved today to their new.home on the Southbury road. • Mr.Clapp is vice-president and manager

. of-the New Haven Copper companyof Seymour and is a cousin of Miss

• Lucetta Daniell and Charles Daniell,'.' who live nearby at "Uplands." Mr.

Clapp is a mining engineer with alarge experience in' the west. Thefamily will be cordially welcomed tothe town of Woodbury. .

Dr. S. E. Lonewell and Mrs. Long-well of Middlebury, Vt., came 02Monday to speed the week at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. James Trav-ers, from where they will visit theirr urnerous friends in town.

Among thor- attending the horse-show Kiven by the Watertown Rid-U.s ar.d Hunt club or. Saturday -wer-Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mitchell, MissJessie Mitchell, G-orge B. Cowles,Warren Mitchell, \V. S. At wood anJson'-Buddy 'and'John Ambler andfamily. •

Mrs. Stephen Barker and childrenreturn this week to their home inWashineton, I). C. alter spendingthe summer in Woodbury/ at thehome of Mrs. Barker's mother, Mrs.W. G. Read.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold ..Wilgus anddaughter, Jean, of Ozone Park, L. I.have been visiting with Mr. Wilgus'uncle, William Minor.

Mr.'; and Mrs. Frank Ineson and"• son, George of Waterbury and Mr.

and Mrs. James Newell of Oakvillewere Sunday visitors at Garden-brook, the home of Mrs. D. I. Abbott.

I. Rosenbaum and family, whohave been spending the summermonths at Jack's Corner, leave thet int ot the' week for Cottondale,Fla., their former home.

Mrs. Charles Markham, sirs.„, Frank Bradley, Miss Gladys "Mark-

bam and Miss Alma -Daniels were re-cent visitors at Savin Rock,, the tripbeing planned to celebrate the birth-day of Mrs. Markham

The Sunshine Circle Uthis afternoon at the bone ot Mr*.Charles S. CurtUs. It is the first tallmeeting.

visiting at the home ot Mrs. Frank-lin Putnam ot BrtstoL Other oonsiuvisiting in the home included Mrs.H. M. Street and granddaughter.

tor in Industrial Art at the UnitedSatrs Veterans' hospital, No. 95,Northampton, Mass., was a recentgu<-st o: Miss Lucetta Danlell.

Robert P. Bennett of Dallas, Tex-as, nephew of John L. Bennett, hasb<irn a recent guest at the Bennett1

home on Pleasant street.Miss Nita Leslie, who has been

in Manchester, Vt.' tor the summer,arrives home Saturday. .Miss Leslieleaves so as to be at the Connecticutcollege at New London on the 19th.

The congregation at the First Con-gregational church Sunday morning;which was quite large in spite of therain storm, listened to an inspiringftrmon preached by Rev. Arthur E.Wilson of Seal Harbor, Me., son oftheir pastor, Rev. Clinton W. Wilson.

Rev. William F.ISaye of New Ha-ven preached at the Methodistchurch on Sunday morning and alsoadministered the holy communion.Rev. H. Lee Roblson, Jr., conductedservice at the Oxford church.

Twin daughters, Phyllis Mildredand Betty Jane, were born to Mr.and Mrs. Harry Heinse of Thomastonat the Waterbury hospital on Sep-tember 4. They are the grand-daughters of Charles P. Heinse otWoodbury.

Mrs. Bertha Kasslng, who hasbeen visiting with her sister, Mrs.W. G. Reynolds, has left for Californ-ia. .

Billy Smith, youngest child of Mr.and Mrs. Lincoln 8mith of Roxbury,s ill with infantile paralysis and 1J

o patient at the Waterbury hospital.The regular quarterly meeting of the

directors of the Woodbury SavingsBank wlIl/Hbe held Monday evening.

Dr. J. Chauncey Linsley of Tor-rlngton was a Sunday visitor at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Shea.

Mrs. E. W. Abrams has unitedwith the First Congregational churchof Woodbury, by letter from thnPresbyterian church of Louisville.Ky.

Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly ofSImsbury. are guests this week atthe home ot Mr. and Mrs. Ellis F.Clark.

Rev. and Mrs. O. W. Richardsonand daughter, Miss Dorothy Richard-son and Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Curtissare spending the remainder of themonth at the shore at Clinton.

Rev. and Mrs. Arthur E. Wilson olSeal Harbor, Me. are spending aweek at the First church parsonage.Mrs. Clinton W. Wilson will accom-pany them to Oswego, N. Y., tomor-row, where they will be the guests ofMrs. Burt Darrow, a sister of theWoodbury Mr3. Wilson.

Mrs. W. G. Read, jr., who has beenspending the past three month3abroad, arrived. In New York yester-Jay ar.d will soon be at her home inWoodbury.

William Forbes has returned fromni'trip to Block Island. • . • • j

A irieantic- .-aU- is taking place at jliawsor.'s store in North Woodbury. jTli'- present .-'torf-. is to be lvmodeledwith imrtition -taken out to affordamijl? room for a larger assortmentof soods. T!ie quick moving of allI'.ry goods .os . . ha rid Is' imperative,See full page ad.

•Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Klmball return..tomorrow from a few days' automo-bile trip durihg which they visitedBoston and also allowing Mr. Kim-ball a stop in Florence, Mass., wherehe attended a Funeral Directors'banquet. They were accompanied onthe trip by Mrs. Bernard Hlggins ofTorrington.

Mrs. Lynn, Miss Mary Lynn andJoseph C. Lynn have returned toNew York after spending the sum-mer at the Seidel home.

Mrs. Wilbur Mansfield has been

Mrs. Margaret Dillon and sonJamt-s have returned home after.-spending the summer at Booth BayHarbor. Me.

Ernest Eyre and family havemoved to their new house which hasJust been built on South 31ain street.

George Bloss and son George ofAnvater. Calif., are expected in theeast by the last of the week.

Miss Margaret Ives of Storra andMile. Anna Mett of St. Margaret'sSchool, Waterbury were over Sun-day guests at the home of Mrs. J. B.Benedict and Mr. and Mrs. DeFrance Clarke.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Faure ofNew Haven and Miss Irene Bough-ton of Bridgeport are spending twoweeks at the Johnson home-bn theBethlehem road. Sunday guestswere Mr. and Mrs.' James Turner,Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sprague, Mrs.Celia Scrimgeaur and daughter, JeanScrimgeaur, and Mrs. Benson otBridgeport

William 3. Burton has sold sevenmore lots on the new development,Sherman Heights. Those to pur.chase the lots were Charles L. Berg-er, president of the Eastern Malle-able Iron company, Naugttuck, irhosecured four; James L. linsley, pur-chasing agent of the company; Don*aid MacVlcar, sales manager and F.C. Fromm, president of the Manu-facturers' Foundry. Mr. Burton saysthat the good lots are going fast

Miss Mary Munson of Spring St.is entertaining her cousin, Miss Eli-za Fowler of Waterbury for the nexttwo weeks.

ladder by bar lather in an uncaasetous condition. Mr. MUM U thefather of Mia* Katharine Sefdel andbrother of Mrs. Ida Baueh.—Mls» OTaea Hasaga «R. 1., is spending a couple ot weeksat Allendale.

John Johnson has rented his houseto Alfred Perro and he has movedhis family here from Washington.

Mrs. Ida Bauch, Miss KatharineSeldel and Alphonse Bauch visitedOswald Seldel in Washington Satur-day. •

SOUTHBURYServices at the Federated church

Sunday, September 18: Morningworship, 10:00 S. T., topic "Wondersof the Deep"; Sunday school, 11:15S. T., topic "Mophlbosheth"; eveningworship, 7:30, topic "The End otLife," motion, picture, "The SilentFlyer," International News. On thisSunday Rev. D. H. Dorchester willpreach in the morning and evening.

