BLOOK.
BRIDOEPORT, ct.
'l'he phenomenal success of our
"Great Manufacturer's Sale"
Clothing eclipses anything of the
kind ever before attempted. 'l‘hous-
ands have taken advantage of this
grand opportunity to purchase
suits, Overcoats and i'lstcrs at less
Trade
increases daily, due to the wonder-
tiian cost to manufacture.
ful values we are giving. There
still remains many thousand dol-
lars worth of dependable merchan-
disc which we shall offer at still
than ever before.
eludes Furnishing Goods, Hats,
Caps, the.
MEIGS ft CO.
8 8 Overcoats
reduced to
$4.89
$6.25
$7.75
8w ()vercoats
reduced to
8n ()vcrcoats
reduced to
sis Overeoats
reduced to
it to Ulsters
reduced to
St: L'isters
reduced to
815 Ulstcrs
reduced to
“ GREAT
Maniufactrer’s
SALE.”
will (lulldl's lif.’
chasingY NOW.
Megs&Ca
You save pur-
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7“" When buying tobacco, .see that you get a brand that exactly suits your
taste and temperament. If you appreCiate a tobacco of high quality—enjoy a
cool, sweet, delightful smoke, get
ORI LLARD’S
the height of tobacco perfection; a tobacco that neither bites the tongue, or
, fouls the pipe. Delights the young smoker. thoroughly satisfies the old
smoker. It’s all tobacco prepared by the LORILLARDS—that’s why.
‘ 'Sold everywhere, 2 oz. for 5c. Try it.
p .
"’1" _ hat-- Iv ~ m
. . ‘, ‘WOMAlllS‘ w
Sturdevant l “M
lower prices—giving greater values
This sale in--
”an American girl, who.” c-vcry one.
' “tilled, we
W MW at»
ORLD.
HOW SUZANNE KEVSER WON THEE
. MEDAL AT THE INSTlTUT RUDY. l
i
You. "It! Mold-«ulnurllnllutlon Atom-t. '
Women-~A siiomm Woman “flit“;
Idoul Dm- of Ibo Working Wot-inn.
le Limit of Woman's Work.
3
l
w, aw... tun-m
woman‘s. l-o ‘ Wt" '
'1‘ mam ~§
"mum" '1'“ "m. u” "M “"l‘mit abolition were pnulble we would
changoth, giving place to new. " .
Maidens who have pointed their thir- *
tieth yeariiiuy now claim tinit they reps
l't‘l‘t‘lll the most put-{mt and advanced .
f typuof iiiuidciiliuod and look down upon
girl-t who marry before 2.". as very much
more lllilll to savage-s. for it in it well
* known fact that theatre of marriage ud-
vaiicrs with t'l\'llll:.lll‘u. Amoiiu tho
.Austi-tdiuiis and other savages girls
Philadelphia has many people mid
many things to ho proud of. but it is ;
not generally known that. ono of it» fair
.‘dimglitersliua won such distinction as
: has never bt-foro fallen to the lot of no
3 American. This young woman, not yet
i 2‘) yours of age, in Miss. Suzanne Kcy- !
j rcr. the daughter of Mr. Uliurles S.
Keysei‘. tho well known lawyer. So i
quietly has sliu reaped hcr unusual hon-
; out that few ontsitio of the circle of her
. most. llll’lllllllu acquaintances are aware .
t that she, an American born and English i
. speaking maidcii. went to France. and 1
. in Paris, its literary and artistic center.
3 won the medal for dramatic ability iii
1the [nation Rudy against at least. 300 -
icompotitors, all of whom were French.
. How she won the medal which never
, beforo has erosscd tho ocean is told by
F her in a bright. pleasing’l‘nsbion. csscii~
.tially girlish and very winning in its
‘ utter absence from any mice of euotlstn.
“l have always loved to recite. and
to be trained by some tiiciiiber of tho
(foniediu Frnneaise seemed to be tin-
height of my ambition. Therefore when
papa took me to Paris I made up my
mind that I should at lcnst aim for
what, Idiiid always been dreaming about.
