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A QUESTION.
be following communication re-
l ed today is self-explanatory:
‘ tor. The Evening Sentinel:
,‘thors is any truth in the corn-
at of a number of small local
arrow that they have been ‘Job-
Thy the so-called Polluthn Act
d by the last General Assembly
idn’t it be interesting ,to know
our local senator and sip...
ntlves voted on the bill?
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TRAFFIC JAMS.
fronted with the grave prob;
{maintaining schedules in
2. managing director, American
style Railway Association.
re once this was a problem
the larger cities." Mr. Stern
‘now. on account of lack of
pbr ordinances or inefficient en-
ment. it has become an issue in
bet every city and town in the
m States. There is scarcely a'
ithcr city or interurban, which
't meet this perplexing prob-
,mahy times is day. Executives
i'lolve it through 'straight deal-
; 1th public servants. '
ore is no doubt thatboth mo-
'owners and transportation
certain . rights
should be” granted by city of-
and once granted. protected.
is" will seriously contend that
some car should not have the
i any over its tracks at all
. of‘the day and night.
‘5, follicle has any right in such
- ‘ ipnetanceu to hold it up. Offln-
“W. snot every city should recognize
, “right and enfdrée it."
Gaby may not be thd mosl
. n't thing. but it is at least
flip let us measure ourselves by
or own standard.
French finance bill was in-
I. one day. and was a law the
; tor having been debated and
in by both houses. The budget
error. It took nearly two
rice. during the war, broke
react-do of speed in govern-2
. . are not quite so fast now.
- ‘ year's nuance bill will probe.
{Wit its no ten months. in place of
' 5, cs's one day. But that is infin-
bettci- than we could ever do.
way may be better. But if it
cans that government is and
to be the exception to the
“‘31! ,of efficiency ‘by which we
vorything else.
has been introduced in the
which would tor:
' res under three years of
appear in a moving picture
‘ ‘ than fifty cents in silver was
. for each person in the
there were 02:.000 pounds
cheese in storage in
States. against
cemetery nwhere
'-.n,000 persons
m ‘nsrith holor~
Our
M cannon 1!. ROM
"What is this "standard of living’
that you talk shout‘l" asked a
Hindu gentleman. "With you. it
«onto to be measured by eating.
Bscsusb you can eat more than we,
you say your 'eisndsrd' is higher.
lint if We were to retort that we can
support a higher spiritual life on
less food. would thasnbe 'hlgher' by
another standard 2"
“-0
Perhaps we are too material in
our standards.
"Plain living and high thinking"
is s. forgotten phrase of our ances-
tors. And yet. after all. the material
test is not, entirely unfair, even for
the most idealistic things. Churches,
for instance. Any church with a
sufficient congregation can be made
a business success.
Any one with a congregation too
small to support it is not‘roaching
tis spiritual“ good to many people.
The same with a newspaper, con-
sidered not as a business, but as a
public influence. Any newspaper
with readers enough can be made
to pay. If it has not enough to pay.
it has too few to exert any very
wide influence. So the sordid busi-
ness test has its idealistic applica-
tions also.
0
Anyhow, by our way of measur-
ing it, the American standard of
living is miraculously high.
Nothing like it was ever dreamed
of before, and it would be unthink-
able anywhere else. We already
have practically one automobile to
Standard of Living Miraculously High
each family. and the.msnufaetur~
orasrs advertising reasons for; buy-I
lugs second car. , ‘
We have nearly all- the bathtubs
in the world. and the plumbers ad-
vertise new equipment to fit a sec-
ond bath room into even the small-
est cottage.
We have four-fifths of the tele-
phones and nearly all the radio re—
ceiving sets in the world. We travel
more. take more vacations cat and
wear more and better. live in better
houses. and do everything else ma-
terial on the most staggering scale.
“For the things of the belly'give
llilnkll"
..._—-.-
Higher Ediicatlon Than Others.
To the things of the belly follow
also. fortunately. some of the things
ofpthe spirit. We have more high-
er~education than any other people.
