up.
with or with-
ll cane-111.1111. this season a bit
so than common. The very ex-
i model shown is in true “l‘ctcr
‘ 111" style and is drawn on
W‘ til head, but allows a (holes
' Wu two styles of sleeves. 11nd
’ d sleeve caps or a plain
9 model is shown in navy
"with bands of black bruid
“Ministerial, need {or blouses
thereon are cgrrectg “ The yoke
and sleeve caps are admirable from
the standpoint of strength and the
straight sleeves are preferred to all
others by many wearers, but the full
bishop ones are equally smart. The
tie at the neck is in handkerchief
, style and is made of silk.
The blouse consists of front and
liaok and is finished at the neck by
, a~ssilor collar, at the waist with a
ycasing in’ Which elastic or tape is 111-
“sorted. The shield is separate, tin-
lshed with1 the standing collar and
joined to the waist beneath the sailor
collar. When used the yoke and
sleeve caps are applied over the
waist. The tucked sleeves are
are
the
with
ltl‘alghi, but the bishop ones
attuned to form full puffs at
slats. Both are finished
straight. cuffs—May Manton.
Women of Porto Rico.
“The Spaniards went to l’orlo llico
,i' what they could get out of it, and
am sorry to any that a good many
mericuns have gone for the same rca.
" 1111 Mrs. Elliott Jones before
Alia National Society of New-lingland
men at its regular business meet-
ins.
“But. nevertheless," she continued,
be have done much for the l'orto
11. And the American women res-
t on the island, most of them he
. has of army and navy officers,
etuken a leading part in the good
orb.“
f'I never saw anything so terrible as
the poverty in Porto Rico. l'eople
oftenvnsk me why the American coco-1
billion has not improved the condiv
tion of the people. but this is easy to
understand after one has lived there
AlthOugh the Spanish government has
been destroyed the land is still
ruled by Spaniards, and they have
._ ken advantage of the establishment
of the American system of turrency
he island to raise their rerits,r-e11k
leg 11 peso, which is worth only 60
mm,- as equal to $1 This has near
' doubled the rents, and has caused
est deal of poverty, for which the
tilted States is being blamed. Then
ere inuts the hurricane which left
thousands destitute. This was when
women came to the rescue About
'enty of them organized the W0
im's Aid Society of Porto Rice, ap-
led to their friends in the North
d fed and clothed this multitude.
“At first aid was given absolutely
‘stlfi.§.bnt it soon became evident
tthis was producing paupei'ism,
arrangements were made for sup~
lying the women with work. This
still kept up. and under the care of
secretory the women, who when
ey first came for assistance, tum-
liid' over one another like a lot of
male. 've become neat, clean and
‘ other thing which the women
ve done is to build a hospital at
Jifad. Formerly the poorer
pf Porto Rico had scarcely
W in time of sickness. The
children cared for them.
' and the result is the terrible
rto Rico. The new hospital is
,Ior maternity cases. and the
. to‘ its support.
‘1. I will tell you one thing,”
.11. Jones. “Before the Ameri-
tion they had scarcelyrvany
Perle Rico, and among
W classes there was no man
“marriage fees. and just lived
‘ "without the ceremony. Now.
111ml: in Porto an» is mm
_, ," concluded Mrs. Jones,
‘ip‘eople are emim‘ely later.
‘ children are wonderfully
anxious to learn, and l
‘ on the ,borders of line‘-
men:
it! Tucked or 3
W
the Applied lYoko and alcove
it; which one sees everywhere
at San Juan is giving $200 a . \
mac people could not afford“
crlcan missionaries are men,
town in “the world em,1
V The .1
Tl: the central stuoc
lion—the H
around \wh all
other makes revoch.
Bylts cooking 0 shall
know the "UL. [1111 it holds the world's bolting record No other
so good to the c00lt-su simple. so effective, so economical on
in . Once a i'Iiub" always :1 " llub" has passed into a maxim.
Ask for HUB RANGES and forget all others.
Manufactured and \Varrnntcd by Shil 'i ll .11 ANTHONY (‘().,llnu1uu,M:us.
