THE SOUTH NORWALK EVENING SENTINEIS . “amuse VSEHTINILJ: 7‘ m loiter- end "parlour. UESDAY. HAY 14, 1907. deuussnmym. tidoza:;43s.m. 1:09p. at. IND IENTlrtlL TELEPHONE 14 --lienoli Office Norwalk. m —Editorlel Room ~411an Office. “Ma—Editor's Residence. , —-CIty Editor's Residence. f MAOONIC DIRECTORY. A Rated Convention of Butler ,N. A. M., will be held It Its no» May 14th, 1907. at 8 o'clock p. m. Work, Mark Degree. All R.A “lions cordially and Internally in- tilted. Fraiernally yours, ROBERT M. wu.cox, Beo’y. "1“ WHEN IS A BUILDING FIREPROOF? “The term ‘fireproof’ is about as much misunderstood as is the term -'Ilro prevention,‘ ” says F. W. Fitz , “trick. executive officer of the Inter- national Society of Building Inspec- ‘ tors. in Fire. He continues: “In the ‘ first case, it is foolishly imagined that the more protection of certain struc- tural parts of a building produces ab- solute Immunity to those and all other Parts of that structure. This is as great a folly as that other that per- mits people to maintain a few empty buckets about their premises and hung up half a dozen glass bottles contain- ing some mysterious liquid and than 'complacently go about their business. satisfied that their building Is fully protected, and indeed the protection is so complete and perfect that they need carry no insurance! "A fireproof building is one in which . the structural parts are absolutely in- combustible, first and foremost, and then these are to be protected again with some material that insures that at. no point can these structural parts be assailed by fire. or course, the less damageable this protection is in itself the less will it. cost to repair in case it is assailed by fire or water. In this connection It may not be amiss to quote from the report of the Commit- tee of the American Society of Civil Engineers, that has been at work for 11 year collecting data anent the San Francisco earthquake and fire, and that, referring to the reinforced con- crete buildings so much discussed, ad- yises that: ' “An integral structural parts they (reinforced concrete columns, gird- ers, beams and floors) should he fireprool’ed as well as similar menu bers of a steel frame structure, for concrete is destroyed by fire nearly as quickly as steel.‘ "But to continue with our fireproof building, not only must the structure be prbtected as above described, but it must. be designed in a. fireproof man- ner. Its units of space should be small; its stories absolutely cut off one from another by enclosing stair- ways and elevators; its roof should be as fireproof as its floors of walls; its windows and doors should be wire glazed or otherwise safeguarded against external attack; there should be ample water supply, hose and con- ' noctions; a sprinkling system in many ~ cases is desirable; automatic fire alarms are not, an extravagance, and verything should be done that. into]- , Iigence and exxperlence tell us is ac Misery to first and foremost cut the possibility of fire down to the smallest pace We can; have it so that only the contents of that area can be affected and that the structure can in no wise Ifo harmed nor used as a vehicle for unifying, that incipient, fire to the con- tents of other spaces, and then to have all the spaces or units of a. building 80 provided and protected that fire in or one of them can be quickly and, if ossible, automatically extinguished. “'I‘here, and there only, have you a oproof structure." DOG DID $25 DAMAGE. Finally Leaped From Mercury Club's ' Quarters to the Ground. The capacity of destruction in a flog penned up in a room was demon— trated during the night on the third ‘tory of 45 Wall street Norwa1l1.An ablation of Norwalk young men know as the Mer'cuiy Club has the floor of the building and last night _ .mlstske "'Iilsh" a dog owned by ‘ rge Wyerhauser was locked In. Tibet» the canine was frantic was anywhere apparent. During his strug- tio free himself from the place, he cut a dozen panes of glass, des- '" at part of the sash in two windows _ belied, cheWed and dug up a door lamb and finally escaped by leap. out of 11 window down to another ' story helow_ thence to another till another story lower and a fi- loap to the ground. The damage by the frantic animal was pro- at least 325. w.