A few nations of western Europe
have surpassed us in eliminating
outright illiteracy. We have total.
leclual backwaters where the gen-
eral ignorance is shocking. ‘
But we have an enormously
greater fraction 'of high school‘oud
college students than any other
people ever bad. This is the direct
preduct of material prosperity and
democracy. .
We have more people who can af-
ford it, and we have no class who
think the best is too good for them.
What is elsewhere an aristocratic
privilege is here the common opporc
tuniiy of all. lnteilectualiy. at least
we have harvested our material
prosperity.
By DR. HUGH
How To Keep Well .
Surgeon General, United States Public Health Ionics
8. OUMIMING
The tubercle bacillus. which is the
germ causing tuberculous. is cast
out in the sputum of s. tubercuIOus
patient or is fOund in the milk from
tubercusous cows.
This germ will live for many
months in water or in the soil and
is not destroyed by the lowast win.
ter temperatures. In a dark room
or ball it will live for months. al-
though it is killed by direct sun-
light in a few hours and by good
strong daylight in s. few days.
The danger of infection front the
tubercle bacillus is greatest in young
children. Young infants, when in-
. fected, sometimes die quickly of gen-
eral tuberculosis. tuberculosis men-
ingitis 0r intestinal tuberculosis.
The younger, he child the greater is
the danger. £Chlldren under two
years of age ‘ ould be given absolute
protection from infection.
Dirt serves as an envelop to pro-
- tect the germ of tuberculosis from
light and so sets as a. preservative.
For this reason, moms should not
be dry swept nor should a duster
‘of feathers or a dry cloth be’used.
The door of a room occupied by s
sufferer from tuberculosis should be
uncarpctcd in order that it‘ may be
cleaned by scrubbing thordughly
with soap and water.
A boiling temperature kills the
tubercle bacillus in a few minutes
and boiling in water is one or the
best ways to disinfect bed clothing,
body clothing. and‘ handkerchiets.
napkins. and towels which the tuber-
culosis patient has used.
Carpets. rugs, and clothing which
would be injured by boiling may be
treated by sprinkling the articles
well with formalin and then wrap-
ping them up as nearly air-tight as
possible in paper or inclcslng them
in s. tight chest or a small closet.
They should be kept confined in
the fumes or the femalin for Wen-
t‘ynfour hours and‘ then thoroughly
sired. If this is not well done it is
of little or. no use.
now To Combat infection.
Soap and water for doors and a
wet cloth with ivhich to wipe i‘ur‘
nlture are the best agents to combat
infection.
Considerable sums of money are
spent by well meaning people who
wish to prevent others from becom-
ing infected with tuberculosis in
purchasing antiseptics which are
wholly worthless for this particular
purpose. however efficient they
might be if applied directly to the
germ.
There is no antiseptic which has
any practical value in the daily
cleaning of the house.
cup which cannot be burned as a re-
ceptacle for his sputum. this cup
should be partially filled with 5 per
cent carbolio acid or strong lye
water. This should he left in the
cup all day while the article is in
use.
However. Public Health service
able cups by tubcrbulosls patients.
Waterproof paper cups which can
be burned are the best sputum re-
ccivors and the only sputum roceiv‘.
ere which this service recommends
for use.
By far the best way to dispose of.
sputum isgto receive it' in water-
proof paper cups and then to burn
cup and contents together in the
fire. These cups are cheap and can
be bought in most drug stores.
Small ones can be carried in the
packet and large ones placed near
the bed.
spitting a Dangertms Habit.
The. man who cxpectoratcs pro-
misculously here, there, and every-
where without regard for the wel-
fare of others chauld be regarded
with suspicion and disapproval and
should be taught to correct these
dangerous. practices. The habitual
use of a. sputum cup by every per-
son suffering from tuberouloeie
should be compulsory. For use on
the street there are several forms of
packet cups. some of which can be
concealed in a handkerchief and
used without being seen.
We need to cultivate everywhere a
sentiment in favor of the sputum
cup. The person who carries such a
cup deserves respect and approval
It shows him to be a good citisonus
law abider and-a person of clean
habits.
