BOX AGE
access 0? uses To WHICH cano-
‘ ocean CASES Ase PUT.
“ladder, Not Much Understood II‘
m the Figures Are Gigantic—Bow
IQ m Employment For Then-ands.
Inlet!“ o! the Paper Box.
In the multiplicity of modern con-
- "him the paper box holds II. our:
place. Half a century ago the dry
goods dealer would present an empty
.2’ he: totha little daughter of his regular
am as amark at special favor.
m were then used only by the
wholesale houses tosend out their goods
ill. Md the retailer kept them to show
~ his wares in. Now the customer insists
‘ upon his purchase being placed in a
neat box. Not only is thisso in the
dry goods business, but in every other
business. The oyster fry in a box as a
. pacemaker was a popular joke half a
M years ago; now they dirt ice
cream in boxes, and all sorts of things.
Candy used to be sold in paper bags:
the unalles't purchase has to be put in
I box. The saucy confectioner might
bind a paper bag to a woman who had
made a small purchase. but never to a
f man. The men is probably more pal»
tieular about his parcel than a woman.
He hates to be seen carrying parcels
anyway, and those he does carry must
be thoroughly well disguised. If he
buys a bottle of whisky, he must have it
in I box, so that his friends may nus»
take it for a pair of shoes.
It is not surprising, therefore, Ihat
piper box making should have grown
into an important industry. In this
city alone no less than 5,000 girls are
employed in it. It is a comparativoly
clean, healthy business, is regular and
is well paid, the wages averaging be.
tween 37 and $10 a week. There arc
in this city '76 firms engaged in the
‘ business, but three-fourths of it is done
by 10 large firms. whose individual out-
put will run from $100,0001o $150,000
a year. As the average cost of a paper
box is 5 cents, you can form some idea
from this of the enormous number that
are used. One candy maker alone dur-
ing the month of December last usr-d
$10,000 worth of boxes.
Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago are
also prominent in this industry. and
the workmen and girls employed by the
firmsof those cities cannot be much less
than 20,000. There are small firms.
too, in every large city, In addition to .
ssaaenme roe allure.
Romantic Finding or the Glorious Queen at
'“ Her Sex.
I.
He made up his mind he ought to marry
and than stoned out on a still hunt for a
good. sensible girl for a wile.
ll.
He aw a young lady on acrowded street
car who was not occupy lug two seats, and
he thought: “This is promising. I’ll keep
my eye on her.”
111.
He met a young lady on the street. who
worse gown that did not troll in the dirt,
and he thought: "She’s worth watching.
She has some sense.”
IV
lie was introduced to a young lady at. a
ball who was not overdressed, and yet who
were a waist. that was visible to the naked
eye, and he thought. ‘Tasta. modesty and
sense '1‘ hat’ a a good combination "
' v.
'He not behind a young lady In a theater
who took on her hat and let him get a
glimpse of the stage. and he thought
“Consideration tor others is a great point
. mug; and out, who she Is." .
Vi
He stood behlnd a young lady 'n a dry
goods storewhn did not paw over eIerI
thing in light and keep one .clerk busy {or
an hour that she might buy a spool of
thread, and be thought, "She must really
be a treasure "
v11
He was accidentally pushed against a
young lady' In a crowded corridor who did
not. stare at him and mutter. “Awkward
brute," when he apologized. and he thought.
“There's a gem.”
Vlll.
He noticed a young lady at a street corner
in the business part III the city waiting for
a car, and he could hardly believe his eyes
He boarded the same car and followed her
to w home.
Ix
Three days later. alter he and wcured an
Introduction he said.-
"A few days ago 1 saw you at a crowded
street corner waiting for a car.”
"Yes,” she said in some surprise,
“You sIood at one side of the crossing,
where you would not be in the way of poo
nle who wished to cross the street.”
"I always do that,” she said.
“Queen of your sex!” he exclaimed iIn-
petuously. “Beacon light in the darkness
of woman’s ways! Shining star of progress
toward a batter conception of the courtosics
of city life! Will you be mine?"