— -... ._.- mm.-- .. .. RING DOWN CAMERON HOUSE Building to Go Up on the Pro- perty at East and Westport , Avenues. _ . old Gameron house which stands ‘ or property at the north corner of and East avenues is being mm. The property was fecent- 1:. led by Assistant Postmaster Adams. The Cameron house was ' burned during the Revolution. ‘ Halkin and Company have n the construction of a mo- mo dwelling on a building lot h of the old house. The. being erected for Gilbert Has- A- rlca. THE Will 05 F Ive Seventh: oi Entire Number in America—English Speak- Telephoninu NEW YORK, May 14.-~Of every so- veii telephones in use in the world. five are in the United States of Ame- The exact number of instru- ments into which people talk that their words may be sent flashing over the wires is unknown but a careful cs— tlmate made by 11 telephone expert shows the number to he 7,398.000. Of these seven million telephones. 5,- 008,000 are in the United States. Put- ting it still another way, this country has 68. 5 per cent of all the telephones in existence. Most of the other te- lephones are in Europe, which has about 2,000,000; there are 130,000 in Canada; 200.00 in the rest of the world. ' The telephone was invented by an American citizen of Scotch descent and English speaking people have since done nearly all the telephoning. The people. of the United States, Great Britain and Canada are today using about. [1.700.000 telephones out of the total of 7.398.000. That leaves about 1,700.000 for the dwoiicrs in other parts of the world and of this number about onohalf are used by tho Ger- mans and Scandinavians, kindred rac- es to the Anglo-Saxons. and by the English speaking people of the outly- ing possessions of the Iiritisli empire. Thus it appears that France. Spain, italy. liussla. Austria, Hungary and various other European states, tiu-. whole of Asia. with its lumping mil- lions, the great continent of South America. the island kingdom of the enterprising Japanese, and other 1101'. tions of the earth's crust where people manage to live more or less happily are getting along with loss titan 11 million telephones, or about a quarter of the number that are included in the. Bell system in this country. Figures about the world's telephone equipment tell some other interesting things. Patriotic Americans may be pardoned if they let the eagle scream. Europe with a population of 425.000,- .100 has only about ~10 per cent. of the number of telephones in use in the United States. with it population of 1110111 85,000,000. There is a telephone in the United States to every 20 peo- 1eople. The next best showing is made by Sweden, with a telephone to every 43 persons. lly way of contrast, there are 1,905 poopk1 in Scrvin to 11v. ery telephone. An American city. Los Angeics. has more telephones in pro- portion to population than any city in the. world. it has om1 telephone to every four of its inhabitants. The every four of Its inhabitants. The Stockholm, with 11 telephone to every six people. Of the five. million telephones in the United tales, three million are includ- ed in t. e Bell system. The number of Bell telephones is known. The number of independent telephones ls estimated because the independent companies throughout. the country have no system of making exact re ports. In certain of the larger slates, however. figures giving the number of independent. telephones are.1 obtainable and these figures show that the inde- pendent companies in these states are growing at a rate not quite equal to that of the Bell system. Taking as a starting point the census figures for the year 1002, when Uncle Sam count ed the telephones, this rate of growth would Indicate that there are today in the United States about 2,000,000 independent telephones which. added to the 3,000,000 in the Bell system. make the total of 5,000,000 for the whole country. With 0,000,000 telephones in