Fighting the germ of tuber'culcsie
is a hard iight but a Winning one.
The prevention of the disease should
be the central object of any anti-tu-
beculosid work.
The value of health talks. includ-
ing' talks on tuberculosis. especially
in the case of school children, is un-
questioned. When. we supply our
children with helpful dchOol rules
and teach tliemihe value of good
health. sanitary homes. proper and
sufficient food. physical training.
baths, suitable clothing and the int.
portsnce of temperature and clean
lives. the lessons taught will be ap.
plied in our homes and workshops.
Such u.| plan should be supplement-
ed by annual medical examination
for the recognition at early cases.
You should remember that .the
protection at young children from
infection is perhaps the most im.
portant single factor concerned iii
If the tuberculosis patient uses a
the prevention of tuberculous.
.wn'In r
N York“
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.«—-Ice-ssw-
ing up and down flrdsdwsy I saw
Ben Lyon, the screaming sheik of.
the flickering {mums and he really
do be a handsome boy. although I
have seen handsomer oil screen and
stsge. . . . . .Saw also Tom Moore. an-
other hero of thd silver sheet. as it
is sometimes called. In fair weath-
er and foul he always seems to be
enjoying life to its fullest......5ew
Gloria Gould again and this time her
nose did not seem so snubbed. She
wears a very tricky bob Ind many a
. young Broadway dame is copying it
......Saw Adolphe Menjou. who is
one actor who looks like an actor
. .. . . .daw lennsh Leonard. the box
fighter. who says he is not going to
fight any more. but who keeps in
lighting condition. . s . . .lsw Judith
Anderson. the fair star of David 3s.
loses. to whom Charlie Chaplin is
roported to have uttered a new the-
ater and a new play written by him.
self. And Belsseo is reported to
all the earmarks of s. custard pie
......Saw .Dreds. Aves, the daugh-
ter of a Texas clergyman and the
niece of I. bishop in Mexico. who
and "the - American
lsntlc loath!
havs sent Charlie a telegram having
is making quits I name heresbouts
as an opera singsr......sw Joan
Lyons. said to be the only chorus
girl on Broadway who reads the At.
Mercury. What the other coryphees
read I do not know. . . . . .saw Elliott
Lestre. who is thirty and whose first
play. "The Mudflartlm’; seems head-
ed for success. Hts wroteit-between
lng camp during the war......5aw
the Rev. Harry Emerson Fordick
bustling about with preparations for
a. sail to Italy. . . . . .Saw Rome La.-
Costa. the French tennis wizard. and
he is proof sufficient that tennis is
the one best means of keeping thin.
in fact. all the crack racket wield-
are I ever saw were walking skele-
tons. with the exception of feel:
Griffin, the Califosnia. fat boy. . . . . .
t
Looked out the window of the of-
fice where I toll every day and was
much surprised to see four blodlss
away a new building some thirty
stories high. I in“ NWIYI Mllfl'nd
that I was an observant sort of fei-
iow. but buildings are being reared
so frsduently and so rapidly in lun-
hattan these days that the sky—line
actually change: day ‘by day.
There are thousands. and thou-
sands of fishermen in no about New
York. but there are very few bait-
diggers. it seems. Along .‘lsmsic‘s
Bey, aunts and other places where
shore fishing is pursued there are
men who make their living selling
worms and other bait. 'Recolitiy
of lefayettes in the harbor and it
is reported that on s. Sunday boys of
Staten Island obtained as much as
CI a doses tor sand venue. the par.
does not add» the use of unborn. .
drills while he was at an onion-sin!
there was an exceptionally heavy run.
ticuisr delicacy most highly appre-
Room . for One.
By CHARLES 1‘. STEWART.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.—-Thc De-
partment of Agriculture's Bureau of
Biological Survey was prompt to re-
sent the“assertion of Dr. William. '1‘.
Hornadsy. the zoologisl. that the
bureau isn't doing all it alight. lo
chock destruction of the country's
bird life. but the Department of Ag-
riculture's Bureau of Entomology
comes across with the information
that the birds certainly are being
destroyed.