. I Q I ' U D
The answer is of no particular conse-
quence in this tale. She could have him it
she wished, and that is the main point it is
intended to bring out—Chicago Tribune.
4.
Straight From Ilemlqlmrtnrs.
Perseus! sympathluwi
enlisted will rejoice with D. E. Carr of
1285 Harrison meet. Kansas City. Be
is an old sull'em' lrom inflammatory
rheumatism, but has not heretofore
been troubled in this climate. Lost
wicterhe went up into Wisconsin, and
in consequence has had another attack.
“It came upon me again very acute and
severe." he d. “My joints swelled and
became in ad; sore to touch or al-
most to col: st. Upon the urgent
request of my mother-ln-law I tried
Chamberlaiu' a Pain Balm to reduce the
swellingeaud easethe do. and to my
street!) dhoth. I have
used these tllty- «sent bottles and believe
it to be the finest thing tor rheumatism,
the
us and swelliugs extant. For sale by
. C. Stilleou, drugglst.
“Hall I span of angry steel” will pro
does no more fetal results than a neglect-
edcold or cough. For all throat and
lung diseases, Ayer’s Cherry Pastoral is
the best remedy. It is invaluable in
cases of creep. whopping cough, bron-
chitis and la gripbe.
11 King Solomon was alive he would
say: “Go to the traveling man. learn his
ways, and be wise.” Mr. C. W. Batten,
a Cincinnati traveling man representing
the Queen City Printing Ink 00.. after
culturing intensely for two or three days
with lameness ol’ the shoulder, resulting
from rheumatism, compleme cured it
with two applications of Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm. This remedy is gaininga
wide reputation for its prompt curse of
then atIsm, lame back, sprains, swell-
ings, nd lameness. 50 cent bottles are
tor sale byG. C. Stillson druggiet.
It a New York millionaire gives a din-
ner at 5th avenue and 26th street, costing
.700. 00, which givesn 19 1:51: 30y?" peigsa
and these people
ors’ bills and line y have to pay $5. 00
each for Cactus Blood Cure to cure them,
what would be the saving per capita it
the dinner should not be given, there
being 87 persons at the least?
Inquire at Plaisted’e drug store, where
you qmay have the problem solved and
get information about 0 some Blc iCure
A lad at Tooleye. LIL. was very sick
with bi ions colic II hen M. U. Tieler, a.
prominent merchant of the town gave
her a. bottle of Chamberlain‘s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhwa Remedy. He
says she was well in forty nunutes after
taking thclirst dose. For sale by H U
Stillsou, druggist.
Spring is full of terrors to all “been ’
constitution is not able to resist the sud-
den changes of tom mperntun- and othcrin~
saluhrities of the season. To put the
system in modifier] to ovorcomt- these
evds, nothing is so ellec tive as Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Take it now.
we WILL own, 0N BETTER canons. A
Cash Discount of 100 ~ per yard.
Melting all Wool Ingrains, 500, 50c, best 650; Tapestry Brussells, 50c. 65¢,and best See; Body
Brussells 90c, 31.00, best $1.15; Velvets and Moquettes, only 01.00; Mattings, Oil Clothe and Lino-
A. Dickerman & Son,
84 WASHINGTON STREET. SOUTH NQRWALK. CONN.
Opening Days, May IO 1 I
We will show you all the newest geods and shapes
CLOTHIN
and Children’ s
A special department exclusively for Children where mother can have everything tried on
and see just how the garments tit, and look before buying. Everything for Boys wnar ‘
CometoOurOpeningMay l0, 1 l
w. A. BENEDICT & COMPANY.
WASHINGTON STREET,
For Men’ 3,
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SENT-INEL BUILDING, SOUTH NURWALK.
which many large manufacturers malts 5
their own paper boxes. .
The first paper box maker was George
W. Plumly, who started in the busi—
ness at Philadelphia in 1840. Ho and
his partner cut out the boxes, their only
tools being a straight edge, compasses.
shoe knife and scissors. They cmployml
five girls to paste and for six or son-n ,
years had a monopoly of the business.