use the Auicriran pooph1 spend considerable time talking over the wire. ll amounts to about 7 '10 ccniuiies a year, figuring it out in this way. There 11111 17,000,- 000 telephone communications over the lines of the Bell sy stem 0101 y day. The independent lines are probably used to the same relative extent, or about, 10,000,000.t.lmc.s a day, making a total of 27,000,000 daily conversa- tions. or nearly ten billion conversa- tions in a year. To be on the safe side let us say that the conversations average only two minutes each. That makes nearly twanty billion minutes a year. But it takes two persons to carry on a conversation, so we multi- ply by two and find that Americans spend nearly forty billion minutes at the telephone every year. Reducing the minutes to years, we have about 75,000 years or 750 centuries. So, if one person undertook to make tea billion telephone calls, allowing two minutes to each, he would have to give about 37,500 years to the task If he was today making the last of these calls it would mean that. he be- gun the job long before the dawn of recorded history. He would have been calling central for about 25,000 years before the Egyptians began to build the pyramids. He would have been a contemporary of the cave dwellers and have discuss- ed by telephone the affairs of the stone age and the.1 age of bronze. in fact. he would be it much more remarkable Individual than the Wandering Jew. The man at the telephone would have been many times as old as Methuselah before the Wandering Jew began to wander. It is universally admitted that the telephone is the greatest time saver of the twentieth century. It Americans spend 750 centuries a year at the tel- ephone and thus save time, how much time do they save? That is a ques- tion which even the statisticians can't answer. REUNION 0F REPUBLICANS. WASHINGTON. hay 14—-An inter- esting feature of the next Republican National convention will be a reunion of the delegates to the iiallonal cou- vea. Col. Hughes hopes to have all the survovors at the reunion. i The worst thing abouthonesly is the lway you can‘t get rich by it. llilPHINES- In People Do Nearly All thei° KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Annual Convention Held in Middletown. MIDDLETOWN, May 14.——The four- teenth annual convention of the Knights of Columbus was held in this ity today. about one hundred dele- gates. A ball was given for the dell-,- gates last night in Armory flail. This morning at ii: 30 the visitors attended high mass at St. John' 3 Church. The celebrant was Rev. Dr James P. Don- an, the rector of the church Rev. l’. l’. McGivney, brother of the found- or of the order, assisted in the mass. At 10:30 o‘clock the convention was opened in Armory Hall._wlth State llcputy James 'I‘. Moskill presiding. 'l‘lil1 first business was the reading of the report by Ibt1 11111111 deputy. which included lllt‘ figures afterward read by Hill slate il‘t'IIHlIl‘I‘l‘, I.. i". Iloluiid, and the statistics of the slate secretary by John C. llolaiul. The reports show- 111] a gain of 1388 members during the year. There are now 0,020 Insurance and 1.l0~l associate members. During the year 528 were admitted as insured members and 333 as associate mem- bers. There have been 201 witlidraw~ als and suspensions and 81 deaths, about the same number as last year. There were 31 councils that reported no deaths as against 25 so reporting last year. Forty ol‘ the councils voted against holding a. parade and there was no parade in connection with the convention today. Two new councils have been liistituied. one at New llart- ford and the other at Hockville, and applications for charters from councils in South Norwnlk and Bridgeport have been approved. Russell Council, of New Haven, has made the greatest gain, 74. during the year. Tho larg- est council is St. Augustine of Siam— ford. with a membership of 362. The receipts during the your were 3380.145 and the expenditures $500.81. The cash on hand May 1, 1000, was $700.83 and the balance on hand on the same date this your was $090.87. it was recommended