. Therefore one- iiioniiut: We. went to son
st 1 \.\"\'F. tinvsrtiz.
anoiit Vernon tit the theater. and I,-
told him I wantt d to liocoiiio one of his
pupils. He looked inn allover. sliruuuod
his shoulders. have. me a little picco of
poetry and said. ‘L‘oiiio to my house to’
inoirow and icrzito that to inv.‘ Win-ii
toltitirrtiw‘ lrziiin‘, “'09 Went in SW him.
As I entered he said in a sort of patron-
izing fashion, ‘Dcn‘t. lu- fiiuhn'ncd.‘
ifp to that iiiinuto I had no thought cf
being frightt‘ucd. but just. then a big
lump came up in my throat which had
lll'\'I'l' bccii tiicrc lrctorc. For a iiiiiiuto
_Ifclt I was going to break down. but I
coiiipirrcdthc t‘car anti did tho llt’sll
kncw how. When I was through. he
ro-c. kissed nib on the forcln :id and
called lltt‘ his pupil. li'i-r xi yiar lstnti-
icd with blind-fab. he was such a man.
the best and l-luvt-rcst teacher in the
world. linciiio Moiit-rc—ali of thc poois
and dramatists i lived with constantly,
each day living more perfect iii my
bunch. of course. \Vlicn my course
with him was coiiulndod. I twin to tho
liistiiut Rudy as a sort of finishing
touch. A year more there, and the llllll‘
came for me to L!“ home. On 'l'liuisduy
Isaid noodli'y to my fellow stndciiis. as
l cxpcctcd to sail on Saturday, and back
to the pension that had bccii my homo
for so long I Went to lilil-ll‘llly packing.
The old lady who kcpt. it. and whom I
had always supposed disliked inc, was
very tiliectitiiiiitc, kissing nio on both
checks. mid I could til-once that she was
more than ordinarily excited. ‘5"
" ‘Pnt on your best gown, inade-
inoisclle,’vsaid she, and I, puzzled all
tho wliiio at. her dent ‘Mlill‘, obeyed. My
astonisliiiicut was greater win-n we
started oil in :i ll:l('l‘(‘, the bits or mini
being usually good ciiotiuii for us. Soon
we drew tip at. the 1"I‘llihffllsu: but. in-
stead of going in the front. way, 1 fol-
} lowed her to the stago entrance. Ilcre
iny tr-iichcr incl lllt'. and kissing moon y
the forchcad said. ‘lti tlirco minutes,
tnatlcinoiscllo, you are. to Illtllit‘ your .
debut. '
“You can imagine my feelings as ho
told inc what todo. and after 1 had gone
out lit-fore that vast. :iiitliencu and given
it. tragic scciio from one play. a bit of i
~roiiicdy from another and finished up
with tho littlo ‘pocin I had lit-st recited I
iii Paris. I felt as though I was the most l
.dismal failure iii the norld. There was
an awful silc rev, and no one scctned to
look at tile or care about me. Turn all
of a sudden there was a lzl't‘lll t‘lttpplili:
of hands as a man stepped forth and
liaiidcd me this i‘iictlal. [didn‘t know
it was for inc and didn't want to tllkt'
it. but ”it'll M. Vernon came to my side
i and in the midst. of tho cntlinsiasui told
:lut‘ how he had entered lllt' in tin- coin- .
1petition without my knowing it. how
tho judges wt I'D not willing that an
1American shonldcoinpetc. and the con-
: ilition was MJW‘ me go on totally nu
lprcparcd to mako things fair in lll('l1'
1 own IlllllllS.‘ Yet, after all. in their own
l lai'igtitittc. and because they ically judged
line the best. the medal was handed to
. even the judges, up to that iiioiiiout had
{regarded to: French." — Philadelphia
E Times.
Young ()ld Maid». l
At a very smart wctidiir'z a fcw days .
logo it suddenly oceurrul to me that the l
lumineutly lovely bride walking down
i the aisle was not. a day under tit) years
fof age. and yet she had never been i
‘ thought of as anything btit a young and .
beautiful we rm, and the term “bid .
Lmaid” would ..avo been as, likcly to be i
3‘ .mlier side as to liUl"
\‘
"’an la t but think how .
}‘ at)“ l
t" 6:?
”Set.” , 1
., 7 3 km.
u
r
"Via as,
‘ tradc llt'it‘ is hotter cveiy day.