FOR saw or “WW-w"
A J, COLLINS & 60.,
SOUTH NORWAL‘K, CONN.
‘ 1
Ladies’ Night Gowns
For this \‘i’Clh' 5 Spell. :1l we 11 .1vc silt-11ml lndits' Night Gowns
111111 will make Special P1111» tit: it will interest and profit our num-
crous customers in the l‘iot'uvtlks.
MUSLIN GOWNS.
Lace insertion and Ruffles, at 39c,
CAMBRIC GOWNS.
lucky; and Embroidery, (19C, vul-
valuc 50c.
MUSLIN GOWNS.
'.i‘ucks‘aud Embroidery at 49c,
11c 89c.
CAMBRIC GOWNS.
and llciustiiclicd,
value 893.
CAMBRIC GOWNS.
Embroidery and iitlgc and Inscr-
Embroidery
value (10c.
MUSLIN GOWNS.
69c,
'l‘ucks and Lace Trimmed, at 491‘.
tion 791:, value $1.00.
CAMBRIC GOWNS.
Lace and iiiubmidcty, 1.19, val-
vuluc (111C.
CAMBRIC GOWNS.
'i‘ut‘ks and Embroidery, at we,
value 751'. 111' $1.00.
A. DIGKERMAN&SON
I4 Washington Street, South Norwalk.
Tclcpho nc 343-6.
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It is always a little more satisfyin 3 when buying anything if it posses
that something which at once stamps it as being just right. You'wiil no-
tice in our store that nearly every n riiele we show has a distinctive siy‘
Iishness, this comes from the fact that every piece is designed and finished
by makers who strive for artistic perfection in the individual piece in pref-
erence to the producing of quantity at the sacrifice of perfection. That is
it was not made (on hastily. Every
You will find, top, that our prices are
also why our furniture lasts longer.
part has been given close consideration
the Lowest.
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sat. at 5:00' p; m. Freight
resolved fro-117:00A. M. ”5:00 P. M.
THE FAIR CLDAK AND FUR STORE... ‘
Now is this time to wear White Lawn suite. The greatest bargain ev-
er offered. Waist trhnmed nicely wits lace insertion and sklvt also trim-
med with lace insertion onlym
lino HAT IALE.
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at 5: 00 P. M. Leaves Norwallt Tues. Thur. and
Hats have been 34.60 snd3..“00 Sold stony price. Calland»
‘ ‘ ’ “1 :11
MONEY IN ENGLAND
Queer Nicknames in Blue. Given to
English Coins.
may thlulr there is a great deal
Cutlass in munch, on we oonummly
use it in this country," Mr. J. E. Hora.
mn'obsorves. " but in at loss/tone re-
spect the colloquial tongue 01 England
commence the Wealth of terms we pos-
sess in this mound, and that. is till
slang reiau six to money. The Ameli-
oun uses astmvishiugly few slung
words ill speaking of pit-cos of money
—~porhups because he has 11 proctor re-
spect for it. A liveocnt llit'iit‘ i111 usu-
ally referred to as a nickel but this Lid
practically the only slang term applied
to any of our money in general use.
A dime is oilicioily a dime and so is a
quarter.
"But turn to the English appella-
tions for their money, and hardly a
bit of it is referred to under “0 tw-
bhorized and oiiiciai designation. A
shilling is seldom called such in 1.011\
don; they call it o. ‘bob;’ and a ‘qultl,’
whioh'menns a piece of tobacco in
this country, is what they term a
pound. Sixpence they call a ‘tanner,’
fourpeuco a ‘joey' and a penny more
often than not is unknown to the
street gumins save as a ‘mag.’ A
oub'm'an will not tell you a ride coat
5 shillings, but that it will require a
'bull' to pay for it, and a half crown
is 'hulf a bull.’ Those are provailinll
expressions for the pieces of money
\uidcly bundled, but proper terms for
higher amounts are kicked aside and
colloquial terms substituted for them.