After a long illness, Mrs. LUlaStafford Ritchie passed peacefullyaway surrounded by her loved onesin this beautiful valley. The funeralwas attended by a host of her friendswho deeply mourn her loss and thecasket was banked with a profusionof flowers. Mrs. Ritchie's life was alife of kindness which won to her allwho knew her. She was a member ofthe Presbyterian church. Rev. D.H. Dorchester returned from GrotonLong Point to officiate at the funer-al. The burial took place at Wai-.lingford, Vt., the scene of her child-hood home.

Church of the Epiphany, Rev.Leonard E. Todd, priest in charge—Morning'prayer and sermon at 9 a.m.. D. S. T. St. Mary's Guild willrnnet on Thursday afternoon of thi-week at the home of its presidentMrs. Samuel Green.

Rev. Leonard E. Todd offlclau-ilat the funeral of Austin B. Hine. last jFriday afternoon. The interment jwas in the Southford cemetery.

WEEKEEPEEMEE. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Olson, HaroldOlson, Anton Johnson, Frank, Eliza-beth and Emily Johnson, Claus Jos-ephson, Mrs. Mary Pullen and JohnPullen recently enjoyed a trip to Mt.Tom, Mass.

Fire destroyed the home of OswaldSeldel of Washington early lastWednesday morning/Two daughtersbaTely escaped with their lives, onejumping from a second story windowand the other being carried down a

WEST SIDEMr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson

and daughter Mildred have returnedfrom a week's motor trip which in-cluded Niagara Falls and otherplaces of interest Mrs. Fred Cape-well of- Middlebury accompaniedthem on the trip.

The Drake family are moving theirhousehold goods from Pomperaug tothe F. R. Ford house which theyformerly occupied.

The Favian brothers, duet engin-eer and bookkeeper ot the Bride*Construction Co. ot Mew London areboarding at the Bon Ton during thebridge building at North end.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bradley enter-tained Mr. Bradley't brother Charlesof Oakville on Sunday.

Miss PrlacUla Moore left Bon Tonfarm on Monday for Boston where•be will enter Boston University.

Miss Ingeborg NUson of Water-bury has been the guest of her cous-in, Mrs. Oscar. Swanson, the pastweek.

George Botsford of Bridgeport andAllan Hungerford and family ofStepney were visitors at the Hallockhome the past week.

Lafayette Squires of Waterburyspent Friday at the home of hiscousin, Mrs. Hawley.

Miss Anna Traver and Mrs. Hart-son of Bast Long Meadow, Mass.,have returned to their home after atwo weeks' stay at the home of MissCora Lucas. * . ' .

HAZEL PLAIN AND VICINITY

.Mr. and Mrs. Edward Andersonand family were in Sherman one daylast week.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brown werein New Haven recently.

George Crowel and Miss GenivleveChurchill of Bristol visited Mr.Crowel's sister, Mrs. Henry Karr-mann, on Sunday. •

Miss Julla^Tracy has returned toWoodbury after a week's vacation,speeding part of the time with hermother, Mrs. Julia Tracy.

Mrs. F. H. Leavenworth went.toWaterbury Sunday to visit herdaughter, Mrs. P. L. Frazier, who isin the Waterbury hospital.. A daughter was born on Septem-

b-r 5 to Mr .and Mrs. Philip Coyle.Guests at Mrs. Xellie Bartlett's on

Saturday were Albert James and Al-b-rt Walters of Ansonia and on Sun-lay were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ros-.• n and four children, Mrs. Addle Tut-•U-, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Tuttle 0!lierby, Mr. and, Mrs. J. Thompson ofWaterbury. • • : •

Mrs. E. C. Graham entertainedher mother, Mrs. Chase of Water-bury and her aunt, Miss Connery ofGardener, Mas-s., a few days lastweek.

religion, every body wants attbsr tobecome or remain fcagmr.