‘ days and Saturdays 1 am \‘i ry bin-y.
marry at ii. to or own it yours 0! .ngfi;
tannin; scuiicivillm'd Egyptians. Hin-
door, rte. tho ago is from 1:3 to H:
‘ronthorn .l‘lnropciuin marry their girls
betwmeu tlic ages of 1.3 and l3. while
among ihc iiuilultn who lead modern
. oivilieiiiioti theatn- isii constantly rising
one—Audit l? or lh‘ of Do ycais ago the
I rivet-zinc has rist n to intwcon 2| and 735.
Anal docs it not lollow, by inexorable
l logic. that pirls v. ho wait- imtil us: or :30
are lld't'llllllltln of a still higher eivlli- .
zatioii':
\
marry later in lifo than they used, but
it is ctpialiy ll'lll‘ that evciyitln’rc the
more ieatturo woman is to the fore. ’l‘hc
young and iiioxpcriciitcd bird has ctarued
to bc the reigning qiitcii of the hour.
She has hi on forced toyicld her place to
the lltllllll't'l' woman. ilic woman of nul-
tivatul mind and llltlllllt‘l‘rl, of broader
experience and wider knowledge.
All this is only tho natural result of
ambition. With her dccpI-r inn-rests.
wider outlook. enlarged sympathies. she
scarcely {ct-ls therch-nticss match of the
yrars, and with all the new light iipnti
iicr physical cart- and condition she can
canily look as young as she feels. Rouge
pots. wigs and hair dyes liayt‘ happily
gone their way, and fresh air. t'Vttli'lr‘tn
htithazuid dict liai't tokt‘ii tlicii‘ place.
—-New York Sun.
Discrimination Acnlnnt Women.
it is not dillicnlt in bud an excuse for
the retinal of the incii of Massachusetts
to give the ballot to worth it. So long as
the masses of female rilllt‘lh' of that or
any other .ttatc aro iiziliifm tit in tho
sittitagb qurstioii tin-it fiitlit-rs, husband-3
and brothers will not insist on loading
tin-in with political burdens or diitits.
This may or may not be the lit-st policy.
. but it liartnoiiizcs with human nature
and is lilo-ly to stand. The :ulvm-atcs of
t'qlltll stiti'ranc should scu. in recent
cwnts~ in Ncw York and Massachusetts.
that. their woik but among tbo women;
that a dcsirc hr the ballot on the part
of a majority of the women is it condi-
tion picccticui to their ucttinu it. Ap-
peals to lcgislaturcs. to constitutional
('Ull\'t'llll(ill.-‘ and to party cotivtiittotis
will have imb- i ll‘ect while the mount
remain in a don't care stair of mind.
lint tlzc tact that the woiin-ii of Mas--
sachusctts do not vote exccpt for school
oliicci's is not a and reason for dis-
t'rlltllllilllllll. against them in public citi-
ploj.‘iiicut.~:. _ lndm-d tbci r a-xi-ltz-ooti from
any participancy in inalt'ni: laws. .4‘
se~<ii;.:t;i.\;c.~'aiiddrcitlitip tilinl :iiiitzuiits'
ot' iii-:iay shall be cxpctidcd f..r tlii.~'.
that and the othcr piii'pt so ought to in-
>12‘tl‘l' the you»: and their oilicial agents
with a dwiv and puiposo to carefully
guard the right-t and interests of tho
nontotiiin sm. int it does not appcar
to have donu (hi the contrary tho
\l‘I-lill ii in all parts if the i‘ltiit' :iru
lt‘ult d unfairly in tho «can public cin-
pioyiacnt in v. bichycy are and alwayi
inivo ltl‘t'll cons-"pit tioiisly stita~c~:-i’til———
that of ii teacher.
.lustii-udcuiaiuls lll:ii‘:l woman l o paid
[ht- ‘dilllt‘ wages as a man for tea: him;
in the public scln nls. It. is not just to
pay uoint it only $45 pri' month for-work
in public schools for which turn row ivo
l}!'3h.——-I'I.‘:cii:ititzc.
_..i,
A hueecsuful \Vomnn Bat-bent
Ali's. Anne Howard has opt-ind ti bar
but; shop near the hockiyn bridge.
wlicrc all tho work is dono by “‘Hllll‘ll—
done most dclhzitcly and delightfully.