that the per capita tax be reduced from 10 to 5 cents a member. The. committee on free beds in hospitals for the1 K. of (3. members reported and asked that it he continued, which was done. ’l‘hc convention was in continuous session until well along in tht1 afternoon when adjournment was taken for dinner. The election of officers and action 011 the disposition of the 3031.000 fund occupied the attention of the incur bars late in the day. Fou1teeolh FIND SIENE AT NEVERSINK. County Game Warden and Deputies Make a Saturday Night Trip. County Game Warden Wilbur F. Smith, of South Norwalk. scents to be on the Job. and fishermen should be careful to live up to the law. If they do not know what the law is they should find out before setting out on a fishing trip. _lame Warden Smith and Deputy lame Warden Fred A. iioyi, of Dan- bury, and Charles Mend of Bothei, made a, trip around the. ponds in Don- bury and vicinity Saturday night, and found some evidences that. the law was being violated. At Neversink they dragged the pond and found some set lines and also a seine on the. shore. The law declares that the possession of a net or elem on the shores of a pond ls “prima fa- cie" evidence that It is being used. No arrests were made, but Warden Smith will bring the matter before the commissioners, and if the case war- rants it the arrests will be made in a few days. The warden says that he intends to enforce the laws and wants the law abiding fishermen to assist hlni and his deputies by notifying them of any crooked work which they see or hear of, so that the law breakers can be arrested before they get away. The warden thinks that if the lawless fish- ermen know that all honest fishermen are watching them there will be less violation of the law. GR EGORY'S POINT HOTEL. Landlord J. E. O'Sullivan has open- ed the popular hotel at Gregory's Point where he will be pleased to see. all his friends during the summer sea son. Tile hotel and extensive dining room has been thoroughly overhauled and renovated and an experienced chef has been secured to serve the short dinners that have given this place a reputation in the past. All kinds of seafood Will be served at short notice and at reasonable prices. CHECK FOR NORWALK FIREMEN. That the services of the Norwalk firemen in giving assistance early Monday morning at the burning of. the Ilounsbnry and Bissel Company's tene- ment. house at Baby Hill were appre ciated is shown by a letter and a check which was dispatched to 011191 Edward J. Thomas of the Norwaik Department yesterday. by Treasurer ’1‘. Marshall Andrews, of the com- pany. The check'was for $100 and is to be equally divided among the four com- panies. NEW HOUSE CLEANING METHODS llio ' Stamford Compressed Ali Cleaning Company has arranged to be In Norwalk on Friday to do a large contract. of cleaning work, and expects- to remain heie several days, and will be pleased to fill any other ordeis for work. The firm uses the compressed air and vacuum cleaning method. which is the best known and the one to satisfy all housekeepers. The firm's address is 160 Broad street, telephone call. 54-3, Stamford. DENIES SHE INJflRED MR8. COL- LI Mrs. Lucretia Scott who Is now liv- Ing in Woodward avenue, states that it was she who was assaulted by Mrs. Col‘. ins, in Van Zant street, East Nor- walk, last week. and that she did not In any way Iniure Mrs. Collins 011 tht1 other hand M111. Scolt says she. has a] ways befriended Mrs. Collins and dons more for her than almost anyone else ever did. CATHOLIC CHURCH NOTES. Next Sunday, Peter‘s penct1 will he rollevled In all the churches through- out the world AI 10'. 