“At a race track it a better says he
has ventured a ‘pony' on the probable
outcome of a race, he does not mean
that as it would appear to us, but,
simply “will!!! has wagered 25 pounds.
on the result. Whore money is 111111-
dk'd in large amounts it is not an.
infrequent thing to hear one say of an-
other (that he has a ‘fnonch' 0!
money, meaning that the indi-
vidual referred {o is the proud
“assessor of 500 pounds. 811 you see
in mtnparison with this plethora of
riches our lone ‘niekel’ is a poor crop
of monetary slang, lndocd.”-—-6t.
Louis Giobe~Domocrat. ’
Put the “Access on the Pronoun.”
Two negro women bounded a Penn
sylvtaniinnvenuu car at Sawmill sun-ct.
One was a large, dark skinned wunmn,
flashily (transmit; the other was a
small, yellow woman, wearing a mod
oat goum.
The“ women were discussing a mu-
tual friend, Mr. Jeuks. The large wo-
man spoke to loud tones 111ml poo
pounced the name of the 1111111 as
though it were spoiled Links. It
was evident from the expression on
the face of the smaller woman that
she was annoyed by the loud talking
and misptvmuno‘etion of 'hor friend.
Finally she protested:
“You speak of Mr. lcnks as though
his palm-c were spoiled with a 'i’ in-
stozrd of an '0‘."
“Oh, yes," the large woman
claimed. ’1 pcmeivcs you puts the
notices on the pmnoun."~—\’i1'ashingtm
Times.
Dentin-i of a Waistcoat.
The easygoing Harvard under.
graduate, left to himselfon questions
of dress. will understahd the misery
of his counterpart at Oxford. When
the exam period approached a week
or so ago, those in power issued an
edict prescribing the dress to be
worn in the examination mom to in-
clude a black coat and a black waist
(mi, in addition to the white tie and
the gown. The British public itself
urns appalled at such Puritan sever.
ity. It was the black waistcoat a-
thing that all civilisation is allowed
to doll in summer. that incited rebel
lion. Why, a man's chances in life
might be impaired because the
warmth of a waistcoat, gratuitously
imposed upon him, preventing: him
from doing full justice to his views on
the synthetic unity of appreciation!
It might ruin a state—«Boston Tran-
script.
Would Not Pay Twice.
A man recently, whose beans of
marriage had been twice published,
asked leave to subsidttite the name of
another girl for the one which had
Mensa far coupled with his own.
He- was, at course, hold then this
could not be done without withdraw
ins she first bonus and, payment of
the has a second time. »
“Do you mean teeny i should have
to begin all over again‘!" he asked.
"Certainly," was the reply: “the
“bouncimuot be published three times
in the names ot‘the persons who are
actually to be married." -
"And must I pay all over again if I
have the other girl!"
"Yes," replied the ole
"Well. I call that
thematic!“ a few mm'nen
i shall stick to the first
point; to pay twice over
yman.
bath" and
“All right,
rl; l'm not
1' anybodyf'
followlim week. ~Tit- Bi
Fine Art oflmu filing.“
The latest thing '1 ‘ stings"!!!
contraband
goods by automobiles" been devel-
ope i'liloaflneurt.i1
port: of finely disused tourists,
Pm y I count and Wes with
a. end,has homeroom“ the trou—
ttle reputedly. ‘(
' suspicions o! the authorities
at last aroused. 1 The automobile
.W stopped and
p1 coo paint aiid countess
'8"
0* m,
lie was married accordingly the A
ed and the-
.re likely . I
Bridgeport Advertisements.
The D M Read Co.
Eu‘ablirbod 1851’
Bridgeport Advertisements. “
The Seasonfis Silks.
Wilt-11 the Silk Mun invites you especially to his de-
11:11'1'1111111ibct'uus'cliclms smoothing to show you, it is
\v'111tl1 while going, for their (1111 choice things you may
bt 1'1'11i11i11.
This time. it is the first glimpse of the Season's Silks.
l’ict't' after pit-cc is unfolded before you from the paper
“Toppings, 211111 the display is wonderful. i’laiu Silks are
much asked for, though the [fancies arc close followers.
Crush Silks in solid coitus zii'c 1111\11lii11s this f.;111
ilicy 1'11111i111111111'0fzi lustmus and litmdso: .1c piece of tow-
cli11g111 1111111» and they feel tatliiisilcly summit and soil.