"l lil'lli'Vt‘. it would be ltfltmtl idea to
have a couple of t'ttltili'tl women to pol-
ish lions. too.” she .-:il(l to a New York
rcptu'tcr. “As NM” :ln‘ incl! tic! ovcr lliu
strangeness of it they like to have a
woman take care. of tlicm. I lcnriicti
bow to sham out west. wlicio must (it
the new ideas come from those days. I
have two sliops'iii Chicago that are do-
ing a good biisincss. In one of them.
while Iwas working tin rowitii i'otit
others just. before (‘lillllllLZ east. we tool;
iii 3M2.) a wt wk. and the business in
growing.
“I am going to. open a shop in New
York hcfnro long—~tliat is. as soon as I
am wciistartcd bore. Rents aros‘o much
higher U\t‘l' tiici'o in any lm‘titioii that I
_ should care to have that I thought! had
bcttcr bc 5. tllt'tl in Brooklyn iii‘st. My
\Vi'tllit‘.V
I
shall llll\'l' 1w” more woiiicii hero within
. itivt‘ck or it'll (lays. (ll coursc it isn't as
casy to iiiiil t-fially mod \vonicn barbtrs
as it is to liiid tin-n. but. I know so many
that I shall not have any trouble.
“Tho men in this busincss dcn't liko
tlic itlca at :ill. and every now anti then
I rcccivu anonymous 1‘. tiers from H mic.
iiitiii barhcr or other. All Iliavo to my
for tho writers is that while thcy wt ijc
writing they were not doing anything
else, and that thcyhnvmi‘t done the any
harm." ‘
Philadelphia has a college for bar-
i burs. when: women are admitted. Sonic '
of them better take Mrs. Howard as an
example and start out for thoiiisclvirs.-—
Philadelphia Press.
‘ Ideal Drona d the “'orkiug “'omnn.
Iilrs. Martha Strickland is not only a
lawyer and a lecturer on parliaiiicnlary
law, but a warm tidvociito of physical
culture and correct- drcss. This talented .
woman. who is yet young and charming
and graceful. carries out lict‘ idcas re-
garding correct dress in an artistic and
picturesque way that is decidedly pleasv
inn. even to very fartidiims people.
Inappcarauccslio is of medium bright
and plump. Her fiicu is full. the ex-
pressiun pleasant. with it nzouth and
chin that doiiotc lii'nititss and strength.
Her eyes are of dccp blue and lzg'la' i-‘l‘
with animation when Sill! talks. ltuct nt-
ly when asked to give her idca of the
l
1 working woman's costume she said:
“The ideal dress of the working worn- i
It is not only a fact that women.
. he the limit of \\‘t-lll;‘ll‘il wotlz':
. «m momma“.
All would‘unnb lb! Iklfl, but «on It
denim tor llll other. txzctulonl to robin
the shirt. The masculine idea in femi-
ininudretin in one which hi thoroughly
llitll‘llh‘llt'. It in min iiiuti'udreits is more
convenient than that of women, but this
lii its solo advantage. for ii, iii hopelessly
ugly. nuil' why women should imitate it
in any It'npt‘t'l lcaiiiiot lmuttitie. They
him-not ailoptcd its iitilitarlniifenturos,
but have tuia ii thosc which are most
undesirable. Naturally llll! corset is an
oliatzu-lo lli thcwav ot' dross improvru
mind. by “caring looso. plnin waists.
which i» a .l «only l'ai-Inoii. not tin iir-
tisiic one. It was a bad expression of a
amid kind. and the corrected tiguro has
this advantage. that ii is it good expres-
doii of a bad kind. So uc prcfcr tho
viii-mill iittingct.i-.~t-tt-il waist of tlietuo,
lor \vo :ill lilac skill. "—Ncw York
World.
'llu~ Limit 0! “'omcn'l “'ork.
Now como lltutillt‘v‘lltlllfl. What should
Where
should they draw the line? This, at any
rntc. it ismili-toniiswir. “At that point
where their \virk ccnscstodogtual." As
sum as a -\\'oiii:ni feels siio is in it posi-
tion in which tho bust and noblest of
iii-"ii eras e to icoi; upon her with rover-
cncc. tin-ii sla- may be sure Flll! has mer-
*lllllllt‘tl lllt.‘ limits of \i-oiuuiilytliuiiity
and [PM rye, and that ihcrclicr influence
will lt'i! l‘c pnro. elevating and noble.