What the cntomologicnl folk
have to .Iiay is purely on their Own
account, not in answer to the biol—
ogisis' rather angry rcbptiai of
Dr. liornshey's charge. They sim-
ply arise to remark that bugs are a
good deal worse agricultural prob-
lem than they used to be. and that
the reason is-«therc aren't so many
birds.
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"Nature has her balances," as Can-
gressman Martin L. Davey. the tree
doctor. remarked to me recently.
“and when they're disturbed it makes
had work.
"For instance. plant life would ho
endangered but fOr birds. insects
liVe on the plants and if there wore
enough of them they‘d eat all the
vegetation on. There would be
enough of them. too. if it weren't
for the birds. They cat the insects.
“They eat so many. if there are
enough birds. that the plants hold
their own. The more birds the
more plants. But destroy the
birds or reduce their number con-
siderably and the insects multiply
enormously and at a prodigious
rate, and simply sweep vegetation
away."
I O 0
That America's bird life has di-
minished greatly in the last gener-
ation or two no authority on the
bubjrct denies. Some. of the Agri-
culture Department clitoniologists cs-
timate that it has been reduced by
The 'Last Frontier I
Plans are being made for the cel-
ebrstion at New Haven. Conn.. of
the, first agricultural experiment
station in America.
The elation Was established just
50 years ago with an appropriation
of not quite $3.000.
Today. the experimental station
has grown into a great national sys~_
tan with a total maintenance fund
of 310,000,000 a year.
Dr. E. W. Allen of the U. S. De.
partrnent of Agriculture. points out
however, that agriculture isn‘a twen-
ty-flve billidn dollar industry from
which half. the entire business of
the country and half the tonnage
value of the railroads arise.
from the fall of the Roman empire
until the close of the eighteenth
century there were virtually no
changes in agricultural methods.
Today agriculture is on a. scien-
tific basis.
selection research has produced
improved qualities in foodstuffs and
produced varieties which will grow
under conditions which were for-
merly prohibitive.
Corn-growing. for example,
now possible 300 miles further north
than it was once believed corn
would grow.
The study of soil composition has
made it possible to increase the
yield per acre by revealing the type
of renal»: needed and the type of
plant which grows best in the par.
ticular soil. '
The study of plant diseases and
plant pests has saved the nation
millions of dollars by saving crops
that would otherwise be lost.
0 O I
Sir Oliver Lodge. famed scien-
tist. calls attention
that should teach us to be patient
elated by isfsyettss: .
do!“ 3W.“
. Judas aslee- st you: as Mailman: '4 -'
Dr. Allen points out further that
is
e
to an incident
withrscientldc- research and nail
' ' .. Mount.» ’.
lavarl kisser
Birds and Bugs Start Row in Capital
half in it) years. But, reply the de-
partmental biologists, most of the do.
siruoilon occurred during the earlier
part of the «id’s-ears. when less pro--
iection was afforded than is afforded
today; it's adequate new.
Dr. liornadny says not. He says
it‘s adequate yet. and he inti.
males that ho thinks the depart-
mental biologists know it but don't
do anything about it because they're
too completely under the influence
or the American Game Protective
and Propagating Association. whose
members; he farther hints, seem to
him more interested ill l‘ll‘llilll‘fl than
in protecting arid propagating game.
.
It's this suggestion that they‘re on.
Mr outside influence that makes the
doparinwniai biologists see red. it
not only isn't so bill it‘s ridiculous.
they affirm.
The American Game Protective
and Propagating Association is
sore also, and not unnaturaily. for
Dr. liornaday‘s inlk somewhat im-
pugns its sincerity and the genu-
lnonees of its sportsmanship.
t I I
liowcver. .llio fact remains,’ that
the bugs have got. the jump on the
birds. Nor is there any evidence
that. bird for bug. the birds are do-
ing their duty any less efficiently
than of yore. The only possible con-
clusion is that there are fewer birds
than there were. Indeed. the thin
partmenlnl biologists and ihc'Ameri-
can Game Protective and Propagat-
ing Association don't dispute it. All
they contend is that the birds' num-
ber is no longer being reduced. But
hadn't their number ought to be al—
lowed to increase?