In discussing happiness. PratmrPhelps says: "One or the beat 4a«-

.up ..jure.a

THINK TO BE HAPPY

Interesting Preoccupations of MindCarry One Through, Assarts

Yal* Professor .Everybody wants to be happy, ac-

cording to WilHam Lyon Phelps.In an article in "The Ladies' Home

Journal" Professor Phelps assertsthat t o matter what may be one'snationality, sex, age, philosophy or

AnnouncementOn September 1st we opened a Branch

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Our Motto has always been Cheerful7

Service in Woodbury and we are now extendingthis to the people of Watertown. ^

Call 303-2 and we will call on you. ..

J. W. BURTON INSURANCEAGENCY

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at college by PresidentD» ight, The happiest person is theperson who thinks the most inter-esting thoughts.' ^

"This definition places happlnelfwhere It belongs, within and not'without. The principle ot happinessshould be like the principle ot vir-tue; It should not be dependent onthings, but be a part ot personality.

"So far as it is possible—it is notalways. possible—happiness shouldbe like virtue. It should be kept oflost, not by exterior circumstances,but by an inner standard of lite.There are people who carry theirhappiness as a foolish woman car-ries a purse of money in her bandwhile walking on a crowded thor-oughfare.

N«v«r Mind Enemies"The first nun who la quick with

bis fingers, nimble with his feet, anduntrammeled by conscience can andwill take the purse away and dis-appear with i t He will have sep-arated the woman and her money.Now, if one's happiness Is like that,an exterior thing, dependent on anenemy's volition, on a chance dis-aster, on an ill-wind, on any one ofa thousand accidents to which weare all exposed—then happiness canbe lost.

"All of us;have enemies. I regardmyself as on the whole an amiableperson, and yet there are a consid-erable number of people who, whenthey hear of my death, will feel re-lieved. I care as little about thatnow as I shall then. I do not In-tend to let other people, especiallythose who do not like me anyhow,determine whether I shall havepeace of mind or not It some onereports to you a malicious word thatsome one else has said of yon, andin consequence ot that you becomeunhappy, you have allowed anotherperson to hold the key to your heart,to settle whether you shall be happyor not. I insist that you ought todetermine that question for yourself.Instead of being angry or distressedwhen people hate you, suppose youregard It as amusing; for if you arehonestly trying to do your best, aridincur hatred for your pains, thereIs about such a situation somethingtunny. If you can appreciate thehumor of it you are free.

"It is impossible for any one tofeel every moment exuberantly hap-py; to feel, on rising from bed everymorning, like a young dog releasedfrom a chain. If you felt that waycontinuously you would become anintolerable nuisance, you would geton everybody's nerves. But I amcertain that with the correct, philoso-phy it is possible to have within one'3

tbsftcannot bt dattroyed. • '

"If fa* happieat j e n o n la tb* per-son who think* the most interest-

thoughts, then the mind is more

tremendous blessings, wealth andhealth. But money is not the enterfactor In-happiness. If it were, theneveryone who had money would behappy and every one without Itwould be unhappy; but there are somany wealthy people who are un-happy and so many poor people whoare cheerful, that money, howeverimportant or desirable, is t o t thedetermining cause.

"It would be tolly to apeak slight-ingly of health. No one realise*what a blessing health Is until onehas lost it; then one has to devotetime and, energy and money to re-'covering It. Yet even health is notthe sine qua non. People without i tthink they would be perfectly happyit they were well. A man. with stoothache imagines that every onein the -world without a toothache tohappy; but it Is not so. There arehealthy people who are not happy,and there are invalids whose face,eyes and conversation reveal an in-ner source ot happiness that enablesthem to triumph over <bodtly ills.They have overcome the world, theflesh and the devil.

"When I was an undergraduate adistinguished man addressed us sndhe said emphaitcally: 'Young gentle*men, make the most of these fouryears for they, are the happiestyears you will ever know.' The re-mark was given to us -with that lm-presslveness that so often accom-panies a falsehood. For it was sfalsehood. My classmates and Ihave been out of college nearly 40years; most of us are happier nowthan then." •

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