There is plcnty ot‘ real work for all of
r..~ in do bcyond tho sphere of home. iii
the lit-ids oi art. science and literature,
and ulw. liim l~‘loicnw Nightingale and
many othcr bravo women. as nurses and
Ctiflllttl'lttl‘n‘ of the sick. the wounded anti
tho dying.
\Voinon's iiiilucncr- is sometimes said
to ho printer now than in past times. It
is more palpable certainly. but I doubt
whciiiv r more potent, for, as we know
well for centuries. the liiiiid that rocked
tlio cradli- rulctl tlic world. The differ-
Him: is that nowadays womcn are not
commit to \H-l‘k quictly iltl illl'I'lEWll'n
pullers. Instr ad they like to see and be
Cer”, and to have the credit of their
deeds. ‘.
Tho old idca was that “men must
work and \voim-ii must weep." but the
uowcr idea that women should work,
too, according to their talents and tip-
pill‘llllllili"(. N't‘llli more rational and
healthy and l.‘ calculated to make. them
tvm-p less. Ltl them give over Weeping
by all int-ans. but in all their work let
them l't'ltll‘llllll'r that “woman isnot tin-
dcvclopcd man, lint diverse," and
tlicret'oi‘o not. to try to be like men. and
also not to think that nothing is too
high or it o sacred for lllt'nl to meddle
with—Homo Notes.
Miss liclcn t'iiii‘c.‘ has given $12000.-
UUU to tho i'iiiveisity of Chicago. it is
always gratifying to tlicfrieiidSot' equal
llulls‘ ‘.\'llt-il t'lt‘llUL‘illlUHlll coil. "0» and
tiiiycrsttirs hit them generously i'cineni-
hercd, l‘s}.t't2i.lll}‘ by women.
'l‘lz- ‘.:t;~'t‘fut‘ lace in woniaii'siiiiery
.L‘Sll tids i...\¢;-.ii:i_v.-' lit:r;illy from head to
loot, for lfll‘t' slippcrs and low shoes
inatic ot ellllrtllt‘tl not and triiiiincd with
lace l'l‘t‘il'“. aic shown for ballroom
“but. .
llflllSESl
llllllii Boaiiel ii the Willi]
at our stables on Water street in thr
city. or at our Bust Norwnik or Wes
Nethlk farms.
Good Warm - Stab’es.
large yard for exercise. oprning to th-
aouth. protected on three‘ sides by build
inns; careful experienced horsemen l1
llYMililll tits;
Aceton._Aceton.
toot now been before the public, two
years, :llltl its success in ttnritvg‘all dis-
eases in which pain and bush [ever an
lll'ninincot symptoms has been truly
t'cuiiii‘knble.
LA GRIPPE.
lt i~ in this dread tlisensctlialdcefim bib
achieved its grrlt est siieerss. if takr-o
upon the llttltl‘lt“1IlIt"‘ of tli’ tir-t
syriiptoins. headache. fever. muscular
soreness. etc... it will cure about rvery
case. and completely (‘lll‘t‘ in N“ hour»
Soconlldciit are we oi' tin-i fact that
we offered last winter $21K) for it, case.
iti which it Completely failed.
HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. l
Ninety per (:t‘lll. of all heather-nus Will
be relieved at one". the other l” per;
(.l'lll. being caused by l'Tl‘tll'N or rclrnc- '
tion can only be cured by properly
llllt‘ll glasses. Netiralgimtbnt tcnr ‘
inc, darlitIL'. anonizmg pain th-‘l‘ the
eye or through the irutplesp is quickly
overcome. .
COLDS.
‘ 'l'hri-e powders taken as dircclcdnn
circular will break up the severest
’(mhl in two hours. pron-tiling.r pneti
trioniu. bronchitis. ctt'.
DVSMENORRHOEA. 3
Forum nuotiizmu i-ninsof this Very
common disorder Aer-ton is the finest
remedy in the world today. So res of
ladies. who have been great siill‘rrvn ‘
for ycan write us that three or four
ponders will invariably control the
l
pain. ,
ACETON . p l
in l'li up in boxes oll'1p1wdr-ru molt]
fltr'l‘icciits. l’nr -.'Ill‘ by u.l Ilf'ltu-l
Ji>l.-.