If the bugs are getting away from
the birds we have now. it looks that
way. To the average lay mind-—
which must make itself up when sci.
enlists disagree—~it probably will
seem as if Dr. Hornsday had rather
the hotter of the argument.
merely because we cannot see any
immediate practical application.
Lodge tells that when Faraday
demonstrated his first magneto-elec-
tric machine—the forerunner- of the
modern dynamo with which we
light our houses. and run our street
cars and electric motors—a member
of the Royal Society asked what on
earth the machine was good for.
story in Honolulu.
start.
later by a. larger telescope.
.—
Daily Almanac
try.
in Syria and Newfoundland. ,
am Johnson and Hiram.Maxlrn.
W
the United States.
u—nuan---—----_
Denver. Col.
Stephen Velka.
Another member of the audience
went further and deplored the in-
vention. saying that it would proba-
bly be used by flrebuss to start tires.
0 O 0
Plans are now being made to es-
tablish a large astronomical obser\'_-
Plans were made for this observa-
tory in 1914 but the World War
made it necessary to postpone them.
A four~foot reflector is to be
placed in the observatory at the
If it is found that the Ha-
waiian skies are satisfactory for as-
tronomical work. it will be replaced
The Catholic church today honors
at. Stephen. the king of Hungary
who in the eleventh century waged
a. vigorous campaign in behalf of
the Christian reiigion in his coun-
Today is celebrated as a. holiday
it is the birthday of Senator Hir.
Eastern Pennsylvania. New Jer-
say and Maryland produce about
one-fourth of all, the cement used in
Spanish-American War veteran. has
lust had a fragment of silver. which
entered his hand during imam, re.
m
Norwalk
20 Years Ago
“on: the Files of The Evening
‘ s e n ti n c l.
'The following items appeared in
[he issue on The Evening Sentinel of
September 2. 1905:
The Norwaik outer commission-
ers are now happy. They have re-
ceived word that the (lrupc reser-
voir is at last full and water is flow.
ing 0": the dam. This is the first
limo tliiit the reservoir has been
full of water since last June.
Tho marble season has opened
amour: the boys of the city. .
fir] on are becoming plentiful on
the local markets. .
Luther M. Wright, the South
Norwalk carriagcman, is altering a
large can-yell. that is to be used to
carry snialimhildrcn from one dis-
trict to another in Woslport. in or-
der that they may be placed'undcr
a single child.
Harold Green is entertaining a
friend from out of town this week.
Manager William Blaecer of tho
Noronnlk business men‘s baseball
club. which will contest with the
South Noro'alk business men. will
announce his lineup in ”10 near fu-
lure.
Mrs. Ralph Katrina] and
children. who have been spending
the summer in Germany. making an
extensive tour and visiting many
relatives and, friends. arrived at
their home in Elmwood avenue. yes-
terday. '
Judge John H. Light has returned
from a visit of several weeks. in
Northampton. Moss.
Officer Frank Raymond started on
his annual vacation yesterday. He
and his family will visit Coney Is-
land and other points of interest.
They will spend several days in New
Yet-k city. .
stepli Mackay is spending today
in New York-city in connection with
the celebration of the Rackoczi Ben-
efit society. _ _
A horse attached to a Berkshire
ice wagon. slipped and fell down in
Washingtonslreei, this morning.
Councilman and Mrs. Harry W.
Mather and'child of South Norwalk.
are spending a few days in Hart-
ford.
Tonight
Palaceu—"Grounds for Divmde."
Regent—“Ten Commandments."
Rielto—“Tho Marriage Whirl."
Semi-annual finance field day of
Connecticut League of Women \n‘ot-
are at Columbia.
I
i t
comm: EVENTS
Sept. 4.;Opening of Catholic
Council Week at Lakeville Mandr.
Sept. 4.~Meetiiig of Republican
Cityn‘conimillec.
Sept. S.—Gcrman American State
Field Day at Pleasure Beach.