Then Charles W. J encks started in the
business in Providence and introduml
a rough scoring machine to cut partly
through the cardboard where it is fold-
edto make the box. At that time it
was a struggle to obtain proper mate-
rials. There were few paper mills in
the country, and the straw board used
was very poor stuff, not two sheets
coming out of the mill of the same size. . . . , y .
It was made by hand of straw, meadow {inmfitxs'iriftmd “0m the "m" “m n“
hay, refuse straw from stables. dried in _ , A , , . l
the open air on the ground, and consr- Stir “'untml Thur. l
quntly was often tilled with sand.
which made it interesting for tho cut.
tors. The best quality of mill board
was all imported.
In thosovarly days tho young Women
in the paper box fal'lnl'lt‘fl made bow ._
as their InothI-rs made pic-I, ”(um at a
time and that one Well." A girl who
could make plvsquirkly and Well (-oulIlI
make boxes in a similar style. 'l'lIv
operations wvro Muncwhnt similar.
There was the some manner of cutting
out material, the same caressing way
of putting down and smoothing out Ibo-
”box coverings as the pie crust and Iluo
same way 01 trimming of! surplus ma-
terial. Now everything is done by Ina-
ohinery in paper box making, and the
girls have nothing to do but fw-Il the
material to the machines.
George A. Dickerman of Boom“
started in the business in 1803 in Bus.
ton, and about 1070 a Frenchman named
Runyon introduced the business in this
city. The old fashioned wuyof scoring
the pastebonrd with a rule and II cob-
bler’s knife continued until 1871, when
the first machine was illlrmltli'ud. This
was the invention of Mr. Bigelow of
New Haven. This scoring machine
was such a success that a number of
firms sprang up. six years after a man
named Marshall of Boston made a
lighter and easier running machine.
and in 1881 John T. Robinson & Cc.
invented the present scoring machine.
The trouble with the former machines
was in the time it took to adjust the
knives to a new size or pattern of box.
in the Robinson scorer there are two
setsot knives, so that one set can be
“1ij while the other is being used.
Nowadays the whole of the material
is made in this country, and it is n sat~
infection to know that the scoring ms-
chlnel and the hoxmalring machines
are all the result of Yankee ingenuity.
Paper boxes are used all over the world
now. and all the world has to get its
THEODORE SAYS:
Never Before in South Norwalk,
ShwamI haven't shown this ring ton
soul, have you?
Ho~l\'o. darling. Why, l only succeeded
WAS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THIS OFFERED
" 'Hdcaih,” hc hissed between his not of
teelh. "that in what comes of a girl being
Worth It million in her own right." and the ‘
$11.33.?3fi"..‘(I'Z'lif‘fllhi~§f§l.ll‘lnl"fil§l 500 Pair Ladies' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip: Worth $1.25, at 00c.
'15,.» :1:th Ihv Imnlwnnn “II—Drona Free 500 Pair Ladies’ Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip, Square toe: Worth $2.00, at $1.00.
500 Pair Ladies' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip and Front Stay: Worth 02.00, at $1.00. '
300 Pair Ladies' Nice Russet Blucher Oxford: Worth 81. 50. at 05c.
:100 Pair Ladies’ Russet Oxford Common Sense—Just the Thing for Sore Feet; Worth 31. 50, at not
100 Pair Ladies’ Hand Welt Patent Leather tip Kid Oxford; Worth $3.00, at $1.50.
200 Pair Ladies’ Whole Fox Big Button Razor toe, Wing tip Shoes; Worth $4.00, at $2.00.
200 Pair Ladies’ Fine 010th top Whole Fox Razor toe, Patent Leather tip; Worth “.00, at 02.00.
200 Pair Ladies’ Fine Cloth top Whole Fox Square toe, Patent Leather tip: Worth 04.00, at 02.00.
200 Pair Ladies’ Very Fine Kid Big Button Crimp Vamp, Patent Leather tip: Worth 84,50, at $2.50.
200 Pair Ladies’ Kid Big Button Square toe, Crimp Vamp—The Latest Thing OutflWorth 81,50, at $2 :30.
II...I.I.I..n..I.-.;... .. mm, W,” Ylmdun,‘ 300 Pair Ladies’ Kid Button Patent tip, all Sizes. This is a Dandy; Worth 01.50, at $1.00.