U18]
«1611“
liltltlll Mi shill.
' iirsrie, eoxx.
., t -.
BOS
’ L’lith any of December. 1395.
. “Wuflhuflnflahdulk ."
punts. ‘monu. RELIABLE.
II the verdict arrived It by
Chemical Anniynll of
BAKING
”MD
Economy, Health and Satisfactory
Ref-tilts attend its use.
lmwsowun Iv ,
e. n. noes a sex. New London, Con. !
l. NI-ZW ”NE on
BABY CARRIAGES
AN!)
Refrlgeratorsl
A'l
Raymond 8: Sons.
Successors to lit-o. ll. Raymond.
Furniture Dealers anti General
Funeral l.)ireetors.
be and 68 Main Street, Norwalk
Residence, :l llcrlteli-y Pint-e.
'l‘cleplione, 77 l.
The following extract speaks
for itself:
il’rotnthe Baker's Record. London, No-
vember I, lhltfi.)
"WASHBURN’S SUPERLATIVE,
the CREAM ofAmerican Patents
was the ONLY American Flour
used by Mr. T. E. Turner, who
gained the Champion Gold Med-
al at the late Baker's Exhibition
for the BEST BREAD. ’See Balt-
er's Record, October 4, l895.
Can be obtained of all respect-
able Factors and Millers.”
This shows that \Vashburn's
Superlative is gaining world wide
tame.
Roberts, Tucker
8: Goodwin.
Hartford, Conn.
700 Main Street
Mill Agcnts l't Ir (.‘oniiccticut.
CANDY
hc finest; in tho citv, choice of
16 kinds at. 2 it‘s. for 25c
' 4
Oranges. plus.
Raisins, Currants. Jams.
Wnite Grapes. Celery.
‘ AND
Eventing _ ,
I ruins.
‘ lilllllillllllllllllltll's
72 North Main Street .9
tf
NOTICE 1
BOARD. OF RELIEF.
Notice is‘bereby given that tin- 8 lord of
liclirf for the Town of Norwalk, on the
It~.~r.~.~'[nt‘lll list of lHltfi, will meet in Ihe
~t'lt‘cllill‘li'stiillct'. .\l' inlny. January (ill),
at :3 o‘clock p. m.: \Vednvsdny th-i-iig,
.lantniry 5‘ ii. at 7 o‘clock; Saturday, Jan-
uarv llth, lit 2 o'clock p. "1.: Wednrsdry
t'Vt'lIllig. January 15th. at TH'cltick: Satur
dnv. January lfitli. at. 2 o'clock. p. in..
Wednesday eveniotz. .lnnunry :21’d, at 7
o‘clock, and Saturday, January 25th. at:
o’clock p. m. for the purpose of hearing
and determining any and all appeals
iinidc to them lroni the doings of the as
~essors. '
The Ii ard of Ri-llt'f will meet with the
assessors nan j to! board. January 18 h,
iii 3 o'clock t». in. for the pllrptwe of nan-
ing the pullfl of sick and indigent. per-mus.
. ‘15 S KEITH, . Board
lll-INRY Sl-IYMOI,'R, l of
JA ME! 3i. LANE Relief.
Norwulk, Conn, December 2-}, i993.
d2? lm
City Board at Relief.
Notice is hereby given that the Board« f
Relief for the City of South Norwulk Will
llll'rt on Monday. January ti b. 1996. M' 2
o‘clock ti. m.: Friday. .lmntniuy lUth. lililti.‘
Wednesday, January l5lh. Nit}, Wrducs-
day, .lnnnhry 22nd, Nit"). Tuesday. January
28 b. Hint. at Zcmo’loek p. m.. nttbc Conn-
eil Chamber, on l‘lnvilmid stri-tt, in said
city, for lllt‘JIllrlmsr of bearing and deter
lll’l'lllil all appeal-A froni lhr doings Ill the
City (\ssu‘sm-ru in Iliv ll~l I-l W95.
(.‘ll.\l:l,l-i~' F. HALIJN‘K.
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Bonn! ol Hrliel.
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