Sept. 8.-Peach festival. Court
Frances No. 11. Order of Golden
Sceptre.
Sept. s—Annual meet New Ca-
naan Bird Protective Society.
Sept. 8.-—Trinlty Guild Blue Team
to Fete Reds.
Sept. 9.——Philethca class Nor-walk
M. E. church supper for ladies in
i Home for the Aged.
Sept. low—First. fall meeting of
D. A. R.
isis Revue at Guild Hall.
Sept. lien-Maruca-De Bone wed-
ding.
Sept. 14‘Meeting
Mothers’ Club.
Sept. ll-Slar of Columbia Circle
meet. -
of DeMolsy
at Trinity church.
Sept. 20.-——Amiunl Mission Festi-
val St. Peter's church.
meet at home of Mrs. Bailwiiz.
Sept. 24.——Entortainmcnt commit.
Alan‘s Hall, Washington street.
Lodge. shepherds of Bethlehem.
succeed. .
Think it over.
Wall Street'
A SLOG'AN
“W0rl{—-—Save——Succéed.” Mostpenplc
‘ work, many save and those who save
CENTRAL FAIRFIELD
TRUST co. ‘
N orwalk
FRIENDLY BUHINESS
Patrons confide to us that the
feeling of warm interest which we
take in customers' ui'i'ull‘s. when
an invited. adds to the sel‘Vlcc
which we render them as WU" es
lo the congenialliy of irunencllnlz
business hero and thrmi‘gh this
bank. Business inlmsinces, but
its transaction may be. pleasant
nevertheless!
The City National Bank
South Norwalk, Conn. V
two '
Free From Trouble
America’s emblem-the eagle
#mecns protection of property
and rights of its citizens. Every-
thing and everybody needs pro-
tection -tliot’s why wise men
name strong fmoncial institutions
executors of their estates.
Consult. any of our odioers con-
cerning your will.
i
South Norwalk Trust Co.
Service ’
’1'..- It.
.l’nnu D
Security
This agency is protecting some
of this community’s strongest
institutions against loss from
their greatest danger—FIRE.
Though strong. these firms
recognize their weakness in
case of fire.
They are cooperating with
experts in minimizing ~the
chances of ruinous loss.
If thisagcncy is not adequate-
ly protecting you there is a
loophole in your plans that
may mean disaster.
. . 5‘
Walter R. Collmgs
REAL ‘ESTATE BROKER
GENERAL lNSURANCE
Office Phone—8915
Residence—8699
23 North Main Street. South
Norwallr, .Conn.
sent. ll—Silvermine Guild of Aft- .
Sept. 19*Ki5l1.Benjamin wedding
Sept. lib—Past Pocalioniases to
tea Pride of llncas Council at Red
Oct. 21.—-Danbury Minstrel show
under auspices of Lady Jennings
*-._ a‘
J “ “
\VEDNESDAY, SEPI’. 2.
If so. you have a well balanced
mind. ‘
And you are able to converse intel-
ligently. *
You are master of any topic.
You are interested in literature
and music.
But you should have a. higher edu-
cation.
Because you try to do too much you
are apt to be misunderstood.
But your friends will appreciate
your work.
They will be constant and true:
You could be a public omciai or a
politician.
If you could control your private
opinions.
These flivver airplanes worry us.
With billion bales of hay and a
billion ones of . tobacco being-
. grown. the two may become raised.
YOU MIGHT AS
WELL BE OFF
THE EARTH
As Out Of Fashion
The Fashion that brings
Profit is the fashion of
saving money !
Is Saving not fashion-
able? .
There never was a time
when you people had so
many “wants” as right
now—these. days!
Saving -—- (of course it’s
fashionable)——is the first
step towards satisfying
those wants—-
Save Yours In
The Peoples
Trust Co.
First Bank Under
the Bridge
On Washm‘ gton Street
South Nor-walk
)
You'll have to have one scouts set
up in society, ‘ .
Little Joe
vs All; melt-r. to tie-cl
wELLENoocu ALONE;
lF You'ige Silkamsq.
Norwalk Chronicler