1 unjuubs in plain coitus .111(i cliuiwcublc are conspic-
uous. Perhaps those will be the greatest favorites.
iiiuuu Mossulincs in both street and evening shades,
very soft 111111 lustrous. 'i“i1cscn1'1'tlic most piifililc of Silks.
i‘i‘iutcd \Vai‘ps in light 1' i'fccts for evening wear.
i’riutctl iirot'udcd Crepe dc Cliiucs in evening shades.
N1) daisticr, lovelicr fabric was ever woven.
\\'iii1 these is an unlimited assortment of Fancy Silks,
stripes. checks and small designs at 751'. and $1 :1 yard.
Changeable 'l“nfi'ctus. No Hill; was ever more popuiur
or practical, (11) and 75C 11 yard.
i
The 01121111 Toilet Preparations.
The center counter \vh'u'c the demonstration of these
articles is going on is 11111 place where the women do cou—
grt'gatc. (if course we could it‘ll mu the merits of each
.uiiclc i11dci.1il.lm\v it should be applied, and what the
insults will be but the best way is to come and see the
tliiictcui 11111.11'21timis 111111 rt' ccivc ibc' 1ii1'1't't'o1is from the
9; :1.
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()xyzu Lotion for sunburn. {1111.111’ feet, etc.
Oxyxu Complexion i’i'u'tlt'i‘.
(2'1111'l“11ii1't Soup.
Shurum liuii' iit‘hlul‘t'l‘. fur pi'ciuuturt-ly gray, faded,
dry, 111' brittle hair.
The D. M. Read Co.
00 NOT BE IMPOSED UPON.”
i I1 olcy & (30., Chicago, originated
Gives Eieven Naugatu‘ck People Pto- iloncy and Tail as n throat and lung
maine Poisorilng-No Fa- remedy and on account of the great
tal Cases merit and popularity of 11 oieys Honey
NAUGA'I‘UCK. Sept ii.-As a reisult' and Tar many imitations are offered
of partaking of it cold lunch at the for the genuine. Ask for Foley‘s
wake of Pctei H.1laxt11r, last Saturday Honey and Tar and rcfuse'anysubsti-
Iiaht,1lev11n persons are seriously ill tutc offered as no other preparation
suffering from ptomaino poisoning. Will give the some satisfaction.
none of the cusses is expected to result mildly laxatiVe. it contains no op-
fatally. lilies and is safest for children and
delicate persons. For sale at rials-
iei' s diug‘ store. '
LUNCH‘AT WAKE.”- ”
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BUCKLEN’S ARNIC'A SALVE.
Has world-wide fame for marvellous 1
(lives. it surpasses any other salve, lo-
tion, ointmt ut or balm for Cuts Corns i
Home Bulls, SUTCS. Felons, ll 1111111.; tx- -'fiist district senatorial (onv option,
’l‘cttci. Salt Rheum 11 ever Sores, (‘hap of the Democrats was held last night,
pod Hands Skin Eruptl011s;infailihlo and unanimously nominated Archibald
(hr Piles Cure guaranteed. Only 2511 McNeil for senator The c'ohientlon
at l‘. H. Barriers bracelet. 1“ 11111111111qu its business in ten minutes
H... .y.._.....
ma»...—
’ McNEtL FOR SENATOR.
BRIDGBT’ORT Sept: 8.—~Tlie Twen-
The Kind You um Always Bought. and which has been.
in use for over 80 years, has borne the signature.“
and has been made under his new.
. m sorta! supervision since its infaniiy'. _
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counter-felts; Indications and “Just-as-good" are but.
Experiments that trifle With and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience; W.ExpeMent
What is CASTORIR
Gastoria is a harmless substitute ,for Castor 0mm
goric. Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It 7
« contains neither Opium.y Morphine not other Narcotic.
substance. [to age is its- guarantee. It destroys Worms
and‘ may! Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
. ‘Il‘u relieves Teething Troubles, cures'constipatlou
and Fiatuleney. It assimlliwes the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, gluing healthy and; natural sleep.