30 next Sunday ll. solemn high man will be celebrated. It will lie Pentecost Blind”, A - BAKING POWDER Makes delicious hot biscuit, griddle cakes, rolls and muffins. An absolutely pure, cream of tartar powder. ROYAL BAKING POWDER 00., NEW VORK. FASHIONS AND CULINARY. WRINKLES. if you have an ancient mahogany choli- whose upliolslerlng ls Worn, you have the foundation for one of the most approved furnishings for your bedroom. The old covering should be replaced with bright, flowered cre- tonne and the piece has then assumed the character of a smart piece of fur- niture again. These chairs are on sale in some metropolitan shops, I am Informed, for twenty dollars. An' adaptation of Japanese effects ls admirablelor the living room of the summer home, not the cluttering of furniture and hangings that is usual- ly associated with oriental adaptations, but simply bamboo furniture. with wide, cool spaces, floors bare except for a few inexpensive rugs and just. a few pictures and flower jars, Since the home is American, two or tin-1111 comfortable chairs, besides the bam~ boo couch, are allowable. Tana and white with brown necessity rios make beautiful costumes; as an afternoon costume of tau iuoussollno over foundation of white taffeta, ilit1 bodice having a. draping of white dot- ted polnt d'esprit and embroidery bands with coloi‘ings of dull pink. A brown but. smothered with immense long shaded brown plumes would be appropriate to wear with such 11 cos- tunic. Perhaps some of those who have not been overwhelmingly successful with window and piazza boxes of plants initiy find it due to the fact that proper li'ainage has not been arranged for. A good bed of gravel or crushed stone should fill the bottom of the box with plenty of holes to allow surplus mois- taro to drain out. Many of the handsome “tailored" parasols of the season are exquisitely embroidered in convenient patterns and have edges absolutely plain. One of the most useful articles of the wardrobe is a plain waist. of the allover which may be worli as 11 bodice with skeleton waists or as a guimpe with jumpers: It is dressy and cicun» scs aiisfactorily. Diminark sandwiches are on appetiz- ing adjunct. to the Sunday evening men] when a few friends drop I11 uir expoctcdiy. The following recipe is taken froui Table Talk. Toast entire wheat bread and while hot spread lightly with butter and fill with smok- ed salmon linked and spread with boll- ed salad dressing and laid on lettuce leaves between the bread. ' Taffeta in self-color is strapping the suit. of linen. Motifs of hund—cmbroidercd ocru lin- en arc let into iiucu costumes of the same and otliei colois. 'I‘hev may be «pure. oval. diamond oi fanciful in shape. outlined with a narrow stiap- 11l111.’,.’l‘h11se1 motifs make pretty fancy work forodd moments. A mustard colored Milan of the mushroom type is strikingly trimmed with a single very heavy black ostrich plume. The cretonne parasol is especially appropriate for outdoor party wear, as country drives, picnics. and the like. Leghorn is a strong favorite at the moment. in millinery. it is a founda- tion that looks equally well trimmed with flowers, ribbon or ostrich feath- ers. Coffee color \‘alonciennes 111cc trims a frock of paic~blue French batislc. Run the tucks of your nicer waists by hand. They are as much an im- provement over machine tucks as French embroidery is over machine- made embroidery. Dainty and smart. little shoes for best for the youngest members of the family are those of black patent lcatii- or with white kid uppers. For the spring luncheon where grape fruit. is served for the first. course, a sugared violet upon each portion is pleasantly suggestive ofrtho season. Butterflies poised above the flowers on the summer but have a very natur- al appearance and add to the charm of that but. . The celluloid imitations of ivory which can be found now in all first- class shops make it possible for one to fix up the top of hen dresser veiy dalutlly. The toilet sets with the raised flour do its in the center of each piece are exceedingly pretty, but not more so perhaps than those which are perfectly smooth and plain until mark- ed handsomely with one‘s monogram. They are even better liked for daily use than silver because they are more dainty and do not require the care that silvei does to keep it bright. used for BIG FIRE IN CLINTON. OHIO. (‘I INTON 0, May l4-Tbe TIIICS~ iici' Company's premises and contents aiifld the Ratlcnborgh Hotel here were burned yesterday afternoon. At one time 25 buildings were on fire. at once. Loss $70,000; insurance $20,000. J Telephone Call 976. Gregory’s Point! EAST NORWALK Shore Dinners and 'All Kinds of Sea Food Cooked to Order. Bathing. and fishing. liaih Houses to Rent. by the Season John O'Sullivan, Proprietor. HOYT'S THEATRE. MONDAY MAY 13. ENTIRE WEEK. (Exceptlng Friday). MATINEE SATURDAY ONLY. AMERICAN VITAGRAPH CO. All the Latest Moving Pictures and Il- lustrated Songs. Change of Program Every MONDAY and THURSDAY. JOSEPH M'MAHON, Soloist. PROF. J. I, COUNEY, ianist. Matinee Prices .......... c and too Evening ......... ..... 