Hm.“|,i,.),.1,.|,1,,y.,ng 300 Pair Misses’ Spring Heel, Button, Plain toe: J. F.18wain’s Make; Worth 82.00;” $1.25.
All!" of Family «No, but my boys ride bl- .
.. MEN’S DEPARTMEN .
slnllnwula. «Hood \‘ewa.
100 Pair Men' 3 Fine Square toelLace Shoes; Worth": .,00 at 1. 25.
300 Pair Men’ s Fine Calf Laces and Congress; Worth 3.00, at 1.50.
400 Pair Men's Fine Calf Blncher, Cap toe; Worth 2.50, at1.50.
300 Pair Men’s Fine Calf Blucher, Piccadilly Cap toe; Worth 3.00 at 2. 00.
360 Pair Men’s Fine Russia Calf Blucher Welt: Worth:3.50, “12.25.
“Will you be my wife?"
That was the conundrum be had n~ksd
her.
It is It conundrum which has been asked
manytimcs, and many “it‘ll have had to
gin- 1t up.
“l must have time to reply," she said.
“How much time will _\ou require?"
' IlI Illy ldoIII knou ‘lhcw arc. scuu
ahead of Ion not \t‘l disposal of but I
lmpoto l in In up all my unfinished business
before the summer hotels open. hupposr
you more around about the middle of
Juno “
"IIIW.I'II and \ islble Sign.
Bunk.»w l' but real estate man who has an
wofllce across the street has just made It sule.
Rivers. » How do you know?
“How do i know? Haven't you Hl‘ell him
smokinga cob pipe every day for the last
six Weeks?
"1 think l have?"
“W all «an 't you me he's fillmhinu a
clgurr"-l‘ hicugo Tribune.
India of Bicycling.
()ld Friaud You an- lwconuug round
liprlng (‘ lennllig.
The mirror is under the mat.
And all of my wife’s beet apparel.
My dross null. and crevat and my finest silk
but
llang daunting uponthe ash bum!
Our shine is thrown wlth the c cal,
\\ lib lite hammer and butt-hat upon It.
And the sewlng machine stands enlmuul ss-
"ill!
on the top of Jane‘s beeutlml bonnet.
The piano. wlIh legs in the air,
With the tall I heudeller ls entangled.
My oil paintings rare. with the baby a high
chair.
machinesfrcm this country. In France In slllntermlngled anIlInunglI-Il. Ladles’ and Gentlemen these are the biggest bargains ever altered in {south Norwalk,
'l’he molaw-a lug trickles sway V
piper boxes are still made by hand by W, Wmm. lmhm‘mm p“...
”“1 firms, but the machines have been Hr line ham or Cute and elmkrswan and
Introduced there. and it will not belong Plato
before these Yankee inventions will .1,“ m", I“ M“ “Wm“ “l W" “W"-
0‘ Work in all their factories. For chaos has conu- to our home.
, boxmakér now may“; .2 for And order and law are a mockery.
“we Work he got ’5 for 21 years My “human and comb are lIIIdeded in
3;: yet he makes a larger profit and is
to pay higher wages. The ma-
chinists uncomplicated and not ex-
, palm. The business gives needy
Imminent. as there is practically no
And coal is backed up in cm crockery.
Our hrlrw-tmc II piled In the yard,
uur VII-ea ens smashed into ilInuI-r.
it makes me but! frantic to see my slams
seal ring thrown away with the closers.
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........ ...... ............ . ........ .. 8 l ,. Washington Street .
, cumdeufiemacumemruuslag “.m Whimfllfiupliza . .“ ’
.0! which a largolapplyhu mmm airbus ‘ '
, tohskoptonhand. ”the torthorutotthlm my:
Mummmothuw ”.ufiam' armband-nu nich-
Whommummm
‘ New York Wail.
SOUTH NORWALK, 01'.
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