The conduits mucus-mac mother's Friend. 1 -
canola: QASTQRI A sums
Bears “80 Wmmd“
11 is
', life. of“ Boston,
Brownes and the Whitneys and the
Modem lusinou Tale.
“We are demanding only our
rllhts,” said the men.
"All We wish is the right to run
our own business." said the employ
erg.
Each was willing to echoede theo-
retically what the other demanded,
but them was a diversity of opinion
as to the proper interpretation of the
word “rights" so a air s followed
"1.1111 arbitrate". ti: both his
finally. “ ‘1 l 1
So they srbitrsted and drew up an
agreement. But shortly thereafter
the men said the employers were not
living up to the agreement, and the
omployerssald the moh‘were demand-
,inx. more than the terms warrhnted.
"You've got to live up to the “rev
meat," said the men. '
"So have you," said the employers.
“We are," said the men.
"80 are we," said the employers.
“if you violate the dorms as M:
understand them, We'll strike,” said
the men.
“We are doing all that we agreed "
said the employers.
“The spirit of the agreement is
broken," said the men.
And there was another strike.
After a time both sides got tired
of losing money, and they met in the
spirit of conciliation.
“Let's arbitrate the old agreement,"
they said. “and have it properly and»
impartially interpreted."
So it was arbitrated and inter-
preted. and the interpretation was put
in writing. But soon there was trou-
ble again.
“You misinterpret the interpreta-
tion," said the men. “We must insist
that you accept it as we understand
it."
“We accept it as any sensible man
would understand it," said the em-
ployers.
“We'll strike," said the men.
“Let's have the interpretation ar-
bitrated and interpreted,” said the
employers Wearily. And—-
But why continue? Anyone looking
for material for an industrial story can
make a six-volume n1" 1d of arbitra-
tion "as she is practic-..i" in many or
the industrial disputes of this day and
generation.-—-Chicsgo Evening Post.
Mrs. Cleveland's Joke.
This is a. true story.
When Mrs. Grover Cleveland was
Miss Frankie Folsom, the prettiest
girl in Wells college; she had as
teacher in English composition Miss
Myra Reynolds, now professor at the
university of Chicago.
Miss Folsom handed in an essay one
day in which occurred the reprehen-
sible word “pants."
Miss Reynolds promptly crossed
out the offending term and wrote in
the margin:
“Gents wear pants, gentlemen wear
'pnntaioons"
The correction was obviously air
sorbed by the fair pupil A few years
later, when Miss Folsom. as Mrs.
Cleveland, had become the first lady.
in the land. her former teacher re-
ceived one day an imposing looking
letter from the executive mansion.
Washington. On opening it a sheet of
beautiful note paper. bearing the men.
ogram and crest of the President’s
wife, appeared, together with Mrs
Cleveland’s card. On the center of
the sheet was pinned, simply a news.
paper clipping which read:
“Momma." said little Emerson High-
“have the Gordon-
'Burne—Smithsons all gone away for
the summer?"
“Yes, dear. And why do you ask?"
“Then, please may I say ‘pants till
they get home?"-Ccrtrude L. Cobb.
in Lippincott'.
Putting On 3 Bold Front.
First Bari Break.
The great publisher was very busy.
“But just listento one chapter in
my new novel," pleaded the strum
“Beautiful Helene'heard"
a step on the piazza. Thinking lewd.
Jack, she rushed down! When she
found it was the callow Reggy Rich,
”with a box of candy, she tossed the
sweets out in the street and closed
the door. Then— " "Hold on!" inter-
rupted the impatient publisher. "If
you think a girl is going to throw
candy in the streeet these days you
don't know enough? about human na-
ture in be an author."-Chicago'News.
sling author.
Cause Enough.
"My wife came near fainting last
night. ’
"indeed. What was the matter-
“Shh?" _
“No. nausea. The room was a...
and warm. and she. found herself and-
denly very sick and dizzy; but one.
massed or gel: to a wwm
tin-cw up a sash.”
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“Threw up a sushi“ amass: What
had she been adults-Kansas inky
Norwalk Chronicler