5c,10c and 20c Nickel Theatre, Formerly Music Hall, South Norwalk. MOVING PICTURES, ILLUSTRATED SONGS BY BONNIE SAYLES MATINEES—Tueedays. Thursdays. Saturdays. at 2:45 to 5. EVENINGs—7:45 to 10 o'clock. Admission—Children, 5c; Adults 101:. 'NO RESERVED SEATS. Best of Order Will Maintained. Always Be liollawagbiaaling is the place for recreation and healthy exercise and Is becoming more popu- lar every week. SPECIAL MUSIC on MONDAY. THURSDAY AND SATUR- DAY NIGHTS. HOP, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The rink Is open every afternoon and evening. Hours—2 to 5 and 7:30 to 11 p. m. Music at each session. NASH di YOUNG. Baseball Saturday, May [8 Norwalk Amusement Park The Norwalks vs. Missouri Pacific Railroad Go. Team or usw’ YORK. 122 Water Street. Coal and Wood. AGENT! FOR Bowker’ s Fertilizers. B. Hershfield 81 Sort. Telephone 294. .. noes. .‘11 sizes: aunt». dearer. oow canoes. comma none. was FASHIONS now nexov. new IDEA PATTERNS, 10c. races CANDY svssv DAY. , 9‘2 WashinclonSt. M. «5 SMITH a co. , Specials for_.i‘iondau and Tuesdaii will be OIL CLOTHS, LINOLEUM, WIN- The- Hairligiil Clown. The Hairlighl Crown will produce fashion’s latest decree in the stale of dressing the hair. A ventilated roll of wire that is wear. not slip as a hair rat does. rust-proof and light as a feather to It is held bii combs and will Practical, stulish, comfortable and hacienic, desired effect is easilu and quicklii obtained. Entire Pomoadour size, Front Pompadour size, Side Rolls, Fits eveiii head and the 500 250 250 011 exhibition in the Notion dept. See the Pretty Premiums we give in return for our valu- 10 Stamps free with 1 cake 0. K. Polish. able Pink Discount Stamps. We will gladly show them to you. 60 Stamps free with I lb. Best No. 1 Tea ............ . . . .501: 50 Stamps free with I lb. Fancy No. 2 Tea .............. 40c 30 Stamps free with I 1b. Good XXX Tea ............... 35c 25 Stamps free with 1 lb. Mo- Ka Blend Coffee” ..... 32c 20 Stamps free with 1 lb. Java and Mocha Co‘ffee ........ 30c 15 Stamps free with I 1b. Java and Maracaibo Coffee ..... 25c 10 Stamps free with I pkg. Monarch Hominy at ......... 15c 10 Stamps free with 1 pkg. Monarch Corn Starch” .101: I0 Stamps free with % lb. Pure Black Pepper ...... . . . . .Ioc .....IOC ..... -..- 1 E I THE STORES THAT SET THE PACE. THE NEW YflHK BHIEEHY Ell. South Norwalk. TELEPHONE. Norwslk. Twenty-six Retail Stores. WMOMWWOOOOGCMWWWO Spee'yuStampOfi er s 3111 Monday, Question, and Wednesday; COO...“”WNOOO”“6Q WWWWOW roof. Coffee. . SUGAR At Refi'ners’ Prices. The 1111 Plain T111011 126 Washington So, So. Norwalk. ’ Phone 655-2. for your pleasure. 0 TRAVEL OVER. THE WORLD And you don’t find better provisions anywhere to supply you both with the DELICACIES and NECESSITIES 9f daily life than right under this one In Ceylon you would find a delicious Tea. Phone 322-4. We have brought It here In Java you would find an exceedingly fine flavored We have also brought that here from Java; WEDNESDAY. with a 25 cent purchase or more of TemCofiee, Baking Powder, Spices, In addition to usual checks. 1 Next to Post Offic Free. Delivery. we are the agents for the famous Chase at Sanborn Teas and Cohen, known the world over for their excellence. products we have selected the choicest. shape Is not to be found in Norwalk. CHARLES E. SEYMOUR, LEADING GROCER. 13 WEST WASHINGTON ST. From our lnnumerabie home A wider variety kept In better SOUTH NORWALK. 9.-:':':-:‘:.:-:I
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